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SOUTHERN WORLD, JUNE l6, 1863. m’XBStrf* S&h$ Southern ffforld. PublUlied on the 1st and Util of tarli Month BY TUB SOUTHERN WOULD PPnLWHINO CO., ATI.ANTA, OKOllOIA. Incorporated—Paid up Capital, 920,000. D. 0. BALENT1NE, President and Manager T. B. CARTMELL, Secretary and Treasurer. W. G. WHIDBY, Editor. mssek J ^ ontr '* )utine TEKRN OF NUBMCRIPTION I One year, postage paid, fl.OU Subscriptions cun commence at any time during year. Sample copies sent tree to all who send us their address. CIRCULATION, • • 20,000 COPIES. BATES OF ADVERTISING s Legitimate advertisements will bo inserted at the following rates; Inside pages, each Insertion, per line • • 25 cts. Outside page “ “ " “ • - 35 cla. Heading Notices *• “ " “ - - 60 els. All advertisementacharged by solid Agate meal ment, It Hues to the Inch. Ho ex Ira charge for i The Southern Would) has the largest circulation and la the best advertising medium In the South. TO CORRESPONDENTS.—It Is our aim to make tbe Southern Would a medium (or the dlRbslon of B racUcal iiiformatlon upon all Agricultural and lecbanlcal subjects, and to tbls end w« Invite com munications upon nil rural subjects, experimental results, crop news, domestic economy, etc., and upon topics of interest to Mechanics, Manufacturers and Miners. Address aU'lctters to NOUTUEBN WORLD PUBLISHING CO., Atlanta, tieorfla. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JUNE 15, 1882. WEAT1IEB BULLETIN In the Cotton Belt from May 20 to June 0. OllMRKVKR*HOPPICK8mNALSKRVICK, U.8. A., Kimhall Houhk, Atlanta, Ga. Ther. Av. Max, \ Av. Min | JHost Max| Ixnc'U Min Atlanta Augunta.... Charleston (iulveston.. Mobile Mouftg’ry... MeniptiiH... Llttlellock WllmlnVn Ul H6 on 28tll HO on 3d UO on 4th IN) on 2tlth 04 on 26th 01 on 2Rth H8 on 27th H8 on Oth 01 on 30th 01 on 26 th 01 on 28th 80 on Oth 61 on Oth 62 on 6th 61 on 7th 68 on 4th 6n on 5th 67 on nth 47 on 6th 61 on nth (S3 on nth 64 on 2<l 5l on 7th 53 on 7th Average maximum of cotton belt, May 20 to June Oth, 85°. Average minimum of cotton belt, May 20 to Juno tth'Or. RAINFALL* Atlanta...... ... 1.G0 greatest Augusta -.1.81 “ Charleston M 1.W ** Mobile 2.08 “ Montgomery 1.06 •' Memphis 1.51 “ Little Hock 2.86 •* New Orleans 3.01 •• Vicksburg -.1.30 •• .65 on June 1. .88 on May 20. .00 on June 1. .77 on June 1. .78 on Jtine 1. .83 on May 30. 1.00 on May 31. 1.00 on May 20. 1.02 on May 31. .43 on May 31. .02 on May 28. Total raitifall In cotton belt May 20th to June Oth, 22.42 Inches. Greatest fall one day—May 31st, 5.13 Inches. Greatest fall one place—New Orleans-3.01. C1IABACTKR OF WKATIIKR—NUMliKR OF DAYS. Clear. Cloudy. Fai\ Atlanta 6 0 1 Augusta - - 2 10 3 llalveston 2 7 o Indlanola 6 6 6 Key West 0 4 6 MobHe 3 11 1 Montgomery 2 10 3 New Orleans - 7 8 0 l*ensacola...., M .................... 6 0 1 Palestine 0 0 3 (Savannah 3 7 6 PREMIUM NO. 6. (Order by number.) SPECIAL_OFFER. THE NOUTUEBN WOBLD FOB NIX HONTHN and a bamlaome steel engraving entitled, •• NUNNHINE AND SHADOW," FOB FIFTY CENTO, (and a three cent stamp to puy postage on picture.) In order to leave no opportunity unimproved, wo make tbls unexampled odor to those who may wish to tako the Southern Would on trial. Tbls picture Is veryjhandsome, and Is IB by 24 In. In slse. It repre - sputa a young farmer Just putting aside bis work to enjoy noon refreshments. On tbe ground, near a tall Mono fence, are his canteen, coat and spade. Ills wife has Just come with bis dinner, and the two chil dren, all looking happy and contented with tire. She Is turned with her back to the looker-on, bolding In one band the basket of dinner, while with tbe other, she Is transferring the infant child to Its father’s arms. Iln is taking It with tender care.whllc nu expres sion of bsppy pride mingles with that of futlguo und almost overcomes It, so great seems to be his admira tion for tho little one. Oil the other side of her moth er a little girl, apparently about four years of age, stands with her dolly and a long hunch of gram in one hand, aud with the other pretends to assist mam ma with the bosket, looking saucily up Into papa’s face,as If tosay,“Yoa don't know what’s In here for yon I” Around them are growing wild flowers aud tall grass, while the sceno Is flooded with the bright beams of the noon-day sunlight. In tho dark background Is a grove or wood, where k silent, lonely figure, draped In widow's weeds, stands amid the shadows, and with a sad, dowucust countenance, gases upon tlio happy group before her with a far-away look, os If recalling the days when she loo, was happy, or viewing tbe contrast between this family and her own blighted life. It can hut touch tho hearts of both aldos-tbo happy and tho unhappy. Address NOUTUEBN WOBLD, Atlanta, Gil "The Weather can be foretold" in our noxt issue. Saloons In Each Ntofe and Their Pro* portion to Population. Every place where liquor is sold must have a Federal Defense. The United States Inter nal Revenue Department makes this return of the retail liquortrade, showing the num ber of saloons in each Slate, and their pro- ]>ortion to population. Alabama Arizona ArkaiiKUM California Colorado Conncitli'iit. Dakota l>p|uwure Florida.. Georgia Idaho IlllllOiH Indiana Iowa- KaiiHUH Kentucky b = i a IsoiilHlana. Maine Maryland MoaHachuHclta Michigan MlnncHota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire.. New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Inland Mouth Carolina Tennessee Tex oh Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Total 1,437 8,658 2*634 2,517 415 11,524 5,lift) 4,313 1,132 3,760 4,687 820 4,836 7.27V 4,537 2,510 1,720 0,430 765 MB 055 022 MS 1,238 26,440 1,075 14,330 1,025 10.202 i;w7 14M 17 < 1,001 387 400 170,100 4,021 ISt&M 40,-1 PI 102,535 wri/sii 1D4J27 1122,7110 155,177 Itti.USS 'Jill,tut J Al'-S.IMU 32,1110 a,n>7,x7i i,u7*,'au 1,1121,1115 uuo.imi 1,1.1s,lilll) uni,itiis tils.llgi in l,»« i,man 1,636,107 781),7711 1,151,11)7 2 t !(i.\3N> »!>,i:u) 455,«tt lii!,JU :447,IM1 i,i:ii,iiii i in,vi-, 5,082,871 1,80(1,708 .'1,108,111 12 174,7118 4,282,801 270,5111 635,577 1,542,353 1,501,740 Mil,OKI :«2.2su 1,512/815 75.110 018,157 1,315,407 20,780 40,005,730 Tliere arc some curious facts developed in this table. Thcro is an impression among some Northern people that a regulation breakfast in several of the Southern States consists of four whisky cocktails and a chew of tobacco, yet the official returns show that while 37,339 retail saloons supply tho thirsty Southerners of sixteen States, it takes 132, 701 retail cstablishmentsof thatsort to drown the cares of the inhabitants of the remain ing twenty-two States of this bold Republic, Up North tho requirement appears to be one saloon to each two hundred and fifty inhab itants, while in the South one liquor shop to five hundred people equals the demand for that industry. It is also curious that tho prohibition State of Maine reports nearly as many saloons as exist in South Carolina, and temperance Iowa more than Kentucky, whero whisky almost “ grows" sponta neously. Lew Cotton bat More Food. The Cincinnati Enquirer of recent date, in an article showing tho condition of the crops lias this to report: “The falling off in the acreage of this season’s cotton crop may fairly be regarded as a surprise. As report ed by BradstrccCt Journal on Saturday, tho decrease compared witli 1881, is 0 per cent. Yet we are told that this falling off of some 970,000 acres is not due to the heavy overflows from the Mississippi and ita tributaries last spring, os other reports from that region had previously intimated. “In the report published on Saturday, it was shown that the decrease in cotton acre age was heaviest in Georgia, being 232,853 acres. In Alabama the falling off was large also, 181,807 acres; and in Mississippi, the loss in cotton acreage was giveu at 102,387 acres. These States, then, are credited witli the heaviest losses. Florida and Virginia are said to have tho same acreage this os lost year, and ih Missouri the loss is o( little moment. In the other cotton States the de creases vary from 53,000 to 70,000 acres. Tliere can be hut one explanation to tills conspicuous contraction of the cotton area, and that may bo briefly expressed as the ne cessity for ‘hog and hominy.’ The acreago to wheat, corn and oats, lias very largely in creased in the South this year, and the indi cations are that the farmers ore moro than ever determined to raiso diversified crops. This is the most welcome intelligence from that region received since the development of an ‘industrial South.’ If steadily pur sued, it must root out the pernicious sys tem of mortgaging crops, generally all one crop. This will emancipate the Southom farmer financially." Tbe wisdom of this new departure will be more apparent next winter, in both making and saving money for the South. Tho out look for a large yield of com in the AVest is not promising. Th* Penny Local, of Savannah, is offering a bolt of homespun for sixty cents and hopes by this means to surround the people of the South. Who will write the editor's Otto-biog' raphy 7 Ills decease is imminent. Tiik first paper by Miss Helen Harcourt on “Tiie Orange Groves of Florida,” presents the subject in an admirable manner. The article is mnrkcd by a strict adherence to, as it is a full delineation of, the facts relative to orange culture. The second pnjier on this subject will he, if possible, more interesting. Tiik veteran editor of that sterling paper, the 7/owe and Farm, of Louisville, Ky., rises to explain the mixed paragraph noticed in our last issue, thus: "The World got mixed up with a washing machine through a mis take of tiie printer. We have made an ex amination of the World maebineand recom mend it." Presenting the Extremes. In this issue of The .Southern World wc give our renders two extremes “The Orange Groves of Florida," and “The Polar Bear," affording one a graphic portraiture of the warm climate of the land of flowers nnd of tiie chilling atmosphere of Alaska. Ohio Crops, The June report of the Ohio Board of Ag riculture shows tho condition of the wheat crop, taking lost year's crop as the standard of comparison to be 09 per cent., with a probable total of 37,320,000 bushels os against 37,580,000 last year. Tiie com ground is wet and heavy, and the planting later than any spring for at least twenty years; only 2 percent was reported planted on June 1st. We heard, not long since, of the energy and vim of a young lady, who, compelled by circumstances, to battle for a support not only tor herself but her parents, lias won distinction os a writer and standing as a merchant. In the latter, however, she is recognized as a man of promptness and in tegrity. That is clever man-agement on her part, but we would warn her (she is a little over twenty,) against trying to pass herself off upon some susceptible maiden as a young man. Ntate Fair Association of Arkansas. This Association was organized one year ago. They hove one hundred acres of land, well fenced; a splendid mile track; floral, agricultural and machinery halls of ample dimensions; stalls for cattle, sheep, horses, etc.; $30,000 1ms been invested in improve ments. Tiie next State Fair will be held at the Fair Grounds in Little Rock, October 10th to 21st. The Cotton Planters’ Conven tion will meet there at tiie same time. The energetic President, John D. Adams, and live Secretary, R. V. Yeacle, are stirring up much enthusiasm on the subject, and we feel confident that the Fair will be a magnif icent success in every particular. Let the whole country meet there. Bctnrnlng Thunks. The people of Putnam county. Georgia, have inaugurated a good movement, deserv ing general commendation and emulation. Tiie bountiful harvests inspired their hearts with gratitude to God and they assembled in Eatonton to return thanks. One of the speakers on tiie occasion said: we have been blessed this year with bountiful harvests of small groin, with a bright prospect of good crops, witli a most gracious revival of relig ion, and witli the discontinuance in our midst of tiie liquor traffic. In view of all these things it was but meet and proper that tiie entire county should join in a thanks giving service. Several appropriate speech es were made and hymns of praise and thanksgiving sung. North Carolina Fruit Fair. A fruit fair, under the auspices of tiie Stato Fruit Grower’s Association of North Carolina, will be held in Greensboro, Nortli Carolina, August8th and 9th. It will doubt less be one of the best ever held in the State. Greensboro is a beautiful and thriving town and is a splendid location for such an exhi bition. Wc trust that fruitgrowersthrough- out the South will attend thisfuir. The following gentlemen have been ap pointed a committee to make tho necessary arrangements for holding the fair; J. Van Ltndley, D. W. C. Benbow, J. M. Ward, G. L. Anthony, J. 8. Ragsdale, J. 8. Armlield and J. A. Lineback. From the Interest these gentlemen take in fruit culture and their ability to prepare for the fair, there need be no apprehension but that the arrangements will be perfect. The Grain Crop. The June crop reports of the Department of Agriculture at Washington represents an entire area of 1,501 of the principal counties of the United States, and includes all but a small fraction of tiie prominent crops. The area in cotton is two nnd seven-tenths per cent less than in 1881. Texas makes an in crease and also tiie small cotton districts of southeast Virginia. All tiie other states re turn some loss of area. Tiie largest deficien cy is in the states bordering on the Missis sippi river, where planting in the overflowed districts was not entirely finished on the first of June. Tiie comparison with last year’s average is: Virginia 107 per cent; North Carolina, 99; South Carolina, 98; Georgia, 05; Florida, 99; Alabama, 90; Mississippi, 95; Louisiana, 91; Texas, 105; Arkansas, 91; Tennessee, 97. The average condition ol tiie entire cotton area indicates a depreciation of 11 per cent. From the effect of its health- fulness its average growth is represented by 89. The June condition of the previous crop was 93. It was 99 of tho fine crop of 1880. It is better than last year only in South Car olina and Texas. The causes of the depreci ated condition is mainly temperature too low for thrift. In every state there was a destruc tion of plants by frost. Tliere was also too much rain for healthful growth. Both cau ses made necessary tiie replanting in some counties of one fourth of tiie acreage. Instan ces are reported of two or three successive rc- pluntings, and tiie replacement was still in progression. Tiie condition is best in Flori da, and worst in Virginia. In Tennessee, Nortli Carolinaand Arkansas it is much low er than in the gulf coast states. Thoaverage of condition arc as follows; Virginia, 70; North Carolina, 83; South Carolina, 02; Geor gia, 89; Florida, 97; Alabama, 95; Missis sippi, 88; Louisiana, 90; Texas, 93; Arkan sas, 85; Tennessee, 80. The standard is not so good os usual, and is an element of tiie re ported depreciation. Tiie cool weather caus es a slow growth and unthrifty appearance, favoring tiie attacks of lice and rust, and the prevalence of sore shin. A large number of returns say that witli tiie recent fine weather cotton is improving, and gives some assu rance of a better reDort in July. The area sown in spring wheat has decreas ed apparently about 12 per cent. Tiie south ern counties of Wisconsin and the southern and southwestern districts of Minnesota rc- port.nlmost without without exception, a decline in acreage. Tiie northeastern sec tion of Iowa, in nearly every county, reports large reductions. In Dakota tliere is a largo increase in Cass county and a decrease in Yankton, Turner, Bonhomme and other counties. There is apparently a small in crease of acreage in the territory. The com parative average of the northwest is as fol lows: Wisconsin 85, Minnesota 83, Iowa 82, Nebraska 90, Dakota 102. Tiie condition of winter wheat is still very high, averaging 100. Last year, in June, it was 70, having fallen from 94 in Muy. Tiie April freeze did very little damage where it was most apprehend ed. In Pennsylvania the average is a sin gle point below 100, New Jersey 3, New York 10, Texas 7, Ohio 1, Illinois 20. All the other winter wheat states east of the Rocky Mountains return the above standard. On the Pacific coast, Oregon returns the ave rage of 98 and California 77. Taking the winter and spring areas together, and as suming a continuance of the present con dition, a yield exceeding 13 bushels per acre would be tho result, and an aggregate ex ceeded only by the product ol 1880. The southern harvest is safe. Northern winter wheat has few risks to encounter, but the spring is still an uncertain quantity. Tiie corn acreage cannot be given till July. A large increase in area is reported in the south and in the northwest, but in liulf the states planting was not finished on the first of June, und in largo districts tiie plant had made no show above ground. In parts of the south the early planted is in tassel. Plaining is every where late. The plant is small and not of average vigor or color in consequence of tiie cold and wet weather. The increase in the area of oats is nearly universal, and amounts to an average of 7 per cent. The average of the condition is 101. The harvest promises to be very larger There is an increase of 1 per cent, in tho area of barley—average con dition 00. The condition of clover and Bpring pasture lias improved, and ranges very high in tiie south, and fair to good in other sections. Sknsirle.—John Fitzgerald, of Doboy, Ga., in sending his subscription for the Southern World, remarks: "If convenient please send the microscope. I think the paper well worth the money without any premium.”