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OTE SOUTHERN WORLD, JANUARY 15,18&6. 85 Extraordinary Advice—Don't Take It. One of our Georgia contemporaries seems to be down upon farming, and makes this deliverance to young men out of employment. ‘‘Don’t go to the country. Don’t farm, don’t plow a mule, don’t dig ditches, don’t maul rails nor pull fodder, buy ba» on and corn on time at ruinous prices nor raise cotton. It don’t, it never did, it never will pay. The law makers of your State have placed an impassable gulf between agri culture and prosperity. Exceptional interests may prosper in Georgia under present conditions. Agriculture never will. Until new avenues of employment are afforded there is nothing else to do and hence we advise you to loaf. * * *” “ Half the money wasted at present upon a system of education that quali fies its supposed beneficiaries for noth ing, would be sufficient to set on foot a system of industrial training that in a few years would result in a wide range of employment for those who are now idle. Talk for it, work forit, vote for it, and until it comes about devo’e your idle time to base ball, rabbit hunting or anything else, but don’t go back to the country—don’t farm.” But for the serious tone pervading this entire article, we should be tempted to class it as ironical, and a species of sar donic jest. But there is no loop-hole left for the formation of such a conclu sion. The writer is in earnest, and citeB his own experience in proof of his assev erations. That portion of his advice which warns the young farmer to beware of buying “bacon and corn on time at ruinous prices,” is well put. All the rest, if carried out, will lead unerringly to his ruin. _-As to the fling at the public schools, the best answer is to be had in the hun dreds of young men, the sons of impov- T. erished parents, who have by their agency been qualified to fill clerkships in every department of business, and -are now steadily climbing the ladder of progress to prosperity and afiluence. We say nothing of the large number in the free high schools in Macon, Atlanta, Savannah and elsewhere, who have been prepared for college and are now illustrating Georgia iu the pulpit, at the bar, and as educators themselves. The legislators need no champion. If under this attack upon them the object be to promote the establishment of a School of Technology in connection with the State University we submit that the poorest way to achieve any given object is to undcrate and animadvert upon those who are to decide upon its merits. We sincerely trust as a strong advocate of such a school, that this may not prove true in the present instance. In regard to the fierce onslaught upon agriculture, happily at least seven-tenths of the people of Georgia who cultivate the soil, support the government by their taxes, and furnish food for all classes including the denizens of the cities, are able to frame tueir own an swer. While as a general rule their profits are not large, yet, if at all thrifty and industrious they raise their own meat and bread, pay nothing for fuel, rents, vegetables, and milk and butter, and are absolutely independent, with none to “ molest or make them afraid.” It matters not if a financial panic sweeps over the country wrecking the strongest business firms and involving in one com mon ruin hundreds of merchants, and the proprietors and operatives of a thousand opulent manufacturing estab- * lishments, the farmer, as he surveys his well-filled barns, broad acres and sleek stock, sits down at his ingleside without a care, and feels no practical interest in the decline or rise of “stocksand fu tures.” We take issue with our contemporary also in his remark in substance, that farmers are not a whit more virtuous than the inhabitants of a crowded city. If it be true, that “to err is human,” and temptation is too often the forerun ner of sin, then the farmer is not ex posed to one in a dozen of the seduc tions and man traps of a city, and there fore cannot be ensnared by them. And now, a parting word to the many young men who by the exigencies of trade are thrown out of employment, don’t “ loaf ” and squander your scanty savings in idleness, or at “base ball,” or “ hunting rabbits.” In this God blessed country land is cheap, and labor in demand. Either buy or rent a few acres as near market as possible or take some position on the farm, roll up your sleeves, grasp the plow bandies and go to work. Mother earth if judiciously coaxed and handled will not cheat you. An abundant harvest will reward your labors and that price less independence which alone can give contentment and happmess will be yours. Our advice is, if on the farm, stick to the farm. If in the city and out of employment go back to the farm / H. H. J. >«-•-»< The I.eCoute Pear—When to Put it out. Those who intend to start plantations of this luscious fruit which is even more profitable than the oranse, are admon ished that now is the proper time to do so. Year old rootlets can be obtained at Smithville, Thomasville and ither points, all the way from 10 cents to 25 cents each. Our advice is to buy from regular giowers and shippers, even at Live Stock Department The Norman Horse. Wherever the Norman horse is found in America, the name of Dillon is known. The Dillons were pioneers in this line, and, as will be seen by the facts given below, they still cont'nue to do pioneer work. Having demonstrated beyond a question that the Norman horse crossed with the common produces the ideal draft horse for farm and draft purposes in the North, and after having demon strated to their own satisfaction that it would be equally valuable in the South, they have engaged in an enterprise in Texas which is simply magnificent. These gentlemen, in connection with others, purchased a tract of land in Shackleford county, Texas, embracing 2,700 acres, and in addition to this are entitled to 75,000 acres besides, giving them a range of over 100,000 acres, 2,700 acres of this is under fence. On this range they have placed 4,400 horses, principally native mares, these they are breeding to Norman stallions as fast as they can spare the stallions from their home stables. They have made one shipment of 35 stallions. The objection that some horsemen have used against the Norman horse is that they would not endure the South ern climate. The Dillons have proved that this iB not true. They have dem onstrated that the Norman will stand both summer and winter fully as well as One of the six Barns oil the Ilium* Farms of Dillon Bros., Importers and Breeders of Norman Horses, Normal, 111. higher rates, as they are posted how to unearth the young trees afid pack them for shipment, thus saving great loss to the purchaser. When the young treeB arrive, cut them down to two and a half or three feet from the root, then prepare ample holes twenty-five feet apa t and apply a liberal amount of well rotted cow pen manure or the rich earth from the corn ers of fences, and bury the rootlet about eight inches deeper than it stood in the nursery, pressing the earth closely about it. The tops that have been pruned off, cut into pieces about fifteen inches in length, and plant six inches apart in trenches four feet asunder, half full of woods earth or well rotted manure. Fill in with the top soil and wnter freely in dry weather, and the next season yea will have your own trees ready for set ting Set the cuttings perpendiouiary and do not expose more than two eyes above the surface. H. H. J. Flue Blooded (Stock. Choice Corn and Cotton Heed for Bale. We Invite the attention of farmers to the ad vertisement of “Pare Surprise Whl'e Corn," “ Heriong Cotton Seed,” and Rust Proof Wheat by Captain Robert E. Park, of Holton, Bibb Co.. 6a. These seeds are exceedingly prolific and deservedly popular. They are warranted pare. Captain Park also raises superb Registered and Grade Jersey ca'tle. »hetlsnd ponies, Geor gia horses and colts and registered Berkshire pigs. The writer has visited h's stock farm and can testify to the excellence and beauty of the above animals. Address him at Macon, 6a. Cattle often suffer from hay fever—the fever induced by the want of it. native stock, and that colts will thrive fully as well as at the North. Five two year old Norman mares, all with foal, were shipped to their Texas ranch, all foaled, and mares and colts have done well. We need hardly say anything about the reliability of this firm; guarantee all horses bought of them to be breeders and to be just as represented. Their beautiful illustrated catalogue of Nor man horses, giving list of animals im ported and bred in 1884, amount of stock on hand, and much useful information concerning Ihe Norman horse sent free of charge. Sweet Gum and Mullein. The sweet gum, u gathered from a tree of the same name, growing along Ihe small streams in the southern States, contalus a stimulating ex pectorant principle that loosens the phlegm pro- ducing the early morning cough, and stlmulateo the child to throw off the false membrane in Croup and Whooping-cough. When combined with the healing mucilaginous principle in the mullein plant of the old fields, presents In Tay lor's Cherokee Remedy or sweet Gum and Mullein, the finest remedy for Coughs, Croup, Whooping Cough and Consumption; and so pal atable, any child is pleased to take it. Ask your druggist for it. Send 2c. stamp for Taylor’s Riddle Book, which is not only for the amuse ment of the little ones who will gather around your knee to hesr the puzzling questions, but containing information for the health and wel fare of every home. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Ga. The State Horticultural Society of Ar kansas meets in Little Rock on the 21st. From a notice in the Rural and Work man we opine they will disease the hog cholera plagne and mole raising! how to Get a Good Book Free. 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