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the dread of the cotton growei can be prevented. Trials a Experiment Stations and th' experience of leading grower prove positively that 7C /" ? ? ,! 1! is tlv only re ncdy. W v'.l N- v-'.t-i ? - r' frw of charpc iiH- 'ev. :.<1 useful i mii inoi: w mil tr?. GL-*wl.\N KAhi j2 N "i St Ncv Vcr\ .U? "iu tvx. u. Aiit.hi i i I'r.u-iit i i-'.uim tnercial fertility i.i Georgia wit I iu Hit' j?: 1 ; . t\ two years ha been enormous, yrow in.: irum -is (i'Mi inns, in lv7 ? to marly 102 putt tons |n Is'.)',". or ,i 1 most s tines a> in licit. When wo oo: sider the price paid lor tliis va> *t mot i n t of in i it 11 i'o a iii 1 the rot urn roouivoil in tlio shape oI liv<' ceii eotton. those figures hooom :i 1 mr? 11 itivr. So I'.'ir from imlicatin a thrifty, woII to do condition < things exactly the reverse. ] shows that they are not doin their lull duty by their land, l?n are forced by its waning slrenjjt and by the low price of cotton t resort to any means by wliic they hope to keep up the mono supply. Had our land increase in fertility, our crops in quant it; in proprotion to the increase use of fertilizers, Georgia shoul to-day l>e making in thenoighbn hood of 3,500,000 bales ol'cottoi besides her full (|uoto of foe crops ; but in 'point of fact make a little over 1,000.000 bales, an still depends largely on the We: for her food supply. Kven tli small increase of the crop cnnn< be credited to commercial manur alone, but also to the large art taken in during that period Inn the growth el our populatioi Had thi> increase ot area .bee sowed in peas every third yea .,,.,1 1... .. . < i i: i *< i * . % i _ <?i 11 i??i. 11 i? M i ? > i; 11 \ 11 > 111 ami kepi. up, and had iin* larniei expended a pari of llmir linn- i rolledin;; malt-rials and ?pultii up compost, IIn-ir land woiiui i< lay in* more product i ve and tiefertilizer* hill- It--- lu-avy. That " lie ind i>criminate u It-rl di/t-i - \vi: I 11 >I pa\ is ji eonei (It'll . 'id w!:' !' I lie jlltl ii-i' I 'isi' \v ill pay whore t : -?1 al h i; 11 rnmpnsl ire used, i dependent whollv upoll commercial iimiii;ii will e.dail disaster and lo '! I <|iianlity used l?y the average la iner i- -t? small l<?r I he acreage ! 1 end I iial it i- ol I ill !e 11 an permanent help io hi> land. W should I hiii!; ami sluth as mur ahoilt our land as a 1 <>111 I he cioj we take nil' jl. The act nal vain to the consumer of this conime ei.il manure, hefnre beinjr rnixc at the factory. i? ahnut ."flit p< ton. ' >n top of this the farnii lias to pay lor mixing, interest an prolit on the cost ol inanufaetu inir plant, wear of mnchinen cost of sacks and lor inspection freight and drayage, agent's proli handsand teams to apply it. an lastly for the extra lahor toniak* gather and prepare for mark* the increase of crop due to thi $10 anplieat ion of actual benefit. Mils will run the cost to the far j mors of (Ji-orjsia some where near ; $'50 per ton, ami that, too, w ith ' j out heiny, of any ]>crinancnt help j- to their land. M ho hut a farmer | would pay such exorbitant inter e est without complaint And how s; can even he hope to withstand I such a ruinous system long:' As a factor ol the compost i heap the commercial article pavs I . . i well. Let tiie tanners ofth-o. -ia '<u? sailing tilt ir cottons * 1 at jhalf ri- v and then buviny b a-k I !u pr >!netol t In ^eed ' 1 in the shape of worthless plo* Lt i 1 .1; , ' .1 .. . ! Liuiu* ? cnl\ t\ l:ir<K 4>i! . cake. 11 - eottev Seed m< :i] ,j:m( prices 1'nriu q(1vaiii oi their ! actual worth. Inst. . . ; i Hum;-. apply the-' ed in i> 'i with .iciil and some form of ; ot 'ash. hack In their land. and ihero will he less <]i maid for - much i hit. h nriced fertilizers. \\ > know I . . i? is ! In custom to advise the exchange ofthe seed for men! at the oil mills. J vim; a t m ! si ml for 1.100 pounds of meal, then feed .I i ng that to cattle and saving the t s j manure at a greatl\ increased it proiit. This sounds well, and .. could it he carried out fairly in ,r praetiee. nii111 pay. hut it will ,1 not pan out that way. In the ll lirst place oil mills are not ncressi,,! Me to all farmers, and the huver 1 il of cotton seed for spot cash, even I, where he has meal for sale, places the lowest valuation upon the t. farmer's seed and the highest vnl ,v nation upon his own meal, that he can consistently do with an already prevented conscience. ,(] When there are oil mills within ,1 reach, they will either 'iot give a lair amount of meal to reimburse i, the farmer for hauling, or they rel(j fuse to exchange at all. Kit her .? the hauling both ways is done for ,1 nothing, or if an exchange he made in which compensation js therefor is allowod, he is apt to ,( have a poor article palmed oil v upon him, and not enough of that. As for (ceding to slock and m J saving the manure, even sup , 1 posinjr t>?<? oxehantro has hoen !'ii looted on the hasis of one ton of seed lor 1.100 pounds of meal it .] will I>o found impraet ioahlo. Wo V.'Ilt UfO tin* .i -fit lOJl llu'i'f i- hot i, one < ieor^ia fanner per hundred who staides hi.-stork every tiiudit. i niueli les- al! the tinie. 1 [u\v is i, lie to >ave it under tlie-e eireum stances ? \t ! .--t lie rail - iVO l)ll! I half the meal led. that occupying ; plneo in tin* row lot in 'lie .shape ol manure, where it r? < mains exposed to the elements lor months at a lime. The oilier half o| hi- eo tlv meal i- scatter ed aliOll! the pasture III pliers hi^h and plaoe- low, where tl I i is I rain that ironic- will convey v it lo places -till lowei. In ii 1 r word-, wash it awav altogether. r Let ii- sec what the I inner lias to a )S show lor his two thousand pounds if. of cot t Oil seed. At their own door thoy worn 'I well worth $'.* ; 11;i111 iriir 1>oth ways ! . i '' l $2.AO, making the cost ol his meal >^l !.."?(), when lor ca>h lie ran huy <1 meal at $l.s per toil, or V?0 cents r per ewt.. I.KM) pounds costing >' Itiin t>ul wliieli is #1.00 less l? than he gives. Alter raking and 0 scraping that row lot tor halt'a d | day he will have a lew loads of ' almost worthless manure, some ' ; where amongst which is hall', or Hif?50 pounds ol that cotton seed I meal, many times depreciated in J value since feeding. I'nless lib stock has taken on extra llesh, 01 'increased in milk sufficient f< I make up the deficiency, that farI mer is decidi dlv out of pocket, 1^ there any pay in this? What | our soil needs is, lirst, level culture ; second, deep plow in^ ; t hird, a full supply n! humus; and lastly, a well balanced manure containim: the three essential el > i ments 01 plant life, nitioj^t . phosphic ici<! n 1 potash. How best can obtain th- st. : First, 1 y ten ], y ' thin i! \t ill not ? .-11 ,t\\ ,iv I.. r 1 e n r-* > ! inu (!. 1' .t I.\ .? cons' ant ami Iree w.-e f>f !' e i il'p! > v. 1 , year going deeper until there 1 no mi :ii:- I* :am ii;g tlx; i. \ ' ii Next by liberal U.-e ui w? ?I ; n;i<. to hiippiy humus and nitro : gew. And lastly by tin lllOsI 'compost heap, to help out tin ; peus and furnish -Midi other elements a 1 lie land najwires. A jcareful study of methods ami : comparison of results will done jonstrato conrlusixcly that tlx . (leorgia 'armors who follow tlih practice are the ones who art least encumbered by debts, am the only ones who are today act wally making clear money. (Marke < < Ja. i S100 Reward, S100. The read-TH of this paper will pleased ti learn that there Is at least one dreaded divas, that science iias been able to cure In all It: tAKCs anil thit is Catarrh. Wall's Catarrh Cur, Is the only positive ciro now Itnown to tin uiedlcal fraternity. Catarrh beliiB a constitu tlonal disease,requires a constitutional truat mi nt. Hall's Catarrh Cure is ta'.ten intornallv acting directly upon the blooil ami mucou surfaces of the system, thereby destroying tin foundation of the disease, anil Blvlm; tli< patient strength by building up the constitu tion and assisting nature In doing Its worli The proprietors have ho much faith lc it curative powers, Hint they offer One ilunitroi Hollars for any case that it fails to cure Sow for list of Testimonials. Address, 1\ ,1. C11KNKY & CO , Toledo ( Sold by Druggists. 75c. llall's Family Fills are the l est. Fleecing The Fanner. i*. 1? Smead, V. S . iii Frartical Farmer. 1 am many times astonished t< ; see farmers of good sense so easih duped its they are. They will btr so many without any regard what they cost, or what they an composed of. I have 111 mind nov some of tint conditnental foodi that are placed on tht* market fo the feeding of animals. A fev days ago an agent called upon m< as a veterinarian and wished nu to give him a testimonial for s particular loo.I anil medicine corn tuned, that lie was selling, to mi> with the grain that \va t ed to an irnals. 1! . claim was, that wliei one pound of his food was ini.\o< in twenty pounds of corn mea and led to one horse in the team i ha' a marked change would h< n diced hy the he!? *r condition o the on that V as fed hi> food v. Inch sta5 meat >. a no (lout) fru >. I frankly informed him that it was not my ha'oit to rce ommend invthiny without tryim it, or knowiiiu of what i t was corn po- d. The formula -ioit -1 witl |0I) !hs, I 1 i: 5 end oil ileal, nhoti .*? lbs. of m ntian, some cnijjcr, . little golden seal and fonnyrock seed, all of them harmless am good enough to use as inedicin* when needed. So I had no fault to tirul on that line, lint what die } this cost the farmer who hough it? In 10.pound lots, 12 centper lh. lint if ho would take lot j pounds, would be tin* price i Now, brother farmer, all then was in it thai amounted to anything at all was the linseed oi meal. The whole 100 lbs. would cost not over .*1. '!<), allowing that the linseed oil meal was fresh am good. Kvery farmer in the lam who takes an agricultural papei knows that linseed oil meal, heinf rich in protein, will balance up corn meal and make it digest bet tor; in short, supplv what tin corn meal lacks. While the food that tho agent offered is practi cally all that was claimed for it ' wherein is the sense in the farmer p lying spS for what $ 1.50 wi 11 buy ; I yet that agent sells lots of it to | farmers all over the land, and ' they are loud in its praise. They little realize that. they were lleeeed all the same. The differ eneo between the price that they paid for an hundred pounds and what they might have bought the same for, would have paid the ' i subscription price of any five agricultural papers in the land and i bought their dinner, if they had attended to the Farmers' Institute > hen it was held in their eounty last Winter. Any one of the pa iron' d P"ve told ( he"!! F) 1 v iln of lln icedoil men I ha' ancitig up corn meal rations with, or thov woulii have learned ! I had they ! m.e to tlie lust. ut?*. I Fut '1 ti nth run )\ <.; ! i these farniere sub-eriho for an i agricultural pap>r, md Farmer'--' iiuPitiite iiiey know .n ten -h j them any ! i"g, hut t i ' a; . ; - "hi eat di t delis en-i!y t. All ho had to down i '.o.-.ny :h..t . that lie had he? n advised to rail upon 1 li?*iii (irst of anv in tin ''neighborhood !?v some one !.c li ! not jusl reinemlier I lie name But ai any rate lie had been in I formed that this part iru! n-tarnsei w,is one ul'I lie leaili tig oil izens ii liis township, ami a progressive , man ready to appreciate a good ( tiling when lie li.nl it shown t< j !iim. Thai kind of hait v. ii I | eat eh the liirnicr wiio don't tak*. 'an agricultural paper every time j and th?' chances are lour to out I hat he is set up in business h\ becoming a local agent, when i lie will take 1,000 pounds to start j on, tin price can bo made to bin as an agent at .$ > per 100. Tin i. agent tells him that he can easil\ s sell .">00 pounds aday to his neigh bors. .lust look at it, $10 for : day's work. Yes,just look at it lin seed oil meal at $120 a ton to bal s ance up a ration of corn meal oi ? other starchy grain foods. I havt before me a letter that I hav< just, received from a man who live: s in acity, saying that he has heard that charcoal is good for sheep and he has also heard it said tha ' black pepper is good for a specie: nf ii'Arniu I li'it lit' c/Mnn Dilantin irol " " Wl ' ,,Ml 'V h^1 into a sheep's heart.. So ho beirp a charcoal dealer has come to the conclusion that a combination o tho two will make a grand ronied; lor all ailments of horses, cattle 1 sheep, swine and poultry, and he \ sides there is lots of money in it ' lie, therefore, if 1 will j_rive him ; testimonial will be verv mucl v pleased to send me a case; but tin j I tostimoninl don't pi. lint no mat .-I tor about that, ere lone the char I i p! eoal and pepper will he on tin ".market, and many a tanner wil * lie paving a thousand per cent 1 | profit for charcoal, with .jlis t-iiuiieli pepper mixed in to uiak< ' the ion ue -mart when tasted o i ami the farmer snerzo when Ik ' _ .... I I it </> it i ?> I , I he t I for ?!!!? 111i11it ho wii reason. Vcs. sn if i^ good loi > soviml fhin^s. fjjii .-hiol" of all f? I' ci,rn'!i 11 if fellow who man nine . Iures i'. <Mammal an I tig m* is : :rr 11 1 111ii?_r 1?n* sour stomach i: 1 people, ail.I e:u? he given to id vantage lo -u incut ail times. u 1 horses, slice]) ami call! whet i heir oi/e l ion is weak. I!u' wii\ t lias not I lie ! armor learned this , Mid why has lie not learned tin folly of paving a dollar tor ter ! cents worth of it. when his atii ' tnals need it Simply heeause Ik 1 don't lea I tiie papers, attend tin 1 farmers' Institute and learn 1< ' protect himself Irani fiie sc iciiiin. fellow. Thousnml of men are ge? t imr rich yearly. and are doing il not really dishonest Iv. hut simply I) 'caiM1 the fanner let< him do il from lack of knowledge, that it all. Ves, it is hard times for the farmer, ami so it will remain un til }i?? hceomes a reading, think ing man. Schuyler <'o., X. Y. I " gfe M||B11 ftiel VVIildkoy MiiMta F UJ P 11 I I MM curort M homo withSal lUifl tHBUMtOIIB a.M.wooi.i.KY, M.i>. Aiiacuo*. ?,?. omco KH N. I'ryor ?k 1 Tutt's Pills Cure AH Liver Ills. A CLEAR HEAD; * good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, ! are some oftho results of the use of Tutt's Liver PI!1:;. A single dost; vfill convince vou of their m , wontlei iu c'fioet; an . ve.tue, 'I A SvXtiOWF? fr-olC t* j ab: 'v. :r.ioi *k ad ct", d?" 4 ' - * *\1: "i f >ur i Vi<i;.!i 'i "n , y V ' \ uiious fv- e . piles, corp.u fiver .,M i.:,. v .1 A', . ' .sUl<eCl Ci' v . ). - ;fi. s - Vv.r P3i ivS lifii r. I y tfi 9> . k. ? a Jk&jL* / v-; ; fflA MOM ; i ii mm We will si-iul you hy mail (in plain package) A?:SOI,l Ti:i.V FICKK, I lu> powerful r DR. HOFFMAN'S VITAL RESTORATIVE TABLETS, 1 ; with a legal guarautco to permauen. ly '.-nr.' LOST M AN IIOOP, WKAK: N KSS, V A ltl< '(><1KLK; slops forever -jail unnatural ?1 r:iins. Speodi'y roi stores health ami perfect mannood. We have faith in our treatment and if we could not cure yon wo would not r send our medicine FUCK to try, and ? pay when satisfied. ; WESTERN MEDICINE CO. | (Inrnrporaintl), KAUIiJZOO MlfR ? > MiM* V V| W?V?i? ' Werveus Debility. . I v 'v* U * rn r.ATM r n'* iW,j * OR. E. C. WEST'S nerve m mm treatseht * THE ORIGINAL, ALL OTHERS IMITATIONS. 11 ? ''. ' : i'>> o Written UuiunntM) I j-.iti. . > > i 1: r-: J:. I , I ?{> : : n? "iliok! , ' ' ' I . ! vi I I >r< ,;vi-. I ,'ic'< ?if ('i>nQ. | 11 . ' hi - 4. I, :^-|:i i.l! I>i..i: V?-iilh. I !'.! !. i I i?r I'o'.c ii. < 'I'rim. I . hhii . w !11 ! ' ; ! *i* i- ry. < * :i linn, I'l-.ii i.iU Ii'it'i Ai urn ?r I; ii.nl. jl ?? . ! : U"' . : . in- (o B i I .. park* ^? , r . . .. jii full I limit i;.-l .11. . on. . Oi l il . : !il> bolll to | ?*iirh |i -rwi'i. : <i ' ... I T I ' r .-J f!p.Ci.-l(.-^g? L. ' W ? Iiii ' : '!i ' J t yyr- * * <FQ ] <$??. , ^ ^v> } ' < ' ... ? QE-F-OJT. J \f-rER .1. r MvKi.? A Co VJ I II r lloi:*')i ft Co ? A > c-* ^ fjw 1 > v 3 wm? t .iJ V I ^ , v.. v : o I-,'.- f AT-.y c\r.E j ??f \'| Mt:n . Ilt? 7 .iT?d l'ni! lo Cm?. < -i'13* j ia^c fort'i :irst . ! 111iii- l.i foi tl" .iilili'- a M A'iH Ai, T'i.-iat I mi. , r i ,. im.r i.l i.oai iiiiiity, NorvwiiR it:. I ' " "i . . .. an! |' i'< r v. .u ?*f l !,iii . ?; 11 i.l I and young man N'o * i reine iy: .it .ins no . i! nr otliM'hnrriiiil dvtig It ij a \\ "? i.i .11 \ fmrnt magical in iu ' ? '! .- i '. :\a mi it-> i iro. All le-nlits, r % i m'- suffering from u woaknow that Id) rhts ill -ir i h*. can in..; that imnital anil 1111. i m. .iiyi-ing |a- "i.i ir to i.(> t ManI I. !. u .alii ivi-.m : . tlmSTATK .MKDK'AL t > ?. ANY. Oniaun, Noli, urui they will ' - i : i'l'.n, a Yiuiinhlo . |.n i-r a . hi'io !, i . . s. ami jiositivo oronf* hi .in i t i Iy .a a ii .\i. Vii.aiurnt. Tbous- a ; an ! ' : ' who have l"f,t all hope of a nr. n mi-, ri"torcvl l>y thein ton per1 It * ' ft <-t . v 'I his Mac . may In? tnkuflr "v at aoino ain! r ;.:c:r direction*,or thr\ tfhll pay rcilr i 1 f-i.-in i hotel hills to all who ureter in go there for troatinoiit, if they tail to cm... 'i hoy are jx>rfoci:v reliable; have no I-rt-o I'roscriiitiotis, I-'roo <'nro, Smiuj -. < >. 11. fftlto 'l*hoj.- !invn i -.'in,inn) capital. anil guarantee to cure r\ cioio they treat or rofuiiil ovory duliar; |> r th?ir charges may he dejK>*ito<l in a' ? i.mik to ho paid to them when a cure la Ve-'tdJ. Write them day. To t urn t'oiiHl I|>h t Inn Forever. Take ("ascau-M Candy < .ilhartlc. loc nr Eio. If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggist* refund money.