Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-29
Facts for MANNERS.


The crop prospect of Talbot county is
the finest for years.
The hay crop in Clarke county this year
will be the finest ever known.
Cholera has made its appearance among
the hogs in Pike county, and a few hogs
have died from it.
The peach, apple and pear trees in Cobb
county are literally loaded with growing
fruit. The prospects are good for boun-
tiful yield.
j. 7. Brown, of Hawkinsville, harvested
his tive-acre patch of Burt oats Monday.
The patch was planted on Jan. Is, and
. turned out full crop fully matured.
In a box of oranges Merritt Lyon, of
Marietta, found some Florida moss. He
placed it on a tree in front of his store
and it is living. He SAYS he has tried it
before, and the moss seems TO thrive well
enough during the summer, but the cold
freezes of winter kills it.
The recent abundant rains are causing
Washington county crops and gardens to
grow rapidly and luXuriantly. Corn is
growing wonderfully and is now very
promising. Oats will turn out much bet
ter than the prospect indicated two weeks
ago, though the crop will not be a heavy
one. Upon the whole the outlook is very
encouraging for a good crop year. The
hay crop is now very promising.
The rains of last week, while generally
unusually heavy, were nowhere in Wash
ington county more destructive than at
the farm OF Judge YOungbloOd. on Lime
stone creek. Washes We're made one and
two feet deep in places, doing great dam
age to the lands, and vast quantities of
sand and mud were washed over the crops
in the bottoms. The judge estimates the
damage to his corn and cotton crops at
not less than $500.
d. W. Everett, who lives about two
miles from Monroe, on the Social Circle
road, planted eight acres in cotton this
year after putting 1000 pounds of guanO
on it, and expected To make a bale Of cot
ton to every two acres. A fine stand of
cotton came un, and on last sunday Mr..
Everett, passing over his plantation,
thought he would look at it. To his sur
prise no cotton was there. The cut
worms had actually cut il all down.
Tuesday morning u. 5. LOckett was in
Americas with a monster colard, which
he had chrstened the Cleveland-Crisp col
lard, because Judge Crisp sent him the
seed. 1t was planted later than Feb. IA,
and has grown to an enormous size, one
leaf measuring Ii inches across and 3
feet in length. The collard stands 3 feet
high, and is 5 feet from leaf to leaf. This
OuC 10 nAulBIN d Sdiipit VI but OutH III hiS
garden. and he says they look more like
China trees than collards.
the following statement, furnished by a
good practical farmer, OF the proceeds Of
his own farm the past year, abundsrtly
establishes the fact that good farming
pays nowhere better than i'm Washington
county: The aggregate value of farm
products is $1,000. The regular laborers
on this farm were the two sons OF the
farmer, aged 16 and y years, and the ex-
ira hired labor cost $50. The cost of fer
tilizers used (Furman's) was $50, leaving
$l,597 as the net proceeds of the farm.
The following are the crops made: Wheat,
100 bushels; oats, 300 bushels; corn, 500
bushels; 16 bales Of cotton, weighing over
800 pounds per bale; s stacks of fodder,
so bushels Of potatoes and - bushels Of
ground peas, saved. There were many
bushels of ground peas and potatoes left
for the hogs; also 100 pounds Of pork.
The cotton was raised on 30 acres Of land.