Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-15
Farm Facts.
GEORGIA.


Houston melon shippers have received
fair average returns.
Caterpillars have appeared about one
farm in BUTTS county. Crops are very
fine.
There are many farmers in Houston
who have commenced to pick cotton reg
ularly this week.
Warren Stewart Of Gordon county gays
he raised 100 bushels OF Irish potatoes
this year from two bushels planted.
George Willbanks, of Murray county,
has a stalk of cotton containing l62 blooms
and squares. On one limb there are six
teen squares.
The first annual fair OF the Union, Agri-
cultural aud Social Club, of Houston
county, will be held at Idyl Wylde Park,
near Feagin, Oct. %.
The corn crop in Houston will average
at least 10 bushels per acre this year.
From 20 to 40 bushels per acre will be
gathered in many instances.
jackson county ia getting stirred up
on the stock law question. Several dis
tricts have already petitioned the OrdI-
nary to have elections called.
There is watermelon vine in Clay of
prodigiOus dimensions. 1t covers part of
four lots of land aud has furnished melons
this year for inhabitants OF two counties
No one anticipates serious damage to
cotton from caterpillars in Houston
county. though it was reported last week
that few had been seen on several farms
near Perry.
Nothing has yet occurred that will ma
terially effect the condition Of the crops in
Liberty county, which are in promising
condition, except a little dry weather.
which is likely to prove injurious to sugar
cane and sweet potatoes unless it termi-
mates very quickly.
Two years ago Master Mack Day, OF
Perry, secured six pigeons and placed
them i'm ''house' built for them on his
fathers premises in Perry. Now he has
about 40 grown pigeons, besides 16 that
went oil several weeks ago, and O few
squads now III the nests.
Hog cholera has been doing much dam
age In several sections Of Houston county
and the pork crop will be much smaller
than there was cause to expect three
weeks ago. s. l.. Norwood, near Perry,
has lost some twelve or fifteen hogs and
pigs, but says he has succeeded in check
ing the disease.
hon. /. NJ. Lamar introduced in the
Legislature last week a bill to extend the
stock law to the district in which Hawk
insviile is situated and bounded by Big
creek and the Ocmulgee river. The bill
was introduced in response 10 large
petition of the citizens and fTeehOlders of
the town district. A counter petition has
also been sent up.
Many farmers of Pulaski county are
losing their hogs by cholera William III i.
Anderson, who had $50 head on his plan
tation, had lost by death 100 up to Satur-
day last, and John l.. Anderson, who haG
about the same number, had lost all but
: "a n than Lon oil loo
the meat for their own use and for their
plantations. Their hogs were in fine
order and were fed literally.
q. W. FullingtOn, from the Third dis
trlct OF Do0lY, reports the corn crop good,
but says that there is rust in the cotton,
though as yet no caterpillars have APP
peared. Mr.. Fullington was Of the Opin-
ion that the Oat crop the past season
was the best that has been raised for
several years. He says that he has
one acre which he has sOwn IN oats
for eight years successfully, and
that the yield the past season was 9215
bushels threshed and measured. Mr..
FulllingtOn says that he has had the land
broken and sOwn in peas every year after
harvesting the oats, and ne now has fine
crop Of peas growing on the land. He does
not believe that the yield Of oats on the
acre has been less than 60 bushels any
year during the last eight.
FLORIDA.
The South Florida nurseries are the first
in the State to offer an everlasting orange
tree for sale.
MIR. Duckwall has in his yard, at
BraidentOwn, an 1S-inch orange tree, with
three well-deyeloped oranges on 1t.
In less than six weeks nine horses have
died in the immediate vicinity Of Pine
Level. Staggers are prevailing almost as
an epidemic.
Heavy shipments of orange box stuff are
being made over the Florida Southern
railway TO the groves that line its route.
Active preparations are being made down
that way for better and quicker handling
OF the crop.
This has been very favorable farming
year in Manatee county. The orange crop
is full, and hanging on well. The cattle
market is beginning 10 Omen u2. A rail-
road through the county in the very near
future is certainty. Lands are selling
rapidly and for good prices. In fact, never
before were the prospects for better times
more fattering.
Georgia Thrift.
Brunswick wants a market house.