Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-06
Farm Facts.
GEORGIA.

Inc DuIk OF Laurens county's cotton
crop will be gathered this month.
Columbus has received 1876 bales of cot
ton for the first days of this year.
There has been big crop of potatoes
raised in Clarke county this year.
T. c. Hampton, of Athens, sold 1000
frying chickens in one week, and 3,700
watermelons in three weeks.
Dave Hobbs, of Stewart county has sold
$l2O worth of peaches from an orchard
covering three-tOurths Of an acre.
Camilla shipped $500 bales of cotton
last year. 1t is now generally believed
that not more than 1850 will be shipped
this year.
Some of the Laurens county farmers are
complaining of poor potato crops, while a
majority of them are well pleased with
the prospects.
Sweet potatoes are retailing at the
stores in Hawkinsville for so cents per
bushel. They are very scarce, and ready
sale is foul for all brought to town.
II. J. Roland, of Tattnall county, has
raised on his place this year a mammoth
squash. 1t measured 20 inches in dame
ter, which would be a fraction over Is
inches in circumference, and SO inches
long. 1t weighed 80 pounds.
Mountain district, in Forsyth county,
after five unsuccessful efforts, went mo
fence" Thursday by Il vote of 141 to 80.
There is much rejoicing in the district
over the result. Fences have been abOl-
ished in six districts in the county.
Corn is exceptionally good in Walton
county. During the last three weeks of
dry weather the planters have saved large
quantities of choice fodder and hay. Peas
potatoes, milo maize, sorghum cane, rib
bon cane and sweet potatoes are plentiful
and fine.
E. &. ROane and T. j. Howard, Of
Oglethorpe, report that while the dry
weather has seriously cut off cotton. that
county will make more than last year.
They say that crops are much better, on
an average, in Oglethorpe than in Ebert,
Wilkes or Greene.
The Walton county cotton crop now
promises only about one bale to three or
four acres. The three weeks drought be-
ginning about Aug. 8 and extending to
Aug. 30 has caused nearly all the forms
to drop of the upper half OF plants. The
area in cotton is smaller by 5 per cent.
than last year. The caterpillars have
made their appearance, which will
greatly cut of late cotton.
In Butts county the crops are very fine,
cotton especially, but not so good as it
was thought it would be a week or ten
Nu1S oECs AfOtH AtnHLdHuluS Ln6 iTulb mas
fallen Oft considerably, there will be a
large yield. The caterpillar has put in
an appearance. They are too late to dam
age the crop materially. The general
opinion is that the farmers are doing
better than they have for many years
past. They are generally out of debt,
and have bought very spsringly Of such
things as they needed. The merchants
are looking ahead for a regular boom this
fall and winter in cash trade. Some few
men in the country are giving some at
tention to stock raising, and have some
very fine Jersey cattle, while others have
some very fine Georgia raised mules and
horses.
FLORIDA.
Mr.. Stovin's crop Of oranges at Winter
Park this year will be from 1900 TO 1000
boxes from 800 trees. He has 4 800 in all.
There are many farmers around Live
Oak who are complaining of caterpilIars
destroying their cotton, and some think
that their crop will be cut off more tnan
half. owing to It's being very late when