The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-09-21

LIS QuAel lollie. excite MS sympathy. ana
may cause d feeling of apprehension,
but they GO not affect his personal Sc
cullty. He has his home, he has his
provisions secured: his cotton has been
made at reasonable cost and although
he may not live in luxury, he is a
stranger to the desperate struggle now
going on III the business world.
In that world there is absolutely stagna-
ton of trade. The banker sits with his
contracted brow, and anxious expect
ancy, awaiting kilograms from the bust
ness centres, hoping for some improve
ment III the financial situation: the mer-
chant sees his trade diminished and de-
pressed; he.srtisan and the mechanic sit
inactive by workshop and bench; the fac
tory operative is suffering from enforced
ldleness; every citizen Of our state, be he
preacher lawyer, doctor, merchant,
farmer, mechanic, artisan or day la
borer, feels the effect of our financial
condition.
Generally speaking however, the
farmers lot is a happy one when COM
pared with that of the thousands of
worklngmen in cities, now thrown out
OF employment. OF course there are ex-
cepnonal cases, Some sections of the
state have been visited by severe and de-
structlye storms, and over a large por-
uon OF North Carolina protracted
drouth has cut off the yield Of corn; but,
as rule, the grain crops are good, hogs.
are more plentiful and the cotton has
been made more economically than
heretofore. Under usual conditions,
these facts would place the farmer on
this vantage ground, that he could use
/ his discretion in selling his cotton, and
not sacrlhce 1t at runously low price.
But later, when his Obligations mature,
II there is no Improvement in the finan-
clal condition, he, too, will feel the pres
sure to be almost unbearable. His cot
ton will be ready for market, but unless
times brighten there will be no money to
move 1t; or, If he owes, his debts will
have to be settled on basis of five or six
cents cotton-perhaps less. Under these
circumstances what can he do? Let
him, If possible, save himself from this
tremendous sacrifice by placing his cot
ton withhiS merchant. This will pro-
tect and maintain the credit of both.
And then let him join his voice with the
millions who are protesting against our
UNJUST financial system, which enables a
/ few money lenders to corner" the
money OF the country, the south and
west being the victims, while the shy
locks OF the east grow fat from their ne
! cessities and sufferings.
SAVING SEED FOR PLANTING.
| In gathering the cotton crop care
should be taken to save only the best
! seed for planting. If the farmer cannot
do this himself, let him select a careful
hand, who will go through the crop and
select the best bOlls from the stalks, and
| those from the middle crop are the most
desirable, as the top crop is not usually
well matured and the bottom crop is
generally more or less injured, although
! good seed saved from the bottom or first
| crop generally mature earlier. The ut
most care must be taken in drying the
seed and securing them against all inju-
| rlOt1s Influences.
The seed corn should be selected in the
same manner, taking only well devel-
oped, full ears from healthy, vigorous
stalks, storings these carefully, and at
the same time reselecting, and using only
| the perfect grains from the butt towards
the middle of the ear. rejecting the
! ends. In storing away the corn crop, a
! good plan is to sprinkle each layer, as it
Is put in the barn. with salt water: this
is preventive of weavils, often so de-
| structlve Ill the lower part of the state
| and also renders the shuckS more palata-
: bic for feeding.
! FALL CROPS.
would again urge, at the risk Of be-
! ing considered tedious. that full crops of
grain, grass and clover be put in as far
as practicable.
September is the month for getting in
/ stand for winter oats. Rye and bar
ley should also be sown. and if we would
| have a good start with clover and grass
now is the time to put them in. What
! ever is attempted on this line should be
done thoroughly. To succeed properly
the land should be naturally good, or
should be made so by proper fertiliza-
| ton, and the work should be thorough.
We only court disappointment when at
| the end of the fall we scratch" in few
! seed on our poorest land. l again re-
| peat, that this is one cause of the usual
failure of our fall sown grains. NeceS-
Sar1ly this work comes at an announcement
time, when we are absorbed in saving
the cotton, but the man who has fully
made up his mind to lay the foundation
for diversified crops and improved lands,
will find some plan for carrying out his
intention. There will be many DAYS
when the cotton is not in condition to be
gathered. These can be used in turning
under the pea vines and in sowing these
fall crops. OF course the man who has
most of his farm in cotton is debarred
from these improved methods, for it will
be too late. when the cotton is finally
gathered, to attempt them with profit,
which is but another plea for concentrat-
ing our cotton crop and reducing the area
and intensifiying its preparation, fertil-
ization and cultivation.
A RECENT TRIP
through some of the most furnishing
counties of the state proved to me most
conclusively the great change which is
daily progressing in the minds of our
farmers i'll regard to the diversity of
crops and the importance Of closer atten-
ton to what might be termed the details
of the farm. There is a growing inter
est in good stock, a manifest desire to
raise more; care is being shown in the
selection of sires; the question of judi
cious rotation Of cropsfis being more close
| ly studied. Humus is greatly needed in
most of our soils, and intelligent farmers
are beginning to realize that one of the
most important subjects for study is as