The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-11-14
CONDITION Of CROPS.
General Summary of Conditions
Throughout the State.
THE CONTINUED DRY WEATHER,

II Offers the Farmers Good Opportunity to
Gather Their Cotton-The Largest Crop
| of Corn Ever Made In Georgia-Peas and
| Fodder Slightly Injured-A Very Large
Yield of Potatoes.
The dry weather of September. has
continued through this mon tn, Offering
to the farmers of the state. as fine an op.
portunity to gather their cotton in good
condition, as have ever known. They
have ayailed themselves of this oppor-
tunity, and with the incentive. Of good
prices, every energy, has been given to
the gathering of the cotton crop, it even
being reported in the newspapers, that
IN some counties. picking has been car
ried on by moonlight In south and
southwest Georgia, the crop is practi.
cally gathered while in middle and up.
per Georgia picking is still being push
ed vigorously, and the crop will vexy
coon be all housed. In some counties
the cropis turning out better than was
| expected, in others worse, and on the
whole see no reason to change my Au.
gust estimate of the crop-viz: three.
fourths OF last years yield, as a maxi
mum.
-1-Eepeat the advice gave last month
| about cotton seed-viz: do not sell at
| 10 or even 10 cents bushel, but use
them III making yonr compost heaps,
and thus adding to the fertility of your
farms 1t is not only poor economy,
but reckless extravaganza, to sell cotton
seed at ~ cents per bushal and pay SIS
to $40 for cotton seed meal, hauling each
product from three to ten miles, Here.
in is one danger and disadvantage of The
tenant system, by which so much of
our land is worked. The average ten
ant, caring nothing for the keeping up
or improvement of the land he works.
sells all his cotton seed regardless Of
what the price may be. thus year by
year impoverishing the land to his own
detriment and the injury of the land.
owner.
| There having been SO little rain in the
state for the past six to eight weeks, the
crop so far picked has graded very high,
q very small per centage being below
middling.
| There is nothing new to say of this
crop. which is now being housed TAX.
ing the entire state, it is undoubtedly
the largest crop ever made within her
borders, it being a common thing to
hear farmers from different sections say
that they have raised enough for a
two years supply" On account of the
weevil, it has heretofore been impossi-
BILE to keep corn in good condition from
one year to another, in large portion
of the state. If. however, all that is
claimed for bisulphide of carbon, Is
true, then this weevil pest can be fought
and conquered. How to use this rem
edy is explained in answer to cues.
ton in this months Talk" and I
trust it will be generally tried by the
farmers of the state. If one applica-
ton does not fully destroy the weevil,
| tr5r 81 second in four or five weeks.
Don't forget to avoid taking fire about
the crib for several days after using the
blsulphide. as 1t is very infammable
This remedy is said to do NC harm to the
grain, in the way of injuring itsgermi.
mating power. but | have recently been
told by an intelligent gentleman of Nor
gan county. that though he kept the
weevll out of his wheat by the use of
the bisulphide, not grain of the wheat
so treated ever sprouted when planted
1t is possible that he applied the pre-.
veptive too richly. and so killed the germ
In the wheat grains, or there may have
been some other cause for the non.
sprouting of the wheat
PEAS, FODDER ETC
The wet August injured these crops
in south Georgia, but in the middle
and upper portions of the state, large
amount of bright clean fodder, and
large quantities of peas. have been
saved A great quantity of fine hay has
been saved in the south Georgia. which
will compensate for the lost fodder.
hope the day has come, or is close upon
us. when every corn field will be sowed
in peas at the last blowing. and that
every field in small grain, will be sowed
down in field peas, after harvest. In
this way we can largely keep up the
fertility of our lands. and increase their
value at very small cost
RICE.
The weather this season has been un.
usually favorable for the harvesting of
this crop. which has for some time been
concluded. The yield and quality have
both been satisfactory to the planters.
SORGHUM AND SUGAR CANE
are generally good in their respective
sections of the state. The acreage in
sugar cane was somewhat curtailed, by
| GU6 lOSS VI LluCu S6eu cane Dy ldSU WIN
ters cold, but the crop is good one,
and there will be no want of good syrup
in any part of Georgia during the pres.
ent winter. Sorghum should be plant
ed more extensively, as it is easily rails.
ed and valuable crop.
POTATOES TURNIPS, ETC.
There will be plenty of potatoes,
though the crop is not so large as it
promised to be, earlier in the season.
The dry weather of the past two months
has cut it off considerable. and those
who planted late will make very few
potatoes.
Turnips are also short OH account of
of the dry fail, for though the tops look
we'll in many cases, the roots are very
small
STOCK
While there has been considerable
loss among hogs, in some counties, the
number for killing is larger than for
many years past, and with the album.
dant corn crop, they will be heavier
thin usual. Many cattle have died in