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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1896
Page
2
The U S Department of Agriculture outlines drought impacts on fall crops in Georgia and nearby states. Fall plowing stores subsoil moisture, improves moisture access, and enhances yields on heavy lands while urging careful seedbed preparation and early testing of soil management practices.
Condition worse than last report due to drought through September. Corn supply short in parts. farmers urged to save forage and plant rye and oats to supplement corn. Potatoes sugar cane peas sorghum and sweet potatoes injured. some crops near total failure. Wheat and oats urged for autumn planting. early cotton harvest allows care and larger cereal crops. Stock remains good. more hogs likely to be killed this winter. farmers urged to keep farms self supporting.
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph feature argues men waste enormous time in barber shops. It estimates a business man shaved four times weekly totals about 2144 hours per week? and up to 217 days in a lifetime. It notes typical costs of 15 cents share price plus tips, totaling hundreds of dollars over a lifetime.
Isaac Lewis of Sabina Ohio a long time Clinton County resident and former Sabina Bank president recounts his strong endorsement of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. He credits the tonic with purifying blood boosting nerves and overall strength amid years of pain and ill health.
The proper harvest stage is when the straw yellows and grains fill the heads. Cut with a reap hook, bundle and hang on poles or lay on stubble to dry, then stack. If hung, a week suffices before housing for threshing. avoid binding in bundles when the straw is dewy.
Coal ashes hold only a tiny amount of phosphoric acid, not enough for practical value. They can improve the mechanical condition of heavy soils with organic matter and serve as an absorbent. Use fine, dry, sifted ashes around fruit trees for best effect. State Agricultural Department guidance.
An advertisement extols nourishment as the key to curing illness, praising Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites for stopping wasting and aiding recovery. It claims rapid blood delivery, new flesh, and fits for lung and bronchial troubles, offering a free book and urging purchase at druggists for 50 cents to 1 dollar.
A Georgia publication promotes a word-building contest urging readers to form the largest number of words using letters from a given word. The notice highlights the paper's patriotic spirit and claims the offer surpasses prior newspaper promotions.
The Southern Cultivator advertises a prize contest giving free education at Southern literary and business colleges for the top word counts. Winners receive tuition, board, railroad fare, and incidentals. subscriptions to Southern Cultivator and Jackson Argus are offered for one dollar.
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