The Home journal. (Perry, Houston County, GA.) 1901-1924, August 07, 1902, Image 4
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Japan Cane for Syrup.
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The following interesting ac
count of cane planting was con
tributed to the Jacksonville
Times-Union and Citizen by Mr.
4 N. H. Fogg, Orange county, Fla.
^It will be read with interest and
profit by the cane planters of this
section: l
I“I experimented seveveral years
with various crops on my high
pine, sandy land, on which it was
thought nothing could be raised
but orange trees. I found noth
ing that gave satisfaction or profit
as a money crop. But one year
ago last spring I heard of the Jap
anese sugar cane, that was said to
thrive on hi® pine laud, and I
decided to give it a trial, though
I did so with many misgivings.
I secured seed for about one acre,
and made a beginning, and in
stead of a failure as some predict
ed, it proved to be a grand suc
cess;
“I will give my mode of plant
ing, cultivating and disposing of
the crop. I prepare my laud care
fully, as I oousider that one of the
most essential thingB to do to be
successful in raising any crop. I
planted the first of March, but I
think it advisable to plant in
February if conditions arp favora
ble. I opened my rows with a
turning plow, rows eight feet
apart which I find from experi
ence is just about i the right dis
tance. I out - my canes into
•.pieces, each pieoe containing two
eyes. I dropped them in.the bot
tom of, the furrow, leaving a space
of abot six or eight inches between
•each two pieces, and covered with
the turn plow throe or four inches
deep.
“After it came up and at first
working X barred off the rows
with turning plow, throwing thft
earth away from the cane on each
side, the furrow being shallow. I
fertilized with bright ootton seed
meal at the rate of about 400
pounds to the acre, then turned
the earth back to the cane, cover
ing the fertilzer.
“If the weather is dry, I run a
Planet Jr. sweep over the ground
each week, or ten days. Should
the season be favorable and ‘wet,
I run the Bweep often enough to
ke^p down all grass and weeds,,
ami ill either case use the lioe of
ten enough to keep the cane free
from grass or weeds. About the
1st of June I again hoe off my
rows as* before, and again apply
the same amount of fertilizer of a
special mixture which I had pre
pared, consisting of per cent,
phosphoric acid and 10 per cent,
of actual potash.
“I continue tb ruu the sweep
sufficiently, for clean culture, ^f-
“ter planting, I never use the plow
except to open a very shallow fur
row for fertilizing and covering
the same. A field once planted
is planted for several years, some
say six or eight, experience will
tell.
"I will say here that this vari
ety is strictly a syrup cahe, and
it makes the finest syrup in the
world. Other peculiarities be
longing to it are worth knowing.
It will stand several degrees more
cold without injury than the oth
er varieties, being harder and
more woody. While it does not
oontain as much juice it is much
richer, the same quantity produc
ing nearly 40 per cent more syrup
than the other variety. The juice
can be evaporated to a density of
;84 or 80 degrees withput sugaring.
My experience this year is that
88 degrees density is about right,
as it is very heavy, weighing four
teen pounds to the gallon ; and I
believe it will keep indefinitely
without deteriorating.
“Tlia Rvt'nn ia in nrnf.iv.
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The syrup is in tlotive demand
and sells for 10 cents per gallon
more than other syrups, and when
its superior qualities become
known, I believe that if every
farmer in Florida would cultivate
thft variety of cane the supply of
syrup would not equal the de
mand.
“The tonnage from the stubble
the. second year is nearly double
that from seed the f^rst year. It
rattoons profusely, and will pro
duce as high as one hundred stalks
or more the second year.
„ “A gentleman visited my field
yesterday who had heard about
my success, to inspect and photo
graph it, It seemed to be a reye-
■ lation to flim. He said that he
came unprepared to witness such
a sight, and' after sampling .the
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syrup decided that my statement
that it made the finest syrup in.
the world was correct. He is con
templating the planting of fifty,
perhaps one hundred acrej, next
spring, and building a plant for
the manufacture of syrup. ’’
A Man to Be Pitied.
Who is that sad disconsolate
looking fellow?
He is a man who has made a
study of rules of health, says the
Scotsman,
Whose rules of health?
Every bod’s rules of health,
That’s the trouble with him. He’s
been trying th live up to them,
What does he do? •
Everthing that he is told to do,
and when he isn’t doing anything
else he worries because the rules
are so conflicting.
And is it undermining -his
health? Of course. It would un
dermine anyone’s health.
What are some of the rules?
Well, here are two of them;
“Eat only a light breakfast’’ and
“Breakfast should be the best
meal of the day.”
What are Borne of the others?
“Bun or walk two miles before
breakfast” and “Never attempt
to do anything on an empty stom
ach.”
Auy more?
“Take a cold bath the first
thing in the morning” and “Re
member the shock to the system
of suddenly encountering heat or
cold is very injurious.”
Anything else?
“Never use ajpillow” and “The
most refreshing sleep is that when
the head is elevated.”
“Is that all?
“Oh dear, nol There are hun
dreds of other rules. For in
stance: “Do not get in the habit
of sleeping in the day time” and
“Always take a nap in the after
noon;” “Eat only at meal times”
and ‘ ‘Eat whenever you are hun
gry; ”Eat no meat” and “If you
would be strong eat plenty of|fV>-k
meat;” “Get up at 5 o’clock e\>*A
morning” and “Sleep until -th - •
oughly rested, no matter how 1 i. ■
it is.”
I’ni not surprised that he louks
haggard and ill.
Neither is anyone else who
knows what he is trying to do.
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Parade at ksbury Park.
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August Womans’ Home Companion. j
The “Baby Parade” is the name!
by which the most interesting !
event at Asbury Park during the
summer season is designated. In
all the world there is no festal oc
casion like this one, when the
flower of babyhood is gathered to
gether and paraded before the ad
miring gaze of seventy-five thous
and people who line the great
boardwalk from Asbury Park to
Long Branch m honor of the oc
casion. Flowers, rnugfc, confetti,
the smiling sky overhead, the roar
of the grand old, ocean sending in
waves that sweep and splash upon
the beach are merely attendant
features of the day when enthusi
asm runs high in its tribute to
childhood that sits enthroned in
the human heart. < For the past
ten years, this festival has been
increasing in popularity with
every year, until it has come to
be regarded as the climax of the
summer’s entertainment, coming
as itrdoes in the last week of Au
gust, when the season is at its
height. Grand-Btands are erect
ed all along the line of •march|
bands of music play their most
popular airs, flags are flying, all
the private carriages,, drags and
traps from the neighboring re
sorts bring gaily attired visitors
to the celebration, and every con
servatory and florists’ shop for
miles around have yielded up
their harvest in honor of the occa
There is a touch of gallantry
not often found in the congress
ional directory, where each mem
ber records his autobiography, in
the story of the life of Robert W.
Davis of Florida.* He tells of his
early struggles and subsequent
achievements, and in the latest
edition [ of the directory adds:
“Before reaching his majority he
was married to Miss Peter Mercer,
and to her influence is due what
ever of his sucoess he has attain
ed.” Many other members doubt
less-owe, muoh to their wives, but
ne is the only one to make public
oonfession of the obligation. Mr.
Davis married in Dawson Ga.,
and was a resident here several
years before locating in Florida.—
Dawson News.
With the Georgia railroads re
fusing to haul cotton unless wrap
ped in more than six yards of bag
ging, and the cotton buyers put
ting a penalty on every bale with
more than six yards on it,the oot
ton growers would seem to be “be
tween the devil and the deep sea.”
What do they propose' to do about
it?—Sparta Ishmaelite,
Henry L. Shattuok, of Shells-
burg, Iowa, was oured of a* stom
ach trouble with -which he had
been afflicted for years, by four
boxes of Chamberlain’s Stomach
and Liver Tablets. He had pre
viously tried many other remeV
dies and a number of physicians
without relief. Fox sale by all
dealers in, Perrv, Warren & Lowe,
Byron.
John E. Milholland is trying-to
get the federal government to pur
chase for $30,000 the ruins of old
Fort Ticonderoga and restore it to
the exact status it bore when
Ethan Allen demanded its Surren
der. He formerly was editor and
proprietor of a Ticonderoga news
paper.
To Cure a Cold in One Bay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure. E. W.
Grove’s signature on each box.25c.
sion.
Every hotel and private family
in Asbury Park for weeks previ
ous to the great day has enter
tained a spirit of playful rivalry
in the interest of the little folks
who are to be entered in the con
test for prizes. Tile, .littlest baby
and the merriest baby and- the
naughtiest baby and the shyest
baby all are possible prize-win
ners, and even the objectionable
baby who has been voted a public
nuisance all summer long becomes
an objeot of interest in anticipa
tion of the appearance he will
nnke when he is on dress-parade.
■Unurmonplaoe. perambulators are
transformed into floral chariots,
and floats, the glory of which find
precedent only in the fairy, tale
wherein the magic wand makes
all things possible, materialize as
thrones for the small kings and
queens. For weeks before this
corouation-day of childhood moth
ers plan and conjecture doubtful
ly as to whether the infantile scion
will enter into the spirit of the
occasion.
Industrial education does not
mean “learning a trade” any
more than' studying arithmetic
means learning a trade, says 0.
E. Vawter. All true industrial
schools should include a course in
the sciences, both theoretical and
practical j that fits one for any in
dustry. The object of industrial
training is to teach the art of do
ing. It trains the eye. It trains
the hand, One takes a course in
wood turning, not because he ever
expects to be a cabine t maker or
a carpenter any more than those
expect to become practical chem
ists who take a corse in chemistry.
Civilized society should pay as
much attention to the child as the
cook pays to her pots and pans;
even as much as the housewife
pays to the geranium growing in
the window; almost as much as
the sportsman pays to his hunting
dog; certainly a fraction as much
as the horseman pays to a promis
ing colt.—Helena (Mont. )Inde
pendent.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy has a
world-wide reputation for its
cures. It never fails and is pleas
ing and safe to take. For sale by
all /dealers in Perry, Warren &
-Lowe, Byron,
Senator Teller refuses to allow
Colorado republicans to pass up
on his candidacy for re-election to
the senate. He Bays he has care
fully considered the matter and
willjeave it to the democrats to
say whether he shall be in the
race or not;
Sound Kidneys—Perfect Health.
The use of Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure
will produce both. Try a- bottle aup
be convinced., 50 cents at Cater’s
Drugstore.*
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EVERY ROD OF AMgftlCAN FENG£ GUARANTEED
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