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Osage Ornnge Hedge.
Editor Morning News: I have two
miles of Osage orange hedge plants for
fence. One mile is of three years’ growth,
and It haj grown vigorously and is now
large enough to prune and wire. Many
people tell me that it will be a failure,
that is, will not make a perfect fence.
Will you pleauae give me your opinion?
If it is subject to die out in spots, I do not
want any more of It, as It Is expensive.
G. M. D.
Deckle, Ga.
For the past ten years our advice to
those contemplating making Osage orange
hedge has been don’t, though where It
can be made perfect It Is very good for
certain purposes, but in the south it is
very rare that such a hedge is kept In a
perfect state, even when established so.
It will die out In places' and make open
ings that must be repaired with wire or
lumber. In your case, when you have
started and secured a growth of several
years, it would seem a pity to abandon it.
We would do what we could to make it
perfect. Where the plants die out it is
almost, if not quite, Impossible to get
other plants to grow in the place of the
dead ones. Were your plants set upright
or in a slanting direction? In either case
they should be cut back this winter within
ten to fifteen Inches of the ground. If
there are any vacancies you can set strong
plants and work In about them some good
fertilizer. At this stage you can, with a
little extra care, make them take hold and
grow off, but two or three years from
now it would hardly be possible. The
plants will grow oft rapidly next year.
Borne good manure should be worked in
along the hedge this winter, taking pains
to enrich all the poorer spots. Where the
growth has not been so good, give plenty
of nitrogen, but not too much. Apply
also, some ashes and ground bone, or acid
phosphate. Spread It along on each side
to a distance of five to eight feet, unless
you propose to dig a ditch on the inner
side. You can put in the wires (two will
be enough), any time before growth sets
In in the spring. Be suro to make all the
poor spots rich enough, Top dressings
will not fire the plants In drouthy weather
or light soils.
Notes and Queries.
Did any of our readers give Sacallne a
trial this year? If 30. What was the con
ollMfton?
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A great deal on n be dpn-e this month to
wards making the fartli and the garden
a greater sucesjs next year, than it will
be if tlhe proper work now is left undone.
, Wherever it is possible by all means do it.
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September was a very dry month next
to the driest in many years. On the 2d of
the month something over a quarter of an
inch of rain fell. At this date (Oot. 3,) it
is about as dry and dusty on the surface
as it. could well be. A cold wave put in
its appearance tn the last day of Septem
ber, but the temperature did not get be
low. 4ft. The wind changed promptly from
northwest to east, which affected the mass
of humanity as it did Mr. Jamdyce in
Bleak House and they shivered and shiv
ered. The grates and the stoves were all
unlimbered for action. Overcoats were tak
en down from their pegs, dusted and made
ready for use, and some few donned them
' in the early mornings.
• • •
September afforded Ideal weather for
waving ootton, peas and hay. On the oth
er hand it won damaging to potatoes, late
. (very late), com, and peas and sugar cane
—all upland sugar cane. Worse than all,
1 perhaps, was the Injury to pastures. The
latter, except in very low latitudes, can
not be raviewed sufficiently to be of any
great help, even if saturating rains should
fall in the next fcw*dayis.
The dry weather has also prevented the
establishment of the turnip crop, a crop
of great value when properly prized and
made use of. Even in Central Georgia,
we have time and again made very ex
cellent crons of turnips sown as late as
Oct. 15. When sown late do not thin out
so closely. There will be plenty of tur
nip* plenty largo for table use. For spring
use it Is well to make a sowing very late
in the fall, and if the winter is not too
severe the turnips will renew their growth
after the cold weather* is over.
Sweet potatoes are morn than likely to
take a fresh growth when the rain does
come, and this renders them likely to lack
the keeping qualities that they usually
possess. This is so only When the pota
toes had come to an absolute standstill
in September. * *
There will bo less cotton In the field® on
Nov. 1 than has ever been the case in the
history of cotton culture. Present prices
have stimulated farmers to keep up with
the picking more closely than they ever
<hd before. The top crop will be—Nil.
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What do yon estimate the total crop to
be? Six million five hundred thousand
balce? We doubt it.
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Improving a Pasture.
I have fifteen acres, part woodland, that
I use for a pasture, but as it is, it is a
pretty poor pasture. Part is Bermuda
in patches and a part is well-covered with
the little yellow clover. Some parts are
rich, while others are very poor. How
should I go about it to make a first-class
pasture? What kind and how much fer
tilizer should I use? J. L. M.
As far as It goes stable manure is as
good a fertilizer as you could get to ap
ply to the Bermuda and Lespediza. You
will have to use some commercial fertili
zer, however, as you are not likely to
have much stable manure. If you will buy
200 pounds of ground raw bone and fifty
pounds of nitrate of soda for each acre,
and apply the bone this winter and the ni
trate of soda In the spring, as soon as
growth begins, you will soon have a pas
ture worth something. Scarify the whole
fifteen acres by the close of the montn,
and sow a mixture of crimson clover,
eight pounds, red clover five pounds, white
clover two pounds, red top five pounds,
orchard grass five pounds, lucerne five
pounds. This quantity, mixed and sown
to each acre, with the natural spread of
the Bermuda and Lespediza, by the close
of next year you will probably have a pas
ture that will be worth all you spend on It.
If you are not able to go to this ex
pense, of course, you will have to put
up with less. Anyhow, apply all the ma
nure you can on the spots best set in
grass and clover. And if you cannot serve
the whole fifteen acres at once, as we sug
gest, treat seven acres, or five, or three,
or two, in this way, and gradually get it
all in shape. Let the pasture get a good
growth before turning stock upon it. We
cannot have a good pasture without tak
ing the necesary trouble.
Piney Woodji Farming in the South.
About eight years ago I came to Wash
ington county, Florida, for my health,
and after living here a year I found my
health so much Improved that I conclu
ded to remain and develop a farm in the
“piny woods,” says a northern man,
writing in American Agriculturist. The
results are that I have now 10 acres
cleared and under cultivation, with plen
ty of fruit coming on, such as pears,
peaches, grapes and pecans. that are
In and coming into bearing.
Believing in thorough cultivation and
diversified farming. I have removed the
stumps at comparatively small expense,
by digging and burning them at odd
times, which enables me to use improved
implements. I plow the land deep in the
winter season, with heavy two-horse
plows, turning under corn and cotton
stalks, also the grasses of various kindii
that thickly cover the ground after cul
tivation of the crops ceases, which I find
improves the land wonderfully if plowed
up from year to year; so much so that
land at first producing only five bushels
of corn will make thirty bushels per
acre. I use good heavy horses and mules,
that are able to do the work thoroughly,
and also able th do as much as the man
that follows them. I aim to run the
plow a little deeper every year, and use
some commercial fertilizer ana all the
barn and stable manure I can make, and
all I can buy within reach. Having all
the plowing done by Feb. 1 is one of the
secrets of successful farming in the
south. It not only gives ample time to
plant, but all the heaviest work is done
while the weather Is cool, and gives em
ployment to men and teams the year
round; also enables one to do more work
with less stock, and have plenty of time
to do the work well. Deep plowing in
winter, and shallow and frequent culti
vation In summer will insure success.
By following this plan I have raised the
past year 1,200 bushels of corn, 6 cars of
melons, 300 bushels of rice, SOO bushels of
sweet potatoes, 21 barrels of syrup, 1,000
gallons of wine, 5 bales of cotton, 20
tons of hay and forage, 150 bushels of
pears, 8 acres of oats. 2,500 pounds of
pork, with plenty of field peas to feed to
milch cows and hogs. Have fattened hogs
mostly on cull melons, peas and sweet po
tatoes, with very little corn. Have plen
ty of milk and butter the year round for
family use, and as good a garden as one
would wish to see. Have all the canned
pears, grapes, blueberries, peaches, okra
and tomatoes, that are necessary to furn
ish the table the year round. The next
season, as my trees and vines come into
bearing, I expect to have thousands of
bushels of fruit to dispose of. With pleas
ing prospect for the future, and with the
good health and appetites I and my fam
ily enjoy, I am satisfied with my experi
ence in diversified farming Ui the south.
Full Work on the Farm.
At this eoaeon the farmer becomes so
absorbed in the effort to save his cotton
crop that he is liable to delay or entirely
neglect the seeding of fall crops. The sow
ing of grain crops in autumn and also
the seeding of the grasses and clovers ac
complish a twofold object. We add other
crops to our farm supplies, and by thus
covering the bare fields we prevent the
leaching an# working that occur where
only summer crops are cultivated, says an
exchange.
Experience telle us that the fall of the
year is the best time to sow oats, from
September on, according to locality. Not
only is the yield greater and the grain of
superior qualMy, but if it should be winter
killed, whidh occasionally happens, we
have still another chance in the spring
sowings.
At the south the wheat crop Is uncer
tain, but each farmer should at least raise
enough to supply home wants. This crop
must be sown according to locality, about
ten days before the usual killing frost,
according to Southern Cultivator. The
authority quoted advises in selecting to
choose the red beared kinds of Mediter
ranean origin. High lands and red soils
are best suited to this crop.
Our system of shallow plowing and then
turning the land out after Arons are gath
ered is responsible for most of the seamed
and gullied fields of the south. Where
the sowing of clover or grass is not prac
ticable. there is always the fall oat crop,
and at later dates, up to December, rye
and barley. If there are difficulties in the
way of sowing these crops, we have the
alternative of deep fall plowing.
On many of the pine thickets, which
I disfigure our southern farms, leepediza or
i Japan clover, could be sown. It is best
■ suited to stiff soils, and in such situations
i flourishes. It is good for pasture, ana
: while furnishing food for stock will grad
ually fill the worn soil with nitrogen and
humus, the two ingredients of which we
stand moat in need.
Two Superior Grasses for the South.
This gnase is much better known to
i some of our n aders than many of those
! wo have named. It will flourish on soils too
i wet for the successful growth of some
I sjHwios, and at the same lime It will do
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1895. .
•mudh better on poor hill tops and sides
than many o>ther grasses.
Another common name for this grass
is Herd’s grass. It is also known as Burt
grass. It is a perennial and grows from
two to three feet high and even higher
than this on vary rich soil. It is adapted
to either hay or pasture. When designed
for hay, it should be cut before the seeds
form, else it becomes coarse and the stock
do not relish it. In pasturing, it should
be kept grazed tolerably close.
Red top forms an immense quantity Os
roots, and this quality enables it to dry
off wet land on which it grows and gets
it in good condition for cultivation. It is
a good grass to combine with others, of
ten making a good catch where others fail.
In nutritive quality, it is about equal to
orchard grass and other commonly used
grasses; but as a rule, stock do not relish
the hay as well as they do some other
grasses.
It is a very good grass to include in mix
tures for medium land, but it is not to be
commended for culture when better
grasses -will thrive.
The red top is specially adapted to wet
soils—soils too wet for cultivation—or for
the successful growth of other grasses and
clovers.
Either for hay or pasture purposes it is
always advisable to use a mixture, rather
than trust to one single species, and often
it will be found a profitable thing to in
clude one or two somewhat inferior
grasses or clovers.
In old countries it is common to have- a
mixture of ten or fifteen, for pasture pur
poses especially. Some of these mixtures
adapted -to our section of country will be
given later. A meadow or pasture seeded
to just one kind of grass will, in a short
while, be overrun with worthless weeds,
unless great care is taken to prevent it
by frequently pulling the weeds before
they go to seed.
There is another grass adapted in the
highest degree to southern dairying and
stock growing. The only thing is to give
it soil that is suited to its growth—suited
in texture and in fertility. No one need
expect to grow a valuable crop on poor
land and with inadequate attention to its
needs. There have been Innumerable in
stances where farmers have essayed the
adoption of some of the valuable culti
vated grasses, bought a quantity of seed,
w’hich frequently proved to be worthless
from age, plowed it on the hills, as they
would so much rye or oats, and met the
failure and disappointment that were in
evitable. This was cited as an experiment
that proved to them that such and such
grass was not suited to our soils and cli
mate. Their conclusions, altogether er
roneous, had a lasting influence in them
selves and unfortunately extended to
others. What a loss to southern agricul
ture has been effected by these hasty
conclusions, based upon imperfect experi
ments.
The requirements of successful grass
culture may be summed up in a few
words, enlarge upon them to whatever
extent we may.
Good seed sowed in proper quantity
at the proper time on good soil that
has been properly prepared, and with
the sowing properly made, will pro
duce the same success in orchard grass
culture here that it does anywhere else.
The soil should be thoroughly pre
pared by the plow and harrows, and two
and a half to three bushels of seed sowed
as evenly as possible. Then the soil
should be tolled. As orchard grass
grows in tussocks like broomsedge, it is
a good plan to mix some redtop seed and
some red clover with it, making a mix
ture in the proportion of six or eight
pecks of orchard grass, ten or twelve
pounds of clover seed, and three or four
pounds of redtop seed.
Orchard grass makes as good a w-inter
pasture as blue grass. It grows very lux
uriantly after each rain. Once well es
tablished on good land . with reasonable
care it will endure for many years and
prove a valuable investment.
Cabbnazea.
There are few crops that, when well
grown, give more satisfaction and profit
than cabbage. Here in the south, plant
ings can be made almost every month In
the year. Though this is the case, more
than two or three plantings are not de
sirable. Like onions, three plantings are
about all that are needed to supply the
market. Seeds of a good kind should be
sown early in October, transplanted in No
vember and not cultivated uhtll freezing
weather is over.
For this sowing and planting out we
know of no three varieties superior to
“Fottlers Brunswick,” “The improved
American Savoy” and the “Improved Flat
Dutch.” There are other varieties that will
give good satisfaction, but we doubt ir
there are three others that will give bet
ter than these three.
The seeds should be sown at once, and
the plants pushed by working and water
ing. Early In November they should be
set out in rows like onions, when the land
has been rolled just before setting out.
There is no more profitable crop than
cabbage when properly grown and it is
strange that more people do not make
money in growing It.
Proceed at once to put the first crop un
der way.
Beat Breed of Hogs.
Director Connell of the Texas experi
ment station writes as follows:
In reply to the hard question, as to the
breed of hogs, asked by Mr. Thomas of
Arkansas in your issue of Sept. 14, I will
first ask another question (although I am
not a yankee): What Is the best breed of
cows? There Ife a difference between all
pure breeds, whether it be in hogs, horses
or cows, but the beet one of these breeds
certainly depends on the surroundings and
the object in view.
Black hogs in the south are safest from
sun scald and mange. Pure bred red hogs
are so hard to buy true to name that I will
not advise their purchase. Thus far I
have seen only a few good red hogs in the
south among a large number. Usually
they are too coarse to feed well.
The Berkshires, the Poland China and
the Essex are the most reliable breeds
for southern use. From observations and
expeience, I would not purchase the Berk
shire for a slop-pen feeder, nor the Poland
China for a mast range hog. nor the Es
sex for packing purposes. To follow cat
tle and sell well as a packer we can en
trust the Polands. The Berkshire is us
ually a wider rustler, somewnat smaller
in size.
The Essex are probably “better condi
tioned” than the other black breeds, and
are excellent slop-pen feeders. I have nev-
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er seen them tried on a wide range. It
must be borne in mind that in each of
these three breeds we frequently find
single animals (or a dozen), that possess
one of the most clearly marked feat
ures of the other breed. In a similar way
we occasionally And individuals among all
pure breeds that are no better than scrub
stock. For the very hardest conditions—
little feed and no shelter—l can recommend
the registered razor back as most likely
to thrive.. But for intelligent farming the
pure breeds and grades yield many times
more profit. I have found only two classes
of farmers in the south who claim that
"hog raising don’t pay.” One is the man
who tries to pen-teed with corn alone,
twelve months in the year; the other is
the one who “don’t want a fine hog who
must be fed all the time.” These two men
are usually found combined in one.
The difference in color of these three
breeds amounts to only a fancy point—
they all wear well. It is claimed by some
that the Essex breed grow too fat and do
not make as large a hog at nine months
as the larger breeds. We would naturally
expect an excess of fat, and a medium
sized hog in a breed based on the old
Neapolitans.
No doubt but that Poland and Berk
shires owe much of their "good condi
tion” qualities to the early sprinkle of
Essex blood. I have raised all of these
three breeds, and of the two larger ones
have had pigs at 148 daygs weigh 178
pounds gross under good feed. But we
sometimes fail to appreciate that the
largest pig is not always the most prof
itable—the hogs shown at fairs often il- -
lustrate this fact. This is just as true
as that the largest yield of corn, cotton
or wheat per acre, is not necessarily the
best for the producer. That hog is best
that will assimilate the greatest p’jbpor
tion of his food or that will secure a
part (or all of it) and change it into
marketable pork. A Berkshire poorly
fed is little better than a razor back, but
it is not true that a razor back is as
good as a Berkshire if well fed. The
best hog for one man is not necessarily
the best for his neighbor; ’>
The south needs more good hogs raised
on her cheap fertile lands. The present
demand for pure bred black hogs cannot
be supplied. Let us hope that these con
ditions will not induce unreliable m en to
enter the field as breeders of sale stock.
Thus far we have been remarkably free
from the curse of impure stock sold for
pure breeds.
The Onjlook In Florida.
The agricultural editor feels a profound
interest in the prosperity of our sister on
the south. We are gjad, therefore, to
transfer to our page the following expo
sition of the horticultural outlook, as giv
en by the Florida 'Agriculturist. A brave
fight deserves td Wilri:
We have frequent inquiries from readers
at a distance as to the condition of the
orange Industry in Florida and the state
in general since the freeze, Or rather sev
eral months after the freeze. Many of
the people who write for this Information
either express or imply the belief that
the orange business has been almost to
tally destroyed in Florida and that all
lines of business are very, much depressed,
and they also express the doubt of their
eventual recovery.
It is a difficult matter, even yet, to es
timate the damage to the orange indus
try of Florida. Os course no one who
knows any thing at all about the state
and her people have any idea that the
cultivation of the orange will be aban
doned. Many individuals will abandon the
business because they have not the means
to continue it—what per cent, of abandon
ed groves there will be there is at present
no means of determining, but it is quite
large, especially with the young groves.
Many groves were either killed outright,
or so near it that the owners think it is
a waste of time to try to bring them up.
Os course, this all tends to reduce the
acreage, and conservative people, who
claim to have gone pretty well over the
ground, say that the Acreage will be re
duced at least 40 per cent. This may be
true or it may not. As before said, there
Is no present way of determining the
number of acres of abandoned groves, and
all statements must be considered as
simple guess work.
Those who have the means and the
“nerve” to continue the industry, with
favorable seasons, have., bright prospects.
It may be many years before their groves
will yield the same amount of fruit they
did before the freeze, but the opinion is
general, and is founded on correct busi
ness ideas, that it will be only a few years
before the groves well oared for will yield
as much in dollars and cents as they did
prior to the freeze. This belief is causing
many w<ho would otherwise be discourag
ed to buckle down to the work of keep
ing up and remaking their grovee. They
see before them in the not distant future
the groves bearing as heavily as before
the frost nipped them. They know that
thousands of acres of young groves that
would have been in fpl bearing in a few
vear* are now numbered with the things
that were but are not. They know that
had these groves been brought to the
bearing point, with our present system
of distribution and marketing the orange
markets of this country would have been
glutted from the opening of the season to
the closing thereof. They recognize that
the freeze has reduced competition to a
minimum by cutting off these young
grove®, and Chey Teaspon tTvat man who
can grow oranges will always find the de
mand exceeding the supply—at least for
several years or until these young groves
are replanted and brought to a bearing
age and from experience these orange
growers know that this means a long, long
at the orange industry in this
light, with the prospect of large profits
at the end of a few years, they are per
fectly willing to take the chances of fu
ture freezes and give their orange groves
every possible care and attention.
To sum up the situation in a few words,
the orange industry, while badly crippled,
is bv no means dead. Those who pro-,
duced oranges in the past will proauce
them in the future—or. at least, this is
true to a very great extent.
It was the prospective yield that has
been cut off. It was the young groves
that had not yet borne fruit that will be
negiected. We do not mean to say that
no bearing groves that were injured by
the freeze will be abandoned, but that
probably 90 per cent, of the groves that
will be abandoned are of the younger class
—those that had borne but little, if any,
fruit. . .
The general business of the state, in
reply to the second question, is a sur
prise to almost every one, considering the
blow. People were brave enough to strike
out from the shoulder and turn their at
tention to the cultivation of other crops.
As a result the orange section of South
Florida has done this year what was be
fore considered Impossible—it has made a
fine corn cron, harvested tons of hay,
grown vegetables, rice, potatoes and many
other things, which, while not bringing
cash to the pockets of the producer, has
enabled him to tide over the year and feed
his family and his stock.
We do not hold to the belief expressed
by some of our optimistic contempora
ries that “the freeze was a blessing in dis
guise.” If the freeze of February last was
a blessing may the Lord spare us another
such. At the same time from evil even
good may come, and the freeze has at
least taught our people that it was a bad
1 plan to cultivate oranges and oranges only.
It has also been the means of teaching
them that many valuable crops can be suc
cessfully grown in this region. While
these are great things to know, and W’e
are glad our people have learned them,
the price paid for the information was
very high, much too high.
The Scrap Book.
The new celery culture, like the new
onion culture, is the result of Intensive
gardening. It means larger and better
yields to the same area. The new culture
for celery consists of a system of close
planting, by which a part, at least, of
the stalks can blanch .in the shade of
their own foliage. Rich soil and proper
mechanical conditions of the surrounding
earth are presupposed. Plants are set
about five inches apart and the rows ten
inches apart. Very rich soil is required
and plenty of water for best results. .
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The Time to Preserve Eggs.—After the
weather turns cool is the time to pre
serve eggs, and not during the summer,
as they will keep better and will get into
market sooner. Three months is long
enough to preserve eggs. There are but
a few short rules to follow. First, use
only eggs from hens that are not with
males; second, keep the eggs on trays (no
packing material), in a cool place; third,
turn them three times a week; fourth,
pack only strictly fresh eggs.
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Grapes In Florida—The grape crop has
kept this section very busy for the past
three weeks, and will continue during this
month. are being made into wine. Some
thousands of gallons will be made about
hepe, all from ‘the Scuppernong family.
This is assuming quite a business, and
since the freeze more attention has been
paid to grapes. It gives employment to
many, and tlhey all need the labor. It beats
oranges, as can now be seen. The crop
this year is the largest we ever had, all
the vines being loaded. I have ground up
and made into wine more than 200 bushels
of 'these grapes, and others near by will
go better than that. —Palatka Times.
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Varieties of Celery.—Celery, to be good,
has to be perfectly blanched, and the
blanching process is accomplished gener
ally by heaping the earth around the
stalks. For this reason the short bunchy
varieties of celery are more advantageous
tlhan the taller growing kinds, as requir
ing less labor in earthing up. It is chiefly
for this reason that tihe thick dwarf kinds
are in favor with American gardeners, as
requiring less labor to produce. Some of
these, however, are not nearly as tooth
some as the taller varieties, and the efforts
of the improver should be towards produc
ing sweet, nutty flavored varieties of the
dwarfer kinds.
• » •
Pruning Trees at Transplating. lt
should not be forgotten that the branches
of trees have varying degrees of vital pow
er. Strong, vigorous, healthy branches
would endure unfavorable circumstances
when the weaker ones would give way. In
growing trees, it is always the weaker
wood which we find among the dead
branches. In transplanting a tree, we
want all the branches that are full of life
and vigor, and not those that are already
half-dead. The practice ' generally fol
lowed, therefore, of shortening back the
strong, vigorous branches, and leaving the
half-aead ones, is a mistaken course. If
all the half-dead branches were cut away,
and the stronger ones left without any
shortening, transplating would often be
more successful than it is.
The Elberta Peach.—So many varietties
of fruits are introduced with a great flour
ish only to be discarded in the course of
a few years. Some kinds, however, seem
to insure value. The Elberta peach is one
of these. It seems rather to grow in popu
larity—as the years roll by. It is con
sidered the most desirable of all the yel
low peaches—Crawford’s yellow excepted.
Possibly some of Its popularity comes from
its high coloring. It is one of the dark
est of all, in this respect approaching a
nectarine. (Great is the Elberta.)
Rotation Essential.—lt is the opinion of
most horticulturists that in an old orchard
is not the place to set young trees, owing
to the exhausted condition of the soil. It
is better to start a new orchard in a new
place. Very true this is.
* * •
Value of heep in Grazing.—About the
most profit secured from sheep is the ser
vice they perform in consuming plants
that are of no value. Some weeds are lux
uries to sheep, and are nipped off as soon
as they appear above ground. Many of
the poisonous weeds are harmless when
young, especially to hogs and sheep, and
as sheep crop off the grass when it Is
very short, they do not allow anything in
the shape of green food to be wasted. Ac
cording to its size there should be some
sheep on every farm.
* * •
Onions for Poultry.—People who give
their poultry finely chopped ohions once
or twice a week, along with their other
food, will find it an excellent preventative
against diseases, especially where fowls
are not allowed to run at large and gather
food for themselves. When kept in the
close confinement of small runs, much
more attention is necessary in supplying
them with a variety than when they have
a larger liberty, and for keeping them in
good health onions are among the best
things that can be given them.
• » •
Dry Dirt and Leaves.—The best work
that can be done for the» fowls in the fall
is to lay in a supply of leaves and dry dirt
under shelter. It Is scratching in the
winter that keeps the hens in best lay
ing condition, and when the snow is on
the ground, a pile of dirt and leaves in
the poultry-house will'afford an opportu
nity for exercise, and greatly tend to
make the hens more contented in con
finement. Too many leaves cannot be
put away. They will be found very use
ful, and will also assist in retaining
warmth in the poultry-house by pre
venting cold drafts of air along the
floor. There is nothing superior to our
dry pine leaves, or needles, as our yankee
friends style them.
Pear Syrup.—Mr. William A. Gard
ner has discovered a new and
profitable use to which pears
can be put, and the entire crop utilized
at home to much better advantage than
paying the railroads to haul them out
of the state. In addition to making the
best cider- and vinegar, he will hereafter
convert his pear crop into syrup. Last
Saturday he brought to the Banner a
sample of syrup he made as an experi
ment. It has been tried by numbers of
people, who pronounce it as excellent.
He says one bushel of pears will yield
three gallons of juice, and that the juice
will turn out in syrup almost equal to
sugar cane juice.—Live* Oak Banner.
Write to Your Paper.—lt makes an
interesting paper when its sub
scribers take sufficient interest in it,
and find a real pleasure in the various
employments of the farm, to sit down
every ten days or so and write out some
of their past experiences for publication.
It is real nice to have a regular farmers’
club wherein writing takes the place of
speaking. You will always be sure of
“having the floor” whenever you w r ant it,
and you are sure of having quiet, atten
tive listeners. The only thing you have to
do is to write plainly on one side of tbe
paper. Send us some interesting fact or
two in this way and you will be glad at
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Illi C Yff K ing y° urself ’ °L having
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having- done so. A mutual' exchange of
ideas is pleasant and helpful. It will
help you to dO' many things about the farm
in a" better way than you might have
done them in all probability. There are
thousands of valuable facts to be brought
together in a paper like this, if everyone
would take a reasonable interest in it.
• • *
Humus Essential to Perfect a “Com
plete” Fertilizer.—lt is commonly said
that a “complete” fertilizer need contain
only the three mineral elements which are
usually deficient in the soj,., viz: Potash,
phosphoric acid and nitrogen. Practically,
however, we find that though a soil may
be rich in each of the elements which go
to make up the plant, it is impossible to
secure good, or even fair crops, unless it
contains, in addition to these, a liberal
supply of humus, which is formed when
ever vegetable matter decays in the soil,
and it is in the formation of this ma
terial that the practice of plowing under
green crops has its greatest value. It is
plentiful in all fresh soils, but becomes
exhausted by continued cultivation in
hoed crops, especially in the hill lands,
and the supply must be renewed before
chemical fertilizers can be used to advan
tage. It is the necessary foundation of
all fertility, and without it ihe use of any
chemical fertilizer is sure to be disappoint
ing. If the fertilizers used do not contain
humus-making material it must, sooner
or later, be supplied by the plowing un
der of green crops, or by turning the land
out to rest.” Exactly.
WHALED WITH A BIG WHIP.
An Ex-Marshal of Maitland Waylaid
By Font Men.
Orlando, Fla., Oct. 6.—Last night just
before sunset at the town of Maitland,
six miles north of this place, W. A.
Brawner, a white man about 50 years
old, who has a wife and family of chil
dren, -was stopped in the road by four
men who pulled him from his wagon,
tied his hands and feet and administered
a terrible whipping with a heavy whip.
Sheriff Anderson was sent for early
this morning. He says Brawner’s back,
from his neck to his knees, is black
from the whipping, the blood having
settled under the skin. Brawner says
that his assailants gave him no reason
for the flogging, but after three of them
had taken a turn at the whip they put
him into his wagon and ordered him to
go home, threatening, if he told of the
affair, that they would kill him. He
says the men were not disguised, and
that they were well known citizens of
Maitland. He gave their names to the
sheriff, and if his story is true they are
prominent men. It being Sunday no ar
rests have been made.
Brawner promised to be here early to
morrow morning and swear out war
rants against all of tnem. He is an old
veteran, has lived in Maitland several
years, and has held the office of town
marshal during a portion of the time.
The case meets with unstinted condem
nation in this community.
Ethel Dickson, the 12ryear-old daughter
of H. H. Dickson, fell from her bicycle
yesterday morning and broke her arm.
About 10 o’clock last night Dick Marks,
the 18-year-old son of Senator M. R.
Marks, was thrown from his wheel and
suffered a like accident, his right arm be
ing broken at the elbow. He is employed
as a stenographer in the law office of
Beggs & Palmer.
PORTUGESE WEARY OF MONARCHY
Danger of a Revolution to Establish
a Republic.
London, Oct. 6.—A dispatch to the Cen
tral News from Madrid says it is the gen
eral opinion in well informed quarters
that the critical political situation in
Portugal is the real cause of the impend
ing visit of the king of the country to
London, Madrid, Rome and Berlin. The
growing power of the liberals and their
discontent against the government threat
ens to bring about a revolution. It is
stated that the liberal leaders have in
formed the king that unless he dismisses
the cabinet they can not prevent their
followers from rising. The king fears the
liberals, but for the present he adheres to
his ministers. He desires to sound the
courts of Great Britain, Spain, Italy and
Germany as to whether they are inclined
to support his throne in the event of a
republican revolution.
Emory College Notes.
Oxford, Ga., Oct. 6.—The enrollment of
Emory College has now reached 281, which
exceeds by far the first month’s enroll
ment of any previous year.
The two literary societies, Phi Gamma
and Few, are in a most flourishing con
dition. They have initiated almost the
entire body of new men, and the greatest
interest is being manifested in the weekly
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Some time during thia month there will
be an impromptu debate between the two
societies. Phi Gamma will be represented
by Messrs. W. J. Bryan of Kissimmee,
Fla., W. A. Covington of Welesca, Ga., A.
H. Thompson of Seneca, S. C., G. M.
Eaks of Boston. Ga., E. E. Clements of
Waycross, Ga., and W. W. Gurr of Daw
son, Ga.: Few, by Messrs. I. L. Lee of St.
Louis, Mo., R. E. Lee of Covington, Ga
W. W. Driskell of Villa Rica, Ga., G g’
Boland of Columbus, Ga., T. R. Johnston
of Franklin, N. C., and J. B. Thrasher of
Watkinsville, Ga.
DEAD RATS IN & WELL.
A Woman, Her Two Sons and Grand
son Die as a Result.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. a.— News has
reached here that James Gullford, who
formery lived in Prarle Ronde, and who
now resides in Hamilton county, Nebras
ka, has met with a terrible misfortune He
was summoned home from California to
find his two sons, grandson and wife
dead. Guilford himself was taken ill
soon after reaching the place. Investi
gation showed a number of dead rats in
the well, the water of which the family
was in the habit of drinking.
Keep Yonr Weather Eye Open.
Fraud loves a shining mark. Occasion
ally spurious imitations spring up of
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, the great
American family remedy for chills and
fever, dyspepsia, constipation, bilious
ness, nervousness, neuralgia, rheuma
tism and kidney disorder. These imita
tions are usually fiery local bitters full
of high wines. Look out for the firm
signature on the genuine label and vign
ette of St. George and the Dragon.—ad.
For Over Fifty Years
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colic, and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bot
tle.—ad.
BENEDICTION OF THE BELL
IT MOVES INTO TENNESSEE LIKE A
MESSENGER OF PEACE.
All the Pntrotlsm In the Souls of the
People Brought Out by Its Passage
Through the Southland—lts Prog
ress From Roanoke to Knoxville
Marked by a Continuous Ovation*
The Journey Marked by the Quiet
of a Sabbath Day, But the Venera
tion of the People Unmistakable*
Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 6.—Like a bene
diction the liberty bell sped through the
lovely Roanoke valley, over the rugged
Blue Ridge Mountains and down through
the picturesque valley of East Tennes
see, on this ideal Sabbath morning. No
sermon could have told more as to the
patriotic souls of the people of this varied
section of' the republic. There has been,
no firing of guns, no blaring of brass
bands, no wild hurrah, but the country
that furnished so many unilon soldiers
during the war between the states, dem
onstrated beyond question its intense loy
alty and patriotism. Reverently the earn
est thousands have paid their tribute of
homage to the venerated relic. Sunday
schools of all denominations have been
marshaled by their pastors, educational
Institutions have turned out. the youth
and beauty of Virginia and Tennessee and
bullet-scared ex-confederates have walked
side by side with Qrand Army of the Re
public veterans, uncovering their heads in
silent but stately salute.
“Not for? 5,000 would I have missed the
scene of this wonderful day,” said Mayor
Warwick to-night, and his words voiced
the feeling of all the members of the Phil
adelphia escorting party.
Truly, it has been a wonderful day.
From Roanoke, v a., where the party spent
last night, the progress of the relic has
been one continuous ovation. Quiet and
dignified though it was, at every cross
road. men, women and children stood with
uncovered heads and waved flags as tha
train flew past. Churchbells tolled and lit
tle children pelted with flowers. At El
liston, a great-grandson of Patrick Henry,
himself a white-haired man of 70 years,
pressed forward and craved permission to
touch the bell. Here a full Sunday school
sang a patriotic hymn.
At Christiansburg the boys of the Blacks
burg Military Academy stood in line as a
guard of honor. There w’as a great crowd
at East Radford, where Mayor Warwick
a-»fl Thomas L. Hicks made brief ad
dresses to a concourse of public school
children.
The great zinc and iron town, of Pu
laski gave hearty greetings, and a large
crowd of well-dressed, prosperous people
listened to short talks from Mayor War
wick and Register of Wills Elias P. Smil
ton.
At Marion, Glade Springs and Abing
don, the populations were all out and be
tween them were knots of people at ev
ery mountain cabin.
It was left for Bristol, half in Virginia,
and half in Tennessee, to turn oUt a crowd
that overflowed the railroad station, and
stretched out as far in every direction
as the eye could reach. Volunteer firemen
acted as guards, while Mayor Winston of
the Virginia side, and Mayor Anderson at
the Tennessee side, joined in the welcome.
Girls from the Southwest Virginia Insti
tute sang a hymn and placed a banner of
black and gold on the peak of the bell.
Then they clambored over the car, each
in turn touching the bell. A line was
formed, and for two hours a steady stream
of people of all ages, colors and social
standing passed across the bell car. One
venerable woman, who admitted that she
was 88 years old, knelt at the bell and
invoked a divine blessing upon the old
mass of historic iron.
On to Johnson City, Tenn., past tha
wreck of the once boom town of Carnegie,
where trees are growing within the walls
of handsome stone buildings and disman
tled business blocks speax eloquently of
the blasted hopes, was the next run. Here
900 schobl children sang and pelted the
bell with flowers. Every house, and even
the street cars showed the national colors.
Another brief stop was made at Jones
boro, the ancient capital city of the one
time state of Franklin, which was part
of Tennessee, a slice of Kentucky and a
corner of North Carolina. Here Andrew
Jackson sat as judge over the circuit
court. A great crowd poured out of the
quaint old town, and Mayor Warwick
made a brief address.
At Greenville, the home and last rest
ing place of Andrew Johnson, there wag
another dignified oration.
At Morristown the choir of the Metho
dist church sang a hymn, in the chorua
of which hundreds of children joined. It
was dark when Knoxville was reached,
but the people swarmed on the bridge
over the railroad and into the big rail
road freight yard, where the bell car was
sidetracked. There was no formal recep
tion, but Mayor Thompson, with the board
of aidermen, received the i>arty. With
them were committees from the Daugh
ers of the Revolution, and other patriotic
organizations. The crush of people wag
tremendous, but the four stalwart Phil
adelphia policemen quickly formed a line
and until nearly midnight there was a
steady stream of people around the bell.
To-morrow the bell will push on througfi
Eastern Tennessee to Chattanooga, where
the exercises include a pilgrimage to th*
battlefield of Chickamauga and Lookout
Mountain.
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For Indigestion, Sick and Nervous Head
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