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W heui In Middle Georgia.
Being a newcomer, I would be glad to
get some information as to wheat-grow
ing.
(1.) The land I expect to sow in wheat
Is now in cotton, the last of which will
be gathered the last of October. I am
tola the average crop of cotton, on the
land for the i>ust live years has been a
half bale (225 pounds of lint), where about
$2 tvorth of fertilizer has been used. Will
Nov. 10 be too late to »ow? Will the
grain get a sufficient hold on the soil to
enable it to withstand the cold of winter.
(2.) The land is generally light. In pre
paring it for seeding would it be better
to use turn shovels or double-round
shovels arid scooters. There is very little
vi g< table mutter on the soil outside of the
cotton stacks, which average about two
and one-half feet In. the richer parts. In
places, the stalks are as high as uve
feet.
(3> How much seed is best?
(4) What variety of wheat succeeds best
on this original pine land in upper Wilkin
sun. county? „ . ~
(5) 1 have a small quantity of stable
manure to use on a part, but not near
enough to make good manuring for a
quarter of the Held. What fertilizer would
be best and should It be put on when
the seeds are sown? Any other informa
tion. would be thankfully
I might have stated that it has been
bo dry here for the past six weeks noth
ing would have come up, even if plant
ings or sowings had been made some
weeks earlier. Ih M- D-
As a rule wheat Bowing is made in No
vember in Middle Georgia. Nov. 10 is
quite early enough if there is moisture
sufficient to germinate the seeds prompt
ly after sowing. There is considerable
risk attached to sowing wheat earlier than
Oct. 20 in Middle Georgia. On account
of the fly it has always been deemed
advisable to wait until a killing frost oc
curs, so It is very rare that any sowings
are made earlier than November. It is
frequently sown as late as December.
(2.) If the soil is deep enough so as to
preclude the possibility of the turn plow
turning up any clay it does not matter
whether the plowing Is done with a turn
or round shovel. If there is no vegetable
matter to be turned under we should pre
fer tlie round shovels and scooting'. Still,
a good part of the small cotton stalks
could he turned under with a turn shovel,
and on this account it would be better to
use the turn shovel,
fl) If the seed»«are of first quality three
" Svcb would be ample. Otherwtee, use
four. This la heavy seeding, but no doubt
It is the safest plan. In the west five to
eight peeks of seed frequently are used,
but this Is ton much and too costly.
(4) If you can procure good seeds that
were grown in your own locality and that
were known not to have been affected
with rust we would advise you to use
then whatever name they may go un
der. The •'HUI Dallas" Is a variety that
has given general satisfaction to south
ern growers. Then the ‘‘Early May” la
a good kind. If any of our readers can
suggest a better kind for use in Middle
Georgia we should bo glad to hear the
suggestion. In thia section so little wheat
is grown we have not been able to com-
Jiare varieties that were in. local repute,
h fact, we have ceased to recommend its
culture, except an acre of two under the
Intensive system, which calls for drilling
and cultivating the wheat as we would
so much upland rice.
(5.) Just now, especially, there Is no
cheaper fertilizer to be had than cotton
seed or its meal, A fair application, would
bt> twenty-five bushels of cotton seed,
along with 150 or 200 pounds of acid phos
phate. and if It Ih procurable and you
can afford it, 100 pounds of hull ashes.
For extensive farming and calculating the
possible this may bo regarded as
a very liberal application. So far as the
wheat crop alone la concerned, the prob
able outcome will not Justify such ex
pense, but the crop that follows the
wheat, be it corn or cotton or potatoes,
would be greatly benefit ted by it, ami
the two crops together would or should
make full returns for the application.
After breaking the land we should
broadcast tho seeds carefully and then
use a smoothing harrow (or a brush), then,
give a good rolling. The latter is by
far the most Important part of the opera
tion. Do not fail to give a rolling If you
would assure prompt germination and
'enable the young plants to withstand the
early Creeses. It will not do at nil (though
frequently sucoees has been attained with
out H» to leave the soil In the light and
uncompacted condition that tho turning
plow or shovel loft it in. The fact is, we
would not bow grain of any kind In No
vember. if we had to do it without the
advantage that a roller gives. If you
haven’t a roller, rent one, it you cannot
liorrow it, and go a day’s Journey to got
it, rather than to bow the crop In the
han-haaard way that Its non-use would
Imply. In this day of advancement no
good farmer will be without a roller. For
many purpose* in the south It Is almost
absolutely indlspenaablo.
I Not** and Recipes.
Grown people, as wdl as children, living
In the country nrs liable to come in con
tact with poison oak or ivy. The poison
should be treatgd promptly, and prob
ably there is nothing better in the way
of a remedy than common bluestone (sul
phate of copper).
Make a strong solution by pouring boil
ing water on the sulphate. After break
ing the white blisters made by the poison,
bathe the affected part or parts freely,
doing this three or four times daily, a
euro will be (effected in a day or two,
In case there is a late crop of toma
toes, and a good many largo tomatoes are
still on the vinos, puli up tho vines if
front threatens, and hang them on rafters
or elsewhere in some outhouse. The fruit
will rip- gradually and furnish
fres)j itfmatC'vs for a month or two.
No good gardener would attempt nuk
ing a garden without a roller of some
kind. A very good Iron roller with weights
cun be bought for S'l or *B, perhaps less,
but sometimes one cannot afford even tills
sum. An excellent roller, our own inven
tion, Is made by taking a common canal
wheelbarrow and taking off the narrow
tire substitute a wide one made out of thin
Iron twelve or fourteen inches wide. Anv
blacksmith cun make the change in ah
hour or so- This makes n splendid roller
for garden purposes. Where th* empty
barrow is too light a heavy log of wood
or a few rocks can be put In to give
the neeowßary weight to break clods or
pres* small stones Into the soil. This
change also Improves the barrow for use
when the soil is at all wet. We gave
out this suggestion twenty years ago
and are surprised that such an Implement
is nut AjMMMdly made by some factory.
The gardener that has it once will never
be without It.
• • • •
Speaking of rollers, rfn Illinois gardener
couldn't nnd anything else, so be took a
lays* three or four gallon jug, and with
an oid file picked a round hole In the
centar of the bottom. Then hr made an
axle of bat'd Wuv4 to go through the jug
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and fitted handles to the axle. The jug
was then filled with dry sand. It was
found to do very .efficient work in form
ing the soil along the drills. One should
strain a point,, however, and procure a
regular iron roller if the soil is at ah
heavy or strong.
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It is hardly any use to put up bean or
pea seed, expecting them to keep until
planting time next spring, unless some
thing is done to protect them irom the
weevil, or to speak more correctly, to
destroy the embryo weevil within the seed.
The eggs are deposited in these legumi
nous seeds while they are green. Many
farmers have yet to learn that the wee
vil comes out of the seed instead of go
ing into the seed. When the egg hatches
out the maggot, theq the damage begins,
and unless these are killed they will ulti
mately greatly daihage, if not destroy, en
tirely, the seeds. Seeds of this charac
ter should be put into jars or other ves
sels that allow of being made air tight,
or nearly so. Let the seeds be well sun
dried and put in the vessel while warm.
Saturate a ball of rags with turpentine
and push towards the center of me vessel.
Then close as near air tight as possible.
We have found the turpentine about as
effective as bi-sulphide of carbon and it
is always handler. If, howeyer, the lat
ter Is convenient to hand, a saucer half
full of it may be placed in the vessel
on top of the seeds, closing tight. Leave
the vessel undisturbed for several days.
The evaporation of either qf the two
substances will suffocate the ehtbryo wee
vil, and the seeds thus be preserved in
definitely. It is worth the trouble.
The Scrap Book?—Gleaning* From
Here and There.
When Hogs Are Always Profitable.—As
a hog grqws in age it takes more feed to
make a pound of pork. Therefore there
is a time In the life of every hog when he
must be marketed if the greatest profit
is to be made. When this point is passed,*
every day added to his life decreases the
raiser’s profit. Feod early for growth,
then fatten rapidly and market prompt
ly, and hogs are always profitable, ac
cording to the Texas Farm and Ranch.
How to Make Ordinary Cloth W'ater
proof.—ln a pail of soft water put a half
pound of sugar of lead and a half pound
of alum. Stir this at Intervals until it
becomes clear, then pour it off into an
other pail and put the garments therein,
unci let them stand for twenty-four hours.
Then hang up to dry without wringing.
Garments treated thus can be worn ih the
wildest storms of wind and rain without
the wearer even getting damp. The rain
hangs In globules upon the cloth, and
cloth that is waterproof is better and
much more healthy Jihan rubber goods.
Turkeys Must Have Natural Mothers.—
It has been found a rather difficult ex
periment to hatch and rear turkeys by
artificial means. Some have reared a
few, bvrt when compared with the total
number that died while in the brooders it
is a very plain fact that nothing will
equal the natural method. They are, in
the first place, of too wild nature. Then,
again, they are too particular In the choice
of food. They would rather starve to
death than to submit to the dictates of
any other than a natural mother. There
is nothing, however, even with their deli
cate nature when young, more interest
ing to rear than turkevs.
* • •
Crimson Clover.—" Crimson clover is
running over North Carolina like wild
fire,” writes a correspondent of the “Ru
ral New 'Yorker." It is through much
tribulation that It is being Introduced in
the north, chiefly on account of winter
killing, but It is considered a great prize
wherever it has succeeded. It is a le
gume that the south should capture if
there is a process or treatment, or time
of planting, that will adapt it to our
soil and climate. The Ruralist hopes to
see a great many trials before the effort
is abandoned.”
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A Good Raspberry.—Cuthbert, or Queen
of tho Market—Among the red raspber
ries n 2!? a are mor $ highly esteemed than
this, the plant is hardy, a strong
grower, ana an abundant bearer; fruit,
large, conical, with a bright color and
good flavor, and firm enough to market
well; season, medium to late. Occasion
ally in severe winters the canes are in
jured in some localities at the tips.—Ex.
Deep, Plowing.—On the principle
of radiation, deep plowing has decided
advantages over shallow, in protecting
the crops against frost as well as
drought; for the more compact a sub
"tanoe U, ths greater the powers of ra-
i ow J o ."?* fa . r a “ ove “ On
muc J l Injury Is done by sur
'V* 'N 8 ’ too > can n* large
ly * p J?’Tr nle “ Plowing, which
makes it possible for the soil to take up
and retain more of the moisture. 1
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v £ lu ® ? f Manure from Dlffer-
Animals—Please give the
manure from horses,
cows, sheep and hogs.
Jhe experiment stations has In
vestigated this matter, and calculated the
value, in dollars and cents, of the ma
nure produced m one year by the same
weight of different animals, confined in
stable*, so there would be no loss in field,
pasture or on road. The calculation is
based on the value of chemical fertlll
sere.5 ere. A horse of 1, (K 0 pounds weight pro
ucee manure (solid and fluid) equal to
*7 valu t A weight.
»29.x3 in vnlus—«heep weighing 1,000
pounds, 185.55 in value—and hogs weigh
ing 1.000 pounds, 117.11 In value. The eow
being a larger feeder than a horse pro
duces g larger quaotjiy of manure.
Buying Bran Rather Than Corn.—ls
food for mock has to be purchased R ft
beet to buy that 'vhich will make tho
greatest return to the soil in the ma
nure. This means tho purchase of bran,
oats and linseed meal, and tho growing
ut home of all the corn needed. We can
grow com with very little eoil exhaust
ion, and the com fodder is excellent to
feed with the stronger foods that are
purchased. Bran can nearly always be
bought for but little more than its man
urial value. It has been used as a man
ti ure without feeding. But that i* waste
ful. «b it is excellent feed for both cows
and horses.
• • •
The Raspberry.—The proper way to
propagate the black cap raspberry is by
sticking the long, snake-like tips into the
soil, and growing a new plant from these.
If the Boil has been well cultivated and the
plant is very vigorous a plant can be made
not only from the tip of the main stem,
but from most of the branches. So soon
* re well rooted the new plants
should be separated from the old stem.
The wind blowing th* hush loosens the
branches where they are rooted in the soil
ana uproots them. This is pretty sure to
happen if the plant is left with these >
THE M r EEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1895.
numerous rooted tips in the ground oyer
winter. Freezing and thawing is hard
enough on any new plant, but is espec
ially so to one attached to another above
it and constantly pulling it upward. As
the soil is loosened when thawed, up
tiles the branch with its rooted tip, and
a short time in spring sunshine destroys
its vitality.
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Setting Straw-berry Plants.—Never un
dertake to set a strawberry plant which
has a black, w'oody root. They are worse
than worthless. A strawberry plant, if
properly set, should unfold the first leaf
in forty-eight hours. I never saw a plant
helped in the least by watering after it
was properly set. The center bud and
roots are the only thing of valufe in a
strawberry plant; trtm balance off. I
never saw a plant tamped too firmly in
the ground. The best plants I have are
plants which the horse accidentally
stepped on. They stand drought better
and start quicker, the very two things we
must have them do to be successful. An
iron garden rake is the best tool pos
sible to take care of strawberries with.
Use it so often that no hoeing will be nec
essary for the first tw-o months, then
loosen the soli deeper and let each plant
make three to five plants, not more. By
hill culture, as above, Warfield, Bubach,
Jessie, etc., will grow a quart to the
plant, of fruit which will sell In any
market at 15 to 20 cents per quart, while
berries from a matted patch will not sell
at any price. A strong, vigorous young
plant is necessary to start with and can
be set any time from May to September
anywhere in the United States, if done
properly. Mulch with bedding from horse
barn, after the ground is frozen; two
or three inches of the cleanest of it on
the row, pinned down with heavier stuff
alongside, to keep wind from uncovering
and to enrich the soil. They require much
potash. Ashes are good always.
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Grafting Young Trees.—Seedling trees
Ot s K r °wth can readily be
grafted. The young trees are first washed
fr pe them from grit. The top is cut
on at the collar, with a smooth, sloping
cut, about an inch long. A lien is pre
pared by cutting about 3 inches long, w-ith
the same kind of a cut on the lower end—
the cut on the root being, of course, on
the upper end. In each of these two slop
ing cuts, a slit nearly three-fourths
inches is made, allowing the knife to en
ter about one-third of an inch from the
thin end. This makes two tongues, as
they may be called, each to be fitted into
the slit in the other and pushed firmly
together and made to agree, at least on
one side. Wrap them with thread or soft
twine to hold together. In nearly all
cases it will be necessary to trim oft the
roots in proportion to the top. This work
can be done during the winter if proper
care is taken to pack away in a damp cel
lar and kept until spring, when they can
be planted out.
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manure should be removed from
the houses every day and should be kept
ur *s e s c °ver. Every time droppings are
added to the pile, sprinkle on either land
plaster or kainit. The latter is to be pre
ferred because it contains potash in which
the poultry manures are deficient. The
object of the addition is to prevent the
escape of ammonia and the nose will be
a safe guide in determining the amount
of kainit to use. The quantity necessary
will vary with the degree of moisture of
the manure and the temperature of the
air. Add enough so that there is no odor
of ammonia when the pile is stirred. The
mixture of kainit with hen manure fits
it for use for hoed crops. It should be
made fine before* application.
Set Out Fruit In Fall.—lt is more and
more generally admitted that the fall is
the better time for setting out fruit trees.
Lbss pressure of business enables nur
serymen to get them out in better shape
and to handle them quicker and the cli
mate is less fickle. If to be heeled in do
not leave them exposed to frost and dry
ing winds.
Despite the impression to the contra
ry, trees dug in the fall and “heeled in”
are equal to fresh dug trees in the spring.
The flow of sap is retarded and reduced
and the wood is ripened and better able
to withstand the frost. They can be
planted earlier, and for this reason they
will have a much better chance to grow.
In pruning care should be taken to
train every tree to shade its own liody;
let there lie a symmetry arid uniformity
in the growth of the limbs, that their
weight that of the fruit be well dis
tributed about a point of support. Shor
ten the limbs to enable them to bear their
own products, and then shorten the
of U fruH Carinff shoota to lessen quantity
Pruning is sometimes deferred until
trees are in leaf, to avoid “bleeding.”
Harm seldom follows this practice, but
it is well to remember that it is alwavs
a check to the vitality and vigor. There
ar i e < y ari °us . varieties of young apples
< ar ? *V e bettor for being pruned
while in leaf. Wood growth renders
them slow in bearing on good soil.
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the Best Seed.—We have
not heard of a more striking proof of
the adage that “like begets like" than the
one related by T. B. Terry of Ohio;, re
garding an experiment with potatoes,
made the past summer. It is commonly
understood and admitted that the adage
is true as regards animals, but it is not
so easily believed when applied to the
vegetable kingdom. But here is proof
positive. Mr. Terry planted two small
potatoes weighing less than half a pound,
cut an eye to the piece, in good soil, and
gave them his usual careful cultivation.
In like manner he planted and tended an
other variety, to all appearances equally
promising with the first. But the result
was a great surprise, for while the yield
of the latter was only 15 pounds of tubers
that were all below medium size, the
yield of the former was 45 pounds of
large size and fine quality. It ft a lesson
of the greatest Importance. We must
plant the best if we expect to gather the
beat. It does not pay to waste ground,
and time and labor, in cultivating in
ferior grains and vegetables, when a lit
tle more expended for perfect seed of
the best varieties will increase the yield
one or two hundred fold; or as in this
case more than 300 fold, taking quality
into account.
When old grass lands are to be broken
up the plowing should be done in autumn,
in order that the vegetable matters of
the sod may undergo some decomposi
tion in time to meet the wants of the
spring crop, and that the soil may be ex
posed to the ameliorating influence of
the winter frosts.
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A Wonderful Vine—The pumpkin vine en
H, C. Meeker’s farm, east of Delavan.
Wis., has about fulfilled its mission, al
though it has not yet stopped growing,
it being now over 100 feet long, and Is
decked with twenty-seven pumpkins, meet
of them- being as large as bushel baskets,
and some much larger. Had the season
been favorable the probability is this
pumpkin vine would have reached out to
Hopeqale, Dillon, and Boynton townshlpß,
and would have produced pumpkin*
enough to supply the whole county. It
came from a seed from a pumpkin that
took first premium at the World’s fair in
Chicago in ISB3.
,• • •
Rasor-Back Hogs.—Bill Nye and a
friend were one day traveling by rail
through the south and. ware looking out
at the country they passed. Suddenly
a rasor-bai-H hog of the most pronounc
ed typ* buret out of the bushes beside
the road, ran along a little way and dis
appeared. In a little while another hor
did the same, thing. Nye saw them.
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“John,” said he to his friend, “there goes
the other half of that hog.” You’ll hear
any number of those “razor-back” hog
stories when you go down to the Atlanta
exposition. The one that is really the
best is about the northern man who saw
one of the graceful animals rubbing
himself against a tree. “Fleas?” said
he to a native. “Oh, no,” said the na
tive. “He’s strapping himself.”—Ex.
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Poultry in the Orchard.—One of the
best places for the poultry house is,the
orchard. The fowls are away from the
garden and have a range where they can
secure plenty of green food bugs, worms,
and other insects, in destroying which
they benefit The trees and fruit. The site
for the house should be chosen with a
view to insuring good drainage, as it
i9»* most essential that poultry have dry
quarters in which they may roost, or
take refuge when it storms. On a farm
it is no easy matter to give the fowls a
good range and at the same time to keep
them away from the garden, the hog
pen, and the stables. In many cases,
the orchard is the only good place for the
poultry house. The fowls do better there
with the variety of food they secure.,
than if they were kept in more restrict
ed quarters. If the poultry house is to
be built during the summer, it will pay
to put it in the orchard. —Ex.
Tobacco Culture.
Harvesting.—The plant should be cut
with a sharp, strong knife, entire, and not
split, as some do. By no means break off
the leaves in the field, as was the uni
versal custom in Gadsden county before
the war. Leaves thus gathered, die as
it were, losing both elasticity and bril
liancy—besides, this old method is too te
dious and expensive. I am aware that
gathering the leaves in baskets is becom
ing popular in the bright plug tobacco
districts, but in many respects cigar leaf
needs the very opposite treatment from
plug leaf—i. e., the former wants to run
200 to 300 leaves to the pound; the latter
20 to 30. The former needs humidity qll
the way through frojn the seed to the
cigar, and often water is used to wet the
barn floor, whereas the other needs a
furnace. Cigar leaf must be bulked almost
damp, the other almost dry, so let no one
be led astray by agents of patent barns
and flues from plug districts, or laborers
therefrom- My own experience in Vir
ginia, North Carolina and Kentucky mis
led me in my first experiments.
Never qut tobacco while the dew or rain
drops remain on the leaves, as black spo’ts
will result. 1 prefer to cut in the after
noon, as the sun is getting weaker, for
in the forenoon, unless cloudy, there is
danger of suiiburn, which will result in
ten minutes just before noon. Before
and after the plant is cut be careful to
remove every worm, as they will destroy
the tobacco if taken into the barn. If the
ground has not been cultivated for two
or three weeks before cutting, there will
be a nice carpet of grass on which to lay
the tobacco when cut—don’t lay it dowh
in) the feand or dirt—select a shaded
grassy place and after it has wilted so
as not to break, lay it very carefully on
the straw on the floor of the wagon, and
when a medium load is on, cover It with a
sheet or some weeds, so as to protect it
from the sun while en route to the barn,
where it must be placed on a rug or some
straw very carefully, till the hand who
must remain there has speared it on the
laths and put it closely up on the bottom
tier poles, where it may remain till next
day, when it should be carried up and
adjusted on 'the upper tier poles. It
should be put about six inches apart on
the laths and they about seven or eight
inches apart on the poles.
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Care of the Wenning Colt.
With oats at 15 eenta a bushel on the
farm (let us hope they are well bred and
right lines) there is no excuse for spoil
ing the ypung colt this year, says the
Western Rural. One of the greatest
leaks on the farm is the damage that
colts in the past time have suffered for
lack of proper food from weaning time
until the grass is good the next spriqg.
The first year of the colt is the year the
foundation is built; the plan of the foun
dation is sketched when the colt is bred,
and especially when the sire is chosen.
The foundation is actually constructed
during the first year of the colt’s life.
Many good colts are spoiled by being al
lowed to follow the dam to work or to
town. We always pity these young things
trailing along far behind with no life or
energy, and evidently feeling that this is
a sad an<} dreary world and life is a
burden. Instead they should be confined
In the stable, or, better still, in a grass
paddock wit!) a yearling ooh for com
pany and gradually taught to eat good
clean oats or bran. Weaning them with
food fall pasture and. additional grain
eeom«» and the colt la fairly sUrted.
The farmer who falls to feed his colts
plenty of oats this winter deserves to
sell them at a cheap price when they are
I or I years old. There is no tlm* In the
colt’s lite when it will pay as well for
grain a* In these second six month*, but
the grain should be mostly oats, for what
is wanted now |s growth, formation of
muscle and bone, ftot fat. Corn should
be fed according to the severity of the
weather, for corn furnishes the fuel to
keep the colt warm.
Ry the time these w-eanlings are ready
for market horses in our opinion will bring
a good price. By that time the bicycle
fad will have spent Its force, bicyclists
realising that |t will coat them about as
muwh to keep a bjoyele in repair and re
place It when worn out as it win to
keep a good saddle or buggy horse. The
farmers art pow dlegusted with raising
horses, and are turning their attention to
hogs and cattle, and as they are apt to
go in a gang there will very likely b* a
shortage in horses before they are aware
of it-a shortage that cannot be supplied
short of five years, and then not fufly.
Take oare of the colts, and if you have
any loose ehange take in good celt*—
the goad weanlings and yearlings that are
offered at pubHe sales.
White Wyandotte*?
The White Wyandottes, since nature
first forget to dress them in the darker
lacings of their famous sires, have been
looked upon as the embodiment of about
all to be desired in the "all round" fowls
for Americans, and especially so for a
table fowl, to meet the demands of east
ern markets.
A yellow skin, clear white plumage,
shanks free of feathers, a compact, plump
body that grows evenly and rapidly and
markets well at any age; a close, small
comb; free, stylish carriage, and a type
that pleases the American fancier’s eyes.
The Wyandotte type is a full breast
ed, round bodied bird, especially plump
in breast, like the double breast of the
quail; on limbs rather wide apart, ad
mitting of a thick body, and shorter than
generally termed “medium" in this coun
try; thighs heavily meated, shorter than
w-ith the Plymouth Rock; body inclined
to be square, except that the saddle shows
a moderate fullness; the head rather
thieklsh and set well into the neck; throat
rather full; beak short, but gracefully
turned; eyes large and bright, but docile
in expression. The neck is rather full all
round, much like the Brahma, but short
er, heavily hackled well up to the head,
not so tapering as it joins the head as
with the Plymouth Rock; the tail broad
as s.een from the rear and slightly fan
shaped, or spread, well filled ana covered
with sickles and hangers.—Farm Poul
try.
Planting Evergreen*. /
Evergreens differ from deciduous trees,
ini the fact that there is no time of year
when they are not evaporating a consid
erable amount of water through their
foliage. But this evaporation is greater
at some times than at others, the largest
amount being from tne new growth in
early spring and summer. As a conse
quence of this evaporation there is unus
ual call upon the roots for moisture. If
the soil is warm and moist the new roots
put out rapidly. At the beginning of the
new growth, or a little before, it is, there
fore, the best time to plant evergreens.
We notice that some leading nurserymen
advise planting evergreens late in sum
mer or early fall. Their argument is
that the soil is then warmer and in bet
ter condition to stimulate cool growth
than it is earlier. We do not doubt that
with care evergreens may be successfully
planted in August or September, but
there is then a considerable new growth
of leaves which must be checked by
transplanting. It would seem to be much
like planting deciduous trees in midsum
mer. It may be done, but there must be
more chances of failure than if the ex
periment be tried in late spring, before
any new growth had been made.
Kake Off the Garden.
The rake is to the garden what the
smoothing harrow is to the field, asserts
a correspondent of the American Culti
vator. It is more, or in many places it
may, with advantage, take the place of
the cultivator and the hoe. Many times,
in preparing the land for sowing onions
or other small seeds, wooden rakes are
brought into requisition for removing the
lumps and the trash that might interfere
with the successful operation of the hand
drill, wheelhoe or w r eeder. - But for ordi
nary garden operations, nothing equals
a properly constructed steel rake. This
should have from twelve to sixteen teeth,
and the shape of the latter is quite im
portant. Some arc made straight, but for
most effective work, especially level
ing the surface, they should be
slightly curved inward. Such a rake, with
a moderately long handle, will do great
execution in a garden, if it be backed by
a vigorous, active man.
In smoothing the ground preparatory
to sowing seeds, a rake with teeth of the
shape indicated may be most effectively
used with a sort of pushing motion in
connection with a drawing one. The sur
face may be thoroughly fined, and this
will aid greatly both In the germination
of the seeds and in the after-cultivation.
But a rarer use for the garden rake is
in place of cultivator and hoe after the
seeds are sown, and also after the plants
are up. The surface frequently becomes
crusted, especially after heavy rains, and
unless the seeds are sown very shallow a
careful stirring of the surface by means
of the rake will bring up this crust, de
stroy many embryo weeds and assist the
tiny plants in coming to the light. This
is precisely what the farmer does in his
corn aqd potato fields when he goes over
them with his smoothing harrow.
This year a small piece of potatoes
was planted in furrows, just enough soil
drawn over to cover the seed pieces and
fertilizer afterward scattered in the fur
rows. Just before or about the time the
shoots began to appear, a rake was used
to draw more soil Into the furrows
and level the surface. This destroyed
millions of incipient weeds and left a
smooth and mellow surface through
which the potato plants came
up rapidly. 1 raked over the
surface of the ground in which
were sown my peas, sweet corn, beets,
onions, salsify, parsnips, radishes, etc.
It saves a tremendous amount of after
cultivation and weeding, not to mention
the advantages of the soil mulch, which
aids so greatly in conserving the mois
ture in the soil.
But the rake should take the place of
the hoe in the garden more frequently
than it does. If the garden has been
neglected until the weeds are large and
tough, the rake will do but little execu
tion. It isn’t worth much for cutting
off large weeds. But the work should
be begun before this stage is reached,
and repeated frequently enough to
prevent any such growth. The
teeth of the rake present so
much less resistance to the
soil than the edge of the hoe, and so
much more ground can be covered on ac
count of the greater width of the rake,
that the sam ? expenditure of power will
produce much greater results than
would be possible with the hoe. The lat
ter cannot be dispensed with entirely,
but I use a rake far more than I do a
hoe in my own garden. A hoe with a
short rake on the back is made, and is
very convenient for stirring between
•narrow rows and among closely set
plants In the flower beds. A rake leaves
the surface much smoother and nicer
than does the hoe.
A PSALM-SINGING PARROT.
It Learned Hyiiin* and Prayer* and
Died at an Early Age.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Howard Jordan, who resides in Oak
land was, up to a few days the own
er of a little green parrot of which he was
very proud. But Polly is dead now and
will be greatly missed, most of all by Sun
day school scholars and people who at
tend the First Methodist Episcopal
church, on Fdurteenth street. The rear
of the church and Sunday school room
joins Mr. Jordan’s rear yard, where there
is a grass plot. Every Sunday morning,
indeed, every morning, Polly was perched
out on the grass to catch the sunlight and
fresh air. But Prill thought Sunday the
best day In the week, because on that
day the children sang and recited their
lessons, and Polly liked noise.
After a while Polly left off the croak-
Ings and the fragmentary bits pf swear
words it had picked up in early life on a
coasting schooner. The bird's Owner liked
this an 4 encouraged It. The children
talked to it, and finally the parrot began
to hum th* ehurch hymns. Then the
wordK exme, and it joined lustily in with
the children when they s*ng. After a
little Pofiy learned the Lord’s Praver. It
forgot its week-day talk and practiced at
all times on hymns and prayers and Bibli
cal quotations. The bird beoame a regular
Sunday school bird, and was all but en
tered on th* class rolls.
Yesterday, however. Polly did not sing
or pray, and inquiry was made, and it
was learned that the bird had died on
Monday last. It took slcfc on Bunday
after the services, and continued to grow
worse until death cam*. Polly was but
a young thing for a parrot, and a scoffer
in the block says that early piety wa*
too much for it. < *■ r
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---- - FOR SALE,
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hammock land attached, good dwelling, stables, stone cisterns, and bananas
in abundance; also sugar cane, as well as several hundred bearing grape fruit
trees and other additions too numerous to mention. All located on navigable
stream in Lee county, Florida, where the late freeze did not affect orange trees.
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THAT HOME AFFAIK.
Editor Knowles Declined to Reply to
a Communication From Editor
Byrd.
The Rome dispatch published in the
Morning News ’yesterday contained the
information that Editor W. A. Knowles
had declined to receive a communication
from Editor Phil. G. Byrd. Col. Byrd’s
card relative to the affair appeared in
Sunday’s Atlanta Constitution as
“To the Publip—One W. A. Knowles,
editor and manager of the Rome Tribune,
grossly insulted me in the issues of his
newspaper of Sep*!. 28, apd Oct. 1 by ap
plying epithets fully set forth in a com
munication published below. At the time
of these publications I was suffering from
injuries received in a railway accident
on Lookout mountain during the Chicka
mauga park dedication ceremonies. These
injuries prevented me, until ,my recov
ery, from giving proper attention to the
statements referred to.
“So soon as my recovery had proceeded
sufficiently to allow me to take hold of this
letter, I addressed to Mr. W. A, Knowles
the following communication:
“ ‘Rome, Ga., Oct. 21, 1895.—Mr. W. A.
KnowleS, Rome, Ga.: Sir—ln the issue
of your newspaper, the Home Tribune, of,
Sept. 28, you denounced me as a coward
ly scoundrel,” “insulting respectable cit
izens,” “turning upon a fatherless and
defenseless young woman,” “contemptible
cur” and "dirty blackguard and poltroon.”
“ Tn your issue of your newspaper, The
Rome Tribune of Oct. 1, you, to
some extent, reiterate these statements
and add thereto the assertion that I am
‘a lying rascal.’
“ ‘lllness has prevented me from ad
dressing you earlier. I demand a full
and complete retraction of the statements
made in the articles referred to.
“ ‘This will be handed to you by my
friend, Mr. C- W. Underwood. Your
obedient servant, Phil G. Byrd.'
“This note was handed to Mr. Knowles
in his office by Mr. C. W. Underwood
at 2:39 o’clock p. m., on Monday, Oct. 21,
1895. Mr. Knowles received and read it
and stated to Mr. Underwod that he
would reply in ‘due time? Mr. Underwood
asked him at what hour he should call
for a reply. Mr. Knowles said ‘I will send
you my answer.’
“At 2:30 p. m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, Mr.
Underwood called at Mr. Knowles' office
again, no reply having been received, and
was informed by Mr. M. M. Folsom that
Mr. Knowles had gone to Atlanta, but
would probably return that evening.
“At 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, Oct.
£■’ I nderwood again called at the of
fice of Mr. Knowles and was informed that
had not returned from Atlanta.
At 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, Oct.
•A, Mr: Underwood again called at Mr.
Knowles’ office apd was informed that he
w . aa ir ) the city and would be in his office
at 2 o clock p. m.
„ *."4 t 2 o'clock p. m., Mr. Underwood
again called at Mr. Knowles’ offlea and
found him again absent.
At 2:45 o’clock p. m., Oct. 24, Mr. Un
derwood again called at Mr. Knowles’
office, and again was told that Mr.
Knowles was ‘not in.’
“Mr. Underwood then went across the
street to the Masonic temple and waited
to see Mr. Knowles enter his office. In
about ten minutes he saw Mr. Knowles
come out of his office and walk down
Broad street. Mr. Underwood followed
and met him near Gammon’s clothing
store. Mr. Knowles then stated that he
had considered the matter and had come
to the conclusion that he would send no
reply to Mr. Byrd’s note. Mr. Under
wood reminded him that he had prom
ised to send an answer in ‘due time?
Mr. Knowles acknowledged this, but
said that after mature consideration of
the matter he had fully decided to send
no reply. Mr. Underwoood protested
that Mr. By'rd wsus entitled to an answer
and asked Mr. Knowles if he would state
any reason for not sending one. Mr.
Knowles replied that he was not going
to give any reason for not sending an
answer,
“Mr. Underwood having reported! to
me the fact of th« delivery of my note to
Mr, Knowles, and of Mr. Knowles’ con
duct In failing to send a reply, I die,
patched another note to Mr, W. a.
Knowles by Mr. Underwood at 5 o’clock
p. m., Oct. 24.
'“Mr, Underwood, at 5:30 o'clock P- m.,
pent the note to Mr. W. A.
Knowles:
“ ‘Rome, Ga., Oct, 34, 1896.—Mr. W. A.
Knowles, Rome, Ga. Pear Bir—Capt.
Phil G Byrd considers your failure to
reply to his note of Oct, 31 as a refusal
to comply with the demand made there
in. He has Intrusted me with a second
note directed to yourself, which I deem
Inadvisable to deliver in this state. Will
you, therefore, be kind enough to name
Some time and place without the limits
Os Georgia, where I can have the pleas
ure of delivering you Ms note? This
will be,handed ypu by my friend, Mr. M,
M- Pepper. Yours most respectfully,
“ *C. W. Underwood?
“At 5:33 O’clock p. m.. Oct, 24th, Mr. M.
M. Pepper called at the office of Mr. W.
A. Knowles for the purpose of delivering
this note to Mr W. A. Knowles. He was
informed that Mr. Knowles was not In,
but would be in at 7:® o’clock pf m.
“At o'clock p. rn., Mr. Pepper called
at Mr. Knowles s office and found him
thorp, when the following conversation
occurred;
, - Pepper—Mr. Knowles, my ‘
friend, Mr. Charles W. Underwood, re- |
quested me to hand you this note, and
to be the bearer of your reply.
‘Mr. Knowles^—l won’t receive any
note from Mr. Underwood.
‘Mr. Pepper—As the bearer of a note 1
from one gentlenfian to another I ask if !
you will give me your reason for not re- j
celving it?
“ ‘Mr. Knowles—l have good and suffi- ,
cient reasons.
“ ‘Mr. Pepper—Will you state them to I
me?
“ ‘Mr. Knowles—No; but I have good I
and sufficient reasons for not receiving 1
any note from either Mr. Underwood or i
Mr. Byrd.
“ ‘Mr. Pepper—Then you refuse to re- j
ceive this note from one gentleman to an
other?
“ 'Mr. Knowles—l do.
“ ‘Mr. Pepper—That is your reply; is it?
“ ‘Mr. Knowleni—Yes.
“ ‘Mr. Pepper—Then, Mr. Kndwleg, I 1
wish you good evening.’
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lave heard of cases of 20 years’standing cured by him.
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correspondence the public will see that
the said Knowles was brave chough to
slander me, and that after Inviting m? ‘to
put or shut up’ he doou not posve. s
auriieient courage either to retract titi
slanders or to render one whom be* b •*
slandered proper satisfaction.
“Phil G. Byrd.”
Chain Armor iu the British Service,
From London Tit Bi;u.
Setting aside at once all talk about
protections that, are perfectly bullet
proof, I give you my assurance that an
immense number of the officers of ovr
army and navy .who go on foreign ser
vice, especially when one of our “l.t
tle wars” is expected, provide themselves
with certain , easily recognized protec
tions.
These, mind you, are well-known arti
cles of trade to the services. The comn
monest and most usual type of these
protections consists or fine but beau
tifully tempered- single chainisi, inclosed
in soft leather, which run along the
shoulders, down, the outer side of the
arms, and over certain parts of the body.
These can either be sewn* into a particu
lar tunic, or they can be adjusted, sep
arately and put on like harness. Taka
it absolutely that hundreds upon hun
dreds of sets are sold. The most valua
ble of all chains, in connection with ac
coutrements,' are those which guard the
head; and in cases where the regulation
cap or helmet is not sufficiently protected
in this way, specially made chains are
sewn inside the same and covered by?
the lining.
Only those who have been in actual con
flict know how valuable a.U the chains
mentioned age in minimizing the effect of
sword cuts. As regards piotection both
from sword and bullet, the general belief
of officers nowadays seems to be in thor
oughly tanned leather, and great quanti
ties of tightfltting leather under-tunics
are made for officers, the favorite pattern
—said to be the invention of the late Sir
Richard Burton—being that, which forms
a not too prominent ridge down the cen
ter of the chest. I have heard innumera
ble stories from officers of bullets which
have been diverted in some degree by these
leather tunics, some of which are lined
with woven steel wire. Os course, none of
these things are supposed to be an abso
lute protection, but only a sort of pallia
tive.
A West End gunsmith who Hells a great
many chain mall body protectors, which
fit almost like an ordinary vest, and are
very expensive, sells a large number of
them to army men, and be not long ago
sent a gross, as many as he could get made
in the time, to Japan, where they were
snapped up like wildfire, as he tells me. I
have had made, on behalf of individual
officers who have themselves drawn the
design, a variety of different patterns of
what you might call armor, but fine flexi
ble chains and leather have entered into
nearly all of them.
—J)r. George Weld, an American scien
tial, now* in New York, is said to have the
finest collection of microbes, bacteria and
bacilli to be found anywhere. Experi
ments made by passing difleren.t gases
through the tuberculosis bacilli! make him
hopeful of discovering some gaa which will
cure consumption In inhalation,
—One of the most intima,te personal
friendships among senators is that be
tween Blackburn of Kentucky and Alli
son of lowa. The two men are unlike
in politics, antecedents and njtsaeiatjona.
but they hold the most devoted relation*
with each other.
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