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THE CITIZEN DALTON, OA.,
fAGBlCULTUKAL.
airs OF INTEREST RELATIVE
> pI £o farm AND GARDEN.
fertilize 0 growing crops.
p . „ lue of this method of supplying
r of the most essential plant foods is
“® fo be recognized more and more
“"Stable scheme. The nitrogenous
Jnts of Plant life, especially nitrate
Ti and sulphate of ammonia are
^ volatile and very soluble, so that
lth ’ .. n d fertilizers containing large
“ Hons of these ingredients are es-
P v liable to waste from leaching and
ia ‘ - n if the fertilizer is applied
1,0 time to time before every cultiva-
>m o tee soil there will be much less
"° (rom these causes than It it were
I applied at the hcjiumng of tlie season.
hen too
the plant food is supplied close
* "I -I 4- werlll V\A
farm will cany double the stock, with
out aid from foreign sources.
Every dairyman should raise a few
nice heifer calves each year. What is
more, he should pay especial attention to
thorn just at this time of year. Shut
them up in a dry and darkened stable
during the daytime, to keep them away
from the murderous flies, which torment
them cruelly. Give them a feed at noon
of fresh-cut clover and dry oats, togeth
er with a few quarts of sweet skim milk,
and let them run out nights. This is
the most trying time of year on spring
calves.
One of the best coverings for corn en
silage we have even seen is green slough
or marsh grass put on say three feet
thick. The steam that arises from the
ensilage quickly reduces the grass to a
pulpy mass, and it settles down on top
of the ensilage, effectually excluding the
air. It is very much better to use some
green material than chopped straw or
demonstrates that
h > oots just where it will be most chaff, for experience
, r °Tf has been well said that it “is the heat and steam passes much more
o make gluttons of plants any - ‘
teau of people.” H the barnyard
1 , rP is coLposted in the corner of
field the trouble of applying the
b Ji; 7er in this way will be no more than
[ wa y and the results will surprise
“ e Remember that this does not apply
'anything like the same decree to the
osphate fertilizers, bone meal, Thomas
° etc because the ground will hold
. refl dy for the crops whenever wanted
nd they lose very little by exposure.—
farm, A'eW and stockman -
HOW THE FRENCH MAKE VEAL.
The French people know how to feed
. ]ves for veal, to cook veal, and when
ndhowto eat it. If our veal were as
I o0 d tender, juicy and luscious, we
fhnuld appreciate it better and consume
more of it” By proper feeding, the French
..roduce superlative veal, all along from
L to twelve weeks. At the first-named
Leriod they bring calves up to two hun-
Clred pounds and over; and at three
nonths make them weigh over four hun
dred pounds. The average weight under
Jthe best management of the veal-produc-
ling districts of Champagne and Brie will
[reach three hundred and thirty pounds,
[and bring from $45 to $75. It would
[iadeed he difficult to find similar rapid
[increase of weight in so short a time in
L y other country. In fact, the French !
I realize as much money from calves at three
months as we do at two years; and pro
bably vastly more if we fed up to that
ge.
This is their method of feeding: They
I feed nothing but milk, commencing with
[fix quarts a day for a few days. The
alves are muzzled to prevent the possi
bility of eating anything else but the
[milk. The calves are kept in warm,
darkened stables. The milk is gradually
[increased to what the calves will teF'-'
nth avidity. J.fter si x of
9o mfeLlfesf Tuea'i^A^e and inviting, |
om two to six eggs are given in the !
nilk. ^ ':!
tosielilcotete
|be color of the blood vessels of the
.nucous membrane of the eyes. If of ^
delicate light pink, the veal will be cleat
land white; hut if of a dark red color, the
f meat will be of a reddish-yellow color,
f The meat of calves slaughtered too young
! will be dark red, and feel slimy when
! handled. The meat of strangled calves
: of a bluish-red color.—American Agri-
I culturiit.
JIEKITS OF THE GUINEA-FOWL,
i' There is one class of poultry that is
rarelv mentioned, says Miller Purvis in
j die Prairie Farmer. Yet it has many
things to recommend it to the poultry
' fraternity. I refer to the guinea-fowl. I
I have kept from one to half a dozen pairs
of white guineas for the past seven years,
and they are about as profitable as any
j fowls I ever kept, so far as supplying our
I table is concerned , though in the market
j there is some objections raised to the size
of the eggs. Guneas are not hard to
I raise, if they are hatched in June and
July, or even later. It is best .to hatch
I them under a hen, as the guinea hen is
apt to drag the young through the early
I dews enough to kill off all but the hardi
est of her brood. Any attempt to confine
a guinea-hen with young is sure to end
la disaster, as she will not remain quiet a
I minute, nor will she pay any attention to
I her young.
When first hatched the young guineas
I must be confined in a tight pen, or they
brill wander off, and not come back; but
ia a short time they will learn to follow
’heir foster mother, and I have had a lot
°f them that insisted on following the
hen that hatched them after they were a
| Jear old.
As a table-fowl the white guinea pos-
| sesses peculiar merit of its own. The
®h of a guinea is never tough, though
b’is somewhat dry, as compared with the
I of the chicken. Guineas are very
"Jflj raised-, as they are great foragers,
find their own living froiiT choice
utiting the greater part of the year. A
makes a very good substitute for
Prairie chicken, and I am afraid that more
I ’fian on e has been served up in eastern
grants under that name. I like their
jarful clatter, and it serves an admira-
I * purpose in warning the poultry keep-
IL° ft le a Pproach of dogs, hawks or
readily through the straw or chaff than
through the green grass, and besides, the
grass settles into a much more compact
mass.
Drinking the whole milk makes fine
fat calves, but calves raised on skim-milk
and oatmeal and bran, if not so sleek at
eight months old, had a better start in
bone and muscle, and beat the pampered
calf at two years-of age. It is a waste of
cash product to feed a calf whole milk
after its rennant stomach changes so as
to call for solid food, and it is a mistake
to so feed it after it is ten days old.
Warm skim milk and a little oatmeal are
much better.
Do not worry about the cows not get
ting sufficient exercise. This time of
year generally they are spending most of
their time in traveling over sunburnt
pastures looking for something to eat.
A cow cannot do two things at once any
more than can a man. If she has to hunt for
food to keep her alive she must quit the
milk-producing business. Remember
one thing: If you want your cow to give
a profitable flow of milk when butter
brings a good price, you must keep her
up with plenty of food. The cows have
been preaching that doctrine steadily for
years, and yet we know hundreds of
farmers who pretend to understand how
to handle cows, who seem to be ignorant
of that important fact yet.
Edward A. Barnard, of Quebec,
states that after many years of experience
in storing ensilage he has come to the
conclusion that a covering of boards and
simple earth or muck is all that is neces
sary. The boards, of course, are not
wasted, and can be used from year to
year; and the dirt costs nothing but the'
! handling; while he claims that any kind
I of straw or cheap hay costs something
and is good for other uses, and is spoiled
for all uses, save for manure, if used to
over a silo. The first row of boards is
red by a second row, cutting the
of the first. Over this we place
ches of any kind of soil, preferring
uck, which we elevate into the silo
elevator of the corn cutter. We
-tight covering, and a
sufficient ““ ^ _
air from the top whilst putting
cover. Good straw is worth one-half of
good hay ia any well-balanced ration.
Why should intelligent farmers rot one
foot deep of cut straw over the silo?; The
same may be said of marsh hay, or any
food fit for stock.—Hoard's Dairyman. t
hints f<Jr thet dairy.
It is a question, and a vital one, wheth-
r fertility of the ordinarily good
^ could have its status preserved
■ even dairy fanning, if the old-
| o°l practice prevailed, of pasturing
feeding little else than hay in the
| ^ It takes more land to keep the
I * in that way than she can fertilize,
■'“matter how . well the fertilizers are
landed. Whole districts in Ohio
[, tfs almost run out in that way, and are
'^6 saved, so far as they are being re-
-med at all, by increasing the stock,
I ° te than doubling the feeding capacity
acre by raising com and siloing it,
a t first feeding grain food imported
the farm. By this means the lost
% comes back, so that in a few
i through rotation of crops of the
kind, and feeding them all, the
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Clover is a cheap feed for hogs.
Crowd your work or it will crowd you.
Sheep should have shelter from the
sun in summer and have dry quarters in
winter.
You will never have a better time than
now to post yourself in the matter of stock
raising.
Do not, on any account, sow grain in
the orchard. About as well grab out
the trees.
Prepare the ground for grape vines in
the fall, but do not plant until spring.
Dig deep and plant shallow.
'The secret of success with sheep is to
feed in such a way that they are con
stantly gaining both in summer and
winter.
Geese prefer parsley and plantain to
grass, and their aid in killing these weeds
out is valuable in both garden and
pasture.
Dairymen must remember that a most
favorable season, tends to depress prices
of their products, and with larger yield
they may afford to take somewhat less
prices.
Evergreen branches make an excellent
winter protection for many plants, and
they are often useful to hold down forest
leaves and prevent the wind from carrying
them off.
It is noticable that the season gets
somewhat of its complexion from the
farmer—-the good farmer has few bad
seasons, and the poor farmer has few
good seasons.
Varieties of cow pea may be found
that can be profitably grown, especially
for milch cows. By modern methods we
may, and perhaps will, make it pay for
certain purposes.
It is acknowledged by all thinking men
that stock keeping is a necessary adjunct
to successful farming. No stock soon
means no crops. You can make manure
cheaper than you can buy it, that is, if
you keep stock.
Hen manure is one of the best fertili
zers known for small fruits. The indus
try of cultivating strawberries is one that
every farmer could give his attention to
profitably without any interference with
his regular farm work.
A mixture of salt and ashes thrown
about the roots of growing cabbages be
fore they were attacked by the insect
which causes “clubroot” prevented such
disaster, but it did not check the pro
gress of the disease when begun.
It seems strange when men are so par
ticular about the food they eat, and turn
with loathing from mouldy or musty
dishes, that they neglect to guard the
horses and cattle as zealously. It takes a
little time to screen the oats and remove
the dirt and chaff, but it pays.
CURIOUS FACTS.
Dynamite is thirteen times as power
ful as gunpowder.
The $4t),000,000 left by John Jacob
Astor in 1849 has grown to $200,000,000.
Of the nearly 700 physicians practic
ing in San Francisco, fifty-six are women.
The average number of fires in New
York city is 2800 a year, or about seven
a day.
Blacking the nose as a preventive of
snow-blindness seems to have become
recognized as successful.
A former teacher of Latin in one of
the high schools in Indiana is now driv
ing a dirt cart in Wichita.
The first really practical electric rail
way ever made was in Ireland. It is still
in operation in County Antrim.
There are native American sparrows
but the English sparrow originally came
from Northern Europe and England.
Lenawee County, Mich., is at present
paying out something like twelve dollars
a day in bounties on dead sparrows.
The Russian Imperial family have very
indifferent health, and two or three mem
bers are always more or less seriously ill.
Booksellers in New York city report
that the sales of Burke’s “Peerage” are
enormous. They cost $15 a copy, too.
Mexico is offering a bounty for rub
ber tree culture. It requites six years
for the rubber tree to come to maturity.
The Friends’ meeting house at Woods-
town, N. J., which has been built 104
years, has just received its first coat of
paint.
In the section of the Paris Exhibition
devoted to the Histoire du Theatre there
is a collection of wax models of feet of
noted ballet dancers.
The Neuburg Theatre at Vienna is the
best illuminated place of amusement in
the world. There are 5000 incandescent
lights within the house.
Mrs. Charles Kimla, of Trenton, Wis.,
recently presented her husband with
three fine girl babies, their combined
weight being twenty-one pounds.
Montrond, in France, recently had a
plague of butterflies. The inhabitants
had to keep their windows and doors
shut against an influx of the insects.
On a farm at Unadillo, Mich., war
broke out between the bees and turkeys,
and seventeen of the latter were stung to
death before the cessation of hostilities.
There is a spot in Siberia about thirty
miles square where the ground has not
thawed out for the last 100 years, and
whore it is frozen to a depth of sixty
feet.
The English postoffice does all the ex
press business in Great Britain, carries
parcels at an average cost of eleven cents
each, and makes a profit of $2,250,000 a
year.
A paper watch has been exhibited by
a Dresden watchmaker. The paper is
prepared in such a manner that the watch
is said to he as serviceable as those in
ordinary use.
mg in an old cellar on Lamed
street, Detroit, Mich.., d.ug out several
cannon balls. The place where they were
found was near the site of a fort magazine
during the war of 1812.
The distance of the horizon is governed
by the height of the eye above the earth
or sea. On the sea, with the eye at a
height of five feet, the distance is three
miles; at sixty feet in height, ten miles.
In Ventura. County, Cal., the wild
morning glory flourishes so luxuriantly
that it threatens to monopolize all the
tillable land. Farmers there have to put
in vigorous work in the glory of the
morning to oust this vigorous floral pest.
“It may seem singular to j t ou,” says a
New York florist, “but I’ve been keeping
a record for these twenty years past, and
I have found that nine murderers out of
ten are ardent admirers of flowers, and
most of them prefer daisies and lilies.”
Among the Masai Warriors.
As we continued our way we could see
that our appearance had aroused a com
motion among the inhabitants. Men
were running from kraal to kraal, and
others were congregating in groups.
Soon the bolder or more curious of them
began to run toward us, swinging their
great shields at their sides, their enormous
spears glancing brightly in the sun. We
were speedily face to face with the re
doubtable warriors, listening to their
strange greetings, touching amicably
their greasy hands. Our fears were for
the time allayed by our reception, and we
forgot their reputation in our admiration
of their magnificent physique.
By midday we had camped in the
neighborhood of the Masai kraals, in a
curve of the ice-cold waters of the Ngare
N’Erobi. There we staked our goods,
and while some remained to guard, the
rest cut down acacia-trees, and built a
strong fence. Thus fortified, we were
prepared to- await the development of
events. Unhappily, the promise of our
reception was sadly belied by the real
ization. The warriors gathered in hun
dreds from all sides, and enormous de
mands were made on our goods as pay
ment for a right of way through theland.
One warrior drew his sword upon me,
because I pushed him away when carry
ing his investigation of my person some
what beyond hounds. Everyone had to
remain in arms. There was continual at
tempts to steal, horse-play of the most
trying description, ugly rushes which
seemed as if they would lead to blood
shed and general battle. Worse than all,
we heard of a fight which had taken place
before with a large caravan that had pre
ceded us, in which some Masai had been
killed and we were made to understand
that they would probably take their re
venge on us. Next day matters became
worse. We heard of a general gathering
of the clans and a probable attack upon
us on the following morning. The de
cision I had now to come to was a difficult
one. Was I to throw down the gauntlet
and go in for a policy of battle and ad
venture, or retreat and try by anothei
way. * * * All things considered, ]
fleeted to go back to Taveta, and try the
opposite side of Kilimanjaro.—Scribner.
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How many of you, today, will hunt through the paper to see
what Keely Company have to say?
For a week Atlanta has been radiant. Visitors have been
dazzled by color, charmed by rhetoric, inspired by music and over
come by attentions. The crowds daily increase—there is ample
room for all
Mountains of Cloaks and valleys of prices. Phrases faintly
hint their variety and worthfulness. Our roomy, convenient parlor
is the most luxurious Wrap region in all the land. Handsome
harvests are always ready to be garnered. Luckily for you the
stock was big and full enough to sustain the first few vigorous on
slaughts of cold weather traders without allowing any particular
iine to become noticeably broken. Whatever sort of coverin g that
may be in your mind is here. Coaching Coats, Newmarkets, Raglans, Ulsters, Conne-
maras, Jackets and the like are some of the chief kinds that show up plentifully. ’Twould
give a catalogue maker a headache to recount the different materials. Beave rs, Ker
seys, Diagonals, Cheviots, Camel’s Hair, Himalayan Cloth and their ilk constitute a
generous per centage of the finest garments in the department’s assortment.
Black diagonal Jackets, $2.45. Tailor finished Stockinette Jackets, $2.98. Ladies’
Cloth Jackets, $3.50* Wide wales black diagonal Jackets, $3.75. Mixed Cheviot Jackets,
$3.98. Connemara Cloaks of English Serge, $7.50. Raglans, Newmarkets, and Ulsters
justly valued at $15, for $7.50. The same that you were last week told of. As is often
the case earliest comers did not carry off the choicest sorts.
See the flowing sleeves of that quite modish Wrap on the wooden woman’s form
there. The inventor’s fondness for sheep inspired the name, “Leg o’ Mutton” sleeves.
They are the latest. But others as pronouncedly new, such as the “Bishop” and
“Mousquetaire,” are creating a furore that’ll be equally long-lived, no doubt.
Just the takingest conceit that ever you’ve seen are those cute Capes of'cloth so odd
ly formed of scalloped-edged layers of the smoothiest stuffs known to the woolen family.
They give dash and chic and add grace to the shoulders of most any figure. Bluish,
greenish, brownish, grayish, blackish are the shades we show. You can tell by the
women who cluster around them that the prices are fair.
Busying brains have conjured new things for children, too. Cape Coats with dis
tinct, raised looking stripes that fall vertically adown Foule faced stuffs are among the
newest novelties. Such wonderfully fine effects in heavy weaves are rare. To make a
good bargain better a la Jockey looking Cap of corresponding material is given with each
Coat.
Many other things in the Cloak department ask fora word, but they are destined to
blush unmentioned today.
Elaborate on Underwear was the command of their manager. The advertiser accord-
ingly spent a couple of half hours interestedly studying and examining Shirts and Draw-
eisof ideal and seasonable warmth and handsomeness. Close on to double a dozen
styles in weights that woo whatever breeze is going. Nothing has been skipped in qual
ity or material that ought to be in a full, perfect stock. No matter how your thought
runs, it is here, if it should be. In the whole swing and sweep of the Underwear world
the most surprising thing is the goodness of these and their cheapness.
Gents’ and ladies’ white Merino Wool Vests, elegantly made; Drawers to match, at
48c each. Ladies’ Australian wool Vests and Pants, of delicious softness of texture and
superfine fjnish, at 75c each; about a third below value. Medicated Scarlet Vests and
Pants. You all know their peculiar hygienic advantages at $1.00 and $1.25. Camel’s
Hair Mixtures in all sizes, colors and grades at exceedingly attractive prices. You’d best
choose soon. Waiting is frequently costly.
An ovation of color salutes your glance over those fresh groupings of French Printed
Flannels. We yearn for adjectives. But words are empty and types are graceless things
to picture their loveliness. Such fancies ! Stems a-leaf, petals a-scatter, field berries
and branch bits a jumble, paroquets au naturel and myriad unnameable glories glow
through these delightful stuffs that hold so much of fineness and clingy elegance. Noth
ing but bird songs and flower fragrance have eluded the skill of the loom-men. Add
these to the other prettyings and Dame Nature would be almost commonplace in com
parison. Simply exquisite for neglige robes—tea gowns, wrappers, sacks and the like.
The sort of weave-gayness and color-gayness appropriate for children’s dresses.
As the mildness of October wears away to November the settling freezy weather
gives braveness to Furs. Sensitive things when the sun shines, but when cold they are
forward enough, are Furs. Shaggly, hanging hairs of Muffs snd Boas are now numerously
displayed. Styles enough to tire, but choice enough to please and cheap enough to charm.
On the quality depends largely the satisfaction to be derived from buying Shoes. A
pleasure indeed, to sell such strictly satisfactory Shoes as Keely Company’s “Leader.”
Only S2.00 and guaranteed to be high standard all through. They bring old customers
back and new ones in. More of Ziegler Bro/s fine products have just arrived. All the
new fall shapes and qualities, and at prices that can’t be matched.