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Nitrate of Soda and Ita Application.
Agricultural Editor Savannah News:
If I use gypsum to dry off nitrate of soda
for the more even distribution of the
same, and to neutralize its excoriating ef
fects upon my land, would the humidity
of the nitrate, produced by deliquesence.
indurate the mixture so quickly as to
fail me iu the effort to sow it over the
land? If so, how would it do to mix it
w ith equal parts of dry earth?
I. W. T.
Gainesville, Fla.
Nitrate of soda usually is much more
evenly distributed by mixing it with
some simpie deluent. Clay dust or woods
earth that has been well dried and pul
verized is about the best thing that could
be used. Gypsum or landplaster coming
in contact with much moisture would
have a tendency to harden the mass,
unless used at once. It is very well to
use such substances when fairly moist.
When the weather is windy, clay dust—
perfectly dry, of course—is the best di
vision of all such substances that we
know of. Very few farmers apply nitrate
of soda as it should be applied.
‘ Wood's earth” from the forest, when
well dried, makes an excellent deluent or
division.
Nitrate of Soda on Tomatoes.
I have seen in your agricultural depart
ment several times reference made to the
benefit from using nitrate of soda on to
matoes, hut have uever seen anything
satisfactory in regard to its use. When
and how should it be used? What is the
cost per 100 pounds? W. A. S.
Micanopy, Fla.
On thin, sandy soil, destitute of nitro
gen, nitrate of soda is a very valuable ap
plication for most any crop that makes its
growth chiefly in the summer time. Still
it alone can not make a large yield of to
matoes. The land must have a reasonable
supply of available potash and phosphoric
acid. The nitrate of soda should be ap
plied to the tomatoes about throe or four
weeks after the plants have been set out.
It is a highly soluble substance and the
rains work out its nitrogen in a very
prompt manner. It is not advisable as a
rule to apply all the nitrate of soda atone
time. It is well to make two applications,
the first when the plants are first started,
and the second, some six or eight weeks
later. From 100 to 200 pounds is the
amount of nitrate of soda used sometimes,
but rarely the amount may be larger. One
hundred and fifty pounds is about the
proper quantity to use on an acre of to
matoes.
Strawberries.
Agricultural Editor Savannah News:
I would like to get your ideas or advice
about strawberry cultivation, and so on. I
have about one-fourth acre I put out two
years ago this fall, planted in rows three
and a half feet by eighteen inches; did
not get many berries the next spring, but
this spring had a line crop. Now the
piece of land is literally covered with
plants and what I wish to know of you is,
how must 1 proceed to get another full
crop next season. Would you bar off and
pet them in rows again or would it do to
plow through both ways in January or
February, or would you let them r. main.as
they are; When had I better plow them
out;
1 am going to put out another patch
this fall and would be glad to have you to
tell me how to proceed. Would you set
out this fall or wait till next spring?
Any information you may give me will
be appreciated. W. B. H.
Holland, Ga.
Answer—We should bar off with a turn
plow. taking the rows first set out as a
guide. This will cover up all plants in
the middle and leave any plants, how
ever. that have come up between the old
plants, in the row. Strawberries will not
do their best unless the weeds are fairly
kept down. Do this work just as soon as
you can, and apply some bone dust and
ashes to the rows of plants. This should
he worked in a little with a fork or
small hoe. The fall is the best time to
set out strawberry plants. Set out now
and let the plants get established, and
mulch with pine straw some time before
Pec. 1. Use bone meal and ashes to fer
tilize tli*' plants, and you will have straw
terries if you have plenty of water.
Improving the Soil of the Orang-3
Grove.
A Florida orange grower asks how
w °uld he the most economical plan for
improving the soil of his orchard? Should
;>uy crop be grown on the land, and what
fertilizer would be best for the trees?
if the trees are not making a good
growth, we would advise sowing bur
e*over on the land during the next month
? r o. ;md let it die on the land and turn
it unde r next May or June. Then, about
' :| eii tree, apply ten or fifteen pounds of
’jnedust with twenty or thirty pounds
0* hard-wood ashes. or ten or fifteen
pounds of cottonseed hull ashes, and work
‘‘“s in with rake or fork. Apply this
‘< r! Inzer any time during the winter.
ti the trees have inadua satisfactory
growth of foliage and look green and
■**• we would not supply any vegetable
J .'tt, r . but if they seem stunted and
j <ike a poor growth it would be well Uj
, 0 VJ Apply the bone dust and ashes at
' !; 'however If there is any natural
growth of weeds of any kind mow them
'■ it s.. ding time, and iet them remain
fcim ground as a mulch. Home of your
■ ‘ ‘“ ow orange growers have found the
• car need 3 helpful menus of improv
"f u *e soil of the orange grove. We would
glad to hear from those who have
Agricultural Kditor Savannah News:
1 agricultural columns of the Hs-
Wkkki.v News of Sept J we
k l ld ant mentioned by A li Hsm-lt
d.try ' a* a plant admirably auapbjd
. '' ;l ting woru out sandy soil* Now.
'it i ■■now wbul particular plant be
■ u by "apurry," and would be pcmuwU
to have you or him give us in the News
what plant he means by "sparry."
S. H. C.
Pidcock, Brooks Cos., Ga.
\\ hile spurry is quite extensively
grown in some parts of Europe, it cannot
be considered worthy of cultivation in
the south. We have too many plants su
perior to it. Cattle and sheep are very
fond of it. but it does not compare with
such plants as lucern, Johnson grass,
meadow oat, red top bur clover and the
like.
The Holstein-Friesians.
The use of Holstein-Friesian cattle
among practical dairymen and farmers is
greater at the present time than ever be
fore. New England pastures are dotted
with them. Those interested in making
milk for the large cities find no cow to
compare with them in yield and profit,
The great shipping qualities of their
milk are appreciated greatly. The but
ter-making districts become each year
more thickly populated with the black
arid whites, whose largo yields of milk
of high average fat percentage tell
the story of profit by a fat check
each mouth from the creamery, while the
by-products in veal calves, working and
beef cattle, not to mention the occasional
piece of cow beef, constitute great ele
ments in these days when people are look
ing for "mortgage lifters.”
The demonstration by the Chicago tests
of the fact that the general purpose cow
is not a myth cow but lend additional
strength to those who have taken the po
sition that the everyday farmer must
have a breed which yields more than a
single line of profit. The demand for such
a breed of cattle is ever increasing, and
is the demand of every farmer not a
specialist.
Carpet Grass.
This grass, an introduction dating no
great number of years back, goes by va
rious local names in addition to the one
given above, as Louisiana grass, old road
grass, poor man’s grass, and so on, says
the New Orleans Times-Democrat. ‘‘Car
pet grass,” suggested by the carpet-like
appearance it gives to the ground where it
has secured a footing, especially if kept
trimmed down by stock, seems to be the
local name now most adopted, and doubt
less soon will be the one recognized
wherever the grass appears. Its botan
ical name is paspalum platycaule. Charles
ton, S. C., is claimed to be the point at
which it first appeared in this country.
From thence it gradually worked its
way westward, reaching the neigh
borhood of Mobile about twen
ty-five years ago. Only a few years have
elapsed since it reached Louisiana, where
the people gave it the name of “Louis
iana grass,” believing that it existed
nowhere else, and it is just now getting
into Texas, appearing sparsely along the
eastern border of the state. It usually
travels by following old roads, spreading
them with a carpet of green as it goes,
and deeply interesting stock that happens
to be traveling the same way.
In the above statement the writer is
mistaken, as carpet grass grew luxuri
antly in the vicinity of Ponchatoula more
than twenty-five years ago. We are in
clined to the opinion that it is indigenous
to Louisiana, for it has been known in the
western portion of the state under the
•narnp of gazon for more than fifty years.
A correspondent of the Southern Live
Stock Journal, writing of carpet grass,
tells us that, though a comparatively
short growth, it furnishes a favorito
grazing for all kinds of stock. It will
grow anywhere that Texas blue grass
will succeed, and in many places where
it will not; and it may be readily prop
agated from seed as well as by its roots
or runners.
The Mobile (Ala.) Register says further
in regard to this valuable lawn and gra
zing plant:
Whilo not strictly a winter grass, car
pet grass makes a rather good winter
pasture, as, when nipped down by frost,
it shoots up again in a few days and af
fords very good picking for stock; and
since our “nipping” frosts are usually
weeks apart in the lower south, it might
be rated as really a winter grass with us.
We have known an acre of land upon
which it had obtained a footing, in Bald
win county, to keep two calves through
the winter with comparatively little ad
ditional feed.
Carpet grass forms a thick, dense sod,
and where it gets a start in a bermuda
grass patch will eventually kill out the
bermuda, provided stock have access to
the grounds and keep the grasses closely
trimmed. Unlike Bermuda grass, it is
not hard to get rid of—turn the so l aver
with the plow and it will die immedi
ately.
For several winters we have noticed
our hogs following the old roads ami
closely nipping the carpet grass with
great relish, apparently. They made no
attempt at rooting, therefore we con
cluded that the roots presented no at
tractions for them, but they cer
tainly much liked the young tender
grass just springing up, and went lor
it exclusively, although there were
within their reach many other green
growths, such as hogs usually feed upon
under other circumstances. From all of
which we infer that carpet grass is highly
suited for winter hog pasture, and that it
will eventually figure extensively on the
lands of tiio hog-raiser carrying on his
vocation in the lower section of the south
ern states. It will grow on almost any
character of land, and the more it is
eaten down the more rapidly it appears
to spread; can be propagated by planting
bits of sod; or if given a fair chance, will
propagate itself and take possession of
any pasture lands upon which stock are
allowed to run. It is peculiarly a south
ern grass, and therefore cannot be made
to succeed much above the lower tier of
southern statis.
Carpet Grass (Paspalum Platycaule) is
very highly recommended by parties in
Florida who have grown it or have seen
it growing. Some go so far as to say that
it is superior to bermuda grass. If this
can be substantiated, it is certainly a re
markable grass. We should be glad to
hear from any of our readers who havo a
practical knowledge of this grass.
In another column we give an article on
the subject which we extract from the
New Orleans Times-Dernocr.it. The
southern farmer has so many fine plants
at his disposal it is hard for him to decide
which to choose.
Growing Grapes in Georgia.
It is evident that a renewed interest is
being taken in grape culture in this state.
This is exactly what we have been hoping
to see for several years. The area de
voted to grafies should in the next two or j
three years be increased a hundredfold, j
Over the larger part of Georgia it is one
of the surest crops we can grow In the
way of fruit.
While the grape will not grow in soil
that has been robbed of its fertility, still
it is a very easy matter to so fertilize
any inferior soil as to make it produce
grapes in perfection. Many a little out <&
the way place on a farm, that is hardly
suited for corn or cotton could
be devoted to grapes and would
nakra splendid return in this healthful
and nutritious fruit. We have numerous
varieties that succeed perfectly in our
climate, of which it may lie said that the
Concord leads the van The G‘-orge
Morris Early, the Delaware. Perkins,
Worden. Clinton. Norton s are all ap
proved varieties that have suoeceoed m
le-orpu There are still o'te-r varieties:
that do well, such a- the Cat*wt/a. Di
ana. Mar* ford, etc
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by layering or cuttings, and whsto one
inn made a start in grap* growing, the
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1803.
pine strjiw or leaves, it is not
difficult fp establish and grow to perfec
tion grapes on a fair soil. Even old clay
knolls have been rendered fit for pro
ducing grapes with comparatively little
labor and expense. Well rooted plants a
year old set carefully in soil that lias
been plowed and replowed until it lias be
come thoroughly fixed, plowing in a part
of the fertilizer for a width of furrow
five feet and reserving the rest for sur
face application, will start a crop that
must prove a success in time if only the
proper care in cultivating and pruning is
given it.
Those of our readers who have not yet
given thought to this splendid fruit
should neglect it no longer. It would lie
well to make a start this fall, even if only
a hundred or two vines are put out. It
will be a satisfaction in the highest de
gree before many years come and go.
Fall Plowing in the Grove.
I am very much interested in the “Ques
tions in Orange Culture" published in the
last two issues of the Fruit Grower, as I
own a grove near Hawthorne. I have
adopted the idea, as most of your corres
pondents have, according to question No.
17 in your issue of the Sid inst., of keep
ing the grove clean up to June 1, then per
mitting grass, etc., to grow. I have made
two cuts with machine and intend to let
the grass rot and commenco to turn under
as shallow as possible with plow about
Nov. 1. I see by question No. 17 referred
to above, “never turned in.”
The point I wish to ascertain definitely
is, is it the best thing to turn all this
partially rotted grass, etc., under in the
fall, which is hard to turn under, or is it
best to allow it to remain on the ground
and thoroughly rot until spring, then
turn under with spring dressing of fer
tilizer? Some parties say that the grass,
etc., contains a certain percentage of am
monia, which has a tendency, to draw
cold, and that groves with the ground
covered with grass through the winter
will suffer more with the cold than groves
that have had all this gross, etc., turned
under before the cola weather comes.
These writers say the ammonia in this
matter draws the frost.
I have heretofore turned all this stuff
under simply because I saw others do so,
I suppose, not knowing the scientific
points in the question. Now this expres
sion in question No. 17, “Never turned
in,” puts me at sea as to the best way to
handle the question. It seems to me that
if the grass does not damage the grove by
lying on top of the ground through the
winter that it would be best to allow it to
remain on top and thoroughly rot, then
sow the fertilizer broadcast iu the spring
and turn all under.
It would probably be easier to move
around through the grove in gathering
the fruit by not having it plowed up, and
if any fruit dropped on the ground the
grass would form a cushion, as it were,
for the fruit to drop on and also keep the
fruit clean. I have twenty-five acres to
go over and if it is better to wait until
spring to turn under I would like to know
it. If you can give me definite informa
tion from a scientific standpoint as well
as a common sense one, I will fully appre
ciate it. Hoping to hear from you.
C. W.uAoiiv.
The idea that the ammonia from the
decaying grass augments the degree of
cold iu the grove is rather fanciful, and
must have originated from the fact that
the vaporization of ammonia is employed
as an agent in artificial freezing. It is an
undoubted fact that trash or even a thick
coating of green grass will attract frost,
when on the naked earth right along
side none will be deposited* A tender
plant growing close beside or surrounded
by mulching will be nipped by the frost
more severely than it would be if stand
ing on the naked earth.
But this is a local circumstance of very
circumscribed area, and it is impossible
to believe that, for an acre or more of
trees, whose branches are several feet
above the surface, there will be created,
by the presence of trash, any consider
able difference in the degree of cold when
that cold is anywise severe. When there
is barely cold enough to deposit frost at
all, the trash will make the difference be
tween frost and no frost. But if the tem
perature falls, say to 22° or 24°, or there
is a sharp wind, the difference between
the mulched surface and the naked earth
would amount practically to nothing.
A small amount of nitrogen or ammonia
escapes from the rotting trash and from
the soil itself—where it was stored up
through the growing season by the
shading of the herbage—and a little also
leaches away when it rains. It would be
well if this could be saved by means of
some winter growing crop, such as crim
son clover or even rye. It would, no
doubt, also benefit the soil if this trash
could be plowed neatly under and ex
cluded from the atmosphere. But it is
difficult to do this without plowing a deep
furrow, and a deep furrow will lacerate
the orange roots more than the trash Is
worth. If it is one-half turned under
with a shallow furrow and then, perhaps,
dragged out on to the surface again with
a harrow, a piece of botchery is perpe
trated, which Is a waste of timo, if not
worse.
When the autumn application of fer
tilizer is made it is advisable to work it in
with a spading harrow or the new
“weeder.” running shallow. Plowing is,
orought to be.aback number,especially.in
n bearing grove where roots stretch
throughout the entire area. A crop of
cow peas or of Florida clover, sown very
thick and shading the soil, will bore it in
every direction with its roots like a thou
sand mole crickets; then these will die
and rot. leaving it perforated as with in
numerable small drain tiles, while the
carpet of decaying herbage— flattened
down with a roller, if necessary—will
protect the surface from the wind and sun
and from the impact of the rain: in the
spring it will be found rich and mellow as
an ash heap; and the trees, with timely
rain or irrigation, will make an astonisb
isliing bloom and •growth.—C. W. Agin in
Farmer and Fruit Grower.
Winter Blooming Plants.
In selecting plants for winter blooming
the purchaser should bear in mind the
habits which characterize a good plant.
Those which are lloriferous, healthy and
free from insects are those that reward
the flower lover for his efforts and care.
A southeastern exposure is best, as the
morning sun is to be preferred, but with
a western or southern exposure good re
sults may be obtained. Most plants like
a temperature of 65° or 70°.
lew plants eclipse the geranium as a
winter bloomer for the window garden.
If all of the flower ouds are pinched off
during the summer aud autumn and the
plant has been trained by pinching back
the shoots so that many flower stalks
have been formed, you will have by De
cember a plant abundant with bloom.
Plants which are blooming and growing
vigorously should be watered with
liquid compost once a week. Some peo
ple are of the opinion that young plants
make the best winter bloomers. This is
a mistake. A young plant has but two or
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three branches and so has but very small
flowering serfaco, while an old one which
has been pinched back and lias many
shoots v. HI bloom profusely.
The following list includes the single
sorts which are excellent winter bloom
ers: Gen. Grant., rich scarlet; Mrs.
Janies Vick, salmon shading to nearly
white: Master Christine, pink: Queen of
the Whites Improved, white, very fine;
King Olga, deep pink, base of petals
white.
The double varieties are not quite so
good as the single sorts for winter bloom
ing, but the following will give good re
sults: Bishop Wood, scarlet and violet;
Beaute Poitevin. salmon; Madame Thib
aut. rosv pink, upper petals marked with
white; Madame La Oomtesso de Baume,
rose color.
Another plant which deserves much
praise is the abutilon. It is one of the most
beautiful of pendant flowers, being a
prime favorito because of its beauty,
gracefulness and freedom of bloom, and
it is easily grown. The foliage is very
beautiful and in a few varieties is varie
gated. The abutilon likes a cool room
hotter than a very warm one, as it be
comes weak in a very warm atmosphere.
Among many other qualities, the abutilon
is cleanly and healthy, and is not subject
to the attack of insects. There is quite a
variety of colors. Eclipse has beautifully
marked foliage; the flowers are a bright
vellow, with a crimson throat. Golden
Fleece is bright yellow; Boule de Neige is
pure white, and New Double Thompsoni
plena is orange, shaded with crimson.
Altogether the abutilon is a fine plant for
winter blooming.
The Bouvaraia is a charming plant
which is excellent for tlic window gar
den. It is not difficult to raise and blooms
profusely. The flowers are red, white
and pink.
Some annuals make very satisfactory
bloomers duriugthe winter months. Sow
the seed in five or six-inch pots any time
between Oct. 1 and Jan. 1. The seeds
germinate rapidly and some varieties
bloom within thirty days. Sow the seeds
in a good rich loam somewhat sandy.
Liquid fertilizer may occasionally be used.
A pot of winter blooming morning glo
ries makes a beautiful picture. The
plants commence to flower when only a
few inches high.
The brachycome, or Swan river daisy,
is a little beauty. It attains a hight of 8
or 10 inches. The flowers resemble the
daisy and are blue or white.
The diamond flower is one of the pret
tiest little annuals grown. The plants
only attain a hight of about two inches.
The blossoms ure violet and white.
The dwarf nasturtium is valuable for
winter blooming with its delicate green
foliage and flowers ranging in color from
pale yellow and orange to the darkest
maroon.
Sow a few i>ots of these annuals and
they will afford you much pleasure.
Columbus, O. Epith Johnson.
Pear Tree Blight.
The latest report of the Secretary of
Agriculture contains the following theory
of the origin of pear blight, says the
Journal of Agriculture: The cause of the
blight in the pear tree has long been a
matter of conjecture. The fact that bac
teria have been found in the diseased
shoots does not seem to provo that they
are the cause of the malady, but they are
simply a consequence of the disorganiza
tion and decay of vegetable tissue. At
all events, this view is held by some in
vestigators, who claim that bacteria are
not found short of fermentation; others
maintain that the fact of producing
blight by .inoculating HWllthy trees with
bacteria,'taken from diseased pear shoots,
is sufficient evidence that these minute
parasites cause the disease. This con
clusion has been assailed on the ground
that such inoculations convey disease to
plants {similar to that of inoculating a
healthy animal with a bloodpoisou wtiieh
would cause its death
In a paper read before a meeting of a
pomological society, the author claims
the discovery of the cause of pear blight,
referring it to climatic influences, as fol
lows:
I have noticed that during tho month
of May, when there were over thirty de
grees difference in the temperature
within the twenty-four hours, tlmt nine
days thereafter twig blight would set in.
I also noticed that when it was followed
by a more uniform temperature, tho
blight would stop, and at that point
shoots would put out. but if these differ
ences of temperature should be frequent
thereafter the blight would extend down
the limb and form a nucleus for the de
struction of the treo.
* * * * * # *
I have noticed that where pear trees
have been out about fifteen years, if green
crops are cultivated among them the sap
flow is increased, having a tendency to in
crease pear blight, particularly on the
Bartlett variety.
So far as has been recorded the connec
tion between extreme changes of temper
ature and pear blight has not hitherto
been noted. To those conversant with
the evil offectsof sudden extreme changes
of temperature on vegetation, the above
remarks will recall coincidents. For in
stance, the lsaf-blister. which may occa
sionally bo seen on peach trees in early
summer, is well known to be caused
by extreme changes of tempera
ture acting upon the tender, newly
formed foliage. It is a prevalent opin
ion that this b 1 is cred appearance
on peach leaves is due to tho effects of
aphis, because these insects are frquently
to be found on the injured leaves, not
withstanding the fact that they are as
otten absent as present on the foliage.
The effects of aphis are seen in tho curl
ing of the foliage; but they do not cause
blister, which is due to a fungus growth
consequent upon the disorganization of
tho tender leaves by cold. Protection
against a sudden reduction of tempera
ture will prevent blister on peach trees.
It therefore seems quite probable that
extreme changes of temperature, when
sudden in their action at a timo when
pear trees are in active growth, would
produce the malady known as blight,
followed by bacteria and other agents of
decomposition,
About Fruit Trees.
Nat Stevens, in Texas Farm and Ranch,
discourses about frnit trees as follows:
The fruit treo is like everything else,
in its life. It has its season of youth,
middle, old age and death. In the grafted
or budded peach I consider youth the pe
riod of four years from planting; middle
age, six to ten years; old age, twelve to
fifteen years. Such of my peach, more
than one-half are now dead, while tho
most of my seealing peach trees that are
old are alive and doing well, aud tho
death line is plainly marked between the
two propagated kinds. About one-half
of all my i>eaeh trees have
been affected by blight the last
two years, while many ure dead, so
that one can see and realize the uncer
tainty of a tree's life and the age of its
growth, its usefulness, profit and loss,
n ud the time required to replace a dying
orchard, and that “dead wood” makes
no fruit. We must plant our trees on
good soil, and as near together ns their
several kinds will admit, and afterwards
prune so that their several branch*:, will
not Inlerioek If 1 should ever attempt
U> plant trees mor* 4 than twelve fMtapart
I would set four trees in a square and sot
one tre<* between every four throughout
the whole or* hard : then nil of those I rocs
would he the same distance apart,
thereby getting more true* In tho orchard
than could be done on tlio usual square
plan.
When we prune a fruit tree we should
prune for fruit and not for wood, fruit
spurs I rom the body and limbs is where
the u iin part of the fruit is formed. Wo
should so prune us to make short spurs
on the body and branches. This is
easily done, and people often make a
big mistake in destroying side spurs.
Just think of au apricot fifteen feet high
growing on spurs thus formed on the
bod,\>sides and side branches, commen
cing tyro feet from the ground up to the
top of that tree, and all doing well, and
pear trees trained and doing tlio same
thing. Now this is the way to grow fruit
successfully. This I saw in California a
few years ago, and on one of m.v pear
trees seven inches in circumference. 1
counted 3,000 blossoms at one time, and
that tree was not ten feet high. I com
mend to all, the growing of fruit spurs on
trees in such a manner as to grow fruit
aud not for wood.
Care of Little Pigs.
The following is taken from Waldo F.
Brown in the New York Tribune:
See that the pigs have exercise, and
the better the sow suckles the greater
the ne ess t.‘ for this, for a fat little pig
shut up without oxereiso soon becomes
diseasod. There should be a lot adjoin
ing the hog-house containing half an acre
or an acre, and when the pigs are eight
or ten days old open the door and let the
mother out. In a day or two her pigs
will follow her, and the exercise will con
duce greatly to their health ana vigor.
Teach the pigs to cat as early as i>ossi
ble; certainly at four weeks old they
should be eating regularly as theirmother.
There must be a place provided in which
to feed them which their mother cannot
enter. Here feed them a little corn or
wheat, ana three times a day what sweet
slop they will cat. For a while after
they are weaned feed three times a day.
Bo particular to feed only what they will
eat up clean; and, if any is left, clean out
the trough for feeding again If you
have milk to use in making the
slop it is much better than water,
but I would not pour it Into the
slop barrol to stand and get sour. Mix
bran and old-process oil-meal with clean
water and a little salt, and thin it with
the milk, in hot weather do not mix so
much ahead of feeding that it will get
very' sour, but mix in the morning for
noon, at noon for night, and at night for
the next morning. In very hot weather
it is best to mix only half enough for a
feed, and then add bran and meal just be
fore feeding to make enough, and thin it
so that it will run in tlio trough. If you
wish to get your pigs ready for market at
six months old, feed them all they will
eat of this slop.
GUYTON FAVORS TEMPERANCE.
The Citizens Want the Prohibition
Law Left as It Stands.
Guyton, Ga., Oct. 21.—At a call meet
ing of the citizens of Guyton at the town
hall, to consider the manufacture and
sale of domestic wine, C. A. J. 'Sweat
was elected chairman and A. E. Bird,
secretary.
C. D. Rogers moved that a committee
of three be appointed to draft suitable
resolutions to be offered before the meet
ing. The chair appointed the following:
H. A. 'Wallace, G. W. Hurt and S. G.
Morgan.
The committee retired and brought in
the following resolutions, which were sub
mitted to the house for adoption.
Wheiu as, We learn that It hus been pro
posed to modify, in the ensuing legislature,
the present most excellent lav/s controlling
the manufacture and sale of Intoxicants, and
Whekuas, We believe the temperance
sentiment of the county Is stronger now than
at the time of the passage of the law; there
fore. be it
Resolved. First, That we are perfectly
satisfied with the law In Its present form.
Second That we earnestly request our sen
ator, uol. H. (1. Wright, and our representa
tive, ,1. H Koiffer, to protect our present law
from any modification In any particular.
Rev. O. W. Branch moved the adoption
of the resolutions, with P. M. Adams as
second.
C. D. Rogers gained the floor and made
some strong remarks in favor of the reso
lutions, and so did Rev. G. W. Hurt and
Rev. O. W. Branch. The vote upon the
resolutions was taken, und they were
unanimously adopted. A petition was
then circulated and a large number of sig
natures were secured, to the effect that
the law should stand as it now is.
Dr. .1. W. Hinton will preach In the
Methodist church to-morrow morning.
Rev. O. W. Branch will preach at Trin
ity, Savannah.
Mrs. Maggie Winn and family moved
to Savannah this week for the winter.
W. B. Mell. .Ir., leaves on Monday for
dental college in Atlanta.
Mr. Crimsonheak—lsn't it hard work mind
ing the baby?
Nurse Girl— Not half so hard as trying to
make the baby mind me.—Yonkers States
man.
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fine line of
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L. A. MCCARTHY'S
46 DRAYTOW STREET.
Lost his Position.
That really happened to a certain
r*. * 'y grocer's clerk, because he couldn’t
induce customers to take an
/1 \ inferior brand of washing pow
// j U A der in place of Pearline. The
f lu. \ ff r °cer said, “If you can’C
J Yv’X ' y hat I want you to sell,
I don’t want you.” Now
\ it doesn’t take a very
.iljl 11\ wise woman to decido
'll ji 'll whether this was an
■ ij I / honest grocer. And a
woman wise enough for that, would be likely to insist
upon having nothing but Pearline. There is nothing
“as good as” or “the same as” Pearline, the original
—in fact, the only—washing-compound. If they send
you something else, send it back. 3to James pyle, New York.
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A full line of Carpets will be found, also the best
assortment of Portieres and Eace Curtains that is in.
the South.
TABLE FELT for putting under table cloths.
UPHOLSTERING GOODS.
We think we have the only assortment of upholster
ing goods in the city, and the only first-class upholsterer,
one who can do any kind of work offered. We want you
to send us your Parlor Furniture, Mattresses, etc., to be
done over in a first-class manner.
CARPETS LAID AND SHADES HUNG.
We are prepared to lay your old or new carpets,
and hang your shades or draperies.
MACHINERY. CASTINGS. __
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Founders, Engineers, Machinists,
Boilermakers and Blacksmiths.
All kinds of repair work promptly done. Great reduc
tion in prices of
SUGAR MILLS AND PAWS.
Estimates promptly furnished. Broughton street, from
Reynolds to Randolph sts. Telephone 2CB, Savannah, Ga.
CROCKERY.
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We can surprise you with
prices in Dinner Sets, and
in fact with price on any
thing in our line. Pretty
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Furnishing Goods always
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L’Art de la Mode 35c
Fashions of To day iKnglish edition of La
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The French Dressmaker 30c
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New York Bazar 25c
Metropolitan' Fashions for Autumn and
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Godey s Ladies’ Hook 2Jo
Demurest Family Magazine . 200
Peterson s Magazine *#c
Toilets I*
Delineator 15c
Domestic Monthly 10c
Ladle*’Home Journal 10c
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•t xrANTF.P. merchant* to try tho benrfltsol
> advertising In tho "One cent a word"
column* oi the Moajtutu Naw*. U will cor
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furnished to order leave orders at
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