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Southern Farming’.
tVe have made it a part of our business
to propound to every farmer of reasonable
intelligence imthe past month or so .this
Minn; "What is llio outlook for the
coming year’.'’ The replv, as a matter of
course, was neither encouraging or dis
couraging. We were glad to find more of
the farmers than we expected, but an
a: a vr-is of the various replies to the ques
tion propounded proves very conclusively
~nr fact and that is the nearer a farmer
has come to that condition implied in the
:erm living at home, the more cheerful
and hopeful has been the character of his
reply to the question. In propounding
tlie above brief question to-day the coin
cidence exhibited itself that the small
farmer sitting on his bale of cotton this,
Saturday. Nov. is, was th? pessimist
while the jeans-elad citizen, with a basket
of eggs on his arm and a load of potatoes
10 sell, was Mie optimist. This was a fair
conclusion from the day's observation by
our philosopher who set out
bright and early on the date named to get
the drift of pubic sentiment
on farm matters from the workers them
rc;vcs. We made'it our special business
io question the small farmer as to his
opinion of the future in regard to his own
affairs and at the same time ob
tain a few facts as relate to the
oast year's work. As remarked, the man
who lived at homo as near as it was jtos
sible lor him to do. was the cheerful man,
ami anticipated the future hopefully.
Friends and fellow citizens, as the stump
orator would say. we must accept the
tacts, a farmer must be a farmer. It was
never intended that he should be a.spe
cialist and grow one thing, or even two,
with which to buy the dozen or more
things that he needs or must have. A
inner must be a farmer, and what is it
flat a farmer should be’ We take it
that lie must be a man "who lives on his
hind:" who raises nearly everything that
lie really needs. Of course, it is very
easy to say what a man should do. and
there are plenty of people who can tell a
man what he can do or should do and yet
not do it themselves. This is the way of
flu- world, and will so remain for all
lime.
There must be many who .can preach
who never practice their precepts, who
know how a thing can be done and yet
never do it. The preacher says "live at
home." ami yet buys everything that he
consumes. There are plenty of farmers
who realize what their true policy is. yet
never observe it. This has been
the case with southern farm
ers for years', hut for some
reason or other they have not carried out
their intentions in regard -to a policy that
w ould enable them to live at home. There
is not one southern farmer in a dozen but
' Irnt knows lie can live at home if he
chooses, at any rate lie can come very
near doing it. He cannot grow" his
tea and coffee, but lie can raise very
; everything else. The majority of
our southern farmers we verily believe
have hail in mind for years a system of
diversity that would make them almost
indpeadent of all outside aid, but for one
wa-on or another they have failed to make
that ideal system operative. We bate
heard many of them outline a policy that
we know would make them independent
in the course of a few years, but somehow
they have never put it into effect; surely
* hey will some day. it is easv to theorize
.oat can ba done when one is half asleep
or half awake. Action' requires that one
nr wide-awake
We know enough of southern farming
to recognize and admit the fact that many
farmers, large as well :1s smalt, have been
jewed to continue a system that their
better judgment told them was wrong,
but they were not able to get out of
it owing to the lack of capital—
ready cash. This is ' a thing as
necessary to the farmer as it is to the
merchant or banker, and yet the farmer
compelled to carry on his business fre
quently without it. Fortunately for the
world he can carry it on in a way without
of it sometimes. But under such con
ditions it must be admitted a very unsat
isfied ory bus in ess.
In European countries it is almost int
1' -title for a man to engage in farming
' >tlimit more or less capital, arid,, as a
'natter of course, their farming presents
• i aggregate appearance much superior to
I" England or France, or other Hu
•an countries, a man must have a cer
'a in amount of "capital." without whfch
' aunot hope to engage itiiariuitig: but
’liis country, up to the. present time, it
■ i" been possible for the most impeeuni
:|s to follow the occupation almost with
a dollar of ready or prospective cap
ital.
Hut what about the "outlook ' forfartn
11' in the south? you may ask my dear
'■''patient reader. To be just to our own
philosophic observation and to be candid
'"‘lb you, there is no "outlook" in any
" i -pleasing or comforting unless it is
• assumption that our farmers in
"n,l henceforth to live at home, by which
1 mean nothing more or less than that
! nf> farmer will, as much as possible.
r " everything that he finds necessary
:" 1- bis use Well, if you dispute this, we
have nothing more to say.
What Plant to Use for a Hedge ?
1 have about concluded to make a live
are or hedge on two sides of my place
1,11 ll| e north or road side, and on theeast
s be In all it is about a quarter of a
mile Will osage orange do. or is there
a > : thing that will do better? H. E.
We are not much of a believer in hedges,
lew of them continue in satisfactory
rendition many years. But if we were
going to make a hedge, the osage orange
would be about the last plant that we
would select for the purpose. Wc have
‘ cn very little hedging made of this
Paint that was perfect. On a roadside it
o' ornamental, and a good hedge around
® 'orchard is a goad protection, but ordi
" a hedge of rampant growing plants
is not desirable.
About the best hedge that can
made is the result of plant-
Jj- alternately, a foot apart, the
■ tacartuey rose and the Pyracantha. On
account of their different habit of grewtn
the two together make a better hedge
than either separately. You can buy
rooted plants from uursmies. or you can
get the cuttings and root them yourself.
Asa rule you can buy the rooted plants
very cheaply. Several who have tins I
the Citrus Trifoliata, a variety of hardy
orange, claim that it makes a very tine
hedge, and takes up very little room com
part'd to the osage orange or the other
plants mentioned. Just now, though, it
is rather costly to start a hedge from the
citrus, as the plants cotne high, and fresh
seeds seeds that will grow arc difficult
toget. It will be a long lime doubtless
before much citrus hedging will be seen
anywhere in the south. We are inclined
to think, from the testimony given, that
it makes a very satisfactory and orna
mental hedge and worthy of trial by those
who can afford it.
The Cost of Cotton.
A bulletin issued from the Texas agri
cultural experiment station and devoted
to the cost of cotton production in Texas
was of more than passing importance.
From actual experiments it appears that,
cotton can b? produced, hand picked, at
a cost of t.oy cents a pound and machine
picked at '-‘.ld cents a pound. These are
the lowest figures given. Other experi
ments are approximately as cheap. These
experiments were not ideal in the sense
that conditions were selected. They
were the actual experiences of practical
farmers in Texas The cost included
rent of land and pay of alt labor from
planting to marketing. The significance
of this is tremendous if. says the Dallas
News, the cotton planters of Texas could
or would adopt a system bringing cost as
low as 5 cents a pound, it is plain that
they would soon solve the problem of
southern agriculture.
The cheapest cotton noted in the bul
letin was produced on land that had
already grown a crop of peas. In another
place the farmer, Mr W. A. Clark, of
Bell county, exhibits his intensive system
of farming, by which, with peas followed
by cotton, he made a net profit of £>*2.45
an acre. It is to be observed, too. that this
profit was made, not without, but with
fertilizer, and the fertilizer is charged up
in the expense. The best farmers in the
state use ail the fertilizer they can rake
and scrape to aid them in the production
of their crops. And this has been proved
to be a paying investment, according to
the authority referred to. which further
adds:
If Jeff Wellborn could raise cotton at a
cost of 2.12 cents per pound (and he did)
on (Hist oak upland, what could he do on
the rich river bottoms' What could
others do? When the cotton picker
which Mr. Wellborn used or some other
comes into general tise throughout the
state, and other improved machinery, and
farmers have learned to raise what they
want to consume, instead of paying -out
their money for nearly everything that
goes on their tables, and even into the
mouths of their beasts, the millennium in
cotton raising will have arrived and not
before.
The secret of cheap cotton raising,
other things being equal, lies in doing as
much of the work as one and his family
can do themselves, and iu not drawing on
a grocery too heavily, particularly when
hired labor is to be fed. Taking this view
of the matter, no one can doubt that in
time, when the cottoii harvester comes
into use, cotton may generally be raised
in Texas during favorable seasons for
even less than?! 1 , cents per pound. But
supposing it should east ?! or even 4 cents
there is still money in cotton anil always
will be.
Strawberry Culture South.
Strawberries are so susceptible to good
treatment or neglect, that the average
crop is not what it should be in either
quantity or quality. The Florida Firmer
and Fruit drawer says "There may be
tracts of sand in Florida so destitute of
humus, and therefore so "poor." as to
need nitrogenous applications, like stable
manure, cow chips, etc., but the writer's
observation and experience in Bradford
county have led him to the conclusion
that the mineral elements are much more
needed than nitrogen. This calls for
commercial fertilizers. Of the nearly
6,000 bushels of strawberries shipped
north one spring from this county, not the
half of 1 per cent, were grown on any
thing else. Even cotton seed meal gives
clean, nice vinos, (those treated with com
mercial fertilizers are more subject to
leaf rust,) but the fruit is deficient
in quality, late, sour and soft. Commer
cial fertilizers are indispensable to give
firm, early, sweet berries, capable of en
during long transportation. Sixty dollars*
an acre for chemical manure may seem
an extraordinary outlay, but the straw
berry is a capricious fruit, extremely sen
sitive to conditions of soil and manure:
and when it is to be shipped a thousand
miles at a profit, the grower had better
make up his mind at the outset to give it
the fool and treatment it asks for; other
wise he had better let it alone: he stands
a good chance of suffering serious loss
from shipping fruit which will not "stand
up" all the way from Florida to New
York. This is what berries grown on
liitrogeneous manures will not do; they
will go to slush.
And by ni.rogenous manures is meant
stable manure, cottonseed meal, hen ma
nure. etc., in distinction from artificial
fertilisers. A neighbor of tho writer
tried an experiment with stable manure
on strawberries, and it was a signal fail
ure. Whatever experiments the reader
may try for the main crop he had better
depend on some good standard brand of
commercial fertilizers. The beginner
will do well to sow oue-half the quantity
broadcast and harrow it well in. at least
two weeks before planting. This Re
moves the danger of "burning" the
plants, and also gives them a good
starter promptly. The other half ton
may be given at two applications,
say one in November and the other one
just before mulching time, about Christ
mas. A light furrow is run three or four
inches from the plants, the fertilizer
strewn in it and covered with a return
furrow.
Sulphate is best, for practical experience
at the north with large strawberry grow
ers has snown that the.use of muriate of
I>otash. in a fertilizer or used alone, tends
to produce soft-bad-keeping berries, lack
ing in sweetness and flavor. Tho pure
sulphate of potash is the best for straw
berries as well for all fruits.
To Cura Meat Propsrly.
To cure meat properly is very desirable
on a farm, where it is impossible to be al
ways supplied with "fresh." says a recent
writer. After trying many different pro
cesses we decide in favor of the Knicker
bocker pickle. To three gallons soft
water put four and one-half pounds salt,
coarse and fine mixed, one and ofle-half
pounds of brown sugar, one and one-half
ounces saltpeter, one-half ounce saleratus.
and two quarts good molasses. Boil the
mixture, skim well, and when cold pour
it over the hams of beet'. This is especially
tine for beef. If. after curing, the beef is
boiled gently and long, and then pressed,
it is a pretty pink color and very tender.
This pickle, with less molasses, makes
very fine breakfast bat on To cure fifty
pounds weight of hams, allow three
quarts coarse salt, half pound saltpeter,
and two quarts good molasses. Add
enough soft water to cover the hams. In
six weeks large hams will lie ready to
smoke. The less smoking, so the hams
become well dried, the better; and they
may then be sewed up in cloth and packed
away in boxes filled with oats.
As pickle pork is much more desirable
than smoked bacon, it is well to cut part
of the sides into strips and pack in a cir
cular way in large stone jars, covering
well with salt, and a weight on top.
Meat treated thus will keep fresh and
good more than a year. Making sausage
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, I)E( EMBER 4, is<r>.
I nil 111
TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
In order to show our appreciation for
the very liberal trade accorded us this
season, we propose to gave SSO in cash
to our customers, as follows:
With each and every sale we make,
(whether cash or credit) we will give a
coupon shotting the amount of the sale.
These coupons will be transferable and
to the customer bringing in on January
1, coupons for the largest amount, we
will give $25 00 in cash—To the one
bringing in the next largest amount
sls 00- —To the one bringing in the third
largest amount $lO 00.
W e will commence giving these cou
pons to-day.
FALK CLOTHING CO.
is usually done by guess, but it is safer to
follow some general receipt, adding
such seasonings as the family pre
fer some like the sage mixed with
thyme, and red pepper with black.
The meat should be passed through the
mill several times, if necessary, in order
to have it Very tine. To twelve and
one-half pounds meat put one gill fine salt,
one giil powdered sage, and half gill
ground pepper. The sausage meat may
be kept in small stone jars, covered with
an inch or two of melted lard, or in self
sealing jars, or sewed up in long bags of
cotton cloth, which is well to dip in hot
lard before, hanging. If pork must be
eaten, it is almost absolutely necessary
that it be accompanied with cooked apple
in some form. A leg of mutton is mueli
improved if placed in mild brine several
days before using.
Curing Tobacco.
There arc two common methods prac
tice:! of handling tobacco for curing -the
older and long favored method of cutting
and hanging the whole stalk with the
leaves attached and th" method of de
tabbing the loaves from the stalk before
hanging. The latter method is coiuiNira
tivcly new in this country, but employed
to a considcrble extent in ( ieriuaiiy and
France. A recent experiment, conducted
at the North Carolina experiment station,
with a view to settling the matter, indi
cates that, a comparison between the
weight of one-lialf a crop cured on the
stalk and the other half cured separate
from the stalk shows a difference
of weight of l'lis pounds per
half acre in favor of tho lat
ter. Mill. K. D. Ka.vland, of Virginia,
states that lie lias for years employed
both methods with success, and there is
no. doubt that iu parts of Virginia and
North Carolina the method of stripping
the leaves has recently come into favor.
A contrary view is held by Professor
Wagner, of Darmstadt. Germany, an au
thority in which the Germans have great
faith. He Says: "If the leaf is picked
before it is vine, it needs a process of sub
sequent ripening to give it a good qual
ity." Tills is impossible if tlie leaf is sep
arated from the stalk. With this view
another German writer also agrees. These
opinions are conflicting, and further in
vestigation will have to be made to settle
the question.
Hors Good Breeds vs. Scrubs.
A writer in the American Farmer says
that it does not pay to raise the common
mongrel breed of hogs usually found on
the farm is a well established fact. One
experiment of mine this year may be of
benefit, to some farmer who thinks any
thing in the bog line will do,and 1 give it.
I placed a pure bred Poland China and a
common or native pig in the same pen and
fed them from the same trough: there
were three weeks difference in their ages,
the native being the eldest. The native,
like Oliver Twist, was constantly
crying for more. in fact that
!>ig when not eating was standing
with its lore feet on the fence and squeal
ing for c irn; she certainly ate two-thirds
of all the food fed to the two. 1 slaugh
tered them two weeks ago: the native
weighed '315 pounds, while our 400 pounds
scales would not weigh the Poland China
by certainly 40 pounds. The cry among
farmers has been that there was no
money in raising hogs, but I know better,
f have sold over ?100 worth of hog product
this year, and my books show n clear
profit of 42 per cent.
I believe that *SO, or any amount of
money, invested in Poland China hogs,
and the same intelligently and carefully
attended to. will pay as handsome a profit
as any animal kept on the farm.
Cottoii Seed or Cotton Seed Meal Tho
Most Economical for Fertilizing Use.
A correspondent asks which would
be the best to use on Irish pota
toes - that is. would $5 worth of seeds or
the same of meal produce the best re
sults’
If you are near a cotton seed oil mill
and can readily haul in your seed and
carry back the meal, it is quite likely
you would profitable to make the usual
exchange, for the oil in the seeds is of no
value. In cases where you get a low price
for your seeds and have to pay the high
est price for the meal, it will be better to
use the seeds for manure: probably
without having much hauling, if you can
exchange 2,0i 0 jKiunds (6bushels) for
USO pounds (or more of the meal it would
be well to exchange when you want
quick effects as in the case of quickly
maturing plants, like Irish potatoes. The
price of meal should always tie regulated
by the price given for the seed.
For Winter Eggs.
If you wish your hens to lay in the win
ter time, when the eggs bring twice the
money, or more than they do at other
times, see that they have a warm place
to roost in and are fed egg-producing food,
such as a mixture of wheat and oats, and
once a day iu the early' morning a warm
mush of one part corn meal and three
parts wheat bran; and. furthermore, it
will pay on cold mornings to carry a ket
tle of hot water along with you and fill
their iron drinking vessels with them.
Give them ground bone and keep some
dry straw spread on the floor of their
house and they will find exercise in
scratching.
Soil Entirely Too Open and Loose.
A great many farmers entertain the
very erroneous idea that they cannot
have their soil too loose and porous, but
CLOTHING.
they can. Many a crop, especially in
light sandy soil, would be increas'd 35
per cent,, frequently more than this, if
the soil could be well roiled just, prior
to sowing or plantiug time. '.’oiling or
firming the soil causes it to retain mois
ture that would soon bo evaporated if
left in the condition that the plow left it.
A great many fruit trees and vines are
lost in the aggregate by not understand
ing the principle involved in firming the
soil. Our farmers and gardeners have
sadly failed to value The harrow and the
roller, two indispensable implements.
A Note Book a Oood Thing for Far
mers to If.eep.
Any fanner of any intelligence at all
should keep a note book, if only a small
one, that he can carry in liis pocket. In
this look he should make a note, from
time to time, of tlie work die proposes to
do the following week or month. Put
down the seeds he wants to provide him
self with in due time. Make a note of
how and when lie manured a certain field
or pint: when he sowed or planted his
crops, and tlie character of the weather
at the time and following. Note what
day t!m calf or colt was drooped: when
the sows farrowed. There are a lot of
things that lie would find it, helpful to o'
down in this book, call it by whatever
name lie may. It will grow on him.
Regular Time for Milking and Feed
ing.
There are few cows that require lo be
milked oftener that, twice a day. These
two milkings should curio us regular as
dock wbrtt. The year around tioYloek in
the morning and 0 o'clock in the evening.
Feeding should lie equally as regular.
Ordinary milk cows need to
have but two good meals a <lav. When
kept under shelter as they should be in
the winter time a bunch of some green
food, if it is to bo hud. may be given at
midday. Jn tlie south this green bunch is
to be derived from the barley patch. If
turnips are feed they should be given to
the cows at milking time if you would
avoid the -turnipy order."
A Scientific Corn Planter.
You need not jump to the conclusion
that wo are going to describe some.com
plicated machine, costing *4O or #SO. If
you do you will make a mistake. The
most scientific corn planter, wc found out
some fifteen years ago,raad trot finely to
be improved oa. is for the dropper to put
| liis foot square down oil the two or three
grains be drops to the bill, pressing them
firmly into the yielding soil of the furrow.
A slight flirt of the foot throws an inch or
so of soil on the seed before you press
down upon it. Thus it is covered and
rolled at the same time. The man that
would ridicule this corn or J)ean planter
has something y et to learn.
Protecting Stock from the Winter
Weather.
This is something that our farmers, as
a class, have not regarded as they should
have done. If you have heretofore ob
serv'd the practice of letting your stock
of any kind be exposed to tlie cold winds
and rains, do not do it any more. At least
furnish shelter for them in rainy weather,
if you cannot afford a closed place where
they can be protected from the biting
wind. This protection is equivalent to a
certain amount of food.
But humanity demands that we make
our dumb animals just as cotifortablc us
we possibly can.
Winter Care of Stock.
Do not keep on hand any more stock
than yon can properly house and feed. In ,
no sense is there economy in it. There is
money to be made frequently by feeding
stock in the winter, and a man with good
pastures and full burns can make it pay.
but there arc many who arc no', so skua
led. Humanity demands that stock
should be weli fed and housed in the win
ter. and not u single head of anything
should be kept that cannot be provided
for.
To Keep Sweet Potatoes.
A writer in the Journal of Agriculture
says, the essential conditions of success
in keeping sweet potatoes as laid down in
an exchange by one who has had large ex
perieme with |Khutors, are (Ii to have
them fully matured when dug: (2) to din
before frost, or as soon thereafter as pos
sible; (3) to keep them elearof frost, rain.
( rogues and moisture rising from below :
(4) to cover lightly until they have gone
through their sweat," and are tiior
ougiily dry, putting on more cover, as tlie
weather grows (older, until bv the time
severe weather sets in. there should be
sufficient dry earth a hove and around
them. to effectually exclude all
frost. One fact which we wish
to call attention to is that more jhj
tatoes are lost annually through wrap
ping them in their winter coat too soon,
and keeping them too warm, than are 1
lost by undue exposure to cold. A great
many potato raisers, in their anxiety to 1
positively save their crop, put sufficient I
earth over ythem at once to keep out
the winter freezes: tlie result is. they are
too warm, and "rot" as a consequence of
undue pampering: they are-killed with
kindness. In handling them, use boxes. :
never baskets; sort out all that are cut, i
bruised or abraded The bruised or cut j
ones may be fed to hogs, cows or horses,
all of which eat them with avidity, ( are I
must be taken in feeding them to horses,
not to give enough to cause colic. One '
very simple and sure plan of keeping
sweet p(<lato"s. and adapted to the neces
sities of those who have bill few pota
toes to keep, and yet desire to keep
Tborn during winter, as also those who
have unlimited storage room. can hardly
fail if they puck them in barrels, boxes,
bins, hogsheads, etc., till full, then tilling
in the interstices with dry sand, or dry
fine dust, and keeping them in a dry. airy
cellar, clear of frost. In larger quanti
ties the potatoes ranv Ik- piled (in any
quantity ton a plank floor raised six inches
above the cellar floor, a layer of sand
or dry dirt on the plunk floor one to three
inches deep), the interstices filled, and
the whole covered lightly with dry sand
or other tine, dry dirt in the absence of
sand or dry dirt, chaff, cut hay or straw,
cotton seed, "motes" from tlie gin. or
Oven leaves will answer lii banking in
the open air it is not advisable to put o.x
reeding fifty bushels in eacli bans, while in
underground storage the smaller tlie piles
tlie easier they could Ik- looked over and
any rotten ones taken out. After pota
toes are once dry (after going through
their sweat), if any of them rot. it is
usually a dry rot, and does not spread
any of consequence. A moderate amount
of dampness does not hurt them, i • we
have had them go through the winter safe
and sound in the olei bed where they were
bedded out the previous spring, and in
tlie field where they were raised: but
water standing around them, cither in
tlie Hold while growing or after they are
banked away, causes them to "sour."
when they speedily rot.
Farm Matters.
Rub a light film coat of balsam Peru
around near the bottom of the table or
kitchen's safelegs just a narrow band will
do and renew the balsam ('very two or
throe weeks This will keep ants away
from tables, kitchen safe, etc., and what
they hold or contain : provided there is no
other ant way than up the legs.
One drop of balsam Peru spread around
tho upper part of a syrup ixittle will keep
The aids away for months
Boil one ounce of balsam Peru in one
gallon of rain water: while li it pour over
wooden fl'Kirs and walls, and it will keep
ants away for a long time.
The plum tree y ou speak of as blossom
ing fuil every spring, but never setting
any fruit, is doubtless one of the family
of wild goose plums. These are great bear
ers when grown near enough lo some cul
tivated varieties to Ik' fertilized by their
pollen. ’I hero are many wild goose plums
which ar wholly barren if lett to them
■■elves, as they bear little pollen, and
what there is does not seem lo ripen at
the-right time. We knew such a tree
during our boyhood. It bore while other
plum trees stood near. Tlie black knot
affected them and they were cut down.
Afterwards, though it blossomed full ev
ery spring, not a single fruit was set,
Ihe osage orange is not to l o recom
mended for a hedge. It naturally grows
icp into a tree after a few years, and this
makes it occupy the land for a distance
often to twelve feet each side of the
hedge lines. The fence thus occupies
when grown a strip of two rods wide. Wc
do not advise any hedge. The labor that
even the small-grown hedge requires in
trimming to keep it in order will pay for
other kinds of fence that lake loss room,
and can he easily removed when no'
needed. The osage orange hedge is not
easily got rid of: besides, wo think that
in your section of New York the ther
ihometcr fcoex down so low every winter
that more or less of tin* plants would la'
killed. That has proven one difficulty
with usage oranges iH the west. After a
few years Uteri' will lie gaps in the hedge
where it lets been killed by seven* cold,
anda hedge fence with praps in it is worse
lban (in fence at all.
At the Mississippi experiment station,
where the first lot of vines were planted
in March, lsss. seem perfectly at home
The vines grow grapes ami bear wi II even
on rather wet low ground. (louniton vine
diseases occur, but are not specially de
structive. Varieties well adapted for
general cultivation m Hie coast region
are Ives, Champion, Delaware. Niagara
and Concord. For cultivation further
north we recommend -Moore's Early, lie!
invarc.Brilliant.Niagara. Katou,Triumph.
Koroniel and Herbemont. Tlie European
varieties do not give much promise of suc
cess. They start too cm l.y ami arc sub
ject to mildew. The much dreaded black
rot is not known, or at least is not so com
mon as to bo troublesome. In the bitter
rot. or ripe rot. wc have a serious enemy .
It does not yield to treatment with fungi
cide.s. but may bo partially controlled by
methods of training and culture. It coil
tinues to develop on the fruit after it is
picked. It, is aggravated by the wet,
weather which occurs iu July, when the
grapes are picked.
Unlike the Dutch Process
No Alkalies
J OR
" S Other Chemicals
I’jjfcjb aro in lli
preparation of
ftA w - I,aker a CO.’S
I wßreakfastCocoa
&M f.f 1 is absolutely
M fc’fr 'V P* r and soluble.
Ryu ‘ / xjj It \\snmorethan threetimes
IHI n rl ,f io*trenjth of Cocoa, inixerl
'Jm with Starch, Arrowroot or
' near, ami is far more eco
nomical, conlintj less than one cent a cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
I?!GEfT£T>,
Hold hjrGrorer* everyrrher*.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester. Macs.
PUBLICATIONS.
FASHION MAGAZINES
FOR DECEMBER
[SIS is DU,
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Ee Bon Ton .36c
I/Art de la Mode 35c
Cash ion* of i o day < edition of La
Mode Pratique; 35t:
The Season 30e
'j he French Dressmaker
Tlie Young Cadies Journal
Metropolitan Fashions for Autumn anil
Winter IMM and ”>c
Godey'H Ladies’ Book .
Remorest Family Magazine . ... -*oc
Peterson's Magazine •*se
Toilets ir>c
f>itor . ik)
Domestic Monthly nv
Ladles* Home Journal iot
Harper's Bazar e ioc
Audress ail orders to
WILLIAM ESTILL.
Savannah. < iu.
THEBEjSTIfjTHECHEApEfST!
Your Stationery ia an indication
of ycur manner of conducting business.
Have everything neat anil trim ; in
good taste and on good material, from
the complete Printing, I.itliogzaph
itig and Blank Book Manufacturing
Department of the
MORNING NEWS.
Savannah, Ca.
MOUSt FURNISHINGS.
LINDSAY cS-MOKIiA.X
FOR—
ii tn ■■!
Di>n t fail to call and inspect our tine assortment of
siDMii, [Huai lias. Sitiiii inns, ms, a,
SHOLS
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOEgentlemen
C R jSi ! $5, $4 and $3 50 Dress Shoe
$3 50 Police Shoe, 3 soles,
' ' so,^ 2 i forW ° rkin £ morl
tL HIS SI 75 (or
TA Tlir mini I/' W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes aro made In all the latest
Hr Ml K I II of the bent material*, t hey arc easy httin*: and durable.
I\p I li li ! Tbev give better *4tl.*daction than any other make \t, th*
price advertised. Wc do not ink vou to take our vrord,
try one pair you cannot make a umrake. find Dr convinced We feci rouOdoat that after on*
trial you will wem no o'her u*nke. W. 1.. Douglas name and price is statpoed on the hotto/n
before the e< leave t u factory, wc ma te the price for your ) onettt and Aruarintea the value.
Be aure and ijret the genuine Dealern wh puah the sale'of W L DoLgJa-* shoes inrreaa
their biminess i Hir method of neridlnc < mtomepA to their stores has Increased the .sales on
their full line of shocn. und induced them tv) do business on the modern plan, large sales and
small piuflrs We believe it vrtl pav you to purchase all your slio**" of dealers who* pu?h t!i
kale of NV L. Douglas shoes \V. 1. DOrtd.AH, 1* rorkton, MnM.
BYCK BROS, and E. S. BYCK &, CO.
MACHINERY, CASTINGS. ETC.
KEDGE’S IRON WORKS^
I1!(1N AMI HKASS KirXDIvBS MACHINISTS, III.At KSMITHS AND HOII.KRMAK
KKS. K..NO inks. HiMT.EHS AND .MAniINKKY, SHAFTINO. IH’r.I.KYS, KTC.
Special attention lo Repair Work. Estimates promptly tarnished. Brou-Yon Sfreo*
front K.v/nolds to Randolph s'reets. Telephoie 2GB.
LEATHEK GOO3S.
1 II II
For Hit’ next 50 da vs cash
will talk with us. Our stock
of Bujriry Harness is simply
immense and must he sold.
A man with money can ac
complish wonders in buying
Harness from us.
Those having first-class
credit will fare as well.
Prices from $5 up. Bargains
in Horse Blankets And Lap
Robes.
NEMGER& RABUN,
IS4 St* Jullkii mill 163 llrjan Mlreeti.
HAR9//ARfc.
Merchant Bar iron,
Hoop iron,
Yx, 1. I' + . 1 y-’z inches.
Square & Octagon Steel.
Round Machine Steel.
Machine Boils,
1 ' z to 24 inches. !
Carriage Bolts,
1 to 10 inches.
Cable Chain,
ii iii i
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HARDWARE.
hardware:
Bar. Band an J Hoop Iron,
WACOM MATERIAL,
Navaf 6tore6 SuDDfie*.
FOP SALK BV—-
EDWARD LOVELL'S SONS
166 BBOCCXTOH AXI) ISA 140 Statu Sm
\' OF want stationery and blank books We
l have the facilities for supplying them.
Send your orders to Morning News Savan
nah. Ga Lithographers, book and job print
ers and blank book manufacturers.
DANIEL HO JAN.
VELVETS. SILKS,
II DRESS GOODS.
We challenge competition
I here or anywhere at the un
| paralleled low prices which
will go into effect to-morrow
(Monday) on the following
goods:
One Int Hlark l’ljtn Silk Velvet, 29
inches v. ido. suitable for rapes and cloaks,
reduced from $7.50 to 1 i |irr yard.
One lot Changeable Silk Velvets that
were si. noiv #1.95.
Vll our $1 .25 ( Ini nimble Suraline Glare,
Colored Faille Fram-nise ami Plaid Crys
tals at !Hlr |*-r yard.
All our *2 Lyons Kirh Mark Armure
at .
All our V.'..Vi Ly ons ltirh Black Faille
Fruncaiae reduced to * l.il.
Sneri.il lot Lyons Mark Cros Grain
Silks, reduced from JPJ and $2 5.) to # 1.50
ana $1.25 u yard.
'Tis not often an oppor
tunity exists when the most
desirable and useful fabrics
can be secured at prices (ar
below the actual cost of
production.
DRESS GOODS.
AllourT.V Double Width Mixed Scotch
Suitings at 50c.
All our si Novelty Suitings. compris
iu*: Figured Crystal Beugaiiues, Two
loiteii Bonne Cloth and Fancy Diagonals,
’ GIPES. CLOAKS.
Will offer during the week
it full line of Ladies’, Misses’
and Children's Capes and
Cloaks. < hving to a large
overstock in this depart
ment, particularly low
prices will be made.
All Wool White Blankets, ranging in
prices from $4 to S2O.
UK) pieces Tapestry Carpet. 75c per yard.
Laying and making -done at shortest
notice.
liki pieces Fresh Canton Matting, 250
yard, absolutely worth 40c.
DANIEL HOGAN.
NURSERY.
KIESL INC r S ~~NURSERyJ
White Bluff Road.
II OLANTS. Bouquets. Design*. Cut Flow*!-*
X furnished to order. Leave orders at
..oaenfeld A Murray's. 35 Whitaker street.
The Belt Railway passes through lha as*
aery. Telephone Hu.
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