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attention.
Notes on the Watermelon.
From a bulletin of the North Carolina
Experiment Station weextractthe follow
ing: ‘ The watermelon, though such a
juicy succulent “berry.” prefers not to
have too much juice in the land, and pre
fers to distil its sweet nectar out of the
driest of sandy soils. At the same time
j: likes to have a chance to send its roots
down into a moist and mello w bo.tom,
anil we always succeed better in growing
them on sandy bottoms than on upland.
No doubt many fine ones are grown on
the sandy, piney uplands, but when a
choice of soils can be had we would pre
fer mellow bottom land and a deep soil.
.Most people devote too little attention to
the preparation of the soil for water
melons We have found that it pays to
plow the melon land us shallow as possi
ble and as early in the spiring as it can be
w-ii worked. Then as weeds appear cul
tivate it all over and destroy them, and
do not turn up a fresh crop) of weeds from
below. As time for planting approaches
check out the land ten feet each way and
clean out the crossings in a broad hole.
Now. previous to this time a good pile of
composted manure should be provided by
mixing well rotted cow, sheep or hog
manure thoroughly with three times its
bulk of mellow, black \ mould from the
woods. If you are near a city there is noth
ii - cot ter than the sweepings of a paved
street. But few can have this. Have
plenty of the compost, and ho nor stop at
a shovel full, but put two or more in
the hole. Make the hill broad and fiat
and not more than level with the surface
of the surrounding soil. In planting
scatter a handful of some high grade am
ir,onaled fertilizer over the surface of the
compost in a hill, cover it lightly with
soil, and then mark two lines at right
ancles with each other on the surface
dividing the surface of the hill into four
quarters. Now p ant plenty of seed as
early as you dare in one of these quarters
and a week later plant another quarter
and so on. The idea is to get a perfect
stand as early as possible. If the first
planting gives a stand all right, all the
rest can be pulled out. But this practice
w;!l save you from waiting and losing
time, and will insure a good stand in the
end.
When a stand is assured, thin out to a
vco or two to each Hill. We would re
peat that we would prefer the “hills" not
to be hills at all, hut either level or a lit
tle below the level, so that soil can be
worked up well around the plants. The
early cultivation should be rapid, as the
yiaes will soon prevent clean culture.
Fame nip the ends of the vines when
about three feet long—but we doubt the
advantage of the practice. The water
melon and all other melons are what bot
anists call monoecious plants. That is,
they bear male and female blossoms on
the same plant. The male blossoms
are the showy yellow ones, which have
no organs but the pollen-making sta
rt ons. The female flowers which have
tipistil and the ovary (the future fruit)
attached are not so conspicuous. The
eee.s and other insects visiting the flow
ers arry the pollen of the male blossoms
t ’!• pistil of the female flower and set
sb< truit. so we see that while the bright
•V* how flowers make no fruit, it is of the
tv iv-.' importance that there should be
plenty of them.
H the striped beetles attack the young
tin on plants the best remedy is a nand
, ‘ ; ia '', 130110I 30110 meal dusted over the
!’• s - This not only drives away the
“'-.-s but encourages the plant.
The Sweet Potato.
vs . grieultural Experiment Sta
: i Bulletin No. 28 is devoted to the
,'weet potato. The fifth annual report of
t‘ ‘ agricultural bureau of Texas gives
the following value per acre of the crops
Bani, 'd: Cotton. 5.88: corn, $8.94;
wh.at, Jil.ko; sweet potatoes, $50,24.
i v {experiment Station bulletin says that
when it is considered that the differen.e
in vie cost of growing an acre of each is
comparatively small, the fact is apparent
' • this vegetable deserves a high place
. southern agriculture.
- vines are an important feed for
5 and especially dairy cattle, as they
' '-bou. as much protein, ash and
as the tuber, but should be
• v■ <1 with other feed containing more
and nitrogenous material for feed,
• h as cotton seed or cotton seed
['■'/- Ibo vines have been tried as a
i a the station and pronounced of
tatr quality.
.. iy-one varieties were tested Inst
| hey were planted from the 6th
U“ 25th of April. Ridges five inches
' : ' v ° feet wide, and four feet apart
•e, the plants standing ouofoot
;T“ r ’‘ \ n the row. Shallow cultivation
.'i- given. The pumpkin yam, early
urn. Nansemond and Tenness c
• urnoug the best for table use. while
. ’ vii invliai, vineless (same variety as
‘ uii'ii), bunch, and Nansemond make
the nest yield.
Planting Sugar Dane,
arcane may be planted either in
'hi' fail or spring.
u Planting, two or three canes are laid
b.v side in the rows, “breaking
s as a bricklayer does in building a
Ihe canes are then covered with
( • to a depth of three inches by means
s . or under certain conditions a
w 1 :lv be used. After the can its cov
a heavy roller is passed over it to
i 11 ■ he earth close to the stalk, and pre
i ,‘. lr - v n ’.t 1" case of drought. Spring
! mn_' j s conducted in a situi
manner. At each joint of the
s t ok there is a bud or eye
'' "bien the young plant springs,
ue pi .mts develop the plowmen go
r i.n l be fields with cult! .ators and
-uh .ally throvt me soil up to the stulks.
, bt: time lhe cane is ready to lay by.
i’'" are very high. The cane is
" )' v "'ben the plants are large enough
■ borough'; shale the space between
1 Jl ; ibis period is usually about
I' > middle oi June to July t. The stub
-0 . rows rapidiy early in t.huspr>ng,
' lu = to us being thoroughly rooted and
TEL
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Ii cheapest of fine Teas. We say the best, 5
Ii but do not ask you to take our word a
l i for this. Send for a sample; it will S
i ( only cost you a postal card, and we are ©
ii confident that you will like it better S
I | than any tea you have ever used, A
ii without regard to price. A
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oecaoeacoc<a®oes
ready to take advantage of the early
rains and warm days.
The “Peruvian Yam”—Cultivation of
Figs, &e.
Dear Sir—l am anxious to get the seed of
a sweet potato described several months
ago in the Mobile Register, by Prof. J.
H. Steele as the “Peruvian yam.” I
would be glad to get all the information
possible relative to best varieties, culti
vation. preserving and drying figs and
ginger. Am a subscriber to the Weekly
News. G. V. A.
Fort M.yers, Fia.
We have no knowledge of the Peruvian
yam. This is the second inquiry we have
had in regard to it. Perhaps somo one or
more of our readers are familiar with it.
If so, we should be glad to hear from
them. Is it not likely that G. V. A. lias
in rnind the new “Bunch yam."a new and
very valuable ootato that is receiving
much consideration from our agricultural
writers. * * *
It will take considerable space to an
swer the question of your lorrospondent
relating to figs, but from time to time we
will give him the ini'orinaaon he desires.
For the present we will merely s ate that
of the dozen or more varieties usually
listed by nurserymen, tho three best
binds for southern use are the Brown
Turkey, the Brunswick, and the Celests.
One or two-year-old plants can be pro
cured from nurserymen at prices ranging
from jlO to sso per 100. The young trees
should be procured as early as
possible, and set out in soil that
has been properly prepared with
plow and harrow. Not that it is neces
sary to prepare ihe whole acre at first,
but a strip three feet wide at least must
be put in good condition to receive tho
plants. The rows should be twelve or fif
teen feet apart, and tho trees about tha
same distance apart iu the row. It is de
sirable to have the trees in check—say
12xlo, or 15x15 feet each way. At the
latter distance an acre would accommo
date 189 trees. Just an even 200 trees, if
desired, could be allotted to the acre.
After ote has made a start the orchard
can be enlarged ad lib from cuttings.
We believe that iu time to come very
many in the south will find tho cultivat
ing of the fig a very sure and satisfactory
way of securing a nice income.
We aro glad our correspondent has
broached the subject just at the time lie,
has. Will not our readers help us throw
all the light possible on the subject’
In following numbers we will enter into
all the details that may be called for. Of
this much there can be no question;
There is no fruit more easily grown on
our medium soils than tho fig. It does
not require very rich soil, aud our old
fields that have been gullied b,y long cul
tivation in hoed crops, can again be con
verted into money-producing fields by
planting them in fig trees.
A Forty Acra Pond Strangsly In
fested—Plant for Name.
Editor Morning News: Please advise
me in your next farmers’ column what I
can do to be able to cultivate a very rich
piece of bottom land, which I am now
prevented from doing on account of some
thing in the soil which itches the mules
and laborers to such an extent that it is
impossible for tnem to stay in there, par
ticularly if the weather is warm or dry.
There are about forty acres in the pond,
and as it is very rich I would like to be
able to work it. What would you advise
me to put on it’
I inclose a sprig of a plant which came
up among some rye planted last fall, and
which has stood the cold as well as the
rye, and now is about three feet in diame
ter, and fifteen inches high. Let mo
know if it is of any value, and what it is
called. Subscriber.
From the wording of our correspond
ent’s letter we assume that it is nothing
in the way of a plant that causes the
trouble. It is, as he says, something in
the soil, we are at a loss to account for
this peculiarity, for nothing of this kind
i has ever come under our observation, nor
! have we ever heard of a like case as is de
scribed. If the trouble does really arise
from the soil, it would be well to have it
analyzed, and we would suggest tuat “Sub
scriber” send a cigar box full of it to the
Georgia state chemist at Atlanta, and to
the chemist of the department of agricul
| ture at Washington. D. C.. stating the
facts. “Subscriber” speaks of this land as
a “pond.” How early iu the spring is
I this land dry enough to plant? Is it pos
sible to drain it? Such places have be n
used satiria.torily in growing rice. We
could not suggest to any degree without
, seeing the fiat. It may be that the very
best use to put it to is to convert it inio
a permanent meadow of Red Top grass.
* * pie 3S e send us a large sprig of
the plant later when it is in bloom, and
we will give you the name for it. Was
there only one plant?
Somo Bullstins of Rccont Issue.
Among the bulletins from tho several
Experiment Stations we note the follow
ing on our table:
Georgia Experiment (P. O.)—R. T.
Redding, director. Nos. 22, 23 and 24.
No. 22 is a special bulletin of twenty
pares and is devoted to manures and fer
ti.i/.ers. It is the work of Prof. White
and, as a matter of course, is interesting
and instructive. No. 2d is devote! to fer
tili ers and variety tests'of corn and peas;
thirty pages. No. 24—“ Variety. Fertil
izer and Culture Experiments on Colton
ami Cotton Cresses and Hybrids,” seven
teen pates. .
Every Georgia farmer should provide
himself with the bulletins of his state
Experiment Station. Send yourmame to
tho director and he will send the bulle
tins as they are issued.
* * *
From the Louisiana Agricultural Ex
periment Station (William C. Smith, di
rector, Baton Rouge, Ea.) we ha.e bul
letin No. 23, entitled “Analysis of Com
mercial Fertilizers and Other Substances
Useful to Agriculture.” Its thirty pages
art* devoted to analysis of the various ma
terials used for fertilizing.
* * *
The Florida Experiment Station (O
Clute, director, Lake City, Fla.) issues
bulletin No. 21. “The Tomato and no no
of Its Diseases,” (37 p. p ) It gives a list
of “Twelve Good Tomatoes,” a chapter
on “How to Improve Our Toma oes,”
“Enemies to the Tomato,” and various
other notes reiative to the causa and cure
of blight, etc.
Bulletin No. 52, of the Alabama station
(Wiliiam Lelioy Brown, Auburn, Ala.,
director), is a brief one of five pi 63
naming the best varieties of corn and im
porting the results of cotton experiments
in ISP-'. ■,
B ill tin No 28, Texas experiment sta
tioa (J. H. Connell, director. Coil ce s i
tion. I‘. 0., Te as , is uevoted exclusi eh
to sweet potatoes. It names some thirty
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MARCH 5. 1894.
varie ies and gives comparative yield of
same, l.eaf ill jstratio is are iven of the
several varieties and ih * origi i of the
vin less yam is gi en. Altogether a very
intercs.ing cuiletin.
The Kentucky Station M A. Scovell,
director, Lexington;, has issued bulletin
No. 47. It treats (1), The Pests of Shade
and Ornamental Tr es; (2), An Experi
ment on Pium .lot; 54 pages, illustrated.
The Hatch Experimental Station i Henry
11. Food ell. divector Amherst, Mass.,)
publish special bull tin for January. It
is entit ed, "The True Value of Green
Manuring.” While iu detail the method
laid down is not adapted to southern
farming, still it en orces the practice of
green manuring in a way to provoke
thought and as close an imitation as pos
sible. Wlule graminaceous piauts may
on occasion be Utilized or the purpose, it
is the largo family of the leguminose that
must bo resorted to chiefly; 9 pages.
Cornell Uni ersity Experimental Sta
tion (I. P. Roberts, director, Ithaca, N.
Y.,) issues bulletin No. 61. "Sundry la
ves i"-ation3 of the year;” 50pages, freely
illustrated. A variety of agricultural,
horticultural and entomolo fieal notes,
the most interesting of which is an il
lustrated statement of experiment in
crafting the potato on the tomato and
vice versa. Lnderthe title of “A New
Food Plant,” is given an illustration of
the tuber and foliage of Stachy’s Flori
dana.
Value of a Small Advertisement.
We are aware that many of our readers
have improved seeds, poultry, hogs, etc.,
that they would like to sell, and on the
other hand there are those who want
these things and would like to kno.v
where to get them. The agri ultural edi
tor o levs this disinterested advice to
those who have such articles as theabove:
Put an advertisement, if only an inch or
two, on the agriculture page of the News
aud let your fellow farmers know you
have these things to sell, and they will
not send o.T north for them. This is in
tended as "a hint to the wise.”
A Texas man has been experimenting
with imported bamboo and from a small
experiment cannot avoid the conclusion
that the cultivation of this plant will
prove very profitable to many who are
properly situated for its best culture.
The crop is grown from root cuttings,
which are set in waste places along the
creeks and ravines that would otherwise
produce no .king valuable. There is no
telling how many things will be grown in
this south county before another 100 years
come and go.
The “Flat Pea”—CLathyrus Sylves
tria).
In reply to an inquirer, we quote the
following description of the flat pea. We
have not tried it, 60 cannot speak of it
from personal knowledge:
This piant has been experimented with
in Germany and France for a number of
years, and is a pronounced sum ess. It
belonges to the Vetches or Tares, and is
described as an everlasting pea. One of
the agricultural papers in Germany de
scribes it as follows:
“This plant,” it says, “has all the valu
able traits of red clover or lucerne, with
out showing any of its defects (such as
causing b.oating in cattle when fed green
carelessly, or the heaves ia horses when
hay is given dusty), and surpasses them
in every valucole essential of a fodder
plant. It will endure at least sixty or
seventy years on the same spot without
necessitating a seeding, it grows on any
soil free from stagnant water. Where no
other forage plant will live it flourishes
with undiminished vigorand exuberancey,
scarcely needing rain after it is once well
established the second year. After that
time it needs no furthercare except mow
ing and gathering.
“it produces heavy crops, averaging
about 200quintals at to the hectare (four
tons per acre) of cured hay. Its nutri
tive qualities twice exceeded those of red
clover or alfalfa, weight for weight: care
ful investigations, made at several ex
perimental stations, showing that the
two latter piauts contain only 10 or 12 per
cent of protein or albumen, while this
improved lathyrus, or everiasting pea,con
tains from 20 to 30 per cent of these valu
able nutritive substances.
"Cattle, as well as horses and hogs,
eat it with avidity. The yield of milk
from cows fed with it averages about 25
per cent more than when fed with any
other fodder, and tho quanity of cream
from the same milk is nearly dou.de.
The use of its hay as a provenier is also
said to afford a preventive or cure against
murrain or spleen diseases.”
Two years' experiments by O. Clute
and F. 15. Mumford, at the Michigan Sta
tion, with the new fodder plant, Lathy
rus Syltestris, or Flat Pea, prove that it
germinates and reaches the surface in
from 17 to 2S days. It grows slowly at
first and needs care to keep the weeds
down. It makes, on very poor, unim
pro _ ed sandy soil, a top growth of six to
eight in hes. and a root growth of from
12 to 15 inches the first year. It makes,
on sandy soil, that has been cultivated
aud improved, a ;o? growth of from 12
to 15 inches and a roo; growth of from 18
inches to two feet, during the first year.
Only a severe frost wiil kill the tons.
The roots stand the winter well. Tuber
cles form abundantly upon the roots. One
year-old plants transplanted in the spring
to sandy soil, yield o.er half a ton of
green forage per acre. It has not blooaied
the firs;, year, and but very slightly the
second. Cattle eat the green forage
readily. The Hat pea promises weli for
the sandy soil near the great lakes,
where a perennial forage plant is needed
that will not be killed ei.her by
severe fros's or by protracted drouths,
that will yield good forage for all farm
stock, an.l at the sime time has valuable
qualities as a fertili or.
The “Wonderful T’ea.”
We have bad several inquiries of lata in
regard to this pea, but not having planted
it wo are not prepared to say whether it
is a now variety or an old sort posing
under anew name. We have no do bt.
however, of its being a good tiling to p ant
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in either case. Mr. G. W. Hastings,
writing in Texas Farm and Ranch, says:
This pea was first brought to my no
tice by a large Virginia grower, and the
first announcement to the public was in
the Southern Hlanter. The writer states
that having seen an account of there be
ing such a pea, the vine of which grew
to be forty feet long, he determined to
make an effort to procure it, and says:
“After considerable correspondence I
succeeded in buying half a bushel. One
pock of tnem we planted the last of May
in rows 36 inches wide, two in a hill. 18
inches apart. They were soon up an 1 bo
gan to grow rapidly, till, by September,
they had completely covered the ground
to the depth of 3or 4 feet. A few daj s
afterward they began to bloom and bear
peas, continuing till frost. From this
patch we picaed 112 peo.xs. notwithstand
ing some of them did not mature before
frost. The other peck was planted somo
weeks later, and while the growth of
vines was equally great, as many of tho
peas were caught by frost, we kept no
particular account of them.
THE ENORMOUS QUANTITY PRODUCED.
“Last soason we sowed on an island
which is cattached to my farm thirty
busiiels of these peas, fifteen of which
were sown to themselves the last of May
on thin, sandy land, about half a bushel
to the acre. The other fifteen were sown
in he corn, tho seed being plowed under
at laying-by time, say last of July, ono
bushel to the acre. I was not on the
island very often during the summer, but
was there on Sept. 14. At th it time this
pea patch presented the n cst wonderful
sight of the kind you well can
imagine. The island is a long narrow
strip of land three miles long, though only
containing 140 acres. The ferry is at the
upper end, connecting with a road run
ning down through the center. As I
drove down this road, both on tho
right and the left, tho whole face
of the ground was completely covered
with a dense, heavy mat or carpet of
vines, with leaves of the richest glossy
green, to the depth of three feet or more,
and filled with the long tapering pea pods,
growing in clusters, and every corn stalk
having two or more vines ciambcring to
the top, with peas all the way and a nice
little bunch at the top. Every inch of
the land was occupied, having crowded
out every sprig of grass, wild vine and
weed. I was not on the island a : ain till
the frost had denuded the vines of their
foliage, displaying for the firs; time the
enormous crop of peas. As I drove down
tnat road again i tried to make some esti
mate of the quantity of peas. 1 reasoned
somewhat in this way if one peck
would produce 112 pecks, thirty
bushels ought to produce 113 times
as many bushels, which would bo more
than ,i.UOO busnels. I thought that that
could not be, and turned to the old col
ored ferryman who was with me, and
asxed him bow many he thought there
were. He replied. ‘I dunno. bos3, but I
reckon de ni on to 20.009 bushels.’ 1 did
noz think there could be as many as that,
but lam disposed to think there were as
many hundred bushels.”
Seeing this description of the pea. I
concluded it would be well to test it on
the thin clay land and sandy soil of Flor
ida. and if it would do one-half what its
originators claimed, the question of the
practicability of general laruiing on tho
pine, sandy, and clay lands of the south
was solved.
I cleared and broke up several acres of
pine land, and p anted the pea which I
procured irom the i .rgima growers. I
aiso planted hetwe ti the rows of orange
trees in my groves. 1 fin 1 the general
habits of tho pea to correspond to the
desir.ption in its enormous productive
ness of vines and pras, and under the
same cireumstan, is. judge twice tue pro
du tiveness o* any other pea may be ex
pected.
In this exceeding productiveness is its
great adantige:
1. Of a renovating crop.
2. Of a superior fodder for hay or for
soiling ca.tle, or ,or ensilage.
3. In pc-as a substitute for corn, and
mixed with other gram or bran, will go
l uch farther than corn, bushoi for
busoel.
4. In its mechanical effect on the land.
Asa reno aiing uop it will brmg into
fertility the pine sandy lands, or light
clay, or worn out soils of the south by
turning under ale v crops of the vines.
Asa hay crop it is a substitute for
clovtr or other hay crops of the north
with a grain crop added. It maxes pos
sible the keeping of large herds of stock
on a few acres, and the pioJu lion of
manures to the extent of fitting lands for
intensive farmin'. Asa grain crop it is
adapted to worn horses; maxes the finest
and sweetest pork, and is excellent for
poultry.
All tests thus far have proven its great
superiority o er o her ali field pens, and
te fie southei n farmers great need as a
soil renoiator, and to supply summer
and winter feed for stock, aud to tatten
his hogs or feaJ his poultry.
To lands of greater fertility, but when
the soil is so newhat stuboorn, the pea is
valuable for its mechanical euect.
The Peach in Georgia.
Mr. Skeleton Jones, of Bibb county,
writing to he American Farmer, says
I would like to call attention to the great
advantages offered to settlers in Centra
and Southwestern Geor. ia for the cuiti
tion of fruits, such as peaches, pears
grapes, and melons. The ursv shipment.,
of peaches from Georgia to northern mar
kets was mane about five y. ars ago. and
wi bin that time the Georgia poach has
gained a reputation that places it aboie
aii o.her fruits. The New Vork Tribune
says: "There is nothing in the fancy fruit
stores on Broadway more attractive
ana reireshing than the b. autiful
dark red cheeked Elborta pea. hes
from the orchards of Georgia Til y are
larger than the iieaches produced lor this
market on the Delaware peninsula and
New Jersey, and by universal consent
mu h more deli ious than lies northern
fruit,’ i here is not another crop grown
that pays a better pro.it on the invest
ment ihan Georgia peaches. One 200-acre
peuih orchard has returned to the owner
fully SiOu.OuO in lour years. Small cooiv
ers have done equally as well. One grower
with an orchard a little less than eight
acres sol i his crop oa the trees for c 2,500.
Peach growing oaers to the man of mod
erate means grater inducements
than any other industry in any o.her
section. Lands that are productive
and easily cultivated can be bought lor
Irom so to 125 per aero. While the or
cuard is young, other fruits and ear.y
vege ables caii be cultivated, us w 11 as
cotton, corn. e,.c.. and in a few years any
industrious farmer settl.n' heio will soon
become independent. The northern idea
that white men iannot do field laiorin
the soutn is a gri at mistake. Sunstrokes
are enarely unkuowD in this part of
Georgia.
The northwestern farmer who hesitates
about coming south because he fears he
cannot stand out door work UMSurclima e
should come and sae for himself. Tho
time is approaching when the large profits
to be deri i od from fruit culture will make
these lands very valuable, as this section
is destined to be the great source of sup
ply of early peaches for the whole of this
country.
ORIGIN OF SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHS
Amsrioan Fraud Which Has Mads Its
Way iu the W orld.
From tho London Globe.
An interesting account of “spirit pho
tographs” has been given by M. Fourtier
iu a t reuch scientific The dis
coverer. it seems, was an American en
graver named Mumler, employed by Mr.
Bigelow, a jeweler of Boston. Hit booby
was photography, and one day in 1851,
wnile daieiopitig a plate, he was sur
prised to see a faint head beside that of
tile model. He announced the fact in the
journals, a “sensation” was the result,
he gave up tfie graver, and took to the
trade of “spirit photography” in New
York.
The deception flourished, and in 1874 a
new edition ot the Biule, with authentic
photographs of Abraham, Moses, lw\ id,
and others was announced. The method
was iuiroduced into France, and a trade
in spirit photo.raphs established. The
person desiring a photograph of some
iriend “gone before” had only to unite
himself in thought with a “medium” in
Paris, and in a few days received the
photograph. Several misad ventures,
however, set the police on the alert.
In one case a merchant of Montreuil
wished a photograph of his daughter,
who was 3ye ti's old when she died, and
receited a picture of a woman of at), ihe
police finatiy exposed the fraud on April
22, 1875, by a discovering a dark
chamber containing a lay figure
draped in bluish tulle, with numerous
photographic heads, which could fie
added to it, and other devices, l articu
lars of the appearance of the person
whose “spirit photograph” was required,
ha . iug been ingeuioasl.y gathered, the lay
figure was adjusted and rapidiy photo
graphed, then the medium, or sometimes
the client was photographed on tne same
plate with a longer exposure, and both
objects were developed together, the
“spirit photographers” were tried and
condemned lo a year’s imprisonment and a
fine of s,owf.
"opirit photography," nover raised its
head again iu France, but, strange to say,
it continued to nourish, aud still nour
ishes. in Euglaud. Even eminent Brit
ish men of science have been fascina.ed
by it. in America it thrives stili more
vigorously. M. Fourtier gives directions
for obtaining spirit pnolographs as fol
lows: h irst place the spectre before a
dark background and photograph it, de
eon lering the negative to make it float in
air. ihe drapery should ue a bluisn
white, and the exposure very short. Next,
photograph the living subject ou the som
bre oa, aground, such as a library or a
wall hung with ancient armor, 'ihe ex
posure should be long, so as to give strong
ue-nuion. v\ hen the nead oi tne spectre
is also the head of the subject, an "astral
photograph” is obtained.
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