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nation? and communications relative
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If addressed to Agri- Editor. Drawer N.
Milledseville, Ga., will receive immediate
mention.
ihr Kku I’lnni-Bewl Mode of ( vlture
I ' cpp plant is not the popular and
Tl ojy cultivated vegetable that the to*
;;ia tn or the onion is, though Ibe v© its
( : : ire i- booming more extended every
• re. in the northern states, especially.
1: is to be classed among vegetables as
ihos* above named, and not with potatoes
n i beans. The latter are staple articles
o' f o 1 that will support life for a conslder
| *bp period without the use of other food.
ji is true the ecg plant alone would sup
! jort life a much longer time than either
! the tomato or onion. Still it is not the
! r-sirable and indispenslble vegetable that
th* Irish and sweet potato and beans art.
Well prepared, it constitutes a very de
chtfnl dish either for breakfast or din-
Kor the first meal it should be fried
rr broiled; for dinner either baked or
[ fried.
cur observation is that it \% only a Yew
who understand its proper preparation for
tie* table. Asa foot note a recipe is
piven that shows the best way to prepare
1 he egg plant.
There are a score of varieties, but the
grower need not concern himself with
r-ore than two or three—one, in fact, is
all that is necessary— the “New York
Improved" or “The New York Spineless."
Wherever the locality, seeds should be
snun in cold frames some six weeks be
fore the plants are needed to set out in
the open ground. This cannot be done
until all danger of injurious frost is over.
In Middle Georgia (lat. 33 degrees) this
is about the middle of April as a rule.
Some few plants are risked earlier than
j this, but the main crop is put out from
April 10 to 20.
in growing egg plants next to suitable
soil the chief desideratum is to guard the
plants from the attack of the “flea beetle,"
' a very destructive little insect that seems
to be ever on the watch for the little
plant. Where this insect abounds, as it
•iocs in portions of the south, a line bed
< r frame of plants will be destroyed In a
single night if due protection is not af
forded.
While with rare plants may be grown
successfully in frames placed on the sur
face soil, st ill years ago the writer adopted
the plan of raising the plants in a frame
l.iised four or live feet above the ground.
This frail)'- is made 3x3 or 3x6 feet. Sev
•al inehts higher, at back or front, (six
! ©ight inches in front and ten or
t? at back. Four inches of good gar
ii soil sufficiently rich is put in the bot
m and after this is packed down firmly
the seeds arc sown in very shallow' drills
in rows four inches a part. The soil is
fixed and the glass sash put on about a
t,f"k beforehand to sow' the seeds and a
i- or sponge soaked in turpentine (or
I sulphide of carbon can be used) is put
■ id* frame. The fumes engendered
' ill lran the frame of all insects in ad
van* c should any be in it and they v/ill
! r >t reappear again.
By proper watering and working push
young plants. It is well after they
show the third leaf to draw out and re
in another frame and allow them to
strong and stocky. Set 3x3 or 4x4
• h s. Leave some plants in the lirst
frame at about this distance.
Set out in rows three feet apart and
plants two and one-half feet apart in
low. Tills gives about 5,000 plants to
ho acre. At a reasonable calculation on
tood soil twenty or twenty-five thous
■ "i eggs suitable for market should be
iroduced on this number of plants. If
:!lP I'lants are properly grown and set
1 i,T there is no reason why more than
-or per ©ent. should fail, unless they
hruiid become infested with the nemi
"d**. A yield of 10.000 large eggs should
* a profitable crop at the price usually
obtained for them.
It is a vegetable easy to gather and ship.
Amateur.
•low to Have a Fine Lawn.
Asa Pood law’ll once made is apt to
: niain undisturbed for years, care should
' taken to have the work properly done,
f r if rightly done it will last for years,
• id if slighted in the beginning it will be
onstant source of annoyance and ex
in making anew lawn, after the
►"f und has been thoroughly dug or plowed
h' depth of ten or twelve inches, all
f< ‘ or shrub planting should be aecom
if I before the surface is fitted for the
tod.
r,\ S a / p, t, lt zer Storrs & Harrison recom
'! in their garden manual pure bone
*' <il as being lasting in Us effects and free
. ' vv '“‘ and seed?. Apply at the rate of 60)
pounds to the acre. The soil should
’borough !y harrowed or raked to re
-0 as fine a condition as possible, as
lh to level it, as nothing detracts so
n Ir °m the appearance of a lawn as an
u Devon surface.
hr , . i. ! ijK ! see *rt has been sown it should
ukr-i lightly, so as to cover it about
fourth inch deep. Sow the seed as
* n the spring as convenient, the
r the better, If the soil is in good
' 1 No one kind of grafts will make
n , U l lilat win keep beautifully green all
( . lLril ’he season, but a mixture of sev
' assential.as some varieties are most
, r ‘ ul,ant In the spring, others in sum
,ind, again, others in autumn, and a
J ‘ i , omhination of these various sorts
, f ! iii. | to create and maintain a per
u pet like lawn.
t 1 ’ a v,T.s will be greatly benefited if
ifri*. * n *P r *ng as the weather will
r.J. 1 J bey arc carefully raked so as to
“ 1 he dead grass and leaves that may
k):k 1 l| . em; then sprinkle it with a good
j fixture, which will renew' the thin
i;- ( an 1 1 spots that have been killed by
( "intor or other causes; then give it
rolling with a heavy roller.
1 ie Evil of Overfeed!ug.
Henry Stewart, says the lowa
< riU ** once that the greatest
of sickness and death among poul
■J- overfeeding. The common practice
r ~-ive th© fowls all they will eat. ns
" n'' v ’ isrr than hogs, and knew
L.-l , v , ! y enough. Fowls and hogs,
u co-ws and horses, when they
get at a meal bin. never know when to
stop until they are gorged full to the top
of the throat, and then trouble begins
F irst there is Indigestion, then fever, then
choiera or fever and gangrene of the in
testines. or inflammation of the mucous
membrane, which is catarrh or roup, or
anthrax, which is black comb, and other
fatal disorganizations of the muscular tis
sues and liver. In these cases medicine
Is of no avail, and the only remedy is
* f*?? L tt,e ax whlch might just Iv be
fitted in the top of the medicine chest as
the most effective remedy for most of the
diseases of poultry.
eet Potatoes.
Mr. i . b. Watts of Mississippi asks me
to tell him how to plant and cultivate
sweet potatoes. Plants should be set out
as soon as all danger of frost is over. Not
but that sweet potatoes often make good
crops when planted even as late as July,
but some should be set out early, to get
vines to set. and to have new potatoes as
early as possible. In order to get plants
early, the potatoes should be bedded w Ith
out delay, and if necessary. put a cover a
few inches above the bed. This keeps the
bed warm, makes the plants come up
quicker and protects from frost. If the
plants are large enough to set out ivefore
all danger of frost is over, cut off with a
thin, sharp knife just at or a little below
the ground. When they come again they
w ill be strong, well rooted and much better
the first that came. Bandy loam lands
are the best for sweet potatoes and stiff,
white day the poorest, but with thorough
preparation and good cultivation even
clay lands will make a fair crop of sweet
potatoes. Sod land, if nothing but old
fields grown up in sedge grass and scrub
pines, if turned over with a two-horse
plow in the fall will make fine sweet pota
toes. If the land has not been turned over
in the fall, plow and plow deep as early
in the spring as possible. The after plow
ing should he shallow, and in light, sandy
land deep plowing is not necessary, and if
there is no clay subsoil it may be in
jurious.
After the land is plowed it should be fre
quently harrowed, to pulverize the soil as
thoroughly as possible and to kill grass
after it starts in the spring. The follow
ing is a good fertilizer and sufficient for
one acre: 1,000 pounds of manure from the
cowr pen, 600 pounds cotton seed and 400
pounds acid phosphate.
If you want to plant in hiiis lay the
land off two or tw’o and one-half feet
each way with a long shovel plow. In the
x drop two shovelsfull of the above fer
tilizer, cover with two furrows each way
with a turn plow; then finish the Hill
with the hoe, leaving two feet row’s in
the middles. Some prefer to let the hills
stand until a rain settles them, but if
your plants are well grown clip off about
three inches of the hills and press them
down with the hoe. It is more work to
plant In hills, but gives a greater yield.
At two feet apart there will be 10,890 hills
in an acre and, and at two and a half
feet 6.969. Hunch yams, as their name in
dicates, grow' in a bunch, and arq % very’
desirable variety to plant in hills, and
will make from ten to thirty tubers per
hill, and if each hill, at two and one-half
feet apart, makes ten pounds, there will
be a little over 1.244 bushels per acre.
W hile that yield may never have been
reached. I am certain that it can be.
After the vines have got a good start
there will be a good coat of grass on
the hills, which scrape off with a hoe.
then plough out middles both ways, hill
up with hoe, and the crop will, unless
there is excess of rain, need no more
work. If you wish to plant in ridges lay
off rows three and one-half feet apart,
throw lip beds with turn plow, run bull
tongue two or three times in water fur
row. put in fertilizer, throw two furrows
on it, and finish bedding along as you
have slips or vines to set out. It is best
to bed out enough potatoes to make slips
enough to set out and cover at one time.
Those who do that always make a good
crop, while those who only have plants
enough to set a few rows at a time cfo
not get through until the weather is so
hot and dry that it is hard to get plants
to live.
While, as a rule, I do not favor raising
two crops a year on the same land, hut
as peas and sweet potatoes tend to Im
prove rather than to Injure the land, oat
land, on which thirty bushels of cotton
seed were plowed under with the oats,
if set in sweet potatoes in January will
make a line crop. Vines are better than
slips for late planting, and probably at
any time. Those who keep vines over
for planting instead of raising slips are
no doubt acting wisely. There is no over
production of sweet potatoes. They are
splendid for hogs or cattle and one.of the
fattest pair of mules 1 ever saw were fed
on sweet potatoes and fodder. Uelow I
give an analysis by Prof Ross of two va
rieties of sweet potatoes. The feed Is:
The Spanish Bunch The Bunch Yam-
Sweet—No. 1. No. 2.
Ash 3.73 Ash 4.9 H
Pure fat 2.42 Pure fat 2.72
Fiber 3.67 Fiber 3.88
Muscle maker... 3.110 Muscle maker .. 2.23
Fat former 84.28 Fat former 86.10
Dillburg, Ala. C. C. R. Dill.
Valuable tirasse*. Heil Top, or Herd's
brass.
This grass is much better known to the
majority of our readers than many of
those spoken of in this column. It will
flourish on soils too wet for the successful
growth of some species, and at the same
time it will do better on poor hill tops
and sides than a good many other grasses.
Another common name for this grass is
Herd's grass,” and it is known also as
"Burt” grass. It is a perennial and grows
from two to three feet high, and even
higher than this on very rich soil. It is
adapted to either hay or pasture. When
desired for hay it should be cut before
the seeds form, else it becomes coarse,
and stock do not relish it much.
In pasturing it should be kept grazed
IVORY’ SOAP.
Ivory
Mr Floats
EEST FOR SHiRTc.
the PROCTER & GA*CLC CO.. CJNTI.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1805.
Poor Pie
is responsible for many of man’s (and woman’s) physi
cal woes—but the pie needn't be poor, and it may
bring jov instead of woe. How ? Use nothing but
COTTOLENE for shortening and the pie crust will be
delicate, flaky, delicious, and so healthful that even a
dyspeptic can eat freely of it and be
comfortable. COTTOLENE can't be
equalled as a shortening, and is abso
lately healthful. Genuine has this trade IgWy i7 S
mark on every pail. Take no other.
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY.
ST. LOI IS and CHIC AGO.
tolerably close. Red top forms an immense
quantity of roots, and this characteristic
enables it to dry off wet }an<l on which it
grows, and soon gets it In good condition
for cultivation. It is a good grass to com
bine with others, oftentimes making a
catch where others fail.
In nutritive quality it is about equal to
orchard gra.-s and other commonly used
grasses; but. as a rule, stock do not relish
the hay as well as they do some other
grasses. It is a very good grass to in
clude in mixture for medium lands, but it
is not to bo commended for culture where
better grasses will thrive.
Th© Red top is specially adapted to wet
soils —roils too xvet for cultivation or for
the successful growth of other grasses
and clovers.
Kither tor hay or pasture purposes it is
always advisable to use a mixture rather
than trust to one simple species, and it
will oftentimes be found a profitable thing
to include one or two somewhat inferior
grasses or clover. In old countries It is
common to have a mixture of ten or
fifteen for pasture purposes especially.
Some of these mixtures, adapted to our
section of country, will be given later.
A meadow or pasture seeded to just one
kind of grass will in a short while be
overrun with worthless weeds, unless
great care is taken to prevent It by fre
quent pulling of the weeds before they go
to seed.
In any one county of this state there are
in the aggregate hundreds of acres that
lie along the creeks and branches, besides
the many marshy places that crop out
here and there over the low lands. These
places have been left to the willows, ald
ers. briars and coarse swamp grasses,
and constitute very unsightly places on
th© farm, yielding no return at all, or
none worth speaking of. Of course, the
soil Is rich, and if this worthless growth
were cut out and herds grass or red top
seed broadcasted over the land at the rate
of two bushels per acre, it would not be
longer than a couple, of years before
a nice little meadow o*r pasture took the
place of the unsighlty briars and alders
and the like, and in a few years inor©
the marshy places would be dried off suf
ficiently to allow of cultivation, if it
were desired to cultivate It. A. M. O.
Cotton Acreage In 1K95.
The question of acreage to be put into
cotton th*s year is one that is now re
ceiving a good deal of attention, and
accompanying it the suicidal theory is
being advanced that, owing to the pre
vailing low prices, the amount of cotton
planted will be greater than heretofore
in order to make up in quantity what
is lost in price.
It is of course impossible to arrive at
any accurate* average cost cf producing
cotton in view of the widely differing
conditions prevailing in different parts
of the south, nevertheless it is hardly to
be disputed, that the cost in the Atlantic
States is over 7 cents per pound, and in
Texas, Arkansas, and th > Mississippi bot
tom lands, probably not less than 4 1 -
cents, or. an average of probably not less
than 6*4 to s*£ cents at the plantations for
the whole country. With the quotation for
middling in Liverpool 2 31-32d, or roughly
converted into American money 515-1 o
cents, in New York for immediate de
livery 5% c ents, in New’ Orleans 5 cents,
and in the interior tow’ns from 4*2 to 4 3 4
cents, it seems almost grotesque that ar
guments should be pdt forth that the
south can afford to raise cotton at the
present prices. Doubtless the theory that
one’s neighbor will plant less may lead
some to conclude that by putting in more
they will reap the advantage of their
neighbor’s contribution to the pubic good,
but that any such policy should actuate
any grow’er of the great staple, under
present circumstances, seems hardly capa
ble of belief.
It is with great satisfaction to be ob
served that the president of the American
Cotton Growers’ Association Is making a
tour of the cotton states, with a view of
securing a reduction in acreage of at least
25 per cent., which is a move In the right
direction, and it is to be hoped that his
efforts will be crowned with success.
If, however, a large reduction in acre
age is to be made, the question arises,
into what shall the farmers of the south
put their land, and out of what arc they
to derive a livelihood? Some of those who
still retain the feeling of responsibility to
those whom they employ, and who arc
dependent upon them, are apt to indulge
the idea that work must be provided for
the dependent class, and as there is noth
ing else they can do but grow cotton, there
fore they must plant all they can, irre
spective of the price it brings.
if the figures given as to the probable
cost of raising cotton are correct, and
which, even under the most favorable < ir
cumstances of growth, show no profit,
while, under less fortunate circumstances!
show a positive loss, it would seem a part
of prudence and good judgment if the
whole ©otton growing community should,
with one accord, reduce their acreage, not
25 per cent., by 75 per cent., thereby join
ing in an action to their own best interest
and so reducing the supplies of th© world
that 10 m 11 rents per pound in New York,
for four or five years to come, would be
assured. By so doing, the single season
of fallow land. If need be, would be abun
dantly recompensed in the price for ©ot
ton to be subsequently obtained. The
south can well afford to do this, even at
the loss that might be entailed by the sup
port without labor, of those whor are
dependent upon them If such an alterna
tive were necessary, as the loss entailed
thereby would certainly be no greater than
that resulting from making ©otton and
selling it at t,he prices ruling in the world
at the present day.
The necessity for this severe contri
bution to tho enhancement of the price
of cotton is not. however, altogether ap
parent; for, while it is true that cotton
is the great crop of the south, neverthe
less. when prices have reached a level
such as the present, the adoption of a
policy of practically growing only such
crops as are necessary to sustain life is
certainly a reasonable one. and the doing
of which does not necessarily argue that
efforts In this direction must be confined
to corn and meat. There are many other
articles which contribute to support life
that might be grown with a net return
to the planter at the end of the year, fully
equal to the loss entailed by the support
of thoec dependent upon him. It is to be
C OTTO LEX E.
hoped that this view of th*‘ case may be
impressed ui>on the agricultural commun
ity of the south, and that the preparations
for the next crop will be on a very large
ly reduced scale as compared with th.it
made within th© past few' years: for,
unless something approaching to this in
its radical nature is done, there is no rea
son to expect that even present prices
will be maintained. Already Liverpool,
which market, after all. is th© maker of
prices for cotton, being the largest con
sumer, is selling next crop deliveries at
3 3-32d. or 6 3-16 cents, which means not
more than 4 l £ cents at the plantations,
add which price !s justified and will con
tinue, with possibly even still lower prices,
unless the outlook for future supplies
gives promise of a very marked reduc
tion. Nor is the making of this price the
work of gamblers, and therefore of public
execration. If we are to have another
10.000.000 bale crop. 3 3-32d In Liverpool for
October-November delivery is not unrea
sonable. It is because of a growing feel
ing that cotton can be made and sold at
5 cents, yielding a profit, and that the
south will plant as much or more this
year than last, that such prices are made
in Liverpool.
The remedy for the south is within its
own keeping; let them plant but 25 per
cent, as much cotton as last year, plant
ing the other 75 per cent, in such things
as they may, even to allowing the lands
to lie fallow’, and their own salvation
is at hand.
New York. N. Y.
Itolnlloii of Crops.
Rotating the farm with different crops
serves not only to prevent loss of fer
tility. but also assists in killing weeds
with no extra cost than tTint required
for cultivating the cron that may be
grown during the season. Corn has
proved of as much value to farmers in
compelling them to kill weeds as it has
in providing grain and fodder, and if a
farm should be devoted wholly to the
crops that are, drilled or broad-casted,
and which cannot be cultivated—such .as
wheat, rye, barley dnd oats—there would
arrive a time when weeds would have
full possession. To prevent this condi
tion of affairs the farms are made to
grow crops that must of necessity be
cultivated, and In so doing there is a
saving of labor in the killing of weeds.
The rotation with corn as the only cul
tivated crop, however, is too limited, as
the land is thus ma<U; to produce gfain
of some kind every year, which is detri
mental, ns depriving it of certain plant
foods and leaving an excess, compara
tively, of that which cannot be utilized
by grain crops.
One cause of weeds flourishing on some
soils is that they thrive on plant foods
left over by the grain crops, a condition
which renders the soil impoverished for
other grain crops, yet very fertile for
weeds, because the weeds are able to get
a good start, make rapid growth, secure
abundant moisture below the surface,
and deprive the land of that which was
not utilized by the crops, the result be
ing that the soil is still further impov
erished. This may be prevented by grow
ing root crops after corn, to be followed
by dover or some grass crop.
No two crops of the rame kind should
be grown on the land in succession, and
a crop that is sowed or drilled should
be followed by a planted crop the next
year, to keep the soil clean. Wheat,
corn, oats, potatoes, corn and clover, fol
lowed by wheat again, is a rotation prac
ticed by many progressive farmers; but
turnips, carrots, beets, cabbage, millet
and peas or beans are added to the list
whenever it can be done with advantage.
Legume* in (it© Uolntiim.
By practicing a sy.<©m of rotation, we
can better keep up the fertility of our
land at a small expense, writes 3. <’.
Taylor. In Practical Farming. No soil is
so poor but what we can increase its fer
tility each year, if we will not leave out
legumes in our rotation, and also make
paying crops each year with the main
crops grow’n. Legumes gather the. free
nitrogen from the air and store it in the
whole plant. That which grows above
ground makes more rich feed than any
other plants. Thus when it is fed
to stock, the greater part of the nitrogen
goes into the excrement, solid and liquid,
making a very rich fertilizer, which is
unsurpassed by any commercial article
sold. The roots of legumes are rich in
nitrogen, which is available to other
plants that follow in rotation. These
plants can enter the subsoil, and feed on
the plant foods that are far below the
reach of our main crop plants that have
a short root system. Now all this plant
food brought from the subsoil by
legumes cannot loach down by the rains,
for it is hold in the top soil by the vege
table mold mad© by the decay of the
roots. Hence we se© that legumes gather
nitrogen from the air and subsoil, yet
there is another way they supply nitro
gen to the land. This is by the vegeta
ble mold they supply the soil with,
which holds the nitrogen that enters the
ground when rain or snow falls. The
mold holding it and preventing it from
arising with the vapor, that is cohtinu
ously arising except when rain or snow
is falling, or when the soil is frozen.
Then this mold in th© soil is a great
thing to absorb the most of the plant
food that is supplied the soil by yard
manure, thus holding it within reach of
our main crop plants, and preventing it
from leaching down into the
which is now' rich enough.
Then legumes loosen up th© soil
to a great depth, thus forming a reser
voir to hold moisture a great length of
time in droughts. The vegetable mold is
also a factor In this case. Now I have
shown you why rotation should be prac
ticed, and that legumes nr© the. cheapest
fertilizer. Then why should you omit
them in your rotation of crops? There
are legumes suited to all soils and cli
mates. We must study our soils and
the climate where we live, before we
can tell what legume is best suited to our
wants, climate and soils. There is no sec
tion where one or more of this class of
plants will not succeed, so there is no
excuse for omitting to grow a legume in
rotation with other ©ro f >*, he need never
to purchase another pound of commercial
fertilizer as long as he does so. The sub
soil is a great granary filled with plant
foods, locked up against our common
crops, vet legumes have the key to unlock
the granary, and of course can feed on the
bountiful supply cf plant foods there
store*!.
Every farmer should grow at least two
main crops, and one or more legumes in
rotation, though he must be his own Judge
as to th© number of plants to grow. Mar
kets. soils and climate shall govern him as
to this. No farmer who will take the above
into consideration, and Judge wisely, can
fail in the undertaking. The profits made
by larger yields, am! saved on commercial
fertilizer purchases, will give him the
means to fix up the home, thus making
it .in attractive place, so th© young will
not be eager to leave the old farm for
city life. Rotation, legumes and yttru
manure will drive away the wolf (debt)
from the door, and let th 1 lamb (prosperity)
enter.
i* ranklin County, Tenn.
In applying fertilizers to the soij, one
thing should not be lost sight of. This
is the perfect and rapid diffusion of sol
uble matter through the land, all the
more so as the land Is made porus and
mellow. This diffusion of such substances
is control let by a special natural law,
which should be well understood. It Is
this: That gases as well as liquids mix
with each other, with rapidity and facil
ity. notwithstanding; difference of weight
or gravity. This Is, Indeed, an indispen
sable necessity for the existence of the
universe, for, if it were otherwise, and
th© difference of weight of matter opera
ud to prevent this diffusion, all the car
l'onlc acid in the atmosphere would set
tle down to the surface of the ground,
and Mostroy every animal and plant
Lilt, on account of this natural diffusion
of it through the great body of the air,
it is equally intermingled with the air,
and thus vegetation in supplied with its
most needed food and animals ar* not In
jured by it; and. as well, all this gas
produced by the respiration of animals
is immediately difuaed through the air,
•md that used by plants is restored, an
even balance being Immediately made by
diffusion. The same law applies to solid
matter dissolved in water ns the salt
In the ocean. Were it otherwise, the salt,
on account of its greater weight, would
sink to the bottom. leaving the
water fresh, and the vast mass of dead
organic matter in it would at once putre
fy and poison the water and the air, mak
ing life on the land impossible. This
same law applies to fertilizers, for. when
these are applied to the land, they are
dissolved in the water of the soil, anJ
are at once diffused throughout the soil,
evenly, everywhere the water flows. The
plant' food is thtes evenly distributed
through the soil, with the moisture in it,
ami every vacancy and interstice in the
soil is occupied by some of this solution
of th© plant food. Thus one may sow
any fine soluble fertilizer on the surface
of the ground, and after a little shower
the plant.* will be taking it in by every
root, and the greener color of the leaves
will show that the food has entered into
the plant, and has been diffused among
its cells, so that each one hus received a
supply of it.
There is hardly any question that to
make the most out of hogs, it is essen
tial first to have a good breed and then to
feed well. You can secure a good growth
even with scrubs bv gvlng good feed
and ©are, but the most rapid gain In pro
portion to amount of food supplied enn
only be secured by u combination of good
feed and good care, and good care invar
iably includes good feed. Get a good start
with the pigs by feeding the how well and
as soon as grass or clover starts, give
them a good pasture and feed them in
addition a ration that will keep them
thrifty. This with having them of a good
breed is the principal item, and, if this Is
done, the pig will bring a quick and nice
return.
A young row may be bred late in the
fall, or early winter, and farrow a Utter
of pigs In February or March, and these
pigs can, with good treatment, be made
ready for market by late fall or early w in
ter at farthest, and that in nearly all cases
with a good profit, so that no stock will
make so good a return in so short a time.
It is* largely on this u©count that makes
pigs th© stock for the poor man to grow.
Not only because of the quirk return
which they afford, but by the rapidity
with which they Increase and come ot
maturity. With anything like good treat
ment a good brood sow will farrow two
litters of from seven to ten pigs every
year, and this makes her a profitable ani
mal to keep. Of course, there are risks
of disease, but providing good sanitary
conditions is the best safeguard to this,
while the risks are lessened by pushing
the growth.
\ Valuable \e<*kluc©.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Among Miss Gould’s wedding gifts will
be the priceless Castellan© pearls, form
ing a necklace which probably has not
its equal in the world. The pearls, which
are exquisite in shape and color, are in
five strings, clasped with a hugs emerald
set in diamonds. The necklace weighs
nearly half a pound, and Is a magnificent
ornament. The pearls were collected In
th© 16th century, and are almost exact
ly equal in shape and color. The neck
lace is said to be w'orth $1,250,000.
York SuriH j Note*.
Nw York Letter in Chicago Times.
One married sister gave another married
r.ister a birthday dinner at a well-known
cafe early in the afternoon. Later both
were picked up on Broadway In a beastly
state of inebriety. This morning they
were arraigned and told the justice It was
simpl.v a case of too much wine. They
also said they had good husbands and large
families. Why lots of people keep house
here Is a mystery.
SPECIFIC
Fob Scrofula.
“iSince childhood, I have been
afflicted with scrofulous boils and
sores, which caused ine terrible
suffering. Physicians were unable
to help me. and 1 only grew worse
miller their care.
j ,\t length, I began
| ■ to Uko
AYER’S
Sarsaparilla, and
k. very soon grew bet
ter. After using
half a dozen bottles
V I was completely
cured, so that 1 have not had a boil
or pimple on any part of my body
for the last twelve years. I can
cordially recommend Ayer’s Sarsa
parilla as the very host blood-purifier
in existence.” —C. T. JtKi.NHAKT,
it yersville, Texas.
THE OXI7 WORLD'S RAIS
m
Ayer’s Cherr; Pector?! cures Coughs and Colds
I’EAli UKK.
1 a
j&s'Vv ( / difference
r ll ' c cven ‘ n £ —when a
vSL !) "oman has cleaned house
U'-v day with Pearlinc, in
ft/ I rflX / stead of the old-fashioned
mu JIY 1 \\ ' va >*. It sso much easier.
W |l\ A \\ v?v\*a There isn’t a thing any
¥ n ’’here *ahout the house
) i . J (that you’d take water to)
l v * 1 £ but Pearline can save you
# time and work on it. Saves
that wearing rubbing on your paint and wood work,
too. And what a difference to every one. in the house
when the cleaning is done quickly and easily and with
out any fuming and fretting! You men ought to get
together and insist on Pcarline.
j) Teldlrrs and some nnsmipulrm* pmcers will tell
FIP ulTfl 7 011, " ,his is as ■* ”or "the same *s Pearl-
W C4L/X Inc. Ii S FAl.SE—Pearlme is never peddled; if
your ptser vend* you *n imitation. W honest _.— fit f, ~i 4CI t \MF.S PVT.F.. V.Y.
OKPHUL,
CITY ;\i:h\mhvtT
Olll*i:il l*ro****|lug* of I'ouncil.
Savannah. Ga.. Feb. 27. 1*95. -Vum il
met this evening at B:3U |>. m !*r**ent
— Hon. Herman Myers, mayor; Alderman
Thomas Screven, chairman of council.
A Merman Georg© \V. Tledoman. vice
chairman of council; Aldermen William
Garrard. L. A. KalUgant. 11. II Bacon.
11. Kolshorn, K. t\ Gleason. J. J. Garolan.
Harry Wlllink. G. A. Hudson. C. A. La
motto. \ J. Watson.
The niinutcH of the last regular meet
ing of Feb. 13, 1896, and speed a 1 meeting
of Feb. 21, 1895. were read and confirmed.
ACCOUNTS.
The committee on accounts report that
they have examined and found correct
bills against the city amounting to seven
teen thousand, seven hundred and fort\-
four dollars and six cents ($17.711.6i. As
per accompanying schedule, and recom
mend that the same be passed for pay
ment. George W. Ttedeinun.
Chairman Committee on Accounts.
Roan I of Health
James M. Dixon &Cos $ KO4
Officers and employes 631 66
Georg© N. Nichols in to
U. J. I Mikes 41 tin
Schaffer’s Dharmacy 3 54
W. L. Richardson 31 70
Masonic Temple Pharm
acy 71 69
Schaffer’s Pharmacy 61 92
K. J K letter 65 tin
W. 1). Blmkins 9 tin
H. H. Livingston 69 on
Sundry persons 31 6*.
Sundry persons 33 in
W. A. Pig man 102 50—11.171 60
City Court-
John J. Sullivan 39 00
City Lamps-
Brush Electric Light and Power
Company 50
< ’rematorles—
Dixon, Mitchell A: Cos $ 76 75
James Dixon A Cos mil
James Dixon Si Cos h 03 - 94 S2
Dry Culture-
Luk© Carson $ l tin
H. C. Cunningham and
A. H. Lawton, Jr., trus
tees 125 00
Doe fluhershnm 20 00
\V. P. Carmichael ]until
James M Dixon & Cos 15 i2
Tnm© of hands, west 55 53
Time of hands, east 61 6/
Time of hands, west f> 56
Time of hands, east 22 63 406 90
Fire Department—
Adams Drug, Paint Oil
Company $ 19 53
J. I). Weed & Cos IX 36
Cornelius Callahan 70 no
Fret well & Niffhols 4 K 5
Braid Si Hutton 16 no
W. B. Puder x tin
Dennis Nugent 15 58
Solomons At Cos 60
The Game well Fire Alarm
Telegraph 230 00
Cornwell A Chlpman. .. 50
Cornelius Callahan 81 no
George W. Pariah 41 66
J. F. Canty 6 25
Cornelius Callahan ... . 4175
M. J. Frain 11 69
Ji. J. Downing 13 33
John Joyce 13 33
J. B. Beranc son
William LoVe 4 00— 624 92
Hospitals—
St. Joseph’s Infirmary $ 300 00
Georgia Infirmary 300 00
Savannah Hospital 300 00— 900 00
Harbor and Wharves—
D. K. Thomas & Son c 50
Incidentals—
C. S. Hardee, C. T $ 88 47
James K. P. Carr 12 02
F. E. Kell bach 109 50
William Orr 5 00— 214 99
Laurel Grove Cemetery—
Fret well At Nichols $ 235
Time of hands 225 00 •* 227 35
Market—
The Mutual Gas L. Cos $ 5 f*l
]>. S. Gardner 10 75
Brush K. L. Si P. Cos 58 34
L. Bernstein 1 5o
Officers and employes .... 219 00~* 295 20
O. K. M. Department—
-11. O. Rogers —.. £3 33
Opening Streets —
C. 8. Hardee, C. T 58 68
Paving—
Thomas Houlihan $ 84 12
George Blckel 8192
Time of hands 31 87-* 1 197 91
Parks and Square*—
I). R. Thomas Si Son $ 6 50
Gustave Kiesllng 75 on
Time of hands 118 54-V 200 01
Police—
Alfred Kent $ 30 40
A. Lefiler Si Son M 91
Fred Schwarz 25 55
W. B. Mell Si Cos 3 On
P. McGlashan 6 20
Lindsay & Morgan 20 00
B. H. Levy & Bro 10 Of)
M. R. Si D. A. Byck 4 60
W. B. Mell St Cos 3 25
Brush E. L. A P. Cos 35 80
Savannah Car. & Wag. Cos 22 50
The Mutual Gas L’t Cos.. in 24
pay roll, January, 1895 5,515 03
John Kavanaugh 2 16— 5,703 44
Public Buildings—
Brush E. L. AP Cos $ 45 84
The Mutual Gas L’t Cos.. 32
The Mutual Gap L’t Cos.. 22 08— 6S 24
Printing and Stationery—
M. S. Si D. A. Byck $ 12 61
PYetwell Sr Nichols 7 50
George N. Nichols 26 50— 46 61
Salaries —
Employes, City officers. .$2,441 65
James L. Rankin 125 00
L. P. Masters 30 00— 2,596 05
Scavenger Department—
John F. Freeman $ 45 00
F. S. C. Feus 8 in
Georg© W’. Parish 89 70
Wright A Mahoney 7 55
W. D. Blmkins 37 15
Ed. Lovell’s Sons 4 60
Adams Drug. Paint and
Oil Company 5 75
\V W\ Gnnnn 4 37
Alfred Kent 12 25
Fret well A Nichols 1 25
\Y. it. Mell Si Cos 168 78
P. Barrett 89 9n
P. Barrett 250
T. A. Moore 5 On
Thomas McDonnell 10 63
James M. Dixon & Cos 521 49
James F. Furlong 11 25
Time of hands 485 50— 1,508 17
Streets and Lanes—
J. D. Weed A Cos $ 1 77
Havannah Carriage and
Wagon Company 21 50
Julius Perllnski* 21 5n
J as. M. Dixon A* (To 260 15
Time of. teamsters 182 36
Tim© of hands 788 65—51,159 43
Taxes 1894-
Oeorge Defter 35 M
Norton A Hanley 30 00 - 65 M
Water Works-
Ten nessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company $ 152 4*i
Central T’ i frond and
Hanking Company Jnl 92
Central flail: nad and
Hanking Cofn*Hn> ••* 14 tn
Standard Oil Tompany .. id
Jas. M. Dixon A Cos. x 5s
Dr. M. A. orris J 0J
OFFII I \l„
ocean Steamship Cos.. u 23
Jus H. Hooker 300
Robert C. Harrison $2 .mi
ocean Steamship Cos 94 ,
Berry A < utkman 1 cut
Mtinioe Grant 14 95
Pm> roll, February 1,329 titi
Hugh Logan 500
Time of hands 47 50— 1,974 68
Total $17,744 n*
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
The committee of the whole, to which
was referred the petition of sundry citi
zens relative to push carts around the
city, begs to report adversely to prayer
of petitioners, as licenses have been fur
nished them for the year 1896, and the
present ordinance being sufficient.
Herman Myers,
Chairman < vmiinlttee of the W hole.
Report adopted.
The committee of the whole, to which
was referred the peHUon of the Macon,
Dublin and Savannah railroad, asking for
an extension of time on the grant of ter
minal facilities, begs leave to report by
ordinance.
Herman Myers,
Chairman Committee of th© Whole.
Report adopted.
The committee of the whole, tef which
was referred th© petition of the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad for re
newal of terminal facilities, begs leave
to report by ordinance.
Herman Myers,
Chairman Committee of tho Whole.
Report adopted.
The committee of the whole, to which
was referred the petition of the Electric
Railway Company, relative to taxes on
propc*rty of said road, begs leave to re
port that tho valuation upon the property
be reduced to $74,644, and if the tax he
paid within 16 days from the adoption of
this report, the discount of 10 per cent,
will be allowed.
Herman Myers,
chairman Committee of th© Whole.
Report adopted.
The committee of the whole, to which
w s referred th© p©tltlon of sundry auc
tioneers for reduction of auctioneer’s li
cense, begs leave to report adversely to
same.
Herman Myers,
Chairman Committee of the W’hole.
Report adopted.
The committee of the whole, to whh h
was referred the petition of sundry citi
zens. requesting council to discontinue
levying u tax on country wagons locating
In tho neighborhood of city market, begs
leave to report adversely to same.
Herman Myers.
Chairman Committee of the W’hole.
Report adopted.
Tho committee on finance, to which was
referred the petitions of: Claudia A. Rykes,
Thomas J. Rheftall, P. Tuberdy, Thomason
A Cos., Mrs. A. G. Van Horn, J. L. What
ley. J. 11. Rcherer. Edward Moyle. James
B. Hull, Marvin Phosphate Cos., 8. Steiner,
P. J. Higgins, Mrs. H. I. Henderson,
Henry liohensteln, W. C. Crawford. A.
Getz, Etta Henderson, Paulin© Heyward,
W. D. Blmkins, William B. Bturtevant,
Southeastern Planter Cos., Max Butker. V.
R. Httutor, Otto Schultes, 11. J. Schnaar,
T. G. Hunter. A. J. Ives, F. F. Jones, Kol
shorn A Manuey, Mrs. F E. Morgan. L.
B. Moynelo, James B. West, D. Marl I,
Sarah (). Adams, Rosa M. Arston, Ben J.
Apple, Mary Anderson. B. Laskey, Arthur
Overton, Bertha Wetherhorn. Samuel A.
W hite, J N. Wilson, A. L. Hull, Hull A.
Peeples, Josephine Rogers, B. Rothwell,
W. Ashmore, R. Baskin, W. L. Richard
son. A. Dernier, John A. O’Keefe, J. W\
Norton, trustee, Thos VI. Norwood, Kind*
Newman. Charles Peltz, Thomas Pool.
John Prendibl©, JI. W. Wrighton. William
Proctor, Japrics McGlntoy, T. Me Far lane,
C. Me Kane, G. A. Mercer. Jr., M. JrMur
phy. Amelia W r . Meyer, James Grogan. D.
Andepa. Mrs. Mary J. Cullum, Georg©
VV. Bandy, Isaac Bing, R. B. ilevin, Mrs.
A. F. Itackman, Miss Maria Bell, C. Brod
rtolt, Mrs. N. C. Maggionl, Nelson, Cham
pion A Cos., Broderick A Taylor, F. Chas
tlnet. T. F. Churchill, Thomas J. Charl
ton. M. Brown, Thomas J. Corcoran, W’al
ter H. Cohen, Paul Conlda. A. K. Desver
ney, trustee, and F. D. Carr, J. A. Dufour,
W. H. Daniel, Charles Ellis, M. I. Franken
stein, L. Fried, Georgia Brewing Associa
tion, Harriet It. Holt, I. M. Glttlesohn,
Mrs. Hannah Cox. trustee, N. Y. Steam
Laundrv. asking to be relieved of double
lax. begs leave to report, recommending
that petitioners be relieved of double tax
only. W’llliam Gaward,
Chairman Committee on Finance.
Report adopted.
Th© committee on finance, to which wag
referred the petition of Charles Peltz,
asking for reduction of license, begs leava
to report unfavorably to same.
William Garrard,
Chairman Committee on Finance.
Report adopted.
The committee on finance, to which wax
referred the petition of William .D. Har
den, individually and as executor of fath
er’s will, begs leave to report, recommend
ing that petitioner be relieved from double
tax. provided he make returns forthwith
to the city treasurer in both capacities ia
accordance with law. W'illiain Garrard,
Chairman Committee on Finance.
Report adopted.
Th© committee on finance, to which was
referred the petition of Whaley & Gran
tham, asking to bo relieved of tax on per
sonal property, begs leave to report favor
ably to same. William Garrard,
Chairman Committee on Finance.
Report adopted.
The committee on finance, to which was
referred the petition of Miss Henderson,
asking to be relieved of double tax on per
sonal property, begs leave to report, re
commending that petitioner be not double
taxed, and that the valuation of her per
sonal property for taxation be fixed at
$250. W illiam Garrard,
Chairman Committee on Finance.
Report adopted.
The committee on finance, to which waa
referred the petition of J. T. Howland,
relative to tax on insurance company, begs
leave to refYort favorably, that is to say,
it recommends that receipt of city treas
urer. dated Jan. 31. 1895, for specific tax.
New York Underwriters’ Agency, be taken
up. and that in lieu thereof, one to be is
sued as of same date for the Hartford Fir#
Insurance Company.
W’illiam Garrard,
Chairman Committee on Finance.
Report adopted.
The committee on finance, to which was
referred the petition of 1. Berendt. asking
for reduction of specific tax for 1995, bega
leave to report unfavorably to same.
W’llllam Garrard,
Chairman Committee on Finance.
Report, adopted.
The committee on finance, to which was
referred the petition of A. L. Cranford,
asking council to extend the limit of his
wagon license until March 1, begs leave
to repo.rt unfavorably to same.
William Garrard,
chairman Committee on Finance.
Report adopted.
The committee on finance, to which was
referred th© petition of T. Murphy, to be
relieved of tax on personal property, begz
leave to report unfavorably to sam©.
William Garrard,
Chairman Committee pn Finance.
Report adopted.
The committee on finance, to which tvai
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