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Casiavß,
Cassara—' Typographical Error.
In our last Issue in first column near
center, the word “Cassara” occuring sev
eral times in question and answers should
read Cassava. Doubtless the reader
chiefly interested (J. M. C.) saw and cor
rected the error.
In this issue is a brief letter regarding
Cassava from Mr. J. B. Wight, which
will interest some of our readers. This
plant deserves attention from our far
mers south of Atlanta, as Mr. Wright
says, For growing succulent food for
milch cows, especially a well grown acre
of it would go a long ways during the
winter. We have plenty of testimony on
the subject from practical farmers, and
w urge any farmer or dairyman who
reads this column to try at least one row
of Cassava the coming spring. It will
v 1 more food than Artichokes or swtet
' itoes, Bone Meal, Ground Bone, Bone
1 inst—A reader (H. M.) asks if (1) bone
:i al and ground bone are the same, and,
( >, if so, does it uniformly contain the
s.ime, or about the same, quality of fer
tilizing material—somewhat like acid
jjhosphate.
Hone meal, bone dust, ground rnw-bone
are terms applied to the same substance —
animal bones ground to varying degrees
of fineness. This ground raw-bone con
tains nitrogen and phosphoric acid, and
there is more or less difference in the va
rious grinds, especially in respect to ni
trogen. One cannot buy it promtcuously
on the basis of any particular brand or
make. A fair average, perhaps, would
be 3% per cent, of nitrogen, and 25 per
cent, phosphoric acid. Now the very best
quality of ground raw bone may and does
contain almost twice as much nitrogen
as the above average. When prepared
free from all fat. But few brands or
makes contain more phophoric acid than
25 per cent. In purchasing, it becomes
necessary to buy of the proper persons
and when a large quantity is bought it
must be or should be by analysis. The
liner the bone Is ground the sooner the
plant food is available. Unlike nitrate of
soda and like substances the raw-bone
must ibtcome decomposed (well-rotted)
before it can yield up its enriching ele
ments. The average farmer ip readily
imposed upon in buying this material. If
possible he should buy from well-known
and reputable dealers. Bought right,
there, is no other substance that gives
greater value for the money than bone
meal or ground raw bone. In the orchard
and vineyard it is almost indispenstble,
and tlie coarser grinds (one-twelfth inch
and larger) can be used almost as advan
tageously as the finer (one-tiftieth and
smaller). We will refer to this question
again and at an early date.
r.ultor Morning News: Bast spring a
bulletin on sweet cassava, issued by the
United States department of agriculture,
till into my hands. Encouraged by this,
and also by an occasional article on the
subject in your columns, I decided to try
it. I found it had been grown by a few
1" rsons in this section, though only for
the purpose of making starch, in which
it is very rich. My purpose was to ex
periment with it with reference to its
value as a stock food.
Securing a few stalks, (it is propagated
by planting the stock in the same way as
sugar cane) I planted it in fairly good
ground, though securing only a poor
stand. It grew vigorously. Recently. I
uug a few of the hills, the best one yield
ing twenty pounds of roots. Mv horse,
cows and hogs eat it with a relish, though
as to its food value 1 have not sufficient
''’ determine. The bulletin above spoken
of says that it has twenty-live per cent
more nutritive value than the same
amount in weight of potatoes. In addi
tion to this, it will produce a greater
number of tons of tubers per acre than
potatoes. I consider it a plant well
worthy the attention of farmers south of
the latitude of Atlanta. It requires a long
season in which to grow, and would hard
ly prove of much value north of tills line.
1 he culinary value of cassava Is also im
portant. It constitutes one of the chief
articles of food both for man and beast
m tropical countries. I shall plant it
more largely another year. I have no
seed for sale. , J. B. Wight.
Cairo, Ga.
Hl> in Fowls— Treatment.
K<litar Morning News: Can you tell me
what this disease is, and its cause, that
has broken out among my flock of fowls.
It has so far attacked principally the
young pullets and cockerels. A small scab
forms usually on the comb, grows larger
and extends to the eye*, in some instances
closing one or both eyes. It finally extends
over the entire head forming a hard scab
or warts that can be peeled off. Last year
in October, I bought some Barred Ply
mouth Hock pullets from Tennessee and
this disease attacked them and 1 lest 4 out
ot 12 that had it. I am now treating mv
Jowls the same way I treated those last
_ <-.tr. to -wit— ee teaspoonful lard; one
teasi>oonful vaseline; two drops carbolic
and enough sulphur to make it a
paste; all mixed and rubbed up well and
applied to the warts or sores.
'So far, I have not lost a single fowl and
i "Jive had them blind in both eves and
tor two or three days had to feet! them all
thv.v got. Those that were at first attack
ed. say about ten of them, have so far re
■overed that 1 have turned them out of the
O'.-'Pital and they are doing well. I think
-ti" disease must be chicken pox. I have
■>' ard it comes from inbreeding, but such
- nog the case with my fowls as I have
- list'd these young ones from cocks from
'“la, Augusta and hens from Nashville
U-H from eggs gotten from different
place*. Surely there must be some preven
,l\|- for this disease and 1 hope some of
dir leaders will oome out and tell what
.iiey know. I am told the disease is quite
mimon south, but no one can tell me ex
•i ;iy what it! is and what causes it. My
'Wis are well housed, have dry coops,
purt artesian water, crushed shells and
- rit always before them and I feed a va
-'<ty of food. I have my fowls In dlffer
• a. runs and strange to say that so far
' 'Vf those of two yards have been afflicted
" niie those in tlie other yards as yet
snow no signs of the disease.
It may be well to state that my fowls
.ir" of the following breeds, which goes
show that no fault lies In any one breed:
i- Leghorns, White Leghorns, Banr
Hocks. Buff Cochins. Black Langshans,
ii- Mlnorcas, and cross between the
, ,bite Plymouth Rock and the Black
-uigsban. Enquirer.
, ,ur correspondent asks a question and
Hewers it himstdf, In a measure, giving
lime 6 Very KOOd lnformat, on at the same
r ,11® Uea,e was ‘he first form of
, ?°" 110 7 symptoms of roup—a disease
k n.IT. *‘2“ I,lr to diphtheria in human
~f wm T s 1 ‘he first symptom
ot which Is virulent-influenxa.
•nav ~ ' a n,,e i l chiefly atmospheric, but
roSndbf: “l 1 * 1 **** tnotmlfled by bad sOr-
Impure water, etc. Your treat
nuit waa good, but if the disease had been
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more virulent it would have been advan
tageous to have given a tablespoonful of
Epsom salts in a quart of water (for the
fowls to drink) and mopped the throats
with kerosene and inserted Into the
mouth a pinch of sulphur additional to
the external application. An ointment
which is made ont of vaseline
and powdered bluestone is quite fre
quently used for external application, but
the ointment of vaseline, carbolic acid
and sulphur is probably unsurpassed. Lo
cality has much to do with the dreadful
disease, and it is always desirable to give
the fowls water in an iron vessel in which
is kept a few nails. The iron imbibed will
have a good constitutional effect and tend
to ward off the disease.
This disease should always be promptly
treated and one should be very careful in
handling fowls affected with it. Fowls,
as well as cats, may impart dtptheria to
children, especially. This has been clear
ly established, and one can not be too
careful to stamp out the disease of roup
instantly on its appearance in the poultry
yard. See that the fowls have no access
to anything impure, either liquid or solid
matter. The fall of the year is the most
dangerous season. Old fowls are more
susceptible at the moulting season.
Blunting Mulberries for Hogs.
I have eight or ten acres of rather poor
land turned out seven or eight years ago
and now grown up in saplings and mis
cellaneous growth. I have an idea of
clearing off the growth and planting mul
berries to make a hog pasture of it. Tell
me the best kind to plant; when to plant,
and where to get the young trees. After
setting out trees and getting them well
started, couldn’t I sow some permanent
grass on the land? The land is poor, and
in some places badly gullied. The soil is
washed off of several acres. How many
years would it be before the trees would
hear freely. J. M. L.
Wilkinson county, Nov. 7.
Such a thing as you suggest has been
done with more or less success. The mul
berry is about as easy a thing to grow
on such land as anything. If you could
get a good growth it would be a profitable
thing for you. The mulberry, as you may
know, makes the finest post in the world.
The Hicks Everbearing Is perhaps the
best, but there, are several kinds and you
might include a few of each of the others
for the sake of comparison If you have to
buy the young trees to start with, they
will cost you $lO to sls per 100, according
to size. If you have access to any old
trees you can make a plantation more
cheaply. You can either use cuttings of
the branches or of the roots of the former,
take cutting about three feet long, ‘taking
off a Joint of old wood, the previous year’s
growth. Bury these cuttings in light
loamy soil, leaving about half the length
out of the soil. Pack the soil firmly about
them and water. Apply water from time
to time and hasten the throwing out of
roots. Set out early in the spring and
cultivate sufficiently to keep down weeds
and encourage growth. Some manure
should bo applied around each plant. For
two or three years the young trees should
he cultivated with plow and hoe. Then
after having attained some size the land
can he seeded down to grass and cloveg
or beggarweed, and the result should be
a very valuable eight or ton acres in the
course of a very few years, carrying the
matter to the anticipated conclusion of
making it the basis of extended pork pro
duction. There are several nurserymen
in the south who raise the trees for sale.
Klee in Florida.
Few people realize the profitableness
and ease wdth which rice can be cultivat
ed in Florida. Experience has proved
that in nearly every section of the state
the soil is adapted to its cultivation.
According to the statistics of the bu
reau of agriculture, the total crop of the
state for the years named below was as
follows:
Y'ears. Acres. Value.
1889 1,769 $37,691 45
18*0 1,523 38,813 10
1891 3,115 43,740 05
1892 2,868 93,831 50
While, therefore, the average value of
the product per acre for the four years
was $20.92, the value per acre for the last
year reported was $25.73. This indicates
a wonderful improvement in methods of
cultivation and increased profit.
Referring to recent experiences in rice,
culture in Orange county, the Orlando
Reporter says:
“No country that can produce fifty bush
els of rice per acre should long remain
unprosperous. That is what is being done
right here under our noses. Half th:f(
amount per acre is a paying crop, and
thousands of acres in this section will
do that and more without fertilizing. Yet,
in the face of these facts, there are croak
ers that insist that, leaving out oranges,
no remunerative crops can he made in
this soil. Bosh!”—Florida Citizen.
Starch From Cassava.
E. W. Codington contributes to a local
fournal the 4 olio wing In reference to
Cassava: He states that his own experi
ence “indicates that a good quality of
high pine land will produce, with fair
cultivation and no fertilizer, about 40,000
pounds to the acre the first year.” Our
own experience was on first-class flat
woods land which had been heavily fer
tilized for strawberries for three years,
and a good application of manure was
given to the cassava, yet it did not pro
duce one-half the above amount. A yield
of 60,000 pounds represents 8,800 pounds
of pure starch, and we are very much
doubt If any high pine land will give
that without fertilization.
He says it “may almost wholly take
the place of potatoes and the cereal grains
for the human family.” It might do this
in the form of tapioca, but no house
keeper who was not forced to do it by
very short allowances would be willing
to spend an hour or more in cooking
this refractory root.
Mr. Codington gives the price of Flor
ida lands to bo used in Its cultivation
at $1 to $5 an acre, as compared with 850
an acre for oorn land in the north. He
overlooks the fact that it costs 815 or 830
an acre to clear the Florida pine land.
We quote the following paragraph:
“The manufacture of glucose is to-day
an immense business in the t’nlted States,
with com as a base of the product. One
acre of the best com land In the world,
perhaps (the valley of the Ohio river),
can be bought for, say 850, and the i*>p
will be 60 bushels (excessive estimate)
of 56 pounds each, or 3,360 pounds of com,
of which 78 per cent, is starch, or 2.6i0
pounds of starch to the acre. An acre
06 caxsava, k*lm *ing lowest! experi
mental results yle. is 40,000 pounds of
root, of which 22 per cent, is starch, or
8,800 pounds of starch per acre. The land
t> r growing the cassava w ill cost from
♦* to J 5 per acre. The cost of planting
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1895.
and growing the crops ore so nearly Iden
tical that li need not be considered.
“With interest rate at 6 per cent, the
corn farmer must make $2.70 per acre
on his crop more than the cassava grower,
to cover interest on hi* land investment.
At 45 cents per bushel for corn, the crop
would yield to the farmer $27 gross, or
$24.30 after deducting interest on land val
ue. and. as long as competition has practi
cally fixed the value of corn, we may
assume that the oast of production can
not be materially lowered. The manu
facturer then must expect to continue
to pay for his raw material, corn, the
equivalent of $27 for 2.600 pounds of
starch, or about $4 per 100 pounds. But
the same labor that grew the acre of
corn, transported from the SSO land of
Ohio to the $5 land of Florida, would for
the same or less wages grow and deliver
to him for $24.30 the raw material, in full
as good form for B*Boo pounds of starch,
or something under 28 cents per 109
pounds.
The Scrap Book,
Hog Raising In the South.—lt is simply
astonishing the interest that is being tak
en in hog raising in the south during the
present season. The writer scarcely pass
ed a day without receiving inquiries In
regard to purchase or care of swine. The
few pigs he breeds are sold before they
are born, while if he answered fully all
the questions asked as to the matters ot
management and feeding and in regard to
the merits of the different breeds he
would indeed find it no small task.
Beggarweed a Soil Renewer.—Robert
Young, owner of alt-acre orange grove
at Interlachen, in a private letter, says:
“My superintendent writes me that the
beggarweed between my orange rows is
so high that he cannot see the mules
twelve feet away. This is very encour
aging to me, as it indicates a relief/from
the vest-pocket stylo of commercial fer
tilizing.” MaJ. Campbell In a letter to
the Farmer and Fruit Grower, speaks ot
hundreds of tons of beggarweed, cow
peas and crab-grass growing in the or
ange groves, not only feed for stock, hut
nature’s own fertilizer. The freeze has
been a valuable lesson to the Florida
farmer in the discovery of home produc
tion and home fertilizing. In beggarweeu
particularly, we have all the advantages
of red clover as a fodder crop anil land
fertilization, and its acreage is annually
increasing.
Rye and Barley—Rye is a good crop to
sow for winter grazing. It does not re
quire the richest soil to grow satisfactor
ily. It stands the abuse of stock hoofs
well. It is a hardy plant. Well rooted be
fore winter, cold will not kill It out. In
the spring stock should he taken off and
the plant permitted either to mature a
crop of grain, or when in the blooming
stage turned under for fertilizing purposes.
Growing rye for w inter pasturage and for
the grain—the latter to l>e sold for seed
ought to prove profitable to the farmer.
As tfo barley, it has been said by one in
whom we have confidence as a judge in
such matters, that one acre of barley, on
rich soil, will afford more winter grazing
than the combined one acre each of wheat,
rye and oats. The soil must be rich or It
Is useless to sow the seed with any expec
tancy of profit from the crop. It is a crop
too scantily grown in the south. As with
rye, there is nearly always a scarcity of
home-grown seed, and home-grown seeds
are the best.
Both crops ought to be sown in the fall
as early as practicable in order to give the
best returns.—Southern. Farm Gazette.
Fall Top Dressing—lt used to be
thought that much of the value of manure
left on the surface was washed away by
rains in wdnter and spring, and evapora
ted during dry weather in summer.
Farmers have learned better now. Ex
cept on land which is overflowed and
while the soil is frozen there is no waste
of manure from washing away. The
rains which fall dissolve what is soluble,
but they carry this fertility into the soil,
where it is taken up by particles of
earth. The more thoroughly this ig done
the greater Rood will the manure do. A
dry clod of manure buried in the soil in
early spring often does not receive mois
ture enough to do any good the entire
growing season. Leave it over winter
on the surface of grass land or winter
grain and the fertility In the lump of
manure will be washed Into the soil and
thoroughly incorporated wdth it. Top
dressing does most good when applied to
wdnter grain. It not only helps the grain
crop, but it insures a good catch of clover,
the seed germinating under the manure
and soon getting a strong root hold in
the rich soil beneath it.
Starting Onions—Though it is very late
to do the work, yet seeing that the weath
er has been such that it was almost im
possible to set out onion sets with suc
cess earlier, a few may yet be planted.
If the winter is mild, they will live and
come in earlier than spring set ones.
Onion seed may be sown in cold frames
to make plants to set out in early spring.
Sow' thinly, so that the plants may have
room to grow through the winter, if
seed of the Italian varieties was sown in
the early fall, the plants should now be
ready to set out in the permanent rows.
Set out six inches apart in the row and
the rows twelve inches apart. The land
should he made very rich.
A Vigorous Plant.—l saw during the
past summer in a New Hampshire farm
house a magnificent wax plant full of
bloom. In a ton-inch flower pot, and the
owner of the plant told me that the
plant had not been repotted nor a par
ticle of soil added to the pot for fifteen
years! Nor had the plant ever been
moved from the window In which it was
growing. The reason for this was the
plant had been potted by the ohly fion
of the lady who owned it, and a few
weeks later hie died. The mother felt
that she would like to keep the plant as
long as possible exactly as it had come
to her from her son. As It never showed
any sign of having exhausted the soil
she did not repot it, and I do not think
the plant coul be any finer than It Is
If It had been repotted every year. This,
however, Is no argument against the re
potting of plants, although I am con
vinced that a great deal of unnecessary
repotting is done, aind that plants are
often shifted from small to large ppts
when it would have been better to have
kept them in the small pots. A florist
once told me that some of his finest
plants had been brought into full and
perfect bloom without any repotting at
all. A florist, however, can do many
things and bring about many results en
tirely 'beyond the scope of those who
■have only ordinary window' garden fa
cilities.—Success With Flowers.
When Cattle Suffer From Bloating.—
They must be relieved in seme way, and
whatever aid is given them will have to be
rendered promptly if it is to do any good.
The trouble is of such frequent occurrence
and so dangerous in character, that every
stock owner should be prepared at all
times to deal with a case in his herd. Va
rious methods are commonly employed to
help animals attacked by this distressing
complaint, and many of them are barbar
ous In the extreme; mo much so in fact
that it Is hard to understand how intelli
gent people can expect any benefit to fol
low such Illogical and brutal practices.
Even if a cure can be brought about by
thrusting a pointed stick down a cow’s
throat for the purpose of “letting out air”
or from other prevalent methods, equally
Inhuman, and of doubtful value, there is
no excuse for resorting to any of them
when safer and more reliable remedies
are available. There are several decoc
tions recommended as very useful for re
lieving cattle suffering from the effects
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Kiln-I>r.ving Sweet Potatoes.—An Illi
nois subscriber naks for instructions in
regard to kiln-drying aweet potatoes, and
then goes on to explain his position. Ho
says:
"We can keep them all right from fall
till spring by putting them In bins, and
keeping in warm and steady temperature,
but the trouble comes in when we under
tajte to move them, as they will rot and
fall to pieces in two to five days.
The growers of New Jersey have a way
of kiln drying them, which seems to pre
serve them for a reasonable length of
time, fan you tell us how they do it?
The process of kiln drying Is probably
similar throughout the sweet potato grow
ing regions. In Kentucky and Alabama
the following is the mode employed. The
potatoes are spread on racks in a closed
room or building and a tire placed therein
till the temperature Is raised to 60 degrees.
Tills continued for three days drys them
sufficiently to keep them some months.
This heat for this length of time will
not prevent germination of tubers if
wish<*d for seed purposes.
If the heat Is greater and longer con
tinued the keeping qualities may be pro
longed, but the germinating qualities Im
paired. Till drying out process is best
done as soon as harvested.
If the smoke from the tire is allowed
to circulate* among the racks holding the
potatoes during the drying, some claim
it is a benefit rather than otherwise.
The above is the custom of one of the
most successful sweet potato raisers of
the south, Mr. 8. K. Askley, Frulthurst,
Ala. His crop this ye*ar Drought 60 cents
per bushel when ordinary potatoes wt*ro
bringing only 35 cents per bushel.
I'pland Klee.—(Home and Farm.)—l ride
into the arena again on my hobby, upland
rice. My short letter last spring received
so much favorable attention that I an:
constrained to write again on the same
Fuhject, especially as the largest crop of
upland rice ever ktiown In this country
has Just been harvested. The subject is
worthy a much ablei' pen than mine, for
this corral has proven Itself of more value
this year than all the others in this sec
tion, and I shall deem myself a public
benefactor if I <atn bring upland rice into
general use. Until the common cane or
reed produces seed annually In as great
abundance as it did this year In East Ala
bama, upland rice will he the greatest
cereal that can be planted for several
reasons. It produces more per acre than
corn, wheat or oats, with less work than
either, except oats, and will do well on
poorer land than any of them. I demon
strated the last fact this year by raising
a good crop of rice on a worn-out hill
side that would hardly sprout cow-pear,
and the first by getting a better crop on
better land, hut with hoeing only once
and never plowing It at all, so that all
the work expended on that piece of ground
was bedding the land, planting the rice
and hoeing it once. One of mv nearest
neighbors raised this year KX> bushels of
rice on between ten and eleven acres of
rank new ground, and all of my neigh
bors plant more or less rice for stock
feed, as It Is a surer crop than corn, pro
duces equally as weR, if not better, and
with much less work. It is Just as good
feed for all stock, cattle and hogs, as
corn, some declaring the straw superior
to fodder as forage. There was plenty of
It cut in the flatwoods this year, that
the entire field would average five feet
high, with heads from ten to fifteen inches
long.
XVhnt Twelve Mens Cost u Year.
There Is no surer way of getting at a
thing than by trying to do It. As fowls
eat so many different kinds of food, it is
difficult to get at the exact cost. O. M.
Todd of Kansas City, Mo.. In the Midland
Poultry Journal, relates what he did with
twelve fowls, and he mentions the cost
of every article. Here is his statement:
In 1894, twelve full grown fowls (yarded)
dispensed with a pound of wheat a day—
at 1 cent a pound—
For the, year go
Corn (only in winter) ...* 30
Kerosene for roosts 1 00
Lime 2)
Carbolic acid 10
Bone meal fii)
Condition powders 1 50
Insect powders 20
Grit 30
Corn and Indian meal fit)
Scraps from the table 01)
Raw meat scraps from butcher 00
Cut clover (In winter) 25
Straw for nests 25
Sulphur 10
Total $9 00
or 75 cents per hen. It will be seen by
these figures that wheat, kerosene and
bone meal were used liberally, while corn
and Indian meal were used moderately.
AVhen you figure that a hen costs you 75
cents a year you may safely say she will
lay In eggs twice what she eats. Most
any hen with good care and management,
will average 150 eggs a year, and It is a
very poor hen indeed that will not lay sev
enty-five eggs in a year.
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
Practical Examples of the Advant
age of Having Many Things to Sell.
The tendency in farming for a number
of years has been toward specialties
rather than a diversity of crops of farm
products. If the farmer lived in a grain
growing section, every efTort was made
to produce more and more grain. If, on
the other hand, dairying was followed,
no stone was left unturned to keep more
cows. Whatever may have been the wis
dom t)f this policy in the past, it Is a
question worthy of our careful consider
ation at present whether or not we should
further continue It. With a view to Il
lustrating the advantage of having a lit
tle of everything to sell instead of de
pending solely on one thing a correspon
dent or Country Gentleman gives a prac
tical example of what he once saw done.
He writes:
A farmer of my early acquaintance
kept a herd of cows, and as the custom
was In those days marie most of hit but
ter In the summer, which he held till No
vember and sold for whatever price it
brought. During the summer months,
whenever he went to town to do any
trailing, he did not go and run a bill at
the stores, to lie settled “when the but
ter was sold." hut always took something
from the farm. In the spring, during
house cleaning time, he would have
al>oard a number of bundles of straw for
lllllng beds. Selling these for this pur
pose. his straw brought tour or five tim. s
as much as It would sell for by Ihe ton.
A well cared for flock of poultry furn
ished eggs In exchange for the fa ully
groceries. \ few early vegetables or
fruits were always selected tn their sea
son. A few cords of wood were prepared
in winter, neatly piled, and when he was
going (never an purpose*, he took a load
to pay his blacksmith's bill. By this
means he had his butler money to de
pend upon to pay on his debt In the fall.
1 was greatly Interested In the methods
employed by the German families who oc
cupy a great share of the dairy farms In
the vicinity of Elgin. Ills. These tenants
pay more rent Tor the hare farm than one
will n nt bar In New York state with a
full line of stock and tools. 1 said to a
German farmer whom l met, "You all
seem to prosper here; will you Inform me
ho a you do It?"
"Well, we milk 4l> cow. and there are
myself and wife and eight children. The
women and children tend the plat of cu
cumbers and pick them. Wo men take
care of the cows and farm crops. We put
in two or three acres of cucumbers, and
they arc sold at the canning factories, and
wife and children get enough from them
to pay all our living expenses, so we have
ail the profits from our milk to pay rent
and lay by 10 buy a farm in a few years."
We cannot raise cucumbers on such an
extensive scale, but one who has not tried
It will) be surprised at the income from 2f>
hills of cucumbers well eared for and kept
closely picked. Ton dollars' worth of falv
bage can l>e grow n on a very small space.
I have heard a friend tell of his little girls
picking and selling over S4O worth of
strawberries on a very small space. If 1
r.-'.u mper oorrecrlv. the plat was one rod
wide and five rods long. Apples may he
fed to cows In Ihe fall with great profit.
1 consider sweet apples, say of the "pound
sweet” variety, nearly as valuable as
potatoes for either milk cows or for fat
tening any kind of stock. I believe If every
farmer had enough of this variety of ap
ples to feed his eows a peek apiece every
(lay they would prove more valuable
titan grain In keeping Up the milk flow.
Ol course apples can be so fed as to be
come an Injury, in connection with
dairying the potato crop Is one of groat
Importance. There are few years In
which at some time potatoes will not
bring 50 cents. At this price they arc a
paying crop, and arc worth this to feed
cows in winter. 1 know this will aston
ish many, but, as in other things, there
is a right way and a wrong way of do
ing It. Suppose cows are receiving rn
average of ten pounds of grain a day, If
two (lays each week ten pounds of cut
potatoes are substituted for the usual
grain feed there will be no decrease In
quantity of milk or butter; In fact, cows
will keep In better thrift for this semi
weekly change of diet.
In choosing what we will sell from the
farm thought should be given to the
amount of fertility we are removing from
the farm. Avery small piece of ground
will furnish $lO worth of cucumbers, and
the fertility removed will he simply noth
ing compared with that contained In a ton
of hay, which will only sell for $lO.
Making Chickens l*ny.
1 would like to know how to raise chick
ens to make them pay. What kind Is most
profitable? Will they pay us well by
keeping them confined In a yard as by
giving them free forage? How big a yard
should I have for 200 chickens; and how
many males among them? W. E. 8.
(Reply by T. Greiner.)
Some people can make chickens pay,
and others will have to pay to keep chick
ens. It Is like any other business. A
good manager Is successful, and a bung
ler Is not. At present prices of corn,
wheat and oats, and with small pota
toes to be had at one's figure, It seems
that there Is a most excellent chance to
make some profit In the poultry business,
as long as the prices of eggs and chicken
meat remain utmost stationary at the old
figures. The essentials to success are
cleanliness, warm buildings, proper food
and drink, with sharp grit at all times,
and, if possible, a free range. 1 would
want at least an acre of land for 200
fowls, and more if It could be hud. Con
fining fowls Into small yards is risky busi
ness. One male to from twenty to forty
pullets is enough. The selection of breed
depends on the purpose for which you
keep them. If for eggs alone, Leghorns
and other small non-sitting breeds will
fill the bill; If for broilers, Plymouth
Rocks are hard to beat; If for eggs and
capons, Black Langshans will give satis
faction. I like the latter as a general
purpose fowl, hut they dre not good for
broilers or spring chickens. Peed wheat
un Wiuts mostly, with some corn or other
grains us an occasional change, and per
haps boiled small potatoes or roots, etc.,
mixed (mushed) with a mixture of bran,
oal and corn meal, linseed meal, etc. Ra
tions of meat scraps, or of cut hone and
meat, etc., should be given frequently,
and sharp grit be kept within reach of
the fowls at all times.
Hour Hun I Inn.
From Outing.
Here we found a still much larger boar,
the center of a well tramped eirde, per
haps twenty feet In circumference, cleared
by the dogs In their frantic attempts to
get at the hindquarters and escape his
tusks. In this the maddened pachyderm
was circling, wheeling suddenly and strik
ing from side to side in a wild attempt
to do his tormentors to the death, us he
described long curves through the air
wfith his villainous looking tusks, all the
while keeping up an odd combination
of growl, grunt and squeal. The noise
made lit possible for us to get within fifty
yards before being discovered by the
enemy. Then, lust as each of us was rais
ing his rifle for a shot, without a mo
ments pause, entirely forgetting tiho
small fry at his heels, he rushed upon
me, head down, with seemingly no thought
but to deal the dreaded upward thrust
with his tusks. Just then (1 had better
confess), I devoutly wished myself back
on my “safety” wheel, on a hard stretch
of the Jamaica highways. However, the
Murtini-Henry firm must know what their
rifles are needed for, and, with a Arm
conviction In their Judgment. I almost
instinctively pulled the trigger. In a
heap, almost at our feet, the boar strug
gled for a few seconds in the death
throes, with the now emboldened pack
doing their best to hasten hi* departure.
The trophy, with Its six-inch tusks of
perilous sharpness, was one to be proud
of, and came up in a few moments, when
t hey were twitted with the fact that they
hud not done as well, we were a maxed
to learn that they had. discarding their
guns, slain the hoar that we had missed
by receiving him on long lancewood
spears, steel tipped, which to them Is
by reason of Its* extreme danger, a far
more sportsman-llke and enjoyable mode
of dealing death to these brutes.
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I.orul Unity Weallier Report for the
Morning Xewa.
Local forecast for Savannah and vicin
ity till midnight Nov. 25, 1895: Local show
ers; slight temperature changes; north
east to east winds.
Forecast for Georgia: Rain tti the north
west and fair in the southeast portion;
southeasterly winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Sa
vannah. Ga., on Nov. 24. 1895. with the
normal for the day: Temperature—Nor
mal. 64; mean. 57; excess for this date, 7;
accumulated deficiency since Jan. Ist. 1895,
462.
Comparative Rainfall Statement—Nor
mal, .07; amount for Nov. 24. .00; depar
ture from th normal. —.07; total depar
ture since Jan 1. 1695, -1-5.07.
Maximum temperature, 75; minimum
temperature, 08.
The hlght of the Savannah river at Au
gusta at 8 a. m, (75th meridian time) yes
terday was 5.4 foei. no change during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Observations taken Nov. 24 at 8 p. m.
75th meridian time, at all stations for the
Morning News:
Boston, t 38, w NW, v 8, cloudy.
New York city, t 40, w NE, v 10, cloudy.
Philadelphia. ( 44, w NE, v 12, cloudy
Washington City, t 48, w NE, v 14, cloudy,
ilatleras, t 62. w W, v light, cloudy.
Wilmington, t 62. w BE, v light, cloudy.
Charlotte, t 58, w BK, v light, cloudy.
Atlanta, t 60, w E. v I, cloudy.
Savannah, t 62, w E, v light, partly cloudy.
Jacksonville, t 62, w NE, v light, clear.
Jupiter, t 74, wE, v 12. partly cloudy. j
Key West, t 72. w N, v light, clear.
Tampa, t 70, w NE, v €, clear.
Montgomery, t 64, w NB, v light, cloudy.
Vicksburg, t 66, w SE V light cloudy.
New Orleans, t 68, w SE, v 8, cloudy.
Galveston, t 54, w NW, v 10. raining.
Corpus Christ!, t 48, wi N, v 8, raining.
Palestine, t 38, w NW, v light, raining.
Memphis, t 44, w N, v light, raining.
Nashville, t 52, w E, v light, cloudy.
lndianai>olis, t 36, w NE, v 8, raining.
Cincinnati, t 38, w NE, v 8, raining.
Pittsburg, t 40, w E, v 6, cloudy.
Buffalo, t 34, w NE, v light, clear.
Cleveland, t 34, w NE, v light, clear.
Detroit, t 30, w N, v 6, cloudy.
Chicago, t 34, w NE, v 16. cloudy.
Marquette, t 14. w N, v 8.
Bt. Paul, t 18, w W, v light, cloudy.
Davenport, t 24, w NE, v 10. cloudy.
St. Louis, t 36, w NE, v 8, raining.
Kansas City, t 28. w NE. v 6, raining.
Omaha, t 24, w NE, v 6, snowing.
North Platte, t 30. w E, v light, snowing.
Dodge City, t 24, w N. v light, cloudy.
Bismarck, t 12. w B, v light, cloudy.
Rainfall—Boston. .04 Inch; New York
city, .12:, Philadelphia. .06; Washington.
.06; Jupiter, .01; Montgomery. .02; Vicks
burg, trace; New Orleans, trace; Galves
ton, .48; Corpus Christ!, .01; Palestine,
50. Memphis. .92, Nashville, .06; Indiana
polis, .04: Cincinnati, .02; Pittsburg, .06;
Cleveland, trace; Marquette, trace; Bt.
Louis, .id, Kansas City, .04; Omaha, .06:
North Platte. .28, Dodge City. .01,
P. H Smyth,
Observer, Weather Bureau.
TANARUS, temperature; w, wind; v, velocity. '
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