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i.W We solicit articles for this department. The name of the writer should accom pany the letter or article, not necessarily for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. Questions and communications relative to agricultural and horticultural subjects, if addressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer N. Mllledgeville, Ga.. will receive immediate attention. 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 _ DUKE Cigarettes .VsHi *q{ —wfyj* ESeTw.DukcSensß.Co.V-„. toy.j TKEAMERICAH TOBACCO CHAi#*'s* •uccmoi, ’tr-g DURHAM. N.C. U.9.A. Y*'±J MADE FROM High Grade Tskceo AND ABSOLUTELY PURI 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 A WORD IN YOUR EAR The Secret of Beauty of the complexion.,- /ON hands, arms, and hair is found in the perfect action of the Pores, / \ produced by I A ©tieun ifl/A TSOAP> W^.i The most effective \' \yV skin purifying il\ V/* beautifying soap in the 1 |l>4 / world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, - 1 - bath, and nursery. •old throughout tbo world Dnrt.h d#or F Nrw gr.gr g Sou, I, King Edrrd-l. London Poring pco o*ll Cgga- Cogr., Sots frvpv. Baton, U. . A. SPECIFIC For Scrofula. “Since childhood, I have liecn afflicted with scrofulous boils and sores, which caused me terrible suffering. Physicians were unable to help me, and I only grew worse funder t heir care. At length, 1 began tojtake AYER’S Sarsaparilla, and very soon grew bet ter. After using half a dozen bottles I was completely cured, so that I have not had a boil or pimple on any part of my laxly for the last twelve years. I can cordially recommend Ayer’s Sarsa parilla as the very best blood-purilier in existence.”— (1. T. It kin HART, Myersville, Texas. THE ONLY WORLD’S FAIR § arsa p a r j 5 1 a Ayir's Cherry Pectoral cures Couqlis and Colds of over-eating. One of these consists of three or four drops of colchleum, stirred in a glass of water. It is said that the bloating will cease In 10 minutes after this mixture has been poured down the ani mal's throat, and that a second dose is never required. 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. 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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. ' 5