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Best Field Corn Inquired For.
R. F\ J., Irwin county, Georgia, aelts:
“What is the best corn to plant in Southern
Georgia and where can I produce the best
seed?”
There are so many kinds of corn it is
impossible to say which will produce the
very best results under given circum
stances. In our own experience, the yel
low Dent and Blount Prolific have always
given satisfaction. Both of these allow
much closer planting thyi the ordi
nary Southern field corn. The White Dent
and' the Hickory King are good.
Recently the Georgia experiment station
l a- issued a bulletin on corn culture, giv
ing the results of a trial of fifteen vari
ous (or at least so many named sorts).
Among these the following are mentioned
giving good results: Shaw’s Unproved.
Higgins’ Improved, Cocke’s Prolific und
Mammoth Yellow. These names are
t hi..fly local, and you will not find them
in seed catalogues. Those we have first
named are standard corn, and can be had
el any first-class seedsman in Augusta,
g iv.innah or Atlanta. If you have rot
f ,vn the bulletin referred to. you had bet
i r send for it and study it. Possibly the
director of the station may be able to
- ipply vou with some of these corn3 for
experiment on your particular soil. The
Blount com has a very small ear. but each
-t ilk produces from two to four ears, and
anywhere from 4,000 to 8,000 stalks can
U-'grown to the acre if the soil is good.
It matures early, and in droughty seasons
i the surest yielder we know of. The
Dent has some advantages in this respect,
too. We would advise you to try if only
on a small scale, several of the best
known kinds, and this will guide you an
other year. X
The San Jose Scale.
Cairo, Ga., Feb. 10.—Editor News: A
few days ago I received a bulletin from
the Georgia Experiment Station, giving
a description of the various scales affect
ing the fruit trees of Georgia, the most
formidable of which is the San Jose. For
a full description of the scale and its
blighting effect upon almost all varieties
of fruit trees, the public Is referred to the
bulletin, which may be freely had by ad
dressing R. J. Redding, Experiment, Ga.
1 see from map in this bulletin that the
San Jose scale is already scattered
throughout Southwest and Middle Georgia,
and upon examination of the orchards at
this place I found the scale in several
places. The fruit industry of Georgia is
immense; and should be zealously guard
ed. And the advent of the San Jose scale
in the slate should cause the next General
Assembly of Georgia to enact some law on
the subject, and, if necessary, appoint a
fruit and orchard inspector, whose duty it
would be to make annual or semi-annual
tours of the state, and stamp out all en
emies to the fruit industry.
I take this opportunity of calling your
attention to this matter, and hope it will
re, ojve your favorable consideration, ami
that you will advocate it through the col
umns of the Morning News:
W. A. Walker.
Best TTiree Grapes.
“Inquirer” wants to know what are the
“l'st three" varieties of grapes for plant
ing in Southern Georgia or Northern Flor
ida. and whether the Georgia Experiment
Station has made a thorough best of the
grape question.
Three good varieties of grapes for the
South are the Delaware, Concord and Wor
den. They are all good, but whether they
ere the "best three" we cannot say. It
inquires a number of years to settle such
*> question. Of the very early kinds,
n s Early and Campbell’s Early, you
doubtless find reliable.
T a Georgia Experiment Station issued
" bulletin on grapes two or three years
8 1 but we do not remember now- what
•bo kinds were best commended. You
h ght get the bulletin* by application to
' * station at Experiment, Ga. The
guapu under good treatment Is the most
ii n hie fruit grown in the South. There
1 ■ -1 be at least a little vineyard on ev
"> ' irm in the country. It Is not too lute
procure and set out plants either one
or two years old.
Ginger.
T' ' is o crop which might bo grown
v "•'•ry farmer, at least on a small scale,
' : "me consumption, says the Tlmes
' " n and Citizen. Mr. E. H. Hart of
1 Point has long had a ginger
1 1 • which is self-perpetuating at little
'' 1 " cost. Roots can be procured from
* • "in r Bros., Oneco, Fla., or from VII
-1 Andrleux of Paris, France, or from
Benary, Erfurt, Germany,
nlttire of ginger Is very simple
t ’ " the climate ig suitable. It is a na
, "i the warmer parts of Asia, but in
1 Ci" cultivation of it Is successfully
j ""ted at an elevation of four of five
Ml " 1 1,1,1 feet on the Himalayas, in most
J] 1 ""a It is propagated by means of
’ \ or under-ground root-stocks.
J • ich grow up the reed-like plants
, 1 ‘fight of three or four feet. When
,1," 1 fihs whither the root-stocks are
- id prepared for market by being
, in boiling water In order to kill
• subsequent drying, or scraping
' ' dung.
, | odrlngton, who was a West Indian
j : many years the editor of the
~i ’ Agriculturist, several times call-
I ' "ion in his paper to the possible
ginger. It requires a good soil.
~ ' ' 11 Planted on such the returns are
' 'ormouK. He stated that he had
' 'l' bushel laid on the ground and
. I; made around it. then the ginger
K , . ‘"-Me the circle were dug and they
i t ,. ' " half-bushel measure. The scrap
i,7. ~e foots to make white ginger is
■ expense.
v, , '' " l| ld find It more profitable to con
.. ' foot in Its young state Into pro
'J K
Ii '"served ginger sold here is most
;| " it from China and brings a high
price, but little of it is true ginger. The
bulbous roots of some of the arums are
boiled with a little ginger to give them
the flavor and are then sold as the real
article. Col. Codrington stated that one
acre of ginger turned into preserves would
net *l,oot>, and this would be by no means
a high estimate. He did not, however ad
vise every one who grew it to turn it'into
preserves. July and August, he thought,
would be the time when the roots would
be in a condition for preserving. It should
be white and tender enough to be punc
tured with the thumb nail. The red clay
lands of West Florida, he thought, would
suit it admirably. It will stand, some
frost.
Planting and Cultivating Artichoke*.
After using and raising artichokes for the
last ten years, I have no hesitation In say
ing they am one of the most valuable
foods for hogs, says W. T. White in Ameri
can Agriculturists. Prepare the ground
about the same as for potatoes, in the
early spring, cut the tubers to one or two.
eyes each and drop in the furrows, which'
should be V& feet apart. Drop them 15
inches apart in the furrow, something like
Irish potatoes. Follow with a small plow
and throw a furrow over them to the depth
of five inches. At the end of ten- days, if
warm weather, and two weeks of cool
weather, run over them with a light har
row and level the ground down, thus de
stroying ail the weeds that have start
ed up, and preparing the ground for easy
and effective cultivation when the plants
are large enough to stand cultivation,
which will usually he two weeks longer, or
three to four weeks from the time of
planting. Cultivate as often as needed to
keep the ground loose and clear, and deep
at first and coming more to the surface
each time, so as not to disturb the small
roots which soon start out. After they are
two feet high, they need no mqre attention,
as they will take care of themselves. They
will keep all weeds down and soon be so
thick in their foliage that one can scarcely
walk through them.
How much will they yield to the acre?
Circumstances, such as cultivation, lay of
the land, season, etc., have much to do in
determining that question. On reasonable
iair land in Southern Illinois. I have tak
en a full half bushel out of one hill. Fig.
ure out the yield at your leisure. The
yield, as a. rule, is from 400 to 1,000 bushels
per acre. One thing to be remembered in
selecting a location for yout- artichoke
field is. do not get near any timber of any
kind or you will be disappointed. They
will not grow near growing timber. The
land should drain well to produce the best
results. A great cry has been raised that
you never can, possibly get rid of them if
once grown on your farm. Never was a
greater slander perpetrated on any farm
product than such a statement is from be
ginning to end. All you have to do is to
cut them down, or plow the ground In
July or August so as to prevent blooming,
and you will surely have to buy your seed
for next year. • * • It is our own ex
perience that artichokes should be grown
by every southern farmer that raises
stock of any kind.
Profit in Extra Labor.
What is needed by most farmers Is
enough more capital so that they can
hire an extra amount of labor, not mere
ly to plow, cultivate and harvest crops, but
to make such permanent improvements,
like underdraining, that will usually pay
10 to 20 per cent, on their cost, says the
American Cultivator. There have been
times Ini this country when the cost of an
underdrain will be returned to the man
who puts it in his land in two or three
crops. We do not believe that this is pos
sible now. Profits of farming have been
reduced, so that now the gain from the
underdrawn, may not be over 15 per cent.,
and perhaps not over 10 per cent. But the
i.nderdrain, if well laid, and its outlet is
kept open, will be as effective a hundred
or two hundred years hence as it is now.
We know underdraws dug in 1851-2 which
are doing as good work now as when first
put dow-n. Why should not the days and
hours when other work is not pressing
on the farm bo employed in undertaking
It? AH the labor on that farm will for
ever after be made more effective. Why
do not farmers generally pursue this pol
icy? It is. as they put it, because they
have not money enough to do it.
But money that pays as much as
10 per cent, a year, as that invested in ju
dicious underdraining will do, is much the
best investment that any farmer can make.
The truth is, most farmers are trying to
cultivate too much land, and, of course,
are not doing this In a way to make
profit. If all farms of 100 acres or more
were cut in two, and the money that one
half would bring were Invested in improv
ing and cultivating the other, the profit
would be far greater than it is usually.
Indeed, the large farm does not pay any
profit, and most years Its crops are sold
at a loss. With the division of farm in
dustries. so as to require the employment
of much a greater amount of labor than is
needed now. The farmer will have capital
enough to improve all his land and In
crease its productive capacity. Under
this policy the fertility of farms will be
increased, and that after all is what Is
most needed to make farming profitable.
riant Enemies.
Every fruit and plant has its peculiar
insect enemies and fungous diseases. Pro
gressive farmers, gardeners and fruit
growers are provided with spraying ma
chinery for overcoming these pests, ami"
spraying is as much routine work as is
cultivation or fertilizing. For fungous
pests, because of cheapness, effectiveness
and lasting qualities, the bordeaux mix
ture has superseded all other mixtures. To
make it, four pounds of copper sulphate or
blue vitriol are dissolved in 2 gallons of
hot water; or, suspended in a coarse rack
in a cask of cold water it will dissolve
ir. a few hours. Caustic or quicklime, 4
pounds, is then slaked slowly by adding
small quantities of water until thoroughly
dissolved. When cooled, the lime wash is
pound through a fine mesh sieve into tlie
dissolved copper sulphate. To the mix
ture is then added 25 to 50 gallons of wa
ter. Destruction to fungus is probably
caused by the copper, which is held in
What is Scott’s Emul
sion ?
It is the best cod-liver oil,
partly digested, and com
bined with the hypophos
phites and glycerine. What
will it do ? It will make
the poor blood of the ancemic
rich and red.
It will give nervous energy
to the overworked brain and
nerves. It will add flesh to
the thin form of a child,
wasted from fat-starvation.
It is everywhere acknowl
edged as The Standard of
the World.
yx. nd *I.OO, U druggists.
SCOTT A BOWNE, Chaai*u, New York.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1898.
This is what
/ g a prominent physician says: “I
I)J~~j j have given my own children the
/ / / Vs. benefit of very careful study in
/ k y/ y\ the matter of absolute cleanli
j \ \ ness in bottle feeding. I have
Jiff \ / studied the so-called easily
~ \ cleaned nursing bottles, and 1
Ii long ago came to the conclusion
X t^iat a I**tl e P 6211 ’!' 116 would ren
<9 X) der ordinary nursing bottles the
safest utensils of them all. I firmly believe that children
properly fed and cleanly fed will avoid the majority of the
difficulties which they encounter during the first two years of
life. I believe that if every feeding bottle was washed with
Pearline, many innocent lives would be saved.”
Surely, this is a matter to interest every mother. Nothing
so thoroughly cleanses as Pearline. wa
place by the lime. Should the bordeaux
mixture disfigure the fruit, the ammonia
cal carbonate of copper should be used and
applied often, as it washes easily. For
mula: Copper carbonate 3 ounces, ammo
nia enough to dissolve the copper, water
40 gallons.
Paris green and kerosene emulsion are
the insecticides in most common use.
Paris green effectually destroys chewing
or leaf-eating insects, and is less liable to
Injure foliage than London purpleaJ'se in
water, one pound to 200 gallons. Wt lime
Is added, or the parts green added to the
bordeaux mixture, use one pound to fifty
gallons. For sucking Insects, the kerosene
emulsion is unequaled: Dissolve a half
pound of bar soap in two gallons pf hot
water, and while hot add two gallons of
kerosene oil and stir until a lard-like sub
stance is formed. W’hen used, dilute with
water to 15 or 25 gallons. Insects and fun
gous growths appear together, hence,
many combine parts green with the bor
deaux mixture, saving half the cost of ap
plication. For applying, the pump select
ed should throw a steady stream, with
considerable force, and yet work with
ease.
Tuberous Rooted Begonia*.
Begonias are entirely a tropical product,
most of them natives of South America,
but they are also found in all torrid coun
tries except Australia. Their old-time
name was elephant’s ear, but that name
is now but little ured. Over 350 species
are known, of which 150 are cultivated,
and there are besides an enormous num
ber of garden hybrids and varieties- One
species from the island of Socotra in Bo
livia, known as Begonia socotrana, has
been the basis for much crossing with
summer flowering garden varieties. The
product of these crosses partakes of the
nature of the socotrana in the foliage, dy
ing down each year, leaving a tuber which
yearly perpetuates its existence. They
are not winter flowering plants, that sea
son being their period of rest, but as slim
mer hot plants, or for setting in the flower
garden, where they do well, they will give
the geranium a close race for suprema
cy. In the more Eastern states, entire
fields are set to these gay beauties, and
their bright and varied colors are bewil
dering’.
In color of flower they already range
from white, bluish and pale rose to intense
scarlet and crimson, with many Interme
diate shades. There are also clear yellow,
orange, bronze, apricot and similar tints
so seldom seen In garden flowers. Some
are very double, others broad, single flat
flowers at least seven inches wide. The
flowers are borne on stout stems, and the
foliage is as varied in color and shape as
the blossoms.
Any one who has the conveniences can
raise hundreds of plants from a single
package of seed. ■ The earlier in the new
year the seed are sown the belter. Sow
in shallow boxes or pans if at hand; if
not, common flower pots will answer.
Thoroughly drain by placing a small
quantity of broken crockery in the bot
tom of each. Use a compost, principally
well rotted leaf-mold and a turfy soil with
a good admixture of sand. That placed
In the bottom may be coarse, but the
inch at the top must be quite fine. Press
closely down, then sow the seed, which
being very small,*must be very lightly
covered. Those not having a close pro
pagating house will find It useful to keep
the seed bed an Inch below the rim of the
pan, so that a pane of glass may be plac
ed over it If desired. With this precaution
it is possible to raise a stock of plants
even In a warm window, though they will
need a great deal of care. Most of the
varieties are at present hardly suitable
• for window growth, but there Is no doubt
that in time there will be those adapted
to this kind of culture. The idea is to get
seedlings of sufficient size to set out into
the border during May and June.—Edgar
Sanders.
For Cow Food Nothing; Better.
Bran and eornmeal Is a good old stand
by grain ration for the milk cow which
will still gite good results. The bran neu
tralizes the cloging affect of the eornmeal
and supplies the nutritive elements which
it lacks. Bran Is as popular as ever, but
gluten meal, and similar feeds are gaining
ground over clear eornmeal, and the opin
ion seems to he growing that there is more
milk In gluten than In whole meal, even
when taking the relative cost of the two
into stceount. In Texas satisfactory dairy
results are obtained with cotton seed meal
and hulls, with a liberal supply of good
hay.
Salting Caw*.
Salting the cows is one of the little things
that is sometimes lost sight of under the
pressure of other, and what Is regarded as
more Important work, but a trial recently
made at the Mississippi experiment station,
indicates that inattention to this |iolnt may
be a rather expensive oversight. Three
cows were kept without salt for four
weeks of this period; then they were given
the usual allowance of salt for two weeks,
and on comparing the milk records It was
found that the cows gave 451 pounds of
milk during the first period when salt was
withheld and 564 pounds during the second,
when salt was furnished, a difference of
110 pounds of milk in two weeks in favor
of salting.—Ex.
AY lint Become* of the Ox.
In an article on the “Wonders of the
World's Waste.” William George Jordan,
in a recent Ladles’ Home Journal, details
how science at the present day utilizes the
ox. “Not many years ago,” he says,
"when an ox was slaughtered 40 per cent,
of the animal was wasted; at the present
time 'nothing is lost but the dying
breath.' As but one-third of the animal
consists of products than can be eaten, the
question of utilizing the waste Is a serious
one.
“The blood is used in refining sugar and
in sizing paper, or,manufactured Into door
knobs and buttons. The hide goes to the
tanner; horns and hoofs are transformed
into combs and buttons; thigh-bones,
worth *BO per ton, are cut into handles for
clothes-brushes; fore-lew bones sell for
*3O per ton for collar buttons, parasol han
dles and jewelry; the water In which bones
are boiled Is reduced to glue; the dust
from sawing the bones is food for cattle
and poultry; the smallest bones are made
into bopeblack. Each foot yields a quar
ter of a pint of neat’s-foot oil; the tall
goes to the ‘soup;’ while the brush of hair
at the end of the tail Is sold to the mat
tress-maker. The choicer parts of the fat
make the basis of butterine; the intestines
are used for sausage casings or bought
by gold beaters. The undigested food in
the stomach, which formerly cost the
packers of Chicago $30,000 a year to remove
and destroy, Is now made into paper.
“These are but a few of the products of
abattoirs. ■ All scraps unfit for any other
use find welcome In the glue-pot. or they
do missionary work for farmers by act
ing as fertilizers.”
q’lirniiiK Under Green Crop*.
ißy Andrew 11. Ward.
The claim made by some experienced
Southern farmers that better results are
obtained by turning under green crops
for restoring fertility to worn oul lands,
dry, rather than green, is will founded.
Tuning in green crops is returning only
to the soil, the salts, silicates and organic
matter, which the plant has drawn out
of It, together with all the organic mat
ter the plant itself has elaborated, from
oxygen and hydrogen, carbon and nitro
gen from whatever source derived.
It has decomposed, during the short pe
riod of its growth, more silicates ami salts
than the one only could effect during the
same period, which, being turned in, re
store to the soli from which they* grew,
salts and silicates in anew form, whose
action on vegetation is like that of alka
lies. But powerful as are the effects of
green crops ploughed in It is the experi
ence of practical men that one crop allow
ed to perfect itself and die where It grew,
and then turned in dry, is superior to
three turned in green.
The whole result Is explained by the
fact that dry plants-give more organic
matter than green. Green plants ferment
dry plants decay. The one is a quick,
consuming fire, the other a slow, smould
ering ember, givng off, during all its pro
gress, gases which feed plants, and de
compose the silicate of soil.
The power of fertility which exists In
the silicates of soil is unlimited. An im
proved agriculture must depend upon the
skill with which this power brought
into action.
The Secret of Making Hen* I,ay In
Winter.
How often we hear people say, “I wish I
knew the secret of making hens lay In
winter.” They seem to think that egg-lay
ing is controlled by chance or magic, eays
a poultry raiser in Indiana Farmer. Some
try to imitate others who have good suc
cess, and fail altogether. It does seem at
first that k was governed by chance, that
the one that gets plenty of eggs in win
ter Is only in good luck's favor.
I wish to Impress on the reader that it
is an art and is governed by scientific
principles. It is just as natural for a hen to
lay eggs as It is for her to eat. Nature In
tended that she should lay eggs, and she
will if given proper care. And that is the
secret so many want to know. Well, first
it is not a secret, but a thing open to all
who will but study and learn by practice
and reading the results of others. A poul
tryman must be a man of good judgment.
He must be a live and a progressive man.
Mr. Rankin, the great duck raiser of the
east, Is always up in the mornings before
the hens are off their roaHts.
The hens must have good, comfortable
quarters. On this alone pages could be
written. Every man has his own Idea of
what good, comfortable quarters are and
it’s the one whose Ideas are the nearest
perfect that has the desired success.
Then the hens must be given the proper
food and attention in the proper way. Feed
a variety. Feed enough but not too much.
The hen must eat everything that is need
ed to make the egg. It is not what she
eats that makes the egg, so much as what
she digests. Hhere is the secret if any at
all. If you can get the hen to digest
what she eats, proiierly, you have all th
secret there is In this part of the poultry
business.
This is why so many get no eggs from
corn fed hens. Corn does not contain
enough of some constituents of the eggs,
so that a too great amount is needed to
do what a little should do. Hence we
have indigestion and so-called cholera.
I have now only given a sort of founda
tion on which to build correct Ideas of
making hens lay in winter. I shall take
up this subject more extensively In a se
ries of articles to follow, and shall begin
with comfortable quarters.
Compost* and Mnnnre*.
By whomsoever the soil Is tilled, the
subject of composts and manures should
be made a profound .study, says the Amer
ican Agriculturist. To farm successfully,
which means to make money, and at the
same time preservo if not Increase the
fertility of our lands, we must know how
to make the most of the manure supply
and put into practice what we know. Tak
ing the country over, probably one farmer
In twenty-five seriously considers the
great Importance of making all the ma
nure he can, posting the same to make
it go as far as possible, aird governs him
self accordingly. Rut upon the average
farm we find great neglect and waste in
this particular. The average farmer usu
ally keeps more stork than he has feed
or eomfortable quarters for. Provision Is
probably made for the storage of all
grain. Home hay and horse stock, while
the fodder is left afield almost all winter
and the klne, swine and sheep
are left io find shelter and pick
up most of their feed about a
sloppy barnyard or around a straw
pile. And little of no pains is taken to
save the droppings from stock thus left
outside the barn. Sun, wind and rain all
combine to make the waste as great as
possible, and when the barnyard is clean
ed up ttie refuse is .scarcely worth carting
to the fields. Besides, quite frequently the
manure that is made in sheds and stables
is thrown out under the eaves,when much
of its fertility Is leached out and with the
waste from the barnyard, finds its way in
to some waste place or stream and is a
total loss.
We must have plenty of good manure be
fore we can manufacture a bountiful sup
ply of compost, and tbe making and sav-
insr of this valuable product will first claim
our attention. To this end, first and fore,
moat abolish the old-fashioned barnyard, 1
except as a place to water stock and al
low them space for exercise. Convenient
and comfortable shelter must then be pro
vided for all kinds of stock. A man that
can’t "afford” to put up this necessary
shelter can’t afford to keep stock.
The Jersti Book.
Geese for breeding purposes do not suf
fer from old age. as do other farm fowl; !
10, 12 or 15-yeur-oM birds htfve prove-1
themselves as capable of producing vig
orous offspring as younger birds.
Brood boxes for the broody hen are a
convenience. Make the bon one-qu li ter
Inch smaller than the nest, l>y length and
breadth. Invert n sod of earth in the bot
tom, cover with cut straw and place In a
nest. When a hen becomes broody in one
of these boxes, I give her the eggs at
night and next night remove box, hen and
eggs to where biddy cannot be disturbed
by other hens.
• • •
The grade fowl is all right for poultry
keepers who keep fowls for eggs or for
sale as poultry, without trying to liegin
as breeders for sale alive. The grade can
never be depended upon, nnd the gredo
toosters should be killed off every year at <1
only the pullets kept. When it Is desired
to replenish the flock a full-bred cock of
one or the other of the breeds from which
the cross Is made should be used.
Starting Onions in Hotbeds—ln the
Northern states, where the winters tire
long nnd summers short, good results have
been obtained by starting onion plants in
hotbeds nnd greenhouses and afterward
transplanting to the ground like cabbage
plants. While the cost Is great, a perfect
stand Is obtained and the yield Is thus In
creased. During the tast two years l have
tried this method. The seed went sown in
trays Jan. 1, and the plants transplanted
to the field early In February, when seed
was drilled into the ground. During l)th
years, seed drilled into the ground where
the crop was to mature has made the larg
est yield.
The right kind of soil for potted and
greenhouse plants—Wo have found there
is no great mystery in preparing a suitable
soil to grow plants, one which will give
them luxuriance. The soil where I reside
is a clay loam unsuited to this business, so
I have been obliged to go some distance to
procure sand. This is mixed with the same
amount of barnyard manure, some wood
ashes and sometimes fertilizer Is added and
a perfect soil for plants is obtained.
Watering Plants in Saucers Is a decided
ly better method than watering from the
top, as the roots will drink up the moisture
from the saucer as needed, while a plant
watered from the top may remain wet two
or three days unless the air in the room is
very hot and dry.
When to Plow Sandy Hand; Value of
Lime—l. Which Is the best to plow sandy
ground, In the fall or in the spring? 2.
What value has air-slacked lime on sandy
ground? What proportion should be used
to give good results?
Reply by T. B. Terry—l should not plow
sandy land until I was ready to plant In
the spring, and I should have some crop
growing on It as nearly all the time as
possible. I should have It growing crim
son clover or rye this winter. Then after
you have turned that under In the spring
try say twenty-five bushels of air-slacked
lime, if you wish, on half an acre, spread
ing very evenly and harrowing in, and
watch whether tt increases crops enough
to pay you or not. It may or may not.
No man can certainly tell you. The lime
will have a tendency to make your sandy
land more compart, anil used as above
may pay, if it doesn’t cost too much,
H. B. Mitchell, Athens, Ga., says that
sheep raising would pay well in the South,
there can be no question. We have
cheap lands, a mild climate, and a variety
of food stuffs well suited to the Industry,
that can be produced readily and econom
ically. But we also have the worthless
cur in such vast proportions, that he who
enters the field will find himself minus his
investment right speedily. There Is scarce
ly a farm In the South upon which a few
sheep coqld not be kept to advantage,
were it not for this drawback. We know
there are at least 100 dogs toi every sheep
in this section, and the entire lot Is not
worth the feed of one. No one here Is too
poor to own a dog. The poorer the man
the more dogs he has, the most of them be
ing in a half-starved condition. It is these
half starved canines that do the mischief,
some having been known to travel twenty
miles In a night, searching for the sheep
fold. We need laws imposing a tax on
dogs, so high that those not able to feed
them properly cannot afford to own them.
They prevent those who otherwise would
like to keep sheep from doing so. They
enhance the price of our food and clothing
by barring out this Industry from the
South. They are expensive, without be
ing of any profit, unless the catching of
an occasional rabbit may be called such,
and from their liability to rabies they are
a menace to mankind. Our legislature
has repeatedly tried to pass a dog law,
but so far all efforts have failed, Man's
love for the dog Is remarknble.
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5 Luxurious Trains
VIA
PLANT SYSTEM
"The New York & Florida Special."
FOR FLORIDA.
Trains leave Savannah 2:10 a. m., 7:10 a. m., 8:35 a.
m., 9:06 a. m., and 5:15 p, m.
For Charleston and New York at 1:45 a. m., 6:00 a.
m., 1:05 p. m., 7:27 p. m.
For detail information inquire at Ticket Office.
a W. WRENN,
Passenger Traffic Manager.
ritnl'OSAh.l WAITED.
OCEAN AIAXL. LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
Post Office Department,
Washington, D. C„ November 8, 1897.
In accordance with the provisions of an
Act of congress, approved March 3, 1891,
entitled "An Act to provide for ocean mall
service between the United States and
foreign porla and to promote commerce,’’
proposals will be received at the Post Office
Department, in the city of Washington,
until 3 o’clock p. m.. on Tuesday, the 16th
day of February, 1898, for conveying the
malls of the United States by means of
steamships described in said Act, 1 tween
the several ports of the United States here
in named, and the port of Port Antonio,
Jamaica, as specified In the schedule pub
lished herewith.
Each bidder i required to submit propo
sals for service on said route, under a
contract for five years, and alsd for ten
years, which shall commence on the Ist
day of July, 1898. The right is reserved
by the Postmaster General to authorize
service to begin under contract. In whole
or in part, October 1, 1898, instead of July 1,
Under the law the right is reserved to
the Postmaster General to reject all bids
not, In his opinion, reasonable for the at
tainment of the purposes contemplated by
the Act.
SCHEDULE.
Route No. 74—“0. M. 8.” From Boston to
Port Antonio, Jamaica, twice a \yeek
from April Ist to September 30th, Inclu
oluslve; and once a week from Octo
ber Ist to March 31st, Inclusive. From
Philadelphia to Port Antonio, Jamaica,
oil re a week, from October Ist to March
31st, Inclusive, In vessels of the fourth
class, Time of voyage from Boston to
Port Antonia, five days; from Philadel
phia to Port Antonia, four days. Bond
required with hid, SIoJJW. Contract for
five years or for tan years.
The right is reserved to the Postmaster
General to substitute New York for Phila
delphia as one of the terminal ports dur
ing the period from October Ist to March
31st, Inclusive, In each year; after sixty
days’ notice, and with the consent of the
contractor. Time of voyage from New
York to Port Antonio, four and one-half
days.
Proposals are also Invited on said route
for service conforming to the schedule set
out In the preceding paragraph, as to num
ber of trips, time of voyage, terminal
ports, and to all other material provisions
therein. In vessels of at least 2,000 tons
gross tonnage, to be constructed as to the
matter of strength and their prompt and
economical conversion Into auxiliary naval
vessels and in all other respects conform
ably to the requirements of Section 4 of
the Act aforesaid, applicable to vessels of
the third class (except as to the matter of
tonnage), and capable of maintaining a
speed of fourteen knots an hour at sea In
ordinary weather, as prescribed for vessels
of the third class In the third section of
the said Act. Bald vessels to be employ*
ed and rated as of the fourth claaa. and
upon contract for the periods named in
the preceding paragraph, to wit: for the
period of five years, and also for ten years.
The contractor on this route will be per
mltted to substitute, at any time during
the contract term, one or more vessels of
the second or third claaa without addi
tional compennatlon therefor.
NOTH.—On return voyages vessels may
touch ut any ports not named In the sched
ule If by doing so the outward voyages are
not delayed.
Circulars containing a copy of the above
cited Act. a description of the route, In
structions to bidders, and blank forms of
proposals with accompanying bonds, can
lie obtained of the Superintendent of For
eign Malls, Post Office Department, on and
after December 1, 1897,
JAMES A, GARY,
Postmaster General.
FLORIDA
—AND THE—
"THE LAND OF THE SKY,"
Asheville Hot Springs,
Aiken and Augusta.
The winter season at these well-known and
wonderful resorts Is now opening and the
many Improvements, int hotel facilities and
railroad service will draw a larger number
ana more enthusiastic pleasure and health
seekers than ever before.
The schedules and service of the
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
to each and all of them will be nnequaled.
ft New M in urn him
win again be operated, commencing
January 17. 1898.
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS
at low rates from and through Ohio River
Gateways go on sale Out 15, 1887. Prom
other points Nov. l, low.
SIDE TRIPS
are made a feature by the Southern
Railway. Tourists and all patrons of
the Southern Hallway have most care
ful attention at the hands of Its many
representatives, who are fully in
formed on all subjects Incident (e
travel.
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