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Valdosta Times: The Morning News
wants the farmers to |>l.int more broom
corn. A broom factory in Valdosta wot Id
create a good demand for broom corn and
such an enterprise would be a good In
vestment. A few thousand dollars would
establish a good broom-making establish
ment here.
Miller County Liberal: The boring of
the artesian well has been finished and
as soon ns an engine and waterworks ean
be bought and put into operation our peo
ple will be provided with something to
drink of a superior quality. Now if a few
factories, a sugar refinery and a few other
Industries were located here (he town
would grow astonishingly fast. la>t us
have them, too.
Blakely Observer: I'nless it came in
yesterday, there has not been a single car
load of gunno shipped lo Blakely this sea
son. Tilts looks like there isn't going to
lie a very large demand for commercial
fertilizers this year. There are probaoly
two reasons for this, the cautiousness of
the dealers in selling, on account of so
many unpaid claims last year, and the
tact that the few farmers who are able to
buy are going lo use just as little as they
can get along w ith.
Moultrie Observer: Mr. O. B. Lane lias
In his possession an interesting relic of the
civil war. It is one of the first cannon
balls that were fired during the war. It
was fired by the Confederates on Ft.
Sumter during the first and memorable
engagement. It was taken from the fort
by Mr. Lane's brother-in-law, and sent to
the former's mother In Brooks county,
where It has been kept until recently,
when Mr. bane came In possession of it.
It weighs about forty-five pounds and was
probably shot from a six-inch gun.
Thomasville Tlmes-Enterprlse: Two par
ties have been arrested within the past
two days for selling intoxicants In a dry
county, or in other words, running blind
tigers. Constable Cochran was the arrest
ing officer and C. Lucas, who does busi
ness on lower Jackson street, and R. Low
ry, a merchant on lower Broad, are the
parties accused. They gave bond for their
appearance at the next term of the county
court. It is claimed that these parties
have been selling a liquid they call eider,
but which is very intoxicating. Thomas
county has voted dry, and the authorities
should see to it that the law is rigidly en
forced.
On Wednesday morning Mayor Julius
A. Horne was notified at Milledgeville
that there was a very suspicious case of
sickness In that county about ten miles
from the city. He had the case Investi
gated by local physicians and they pro
nounced it smali-|io.x. Mr. Horne at once
telegraphed Surgeon General Wyman, at
Washington, who answered that Past As
sistant Surgeon Werternbaker would be
sent there immediately. Surgeon Wer
ternbaker arrived Thursday morning and
went at once to see the patient and pro
nounced the disease genuine small-pox.
but of a mild form. Mayor Horne called a
meeting of the city board of health, which
ordered compulsory vaccination of all citi
zens old and young by Feb. 3.
Kxpress Messenger Lawson, who makes
the run from Atlanta to Savannah and
return over the Central, had an encounter
with four drunken soldiers Wednesday
night shortly after he left Savannah on
his return trip, in which an attempt was
made to rob his car. The messenger pull
ed out his revolver and began shooting,
with the result that the soldiers jumped
from the car and escaped in the darkness.
It appears that the soldiers boarded the
train at Savannah and hid themselves on
the front end of the express ear. When
opportunity offered they entered the car
where the messenger was busy with his
work and sought to take him unawares.
He was up to their game, however, and
dispersed Ihem with his revolver.
Ocitla Dispatch: Rider Crawford Tuck
er, who died in Colquitt county in 1883,
was the father of thirty-one children. He
was horn In I&>s, and was married to Miss
Nancy Sapp in 1823. This marriage was
blessed with seven children. His second
wife was Miss Peggy Ann Watson, who
became the mother of eleven children. His
third wife, Mies Rebecca Bryant, was the
mother of thirteen children, making thir
ty-one, seventeen of whom were boys and
fourteen girls. His direct descendants now
number 707. Some of his first wife's chil
dren now have great-grandchildren nearly
grown. Rider Tucker was a noted Primi
tive Baptist divine and wielded a powerful
Influence, which was always exerted for
good. Dying, he left his offspring the
rich legacy of an honest name.
A merle os Times-Recorder: Am?r!cus
people who hold common stock of the
Georgia rind Alabama Railway will yet
realize handsomely upon their Investment,
as the stock is going up quite rapidly. At
least $23,000 of this stock is held by people
here. Subscribers to the shops fund, given
for the purpose of having the company's
shops located in Americus, will receive
$17,0(0 of common stock of the company,
while SB,OOO additional will be given the
city of Americus by the railroad company.
This was the terms of agreement when
the shops fund was raised, the subscrib
ers 1 icing reimbursed in common stock
of the road. The stock at lhat time was
worth less than 10 cents on the dollar, but
li has since trebled in value, and the lucky
holders of it will reap the benefit of tiie
advance.
FLORIDA.
Owing to the prevalence of the measles
at Crystal River, the public school has
suspended for a week.
The Polk county fair is said lo be a sure
thing. It is expected that the exhibits this
year will be much better than last year.
There is indignation at Miami over the
failure of the committee on rivers and
harbors to Include Miami In the list of
a pprop rations.
A prominent lumber firm of Fernandina
says that in order to get a steamship
line from that port to New York that
they will guarantee one million feet per
month, and that other films there would
do likewise.
There is a probability of a military com
pany being organized in Gainesville short
ly. A company can easily be organized If
an assurance from the adjutant general of
the state is obtained that they will be ad
tnitted into the state troops.
Mary Hopkins, a negro woman living
in the suburb of Leesburg known as New
town, died last week, said to be 112 years
old. The evidence seems to susialri her
claim to being more than a centenarian,
for she had u daughter, Aunt Louisa Jen
kins, who died there several months ago
at the age of 88 years.
Brooksville News-Register: Dr. artd
Mrs. LeHardy of Savannah, Ga., arrived
last Friday and are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Groom. The doctor's health has
failed under the pressure of a heavy prac
tice and he is trying to rest up and recu
perate. He could not find more congenial
surroundings tiian a( ihe hospitable home
of Mr. Croom.
The phosphate min* rs have lieen great
y inconvenienced during the past two
months by rain, which prevents them
from o|-raiing in the pils. Bad weather
is one of the worst enemies of phosphate
mining and is an expensive one.
There is to be a very large acreage of
canteloupes planted this spring in the
Alachua and Marion truck farming belt.
Those who planted canteloupes last year
nrucle money from their crop and this has
served as a means of encouraging others.
Kissimmee Valley Gazette: Twenty-five
miles of hard roads have been built
around Leesburg by private subscriptions.
This is no fairy tale—but an actual fact.
The people of Leesburg may well be con
sidered the most enterprising and public
spirited in the state.
The report comes from nearly every sec
tion of Orange county that the mild
weather and frequent rains during this
month have had the effect of giving a
most promising outlook for the fruit and
vegetable growers. There Is said lo be
a larger acreage being made ready for
spring vegetables than has been the case:
for several years. Money bringing crops
are promised in every locality, and a feel
ing of restored confidence is noticeable
all round about.
San Antonio Herald: Through the acci
dental fall of a condemned pine tree one
of the colored churches in the Klondike
turpentine camp was crushed to pieces and
it will have to be entirely rebuilt. The
church ts presided over by the Rev. Dr.
Harmon of Ocala, a colored medico and
divine, who has won fame and celebrity
by being the possessor of an X-ray outfit,
which he uses frequently In determining
the character of the various complaints
with which his patients are afflicted.
Bishop Whipple, now at I.ake Maitland,
who has been many times honored by Eng
land, has again received an invitation to
represent the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States at the great occasion
of the one hundredth anniversary of the
Society of Domestic and Foreign Missions,
which will lake place in London next
April. This invitation has been repealed
by the board of missions In America. It
will lie a grand celebration with repre
sentatives from all parts of the world, and
certainly no one is so well fitted to repre
sent America as Bishop Whipple, the no
ble and eloquent apostle of missions.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia had a first class snow storm
during Friday night, and everything was
covered with the beautiful mantle of white.
Towards daylight the snow turned into a
cotii rain, and to-day has been exceeding
ly disagreeable.
Henry Jones, colored, convicted of mur
der at the last term of court for Bamberg
county and sentenced to be hanged on
Friday. February 3, will not be executed,
Gov. Ellerbe having on Saturday commut
ed the sentence to life imprisonment In
the penitentiary.
The citizens of Gaffney are raising a sub
scription for Limestone College. Capt. J.
11. Montgomery has promised $7,501) pro
vided the Baptists and their friends will
give the same amount. About $3,500 was
subscribed by J. A. Carroll, A. N. Wood
and a few olhers last week.
By direction of Gov. Ellerbe Dr. James
Evans of the state board of health visi
ted Ellenton and pronounced the suspi
cious disease in the vicinity “confluent
small-pox.” The infected district has been
quarantined, and local physicians are
making every effort to check the scourge.
Miss Janie Grooms, the 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. Frank Grooms, of Brog
dons, Sumter county, was severely if not
fatally burned Saturday afternoon. Her
clothing caught from a pile of brush
which she was burning, and the greater
part of her clothes were burned off. Her
entire body was fearfully burned.
The grip, which threatened some weeks
ago to become epidemic in Charleston, has
abated considerably, and there are now
only a small number of cases under treat
ment. The physicians and the drug stores
did a big business wihle the disease was
generally prevalent and the rush has not
yet entirely subsided but the disease has
spent iis force and there is now little to tie
feared from its ravage*.
The revenue officers have recently got
a hump on them and have made things
lively among the illicit distillers along the
line of Lexington and Orangeburg coun
ties. They recently made a raid and suc
ceeding in captnring and destroying eight
or nine stills and destroying a quantity
of “swamp angel” and “tusstek." A party
of revenue officers raided an Illicit distil
lery located near Rich ton. and captured a
still and destroyed it, together with some
‘‘swamp angel."
The State Pharmaceutical Association
has begun its warfare against unlicensed
druggists, in u cord since with the resolu
tions adopted at the annual meeting in
Rock Hill some time ago. The association
has secured the services of A. M. Talley,
who has already begun io make a tour of
the state. Inspector Tally will visit all
cities and towns and ascertain the names
of those who are unlawfully compounding
drugs. The association will proceed against
these parties in accordance with the stat
utes.
The epidemic of smnil-pox which has
been prevalent in Sumter county for some
time, nd which lias been raging in the
vicinity of Myersville for a month or mole,
was thought to he under control, but it
now seems lhat the disease is spreading
far and wide. So far the disease has been
onty among the negroes and there have
been no fatal cases, but there is one very
serious case at Oswego. Unless steps are
taken at once to suppress the epidemic
there is no telling how far it will spread
or what serious results will follow.
John C. P. 'Williams, postmaster at
Ridgeway, was ai rested Saturday by Dep
uty United States Marshal Thornton on
the charge of embezzlement. The warrant
was sworn out by Postoffice Inspector But
ler, oral charges Williams with appropri
ating to his own use SBB. The postmaster
was taken before Commissioner Jennings,
who required SSOu for his appearance at the
April term of the United States Court at
Greenville. The bond was furnished and
(he prisoner was released. Williams is a
lawyer by profession, and has been post
master since McKinley's administration
went into power.
Wet Weather at Odum.
Odum, Ga., Jan. 28.—For the past fifteen
days there has been quite a heavy rain
fall in this section. Ail the streams are
swollen to their fullest capacity. Many
of them are swimming. This winter, so
far, has been a severe one on stock.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1599.
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We solicit articles for this department.
The nam? of the writer should accompa- j
ny 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,
Milledgeville, Ga., will receive immediate
attention.
Irish Potatoes on New Land.
I have a piece of new land just grub
bed up on which I intent! to plant Irish
potatoes. The land is rich enough, but
I want to atld some phosphate to make
them come a week earlier than they other
wise would. I don’t want to make any
more vine, as they will prob&b.y have
over-much. How would you advise fertil
izer mixed? Will not the addition of cot
ton seed meal make with the kainit and
acid phosphate, more vine? S. C. R.
Button, S. C.
It is more than likely that this land
does not need any nitrogen, and so> it
would not be necessary to übe
anything Ike co4ton seed meal. If
you are,near an oil mill and can procure
the hull ashes at the usual price, we would
advise you to use them in preference to
anything else—6oo pounds per acre. If you
cannot get the hull ashes you can use
acid phosphate and kainit, or in place of
the latter, oak artd hickory ashes, if you
can get them; 500 pounds of phosphate and
i!UO pounds of kainit wdll be a fair—a mini
mum, however—application for potato* - *,
but do not put this all in one furrow. Do
not wait until planting time to put in the
fertilizer, but do it as soon as possible.
Avery important feature in growing po
tatoes on such sou is to get it compost
enough after planting. You cannot ex
pect to get the best results without using
a roller freely on ft. as heavy a roller as
you can get, but only to be used whep
the soil is fairly dry, but such soil is nqt
likely to remain wet many hours after a
rain. The cultivation, too, must be of
the shallowest kind, and all of it given in
a few- weeks after planting, after that
just giving enough to keep the crop free
from weeds.
In using ashes of any kind for potatoes,
they should i>e rotted (not leached) in alli
ance, if not applied to the soil a month
or two before planting the crop. Until
ashes are rotten their potash is not avail
able. A quickly maturing plant like the
Irish potato must have it* food abund
antly aoluable from the very start, and the
food should not be concentrated just in
the one furrow, but should be equally di
vided between the main and the siding
furows.
Farm New* find Note*.
The farmers of Indiana lost last year
nearly 800,000 hogs from cholera. The ag
gregate value of these hogs was $5,000,000.
Clean Cows.—A milch cow should lie es
carefully curried and brushed as the finest
plowing horse. The dairyman that gives
attention to this important detail will cer
tainly be paid for his trouble in the end.
It will soon becortie known that the dairy
man does everything in his power to fur
nish the very purest and cleanest of milk
and discriminating consumers will be will
ing to pay 25 to 50 per cent, more for such
milk. Thousands of children die every
year from merely having )>een fed milk
that was impure and rendered so m a
great measure by the fact that the cows
were in a chronic state of uncleanness.
Ginseng.—Every now and then we see
in our various agricultural journals ar
ticles recommending the culture of gin
seng as a profitable crop. Frequent in
quiries come lo these journals desiring the
facts relative to the culture of the plant.
The Kentucky Experimental Station has
recently issued an elaborate bulletin (No.
78), on the subject of ginseng. Any person
enthused with the Idea of making a money
crop of this root would do well to send
and get the bulletin and thus secure the
facts regarding its culture, etc. There is
not much risk in asserting that there are
not many persona. North or South, that
are likely lo find in ginseng culture a step
ping stone io fortune or even abundant
“pin" money.
Keep tlic Horses* Feet Clean.
Farmers and horse breeders could ?earn
a lesson from the big city stable 9 in the
care of the horses’ feet. When they com**
in at night they ere rubbed down and
their feet cleaned. Any mud, manure or
gravel that may be in the bottom of the
foot is carefully cleaned out with a foot
hook, so that the frog is clean and thus
kept healthy. On many farms we see the
horses go days and weeks without their
feet ever being cleaned out, and the foot
becomes foul, which often develops into
thrush, and ihe horse goes lame just from
careless neglect. When on the roads v>r
in the fields horses are more apt to have
clean, healthy feet than when kept stand
ing in. the stable. A good hook should be
kept io the stable, and every horse should
have his feet cleaned, if not daily at least
weekly, and if you find bad feet from neg
lect after thorough cleaning, let the horse
stand on clean moist clay or put in the
frog of his foot calomel, iodoform, hippa
cea. or powdered bUiestone. Care to pre
vent foot diseases should he enjoined on
a7l about the stable to keep the feet clean
and trim the colts feet to make the foot
ami ankle grow* straight. These are little
things that it pays to carefully attend to.
Every person who owns a valuable horse
should heed the above suggestions. Few
realize how' injurious it may be to the
horse to have his foot constantly packed
with any kind of matter. Besides the dan
ger of thrush from any foul matter, there
is the danger of getting a small stone im
bedded into the foot which will gradually
work itseff upward and ruin the hoof.
Only shod horses of course are liable to
packing of the foot.
Fertilising for u Profit.
My experience In the use of commercial
fertilizers covers a period of a quarter
of a century, says a farmer in Farm and
Home. I began with small quantities
200 or 300 pounds. This has been gradu
ally increased, until now I use from half
to two tons (this last on celery only,
planted dose), according to the crop,
amount of stable manure used, condition
of soil, etc. I would not think of using
Jess than one-half ton per acre on any
crop in my business—market gardening
and small fruit growing. I have found
that it is what you grow above an aver
age crop that pays a profit, and. as a rule,
lids depends on what manure you put on
above Hie average manuring. The old
adage, It Is the last cord of manure that
pays, is a true one, up to a certain limit,
and the principle is equally true of com
mercial fertilizers.
For general farm crops, such us corn,
potatoes, beans, etc., I generally use one
ton i>er acre where no stable manure is
used. Three-fourths of this is sown broad
cast and thoroughly worked into the soil
with a cultivator or harrow; the balance
is scattered in the furrows. In these a
one-horse cultivator, se. narrow, is ran
twice, to mix the fertilizer with the soil.
For small fruits, my method is ihe - ime,
except that I use one ion ground bon.'.
one-haJf ton rouriaie potash, spread
broadcast, and 500 pounds high grade fer
tilizer in the drills. If the land is not in
good condition more will be required. For
crops close planted, I sow all kinds of
fertilizers broadcast, and work them in
thoroughly with the cultivator or hurrow
—usually both.
For the best possible result- in the use
of commercial ferti.izers the soil must con
tain sufficient humus or vegetable mold
to make it light and friable. Where this
is lacking, the soil, especially if plowed
early 4n the spring, is apt to fall back
cold, heavy and lifeless. This condition is,
of course, unfavorable to luxuriant vege
table growth. No matter how much you
fertilize, or how often you cultivate, plants
can not flourish in such soli, early in the
season. They get stunted for the want of
that leaven or quickening quality which
Is furnished by an ample supply of humus,
or, in its absence, by stable manure. To
this lack of humus in the soil, no doubt,
must be attributed many failures in the
use of commercial fertilizers. Land that
4s full of vegetable mold, if fairly well
drained, can be worked early. Tt is much
less injured by drought than soil deficient
in it.
There are two ways of supplying this
mold. One is by the application of stable
manure, the other by plowing in green
crops. Where manure is scarce and must
le purchased, the latter will be found
much cheaper and better. My plan is to
sow clover once In four or five years, cut
the first crop for hay, which should aver
age tw'o tons per acre, arid plow in the
aftermath. If the soil is too poor to pro
duce such a crop it should be top-dressed
with from one half to one (on of good
grass fertilizer. You will see by this that
I am talking about farming for profit,
which is the only kind of farming I be
lieve in. The clover roots anti aftermath
plowed in will fill the soil with vegetable
mold, making it almost equal to virgin
soil. It will form an ideal seed bed, in
which, by the judicious use of commercial
fertilizers, any kind of crop, suited to the
latitude, can be successfully grown.
The soil upon which I Have used com
mercial fertilizers for the past ten years
is a light sandy loam. The surface soil
was originally about eight inches deep,
but by plowing it has been made consid
erably deeper. When I came here tHe
land was so badly “runout" it would hard
ly “grow white .beans.” For the first four
years I used commercial fertilizers most
ly For the past six years I have used
from eight to ten cords of stable manure,
and one-half to tw r o tons (on celery close
planted) of fertilizers per acre, on mar
ket garden crop*. On small fruits I have
used fertilizers alone, in quantities men
tioned above. The value of the crops the
first season from five acres was less than
S3OO. From five acres the past season I
have sold over $1,940 worth of produce.
From seven acres I have sold $2,700 worth,
of which, however, a part was from glass.
I used last season about thirty cords of
stable manure and a little over five tons
o t fertilizer. That the above figures are
correct, I can show from my books.
I have used a dozen or more different
kinds of fertilizers, but the best results
have been from high grade, or special fer
tilizers, or from chemicals mixed on the
farm. There is undoubtedly a saving in
mixing our own fertilizer if we will take
the trouble to learn how. I have used
nitrate of soda for three or four years on
different crop*?, and have found it profit
able. The best results have been on beets,
cabbages, onions, squashes and celery.
Plants need the nitrates early in the sea
son. To supply this, market gardeners
sometimes use twenty to thirty cords of
stable manure, but this practice is too ex
pensive in the country. I have found ten
cords manure, one ton high grade fer
tilizer and 300 to 400 pounds nitrate of
soda, sown in two applications after the
plants get w r e!l started, fully as good, if
not better, than so much manure, and
the cost is much less. The nitrate of soda
furnishes the nitrates just when the young
plants need them most.
The farmer In the extreme South mut
as a rule substitute for the word clover,
peas, velvet bean or Florida beggar-wood,
as these are his main reliance few* supply
ing vegetable matter. While there are
two or three clovers that can be read
ily grown in the extreme South, there
are very few, inderd. that make use of
them. It must be admitted we have most
excellent substitutes for them to supply
vegetable matter,
Winter \\ nrk In the Vineyard.
The owners of vineyards in the South
ern states will find the months of Janu
ary and February the most favorable for
the main preparation for the next crops,
such as trimming, pruning, fertilizing and
plowing, but for setting out new vines the
latter part of. February or middle of
March is the best time, writes a corre
spondent of the Florida Agriculturist.
In an established vineyard, if the crop
of the previous season has been a heavy
one, there is sum to l>e a good deal of
trimming on dead wood to do, and after
that is attended to, the pruning proper
is next in order. Some men prefer to do
the plowing before pruning, but I think
the best way is to trim the prune flrsr,
and burn up all the rubbish caused there
by and after that fertilizing and plowing.
I don’t need to refer here to the particu
lar methods of pruning in vogue in dif
ferent parts of our country, because every
one has got to use a good deal of har-i,
common sense to guide him, let the sys
tem on which he works be ever so well
defined; this with the enormous number
of the different varieties in cultivation
renders a hard and fast line In grape prun
ing an Impossible thing to follow. An
other obstacle to any definite plan in
pruning is the form of training of the
vine, some having their vineyards trel
iised with wire, other preferring to have
a post to each vine and training it on
that, and each different method of train
ing the vine, making the pruning differ
ent as well.
I have, tried both of the ways of training
the vine, and after n number of years’ ex
perience I find the single post to a vine sys
tem the best for this section, and one
very strong i>oint in Its favor with me
is the facilities it gives for thorough cul
tivation in being able to cultivate or plow
both ways, a thing you cannot do when
wire is used.
The most important work of the whole
year, however. Is the fertilization, and a
question that often arises among horticul
turists is, “should fertilizing or plowing
be done first In the vineyard?’’ And this
is another point on which experts differ,
and it is like the pruning question, best
solved by individual experience. Some pre
fer broadcasting the fertilizer, and plow
ing it under with an ordinary turning
plow’; this method finds universal favor
when the vineyard is located on heavy soil,
but where the soil is sandy or gravely,
or both, the fertilizer J best applied af
ter the first plowing and mixed in the
soil with either cultivator or harrow - .
There are advantages, however, in both
ways, all depending a good deal on the
season being a favorable one or not. In
ihe former plan, the fertilizer is put deep
in the soil and the root feeders get it |
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r for 60 years. <,
when there is sure to be always enough
moisture to dissolve it into plant food.
But on the other hand, when the root feed
ers are away from near the surface of the
soil and lack the warm sun and air given
by cultivation, the quality of the fruit suf
fers. Applying the fertilizer after the
first plowing and harrowing it into the
soil is the plan most recommended, and
failing a severe drought in early summer
is the one that will give best results upon
the whole.
The quality and quantity of the ferti
lizer calls for a very careful study of this
part of the work, since the grape is very
easily influenced by the fertilizer used.
Care should lie taken that an excess of
nitrogenous fertilizer Is not applied, oth
erwise it would induce a rapid and imper
fect growth of wood, which renders the
vine more subject to attacks of fungous
diseases.
A good way to furnish nitrogen is by
growing leguminous crops (eowpeas and
crimson clover, for example), between the
grape rows.
An ideal grape fertilizer for a full bear
ing vineyard should analyze about S per
cent, pho.-phorlp acid and 10 per cent,
potash. The phosphate should be high
grade acidulated rock phosphate. The
potash used should be the highest grade
of sulphate obtainable. If this grade of
fertilizer is used at the rate of half a ton
per acre it cannot fail to give satisfaction
both as to quality and quantity, all other
conditions as to seasons, etc., being fav
orable.
Any one who wants an object lesson In
results of vineyard fertilization can get
the same by a visit to any of our large
cily markets during the grape season and
he will be very much astonished at the
lessons he will get there and the difference
that exists both In appearance and quality
of grapes of same varieties, all caused by
different modes and qualities of fertilizers
used. The careful observer will And some
baskets whose contents look fairly well
but on examination will turn out to be
soft and insipid, with a thick leathery
skin and always the first to decay. That
kind of a grape had been produced from
an inferior grade of fertilizer. Other bas
kets of the some varieties of grapes will
contain fruit that may to all outward ap
pearance resemble the others, but on close
examination will be found to be of a very
superior quality, having a tine vinous
flavor, that nil good grapes have, skin
smooth, thin and tough, good shippers and
good keepers all resulting from a high
grade fertilizer.
As already said, the grape Is the most
particular of our fruits as to its plant
food and the progressive vineyardists will
bear that in mind when the proper time
comes and act accordingly and in so doing
he will have his reward in superior quali
ty and greater quantity of fruit in its
season. A good deal of the results of
proper fertilization, however, depend on
the after treatment up to the time the
grapes are about half grown. The soil
should be well stirred after every heavy
rain and the last two or three times Should
be with sweeps on the cultivator instead
of shovels, thus simply scraping the sur
face and keeping clear of the root feeders
that then get so near the surface. When
the fruit is two-thirds grown all cultiva
tion should cease and the vineyard allow
ed to remain that way until next winter.
The Velvet Ilenn ns a Humus Crop.
Something Offieinl.
This has been Cultivated at Baton Rouge
and at Audubon Park for two years, says
the Director of the Louisiana Kxperimen
lal Station. The seeds were obtained from
Florida, where it is cultivated as an or
namental plant. It is of ancient origin,
and is well known in some countries. In
the United States it is probably not known
outside of very limited regions in the
South. The Florida Experimental Slation
published an article on. the plant in a bul
letin issued in 1895, with the suggestion
that it might be made an important field
bean. Chemical analysis were made with
the result that showed the velvet bean to
contain for a given weight compared to
the same weight of cow-pea vines, about
one-fourth as much ash, one and one-halt
times as much protein, three times as much
fat, less than one-third the amount of
fibre, and one and one-third times as much
nitrogen-free extract. Therefore it proves
to tv superior, pound for pound, to the
cow-pea. No doubt It will surpass the
cow-pea in productiveness, as It is one of
the most luxuriant growers ever planted
on the station grounds. It also produces
an enormous yield of seeds, but the seeds
mature late in the season and are liable
before all are matured to be caught by
the early frost. When planted in the
early spring, the vines soon cover the
ground and make a dense shade that lasts
all summer, choking out all kinds of na
tive grasses, and is probably the best
thing we can use to fight the almost irre
pressible coco grass, or knot grass (Cy
perus rotundus.)
It should be planted in very early spring
if seed is desired, but may be planted la
ter If only vines are wunted for hay. It
may l>e cut almost any time after a good
growth of vines is secured and will cure
readily, making a good quality of hay.
It dries out a little quicker than cowpea
hay on account of the stems being some
what smaller. It Is a heavy nitrogen gath
erer and the tubercles are the largest of
any plant that has been grown upon the
station grounds. Coral-like clusters of
tubercles, making a mass as large as a
hen's egg. may be gathered from the
roots, and this mass contains about six
per cent, of pure nitrogen, according to
analyses made by Mr. Clarke In 1896. The
vines may be out for hay which is easily
cured and which is greatly relished by
all kinds of stock, or turned under with
disk plow for improvement of the soil.
Before midsummer the old leuves begin
to fall about as fast as new ones are
formed, and the ground becomes covered
underneath the vine with the dead leaves,
which make a very excellent manure. The
plant has not been thoroughly tried yet in
the field, but everything seems to indicate
that it will prove to be a very excellent
plant. As the ractmes of pods are large,
the seeds can be gathered very rapidly;
but they are difficult to shell from the
pods. The seeds are much larger than
the cowpea. and there would be a less
number per bushel, but it they are plant
ed from two to three feet apart each way, :
It will te ample to make a very heavy
mat or vine, and a bushel will plant more
area than a bushel of eowpeas. It is ad- j
visable to plant In rows and cultivate 1
once or twice the same as eowpeas when
they are sown In drills.
The agricultural press has given con
siderable notice to this plant during the
last year. Those attempting to give a
scientific name have given that of Dolt
chos multiflorus. This, however, is a mis
take, and should be corrected as soon as
possible to avoid confusion. The Dolichos
multiflorus is an entirely different plant.
Tlie Scrap Book.
Kill the Flies in Winter.—The plague of
flies in summer and early spring is greatly
increased if many are left over from the
previous year to breed. At this season of
the year, so soon as cold weather touches
flies they become torpid and creep into
cracks in the walls or between the folds
of garments, where they lie until the warm
weather of spring brings them to life. All
the flies found in winter should lie thrown
into the fire and burned. That finishes
them. It is not cruelty, either, for they are
destroyed before they return to life.
Sail for Lawns.-Wherever lawns are
highly manured, as most well-kept lawns
are apt to be. a dressing ol salt sometime
during the winter will greatly benefit
them. Salt in small quantities, as it must
be used when applied to land, is one of ihe
best solvents known. We are so used to
putting salt in extra amounts to harden
and pickle vegetables that we are apt
to forget that in very small amounts it
rots them. Try it on some cut potatoes for
seed, as we knew a farmer once to do, and
see the effect. He rotted a whole row of
potatoes in this way, so that two-thirds
of them never came up. Salt is especially
valuable to release mineral fertilizers that
have become inert in the soil.
Economy of Hornless Cows. —When it
comes to putting up cows for winter, the
cow that has no horns will be found to
take much less room than her neighbor
who is tempted to and generally does
hook and fight ail those near her. In the
stable, of course, each stall will accom
modate its cow, horns or no horns. But
we believe that horned cattle are often
kept In stables on bright, pleasant win
ter days, to keep them from hooking one
another, when they would be much heal
thier if allowed to run in a small yard.
Most barnyards are made much larger
than would be necessary if all horns weie
removed. This wastes manure, as more
surface is exposed to rains, and the drop
pings in a large yard are often so scat
tered that they are never gathered into
heaps and carried where they are needed.
Scabby Potatoes for Seed. —There are a
great many scabby potatoes this year, the
result of climatic conditions, while the
tubes were growing, which were unusually
favorable to fungus growth. Asa result,
many of these scabby potatoes will be
used as seed, and as the fungus planted
with the potato is pretty sure to live, it
means more scabby potatoes next year.
Dipping the scabby seed after cutting in a
very weak solution of corrosive sublimate
will kill thy fungus, and probably will
make a smooth crop, even where scabby
seed is used. Two ounces of corrosive
sublimate to flftten gallons of water is as
strong as should be used. Corrosive sub
limate is a very virulent poison, nnd no
stock should be allowed to get at cut seed
thus treated. The corrosive sublimate is
the best remedy for this trouble, but sul
phur well rubbed into the cuts all over
we have found a very good preventlcive
of scab.
Horse Sense—A horse has more sense
than the average man supposes. He Is a
pretty good judge of human nature and
the man who punishes him for a mistake
will, while he may be forgiven, never be
forgotten. In six cases out of eight his
intention is to do right, of which his
owner should be proud, but if in his en
deavor to do his duty he makes a mis
take it would be infinitely better to over
look this, together with his two inclina
tions out of eight to do wrong, than to
punish him for any wrong doing. A horse
never gets top old to learn, and it is better
to controvert the old theory of sparing the
rod and spoiling the child. Be kind to the
horse under all circumstances.
Sheep Need Dry Bedding—Many people
who keep sheep under sheds on an earthen
floor in cold weather make the mistake of
not providing bedding enough, thinking
that it will interfere with properly pack
ing the manure which is trodden into a
hard mass by them. But a little dry
straw should be scattered over the floor
at night, and it will be none the worse
if it is the refuse of what the sheep have
picked over during the day. Even the fat
tening sheep will eat some straw each
day as a change of food, and it will se
lect the upper part of the stalk near the
head. Oat straw is the best for this pur
pose. The sheep is very impatient of wet,
and besides, it is injurious to the wool to
have it soiled by manure. If the ends of
the wool are closed by filth this stops its
growth, just as it does on the tags, which
even after they have been scoured are not
worth as much as clean wool from other
parts of the body.
BANKER CLEWS’ VIEW'S.
The Finaneial Outlook as Seen From
Wall Street.
New York, Jan. 28.—“ The business of
the Stock Exchange for the past week has
exceeded everything in the history of
that institution. Monday's sales heat all
previous records; 1,721,000 shares were re
ported as having been dealt in, and It is
fair to assume that 50,000 or more shares
beyond that went by default during the
excitement prevailing. The previous
largest number of transactions was Feb.
20. 1893, when 1.474,000 shares were dealt in.
That was the memorable Philadelphia and
Reading day when McLeod got supreme
control of the anthracite coal output. For
the first four days of this week, the trans
actions aggregated 5.775,000 shares; for the
same four days of last January, the sales
were 1,467,100 shares.
"These totals may. In some degree, repre
sent the large increase, in late years, of
the amount of securities dealt in on the
exchange; hut they still more express the
pitch of enthusiasm to which the current
expectations of national development have
raised the public mind. Wall street has
never before witnessed such a flood of buy
ing orders as has been represented in these
operations. The extraordinary volume is
not due so much to the manipulative ma
neuvers of professional operators, as to the
continuous stream of orders coming from
all parts of the country. The main cause
of the activity lies In the mail orders from
the considerable class in the interior cit
ies and towns who have been making
money for tjie last two years of abundant
crops, while New York has been grumbling
about unsatisfactory business. Those
profits have gone into savings as much
as into increases of ordinary expenditures,
and the current excitement is bringing out
the hoardes portly for permanent invest
ments, but perhaps more for speculative
ventures. We have therefore an "out
siders” market in a sense and to an extent
never before witnessed; and it is the large
ness of this sanguine element, much more
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than any purely local speculation, that ac
counts for this extraordinary buy .
tually irrespective of prices. For 'rn ~
months past, the prosperity of tne u._.
and Southwest has shown itself not . !
in increase. 1 earnings of the ratiroa , '
also In the unprecedented amount of :
in the interior hanks and iri rates o! .
est almost as low as those current ai \
York. This has led to a steady -
of investment orders from those st
and now these accumulations are I. ,
drawn into the speculative movoni.: i
Wall street with a rush that create
der as to where all the money is , ' '
from.”
TAXATION OF COLLEtiES.
A Test Case to Be Carried to the a .
Xireuie Court.
Athens, Ga., Jan. 29.—There will !. v
test case carried to the Supreme four,
soon to decide whether or not Lucy t j,
Institute and other institutions of l
character are liable for slate taxes, it .
cently the Supreme Court decided , t .
case of Mundy, sheriff, vs. VaniHoe , .
a!., that went up from Hall Sup.
Court, that the Van Hoose Academy lucre
was subject to taxation and that .ill in
stitutions came in the same class wh. i . „
profit arises and where board and tuition
are charged.
Under this decisiona movement tv, i
made to tax Lucy Cobb Institute, and
President Hull of the board of trusty, ,
wrote Controller General Wright, a.-kii
him if Lucy Cobb Institute came und-r
Ihe decision above mentioned. Attorn, v
General Terrell informed him that it,
opinion it did. Consequently, the tux col
lector of Clarke county Issued an ex,
tion against Lucy Cobb Institute, and ti...
sheriff made the levy. The institute will
fight the payment of the tax and ha- em
ployed Judge Alex S. Erwin to represent
its interests. The point is made that a,I
the money arising from the lease of it,
Institute goes under the lease contra, i m
repairs on buildings, grounds and equu.-
ment and no profits arise to the stockhold
ers. President Huil says that if Lucy
Cobb Institute is covered by the decision
in the Van Hoose case, then is also
Mercer, Emory, Wesleyan and numbers of
other institutions throughout the stai .
The progress of the Lucy Cobb Institute
case will be watched with interest as
U!>on its settlement depends the status of
quite a large number of edueational insti
tutions in Georgia.
—Senator Stewart is the Santa Clans of
the Senate. His patriarchal whiskers,
long and white makes him look like the
patron saint of Christmas time. He rath
er enjoys this. On Christmas evs, it ■*
said, he w alks through the crowded stori s,
greatly to the delight of the children,
whose wonder at his appearance at sucli
an appropriate time causes a smile of sat
isfaction upon his face.
LEGAL NOTICES.
In the District Court of the United States
for the Eastern division of the Southern
district of Georgia. In the matter of
T. J. Dudley & Cos. Bankrupt. In bank
ruptcy. To the Hon. Emory Speer, judge
of the District Court of the United States
for the Southern district of Georgia, Easi
ern division; T. Albert Jennings and
Frank J. Dudley, heretofore doing businc.-s
under the firm name anti style of F. J.
Dudley & Cos.; the said T. Albert Jennings
being a resident of Chatham county, Geor
gia, in said Southern district and Eastern
division, respectfully represents that >n
the day of December last passed, the
said firm of F. J. Dudley & Cos. and
the individual partners above named,
were duly adjudged bankrupts under the
acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy;
that the said firm have duly surrendered
ail its property and rights of property,
and that the said individual partners
have duly surrendered all their property
and rights of property and have
fully complied with all the re
quirements of said acts and of the orders
of the court touching their bankruptcy.
Wherefore, they pray that they as .i
partnership, and as individuals may be de
creed by the court to have a full di
charge from all debts provable against
the estate of the partnership and of the
individual members under said bankrupt
acts, except such debts as are exeept.xl
by iaw from such discharge.
F. J. DUDLEY & CO.
Dated this 27th day of January, A. D.
1899.
BARROW & OSBORNE, Petitioners
Attorneys.
Southern District of Georgia, Eastern
Division: On this 27th day of January, 18J9,
on reading the foregoing petition, it is
ordered by the court that a hearing lie
had upon the tame on the Ist day of
February, 1899, before Faid court at Sa
vannah, in said district, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, and that notice thereof
published in tiic Morning News, a nest
paper printed in said district, and that alt
known creditors and other persons in in
terest may appear at the said time and
place to show cause, if any they ha"',
why the prayer of said petitioners should
not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the court
that the clerk shall send by mail to all
known creditors copies of said petition and
this order, addressed to them at their
places of residence as stated.
EMORY SPEER, U. S. Judgi
In the District. Court of the United Slut-s
for the Southern district of Georgia, East
ern division. In the matter of Jenninet
Bros., Bankrupt. Bankruptcy. To the
Hon. Emory Speer, Judge of the District
Court of the United States for the South
ern District of Georgia, Eastern Division:
T. Albert Jennings and J. Robert Jen
nings, heretofore doing business under tha
firm name and style of Jennings Bio-.,
the said T. Albert Jennings being a resi
dent of Chatham county, Georgia, in said
Southern district and Eastern division, re
spectfully represents, that on the (lav
of December last issed, the said firm of
Jennings Bros, and the individual part
ners above named, were duly adj ulpd
bankrupts under the acts of Congi -- re
lating lo bankruptcy; that the said li' m
have duly surrendered all its property nrd
rights of property and that the said in
dividual partner's have duly surrendered
all their property and rights of properly,
and have fully complied with all the re
quirements of said acts and of the orders
of the court touching their bankrupt. >
Wherefore, they pray that they o 1
partnership anti as individuals may -I-"
creed by Ihe eourt to hove a full dis
charge from alt debts provable as-i.n-t
the estate of the partnership and of ' 0
individual members under said bankrupt
acts, except such debts as are excepted
by law from such discharge.
JENNINGS BROS
Dated this 27th day of January. A. D.
1899.
BARROW & OSBORNE, Petitioners’
Attorneys.
Southern District of Georgia, Easl< r
Division, ss. On this 27th day of
ary, 1899, on reading the foregoing l- 1 "
tion, it is ordered by the court that *
hearing be had upon the same on the
day of February, 1899, before said c->i>
at Savannah, Ga., in said district, at. ■
o'clock In the forenoon, and that nob™
thereof be published in the Morning N'
a newspaper printed in said district, a ’
that all known creditors and other I "
sons in interest may appear at the s
time and place to show cause, it ® •
they have, why the prayer of sai-t pr
tloners should not be granted. .
And It is further ordered by the co
that the clerk shall send by mail ■
known creditors copies of said petit tor
this order, addressed to them at
"laces of residence as stated.
EMORY SPEER, Jd' 3 *®-