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GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA,
MEWS OF THE THU EE STATES FI T
IN TYPE.
GEORGIA.
An unknown negro who was arrested
and locked up by the marshal at Rober
ta, near Fort Valley, Friday afternoon,
set fire to the calaboose that night and
made good his escape. The Jail was al
most totally consumed before the fire was
discovered.
Quartermaster Bryan of Andersonvllle,
who Is superintendent of the National
Cemetery at that place, has been in Ma
con for the purpose of having the bodies
of the negro soldiers burled there while
they were camped here in 1898- 99 remov
ed to Andersonvllle and burled in the Na
tional Cemetery.
Adairsville Banner: Mr. W. H. Davis
hast anew novelty in the honey bee.
Some days ago he had a stand to swarm,
and instead of coming out of the gum as
usual, they carried gum ond all away.
Neither bees nor gum have been since
seen. Peculiar bees, indeed, to swarm at
night, and of unusual strength.'’
Oglethorpe Echo: Farmers are grati
fied to have It develop that what they
last week thought was rust In wheat Is
not rust. It was a blight caused by too
much moisture and dry, sunshiny weath
er of the past ten days has entirely dis
pelled it. The crop is now almost In full
head and generally as fine as ever grew
in this section. Fifteen days more of
favorable weather will bring a bountiful
harvest.
Albany Herald: Hon. J. M. Griggs will
be nominated by the Democrats of the
Second district for a third term in Con
gress, without opposition, in the primary
on next Tuesday. This is a happy state
of affairs upon which both Judge Griggs
and the people of the district are to be
congratulated. It speaks well not only
for our congressman, but for the people
of the district as well. He has proved
to be an able and faithful representa
tive, and the people are adopting the wise
course and acting for their own best in
terest in electing him for another term.
Chattooga county furnishes, perhaps,
more strawberries for the market than
any other area of land of equal dimen
sions in the world. There are now being
shipped to the Northern and Eastern
markets from Summerville and Raccoon
Mill belween 500 and 1,000 crateo daily,
netting to the shippers about $2 per crate.
The Raccoon Mill Company owns the
largest strawberry farm in that county,
100 acres. Five hundred hands are now
employed there, and it seems impossible
for them to pick over more than half of
the farm each day. These hands make
from one to two dollars per day.
The debate between the candidates for
solicitor general of the Bibb circuit, held
at Fort Valley Friday night, proceeded
upon dignified ground until toward the
end of the speaking, when Mr. John R.
Cooper was allowed ten minutes in which
to conclude. ThSn the sensation of the
evening occurred. Mr. Cooper spent the
ten minutes in vigorous personal excori
ation of Mr. Lane, going so far as to al
lude to his family and church relations.
Three of the debaters left tbe stage, Mr.
Lane among the number. Several ladies
In the audience left the room and two
ministers who were present left the build
ing, expressing their disgust and regret
at such utterances.
The commencement programme for Mer
cer University at Macot* has been com
pleted in all of the main details, and prom
ises to be a most Interesting close to an
other one of the college's successful years.
The exercises will commence on Thursday
night. May 31, when the oratorical contest
will take place In the college chapel. On
Friday night, June 1, the champion debate
between the Phi Delta and Ciceronian Lit
erary (societies will rake place in the col
lege chapel. At the conclusion of the de
bate the successful contestant? will be
awarded the handsome medal offered by
Prof. E. L. Martin of the Georgia-A1 ahin:a
Business College. On Saturday night. June
2, the freshman declamation f r medals
"Will take place. Sunday morning,
June 3, Dr. E. Y. Mullens, president of the
Southern Baptist Theological 8 mlnary, at
Lou Vvi'.lc, Kj\, •'ll! deliver the commence
ment sermon at the First B.rotist Church.
Monday evening, Mr. John Temple Graves
will deliver an address In the college
chapel. Tuesday afternoon the Junior
contest for medals will take place, and Im
mediately following this there will be a
special meeting of the alumni of the col
lege. Wednesday Is regular commence
ment day. Diplomas will be delivered and
degrees conferred, after which President
Pollock and Judge Emory Speer will de
liver addresses.
FLORIDA.
Alfredi Schultz, aged about 46 years, and
a fisherman by occupation, was drowned
In the slip along side Baylen street wharf
at Pensacola Thursday morning.
Sarasota Is becoming famous as a sum
mer as well as winter resort. The hotel
there will be opened for the summer sea
son in a few days, and it will no doubt
be liberally patronized by home people.
George Chase, the truck-grower, has al
ready shipped 2,000 barrels of Irish pota
toes. from Ocala and expects to di p 2.000
more. The yield has been over the aver
age, notwithstanding the damage done by
the heavy rains.
Pensacola Press: Alligators are said
to be thicker then blackberries arounel
Santa Rosa Parte—and large ones, too, at
that. A gentleman claims to have seen
four monster ’gators huddled close to
gether on the beach a few days ago.
’Gator hunting parties are now in order.
Lake Butler Bulletin: Once in a while
the question of a successor to Senator
Mallory comes up, although such election
will not occur until the meeting of tho
Legislature In 1903. The reason of the
question now is that the sixteen state
senators to be selected this year will hold
over and take part In that contest. Were
the time now. Congressman S. M. Spark
man would be an easy winner, for, like
our ’‘Bob" Davis, he has made a most
enviable record since his election to the
National House of Representatives.
Miami Metropolis: One day this week
Mr. Douthit of the firm of Peters &
Douthlt, tomato growers at Cutler, drop
ped Into the Metropolis office and let Ihe
editor look at two cheeks which had Just
been received tn payment for tomatoes.
One check was for $1,082.30 signed by the
Llebhardt Commission Company of Den
ver, Col., and represented the net pro
ceeds for 400 crates. The check was
dated April 28. The other check was
dated the same day and was for $813,23
for 300 crates, from Crutchfield & Wooi
folk, Pittsburg, Pa.
Chicken farming is fast gaining a foot
hold at Orlando. Of late several tattles
have gone Into the business, and other*
are planning to do so. Robert Winter ha*
about 200 hens at his place, and has two
brooders and one or twolneubators. Hehai
been In the business several years, and has
made It profitable. C. A. Clouser startei
In only a few months ago, but he has
made a fine start, having ra’sed about 200
chicks this season. The largest raiser
thus far is F. A. Lewter, who is arrang
ing for an extensive farm. He has now
•bout 800 young chicks In his yards and
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has several hundred eggs in his incuba
tors. He contemplates extending his op
erations until he will have 3,C00 fowl". He
is growing a crop of sunflowers for the
seed to feed.
Jacksonville Times-Unlon ond Cilzen:
Miss Bessie Lee Williams has been ap
pointed sponsor for the Florida division of
the .United Sons of Confederate Veterans,
and will attend the reunion at Loulsv.lle.
Her sister, Miss Essie May Williams, has
been selected as her maid cf honor. The
appointments were made by the command
er of the Florida division, United S:ns of
Confederate Veterans, and are signally ap
propriate, these young ladies being the de
scendants of soldierly ancestry. Their
great-grandfather. Col. Ben S. Williams,
was colonel of a South Carolina regiment,
and saw active service in the War of 1812,
olso in the Mexican War and In the Flori
da Indian War. Although very old when
the Civil War broke out, he went to tha
front and saw active service. The young
ladles’ grandfather. Col. W. G. Williams,
also served in the Florida Indian War. He
was colonel of the famous Forty-seventh
Georgia Infantry, and was appointed
brigadier-general shortly before his death.
Dr. A. D. Williams, the father of the
young ladies, entered the Con federate army
when he was 15 years of age, and saw ac
tive service ail through the Civil War, anl
was brevetted at the close of the war as a
sergeant. ,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Gov. McSweeney will go to Louisville
with the veterans.
There are several cases of small-rox in
the city of Union.
The Granltevllle cotton factory la to put
In anew $500,000 mill Just below where the
old mill stands, to be completed by fall.
C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, who in
IS9B, as the prohibition candidate, ran such
a close race with Gov. Ellerbe for the
governorship, and who had been spoken
of as the one to lend the more determined
prohibition fight this year, says It will be
impoeslble for him to do so. He Is out in
a card declining to make the race.
Adjt. Gen. Floyd expects to use all of
the fund that goes to South Carolina from
the general government, for the equip
ment of the troops, as it is his ambition
to have the equipment of the South Caro
lina militia the finest in this section, and
ho believes that this will do much to
wards stimulating the men and building
up the force In the state, which has re
cently shown so much activity and life.
Dr. James Stacy of Georgia, who has
written and published a history of the
Midway Congregational Church, of Lib
erty county, Georgia, was at the office of
the Secretary of State, tn Colum
bia, Thursday, looking up histori
cal data in connection with his
work. Dr. Stacy's history contains a good
deal of historical matter that relates to
South Carolina, especially in connection
with the old Dorchester Church, in that
state.
- Before Associate Justice Pope, at cham
bers, in Columbia Friday, an application
for ball was made under habeas corpus
proceedings In the cose of the Rev. W.
E. Johnson of Bamberg, charged with
the murder of Court Stenographer W.
T. Bellinger a short. time ago. After
bearing the affidavits and the testimony at
Ihe coroner’s Inquest, a* well ns the argu
ments, pro and con, Justice Pope allowed
ball in the sum of $3,000, which it Is under
stood Mr. Johnson will have no trouble tn
giving.
Charleston News and Courier: Officers
who are working on the census for 1900
expect to show by figures which cannot
be disputed that the i>opulatlon of Charles
ton 1* 75,000. The steady growth of the
city numerically in the past ten years
.Justifies the opinion that the 75,000 mark
will be reached, and Sm>ervlsor J. W.
Wheeler, in charge of the census work for
this district, has issued instructions to hi*
enumerators that not a single name is to
be missed. The work will be thorough
and perfect. There have been many recent
Improvements tn the methods of the cen
sus taking, and the enumeration this year
will be systematic and satisfactory. If
there are 75.000 people In the city of
tharleston they will be found.
Mr. Frank Jones of Tirzah was shot at
Sharon, near Y'orkville, last Saturday
morning by Miss Blanche Wilkie of
Blacksburg. The young people were amus
ing themselves at target practice with a
light rllle. At the close of the practice
Miss Wilkie, under the belief lhat the
rifle was empty, turned it upon Mr. Jones
with the remark lhat she was going to
shoot him, and pulled thi trigger. The
bullet entered Mr. Jones’ face on the right
of his nose and ranged downward. Dr.
Saye afterw’ard probed for the bullet,
without sucoess further than to find that
it had struck a tooth; but Mr. Jones was
not seriously inconvenienced. Ho was out
walking with the young lady the same af
ternoon and went out to church next day.
Cotton planting made rapid progress In
South Carolina during the week, and
where least advanced, is from half to
two-thirds finished. Early plantings are
up to fair stunds, but the recent cool
nights are very injurious, causing some
cotton to die. Lands are not all prepared
for cotton. Chopping out is well under
way. Rust on wheat has become quite
general and is spreading. This crop Is In
many places less promising than hereto
fore, having been apparently Injured by
the excessive rainfall of April. Oats have
Improved. Both crops are heading. The
bulk of the tobacco crop has been trans
planted and the work is nearly finished.
There was no scarcity of plants, except
at a few points. Rice was badly dam
aged in the Georgetown districts by high
water.
A Young Hoy Drowned.
Ochwalkee, Ga., May 13.—A young boy
was drowned here .yesterday. Severn!
small boys from Alley were In bathing in
the Oconee river In shallow water, when
the little fellow stepped over his head
and drowned before assistance could
reach him. The body Is not yet fourj,
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCALA, FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to any
depth. We us.' first-class machinery, can
do work on snort notice aud guarantee
satisfaction.
THE MOKNING NEWB; MONDAY, MAY 34. 190 CI
j IN THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI
CULTURIST AMD HOUSEWIFE.
May Work In the Garden—Georgia
Lollards a* a Garden Crop—Sweet
Potatoes—The Cultivation of Wa
termelons.
In Southern gardens there Is not much
done in the way of planting during the
latter half of May. In the home garden
there may be some plantings of beans,
squashes and sweet corn as succession
crops to keep up a supply of these vege
tables. It is presumed that pretty much
everything else Is under way, and only
needs the necessary cultivation to perfect
the crop.
Those who have not already set out pep
per and egg plants should set them out
as soon as possible now. It Is almost
too late to sow the seeds of these vegeta
bles, unless one is very favorably situat
ed for the purpose. Late sowings of veg
etables are so beset with insect enemies,
tn most localities, it is labor thrown away
usually to attempt certain vegetables aft
er the first of May. This is the case with
English peas, Irish potatoes, turnips, sal
sify and other root crops, spinach, lettuce,
etc. Many of these cannot withstand the
hot dry weather of June and July even
when insects are not an obstacle. Those
who raise vegetables for market are well
aware that it Is only the very early, or
early vegetables' that pay anything like
the profit that is necessary to success, and
It Is only those who grow for their own
use exclusively, who can afford to bother
with late or even second early crops. It
is only the very early and the very lat*
vegetables that pay a satisfactory profit
to the market gardener. Lettuce, radish,
spinach, English peas and several others
are only profitable, when they can be put
on the market early, and before the aver
age home gardens begin to furnish their
supply. Late In the season competition
on <l an overstocked! market run. price*
down to a figure In which there is little
or no profit.
It Is too early to start what is termed
a late garden—one that furnishes vegeta
bles from October to Christmas. Snch
work ns is needed to establish a late
garden, must be done from the last of
July to the last of September. In suita
ble locations it is desirable, however, now
to sow the celery seed to
make plants to be set out in August or
September, but there are very few
who attempt this valuable crop In the
South. It Is very few who have suitable
soil for It and so there are not many win
need concern themselves with the crop It
requires more than any other crop an en
ergy and painstaking that few of our r.&,
live gardeners can bring to it.
Collards—The old fashioned Georgia col
lard Is a crop not to be despised and no
farmer should have less than an acre cf
it. In the absence of cabbage the tend r
frost-touched leaf of the collard is a most
excellent substitute, and the well-grown
leaves provides a very desirable supply of
succulent food for the milch cow* ond
pigs. An acre of collards grown to per
fection is worth a good deal on anv form
where there are cows, pigs and chickens
Seeds should be sown now and the plan ts
set out tn June and July. It may re
quire a good deal of care and watchfulness
to keep this crop protected from Its sever
al Insect enemies, as we have found for
the past two years, but this protection la
easily given tf one keeps on the watch and
applies the proper remedies promptly. In
sects were never any worse than they ore
this year and It requires unceasing watch
fulness to keep the various plants fra*
from them. The grower for market from
this time on will of necessity regard the
possession of implements for spraying aid
certain poisons for Insects and rcme'tes
for plant disease as of much importance as
any other materials of carrying on his
work.
Dvery man and woman who expects to
follow farming, gardening or fruit-grow
ing as a business will have to read up on
this important subject of plant disease and
Insect* and know exactly what is to be
done 1n the way of preserving their crop,
whatever It may be, from there evil influ
ences. It Is Imperative that they should
know how to do it whenever occasion
arises. Every year now we have some*
thing new to contend with and there is no
telling what the next few years wl'l bring
to us and the tiller of the soil will need
all the Intelligence that he can possibly
confrol in solving a very serious problem.
Sweet Potatoes as a Garden Crop.—
Where one has a very large garden, one.
two or three acres, say, It will pay to
grow this splendid vegetable as a “gar
den crop,’’ using the very choicest varie
ties for the purpose—the true “Georgia
yam” and the Spanish. There Is a vast
difference In sweet potatoes, as much so
as In apples, and when one grows pota
toes In the garden only the nicest kinds
should be grown. Under the intensive
plan, such as should prevail In garden
culture, one can easily produce several
hundred bushels of potatoes on an acre,
even of the true Georgia yam, of which
we see very few nowadays. More’s the
pity. This pale, yellow, sugary potato
Is a table potato par excellence, and once
used most potatoes seem poor and tame
less, but there are many who prefer the
Spanish variety—a long, plnk-skln po
tato.
The Bunch yam Is now very extensively
grown, and it Is of very easy culture.
Compared to those referred to it Is not a
good table potato really, but It satisfies
♦hose who are not accustomed to the bet
ter kinds. We are inclined to think that
the Georgia yam Is about extinct in some
localities, but It is to be hoped it will
not become generally so. Have any of
our readers this potato and the Spanish
free from admixture with other kinds?
If so, we should be pleased to hear from
them.
AVifHnflom,
We have, in watermelons, a crop which
Is assuming very great Importance at the
South, an<l every year sees hundreds upon
hundreds of acres devoted to their pro
duction, while in June and July they go
North by the train load, often bringing
fancy prices, writes J. F. Mcrrlam in
Southern Planter.
To be successful with watermelon* the
grower must first select the proper loca
tion. The land should be well drained, of
a light sandy texture, and naturally fer
tile. Freshly cleared lnnd Is a good place,
or an old broom straw fle'.d which hna
lain out a number of years. I have also
had good success on a pea vine stubble,
following In a rotation with cotton, corn
and peas sown between, followed by oats,
with pens sown again after the oats, to he
out for hay, and furnish tfye pea tine stub
ble for the melons; then cotton again, and
so on. In a four-year rotation like this,
melons are less likely to suffer from the
disease known as the Southern blight. But
even this far apart, they are sometimes
affected. Indeed, this matter Is assuming
very serious proportions, and a remedy for
the wilt, or blight. Is badly needed.
It seems that the Alabama Experiment
Station Is meeting with some success In
checking the disease by an application of
lime to the Infected land, during the win
ter, previous to the planting. They are, I
telleve, continuing these experiments, the
final result of which will be looked for
ward to with Interest. It can. at any rate,
do no harm to try the lime at the rate of
—say 40 bushels per acre; for when one
has to tind a fresh piece of land every year
on which to plant his melons the land
' available for this purpose soon becomes
exhausted.
One of my neighbors, who is quite an
excenslve watermelon grower, after hav
ing used uo hla own land in this manner,
has rented from year to year all the land
in his vicinity that he could lay hands on.
and what he will do now to find land free
from the fungus I am unable to say. Any
way, the best we can do for the present
is a wide rotation and the use of lime.
After selecting the location, the land
should be well broken with a two-horse
plow and worked down fine. Then lay off
the rows ten feet apart with double
mould-board plow, going twice In the row,
and running as deep as possible.
Prof. W. F. Massey of the North Caro
lina Experiment Station, advocates the
practice of checking off the rows ten feet
apart each way, throwing out a wide hole
at the crossings, in which half a bushel
of compost made from well rotted manure
and leaf mould from the woods la placed.
This is to be spread evenly, and a hand
ful of high grade guano worked in on the
surface, after which the hill is made up,
and the soed planted. I mean to try this
method this year. I have, however, had
remarkably good success by spreading
manure the whole length of the row in
the deep furrows spoken of above, stir
ring in a little soil, and then bedding by
throwing four furrow's together over the
manure. I then check across this bed
every ten feet and plant the seed at the
crossings.
A little <Jab of manure in the hill is not
enough for melons, they need Jots of fer
tilizer, and they need It spread out for a
considerable distance from the center of
the hill; for as long as the roots can
teach out and find fresh fields to conquer,
the vines will continue to grow. Every
one, however, is ho; able to obtain manure
or compost for the melons; especially is
this true with the large grower, and com\
mercial fertilizer, if properly applied, can
be made to answer very nicely. The mom
advantage with compost when put deep
In the ground Is, that It holds more mois
ture for the crop during a drought.
I well remember one of the best water
melon crops I ever raised was fertilized
with commercial fertilizer. This was ap
plied in the drill at the rate of 300 pounds
per acre, stirred in, and two furrows put
on it. I then let it stand about two weeks,,
after which I put 300 pounds more ferti
lizer on each side of this list, threw two
mora furrows to the bed, and planted.
The plants came up with a fine dark green,
color, and grew off well from the start?
doing really better than an adjoining field
on which manure was used.
Thera Is certainly a great deal of labor
saved by using commercial fertilizer for
melons, and soil is well and deeply
prepared and cultivated rapidly after the
plants start, almost, if not quite, as good
results may be obtained.
A fertilizer for melons should contain
about ammonia, 6 per cent.; phosphoric
acid, 6 per cent., and potash, 7 per cent.,
used at the rate of not less than 500
pounds per acre. Instead of that, the
following may be used: Take nitrate of
soda, 200 pounds; corton seed meal, 700
pounds, and acid phosphate, 840 pounds,
and muriate of potash. 260 pounds to make
a ton, or tankage (9 per cent.), (525 pounds
bone meal, 1,100 pounds, and muriate of
porash, 275 pounds will also make a fer
tilizer with the proper anaylsis.
In regard' to varieties, the old Georgia
Rattlesnake still holds its own with us,
whilst anew variety known as the Kleck
ley Sweet, Is proving a great favorite
with many; the Jones is also popular,
and I saw carloads of Kolb Gems going
North last summer, but these are too
coarse for out- use. although they make a
good shipping melon.
Soy or Sojti nran.
This legume is one that has been found
admirably adapted for grownh In the
Souttf. It makes either good hay, a good
grain crop or an excellent forage crop for
hog feeding. Asa crop for the silo it Is
the natural complement of corn. Corn la
rich In carbo-hydrates whilst the soy
bean is the richest of all crops In protein.
When cut and mixed together in the silo
the silage is almost a complete ration for
stock. The land for the crop should be
prepared as for corn, and the seed be
planted In rows Just wide enough to per
mit of cultivation. The seed should be
dropped in the rows about nine inches
apart. Half a bushel of seed will plant
an acre. Cultivate the crop two or Hires
times until it Is well started In growth.
On good land the plants will grow three
or four feet high, and branch out so as to
cover the whole field. The seed pods are
formed very freely, and from twenty to
thirty bushels of beans are pnodu ed to
the acre. The plants will continue to grow
until checked by frost. If intended for
hey or the silo the crop should be cut
when In full vigor and growth.
If to be made Into hay allow to wilt
and partially dry, and then throw Into
small cocks to cure out. If grown for
hog feeding, turn the hogs on to the crop
when the pods are beginning to ripen,
and they will harvest the whole plant,
and make fat faster than on any other
crop grown. If wanted for the beans,
allow to stand until most of the pods are
nearly ripe, and then cut when damp
with dew and throw into small cocks or
heaps to euro out. These should not be
handled more than necessary, as the
beans will shell out when dry. It Is
best to carry them to the bam when
slightly moist with dew. As the stalks
are woody when mature they do not pack
closely In the mow, and. therefore, will
not heat Injuriously, even though stored
slightly damp. The beans may be thresh
ed out with the ordinary threshing ma
chine if the concaves are taken out and
plenty of room given for the stalks to
pass through. The machine should not
be run fast. Cattle and sheep will eat
the stalks, hull and refuse from the ma
chine with great relish.
I'tjC Feeding.
In the bulletin sent out by the Maryland
Experiment Station in March they sum
marized the results of about a dozen tests
In pig feeding as follotvs: (1) It was found
that with some rations the gains on pigs
could be produced as low as 2Va cents per
pound. (2) In all the tests where properly
compounded rations were U'od, pork was
produced at a profit, when the pigs were
not allowed to become too old. (3) The cost
of producing a pound of pork lncre is s
with the age of a pig. (4) The aim ohouli
be to produce from 160 lo 200-pound p g at
six to seven months old for the greatest
profits. (6) Skim milk was found to have
a feeding value for pigs equal to fully
double the price charged at most of the
creameries of the state. (6) Separator
sklmmllk at one-half cent per gallon, and
linseed and gluten meals at 215 p r ten
have about the same value for balancing
rations for pig feed. (7) Cream or “King '
gluten meal was found to be more econo n
loal for balancing ration for pigs than lin
seed meal. t 8) Ground fodder, such as tie
New Corn Product, was found to be a val
uable addition to ration for pigs. (9i Hwe t
potato strings, cow pea pasture and a;tl
ehoke pasture, when properly used, pro
duced pork economically.
Intensive Cnllnre of Tomatoes.
Drive n 7-foot stnke where the plant
fit <o grow. Then plant the seed or set
the young plant. The latter may ripen
first, but the seed plant will outstrip It
In growth. Let nothing but leaves grow
lie low the first setting of tomatoes. After
you have one good setting you may_ let
the plant fork. This gives two main
stems. Let no more shoots grow until
at least two settings of tomatoes are
formed on each branch. Then let the
vine fork again. Keep all shoots below
nil these trimmed off. going over them
carefully once or twice a week. After
Sept, 1, or later In the South, cut off un
sparingly all shoots or top of main
branched. You will find good big tomato**
at the top of the 6 feet of stake you have
above the ground.
Ag many as thirty-two good-si zed toma
toes have been counted on one stalk after
the bottom bunch hod ripened and was
gone. Remember that at the base of each
leaf comes out a branch. This stem is
the one to keep trimmed off. The blos
som is on the main stem. This leaf
sprout will sometimes come out again,
and must again be cut off. Only by severe
trimming are the best results obtained.
Should an early frost threaten, the plant
thus staked con be protected until ma
ture with blankets. If not staked It
would probably cover ten square feet of
space on the ground end be lost. The
flavor also of the tomato Is far superior
io those grown on the ground.—V. C.
Turner.
Geese on the Farm.
Geese In the market will sell for from 50
to 00 cents, but the kind of geese sold are
really no more. There has been but
little Improvement of geese on farms, and
it is seldom that they exceed eight or ten
pounds in weight. The Toulouse and
Embden geese are fully twice as large as
the common geese (one being once ex
hibited weighing fifty-two pounds alive),
and a pair would lay the foundation of a
paying flock in a few years. The fat
goose is a luxury enjoyed only by thore
who know something of them, and It
brings a good price. Turkeys sell higher,
but the profits are no larger than from
geese. There is a great loss of young
turkeys each year, while geese seem to
thrive on a grass plot or a pond that can
not be used for any other purpose.
As geese will breed until over tw'enty
years old, a flock of the large varieties
once obtained will return an in.ome every
year which would be satisfactory com
pared with the capital invested.
If the flock of geese Is given a grass
Ilot it will be all they will require. In
winter, however, they should have a mess
of ground food once a day. Old geese do
not sell in market, and it is a waste of
time and money to so dispose of them.
Keep the old ones for breeding purposes,
and sell the young ones. One gander may
be kept with two geese. There Is also a
fair profit in feathers.
Special Pruning,
The Peach.—This tree requires special
pruning to keep it In a compact stocky
form, as it tends to grow largely at the
ends of the branches, and to produce few
laterals on the main branches. While the
trees are young, at least one-half of the
last season's growth should be cut off
during the latter part of the winter, vary
ing the amount cut from different parts
of the trees so as to produce a regularly
formed head. As the trees grow older
this prunning reduces the number of fruit
buds, and thus lessens the cost of thin
ning and improves their growth. It also
often becomes necessary to out back some
of the main branches well into the center
of the tree, to force a lateral growth of
new wood, without which the long
branches would soon break down when
heavily loaded with fruit, or with foliage
wet with rain in a high wind.
The Grape.—The grapevine will stand
more pruning without Injury than any
other fruit crop we grow, and by the
modern method of training the whole
vine Is practically renewed every two
years. The fruit is grown on the vigor
ous young wood of the last season’s
growth, and the more vigorous and well
ripened this wood the better will be the
product. Pruning may- be done at any
time after the leaves fall, up to March
1. Summer pruning or pinching is prac
ticed to force the growth where desired,
i. e., Into the fruiting canes and Into the
hew canes that are being grown for the
next season's fruit, and no surplus canes
should be grown that must be cut and
thrown away at the end of the season.
Stndying Crop Needs.
In speaking of crop needs we mean
simply how much nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash should be supplied to
meet the demands, says the Southern
Planter. These ingredients are all taken
up from the soil througth the roots in a
liquid condition. If the Hand contains an
abundlance of them and they are not sol
able, the plants will starve for lack of
nourishment. A hungry plant surrounded
by tons of Insoluble plan* food Is no bel
ter off than a thirsty man in the middle
of (he Atlantic ocean with only the salty
undrinkable water at his disposal. The
points to be remembered, then, are. first,
crape must have their food In an avail
able or digestible form; and second) a
sufficiency must be supplied.
The insoluble nourishments in the soil
can be made to become soluble by Jegreep
through tillage and the use o< stimulant
fertilizers, such as lime, salt and plaster.
I* is neither wise nor economical, though,
in the tong run to exhaust the natural
fertility of the soil. The time would
surely oome when it would not be possible
to raise paying crops. Besides, it costs
much less to keep up than to restore fer
tility.
Now, about the needs of crops. The
amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash they remove will serve as a pretty
fair guide as to how much should be sup
plied to prevent a drain on the soil. It Is
known that vegetables of all kinds con
sume considerable nitrogen and potash
nnd but little phosphoric acid. A crop of
200 bushels of potatoes, for example, re
moves from the land about fifty pounds
of nitrogen, seventy pounds of potash and
25 pounds of phosphoric acid, and to re
turn these amounts an application of 235
pounds of nitrate of soda, 150 pounds of
muriate of potash and 200 pounds of acid
phosphate would be required for each crop
of potatoes.
Cabbage is a heavy feeder; thirty-one
tons of heads per acTe, which are often
gathered, contain 150 pounds of nitrogen,
300 pounds of potash and ninety pounds of
phosphoric acid; to renew this, 900 pounds
of nitrate of soda, 600 pounds of muriate
of potash and 750 pounds acid phosphate
would have to be applied. Probably not
one trucker in a thousand would think
of using such a large quantity of fertilizer
per acre, but It only goes to show that
a knowledge of the needs of crops ts
necessary to serve as a guide In feeding
intelligently. Many growers are.-using
what they consider a large amount of fer
tilizer and still the land does not seem
to produce as much as It ought. The
whole truth Is that the amount supplied
annually does not equal the amount re
moved, therefore the crofcw are gradually
diminishing the reserve supply, and as
this decreases the yield falls off according
ly-
All vegetables have the same general
characteristics, so far as feeding Is con
cerned. They want plenty of nitrogen
and potash with little phosphoric acid;
but In order to force them lo maturity as
early as possible, so as to enable the
trucker to get the benefit of the high
prices which prevail at the beginning of
the season, particular attention must be
paid lo the forms of nourishment. It Is
essential that the foot! be Immediately
available, so as to advance the crops Just
at a time when they need a little pushing
along. The ordinary acid phosphate or
dissolved bone, and muriate of potash are
all right, so far as the phosphoric acid
nnd potash are concerned, but in the case
of nitrogen all sources are not equally
available. Tankage, fish scrap, blood, bone,
manure, etc., have to decompose In (fie
soil before they can be taken up by tfie
plarts, and as It cannot be estimated to
a certainly Just how long this requires,
It Is safer to rise something quick acting,
like nitrate of soda, which shows Its ef
fects almost immediately. For this rea
son, /also, nitrate can be divided Into sev
eral doses and used os top dressing dur
lng the growing season when the crops
begin to lag.
There is nothing difficult about feeding
plants, though a little study and discrim
ination often means a saving of many
dollars. p. j. Christian.
The Scrap Book.
One of the most helpful ways in making
an early potato crop is to prepare the
acts for planting some time in advance,
cutting them Into halves or quarter
pieces, so as to get one, two or three
eyes on each set, and then exposing them
to air long enough to dry the cut sur
face so that it will not rot when it comes
in contact with wet and cold soil. Many
acres of early potatoes become failures
from non-attention to this simple precau
tion. After the cut surface has seared
over the potato set should bo exposed to
light, so as to make its buds green. When
they begin to gxpand the set should be
planted, if the ground Is In condition to
be worked. The growing germ will dry
out the sap in the potato, and will also
dry the soil around the set and make it
warmer.
Bone Spavin.—An ounce each of corro
sive sublimate, quicksilver and iodine,
with lard sufficient to form a paste, will
cure bone spavin. Rub the quicksilver
and iodine together, adding the sublimate
and finally the lard, mixing them thor
oughly. Shave off the hair to the extent
of the bone enlargement. Grease all
around the shaved surface, but not where
the hair is shaved off. This will prevent
the mixture from taking effect except
upon the spavin. Rub In as much of
the paste as will lie on a 3-cent piece,
every morning for four mornings. In
from seven to eight days the whole spa
vin will come out. Then wash out the
wound with suds, soaking It well for an
hour, or two, which removes the poison
ous effects of the medicine and facili
tates the heating,which can be aided by an
application of any of ihe healing salves.
Mr. Andrews, late of Detroit, who, dur
ing his life, knew a good horse, and also
desired to know how to take good care
of it, did not hesitate to give S3OO {or
this recipe after seeing what it would do.
—E. L. Russell.
Save the Egg Shells.—Egg shells are In
valuable. They should not be thrown
away. They are particularly valuable In
the spring when young broods of chicks
are to be provided for. Little chicks need
grit. They need it from the very moment
they are put out of doors with the mother
hen. It Is the common practice then to
stuff them with doughy mixtures exclu
sively, and great armies of them are slain
every year by this method of feeding.
Comparatively few people know that tbs
addition of some gritty material at this
time would to a great extent stop this
slaughter.
The poultry supply’ houses have f r sa’e
chick grit, and it Is an excellent article to
keep on hand, but egg shells make a pret
ty fair substitute for it. Place the shells
in the oven of the kitchen stove and sub
ject them to a slow heat until they are
thoroughly dried. They will then be quite
brittle and can be crushed into small par
ticles. Place some of this near the coop
where the chicks can get it every day. It
will save the lives of many youngsters
which would otherwise fall victims to
stomach and bowel trouble*.
Smoking and Preserving Meats.—As ev
ery thrifty farmer kills and cures hl3 own
pork, any way of lessening the labor of
smoking it doubtless will be appreciated. I
used to spend two weeks trying to smoke
my meat by hanging It high in the smeke
house. To keep a smoke house full of
strong smoke was a task that took pr tty
close attention; yet most cf the meat
around here is smoked just that way. Rid
ing along the other day I saw smoke is
suing from large cracks In several smoke
houses, and that is the trouble. It is dif
ficult to keep them tight enough to bold
the smoke. I smoke my meat now in two
day’s. I bought a large dry gools box,
hung the points all around on the inside
by means Of a hook. Put an iron fOap
kettle In, containing a bucket of ashes.
On these drop a few coals. Put on five
or six cobs, and cover with an old carpet
doubled three or four times. When smoked
pack into a tight sugar barrel, cover with
one thickness of carpet, over which crowd
down a close-fitting barrel cover, such ss
are used over sugar barrels in stores.—L.
A. Stockwell.
The Onion Remedy for Lice—l see some
one is asking a remedy for lice on cattle.
About eight years ago someone gave this:
Take an onion, chit in two and rub this
on the animal until it is all rubbed away
and in four or five days repeat. I have
tried quassia chips, tobacco, lamp oil, lard
and carbolic acid and several other reme
dies. But the onion remedy is the only
success. Don’t fall to give this for a lice
exterminator for cattle whenever any one
asks for one, and you will certainly get
thanks for It. Thte may seem ao simple
that people may not try it, but you urge
them for a single trial; it Is wonderful.
Cause of Hog DDeases—Remember that
constipation is the 'advance agent of three
fourths of all hog ailments. It Is the be
ginning of going wrong. It Is the cause
of most of the troubles. If the hogs are
carefully watched It can be regulated with
food alone. If not Epsom salts are a cheap
remedy. Dry pastures and dry food will
often cause it, or too little water In hot
weather. They should have all the pure
water that they can drink during the sum
mer season. Constipation lies across the
track of growth, development and health.
See that It does not become an obstruction.
A little care will prevent It In most In
stances.
When a Tree Is Planted, pack the earth
solid around the root, using something
to tramp the earth, but do not bruise the
roots. Tfle end of the roots should be cut
smooth on the under side before plant
ing. If the ground is dry when the hole
is nearly filled In, put on a pail of water
and when it settles fill up and leave the
surface dirt loose. The tree should be
thoroughly mulched three feet on each
side with manure, sawdust, chip dirt or
straw, and the mulch covered with brush
or stones so that It will not blow away.
If the tree does not start, water it with
hot water. In time of drought, put on a
pail of water to a tree at sundown. Dur
ing the summer, frequently remove the
mulch and stir the surface soli. If the
fall Is dry, remove the mulch and give
each tree two pails of water so that the
winter may not freeze the roots dry.
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