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GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA.
SEWS OF THE THREE STATES PIT
I\ TA PE.
GEOHGIA.
The government recently put 500,000
young shad In Flint river near Albany.
The farmers of Washington county have
organized a cotton warehouse company
and will build a warehouse on the lot ad
joining the Soutnem depot lot. The object
is to reduce the cost of storage of cotton,
which they think is oltgether too high.
They wiii build at once so as to be pie
pared for this year's crop.
The preparations for the closing exer
cises of the Blakely E’hool wll be very
elaborate, and several days will be devoid
to them. Gov. Candler, State School
Commissioner Glenn and Prof. Euler B.
Smith, one of the brightest teachers in
Georgia, will deliver addresses. Those pro
ceedings are indicative of marked improve
ment.
Judge John S. Candler of Atlanta has
refused to grant anew trial in the case
of James L. Baker, who last month was
found guilty of the charge of murder,
and the case will go to the Supreme Court
on a bill of exceptions. Baker shot and
killed his wife while she was seated at
supper in the house of a filend, with
whom she was boarding.
Gladys, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Vincent of Ath
ens, died at the home of her
parents Thursday afternoon. Her
death was quite a shock to relatives and
friends. Tuesday she was in school with
her playmates, and death was the result
of having eaten green peaches. The
funeral occurred Friday afternoon and
the exercises were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Beatty.
The thlriieth banking institution of
which TV. S. Wit ham of Atlanta is
president, Was chartered by Secretary of
State Phil Cook Friday. The new con
cern is located at Bainbridge, Ga., and
is to be known as the People’s Bank of
Bainbridge. The capital stock is $25,000
divided Into ehares of SIOO each, and the
Incorporators are R. L. Hicks, J. D.
Choson, J. A. Reid and H. C. Draper, all
of Bainbridge.
Marietta Journal: A well-dressed white
woman representing herself as Fitzhugh
Lee's cousin called at a well-known colored
■woman’s house, named Cokine, in this city,
one day last week and stated that there
was gold and silver burled on her premues
and by furnishing her some go'd and silver
to melt and place in her mineral indicator
she could locate the treasure. The colored
woman only had $6 in silver and gave it
to her to melt; the white woman was t®
supply the gold to melt with it. She took
the silver and went off to melt It and never
returned, thus duping the colored woman
with fair promises.
Amerlcus Times-Recorder: The matter'
of effectually enforcing a local dog law,
recently Inagurated by the people, con
tinues with marked success. In fact, they
no longer ask the protection of the Leg
islature in the enactment of a dog law,
which previously had not been accorded.
The city scavenger, it is said, has this
week hauled away 72 poisoned dogs found
dead in the streets, which probably does
not near include all dogs that have gone
the poison route. Many valuable hunting
dogs have thus been killed, which fact Is
to be regretted. In the meanwhile the
slaughter will continue.
Moultrie Observer: The Moultrie Cotton
Mills have been definitely located in the
western part of the city. The grounds
were laid off Monday and the work or
clearing them off has begun. The brick
for the building have been bought, and
will be shipped In a few days. The Tlfion.
Thomasville and Gulf road is at work on
their spur out to the site. The spur will
branch off from the main line down below
the cemetery, and across the branch near
the cemetery, going up on the river side.
Work would have been started on the
building before now except for the fact
that there has been some delay on thegxirt
of the machinery people in furnishing the
plans.
< Three months ago Mrs. Warde, the Au
gust* "medium.” predicted the destruction
by fire of the Taylor House of Tenhllle.
Shortly before S o’clock Friday morn
ing fire was discovered in the kitchen of
the Taylor House. It spread rapidly, and
fanned by a strong wind, soon was a mass
of roaring flames. The heat was intense.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
hotel was destroyed. The office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company', which
was torn down to check the spread of Ihe
fire, was also consumed, but the general
offices of the Wrightsville and Tetmi’.le
Railroad were saved. Big Binswanger of
Savannah and Gage Weichselbaum of Ma
con, two well-known drummers, did good
wgfk at the fire. By hard work the cars
on the side track and the warehouse of the
Central were saved. The value of property
destroyed was $10,000; insurance unknown.
FLORIDA.
Ex-Senator Pasco and Prof. Emory R.
Johnson of the Isthmian Canal Commis
sion spoke in Jacksonville on Friday
night to a large and interested audience.
Ocala contains a prize-winning dog.
Maj. Haley is the owner. It is a cooker
■paniel which Maj. Haley sent his son
Ed, in Atlanta, who entered the dog in
the late dog show at that place. The dog
walked away with {IOO of prize money.
Prof. E. C. Hills, dean of Rollins Col
lege at Winter Park, has been appointed
Instructor in the English language in the
summer school for Cuban teachers, to be
held at Harvard. This Is an appointment
that is not only well deserved, but will
be filled with ability.
It Is said a Clay county man gives as
bis reason for opposing removal of the
State Capital to Jacksonville that he might
some day be elected a member of the
Legislature, and he would get very little
mileage to come to Jacksonville, but a
large bit to go to Tallahassee.
On Sunday last Bishop Gray, assisted
by Archdeacon B. F. Brown, consecrat
ed the new church at Jupiter. The
church Is named St. Marian's. It is a
neat Gothic structure In wood and is a
great credit to the few faithful people
who have labored so diligently and with
such generous self-sacrifice to build them
selves this house of worship.
Titusville Advocate: Orange, Dade,
Osceola and Brevard counties have in
structed for Beggs for Governor. Tills
makes a good showing for the next Gov
ernor. and as Volusia and Lake are re
garded as reasonably certain to cast their
ballots for him on June I*. we can con
fidently repeat our statement, that Mr.
Beggs will receive a majority on the first
ballot. Go it, Jim, we are with you.
Bradford Telegraph: One day last week
while N. D. Wainright was herding some
cattle near town, his horse was gored by
an infuriat'd steer and died soon after
wards from locked-jaw. Mr. Wainright
endeavored to wheel his horse out of the
path of (he mad animal, but cne of Its
hoi ns caught the horse in the flank and
sank into the flesh to a drp*h of about
s x inches. The hi rse wtllhrd with pain
until death relicvrd it of its suft rings a
few h'ura afterward.
c Jacksonville Metropolis; The "buttle of
Sick headache. Food doesn’t di
gest well, appetite poor, bowels con
stipated, tongue coated. It’s your
liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills,
easy and safe. They cure dyspep
sia, biliousness. 25c. All Druggists.
YVaut jour moustacne or btinrii a beautiful
brown or rich black? Then u*e
BUCKINGHAM’S DYE (MS™
Of DjMJOr.KT, Oft f> P hv.t \ Cos. *• H.
the ballots” In Duval county is over. It
was an open, manly fight for supremacy
among friends, and the organized democ
racy passes into new hands. Mr. E. J.
Triay has been defeated, and the contest
can well be declared a Waterloo. The
fight had for Us main issue the removal
of the capital, and the result is'on over
whelming defeat for Triay and his friends.
Mr. Triay contended that the present ag
itation was unwise, but the great mass
of the people evidently did not agree
with Mr. Triay's views, ns the vote yes
terday emphasized this fact.
St. Petersburg Times: From present
indications, Col. Fred T. Myers seems
to be the coming man for Governor. The
Times has not taken any' partisan eland
in this matter, as we regard all the gen
tlemen named as being able, worthy and
sound In their democracy. Knowing Col.
Myers better than any of the others and
knowing him to be the peer of the ablest,
wei naturally prefer him. We confident
ly believe he will be the choice of the
delegation from this county, which will
vote as a unit, that he will have a ma
jority and receive the nomination. Next
to Col. Myers, Mr. Jennings is our choice.
SOUTH CAROI.IXA.
At Saluda in the Sessions' Court, Tom
Hailstock, charged with murder, was
found guilty of manslaughter. He was
sentenced by Judge Benet to twenty
years' imprisonment.
The South Carolina diocesan Council has
adjourned at Aiken, to meet again next
May in Greenville. About two hundred
prominent Episcopalians from all parts
of the state will attend the meeting.
Greenville had the only full delegation at
Aiken.
News has been received in Columbia
of orders transferring Paymaster Sam
McGowan from the Port Royal naval
station to the new battleship, the Ala
bama. Paymaster McGowan Is well
known all over South Carolina and has
hosts of friends wherever he is known.
For more than two years he has been
stationed at Port Royal.
The Greenwood Fire Insurance Com
pany is the latest applicant for a charter
from the coming Gate City of South Caro
lina. This enterprise is to be capitalized
at SIOO,OOO and will write fire Insurance
in all parts of the state. Reliable and
conservative agents will be sought, and
in order to secure first-class hazards the
agents will be given an opportunity to
take atcck in the company.
Ridgeviile, a town in Dorchester coun
ty. seems to have a rather peculiar status.
It is a municipal corporation without any
corporate head. The towm Council and
all seem to have been deposed by an or
der of the court and now It is the general
desire of all municipal officers be elected.
A petition signed by a large number of
business men has been sent to Gov. Mc-
Sweeney, and he is now trying to figure
out what to do.
The people of the town of Bethune, In
Kershaw county; one of the most prom
ising the new line of tha
Seaboard Air Line between Columbia and
Cheraw, have applied to the Secretary
of State for a charter under the new In
corporation net. The applicants declare
Him the town has over the required 226
inhabitants. Secretary of State Cooper
has appointed a commission consisting
of John A. Me Laud n, Neal A. Bethune
and Kirby T. Bstrldge, to have charge
of all necessary preliminary elections.
Twelve dollars and thirty cents Is the
allowance of seven thousand and fifty-one
pensioners of the state of South Carolina.
This is the allowance not for a month,
but for twelve months. It Is v/ hat the
state allows Its pensioners, soldiers of the
Lost Cause, who are more than 60 years
of age and who have not more than $1(0
a year Income, or widows of old soldiers
who may be similarly circumstanced. Old
soldiers who were wounded and who have
an Income not In excess of $27,0 a year are
In the same class. Then there Is another
class known as Class B, which numbers
362 and these are each to get J 16.40 for
the year. Class A, which Is made up of
those totally helpless, receive $72 a year
and It numbers forty-eight.
It was rumored In Greenville Friday
that a majority of the stockholders of the
Pacolet mills had at their annual meeting
the day before voted againsr the company
building anew mill at Gainesville, Ga. In
quiry' at Spartanburg over the 'phone did
not elicit much definite information, as
the matter seems to have been kept very
quiet. From the mest reliable information
obtainable it appears that one of the di
rectors and large stockholders, F. J. rei
ser, was present to meet his lawyer, and
objected to the Pacolet mill, as a corpor
ation, building the proposed Gainesville
mill, stating at the same time that he
was in favor of building a mill at Gaines
ville, but not as a part of Pacolet. It is
said he will go to the point of taking the
matter into the courts.
South Carolina’s new State Democratic
Executive* Committee Is made up as fol
lows: Abbeville, A. IV. Jones; Aiken. IV.
IV. Williams; Anderson, J. Perry Glenn;
Bamberg. S. G. Mayfield; Barnwell, G. D.
Bellinger; Beaufort. Thos. Martin; Berke
ley, S. J. McCoy; Charleston, J. T. Knf
ferty; Cherokee, John T. I-lttleJohn; Ches
ter. T. J. Cunningham; Chesterfield, G. J.
Redfearn; Clarendon. I/ou!s Appclt; Cob
lotote, J IV. Hill; Darlington, A. J. A.
Perltt; Dorchester, John P. Bivins, Edg
field, T. J. .Williams; Fairfield, Thomas
H. Ketchum; Florence, D. H. Traxler;
Greenville. 'M. L. Donaldson; Greenwood,
D. H. Magrtll; Hampton, IV. H. Mauldin;
Horry. John A. McDeTmolt; Kershaw, C.
L. Winkler; Lancaster, T. Y. Williams;
lainrens, N. H. Dial; Lexington, I>. J.
Griffith; Marlon. S. G. Miles; Marlboro,
IV. D. Evans; Newberry. C L. B|eas-;
Oconee, J. J. Keith: Orangeburg; W. O.
Tatum; Pickens, H. F. Smith; Rlchlnnd,
Mills Jones; Spartanburg, W. L. Ben
nett; Saluda. R.-U. Watson; Sumter, R.
D. Lee; Union. J. F. Peake. Williamsburg,
J. fl. Blackwell; York, J. C. Wllhorn.
The Slate Executive Committee re-elected
Col. IVllie Jones as chairman and Mr. U.
X. Gunter, Jr., as secretary to the com
mittee,
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCALA, FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to uny
depth. II c use first-class machinery, can
do work on suo. * notice aud guarantee
. tatisfacUop
THE BOKMKG KETVS: MONDAY. MAY 21. 1900.
IN THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGfU
CTLTI HIST AND HOUSEWIFE.
Brief Nate* of the Season—Mixius
Seed* of Several Varieties—-Tlie
Colorado Po.nla Beetle—lCninlt a*
u Fertilizer—Pruning Fruit Tree*
anil I’lniit*.
For many years this gardener has made
it a practice to mix several varieties to
gether of certain vegetable crops whore
the object is to grow vegetables either for
home use or for market and when It is
not intended to rave seeds of the some.
Frequently we have mixed as many' as six
or eight different kinds together, but as
a rule the average has been three. It
is very rare that the plan fails to give
the very beet sailsfacilon. Let the tur
nip raider try the plan once and he will
be quite sure to repeat the practice. There
are good and sufficient reasons for the
practice. Sometimes a particular vari
ety has matured very' Imperfect seeds,
perhaps the seedsman may have palmed
off old seed. Seed apparently good, but
have lost their germinating power.
Then there aro varieties that differ
greatly in their character of growth—,
such a difference as exists, say, in the
long red beet and a turnip beet or al
most flat kind as in the long or cow
horn turnip and the Early Flat Dutch.
One variety may be early, another late
and still another only medium. Difference
of color may not be w’orthy of considera
tion for practical purposes, and yet this
difference may count for something in
making an attractive appearance on the
market stand.
Growing Turnip*.
In the case of turnips it is more general
ly the rule now that the sowing is made
in drills; so that the crop can be culti
vated with plow and hoe. The old-fash
ioned way of sowing broadcast is rarely
followed. Where It i* It will certainly
pay to mix w'ell together at least four
kinds of turnips, such as Flat Dutch,
Cow-horn, Yellow Aberdeen and Yellow
Rutabaga. If at all practicable, we
should add two more, the Early Milan
Whitg and the Kaahmere Purple. Of this
mixture sow three pounds of seed evenly
as possible per acre. Begin to pull the
turnips as soon as they become large
enough to use. The early kinds will be
ready for this In a very few weeks after
they come up. The Aberdeen and the
Rutabaga will be the last to occupy the
soil, and In mild winters the last vestage
of them may remain well into the spring.
Broadcast turnips should always be gone
over with the hoe as early as possible,
thinning somewhat whenever the plants
are evidently too thick from the seeds be
ing washed together by rains and destroy
ing such weeds as may have taken held
along with the turnips. Asa general
thing It will pay to sow turnips in drills,
so that they can be cultivated with the
plow. To make the largest possible crop
on the land the rows need not be wider
apart than 18 to 20 inches. Just wide
enough for a sweep of that width to run
through two or three times in Septem
ber. On clean, rich land broadcast sowing
is still a very satisfactory way of grow
ing this excellent vegetable; excellent for
man and beast and fowl, and we should
go back lo growing the turnip more ex
tensively than we have been doing lately.
On good toll under the plan of mixing
varieties it is easy enough to make 500
bushels of turnips from Arid to last.
Twice this can be made with good atten
tion to manuring and cultivating. Tur
nips boiled with cotton seed. to w'hlch
some wheat bran is added Is an excellent
milk-producing food, and there Is every
reason why every farmer and. gardener
should grow a goodly sized area of them.
More anon of mixing seeds of -other
plants.
The Colorado Potato, Ileettlo.
For the first time to appear in ’mitnbers
sufficient to do real damage to Irish pota
toes in this section, the potato beetle is
on hand this year. W fibre the potatoes
were not sprayed with aiT effective insec
ticide or the beetles killed by hand, the
vines were soon destroyed. It is quite
probably they have come to stay and
growers must be prepared to tight tnern.
Knlnlt ns a Fertiliser.
"Agricola,” Alachua, Fla., writes: "As
nearly all the farmers In this section are
using kainit exclusively this season, will
you please answer the following:
First. Is kainit a paying fertiliser used
by Itself on land free from vegetation?
Second. Will It pay on land with much
vegetable matter such as weeds, etc?
Third. Is It better to put it in a fur
row and I ed on It or Just put It In the
furrow with the seed?
Fourth. How would It do with cotton
Sitd meal mixed half and half, or In any
other proportion?
Fifth. Will a wet season, such as we
have had, Impair or Improve its utility?
It is only used here on cotton, and our
soil is poor ami sandy.”
Reply First. No.
Second. If It will pay at all it will be
only on such soil as Is fairly suppled
wlth vegetable matter.
Third. It Is never advisable to use kai
nit either way for cotton or corn. It
should be spretd broadcast after the crop
has betn planted for the rains to dissolve
and carry to the lateral roots. Kainit
should not come in contact with the seed
Of any crop.
Fourth. On such soil as you describe
there are very few farmers who have de
r.ved any profit from using kainit alone
by Itself. It should always be mixed with
cotton seed meal and acid phosphate,
either separately or together.
Fifth. In a very wet season it Is quite
likely that much of the potash in kainit
may be carried ofT in such soil before the
plants can make use of it. But If the kai
rlt Is put on or near the surface, and
evenly distributed, It is not often the ease
that any appreciable amount of potash is
wanted. On thin sandy soil having but
llt'lc humus or vegetable matter, It should
always be placed near the surface, and
not applied until the crop Is planted; that
Is, such a crop as cotton. For some quick
ly maturing vegetable crops It may bo
pppied somewhat in a Ivnnce of planting,
but as a rule it must not be so applied.
Very much of the benefit to be derived
from, kainit has been lost from being ap
plied In deep drills. It does little good.
Spend nil the money and labor you can
possibly afford in supplying your soil with
the essential vegetable matter. Wh,re this
Is absent neither potash nor phosphate
wl 1 pay much. If anything.
The life ns a I'rntlt linker.
It Is curious that bees are found on so
few farms. The reason that so many are
unacquainted with the business may be
given, but there can be no possible ex
cuse for not learning it, if It In profita
ble. says the Bee Journal. Bees need
some attention, of course, but they work
on their own responsibility. If they have
anything to work on, and gather value
from what otherwise would be lost, says
an exchange. It costs nothing to feed
bees efter they have been provided with
the proper plants, in irummer, and there
Is not an animal or bird on the farm that
Is kept ct such a small proportional cost
or needs so little care in the working
geatou. Honey. In former times was the ,
principal sweet, and though it has been,
to a considerable degree, supplanted by
the products of the cane and beet, it is
still the most delicious and healthful
sweet in (he world. It Is asserted by
scientists that too much sugar is Injurious
to the kidneys and a cause of dyspepsia.
But honey is prepared in the hive for
easy digestion. Indeed, it is already di
gested. It will not harm either siomach
or kidneys. A. I. Root says; "Many
people who ear.nol eat sugar without h .v
--tng unpleasant symptoms follow', will find
by careful test that they can eat good
well refined honey without any difficulty
at all.” It is much better that more
honey ami less butter should be eaien,
and it is often economy that such should
bo the case. Children are universally
fond of sweets, and this craving can be
satisfied by giving them honey without
<ho slightest danger of injuring them.
They should be given all the honey they
will eat at every meal. It is no trouble
to substitute honey for butter with the
average child. In the vasi majority of
rases, the child will eagerly take the
honey.
On many farms on which bees are not
kept, there is a splendid supply of honey
plants. Among those are alfalfa, alsike,
apples, asparagus, bean, blackberry, bone
set, box elder, buckihorn, buckwheat, bur
dtjck.eatalpa, catnip.cherry, red and white
clover, crimson clover, corn, currant,
dandelion, golden red, gooseberry, grape,
honey locust, melon, milk wheal, mus
tard and many others, some of which are
not used for any purpose, and why not
let the honey bee get value out of them.
There Is a choice in these, of course, nnd
some of them are not of high order as
honey plants, but they are given to show
that It would indeed be a barren farm on
which a bee could not make honey.
Practical Point* of llie Belgian Hare.
The Belgian Hares, so railed, hove flint
lo America to slay, says a writ-r in he
Rural World. For whiteness, for tender
ness, for Juiciness and for delicacy of fla
vor they furnish us with a meet fool that
is unequaled by anything in existence, ex
cept, pcrhnps, frog's lege; hence their
great demand at the best hotels of the
large cities and among epicures the worl£
over. v.
The finest specim ns of the Be'glan hare
come from England, notwithstanding on*
would suppose from the nnme that the
“woods" of Belgium were “full c-f ’em.”
According to history, about forty years
ago a race of wild hare was takn frorif
Belgium to England, where since then
they have been bred continually, but sep
arated into two classes with two entir ly
different objects in view, the one for size,
which has been known under the name of
the Flemish Giant, ond the object of the
other to develop a rabbit with the form,
color, fur and eye of the English wild hare.
This has been oallea the Belgian ha.o rab
bit and the heavywdght we have in this
country is no doubt a cross of the Belgian
hare rabbit with the Flemish Giant.
When the object of raising hares is mere
ly for meat, the heavyweight are more de
sirable. They are very prolific, as you
may calculate from the following:
One doe will produce five litters of young
during one year, ranging from six to fif
teen to the litter. Few does kindle less
than nine and: the largest litters some
times reach fifteen; but taking the tow
average of eight, that would make forty
from the one doe in the year.
The young docs commence breeding at
seven months. They kindle in thirty
days, and wean the young after about
four or five weeks. So you see you hove
two litters from the young does by the
time they are a year old.
The average -growth is on© pound per
month for the fir.t eight months, when
they will have reached maturity.
I find ready sale for selected breeding
stock at sls per pair. The demand for
breeding purposes has been so great that
so far otily a few' have been placed on
the market for meat. Nice, fat. half
grown fellows find ready sale in Kansas
City markets for 25c per pound, dressed.
A half-grown hare will dress 2% to 3
pounds.
They should be fed principally on‘dry
foods. I feed clover hay, alfalfa, -sor
ghum hoy, oats and wheat bran. Anwor
rastonal feed of carrots is also desirable.
In summer they are especially fond of
dandelion and clover, but the latter should
be fed sparingly.
They should never be allowed to run
at large. Hutches 3xß feet and 18 inches
high afford ample room- for a doe and her
young. A building 15x20 feet will accom
modate 200 nicely.
They are very hardy and stand confine
ment. needing only plenty of light and
Ventilation and a supply of food and wa
ter—needing very' little care except during
breeding season.
Pruning Fruit Trees and Plants.
Most of our fruit trees are pruned too
much, says a fruit grower in the Ameri
can Cultivator. They are oft-n cut nn<J
slashed, and the lower branches removed,
so that In a few years we have trees-with
only branches and foliage at the tops, the
fruit requiring a twenty to thirty-foot lad
der to secure It, when by a little foresight
and light annual pruning the trees mtcht
have been kept in good form with on
abundance of vigorous, healthy foliage to
protect the branches from the hot sun and
drying winds, and would mature choice
fruit. Every orcbardlst and perron having
the care of ornamental shrubbery sheul 1
carefully examine every tree under bis
charge at least or.ee annually, and oftener
If possible, and do whatever pruning Is
needed, from time to time, to keep it in
proper shape and prevent a too close
grow*th. A fruit tree will not bear a large
crop of choice fruit unless It lias an abun
dance of leaves nnd branches, and these
spread over space enough to allow cons d
erable light in and about them.
All things considered March Is the best
month tri which to prune deciduous trees
and ,hHib, as the sop has then become
more active and the wound will dry out
less and heal over more quickly than If
pruned in the fall on early winter.
For removing small branches near the
ground the pocketknlfe and hand shears
are nil that are needed. For heading in
the growing ends of trees from eight to
twenty feet above the ground, the role
pruning hock (the Waters or other fer-nsl
Is most useful, and for removing small
suckers on the main branches a chisel on
the end of a long pole is very serviceabe.
When large branches are to be removed,
the saw should alwuvs be used—the nx
never—for with every blow of this tori ti e
wood is cracked inward and towird the
center, and decay will more quick'y fol'ow
than If the saw is uscJ. A saw with
about five teeth to the inch, set like a
splitting saw, the teeth pointing toward
Ihe end. is better than a cutllng-off saw.
The curved "Paragon” Is the brst saw Jn
the market, the teeth on the loner curve
pointing toward the handle while those on
the outside are directed lowatd the point.
In sharpening tills saw. the file should not
be carried quite as nearly at right angles
with the blade as In the common splitting
saw, but more nearly to that angle than
with t'ne common cuttlng-off saw.
Rules For Pruning.—First. The knife
or saw should never be used on a fruit
or ornamental tree unless (here is posi
tively good reason for so doing.
Second. Train all trees while young
with a central leader or main shoot, and
never allow two main branches to grow
in such a way as to have the weight of
the tree come upon a fork of the main
trunk.
Third. When branches cross so as to be
Injured by rubbing together the weaker
of the two should bo cut out.
Fourth. When one branch rest* on an
other under It the weaker of the two
should bo cut out.
Fifth. Suckers or water sprouts should
be thinned out before they have made
much growth, hut if the main branches
are bare, or if the head is open in places,
suckers should be allowed to grow where
they will cover this condition. If parts
of the tree are weak in growth this weak
wood may be cut out and some of the
suckers be allowed to grow In Its ploco.
The cause of Jhese sprouts Is that the sap
becomes impeded by the bending down of
the branches with weight of fruit, by the
hot sun striking the branches,
or perhaps by some injury to
the bark in pruning or gathering the fruit,
and nature makes this effort to repair the
injury. The removal of ail of these
suckers will soon result In the death of
the tree, while, allowing some of them to
grow where needed will renew the vigor
of the tree.
Sixth. If large blanches are to be re
moved, make the cut in the middle cf the
enlarged part where it joins the main
branch or trunk, and not quite In line
with the face of the main branch or
trunk.
Seventh. Paint all wourds above one
hnlf Inch in diameter with linseed oil
pairt, gas tar or grafting wax.
Eighth. Never cut away the main
tranches cf a tree if It can be avoided,
but thin out the head, when it becomes
crowded, from the outside. This can be
quickly done with the pruning hook on
a long pole, and little or no injury will
result, while if the large branches are
cut fiom the trunk the tree is weakened
and soon dies or is b.oken down.
Ninth. Cut off dead branches as soon
as discovered ard cover the wound w.th
paint to prevent further decay.
Tenth. In training young trees, start the
branches low; the trees will grow better,
the thinning and gathering of the fruit
will be more easily done, anl the cultiva
tion can be as well and cheaply done with
the modern acme or spring-tooth haprow
and weeder as if the head were higher,
while the trunk of the tree and the ground
under it will be so protected that growth
will be better than :f more exposed.
Corn Oil n Sulistilnte for Olive Oil.
A rival of cottonseed oil, as a substi
tute for olive oil, is promised in corn oil,
says a Western journal. This Is one of
the by-products of corn. On every kernel
of this grain there is a little fleck of
yellow, known by the experts as the
“germ.” Before corn may be shipped for
export this germ must be removed, else
rancidity Is almost certain to set in and
the cargo is in danger of being destroyed.
The process for the removol of this germ
is known as degerming, and its prosecu
tion results In the production of an olea
ginous substance, the only use for which
hitherto was as a substitute for linseed
oil in the manufacture of paints and for
lubricating purposes. Efforts have been
made from time to time to utilize it as
food stuff, but failure to deprive it of its
unpalatable qualifies has rendered these
futile. It is now announced in the West,
however, that a process had beeip devised
which is warranted to clarify, deodorize
and make palatable this corn oil without
material loss, and at the inconsequential
cost of 10 cents a gollon. There are now
6,000,000 gallons of crude com ojl turned
out annually from the Amerlcandnills and
rs it has only been In connection with
corn shipped for export that the degerming
process has been used, the quanlity may
be increased indefinitely. Experimenting
chemists are quoted by the Chicago pa
pers as claiming that the corn oil is far
more digestible than any of the oils now
used for culinary purposes. Nevertheless,
it will probably masquerade on the mar
ket as olive oil.
Trapping Cat Worms.
Cutworms develop In grass lands and
in spring cut off at the surface of the
gTOund, all manner of plants and even
climb the stems, says Prof. J. B. Smith.
Cabbage, tomato, toibaeeo, strawberry and
other plants are sometimes completely
cleaned out by them. Plow- early in fall
and keep the land thoroughly cultivated.
If sod land Is plowed in spring, cut
worms will support themselves for a few
days on the vegetation that has been
turned under, but when fresh food Is
placed within their reach they attack It
at once. After land has teen prepared
for two or three days, or after corn or
potatoes have been cleared from a field
by graes or clover thoroughly poisoned
with parts green. The hungry cutworms
will attack this green food and will be
killed off before corn or potatoes have
sprouted. Even if the piles of poisoned
vegetation are pretty well scattered, all
the cutworms will find one or the other
of them in the course of two or three
nights and the field will be clean. Where,
growing plants are sot out, this green
halt trap Is not always (satisfactory, un
less it is put on at least three or four
days before the setting, and in such cases
a trap of poisoned bran is better. This
consists of one part by weight of parts
green to twenry-five parts by weight of
wheat bran, thoroughly mixed so that the
poison will be distributed to every par
ticle of bran. Sugar water should be
added until the mixture is thoroughly
moist and can be ladled out with a spoon
without dripping. A spoonful to every
hill of tomatoes, melons, sweet potatoes
or the like will protect plants, because
cutworms prefer bran nnd will fill them
selves with it to their certain destruc
tion. Climbing cutworms will sometimes
ascend Ihe trunks of trees In orchards
and cut out the buds or young shdots.
■Where this Is noticed a sprinkling of
poisoned bran around the trunks of the
trees will serve to protect them.
Artichokes as Hog Feed.
Will you please advise me as to the
value of artichokes as a feed for hogs?
Are they as valuable as some seedsmen
claim them to be? If so, I would like to
know the quantity required to the acre,
the necessary Ullage, etc. I have never
seen any grown.
The large white French artichoke Is the
variety usually grown. IVe know of no
feed stuff upon which the opinions of
practical men differ so greatly as to their
value in feeding. They grow on a great
variety of soil, and properly cultivated
produce largely of tubers not having a
very high feeding value per hundred
pounds, but, on the other hand, having a
value clue to the fact that they are tub
ers. Many of our friends who have tried
them speak of (hem in most glowing
terms; others are quite dissatisfied with
them, and after planting them once de
clare that if they can ever get the soil
free of them they will never plant them
again. The opinions of even practical
men differ so, that the only way by
which any one can ascertain whether he
likes artichokes or not is to try. One of
the best ways of cultivating them is to
plow the ground to a good depth, harrow
the surface, fairly level, make shallow
furrows from two to four inches In depth,
according to the conditions, and about
three and a half feet apart, cutting the
tubers into small pieces or sets before
planting them. Drop them in the fur
rows that have been opened about eight
een inches apart. Cover as soon as pos
sible with a plow or harrow. From six
to eight bushels of seed will plant an
acre. After cultivation is about the same
as required for corn, taking care not to
cultivate too deeply so as to disturb the
roots. The crop Is ready for feeding
about three weeks after the blossoms fall.
If the hogs are turned In and do' not
finish harvesting In the fall, they can be
put to work again in the spring as soon
as the ground thaws out, because the
freezing over winter will not hurt the
tubers.
TIIE SCRAP HOOK.
Coal Ashes.—Coal ashes poereM but lit
tle value as a fertilizer, but they are ex
cellent If broadcasted on very light, sandy
•oil, their effect being mechanical. Thej’ ,
can also be utilized on roads and walk
ways. and serve admirably for filing ip
holes In the roads leading to the barn
yard or to the main road.
Grafting Wax.—One peund of tallow, two
pounds of beeswax, three pounds of resin.
Mix this ail together, heat to boiling
heat, stirring continually, and then dump
Into a tub of cold water. Then work it like
taffy. While using grafting wnx place in
the sun to melt to the right consistency.
Composition for wounds made in prun
ing: Take a quart of alcohol and dissolve
in it as much gum-shel ac as will make a
liquid cf the consistency of paint. Apply
this to the wound with a common brush,
always paring the wound smoothly firs'
with a knife. The liquid becomes hard anl
excludes the air, and Is not affected by
any charge of weather. If the white color
is objectionable, use a little lampblack.
Raising Corn in Georgia—lf you
wish early corn and heavy yields,
says the Practical Farmer, plant In the
Southern states on Martin 20, or at the
time of the first full moon in March, ar.d
give a good distance to your corn, say
3xl feet, one stalk in a hill. Put a large,
double handful of well rotted manure un
der each hill. In preparing the land 1
plow deep, harrow off smooth and coyer
lightly in rich soil. I usually plant In
rows four feet apart and leave a stalk
every two feet in the row. I plow deep
and close to the corn at first and second
workings, then I run scrapers with scoot
ers, gophers or sweeps through the rows
three times, taking care to not cut many
of the feeding roots. Some say cut these
roots, but my experience Is that they
should never be disturbed, for they are
almost as necessary to the corn plant as
nerves are to the human system. Save
the feeders. I remember that in my boy
hood days every one was trying to get
the corn laid by before the 4th of July,
also looked forward to getting a cotton
bloom on that date. The corn, cotton and
peas were fine in those days, and Juicly
melons were abundant. But w'hat a saa
change do we see. We now have to plow
deep, manure and fertilize heavily, work
hard and make one-fourth as much In the
days gone by when cotton made a bale to
the acre and brought SSO a bale, corn,
twenty-five to 100 bushels per acre, and
peas mostly rotted on the ground. We
now make a bale of cotton on four acres,
corn, ten to twenty-five bushels per acre
and very fen- peas. My experience Is
that we should fertilize heavily with ma
nure and other fertilizers and plant a re
duced acreage. We must bring our lands
up to what they were In former years, and
with the aid of peas it can be done. Plant
cotton In last year’s pea patch and see
the effect. But never plant peas in your
cotton, for they will ruin it.
Protect Peach Trees.—The Missouri Ag
ricultural College Experiment station has
been conducting experiments in peach tree
culture that will be worth millions of
dollars to orchard growers in the growth
of peach trees. Thirty had their boughs,
trunks and limbs painted white with a
spray of ordinary whitewash.
“These whitened trees,” said Prof. H.
J. Waters, director of the station, “will
be sure to bear fruit next year, while
the other trees in the orchard may not.
It Is a simple experiment that has taught
a valuable lesson. The winter killing of
peach buds is the result of freezing after
the buds have been made to swell by the
warm weather during the winter or
spring. The warm sunshine will make
the buds swell prematurely, while the root
of the tree may be frozen dormant. Shad
ing and whitening the trees prevent their
absorbing the heat on summer days and
tile forcing of the buds, as a protective
measure. Shading the tree is too expen
sive. Whitening them is cheaper. The
natural color of the trees attract and
abeorb the heat of the sun as black
earth absorbs it. The white coating on
peach trees repels the sun’s rays.
“Last year SO per cent, of the whitened
buds passed the winter safely, while 80
per cent, of those that were not vyhit
ened were killed."
This is a very simple remedy for the too
early starting of the peach buds, wherein
lies much of the failure to obtain a crop
of peaches. Avery few degrees of dif
ference in heat absorbed by the tree may
make success or failure. We hep Rur
alist peach growers will try the experi
ment of whitewashing.
Notice.
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The name of the writer should accom
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Questions ana communications relative
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MilledgeVUle, Ga., will receive Immediate
attention.
GIRI, OVERCOME IJY SNAKE’S.
Attacked In the Field nnd Horne
Down by Their Numbers,
From the Chicago Record.
Eridgevit’e. Del., May 12. Miss Martha
Hatfield, living near Bunning’s station, Is
prostrated as the result of a thrilling en
counter with snakes while walking across
a field overgrown with wild sage.
She felt something twining about her
ankle. It proved to be a blacksnake, which
she shook off, but almost Instantly stepp
ed Into a nest of other snakes. They
crawbd all over her body, but she seized
a club nnd tried to brat them off.
To the young woman's horror, however,
she found that the reptiles had encircled
her so completely that she could hardly
walk and, crying for help, she fell faint
ing In the field. A farm laborer went to
her rescue and drove the snakes away.
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