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R LONDON NEWS London, December 17 .-- Sir Fauncefote, the British ajn jsdor at Washinffton, comes invested _ with R to His country ' ho nors and dignities. For • (he last two'weeks 7 he has , created by the queen a mem of her privy council, an office t carries with it end of ,ich no hand prestige, and invests its lief with the right of prefixing .Morris “fight honorable” to his unr- minor prerogatives Among the ■the more or less recognized right I Liar-state invitations to all court balls and functions in England, L only for one’s self,but forone’s L and daughters, provided they presentable, while among the awbacks must be considered the Ivcre penalties which are entailed l Ly the violation of the oath of se and loyalty taken by every lember of the council except those ho are of roy’al ranit* .These ,ut r are not sworn, but are merely troduccd. At the council held Windsor the other day, under ie presidency of the queen, at hich Sir Julian took the oath, rince Henry of Battenberg was r the first time introduced. The honor thus conferred upon rince Henry is looked upon as reparatory to investing him with peerage and a seat in the house : lords, and is attributed to the in uence of Princess Beatrice,as ’.veil ; to the habit into which th.e queen as drifted of consulting the prince aout all sorts of questions since ie death of her former servant and infidante, John Brown. It is orthv of note that neither the ike of Teck.the duke of York nor let Queen Victoria’s other Gerfnan bn-in-law, Prince Christian, has jeen L-’s created member of her inajes privy council, only one per bn of which has an ex-officer right p the dignity—namely, the lord nayor of London. But he never [ttends any of the meetings save lie one held immediately alter the Recession of a sovereign to the prone, and nearly three-score ears have therefore elapsed since London’s chief magistrate has been ben at a meeting of the privy lounefi. [ A good deal of adverse com¬ ment has been created by the elec lion of Maj. Charles Ramsey as member of parliament for Forfar¬ shire on the unionist ticket, his speeches during the campaign which preceded the poll having been characterized by an extraordi bitterness’ against home rule. Maj. Ramsey js indebted for the influence which enabled him to secure his election, mpinly if not wholly, to the position which he occupies as guardian or tutor—the latter is a Scotch word—to his young nephew, the present earl of Dalhousie. Maj. Ramsey had left the army and taken up his residence in the U. S. where he had mar ried a New York girl, daughter of R. Garrison, when the suddea and almost sim fcH'ueous deaths—it is believed by suicide—of the late earl and coun¬ tess of Dalhousie in a hotel a t Havre on . lanqing after a trip from New York, had the effect of sending him back in hot ha$tc to the old coun fry to assume the guardianship of the five little boys of his dead brother. The late earl, , , however, was an earnest and enthusiastic home ru ler had prominently 'identified ’ ,. h,mse,t )f " .;»K TrplTiid’s cause ’ and . . tinder the circumstances it is tclt that the major s use of his position , s administrator of the late earl’s nronertv 5 and'suardian of his chil ’ L dren to obtain al „ p narliainentarv ry elec tion as a bitter antagonist to home rule is, to say the least, in ques tionable taste’ It is only fair to t L 9 t Mai Ramsey is a very * - U alike in good fellow, . popu r so * and among his nepnevN 6 ten* a-i*** a P art f *T bU his handsome and cheery ce must prove a welcome'acqni Son to the drearv an of commons. Ifhe Lady Churchill who is now so seriously iH th*t her re • covery is despared of is not, as 2 ’ J too, seem to believe, the American wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, but a very much older lady, who for many years has been the fa vorite ladv-in-waiting to the queen and the person through whom the major part of the gossip of the up¬ per ten is filtered into royal ears. She is very amusing and very live ly afrd, keeps the queen in good hu¬ mor. Lord Tenyham, whose impend mg mairiage to . T -^ord , Bateman , , s pretty cousin, Miss Mabel Wilkin son, has just been - announced, is the only peer of the realm who is in ’ practice as a solicitor, or" non pleading lawyer, the difference bo t\ve<Hj solicitor and barrister being that, whereas the Jatter is a ger, tleman by virtue of ins patent and diploi?!a, si solicitor is not.. Yet barristers may Only have dealings with their clients through their so licitors and receive their briefs ex¬ clusively from solicitors. Lord i'eynham had to work for several years as an articled clerk, or ap prentice, before getting his marie placed upon the rolls, and I hear that he . doing . large busi- . is quite a ness, owing to the fact that the middle classes consider that there good deal ot social , . . Kudos . . be is a iO ohtaifu d by being able to casual ly ren ar :: “My solicitor, 'Lord i’eynham, advises me to do so-and SO. ■> > Then, again, if.you 17 put 1 your business into his , hands . , your soiici- ... ,or can hardly refuse to dine with you, and thus hundreds of hungry coiriirioners who have been pining for years to have a real lord at their dinner tables will at last be able to satisfy their appetite for a coronet, Even a summons from a lord will be less offensive to the vast masses of the British bourgeoisie than one from a more commoner. It is taking advantage of this feeling that tlio new Lord Cole¬ ridge hac confirmed his practice as a barrister, i:i his case, too, there, being no precedent for a peer of tiie realm to plead at the bar. Lord Colerid je is now on c rcuit and finds that bis succession to his father’s title has had the elfccsj oi largely increasing the number of his briefs, the. solicitors employing him being apparently of the opin¬ ion that juries are mere easily in¬ fluenced by the arguments of a lord than by those of a mere commoner. It will not be long before Great Britain’s colonial dependencies will commence to resent the selec tion made , . by the , mother , country . of the men appointed to repre eut the sovereign as governors, com manders-in-ciiief and viceroys. ^ Much adverse t criticism ... has been excited by the recent choice of young Sir Edward Grey, still in, his twenties and Lord Sandhurst, who is but little older, to succeed , Lords Wen lock and Harris as governors of Madras and Bombay res pectfully, each presidency hav ing a population of from 15,000 000 to 20,000,900, ’ T whose destinies are intrusted . , to these >oung _____ d inexperienced sprigs of the ‘ racy. Even still younger is Lord Hope tdwn, the governor and co.nman der-in-clnef der in chief of of Victoria, Victoria an an under- u sized, beardless youth, at whose cqmin'g'of age the parish minister disfinguished luinsclf by selecting aft h/s text for the sermon preached °, th e P „ r olific famir f which the earl . . >’’ is tfae head : “Brethren, the world is full of blasted hopes.” LeRoy. ——n—— ■ ■ » - mi ' P“ U P lt " dUVeFllSe -111 ill THE A ^IMES ^ STe dlwaVS * the Cheapest .fi II 1 T 11 S tO Jj i WltHj D8CaUS6 ■ xl, lIICj 0 „ 8vll 11 n>A IllOlt; „ 0 on account of adver tiS < 1—i* ng a^d tllCY Call ftfford tO Sell *, ChGRP” _ 6F. ArV OllF Bd^cr* tisers and see. 1117fill IVPADM ™™- 1 TIfi\l " Answers to Questions Of Corres pohdents on Many Subjects. FEBTILIZERS UKDEB DB0U3SI0N. _ Th« Rest Time to Manure an Orchard and the 15: st A implication—Th* U-*« of fot ash a* :t FerlHis^r—F<*e>i for < »ttl« and ij<TO to i-Ved thn Vouuj;—M.auy Other Valuable >ug£r&tiou*. Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, Dec. 1, 1894. , What is the proper amount of food to give a calf six months old? In what proportion should the quantity older? bo in¬ creased as the calf grows Atthea?eof six m011ths a ca if ra¬ qolres from 4 1-3 to 5 pouusls of good hay or its equivalent for every 100 pounds of live weight. When-1-year old from 0 1-3 to 4 pounds for erery 100 pounds of live weight. Or in percent age from 3 1-3 to 4 per cent of its live Weight . At 3 year3 0 ld it will require 1-2 and later 3 per cent of its live weight daily. R should be remembered that the im¬ portant time to feed heifers intended for the best developments or any cattle is during tho period of growth. Rough nsa g 0 alt( j m ,sufficient food can bo much hotter withstood after maturity than while younger, FERTILIZING THE ORCHARD. At what time is it best to apply fer tilizers, that is commercial fertilizers, tu nn orchard? .7, S., West Point. In applying fertilizer material to au orchard, flue ground muriate of potash, i s excellent, shonld bo applied in the fall; while nitrato of soda or ^ul phate of ammonia should be applied alter the growth begins in tho spring, ,md who “ th ® P ltinta havc f tamed sufficient growth to come mto bearing. Iu another part of this report wo al¬ lude to applications of barnyard manure. Tho answer applies specifically to a young orchard on good land where too rapid growth might be produced by too heavy applications of rich stable ma uury . Mady horticulturists prefer fer tilizer mixtures to stable manure, as it does not introduce insects or fungus germs into the orchaid. Puro raw bone is excellent for the oreliard. POTASH AS A FERTILIZER. What is'your opinion of the use of “ * ‘““'a ATTSd” lSn dy Wo bavo hail occasieii several times to call attention to the value of potash as a fertilizer, especially on sandy land. In that case it acts to prevent rust in cot ton, a physiological condition due to its absence, and also other diseases due to microbes. In grain crops it gives strength to the straw and forms a part of the seed. If not sufficiently supplied the crop will suffer as greatly as from tho absence of phosphorio acid and ni trogen. We certainly advise 0>;peri . meats in which larger quantities are used than are ordinarily,supplied in our averago commercial fertilizer. We might also mention that it is found that in soils abounding in humus uitrifica tion is most active, and that the great cst value from this nitrification is when there is on hand a largo suDply of pot ^ ^ th@ n ig llxcdaattui . trate of ^ tash _ a (lcsirab i 0 fonn . composting. What is the cheapest and best moth od of composting stable and barn yard ma nurel J 3 In the last report yon will find Farish Furman’s method, than which wo can recommend no better. For an ordinary fertilizer use 1,000 pounds of stable ma nuro, 600 pounds of aerid phosphate, 300 pounds <ot cottonseed meal and 100 ixmnds of kaiuit. If your laud is sandy uso 800 pounds of kaihit. soft Fiiosi’H ate. I am coutiuually in receipt of circa lars relating to soft phosphate. Do you regard it highly a? a plant food, and wou j (1 you ;u i v : so j ts n_ ss v L. M. T.. Blakeley. The department has received many inquiries on this subject, aud shortly af ^ ^ ion th ? of ^ P^phat^ was first raised au w tide appeared m those reports by Dr. p a yne ou their valua as shown by ana lysis. Since that time the question has been experimentally investigated at a number of the stations, but with such results as to prevent definite conclu-pous. From them it would seem tkot it would bo difficult as yet to de fcrmino tho pomparative value between it^ and MBt phosphate, or to lay down g«errfruh» aa to tho advisability of its use. --it Other sdeutiflo questions have also the^iscnsskm, tho principal of wUch ^ W «o l ° bilit T of soft anfthe phates in tbe wmls of the soils effect of an a^hndant supply of humus or organic matter in rendering available * These questions are matters to be de termined by careful experiments, and will govern, to a large extent, the use of fertilizen^ad the char* * applied. To dotermina the effxrt of or ganio matter on natural phosphate the Alabama station at Auburn conducted a series of experiments in which soft phosphates were placed with cottonseed mwltad fannentattoo and decay al .t**, a. . chemical action at change taking place analysis warn made to find the amount Q f available phosphoric acid at differ ent, periods and sta res of the fermenta¬ tion ahd do ny until the conclusion of the rxpericwvit These analysis showed comparative! ’ no increase in the amount of available phosphoric acid frohC the action of the meal. They indicate, so far as ths phosphoric acid of natural PH**** too**,** a«B,W. in .he soil is concerned, that it is immaterial whether it is used with material con* taining organic matter, or whether as so this particular feature of ifei ns * the land is wail supplied with org -ic mat-' ter or not %. It would seem, however, tha - tical experience indicates , t natural phosphates can be used much more successfully where the laud is supplied with an abtui lanoo of humus, For example. Charleston floats have been used with beu -ficial remits in Virgitiia where clover sod has been turned under, and so universally has this been noted by the farmers of that state that they are ordinarily used only whf*re Vegetable matter has been sup¬ plied, or upon sod soon to bo turned under. In Considering the use of any fertil¬ izer, the results to be obtained are of paramount importance, and especially is this true of a sloNv acting fert-lizer, such as the soft -phosphates. Usually we applv chemical fertilizers for pres¬ ent results, and it has baeu the policy of tho department in estimating tho commercial worth of any fertilizer to be governed alone by the actual avail¬ able plant food present without regard to what may become sloiylv availablo, We are unable to see in Immediate re¬ sults how natural phosphates can equal .the available. As to bow far they do become available remains to bo fie ter miued. t MUCK. Will it pay to have swamp muck a short distance"to place on land? What purpose does it serve and what plant food supply? S. O. M., Cobb County. The purpose that muck serves and the plant food it supplies governs the ques¬ tion as to how far it can be hauled aud pay on the farm. It is also seen that t j, e object iu view and the other mate r ial that is at the command of tho farm er to serve the same purpose is to bo considered. First, as to the amount of p i an t food directly contributed to tho »» il * P«K It* -tv oeentkat foaud as it 19 uii.Ier vnrymR circumstances, that tho amount of ni¬ trogen, the direct plant food it contains must ' al T 'cry great y. II1 80 sam P les of P oa ^° a11 s " rts and -kinds analyzed at tha Ya e , laboratory, under tiie direction of I rofossor John sou ’ tll ° Proportion of nitrogen varied from 4 ‘ of J P 0 ;, 00 ”* tn 2 ' ’ P ! ' 1 cent ' With such wide divulganco . in tho ac¬ tual plant foot], if that is principally “ught instep of _ tho,orgamc , ... matter, it periment ^ necessary before to have very intelligent an analysis action or be taken It is well to note also tfiht ^ far the « reater P art of l m,ro ; Ren found in muck, is msoluble , aud luert considered as an mi mediate source rjf P lant food - Wheu eX ^ sed t0 the air °' vc '. ir or Inlxei , 1 an ^ ® , m ' ’ ’ ary soil it slowly undergoes a change ^<1 gradually becomes aval able, as boac meal would do under similar condi tlons • It is frequently termed acid when flrsl taken from the hog, which is in reality the presence of antiseptic matter. This au tiseptic or germecide quality h in<le r nitrification and is injurious To correct this the muck should be exposed t 0 the a ir for some months before using an(1 when not acid this expomfre rids it of the great quantity of water it cop■ tains and renders it mellow and friable, Were there no danger of damage ftorn « n ^ niieatinna of raw neat it is common that the land will ... not experience receive its benefit until the second year, and it j g W ell to expose it elsewhere than on the field. - composting. accon " t ° f ** ammo.ua and prevent its loss, muck s excellent for composting, oven when it contains only a small percentage of ni trogen. Tiffs is due to the presence of humic aeid, a highly effective agent in absorbing ammonia. Storer, in his Agriculture, states that Professor Johnson found that a swamp muck from the neighborhood of New Haven was capable of absorbing 1.3 per cent of ammonia, while ordinary soil absorbed only 0.1 to 0.5 per cent. For tho same reason, as a litter for farm animal*, nothing is as excellent a* an absorbent as dried muck. And in a lar ^ «muber of experiments nothing ihowed as high absorbing qualities as the better class of peats. Taken altogether, our conclusions are that you can use the muck alone to sup ply organic matter and perhaps uitro gen. Compost it oc nse it as a litter for your stables advantageously if you have no groat distance to haul it MCLCHISO. What is meant By the term mulching ? I understand it* ordinary meaning, but think it must embrace more than I have contemplated. What object does it ac¬ complish? . ft. A. 8., Statesboro. Anything placed upon the surface of the soil to deter the evaporation of surface water to a muloh. It may ooa test ot leaves, straw, chips, epe *t tea- hr A*, r: wi’vFt, r’d Icr-rdr. Cnt Ston or stable chaff or manure, the latter serving a double purpose. The good‘acccmplishod in the retail tioa of mo sturo is significantly shown by the condition of-the earth beneath any cl<1 logs or stones in the field. Hare ev n in a dry soamu you find the soil most and usually in good tilth. A mulch also prevents the soil from be coming encrusted after hard rains, gRap.I PRUNING. ^ prune them. Will you r.uiu-y give me the m oan ition. <v O. C , Rufovi. ! ; • • ' ■ * ' g ' jhv •> of :• o.s 'vr -Op. Vari m* m UdV • O 1 1 .■ - 1 . The first year tan n a c‘: > ;a ro allow > 0 cane to grow. ieoi. ; th * most thrifty and promising bud, and rubbin r off all oth iv, early m ta s 1 .nr or as soon as snfiioivurly <1 veiop^J, L ite u th-' fall cut this I ran *h ba it to t hr 'U or four buds. Tim.-eeoud vo-'’--t ’ ■ two most vigorous binl■> s ’ r :b->ff ' * oth era as before. The fo owing nrnmor nothing will bo liocossary except to pinch off all inferior shoots. In the an mum cutback the two canes to three or four buds and allow a bud to grow 011 tho main shoots to make n third cane. The*third summer the two canes can be allowed to bear a few clus ters of fruit, taking care that they are not overtaxed. The thinning of tiie fruit shbitld be dono with sharp scis¬ sors instead of a knife. Pruning after this will depend on the system of trim¬ ming adopted, remembering that the object to bo arrived at is to havo the proper amount of new wood and no more for a good yield of fruit, and in pruning bearing vines the old wood shonld be cut away and the new wood left, with a few strong branches each year to provide a growth of cane. RASPBERRY CUTTINGS. Will raspberries cuttings? bo grown B. O. success¬ H. fully from Decatur. Only a few varieties of raspberries cau be successfully grown upon wood cuttings. Some of tho black varhtieit will succeed if the cuttings are made early iu the fall. Green wood cuttings are, however, grown very readily by the usual process used in mul tiplying grapes. As tho fruit is so much easier 'propagated in other ways, we would not rocommond tho use of cuttings of tho class you evidently intoud. Roots aud root cuttings is the best method, as all but- ona species and its varieties havo underground stems, which being cut into small pieces will produce plants readily which will prove more vigorous. ASPARAGUS. Please tell me how ta. prepare an as • parages b“d. How deep to plant the roots, how to manure, etc. L. O. T., Ilaiqpton. Select for your atparagus bad a-light sandy loam, two feet deep and perfect¬ ly drained, as this is the most suitable. If you Jy-vo no soil of this description, uso the most friable soil at your com¬ mand; cover tho bed six inches with rich, well rotted manure, aud trench into the soil to the depth of tw* feet, as in a few years the roots will reach to that depth. Iu tha spring set the roots iu their natural position four inches deep and two foot apart. As a rule, so great a distanoo is not given, and if im¬ practicable on account of limited space, give them as much room .as possible, an when tho bed is thoroughly established two feet will not b 3 found too great. During the summer water liberally with lif l airl manure. Iu the winter, cut down thefitems and cover with a dressing of manure. In the spring fill this in with salt A dOM-oST PORMULi ‘is' Thp following n.rmula being sold by farm rights in my section for 4700j Saltpeter, 2 pompls: ’blnestone, 3pounds; S* ] e wciio:l. 50 pounds; salt, 5 pound*. lime, 6 pounds. It is recommended to b 0 used iu composting, and irnthis 10 raa ^° a fRjfilizer equal, ton for ton, to a regular fertilizer. vYheu to be usod un der corn, it is said that lime cau bo substituted in the place of the ashes, Would you reedmmeud its purchase? And is it ft good Coweta. t ( j Q not a,} T i se the purchase of ^ rights of any patent formula Tho departrnent8 instit uted by the ment au(i the state will gladly lurnish t orl nnla for any particular purpose, w hi C h embody the consensus of experi mental BQd Ki(int in c investigation in that line of fertilization. At this, the <lepartment> wo win fnrnlsh Kp<K .ial or general formula fr*. of char g 0 . As to the merits of the particular millayou gi T e, will say that it is de feetive. Tho nitrate of ainmouia is ev jdently intended to supply ammonia, btU tbe effpct of composting it ii me and unjoached aihes would cause iu loa , Thp caastio p roport ies of tho ashe^ and lime would also cause the loss of the ammonia in the stable manura with which it comrx>.u ed. When we note that ammonia is the most costly plant fool which the fariner has to supply, it is well for him to eier ^ (i ue.care that it is not lost. Cc*r taiuly be should not use such ingred¬ ients which, upon being composted. it to salt is beneficial for its mechanic c*CV*rt. aud at tin.?s i; is well to us, some in composting. Blue •tone servos a* an insecticide, and it needed under certain conditions. No r*ason oould offer itself for substi. tut ing lime for ashes when tbe compost is to be used under cow, V 4 , BICYCLES If you >vant a cycle 1 iV * v/i 1.3 oav 1 The Times. We cast I to sse . buggies* . also save you Money on aa( j sew'ing-ipachines^ which wc | iaV e ta en in payment for adver tising. 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