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f ISH POTATOES
A
THE GREAT
;ONCKRNlSO THEIR
1 ION ARE A»KEI>
ANsWERED.
IS SUGGESTED
f tile l*lar
ThelV D' bK
Plant and Hotv to
'1'hi‘iV D> (predations—The
0 ll_|Vlews of Chemist.
manWho desires to experi-
Irish I potatoes as a revenue
or advice on the the following
most! available potato (of
ur poses.
e best time to plant so as to
potatoes into market in time
e first crop of southern pota-
the regular annual crop of
potatoes.
aracter and afnouut of manu-
fertilizer likely to euBUre the
ield.
rs to the above questions!'
■ Ii isb potato in highest es-
the truck farmers on the
• ist near Savannah is the
e” or “Early Rose.”
e best time to plant so ns to
vveon the first crop of southern
auu the regular annual crop of
potatoes is in February or early
> following formula for Irish
is suggested by Dr. McCand
state chemist!
f soda .800 pounds
;d meal .600 pounds
sphate (14 per cent) .800 pounds
of potash 300 pounds
2,000 pounds
om 250 to 500 pounds to the acre,
g to the fertility of the soil. Mu-
potash may be used instead oi
, if the latter cannot be easily
ave heard “Armour’s Helmet
otato Fertilizer” recommended
flattering terms.
il For Irish Rotiltoer.
otarofcs give the besi .'exults in
udy loam, neither too wet, nor
If the season should be a wet
lay subsoil would be uu favor-
the growth of the potato. A
us soil cau generally be counted
roducing a crop large and of
Jity. When the soil contain
lime, it is well to use this as a
averted sod of an old pasture is
the Irish potato. When suoh a
• I, a little well rotted compos
e harrowed in upon it. A com
de of muck and leached ashe:
u excellent manure for this crop
Enemies of the Potato,
otato rot is a disease not thor
understood and no effeotna
has yet been discovered for
ifected by it. The only thing
n prevent spreading is the de
a of all infected stems and
In localities where other crop:
eu destroyed by the rot, a reme
dy the use of lime in the
d by occasional dusting of the
plant with it. feometimesn field
by the rot has beeu saved by
off the top of the plants,
been found that crops on which
’lal fertilizers have beeu usqd
liable to this disease than those
imposts of various kinds and
nures have beeu applied to the
rate bug or Colorado beetle is
ctive pest. Arseuite of copper
y known as paris green, is thi
eetual remedy against this tron
■os, but it must be used with
’‘test caution, and nothing in
has been placed should ever be
other purpose.—State Ag
ul Department.
EGO INDUSTR>
oi
The ( are of llees.
farmers keep bees and pay con
■ attention to them. These in-
s little insects have beeu the
philosophers and poets from
lest ages of the world uutil now
: have been carefully stud
many interesting things have
pttfcii about them.
’-t is true, as a recent writer
thru bees “will come as near
me good with scarcely any at
as anything we may handle,”
Pay better with proper atteu-
• we want abundance of good
6 must see that they have in
‘s abundance of stores for the
chins. Feed them Well in the
n "-. it they have not already a
lv " in tiiei-r combs. A pnuud
:w i to them ar this rime will
it.ve tment,—State Agri-
- p.r. j.e!.t.
Suggestions as to Best Manner
Marketing, Ktfc.
From pamphlets just issued by the
United States Department of Agricult
ure we gather many interesting sugges
tions about eggs and the best manner of
marketing tnem.
The egg industry is already of consid
erable commercial import a nca The egg
production of the United States for 1890
was estimated at 820,-000,000 dozen, and
these figures ore generally considered
too low. Our own scam was credited
by the census oi 1800 with 11,622,788
dozen eggs. The demand has always
been somewhat ahead of the supply in
Georgia. Under the influence of pam
phlets sent out by the Agricultural De
partments of the United States and of
the several states, assisted by the work
of the various experiment stations, there
has beeu of late years great improve
ment in the methods of feeding aud
caring for poultry aud in the selection
of laying stock, so that the egg produc
tion has greatly increased.
There is always a market for poultry
and eggs for food, and the raising of
fancy stock for breeding purposes pays
well in some localities.
In earlier times, eggs, dben sold, were
marketed near the place where they
were produced. But with improved
methods of transportation large quanti
ties are now shipped from the United
States and Canada to remote points on
this continent aud even to Englaud and
more distant countries. There are spe
cial egg cases for shipping to far-distant
points.
Of.course eggs that are to be trans
ported a long distance mast be kept
fresh by artificial means. Fresh eggs
put into oold storage with a pure atmos
phere at a temperature of 84 degrees
Fehrenheit suffer very little change in
their quality. When earned ou oars or
steamships they should be kept in a
temperature of from 43 to 38 degrees.
When rhe cases are removed from the
cold storage chamber, they should not
be opened at once in a warm atmos
phere, but should be loft for at least two
days unopened.
Iu the last two or three years a new
method of preserving eggs has been
tested with gratifying results. The
North Dukota Experiment Station ha<
paid particular attentiou to this prob
lem. The uew method referred to is to
pack the eggs in a suitable vessel which
must b& clean and sweet and then pour
carefully over tnem a solution of what
is oallod wakr glass. Tnis is the popu
lar name for potassium silioate, or for
sodium silicate, the commercial article
being often a mixture of the two,, Water
glass is commonly sold iu two forms, a
syrup-thick liquid, of about the consis
tency of molasses, and a powder.
According to the results obtained
from experiments a solution of the de
sired strength for preserving eggs may
be made by dissolving one part of the
syrup thick waterglass in ten parts of
water. If waterglass powder is used,
less is required for a given quantity of
water. Only pure water should be used
In making the solution. Therefore it is
best to boil it aud cool it before mixing
■with the waterglass.
If wooden kegs or barrels are used for
paoking the eggs they must be thor
oughly scalded first. The packed eggs
should be stored in a cool plaoe.
The North Dakota Experiment Station
found it best not to wash the eggs before
packing, and announces farther that 1
gallon of the solution is sufficient for 60
dozen, if they are properly packed.
If a reliable and inexpensive method
of preserving eggs for a long time has
been thus discovered, a great impetus
will be given to what is already assum
ing large proportions as an industry of
the United States.
Poultry.
Of course the quality and size of eggs
must depend in a great measure upon
tne breed of chickens. One who de
sires te send eggs to market wishes of
course to furnish those which will bring
the best pricesj Tbe North Carolina
experiment station has made oareful
comparison of the size of eggs of several
creeds. Of those tested the largest were
aid by Light Brahmas and weighed 28
ounces a dozen. Those laid by the Black
langshan aud Barred Plymouth Rock
hens weighed a'little over 26 ounces per
dozen, while the eggs of Single Comb
Brown Leghorns, late hatched Ply
month Rock, Whiio Wyandotte and
Bnff Cochins ranged from 21.7to23.7
ounces per dozen. The heaviest of all
the eggs tested were those laid by Pekin
ducks (old and young) and averaged 85.6
ounces per dozen.
Of eegs laid l.y pallors rhe heaviest
were those of rhe Blac« Minorcan and
weighed £6 5 ounces per doz-n
Tests at the Maine Expetiuent Sra
tiou showed tiipt eggs from hens lay-
ducuig .'.ewer eggs. ■ iue perue*-:ugn of
fertile eggs was also less in the former
than in the latter.
The West Virginia Experiment Sta
tion has been making experiments on
the value of green food for laying heus.
Tbe experiments were continued for
360 days, using White Leghorn fowls
at least 5 years old. Wheu supplied
with au abundauoe of greeu food these
hens laid-during the 860 days 114 eggs
each, while those not thus supplied laid
onlp 80 eggs each.
It would seem, therefore, that, in win
ter, when eggs bring the highest price,
it is very important to have ou hand for
the fowls some kind of green food. Iu
summer, too, they should have a ran
sufficiently large to give them abund
ance of suocnleut vegetable matter.
But, of oourre, one of the most im
portant uses of eggs is the raising of
more chickens. There is always a greai
demand in the market for broilers. Ii.
order to increase the supply of broilers
and frying sized chickens the various
kinds of incubators have been made
Every chicken raiser of this day is fa
miliar with the incubator. The man
who goes into the business of raising
chickens for the market will ueed one;
but let him beware of cheap articles,
for, like almost all oheap things, they
are worthless.
The market has been flooded with in
cubators of various kinds at prices rang
ing from 86 to |lo. These have proved
unsatisfactory and have brought great
difavor apou all such machines. The
trouble was they were too oheap to be
of any account.
If an incuhator is needed, buy only u
firstolass one, which can now be bought
for 880. — State Agricultural Depart
ment.
NO BUSINESS
Can be properly run without being
Advertised,
And no advertising pays better than
newspaper advertising. The news
paper goes into the homes of the
people and is read through. If bar
gains art- offered, they make a not*
of it.
a
THE SEARCH-LIGHT
first-class advertising medium,
ir.z file gr arcs number were -
Profit In Good Feeding.
To illustrate the fact that there is
profit in the oareful feeding of hogs the
Practical Farmer tells a story which
runs ^bont thus:
A man who had just sold a drove of
fine shoats and made a good profit by
the transaction, ou his way home met a
neighbor who Complained that a farmer
oould not make any money and that
raising hoga for the market was a los
ing business, adding that he would like
to dispose of those that he had. Party
No. 1 bought the hogs and also some
corn of the same man, asking for time
in which to make his payment. After
three months he sold this second drove
of shoats, and after paying his neigh
bor showed him how much money he
had cleared hy the transaction.
The farmer who hud sold his com
and hogs in separate lot, was thus
taught a valuable lesson by his mare en
terprising neighbor.— State Agricultural
Denartniena
Improved Breeds of Cattle.
The Department of Agriculture, ably
assisted by the enterprising journals of
the state, has tried to keep constantly
before the minds of Georgia farmers the
great good for them in the rearing of
the best breeds of oattle for the dairy or
the market, and thns putting into their
own pockets thousands of dollars that
now leave our borders yearly to enrich
the north and west. Again we wonld
say, always add to your cotton and your
com abundance of grass for hay and the
best forage orops of'every kind, that yon
may have more and richer milk and
butter and fatter and juicier beeves for
market
It is said that a certain Roman senator
introduced into every speech his favor
ite theme, whether relevant or not, to
the subject under discussion. Bo at the
risk of being considered too persistent
and tiresome, we say again, rai.se more
hay and forage crops to raise more milch
cows and more beef cattle. —State Agri
cultural Department.
Not Quite What She Meant.
A very stout Indy while out walking
in a certain part of Edinburgh came to
a gateway which appeared to be tbe
entrance to a private road. Not being
certain, however, she asked one of
two messenger boys wbo were standing
at fhe entrance whether she could get
through tile gateway or oot.
The boy looked her up and down and
across. Then, winking to tits friend,
be replied:
“1 dinna ken. missus, but think ve-
mlcbt try. os l saw a horse and cart
gang through a wee while since.'’—Lon
don Tlt-Rlta.
* Foretbdnuht.
“Your letters to rue,” said bis affi
anced bride one day, “are so cold and
formal.”
"Surely, my dear," exclaimed tbe
literary celebrity, stung by her re
proach. "when they are published after
my death they will be found to be
models of composition, breathing the
most exalted sentiments and couched'
in Itlifpliilely correct Engllso "-Cibc.-l ]
go Tribune.
Macaroni Is taken from a Greek deri
vation which menus "the hii-e--. ,| dead.’'
in nllralou ic the nm-!<*nt <-t eat-
log -i !!« f- i)flf .
As it is read by the people very
generally in this county and by t
many ni adjoining counties.
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