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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. PUT AN AD. IN And work up your business to a, payin point. Job Work Our book and job office is busy TuYrtv fng out first-class job work all the time, and we propose to give aHfs- faction at reasonable prices. If yon need anything in the job printing line, write to us or stje ua before placing your order, It will pay you, , BJESFSCTFTiZATL SEAKCH-LIGHT.