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THE FARM AND CARDEN.
(TEM3 OF INTEREST ON AGRICUL
TURAL TOPICS.
A Bit of Valuable Fertilizer—Use Business
Methods—Graining Cows in Summer -
Hoed Crops on Sod, Etc., Etc.
A HIT OF VALUABLE FKKTILIZEK.
If you wish to make a bit of valua¬
ble fertilizer and, at the same time,
help to keep the premises tidy, take a
barrel, place a layer of unleached
wood ashes at the bottom, and drop in
the beef and hog bones as they are
collecting, covering each layer with
•miles, until the barrel is nearly full,
Then fill up with ashes and keep the
contents of the barrel wet. Do not
blench the bones nor allow the mass to
freeze. When the bones are dissolved
you have a good fertilizer.
T7HE BUSINESS METHODS.
One great drawback to successful
farming is the lack of business raeth
ods. If a man will study the charac
(eristics of his soil and climate and
grow such crops as are best adapted
to prevailing conditions; if lie will be
methodical and give as much attention
to details as is necessary in almost
any other line of business, he will suc¬
ceed, if the elements of success are
within him. There’s much in the man
and in the way he goes at a thing.—
The Epitomist.
GRAPE SHIELDS.
A good protection for grapes is a
ncreen of mosquito netting fastened
to a movable wooden frame made to
Knit the shape of the vine. The
netting of cotton threads will, with
care, lust two v«»th. Wire mosquito
netting will stand tl'.c wear and tear
«f many years. Those who cultivate
grapes' extensively will find this
method far less laborious than hand
bagging. In a hot climate screens of
flimsiest cheese cloth arc more con¬
venient, as they are more durable and
cheaper, but in the colder States,
unless it .is of the thinnest kind man¬
ufactured, it will shade and thus in
jjnre vine and leaves.—New England
Homestead.
tJHAININd COWS IN fiUMMEIL
During the late hot months cows a 1
pasture will be benefited by a grain
fned, which may preferably be given
at noon when the heat is greatest. Jn
early morning and at evening cows
will graze and fill themselves with
(rt u not ^t ',C
j-vr f*
succulent it is enriidr. It is . this .
as
deficiency in succulence of grass that
often causes farmers to begin feeding
their fodder corn even before it gets
into tassel. Bnoh corn will furnish
■ncouleuee, but nothing else of value.
It ought always to be supplemented
by liberal feed of grain, wheat bran or
middlings, or of other nutrition capa¬
ble of producing milk. When thus
fed tho corn fodder, even if poor in
nutritive value, serves an important
purpose in making the grain ration
digest more easily.
HOED CROPS ON HOD.
Bo far as possible the farmer ought
to have sod land on which to grow all
hoed crops. He cannot usually make
nearly enough manure to fertilize all
that ho wants to plant to corn or pota
toes. If there is a sod to be rotting
during the summer a moderate dres
sing of commercial fertilizers will in
sure as great success as he could turn
ally depend upon with a dressing of
manure on land that has been naked
througli the winter. Possibly the sod
may not equal in value the plant
nutrition furnished by a dressing of
•table manure, but the sod will be
more sure to rot if the season be dry,
and thus make up in availability what
it lacks in fertilizing power. If the
•oil be mainly of clover, the fertility
it will add to the soil will be as great
as is given with most manure dres
aings, especially if applied just before
the laud is plowed.
INJURY FROM OVER PRUNING.
Most of our American . varieties ... of
grapes are very strong growers, and
w id not bear the severe pruning R>
»luoli German and Iioncli xinejard
mis subject their vines W e plant
our vines farther apart than do
pean vintners, and must leave pio
portions !y more w ood A» the vines
grow older it is generally found neves
•ary to takeout alternate vines 80 “
tv, let each vine occupy Un. tin
fcr«*lhs space originally allottt a to it.
Vines Unis treated are mu,!, less
liable to mihlew. At the same time
•ome root pruning is advisable by
aulttvating more deeply and keeprng
Ihe roots of the vines where they will
Im» less affected by sudden changes of
temperature that usually precede at
*' ^ of “ ild8W aud rot '
tkstikg new varieties.
In a communication in the “Rural
New Yorker,” J. J. H. Gregory em
phasuoe the importance of soil and
climate on tests of new varieties. He
thinks that the experiment stations in
reporting results should give mforma
(ion as to these particulars. He also
ad •»: As varieties that do first rat*
on one kind of soil fail to give satis¬
faction on another of a different c-har
acter, doubtless more or less of this
great number of condemned varieties
would have proved themselves to bo
acquisitions on other soils, Would
not, therefore, the institution of a
system of interchange of seedlings be¬
tween stations where soils are differ¬
ent be a step in progress along the
lines of a wise economy, and likely to
result to the advantage of the great
public ?
MUCK LACKS FERTILITY.
Many people still think that black,
muck y 8 oiI must necessarily be very
H( , h But the fact that it remains
without fermentation shows either
that it has either little nitrogenous
value, or that it is so saturated with
water that it has become sour. Yet
we have known many city people buy
black muck from swamps to pot flow¬
ers in, and pay twenty-five to fifty
cents pier bnshel basket for it, when
dry earth from the side of the road,
w ith much less vegetable matter,
would be much better. Most muck,
especially from swamps, lacks mineral
fertility. It is easy to handle and to
work in, and this is what makes it
popular. But it needs both ammonia
an j potash to give the best results,
GRAIN CHEAPER THAN HAT.
It is undoubtedly a serious loss to
have so much of the hay crop injured
by excessive rains, as has been the
cane the present year. Yet this may
be in part made an advantage to far¬
mers if it turns their attention to
grain as a cheaper source of nutrition
than even the best hay can be. More
than this, if given with enough hay or
straw or cornstalks to distend the
stomach, gram , is . , better feed, , because
ln °re easily digested. In the coarser
fodder so much of the nutrition goes
to sustain animal heat or the pro
cesses of digestion, that comparatively
little is left to make flesh or milk or
fats. The knowledge that some grain
with hay makes cheaper nutrition is
not half so widely extended as it
ought to be. If it were, there would
be a better demand for grain and it
would sell at better prices.—Boston
Cultivator.
PROTECTING AGAINST FROSTS.
In spite of the fact that the season
was exceptionally late last spring,
and, logically, the beginning of win¬
ter ought also to be delayed, frost
may come early, and if it does the
damage .will be greater thap usual,
Jedulise ine cool vveatnel' Has pre¬
vented the rapid maturity of crops.
There may lie garden vegetables, or
some valuable seed crops, that can
profitably be protected, even at quite
a little expense and trouble.
The smoke smudge or blanket is
possibly the most effective and the
cheapest. Aliy materiel that will
burn slowly and give oft' a good smoke
can be used. When a frost is sus
pected, place thermometers in several
parts of the field or garden and watch
them closely. Arrange piles of the
combustible material around the edges
at intervals of two rods. Torches
‘»PP' U P! « f t°W into
pine tar, old campaign torches, or
anything of the kind, will be found
ver y effective. Light those on the
-windward side, and if the breeze is
, lot too brisk the smoke will settle
over the field and prevent frost in¬
jury, even though the temperature
g 0es several degrees below freezing
j )0 j n t. Straw, damaged hay, cobs,
baik, drift, brush, old berry canes,
t ] r y weeds, can be disposed of in this
way, and thus answer a useful pur- ;
poge Spraying the crops heavily
with water serves as a frost prevent
j V( ^ and where it can be done eco
nouii'-ally should lie tried.
While those measures are effective j
certain extent, care should always j j
\, e taken when planting, either in fall
or spring, to put those crops easily in- j
jureil by frost on high ground, or at !
j,. as t on land where there is good air
drainage. The cold layers of the at
mosphere, being heaviest, settle to
Ike lowest places, just as water from
heavy rains runs into sloughs, creeks
and rivers, hence these portions of the
sur{a( . e are eoldfst and are frosted
lirst I{ tlle surface of the farm is
auc h that there is a good circulation of
nir> ,h e danger is reduced to the mini
Consequently do not plant tall
l>rop9i Ilke oorn or orchards, across
, he mouths of gorges or deep valleys.
The air ls governed by the same laws
ag water, and will run out of the de
pressions if it has a chance It is
best to plant tender fruits and vege
tables on the upper portion of hill*
si , U ,s. ultere there is little probability
j the remaining stationary for
aliy considerable length of time. Re
mem ber this the coming autumn when
settiug strawbe rry fields and planting
orehar ds. and do not forget it next
?pnllg when doing the same kind of
work.-American Agriculturist.
The French method of administer
jug castor oil to their ailing children
characteristic. The oil is poured
into span over a moderate fire, an egg
broken into it and the mixture well
stirred. The omelette thus made is
served with a little salt, sugar or a
spoonful of currant jelly.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
The eoMity commissioners of Deca¬
tur count* have taken control of the
misdeme^jor convicts in accordance
with Attorney General Terrell’s opin¬
ion, and have leased them to J. C.
Donalson for the balance of the year.
Clayton county is first to begin a
crusade against lynehings in Georgia.
Quietly and without the knowledge of
any one, her grand jury found true
bills against eight men, charged with
a conspiracy to lynch Henry Sims and
John Mc()ullongb.
* * *
The mi turn for new trial in the ease
of the stf te vs. A. T. Brooks, convict¬
ed of u irder in Jackson superior
court, wi‘ i jieard at Lawrenceville Sat¬
urday ai-uthe motion was overruled.
Brooks dnd Reynolds will both be
hanged I riday, the 24th, at Jefferson.
The Fitzgerald Driving Association
has beefr 'reorganized, and will lie
known hereafter as the Fitzgerald
Driving Club. The dates selected by
the cl winter race meetings are
Novem uteri 3d, 24th, 25th, 26th and
27th. Large purses will be offered
for trottlra, pacers and runners.
* V *
The situation of the strike among
the dock laborers at Brunswick is un¬
changed. It is said that the long¬
shoremen, composed of the laborers
who hamlle lumber exclusively, will
join the strike next week, but this can¬
not be verified. Slow progress is made
in handling the phosphate and cotton,
as green hands are frightened away
from their work by the strikers before
they gef accustomed to it.
In the enforcement of the law which
directs the disposition and control of
misdeamor convicts several of the les¬
sees whose privato camps will be
broken up as the result of Governor
Atkinson’s crusade have sacrificed
their own interests to the good of the
state. Instead of contending with the
governor or the courts, they are doing
all in their power to reach an amicable
adjustment of their affairs with the
county authorities.
* * *
The mystery surrounding the Sprinz
murder, which occurred in Midville on
April 7th, seems to be increasing every
day. It appears that a number of the
residents of Midville believe that Dr.
J. J. Kilpatrick is guilty of the deed,
while others believe it was committed
by ex-Marshal Morris. It is thought
that tfe-e isjittle doubt that the grand
ijirv w <•*■ both of the m en and
the fig for life will be made at the.
trial, woj'ich will take place soon after.
The s^cate univorsity faculty a few
days ago considered the petition of
the students regarding the admission
to the university of the young men
who were last year disbarred for al¬
leged violation of intercollegiate regu¬
lations by playing baseball against
orders. After discussing the matter
the faculty passed the following reso¬
lution: “The faculty interposes no
objection to the registration of Homer
Johns, Floyd Foster,Will Sanford and
Jim Dougherty, but debars them from
participating in any intercollegiate
sports for one year.”
* * *
The Talbot county grand jury ad¬
journed without indicting the Ryder
lynchers. When court was convened
at Talbotton, Judge Butt gave the
grand jury a strong charge on the sub¬
ject, in Which he told them to probe the
matter to the bottom. Pursuant toin
_________ investigated
gtruetionH, the grand jury
the lynching, examining a large num- ad
ber of witnesses. When that body
journed, however, no indictments were
returned against any persons charging
them wit'l the lynching. The giand
jury presentment statements sta.ed
that the body bud investigated the
matter di ligently, but bad not secured
evidence enough to indict anj one.
s tate Normal College, Troy, Ala.
Tbe . College authorities” have
post poue| the opening from Sept. 21,
a8 flrgt aunounC ed, to Sept. 28, so as
to b(?tter ,aiuet to circumstances. The
exce ]i ent health nf Troy, and tho gen
eroSjitv of her people toward the Ool
, J} anJ ] its students, insure all This of
g ety 0 , m f 0 rt and progress.
' u of
C() „ ani)Ua y turns out scores
(ulh . or part i a lly, trained teach rs,
an j sc h 0 „ 1 officers call lor these, as it
J to ba ve trained teachers as it does
raiuej w orkme n of anv kind. Ala
bgma wiJ] Ld soou a(lmit uo „ t h-.r kind
tbaQ trai teachers in her school
p er ^ on J desiring scholarships should
ia- blanks' p i? Ehlrid^e S Senator the Pres
’ and
{ Alabama's n.m
counties can nominate one
p ®™ on lo , this State Normal College,
seeded Many students have already
scholarships.
S.VOW IN COLRADO.
keports received at the weather bu
reau Infli date a general snow fall In
rnount a-ns. Snow Is several Inches
at Ctripple Creek and Central
City.
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