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SlfAIN WANTS NO OUTSIDE MED-
DLING WITH HER AFFAIRS.
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SHE SCORNS THE VERY SUGGESTION
< oubleNow Lively Developments Confronts Our In Consuls—Some the Senate
) On Cuban Question.
* A Washington special says: For
lie first time the official announce¬
ment was made Wednesday that Spain
|ad Savernment declined the overtures of this
in the inter st of peace in
kba.
I’lie announcement was made by
Senator MJe Foraker in the course of his
and sensational speech in the
sfhate in favor of recognizing the bel-
;erency of the Cuban republic.
Senator Foraker is on the Cuban
st N>-committee of the senate committee
oigforeign clf study relations, of the documents and he has made file at a
se on
state department. Much of this he
«'<»ld not disclose. He did, however,
si»mit Mr. Olney’s letter proposing
mldiation and he read a portion of the
Swinish reply declining the offices of
th* th4e government and declaring that
could be no peace until the re
belion was completely suppressed.
disclosure of this important bit
of Tie history created a sensation. Lome,
date! letter from Olney to De
April 4, 1896, is the one which
su g£|sts intervention. Mr. Olney
It night well be deemed a derelic¬
tion .t)f duty to the government of the
United States as well as a censurable
want t,f candor to Sain, if I were longer
to def er official expression as well as
tbq anxiety with which the president
regards the existing situation in Cuba
as Of his earnest desire for the perma-
plait, nel § pacification of the island. Any
tkat%- giving reasonable assurance of
e sult and not inconsistent with
the st rights and reasonable demands
of all concerned will be earnestly pro¬
the moted! constitution by him, by all means which
and laws of this coun-
try pla|e at his disposal.
•q he Senate Proceedings.
Ano# lfer stirring debate on Cuba oc-
currei |in the senate Wednesday. It
was o the give and take order, with
sharp t parliamentary fencing. The
main.Speeches senators Foraker, of the day Ohio; were those Can-
py of
noiff °f Utah; Lindsay, of Kentucky,
anl «Hoar, of Massachusetts.
jjlwas the first speech of any length he
deml? ;v*red by Mr. Foraker since en-
ii.-----j n addition to
tereu, this,! the Ohio senator is one of the
,..1 subcommittee of the committee
Lul Jjreign relations. He spoke in fa-
011 gf a reference of the Cuban reso-
vor |n to the committee, but on the
lutii Ral question declared his purpose
gem ipporting the resolution recogniz-
of s luban belligerency when it should
ing ported by the committee.
be r Cannon was bitter in his denun-
" of Spanish atrocity, character-
ciatio Ihe . captain general of Cuba as
;f“e|nad . .
““ dog Weyler.”
IJndsay declared if the informa-
r ‘ trnished by United States con-
tl0 . n fas so shocking as to subject
®, ,l |u to assassination if their names
ige disclosed, it was time to send
"ffships Tftomatic to Cuba and to terminate all
relations with that country.
If Horrible State of Affairs.
jCt was developed in the course of a
Morgan Jilloquy and between Vest Senators that the state Foraker, de¬
partment had withheld the names of
IJnited States consuls reporting on
%he serious condition of affairs in Cuba
/because it might lead to their massacre.
f Mr. Vest declared that this pre¬
sented the most serious phase of the
subject, as it was time to protect our
officials with warships if their personal
r afety was threatened for making re¬
ports to their government.
No action on the resolution was
Aiken, but Mr. Morgan Thursday said he hoped
secure a vote on Mr.
Hale’s motion to refer. He desired to
do this, he said, in order that the Cu¬
ban resolution might not antagonize
the tariff bill on Monday.
After some objections, the senate
decided to adjourn from Thursday
-until Monday.
* MISSISSIPPI’S NEW CAPITOL.
cture Will Cost $ 750,000 and Will Be
Erected on Old Site.
Lin a short while Mississippi's old
j»te house at Jackson will be razed
Erected jlthe ground majestic and in its place will be
a $750,000 structure,
f tierce The for fight time for the and new ended capitol Wed¬ was
a. was
nesday when the senate udepted the
hill.
The new capitol will be built upon
the present site and according to the
plans of an architect of San Antonio,
Tex. The construction will be in the
hands of three commissioners and the
state will float forty-year 4 per cent,
bonds, payable in ten years, at the
Btate’s option to par for it.
GOVERNOR ONLY CAN SAVE.
(
| A Washington dispatch says: The
f ‘ate of Henry White is iu the hands of
1 governor Atkinson, of Georgia.
- Unless the governor grants a com-
^ nutation of sentence White will hang
it Columbus on tho 4th of June.
A \ The writ of error sought at the
ands of the United States supreme
:>urt has been denied, and now the
oung man’s fate is in the governor’s
ands.
DISPENSARY LOSES A FRIEND.
Columbia State, Newspaper, Declares the
Daw a Failure.
The South Carolina dispensary seems
surely doomed. The Columbia Daily
Register, the recognized organ of the
administration from 1890 to the pres¬
ent time, the public printer and the
ardent supporter of the dispensary,
lias turned against the system. It
says: dispensary is kept
"So long as the
in politics the evils inseparable from
the institution under that condition
cau never be eradicated. To keep the
dispensary out of politics is utterly
impracticable under prevailing condi¬
tions and with such a powerful engine
under political control, the ends of
equity and law can at any time be de¬
feated by an unscrupulous hand upon
the law.
"This is the great danger that is
threatening the people by the dispen¬
sary. It is gilly to attempt to conceal
it, and the Register, though a support¬
er of the system per se, would be dere¬
lict in its duty to itself if at this time
and in the light of recent develop¬
ments if it did not come out boldly and
state the truth. It is a source of con¬
tinual contention and suspicion that is
harmful to social cohesion and injuri¬
ous to the political welfare of the state.
We see no escape from these conclu¬
sions, regretfully as they must be ad¬
mitted. ”
CONSIDERING RESIGNATION.
Governor Taylor Admits He Is Now
Thinking of Such a Step.
The Chattanooga News prints an in¬
terview with Governor Taylor, who
passed through that city Wednesday
eu route from Nashville to Tate
Springs. The governor is quoted as
follows:
“It is true that I am carefully con¬
sidering the question of resigning, but
as yet I have not decided definitely
to do so. I will not act hastily and
will not, by any rash act, bring dis¬
credit upon the state or the democratic
party. will be after all
"Should I resign, it
important appointments have been
made and the responsibility of the
administration has been placed upon
me.
“I will admit, however, that 1 am
tired of public life and am anxious to
get into a more congenial sphere, be¬
sides which my physicians advise me
to take a long rest.”
TWO CONDUCTORS MISSING.
They Were Delegates Tn Attendance On
Convention at Dos Angeles.
Cornelius Curran, of Baltimore, and
C. E. Dunn, of Huntington, Iud., both
delegates to the conductors’ conven¬
tion, at Los Angeles, Cal., have mys¬
teriously disappeared, leaving abso¬
lutely no clew to their whereabouts.
Curran, who was accompanied to tbe
city by his wife and two children, left
his aparatments at the Clifton house
early Monday morning, telling his wife
he would return about noon. She has
neither seen nor heard from him since,
and as he had on his person $150 and
a gold watch, grave fears for his safety
are entertained by his family and
friends.
Dunn, who is also married but un¬
accompanied by his family, disap¬
peared about the same time from his
lodgings in the Mento hotel. Before
leaving he deposited his valuables
with the proprietor of the hotel.
The police have been diligently
searching for the missing men, but no
trace of them has been found.
PRINCELY GIFT TO BAPTISTS.
Millionaire Rockefeller Makes an Offer
of $250,000 on Conditions.
The most important of the May an¬
niversaries of the northern Baptists
began at Pittsburg, Pa., Wednesday
morning when President H. K. Porter
called the American Baptist Home
Mission Society to order for its sixty-
fifth annual meeting. About 1,000
delegates from all parts of North
America were in their seats wheu the
convention was called to order.
After bidding the delegates wel¬
come, the president briefly referred
to the offer of John D. Rockefeller to
give $250,000 to clear the society of
debt, if a similar amount was raised
before July 1, 1897. tbe
Mr. Porter said that while
amount was not yet at hand, it would
be before the date so named.
Approves Uniformity of Textbooks.
The Texas bouse of representatives
has passed the textbook bill which
provides state uniformity of textbooks
for all the free schools of Texas. The
law goes into effect in 1898.
OSCAR WILDE RELEASED.
Refused a Big Offer For an Article On.
His Prison Experience.
Oscar Wilde was released from prison
at London Wednesday morning.
Wilde, who seemed te be enjoying
robust health, goes to Parris immedi¬
ately.
He intends, however, to return to
London to engage in literary work.
He says he does not intend to hide his
identity, but will write over his own
signature.
The Pall Mall Gazette says that one
of the first acts of Oscar Wilde on re¬
gaining his freedom was to refuse
$50,000 for a vtory of his prison expe¬
rience.
THE WILL OF ALLAH.
Fanatical Sultan Finds An Excuse For
Wanting Thessaly.
According to a dispatch to The Lon¬
don Daily Mail, from Vienna, The
Tageblatt says: consulted
“The sultan has the Sheik
U1 Islam, who has declared it to be
the will of Allah that Thessaly should
be reunited to Turkey.
“Should he act upon this religious
prompting, it may be extremely diffi¬
cult for the powers to prevent his pur¬
pose from being carried out.”
I
DUKE OF TETUAN SENDS IN HIS
RESIGNATION.
a FISTICUFF CREATES EXCITEMENT
Recognition of Insurgents by American
Senate Was Attributed by Tetuan
to Speech of Sagasta. .
In the Spanish senate at Madrid,
Friday, there was a heated and tumul¬
tuous debate regarding the resolution
passed by the United States senate to
recognize the Cuban belligerents.
The debate was followed by an ex¬
cited discussion in the lobbies.
This led to a dispute between the
Duke of Tetuan, the minister of foreign
affairs, and a liberal senator, which
ended in the duke boxing the senator’s
ears.
A great commotion ensued and the
sitting of the senate was suspended.
The liberal minority afterwards held
a meeting to consider the situation,
and ex-Premier Sagasta, the liberal
leader, was summoned to confer with
his followers.
An urgent message was also sent to
the premier, Senor Canovas del Cas¬
tillo, by the ministerialists.
The duke of Tetuan later in the day
as a Tesult of the incident.
Senor Canovas, the premier, will
take the the portfolio ad interim.
The liberal senators have decided to
attend no more sessions of the senate
until full satisfaction has been accord¬
ed to Senator Comas and the liberal
party by the duke of Tetuan.
The duke of Tetuan and Senator
Comas selected seconds as preliminary
to a duel.
Later the seconds of the duke of
Tetuan and of Senator Comas de¬
cided that as the aggressions are recip¬
rocal, a duel is not necessary.
Senor Comas is probably Professor
Comas, who in June last, in the Span¬
ish senate, supported the amendment
to the address asking that treaties with
the United States might be canceled
on the ground that endangered they were the a source
of conflict and peace
of Spain and the United States.
He made a speech bitterly assailing
the United States and welcoming the
conflict, which he looked on as inevit¬
able.
CONDUCTORS ADJOURN.
Officers Fleeted By the Convention For tho
Next Year.
The twenty-sixth session of the
grand division of the Order of Rail¬
way Conductors was brought to a
close at Los Angeles, Cal.
The election of officers for the ensu¬
ing year resulted in the choice of the
following:
Grand chief conductor, F. E. Clarke,
re-elected.
Assistant grand conductor, C. H,
Wilkins, re-elected,
Grand secretary and treasurer, Mar¬
tin Clancy, re-elected.
Grand senior conductor, A. B. Gar-
retson, re-elected.
Grand junior conductor, W. B. Per¬
kins, of Los Angeles.
ARRANGE TERMS OF PEACE.
Aunexation of Tliessaly Don led; Indem¬
nity Will Be Fixed.
A dispatch to The London Daily
Mail from Constantinople says:
“The ambassadors will present a
note to tho porte embodying the terms
of peace to which they will agree.
The note will refuse to permit the
abolition of the capitulations in the
cases of Greek subjects or the annexa¬
tion of Thessaly, but will consent to a
strategic rectification of the frontier
and to an indemnity not exceeding
115,000,000 francs.”
MUST WORK HARD.
Governor Pingree Exacts Groat Things of
the Michigan Degislature.
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, has
volunteered the information that if the
members of the state legislature want
to get through and go home the last of
May, as contemplated, they must first
pass a law to get at least a millon of
dollars more out of corporations. Oth¬
erwise he will call an extra session.
VISIT MONTICELLO.
Many Members of Congress Leave Wash¬
ington For Jefferson’s Home.
A party of about 60 members of
both houses of congress left Washing¬
ton Friday morning for a day’s outing
at Monticello, the old home of Thomas
Jefferson. Speaker Reed was among
the representatives of the house side.
Relief Money Sent On.
An instalment of the $50,000 appro¬
priated by congress for the relief of
suffering Americans in Cuba has been
received by Consul General Lee, per
treasury transfer, and is now on de¬
posit with G. Lawton Childs & Co.,
the local American banking house at
Havana.
SIXTY HOMELESS FAMILIES.
A Million Dollar Fire In Jersey City
Tenement Houses.
Afire which started at 1:30 o’clock 1
Wednesday m , morning . at , - A T ewark , avenue
and First street, Jersey City, burned
all Sixty through families the night. rendered home- j j
were
less and tbe damage to the tenement
houses they occupied is estimated at
$1,000,000. No fatalities have been
reported.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
The supreme court lias handed
down its decision in the ease of A. E.
Drought, giving him a*new trial. The
case of Drought is one that is well
remembered. It was tried in the At¬
lanta pity ccurts and at the time cre¬
ated no small amount of talk. Drought
was charged with being a common
cheat and swindler and was charged
with having sold receivers’ certificates
of a- ruilroad to a firm after making
misrepresentations to them.
Colonel H. G. Cook, the new com¬
mander of tho Fifth regiment sta'
tioned at Fort McPherson, will arrive
June 1st to take command. Colonel
Cook is now enjoying a furlough.
Soon after the death of Colonel Kel¬
logg orders were issued for Colonel
Cook to take charge of the regiment
stationed at this post. He asked for
a few weeks’ furlough before taking
charge of his new command, which
was granted.
Judge Lumpkin, at Atlanta, basis-
sued an order directing Receiver Julius
L. Brown to sell the assets of the Geor¬
gia Mining and Manufacturing and In¬
vestment company on June 17th. One
hundred and twenty-five thousand dol¬
lars is fixed as the upset price and
each bidder is to put up a check for
$10,000 as evidence of good faith. The
terms are $35,090 down, the balance
in three and six months. Receiver’s
certificates will be taken in payment
at their face value.
The supreme court holds that a ver¬
dict rendered by a jury on Sunday is
legal. From this opinion two judges
dissent. The question came up in the
suit of Weaver against Carter in Fan¬
nin county, involving the merits of a
horse trade. The jury in a justice’s
court took the case after argument on
Saturday and did not render a verdict
until the next day, which was Sunday,
and it was received. The point was
made that this was illegal, because the
verdict was received on Sunday.
County School Commissioner R. J.
Guinn has sent the adjutant general
his resignation as lieutenant colonel
of the Third Georgia regiment. Colo¬
nel Guinn’s reasons for resigning as
given in the letter of resignation are
on account of the fact that he has
such a great amount of work to do and
his whole time and attention are re¬
quired by his business. His resigna¬
tion leaves an important vacancy in
the ranks of the Third and there will
be much interest in the promotions to
follow.
The bonded indebtedness of the Sa¬
vannah, Florida and Western railway
iii Georgia is $15,663 per mile and its
: estimated cost in the state is $25,000
-per mile. It has 400 ihiles in
the state. The Plant lines in Geor¬
gia had a deficit of $86,886.91
for the year ending June 30, 1896.
The company’s total earnings in Geor¬
gia last year were $2,093,407. Oper¬
ating expenses were $1,596,568 and
the taxes were $73,000. The interest
on the Georgia lines made the total
fixed charges exceed the increase by
$ 86 , 886 .
*
Ten thousand Confederate veterans
will attend the reunion in Nashville
next month. At least that is the num¬
ber that those at the head of the re¬
union expect to gather from all over
the south. An effort is being made by
the Georgia veterans to have the
largest number of representatives from
this state, and from the present out¬
look that attempt will be successful.
The camps all over the state are taking
a great interest in the coming gather¬
ing, and as there are about eighty
camps iu the state, it is very likely
that the number of Georgians at the
reunion will far exceed the expected
thousand.
A charge has been lodged against
Penitentiary Company No. 1, by Geo.
Brooken, an ex-convict, who was re¬
cently released from the coal mines in
Dade county, where he was sent from
Bibb county five years ago. He
charges that he was worked 181 Sun¬
days while a convict. Brooken sues
the company leasing the convicts for
$181, claiming this amount represents
that number of Sundays, in which he
worked at bard labor without receiv¬
ing any consideration. The charge is
one of a most grave nature, and should
the allegations of the petition be
proved, and tbe plaintiff makes affida¬
vit that they are true, another convict
investigation will probably be the re¬
sult.
Crop Prospects Better.
The past week’s crop bulletin shows
a very much improved condition of all
crops in Georgia, and shows that the
climatic conditions are favorable to
good farm work.
The showers which were general
over the state about the middle of the
week did much good to growing vege¬
tation and afforded farmers an oppor¬
tunity to plant a large number of
sweet potato slips. Corn and cotton
have made considerable improvement,
though bad stands and damage by
cutworms are reported in some coun¬
ties. Wheat, oats and barley are all
looking well. There is still some rust
among the wheat. The fruit crop will
be only fair. Peaclies are dropping in
portions of the middle and southern
divisions aud pears are badly damaged
. by . blight. .. , Apples . , and , berries ,
are
generally good, and in many counties
abundant. Strawberries are now be-
ing shipped and the fruit is very good.
The blackberry outlook is good. On
the whole, the condition of all crops is
much better than at the time of the
last issue of the bulletin,
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Grease to Destroy Lice.
If cattle in spring are thin in flesh,
with rough, staring coat, it is a pretty
sure sign that lice are troubling them.
It is only on thin cattle that lice can
long continue to live. Grease of any
kind, kills them, as it closes the pores
through which they breath. It is much
better to rub lard or fat of any kind on
the necks of cattle and around the head
than to apply large amounts of kero¬
sene, which has usually the effect of
taking off hair. If kerosene oil is used,
make it into an emulsion, with ten
times its bulk of water, and using
enough soap to make the oil and watej
thoroughly mix. This closes the pores
and is just a3 effective as stronger
doses.
Tight vs. Ventilated Packages. ^7'^
J. H. Hale, of South Glastonbery,
Conn., in writing to the Strawberry
Culturist regarding fruit packages,
says:
All along these years past we
beeu talking about the necessity of
well ventilated packages. If one is to
pick, pack and hurry off fruit when it
is damp, or iu the heat of the day,
ventilated packages are A necessity.
For berries properly handled, picked
in the cool of the day, when dry, or
put in cold storage for cooling as soon
as picked, it will be found that they
keep much longer and be a brighter
and better color if put in nearly tight
packages.
Years ago, when the New Jersey
growers, and those in the vicinity of
Boston, used the round quart boxes
with a wooden cover, it was usually
possible to find a crate of sound ber¬
ries four or five days after they were
put on the market. Now, with our
ventilated crates and baskets, the only
bright, showy berries to be found,
after they have been on the market a
day, will be by turning the basket up¬
side down and finding the bright ber¬
ries that are on the bottom, away from
the air. I certainly am in favor of
tight packages in the hands of men
who know how to handle their fruit
before shipment.
I grow a great many acres of straw¬
berries here, and also have a test pot
where I grow about every ^variety
under cultivation, and in testing the
newer kinds, so as to get at their com¬
mercial value, color, carrying capacity,
etc., I annually keep my specimens of
fruit iu various ways, and have always
found those that are kept away from
any circulation of air and pretty thor¬
oughly boxed up are the ones that keep
longest and show up the brightest at
the end.
Tiio Care of Swine.
The following “notes” are taken from
a paper read by J. S. Burns at an 4n-
stitute:
"The prevalent notion among farm-
ers that a brood sow should he kept
in low flesh is contrary to the best ex-
perience. Give an abundance of sue-
CUlgnt food.
•‘‘The use of corn in the feeding of
swine has been dropped out until at
present this grain is fed very little by
us except'as a finish for pork. Choice
would be*for nothing better than roots,
milk and feed. In the absence of past-
uve, for a sow during the period of ges-
tation, and until the pigsjhre six weeks
■old, except in the coldest weather, and
even then confortable quarters are pre-
ferable to much concentrated food for
producing heat.
When the i>igs show a disposition to
eat from the trough one to which the
sow cannot have access should be pro-
vided. Now is the critical period in
the pig’s life. If we over-feed we. im-
pair digestion. If we stint in feed wo
retard growth. If the feed is too con-
stipating disease is ready to enter. If
it is too laxative scours is produced,
These ills may result from careless
feeding of the sow;
■ "No iron-clad rule can be given as
to quantity and quality of foods for
pigs at this time, as conditions vary
and much depends upon what the sow
is receiving. If she has an abundance
of succulent food or pasture pure skim-
rnilk is excellent for the pigs; other*
wise it is too constipating, unless some
bran and oil meal are added.
‘ ‘It is important that the pigs have a
clean, dry bed and plenty of exercise.
Whenever the weather permits they
should be induced to stir out. Failure
to take exercise is the one great hin¬
drance to success in raising pigs in
very .cold weather. They burrow in
their nests and remain inactive until
thumps destroys them.
"Experience leads me to assert that
wheat is an excellent feed for swine, if
ground and mixed well with other and
lighter feed, the mass being made into
slop. Have had no very satisfactory
results from feeding whole wheat,
especially when fed dry. By soaking
whole wheat can be fed to considerable
extent without loss. For young pigs,
where growth is the essential point,
sloppy feed is superior’to dry feed of
any kind. For growing pigs, I could
never use pure ground wheat. Oats,
or very heavy bran, or both, should be
added. Some succulent, or bulky food
should always .be given with this con¬
centrated food, thus aiding digestion
and sustaining the appetite. ”
Cross Breeding.
Tho object of crossing pure bred
cocks on common stock, says a billies '
tin of the North Carolina station, is to
improve naturally, yet often mistakes
are made becau ?e the proper breed is
not selected. The following will be
found the most desirable ones, and the
advantages to be derived from their
use on common hens. Barred Plym¬
outh Rock cocks are very extensively
used for grading, and,’’an old variety,
they are now more widely scattered
than other varieties. The grades from
them mature early and are very hardy.
They generally take the color of their
sires, the meat being yellow, as well
as legs, making them very salable
stock. The White Plymouth and Rocks
are equals of the Barred, are pre¬
ferred to the latter by many, as the
young are free from black or dark pin
feathers.
White Wyandotte crosses we con¬
sider the best of all for broilers, as the
young stock (grades) are more and, com¬
pact, equally as healthy, as a
rule, carry more flesh at an early age
than either cross mentioned. They
will readily show good treatment, and
it is advisable to feed w r ell when young,
which is equally true of all varieties.
Pullets from such a cock mature and
lay early in the fall, and continue
through the winter.
The Indian Game is a good fowl for
grading flocks, for several reasons, viz:
The young are always fat, the color of
the skin is black yellow (except in some
cases where hens with white
skin are used), their weight is remark¬
able, and is much greater than their
looks, deceiving all who are not famil¬
iar with the breed in its purity.
Black or White Minorcas have the
characteristics of the Leghorns, so far
as laying is concerned, and are larger;
therefore would suit some persons
when the Leghorns would not. The
eggs from the Minorcas are large—in
fact, no pure bred fowl lays a larger.
The Houdan (a French fowl), hav¬
ing a crest, beard and five toes on each
foot, are recommended very highly for
use on barnyard hens, but we have not
been particularly pleased with results
from such a mating. ,
Dorkings are also prominently men¬
tioned by many breeders, but having
had no experience with them, we can¬
not offer an opinion. * K
Use of Wind Mills.
It has been demonstrated during the
last season in all the Middle and West¬
ern States, that most growing crops
would be benefited by having more
water while they are growing, than
they usually receive from the rains as
they are distributed during the sum¬
mer season. Irrigation in what is
called moist climates, where the rain
fall is as much as from thirty-six to
forty inches per annum, has been in¬
troduced with profit in gardening for
years. This was on a limited scale,
and in most cases used only as a sup-.
plement to the rainfall, or in times
when there was unusual drought. Jt_
has beeu shown in regions almost en-
tirely dependent upon irrigation, that
plants grow much more vigorously
when the supply of water is regulated 1
and just in the quantity necessary for
the growing crop; that the distribu-
. timi of the supply of water at proper
(intervals is of great advantage to the
crop. tiieT
To prevent an over-supply when
rains are frequent, underdraining has
been resorted to, and has been found
of advantage even on uplands sown in
wheat or cultivated in corn, but in
droughts the waters drained off by
tiles would be of great value if it could
be distributed over the ground from
which it has been removed, This
need of water when there is not suffi-
cient rain has led to suggestion of con¬
structing reservoirs to hold until it is
needed what has been wasted; whether
this method can ever be put into prac-
tice to supply large farms in times of
drought, must await time and consider-
able experimenting before it can be
settled. But there can be uo doubt
that for small patches where intense
farming and vegetable culture is the
chief object, some modification of
this method can be used with profit,
The lay of the land or the underlying
strata of rock may have something to
do with the method to be adopted for
a supply of water. If the rainfall can
be saved in ponds it must be distrib-
uted to higher grounds by some power
which is pretty constant and without
much cost.
The use of the wind engine has been
found to be very effective for this
purpose. A good wind engine will
pump a large amount of water into an
elevated tank from which it can be
distributed to garden and truck patches
close by, at a very small cost, If
there should be no pond to hold waste
water, a driven well or one drilled into
the rook will supply the needed water
without fail. Wind mills are now
largely in use with gardeners and flor¬
ists for this purpose and would be
valuable additions to almost every
farmer who is ambitious to have a
good garden and truck patch; besides
they would always supply, if placed
over a well, abundance of fresh
water for his cattle aud hogs and
stock of all kinds. Every farm where
there is not running water at a suffi¬
cient elevation to supply the barnyard
and the garden with the water they
need at the right time should have a
wind mill to held in this work. It can
be had at a small outlay aud will
work itself with a very small amount
of care.
Farmers should not let the wind go
to entire waste, as they should not the
water, when they can use both to so
much profit to themselves.—Farm
News.
England’s total foreigu trade in 1896
amounted to $3,126,315,895, while oui
own reached only $1,642,925,161.
