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TIIE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MAPl'TT 11, 1805.
T’S TALK.
IRegul» r Monthly Letter to
[he Farmers of Georgia.
OOBN PLAHTINO SEASON.
L„ Paying Crop Than Cotton for
]*rta*ri—Cost of Railing Wheat
Cora on Uoo Aero of Land—Pap
L OO-A F.w Uinta on Homo Mix.
[of rortllluro, Eto.
bcPiRTMKNT OF AGRICULTURE,
| Atlanta, Mmroh 1, 1895.
L p|,nc* toward the outside world
L, tbs eye can reach, I see noth-
ct bar* brown trees,with hero and
[ s green pine, and snow every-
5_#tretobing like a thiok white
Lover the field*, piled np in high
Lgaiuit the building! and fences,
Laly hiding the face of Mother
and iaflioting mnoh suffering on
nd bout. A* I torn from the
imfiatioti of this most unusual
, scene, I realize that before
[heavy layer of snow can molt and
Lad be ready for the plow, another
[aost pass, which will leave only
| more days in February in which
Upiete the preparations for ths
| March plantings. As on many
L the first fnrrow has yet to bo run
crops of 189b, these plantings
, necessarily, be mnoh delayed,
hi Is not altogether doe to the un-
[able weather, for since Christmas,
have beau several days when
Ing could have been done with
Lupatcu and profit Bat the ina-
ri.' termers have fallen into the
|of allowing the first part of Jan-
j slip by before any deoided start
in the year’s work—on* reason
being that throughout the
[[arm labor is more or leas demor-
I alter the Christmas holiday*
.« the rains set in, about the mid-
I January, wo have had an unin-
jted succession of snows, rains,
aud freeze*, finally onlminating
> aimost upreoedented cold daring
it of February.
rre the land was properly plowed
the fall or early in January, the
i cold, preoeding the heavy fall
r, will pot it la splendid condl-
I disintegrating and breaking np
(articles of sou snd thus increasing
[power both of absorbing and ro-
lug moisture. Old farmers predlot
panomenal crop year. Amid the
ral gloom this is cheering; Indeed,
! Is some oomfort to be extraoted
[from praeeat hard conditions. In
tiou to the benefit to the land, the
[e was the doath blow to many
hlesotne and dostnmtlva insects.
It trees were not sufficiently all
ied to be Injured, and the cheok
[now will prevent a too rapid rise
Ip; their budding will be retarded,
I we stand a better chance for nn
infant fruit crop The intense cold
so upper portions of the cotb >u l...lt,
lng below aero, aud further south
•t nupreesdantedly noarwi.it point,
Uestroyod myriads of Insect eggs,
Islsoarrested the Injury from blight.
I so destructive to tho interests of
1 growers. While only this latter
i can lay claim to all these advun-
h, the average fanner can appro-
ta his share, and though harm 1
“ priced cotton, delayed work and
1 uncertainty and indecision,
I not despair. Let him gird him-
for the coming contest; lot him
r ahead, and with dear brain and
mg judgment, lay his plans for
wi success.
1 a recent report of tho state com-
*• on analytical and applied ehem-
'In Virginia, oocnrs the following,
foh ooinoidee so exactly with tho
F* we have always promulgated,
I tUaoforcibly expressed, that we
Id like to qoote at length, bat have
' room for some of the leading feat-
2. Reduce the ocroage to he cultivated
in “money crops” to one-half,
b- Co-operate buying and mixing of
fincit stalks tho best matured cars, and
era planting, foseloctiug the bust devil-
“““ ““"“8 w* sissuan irom tho pile. Iu another
. r*Sf.™P^b4je]iti- / f/’ unn full formulas are given for fer
*Taflse-lndlng of tones, g for »tjffsrsnt crons
e. Iheinoreaaednseci lime. t *
0. Manufacture your own nitrogon at
homo.
7. More attention to homo mado ma
nures.
The first item is tho mo,t difficult of
accomplishment, and while John Ram
dolph may have discovered the phlloso-
pner a stono to bo “pay at you go,"
only those can nr ail thomsalvoB of It
who have something with which to
P a F- Tako tho znattor of oats for in*
stance, many farmers havo met with a
hoary losrf in the destruction of both
the first and second plantings, and are
loft without means to again buy seed.
To such the “lines have indeed fallen
In hard places." and In cases liko this
we would advise that tho land be
planted in oarlr maturing corn and
forage crops, millet, sorghnm, poaa, all
of which will bolp to tide over the
difficulty, and if the millet is manured
highly and foroed forward, it will of
oonrso be ready to cut much earlier.
•The second, with our preconceived
ideas of farming, will be a hard under
taking, but a strict adherence to its
recommendations would do mnoh to set
ns on onr feet again.
The third, we hare repeatedly urged
as offering the best solution of the fer
tilizer question.
The fourth, if carried out, would re
duce the cost of this valuable fertilizer
at least 50 per oent.
The fifth bat follows in the lead of
that eminent scientist, George Ville,
l£w IN REGARD TO BELLING FORMULAS.
I must call attention to the fact that
no formula for making fmilizers can
be sold in this state, tiniest tirst sub
mitted to the department for examina
tion. Violation of this law subjects
tho party to punishment for misde
meanor, under a section of the code cf
Goorgia. Wo will esteem it a favor if
Buch cases are reported to this de
partment.
R. T. Nesbitt.
HOG CHOLERA.
Prescription nml Direction! for • Bnooeai.
fui Treatment of tho Disease*
Dr. T. J. Dodge of Hamilton, Illinois,
writes as follows to the Iowa Home
stead on the subjoct of hog cholera:
“As tho price of hogs Is sufficiently
high to pay the farmer to use every
means of protecting them from the
ravages of the cholera, I deem it my
duty to give to the public, froo, my ro-
cipe fox tho cure of what is termed hog
cholera. I have used this remedy for
85 years, and raised hogs on my ranch
In Nebraska and never lost a hog.
I havo experimented by placing one
well hog with a lot of sick ones, and
keeping it by tho use of this remo-
dy. Yon will oonf or a great favor upon
who classes lime along with nitrogen, i the farmers of onr country by publish-
• mapEta tortUte*r P °*Whi?e f llSfi lDK *“? reo ? po , ln . txdl 1
defloiont in tho soil It is very Import- 8-igeJ in other busmen, and havo boon
ant that it be supplied. lor 16 years, and aui willing to lot oth-
Tha sixth refers to the fact that in
ora prosper by tho long years of experi
ence of mine with a remedy I disoover-
od myself for tho onre of this dreaded
disease.
The prescription and directions sro
as follows:
Arsenio, ouu-u.if pound; caps aloes,
. ono-holf ponnd; bine vitriol, one-fourth " 00ii '
all aacee-sfol farming. As is briefly of a oonnd; black antimony, one ounce 4. Nover ont tho potatoes for tho late
farm.'t'he same'offloe ^tha^money d£ -ell tho remedy before j crop.
leguminous plants the farmer has a
certain and comparatively cheap moth-
od of supplying not only the most ex
pensive element of nitrogen, bat potash
and phosphoric acid also, for he can re
move the top crop and still leave in the
cooU and stubble z large amount of fer
tilizing material.
The seventh sounds the keynote of
do nle KH i tno immense frost
proof bins: in the south th»
fall crop little trouble. They
do not svte rot iike the yam
They will*'W>. j>'»rt<*.«c,y m a iu.uh
whero the thermometer does not run
below 80 degree^ above zero.
Anything thni grows in the fall is
superior to tho *prir.v grown. The fall
Irish pototoes i^asfar superior to spring
grown potatoes |* fall turnips are snpe-
pips.
'ave increased in size,
tity por acre each sea-
enced planting them
the fall crop planted
next spring wiloome on much earlier
than tho earlAst and most northern
grown. Whii'J there will not be so
many in nnrohjrs in th * vine they will
v 1 ’ nporior every
rior to spring I
Onr potato**-
quality and q^jJ
6on since wo <
hero. Seod frtj
bo twice as lar
way.
The seed o: n
be renewed,
proves them
The peas
maturing va
spring crop
off iu time fr
To those
uable suggevti
give tho fo!
Mr. Massey J
tion, which j
more elabor\
1. Bed th.
time. This
and far
obtained need nover
•r tho fall growing im-
ntinnally.
ntiouod aro the early
ty planted after tho
rish potatoes aud taken
the fall crop,
wish to adopt the val-
ns of Mr. Welfiorn, wo
’ing conciso advice by
tho North Carolina sta-
froquoutly appeared in
form in these reports:
‘d in soil until planting
? rid of those too imma
ture to grow and which if planted
would leave gaps in tho rows.
3. Plant about second week in An-
gust, if possible, and use only those po
tatoes that aro sprouted.
3. Plant in-a deep furrow, but cover
very lightly and pack the soil to tho
ing 51 1 -3 per oent of potaili) at $12.00 a
ton. fl.fS.
Making a total of 2,000 pounds at a
cost of $11.35, containing the following
percentage of plani fuuu pc* ton;
Available pliosphorio acid, 9.G0 per
cent.
Ammonia, 2.21 per cent.
Potash, 2.06 per cent.
If you desire a full strength goods,
tho following formula will prove satis
factory, being mado of tho materials
you wish to u«e:
Acid phosphate, 1,200 pounds, cost
about $7.80, 8.40 per cent available
phosphoric acid. Nitrate of soda, 250
pounds, cost about $5.00, equivalent to
2 37 per cent ammonia. Kainit, 300
pounds, cost about $1.80, 1.80 por cent
potash. Mix marl or rotten loaves, 2CQ
pounds. Total pounds, 2,000. Total
cost, $14.00.
If you wish a ohoaper fertilizer add
moro of the last ingredient. If you de
sire a stronger one leavo ont tho last
ingredient Muriate of potash is a
moro concentrated form of potash than
kainit and costs loss for freight and for
tho actual potash in it Kainit con
tains about 12 per cent of potash, and
muriate about 50 per cent
To estimate tho fall cost, tho freight
on the acid phosphato and muriate of
potash should bo added to this, (tho
ireight will vary according to the length
of tho banl) and also the labor required
to mix tho fertilizer.
The mixing is best done by spread
ing out tho materials in layer*
on top of each other and cutting
through the layers with a hoe and mix
lng as the compound is cut down.
Tho use of a bricklayer's sand scrcon
enables one to make a better mixture.
So many local doalers aro reported as
not intending to handlo fertilizers this
season, that some such plan may be
necessary in some sections.
Very respectfully.
George F. Payse.
ing the ha«ty t
i. Januc Miller
T^'re* fi-Icru
collided
betm
*n«l
tie did i
* ulatln
id In tw
ic cause c
nil liver i
obey
bride
current to<
:.he
\Y1
■ k V\i
arul Triii
the
in oommerce, it develops, utilises aud
>tion
brings into healthy action all tho dor
mant rosonrees of the soil.
TYPOGRAPHICAL RkROBS IN LAST REPORT
There were two serious typographical
errors in lost month's report. In the
answer to the inquiry as to how much
of nitrogen, phosphorio acid and potash
that an average acre of oorn withdraws
from the soil shoald read about 21-7-7-
i instead of 7-7-7, as stated.
The second error wan in the reply as
to “Actual and Potential Ammonm."
using.
Tho following aro tho directions for
using:
1. Sick hogs in all cases to be separa
ted from the well ones, and placed in
dry pens with only five large hogs or"
eight la each pen.
2. Feed nothing bat dry food, but no
water only the slop containing tho rem
edy until cured.
8. When hogs rofnso to oat turn them
It shoald have re&d: "Fourteen pounds on their back*; and then with a long
handled spoon put tho dry mcdiciuo
of nitrogen would be said to oontain 17
pound, of potential ammonia (not 7
Donndil from tho fact that bvfermnntii. down their throats.
4. Do** for large hogs: Ono te.-upoon-
from tho fact that by fermonta-
ion it U capable of yielding that
amonnt.”
IRISH POTATOES AND STARCH FACTORIES.
Thorn appears In this issue two art!-
oles that were crowded ont of onr Inst
report. One, a reply to an Inquiry no
to tho propnratlou, planting and saving
of Irish potatoes, both tho spring and
fall crops; and the other on establishing
‘,fao
starch factories in ths south. Tho sub
jects aro allied and pertinent to sonthurn
industrial development. Tho cotton
factories for the maunfacturo of a finer
pra'li' n: 'U ur- ir a :n»a.-iin, <1 ■ jwn-
deni on starch factories, and these three
Industries are more intimately connect
ed than « rnndaaa glanco would reveal.
Tho cotton fsotori, - will neod tho
starch, the starch factories will neod
the potatoes, and If our farmers can
learn to produce at remunerative fig
ures tho proper kind of potato, which
suitability depends more on quality
than on size, we have another money
crop to which onr olimate is peculiarly
suited. Elsewhere I give Jeff Wilborn's
plan for raising three crops, two of
Irish potatoes, one of poas, on thesarao
land, and also an nrttclo from Or.
Payne on staroh.
ful three time a day for three days;
then miss ono day and repeat amount
until enred. Shoats or pigs ono-half
tho amount.
6. As a preventative, one teaspoonfnl
onco a week will keep your hogs iu a
healthy condition to take on fat. I can
place one wt 11 hog in a pen with 100
sick onus, and witu this remedy keep
him well.
ii. Let no other stock nut nogs have
access to this remedy, as it is to them a
deadly poison.
Ur. Lodge adds that for many yearn
he sold his recipo for $•>, and treated of
hogs at the rate of $1 per head, paying
tho owner 10 cents a jionnd for all that
died after treatment began.
8. Gradually fill in tho soil to tho
plants as they grow and cultivate tho
crop perfectly flat.
THE SWINE
PLAGUE.
tat 1)1..n
BIG RIVER STEAMER BUNK.
TSva Near Qrieasn Boat. I»ngfellow
Went Down in too Ohio.
STARCH FACTORIES.
Can Onr Far
Dr. George F. Payuo, our well known
I have had several letters from parties state chemist, is corresponding with
some parties who aro de.lrons of locat-
[o nen we oonsider the foot that the
pkel value of onr lands and all tho
Jostle of agriculture have materially
I'hied during the past few y< ,rJ;
• the average deotlna in theprioee
bar staple crops, to whioh fertilizers
I applied, amount* to fully 60 per
It. and that it is queatlouable wheth-
Vny crop eon be grown at a profit
per exl-tlng conditions, U it reinark-
« that our farmers are at their wits'
I to know bow to prooeed, and what
Jilant, if by ehanoe they may make
Ih end* meet 7
In rapport of thi* poeition, permit
I to quote from the atatiitlolan of tho
anxious to establish tbeeo starch facto
ries. They are hound to come when
the cotton factories do, and before an
other twelvemonth there will bo a do-
mand for the manafactnring material.
The question is, will onr farmers in
form themselves on this business and
manage It in suoh a way os to oloar
ing n starch factory in the south. Starch
Is largely nsed in ootton cloth maim,
foctnro and Georgia is rich in starch
producing materials. Dr. Payno is de
sirous of getting information aud re-
•ionlturnl department, Washington,
C., March, 1803. At that date wheat
I* selling at 67 cents and oorn at 86
hts in Chicago. To asoertaln what
) farmers were doing, he sent ont
onion broadcast, BopHeq were re
ived from 28,000
ed from 28,000 proctiead farmers, in
'of wheat, and 18,000 in cose o'
l Thee* were revised and eorreot-
ay as
money on itf Tho truth ii that at quests the farmers' attention to the
present prices matter.
no poorer rxYiNQ crop THAN cotton “I. Factories in tho west and north
can be found, and tho farmor who soenro Irish potatoes at IS cents tier
trusts to a large crop to meat the press- bushel of 66 pounds, und at 20 cents per
lng need* of his sitnation la risking bushel for Bweut potatoes (On pounds to
i bankruptcy. The present mouth mu.i tho bushol), giving I r,-ut a huahel fur
ds’idc this- momentous qnostion. Be- each per cont of starch found iu the
fore anothor monthly roport 1s Issued material. Can Georgia farmers raise
from this office tho derision as to the Irish potutous and sweet potatoes at a
REDUCTION OF THE cotton acreaok profit when taken immediately iu large
throughout tho atate will have to bo qn “? t \vn'nt t t n C *" P f i00 / ?
made, aud tho croD of 1895 will he vir. , 1 " ? al,i Q * or *“ farmers like to
tually launched on the aea of futurity. t0ry and pay for
I donot assume to dictate as to how “>fir stockiu ^tatoos?
much taoh man shall plant, I only re- / n iii' ( ?f'L 0a,l i aT . a b ° 0n rill,0<1 snocess-
iterate what I have so ofteK repeated. 2? 0r , (f ‘ a t0 aay ,?*«& or , c »”
* • b« aono? It prows well in Florida.
“4. What is the lowest pdre »t which
rico polish can bo commoted for
I)r. Salmon Telit of Thu
* Among II
Dr. Salmon, the chief of tho bureau
of animal industry, has just issued a
bulletin on this subject which ought to
be in tho hands of every host keeper,
and can be obtained on application to
tho department of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. 0. Dr. Salmon says that
whilst no absolutely certain cure can
be found for any disease, and certainly
not for hog cholora, yet that, an the ro-
i suit of a long * iries of experiments, tho
. following has been found to bo a most
| efficacious formula in moat cases of this
disease* and is valuable as a preventive:
liia.
Wood charcoal 1
Sulphur 1
Soadium chloHda 2
Sodium bicarbonate 2
Sodium hyposnlphLo 3
Sodium sulphate 1
Antimony sulphide 1
Pulveri/.*' ami thoroughly mix and
give a Urg“ tablespoon ful for each 200
ponnd^Jweight of hogs once a day. Feed
on soft l'*od. made of bran andshipstnff
or bran a:i 1 corn meal mixod in hot
water and stir in tho proper quantity of
the medicine. Animals too sick to eat
should bo dr**nch**d with tho medicino
mixed in wat«r In drenching a hog,
never throw him on his hack or rope
him and force him to take tho medi
cine. Thi Chances are that if you do
you will • >k** him. l’uil out the sido
of his cheek tmm his teeth ami thus
mako a pouch into which pour tho med
icine, and it will run into his mouth
tnd bo swallowed, or t.^ko an old shoo
C^ndnnu*U, O., Manoh 8.—During a
heavy fog this morning, as tbs steamer
Longfellow, belonging to the Cincinnati
and Memphis and New Orleans Packet
Line Company, was on tier way to
Now Orleans, she in some way, not
yet clearly explained, kwt tier course,
crashed against a pier of the C. i*nd O
bridge and sank. •
Soven of the crew are Deported miss
ing. but the tlwmty-slx cabin passen-
gers were aCl rescued by the comp my's
harbor boat the Hercules Carroll,
wbWh come quickly to *the ussletance
of Che Longfellow. It is said, however,
Chut oneoassougcr, a lame man, named
Aldrich, of Cleveland, Is still missing*.
Thc*e of the cr<«w missing :tre Cap-
t.iln Lawrence Carter, a second mat?,
name unknown, and three roustabouts,
also unknown. The Long follow Is the
old U. P. Schenk, transformed. Tho
old vessel was lengthened twenty-five
f«»et four years ego and renamed the
I. 'Miri -i:<i\v. H:if *\.i.s valu* i .it
f>00 und :. ureil f *r $15,000. She was
Tying fuiy Unii of frc-I^bt.
Klrker
WThktor
Clerk W.
sIBce had but <i moment's
nv l j? if the danger, but hastening to
wife's stateroom, he succeeded In
: unjf ‘her and gRtUng her to th**
Carroll in ai-fsty. Ills son looped from
'f- • •vr*' ■» *•• th** < ’arn'll ;md w’ssnv^l.
n rlveils t!- • register is
only kept the boit. None of the
offleora* (papers have been recovered but
the officers of the bonk feel ayuned Mat,
' ey liave accounted for all th* 1 crow
nd pa^engerA Among th^ latter, tho
oltowlng have reported to tho com
pany's office In this city.
Mrs. W. J. Colbert, wife of 'the seo
' d ■ >' ill l * 'i . M:- A I !i !'Ik" of
whose husband was lost:
Shinning aud two sens of
this dty; Mrs. Metc-tlf and Miss Fan-
M • I;r sf \\ Mul-*. M!^
K!rk.*r, deu^hter of Capt. Klrker;
Capt. G. P. McKay and wife. Cleve
land, O.; Dr. Mary Armstrong and
Mias Harrington of Jamestown, N. Y.;
Mrs. -Skinner of Massillon: J. S. Frank
and wife of Marysville; Mrs. Aurelia.
(Mit, Georgi Colt, Miss Jennie CoX,
Mrs. Mattlo Bolnn and two children,
II of New Orleans.
When the force of the shock was
felt the colored roustabouts were
among the first to realize the extent
of the dltta^ ;r. They made a wild rush
for the Hercules Carroll trampling
passengers under foot anti throwing
Uhom aside In their rush for safety.
Several of the passengers resisted
such treatment, among them Ed Skid-
ore, a brother of Charles \V. Skid-
ore, a telegraph operator at the Grand
C*ntraC depot who ms aboard the
Longfellow with a party of friends.
iMd of ms
party and when the roustabouts made
tlielr charge for the Carroll he realized
that be must fight for ilho llv-s of the
I » Ii-S .1 ini ii is '.VII t % itv.'HMg UP ;i n t .*
preserver be kmvked one of tho ne
groes down, and. helping his friendH
aboard the Carroll he returned to^
Longfellow to see If be could offer
any assistance to othtrs. By doing so
I T.
hlch
of fh
al of ths bridge
I by 4,000 rspli fiS from experts—L
dnates at colleges, eta, engaged in
^iing, with tho following
k of raising an acre of wheat....til.00
ht of rhLing an acre of corn n.n
a statistician’s report for Decern-
1808, showing the average vulno
wheat and corn per acre on the farm
•: For whoat, $6.10; for corn. $8.21:
ioh shows a virtual loss of $2.05 on
•<ry aero cultivated in wheat, nnd
50 per acre of corn. In 1803, leaving
it the straw, ohaff and stalks.
"hall we draw what consolation we
from this unprofitable condition of
icnltnre in the conntrv at large, and
row np the sponger 1 Or shall wo
tp a ourselves gravely to tho sitna-
)u And see what can bo done to amo-
rate this oondition of things ?
To meet this discouraging situation,
w committee recommends that:
L In the opinion of yonr committee,
* -tpenditore of $4,500,000 for arti-
fortUtnevs, by the farmers of this
is unwise tutu mipiopor under c:
conditions. We ore forced to
ds conclusion because we believe that
illy ono-half of this outlay Is a total
the same time Increase the
f'jfits of agriculture without injury to
V <***" Interest? We think h can.
! ®t it involves a total change of aye-
W. believe that folly one-halt of
u * Urne sum can be saved to the farm-
of tEls state, that the fertility of
o*ir lands can be augmented at the
amo time and the balance changed
fom th© debit to the credit aide of tho
Hts
ow rtosookaii np to this point has
i loond, then th* first thing to do U
stop this nnwis* and recklei- expen-
•we, curtail the araotiRt to ha ipont
••rear to t:,010,000, a* tolls*,:
»» EAT csih for eremhlcg.
.. repeated,
trhich U, secure ample imma snpplin,
by planting a (nil provision crop, mak
ing dno ollowonco (or nufavorable aen
eous, and perfect arrangements as (or
as possible to raise
noaa.
Regard this with as mnoh careful
thought, and plan (or it with ns ranch
skill and judgment as is bestowed on
other (arm operations. Provide a suc
cession o( crop* (or them. Do not
trust their development to n tew nnb-
bins thrown hastily into their filthy
(eeding qnsrtcrs, nnd then leave thorn
to slake their thirst ct the first stag
nant pool. Sse that they are provided
with clean, comfortable quarters, that
they hare pure water to drink. The
bog is naturally a healthy animal, and
It Is mnoh taster to prevent the (ew
malignant diseases to which he is sub
ject, than ta stamp ont the germs, once
they obtain lodgment.
Iu the iuqnlry column will be found
a remedy for cholera, which was sent
ns by a friend with the argent requeit
largo, continuous sc.plfa.? Louisiana
ia very dosirous of socuriug this factory
and lias offered it |5,000 a year for three
years aud freedom from ,tato end city
taxes for ton years. To offset thin,
however, Georgia has ter moro cotton
and cut off a
as to mako a
iu his month,
menoe to ch-w the
K :„atl part V)f tho tot
hole through, and put
lie will gem-rally c
tho toe, so
it this
generally com-
ilioe—thou pour tho
medicine into the «ho<- on l it will find
its way slowly into tho mouth and bo
swallotred. We have drenched hogs In
this way wneu we conld succeed in no
other way. Ke.-p the ai-k hogs dry.
Warm and clean, or tt is very littlo use
giving med.cme.
HOME FERTILIZERS.
fnrn.l*f«r Hlnnc a* Otv.n tij th.
mills and to has the ndja
O.or.la Mat. Ch.ml.t,
It hat always been the policy of tho
department to encourage the purchase
of fertilizer material and mixing at
( home lly thi, policy not only does the
The Longfell nv eras scheduled
leave Ion; evening r-r New Orlt.1
but the fox on the river wj* so d n-
that Captain Wise, the president of
the Racket company to which the
ett'ame.” belongs, ordered her U be hrtd
until (hie morning. He also ordered
the Hercules Carroll to be ready to
assist Bite Mg steamer to pvw the den
gerous bridge pl»n. For having given
thia lorn order Captain Wise is mo -
than gratmed, tor It wo. unodubtedly
th# means of preventing a wonderful
too* of IKe.
The Canoll took a position at
st-rn and assisted In making the turn.
The bast went all right until in a
•hort distance or resamn* too pwr. o«
the C. anil O. bridge, when ths tmaelt-
eroui oomrats begin to interfere with
th. boar, irrinag"unent. Thero wu no
fog. an at first reported, but -a. the bow
of th. boat pointed to the Kentucky
•bore the wind Mow btw> smoke In such
a way as to entirely blind the pilot.
"I cannot He anything," he shouted to
Capt- John Klrker. Th. captain culled
lack to run her south ot ths plsr. Ths
Pilot signalled tha engineer to stop, using
th* .peaking tub* (or that purpose, to
make rare of ulck action. But the cur
rent was relsnSleH. Th* stmpl, fact that
th* Mg vies,I with It. powerful consort,
with th. pilot', view obscured, waa at>so-
finely halpleu. The danger waa appar
ent. Warning wu given to everybody.
In a moment the Longfellow crash'
against th. pier and wu crushad Ilk. at
egg sb*ll. Tbs .trok. wu .longstdo th.
bolters.
Then wu apparant th. wisdom of hav
tag toe Carroll at und. Thou who could
do io rushed for safety to that veauL
With remarkable presence of mind, some
of ths erww manned two lifeboats of the
Longfellow .nd saved themselves and tha
which will turui-h ,i b'.itcr market for
the starch. 1 '
tatr, farmer make a fertlhz
family of Capt. John Milter of Mluouri.
tending than In Covington, Ky. The de-
IRISH POTATO GROWING.
What Can !!• Rttlli
>«1 by Planting Thau
• of Uad.
Jeff Wei born has tho following on
Irish potatoes:
I havo found ont that I ran grow as
much feed upon an acre of early pea, ns
I can of corn or oats, and harveet the
crop in time for a fall crop of Irish po
tatoes, and that tile land will bo in the
that wo have It publUhcd. We ateo finest condition for the potato crop
give the remedy published by tho when ths pea, are taken off lalso two
i tatoes and one of p-,a on the
of testing the efficiency of eituei oui,
old
but woold Ilk. to hear from any and
all who shoald have oocoslon to use
them. If their claims are auitalncd
and wo can thus be i.-cured against the
fearful ravages of this di.eue, the
meat qusition U settled in oar favor for
all time to come.
SWEET POTATOES
will soon require bonding. For par
ticulars at to seUctlon, bedding, culti
vation, preserving, etc.. I refer to a
most fall and explicit bulletin recently
published by the Goorgia experiment
station. Every farmer who oipeots to
raise potatoes shoald possess this balls-
tin. number tt, which oaa he h*A by
e tluiK application with yonr addrA .
to Direc: r Bedding, Experiment,
Hpalding connty, Ga. In planting all
crop, h* oarefnl to
SELECT GOOD fF.HD.
- ill.. I II. 1. ■ I have al.o solved the
pr.ih.- m of growing in field culture, a
much superior potato for the talile or
seed for spring garden to any that can
bo brongbt from tha north, and thia at
nominal cost and more certain of prop
eriy managed) than a cotton crop. My
last crop, which waa the algth crop in
four years, without change of seed, was
finer than any previous crop, both in
quality and quantity, yielding at the
rato of 160 bushels per acre, without
-oannre nr fertilizer of any kind, on
common hill land, that would not make
over 1,000 pounds of seen cotton per
acre.
Now that we can grow them mnoh
uni, if.
,■ ‘ i-tructlon of the steamaMp
laptea w me Instantaneous. 8b. bung t* ft. plw *W
stndi
almost
r white
h. current striking bow and term, broko
- mi cu
iny ot I ,1 ' r In two, and in Ism than five mtnut
' 1 *’•# went down.
us ho should
needs, hut also develop
carefully saving tho manure of the I ■ XB* known leet now number but three:
farm. I David Aldridge of Rome, N. Y., an elder
Comiielled to save in every quarter. I r . mwl - V" accompanted bj
1 wif, sri-l Mr- Armstrong of Jtim-u
V. Aldridge was kune an,t could not
cheaper than they can be grown in the
In corn, this .m u. : be done bofor. : , “ jr ‘ u “fi' 1 mnch be«sr quality, or.d
'• crop U (rath* :yd. UR1W4 iiujv the | tho d«;mand at onr doors. Wbjnot?
if w** wish <*ron cornparati
let all endoavor to adopt the lea*t ex-
penhivw method of fertilizing and im
proving this laud. Iu this conn '•tion,
the foliowing roply by Dr. George F
Pajne, the chemint, to an inquiry
for formula and ru to the <-oU of mate
rial. will bo found of interest:
Farm r* cun save money by clubbing
to(f**th‘.*r and buying acid phosphate in
bulk for ctL-h and makintr thvir own
fertilizers. It m difficult to farm §uc-
ccttafully in —v-tdrtn. G#*ori/ia
without the use of fertilizers, but it is
all imi*>rtant to secure the fertil
izers at aa c1oa« ti,<urca a* panaible.
Acid phosphate can uow b** bought in
bulk for cash jV $h a ton. Cottonseed
meal can no\-.je bought in bulk for
cask at $15.00 J ton. Muriate of p<tt
aah can no s ,t» bc.ughi in 12 ton lot,
for cash at gd'J 'X) a ton.
At these figure* the materials for an
average fertilizer of the market will be:
1,4« pounds acid phosphato (contain
ing 14 per rent available phosphoric
acid at 9*. SO a ton, (A to.
620 pouud* rotton*ced m»al (contain
ing nitrogr-n equivalent to H 1-2 per
cent ammonia at |15.00 a ton, 93 90.
t>0 jKionda muriate of ,v>taah (contain.
he waa cnaUcd to save two cMHr<-n
and tiwn more ladies after which them
was only Unto to save himself tiofore
the teiat eank.
Atkather tziasenger, on his way to
Memphis mith four rail! children.
manog..| to make his way through
crush and save htnurOf and little ones.
David Aldridge the Invalid who was
drowned, av.it, tho supcrlnt .indent ,,f
poor at Rome. N. Y., nnd probably m,-t
his fate while going back to the Long
fellow after seeing his wife sif.fly :.>
the Carroll. Ho had Srft Ms overcoat
otw satchel In ills stateroom and in
going back for tt got caught as the
boat wont down. 5tre. Aldridge Is at
present at tho Pal ice hotel .ih are n„>
Dr. M iry Armstrong and Ml-s Hsr-
' ti-i !• 11 lent Mi -i A :.|. i, I.... H
ouiiplet ly proterated over her hus.
hand's death and Is left wdthout cl ihea
or money by the accident.
ni:w PAgasKnut com m nr.
Marftn, ot ths Big Pour. rAelv t.
March —Ths mass mssttnr of
Id passeng
clea of agreement sllchtly
only question on which there
considerable issue waa tha question how
bet to ral,* th* funds among the mom-
b.Ta for the support of the association.
The old system for assessment has been
upon the mileage of the rood*. It tak-a
about $20,000 to support tho association
,l ii islly, and there being 1-mil. ,.f
road In th* assoolatton. It Is easy to rnU»
the money by a slight tax per mile. It
was finally agreed to tax the roads upon
a basis of competitive mileage, this being
the propoeirion of th» Loulgvllte an t
Nashville, which claimed that the tnlleog
beyond the protection of the association
ought never to bo taxed. This question
was stated ead toe articles "of agree meat
wee, all a tried to before adjournment
for ths night.
Tomorrow the railroaders will meet „
sign the agreement end elect a new com
missioner. It Is difficult to predict 'he
result of th* election. General Passenger
Agent D. B. Martin of the Rig Four Is
mentioned for th* piece and too Queen
tnd Crescent people are backing him
strenuously, r-omml,,loner Slaughter of
th* old association Is favored by a great
many of tho lines.
way In time over the freight
t Impeded tho way toward tho stern,
ere the Carroll lay. HU wife and Mrs.
nstrong were aval,
he aged clerk of the boat, Capt. J. L.
-ter was lost with the boat. He eom-
I in It tel the' ludl" ration after getting
I aboard tho QtnoU of going back for
, smu 'ihlng from his office. Before ho
I *gaH retain the voeeil wen* under.
The third. James Miller, Ike colored
-r. s-»r Molly ermtoed by the oot-
■ of othe
were reported mis-
they have bean ac-
u arc as frilcrc: . .
ridpt, It ’me, N. Y.
tewtvnce Carter, first clerk
l ark porter, Cincinnati,
lull, passenger. Day u.
Ann, pas
or, Clncln-
ngcr. Day-
V-ot. r Just shaft
onfuslon and the
it lly nro'isc I Lhat
Imd time to get
to too l»ng-
I the latter’s poo-
rr.,,1 b> toe Car-
bow
upper
Dt'N'.S RBVIBW.
Nmv York, March ‘-It. G. Dun ,t
w- Mj " a t• ■ v .,fii-id.- t..m.,rr ,\v
trill aajr:
Congrc*s>nsl adjournment and i>r.„,f
that though the rut 1 to exotango rl-'s
to and oven aNive tfn- ahliqfing point,
gold d< s not go oat, havo prodaml a
much better (Ming. Prieto do not Im
prove and there Is, on the whole, no
gun hut eoiii- in* iu wjgra, v.h!!c
otrlki-i of 18,000 coal mlncro iwr
PhMburg and ■orevsl dtaMend MM>
ingi worker* here, besides strike* In
ten or twelve I' Xille and iron worts,
further leracn the 'purchasing of pro
duct*.
Rut antic'patton of Mnpmvcd demand
f -r goods is general and many an
nianufji-turlnjf and buying K'yoinl
present ue«h on ih« «tren-g’h ->f )L
Fi-sr* of financial disorder* no kMfer
retard.
Hlrikia Vo red'd reduce 1 wage- In
•gnral textile works and redactions
effivud In some otlM-rs by no omiim
cintridict the eocotm's til it tho mils
are receiving somewUxt b'Hcr onlers.
1’rlrcs of iiood* ere very l-»w and pilot
cloths hive fallen to 2.41 cent* below
eny former price. Tfio rise In ootlon
hrips the tnark-t till* week, but
Is not guaranteed to kua.
Money mirkcla have hardened some-
what and rather more cottw
p*r I* off •'re-1, «ivl cspccisil
good*.
L abllltlea of fiillnrcs In Pohmiry
am unt - . 911^10.122. ggilnst *17.-
StACTO last y.rsr. EARtn.Tia ta'ng In
manufacturing, a priori (MiftBUI^i
year, and in trod gg ag-iiu«t
98t220JU7 lari year. Fafinre* r > r m
w.-.-k hive been 344 l, th • I'n't d
Mri*A ega'Dte 248 lari yc-ir. -nd r,S In
Canids, agilnri 60 Lim y.-tr
dry
MIN.NBSOTA'sS CAPITOL SIT I
Uiooei • • 'I mi.. Mand, -
park l»*nl Ot a gpe- i.: mom nc
d cided t> offer Corng ivu-w ii
olty, to the*-"" m !>•• u,.-i f,, r
Itol site. I/)ring Park I- m th -
of the city ini comprts.^
and Is w imted b> m- w..n!i 9'j.rj
-m
■ mi:rd:T:i 'K prtkrs dead.
Ne-s Of I ‘3 1 ". March ■ l-'red.-ri'-k P-
ten, pre lent -f the 'i-ir-.i. . i- , n Ban
cf this ity. died suddenly .,: 2 e . Io.
today of spopi.-sy H, v ,. ry p„, In
u-r.i ta niU.Vsl anl commcrcwl circle*.
