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A TEXAS WONDER.
Hall's Great Discovery.
One email bottle of Hall's Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
semiqal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women, regulates bladder troubles in chil
dren. If not sold by your druggist will
be sent by mall or. receipt of SI. One
small bottle Is two months' treatment,
and will cure any case above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer. P. O.
Box 629. St. Louis. Mo. Send for testi
monials. Sold by all druggitsts and Solo
mons Of., Savannah. Ga.
Rend This.
Covington. Go.. July 23. 1898.
This is to certify that I have used Dr.
Hall’s Great Discovery for Rheumatism,
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, and will
say it is far superior to anything 1 have
ever used for the above complaint. Very
respectfullv,
H I. HORTON". Ex-Marshal.
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
IIAPPESUGS IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA
AND SOI TH CAROLINA.
Adjutant Clarke iln* Resigned From
the Cavalry—>lnn In Macon l*n.*od
a SSO < onfcdcrnte Bill—Woman
Missionary Killed in China Wan
Known in Atlanta—Ocala Is
ii>K to “Put I |" to Get the Capital.
Smallpox at Melroae—Firemen it t
Amlerton Inspected—Not a Many
an Expected Will IK- xi t < harlostou.
Private Dickenson of the Salvation Ar
my. is in jail at Macon charged with as
saulting and beating a comrade named
Layer. He says Layer offended Home of
h.s lady friends and that is why the fight
occurred.
Adjnfant Kcnignei.
Adjt. Gen. Phill Byrd has received no
tification of the resignation of George A.
Clarke, first lieutenant find adjutant gen
eral of the First Cavalry. Lieut. Darke’s
resignation is due to the fact that he in
tends moving to New York city.
I'awMcd n < onfcdcrnte Bill.
R. R. Woodard. who was arrested
Thursday night at Macon for passing a
Confederate SSO bid on Martin Bros., the
saloonists. gave SIOO bond and was released
from custody. It is said that he will be
able to settle the case out of court. He
was docketed with cheating and swindling.
Was Known in \tlxintn.
Considerable interest In Atlanta centers
about the report which comes from New
York to the effect that Miss Mary Condit
Smith was among the number killed in the
Pekin massacre. She was well known in
Atlanta end had a number of friends who
will remember her as a remarkably bright
woman with an unnatiefit-d desire to see
new* places. She is a sister-in-law of
Leonard Wood, who is the American gov
ernor general of Cuba. During a recent
visit to Santiago, Col. W. A. Hemphill met
Miss Smith tfho was then visiting her sis
ter. According to a New York dispatch,
Miss Smith had beeiva guest of Minister
Conger, and had been traveling with her
eieter. the wife of Lieut. Key, now sta
tioned ot Tokio. Japan. The late Justice
Field, of the Supreme Court, was guard
ian of the Smith girls after the death of
their father, who was Condit Smith, of
Washington.
FLORIDA.
Ocala Banner: Ocala is going: to have
the capital if it takes every foot of reel
estate and every dollar of personal prop
erty within her ineon>orated limits to ?et
It. She is going broke or win—and is go
ing to win. The arguments and the odds
are all in her favor.
Smnltpox at 'lelroee.
Two well developed case.} of small*pox
have materialized among the negroes nt
Melrose, and a mi and panic is the result, i
The health officers have been notified, and
will probably take prompt action. Mean
while “Dr. Frank" is doing a lively busi
ness in vaccinating
Mr. \. O. MncDonell.
The Florida Times-Union and Citizen
has this to say about the Seulx>ard’s as
sistant general passenger agent, A. O.
MacDonell: “This |>opular railroad man,
who has for so many years been favorably
known to the traveling public as the gen
eral passenger agent of the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular, is a native of Geor
gia. having ber n born in Savannah in 1839.
Educwied in Early county, he entered the
service of the Florida Railroad in 1871. as
chief clerk to the general superintendent, ,
after which he was in succession aihljior, ;
general passenger arid ticket agent and
auditor again of the t-anv* road. When, in
1&84, the name of the line was changed to
the Florida Transit and Peninsular Rail
road he was made general passenger
agent, in which |K>sition he soon came to
the front Later the Fernandina and
Jacksonville and the Florida Central ond
Western roads wet* consolidated under
the name of the Florida Railway and
Navigation Company, which was in turn
replaced by he name under which Capt.
MacDonell has so long operated, and
which has now become a thing of the
past.**
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia's firemen are now vigorously
practicing their several teams prepara
tory to the coming tournament in Wil
mington. X. C. They are doing good
work ond are confident of t.ringing back
the prizes, as they always do.
Chased Oil I of Town.
A negro will n well developed case of
small-pox was chased out of Florence in
short order by Health Officer Hubbards
Thursday night. It Is not thought that
the negro remained In town long enough
to assoclole with his friends and thereby
spread the contagion.
\ n.lcrson's Firemen.
The fourteenth annual Inspection of the
Anderson fire department took place
Thursday afternoon utter the usual pa
rade. Mayor Hood, Aidermen Sullivan
and Brown and Senator Sullivan and Gen.
Bonham addressed the department in
short appropriate apeeches, voicing the
sentiment of Anderson's people 111 hearly
appreciation of the marked Improvement
and creditable appearance of the com
panies.
Convention nt t bn r lest on.
The delegates lo the convention of the
National Educational Association are
arriving at a lively rau. The attendance
will be large, but not as large as was ex
pected some time ago. Many of the teach
ers through the North and West will trav
el In Europe and visit the Paris Exposi
tion this summer instead of coming to
Charleston; ond then the educators of the
Southern states do not seem to bo taking
Che interest In the great gathering It wan
thought that they would take. The hot
weather ail over the country will also mil
itate against the atiendanse. Many rail
road passenger agents are at Charleston
in the Interest of their roada.und represen
tative* of publishing houses and school
supplies are also arriving In large num
bers,
REVERSING THE PROCESS.
Or. the Final Lesson in the Art of
lir li>mlng a Man to III* Senses.
From the Chicago Tribune.
"Harold BlUmore. are you ask rig me
(o te ycur wife ."
"I think w hat I have been saying to you
is fairly open to that Interpretation,
Maud Wintergrcen. D.dn’t I do it right? *
s-he tapped h<r foot cn the floor Impa
tiently.
‘ No. sir."
"Where did I miss it?" he asked hum
bly.
"Everywhere. You soeimd o be hedg
ing. You tried to shoot so as to hit if I
wtre a deer and to miss if I •should prove
to lx "
"O but 3'ou are a dear, you know."
"Don’t Interrupt me. sir. When you pro
pose to a woman, prepose to her. I’ve a
great mind to show you how it ought to
be done."
* I wish you’d take the. whole business
off my hands. Maud. I’m no good ai it,
and I’ll promise to say the r.ght w'erd
when you’ve ’’
"Don’t be a coward as well as a bun
gler. young man. Listen, now, I am the
love-stricken youth."
"All r ght. You're Harold BElmore."
' Not ai all. This is a purely impersonal
affair. You are the coy maldf n "
* Y<s, I'm Maud Wintergrcen. Go on."
"Don't be any sillier than you are nat
urally. Desiring to enthrone myself in
the h*art of a young woman I flrsi "
"That sounds tro much like giving a
newly-initiated candidate in a secret so
ciety .he proper directions for entering a
lodgeroom. But go on. ’
"If ycu interrupt me again with any re
marks 1 kr that. Mr. Billmore, this lesson
will come to an *nd. Begin by—no. sir. sit
a lit le fart hr away. Y\u are acting en
tir ly out of character.’’
"So I was. I humbly beg pardon. I for
gjt. Go on."
"If ycu want to marry a girl go and
her so in a manly way. Den t you
su -'poee, if she has any gumpt on. she
has found out your little secret long be
fere you have made up you.* mnd to
speak?"
"Th n you have known all the time.
Maud that I—-"
"Once again, sir. keep your distance
and I t m- do the talking "
"Then tell me just what I ought to have
s tld Maud—that’s a dear girl."
"Well, remember, row. I am supposed
to be a young rran making a declaration
of 1 ve to a >oung woman. 1 say to her,
’Lucy.’ or M hi a el,’ as the case may
be ”
"No. no! You say to her, ’Maud.’ I in
sist on that."
"Lei It be Maud,’ then, if it will keep
you quiet. Rut this is only a suppositious
case, just the same. I don’t say to her.
‘Maud, do you believe in love at first
sight?’ or ’Maud, do you think you would
marry the right fellow if he ever came
along?’ Nor do I put my arm on the back
of her chair as if by accident "
"I didn’t know* I was doing that, Maud
"Take your arm away from the. back of
this chair, sir. Neither do I hem and
haw ’’
"Oh. but I didn’t do that! I may have
gasped a little, but what could you expect
from a fel ”
"! think I should stand up squarely be
fore her. like a man, as I am doing now
sit down, sir! You are the listener in thie
onversa lion—and I should look hei
straight in the eye, like a man, and say
to her: ’Lucy,’ ”
"No, no! ‘Maud!’ "
" Maud,’ then for the sake of the illus
tration. ’Maud, I love you!’—sit down
"But how would that sound? ‘Maud. I
love you! Sit down!’ ’’
"I should y: ‘Maud. I love you! wil.
yoir be my wife?’ ”
"Maud I love you! Will you be m\
wife?"
"Yes, that Is what I should say, sir, if I
warned to ask a girl to marry me."
The young man bounded to his feet.
"Very good." he said. "That is what
you would say if you were Harold BlU
more! Now listen to me!"
"But I protest ”
"Stand right there! Don’t sit down!
I’m doing the talking. You, speaking for
Harold BlUmore, have said you love me.
and have asked me to be your wife. I,
speaking for Maud Wintergrcen ’’
"That ish’t fair, now b told you ’’
"I know w'hat you told me—as the young
man. Now I’m acting as the girl. For
all practical purposes I am Maund Win
tergreen. I would say to the awkward
youth: Harold, 1 have known for a long
time that you love me. Do you think 1
would have* accepted your attentions
month after month If I did not intend at
last "
"You have no right to say anything like
that. Is a girl supposed to take it for
granted ’’
"Don’t interrupt me. I have not finished
my answer yet. ’Harold,’ I reply, ’you
are a good and worthy young man. You
may not know exactly how to make a
proposal of marriage, in the most approv
ed form, on account of a lack of previous
practice, but your heart Is right. Here
is my answer—l will whisper it in your
ear: "Yes, Harold. I will be your
wife!" * ’’
Then, of a sudden, there was a light
ning change of characters, and Harold
BlUmore was the young man again.
His arm stole around "her waist, her
head slowly, sank on his shoulder, he bent
his head down and
Pit! P ff!
“I WAS TI RXEI) DOWN.”
IHz-Sfnntor Hill J*n> Ho Conld Have
Prevented the 141 to 1.
The New York Worlds prims an inter
view with ex-Senator David J>. Hill, said
to have been dictated and signed by him
in Kansas City. It follows: “When the
New York Democrats called on me to draft
their state convention platform I had the
right to, and did. expect that they would
name me for their representative on the
Committee on Idatform, liut 1 was turn
ed down. Had 1 been named I believe I
could have prevented a straight 16 to 1
declaration, as the sentiment of the con
vention was against it.
“The nomination of Gen. Stevenson is
one of the best results of the convention.
It adds strength to the ticket. He served
satisfactorily as Vice President during
President Cleveland's administration, and
hence has acquired the confidence of the
business community everywhere. His nom
ination strengthens the ticket in the Hast
and makes up for some of the mistakes
in the platform. I wus strongly in favor
of Gen. Stevenson’s nomination from the
first day of the convention.
“I was not a candidate for Vice Presi
dent. 1 did not want the office, and I
could not have accepted it if it had been
•tendered me. I appreciate the friendliness
which was manifested for me by the unlt<*d
New York delegation and by the delega
tions from nearly all of the states, but
I not see my way clear to permit
my name to bo presented as a candidate.
Hence I took the first opportunity to with
draw'.
“The approaching campaign will be a
most gigantic struggle. With hard work
and wise management the ticket nominated
at Ibis convention should be elected. I
shall do all In my power to secure that re
sult. David B. Hill.**
—The government is to build a railroad
system of its own in the Charlestown
navy yard. Congress having appropriated
IW.OOO for the ratio and ties, and the labor
of laying them, and SIO,OOO for a locomotive
and cars.
W.~F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCALA. FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to any
depth. We uee ttrst-clasa machinery, can
do work on abort notice and guarantee
1 satisfaction.
THE MOKNING NEWS: MONDAY. JULY 9, 1900.
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI
IT LTI HIST AND HOI’SEWIFE.
California Orange*—Labor In De
mand—-Gras** hopper* In Tennessee.
Disease Infecting Tomatoea and
!*ota tom— Insects Threaten Crops
Every where—Hurrovrl nic Corn—Soy
next ns as a Forage Crop—Do Soils
Wear On#? Watching New Or
chards—The Great Southern Soli
Improver.
The great orange crop of California for
the year 1900 has about been marketed.
The total output amounted to nearly 15.-
000 carloads —about 4.500,000 boxes. The
value of the crop to the was
about $4,600,000.
In Kansas just now there is such a. de
mand for farm laborers at $2 per day a
great many railroad laborers are giving
up their positions and seeking the wo-rk
on the farm. Railroad work paid only
$1.25 per day.
Grasshoppers, It is reported, have ap
peared In destructive numbers in portions
of Tennessee and the farmers are fearful
that their cotton and other crops will he
destroyed by them. Some have purchased
large flocks of turkeys any put them in
their fields In the hope that they will keep
the hoppers in check.
Both tomatoes and Irish potatoes are
so much infested with disease nowadays
it wiil not lx worth the while attempt
ing to grow* either profitably unless one
prepare** to take all necessary precautions
to ward off the disease In time.
The potato is subject to several diseases,
one of which Is the scab, that while it
renders the potho unsalable, does not ex
hibit any sign of its presence on the foli
age as is the case when blight is the trou
ble. The vines may appear normally
healthy up to the last, hut when the crop
•; dug it will be found that the tubers are
so scabby consumers will reject them. To
guard against this disease one must not
plant scabby potatoes, and besides', the
seed potato must be treated either with
the corrosive sublimate solution (two
ounces to fifteen gallons of water) on for
malin (eight ounces to fifteen gallons
of wo ter). Th#* potatoes are soaked in this
solution two hours or longer before being
cut and planted.
Asa preventive of blight, the vines will
have to be sprayed with the well-known
Bordeaux mixture (bluestono and lime
solution) spraying several times if neces
sary.
For blight and rot in tomatoes the treat
ment is the same as for potatoes.
From the way disease and insects have
infested tomatoes and potatoes in the
South, the past year or two, it is evident
that these crops will not he grown suc
cessfully in the future where there is
neglect to provide In due time the neces
sary remedies that have been found suit
able for the puriose. This is so. and
-houM be pondered by our careless farm
ers and truckers and fruit growers.
Tlte Sxvarm of Insect*.
Apropos of insect enemies of farm and
garden crops, the New York Times, In a re
cent ediiorial sounds a noie of warning
that it would be well to heed. It very
truly remarks that “Sixty years (year ’10)
ago noxious insects (and it might
nave added diseases) were comparatively
few in this country and it was only in
certain years that there wait anything like
an organized effort to destroy them. But
they have been steadily spreading and in
creasing until they form a gigamic evil
and danger which even modern science to
day stands in awe of. If science had not
kept pace with the growth of the danger
the farmers of the United States would
not reap a crop of grains, fruits or other
farm produce sufficient to keep one-tenth
of our population supplied with food and
clothing. The famine in India would be
nothing in comparison to such a catastro
phe. The chief reason for the remarkable
increase in noxious insects in this country
is that our birds have been ruthlessly de
stroyed, croi>s have been massed in lim
ited areas and forests have been destroyed
and prairies cultivated. In addition to
these causes, abandoned farms and or
chards have been scattered over the coun
try where the insects find favorable cul
tural grounds and transportation lines
from all parts of the world *iavo Introduc
ed rev.' and dangerous insects that thrive
mightily In their new homes. Scores of
Insects have been introduced here from
Kurope. South America, Asia and Africa
and they have contributed to make the
burden of the American farmer twice what
it was formerly. Insect fighting has con
sequently developed into a science and
most elaborate preparations, costing hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, have been
devised for the warfare. Twenty
ago little was known about poisons and
sprays to control the insect foes, but to
day the remedies ore sure and effective—
if applied in due time.
But this truth holds: The farmer or gar
dener. or trucker, that falls to he pre
pared to contend with these Insects ard
diseases will find that the chances of suc
cess are against him to such an extent
that he might as well sell out and quit be
fore he proceeds any further.
As the Times suggests there is not a
crop grown that is not subject to disease
and insects sufficient to destroy them al
together any one year, and R is quite pos
sible for famine and pestilence to loom up
In sections where nothing but security has
been felt heretofore. The question of pro
tection Is a very vital one, and should he
considered by every one engaged In tilling
the soli.
Subscribers* WnfNa.
During the pnst three or four weeks we
have had inquiries for Angora goats, Bel
gian hares and Aylesbury ducks. We are
sorry to say we eannot answer these in
quiries satisfactorily.
We can always refer to some Northern
end Western Journal and find the adver
tisements of parties offering such things
for sale, but they are in a far-off region
and are altogether unknown to us and do
not afford the opportunity that our read
ers seek.
They wish to buy nearer home for sev
eral good reasons. If any of our readers
know where the above wants eon be sup
plied anywhere In Georgia, South Carolina
or Florida, we would be glad to have them
advise us.
4 null flowers—W lien to IMant—lHok
llng.
Mrs. M. B.—Cauliflower is cultivated pre
cisely like cabbage, but It Is not near so
easily raised for the reason that cauli
flower requires more moisture. It Is only
those who can Irrigate that make Its cul
ture the most profitable. It Is very impa.
tient of hot, dry weather.
It iw difficult to grow the crop in the fall
In our latitude.
We ran grow them successfully when
good seeds of a god variety, like the
“Snowball” is sown in cold frame* In Jan
uary and fine stocky plants secured by
the fifteenth of February; when they
should be set out In well enriched soli;
rows three feet apart and plants 3 or 2>/j
feet apart In the row. Give frequent shal
low cultivation. If practicable mulching
will help greatly. Cauliflower finds ready
sale for making pickles and boiled ond
served with cream or butter li Is far su
perior to boiled cabbage. To pickle, sepa*--
a;e the heads Into the smallest pieces
and put away In strong brine for a month
or much longer or It can be dry salted.
Later on put Into goqd vinegar and add
some spicee. It can be put Into Jars with
cucumbers and small onions after these
two have been kept in brine some week*.
In making mixed pickles many persons
The Quakers Are
Honest People,
§The Quaker Herl
Tonic la not only a
blood purifier, but a
Blood maker for
Bale, Weak and De
bilitated people who
have not strength
nor blood It acts a,
a tonic. It. regulates
digestion, curea dys
pepsia and lend,
strength and tone to
the nervous system.
It la a madlclne for weak women. It Is a
purely vegetable medicine and can be
taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dis
eases, Rheumatism and all diseases of the
Blood, Stomach and nervea aeon succumb
to lta wonderful effects upon the human
system Thousands of people In Georgia
recommend It. Price SI.OO.
QUAKER PAIN BALM is the medicine
that the Quaker Doctor made all of his
wonderful quick cures with, lt a anew
and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia.
Toothache, Backache. Rheumatism.
Sprains, Pain in Bowels; in fact, all pain
can be relieved by It. Price Jfc and aOc.
QUAKEK WHITE WONDER SOAP, a
medicated soap for the skin, scalp and
complexion. Price 10c a cake.
QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a vege
table ointment for the cure of tetter, ec
zema and eruptions of the akin. Price
10c a box.
FOR SALE BT ALL DRUGGISTS.
aleo ed<i young snap beans, hut
make poor pickles In our estimation and
should be left out. Care must be used in
frocurlng first class seed of cauliflower.
This is half the way or more towards suc
cess. Poor variety and poor seed is the
reason many Southern gardeners fail to
grow cauliflower.
Clay l>ujt.
In the garden as well a in the poultry
yard clay dust is a valuable material to
have on hand in abundant $. We save
several barrels of it about twice a year
and keep it in a dry place. A shallow box
of it placed in the poultry house where it
will keep dry is the very best thing for
the fowls’ duet bath to keep mites and
lice in check. So in the garden it is fine
for sprinkling on the cabbage, collards.
turnips etc., to drive off many insects.
Taint it with kerosene or carbolic acid.
Save it when fine and dry.
Harroning Jurn,
Some kinds of corn will do better than
others on certain soils, says F. E. Brad
ley. I have been experimenting with
seed corn for six years and have a va
riety that I plant on thin soil that will
o ttvi kl any corn I ever saw, while I plan
a different variety on strong land. In
.’electing seed corn, I take my wagon and
drive out to the field before there is any
frost. Take a basket, go through the
field and pick the medium-sized and well
developed ears from the best stalks.
When I ge: four or five bushels I tie the
ears, together with twine and hang them
up where they can dry out before a freeze
comes. In <h‘.s way I have never missed
a good stand of corn.
Corn followed by oats, and oats or some
other uma!’ grain by corn, is the proper
way to raise a good corn crop, unless it
should be to plant on sod. Where so
many make a mistake Is to plant the
same field to corn three or four years in
succession, and of course always plow
the ground in the spring. Corn after
*orn is what wears out land, fine year
small grain and <hen one year corn will
never wear out land, if you will feed the
♦ and and keep it up. Stubble ground Is
clear of stalks and trash and can be
tended much better and wdth less labor
than -stalk ground. Properly fitting die
ground before planting !s the most im
portant par< of corn culture.
The harrow is my main tool In tending
small corn. First the ground should be
perfectly level, so the planter will run
at a uniform depth and give an even
stand of corn. I keep the harrow run
ning from the breaking plow’ until the
eorn gets four inches high. Then I use
the eagle-claw cultivator for che first and
second plowings, and for the third or last
plowing take off the eagle claws and put
on the gangs with the four big shovels.
T like them better for laying by corn, as
they cover everything up. Should ground
ho rolling. I prefer the little shovels, as
the ground would not w’nsh so badly.
There Is something in good seed corn and
something In manure, but the main point
in raising a corn crop is knowing how
and sticking to It.
The Sorghum Poison.
Science has been investigating the cause
of sudden fatnlity to cattle from eating
sorghum, says the Farm and Ranch. No
toxic property has been found that would
at all account for well-known facts. In
one case of recent date a cow dropped
dead on swallowing one bite; another,
also, swiped a small stnik and fell dead
with the stalk in her throat. This stalk
was submitted to chemists, and analysis
showed no poisonous properties to ac
count for the death. A number of sim
ilar cases have occurred, where death
has been too sudden to have been caused
by poison of any sort. We see a sug
gestion, which at least seems reasonable,
that a blade, or part of a blade, by rea
son of its marginal serrations, enters and
obstructs the valve of the trachea and
shuts off the animal's breath. If an ani
mal takes Into its mouth a piece of sor
ghum glade, down-end first, it cannot
prevent the piece from go.lng down, and
it may sometimes go the wrong way and
lodgee where It ought not to. There may
be something in this, and It may be
worth while to Investigate this theory.
• •••••*,
It has been proven in actual practice
that land worn out by bad cropping until
it is actually good for nothing as It is,
may be restored and made better than it
ever was. We know eases where farmers
have made money by purchasing worn
out land and redeeming it. The process
takes more than one year, hut it can be
done within three years, while producing
crops sufficient to pay the cost of the
work. When we say land Is worn out,
we mean that the top soil Is exhausted.
The subsoil still contains many of the
elements of fertility of which the sur
face has been robbed. Hut this subsoil
needs something to put life into it. and
It needs eowpens or clover to put nitro
gen into It. and it may be. hut not In
all cases, that both potash and phosphoric
acid are needed. The writer took a piece
of clean Galveston beach sand, on which
nothing grew, secured a few tons of
spoiled hay. spread It on, plowed It un
der. added a large amount of wood nshes
and the clennings of a large poultry
house and yard and the vegetables grown
thereon the following year were as fine
as any one should wish to see. Sometimes
the process of restoration is slow, hut
this is generally from lack of knowledge
of the best method adapted to the par
ticular case.
The Krral Soil anil Forage Plant.
The Farm and Ranch says; Our farm
ers have for years been expei Imenting
with various kind* of forage plants, such
as cat-toll millet. German millet, teoslnte
and oil the weeds that have of late been
sent out as forage plants, while all the
while they have had In the pea a plant
of surpassing excellence for all the pur
pose of forage, while at the same time
it returns to the land more than It takes
away from It.
The wonder Is not that the pea Is being
more extensively grown In the South, but
that It has aver been neglected. But U
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STRAW MATTINGS.
W> have put on sale all remnants, and will sell same at less than coat for
cash only. Our regular line has .ust had M 0 rolls added to it.
Awnings and Mosquito Nets
Should be what you want Just now.
Iron Beds and Perfection Mattresses
Are a great specialty with us.
Read’s Odorless Refrigerators
Are what the name implies. The only one that you can get a written
guarantee with.
Baby Carriages and Go-Carts
in a very large variety, $4.00 and up.
The Puritan Blue Flame Stove,
As advertised by the Standard Oil Company, is on sale at our store, and it
is a dandy. Come and see it end you will buy It.
will not do to assume that the pea wil.
make any soil permanently feitile. It
gives nitrogen-making humus, but in
order to do this it needs feeding, for it l. j
a greedy consumer of phosphoric acid and
potash. We have for years urge! upon
the farmer the fact that by feeding the
pea w e can more rapidly increase the pro
ductiveness of our land, than by the short
sighted policy of applying fertilizers to
the sale crop direct, and buying the nitro
gen we could have gotten Without co>t
and even at a pro it. Applying the
cheaper forms cf plant food to pet
we get a large increase in the for
age crop that is going to stay on me
farm to be fed to anima's. It is easy
to see that the heavier the forage crop,
the more animals can be fed. The more
stock we feed,and feed well, the more ma
nure we make at heme and make he
used for nitrogenous fertilizers still less.
Raising the richest ot forage and feeding
it. we will constantly be Increasing oi.r
ability to feed as the productiveness ol
the toil increases.
An increase in the pea crop must inva
riably be followed by an increase In the
crop that succeeds it. whether it be wheat,
corn or cotton. Hence the feeding of the
pens and the increase of the forage crop
starts the increase all around, from the
manure pile to the granary or store
houses, and year by year it will go on in
an increasing ratio simply because you
feed the crop that feeds the land. There
has been a notion that it is necessary to
go to great de3l of trouble to cure peas
into hay. Tho fact is that there is no
hay more easily cured. Then when the
first i**ls turn yellow, mow the peas and
after they have wilted during the day,
rake them into windrows before night.
Turn the winlrows over the next day. The
next clay, if you take a bunch of the bay
and give it a hard twist and can see. to
sap run to the twist, put the hay away
under sh-iter. A close barn is best, but
it will cure well anywhere under shelter,
or even in a stack, if the stack is capped
by straw or grass that will shed the rain.
The wilted vines will heat after storing,
rind if you go to opening them to cool them
off, you will certainly make mouldy hay.
but if left strictly alone, they will cure
into beautiful hay. Some have failed in
this curing, but hundreds have succeeded.
My own horses have been feeding all win
ter on bright colored pea hay made in Ibis
way. and have kept in fine order. Where
the, hay is very heavy it will have to be
left out a little longer than where light,
but get it in while the leaves are still limp
or you may lose the best part of the hay.
Hatching %'eiv Orchards in Summer.
The first summer's life of a transplant
ed tree is usually the most critical one.
If a young orchard be brought through
this one season safely much anxiety may
ire dispensed with, writes Joseph Meehan.
A great deal of attention should be given
the trees until the summer is well ad
vanced. If the foliage be maintained to
this time the success of the transplanting
may be relied on, even though the leaves
be but few. Those who have watched
freshly planted trees will know that no
matter how few the leaves or how small
they be, if they are maintained in a
healthy suite until the close of summer,
the trees bearing them is safe. Apples
and pears with anything like a fair show
are tolerably safe trees to transplant, so
is the plum. But the cherry must be
planted in good season. Should the buds
lie pretty well out when moved the tree
is not so apt to do well. A leading nur
seryman once told the writer that he had
more complaints from his customers be-
Jause of (he loss of cherry trees than from
any other fruit tree he sold. The cherry
should be planted either in earl}’ fall or
early spring, if the buds have made a
good push toward expending they are not
apt to‘do as well. A tree to do well must
have its roots In very close contact with
the soil. If, when planting it, it has been
well rammed, the work lias been well done.
Looseness of soil does not often occur
when a bucket of water is poured in on
planting. There is nothing like water for
settling the soil about the roots. Wit
ness a gang of laborers on a street laying
water pipes or gas pipes, and desiring that
the earth which they refill the trench with
should settle at once. They flood the
trench with water, which compacts the
soil at once, and little or no settling oc
curs afterwards. Very often when trees
have not had the soil compndted about
the roots at planting and no rains have
done it, it will pay to inspect the trees In
late spring and tramp or pound in the soil
while dry, and then pour in some water.
Keep In mind that water roots must have,
and that close contact with soil Is what
nature calls for. and what to do should
suggest itself. Sometimes rites w’ill start
witli but little vitality and bear but few
leaves, and these near the base of the
branches. It will be beneficial to those
trees to prune away tsome of the tops, but
do not cut oft branches of* twigs bearing
leaves. It is to the few leaves borne that
we look lo pull the tree through the sum
mer, securing its establishments perma
nently. See also to straightening up those
out of line, mulching the roots lo keep
the soil cool and moist, and also that a
record of the sorts he made before the la
liels arc lost. Of course, weeds will be
kept down, that the substance will not be
eaten from the soil by vegetation which
Is useless. Useful csops may be grown,
If food enough for all be provided.
Soy tlcmiN ns n Forage Crop.
The soy bean may be grown for the
grain, for soiling food, for ensilage, for
pas'ure and for green manuring, says
I’rof. Shaw, in American Agriculturist. Its
greatest value, however, will probably be
found In furnishing soiling foot! for dairy
cows, as it Is in the proper condition for
being thus fed at that season of the year
when but few plants arc available for
such a use; that Is to say, during the lat
ter part of the summer. The soy bean is
a hot weather plant, but Is ab'.e to stand
more drought thun the cowpea. When
once well rooted, hot winds that would
wilt and wl.her many other forma of veg
etal lon will not seriously Injure ih# soy
bean.
In appearance It resembles a common
bean, but the foliage Is larger and much
more luxuriant, and the habit of growth
la more upright. With all the conditions
favorable this plant In some of its varie
ties will grow to the hight of at least four
feet, and it produces a large yield of green
fod. Sotne of the early varieties, as the
medium or green, can be grown success
fully further north than the cow pea. The
claim, however, that they will flourish a-*
ar north as corn is not quite correct. And
since it will stand drought better than the
eowpea. it has special adaptation for some
of the states west of the Mississippi and
south of Minnesota, as. for instance.. Ka
nsas, Nebraska. Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Its province as a catch crop is more cir
cumscribed than that of the cow*pea, since
in many of its varieties it takes longer to
mature. Nevertheless, there are many
• .; s which it may be made to follow the
same season, as, for instance, w’lnter rye*
winter wheat, grain forage eaten 4own.
or an early crop of potatoes. A warm,
rich vegetable soil wdth a porous subsoil
is best adapted to til growth of the soy
bean. The soils of the fertile prairie,
therefore, are a natural home for it. On
poor, sandy soils it wi l not make a large
growth unless these are first fertilized.
The preparation of he soil should b
such as to make a deep, fine, firm ard
moist seed bed. When the soy bean is
planted after a grain crop which has
just matured, a free use of the harrow
ind roller should bo made in a normal
season to conserve moisture. When sown
for the grain, for ensilage, for soiling food
or for hay the seeds are put In with the
gra'n drill. But they may also be planned
with a corn planter or a bean planter. It
,is customary to make the rows about
thirty inches apart. If the crop were
grow’n for pasture the rows could be nude
considerably closer under some condit ions,
but not so close as to preclude cultivation,
except such as may be given with the
harrow. When the rows are thirty
apart, from two to four pecks of seed will
suffice per acre. At no time should ihe
-ieed be sown earlier than the corn plant
ing season, and north of the fortieth par
allel of latitude, it ought to be planted la
er. In the north, early varieties only
should be sown, and even In the south
very late varieties ought not to be us.*d.
In cultivation, a harrow with the teeth
aslant can be used with advantage before
the beans are up, and also in some in
stances at a later period. The cultivation
should be prompt and generous, more es
pecially when the plants are young. For
making hay, the soy bean should be cut
when the beans in the pod are fully half
grown, or before the lower leaves begin to
fall freely.and the aim should be to han
dle it but little during the curing process,
lest many of the leaves should be lost.
When mixed w’irh corn in the silo
ity of the ensilage is thereby considerably
improved.
Do Noils Wear Oat?
It is common to hear men say in all
harts of the country that a certain soil
is "worn out,’’ says the Practical Farmer
But is this really ever the case with a
good loam soli that was originally fertile
nd which has a strong subsoil? We do
not believe in the wearing out of soils
that had in them originally conditions fa
vorable to fertility. The really worn out
soils are those that had in the first place
a small store of plant food, and having
a leachy subsoil of sand, are soon ex
hausted. But the strong* clayey loam all
over the country, while they may become
unproductive through bod management,
are never really worn out. All over the
South we have evidence of this fact. Lot
an old exhausted fled lie out a little while
and the broom sedge starts to grow on it,
and among the sedge the young pines
start and send their long tnp roo*s down
into the unused subsoil, and year after
year bring up to the surface the matter
they get below', and spread them to de
cay on the surface, and after years of this
recuperation, with no help from the fer
tilizer mixer, the land has renewed itself#
some one comes along and clears the
pines and finds a fresh and fertile soil
for him to go to work in the old way
and deplete, or for him to use in a ra
tional way and increasing its product Ive
ness. Why cannot our farmers get a hint
from what nature does so easily? of
c ourse we cannot take the time which na
ture takes to do these things, but canr.o
we do the same thing in a more rapid
manner by deep subooiiing and allowing
the deep-rooted legumes a chance to do
for us in a little while what it takes the
pines a lifetime to do.
We fully believe that it is possible to
fully restore the productivity of any soil
originally good by good culture and the
use of legumes in a judicious way.without
the use of on ounce of commercial fertil
izer. We say It is possible to do so, hut tile
demands of modern agriculture forbid that
we should use so slow n practice. True
farm economy calls for the judicious use
of every menns in our power which can be
economically applied. Not that the reck
less use of fertilizer simply for the pur
pose of growing big crops is advisable, for
H Is not the biggest crops that are n|-
ways the test of the farmer's skill, but
the crops that are grotvn at the largest
profit over expenses. Knowing as we do
that we can secure by good farming all
the nitrogen we need for any ordinary
farm crop, the man who buys nitrogen on
a grain farm is simply behind the times
and Is wasting his money. The Important
thing to know Is where the mineral fer
tilizer which we should buy for the rapid
development of our land, should be ap
plied to produce the greatest profit to the
farm and farmer alike. The dribbling of a
hundred or [wo pounds of fertilizer mere
ly to get a little more crop to sell at once
from the land is not a judicious use of
the fertilizer, but ta really more extrava*
gant than a more liberal application m
the right place. In no part of a farm ro.
tatlon con fertilizer or manure be used
to better advantage than on the crops that
are feeding the aoli. You have cut your
clover. Then see to It that the stubb'e
gets a dressing of some kind, either from
the barnyard or in the shape of commer
cial fertilizer, for when you feed the
clover you are feeding all future crops
Now Is the time to help the clover and
through the clover to get not only more
feed but more fertility for the succeeding
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