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A TEXAS WONDER.
HalTa Groat Discovery.
One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and nil 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 my mail on receipt of sl. One
Mnall bottle is two months’ treatment,
and will cure any case above mentioned.
I)r. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O.
Box 629, S. Louis, Mo. Send for testi
monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo
mons Cos., Savannah, Ga.
Read Thin.
Dr. E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo.: Dear
Sir—Please ship me three dozen Hall’s
G.eat Discovery by first express. I have
sod over one gross. It gives perfect sat
isfaction. and I recommend it to my
customers. Yours truly,
H. C. GROVES,
Prop. Anti-Monopoly Drug Store.
Ocala. Fla., Dec. 13. ,
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
HAPPENINGS IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
Yomifcr Man Killed by Lightning.
Angnsnt's Giant Oakn Are Decay
ing—Fund for the State Militia.
Political Note*—C leu ring Oat Hya
cinth*—Censu* of the Seminole*.
Belgian Hare li|dn*try—South Car
olina** Primary—Other New* In the
Palmetto State.
Greensboro HeraW-Journal: Mr. J. H.
Hardin had on exhibition at Hall Bros.’
store last week a curiosity in the way of
an Irish potato vine, which had not only
ihe usual growth of potatoes ©n the roots,
but also all up the stem and on the
branches of the vine. The curiosity at
tracted considerable attention.
To Du lid a Rifle Range.
The Macon Volunteers are on the look
out now for a site for a rifle range, as
are other companies of the Second Regi
ment, and as soon as a suitable range
can be found and put in condition the
members of the Second Regiment station
ed In Macon will commence rifle practice
and develop one of the. most important
essentials of the modern soldier—good
marksmanship.
Cobh for tlie Senate.
The Democrats of Franklin held their
county primary Friday and settled by bal
lot a number of interesting contests that
have absorbed public attention for the
last few weeks. The results so far as
certained show the nomination of Hon.
W. H. Cobb, one of the ablest Democrats
of Franklin county, for the seat of the
Thirty-first district in the state Senate.
Hon. W. R. Little Is the nominee of the
party for the office of ordinary.
McLeod for Representative.
Abbeville Chronicle: Hon. George F.
McLeod is a candidate for representative,
and asks the support of the Democrats
in the primary on July 31. He is in every
way worthy of the oce, and there is not
a better man in Wilcox for the office. Mr.
McLeod has been a citizen of Wilcox for
many years. He resided in what is now
known as Ryle’s Mill when the county
was formed, and has the warm, active
support of all near whom he has ever re
sided. He was a gallant Confederate sol
dier, and shed his blood in defense of
what he believed to be right, and carried
on his head the scar of honorable warfare.
Identity Settled.
Jefferson Herald: Uncle Pat Waddell’s
sister came in from Texas last week.
Uncle Pat was at the train to meet her,
but as the two had not seen each other in
forty-six years this coming September,
they did not each other at oil.
But when she called, “Where is Patrick?”
and he answered, “Here I am,’’ she then
saw' a man of mature year** going on
crutches, who was but a sprightly boy
when last her ey*s beheld him. The sis
ter is dividing her time between her
brothers. Messrs. P. Waddell and F. Wad
dell, and a happy time all are having,
too. We w ish her a pleasant stay in Geor
gia.
Lightning Kill* Young Man.
A young man named Willis Hope, son of
Elsie Hope,of Banks county, was iklled by
lightning.two others were rendered uncon
scious by the electric shock, and the barn
in which the young men had taken shelter
burned to the ground near Maysville late
Thursday evening. It seems that Mr.
Hope’s son, William Parks and Baxter
Smith, were together during the evening,
and had gone into the barn to take shel
ter from the storm. The barn was soon
discovered to be on Are, and upon investi
gation young Hope was found to be dead
and the other two young men were un
conscious. They were removed from
their perilous position in time to save
them from the flames. The stock was also
ea ved.
Giant Onli* Decaying.
Augusta Chronicle: It is a sad fact that
some of the giant oaks on Greene street
are victims of decay, and that many of
them have recently died and have been
cut down. Standing in a room in the
government building the other day, a
Chronicle reporter noticed fully a ha f
dozen of these big trees, the leaves of
which show the effects of blight, and are
turning brown. What would Greene street
be without shade trees? It would be
hard to imagine. Cut them all down and
you would realize a vast difference, both
in appearance and temperature of the at
mosphere at this season of the year. It
would be almost like converting a beau
tiful garden into a desert, with the ex
ception of the beauty added to the thor
oughfare by the handsome residences
thereon. Greene street without its laby
rinths of shade trees, would not be the
Greene sireet which it is to-day, and has
been for years, the pride of August ans
and the object of admiration to all visit
ors to the city.
FLORIDA
The people of De Soto county have de
cided to hold a county fair, and are or
ganizing a fair association for that pur
pose, shares amounting to $1,520 having
already been subscribed. De Soto is now
one of the banner orange counties of
Florida, and could get up a display of
citrus fruits that would open the eyes of
many people who are laboring under the
impression that Florida is no longer an
orange-growing stole.
Raising RelMlau linre*.
Suwenneo Democrat: Dr. Van Elderen
shipped a box full of young Belgian hares
to Mr. J. C. Bates, in Lake City, last
week. They are in great demand. The
doctor receives $1 for each one, and they
breed so fast when once started that there
Is always anew supply on hand. This in
dustry, the doctor tells us, is far more
profitable to raise than chickens, and there
Is a ready market for them, either as a
food product in season or for pets during
summer. When fat they weigh from ten
to twelve pounds each.
Fertiliser Factories.
Gainesville Sun: We know of no good
reason why some of the largest fertilizer
factories in the country should not he es
tablished In Florida. It can easily be
demonstrated that the manufacture of
fertilizer in this state will prove profita
ble. If the money annually expended for
fertilizers shipped into this state from
abroad were paid to home manufactur
ers they would rapidly become rich and
all other business interests would be bene
fit ed.
Wanted a Battleship.
Fort Myers Press: The Pensacola News
reminds the people of the state that it
would be appropriate to present the new
monitor Florida with a service of silver
plate. It will be difficult to arouse any
enthusiasm to thus honor a one-horse
monitor, for Floridians feel humbled that
the name of their state should be given
to one of these small coast defense ves
sels, when it has always been the rule
to give the name of a state to sea-going
battleships.
Cold Morale.
Ocala Star: Manager Simon Benjamin
of the East Florida Ice Manufacturing
Company is erecting a large cold storage
room on the west side and adjoining the
ice factory that will cost something like
$1,300 and have a capacity to receive 100,-
000 pounds of meat from the farmers of
Marion ar.d adjacent counties. The farm
ers should take note of this improvement
and see that during the next twelve
months their smoke house is next their
kitchen and that the while meat of the
West is not in it, but the domestic pro
duct.
Removing the Hyacinths.
Jacksonville Metropolis: C. S. Hammatt,
who is superintending the removal of hya
cinths from Hogan creek, said to-day that
while the work was necessarily slow It
was thorough. He has two logs lashed to
gether at one end and separated at the
other end like shears. This is dragged
along the creek, gathering in the plants,
and others are packed into it with pitch
forks and then towarl out into the river
and dumped. The creek had almost be
come unnavigable owing to the collection
therein of hyacinths, and the demand was
repeatedly made on the board of public
works tot its removal. The board was not
opposed to the removal, provided it did
not endanger the public health, and Mr.
Hammatt's plan does not stir the bottom
of the creek at all, and consequently no
mud is raised and exposed to the sun. It
is astonishing how fast this weed accu
mulates, and how densely it covers the
water’s surface.
On*n* of the Seminole*.
Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen:
A report from the census enumerators
appointed to take the count of the Semi
nole Indians in the southern part of the
state shows that it has been, so far, a
success—quite up to the expectations of
the supervisor and the men to whom the
difficult task was committed. A com
plete count has been made of the In
dians on the east side of the Everglades,
and no difficulty has been experienced in
getting the information osked. Mr. Fries
reports that he has learned that the In
dians on the west side are scattered on /
a big hunt, and will not return to their
villages until the first week in August;
consequently, he has delayed his trip to
the west for n few days, and will start
on Aug. 7 to cross the Everglades by boat
from Fort Lauderdale. A story of his
experience on this expedition will prove
most interesting reading when it shall be
published, which, it is hoped, will be
done in the near future. The trip is one
that has been attempted but a few times
before in the history of Florida, and the
equipment for <he unusual journey will be
most elaborate. But few' men in Florida
are sufficiently experienced and familiar
with the uncharted waters of the great
swamp to undertake the hazardous trip,
hut Mr. Fries anticipates no insurmount
able difficulty In reaching the Indians or
in securing an accurate count of their
numbers.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The South Carolina Alliance has decided
not to distribute its fund of JIS.OOO among
the members. The money will be held for
emergencies..
Effect of Chinese Tronhle.
Charleston Post: A great deal of
Charleston capital is invested in cotton
mill manufactures and there is much un
easiness felt here on account of the war
situation in China. The product of the
Southern mills Is shipped largely to
China and the present trouble ts likely to
have its effect upon the sale and manu
facture of the product.
Bellinger lu Washington.
Attorney General Bellinger is now in
Washington whither he has gone In the
matter of the claim and suit of the fed
eral government against the state of South
Carolina. He proposes to look carefully
into all the records in Washington bearing
on these claims and counter claims as
well, and prepare hts answer to the doc
ument recently served upon the state by
the attorney general of the United States.
A South Carolina, nelie.
Columbia State: D. T. Phillips, the
United States consul at Cardiff, under date
of July 13 writes Gov. McSweeney saying.
‘‘A very rare £lO note came to my hand
lately, l>earing the date of 1775. when South
Carolina was a province. The gentleman
who handed it to me wishes to dispose ot
it. I concluded first to write to you on the
subject. I shall forward it to you as soon
as I learn Its value.' Of course the state
of South Carolina desires to preserve all
such relics of her proud past, but if 100
high a value is placed upon the note the
Governor will be unable to secure it.
Telephone for Sea Islands.
The sea Islands off the coast of this
state wheil the most famous cotton in the
world Is produced are soon to be put In
communication with the rest of the world.
The Secretary of State has issued a com
mission to the Sea Island Telephone Com
pany with headquarters in Charleston,
which proposes to connect all these Isl
ands with Charleston by a telephone sys
tem. The company is to have a capital
stock of $lO,OOO. The corporators are K.
W. Fowles of Wadmalaw Island. 11.
Blitch and W. C. Geraraty of Young's Isl
and. E. M. Seabrook of Kdlsto Island, C.
M. Gibson of Young's Island, and C. Bis
sell Jenkins of Charleston.
Improvement of the Congnree
Columbus State: At last the formal ad
vertisement calling for bids for the build
ing of the lock and obutment In the Con
garee river near Columbia, providing deep
water and navigation to the foot of Qer
vals street has been issued. Capt. J. C.
Sanford announces that sealed proposals
are lo be received at the engineer's office
In Charleston until noon on Aug. 13, and
then publicly opened. The award of the
contract and the commencement of the
work will follow at once. This has been
Columbia's dream for thirty years, and
It now looks as if it will not be long be
fore railroads will have to get down to
the water freight rate basis, and whole
sale houses will he seen starling up Id
rapid succession. No more pleasing infor
mation could be given Columbians than is
contained in Capt. Sanford's announce
ment.
Sonth Carolina’s Primary.
The first state primary election Is just
one month off. It takes place on Aug. fB.
There Is less than a month's more of cam
paigning, the last meeting being held in
VV. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Weil Contractor,
OCALA. FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to an*
depth, tvs use first-class machinery, can
do work on auurt notice and 0n0r..,,..
satisfaction.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 30,1900.
THE JOYS OF
VIGOROUS MANHOOD.
Astounding Success of Dr. Hsthswsy in
Restoring the Shattered Nerves of Men
to Their Original Healthy Condition.
His Treatments for Other Weak
nesses of Men.
Dr. Hathaway's treatment for that terri
ble condition of mental and bodily weak
ness, brought about by youthful lgno
ranee and folly,
or by excesses
in later life, is
unlike all oth
t X ere. It Is r.ot,
as most others
are, simply a
~ /fj stimulant which
acts for n few
Wfcej days and then
3Raff leaves the poor,
KgAV® deluded patient
in worse conds
-7 tlon than be
afttajAi J>fore. Dr. Hath-
CjiV* away’s treat
: v " mr-nt cures; It
J.Newton Hathaway,M.D. ac,s , on , evc,y
weakened por-
The Longest Established ,i on 0 f t e
Specialist in the South, body. It builds
up nerve, tissue and muscular
strength, and revitalizes the whole body.
The hitherto miserable victim becomes
fitted for a husband and a father.
This is what Dr. Hathaway’s treatment
does, and it does it invariably in every
case, never mind how serious the condi
tion of the patient.
Dr. Hathaway also treats, with the
same guarantee of success. Varicocele
without operation. Stricture (by a pain
less home treatment), Specific Blood Pois
oning and other chronic diseases of men,
including all Urinary and Sexual disor
ders.
Absolutely private and confidential con
sultation without any cost can be had
in Dr. Hathaway’s office. If you live out
of town, or cannot for any reason visit the
office, he will send you free his latest
book and self-examination blanks.
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, HI. D.,
Dr. Hathaway & Cos.,
25A Bryan street. Savannah, Ga,
Office Hours—9 to 12 m.; 2 to 5 and 7 to 9
p. m. Sundays, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Columbia on Aug. 22. While the cam
paigners are warming up to their work tne
preparations for the election ore being per
fected at the headquarters of the Siatb
Committee. Already hundreds of copies
of the rules governing the primary and of
the constitution of the Democratic party
are being sent to the several county ex
ecutive committees. This year candidates
are not permitted to have thei own tick
ets printed. It has been determined by the
State Committee to have only official tick
ets and none others are to be counted.
These tickets must be for the respective
boxes provided for in the rules, and must
have the names of every candidate for ev
ery office upon them. The State Commit
tee’s officers have already had the tickets
for the state officers printed and they ure
now being delivered at headquarters.
Coal Near Greenville f
Greenville News: Greenville county, be
sides its wheat and cotton mills and other
small excellencies, may soon have another
attractive feature that, if indications are
w'orth anything, bids fair to be the source
of more wealth than all the other riches
and resources combined. That production
is soft coal. How extensive this find may
be only close investigation will prove. Coal
has been found. There are samples in pos
session of a few men who themselves
picked up the specimens that the most un
sophisticated can see is coal. These men
cannot yet say whether they have stum
bled on a “salted mine” or not. The
specimens came from a large area and
show unmistakable marks of long expos
ure to the weather. They were picked up
scattered over an old field, but so far no
true vein has been located. They are not
miners nor geologists, nor mineralogists
and cannot, therefore, read whatever
signs there may be in the vicinity that
might betoken the real existence of this
mineral. The location is some ten or
twelve miles from the city and it hardly
seems probable that any one would have
token the trouble to sow an old red field
with half a bushel of mineral coal that
must have come from Greenville.
NO SMALLPOX AT MOULTRIE.
Scare I* All Over—A Wedding: and
Other Xctys Note*.
Moultrie, Ga.. July' 29.—Considerable in
dignation is felt by some of the citizens
of Moultrie at the exaggerated reports
about smallpox here and in tlie county, anti
so absurd were the rumors that the au
thorities would not take the trouble to
correct them. It is with some amusement
that it is learned of some of the neigh
boring towns are quarantining. The facts
about the smallpox are that there was one
case here about two months ago, and one
case at Dorcun, about fourteen miles
north from Moultrie, and no other cases
have developed and no uneasiness is felt.
The sanitary condition of the town and
the facts that nearly all the citizens have
been vaccinated relieve the public from
any fears about an epidemic.
One of the prettiest marriages of the
town was that of Dr. R. C. Lindsey, for
merly of Iventown, to Miss Jennie McNeill,
daughter of Maj. N. McK. McNeill. The
ceremony was at Presbyterian Church,
and performed by Rev. Mr. McDougal of
Thomasville. The prominence of the two
families and popularity of the young cou
ple brought many people from adjoining
tow’ns.
The Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Rail
road will put on regular schedule to
Thomasville July 31. This will prove quite
a convenience to the traveling public.
Application for charter for a $500,000 cot
ton ginnery at Hartsfleld, in the western
part of the county, is being made. This
is the very best farming section in South
west Georgia.
THOMASVILLB’S RAILROAD.
The New Schedule* Will Go Into Ef
fect on July 31.
Thomasville, Ga., July 29.—The new
route to Thomasville over the Tifton,
Thomasville and Gulf Railroad has been
named the Thomasville Route in railroad
literature and schedules. Time tables are
now out, taking effect July 31. Passen
ger trains will leave Tifton at G:3O a.
in. and 3:35 *p. m. # arriving in Thomas
ville at 12:15 a. m. and 6:15 p. m. The
same trains will leave Thomasville al
9:15 a. m. and 1:3) p. m., arriving in
Tifton at 12:20 and 6:50 p. m. The dis
tance is fifty-five and one-half miles.
Counting the terminals, there are seven
teen stations, besides five flag stations.
Omitting 4he terminals, the full stations
ate Lumberv file, Parker’s, Urhana, Ome
ga. Anita. Huggins, Obe. Barbers, Aber
deen, Moultrie, Sunset, Murphy, Coolidge,
Merrills and Duren. The telegraph line
will soon be finished. The road is to be
pushed on at an early day to Tallahas
see, stepH being uiken now to increase Its
capital to $1,000,000.
W. A. Heath is general manager: W.
F. Rudislll. general freight and passen
ger agent; 8. Z. Ruff, superintendent, and
Mr. Spicer, local agent. The general of
fices are located in this city. All hail
to the Thomasville Route.
No Delay From the Fire.
The Parro' Lumber Company, at Rich
wood, Ga.. whose No. 1 mill was burned
last week, has started to rebuild, and
will have the mill replaced and at work
in about sixty days. The company’s No.
2 saw mill, planing mills, shingle and
lath mills were unharmed, and are run
ning as usual.
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI
CULTURIST ASD HOUSEWIFE.
Tomato Caltnrt—tironln* With and
Without Stoke— Peanut Culture.
Hon- to Make Slieep Pay—The Plum
Crop—Pen Blight—Handling Ben.
Aaparngna Runt.
Where a small area is grown, as In the
ordinary kitchen garden or even in the
small market garden within or near the
city limits, it pays to apply the intensive
system to the growing of tomatoes. In
this day of blight and rot it is more es
sential than ever to adopt ell the means
possible to reduce their evil consequences.
In the case of tomatoes the chief means to
secure this is to keep the vines clean of
the earth. Even in seasons that are not
unreasonably wet the loss from rot, as the
result of contact with the soil, may be
anywhere from 20 to 30 per cent., but in
such seasons as the one just past—June-
July—the loss has run up to 60 to 80 per
cent., where the vines were allowed to lie
on the ground. Year in and year out it
pays such a tremendous profit to stake the
vine* it is a wonder that any gardener or
trucker of experience attempts nowadays
to grow the crop without resorting to some
method that keeps the vines oft the
ground, even If it goes no further than
planting the vines in double rows, as de
scribed In this column previously, and
make the vines support each other. This
is practicable to the extent that 90 per
cent, of the fruit can be kept from con
tact with the soil if the crop is properly
tended.
Several times we have described our
own method of growing tomatoes by
planting two or three vines to one firm
stake, using the variety known as Dwarf
Champion chiefly for this purpose, but it
is not the only kind that can be planted
in this way. Asa rule it is the best,
however. Stakes are set up firmly in well
prepared ground at a distance of 4x3 feet
and three plants are set in a triangle
about such stake. In very rich soil
where the vine growth is heavy, only two
plants are set to a stake.
Of all the tomatoes that can be grown in
the home garden and that pays several
hundred per cent, to stake properly it is
the one known in Southern catalogues as
the "Moore's Mammoth Tree Tomato.” It
is a misnomer to call this splendid toma
to tree tomato, however, for It is in no
sense a tree, but it does make a tremen
dous vine and when suitably staked will
grow to a hight of eight to fifteen feet
and bear immense clusters of medium
sized smooth tomatoes from the ground
up. To get the moft of this tomato is
should be set to a firm stake ten or twelve
feet high to which four or five kegs, or
barrel-hoops should be firmly nailed at in
tervals through which the vine should be
required to grow. Or two light but
strong stakes that length should be given
to each plant, one on each side a foot from
the plant. Wire or common cord can be
used to encircle the plant within the
slakes. The first laterals that start to
grow within two feet of the ground should
be pruned off and only two or three stems
be allowed to grow up through the hoops
on cords. By keeping the laterals clipped
off, the vines will grow on up to a hight
of twelve or fifteen feet, bearing a large
cluster of tomatoes every eight or ten
inches. A well-grown vine of this splen
did tomato is a beautiful sight. The vines
can be set os close as three by three feet
or two vines be set to a stake at a dis
tance of three by four feet. This is a
very excellent variety to plant two in a
hill, but the laterals must be pruned ofr.
If three plants are set in a hill, the
stakes should be set four by four feet
and the plants occupy a triangle fifteen
or twenty inches each way.
A quarter ot an acre grown In this way
with the Moore tomato will yield as much
merchantable fruit as an acre or more if
the vines are allowed to lay on the
ground.
To set a quarter of an acre three by
three feet, two plants to the hill, it would
require 1,210 stakes and 2,420 plants. If
three plants are set to the hill and hills
4xl feet, it would require 6SO stakes and
2,(lit plants. On good tomato land, with
a perfect stand, with proper pruning and
cultivation, the quarter of an acre should
yield from first fruit to last, June to Au
gust, Inclusive, at least 150 bushels of to
matoes. With auspicious season, 200
bushels Is quite possible.
In the home garden, when less than 500
plants are usually grown a very good
method Is to have the Dwarf Champion
set in rows, setting the plants twelve
inches apart In the row and keeping them
upright by having a trellis of strips, one
Inch, nailed to stakes on each side of
the row, two feet from the ground, the
trellis not over six or eight Inches be
tween strips. Wire can be used in place
of the sawed Rtrlps, running it from stake
to stake, keeping It to the stake with the
ordinary staple, or a bent nail will do:
or the wire can be wrapped over around
the stake. When set in this manner
the laterals should not be pruned off, but
all allowed to grow.
Notes on Tomnto Growing—Hovt to
Grow Without Stakes.
Any one, who has grown tomatoes any
length of time knows very tvell that un
staked tomatoes ore very unsatisfactory,
especially In wet years—a wet June sty.
The amateur of experience need not be
told that a hundred plants properly staked
will yield more perfect fruit than 500
vines that are allowed to lay flat on the
ground. In the latitude of Middle Georgia
the main crop of tomatoes are set out
in April and begin to ripen (most varie
ties), about the middle of June. By the
Ist of July the vines have set 95 per cent,
of the fruit that they will bear. If it
should be very wet from the first of
June until the middle of the month, blight
and rot Is quite certain to do great dam
age to ail unstaked vines, and even the
staked ones will be subject to loss of a
considerable part of the fruit.
When less than a thousand vines are
grown, it is possible nearly always to pro
vide stakes, but when grown upon a large
scale—five to twenty acres—there are very
few who regard it necessary 4o stake.
The plants are eet out, cultivated a few
times und left to the elements. If the
season is dry it will be allright probably—
a crop that Is considered profitable results.
The rows are made three or four feet
apart, and the plants set three or four
feet apart in the row.
Now In growing them on a large scale,
where there Is no staking, it will be found
of marked advantage to set in double
rows os is frequently followed) in the
case of corn.
For instance, lay off the rows five feet
apart, after the soil has been well
broken. A good application of manure
may be made to these furrows, but It Is
always well to apply monure broadcast
for tomatoes. I.lst on this furrow or not
ns may be preferred. When time comes
to set out, lay off a scooter furrow on
each aide of this first furrow or list, so
as to give two feet as the distance be
tween the row of plants. This will give
two feet and three feet ns the width
of the alternating rows; set the plants two
feet apart In the rows Just before the
plants are large enough to fall over,
plow out the narrow middle thoroughl".
and at the following hoeing, train the
vines towarda this narrow middle, and
do>io4 attempt to cultivate that middle
again The wider or three feet middle
rrny be swept or harrowed two or three
times oftener.
If not sooner, when the first picking of
fruit is made, the vines should be lifted
Mf>, and eo moved that the vines at one
row will hold up he vines of the other.
With a little care in doing this 90 per
cent, of the tomatoes will be kept clear
of the ground. There is really no need
for doing it, but if one chooses, he can
put an occasional stake along this nar
row row and run a wire along about
eighteen inches from the ground to rest
the vines on.
We commend this plan where one grows
a large area of tomatoes, and cannot
stake them easily.
Handling Bees.
A good many people do not keep bees
because they have a notion that bees do
not like them. It has been pretty well
established that in the matter of likes and
dislikes everybody is alike to bees, says
the Garden and Farm. Some men are more
adept at handling them than others, but
tha most successful beekeeper is the one
who wears a veil ail the time and goes
among the bees with a calm determina
tion not to strike wildly at the air if one
of the colony -begins to buzz about his
ears.
Bees are not at all averse to a hostile
declaration and are ready at ell times to
sacrifice themselves in a fight with an an
imate being. The only satisfaction a man
can get in a fight with a bee is that the
Insect dies soon after making his thrust,
but this is not sufficient to soothe the
pain. The best way to handle bees as well
as men Is to take advantage of their weak
spots. Some men and all bees are in the
best condition to manipulate when 'they
are approached through their stomachs.
Men are so constituted as to approach
and feed on good things without persua
sion, but bees must be alarmed be
fore they gorge themselves. Smoke is the
most convenient thing to use in raising an
alarm in a colony of bees. As soon as
smoke begins to enter the hive every bee
attacks the stores of a colony and eats
all the honey it can hold. If a colony is
gently smoked and left to Itself for a few
minutes it can be handled by anyone. This
is equally applicable to all bees when han
dling them, but some breeds of bees are
more aggressive than others. The native
black bees are liable to go out of their
way to sting a man, but Italians rarely
make the first move toward battle. For
this reason Italians should be chosen in
selecting a breed. Another good reason
for choosing them is that they are the
best breed.
Asparagus Rust.
It is believed that asparagus rust which,
If general, would be a serious menace to
asparagus culture, has so far been re
stricted to limited areas. One quite se
rious case was, however, reported to the
Indiana experiment station last season,
and the assistant botanist, Mr. Stuart,
sent out a bulletin containing the follow
ing information:
Although the rust was known and de
scribed In Europe as early as 1805, yet
with the exception of California, its pres
ence was not reported in this country
until September, 1896. At that time Dr.
Halsted, of the New Jersey Experiment
station, reported in that state.
The asparagus rust is due to a para
sitic fungus growth. It is a minute plant,
deriving its substance from the sap of the
asparagus plant. The reproductive bodies
of this plant are called spores. There ate
three forms of spores corresponding to the
three stages of development in its life
cycle. These forms are (he aecidlal or
spring stage, uredo or summer stage, and
the teleuto or winter stage. The last
stage is the most conspicuous on the plant
because of the darker color of the sporea.
Plants affected with rust in the third
stage have numerous dark colored pus
tules or spots, of irregular shape, distrib
uted over their stems and leaves. These
pustules contain the winter spores. The
spores are founo beneath the epidermis
of the plant, and, as they develop, push
it out and finally rupture It. With the
rupturing of the epidermis the spores ate
free to fall to the ground or to be blown
about by the winds. Asa matter of fact,
however, most of them adhere to the plant
through the winter. Under suitable con
ditions they germinate in the spring and
infest the new plants, producing the
aeoidial stage, thus the life cycle Is re
newed once more.
The injurious effect of the rust is not
easily estimated. When severe it causes
a premature ripening of the plants, and
resuiting decrease of product the ensu
ing year,* A continuance of the disease
from year to year eventually ruins the
plants.
No satisfactory remedy has as yet
been reported. Spraying the plants with
Bordeaux has been attempted, but with
little apparent success. Preventive meas
ures alone seem to be our only resource.
This consists in burning the stalks as
scon as they mature. It is preferable to
burn over the whole field rather than to
cut and gather in piles, because fewer
spores are distributed in the operation.
The Plum Crop.
The annual crop of plums would, ac
cording to a s<atistician, be nearly dou
ble the regular yield if it were not for
the black knot. This disease seems to
destroy fully as much as the trees suc
ceed In ripening. The warfare against it
in some orchards seems almost hopeless,
and I have seen farmers fight it for a
number of years, and then go through
their orchards, cut down every plum tree,
burn them up. and plant peach, apple
or pear trees in their place. I am not
sure but they did the best thing. They
had demonstrated to their own satisfac
tion their inability to raise plums and to
fight off the worst disease that ever at
tacked any fruir orchard. Yet it is pos
sible to raise good plum trees, and to pro
duce fruit that pays well. Where the
black knot has become thoroughly estab
lished it is not an easy matter to exter
minate it. One must keep everlastingly
fighting it, and when it seems under the
best of control it breaks out with added
virulence if the season happens to be very
favorable to its grow-t!.
The good, old-fashioned Lombard plum
tree is particularly aggravating in the
way ft gets attacked by the black knot,
and It Is so susceptible to the disease
that it is almost a hope’ess undertaking
to carry an orchard of them through a
serious attack. The Japanese varieties of
plums are not so susceptible to the dis
ease, and I have seen orchards almost re
deemed from destruction by grafting these
on infected trees after all parts of the
latter touched by the fungus had been re
moved. A good deal of damage to our
plum trees Is done by not properly tliin
ning out the fruit, and we thereby weaken
the vitality of the trees. Nearly every
thrifty plum tree will set two or three
times as much fruit as rt can possibly
mature, and if the full crop Is allowed
to remain on the tree until late, the tree
will suffer. The next season the tree
I may develop unmistakable symptoms of
! Plum knot. The only way is to protect
j the tree in good seasons as well as In
I bad seasons, and then when the fungus
j diseases are around they will be exemnt
I from their attacks. A little prevention
Is worth everything, and In the end will
save much money. Someiimes when we
have fought the plum knot valiantly, and
have nearly succeeded In killing it. we
spoil al! by a little greediness. An un
j expected healthy condition of -the trees
Is followed by a large fruit crop, and,
thinking to make amends for the losses
of the past few seasons, we permit too
many plums to remain on the tree. The
results are disastrous, and all of our good
work Is spoiled. S. W. Chambers.
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Sheep hove an advantage over most
farm animals by virtue cf the marketable
qualities of the carcass and wool, says the
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fair demand at reasonable prices It should
pay for the keep of the sheep, with In
terest on the Investment, and sometimes
a little profit additional.
If the wool will do this why should a
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is heard that wool does not pay. What
is meant by this generally is that a cer
tain good profit from the wool alone can
not be made each year over and above
expenses. Even if wool does not pay in
this way, the sheep can be made to pay.
If the wool will bring in enough to pay
for the keep of the sheep and the inter
est, look at the profits that should be
made in many other ways. The lambs
should then represent clear profit, and af
ter the ewe has seen its best days of use
fulness there is always a market for it.
Here is another profit that is not common
ly counted in, lor the cost of the ewe is
figured up at so much a year, and the
price received for it hardly seems to pay
for the keeping.
One must, in order to be fair -with the
sheep, figure out the different profits from
the wool, the lambs and the mutton. It
is a poor year, indeed, when the wool can
not be made to pay for the keep of the
sheep, and with prices as they ore now it
can be made to bring in a good deal more.
One man. of course, makes more In this
way than another, because he is able to
study the economy of feeding better, and
sometimes the conditions for raising food
cheaply are in his favor. But no one who
attempts to raise sheep for a living can
afford to neglect intimate and constant
study of this side of the question. The
feeling that will keep the sheep in good
condition and cost the least possible sum
is what we are aiming at. The lambs
should be made a regular part of the crop,
almost as regular as the wool, and the
lambs must be raised at the right season
to bring the greatest profit. A good ewe
that will drop a lamb regularly and rear
it without trouble is a desirable animal.
But there is always a tendency to keep
good ewes that produce valuable wool and
good lambs too long. Remember that the
carcass of the ewe itself is a part of the
business, and do not keep the animal so
long that it will die on your hands or have
no marketable value. It is better to raise
a few crops of wool and lainbs from her
and then send her to maiket. raiding mean,
while a good lamb to take her place. In
this way we keep up a constant change
in the personnel of the flock and never
hove any old creatures that have outlived
their usefulness. E. P. Smith.
I'enr llllght
Pear orchards on the eastern shore and
in Western Maryland that have been exam
ined within the past few days show that
in certain varieties such as Bartleits and
EeContcs the blossoms and young fruit
are practically all dead, says the Mary
land Experiment Station. Keifers have
suffered much less than some others, not
even these when grow ing near other varie
ties, that are more suspeciibie to blight are
sometimes seriously affected. Since the
blossoms dial have been attacked by blight
are past recovery the important question
is how can the trees themselves be slaved ?
The organisms that have destroyed the
blossoms are still alive and are working
their way downward between the bark and
the wood, and unless something is done
promptly the lives of thousands of pear
trees will be destroyed. Fortunately in
most of the trees examined to-day the
blight has extended but a little distance
below* the point of attack. Hence, by re
moving the fruit spurs a large majority
of the organisms will be destroyed. In a
short time the disease will extend down
ward through the spurs into the
branches and finally into the trunks of
the trees which will eventually become
girdled. The only known remedy for this
disease consisted in cutting out and burn
ing the diseased twigs and branches. If
this is done promptly thousands of trees
that would otherwise be destroyed by the
blight may be saved, but every day re
duces the chances of saving the trees.
Care should be taken not to spread the
disease by means of the knife, and each
time after cutting a diseased branch, the
instrument used should be dipped in a 5
per cent, solution of carbolic acid or the
blade should be wiped with n cloth mois
tened with <he solution. The prevalence
of the blight this year nrlses from the
fact that a number of blighted trees w’ere
allowed 10 remain over winter, and to
blossom this spring. it Is important,
therefore, that we take warning from this
experience and see to it that all blighted
trees are freed from the blight before the
next blossoming season arrives. It is a
safe rule to cut whenever and v/herever
the blight appears, but It Is especially Im
portant that no cases be allowed to win
ter over.
In numerous Instances, -we have found
that the cutting was not severe enough
to remove all of the blight, and as a con
sequence, the organisms have continued
their work almost os rapidly as if no cut
ting had been done, until the whole tree
top was lifeless. The cur surface should
be examined and unless they show per
fectly healthy wood and bark, the saw’ or
knife should be disinfected and the same
branch cut again still low’er. It Is very
important that a close watch be ker* upon
the trees even after they have been care
fully gone over, and should more of the
blight appear, it should be promptly re
moved. Considering the rapidity w ith
which the blight has increased during the
pas< tw’o seasons, it is evident that the
most heroic efforts must be made to keep
it in check or certain varieties of pears
in this state will be doomed. If trees
now standing are not worth the strug
gle they should be dug up and burned at
once.
i
Peanut Culture.
The peanut culture has all along occu
pied a very prominent place in Southern
agriculture, and justly so, for it is one of
the most satisfactory crops the Southern
farmer can grow, soys the Florida Agri
culturist. It is often used as a catch
crop when the intended crop proved a
failure. In this respect It fills a very val
uable position in that it saves a season
crop. It can be planted the last of all our
ordinary crops and give a good account of
itself at harvest time. It can be planted
in the water furrow of the corn crop at
the last plow’ing. and in some cases give
a better yield than the corn crop docs. In
cases of this kind, either as a catch ciop
or as a supplementary crop, care must be
exercised that it is well and properly fer
tilized to give profitable results.
Where cals and wheat have been grown
and the stubble well plowed binder, it
gives the most satisfaction in my expe
rience. Something in the stubble of
these grains contains a stimulant for
pen nuts.
After the land is well plowed a suitable
grade of fertilizer should be applied
broadcast and well worked into the soil.
The quality of the fertilizer used has
more to do with the making and massing
of (he peanut than any other crop that I
know of. A fertilizer containing more
than 2 per cent, nitrogen should never be
used on peanuts, because it stimulates
too much vine growth and will yield more
pops than nuts, and the plant being an
air feeder naturally it gets about all the
nitrogen required from the atmosphere.
The proper analysis of a fertilizer for this
crop should be about 10 per cent. iota?h
and 8 per cent, phosphoric acid, from 800
to 1,000 pound* per acre of this,
worked into the soil a few weeks before
planting time, will give very satisfactory
results. At planting, furrows should be
laid off about three feet apart with *
small scooter plow and a couple of nuts
dropped in this furrow’ every eighteen
inches or so and covered by means of a
board in the scooter stock. If the soil
is moist and worm, a very slight cover
ing is sufficient for germination, hut if
the soil is dry, even if worm, they don't
germinate very readily; therefore in the
case of dry w’cather when planting they
should be covered a little deeper than is
necessary if w r eather is moist. A great
mnny of our farmers never plant thi*
ciop until near midsummer, when tho
conditions are the most favorable for
speedy germination. They claim, and
truthfully so. that they make a more
satisfactory crop then than by planting
in early May, aa some recommend doing.
During the earlier stages of the crop*
growth the ground must be kept con
stantly stirred and all weeds and gras#
kept from making any headway. After
the crop gets well under way, however.
It can generally take enre of itself very
well. Four or five workings being -*' l
that is necessary, everything of courts
depending on the season and amount and
frequency of rains.
In our gulf country the variety most ir
favor of this crop is the Bed Spanish;
t hey grow in a very compact bunch that
are early harvested, while the old whit®
variety, even if they are supposed *o
yield a few more bushels per acre, get*
scattered all through the soil and 1®
difficult to harvest clean by hand. *■ r
course, where the crop Is grown for hog
feed, the white variety is certainly the
best, as tfie hogs will find them however
much scattered. In conclusion, T would
urge upon oil the farmers of the South to
grow as many peanuts os possible,
for there is more money in peanuts than
there is in eight-cent cotton—a fact which
some of your readers may doubt, but it
is a certain fact all the same.
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