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X TEXAS WONDER.
Hall’fi Great Discovery.
One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes grave], cure* i .i>-?• s.
seminal emissions, weak arid .■inu i hacks,
rheumatism and all irr-grul.ri-i of the
kidneys and bladder in boCi in n and
women, regulates bladder trouUc.-' in chil
dren. If not sold by ycur druggist will
bo cent my mail on receipt if $1 One
small bottle tw month in.-itm-nl.
and will cure any cas above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer. P O.
Box 629, S* Louis. Mo. Sri testi
monials. Sold by .11 drugi;ista and Solo
mons Cos Savanna 1.. Ga.
Rend Thin.
Dr E W. Hall. St. Louis. Mo : Dear
Sir—-Please shin me three dozen Hall’s
O eat Discovery bt f; t • xprotf." I have
tod over one gross. It give- perfect sat
isfaction. and I recommend it to my
customers. Yours truly,
H. C. GROVES.
Prop. Anti-Monopoly Drug Store.
Ocala. F!a Dec. 13
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
IIAPPEMVGS IN GEORGIA. FLORIDA
AND SOI Til < IROLIN \.
Atlanta Received l* First New Rale.
IMucon looking; tor n HriliiHinii in
Fire Insurance Rates—Coffin Fac
tory at .Jnniper llurned—- V nattier
Murder Accredited to Hall—.JacU
aonvillc Light Infantry’* \>w Lieu
tenant Complimented Campaign
Litera ttire for Florida—l rops in
South Carolina in Need of Rain.
New bales have been coming into towns
and cities all over Georgia for a week
or ten days, but Atlanta did rot get her
first bale of new c< ;on unni 1' l ay. If
came from Yatesvilk*. on th<* Atlanta and
Florida division of tho Sent ho it, Railway
and was consigned io E. S. Ehney & Cos.
Fire Insurance Rates.
A special representative from the South
eastern Tariff Assoviat >n will be sent
to Macon to Investigate the claims of im
provements that have been made in the
fire department end waterworks, in order
to see if Macon can i- given a reduction
in fire insurance rates.
llurned Coffin Factory.
The coffin factory of Posey & Sons at
Jasper, was totally dtstroycl by fir"
Thursday morning. The entire plant, in
cluding building, machinery and stock,
was consumed. It is thought that the tire
was of an incendiarfy origin. The total
loes is said to be $5,000. with ss<>o insur
ance. The building was th*- property of
the Lummus Gin Company of this city.
Wnterworki \ll Right.
The Atlanta waterworks system is
again in perfect condition. All of the
bro-ken machinery has been removed and
new pieces substituted. Mr. Milne, the
expert hvdrauA engineer, who was
brought to Atlanta to make an examina
tion of the system, visaed the pumping
station. He says that the two engines
ei work are as fine as can be built, and
that the only trouble that he can see In
the system is that th** demand for water
has outgrown the capacity of the engines.
Met at Arlington.
Delegates from the three counties com
posing the Ninth Senatorial District met
in convention Friday at Arlington and rat
ified the action of the primary election held
in Calhoun. Baker and Early counties by
nominating Hon. J I. Boynton. This
means his elec ion. v~ he had no opposi
tion in the primaries and will have none
at the election in October. Hon. Clark
Howell’s candidacy for president of the
Benate and Hon. John D. Lb i.v’s for speak
er of the House were unanimously in
dorsed by the convention.
Added Another Muriler.
Last Saturday night Berry Hall, with
out provocation, shot and kill' and a young
man named Herrington, in Emanuel coun
ty, and immediately took his Winchester,
mounted a muU* and rode away. An
account of the killing appeared in the
Morning News. Further new? has it that
the same man held up two peddlers some
where on the line of Laurens and Eman
uel counties, shot and killed one of them,
rifled his pockets, took hi- pack of goods
end went journeying on. The other ped
dler ran off, hid himself in the bushes,
where he could watch Hall as he rifled
the pockets of his dead partner.
Cotton Men and Officials.
The railway officials who were in Ma
con to discuss terms end forms of con
tract with the cotton compress men at
the principal ports and interior ; Tints for
the current year, reached an agreement
and adjourned. The contracts are sub
stantially the same as those of last year.
Except as to unusual sized or shaped
bales, the compress companies agreed to
press cotton to a density of pounds to
the cubic foot. The standard or rec
tangular bale will he 24 inches in width
by 54 inches in length. The contract
also provides for the placing of eight
inch iron,bands on till cotton intended for
export.
Dtihlfn’M Firemen.
For some time there was strife and
bickering between the two hose com
panies of Dublin. Each company thought
that i was entitl'd to the chief. Re
cently the City Council reorganized the
two companies, and now peace reigns. It
was also decided by Council to compen
sate the men for their services as fire
fighters. The pay will net be large, but
ftlill will be something. It was also de
cided by the City Council to build a reel
bouse upon the vacant lot between the
Hicks building and the rtore of J. E.
Bmith, Jr. This is something the boys
have been working for a long time. The
following is the reorgunizcnl company:
Chief, W. O. Ogburn; foreman. L. V.
B*one; assistant foreman, H. M Kirk;
secretary, F. A. Thomas-; treasurer, F.
F. Scarborough.
Florida!
Hon. Frank Clark, chairman of the
State Democratic Executive Committee.
Las secured tho names of every member
of the various county committees in the
state and will from time to time forward
them instructions. The headquarters will
also be provided with campaign literature
by the National Democratic Committee,
and these documents will be distributed to
the members, who. in turn, will distribute
them throughout their respective pre incts.
For ( lilting I . S. Senator.
United Stales Commissioner Fred rub
ber! y at Bronson had before him fast
week C. H. Knight. S. S, Davenport and
James A. Brown. They ar* citizens of
Lafayette county, and were charged with
cutting timber on government lard. Tho
charges were preferred by (J. A. Paul,
special agent of th* general land office,
who is engaged In investigating timber
trespass cases for the government. All
the defendants were bound over to the
United States Court at Tailahaaaee.
J. L. I'm. Lieutrnait.
Macon Telegraph: It will be of inter
est to the friends of Mr. W. A. Jones who
for some time made his home In Macon,
to know that he ha* been elected lieu
tenant of the Jacksonville Light Infantry,
the leading military company of Jacksen-
Yllit, Fla. For the past year or two
Mr. Jones has been in Jacksonville as
soliciting agent of the Louisville and
Nashville Railway, and w’as a private in
The ranks of the Light Infantry until his
I election to the position of lieutenant. He
; was <'fp!ain in Col. Ray's Immunes and
| went to Cuba with them.
AVIII Stay in the Fight.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Whether
Gainesville and Ocala remain in the capi
tal removal fight or not, Jacksonville will
continue th#- aggressive fight it has inau
gurated until the close of the election.
The primary to decide this question will
prove expensive, and it will devolve on
the aspirants to pay their respective por
tion of this expense. Those cities that be
lieve they have any chance of winning
will gladly pay for this work. Those
that arc in the fight merely for the ad
vertisement will, of course, drop out.
There is no use of getting around this
question, as this expense must be equally
shared by all the cities that expect to re
main in the race. It will take several
thousand dollars, hut the capital will be
worth that to any city in the state. Jack
sonville is willing to spend several for
tunes to secure It. because its removal to
this city means a great deal for Jackson- .
ville and the entire state of Florida. It j
is willing to pay its share of the expense j
of the primaries.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
E. H. Addy, one of Lexington’s most
prosperous farmers, sold the first bale ot
n* iv cotton at Leesvllie on last Tuesday.
The bale was sold to C. D. Barr for 10
cents and weighed 526 pounds.
Storin /! Eat l'nlon.
Last Tuesday o severe storm blew over
East Union, uprooting trees and com*
p’.etely demolishing L. D. Smith’s grocery
store, just completed. The storm raged
over that portion of the town In the neigh
borhood of the Monarch mills and did no
other damage.
Rongh on the Crops.
A special dispatch from Columbia, da/t
--ed Aug. 17. says: “This was the eleventh
day of torrid heat and the eighteenth
since rain fell. The damage, to the crops,
particularly cotton, is great. The aggre
gate of maximum temperature in the
shade for eleven days is 1,102 degrees.
The coolest day was 98 degrees. The av
erage mean daily temperature has been
K 7. All previous records fall far below'.
The cotton Is opening prematurely and
shedding.”
Militia Inspection.
The regular inspection of the tniliMa
companies in the state will begin to-mor
row. when Col. Foster will go out on
his annual tour. Two companies will be
inspected at Orangeburg to-morrow, the
company at Bamberg on Tuesday and on
the. 23rd Col. Frost expects to inspect the
companies at Abbeville, Honea Path and
I’e.lzer. Other announcements will he
made of inspections, but in all cases com
pany commanders will he notified by
telegraph when to expect the inspection
officer.
Crops Need Rnfn.
A dispatch from Spartanburg says the
rain-; k#;op far away from that town. Il
is rertainly gloomy outlook for most
formers, especially those living in the
rainless belt. After a great surplus of
rain in June come Fix weeks of very
warm weather with only an occasional
light shower. It is now too late to help
(he early corn, w'hich is parched up. The
farmers were generally too busy killing
grass in July to plant a late crop. The
outlook is that a very short corn crop
will be made and that hundreds of car
loads of Western corn wili be shipped in
next year.
Fought About n Team.
Abraham Stevenson, a negro, hired a
team from Timmons & McColl at Flor
ence on last Monday, to go to a picnic.
When he returned that evening the horses
were driven down and abused. L. A. Mc-
Coll remonstrated with the negro for
abusing the horses, whereupon Stevenson
struck Mc.Coll with a stick. McColl drew
his pistol and a scuffle ensued, during
which the pistol fired. Stevenson then
dashed fo run. McColl followed and
fired two or three shots at him. but the
balls missed their mark. Stevenson left
and has not been seen sine.
Invited Them to Scratch.
From Spartanburg cornea the following:
"The county candidates finished their
first week’s work Saturday night. It was
in the main satisfactory to them, for
each one has a superfluity of hope. So
far ns the senator and members of the
House arc concerned, while they talk
much about the dispensary, the voter*
will not make prohibition on issue. A
few may vote according to their convic
tions on that subject, but the most of
them will vote for personal friendship or
on the merits of the candidates. Sena
tor Tillman, feeding assured of his nomi
nation. invites his enemies to scratch his
name from the ticket and he seems to
*hink that 10,000 to 20,000 voters will do
it A citizen and voter of the county,
who went with his neighbors when the
people were wild for Tillman, said Satur
day that he had lost much in thi* county
by his abuse and vindictive declarations.
Others have expressed themselves in the
same way. As near as the writer can
judge, about one-third of the voters of
rhis county are still ready to d* Till
man’s bidding, and they will vote for
him or any man he may select. There is
another third that once supported him
that would now prefer a better man to
represent them, but they feel that
scratching would do no good, so they will
put in the tickets as printed. Two years
ago this county voted about 5.000. One
third of that number may scratch bis
name off. ns they like him less and less
the longer he is in office. That is about
the way the county stands to-day as to
Tillman.”
ling; Nearly Made llim Mad.
From the New York World.
Winsted, Conn., Aug. !B.—A bug nearly
drove John O’Meara, a Canaan, a brake
men on the Poughkeepsie bridge route,
crazy. While switching cars at Canaan,
twenty miles west of here, the insect flew
into O’Meara’s ear so deep hi® comrades
and Dr. Ix>e were unable to get it out.
O'Meara vvas taken to Hartford yester
ady. and Dr. St. John extracted the bug.
which was still alive after fifing imprison
ed nearly tw r o days. O’Meara said the
noise in his head sounded like a buzz paw.
He was unable to sleep and suffered great
pain.
Half Intereat In Xew*.
Thomasville. Ga.. Aug. 19.—A. P. Jour
dan of Leesburg. Fla., has bought a half
interest In the Thomas County News and
will move here and assist In running ihe
j newspaper and job office.
CASTOR IA
Por Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the SW
Signature of C J-COtC+U/i/.
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCALA, FLA,
Am prepared to (lrtli **•!!* up to any
depth. We uac firat-claa* machinery, cart
do work on abort notice and guarantee
■atlßfaction, ,
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1900.
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI
- LTt HIST 4>D HOUSEWIFE.
Note* on Rnat of Aipanigtit-Thp En
croachment of niioaso And In -
Meets—Gl ohe A rtf choke*—Fertilise r
and Stable Manure—Plants in Pots.
Angorn Goats, etc.
Rust has again attacked the asparagus
! plantations in the South. The small bed
j in the home garden and the hundred-acre
plants along the coast of Carolina and
Georgia are alike affected. We referred to
this blight of asparagus last fall in this
I column and reported the measures adopt
ed for the cure of the disease. Later and
in the spring we reported the results of
| the treatment as indicated by the appear
ance of the plants at the opening of the
growing season. Though the plants were
badly rusted last fall none died during the
winter and this spring made as fine a
yield of sprouts as It was possible for
healthy asparagus to yield. After the
cutting season was over (well along in
May) the plants made a fine growth of
brush and up to th#' middle of July were
as green and healthy apparently as need
be. Towards the close of the month, how
ever. rust was observed on occasional
plants aiG by Aug. 12 the whole bed was
yellow with th#' rust. The plants had
been well limed when the rust was first
discovered, but it had no effect in ward
ing off the disease from the rest of the
crop. As was done last season, the brush
has been cut down leaving a stubble of one
foot in length. As soon as this dries so
that it will burn the brush and stubble
will he burned off, burning he stubble
down to the ground. Then another heavy
dressing of air-slaked lime will be made
to the surface with nothing more to do
than to await th#* result next April.
Though the plants were badly affected
with rust last year the crop was not at
all diminished this spring and it may be
that the plants will still survive a second
attack of the rust. It is possible, the rust
may disappear and the plants be restored
to a normal condition of health. Or it
may be that it will require a presence of
the disease for several years to entirely
destroy the plants. We can only wait and
watch, applying such remedies as may be
suggested by past experience as being
likely to check or cure the disease.
Bfsdes 1 ming and turning over the
beds in the' fall, the Bordeaux mixture
tlim#* ard Milestone) shou'd b,‘ sprayel
on the beds as scon as the cutting season
s over next spring. That is as soon as
the plants have made some growth, the
fl-st of June or middle of May, possibly.
ThD spraying should he repented several
times from June to August. It was evi
dent this season that the rust cf la*t
fall dkl not affect the yielding qualities
of the roofs after the first attack of rust.
What this second attack will do can on y
he discovered next March or April.
There is ro question that this multi
plication cf blight and insects in the plant
world is affording abundant cause for
very s rious reflection as to the future
welfare of this new world. Every econ
omic plant is being infested with disease
of some kind and likewise injurious in
sects and their combined influence may
at any time now produce entire failure
of a s: ason’s planting of everything that
is grown. We would not be an alarmist,
but we would in?/1 up n every one who
plants, under® aifding how serious the
matter may possibly become, if energet.c
measures are not taken to protect their
crops from disease and insects before it
is too late to do any good. The enemy
may get within the gate? before we are
aroused to the danger that threatens.
There is no doubt that much of th#* suc
cess to result tr m tiling the soil herue
for ill is to be the result of certain reme
dial or preventive work that had no
part in farm work 50 or 25 years ago. Any
ore. even fairly acqualn'ed with the pos
sible dangers that lie in the planter’s
path cannot but feci profound anxiety
for the future; for very f< w of our South
ern farmers appear to und# rstand a? yet
that there i? urgent need for doing any
thing towards warding off the threatened
clangers. , i .
Poultry Raising.
N. N. L., Attapulgas, Ga.. propeses
“embarking in poultry raising, establish
ing a regular hennery in fact.” He
‘wants to be informed of every thing re
garding it before entering into the busi
ness.”
It would require a good deal of space
to answer a question put in such a gen
eral way as this. There have been writ
ten many books upon the subject and
there are a dozen or more Journals de
voted to the exclusive task of enlighten
ing those who engage in the busi
ness or are already following it. If. N.
N. L. proposes to engage in the business
extensively we would advise him to buy
o book or two and subscribe to the same
number of periodicals w'hich besides the
text will give him n great many diagrams
Snd illustrations of houses and appliances
thet tviH aid him In deciding many ques
tions that may confront him in the be
ginning ond possibly continue to the end.
However it is quite possible for an in
telligent. practical man. fairly endowed
with common sense to go*into the business
and do very well without once looking
into the publications we have suggested.
We will throw' out a few brief eugges
tions for N. N. L.’s immediate use and
will follow these by a few more later on.
nil of w'hich with what N. N. L. already
knows may be quite sufficient for giving
him a fair send-off in the way of es
tablishing his regular hennery.
Now the very first thing to do is to get
a good breed. There is none better than
the barred Plymouth Rock. It is a com
bination fowl and is bound to give satis
faction.
The second essential is to provide am
ple accomodation for the fowls, good runs
and good houses for winter houses (hat
can be made tight enough during the win
ter to protect the fowls from draughts of
air. The runs or yards must be large
enough to allow' of raising something
green on them the year round.
The fowls must have plenty of pure wa
ter. Hens expected to lay and lay well
must not be fed much on corn, but should
be supplied with wheat and oats and
wheat bran with a small supply of bone
meal.
The houses and surroundings must he
kept clean. All wood work should be
whitewashed occasionally. Shallow boxes
of good size half full of clay dust and
ashes should be provided for their dust
hath. Do not overfeed. Never feed lay
ing hens as much aa they can or will eat.
If the nests for setting hems do not. rest
upon the ground have three or four inches
of soil under the straw. Do not place
| nests for setting hens upon top of one
j another. Set with thirteen or fourteen
eggs. For merely laying it does n&t mat.
I ter. Make and keep your fowls gentle and
fearless. Have one good robust cock to
every seven or eight hens.
Ten or twelve days after Netting a hen
put a thimbleful of sulphur In the nest.
Do not cut the wings of hens or cocks.
Keep on hand a little pyhethrum or insect
powder to dust on the nests. Give pure
water In iron vessels, or if in crock®, keep
a few nails in the vessel. Study these
rule® and go ahead and later specify the
information desired ihut Is not covered by
the foregoing.
The AVlilte Velvet Okra.
Okra is one of the stand-by
In Southern garden* Th re are eeverai
kind* and all are good enough, in their
way, but the white seeded sorts are pre
ferable The “black” and “white’’ okra
j terms apply to the nerds. Black okra ha*
[ dark purple seeds that impart the dark
color io gumba or any dish of okra, bu.
the white-seeded sorts are free from this
objection. It is advisable to reject the
black seeded, and pant only the white
see led sorts. Among the latter, the wnite
velvet okra is ihe champion.
The pods ought to be cut every morn
ing. alternating the p arts in the row. s?
that every other plant is cut every other
day. Ti i•* will prove itself one cf the
n 0.-t prolific vegetables that pan be
grown.
The hrtter the stinrmer sun gets t e tet
ter this okra bear?, and there will be
no cessation until late fall.
When other vtgetables have burnt up
and gone to seed, whi'e velvet okra will
be full of pods blooming and bearing with
out a barren day; no okra pods ought to
le allowed t> ripen ?#ds, except for see l
saving to plant from. Cut off all th* pois
regularly every other day ar.d tie plants
will bloom more freely. It is sensitive to
c Id when the p an s ere ycurvg; tcwird
frost-fell in autumn the large stalks will
bear considerable cold. The market gar
deners in New Orleans sow' okra seed
two or three feet in rows and thin the
plant? wh n up to 12 or 15 inches apart.
A valuable feature of this excellent veg
etable is the ease wi h which it can be
put up for winter use. Take the larger
pods w’hile still terder and cut into inch
pieces end dry in the sun fer a few days.
Then put away in pap r bags.
White House Whitewash.
Uncle Sam's recipe for whitewash that
is used about his place in Washington. D.
C., and the best he knows of, is as fol
lows:
“Take a half bushel of unslacked lime,
slack it with boiling water, cover during
the process to keep in steam strain the
liquid ihrough a fine sieve or strainer, and
add to it a peck of salt, previously dis
solved in warm w-ater; three pounds of
ground rice boiled to a thin paste and
stirred in while hot: half a pound Spanish
whiting and one pound of glue, previously
dissolved by soaking in cold water and
then hanging over the fire in a small pot
hung in a larger one filled with water,
add five gallons of hot water to the mix
ture, stir well and let it stand a few
days covered from dirt. It should be ap
plied hot. for which purpose it can be
kept in a portable furnace.”
This can he colored as desired by add
ing Venetian red. lampblack, burnt um
ber, ocher, etc. It is mor#' durable than
ordinary paint and is much cheaper.
Different Ways of Feeding
To get best results from feeding corn to
cattle is deemed advisable ly many prac
tical men to soak the grain during the
spring, summer and fall. One of the most
successful feeders in lowa tells the Drov
ers Journal that he gels very satisfactory
results from having tanks on his wagons
by which the grain is soaked twelve hours
before feeding. The process softens the
grain to euch an extent that cattle get
much more benefit than from cron fed
dry. During the freezing weather when
waking is not practicable It is a good thing
to grind the corn, but the cost of this
operation is considerable and is by many
considered to be about an offset to the
benefits derived. One of the largest feed
ers In Nebraska has experimented on
grinding both corn and corn stalks, and
while the results are satisfactory he is by
no means sure that the gain is worth .he
cost. There are a great many feeding
propositions that round up in about that
way. and a large share of the best beef
cattle ihat come to market have only the
old-fashioned style of feeding shock corn
on grass with hogs to pick up the undi
gested grain.
The Tomato ns Food.
The profession and the public are by
no means agreed as to the dietlc value of
the tomato. The classical authorities on
food, such as Chambers and Atkinson,
dismiss the claims of this vegetable very
curtly, simply placing it among the anti
scorbutics and allowing it little, if any,
nutritive value. The public, on the other
hand, believe this ally of the potato to
be not only a highly nutrient vegetable,
but a stomachic, a cathartic and general
ly a potent Mood purifier. That the toma
to is thought too little of by the profession
generally is true, but it may be donate 1
whether it those wonderful al
terative# powers’ ascribed to if by some
waiters, many of whom would have us be
lieve that sufferers from certain ailments
are never really we 1 except during the
tomato season, says the Fruit World.
This fruit, as it may be called, exhibits,
ho we r. one remarkable property in con
nect.# with plant diseases, which sug
gests its use as a germicide and a prot A
for against those diseases, so many of
which we now know derive their origin
from bacteria ar.d al led germs. If a toma
to is uprooted at the end of the season
and allowed to wither on the bough of n
fruit tree, or If it is burnt befienth fhe
tree, it will not only act as a curative, but
nlso as a protective, against blights and
similar attack®. This hostility to low or
ganisms is due to the presence of sul
phur. which is rendered up in an active
condition during the decay of burning.
Remembering that digestion also splits
up the tomato into its chemical constitu
ents and re eases sulphur, probably in a
nascent condition, and probably in the In
testinal canal, it may have as great po
tency there as experiments prove it to
have outside the body. Summer diarrhea.
English cholera and typhoid fever are due
to low organisms. As the diarrheal and
typhoid seasons are foitunately contempo
raneous with the fruiting of the tomato,
it is not unreasonable to assume that to
mato eaters would be more than or
dinarily likely to escape such diseases. It
is worth noting that typhoid fever is more
prevalent among the poor. who. in most
countries of Europe, are not able io pur
chase much of this expensive fruit. Sail
ors. too. just after landing, are irflcu‘-
larly liable to typhoid and in them we
may always assume more or less scorbu
tic condition -But the question of the pro
tection against diseases afforded by cer
tain diet® and by such habit las the use of
alcohol, tobacco and opium has yet hardly
been inquired into.
Experiments are now being made on tie
tincture of the tomato, which will help
in determining its therapeutic value.
Meanwhile, eaten, cooked with hot meats
and in the form of a salad, after a coll
lunch, if is pleasant and useful to our
ordinary regimen. The fruit acids it con
tains. combined with the mechanical ef
fect of the seeds and ®kin, render it to
some extent ar enemy to scurvy, a? well
as a laxative: and the sulphur, with its
known power over septic conditi*is.
would probably * contribute to make its
ue a protection against the poison germ
of these diseases, like typhoid, tfeit find
their way into the system primarily by
the alimentary canal.
In tlie Current of I’rogrclve Agrl
onltnre.
The importance of pure water for hu
man consumption has long in n general
way been appreciated. A knowledge of
the reason why dates but a short time
b. ck and introduces us to the microbe
It is now well known that some of the
most fatal diseases me communicated to
both man and the domesticated animal?
through the medium of water, and so
propagated and spread.
On every farm there ahould l#e full
provision made for an ample supply of
pure water. It should not I*' very hard
to do rhis on most farms; the situation
as it bears on this for each farm is or
can readily be known by the farmers,
and so the source of contamination can
largely, if not wholly, be known and
avoided. A supply of pure cistern wa
ter—for most purpose* the purest and
safest kind of water—can be secured out
In the country in it* finest state.
It is doubtful if more importance should,
where good health is the idea, be at
tached io food and shelter than this, and
yet results point to a very different atat*
of oase in the general practice. Some ex
periment* and mvesufuiioiui recently con-
ducted in Canada make this strikingly
clear. In the report published of what
way done it is stated that sixty-six sam
ples of water, all from farm homestead?,
were tested to ascertain their sanitary
con.*/1 lon—“on#- from British Columbia,
six from the Northwest Territories, twen
ty-right from Ontario, eight from Que
bec. seven from New Brunswick, und
seventeen from Prince Edward Island.
Of these 50 per cent, were reported dan
gerously polluted and unsafe for drink
ing purposes, 25 per cent, as suspicious
and in ell probability as unsafe*, and 25
per cent, as unpolluted and wholesome,”
—Home end Farm.
Grain Food for ||o<*n,
A certain amount of grain feed
is needed to grow' fogs with the
greatest profit, and still .more U n ed
el to fat en and tit tin in for market, but
it should te u-ed only io supplement the
feeds w'hich the hogs harvest for ihem
sMv'os in the fie.ri. Perk cannot be made
economically when all, or even a larger
proporiion. o' tbe Led comes from the
crib or the mill. The hog is an omnivor u?
anirra’ and ru eels “rough ge ’ and fresh
green fee 1 for his lest h .il h and growth
and to produce meat rf die best quality.
V\ hen young bis grain feed shc-u and be
such as will fu:ni h mat rial for ben 1 an 1
muscle, and not siioh as wi 11 produce mi
# xcess of fat; while, a? ihe animal ap
proaches maturity, fat-producing foo s
should be gi\eu more liberally. No one
kind of grain teed can be used economi
cally from weaning until the •full-grown
animal is slaughtered, and there sou and
be a gradual change from the nitrogen
ous. muscle-making foed given to the pig
to the carbonaceous, fat-making food,
which is mere profi able for the last few
weeks bef re killirg. The young animal
must have good l one and muscle befo e
it can carry th< heavy lead of fat d?fir_-
be* for the butcher or develop the
strong h, vigor, and health necessary in a
good breeding animal.-S. M. Tracy.
I*Lints en Pots.
I #lo not believe there is any great vir
tue in soil selection for the culture of
plants in pots. We get much minute ad
vice on that line, and from it the infer
ence would be that every plant, to grow
in a pot, must be provided with a very
exact variety of soil, or it will not do
we.l, says the Country Gentleman. This
is true in a minor way. We all know
that certain plants, with the ferns lead
ing, prefer light, peaty soil, and that
others lik#- something more sandy. But
this is all by (he way. Whnt plants all
demand is rich soil with some sort of tex
ture, so that it will not become muddy
when it is watered. If it has nothing of
this sort, it will have a tendency to
smother h* roots of the plant by the ex
clusion of air.
Asa rule few plants are watered to
death in soil that has no tendency to be
come muddy. The old cautions against
overwarering have driven us to the oppo
site extreme, and we water with a dish
that wets the surface of the pot and al
lows the main ball of soil to become sol
id. and fhe plant slowly starves to death,
often so slowly that we do not suspect
whnt is the matter. Never water spar
ingly, either outdoors or In. A watering
that goes to the bottom of fhe roots will
keep them growing as they should; a
scanty watering sets them to reaching to
ward the surface for moisture, and Vhey
are soon incapable of maintaining vigor
ous growth.
Pot soil is very subject to acid condi
tions. In some cases a bit of lime or
charcoal will correct that, but many
plants do not like lime in quality, and
neither treatment is a sure safeguard.
Better let the root do its own work of
sweetening the soil by making sure that
there is never much more soil in a pot
than is needed. Where the soil is found
to be wrong in some particular and the
plant is •suffering, wash nil of it fr#>m th#>
pots and repot, using n rather scant sup
lly. Often the plant will thrive again
at once. Some plants will do w. 11 with
more soil than the roots < an work over,
but usually they will no*.
Angora Goins.
E. H. Jobson. s. cr- i iry of t ■••■ .Sierra
County Goat and Sheep Grow#
tion of New Mexico, says in the Shep
herd’s Bulletin: The Angora goat is
probably destined to beeoT# ore of the
most valuable of the domestic animals,
and the recent manifestations being shown
in behalf of them are something that th-y
have long deserved, and the growers of
goats have quickly grasped fhe opportu
nity to demonstrate the merit? of th#* goat,
and they have now almost entirely al>ol
ished the prejudice which has so long ex
isted against the Angora venison as a
food.
There are more goats in this immediate
vinicity than (here are in any other one
community, there being nearly 18,000 head,
ranging from 300 to over 2.fXK> head in
each flock. The average price obtained
for our mohair, for a six months’ clip, was
23V6 cents per pound. This is a good av
erage and is self-evident as to grades of
our g#
There are four grower? of goats who are
paving special a i tention to the breo#ling of
fine stock, and the result during the past
three years has developed some very fine
stock, and for which good prices have
been obtained.
In the writer’s opinion, there is a great
future before the Angora goat, because
of its many fine points, and the valuable
uses that can be made of them on a farm.
The hair from an Angora goat makes a
fabric that rivals that of the silk. A
good goat will produce from four lo ; ix
pounds of this class of mohair, which
ranges in price from 25 to 40 cent® per
pound, according to the length, quality and
luster of the hair.
The most valuable service that can he
had from an Angora goat on a farm is in
< learing brush land. There is nothing that
kills brush and trees quicker than the
constant nibbling away of the teflder
leaves and bark which constitutes the
best food for a goat, although they will
cat any class of food, that is fed to do
mestic animals. There is no reason to
believe in ihe world why the Angora goat
venison should not be considered as dainty
n meat as that of the deer. If th#* health
of an animal is a criterion as to th#' pur
ity of he meat, there is no meat as pure
as that of the Angora goat.
We have no doubt that in the near fu
ture the Angora goat will occupy a consid
erable share of attention from Soiflhern
farmers or land owners. Asa money
maker they are superior to sheep in sev
eral important respects. The cheap lands
of the South afford a splendid opportunity
for cultivating the Angora goat.
A Chicago Chinese Garden.
Within an hour's ride, by electric cars,
of our office three Chinamen, each of
whom inFiats that "m no Boxer, me
Cllstian China boy,” are conducting a
vegetable garden # n The two acres at th *
southwest corner of Seventy-fifth street
and St. Lawrence avenue, Chicago, siv?
the National Rural. They ar. Chin Ke *.
Sam L e and Wo Gaun, all three practi
cal gardeners. During the past five
months three G in in n have bten bu y
in Hie garden, plowing und cultivating at
first, then sowing ac and p anting and now
i\ aping, though thy continue to sow and
cul ivaie. and last Thursday when I
- tin* ga den the, were thinning out
what ® #ni and to be the fifth planting of
Chinese cabbage.
The work was done by hand, ina'cad of
w;ih a ho , ns an up-to-date American
market gardener would da it. The worker
sa on a low- ?eat between the rows a? he
(.artfully yet quickly re t ov and ihe super
fluous pant? hitching his seat along a*
he pro- c ted t ward ihe end of ihe tows.
The garden su' ; 11 s Chi aga chiia
town with all ihe vcge-ib e delicacies *o
dear to the Mongolian heart that can b*
raised in this climate, such as <’hlne#e
cabbage, Chin# se radishes. ”ouka*Je,”
•’aia-bvay ’ and other succulent vegeta-
bles known to the American market
Each morning two wagons are caled
wi h vi getabl s from the garden and b -
fore daylight they are on their wav Ij
Clark street, wh-re they are sold at price
that would gladden the hrar'.s of the
n ighborirg market gardeners w'ho sup
p y the geneial m. k,t w.th garden tiu.k
-live or ten conts a pound.
Ch i ese £ar2ner dees rot pull
a whole head ol lt'tuce at a time, bur
instead plucks the ripe haves, leaving the
plant to grow others.
“Melican farmer, he foolish,’ ventured
Wo Gaun. "He pull u > wnclo tir g all ?a me
time. We no do it. We pull off one lea ,
two leaf, three 1 af, or like that, then
p an* him grow some leafs, then we pull
of; them some mere. Same thing with
ccheir things; we no hurry, we take li:tl
\ it at tim ; good for plant; good for we.”
This is h second v<ar thse Chinamtn
have worked tNir two ac*-es, wh’ch they
rent fi om a German v ho has 14) ai res i it j
gani n rruck, and the #nly objection the
Chinamen have to their loratinn is tne
l'lcui-i iveness of the small boys of the
neighborhood, who insist on trampirg
over the n< wly plarted g ounl in their
eifor-s to s lve the mysteries of Chims?
farming, ro withstanding ‘he sign. "No
Quam H re," meets your eyes as scon a?
you approach tho garden.
Fertilisers and Stable Mannre
Education of the farmers in regard to
fertilizers is largely retarded by their
preferences for farm manures, and it is
only when the supply of manure is de
ficient that some farmers can be pre
vailed upon to even consider the advisa
bility of the me of fertilizers, says a
writer on fertilizers. It is this preference
for home-made manure and compost, the
result of centuries of practice, which cre
ates a prejudice against commercial fer
tilizer.* The average farmer will shake
his head ominously when the advantages
of fertilizers are presented, and affirm his
faith in “plenty of manure.” In the be
lief that “plenty of manue” will enrich
his soil he is correct, so far as it goes,
but there is not one farm in a thousand
which receives one-half of the manure
which should be bestowed upon it, and
e\ n when the farmer is blessed with an
abundance of it he has simply adulterated
his heap with much that serves only as
absorhnnt material and which requires
one or two years before becoming suffi
ciently soluble to serve ns plant food for
the immediate use of crops.
Agricultural writers have taught that
stable manure was a “complete ferti
lizer." nnd has thus enoouraged farm
ers to the belief that commercial fer
tilizers were but partial substitutes for
manure, when in fact all scientist® know
that if there is any “complete” plant
food it can only be provided by ferti
lizers. Nothing on the farm is as vari
able in composition as stable manure.
Its value, depends entirely on the mater
ials entering into its composition, while
the manner in which it is kept also large
ly influences ite quality. Exposure to
rains, degree of fermentation, proportion
of bulky constituents, and other factors,
control it to a marked degree. Experi
ments made to ascertain the correct value
of manure, by the use of many samples
for that purpose give the following com
position of horse manure:
Per cen*.
Water
Nitrogen
Phosphoric acid 21
p o*ash '.'....h
The value of the above Is about $2.00
per ton; and if we deduct the water tie?
actual weight of the dry matter is a frac
tion over SS4 pounds, the value of which
is abour one-half cent per pound. When
;t is considered that this manure is not
produced %vithout an expenditure for feed,
labor and liability of loss, its cost is
much greater than that of the average
fertilizers. 11s the farmer must handle the
great mass of water composing the ma
nure. not only in the heap but in haul
ing and spreading it over his fields, fort.v
tons of such manure, not being excessive
on an ncro if the Itjnd is expected to give
such results as is often obtained by the
use of commercial fertilizers.
When it is considered, however, that
manure heaps are composed mostly of ab
sorbents. and that w'hen the farmer uses
his teams to haul the contents of the ma
nure heap 10 ihe fields he must, not only
handle a large proportion of bulky and
iinderomnosed material, and bestow a
urge amount of labor in collecting, turn
ing over, hauling and spreading, there is
■ippli.il to the land really but a small
proportion of plant food, the cost of which
is greater than can be estimated by the
farmer, hut as he has been taught to be
lieve *hnt stable manure is a “complete
fertilizer," he plods his way, year after
year, and ignorantly endeavors to im
prove his land, yet making mistakes ow
ing to traditions and customs which are
difficult to overcome because he sup
poses the one kind costs nothing, while
the other is expensive. He will haul his
straw to the city and then haul :t. bock
to his farm from the livery stables, un
der Ihe supposition 'hat he Is hauling val
uable plant food, when in fact he is sim
ply exchanging new straw for that which
has been used for bedding.
The variability of manure is a matter
for consideration, a so. Only the host
food produces the highest grade of ma
nure. If the food Is deficient In any par
ticular the manure will he similar. Where
cows are in full flow of milk, and the
products ore sent to the cl'ty markets,
there will he a large loss of nitrogen and
phosphoric acid, and even in the com
parison shown above, in the compo
sition of horse manure, phosphoric acid
was deficient. Thn* such variations of
quality are at all times possible is too
well known to be discussed, but they
should he convincing that stable mannre
is the most incomplete fertilizer used upon
the form.
Are we attacking stable manure? We
would not willingly place ourselves in
such a ridiculous position. We advise
farmers to use all of it that they can
procure, but we desire to point out the
way to better results with It. The diffi
culty is tha* Ihe farmer does not have
one-tenth enough of It. He Is compelled
to spread over ten acres the manure that
should he concentrated over a single acre
of land. He Is compelled also to wait
for months in order to have his manure
become soluble, after It Is applied on the
soil, and he is subject to loss of crop, or
decreased yield, because his reliance has
been placed wholly on his manure. What
Is necessary is not only to use fertiliz
ers and manure, but also to supply any
deficiency in the manure by the use of
such ingredients as will serve to "balance
the ration" for the plants according to
the kind of crop, Its requirements and the
adaptability of the soil to supply plant
food from the soluble substance* which
It contains.
We believe that when the farmers as a
class understand that fertilizers and ma
nures are (he same, and that they can
apply in a concentrated form, the plant
food desired, rather than to handle hulk
and entail labor, no manure will be con
sidered complete unless it has been in
creased in value with the aid of the sails
that are always available when placed
in the soil.
Kollee.
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The name of the wrl.er should accom
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for publication, but as an evidence of
good faith.
Questions and communications relative
10 agricultural and horticultural subjects,
If addressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer
Milledgevllle, Ga., will receive immediate
attention.
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OFFI riAI..
By Alderir.an Dixon—
An ordinance for the improvement of *
portion of Bolton street, under the t# : .
and provision* of an act of the L#. .
iature of Georgia, approved Oet. 1, iv
Section 1. Be it oraained by the Mqv
and Aldermen of the dry of Savannah
Council assembled, under the terms a )
provisions of an act of the Legislate .
of Georgia, approved Oct. 1. 1887. T .
the director of public works for th i
of Savannah and the Committee on Sr*
end Lanes, of the said city, be. ar.d -
are hereby authorized and directed to b .r |
and construct on Bolton street, in e.
city of Savannah, beginning ai the w,
side of East Broad street, and exten
to the tracks of the Savannah, Flor.
and Western Railway Company, a r< t
way of thirty-nine (3&) feet in widm
Augusta gravel, and they are also auti r
ized. ar.d directed to enclose the said r .
way with stone curbings, and lo do n 1
the work in the way of grading, the j ,
ing of catch basins, drains, crossing
and all other things incident to the ■ fl
struction and completion of the said r* ad
way on the said portion of Bolton sti •
Sec*. 2. Be it further ordaim-d. Thu ti
railroad company having tracks rum.;*
through the said portion of Bolton str •
to be improved under this ordinance
hereby required to pave the width of
tracks and two (2) feet on each side f
every line of tracks of the said railr, \.\
company with Augusta gravel as the s, j
work progresses, and, in the event ti;, 3
is not done by the said company, the i
director of public works and the said com
mittee shall see to its being done at <•
expense of the said railroad company.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained. That af
ter the total cost of the said work, ex
clusive of that done by or for a railroad
company, shall have been ascertain.!,
one-third of such <otal cost shall be pai l
out of the city treasury and the other
two-thirds from the persons owning hi
the date of the adoption of this ordinal;.■#
the real estate abutting on said port on of
feolton street to be improved under this
ordinance according to frontage, and t: •
pro rata amount of the cost of such work
is hereby assessed against (he said ba
ting real estate, and its owners a? i: >r.
said, according to the frontage. The front
age of intersecting streets and lares is
assessed as real estate abutting upon hi
portion of Bolton street to be improve i.
and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Savannah shall be, for all the intend
and purposes of this ordinance, the . v. er
of the real estate so abutting, and shall
pay from the city treasury i<s ju?t pro
rata as such owners of the cost of s,;hi
work, according to frontage, in addliUn
to its one-third of the entire cost, ns h re
inbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That af
ter the improvement hereinbefore provid
ed for has been completed the director < ‘
public works for the city of Savannah
and said Committee on Street.- and Dun
shall prepare and submit to the Council
of the city of Savannah a statement show
ing the cos 4 of the improvement herein
provided for and also an assessment ro.!
showing ns <o tw*o-thirds of the cost to bo
apportioned how it is apportioned among
the several abutting parcels, including
the street and lane intersections
nnd giving (he sum charge
able *o each parcel, with the name
of th** owner. Upon the consideration
and adoption of said statement and as
sessment roll by the Council of the icy
of Savannah, it shall th#>n become tho
duty cf the city treasurer to send to the
abu.ting property owners their proper bill
for the same a? t may 1 e a*cer’ained by
the Ci y Council, and if such bill so sent
be rot paid within thirty (30) days after
the present at on or sending of the same
i shall then become the duty of the city
treasurer to issue an execution for the
amount, together with costs, against the
person and property aforesaid, which ex
. cution shall be made and levied out of
the proper’y described th#r;in as are ex
ecutions for cty taxes. The said state
ment ard asses ment roll shall also show
the amount rayabl * by a railroad com
pary and should such comp .ny fail r. i
i efuse to pay a bill for the ame thirty
(30) days, after the presentation or send
ing of the same, it shall b the duty of
the city treasurer to issu** execution
against raid c mpany and property for
said bill, together wi h costs which shall
be made and levied as are executions for
city taxes.
Sfc. 5. Be it further ordained. That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances In con
flict with this ordinance are hereby re
pealed.
Ordinance read in Council for th" first
time Aug. 8, 1900, and published for inf or
mation. W. P. BAILEY
Clerk of Coun il.
ORDINANCES.
By Alderman Dixon—
An ordinance to amend an ordinar. .
pasesd Feb. 18, 1891, and entitled "An
Ordinance to amend an Ordnance pa - 1
June 1. 1887, and codified in Section 759 of
MacDonell's Code of Savannah.”
6ection 1. Be it ordained by the Mu .or
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
Council assembled. That Section 1 of the
above-entitled ordinance, passed Feb. IS.
1891, is hereby so amended that hereafter
it shail bo ihe duty of every occupant of
any building, residence or place of busi
ness in the city of Savannah to place the
boxes or barrels referred to in said (*• ■-
lion (in one of which shall be deposited ad
matter and material of a non-combusiiV'l:-
character, such as dirt, ashes, manu:
tin cans. etc., and in the other matter ar.d
material of a combustible character) ou -
side of the gate in a lane a* or be* re
seven (7) o'clock a. m., city time. and.
where (here are no lanes, at the o: r
t-dge of the sidewalk at or befor* (he
time mentioned, and also to remove i )
eepiacles as soon as they are emptied >y
the Scavenger Department. Where there
are narrow alleyways, on which abut
three or more houses, It shall be the du y
of the owners of the said houses to pro
vide a box or barrel at the point where
the alleyway opus on the street, in which
box or barrel it shall be the duty of (he
occupants to deposit th#? matter and mat"
rial as provided for in said Section 1 ar 1
this amendment. It shall be the duty of
the sanitary inspectors to see to the -a
RK.nt.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. That
any person violating the provisions of ihe
above-mentioned ordinance, or of (- ie
amendment thereto, or any one of them,
shall he subject,upon conviction before the
Police Court of the city of Savannah, to A
tine nor to exceed fifty (50) dollars ni 11
imprisonment not to exeoed ten (10) day-,
either or both in the discretion of ‘be
court, and each day's violation or
of the said provisions or any of them dnU
constitute a separate and distinct offen* 1
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con
flict with this ordinance are hereby f
-
Ordinance read in Council for the
time Aug. 8, 1900, and published for Infer
mat ion. W. P. BAILEY
Clerk of Council
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