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A TEXAS WONDER.
Hall's threat Discovery.
On* small bottle of Hai!* G*eat T>l
rrvtry cur* i* ai! kbit s> and Wtd'br
troubles. r**fn *\ * fr4Vl, cures d;abrtea
emmai nMmlim weak at ; m• ! * k*
rh+umatiam and all lrr*guUrt M of the
kldnays and bladder in boil* m*u and
WOiee.. regulate* bli4lrr trout os in cktl*
dr an If r.ut aid b> v ur drugglgt er.ll
b* cam my mat: on r*re pt ot SI
►tt 41 m m ' 1
ami will cur* any ra t*ove mantlowed
Dr K W flail. o|# manufacturer. P O
Boa gj:* S* 1 1119 Mo for testi
monial* boil i>> li druggists and &oio
mons Cos. eavannah. Ga.
Read This.
Pr T. VC ffall. 8t Loud. Mo r** r
Plr~p|<aif ship me three doaen Halle
O *4l Pi* averv by first express 1 have
ao and aver one frost It gives perfect sat*
Safbatloa aid I r*c |• m and It# ■!
customers. Tours truh.
h r aftovm
Ocala Fla D*e 11 ,
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
llim.tlMit 1% Olionut. FIiOMIIM
AND MM Ml I % MOl.l \ %.
Jail Delivery nt Franklin* Gw.—Ne.
U roe• 4 wiled tn to It eg Isler—%ln |.
I.ee liy lip fiefs Nrwe-llatlc)
t|erelmnl Indlananf lhtlli l
l apt. ••alien *f Tarpon |trln*.
xrnsatinn al V*eaa*4la —U hltae)'*
liable in W Infer al %lken—Olher
Anal h I mraUun
Bulloch Tim* Mr John Brown. living
In tne eastern part of t-vwi., had a kb* nn
hug to bite him Sunday on a small scratch
that Is giving him a great deal of pain
His arm is to i* dl> swollen he can’t ii-*
it at all nd the *w Iltog Is very much
like blood poisoning
xml >rs* From 4.alveoln.
Thom asviile Times-Enterprise:* Mai
Wylly. who is in town, received a let
ter yesterday from tialveston. -
log that his cousin and three children
were lout in the storm. Only on* of the
children. a litile girl, was found Hhe
wo- Identified by gold tie* k.t •• with
her Initiate The mothr and th*‘ osh* r
two children were hurled at sc.* or •♦-
mated with th* unknown dead.
filover krwfeweed in Death.
In the Rupert it Court at Covington Fri
day Amanxo Glover was convbted of mur
dering Cary Henderson about tw month*
ago Judge Estelle sentenced Glover to
he hanged Nov 15. The murdering .f
Henderson was cold-hlo.*led and the ver
dict was trips *>*'<% by all Judge Ksielie.
who presided In Judge Candler's stead
vnad* many friends in the county by hi;
courtesy and rulings in court
They %rr \ rry Iniilsasnl.
The grand Jury of Appling county In
di t*sl every men him* it* I xi* > for ***>!tnir
and furnishing cigarette material t* mm
or* Friday the nierchanvs held an in
dignation meeting and resolved to reek’
to the bitter end A majority of them
are truly and they claim Justly indig
nant and have appointed a committee
to investigate the origin of the proaecu
tioft. This I* the only time the gran I
Jury of Appling was ever harged with
reference to the sale of cigarettes.
Nearly AH the 4 otlun la In.
In some parts of Elbert county the roi
ton crop has aboutf been gathered. The
crop will fall far below the lasi year's
crop The market there ontlnues to stand
' the very top ant farmers from ail ad
jacent counties nre bringing It .n to g* t
the advantage of th* good prices paid
The El her ton Cotton Exchange, of wnlch
W O. Jones Is pcc-ident. is in the mm*
ket an*l fcs doing most of th- buying. I:
Is operating a compress and meeting with
great success.
Jail l>**lver> at Franklin.
Rim dorr , wrtlle. chargr*) with fiahhlns
arxl at tempting to murfrr hli non; I'hil
llanh, colored, v barged with burglary.
Tom Allen. charifmt w.th nr non. burglnn
and neve ml other <hre * rd from 1
jail Baturfi.iv at Kr.inklln. by Mltr*f? the
bare of the nteel ceda. The Jailer, toi
•he comfort of the prisoner*, aimiv* |i?
the outnKle doom c>|w-n <ltir;ng Hi and
They took jt\an:ag*- of thl#. Two ut
the §>rl*oner*. who r. main* .1 in Jill eael
• hey worked all nigh la t nljsht lll.ns i t
bar#. Ciore In a hard criminal. H* hi*
been tried (or muixiei. He in a ilaugtr
oun man
>purttf to Itealnler.
Ameri<un Tim*e-Recorder: A clr*ul.n
ban been auo| from the hridquarirrn t
the Third liiHrlct Republican Commit
lee in Ameri up. uppctlirig to colored vot
er** to reglnter ot oli o that they may
••\ote for M Kmley ami 10 cent* cotton.
The information I* given th,i Mack .uni
Twkly r ‘ going to aweep the country
from o< ean lo ocean.” and all are in- j
vnel to Main In the hand-wagon drawn
by the <J O. P. elephant witii Mmu-
Aureltun Hanna in charge 8o far wim*
color?-* voter* have registered in Bun
•er. but not half the number will .-ho*
up on election day 'to vote for ‘Mara* Bill
and he* gng
The (tniruln I’lwr llatea.
Balnbrldge Democracy: Heverol i>erion*
along the line of tin* tieotgia Pine Hall
way are |etltlonlnx the Railroad (’otnmli*-
•km of Oeoraia to reduce the |N*Nx*ng*r
fare* of thin baby rood of only 39 mile*
In length to the muiio figure charged by
all the long llnea—vl* . 3 cents per mile
while the Imw permit * road* of such length
• * the <orgbi Pine to charge 4 cents per
mile. The policy of thb* little road has
a way* been extremely llherol anl equit
able . toward* Its pa iron* ard the *>tople
living adj< • nt to It* line*—its service ha*
been glwoy* cquni to that of any r<md In
the state, no mutter how old or how lons
ami It would le manifestly wrong for the
Railroad Commission to ty the paxsen
ger fare one Cn. A • (winter iwtitton
has been In rlr< illation the i*im few day*
and we hope everybody will *tgn. asking
the commission to tagve the icorgi.*
Pine's passenger fare* alone.
FLORIDA.
The new antl-pltt!ng ordinance In Jn k
aonvilla (on Into fffwl Oct. 1 Cor expec
torating on sidewalks, floor* ot public
buildings and street oar*. Penalties to $.".
■rr provided Country people an> greatly
displeased over such a law. a* they toy
It will vbteh them mor* Ilian others.
Hill—4 In China.
fuwla Star: Mis* Partridge. who. thlr
t*n year* ago. lived with her father,
R*v Mr Partridge, a* neighbor lo Mr.
R R lit leer. Mouih Lake Weir, and who
Is well remembered a* ihe first school
leat her'at Cociant, and since went to
China at a roladonary. was killed In that
country a sftorr time ago by the Boxer*
Urntli of Cn|*l. I'sltt-s.
Capt N. 8 Fatten. one of Ihe roosl
honored and oldest c.tlaens of the West
coast, died al hit raildtnce at Tarpon
Sprints Friday, after an lllneta of near*
ly two mor.tha. The deceased was In hit
eeventy-thlrd year, and was considered
one of the most Influential and puhllc
sptrlted cttliens of ehat aecilon. He leaves
s wife and two children to mourn b * lows,
besides hundreds of friends and admirets
pu ought;u( tbe entire stele.
I .as f Relative* la tislvrvfns.
Leesburg Commercial The awfulne#* of
the disaster of Galveston has come to at
|e s? one Florid* home with sadness an*l
tears. Thr wis* and two beautiful c.*l', !*
of Mr William J Johnson son of lap!
John B Johnson, editor of the !*•!* City
Democrat. wer loat in that terrible hur
r: ane .*nd flood. The mesasg* *ll
"the\ are mlsstng no doubt lost,** a loss
th* affe* ttonate father and loving hus
band was spared to suffer
Florida's linplr Resources.
Gainesville Hjh The resources of this
part of Florida are ample. If developed.
• o enrt< h the people of this en’ire cow
munitv I’pon the development of natural
resource?* the greatest stress should be
placed. That which will cerra.nly bring
to us increased pres parity should receive
our undivided ♦vieu'ior Whatever our
differences politt*ally or religiously there
should exist no division of sentiment re
garding th* d*veU; nient of those things
whi- h will prove beneficial o all Gaines
ville and Alachua ninty esn wonderfully
advan e jf the people move In the right di
re, lion Km 4 ii rage men* hoi|!d be extend
ed to every iegit mate interest
Fished Herr From the River.
Tamp > Tribun* H c Chastain of West
Tamisi a th- *rmar with a record. And
It Is not based on a fish story, either.
V -terd.i.v afternoon Mr. Chastain •sum a
lln. |nl-> Ihr wairr. Ih. Hllluhnrouah
fr.'m All-H* nlil .In. >< Hr HU-rl
tl-ntly for n hltr. ami. about to *lvo up
in Iti**iit. t.. sun •> .Iran In hl ta. Kir,
when h. r.uli*.•! that —.mrihlna of tin
u.viai w.lKht had iuwu—aloii of hi. ho.'.k
Mr • c'hn.lalii iu. t .iwav. an.l fln t.ly
awcßiaSad •. landlna a aw h. (ahlalhlS
.ialr.fi hotll' of l.*r Thr lahri. wrrr
wa.hrd oft, and hr could nol drtcrmlnr
111. I.rnr.l Hr wl.hr. IO Infurm the |Mily
who >*• nl I upon. u< h i|Urrr |dcw of
.on i .t,,. > ■ tot liquid fi M irtUKMiM
that thr qualify If ail riahi an.l that hlm
,-lf mu! hi* friend, enjoyed Ihw catch im
mcn*. t>\
Mnrandcr I awd < lilornforin.
Mr. Jouti M iloy, a tilahly rrap-clcd and
niuch cat—m-d whit, lady of !*.n.;'Ol;i,
h.id an ..*■ liliiß rxprrlrni-r Haturdav
m<>rn:nK ah' ut 1 o'clock r*hr rcl.lc on
Sprlnir ntreot. and thr pclghlMrrlioo.l I.
thickly populated. Hhr .. In l*d and
wit. awakciwd at Ihe hour named h> "line
one at hci wlndotk. Her lad hy close to
the window lie- blind* helnn .>•. and luM
unfn.lemd Iti fore *he . could make an
outcry the marauder threw the rontenla
of a tiottle of alorofortn In her face Hue,
twimt awake, quickly foueht off the cf*
rrt* of the dru*. and .cnamins. *cared
th* 1 man away. lit* purjawe coukl nol be
lui.inl The lady !• im.Mtve he wa. a
negro, and footprln’* wre found under
the window Mr Malay I* a bar pilot, and
wa* on ihe rdlolhoat al Ihe time. No ar
re.t* have yet tiren made In the room
win Mr. Maloy were her children and a
colored nur*e girl.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
William V Whitney ha .elected Aiken
a* Ihe place fir wintering hi* hor.e* In
trnlr.lt K They will llke'y he under Ihe
. ire of John K Madden, who w.ll di.t.o
of the hor.e* h- I. now racing. Mr Whit
ney | a firm lull-ver in Aiken and the
.aiuhrkiu* climate nmong the and hill*
It I. only rumored that Mr Madden will
remain In Aiken for the winter Only a
prineely .alary wdll keep him there, hut
Mr Whitney i* willing to pay any price.
Jrn Mill*.
A charter ha* been l.eued to the Frank
lin Mill* of Ureer'*, In Greenville county
The officer* of the new mill are: W W.
Burg***, president and treasurer; M B
i’linnirgham. .ecre ary. It V. IVe.i
moreland. J H llaynesworth. I. J
Green. W W Iturgee* and II V Weat
moreland. director* The capital Mock
of the mill company I* lo he IIViH* The
mill I* not In the projected da.* Iml I*
nil actual fact The Produce Mill* of
Greenville ha. notltied Ihe Hcrretary of
Htato of It* purpose to Increase Its capi
tal stock fr. rn KVOto to tautOO
I'xenapicd frets Tsrsllns,
Hy a vole of Ihe elector* of the city of
Orangeburg, cart at an election held to
day. the ordinance recently adopted by
th. City Council exempting all manufac
tories which may locate wlihtn the limits
of the city and whom- capital stock shall
ci|uml or exceed SA.UOO. from Ihe payment
of all Ihens. sand taxes for five years,
was ra'llled The people* are disposed to
trial all Investments fairly and to entt
trihute to all Worthy enterprise* by ex
empting them from taxes, which tn many
. ,m ntUhi anamni tn a sum worth sav
ins.
s.-nlioard Spends Money.
The Seaboard Air I. n Is etlll spend-
Init mrney In Columbia. and the weekly
expenditures Jut now ate considerable.
For several weeks past a farce has been
busy flillr* tn the Ion*: curve trestle Just
In nor of the fair grounds Many tons of
on l lh are lielnx placed there; the "fill"
Is about half completeil. The Seaboard Is
a|-o put tig In a tine granite base and
steel turn table near the trestle. A grad
ing force Is at work there under the dl
ic tlon of Mr K. hols Mcßee. and Ihe
grant'. walls of the turn table have been
erected In a shert t me It will be ready
for the use ot the comptny'a locomotives.
tarried F* *d ■ With Him.
Charleston l’ost: A. D. Bradley of Ihe
firm of Octgetl A Bradley, commission
and produce merchants, corner Kast Bay
and Mat kef streets, ha* skipped town,
carrying with him all the funds of the
concern, amounting to ohout stn. Bradley
i- thought to b- in Cincinnati, his old
home, and Acting Chief of Police Mc-
Manus has wired a full description of
Bradley to the chief of police of Clncln
r>nt. asking him to be on the lookout fot
Ihe absconder. Bradley has been missing
since Saturday night, though It was not
known until yesterday that be had taken
the look account of the tlrm.
f •■■■•tllnllonnl Imrnilsirnti.
In the general election In November
there are two constitutional amendments
to be voted upon by Ihe people. Both are
most Important ones. The flrst Is to Insert
a clause tn the constitution that will per
mit Columbia. Charleston. Rook Hill and
< leot g. town to Issue .old 1 1 lona I bonds with
which to obtain sewerage, etc. The other
relates to the drainage and reclaiming of
swamp lands In the state Roth these
meastirea have received the necessary
cod o n yen do
i it Is L U I Lftft u -
■ B " MU w ■ Ml If ■■■ Hr to him daily (mm all
J*\ parti of the country hy phjsl'tani ’'ho hare had demonstrated
jlgj. 1 __ to them the Invarlahllttv ol hi* cure*. Tobin in ■ ■ *-■ - I ■.•■*■
"i till method o( treatment I’ hli own. It l a iytn which hai
I been dceloped and perfected during hi* lout; year* o( active, con
* (taut practice.
V Dr. Hathaway ha* confined himself to the treatment of chronic
W dlieaiei those of the lllnod. the Nerve, and the (ienltat and
HMe- I'rlnary orttan*. Hl* cure* o( V irtaocete and Stricture without
oparatlon. by mean* of a palate** home treatment, are the marvel
It'’ of the medical pggtMtM Moo who have hot the vir
naturo or who*# blood ha* beeD polluted by contagloo are brought
v> back by him to a perfect tate of health and energy,
or g, tDrIIM t) ] (bote who have any lorm of chronic dltcato or
I 1 weakoeu to call at hi* office, or write him. for free consultation
J XTWTOH HATHA WAT ■ D *nd examination and advice, lie will alio tend free. In plain
wrapper hit new M pace book and self-examination symptom Masks. to anyone who write* to
him In confidence.
J newton HATHAWAY, M. O. OFFICE HOI HB—9 to II m ; 3 to i ami 7
Dr. Hathawa? * Cos., to p m. Sunday* 111*, m. to 1a IS
|PA Dry an street, Savannah, G*
THE MOHM.NG NEWS: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, inon.
l two-third* vote In the tjeneral Ar.embly
' If the |.eop!e approve th.nt they irnui
' then ti elve the .*me vote In Ihe tjen-
I in; Ascemfcly hefote they can become of
j effect.
Miiaarrh Mill lliesl < oiuplete.
; The Monarch Mill at Union I* nearing
I ompldlon All the floor# In the three
' .fori* have beer, laid the room,
cleaned of rutibiah ready for the placing
|i f loom fiandlea and the other ma bin-
Ii ry that I* dally eapedrd to arrive Thl.
i- ,i \iii nt,. a tel *ulie antiilly hullt mill.
Tne floor I- nil UM w Itii .• .conol poplar
The Ma k It a’r. ilv almut twenty-live
feet high and l* going up rapidly A te>-
ettk ii 11 >
the mil to *up’.dy the wat.r ne e*ary
The engine uu.l uoi.cr room are ready
for th. roof and two warehouses are near
ing completion on llie south fide The
.outh *i I of th< mill I* weatherhoarded
eo ihat the lontemplatid addition can lie
huili to Ii rea.lllj Tin- tool 1* a five-ply
toof. covereil with gravel and from II a
very fine view of surrounding country can
he had Mr John A Kant, the promoter
and president, ha. pushed Ihe mill with
hi accustomed energy, and lie. with l.ls
aide manager and for< men. will nave lltc
mill ready for this <otton crop.
Mormon* Told to Go.
For the past two year* some Mormon
elders have ln.n operating In the lllg
gii,. parry saetlsn of Mawbarry county,
and have succeeded In obtaining a few
convert* to their pernicious doctrine* The
great major!!y of Ihe good |* o|de of that
. ommunlty have Ih-ci, protesting against
the proiogail >n of Mormonlun among
Hum ami have on several occasion* bean
on the eve of taking measure- to put a
slop to the visits snd pus hing of the
elders Wnlle all agreed that something
should lie done to put an end to the fre
qiunt visits of these l,alter Hay Halols,
> t, fur fi tr its* rough measures might
I rtltl JO. uniunit> has foMl
i tba - prt ■ nt. *ud thili teaching.
When tt wa announced, however, a few
la. ago that land had he. n given and
fund* wire helug raised with which to
build a Mormon church. Ihe imtlence of
th.. lllggln* Kerry |- |de could no longer
he restrained and a miss meeting w*
h. Id lu and* 1 * Ide what slept* sh uld he taken
to pul •! end to the whole thing The
matter was fullv discussed and com
mittee ■ on. mtlng of the very heaf and
roolest-heatled t III* n* was appointed to
wait upon the eld-r* They were given
to understand that th.dr tea- hlng* would
no longer he tolerated ltd that, furtltei
nore. their pre-cnce In that community.
f,,r Haturdav last, "would not he healthv
f.r th mselvc*" tine of the four elder
told th - memhers of Ihe cummllls* that
a few hour* would sufflee for him
Ek-M/AVK PHB.M'HKK.
A Aegro Woman Who Work* ■* **
thassrllsl t* Wayeross.
Waycros#. Ga.. Sept. ZS.-Here In Way
cross there Is *n old ex-slave negro wo
man. who. rising above the obstacle* In
way. has secured a fair education and
has devoted her life lo "going about doing
good." •
Her name Is Millie Wolf, and she will
soon la* M years old Phc was born In
Richmond. V*., but when she was a
small child, probably 3 or t years of
nge. her mother and herself were brought
to Georgia by a slave speculator, and
sold to Mr. William Howard whoae plan
tation was twelve mile:- south of lhomar
vllle. . .
The old woman tells a pathetic story of
the separation of herself and mother from
per father, who was sold to n party In
another state. Neither her mother or her
self ever saw trim after the parting at
Richmond. Millie Wolf was a girl of about
It year- at the time of the surrender, and.
two years after that event she and her
mother Slatted hack to Richmond, their
oil home At Itul'ont tpr mother died
and after that she gave up the trip.
When she was . little child In slavery
ila'is she would sing and preach, tmmltat
ing the white preachers she heard, an I
many a t.nie she sa>s. her mother whip
ped her for "dls foolishness." Hhe Joined
the Methodist Church when at Thomas
vlllc. before the war. hut. as she expresses
It "dal not get onto the solid gospel rock
until shortly after her marriage to Jo.*
Wolf, here tn Waycrotst. ala>ut twenty
live vears ago.
In very early life, she says, she felt
■ ailed to preach, and sixteen year* .ig.*
she marled out on that line At flrst she
went out a a traveling missionary, and
on application to the quarterly conference
of her church, she wits duly licensed as
n local preacher. Bhe went liefore the
annual conference nine year? ago. and
lifter ps-rlng 'll the required examina
tions. she asked to he admitted as a mem
ber of I hai lusty. Flic was turned down
because she was a woman.
This did not dampen her ardor In the
least, and -he kept on with
her work. She raised money
and hultl one or two chapels
and ehurchc which she promptly present
ed to her conference, the same body
will, h turned her down One of her
churches, known as Wolf Chapel, Is In the
southern part of Wayeross.
In IS9S she applied once more for ad
mlslon Into the conference, the session be
ing held In Par ten. They had **en her
work and they voted to give hrr a place
In the ranks.
Hhc was assigned to evangelistic work
In Georgia. Florida and Alabama, and
says she has more calls than she *an
possibly nil. Hhc Is * strong singer and
often makes the "welkin ring”
She claims that last year IW> additions
to the church were mode under her
preaching, ami sc far this year over 3**
At the done of the war. she say*, she
could read very little, hut hy hard study
she ha* obtained a pretty fair education
Millie Is a well-developr<l specimen cf
her race, black a* the proverbial "ace of
spades." and weighs about ’ll pounds.
Bhc Is recognised by her conference
now as n traveling evangelist, and she
thinks one of these day* they will put
her on an equal fooling with the male
members of the conference.
Robert small* lino* Campaigning.
Beaufort. 8 C.. Bept. IS -Kx-Congress
man Robert Smalls, collector of this port,
left to-day for Kan-is, where he hi*
lieen sent by the leaders of the Republican
l*arty with in'lructlon* to follow In the
wake of Col. Brynn. and exert every ef
fort on the stump, to counteract the effot:
of the latter* campaign utterance* In
that section of country.
To people here who know Smalls, tha
klea of his being designated to measure in
tellect* with the greatest orator and pol
itician of Ihe age, Is most absurd.
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
RITTER* OF HTRIIK9T TO A4.Rl
ittTi Birr and hoi ißnirk.
Aolr* I rum kr Field—.Thr Drnath
and ftweet I'oiatwea— \% heat. 4>ata
aad Hx e— Reepinu %weef r<*laoe.
4 altlvatloa of brapev-Rape r|.
• are—The o|aiMlr—Feeding
4 urn lo HonvwThr Helgiaa Mare
* raae on Ihe \% atae—korghant € aae
for Hay.
Over a large xection of coun'rjr the Au
ftuxt-K-{dmh* r drought U practicgtly un
broken. The rhowerx of Be|t. 14-15. failing
on got! uo thoroughly dry had no Uattn*
and in four <i.i> ufterwardv the *o.l
we as dry an l*efore tne rains. There *
••111 not pufllnain moisture in it t grr.
minain auck seeda as It t* In order to row
now surh se*-|i as turnips, spinach, kale,
rape, odtk, clover, rtc. Th* srason i* ad
vancing nd unless real good rains fall
In a week or so the autumn crops will
not amount to %’ery much Of- ourse there
in p’enty of time yet for al) those crop*
that are not expected to mature before he
following -prrng Hut such crop* as sweet
and Irish putatoes. beans, tomatoeo anl
the )||c*> that must ripen their crops be
fore very cold weather occur* there is lit -
tic hope of 4heir being benefited bx any
rain* that arf delayed as much ns two or
three weeks longer. One of the crops most
*erloiu*|y cut off by the current drought i*
► we*? potatoes.
Like cotton, pidatoea have l>een cut
off per cent, or more In many ae< -
Hons the yield w-!|| not amount to more
than <ffie-thlrd of an average rof A
monah ago there wa a promise of a
much-larger crop then usual, but contin
ued dry weather •'*u*cd the vines ?r turn
yellow' and many of the leaves to drop
The sweet potato Is by far ihe most im
portant root or tuberous i rop that the
8011th has and It Is a gre.t misfortune
wlien *he crop is aer'ously reduced. Its
total failure would he a • .lami'\ The
crop |s really not valued yet at half Its
worth andt here are hut a f w farmers th.t
plant half the area yearly that they
should. For its value It I* a rop easily
made, easily put away for winter or
spring
The smaPer potatoes are fine food for
milk cows amt pigs and the vines alone al
most worth the cost of producing an acre
of the tubers Th** vines should always he
carefully gathered before dlgg ng the po
tatoes. We have always noticed finer
(low of milk while the cows were being
fed with the vines Sweet poiatoe are
an ameliorating crop and exhaust -1 he soil
little or nothing t'orn does well after po
t.itnfs as do several other crops.
W In si and Oats.
It will soon he time to sow these grains
The land should have * preliminary plow -
ing a* soon a* possible now October I*
the month Of all the veer for sowing oats
If they are put tn right It Is considered
better, as a rule, not to sow wheat before
the flrst of November, below the *tth de
gree of latitude Whether the average
small farmer In the lower South can gr ew
his own flour shorts ami bran satlsfartor-
U| deje n.ls ii|mn secern! Ir.iimst.in • -
If he will lake an acr* or two of good it*
and sow good seed, w asted In hi nest one
water and roll'd In lime, and Instead of
sowing broaden-t will sow in drills eigh
teen to twenty Inches apart (using three
peeks of seed |e*r n re. and give It shout
three cultivating!*, two may do> It wljl
do. we believe, for the small farmer to
grow his o*'ii wheat liread. etc. But un
der the plsn usually observed It is rathar
doubtful Its being profitable
This aphorism may he set down as ab
solutely true: "If It psvs to cultivate corn
It pav* to cultivate wheat
While only a few can make a “money
crop" of oat*, still every farmer should
grow n certain area of bis farm In Ihts
easily made grain It Is a safe and de
sirable food for horses espe. tally—sf
course, likewise for all other stock.
It Is a < rop that permit* of either pease,
cbtton or sweet isolator* following It In
May or June. In such a case manure
should not he stinted one or the other of
the crops If onythlng, though, It is better
to apply It to the <ont>
The cotton crop will he picked out fully
earlier thl* >er than ever liefore It
would hr n good thing, no doubt, lo sow
down much of this land In oats and rye,
especially where much sttak Is kepi.
The hay and fodder crop will be short
enough this reason. K vary thing that will
make fair for.tg*- should be saved.
The earliest forage that can he raised
fr*m sowings not* 1* rye. Sown now,
three, or even two. peck* of seed per
re. It will allow of being cut very early
In the year. It Is an Inferior forage,
to I* sure, out It Is much better than
nothing.
Weed Snvlnu and Seed Haying.
There are some specie* of seeds It la
not advisable lo attempt to save In the
Hottth. such as cauliflower. cald*age. onion
turnips, celery, beet, etc., hut on tne
other hand the number of species that w-*
can adiantMgi-ously rove are numerous,
ami there are several kinds that we mlgnt
save extensively to sell to Northern
seed-men
I'or early market purpose* many are of
ihe opinion that It Is not desirable lo
save our own corn seed, but should pro
. tire it from the North every sra-on. The
claim is mod*- that even In one year our
home saved corn will lose Its early qual
ity—fully two weeks Such varieties as
Karly Adams for instance and the Penn
sylvania Flint and Tuecarora. also, of
course, two weeks makes a very grent
difference to the market gardener, and
that much time in marketing means a
great deal, usually. Be Ihltl as It may. we
think It la well to save n part, at least,
of U' seed corn. and. especially so If
we have anything very choice of Its kind.
It may he and we have no doubt It
Is so with most specie* of plants, that
they gradually lone something of their
quality for early maturing, when brought
from Northern climes to extreme south
erly latitudes Still there are many kinds
that It is desirable lo acclimate, and to
make use of constantly on account of
ci rtain other conditlona and circum
stance*,
In more or less quantities we should
save most of our own seeds of curumtiers,
melons, watermelons, squash, lieans. snap
snJ butter; egg plant, pepper, tomato,
okra, lettuce. It doe* not pay to attempt
the saving of seed of any of the bien
nials, to which class all the roots be
long. If reduced to the necessity of doing
so w> might save our own rollnid *eed,
but. tn view of the facts, we .tn better
leave that to our Buncombe county. (N
(M friends They make H business of
growing the very best of eollard seed*
and sell them cheap enough to obviate any
need for our growutg them down this way,
where It Is n little more difficult to grow
them satisfactorily.
Tho*e who know how to grow the aec.
nnd crop of Irish potatoes, should by all
means save their own potato seed from
that < rop for the following spring plant
ing Those who do not grow the at ond
crop will of necessity have lo buy their
seed potatoes for the spring planting
Out own sweet potato "seed," of course,
we save, and we should save an abundance
of Ho in this fall The ares on every farm
should he doubled next year. A* wl h
corn, there Is going lo he a foreign de
mand for our sweet potatoes after
awhile
It should he the policy of our national
(and state T> government to keep a score
or two of gemlemenly drummers on the
steady go tn Kurope and the East, each
with a pone of cornbrrad In one hand
and a broken Georgia yam In the other.
The poorer classes of Europe have much
yet to learn about cheap, healthy food.
Speaking of seed saving hence It Is rrus
we ought to save a great ponton at least
of our garden eeed*. for It will be found
lo be a groat saving when we com* to
make up a list of the essential* of the
garden for Ihe coming year. It la a great
•aI^sUvU VM IQ Uiai lbU it *
reserve of eedf at ban 1 In case of dis
aster lo first uwing First-cites seeds
at reasonable prices nre not easily pro
cured in th*- Houth. Glancing at an av*r
age seed man a catalogue we find prices
averaging about ilk* this.
Egg plant. to 15 pir pound, tomato,
t? to $4. squash. to Ah ; beans per
bushel |5 to I* butter beans F* to atid
other vegeiahlee in Ilk* pro*ortion. M.xnv
times the M*is w- buy are not tl>rc
than stt fer cent, ftrtlle; ►>m* v timec not
as good a** that The gee-da often!Una#
are not true to name, id |iertiap* *r
mixed with Weil see*is For on* n con
or another, but chiefly from being mixed
with old seeds, it I* almost impossible
nowadays to get a satisfactory stand of
plants of any kind from th- sowing of a
nornni quantity of seeds. W hete a i*ound
should answer for giving a |*erfei t stand,
three pounds have to be used ordinarily.
This is the case usually with onions,
beata and turnips
If one has to buy seeds care should be
u*ed lo buy from honorable dealer*. Theie
are au h. ami they should be !ealt with
dlre. tly sold on < ommisslon In
diug and grewery stores usually arc not
worth carrying home
faeorttla’s l lnr Wrapper 4 rop.
Neatly every native farmer in Decatur
county I lent* some tobacco, about all
they are able to house and care for prop
erly says a De-atur county farmer In
Amerlc.au Agriculturist Pome few plant
a much as •“ acres They range from thin
• mount down to one acre, according to
ability to .ore for the crop Comparative
ly f w of the native farmers have shadeq
Ind for tobacco, hut every <*ne that can
l*stbly do so will shad* next year, a
we are row convinced that sha*ling and
irrigation are a solution of the wrap|*er
pi. hbm ttf the :'<*>! acres planted
year. ab“u? 75 |ier -ent. was planted In
8 imatra *obacco, the other 25 per cent.
Havata Ninety p* r cent of th* toUi
planted under shad** was Sumatra leaf
Moat of the native farmers who plant out
In *he op n plant Havana tobacco.* How
ever, some paint Humatra in the oia*n
on virgin soil and make , very fine qual
ity. Others p’ant on highly fertilised old
land, but In order to make a tin* wrapper
Ir. thD way It Is n*M-e!**ary to have a
rainy season In the absence of Irrigation
Th** Owl Commercial Company plant* and
this year about am* acres, all of whi* h
was irrigated and about two-thirds was
shaded Cohn A- Cos. patit*d about 5 0
acre*, without Irrigation, hut 225 acres
were shotted; the remaining 75 a*’r- n were
gr wn In the o|*en S breeder A Iton alsxit
250 acres, all under shade, with no irri
gation. Taussig A- Weddles planted about
125 acres. al under shade, and most of
It irrigated J. \V. l*psn plant *1 this
year about 40 acres, all under shade, no
irncfititfi
Every one of the al*>ve-named synd!
cates will shade more another year, a
th*y all serm and light 1 with results All
of the-e dealers have heretofore been
practicing the policy of "the least said the
better,’* and have been -e ling a large
proportion of the h*?t of our tobacco as
imported go d*. and our inferior grades
have been sold ns Florida goods, which
has been unfair to the farmers, as their
tobacco w is not known in the markets
I think they have reach *1 the point that
they ate willing to I* t our tobacco sell
up* n Its merits Yet a* I ng as tmiorted
Bumotra Is worth as much • it is. and
th- demand so great, the • mptntlon to
sell our t*st tobacco as Imported goods
will he very great and especially so
when no one can tell the difference.
Different Forms of Potash*
Potash, one of the three principal and
necessary fertiliser constituents exists ins
number of forms, but chiefly as chlorid
or muriate and as aulphate. All forms are
freely soluble in water and arc believed
<o be nearly, if not quite, equally availa
ble While potash is readily dissolved it
•foes not disappear from the soil through
leaching and In the foim of ga* as docs
nitrogen which Is th** most exp* n*lve con
stituent of plant food. The chief source
of potash are the potash aali> from Htass
fur. Germany—kalnlt. sylvlnit. muriate
of potash, sulphate of |*ota.-h and sul
phate of isrta-h and magnesia. Wood
ashes ami cottonhul! ushea are also
sources of |otash. Goal contain
practically no potash and their only ef
fect upon the soil Is mechanical.
Raise More Bucks.
The heal esteemed of all flesh foods Is
duck. anA yet there are a hundred chick
ens marketed to one duck. It may be thin
most people hove not had an opportunity
of exiwrlenclng the euperb delectation of
roost duck, or consider Ihe diet too h gh
tonrd for ordinary mortals and calculated
to make them forget matters that hi ml
them lo earth and forego the ordinary du
ties and privilege* of humanity. Be this
us It msy. there Is far less duck consum
ed than there ought b* lie.and tarlesstlian
there would l*e. I( the ilr*-.-sisl car. a so
wers more numerous In market stalls, or
the undressed on the farms. I lucks are
easily grown, eat enormously, srow rap
idly and sell rapidly. W hy not grow more
of them.
The Oleander.
Of all the easily grown flowering plant*
which suAeed universally tn Florida sand,
the oleander stands almost without a ri
val. says E. N Keasutwr In Florida Ag
riculturist. li Is almost as sweet a* the
rose In many varieties ond Is certainly
extreme.y beautiful In every -orl known
As to the fear of poison ftom the ole
ander. that Is all nonsense; the Juice may
h*. poisonous, and doubtless I* slightly,
hut Ihe chances of children chewing so
bitter a thing ns oleander wood or foliage
I* almost beyond reason.
The oleander thrive* on any soli In Flor
al* not too wet; that Is. It will grow as
well as almost any plant can. on the poor
est of whit* sand, and will luxuriate on
the best orange land, hammocks, or Im
proved flat wo*sis. The colors rang*
ihiough most delicate shades of light yel
low and pink lo the darkish purplish red,
and the white sort arc variable In slxe,
form and throat markings.
Asa cemetery shrub for Florida and
the warmer part* of the Gulf coast the
oleander Is a good subject, standing neg
lect better than could he expected, owing
to It* vigorous constitution.
Kredluit t orn to Hogs.
Feeder* of hogs, says the Drovers'
Journal, can not be too careful at about
this time of year or shout a month io'- r
In feeding corn to Rtelr hogs, and espe
cially to the young pigs One of th
best hog-feeders In Illlnos*. ami one who
ha not lost any hogs by the so-call- I
hog-cholera In the last ten years, sat I
this week that he would rather give M
per bushel for old corn than feed new corn
within two months after It was picked
He rays a great many farmers will feed
the new corn from economical motive
where In point of fact they Jeopardise
perhapa their entire profits In stock-feed
ing by being "penny wise” and “pound
foolish.” It is n very singular fact that
all of the sickness among hogs com
mences about the time tbe new corn crop
matures, and expert who have m..|. (
study of Ihe hog claim that most of tne
sickness is from stomach disorders whl. a
apparently are brought on by feeding mi
niatured com. Millions of dollars are uti
doubtedly lost every year, which could
tie saved If hogs received proper fed and
care.
Thinning Peach**.
It costs Just as much to basket and
freight small, poor peaches as large, god
ones Hence It mutt pay better to raise
the latter. If this can be don* and at
the same time save the strength of the
tree hearing the fruit and at the same
time prevent the tree breaking by thin
ning the fruit. It would seem wise to thin
Peaches have been so cheap upon the
Chicago market this season thtt It would
seem those who ship her* would heed the
luaeu sad iiext fcear practice umouis.
If they have not already done so To such
we offer tie following suggestion by J
Van Undley. In the Teach tlrower: Thin
by taking all the #m dler fruit, nil that
ha* been nffected by cUfCllllo (which .
good eye c.m i4#te* t In a moment>, then
all double ie..-he*. as they will not make
fine fruit. When this is dune. If the tree
is yet too full, then thin by leaving the
i*. a.-hex from four to six inches opart ae
cordlng to tte strengtn of the limb Horn*-
weak, small limb* sitouM be trimmed to
six Inches, while stronger ones will near
fruit .it four inches .par: This year np
pearw to he a great year for kvuhie fruit
ami in thinning it Is tmivortant to take
all off leaving the single and perfe t
shaped ones.
I he thinning *houkf l>e k>ne early, as It
will do no good to thin after the seeds
get bard. ft |x tedious business, hut It
pwvs. We hive had the fruit thinnel on
'trei this spring at Southern Fat* It
took twenty-two hands a week to do t/t
--work The were mostly colore*l
women, watched over by a careful fore
man.
The t urrent I rase.
The Belgian hare erase continues, and
we predict will pro%*e short lived, carry
ing diM|pointm(nt to many. In parts of
the country poultry ralsrrs have become
interested and are Ibvtsdng their money
It? ometh!ng which may never show the
rrofl? hoped The Industry is being pro
mote.! by certain people who are either
foolishly or wickedly misleading farmers
nd villagers. The glowing circulars of a
certain • allfornla rahhltry Just rocelved
by Amerl* on Agr Kubtuslst. r-tares that
the progeny rf m single pair of Belgians
might reach In two years l*.hno. and im
plies that the meat of this little animal
will bring on the market 20 cents a
pound The Inference of enormous profits
for all engaged In growing hares Is evi
dent. The truth Is, there Is no regular
market for the meat of Belgian hare*,
in cold weather only Is there any sale.
nd this in a very limltfd way. and gen
* rally at low prices. The oth*r side of
the question was r# ently touched upon
in these columns; the possibility of por
tion* of the country living overrun with
something akin to the rabbit pest of Aus
trall.i The agricultural er poultry Jour
nal having at hear< the best Interests of
the farmer will aid us in spreading this
werd of caution
vtirulmm C mnt* for Hay.
Sorghum Is a valuable feed for fnttening
st.s k. saya u Farmer it should he sown
*t the rate of three bushels per acre, nnd
if ground is very rich, should be sown
• bicker, or the stalks grow too coarse lo
l* iHiltttable. The seed can be sown broad
cast. or drilled In wPh an ordinary wheat
drill, the latter being preferable The
harvesting cm be done with a mower If
the Malk-> are not *oo large It can also
b* r us with a self-binder or a corn har
vester. It should be cut when the bloom
b* gins to show on the heads It shoukl
he left spread on tho ground after cutting
or bundled in small bundles until the
Juices all sugar After wilting a few days,
rake up In cocks and let stand a few
days longer, before putting under shelter
If the crop is very r ink and heavy It will
!*• necessary to turn it over at least once
Ix'for** taking up. Rorghum should not he
ut during wet rainy weather, as water
turns It black and auses It to ferment he
fore u can lx* cured. It can he stored away
In barns, or >-ta< ked outside, ami topped
off with straw or hsiy. I don’t think much
of Ii for feeding horses, but for ull other
stock It Is a great feed. 1: will make five
or six tons of good sweet hay to • he acre
on good ground and mules can be fatted
on It as well as on the best clover.
successful Kiperlmrat la I'lg (al
tar*.
The long-persevering effort fo produce
the Hmyma tig of commerce In Califor
nia Is si mlrgly about to be realised, saya
the Fruit World The exp rlment began
oter tw ill) years ago with Importations
of cuttings from Asia Minor at the ex
pense of the late Eeland Stanford and
under the supervision of the American
consul al Smyrna and the late Dr. J D.
It Stillman Figs have been produced
(lorn these and other Imported cuttings,
but they were not the famous white ttg
< f commerce. The credit of producing the
later here belorgs to Grorge C. Rocding
of Fn sno
t'nrll this summer every true ftmymi
Ac tree planted In thl“ state which hore
fruit fal ed to mature It; the tigs were un
fertilis'd, and withered and dropped. It
was llnalty discovered that the fertilisa
tion of this tig depend*d upon ihe service
of ihe blostophHga wasp whose habitat
ls In the capri. or wild tig. The latter
was Imported, nnd thrived only for a sea
son on the rnptl tig und then disappear
ed. It was assumed that It could not sur
vive our winters latst year the Depart
ment of Agriculture took the matter In
hand. A fresh e nsignment was imported,
and Its care Intrusled to Mr Roedlng.
land April the young lneet colony emerg
ed in lull force frenr the flrst capri crop,
tnt.red the second, rimrgrd again ami
t 1 rii took |>oss salon of the Hmyrnn ng
tr s. the fruit <i wnlch was ready for
this exp* rlment hns been p-rfectly sur
er sful A ten of the fruit has already
l>* en picked from hi* been, and the entire
crop will yield five or six tons more Bam
plfs of the matured fruit have been re
ceived by the Chronicle Three are noted
as its characteristic* Thinness of skin,
richness of pulp, weeds larger than those
of other tigs und a getm In every seed,
something whl. h Is *bs nt In the seed*
of all o' her llgs except tne Bmyrna. Mr.
Itoedlng takes a songulne view of Ihe re
sult of Ihe experiment, and believes the
h’astophaga Is here to slay. Thus, through
the aid of science and Ihe Intelligent per
s -v> ranc- cf a patient experimentalist,
California |roml*e* to he enriched short
ly with another valuable Industry.
Attrllintes of success.
Enthusiastic devotion to one'* calling,
resting upon an Intelligent recognition of
It* Importance and dlitnlty. I* a ntepptng
atone to auccr**. There t no calling In
life more healthful. Independent or u*eful:
nor one which If followed with careful
thought and earned endeavor will bring
a more certain and comfortable liveli
hood. The American farmer ha* a good
soil, fine climate, the heal Implements,
live* under good government I* not heav
ily burdened with luxe*, and ha* good
market. Hl* occupation lead* him to the
study of nature and her wondrou* force*,
give* him a look Into nature* porkehop.
and Into her ehemdeal laboratorle*. where
marvelous properties are developed. nd
life builds her mysterious but beautiful
cell*.
The every day surroundings of he far
mer. the free air. the open *ky. the far
landscape, the varying winds, the sunrise
and sunset splendor*, alt tend to the In
spiration of the higher nature. The life of
th. farmer Is restful and *o conduce* to
longevity Farming I* the calling In life
which will endure. The world can never
do wllhou* the farmer. Agriculture will
never go oul of fashion. The farmer I*
In direct touch with the world's govern
n" 'll- and market*. The great question of
transportation, of railroad and steamship
facilities, arises largely out of the nece.
sity for *he movement of farm product*.
The world's wealth Is minted out of the
very heart of agriculture. The rise and
i ill of the commercial pulse I* largely de-
Icrmlned hy the farmer. Proper apprecia
tion of these fact * ought to engender en
thusiasm It l the most potent factor In
nil success. It I* a spiritual power; It*
very nature Is uplifting. It conquers all
difficulties—makes work a delight and an
nihilate* drudgery Th* farmer who real
ties 'hat agriculture Is the best possible
butin*** on earth and determine* to make
It • success cannot faU.-W. O. Howson
Kre.h Pineapple Jalre a* a Digester.
A ape ui Investigation conducted by
I'rof R H Chittenden of Tale College,
Into the ferments contained in the Juice
ol Uw pineapple (Ansa**** saliva/ * few
years ago brought out aotne very nu*rwi.
irg. and from a medial standp*.,
lortant facts with regard to th. A . ,
known fruit. B*no Mar* ano of \
sue la was ih* discoverer of the ex,
of a proteld-dlgestlng principle tn , *
©f the Urorneliacae. to which tb
apple txlmgs. Thlw discoverer, p.. j’
made t\ very practical appll atlon
knowledge by using the pineap;*, t%
as a digestive agent In the pr. n
of a predtgested foo.l from n* it
Chittenden found the prottkl-.bi ,
power of the pineapp l *- to he some?
quit** remarkable for lis lntensii> . .
moteover. a constant feattite aVd .
which admits of easy demonstru? .*
Prom ihesr Investlgatlom* It b , , r>v
ijemonstrate*! that pineapple jul v
tains a proteolytic ferment which a •
neutral ■ id m alkaln . wlit| q
therefore, analogous to trypsin) and ,
globulin-Ilk* body, which acts Ilk* * ~.r
net in causing the o igulatlon or
These studies Into the nature of t.v ..
teolytlc ft rmcnt of pineapple j,j
Frof. Chittenden, (xxv.-essitig ix>m* j. ~
v al features, should he more wkleh K , s '
than they appear to he at presei *
It at evident tha? In fresh pm*.,
Juke we have an efficient,
and agreeable remedy for weak i,,.
lion and on** especially suited ~
dren. Not only do we have th* „
o# the digestive ferments to sujpu %
deficiency in the se*-retlon of • ul
the small quantity of pepsin i
•ecretad baa Its activity increased i.> q..
pleasant vegeffthle acid. As th*
of Ihe fruit Is Indigent (hie and m .
annoyance to a delicate stom *
fruit may he simply chewed withou
swallowed or ihe exprc**ed jul- * n
given In measured quantities* aft* , M
meti In adflltlon to tea value In 1..
disorders. It is possible that it mat
used topically in the form of . spr . rtr
applied with a prob or mop, in *
collection* of mu* us or exulttion r, *h M
upper air passages and In the thrMt ;*
popaln or tryiwin is useful In * r*• .p , tT
• liphtherla. there U grouml for ?>. . , z
that equally gopd resuits may be nr; 4 j n# j
from the use of freshly exprej...| r .
apple Juice. At all events. It is . ,
a harmless remedy, which cann. b+
of **ome of the prescriptions for
apH nations to the throat In cm'i; M i
diphtheria to he found In the te* s K
Pincippie syrup Is a |l< i**n f*-
which to almlnlster this a get
should not he made with heat, a* ,
destroy the ferm-nt. Without
however, It rapkliy undergoes, in w
weather, acetic a.*id fermentat >r n l
thereby s|tolis; therefore |t is *s? .>
make It rxtcmporaneoueiy by toM •
-tig.ir to the jul* a at the time , f
ist rat ion.
Knkl-ralil anti It* I *es.
Although strictly a cahhage, hotanl. illv
this vegetable stand* midway between ’h
cahhage and the turnip, and partakes of
the character of both, says the Amcr. in
Agriculturist. The edible portion closely
resembles a well-shaped globe turn.p
grown above ground. When young ant
properly cooked. It I* a* tender and deli
cate as the cauliflower and has a mor
pleasing flavor. When old. It I* tough,
stringy and unpalatable, except thut po
elon next to the ground. No matt* r ho
tough and hard the upper portion m,<> be.
the lower part Is always lender
Kohl-raht Is lit lo eat only when young
ami not more than two Inches In .It hum.
to that end a succession of planting l
necessary. Not. however, for suimn. r
crop, unless grown I* a midst soil an I
under a lattice shade, a* It will not thrive
during July and August In the open In
thl* respect It I* quite similar to Ihe tur
nip.
The *eed may be sown a* soon as the
■oil I* In good condition to work either
In drill*, the game a* the beet, and thlnnel
out to two Inches apart, or It m.i' be
sown In the *ame manner a* h* <• ibbvee
and transplanted. The latter Is the bet
ter way. as the small plants are mor*
easily . seed for In a seed bed the in t>
Held or garden. For an earlv crop the
seed may be sown In a hotbed to good ad
vantage. A desirable feature of th> veg
etable Is that the sect may be sown at
frequent Intervals and the plants *•<
whenever und wherever there f* a vacant
placa in the garden. The soli should
made rich and fine, a* rapid growth t* the
secret of success In getting Ihe highest de
gree of excellence.
ivohl-rabi I* a valuable crop for au
tumn. as Ihe seed can he sown and Ihr
plants set as late as the last week In
Heptcmher and perfect their growth; and
be kent for winter use the arroe as root
crops But. It will not do lo plant 111 a
soil alteady Impoverished bv the produc
tion of some previous crop W herever the
plants are set, let the soil be carefully
prepared as for a spring ctop In Fran. >
this vegetable was forme'lv much groan
for feeding cattle, and highly esteemed o
account of Its not Imparting a disagree
able flavor to Ihe milk.
The varieties are the White and Purple
Vienna, between which there 1* no per.*p
Hole difference, excepting In color; th'
white, however. Is the most pleasing in
apprwrance. and the one most generally
used The Kohl-rabl is usually cook I
and servid with sauce, In the same mm
nrr as early turnips. A good way of cook
Ing Is to boll until nearly tender, and th. n
*llr thinly and fry In butter. When • oeh
<d In this manner they are by far ’h*
mod palatable of any of the Brassl. *-
(iron Inn the Irlels Potato In li'
Heath.
Practical Farmer.—l-net year when *
dug our early Irish potatoes there were
a good many small and unsalable tubers
These we spread out thinly in the shad*
under some tree* where they remov'd
until the first ol August. We then
through them, taking a thin slice *
she seed end They had become som
what green an.l wilted by thh< time n ■
the eye showing well, anil Were In * o ''J
shape to plaint One difficulty In raw ■"<
second crop Irish potatoes ot the r 1 i" 1
Is ihe dry weather we almost Invan >
have through September and Octohei
this reason we selected a sandy fl’ or
second bottom. The soli here being m'-
urally mots* and standing drought n ■ j
better than upland. We prepared the I*' ••
well SIM) opened row* deeply 7H *f'
apart, as we do for our early crop 1'
potatoes* were dropped thickly In li,f ‘
furrows, three or four lo the foot
there was some doubt about *helt '
were then covered *•
two Inches ileep. the fertiliser applied " •
a little more soli thrown over it; but '*
do not cover this crop as deeply * 1
In early spring. We obtained a '•
fair stand and Ihe vine* grew off Al -
and were still growing snd were u
knee high when the frosl cut them *
In November. The yield was better :
w* esppeted. some of Ihe tuber* belo*
large ns your fist They were not f' l *
ripe when dug. and the-skin wn* !*’ ,1 '
Rut notwithstanding this, we put up v '
bushel* of these potatoes In one end
our sweet potato hunk to see h* 1
would keep Ijsl spring when *" "I"
them up. scarcely rotten potato •"
found, nnd not an eye had sprouted when
vi. ,ut them for planting We ’* 1
eye* and dropped the pieces o'"
spirt They came up quickly, giving ' *
a perfect stand and the finest crop of R (
t.itoes we ever grew Not only this
we marketed the earliest potatoc of "
of Ihe local gardeners; furthermore
tubers ttveraged very large wllh "> r- >'
small one* that there were not enous >
left to plant our second crop thl- sunitt"
and we were forced to buy *ed I
purpose. ** 9 J MM
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