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NEWS OF 3 STATES,
SEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLIN A.
At a meeting of the Barnesville Blues
Friday night, Thad Adams, editor of
the Barnesville News, was unanimously
elected captain of the company to suc
ceed Capt. R. L. Swatts, who had re
cently resigned. Mr. Adams was not a
member ot the company. He was noti- |
fled of his election Saturday and will
accept. The Blues is one of the oldest i
and strongest military organizations in
the state, and it is now expected that
the members wtl ltake renewed inter
est in the company.
RANGED AT FERRY.
Romulus Williams was executed at
Perry, Ga., on Friday, at 12:15 o'clock
i by Sheriff M. L. Cooper on the same
gallows “Alabama Red" was hanged
in November. 1899. The Perry Rittes,
commanded by Capt. Cater, acted as
guard. The execution passed off with
out a hitch. Romulus, like nearly all
murderers, professed to be converted
and perfectly willing to go. He said he
was sure he would go home to glory.
He was executed for the murder of
Adam Hunnicutt. Notwithstanding the
execution was private, there was a
large crowd of negroes and some
whites that remained around the jail
for hours. Several negro preachers, and
Rev. B. E. Whittington were with him
and gave such spiritual comfort as
they could. Some of his family were
with him.
OIL NEAR ABBEVILLE.
Abbeville Chronicle: The excitement
consequent to the indications of an oil
deposit that has been discovered here,
while not so demonstrative in mani
festing itself, as when the discovery
was made, is settling into a firm con
viction that there is a deposit of liquid
wealth, under the soil of Abbeville and
vicinity. This conviction appears to be
sustained by increasing evidence that
is regarded by people who have lived
iti the oil regions of the North, and
are now here, as conclusive. It will re
quire both time and capital to make
satisfactory investigation as to wheth
' er there is an oil deposit here or not.
Arrangements are being made to this
end and the investigation promises to
be thorough. In the meantime inquiries
are coming from all quarters and pros
pectors are on the ground.
COTTON COMING IN RAPIDLY.
Dawson Record: Owing to the ex
ceptionally fine weather this week, the
farmers of Terrell are rapidly putting
their cotton crop into marketable
shape—it being estimated that fully 1,-
000 bales will be stored in Dawson's
warehouses this week. The three gin
neries in town are being run day and
night in order to accommodate the far
mers. and are taxed to the utmost to
keep up, so fast is it being brought in.
Although the crop was nearly a month
late, the farmers think if weather con
ditions remain favorable, the crop will
be gathered as early as usual, as it
seems to be opening all at once, and
the scarcity of pickers will be the only
drawback to an early finish. The price
has been fluctuating, first up and then
down, 8c being the highest price that
we have heard paid as yet, but every
thing points to an early and rapid ad
vance in the price of the country’s
great staple.
Albany Herald: Everything is in
readiness for the First Annaul Rifle
Tournament of the Fourth Regiment of
Infantry. Georgia State Troops. Bright
and early Monday morning the targets
will be in readiness on the new range
of the Albany Guards, south of the
city, and the crack of rifles will be
heard. All during that day and Tues
day the competition will continue, and
some of the best shots in the state will
put forth their best efforts to fill the
bulls’ eyes with bullet holes. It cannot
yet be stated just how many teams will
take part in the tournament. It Is cer
tain that each of the home companies
will enter two teams, the Governor's
Horse Guards. Atlanta, will send one,
the AVaycross Rifles, two, the Colum
bus Guards two, the Thomasville
Guards two, and the Americus Bight
Infantry one. That there will be a
number of others seems certain, but it
is impossible to tell yet just how great
this number will be.
FLORIDA.
Gainesville News: The people in all
parts of Alachua county are agitating
the construction of better roads. Ev
erybody seems to be in favor of secur
ing improved roads in some manner.
There is a difference of opinion, how
ever, as to the best manner of proce
dure. Some are in favor of bonding
the county, while others favor an in
crease of tax without bonds. It is safe
to conclude, therefore, that the ' roads
will be forthcoming sooner or later.
The sooner the roads are built the bet
ter it will be for all interests. In the
meantime it will do no harm to keep
up the agitation of the question.
OLD TOWN OK ST. JOSEPH.
At the old town of St. Joseph, once
the most flourishing seaport of Flor
ida, million of brick bats and whole
brick mark the site of the town that
once had from 5,000 to 15,000 inhab
itants there now are some cattle and
sand hill cranes. Yet this place, back
in the thirties and forties, was the
most important V>lace in the state. It
was here the first constitutional con
vention was held and it came near be
ing the capital of the state. Yellow fe
ver in the early forties depopulated
the town and from that time on it went
down. Many of the houses were mov
ed to Appalachicola.
Tampa Tribune: Ed. Wallace, switch
engineer for the Seaboard Air Line,
seriously stabbed W. H. Kendrick, the
contractor, in the Commercial saloon,
Franklin street, Friday afternoon
about 2 o'clock. Three wounds were
inflicted by Wallace's knife, only one
of which is at all serious, penetrating
the left side of the contractor's stom
ach several inches. Kendricks and
Wallace had words a few minutes be
fore in Hancock’s Baloon, and they
then crossed the street to the Commer
cial. There the quarrel was renewed,
and Kendrick struck Wallace over the
eye with his first. Wallace drew his
knife and began slashing the contrac
tir’s body. When the blood began to
(low. ftVallace walked out of the back
'■’or of the saloon. Kendrick walked
: i Gordon Keller's store and lay down
fit a settee. Drs. Bird and Altree were
lied in and made an examination.
: e was then taken to his home in a
, iage. Physicins say they do not
!,.“ider the injuries fatal. Only one
f the wounds is dangerous. Wallace
ve himself up at the Sheriff's office
3:30. The police and sheriff's depu
i s had been looking for him all over
r.if* city. He would make no state
ent about the trouble. Wallace sue
, ■ ,'ded in giving bond, and Is now en
' ying his liberty. At a late hour last
night Mr, Kendrick was resting well
and his relatives and friends do not
apprehend any serious consequences
unless blood poison or something of
that kind sets in. The affair is deep
ly regretted, but It is generally con
ceded that Wallace acted in self-de-
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The directors of the state dispensary
were confronted with a serious prob
lem on laet Friday. The short crop
I of corn in the West is sure to affect
| the price of corn whisky. The last
lot of the cheaper grade of corn was
bought last December, the price being
about $1.42 per gallon. It Is expected
| that this grade of liquors will yet run
up to $1.55.
Some of the liquor houses complain
j that under the contract made with the
i state board they would have made a
! very, small profit at the time the bids
were submitted, but on account of
I evaporation, leakage and the rise In
the price of corn they will be an actual
loss.
The buying of whisky in bulk seems
to be something of a speculation, and
so far the state dispensary seems to
have come out very well. Last year
corn was selling at 33 cents a bushel,
but the price for grain in quantity will
he three times that amount this year.
I The manager of the local
said yesterday that corn had been
quoted him at 7614 cents a bushel In
lots of 5,000 bushels. The state board
Is not receiving as many bids for
X-corn liquor at this meeting as it has
been getting.
REL’XION OF OLD VETS.
A grand reunion of old soldiers
occurred at Lowndesville on
Thursday. It was the occasion
of the so much-talked of re
union of Company I, South Carolina
Volunteers. All sizes, shapes and con
ditions of old soldiers were here and
it is putting it mildly to say all of
them had a grand, glorious time.
The people gave them a big barbe
cue. which was much enjoyed by all.
Several prominent speakers were here
and delivered speeches during the
day. Some of those who spoke were
Gen. R. R. Hemphill, the old war-horse
of '76, who. we believe to be the
right side of any sensible question.
Gen. M. L. Bonham of the Anderson bar
made an excellent speech to the old
soldiers, which was well received. Ex-
Senator I. H. McCalla spoke, as did
also Hon. A. C. Latimer.
Senator John L. McLaurln had been
invited, but could not be present.
Many regretted this, too, as the Junior
senator has many friends down in
this “neck of the woods,” who would
have been glad to have heard him
speak. Latimer made a long speech,
somewhat along the line of his pre
vious efforts. It is needless to say
that he had a number of friends in the
crowd.
GUBERNATORIAL COMMENT.
Madison (Fla.) New Enterprise: The
political situation in Georgia is warm
ing up. Those of the Florida press
brethren who remember the elegant re
past and hospitable treatment accord
ed us by Col. EstiU while in Savannah
last fall will wish him well in his race
for the governorship of his state. Col.
Estill is a splendid man. and one who
has risen in the world by sheer force
of intellect and energy, and his great
paper, the Savannah Morning News, is
a prime favorite in this part of Florida.
Stewart County News: What's the
matter with Hon. J. H. Estill for gov
ernor? Shut up or show up.
Augusta Chronicle: Cot. Estill’s
management of the Bethesda Orphan
age is winning him some good words.
Work of this kind always bears good
fruit.
KIDDLEn WITH BULLETS.
Masked Mob Wreak* Vengeance on
Xe&ro Beaut.
* Marianna. Fla., Sept. B.—Friday
morning, about one mile in the coun
try from Chipley, Fla., a negro man
assaulted a white girl, Miss Barnes.
The negro fled, and was captured late
on the same day near Cottondale, Fla.,
by Detective Watts, carried to Chipley
on a hand car, and put in jail.
A mob at once surrounded the jail
and the girl was brought in and iden
tified the man, who then acknowledged
the deed.
Mayor Watts talked to the mob and
asked them to let the law handle the
man, promising that a speedy trial and
sentence would be given him.
The mob dispersed, but about an
hour later a masked mob attacked the
Jail, overpowered the guards and broke
into the building, getting out the man.
They took him about one mile in the
country and fired several hundred
shots into his body, leaving him lying
in the woods riddled with bullets.
GEORGE W. WILSON RESIGNED.
No Longer nt the Head of Florida
State Fair.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. B.—Some sur
prise was occasioned by the announce
ment yesterday of the resignation of
George W. Wilson as president of the
State Fair Association, and the elec
tion in his stead of S. H. Gaitskill, a
well known Marion county farmer.
Mr. Wilson states as a reason for his
resignation the pressure of other busi
ness and his inability to give the nec
essary time required to insure the
greatest success of the fair. Maj. G.
P. Healy, “the Gald of Volusia,"
is attending to the active work of the
association, and reports received by
him regarding entries and applications
for space indicate a phenomenal suc
cess for the undertaking.
—Miss Helen Morton, daughter of
former Vice President Morton and the
fiancee of the second son of the Due de
Talleyrand et Sagan, a great-grandson
of Napoleon's famous minister, was
educated in Paris and is an accomplish
ed musician .She is of a literary turn,
too, and an expert at many outdoor
sports.
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 0, 1901.
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
RATTERS OF INTEREST TO HOUSE
WIFE AND AGRICULTURALIST.
Bone Meal ns a Fertiliser—Large uml
Small Peanut* —How to Grow Se
cond Crop Irish Potatoes— Sowing
Grass SceilsiPeunnls Vines for
Hogs—Stable Manure—Etc.
R. L. F.. Wayne, Ga.: Bone meal is
not a complete fertilizer, as is usually
understood by that term. It lacks pot
ash. The meal varies considerably in
respect to nitrogen and a little in
phosphoric acid. The very best sam
ple of pure raw bone will show some
thing over 4 per cent, of nitrogen and
of phosphoric acid. At the prices that
the meal usually sells for it comes as
near being worth the money as any
substance used as a fertilizer.
It is slower in its action than most
commercial fertilizers, but its action is
steady and sure. For quick growing
crops, like cabbage, corn, Irish pota
toes, melons and the like, the meal
may not be as effective a fertilizer as
some compounds that are made up
with materials of a more soluble char
acter, such as superphosphate, nitrate
of soda and the like. But for all pe
rennlel crops, as those that occupy the
soil more than six months, the bone
meal is a most certain and valuable
fertilizers. For all fruit trees, grape
vines, strawberries, for meadow or
pasture, it is a fertilizer that will al
ways show for Itself and Is certain to
pay back its cost.
The full effects of raw bone or bone
meal is never realized the first or even
the second year, unless it is ground
very fine or Into “dust.”
When bone meal Is largely used as a
fertilizer the only other substance
available to use is something that sup
plies potash, either kainit or hardwood
ashes or ashes of cottonseed hulls.
Large and Small Peanut*.
It is only the large “Virginia” or
Tennessee peanuts that find ready sale
for market purpose. If by any chance
we should lose seed of the large kinds,
it is probable that the small kind
known as the "Spanish" would be
grown for human food, and that there
would be as large a demand for it as
there is for the large kinds to-day.
There is no question of their being a
most excellent nut,*and they constitute
as nice a lunch as is afforded by any
thing in the shape of a nut. It is a
very “meaty” nut, and the kernel is
very easily arrived at by a slight
press of the thumb and finger. The
taste that prefers peanut to pecan or
almond or walnut is not to be ridiculed
either. We are surprised that there is
not a much larger demand for peanuts
than there Is. Roasted to a rich brown
why can they not be ground to a pow
der ,and used In the same manner as
chocolate. Parched peanuts are very
wholesome, being easily digested. They
are very nutritious.
Many farmers in Georgia are of the
opinion it seems, that the large ' Vir
ginia" peanut cannot be successfully
grown here. We are quite tee this
opinion is erroneous. Any good sweet
potato land that is sufficiently rkli in
lime we have found—will grow *hese
peanuts as finely as needs be. It is
chiefly a question of lime in the roil.
Unless there is an abu t lance ,f this
mineral in the soil the nuts will not
fill out perfectly. Give the Virginia
peanut a good sandy soil, rich in the
mineral element, potash and phosphoric
acid, and well supplied with the car
bonate of lime, and we can grow as
fine nuts as Virginia or Tennessee.
We have found only a very few per
sons who seem to understand the best
methods of growing this crop. The rows
should not be closer than 3 feet. Three
and a half feet is frequently better.
C ne plant eve.y 3 feat In the row i
rlose enough on good lead. The
should be planned about tlie middle of
April .Shell the seeds, discarding all
imperfect ones. Drop two in hills 3
feet apart. If both come up thin out
to one about a month after planting.
Do not drop the seeds close together,
but several inches apart. Drop in shal
low furrows and press them into the
soil with the foot. Keep ahead with
the cultivation. Never allow any grass
to get a start. Give only shallow culti
vation. It Is not necessary to throw any
dirt upon the vines as many have prac
ticed. The soil should be fairly firmed
by the time the seed Is ready to form.
Peanut vines are valuable food for
stock. Essace.
Spanish Peanuts.
For the past three years I have had
practical experience in the cultivation
of peanuts, says the Epitomlst. 1
grow three varieties, principally for the
purpose of fattening hogs. Some might
think that peanuts would be a very
expensive crop for fattening swine; but
from experience I find that one acre
will fatten as many hogs as four acres
of corn. An average acre of peanuts
will put 150 pounds of meat on each of
five head or hogs, or 750 pounds on the
five head, which, at 4 cents per pound,
means S3O per acre, provided seed, plow
ing, planting and cultivation do not
cost over $5 per acre. A good stand,
with a favorable season, will do better
than this. My early Spanish are in
bloom by June 1, and are ready to feed
by July 1. My Mediums, a cross be
tween the Spanish and the large Cali
fornia, will ripen about the time the
Spanish are gone. The Medium will re
main In the ground all winter, and fur
nish the hog* feed from the first of
July until May 1. The Spanish will
make two and sometimes three crops
in one season. This variety has been
tested as far north as Michigan, with
splendid results. The Medium variety
will not do well farther north than
Missouri. The Spanish is a group va
riety, growing very compact at the
main root. The shuck is very thin, and
the nut is the oiliest of all varieties.
The Medium Is a running or creeping
variety. Last fall I pulled a hill from
one single nut that measured six feet
and four inches across, and frpm the
plant I gathered over 300 maturned
nuts. But generally a single plant will
not cover over three feet of surface.
With the last working of my corn I
plant a row of Spanish between the
corn rows, and plant about June 20
They mature for fall feeding. I dis
carded the culture of cotton two years
ago, and never want any more grown
on my farm. Producing nothing but
cotton and buying everything you eat,
drink and wear, is poor policy, but
thousands of farmers are doing it. Pro
duce more rice, molasses, corn pota
toes. cow’ peas and especially your own
meat. Two acres of peanuts will make
more meat than any family can use.
Supplementing Stnhle Mnnure.
The maJntenance of fertility in farm
lands is not possible with the use of
only the manures produced on the
farm, says an exchange. It has even
been found by the Introduction of dung
from the towns, or produced on the
farms and applied at the rate of fif
teen tons per acre yearly, the grain
yield only averaged twenty-one bush
els of wheat, thirty-five bushels of bar
ley and fifteen bushels of oats as a
result of twelve years' continual dress
ing. I do not mention this to dis
parage stock manure, but to draw at
tention to Important facts which must
sooner or later confront every farmer.
Ths stock manure produced In the
barn and yard and immediately ap
plied to the soil or carefully preserved
makes one of the best imaginable first
conditions in providing fertility for
crops. Instead of applying it yearly it
pays best to give moderately heavy
dressings of it to the land about once
in three years and to use healthy arti
ficials to meet deficiencies and balance
the soil for each crop. It is well known
that all crops are benefited either in
yield or quality by the presence of a
much larger proportion of phosphate
than stoqk manures provide, and that
some such as wheat, need plenty of
readily available nitrogen as well. ,
It is wisdom then to use commercial
phosphate and nitrogen in addition to
stock manures, not in place of them.
The use of commercials in this way is
much the same as using concentrated
grain feeds with ensilage or other fod
ders. By not using commercials to
balance our manuring heavy loss of
plant food Is entailed as the crops are
unable to properly assimilate unbal
anced rations and fail to produce to
their full capacity or fall an easy
prey to the various insects and fungi
which do nature’s scavenger work and
show r their preference for surplus ac
cumulations thrown together without
sufficient bracing.
It is a grand thing to have lots of
stock manure, but we should bear in
mind that the farmers who make com
mercial fertilizers pay best are stock
raisers as well and use farmyard ma
nure as the basis of their manuring.
Dignity of Agriculture.
Within recent years it has come to
be acknowledged that the vocation of
the farmer is the most dignified of all
the sciences, and as an art it is ex
celled only by those of painting and
architure, says an esteemed contem
porary. In its highest forms it is the
most learned of all the professions. A
knowledge of geology and chemistry
and their relation to the soils lies at
the very foundation of scientific agri
culture. The problems that arise from
the complex nature of the soils and
their origin require the best thought
of the best minds to solve. More edu
cated young men should be farmers.
Agriculture opens a wide field leading
to influence and power—one. too, that
is not filled to repletion. It holds
forth the most splendid promises for
young men of ambition. It is filled
with liberalizing tendencies, a noble
conversation and the most healthful
and invigorating influences. The day
is not far distant when agriculture will
attract men of the largest capacity and
the highest executive ability, and be
regarded as the greatest of all the
professions. Let anyone who is famil
iar with what agriculture was a hun
dred years ago compare its condition
then with what it is to-day, and he
will search in vain for the same pro
portionate elevation and progress
among its followers in any other
branch of human industry. Many of
those engaged fn agriculture now are
men of high education and broad read
ing. Many of them have extensive
and valuable libraries, and take nu
merous journals devoted to their bus
iness. Agriculture moves along in its
own quiet, dignified, but Irresistible
way. It has no booms, so to speak,
but It gathers strength with each de
cade and with every accession of
knowledge, and will forever be the
most important branch of human in
dustry and the greatest necessity for
the human race.
If the young men who are measuring
tape and laces would surrender their
work to the young girls who are seek
ing employment and turn their atten
tion to the pursuits of agriculture,
there would be less misery and more
contentment in the land; there would be
more Independence and less servility;
more happy wives with comfortable
homes, healthful children and cheerful
tempers. A woman surrounded by all
the active agencies of a well-kept
farm, and living in a beautiful coun
try home, “wdth fountains and flowers
and sw’et evergreens." has those envi
ronments that develop the sweetest
graces and highest impules of her na
ture, and make her virtues shine re
splendent above the world of frivolity
and fashion. She becomes a true wo
man. the happiest of wives and the
best of mothers. Such a home and such
a wife realizes our highest ideals of hu
man happiness. It is a home where in
telligence reigns and ennobles work,
and work crow’ns intelligence with
honor and profit.
A young man w’ho is in search of an
easy place, wdth no responsibility, w’ill
never be a master and wnl never con
trol others. He w’ho selects a voca
tion because it is easy is already ef
feminate.
How to Sow Gra* Seed*.
X have read a great many articles
about grasses and clovers, but never
yet found what I consider the most im
portant point mentioned, and that is.
how to sow for best results, says the
Farm and Ranch. Almost every day we
read of people who have tried this kind
of grass and that kind of clover and
have had poor results, and therefore
come to the conclusion that they can
not be grown successfully in Texas,
when the trouble was the seed had not
been sown properly. Take all our na
tive grasses and you will note that
when they seed the seed falls to the
ground and lays there until fall. When
the weather gets co6l and we have
rain, then the seed befeins to germinate
and grow. This shows that it is not
according to nature to cover grass seed
to any depth. The proper way to sow
grass and clover seed is as follows:
First, have the ground well plowed and
in as perfect state of cultivation as
possible, then run a harrow over the
surface and you are ready to sow. Sow
the seed carefully with a broadcast
hand-seeder, , and then run a good
heavy roller over the field and all is
done. I want to lay particular emphasis
on rolling the seed in only, as I con
sider this the only way to cover grass
and clover seeds. A great many far
mers sow the seed and then harrow
or run a double shovel over the land,
and in nine cases out of ten the seed
is covered too deep and the seedman
is blamed for sending out poor seed.
This style of covering also leaves the
surface loose, and of course our drying
winds and sun keep it dry and the
seed will not germinate. It is all right
to have the surface loose for growing
crops, as this helps to hold the mois
ture at the roots; but when you want
to germinate seed, you must have the
surface packed solid. This will hold the
moisture nearer the surface, and
the seed will then germinate. X
notice in the advertisements of our im
plement houses all kinds of plows,
harrows, cultivators, etc., but I do not
remember ever seeing a good roller ad
vertised, and in my opinion this is one
of the most important tools the far
mer can have. Take Burmuda grass
for instance, and you will hear a great
many people say that it is not reliable,
j when the trouble is, it is not sown
properly. 1 have tried growing this
grass for several years, and have yet
to make a failure. Use a light roller
to cover this seed, as it is very small.
To germinate Bermuda grass success
fully. It requires heat and moisture:
therefore, I consider the best time to
sow is in March, April or May; also,
in September and October. Septem
ber and October are algo the best
months to sow rescue grass, which 1
consider the finest grass for winter
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Savannah, Go,
and early spring growing for the
South, it is far superior to rye, barley
and wheat, and if our farmers only
knew’ w’hat a grass crop It makes,
there would not be seed enough in the
country to supply the demand. The
grass starts to grow In the fall, and
keeps growing all winter; grows two
to three feet high, goes to seed In
spring and then dies. The land can be
cultivated in some other crop, and the
seed will come up again in the fall; or,
if you wish, you can save the seed and
soon have enough for your wants. Try
Bermuda grass for summer and Res
cue grass for winter, and you w’ill
have green grass the year round. My
reason for writing this article now is,
that owing to the short crops our
farmers will want to plant something
for w’inter pasture this fall, and per
haps this article may benefit some of
your many readers. I was in Michi
gan a few weeks ago, and In going
over a farm with a friend, I noticed a
field in the distance that looked as if
it had cabbage or rutabaga turnitfs
growing on it, and I noticed cattle,
horses, sheep and pigs eating it. I
asked my friend what it was, and he
told me Dwarf Essex Rape. He said
this was the first year he had tried
it, and w’as more than pleased with its
results. His stock all seemed to like
it, and were fat. He told me that ow
ing to the dry season his pasture Jiad
burned up and the rape was his sal
vation for feed. August, September
and October are the months to sow in
Texas. Rape makes fine winter feed.
Try It.
Dry Peanut Vines for Hogs.
Will hogs eat hay? It would seem
so at least, peanut hay, according to
Mr. Butler in the Southern Planter.
His statements requiring explanation
he explains further as follows:
Our vines are cured and stacked be
fore the frost bites them, and we thus
preserve all the leaves, which are rich
in protein. The nuts are picked off by
hand, leaving all dark ones, or those
that are not fully matured on the vines.
This adds largely to the feeding value.
On January last, I took some pigs off
a feed of ship stuff and corn and start
ed them on peanut vines with a few
turnips, giving them as many vines as
they would eat up clean three times a
day, and saw no change in the pigs
for the worse. Have also tried it on
brood sows, and kept them in good or
der, feeding nothing else. Hogs prefer
them to clover or pea vine hay, and
eat more at a time. The vines, though
hard, when dry absord moisture read
ily, are easily masticated, and are very
sweet to the taste. Have fed them to
pigs on a rye pasture and was sur
prised to see how many they would
eat after feeding on green rye all day.
As the peanut can be raised anywhere
in the South on sandy land, there is
no reason why the vines should be a
cheap feed for hogs or other stock. The
nuts will pay well for the labor and
cost of growing them, and on good
l&nd over two tons of vine hay can be
raised to the acre. From analyses one
can easily see the feeding value of the
nuts and vine. The following figures
are taken from the report of the State
Board of Agriculture of Virginia: Pea
nut kernels average 7.5 per cent,
water; 2.4 per cent, ash; 27.9 per cent,
protein; 7,0 per cent, fiber; 15.6 per
cent, carbohydrates and 39.6 per cent,
fat. The vines without the nuts, aver
age 7.6 per cent, water; 10.8 per cent,
ash; 10.7 per cent, protein; 23.6 per
cent, fiber; 41.7 per cent, carbohydrate;
4.6 per cent. fat. The hulls average 9.0
per cent, water; 3.4 per cent, ash; 6.6
per cent, protein; 64.3 per cent, fiber;
15.1 per cent, carbohydrates and 1.6 per
cent. fat. These figures demonstrate
the feeding value of peanut vines with
the unsalable nuts left on. In a trial
at the South Carolina Experiment Sta
tion the average daily gain of pigs fed
on peanuts was 4.32 pounds, against 4.17
pounds on corn, 3.34 pounds on field
peas and 2.59 pounds on sweet pota
toes. In feeding vines all that is nec
essary is to put them where the hogs
can get them. There is no need for
cutting or mixing with other feed as
with other hay.
Second Crop of Irish Potatoes De
serve Attention From Southern
Farmer*.
I wish my farmer friends could all
have a look at our Irish potato patch,
writes F. T. Merriam in Southern
Ruralist. Not that it is so extraordi
nary, but in order that they might see
the difference between potatoes grown
from Northern seed and those grown
from second-crop Southern seed. It
looks as thought we had two varieties
of potato in the field; but the fact is
they are all of them Bliss' Red Tri
umph.
This is the second seasort* we have
planted the Southern second-crop seed,
and we are so well pleased that after
this we will have nothing'else. Why in
the world should Southern farmers
and gardners pay out; thousands of
dollars for Northern grown seed po
tatoes at many dollars an aefe?
In order that the reader may more
fully understand my position I will
give a brief history of my experience
with this Southern grown crop seed.
In 1599 we had a fair crop of early
potatoes grown from Northern seed.
There were, however, a good many
small and unsalable tubers. We paid
these very little attention except pick
them up and spread them out thinly
under some trees. About the middle of
August I noticed that they had be
come somewhat wilted and green in
appearance, and as I had a piece of
land which was naturally rather damp
and which was in good condition at the
time, I opened some furrows about
three feet apart and after clipping oft
a little of the seed end of the potato, I
dropped them in these rows rather
quickly. They came up fairly well and
grew nicely until cut down by the
frost the first of November.
We had only a small patch and the
yield was not large, but the potatoes
were very pretty and a nice medium
size for seed. We put them up in one
end of our sweet potato bank and left
them undisturbed until the following
spring, when they came out in good
shape. There was not more than two
or three rotten potatoes in the whole
lot and when we cut them to plant not
an eye had sprouted.
Up to this time the early Irish potato
! crop with us had not been what I con
sidered a success; but last year they
; paid nicely. They can grow better
seed, too, and were the first potatoes
put on our market by local gardners.
And the best part of it all was there
; were no little potatoes, or so few that
we had none with which to plant a
second crop. In reality I should hav*
haved some of the large potatoes to
plant this crop, but potatoes were in
good demand last summer and they
were sold before I realized that we had
nothing with which to plant our sec
ond crop. So this spring. 1901, we were
again forced to buy seed.
Well, we planted partly Maine grown
stock and as good luck would have it
were enabled to secure some Southern
second crop seed for the remainder of
our field. Now the Northern grown
seed were somewhat sprouted when we
planted them, the Southern seed not at
all. The Northern seed began coming
up first, but the Southern grown seed
gave us the best stand, In fact, -a per
fect stand. The land where these po
tatoes were planted is Identically the
same and they were fertilized alike. At
the present writing the potatoes from
the Southern grown seed rre so much
ahead of their Northern neighbors that
they look like a different variety, and
will undoubtedly make much the larg
est crop.
I am Induced to writ* about this mat
ter now In order that our friends who
have early potatoes may allow some of
them to become thoroughly ripe before
digging, and then save them to plant
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Citizens Bank ~of Savannah,
Located at Savannah, Ga., at tne close of business Sept. 5, 1911.
RESOURCES. t LIABILITIES. ~~
Loans and discounts $1,467,880 88 Capital stock paid in $ 500 000 00
Demand loans 257,280 75 Surplus fund looiooo 00
Bonds and stocks owned by | Undivided profits, less cur
the bank 109,000 00 rent expenses and taxes
Banking house 96,000 01 j paid 55 jog xj
Other real estate 18,121 90 Due to banks and bankers In
Due from banks and bank- ] this tsate 149,825 9'
ers in the state 218,976 48 Due to banks and bankers in
Due from banks and bank- | other states 94,940 54
ers In other states 254,430 24 : Due unpaid dividends R 217 to
Currency 149,691 00 Individual deposits subject
Gold 131,807 50 j to check 1,824,274 67
Silver, nickels and pennies.. 82,018 63 \ Demarid certificates oa
Checks and cash items 103 17 • Due to clearing house 39,472 54
Total $2,784,310 55 Total $2,784,310 55
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GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier of the Citizens Bank of Savannah, who be
ing duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement i3 a true condi
tion of said bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank.
, GEO. C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 7th day of September, 1901.
R. L. ROCKWELL, Notary Public, Chatham county, Georgia.
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a second crop and grow their own seed
potatoes. That is what we are going
to do. We fall to see why we should
continue to buy Northern seed potatoes
and pay between $4 and J 5 per barrel
for them, as we did this year, when we
can grow’ better seed ourselves.
Maj. G. M. Ryals, who has a very
large truck farm near Savannah, Ga.,
and grows a great many of these sec
ond crop potatoes for seed, told me
that it was a good plan to renew your
stock every three or four years from
the North, especially where little po
tatoes were used to plant the second
crop with, as they had a tendency to
deteriorate.
Mr. L. E. Keer of Salem county, Ar
kansas, in a letter to the Practical
Farmer last October, on this subject,
said that a success could not be made
of this second crop if only small un
saleable potatoes were used for food.
The little potatoes, he claims, are not
• matured and would not make strong,
healthy plants. His plan, which he
claims Is a success, is to plant an early
crop late enough so they will be thor
oughly ripe at the time he Is ready to
plant his second crop, say In August.
He then digs his potatoes and cuts anil
plants them as fast as dug. dropping
I the seed In deep, freshly opened fur
row*, and ocvering them deeply with
iCoutlnucd on Seventh l'age-1