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Newspaper Page Text6 NEWS OF 3 STATES. SEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOI TH CAROLINA. Gordon Haines, 22 years old. son of a prominent farmer of Merriwether county, was accidentally killed Friday afternoon. Young Haines was clearing out a syrup mill when in some manner his head was caught between the lever and the cap and mashed to a jelly. A CHATHAM ARTILLERY VETERAN. Tifton Gazette: Mr. W. B. Corey went to Savannah last week to obtain some necessary signatures to his ap plication for a pension Mr Corey was a gallant member of the Chatham Ar tillery, and the visit to Savannah, his old home, was full of interest and fond recollections. He was able to find only three of his surviving comrades. Dr. Falligant. Capt. H. S. Dreese and T. N. Theus, but had no trouble in securing the necessary affidavits. His reception by his old comrades was a most cor dial and hospitable one, ail'd he ex presses many thanks to them for the host of kindnesses shown him. GET READY FOR THE NEXT FAIR. Americus Herald: Our county tailed to get either the first, second or third prize at the State Fair, but along with six other counties received a prize of S2OO. Altogether Sumter made a very creditable showing considering the short time in which to work it up, and every citizen should and does teel proud of the exihibit. Sumter county should commence in the spring to work on her exhibit for next year. Have a county fair just before the State Fair and then ship the whole exhibit ana walk off with the first prize. The Her ald offers its help at the start and will be at the finish. Sumter is one of the best counties in Georgia and we should all bend our energies and let the out side world know it. ANOTHER KILLING IN BI RKE. Waynesboro News: There was a mur der out on Mr. William MoElmurray’s Byrd place about seven miles from here, on Thursday night. Jerry Dent, a negro, was shot through the heart by Isaiah Lawson, another negro. Dent was asleep in his bed at the time that Lawson fired upon him. and. although he lived for 30 minutes after he had been shot, it is probable that he never knew- what happened to him. Dent was asleep in the house of a woman with whom Lawson was infatuated. Lawson went to the knocked at the dovr and demanded that it be opened. Dent and the woman were both asleep. Law son broke open the door and stood in it while he struck a match to see his victim. He then emptied his pistol and fed. GOES BACK TO BE HANGED. Carroll Free Press. Will Lanier, alias J W. Bennett, was tried before Judge Alvan D. Freeman on habeas corpus proceedings at New nan with the result that he was ordered placed in the charge of Deputy Sheriff M. G. Hidings of Aberdeen, Miss., to be car ried back to that state to be executed for murder. Lanier's father and his two brothers are in the penitentiary of Mississippi, serving terms as accesso ries to the murder, and Will Lanier was under conviction to be hung for the murder. Six day's before the time of execution he escaped from jail, and w-as never caught until last week. *vhen Chief of Police J. D. Brewster arrest ed him in Newman as he alighted from a Central Railroad train, having come from Carroll county. The greater part of the summer Lanier spent in the neighborhood of Sargent, a station six miies west of Newnan. where he had a sister living Sheriff J. L. Brown and Chief of Police Brewster, both of ■whom were Instrumental in Lanier’s capture, will receive the S3OO reward offered for his return to the jail from ■which he escaped. He broke jail last April and soon thereafter made his appearance in this county, making himself so conspicuous as to take part in a school exhibition last summer near Sargent. FLORIDA." The Florida State Fair at Jackson ville closed Friday night after a most successful exhibition of four days. The crowds, especially during the last two days, were very large, and the city had all it could do to accommodate them. The exhibit of the agricultural resources of the state was a magnifi cent one. that of the orange and fruit crops generally being probably the best ever made. The Fair will probably be repeated next year. Jacksonville Metropolis: A big crowd attended the races yesterday, and witnessed the finest sport of the week, and decidedly the best racing ever seen on the track here. The free for-all pacing and trotting rate was the most attractive number on the programme, and w'as won in magnifi cent style by the game *little pacer, Sherman Clay, in three straight heats. The second heat of this race was made in 2:143*. which broke the record made here by Effie Powers last year of 2:1534- Border. the handsomest horse seen at the track, was a good second. Wil liam Mac. with a record of 2:0534. was driven by his owner, George Castle, to beat the track record of 2:1534. The effort was a successful one. and was the crowning feature of the meeting. The time for the mile was 2:09?4, which is the fastest for any half-mile track In the South, and gives Jacksonville that distinction. Bettie B. and Queen L. also broke the track records for runners during the week. Yesterday the former horse ran a half mile in 0: 49 34. which is the best time for that distance on a Southern track. Last Thursday Queen L. covered a three fourths mile dash in 1:18, which adds another record for the track. The 2:30 class trotting race was won by Idlerim, the fastest heat being made in 2:2934- SOUTH CAROLINA. < 'heraw. Nov. 24.—A body of 6,000 s< res of timber land In this county has been bought by a large lumber con cern here and mills are now being placed on it. Up to two years ago there was not one mill in this county that shipped lumber to the North, now there are four large planing mills, three shingle mills and 30 saw mills. A majority of these mills are on the extension of the Seaboard Air Line be tween here and Camden. Since the construction of the Chesterfield and Lancaster Railroad through the inte rior of the county many mills have lin n established on Its right of way. PI.A4 ED Ml SK ET IN BED. Beaufort Gazette- Joseph Myer*. col ored, aged about 16 years, was instant ly killed by tin- discharge of a musket In the hands of his cousin, Wm. ]>asv rence. a youth of about the, sains age, Wednesday night. The latter, when about to get into had. discovered the gun between the ijuIIU. and. In the at (tjtipt to pull It mi, th# wruiMjn f|. <l* ntully 41#'harK**) Th* suti pined In the bed some urn- during th day by the grandfather of the boy*. IHU* dreaming of the tragedy to result hum the thoughtless act WOM4I lllllMi TO DKAt H ft */t 0 I *C <m §t l /Ml f* (uj i.. a |, * |iitt uD (Mi hfrfr tfruit)* t to f)<, • iu hmt \ heme in Beaufort Wednesday. Louisa. ! Hammock, the mother, left the house about 9 o'clot k a. m.. and no one but j the unfortunate victim was in the place at the time of the accident. The wo man is supposed to have had a fit and | to have fallen in an open fire place. Her screams attracted the neighbors. 1 several of whom rushed in and dragged her out of the roaring flames, but not until one of her eyes and her nose and breast were literally consumed. Dr. T. O. Hutson, who resides in the same block, was summoned and administered chloroform as the poor creature’s suf fering was frightful, and it was the physician's opinion she could not possi bly survive. editoriaTcomment. Abbeville Chronicle: The State Fair that closed its gates last week at Sa vannah was one of the most successful in every respect that was ever held in Georgia. At a meeting of the Stock holders last Saturday it was found that $15,000 was needed to pay off all the obligations of the association. Within ten minutes after this an nouncement the amount was raised by subscription. The association holds the buildings and race track and a five year lease of the fair grounds, encum bered only by a mortgage of $15,000 to those who subscribed the money to cover the deficit. The track and build ings alone are estimated conservatively to be worth $37,000. Thus it will be seen that the Fair Association, instead of losing money, are ahead $12,000. Vidalia Press: It is understood that Savannah wants the State Fair again next year. We see no reason why it should riot have it. It was well man aged this year, the exhibitors well treated, all premiums paid in full, and the list was a liberal one. The busi ness men of Savannah went to heavy expanse in preparing the most suitable buildings and grounds any state fair has had in Georgia, and it is nothing but right that they should be given an opportunity to get their money back by holding another fair. Darien Gazette: The Savannah News believes in lower Georgia and never fails to boom this section. The News is a great paper, and more popular than ever. Waynesboro News: Savannah is to be commended for her desire to keep Burke in the First Congressional Dis trict. Oglethorpe Echo: The praises of the State Fair, which closed in Savannah Saturday, is on the lips of all who at tended. But it did not make expenses. That seems to be the fate of fairs and expositions these days. South Georgia Home: Seab Wright, once the high priest of populism a.nd prohibition, is the father of a dispen sary bill—the last effort of the devil to perpetuate the whisky traffic in this state. How hath the mighty fallen! Thomasville Times-Enterprise: That $1,500 premium taken by Brooks at the State Fair, while valuable, doesn’t measure up to the value of the adver tising which the county will get from her exhibit. It will be worth many thousands to the county. ESTILL IN THE MOUNTAINS, Dawsonville Advertiser: Editor Ad vertiser—Although the death of the la mented McKinley and instalation of his success>r in the presidency seems to have banked the fires under the cauldron which contains our guberna torial hash, yet one finds evidences of an awakening, and the people are be ginning to ask the question who will be the next governor of the Empire State? I have been circulating some what among the good people of North Georgia recently, and I find them di vided into three camps, two of which are quite aggressive, not iu say fa natical. One of tehse, the Prohibs, of course, will go teeth and toe-nails for Col. Guerry. who is the ideal rep resentative of the fanatical no liquor party. On the contrary Gen. Terrell seems to be generally accepted by the whisky men as an antidote for Guer ry, and they will rally to his standard, too. But I find between these two ex tremes. and merging into either edge, the great mass of thinking, intelligent and conservative men who are neither for or against prohibition or whisky, but who believe in every man exercis ing his own judgment, following out his own sweet will and attending strictly to his own individual business, and for this class, by far the most numerous of the three. Editor Estiil seems to be the ideal man for Gover nor. They are not caring whether a man takes a drink or is a total abstain er. what they want in a Governor is a clear and level-headed, conservative and successful business man, one who can carry on the state’s affairs in a business like and successful manner, and Col. Estiil is by common consent the man. They don't want Guerry at any price, and are not falling over themselves in a mad rush after Ter rell. In fact, not being fanatics or ex tremists, they •will deliberately make up their minds and it will not be much use to try to change them or rush them into any particular camp. If, Mr. Editor, you can get Col. Es tiil to make a tour of these mountain counties he can get nine-tenths of the votes up here next October. Judge. ESTILL ON NEWSPAPER MEN. Waycross Evening Herald. At the Savannah banquet to the edi tors, Col. ,T. H. Estiil said during his remarks: “I have been and am proud of the association I have had with you, for you belong to a profession ihat does more for the state of Geor gia, and whose members receive a smaller return for their labors than any other. You work early and late, day and night, to build up the towns in which you live and the surrounding country. You receive but very scanty and inadequate encouragement and as sistance from those you serve, and whose interests you advance.” EDITOR EST ILL'S ENTERTAINMENT. Quitman Free Press. A distinctive feature of the State Fair was the charming hospitality shown by the jwople of Savannah to their visitors. A happy instance of this was Editor J. H. Estill's enter tainment for the Georgia editors when they visited the Fair in a body. They were invited out to Col. Estill's sum mer home at the Isle of Hope, where a luncheon and oyster roast, ‘with speech-making on the side, was en joyed. Col. Estiil was formerly pres ident of the Georgia Press Association and has the friendship of all the edi tors and the spirit of the occasion was very genial and happy. Thomas County News. We note that Col. Estiil will be at the horse-swappers’ conventions soon to meet at Adrian. That’s one way to win over the bov*. and we suspect that’s what Col. Estiil expects to do. West Point New a. Estiil seems to be gaining atrength every day In his race for Governor of Orotgla. Mylvania Telephone <‘ol J H. Estiil of Savannah, was tn Screven this week, and met a num ber of our people while here Cot. Eatlll’a (sndida* y for Governor la growing. The peopia raiogniae in him a safe, sound business men who would gf uauawsg Soeanth Page) THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25.1901. THE FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI CULTURIST AND HOUSEWIFE. Some Obervatlona Respecting John son Grass— Hotv to Get Hid of Motes—The Forestry of the South. How to Make Fine Cane Syrup. Whitewashing for Sente Insects. "N. M.’’—There is considerable dif ference of opinion as to the merits of Johnson grass. Much that is said of it in the papers is purely theoretical. Many writing of 1t more from “hear say 1 ' than from actual experience with it. 4 To the stock raiser, who is in it for a permanent thing, Johnson grass is one of the most valuable grasses that can be used by the Southern farmer. A few acres of bottom land properly set in it would afford an immense quantity of forage in the course of five or ten years, and at times, consid erable grazing. When once well es tablished. it is almost indistructible. it is not easy to exterminate. It should be sown very thickly to make the best quality of hay. If too thin the growth will be so rank that it would not make the best of hay. Many of the seeds gathered are im perfect from some cause or other, and not more than one in ten will ger minate. To insure a stand at the start, 25 or 30 pounds of average seeds should be used to the acre. A surer way to get a stand Is to plant the roots if they can be had. These should be scattered along in furrows, 2 or 3 inches deep, and about 2 feet apart. It is well to roll the land in either case—whether seed or roots —to insure speedy germination. When thus planted in rows the crop can be culti vated several times and it will prove beneficial in establishing the crop—and when it is established it is good for many years. Only on a “corn and cotton" farm would this valuable grass be liable to be regarded as a “pest.” llow to Get Rid of Moles. An esteemed correspondent at Savan nah asks "Will you advise me how to get rid of moles? There is a colony of them in my yard—judging from the re sults, and I am anxious to get them cut before they turn up the entire place.” There are several ways of ridding a place of moles—by using traps which are set in their runs; by poisoning pieces of dough with strychnine and placing it in their runs, and there is slill another way which we have found effective. Some years ago our own garden was so overrun with moles it was almost impossible to grow some crops on account of them. We were advised to plant here and there a plant of Palma-Christi (castor oil plant), We did so. and it is a fact that we have not seen a mole in that large garden since. Every year since the first, plants come up every spring from self sown seed and one plant is allowed to grow in each section of the garden. Why this plant is so destructive or offensive to the mole we know not, but we can tes- Ufy as to its efficacy. Before the moles were banished from the garden we found some litle sport in going out af ter a shower with two spades and catching one or two alive. The freshly made “run" was looked for and a spade was quietly placed in behind them, thus cutting off their return. With the other spade the fluffy little rodent was dug up. We repeat they can be caught with a trap (deadfall), or with a large-mouth jar placed under the run or they can be killed with poi soned dough, rolled into small balls and inserted into the runs at intervals. In a small way nothing puzzles us more than why the Palma Christi plant one or two to the half acre, should be a perfect protection from the depreda tions of moles. Hovr to Make Fine Cane Syrup in Georgia. There are crops that are influenced more in quality than other crops by the soil on which they are grown, and the fertilizer used, and sugar is one of them, says C. W. Morrill in Southern Parmer. Por instance, stable manure is not a, proper fertilizer, although it contains all the elements of plant food. The trouble is it gives the cane and syrup a sarty taste. Without proper treatment, low, black, swampy, peaty soils will not produce light colored syrups, such as is produced on light sandy soils, with heavy fertilizing. The soil in question is a low bottom, com posed mostly of vegetable matter, and some sand, of about an acre in area, and at one time covered with water the greater part of the year, and over grown with sweet gums and willows, which were cut down and all roots and stumps dug out. The land was ditched and underdrained, throroughly plow ed and cross plowed, then treated with one ton of hard wood ashes and har rowed in. Ashes contain from 3 to 7 per cent, of potash in the, form of carbon ate, and from 1 to 2 per cent, of phos phoric acid, and about 1,200 pounds of lime to the ton. There are thousands of just such low, swamp places here in Georgia as here described, of more or less area, that by proper treatment could be made to produce fine cane. Soils of such nature that are compos ed of vegetable matter of humus, gen erally have sufficient nitrogen, which is not always available, and to hasten the decay of humus, should have lime. Then again such soils as water has covered any length of time, become sour, and require lime to sweeten them and make the plant food more availa ble. It is a popular belief that sour soils are found only in low places, where more or less water stands; but sometimes dry uplands become so sour that plants will not thrive and grow. Sugar cane is generally planted in from four to six foot rows; furrows are made with a double shovel plow. The cune is then laid In bottom of furrow and listed over this by running a small plow on each side. Some make a practice of cutting the stalks up into foot lengths, as they claim this meth od gives them a better stand. When the new growth begins, rake off the top of ridge, that lets in the heat and warms up the soil. After-cultivation consists of keeping the crop free from weeds and grass and the crust broken up by plowing at least once in two weeks until the cane laps the rows. The proper fertilizer for sugar cane, as experience teaches me. Is fine ground bone and two hundred pounds sulphate of potash. From my experience with different fertilizers, where ground bone Is used there seems to be less acid in the Juice, and where sulphate of potash is used there is s finer flavor. Sugar cane is an exhaustive crop, and the Louisiana planters follow cow peas with sugar cane. The cow peas furnish the nitrogen and leave the soil In a fine mechanical condition. Aa sugar cane Is a crop that takes from spring to fall to grow, bacterial nitri fication Is going on during the summer mouths, transforming nitrogen already In the soil into available plant food tor the growing crop, therefore, th nitrogen furnished by the <ow peas and ground bone Is sufficient for this exhaustive crop Yet It la not advisa ble to plant can# on the eame land year after year There should be a rotation followed pienting cane not oftener than ogc# tn three years. Uleanllneee Is one of the main fea tures that should be followed in mag n> a diet- ctee article of e>iup Faina, should be taken to have all barrels ( lean and kept clean during the en tire period of evaporating the cane juice into syrup, and to keep the juice well skimmed while boiling. Syrup to be refined should be evaporated to a density of thirty degrees. Refining will show a density of thirty-two degrees, and syrup of this density after refin ing with this process will not grain or sour. After reducing the juice to a density of thirty degrees it should be run off and put in a clean barrel and allowed to cool. A refining pan four and a half feet long by thirty six inches wide and one foot in depth, should be prepared on a brick arch for this purpose; the syrup should then be strained into this pan through a flannel cloth, and then a slow fire started sufficient to bring the syrup to boiling. Have ready at this time, supposing that you have fifty gallons in the pan. one pint of sweet milk, the w hites of two eggs, and one gill of lime water, well beaten, and as the boiling increases, over the entire surface, pour this into the pan, stirring it from end to end. Of course the boiling will cease until it is brought to a boiling point again, which it will do in a few moments. If the fire has been kept up. when the boiling does take place, all the impurities will rise to the sur face; then skim for dear life, until you get the surface clear. The pan should be made with a faucet in one corner for draining off into jugs or one gallon square tin cans which are the best. This process is used large ly at the North for refining maple sy rup. It is a well known fact that the syrup made from cane grown at Fair view fruit farm was the finest flavor ed syrup produced in Rutland district, and was grown on sol! as black as ink. It could never have been pro duced without liming the soil, and the use of proper fertilizers. This syrup, after refining, was sold in Macon mar ket at 75 cents per gallon, under a guarantee that it would not grain or sour. This process or refining syrup is within the means of the smallest farmer. A pan of the dimensions giv en. made from galvanized iron, should not cost over $lO. and any ordinary bricklayer could build the arch at a small expense, and by following this method, there should be no such abom inable syrup as we find offered for sale throughout the country. Give More Attention tn Making Hay. It seems that the South has never given that attention to growing grasses for haying purposes which has been and is now the custom among farmers in the North and West, writes J. Ca bot. There are. no doubt, reasons that might be put forward why the planters in the Southern states have not devot ed more time and attention to the pro duction of hay, but space and time to day forbid the statement of facts rel ative to the matter. With these intro ductory remarks. I would now state that the time is propitous, and a be ginning should be made on every well directed farm in the South for the pur pose of growing hay producing grasses. There is no longer any doubt, well attested experiments having proven it, that alfalfa will grow luxuriantly -in our soft climate apd warm soils. When planted in a rich and properly prepared seed bed, alfalfa will yield per acre from five to six tons of excellent hay during the season. A well established fact with regard to alfalfa is that when cut and not thorougly cured while yet in the field, rain falling on the partly cured or freshly mown grass will not injure it to the extent that it does clover and timothy, and in fact really injures it very slightly, which should cause alfalfa to be all the more highly prtzed in the South. German millet is another grass that will yield a heavy tonnage of hay to the acre. Millet should be sown toward the last of March, or earlier, near the coast. Select a pieces of land that has been fall plowed, rebreak it, to freshen it, harrow down level, to form as per fect a. seed bed as possible. If the land is thin, give it a top dressing of rotten stable manure, then sow the seed broadcast and harrow them in, not too deep. In the short time of two or three weeks the surprise will come when be holding the fine stand of green and growing millet, which will mature early and should be cut when the grain is in the milk, cured and stacked in the barnyard. The same piece of land may then be turned with the plow, row's thrown up five feet apart and at once planted to Mexican June corn, which will grow and mature a heavy yield of grain be fore frost has come and injured it, thus making not one, but two profita ble crops on the same piece of ground during the season. There should be more attention paid to building up pasture lands in the South than is at present the custom, unless the Southern people prefer to go West for their butter and cheese rather than to produce the same at home, on the farm. To the question, how 'to make a pas ture? I will call attention to the fact that one acre, or one hundred acres, set to Bermuda grass will, as soon as it forms a sod, afford the best all around pasture for grazing purposes that can be grown in the South. Such pastures should be made permanent. The heavier the sod the more luxuri antly will the grass grow.' Never neg lect to top dress grass lands with a coat of manure at least once a year, twice would be all the better, provid ing, of course, it is desirable to keep sleek horses, fat kine, good miik and butter. J. Cabot. Wliitrna>li for Scale Inncrtn. Ever since our old friend, the late William Saunders, than whom Scot land never sent a better horticulturist to America, first called our attention to the fact that a coat of whitewash would smother any scale Insect in ex istence, we have been trying to induce fruit growers to use this simple rem edy, says the Practical Farmer, 'rime and again we have seen its efficacy in cleaning trees from the dreaded San Jose scale and other forms. But the remedy was not proposed .by a pro fessional entomologist and is too sim plp to suit those who want to appear scientific. Hence slight attention has been paid to the remedy and the en tomologists have persistently pushed the expensive and dangerous use of hydrocyanic -acid gas. Knowing the ease and safety with which the white wash remedy can be applied we were greatly pleased to read In the report of the Central Experimental Farm of the Canada Department of Agricul ture. from the horticulturist. W. T. Macoun, an account of the experiment there made with whitewash. Mr. Macoun states that apple trees were sprayed with whitewash in an experi ment made to test its value as a re tarding Influence In the spring. The trees were infested with the ovster shell bark louse, one of the hardest scales to kill, and when the white wash cami* off during the summer It was found that scales had disappeared, and the bark of the trees was brighter und cleaner than those which hud not been sprayed. The formula used was, lime. 80 pounds; water, 24 gallons, and sklm mllk, • gallons It made a thick mix ture and rather hard to spray, but made a isd cover. Experiments wert then md with the same for scale dl ’*■. ( p tth'iut the milk and It was found that tt did not sth k so well, but It was found that two sprayings were quite sufficient when using two pounds o' lime and one gallon of water to five tree* Later on It was found that it a the <uui< property of the lime that loosened the scales ana that re peated sprayings were not needed It wae shown that the time for the ap plus*ton m In the autumn The Canada iMgti says that whitewash did not h,h the haa Juee ocaie We are of the opinion that this was from the wash not b*ing made so as to stick long enough. Here it has destroyed every scale on which it was applied, San Jose Included. Dissolve a little glue in the hot lime as it slacks, and make the wash with this in the same proportions a* advised and apply it in the early spring and we do not believe there is a scale of any kind that will not be smothered by it. But if the whitewash killed only the oyster shell scale or bark louse, it will be a valuable appli cation and well worth the making, for there Is more damage being done to the apple trees all over the country by the oyster shell scale than by the San Jose. It is a little slower in killing the trees, but it will kill them all the same. Such a homely remedy as whitewvash may not suit the ultra scientific work ers, who cannot be satisfied with any thing less than the expensive gas treat ment. but we urge theaplaln farmers to try this simple remedy. Even if your trees have no scale on them they will be cleaned and helped by a coat of whitewash. If the white color is ob jectionable mix some sifted hardwood ashes with it to darken the application and the wash will be all the better for it. A friend who attended the horti cultural meeting at Buffalo said that the whitewash remedy was the only sensible thing he heard expressed there in regard to the scale. Maintaining: Fertility. The permanent and continuous suc cess of any given farm depends upon the degree with which its fertility is maintained, says the Homestead- Crops and methods should always be ohosen with this purpose as one of its leading objects. In other words, one should not allow an immediate temptation, prom ially the future usefulness of the land, to the adoption of a plan or the selec tion of a crop that will sacrifice mater ially the future usefulnes sof the land. Often the problem that confronts the farmer goes even beyond this, and it is not merely maintaining fertility that constitutes his task, but it is the restor ation of exhausted fertility that he must consider. The variety of circum stances under which farming is car ried on makes it impossible to prescribe any hard and fast rules by which eith er the maintenance or restoration of the condition of the land is to be ac complished. One plan will answer weil under one set of conditions, while at seme important point it might fail un der others. A chief element in all plans where the land is under cultivation should be a suitable rotation in which clover, or some substitute for clover, should have its regularly recurring place. Circumstances may require that the rotation be long or short, from two years up to as high as six or seven, and the disposition that can be made of the crops grown often makes a ro tation consist of one series of crops un der a . certain set of circumstances, while another set of crops may be nec essary under other conditions. This is a poiint at which the farmer must do his own thinking, and upon the intelli gence he brings to the problem will de pend, in large measure, his success. Another point looking toward the maintenance and improvement of the fertility of the soil is the keeping of the farm well stocked with all the do mestic animals it will carry. Of course the idea here is the removal from the farm of as little of the fer tilizing elements as possible and the making of as large an amount of ma nure as possible, and this latter point, of course, implies that the manure shall be well saved and properly ap plied. It is well nigh impossible to keep up fertility under any system of farming that depends upon the making of grain or hay crops for the market. Such a course removes too much and restores too little. Ofter when a farm is run down, if other conditions be favorable, the shortest way to restore its value is to stock it well with cows and go into dairying. It may not be, of itself, a highly profitable kind of dairying, but in connection with the purpose in view, that is, the making of the land fertile again, it may be found to be the most advantageous course that can be pursued. Dairying re moves very little from the land, and as it almost always requires consid erable purchases of feed stuffs, mainly of the nitrogenous kind, there is be ing constantly added to the place the fertility that has been skimmed off other farms. It is by much the short est road to the restoration of the fer tility of the worn down place. During the approaching winter the farmer who really desires to make his work successful will, of necessity, do a large amount of thinking along many lines, and the preservation of the pro ductiveness of the farm is one that should not be neglected. He should constantly ask himself, “Will this plan keep up the land?” If not, it is not the best plan for his farm. Let the planning be done with a view to keep ing up all the elements of fertility, of keeping the soil well filled with humus, and with an eye to making the place more productive each successive year. Foresting in the South. American Gardening says: The Bu reau of Forestry of the United States Department of Agriculture continues to receive requests for advice and as sistance in the management of private Woodlands in the South. One of the latest requests is for a working plan for 1,000,000 acres of long-leaf pine land in Southeastern Texas, the property of the Kirby Lumber Company and the Houston Oil Company of Texas. The holdings of these companies cov er about 80 per cent, of the virgin for est of longleaf pine in Texas. The officials state that they are anxious to exploit their forests on scientific lines, cutting the merchantable timber in such a way as to insure protection to the young growth. A preliminary examination of this large tract will be made during the winter, by agents of the bureau. All things considered, this large area of ttmberland, if han dled on the lines which the bureau will advise, should prove to be one of the most interesting undertakings In the line of forestry by private own ers yet attempted In the United States. The industrial development of the South on all sides during the last ten years has been remarkable, but no sin gle industry has made greater strides than the lumber business. This is not surprising when it is considered that the Southern state* contain a greater percentage of forest area than any other section of the United States. The South has become a very important fector in the lumber markets ef the world, not only through Its wealth of forests, but from the fact that It has unusually good transportation facili ties. Within recent years many lumbermen from the North have been attracted to the Southern field; the forests of Pennsylvania. Michigan and Wiscon sin having been almost exhausted, many of the leading woodmen of those states are now engaged In cutting tlm her In the South. The forests of the three states just mentioned were once considered Inexhaustible, but once lumbering begins In earnest no forest urea Is Inexhaustible. The presetft con dition of the forests In many North ern and Eastern states is sufficient evidence on this point. Matte*. We solicit articles for this depart ment The name of the writer should accompany th letter or rtlc|*, pot ne cess* rtly for publication, but as aa evidence of good faith Qusaiton* and communication* rata t|v# to agricultural and horticultural oubjacta. If addreaaad to Agri Editor Drawee k, Millodgev Hie <Ja. ( aUi ro uirt Le mediate attention , CARPETS FURNITURE Draperies and Lace Curtains JUST RECEIVED. Arabian and Renaissance Lace Curtains, all beauties. Prices very low. PORTIERES for FOLDING DOORS and SINGLE DOORS. Turkish, Wilton and Smyrna Rugs, in all the sizes up to The finest 9x12 Smyrna in the country for $lB. Remember our motto: “Not How Cheap, But How Good.” Lindsay & Morgan. Ythe y The Up-fo-Date PLANtI System. v,. I Commencing /system December 1, 1901, Pullman Dining Cars Leave Savannah Daily 2:05 p. m., City Time. Arrive Washington, Daily, 7:39 a. m. Arrive New York 1:43 p. m. LESS THAN 24 HOURS. This train carries Pullman Sleeping and Drawing Room Cars and Day Coaches; also U. S. Mail Cars. Another comfortable train, with through Pullman Sleeping Cars, leaves Savannah 1:30 a. m. For tickets, sleeping car reservations and other information, see ticket agents. WARD CLARK, T. A.. De Soto Hotel. Both Phones No. 73. R. C. BLATTNER, D. T. A. Georgia Phone 911. J. H. D. SHELLMAN, T. P. A. B. \V\ WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager. ♦ FOR : NEW YORK. BOSTON AND THE EAST. ♦ Unurpaed cabin accommodations. All th comforts of a modern Hotel • ♦ Electric lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets Include meals and berths aboard ship ♦ ♦ PASSENGER FARES FROM SAVANNAH. * ♦ TO NEVV XOiiix .-w, c lrst Cabin, round trip, $32; Intermedia!*, .cabin. sls; Intermediate Ctbin, round trip, s2l; Steerage $lO • ♦ TO BOSTON—First Cabin, $22; First Cabin, round trip, 's36; Intermediate Csb-• ♦ In, sl7; Intermediate Cabin, round trip, S2B; Steerage $1176 * I ™ e , *tea msh ip s of this line are appointed to sail from Savannah.: ♦ BAVANNAH TO NEW YORK. , < , 1 ; CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt Lewis'KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher, SAT-* ♦ riTV a i 5:30 P' In ' j e ’RDAY, Nov. 30. at 7;00 p. m. CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett, , WEDNESDAY. Nov. 27, at 6:00 p.m! , . NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, THURS-I ♦ DAY, Nov. 28, at 6:30 p. m. j ♦ ♦ ’Steamship Ctiattahoochee will carry first cabin passengers only. ! ♦ Steamship City of Macon, Capt. Savage, will leave New York for Boston * ♦ at 4 p. m. every Saturday, and leave Boston for New York, at II a. m. * . ® ver y Wednesday. Sailings New York for Savannah, Tuesdays, Thurs- : . days, Saturdays, and Friday, Nov. 23, at 5 p. m. .This company reserves the right to change Its sailings without notice and without. < liability or accountability therefor. . ♦ 7 1 ' ?■ p- T * p A.. 107 Bull street,, Savannah. • ♦ \ A*ent, E. W. SMITH. Soliciting Frt. Agt., Savannah. ♦ A JK r T EI ij? A ,? VKINS ' 0e " A(rt Traf - Dept.. 224 W. Bay. Jacksonville, Fla. * . p - E. LeFE\RE, Manager, WH. PLEASANTS. Traf. Mrgr., N. P. 35, N. Rh. .New York. , . EXCELLENT TRAIN SERVICE -between- SAVANNAH —and — BRUNSWICK . LESS THAN 3 HOURS. Via PLANT SYSTEM Leave Savannah. 3:J5 p. m. (Standard Time) Arrive Brunswick 6:10 p. m. u Leave Brunswick 6:00 a. m. ** ** Arrive Savannah 9:00 a. m. ** u Through Coaches between Savannah and Brunswick without change. For further Information apply to WARD CLARK, Ticket Agent, De Soto Hotel. Both Phones 73. R. C- BLATTNER. D. T. A. Georgia Phone 9||. B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager. 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