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FARM , GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
By 5. A. COOK.
Sew Breed* of Animals.
The multiplication of "variety"
seems to be endless, not only in the
vegetable world but in the animal
also. The discovery and development
of new varieties of plants and animals
will always be an interesting occupa
tion to intelligent minds whose life
work naturally pireinclines them to
such discovery and development. The
sporting and variation of plants and
animals is going on to some extent
naturally all the time and in the at
tainment of results art or intelligent
design can greatly expedite the change
and help in fixing the characteristics
of the new plant or animal. The in
telligent horticulturists and breeders of
animals the world over have accom
plished a wonderful work in the past
hundred years or so. In some notable
results it may have been something
longer. Look at our wonderful array
of fruits and flowers, as set forth in
thejr respective catalogues. Contem
plate the almost innumerable varieties
in the feathered world, in the canine,
in swine, in sheep and in cattle. In
all of these development has proceeded
from one type. As with the races of
men climate has had its influence with
animals. Varied, indeed, are the re
sults in crossing one type with an
other. A hundred years from now
very considerable change no doubt will
have been effected in the shape and
size and color of many of our animals.
We are breeding sheep with horns and
cattle without. Some day, no doubt,
we w ill have a giant breed or variety
of goats, the male animals of which
will be good work animals and the
females large yielders of milk. The
hardy striped mule of Zebraic parent
age may in time be valued the world
over.
Evolution, crossing, selection, hy
bridizing. and inter-marriage, will no
doubt produce many interesting
changes in the animal life of our pro
gressive world.
Artichoke* Valuable and Easily
Raised.
A correspondent asks several ques
tions in reference to the culture and
value of artichokes.
On any farm where there are cat
tle and hogs to be wintered over, And
especially where there is much atten
tion given to the latter and to milk
cows, there is no question of the value
of artichokes, and it will not be amiss
to commence with an acre now and in
crease the area another year if it is
found satisfactory, which no doubt
it Will be, if fhe land is at all adapted
to the crop.
It is a very easy crop to grow, the
culture being the same as for Irish
potatoes. Any good soil adapted to
corn or potatoes should produce at
least 200 bushels of tubers.
Plow the land well and lay off rows
three feet apart and drop a cut of
tuber twenty or twenty-four Inches
apart In the row. A tuber the size
of a small hen egg will make four
cuts. Where seed tubers are scarce
and high, as in first starting, they are
likely to be, it is desirable to make
three or four bushels plant the acre.
Tread the cuts firmly into the loose
soil. This is all the covering needed
tkhen planted In the spring.
As soon as the plants are up, culti
vate thoroughly and repeat shallow
cultivating* three or four times dur
ing the season.
The crop will continue to grow and
increase until the first heavy frost
along in November.
The tubers can be plowed or dug
cut from time to time during the
feftowing three or four months as
needed. Fed raw to hogs, a small
quantity dally will keep ll|pm in good
health. Boiled with cotton seeds they
keep up the flow of milk in the cows
equal to good pasture. A few quarts
daily to the horses or mules will have
a good effect also upon them.
The tubers are alway saleable for
making pickles and for seed, and al
together It is a very valuable side
crop.
A \fw Breed of Poultry.
Comini? from Holland by the way of
England, anew breed of fowls will
•non claim the attention of poultry
fancier* in this country.
It is said to be the most remarkable
of all breeds as an egg producer. It i3
known as the Lakenfelder —an ever
lasting layer of medium white eggs.
The body of both male and female is
white: neck and tail feathers black.
In shape and size the new brped re
semble closely the White Leghorn.
Those qualified to speak concerning the
matter anticipate a great popularity
in time for the Lakenfelder.
Nevertheless we have a dozen breeds
good enough for all practical purposes
and that should not be discarded for a
mere whim.
Bermndn Oran Southern Stork
Raising;.
While Bermuda grass may be utiliz
ed on rich bottoms as a meadow plant,
yet Its main use In the South will be
for pasture. For summer and autumn
pasturage It Is an unequalled grass,
and being so thoroughly adapted to
our climate and so intrusive in its na
ture upon our Southern soils, it must
of necessity be one of the chief reli
ances of Southern stock and growers
and dairymen.
So much has been written about
Bermuda there is nothing new left
to be said, and the Southern farmer
who does not know what it is. and how
valuable it is in Its place, and what a
nuisance when out of place, is cer
tainly a very uninformed man.
How thousands of our farmers have
fought against a splendid destiny, for
twenty-five years in their attempts to
annihilate it or. fields that made far
more unprofitable returns in com and
cotton than they would have yielded
they had been allowed from, the
start to grow up in this splendid
grass, which is not suitable for the
purpose of mowing, would have made
a splendid pasture yielding splendid
profits in beef or pork or mutton and
wool perhaps. There are doubtless
hundreds and hundreds of farmers to
day throughout the South whose
greatest regret is that they failed a
score of years ago to recognize the
value of Bermuda, and received it as
the blessing that it was. Poverty dire
has come to thousands of farmers
along during the past twenty years
whose policy was to utterly destroy
grass now on land that was incapable
of making fifteen bushels of corn, yea,
ten, or 150 pounds of lint cotton.
The hand of Providence we have al
ways felt was never so clearly' indi
cated as acting in behalf of man's in
terest as in the sudden appearance
and rapid spread of Bermuda grass
over fields that by virture of long cul
tivation In hoed crops, now stand in
need of a rotation of permanent grass
in order to restore the necessary
humus that had been almost com
pletely exhausted from them.
The suggestion of nature was left
unheeded, and what was sent as a
blessing was received as a curse—and
woful has been the penalty therefor.
Of those who destroyed Bermuda
grass persistently to grow corn and
cotton how many thousands "have gone
to the wall?”
How little prosperity is to be ob
served amongst that class to-day?
How many more thousands are tread
j ing The broad road to poverty by still
S continuing this same policy? The man
who says the corn and cotton raiser
j and grass annihilator is prospering to
| day is not a judge of what prosperity
' is. There are exceptional cases in
'• every direction, but what does the
i careful observer say of the masses .’
They are not prospering and never will
so long as they cling to that fatal
policy that curses and destroys every
blade of grass possible.
Once entered upon and pursued
with that regard for details that is
observed in older countries or In older
sections of this country, stock raising
could be carried on In Georgia to a
degree of profit that no other section
lof country could possibly equal. A
temperate climate where the expense
of protection in winter is less than
any where in the United States; a cli
mate where there is as little disease
as in any country in the world; where
it is possible to have pasture uninter
ruptedly almost the year round by
using the various plants adopted to
the purpose; with shipping ports
right at our doors. With all these
advantages we are at a loss to
know why stock raising has not de
veloped more rapidly than it has done.
It is true in some localities a very
great advance has been made in the
past ten years, but in others there has
been little or no advance at all.
Northern Georgia Is raising a great
many mules and horses now compared
to what was raised twenty years ago,
and even in Middle Georgia there has
been considerable progress made, but
certainly the attention given this de
partment of stock raising is nothing
compared to what it should be. The
ralsng of cattle and hogs is yet in its
infancy in this section. We say noth
ing of sheep, for the people still pre
fer worthless curs to sheep.
We firmly believe and we have just
cause to believe, that before another
fifty years pass by the Southern States
contiguous to the Atlantic will be one
of the greatest stock growing sections
in the world.
The foundation will be Bermuda
grass, or it will stand as chief corner
stone. with Lucerne, Bur Clover, John
son Grass, Texas Blue Grass, Orchard
Grass, Hud’s Grass, Rye Grass,
Meadow- Oat Grass (oil-cake), African
wheat and a few others we might
name as auxiliary stones.
The sooner the Southern farmers
give this matter their serious atten
tion the better for them. Good pas
tures and plenty of hay must of neces
sity continue to be a prime factor in
the maintainance of farming on a
prosperous basis and there never was
a farmer who had just cause for re
great that he had plenty of either. A
system of farming that relies abso
lutely on hoed crops must sooner or
later be found disappointing, as many
in the South must be able to testify
by this time.
B(suitb*8 (suit b* for Profit.
Squad raising has recently come to
the front as a most profitable branch
of the poultry industry, suited especial
ly to the conditions of people In the
suburbs of cities, in villages, or in any
place where but a limited amount of
space is available, says the Practical
Farmer. We have kept pigeons on
the farm for many years, always giv
ing them perfect freedom, and we en
joyed many a meal of tender, juicy
squabs, sometimes quite regularly for
our Sunday dinner. But kept In this
way, they are of questionable useful
ness and profit, and often a decided
nuisance. They get into the barns, be
fouling the hay, or grain In sheaves.
They do damage In the fields. They are,
subject to many dangers and pitfalls,
and often fall an easy prey to the gun
of the pot hunter, to the cunning of
cats, to the stealth of owls, or the
swiftness of hawks. If squab raising
is to be made a business for profit,
the parent pigeons must be kept In
entire confinement, and in such situa
tion they will do Just as well as when
having free range, and are not sub
ject to the dangers mentioned. Re
cently the Department of Agriculture
has issued a bulletin on raising squabs
for market. The spot selected as a
home for such birds, says the bulletin,
should be well drained, should face the
south or east, being free from ob
structions which shut out the rays of
the morning sun and be sheltered,
either by trees or buildings, from the
north and west winds. Care must be
exercised in the selection of stock. The
best breed for squab raising is straight
Homers or a cross between them and
Dragons. Homers are the best work
ers and feeders, and raise larger
squabs in four weeks' time than any
other variety. A pair of Dragons re
quires five weeks to bring squabs to
market size, but the cross will re
sult In a larger squab which can be
put on the market in four weeks.
Squabs sell readily. One large pig
eon house is better and more econom-
NERVOUS DECLINE
Demands Prompt Attention
Mental strain, overwork, worry and
similar causes result in a decline of
tmen and women.
leads to a serious
vous system Is a
delicate organism,
and men who fee!
of decline or :m-
Jtocogr.lzcd as the handle W your' caie
established skillfully ar.d in
tel’.igently. because
Spec.al.st. of my long expe
rience devoted to these conditions. My
treatment promptly corrects all drains
upon the nervous system, and restores
you to perfect strength, vigor and vi
tality.
Yon cannot afford to bo experi
mented upon, but should place your
case In the hands of an expert.
If you are weak, nervous, irritable,
have spots before the eyes, dizziness,
loss of memory, your case needs at
tention and I Invite you to call for
consultation and advice, for which I
make no oharge. Call at once, or
write for complete self-examination
Blank No. 1 for home treatment. Cor
respondence confidential.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. APRIL 25. 1904.
Constipation. Its Causo and Cura.
A person in order to be healthy must get rid
of the waste products (or poisons) of the body.
Nature has provided tour ways to get rid of
them: The Bowels, the Kidneys, the Bladder
and the pores of the Skin
If tbe bowels become inactive, that portion of
the food which should be thrown off lies in the
intestines and decomposes, causing blood, nerve,
liver and kidney trouble, and closes the pores
of the skin, thus creating disease m the entire
system. ,
You can Immediately relieve and permanently
dire yourself of stubborn constipation or dis
tressing stomach trouble and perfectly regulate
your kidnet sand liver by taking one dose a day
of DRAKE S PALMETTO WINE. Any reader
of this paper can secure absolutely free a bottle
by writing to Drake Formula Cos.. Drake Build
ing, Chicago
A FREE trial bottle aloDe has brought health
and Tigor to many, so you owe It to yourself to
prove what it will do in your case.
Write the company this very day.
ical than severad small ones, but a
house should not accommodate more
than 250 pairs. A room Bxlo feet will
accommodate fifty pairs very comfort
ably. Feed twice a day—in the sum
mer at 6:30 a. m. and 4:30 p, m.; in
the winter at 7:30 a. m. and 3 p. m.
Best results are obtained by feeding
cracked corn, red wheat, Kaffir corn,
millet, peas, hemp and rice. Each
morning before feeding give the birds
fresh, pure water.
Bathing is essential to the health of
pigeons. Let them bathe every other
day In summer. In w-inter the bath
should be given only on bright, sunny
days. Clean house once every week.
The nests should be frequently clean
ed. and disinfectants be used freely.
The floor of the building may be
strewn with lime, and sand on top of
this. It is not an uncommon occur
rence to have one pair of pigeons pro
duce ten pairs of squabs in one year's
time, and the author of the bulletin
reports 4,400 squabs as the market
product of 425 pairs of pigeons during
one year. Plans of building and in
terior arrangements, suited to raising
squabs, will be given in an article
later on.
Asparagus Culture.
For years past we have been urging
on gardeners the uselessness of waiting
tw o or three years to get asparagus, by
the planting of two or three-year roots
instead of growing the asparagus from
seed sown right where it is to remain,
says Prof. Ma9sey in Practical Farmer.
Over thiny years ago we practiced the
method of sowing the seed in the per
manent rows and cut good asparagus
the next spring following the sowing of
the seed in April. Hence we are glad to
notice that others are beginning to find
out that this Is the best way. Mr. C. 3.
Allen writes in the American Agricul
turist of his experience in the sowing
ol the seed in a permanent location. He
prepared a bed and sowed the seed as
late as May 20. He dug deep trenches
three feet deep and a foot and a half
w-ide, and packed in them a foot of well
rotted manure, mainly cow manure.
This was packed down and the trench
further filled with rotted manure mixed
one-half with soil, to within six inches
of the surface. The seed was sown on
this and covered half an inch deep and
well firmed. and the plants were
thinned to a foot apart, though he says
that it would have been better to have
marie it two feet. The result was that
he cut asparagus shoots three-quarters
of an inch in diameter eleven months
after sowing the seed. We did the
same thing, but did not go to the great
expense of making the 3-foot trenches,
which we consider needless and a waste
of manure, for the plants will never
use that manure three feet under
ground. For home use we prefer aspar
agus near the surface and cut at the
ground all tender, and with the new
Columbian asparagus that remains
white above ground there is no peed
for getting in deep under ground. We
would prepare the land by deep break
ing and turning under as heavy an ap
plication of manure as possible In the
fall. Then in spring prepare the land
perfectly level and sow the seed in
rows four feet apart and thin to two
feet. As the plants grow give them a
dressing of 100 pounds of nitrate of
soda and repeat the application In two
weeks, keeping the rows perfectly
clean. The young plants thinned out
can be transplanted to similar soil as
easily as onions, and good asparagus
can be cut the next spring, and if the
soil is kept heavily manured annually
the production will Increase yearly.
The Profitable Hog.
The hog that will grow with a
smotth, symmetrical form of 250
pounds In the shortest time I regard
as the most profitable hog for pork,
says the Swineherd. He should be
of that smooth conformation that with
good farmer’s care will grow to that
size at 9 months of age. That which
is termed the easy grower and feeder
must inherit from his ancestors this
character. It is the sire and dam be
hind the pig that we must Judge from,
to secure the growthiness and quick
maturing qualities that enable him
with ease to reach 250 pounds and up
wards at 9 months. We know that
it is possible to make a much heavier
weight, but we are fixing an average,
such as good farmers' treatment will
insure. And every farmer who is
looking for profit should give this kind
of treatment. He should be growthy,
so that if fed to a finish In the man
ner of a show hog at our great fairs
he will weigh 650 pounds at 18 months
of age. And If fed out for the 2-year
old show, should weigh some 200
pounds or upwards.
I do not think it profitable to feed
hogs out to this grreat weight for pork
purposes. The markets at the present
time have to be consulted and the 250-
pound hog is a popular and profitable
weight. He will bring about the top
of the market year In and year out.
Nobody knows any better what kind
of a boar to buy to raise such hogs
than the level-headed lowa farmer.
He looks over your lot of pigs and
picks out the heavy boned, broad
backed. good length and deep bodies.
When he gets this kind of a hog he
knows he has an animal that will
range the farm over, gathering a large
portion of his living from the pasture
and scattered grain of the farm and
feed lots, and will quickly grow to
a good market hog, without sitting
up nights and feeding him with mush
and milk and other condiments.
The Poland-China breeder that does
not keep In mind this demand of the
farmers of this type of a hog will
wake up some morning and find him
self out of the business, for the rea
son that the Red hog breeder and the
White hog breeder that are pushing
the improvements of their hogs on this
line for size zr.d growthir.ess will be
supplying the farmers who know what
they want from, experience. Their
poclcetbooks tel! them, when they mar
ket their hogs which are the most
profitable.
We must breed the hor and im
prove the hog for the farmers' bene
fit and profit and not for sentiment
or beauty alone.
Feeding Hogs for Prom.
I will give you a few items on the
feed question with a view of carrying
on the business and growing pigs
profitably, says a successful hog
raiser. My idea of raising hogs is to
grow tjiem as cheap as you can. so
that you will get all the gain with as
little cost as possible. I know some
breeders that feed to their hogs that
which costs more than the hogs are
worth or will bring after feeding them.
For economy and profit you cannot
afford to buy everything you hear of.
You must use good Judgment in the
kind of feed you use. You must know
how and when to feed for the best
gain in pigs and hegs. Every hog-
raiser should prepare a pasture for his
hogs, and a good one, not just one or
two acres for fifty or more hogs to
run on all the season. Get a good,
large pasture and plenty of range, as
It is a great profit with little cost, and
It will not pay to keep hogs in dry
lots the year round. They will not
make you much money after you count
up the cost of your feed. Brood sows
should be on grass alone in the sum
mer after their pigs are weaned. This
is the way I treat my sows, and It ac
counts In part for the good litters in
the spring. The feed that we use we
raise on our farm, and it is mostly
corn and oats. This is what we give
to our pigs and hogs, and to our sows
we give bran and shorts while they
are suckling pigs, and they do well on
this kind of feed. With this feed you
can develop bone, muscle and growth.
After the pig is weaned we give him
corn and oats ground together, one
third oats and two-thirds corn, with a
mixture of shorts and bran in about
equal parts, with plenty of grass.
This causes the best devlopment and
growth. I do not believe it necessary
to buy carloads of linseed meal, hom
iny hearts or so much prepared foods
of different kinds to make one’s pigs
grow if you are onto your business as
a feeder. Asa successful raiser of
hogs you must use judgment in rais
ing your own feed and preparing it so
that you will get the best results.
This gives the greatest profit, and that
is what we are looking for.
Crowi and Cholera.
W'e notice from the daily press that
the farmers in a Wisconsin county are
going to have a big crow slaughtering
bee before long, says the Farmer's Re
view-. There is a bounty of ten cents
a head on these birds and that of
course invites their destruction, but it
is given out that the chief object in
conducting the raid is the fact that
crows spread cholera. Perhaps they do,
but they should not be given a chance,
and cholera will never be stayed or
stopped by crow destruction. Hawks
and buzzards may be included in the
category of germ-disseminating birds,
and they doubtless do more damage of
this sort than the common crow. Car
rion crows feast on dead bodies and
no doubt may in some instances carry
disease to pastures used by sound an
imals, but we. have never traced an
outbreak with any degree of certainty
to common crows, while buzzards have
often been given the blame and prob
ably deserved it. The point we wish
to make is that neither crows nor buz
zards can spread disease of any sort
if the carcases of animals dying of
disease are properly buried, or, better,
still, utterly destroyed by fire. It is
the allowing of dead animals to lie
about the yards or fields that gives
birds a chance to carry the contagion,
and we want in every state a law
making it a punishable offense to thus
abandon dead animals and requiring
their destruction by fire. Very often
hog cholera is spread by throwing dead
hogs into streams or creeks, and we
have a number of records showing
that anthrax has been spread in the
same way. The germ must have a
source, and it is in the diseased ani
mal. It will die out If the victim of
the disease is destroyed by fire. It
will stay and Increase if the dead ani
mals are thrown into streams or w-at
erlng places. The water carries the
germs, and unburied animals are also
subject to the attentions of carrion
birds which may further the work of
germ distribution. In Indiana it has
been shown that hog cholera is most
common and most virulent near rivers
and tends to lessen and finally die out
as the rivers are left behind. The river
does not originate the germ nor carry
it unless dead hogs are thrown into
the water. Evidently then, the way
to get at the business is to make it a
crime to contaminate water by dis
posing of dead animals according to
this common plan. If those who have
determined to shoot every crow would
let the crows alone to carry on much
useful work in the destruction of
small vermin and insects and see to
it that no cholera carcass is allowed
to He for an hour unburned, the dis
ease would more speedily disappear in
a community than by the inauguration
of any other plan that could be de
vised. Better than shooting crows
would be general disinfection of prem
ises occupied by hogs. Coal-tar carbolic
disinfectants like zenoleum and oth
ers of like character are cheap and
easily obtained ajid will go far to
wards killing germs and preventing
germ spread and proliferation. Clean
liness means health and the wholesale
use of such disinfectants along with
free use of whitewash tend to safe
guard our herds. This, however, is not
all that Is necessary to conserve
health and keep out diseases prevalent
everywhere. It is as Important to
properly nourish the animals by the
furnishing of ample amounts of all
food requisites. Remember that a
hog fed on an incomplete ration from
birth to maturity is necessarily incom
plete In some particular or another.
On the other hand, complete nutrition
means robust health, normally devel
oped organs, pure blood—provided am
ple exercise Is allowed, sunlight per
mitted and cleanliness observed. We
must see to it, too, that our stock is
not allowed to degenerate in vitality
by too close breeding. Potatoes, oats
and many other vegetable crops, tend
to weaken and depreciate if seed is
not changed frequently. Animals suf
fer in the same way. Consanguineous
breeding reduces vitality and saps con
stitution. A change to rugged blood
now and then is advisable, and ad
vantageous.
Kntftiiiß Cantaloupe* it Rocky Ford,
Col.
The growing of muskmelons has not
retrograded in the Rocky Ford region,
says a Western Journal. The coming
season 3bout 5,000 acres will be de
voted to this purpose, and this area
will be cultivated by at least 1,000
growers. The melons are all market
ed through co-operative associations,
of which we have twenty in this val
ley. Most of the melons are sold
on a straight commission basis and
few get any cash to advance at the
car. The average price last season
was above $1 a crate and the highest
sum received from five acres was $360.
The average returns, one year with
another, is SSO per acre, but ranges
from nothing up to $360. "The man
with the hoe" has much to do with
the profit and loss.
It is not a difficult problem to grow
Rocky Ford cantaloupes under the
right conditions. Begin by getting
seed of high vitality. This can be
secured of reliable seed firms, or the
grower can save it himself by select
ing the best specimens the previous
season ar.d washing ar.d drying the
seed.
The best soi! is a rich loam, con
taining just enough sand to make it
work well. Be sure that It is rich in
plant food. Tf the sod Is thoroughly
rotted, clover land, new timber land,
or new prairie is about as good as
can be chosen. These soils are usual
ly rich in plant food. As it is almost
impossible to have any soil too fertile,
there can be no harm in applying
plenty of weli-rotted barnyard manure
or other fertilizer of this kind.
Plow the soil eight to ten inches
deep the previous fall, if possible. If this
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was neglected last fall, plow In the
spring. Just as deep as the soil was
broken the previous season. Follow
with harrow, so as to break up all the
clods, before they become hard and
create a dust mulch for the purpose
of preventing evaporation. Mark off
the land in rows six feet apart each
way and at the cross marks plant ten
to twelve seeds, covering with loose,
moist soil, about one inch deep. See
that the hill is slightly higher than
the surrounding soil. In a few’ days
go over the ground and rake the sur
face lightly with a garden rake. As
soon as the plants are well above the
ground hoe lightly around the hills
and draw the moist soil up to the
plants, taking care not to loosen the
tender roots. Replant any hills that
are missing.
Start the cultivator and cultivate
deep away from the plants, but shal
low close to them. Repeat this cul
tivation at least once a week. When
the plants have five or six leaves each
go over the field with a mow and thin
to two plants to a hill, leaving, of
course, the strongest and best.
If the striped melon pest appears
dust the plant with wood ashes or
very little air slacked lime. If ground
fleas appear mix one pound of parls
green with twenty pounds of flour
and dust early in the morning, while
the plants are moist writh dew. As
the season progresses go over the field
at least twice a week and look after
the melon louse. If this is found,
cover up all infested hills with straw
and burn at once. This Is exceed
ingly important and must not be
overlooked.
Continue hoeing until the crop Is well
matured. My plan is to hoe early,
hoe late and not cease this work.
This not only kills the weeds, which
should not be allowed to develop to any
considerable size, but keeps the ground
in the very best condition. I find no
particular advantage in pinching oft
the vines, as this tends to weaken the
plants, injures the quality of the fruit
and shortens the harvest season. Good
seed, good soil, and good cultivation
are the important items in raising
Rocky Ford melons.
Selecting Seed.
Seed planting time will soon be here
and the importance of using only seed
that is certain to be of good vitality,
and will produce desirable varieties of
plants, says the Indiana Farmer. The
first cost of the seed is but a small
item when the results are thought of;
consider the work, time, worry and
expense of cultivating a crop, then
think that the selection of seed will
determine to quite an extent, what the
harvest will be, and seed presents quite
anew aspect.
We are too hasty, generally, think
only of the present, consider only the
immediate outlay, if it were other
wise, nothing but selected seed would
be planted. Yet we have all been fa
miliar since childhood writh the verse
from the Book of Books, to not expect
figs from the thistles, so how can rea
sonable persons expect a good crop of
select quality from inferior seed.
In the garden and flower yard, a
careful selection of seed is as neces
sary as in field crops. 'While home
saved seed, if carefully saved only
from the best specimens, will result in
satisfactory results, it is necessa.ry to
procure new seed every few years in
order to get a share of the new good
things that are being introduced.
Send for catalogues from several of
the best seedsmen, carefully examine
them, then select the desired sorts,
sending for a few of the new things
that test. It is best to allow someone
writh more leisure than the farmer
has, to make a very extended trial of
novelties; perhaps tw r o-thirds of much
lauded new sorts prove to be of no ac
count.
Seed by the ounce cost but little
more than W'hen ordered by the pack
et, yet the amount of seed in an
ounce of tomato, lettuce, onion, cucum
ber, radish or cabbage, is enough for
the average garden all through the
season, enough for several sowings,
and of tomatoes, enough plants to sup
ply the neighborhood. It is really
economy to purchase above sorts by
the ounce, and of corn, beans and
peas, by the-pint or quart.
Any reliable seedsman will supply
you writh good tested seed; almost all
of the old seed houses are reliable, and
many of the new ones, not the most
extravagant descriptions, nor the most
profuse ink spreaders have the best
seed; one can soon learn which is the
honest dealer, and while it is safe to
deal writh firms one has had satisfac
tion writh, it is not best to be too con
servative.
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8 and 10 Bryan Street, East, Savannah, Ga.
HERMAN MYERS. President. .IOIIN M. BRYAN, Cashier.
JACOB PAULSEN, Vice President. ALLAN SWEAT. Accountant, .
Deposits for Savings Solicited.
.interest allowed on same, subject to check.
Time Certificates issued at favorable rates.
We act as Trustee under charter for Court Fuads,
Railways and other corporations.
DIRECTORS: Jl(
HERMAN MYERS. JACOB PAULSEN.
DAVID WELLS. SAMUEL MEINHARD. .
C. C. SCHLEY. R- J. NUNN. '
ABRAHAM LEFFLER. JAS. E. GRADY. JR.
JACOB S. COLLINS. JAS. M. DIXON.
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
WEEK DAY WINTER SCHEDULE
Effective Dec. 14, 1903.
Subject to change without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE LINE
between Isle of Hope and Fortieth St.
Lv. loth Street. Lv. Isle of Hope.
A.M. PM. A.M. pH.
:30 1:30 6:00 1:00
7:30 2:30 7:00 2:o#
2:30 3:30 t: r 3 3:00
0:30 4:30 0.00 4:00
10:30 6:30 10:00 6:00
11:30 6:30 11:00 6:00
*Vla Montgomery.
BETWEEN ISLE OF HOPE AND
THUNDERBOLT. .
Lv. Isle of Hope. Lv. Thunderbolt.
A.M. P.M. A.M. PM.
7:00 6:00 57:22 6:36
8.00 16:23 7:32
Hi Mlnute wait at Sandfly.
MONTGOMERY LINE.
Between Montgomery and Fortieth St.
Lv. Fortieth St. LvTMontgomery
A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M.
8.30 2:30 5:50 1:45
10-30 3:30 6:50 82:35
..... 7:30 9:50 5:50
118 Minute wait at Sandfly. Connects
to Isle of Hope.
Montgomery & Thunderbolt.
Lv. Montgomery. Lv. Thunderbolt
A. M. p. m. A. M. P. M.
6:50 305 7:22 3:35
7:63 650 8:22 6:38
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE
Effective July 13, 1903.
leave Whitaker and Bay Streets.
A.M. a. M_ P M. P. M
J £ 10:0 ® 12:44 6:2*
8:40 10:44 1:20 6:00
•7JO ii:2p 2:00 6;4f
7:20 12:06 2:40 7:2(;
6:20 8:00
4.00 8:40
B:7° . 4:40
Leave Mill-Haven.
A. JjL a.M. P. M. P. M.
*8:40 li;oo 13:20 6:40
7:00 U:0 1:00 „ •6:o*
T 2# 1:40 * 6:26
2:20 7:94
* ; 7# 6:00 7:46
2:40 B:2*
*:*? 4:20 4:00
10:20 6;00
_ ‘Dally except Sunday.
SATURDAY EVENING SPECIAL.
Leave Whitaker Leave Mill
and Bay Bta. Haven.
P- M. p. m.
9:20 |:4O
10:00 10:20
10:40 11:00
*1:20 12:00
THUNDERBOLT LINE ~
City Market to Casino and Thunderbolt rla
Bolton street Junction.
kp tfnrridfv? 1 6: '2w a - cars le*™ City Mar
until H -30 p m at Thunderbolt every half hour
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction 15 minutes
after leaving time at City Market
Beginning at 5:53 a, m., cars leave Live Oak
station for city every half hour until 12 03
midnight.
COLLINSVILLE LINE.
Be*inning at 6:0.5 a. m„ cars leave Waters
mUriJw “ Veaje BVery 20 minutes uatil
Beginning at 6:05 a m. cars leave Cltv
Market for tVatero road and Estill avenue ev
ery 20 minutes until 12:05 midnight
Through cars are operated between Market
and Thunderbolt. via Collinsville and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Market. Leave Thunderbolt
6 45 A. M. J3UA.M.
4S_P. M. 7 30P.M.
WEST END LINE (Lincoln Park.)
Car leaves west side of City Market for Lin.
coin Park 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market (;30ttt
and every 40 minutes thereafter until lZo’clock
midnight.
rREICH r JMI PARCK. ( All
Leaves east side of City Market for Thunder
bolt. Cattle Park, Sandfly. Isle of Hope and all
intermediate points—ll:ls a. m„ 1:15 p.m o la
p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandflv, Cattle Park
Thunderbolt and all intermediate points— s 00
a. m., 11:00 a. m.,3:00 b. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at 5.50 a. ta..
and 2:35 p. m.. connecting at Sandfly with reg
nlar parcel car for city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation of passengei a.
Anv further information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service can be had b
applying to L. R. NASH, Manager.
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OLD DOMINION LINE.
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Sea Trip
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round trip, from Savannah to New
York, including meals and berth
on steamer; tickets good for return
trip within six months.
Only enough water trip to make
the entire journey most delightful.
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Agents connecting rail lines or by
addressing
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OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCES
By Committee on Street and Lanes-
An ordinance for the tmprovemn- of
Thirty-Sixth street from the East
property line of Bull street to tht
West property line of Abercom street,
under the terms and provisions of
act of the Legislature of Georgia an.
proved Oct. Ist. 1887.
Section 1. Be It ordained by th
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah, in Council assembled. under
the terms and provisions of an act of
the Legislature of Georgia, approve!
Oct. Ist, 1887, that the Director of
Public W T orks for the city of Savan
nah, and the Committee on Street!
and Lanes of said oity, be and they
are hereby authorized and directed ti
build and construct on Thirty-sixtk
street, in the city of Savannah, from
the east property line of Bull street,
to the west property line of Abereora
street, a roadway of vitrified brick
thirty-two (32) feet in width betweet
the curbing, said pavement at all
street and lane intersections to extenj
over the full width of said Thirty,
sixth street; that it Is to say, to line!
co-incident with the respective prop
erty lines, and they are authorize)
and directed to lay the necessary curb
ing, and do all the work in the way of
grading, the placing of catch basin*
drains, crossings and all other thing
incident to the constructipn and com
pletion of said roadway on said pot
tion of Thirty-sixth street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained thal
after the total cost of said work, shal
have been ascertained, one-third (l-f
of such total cost shall be palj
out for the city treasury, ani
the other two-thirds(2-3)by the persons
owning at the date of the adoption of
this ordinance the real estate abut
ting on said portion of Thirty-sixtb
street to be improved under this ordi
nance according to frontage, and tht
pro rata amount of the cost of sue)
work is hereby assessed against tin
said abutting real estate, and its own
ers as aforesaid, according to front
age.
The frontage of intersecting strew
and lanes is assessed as real estati
abutting on said portion of Thirty
sixth street to be improved, and tht
Mayor and Aldermen of ths
city of Savannah shall be, to
all the intents and purposes oi
this ordinance the owner ot
the real estate as abutting, ani
shall pay from the city treasury ia
just pro rate as such owners of the
cost of said work, according to front
age In addition to its one-third (1-3)
of the entire cost as hereinbefore
provided.
Sec. 3. Be It further ordained, that
after the improvement hereinbefore pro
arided for has been completed, thi
said director and the said committa
shall prepare and submit to the ecus
cil of the city of Savannah, a stats
ment showing the cost of the lmprovs
ment herein provided for, and also a
assessment roll, showing as to two
thirds (2-3) of the cost to be ap
portioned. how it is apportion
among the several abutting parcels
including the street and lane inter
sections, and giving the sum charge
able to each parcel, with the name
of the owner.
Upon the consideration and adopt
ion of said statement and assessment
roll by the council of the city of Savan
nah, it shall then become the duty ol
the city treasurer to send to the abut
ting property owners their proper bit
for the same, as it may be ascertain
ed by the City Council,and if such bill
so sent be not paid within thirty (30l
days after the presentation or send
ing of the same, It shall then becotm
the duty of the city treasurer to issu!
execution for the amount, together
with cost against "the persons anf
property aforesaid, which executioJ
shall be made and levied out of tht
property described therein, as are ei
ecutions for city taxes.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, ths!
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for th*
first time April 13, 1904, and published
for information.
J. ROBERT CREAMER,
Clerk of Council. _
By Alderman Thomas —
An ordinance to change the name <*
Willow street to Thirty-sixth street.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Sa
vannah, in Council assembled, that
the name of Willow street, in the city
of Savannah, (which street extendi
from Florance street to Ogeechee road
be, and the same is hereby changed
to Thirty-sixth street.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
that all ordinances and parts of ordi
nances, in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for th
first time April 13, 1904, and published
for ir.format'on.
J. ROBERT CREAMER,
Clerk of Council _
LIQUOR LICENSES.
City of Savannah, Office Clerk 0‘
Council. Savannah. Ga., April
1904.—The following applications ts
retail liquor during the year I?®*
were read at meeting of Council Ap--*
13, 1904. and referred to Committee
of the Whole.
-T. ROBERT CREAMER
Clerk of Cour.rri.
Joe Goldberg, 1821 Ogeechee read
-Application of J F. Durder. for pet"
mission to transfer his liquor l;*e:*Jf
from 1634 Ogeechee road to Xa. 1*
Barnard street, referred to Cosair.ltl**
of the Whole.
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