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Atlanta, <ia.
I I > «• • ’*’ !»<•! t >
| < h -'’ .'.hi:; Pi. nie.
n-> the 11th instant the writer, in compa
ny with the atetion dairyman. Mr II J.
Wing. ivent a pleasant and profitable day
at Ftinson. Meriwether county. «.ror--<-u it
was the regular monthly meeting ‘lay or
the St!n* n Agricultural Club, and we were
there by special Invitati n to talk about
firming. and especially of dairying, end to
IlluatnUo cheese making. Between W anu
Jt o'clock a. m. Iha <hur.h and school
vard were well sprinkled over with a goodly
j.iunher <>f the people from the surrounding
country ind from a’ far as Gtynvilte.
* which was represented by Hon. Henry 1».
Harris, and yet farther. Atlanta, by Rev.
ci i I. s !.•>. . Mr. d imes Ogletree, preddt ot.
and Rev. 8. K. Clements, secretary of the
«lub. soon organised the arrangements for
, . “tn! day. • "I >n. I 11. It.
Harris, president • th ■ Stinson Farmer.’
institute, was mad.* presiding officer for the
,t-iy. Some of Hie athletic young men were
direct. I to erect tables strong enough to
bear tm under the deii.-i. ns burdens roon
to Im* impose*! on them. Now for the < lieese
ruiklng. From the m 't-hboring village store
two large, tin dishpans, and a. fifteen-gallon
washtub were pr- tin L Ten different per
hid < -.*< it brought a gallon of fresh
mornins's milk. A sample of milk from each
lot w; s first submitt-d t • the tfabroek milk
• st in order Io .let. rmine its “richness, or
the percentage of butter it contained. This
was no part of the cheese-making Process,
but the test wrs made simply to illustrate
c ,* of the practical methods now in use,in
« »< ,-y well regulated dairy, creamery and
• liw» ' fact rv. In the private dairy it is
u t> enable the owner to pick out the
«ous that give rich milk, and weed out
these that do not p-y for their feed. In the
c-rvatv.-ry and ch< <<• factory it is In daily
use to t* .-t the ri i tiess of every hatch of
milk brought in. and the producer is paid
or ereditt-1 on the lo \s a.—onHt’g to the
indication cf the test, in a few minutes the
■ ! . •• ,*.| that the
mutiny of th,- mill- furni-hed on this ocean
ion vari. 1 from 4 t « I,r cent, averaging
about 5’4 per cent of butter fat. This is
finite a hii.h average and indicated a good
1 of row.-. To return to the cheese male
. !*.■. <_»•■• of th- large, ruhi disiq-ins was
tilled about one-four th full of water and
l-lactd on the stove. The remaining dlsh
j n- sizei w.u? *hen placed’in the first
and j> rt’y filled with mils, nquiptag about
• l< • ■ :■ .i. tut. Afu • heating
t :;b *it 1-1 degree* this portion of milk
w.is p-.grel into th-- till* with the other,
x bich brought the whole ten gall ms to the
t‘. r- temperature of al out s' degree". A
v- r- small quantity of r-nm-tine was then
; ! I .i and the m .ss gently and continuous
ly stir:—d to pr i. nt ti cr-.-am from rising
to th. ;rf; until it commenced to thick
en. when stirring «rose 1. In at» ut fifteen
minut-s the n.iik was a firm, soil I clablwr
ti itr 11. The < i»Tut<»r, using p long bread
kniic, th-ii cut it into str • i pieces. Il was
then t.Tiait:--d to stand nntil the whey was
s-jMiatiny frroly. A little Whey was dipped
• at and te i upon the sb v. and returned
t • the tul>. in order to bring up the temper
s.i; re »t tii- whole mas-, to übout hs degrees.
1- ■ iitth while the j;.-.s of curd had be
•-- me < :ii| aralively firm. The whey was
th* n drained iff by putting the whole into
; t •e of cheese cloth. The curd was then
salt..!, using about I ounces of salt and
jut into the «hc«se hoop and submitted to
pr. - r,e in a cider press Fat had l»-'en
j r>r: •! for the purpose. Tills coinplet.-l
tli.- •• —-m in ch.**- ■ making, and showed
to tin wondering and interested crowd That
chees.-making is oy no m -aim a tedious and
• kde.mte j r-ieess, and that any h-e.isewdc,
l aving .« few gallot . cf milk on h ind, may
make chc •• with only such appliances us
in *.y b • f ind or « slly j.rovri'.d in every
h isebold. N »v. w< d< n’t mean to say that
attybod' can main* hist-ciai:-*. long-keeping
«hoes . There ,is rn art in the prwess, a
•‘. greens expertr.« - o' last.* and smell <iiid
j d that e.n only Is* fully acquired by
long pni<-t *e. Th.* more details of the
1 •s. th m-s ’...inic.sl < r manual opcra-
tinne. are simpler tl. .n the op. ration of
<• urninr. and may lie p- rform-si by any
• ••■ after once aeetag t i proct < u the
hands of an expert, or even after r- i ting
ii ts <i<- fie-d in detail tn bi.Metin No. IS
«I th« (horgia extierpnent station.
After the ch-esc was tlnhdwd the m< eting
took :» r.-<> for dinn-T—end such a dinner!
The l.i lies Were tin re in full foie-, whkh
rUitement : i-nds s •entity for evetA thing
t-r anything tl -it m -bt is- said in praise of
the go- -! things that cover the snowy spread.
5< i th!
After dinm-r a praet’cal talk—a wort of
•\; « r-its »c .r-.m this writer, fvilnw.d by
one from the pn si lent and closed by a
fifteen minu’-.V Sr-.lk by Hairyinan Wing,
air: we jum|« .1 into the surry behmd Br >th-
• r Tfni Harm s's p a r of g «m1 t:. v,-l< r«- fur
.! six mile drive to ■ ttcti the train at Wann
b'nrinys slaFoti. ,1-t— t o pass in one hour
mad tift aii minutes.
I’ Was .1 glorious day, cool and bricing
in the e«rly morning, bu- cnlm and sunny
hlong the midway. Th.- people fire intelligent.
pr.>»rt .-save and rc.isonably wide-awake and
wnl progress. Th-r inta rest in dairying is
rw what nrousari atfti we will not l<* sur
y;-f- si to h* ;.r sron of th. or::.<n‘iati' n of a
• rxamery ut or near Stinson. The director
t-tandb i oy to encourage, in a-wiy practi
< able and pn per way. Impr vument nnd
prognws along all lines, <'|.ci..-ii dairying
and stock husbandry. li. J. REDOING.
FARM AND OVKsrtON BOX.
Various Subfeeta o,i Which the Farmers
Afck faformat ion.
To J. U. Sloan. Ata.—A long neg
let ted car-* of founda r such as you describe
cannot be cured, but something can be
d .ie it t:,e vay of alleviatirg it. Keep
the feet cool ami soft as possible by the
frjqucnt use of poultices, clay puddles or
• wl bath:*. let the shae s ue wide webbeal
..ml e.ancave on th-.* 1 aring surface so as to
take off the pressure from the sole as
much as Jaossibie. Rub a little tty a blister
ointment a.--ur.-. the coronet or just above
the t> p oi ttae hoof once a month.
I*. G., Auburn, Ala.— (0 At what time
r. and larky m.wii for grazing, ,<nd
which i* best, iy -or laurl > Give amount
of sv.-d per a<-re, suitable fertilizer, and
when- can s *»-d be had. ami how large an
ar. .v for grazing a-nv <-■ a one hour p*r daav ?
till- Mrs Harriet ".-ocher Bt<>-.e still hv
i e. and wh, -e, and -l ><-x -he still write for
tie- pre-s. and what is her age?
<ll Rye or barley for grazing should be
«■ :. sAvirii'' '-r. Harley is best, provide ;
He- land i* quite rt»-h, but tye d better
ca ordinary soil. Sow iwo bo.-hels of rye
<.r four bushels of barley per acre. Cotton
se*d or cvii.n seed meal is a good fertil-
•ttA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. .MONDAY. OCTOBEB 22,1894.
Izer for either. Any large seed dealer can
supply seed, say Mark W. Johnson Seed
Co., Atlanta. Ga. We would say that one
quarter of an acre would be sufficient to
afford grazing for one cow one hour per
day, provided the soil is rich.
(2t Mrs. Harriet iieecher Stowe is still
living and resides somewhere on the St.
Johns river. Florida. She occasionally
writes for the press. She is eighty-two
years of age.
Old Sub-criiier. Dublin. Ga.—(l.) Does the
cutaway harrow pa.' *o break up land with,
and do oats do well plowed in with it?
(2.) Would rye uiak« a good pasture for u
colt one year old, also for a young aUillion
four years old? t 3.1 At what age could a
young stud be use<t to serve brood mares?
it.) What is the l»est plan to manage young
horses well bred to keep them growing and
dblng well the whole year around?
(1. The cutaway harrow will not do sat
isfactory work, breaking land, on rough,
clay soils, but answers well on soft clean
land. (2.) Yes. <3.1 Not under two years,
and then only three er faur times during
the third year of his life. The number
may lie increased to half dozen the next
year, and at five years he is capable of
full duty. (I.) We cannot give ail the de
tails. ie t the feed consist mainly oi well
seasoned eats and sweet, sound hay or
com blade f-Mlu'-r. Give regular and faith
ful grooming, relying mostlv on the brush,
rather than the currycomb, ("lean stalls,
clean water, a good place to exercise, gen
tle yet firm treatment. Teach him to come
mi call, train him es|.e<-lally in walking.
Always rub and cb-ati well when he comes
ia from work, clean out his feet a" least
once a w«-ek. i.«*t one careful person have
sole charge of him at all times.
F. 11. T.. Oak Grove Station.-Mare rubs
hair on wh.-r<- tail joins backbone; bit-, s her
self in various places or where itches, lx
this incipient mange? Does it com* from
worms? Has lani|H-rs; cutting relieves
mouth for weeks, but does not nuike her
••ease to rul< and Idle herselt. What ex
ternal or internal remedy do you suggest.'
Slioutd animal Is- treated for worms an- itch
also? Have varied feed to no good; light or
bard work has no affect.
Most probably your mare has prurigo or
‘itchy skin," but it Is possible that it may
Le mange. Give a purge of 5 drachms
of aloes, 1 drachm of ginger, 1 drachm of
gentian root and syrup, or soap, to form
into Ik dus, and give as one dose. When
pinging is over give a tnblespoonfnl of the
following, in bran mashes, morning and
night: Four ounces Epsom salts, 2 outu-es
salttw ter, I oiu« ex cotton seed meal. Wadi
h> t a.t ovet with soap and water, and wlv n
dry snonge her over with vinegar. If prac
ticable, give green ‘‘ood for one month.
The lampers is probably du<* to disordered
stomach, and wiR be likely to yield to the
above treatment. It is probable that you
fe«-d too high, in stimulating food. Change
from corn to oats, and don’t go back to
corn again, except ccasionaily in cold
weather.
J. T C Fl- inmingi. N. C.-f come to veu
lor the following information: I have a
mere about twelve years oid. She has some
thing growing over the irnstde of both of h. r
rorolegs nt t j le knee joint tat.ier to the
front. The grow th Is ab.-ot th- . ize of a
hen egg, protrudes out a»> >at oi •-half an
inch, is s'lit and feels like gristle; don’t
seem to lame the mare or hurt her in
any wav and is M »1II growing larger. 1 .< use
ill me know at once what to do tor it. It
hurts her. looks ami I can’t trade her to
any advantage with the knots on her Jegs
:>s they ar<-. and I am afraid it will lame
her if they continue, to "row.
Your mure probably has what is called a
“splint ’ on on h leg. yet it is trua that a
splint generally causes some degree of
laineneSH during its growth of formation,
especially on the trot. Hut it does not
often produce permanent lamenc-s unless
it is located on or w ithin sn nr-h < f the
knee joint. Apply either hot or co. I water
half hour at u time three tint—-, a day. Af
ter the -kin is dry apply i co'dinn lotion
ot ovc ounce cacti of ealt|M-ter and muriate
of ammonia dissolved in one qun.-i of v .iter.
When the soreness is gone as a result of
tie- above treatment, you should then blls
ti r the place by rubbing welt in . n oint
ment of one-fourth ounce of cantharides
an t one <lra- hm of btrodide of mercury,
powdered and mixed with two ounces oi
lard. Give two weeks’ rest and Red
on light, soft food.
Dr. I*. <’. 1:., Hawthorne. R. C.—Can you
or any of your numerous readers answer
through tile Mgricultural department of
Th*- Constitution the following q-jstieiia and
oblige? <l.) How niany pomuls of petit does
it take ■ • malt ■ ■ !•■-• | ••;. eommt rclally
.-■p .«|-Ing? t: .i H- w are sugar-e treo hams
put up; e‘-f>< eiaily give the ingr.-dients and
tlie mode <-f applying them that are n 1
on the sa<-k inclosing the hams” We can.
without much trouble, raise sufficient pork
to supply cur tables, but we have "hut yet
found a motiu-j to prevent us lusting (said
to be tlic action of the air on the meat) or
to keep the bugs and worms fro i destroy
ing it. We have trf >d with indltT< r<.ni -uc
•-. .-. rutting the meat, a<> -r it is pr. tty
I
dust, shucks, hay and silt, it seems that
if we knew the proet s- used by the wi st- ru
packer:) for patting up hams wo
might adopt the -aim- plan. Home yun is
cheap. We could sr.ek all our br.< on in it.
and apply the preparation 1 nm now inquir
ing about, which seems to make the .••ack
iiiifo ■ V ions to air and insects, at 1 have no
further trouble on that score, ami at a .cry
stm.ll cost and no great amount of work.
<l.) t\ e <|> not know. t 2.) We cannot give
the method used by packing houses in cur
ing “sugar-cured”' hams, although we have
rend it. Our impression is that the yellow
covering sron in many canv.tsed hams ii
made of yellow ochre, a little sizing of
cheap Hour and water. In our experience
on tm* farm we had no difficulty In keeping
skippers and other Insects from the hams,
our plan being to hang up until thoroughly
dry. smoking on dam; or warm days. When
dry. each ham was immersed for about one
ivir.ut*- in boiling water, then serap-.-il and
rubbed and aired until dry again: then
v.rat>!>cii closely in two or three thickness- s
of tiewspapec. t-r one thickness of hard
ware p;.|H-r. sllppe<l in a liag, and again
hung up until wanted. We invite any read
er, who knows, to give the pi.><ess used
in preserving sugar-eured hams.
E. 15. T., Nellie. Ala. —Seeing in a few
numbers track something relative to a
• uttoii picker invented by a granii' in of
Mr. Whitney’s. I write you for more in
formation •in <•: rning it. As labor is get
tii.g rosy tr filng in this part of the e.-un
try, I vvmtld like to bnj one if i* 1.-, a -uc
ciss. Can answer this in your next paper.
We know nothing more of the cotton
pi- I• r than vvitnt was <-ont:iin—i i»i tip;
nolice to which you refer.
A. A. !».. C- iiter Poin.. I,a. —Phase ans
wer th** following in your valuable pap- r;
1. Can a hot--.- cured of blindness
lifi-
■
Condition
KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS
Strong and Healthy; Prevents all Disease.
Gooff for .Uoultiiiff Hens.
b H rum. Hinh’y con< mlrat. 1. Tnq«*»
t:t. < ..Ms tenth Ilsa eent a day. No other kind is like it.
Make
Sfyou can't gel it acini t<» tea. Ask first.
that has been caused by having hook- cut
out of his eyes? There lias been no mem
brane ruptured, neither dues his’eyes tun.
Age eight; fat, and good appetite.
2. How, vvhen and what kind of fertilizer
must be wed on common light piney-wood
soil to make the best‘corn? Also, sugar*
Vane, potatoes and garden truck?
1. It is not probable that you can restore
Hu* sight if al) inflammation lias subsided.
Tlte Inflammation has done its work, and
Hie case is hopeless.
2. For corn, the following would l-e a
good formula: One hundred pounds of acid
phosphate, l.Vi pounds of cottonseed meal
ami 12 pounds of muriate of potash, or, in
stead of the muriate. GO pounds of kainit
The same would also do for sugarcane,-
potatoes or garden truck, by adding SO
pounds more of cottonw*ed n eai and 25
pounds more kainit.
I’ l>. I’., Miles, Ala. Nearly all of the
n>--la. o-s that on,. ot - m>- neighbors made
two years ago from ills ribbon <me turned
to sugar- a nice brown sugar. Making ti>e
sugar was purely accidental with him. r,.
expect-<1 It t<< remain syrup. Will you
phase give us the process for making sugar
from the juice of the ribbon cane?
The process for making sugar—raw su
gar -is precisely- the same as for making
sytup, ex opt that the boiling is continued
.1 little longer. It is impossible to describe,
in words, the indications which guide lite
expert sugar boiler in determining just
when to "draw Hie lire” and atop the boil
ing process. Jt cun only be learned by ac
tual observat ion or experience*. But we
may say that five to fifteen minutes longer
boiling than |he jiolni at which good thick
syrup would result would give more or less
sugar. After this point is reached tlte syrup
it ladled out into a large trough, or vat, or
tub, uud permitted to cool slowly. The
sugar will gra-lually, sometimes quickly,
form. The syrup nitty then be drawn or
dipped off and the sugar must !>♦.• put in
crocus seeks and hung up to dflp, in a warm
place.
Tin mill n Hulf <entK Cotton.
Mr. Editor: Noticing in The Weekly Con
stitution that you would like to hear fr< tn
any one Hint hits produced cotton this year
not costing over (» cents per pound, will c y
that my crop hasn’t <-o.*t me over . cents
p<*r pound, i have 15'> acres itt cotton and
will make 110 )>ab-s of cotton vrith five
mules, but it costs the average farmer <
cents iH*r pound to nti»i<e cottor.
BENJAMIN T. CAMP.
Grantville, Ga.
(We are glnd to hear from one Georgia
farmer who has made cot ion at a cost of no
more than ll'* <’i nls per poun-1. But Mr.
Camp does not give any details of tin* meth
od, the fertilizers, variety of cotton, etc.,
as requested. He has made 110 bales on 1-50
acres. That's good, and corresponds, in re
sults, with our advice given last spring,
viz: not to plant an acre in cotton that
vvottl-l not produce at least one-half fin io
per to re. If Mr. Camp’s land is reasonably
uniform in quality it is not probable that he
had many acres, if any, that did not yield
over half a bale. Let us hear from some
more of the same sort of fa liners, but
please give more details.—Editor.)
8.. I’overtv Hill, S. C.—Please tell me
v.iia’t vou kt- -w a >-»ui nplan-i rice, whether
light or stiff land is best for it; the prepara
tion of laud, time to plant, quantity ot
seed per acre. etc.
2. Please give r- niedy for expelling worms
from colts.
1. Rfee may be cultivated with success
on even upland, but it is better to ‘elect a
moist, sandy loam land, such as would pro
duct* a line yield of corn. Tlte land should
be thoroughly plowed and then thrown in
fiat beds three feet wide, the seed, about
one peek per acre, sown continuously in
a. shullow drill and covered about as cotton
sheds are covered. Cultivate as you would
cotton.
2. Give the following: Half drachm of
copper.i**, drachm of tartar emetic, 1
drachm of cottonseed tnt-al. Mix and give
as one dose night and mortiii.g for one
week. Thet. give .> purgative of: Tialf an
oun< • of spirits of turpentine, c pint raw
liu- •-.-■ i oil—as <l?sv. After tliree week ’,
r--p -at the entire •reattnent. to catch young
worms hatched gfl ■ tl first treatment.
G. W. Darlington, Ln.-There is on
my place an old abandoned creek bed. the
creel: having forme.l a new channel. Far
ther east in the o'd creek bo 1 is a great
quantity of muck, consisting of -1- 'on posed
leaves and oth-'r vegeta l** und. r*o -'oubt.
some animal matter, with tlte
from tiie adjacent higher lands—the accu
mulation of ages. Now, what I wish to
know 1.-, would tin* deposit, or muck, mail--
a good fertilizer for corn and cotton. If
so. what would be the best manner of ap
plying it, .-ni l the quantity per acre?
The fertilizing value of such deposits,
or accumulations, of vegetable matter m
you describe is very variable. At the best,
they arc not of anv great value, ami would
not bear much handling on account of the
great weight of the contained water, saml.
etc. it would be well to dig it up during
the fall and throw it into conical heaps
so that the superfluous water may drain
uway. It would then make an excellent
material fur )-• -1-ling your stalls and barn
yard. Or, you might stratify the mass
(alter -liaining) with lime, say V. bushel of
air-slak< il lime to ea<’h cor-l of the muck.
Th-ti let it stand sever il weeks and haul
it to the nearest convenb-nt land an<l either
scatter broaiieu t or in furrows, and be,l on
it. it is t.,.i strictly a fertilizer, not b< Ing
murly so strong as ordinary lot manure.
J. M . N., Slice, N. C.—J. How much and
what k;n<: of couunercial fertilizer woui-t it
tak- to itiak-- 1,200 pounds of seed cotton on
land that only makes 400 jtoun-is without
any manure?
2. How mu< h fertlliz'-rs’ would It take to
make that !nerea-*e with Ute aid of one ton
of stable manure?
3. How mu- :: would it take to
make twenty li-is'a-ls of corn on land that
Woul-l only tn.ik . it bu.-h :Is w ithout ma
nu”c?
•1. How- Touch fertilizer will it take to
mal.e that increase by the aid of urn- ton cf
stable manttrt ?
5. What.kind of fertil zer is best for sor
•rhum ct-.iu, at l lu>w much would it take to
double ti e yield on lan-l that only makes
1" ‘ g-Jlms of molasses without n anure?
V> It; ■ is the best fertilizer for sweet
potatoes?
1. I: would ho rather risky to apply
enot’-.-’h commercial fertilizers to bring up to
a nr diii’t'-i.i of 1,209 pounds of cotton 'and
that will, unaided, pi iduee but 4uu pounds.
Nor w t : t it he wise to fertilize a l'< w acres
so highly, and lightly fertilize n l-irger area,
which vie stistie’t ntay be your pur-iose.
The following formula, for one- acre, would,
under favorable conditions, increase the
yiehl by front liOO to D>t pounds p- r acre:
Acid phosphate, 300 pounds; cotton seed
meal. lis pounds; muriate of potash, 25
pounds.
2. One ton cf stable manure would be
Very light manuring for one acre—about
equal to 100 to 150 jrattnds of the above mixt
ure.
11. About as much as the amount pro
scribe I above for lotton.
4. One ton of stable manure, applied in
the hili, would probably go as far in mak
ing’ I’i.rn as 2W pound.- of the above mixture.
5. The formula prescribe.i for cotton, with
the addition of f>'’iy p »uu Is of cotton seed
meal and twenty-five pounds of muriate,
would pus.jjhiy doitbb- the J iel.i of sorghun't.
6. The same suggested for -orohttm, less
100 pound ; oi’ acid phosphate.
IT. F„ Tig. r Mill. Burnett County, Tex
,-t. .—I am a farmer w ith life ami «<>u'. Will
you kindly publish the following queitions?
1. What of all the reapers Is the lightest
ami does real good work?
2. Is the turf winter oats more apt to
bloom s -oner in tlte spring than lite com
mon red oils?
1 Give tlte turf winter oats proven to
stand the winter as well as Is generuli’,-
clalmed by those who have seed of these
oats for sale?
I. Which of tiie seed drills gives best sat
isfaction for sowing oats even when the
seed arc not quite ••i-utn'- ,
5. Have tiie steel wagons, made by the
Mct'alluni Steel Wheel Wagon <'ompauy,
of Aurora, 111., given good satisfaction?
Are they not too heavy?
t’>. Which Is th" best screw worm destroy -
er? My Angora goats, hogsand other stock
are often troubled and sometimes killed by
tliis pest. I have been using many different
kinds of screw worm destroyers, but fuel
that all injure tie- stock more or less, ami
most of the kinds I have be<-n using hinder
the b'-aling of the wound, amt are not very
effective in killing the screw worms. Hopi
to sec a copy with these questions ami goo I
answers to them.
1. We do not know-.
2. No, tiie winter turf oat is not an early
oat, according to our three years, experi
ence, and should he sown in September.
3. Yes; it certainly is more hardy to with
stand freezing than the red rust-proof oat,
Burt oat. etc.
4. We do not know a drill that will sow
rust-proof oats or other oats hot clean.
We cannot decide between ail the drills, be
cause we have not tried them all.
5. We do not know.
ti. We are unable to say what is the best
screw worm destroyer. Undoubtedly pre
vention Is better than remedies. Keep a
portion of tiie sheep pasture plowed so that
the soil will be loose and dry. Rub tar in
their noses dally during tin fly season -
sheep gadfly.
D. W. M. H., Robbins Neck, S. C.—l.
Can 1 save the stubble of sugar cane for
seed next year without moving’ it from
where it stands? 2. Will it do to let it
stand, cultivate and manure as j,- it was
planted” 3 Will tiie stubble make as good
seed as the stalks? Any information will
b-* gladly received.
1. Yes, if you will cover it thickly with
tiie refuse blades and then throw two or
three furrows on tiie rows with a big plow,
with the help of hand hoes, so as to com
pletely cover the stubble to the depth of
six or eight incues, or more. 2. Tes, that is
tiie way’ it is done in Louisiana. 3. No,
mainly because you cannot properly pre
pare the land; but it will general!) pay to
grow from the stubble as described above
lor two or threi* years.
T. P. S., Eutaw, Ala.—Pb-ase state when
is tin- iiest time for pruning fruit trees,
and trimming grape vines, and tiie process,
i liav*» som-’ very line trees that I fear will
die from tin- freeze’ of lasi spring; they
are living yet but look badly and 1 hope
by careful pruning to save mem.
Fruit tre.s and grape vines may be
pruned any time after tiie first killing
frost an-l before the sap starts in the
surlug, but tile work is generally done in
January ami February. We prefer to prune
grapes about the last of January or early
iii February, and peaches, apples, plums
and pears ju- t before, the buds start—say
in February. The inujreit trees should have
all injured branches removed. We can
not give detailed directions for pruning in
a short answer to a query. 3 nd to Rural
Publishing Company, New York, for a
copy of "American Grape Training,’’ by
L. H. Bailey. There is no work that covers
the methods of pruning all the varieties of
fruit, tiie details in each differing. Proba
bly Mr. I’. J. Herchmanr, Augusta, <;•».,
cun supply you will: a small pamphlet on
Hu- subject.
Highest world’s fair award for Dr. Price’s
Cream Baking Powder in Chicago. First
honors and gold medal at the California
Midwinter fair confirm the Chi"ago tri
umph.
OT JNTEIiESt TO I'AItaiEKS
I tUizluK Hie Corn Fuildcr.
Tiie Mar) lan-l agricultural experiment
station issued a bulletin during the early
part of IS!)’’- upon the composition ami di
gestibility of the different parts of corn
fodder. The results obtained by tin f< <-<’.
ing experiment show- every part of the io-. i
plant tn be valuable fodder, whether we re
gard its percentage comtrasition, its diges
tibility or the amount es food material pro
duced per acre by it. It was shown that
it is possible to prepare tiie food by simply
running it through a fodder cutter or shred
der, so that animals could eat practically
all of it. In the analysis and digestion ex
periments it was shown that it was also
necessary to use good judgment in th<- feed
ing of corn fodder in a manner eorri. pon 1-
ing to its composition and digestibility. In
the feeding of live stock attention mi t be
given io s-curing a proper relation between
the digestible protein of the fee-1 and the
digestible carbohydrates an 1 fat. Both
these groups of nutrients are m* ■ •-sar) for
th? support of the animal, and in or-ii-r to
obtain tiie best results economically these
nutrients must be present in the food or
ration in certain definite proportions. The
analysis cf the parts ot <li< '-orn t-i.-i't
. bowed that tl: se parts furnish a Urge
amount of digestible earliohyilrati-s and
that they are quite deficient in digestible
portion, so that tiie special x-tine of corn
fodder lies in the fact that H
yurnis-hes an abundant and cheap
«vpply ot digestible cc rbohydi a t<
corn fodder alon<- w-.ul-i .mt rm ’
c<-r.slder«-<l a food when adapted to cattl*.
i x<-ipt. perhaps, in cases where th< sint’-I--
wintering of the stock was desired. I! tiie
a hnnls • fed with the purpo: e of p”-
du- inc growth and f it, or for the pro ine
lio-1 of milk, it will ire necessary t-> ‘-uiml--
p.-ent Hie fodder with some le- ding stuti.
such as br in* wheat, which will make up
th? defleiency in protein. It is v- ry impor
tant that farmers who have stock t-> carry
through ’b< winter **'- d I -tiiii th * -i"
tion of preparing cornstalks in the very
b< st manner possible.
Kiln Dried P«>ia<oes.
There is a unique industry in New Jersey
and the Egypt end of Illinois that is revo
lutionjzing those poor san-ly hills. The es
culent known as the Jersey jam, or yellow
Nasemond, did it.
In talking kiln dried sweet potatoes to
the Texas people 1 find they have a Very
limited idea of the process, so I will give it
to them briefly through The Democrat It
porter.
The philosophy of growing sw- et potatoes
is much simpler than getting them ready
for market, which is th-- kiln dry process.
The science of kiln drying is simply ex
tracting the surplus moisture. The go-I
oi l Texas yam is a rank failure in a kiln
dry house, because it is generally so large
the heating process cannot force the moist
ure out, while the yellow Natemond, or
Jersey yam. being a small potato, is easily
dried, be -au-e of its uniform size and
length—the average is one and throe-fourths
inches in diameter and front four to eight
inches in length.
Tiie building fur doing this work Is med -
as follows: The size to tit tin- crop of the
ore* who handles potatoes this way, gener
ally from ten to fifty carloads capacity. It
is made of lumber, say by 40 to I’A feet,
square, on firm foundation, li» feet high,
and shorn be mad-* air-tight as follows:
Frame closely, no windows anil but om*
large door, with ventilators at top of roof.
PAINT cracks.—lt often costs more to pre
pare a house for repainting that has been painted ia the first
place with cheap rcadv-nuxed paints, than it wouM to have
painted it twice with strictly pure white lead, ground m pure linseed oil,
Strictly Pure White Lead
forms a permanent base for repainting and never has to be burned or
scraped off on account of scaling or cracking. It is always smooth
and clean. To be sure of getting strictly pure white lead, purchase
any of the following brands ;
••ANCHOR” (Cincinnati). “RED SEAL” (St. T.oi’inL
“ ECKSTEIN ” (Cincinnati). ‘KENTUCKY’’ <’ o.ivil’e).
•‘SOUTHERN ” (St. Louis aud Chicago), “ATLANTIC ’ (N. x York).
•• COLLIER ” (St. Louis). “JEWETT " (New York).
For Cot os':.—National I rod Co.ri Pure White Lead Tinting Colo- ’, a one-puui,.’; can to a
sr-potinii l:vg ot Lead, and mi - yuwr wn paints. Save: time and annoyanve in matching : ,
t that ft is p e to pt
Send us a postal card and get our bwk. ou paints and color-card, irte; t *ul p ouably
save you a "oud many ilullais.
NATIONAL LEAD CO.. New York.
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Si 1 H 0 S Largest stock in the West BK)£ F 5 i'aSi Fife A.
g? R fISuP 3c. IM ’'JB IBSOLUTELY EVI-RV- v R »f» j A »
W»niifa l rwa«nrf i s4>-aa4*sJb«*^«'r»ii NG , Write for yriics
Mentlou The Constitution.
I When the frame is up take three-ply buihl-
I ing paper, or common tar board, tack on
I the studding inside and out, also under
ceiling anvl weatherboar.l; put same
rial in roof, tioors and overhead t-e -'ns.
tills makes a frost proof building, air tight,
to hold the urtitiefal heat and ‘j.
evenly. This paper is the best material
insulation for heat or cold.
When tiie building is comph te and tnu
potatoes have fully matured they are dug
and handled just as our farmers put th- m
up for V inter in hills. The sizes as above
are selected ami cartel! to the kimhouse
and “ricked up” in six-foot bents, made by
putting upright 2x4 studding, six f et apart,
to hold the ricks. The potatoes are cordect
in as straight as you would rick up cord
wood, until the house is full, leaving about
ten feet of square space in th? center Ot the
building directly under the ventilator
!in Hie roof, which should be made
to close when nee led. In this
space put a stove, a hard coal base burn
ei is the best, close up the house and only
ucer, and let the temperature run up to IM)
to 110 degrees, within thirty-si?; hours Fie
little white shoots will appear upon the po
tatoes as come in the spring of the year a’
seeding time. Within sixty hours . Uinper
ature being kept unifoimiy above 99 de
grees, th-* surplus moisture, exe-ss of • 1
per cent, which the potato usually carries,
being 80 to 85 ix r cent water. Will be < vap
i orate-i, ami potatoes showing covering ot
' t iie white shoots, xvhich is th*’ germ es -
! tracted; then the potato is kiln illicit and
i will keep for two years if left in this build
ing. or six months to one year in bi.rrels.
Tiie Jersey, or Illinois, potato grower us
ually sells on the track, I. o. !>., and p-: )■-
in two and three peek b;,irels. The ba.rul
ing process is cheap and quickly dene. Boys
or women can do the work. As tach potato
is hamlie I the little white shoots are rubbed
off by hand; the potato lias a ’i n nut
brown color, and when rooked are far su
perior to the good old southern of cur dad
dies.
Every city cf the United States uses kiln
dried sweet potatoes. Tiie markets are a
extensive as those for cotton, and you can
make your own figures as to how inany po
tatoes you can grow. This northeast Texas
soil with its admixture of .*‘kn<i ami clay Is
the best in the world for )>otal<> culture.
The country merchants in southern ili’ao.s
a>»-' New Jer build l;i:<- kill) dry h-’l-'e
and buy Nasemond yams as they come *o
r -v. i. T\- price ua Uy b: i th;
carload on the track is $3 a barrel. I miyai.
be in order to state here -bat sweet pota
•toes not kiln dried will ’tot sell north for
enough t > pay freight, unless it shdtrni be
for r tew ears of very early stuff in June
or July, where a thousand cars of th.- kiln
•
Rice, in Tyler, Tex., lieniocrat-Reporter.
WORK OF i*W>; IRiST.
Forcing Down the Price of Cotton
Seed.
Raymond. Miss., October 16. —There is
great and growing discontent throughout
tin? whole cotton producing region over tiie
arbitrary and unreasonable manipulations
of tiie cotton oil trust which distates and
enforces the price of cotton seed. At the
Ijeginning of the present ;<:<s n .<) per ton
was the ruling pri- ■ at this point. Then
there was consultation among the represen
tatives of the several mills maintaining
agents here, one of which has -sen looked
upon ns independent and another located
at Baton Rouge, the result being that the
price was dropped to
Within a week then* was another drop
to $7. which price rules to-iny, although it
is understood that the agents of tin-several
mills 'nave met and agreed to a further re
duction of si-
In view of these facts a petition is being
row circulated looking to the punishment
of those engaged in b’ aring down the value
of seed. Tiie admissions of n-rents furnish
the proof necessary to establish the com
bine. The petition is in duplicate, one be
ing addrcsse-l to the Unit* I States district
! ;; • to; n -y and the otiicr to the state distri'-t
i attorney, charging the cotton seed agents
I with cor.spitacv.
*
ority. No gifts with Dr. I ri • s Cream
Baking Powder.
S'»v::i>"r»i >«’>•> •
Young Ila.ris, Ga., October 15.—(Si cia’.)
Towns county has more corn than it ha.’
had In years. It will furnish its share to
1 the west.
Cotton is not r• i al all In thi< -
nn-l the yeomen are very m - h elated, be
cause corn will bring a good i’ • “• S-n'-
ghurn making is the way in which the yeo
' men of this county will be employed for
- seme time now.
The chest..ut crop is exceedingly prolific
in the mountains, and the) have oecn i >ni
h.glnto town copiously of late. The chin
i quapins are gone.
) The farmers of Towns cc’.mty have raise I
I their hogs et h< me, so they have a snppiy
' cf me it to last through this year and meat
to sell. They ar. as h’PP' ind contented
I people as there are anj’v h< r. .
We have watermelons in abundance now;
1 they are always late in the mountain.--.
□'i-stir.g a Cotton Ticker.
Savannah. Ga., (Kiober (Special.)—
vi tal Augusta and New Ywl: capitalists
have been down here for the last two or
three days for the put pose of testing a ma
chine tur cotton picking invented by J. W.
Cameron. Among them were .J. O’Sliauglt
,y t Markm V< rite j . nj- -•-■ nting Lat
ham. Alexander & Co., of New Y< -k. and J.
V. Jackson, of the Augusta Sonth’-rn rail
road. No iiifor.-'iati.on c--aid be obtained
from these gentlemen v. : -h regard io the
test, but it is reported that the machine
xx is taken to it'. - pla :l.i- >n oi' Mr. J. K.
(Jurnett, at Garnett, S. <’., where tli ■ test
was made, and it is . aid instead of picking
the coton. it picV <1 Stalk.’, leaves, b.cis and
, all. One of the gentlemen stated that the
1 machine had been brok -n in transit, and
! the test could not be made. It is likely that
‘ an improvement will be made and aucther
i t<~t will take place within two or three
| weeks.
MJ\GIC CYPHIKENE. Ufl
v. ukl" r legrl Ec-nti _ iranty Bn-rg
&C;E to < nieori on. ! i...>ncy. Troument. By?
V-.ia at liL’iio as w '1 a.* h. . ■—sain.- pri f. p ' j
’• ffriara ty- '* ith Those who pre
r. .'4 r’ f rt . one* J.-, re, «<? aill ix.r.tract to
r.-ruad tn- ir rai:r>a<i tn re uud hotel Fjl
gHfißb'lL swe fail to cure. E”
roJlfigii CjpliilMe
■ fix yerrs of rigidexpe - i-nia!
with the ii'o*t ohbtinetes:«i hopi '• -s E ’ S
eases that could be ivur.4. w« placed MgSB
j■ it before the public in <s>w. Jt J., the ■aa&
l*> Z only known remedy that w ill cure
Syphilis. V.-oeha «ige the worM f.. r ■’rofc
?sis a <ttwo '-arruet cue, ar.<l ouH'li ■ <£ M
B" ft stubborn, abandoned "ro&nrf 5
SkahOpe'osß'kv.. $500,000
pl fii Ml
F bock, illustrated from
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t t.'L A CURE.
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SURELY CL’RSD.
To ttie Epitok —Pi' :< «■ inform ynr-rcarl.
era that I have n positive remedy fcr th*
ftl»ovo named disease. By its timely p Sfl
thousands of hope!: -s cases have b en per.
jnauently cured. Isi -’J bo glad to sand
two bottles of :oy remedy fit 9 to any of your
readers who have consumption if they will
sciidme their express and rast office a ; irasa,
‘X. A. blociUfi, Al. C., 183 Pearl St., Nev.' i'otk,
SICK hbumctel
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ST 1 ”"? ir t- ’ r ' from Im fl
4 'q ’’ $f j£ I’l digt lion undTooll azt-’B
/ i* *1 rifii Eating-Aperfectr.; <-yJ
r- for - a
. {’. .'a “ . Drowsiness, Bad Tatte m ■
- Month, Coated Y.n.R
A'-iaO gue, Pain in the SF ■
They ix zu'ate the Bowels and prevent Const pa- u
t ; on. Aro frve from all crude and initaungS
icatter. Very sm.T.'; easy to take; no pain; no
girling. Purely VegetmJo. Sugar Coat?d. 3
SaxM. P.u.. Small cose, small Price,
ile«~ar-3 <-f Jmitaiions end
Ask for CAIiTER’S ami sue you get,
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tnrv—seekers. <’ir.
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tue eff> v.s of Self- i bu-vjaarly l.xcesst-s.Eriiia
siuus.Nervous Dvbility.i.os.aof Sexnal Pon
er.<, lippoteiiey. Varicocele, Pimple*, on the
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full par:;. . --.of an«- tv :.><;! jxisitive n-in-d,* • •'*
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