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AGRICULTURE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA
I do not recall, in my experience, a
more pleasant and profitable out-of-the
state visit than one of three days’ dura
tion to Clemson College, South Carolina.
A long standing invitation at last ma
terialized in actual fact and this editor
was permitted to meet, not only several
long-time friends and co-workers in agri
cultural college and experiment station
work, but more than a thousand of the
yeoman farmers of the little Palmetto
State, the first to go out and the last to
get back into the restored political fam
ily. Os course, I felt at home when I
realized that I was In the hands of per
sonal friends, and particularly when
greeted at every hand by subscribers to
The Weekly Constitution. Many times
repeated was the greeting, "1 feel as if
I had known you all the time. I am a
subscriber to The Weekly Constitution."
etc. I had the pleasure to lecture at
three several hours to from SOO to 1.000
of the farmers.
The occasion furnished more than ono
delightful surprise. Clemson college Is
strictly an agricultural and mechanical
college. It was established by a legis
lature composed of farmers or represen
tatives elected by the farmers of the
state. Although not richly endowed in
comparison with the colleges of the far
richer and more populous states of the
north and west, yet its Income and Its
corresponding facilities and equipment
are far ahead of anything I had before
seen in the south. The campus alone cov
ers an area of 120 acres of undulating
and picturesque forest park, well laid
out In walks and drives, supplied with
electric lights and abundant water and
dotted here and there with commodious
brick residences for the members of the
numerous faculty of the Institution.
Clemson college enjoys the receipts
from the inspection and analysis of com
mercial fertilizers, something like $100,ao0;
the Hatch fund for experiment station
purposes, the land scrip fund, of about
$12,000; the Morrell fund of $25,000, amount
ing to about $137,000. In addition a consld- I
erable amount comes from a legacy left
in the will of the late Mr. Clemson, a son
in law of the great statesman and patriot,
John C. Calhoun.
The college farm comprises an area
of 1,300 acres of hill and dale. Including '
a body of very fertile bottom lane, along
the banks of the Saluda river, which
"bounds the property on the west. The
immense brick and stone structures tor
the various usts of the college filled with
surprise one wno was accustomed to
much more modest and far inferior struc
tures
The occasion which called the great
crowd together was the annua] summer
’’round-up’’ of the State Farmers’ Insti
tute. Several of the college professors, 1
each with a corps of effective and trained |
lecturers on farming topics, had been en- |
gaged for a month or more in conducting I
district farmers’ Institutes throughout
the state. At the appointed timt. Mon
day, August 10 (and continuing four
days), these workers came together at
Clemson college for a general meeting,
or annual "round-up.” Lecturers and ,
q - .ik' r.s from abroad had been previously ;
e gaged. The farmers throughout the j
state wi-re Invited; the railroads granted ■
i libera] rate, the college boarded aud I
lodged all farmers (and many of their |
wives) at 50 cents per day, utilizing for the ;
purpose the commodious mess halls, i
kitchens and dormitories ordinarily in !
service for the 50 to 600 students now on I
vacation.
In addition to perhaps 1,500 from a dis
tance, hundreds catne from their near
by homes every morning, In wagons!, car
riages, buggies and even ox wagons, re
turning to their homes at night. The au
ditorium in which were held the genera]
meetlngs-from 10 to 12, 2 to 4 and 8 to
10—furnished comfortable seatings for
something over 1,090 persons, and these
neats were frequently “all taken” and oc
cupied.
To say that I was surprised and de
lighted would be putting it very mildly.
South Carolina is doing great things for
her fanners; or, perhaps, 1 would better
say, the farmers of South Carolina are
doing “great things” for themselves, for
they control legislation, and what they
say goes with the saying. This is as it
should be. In every agricultural state.
Producers of wealth should control in
the dispensation and distribution of that
which they contribute in taxes to the rev
enues of the state.
To Professor J. Stanley Newman, ag
riculturist and director of the station, and
Dr. I*. 11. Mell, president of the college,
and to their much "better halves,” I am
indebted for many courtesies and a gen
erous hospitality, and to others, in only a
less degree, for attention and favors
j shown. R. J. REDDING.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
COTTON CATERPILLARS.
J. E. M., Bluffton, Ga. —The caterpillar
' has made his appearance throughout this
i section. I hear the farmers complaining
much. Tlje first crop has done some
damage and they have reached up for the
second crop, cotton being late and only
about half crop safe. Some fear that
they will lose the top crop. Please re-
p. cats 2.000 feet per
dft v Ail Sizes -Plad
iffilßil ers - Shingle Mills and
Ed gers wit h Patent
Variable Friction
f Fred Portable Grind*
> I Mi Ur. Water
5S;| Wheels, Lath Mills
MmMu etc - Send for large
Catalogue. Freight
flft 11 don’t count.
DeLoach MUI Mfg. Co.
IfeFQSHwIBnttSKufiMMMEBSIF Bos 701AtIanta, Ga
IX4 Liberty St., N. Y.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. AUGUST 24, 1903.
port this to the world for the benefit of
the farmers.
Answer—l had supposed that the farm
ers of the sections Infested by the cater
pillar were thoroughly familiar with the
use of the standard remedy, viz.: Paris
green, which may be had of any large
drug store. Provide a stick of strong
wood, say 1 1-2 by 2 inches and 1 foot
lunger than the width of the cotton rows,
and bore acne-inch augur hole through
at 6 inches from each end. Now make
two sacks, of light asnaburgs, about lu
inches long, 4 inches wide, strongly
sewed up at each end, but open on one
side from end to end. Tack one of these
sacks at each end of the stick by open
ing the sides of the sack and tacking
the edges to the thin edge of the suck,
as it you were making a pad at each
end Fill with dry I’aris green through
|.lhe holes, about halt lull. Mount your
horse (or muie) and with the stick across
the pommel of your saddle proceed along
the middle between two rows and Jar
the stick so as to cause the powder to
s.tt through and fall upon the two rows
at the same time. At first a veiy slignt
rarring will answer. Later, a smart tap
on the stick with something hard will
be sufficient. It is necessary that only
a very line sprinkling of the poison shall
fall on the cotton plant.
The danger is that too much rather
than too little will be applied. Os course,
you understand that I’aris green is a
v iolent poison, and should be handled
with care. One man and horse may go
over 12 or 15 acres in a day. Early in
the morning, while the dew is on, Is the
best time.
THE WORLD'S FAIR COW DEMON
STRATION.
The cow demonstration proposed ns
one feature of the world’s fair cattle
exhibits at St. Louis next year has been
definitely Arranged, and on a much
broader scale than anything of the sort
heretofore attempted. It has been desig
nated as a "cow demonstration,” because,
while not in any way neglecting th?
dairy test idea developed at former
world’s fairs, it Is intended to Illustrate
in a comprehensive way the practical
adaptabilities of the pure-bred cow. The
strictly dairy breeds are given oppor
tunities to make a large showing, while
features not in the least conflicting with
their privileges enable the dual-purpose
breeds to demonstrate their value for
Soth dMrying and 'beef production. This
means a demonstration rather than a
competitive test, and will enable each
breed participating to show its own pe
culiar advantages.
The Jersey, short-horn. Brown Swiss
and French Canadian Associations have
already entered. Entries will be per
mitted from individuals on behalf of
ether breeds if received before December
1. Prizes will be awarded to herds and
to individual cows, and entries of fronj
five to twenty-live cows may be made by
representatives of any one breed. The
same cows may compete for herd and
individual prizes.
The tests will continue 100 days, be
ginning Monday, May 16, 1904, and will
!■' conducted in four classes, designated
ar. tests A, R, C, and I>. Test A is for
the demonstration of the economic pro
duction ol butterfat and butter; B. of
milk for all purposes related to dairy
ing; C, of all the products of the cow, and
I> for dem-nstrating the greatest net
profit tn producing market milk. Tn class
C the calf will be judged for Its beef
merits. A cow may be entered In more
than on? class.
Copies of the rules may bo had by
applying to F. D; Coburn, chief of de
partment of live stock, world’s fair, St.
Louis, Mo.
COTTON "RUST.”
J. R. Withers, Barksdale. S. C.—l
would oblige you for a little advice on
I the subject of rust In cotton. My cottori
has rust in it. I would like to know
what causes rust and I would like to
know further what would be the plan to
follow to stop rust.
Answer—The best authorities are now
agreed that what is called "rust” of cot
i ton Is not a disease caused by a fungus,
but is a physiological disease due to
poverty of tlTe’ soil or a deficient supply
of one or more of the elements of plant
food, or to want of drainage. The ele
ment supposed to be most usually lack
ing is potash; hence the application of
kainit has long been considered to be a
preventativ-. My own opinion is that
a. regular rotation of crops and the lib
eral fertilizing of the cotton Is the best
preventative. There’ is nothing that you
can do at this stage of the crop to re
, move the disease.
GRASS AND CLOVER
I J. W. <’ . Nashville, N. C. 1.1 have a
lot containing about 1 acre that I wish to
sow down in some kind of grass or clover.
Want it mostly for grazing mules.
I decided to sow It in red clover until
recently 1 have been cutting and feeding
red clover to my mules and It makes
them slobber very bad Please let. me
: know if it will make horses slobber to
i graze on it during the spring and sum
i nier months,
I 2. Please state what you think of the
i following mixture of grasses for grazing:
; Orchard grass, tall oat grass, rescue (or
| Arctic) grass, Kentucky blue grass and
I red lop. If they do not make a good
I pasture, flease state what grasses you
I would prefer and how much of each one
i per acre, and if it would do well to mix
I clover with the grass mixture. The
I land is of n stiff nature with about half
of it red, the other a dark moist (though
not wet) soil with red clay- and yellow
subsoil that can be gotten very fine by
harrowing several times.
Answer—l. Clover Is liable at any stage
to cause salivation, but especially the
second growth, and without regard to
time or season.
2. The mixture proposed Is very good
indeed, every variety named being excel
lent both for pasture and for meadow.
Clover may be mixed with advantage.
Red clover will gradually give way to
the grasses. Three or Snr pounds of
white clover seed would be a good addi
tion. One bushel each of the grasses
named (or less) would give a. full ; uwel
at once, but It would be economy to sow
about half that much per acre.
RASPBERRY CULTURE.
To Mrs. Ida N. L., Toledo. Ohio.—ln
Ohio I would say that raspberry plants
should not be set out until after the se
vere freezes of March are over, probably
the middle to last of March. In Georgia
they may be -planted at any time after
winter sets in, but the best time is Feb
ruary.
COTTON SEED AND MEAT.,
F. D. ll.—l. Do I gain or lose, and how
much? Agent offers farmer sl6 per ton for
cotton seed and sells fertilizer at S2O per
ton, fertilizer analyze 8-2-2. Suppose far
mer would invest the difference between
the price of seed fertilizer—s4—in high
grade phosphate 16, and kainit and mix
same with seed, would he realize as
much from said mixture as he would
from the fertilizer. Farmer does all haul
ing.
2. How much surface area would be
drained by a ditch 2 feet wide, 3 feet deep
on level land?
Answer—l. This question, in Its essence,
has been frequently answered. It practi
cally is the same as asking what is the
relative fertilizing value of cotton seed
and cotton meal, which has often been
stated, viz: One ton of green cotton seed
is equivalent in fertilizing value to about
SOO pounds of cotton meal. In other
words:
800 pounds cotton seed meal are worth
about $9.40.
2.000 pounds cotton seed are worth about
$9.40.
2.000 pounds 8-2-2 are worth about $11.40.
The other questions you can solve your
self on the above ba»sis. The above are
the values on the basis of the plant food
content of each. Tp the cotton seed add
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a value of $17.40 per ton of seed. You do
not state how far the farmer must haul.
2. It would not drain it if the land be
level.
SORGHUM AND MILLET HAY.
R. 11. S., Alamuchee, Ala.—l have a lot
of German milhrt and early orange cane
seed sowed broadcast to cut for silage,
and this is my first experience with it. so
I want to know when it is best to cut it
for feed and if I can cut it twice this
season. The millet is heading out and the
sorghum is from knee hlgn to waist high.
And also will red (?) clover grow on
land that average 600 to 890 pounds of
seed cotton to the acre and when it is
best to sow it and how much to the acre?
I want to sow it with my oats, and is the
velvet beans a good fertilizer to plow
under green and will they do all right
sowed broadcast?
Answer—Cut the German millet and al
so sorghum when in full bloom and before
the seed are formed. I do not consider
the millet as a very good material for
silage—does not pack close enough.
Sorghum is all right and two crops may
be produced if seasons be good. Walt and
see.
Red clover will not amount to much on
such land without a good dose of high
grade fertilizer, say 250 to 300 pounds per
acre. I would sow last week In September
or first week in October. 1 do not know
enough about velvet bean to warrant me
in recommending it. 1 consider cow pea
better for any aud all -purposes than vel
vet bean Don’t sow clover with oats,
but by Itself. Plant velvet beans about
3 by 3 feet, 3 or 4 beans In a place.
BITER WEED IHELENIUM TENUI
FOLIUM.)
"Subscriber," Tounley, Ala.—Herewith
I send you sample of what we call "bitter
weed." It is said by some to cut and
cure it will make good feed for cattle.
Please advise me through your paper if
this is correct. You might state, if it Is
not worth anything for feed, if it is for
anything else; and also how to get rid of
it. as it is all over the country, In the
towns, etc.
Answer—l have not before heard that
"bitter weed" (heleniuin tenulfollum) was
good for anything. I know that it utter
ly ruins milk and butter of cows that eat
it. It is an unmitigated pest and nuisance.
A man wrote this department a few
vears ago that nut grass was a good
pasture and hay grass. 1 thought he
was only trying to 'make the most of a
bad thing." It is an easy matter to get
rid of the bitter weed, by simply pre
venting it from maturing its seed. It be
ing strictly an annual, or coining every
year from the seed. Where it is thick,
cut with a mower. Where thin, pull it
up by the roots.
CRIMSON CLOVER, ETC.
“W.,” Cole’s Store. N. C.~I have two
acres of red loose land (old house place),
with s’-iff red clay bottom. I v<sh to sow
same in crimson el >\ ~ n ■■ what
is best to sow with my clot c to make
the best hay. This land has been run in
cotton three years and is in corn now.
It will make three-fourtns o a bale of
cotton per acre; twenty-flv' to thirty
bushels corn, depending on se-.-sons. What
kind of fertilizer and how much of same
should I use to get a good growth?
Will the roots of the ch-ver Improve the
land? My intention is to sow this land
to clover this September, cut same off in
May. then sow in cowpeas, cutting same
for hay; then sow in wheat. Any informa
tion you may give mo will be appreciated.
2. I would like to know how you select
your corn for seed from the field. Also,
how to select seed cotton with view of
improving same. I forgot to ask what
would be an average crop of crimson
clover per acre? What is the true value
of same? What is tl.e value of a fair crop
of peavine hay on an acre of ground, for
feed? Any information or comment you
may make on the above will be greatly
appreciated. I have often thought if wo
had a wide-awake farmer in this section
it would prove a real gold mine. Our
farmers are mostly of the "old-tirie'
sort, farming as their "daddies” did. I
don’t believe there is one-third of our
farmers in t his section that make clear on
what they raise $25 a year. We are sell
ing all of our timber, ami are not im
proving our land any. We can raise
corn, wheat and potatoes In abundance,
but that is all we do; raise scarcely any
clover or grasses sown. I love to read
your answers to inquiries, and consider
them alone worth many times the sub
scription price of the paper. 1 believe I
can make some clear money farming. I
hope to write you in the future more
fully, asking many questions .1 need ad
vice on.
Answer—Crimson clover does not
amount to much on poor land, but on the
sort you describe It should make a very
good yield if you will apply 300 to 400
pounds of high-grade acid phosphate and
as much kainit or one-fourth as much
muriate of potash. Nothing Is needed to
sow with the crimson clover, although
you might mix with It oats or wheat. I
think I would prefer the clover alone
The clover will certainly Improve the
land.
Following the clover with would
not be scientific, because both plants are
legumes. After the clover is cut off, the
land would be In first-rate condition for
a crop of German millet, or sorghum,
and you could then follow with wheat or
oats in the fall.
An average crop of clover hay would be
one and one-half to two tons, and the
quality, as to nutritiveness, is nearly
equal to red clover, or cowpea hay. One
and one-half tons of cowpea hay would
be a fa[r crop, with about S2O to $25 per
acre. Do you get the bulletins of your
experiment station, located at Raleigh,
COLIC OF MULE.
To J. T. Sims, SimsvUle, Ala.—The
symptoms as described and the circum
stances al] indicate that your horse died
of flatulent colic. Worked all Tuesday,
fed bountifully on shelled corn Tuesday
night, turned on a rank pasture Wednes
day morning; found wet with perspiration
Thursday morning, rolling and tumbling,
died in two hours. The first thing would
have been to give 2 to 4 ounces of baking
soda or (better if at hand) 1-2 ounce of
chloride of or the same quantity of
carbonate of ammonia every half hour;
also give a physic as soon as possible,
say 1 ounce of aloes; also enemas of
warm soapsuds.
PLANTING PEACH PITS.
j. F. M.. Floyd Springs, Ga.—Should
-pe.-ich seed be burled in sand from now
until time to plant? When Is the best
time to plant them. In the fall or spring?
Should they -be fertilized when planted?
Answer—The pits should be stratified
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with moist sand In boxes and buried just
beneath the surface pf the soil in some
protected place until about the middle of
February, when they should be planted
in rows 3 or 4 feet wide, one pit every 6
or 8 inches. Plant on good land and no
manuring will be necessary.
(1) POSSIBLY FARCY. (2) SWOLLEN
joTTur.
J. J. Y.. Lamar, Ala.—l. I have a horse
about seven years old that has some kind
of skin humor from forelegs to sheath.
In early spring 1 discovered the hair
was becoming thin and later the skin
seemed to be irritated. For the last
month or more there have been small
swellings appearing, some, making sores
When a sore is formed it seems impos
sible to heal it. When scab is removed
there will be seen one or more indenta
tions. some of which are one-quarter or
an inch deep. About the. time this tool,
place inflammation set up in a sca £ ” n
foreleg, which it seems impossible to neai.
2. Also he received a kick on foreleg
five months ago just above knee, caus g
the leg to swell. The swelling settled in
knee and seems to he Immovable.
Answer—l. Your description is not very
full in that you do not say whether there
is any discharge from the sores f
any, what is the character. The sj mp
toms, however, so far as given, so strong
ly suggest farcy that I can
Tm'lx or
with one ounce of lard ™ht°twenty
tle with the fingers, let it remain twenq
four hours, then wash week
with lard. Repeat every second
REDUCING THE SIZE OF 0R
VEGETABLES BY SELECTION.
A. W. E., Weston. .Ga.— Io se t!e>
difference of option between
t a h n e O Xti a on y to you htt and reply
a Can r anything in the animal or vegetable
kingdom be gradually reduced size
carefully selecting ycar . 9 af T,- or instance
smallest or runts lys seed? I- or Instance,
take a variety of watermelons, and by
selecting seed from little rc, “^. 1 ‘ en^‘ l
specimentg. no larger than your fist, can
they be gradually reduced In size as
a whole, or In a general way? I -wb.not
say now what side I am on. but neither
one of us claims that every melon thus
raised will be small, but would the re
sults be as good year after year (all
other things being equal) from seed of a
melon no larger (han your fist and from
seed frxim the largest specimen.
Again, take a particular breed of horses
and go through with the same process
as I mentioned above. In other words,
can large, well developed horses be- rais
ed from small and runty specimens, the
plan to be kept up for a number of
.wears, selecting the very smallest as
bleeders’’
Please give as conclusive reply as your
knowledge will permit.
Answer— Nothing in animal and vegeta
ble breeding is more definitely settled
than the doctrine that “like produced
like,” not only In thd primal acceptation
of the proihiisitlon, which refers to spe
cies and varieties,, but also in the ten
dency to depart from standard peculiari
ties. The method of Improving aqlmals
and plants bv selecting as breeders the
very li£St tu’es is the basis of all im
provement and explains the origin of
breeds and varieti"f>.
Not only will melons, or other fruits
and vegetables that are propagated from
seeds, rapidly deteriorate in size and other
desirable qualities as a result of selecting
seed from small and otherwise inferior
specimens, but they (CH gradually dete
riorate in every desiroble quality, even if
only ordinary care be exercised In se
lecting seeds. There Is a natural tender
cv in all plants and. animals of high
improved types to revert (go back) to
original types. This principle or rule, is
called atavism, and R applies to all jtn
imals and plants, and is so generally
accepted i>y all ..'Feeders of pljuits and.
anlmjls tiiat there is no room for discus
sion.
TO SOW ON BERMUDA SOn
"Subscriber,” Fayetteville, Ga.—l havd
a bermuda grass lot that is in fine fix. I
want to sow something with it that will
give winter grazing without killing the
bermuda. What would be the best,
wheat, rye, barley or rescue grass, and
what time to sow It? What amount of
seed pet acre? Is there any other thing
better than any of the above named
seeds? If so, state the name of such and
time of sowing.
Answer—Yes, hairy vetch is better than
either of those you named and will not
hurt the bermuda grass. Sow one bushel
of seed per acre on the sod any time in
September. If convenient, scratch over
the sod the best you can; but if not con
venient and the ground Is well shaded by
the bermuda, the vetch seed will come
up anvhow. after the first rainy spell,
and giVe you good green food until May
when It will make seed and die. I think
the best use of this vetch is to cut and
feed it green. It. should be permitted
a chance to make seed in order to self
sow the ground for the next fall. Rescue
grass also does very well, but it 'will
persist throughout the summer to some
extent
GIVE YOUR NAME.
To Jas. P. A., Watkinsville, Ga.—ls you
bad signed your name I would have sent
vou a printed slip giving the Information
desired See Rule 5 at the head of this
department. Your letter is hardly legi
ble ami I cannot afford the time to inter
pret and rewrite it for the printer I.so
good paper, write with ink and do not
write on both sides of the sheet.
MAKING JELLIES.
Mrs. N. A. Venable, Stonewall, Ga.—l
will send you my fine and quick way of
making jellies of any kind. The horse
apples and limber twigs are the best.
Wash fruit without any decayed specks.
Don't pare nor put in any cores; boil two
kettles of the apples In the same Juice,
then measure two cups of juice to one of
sugar. Set juice on stone. Don't put
sugar In the juice; spread a paper in
stove pan; set it in the stove put In all
your sugar, let it get almost, burning
hot; stir sugar often, don't let brown.
As soon as the juice Is ready to boll, stir
tlie hot sugar in the juice; if you want
a bright pink, let boll five or ten min
utes. There may bo one or two skim
mings to bo taken off; It will bo as trans
parent as glass. I make only apple and
orange.
CANCER ON HORSE'S FACE.
Mrs. L. 8., Carrollton, Ga.—lhave a horse
that has a cancer near the eye. That
is, most everybody says it is a cancer.
About six weeks ago a small sore start
ed about an inch and a half below his
right eye. It was not long till I noticed
something growing therein that resem
bled a sprout of a young mushroom.
Since then it has been spreading till it
is now 22 inches in diameter.
I have been using a remedy for a can
cer. but does not seem to be doing much
good. The remedy is take sheep sorrel
and beat it up In a cloth, squeeze the
juice out and put this juice out in the
sunshine till it evaporates and leaves a.
raive; then this salve is applied to the
sore. The cancer is very near the eye
new.
Answer—With a hypodermic svringe
inject one to one and a half teaspoon
fuls of absolute alcohol at several places
at the base cf the cancer. Repeat every
third day until the cancer drops out.
Another remedy Is to remove it with a
knife, or a ligature, and then apply a
little butter of antimony, every second
day for a week or two; then apply 1-2
ounce of iodoform mixed with 2 ounces
of vaseline, a little once a day.
PARAPLEGIA OF MARE.
S. G. K.. Mount Enterprise, Tex.—‘What
alls my marc? She has mule colt about
two months old. About four weeks ago
I found her down and she could not get
up. 1 helped her up. Since then I have
to help her up every time she lies down.
She scenes weak In loins. She will give
down when you press on sides of back
bone about The coupling of hip bones.
She is thin in flesh, but hearty. Have
werked her hard through crop time.
Answer—lt appears to be a case of
paraplegia, or partial paralysis of the
hind limos. Give her one dram of pow-
EQHPFH with a machine built especially for
_ sou thern trade. Built for the pur-
P ose> The only machine of
the kind. Shreds fine,
does not husk. Price two-
I \ thirds that of huskers. A
V ton of Keystone fodder is
worth a ton of the best hay.
L J
ine of Huskers and Shredders of any manufacturer, also a
Horse Powers, Jacks, Corn Shellers, Hay Balers, Mowers,
kes, Loaders and Disc Harrows.
ilogue and Prices. THE KEYSTOISE CO.
SHED SO YEARS. STERLING, ILL.
dered mix vomica or 2 grains of sulphate
of strychnine, twice a day, until twitch
ing of some of the voluntary muscles is
noticed; then discontinue it for seveial
days, and then commence again with a
snialler dose, gradually increasing until
twitching again occurs. In some cases
Fowler’s solution of arsenic in teaspoon
ful doses twice a day, in the drinking
water, proves beneficial. Rub across htr
Icins twice a day with any strong lini
ment. Give nutritious but not too bulky'
food.
Do You Suffer with Piles?
Do they protrude?
Do they bleed?
Do thev pain you?
Do you nave mucous or bloody dis
charges?
I can certainly cure you. Write me
fully. Advice perfectly free. Dr.
Tucker, 15 Broad street. Atlanta. Ga.
FIGHTING THE SAN JOSE SCALE.
Tennessee Entomologist Inspecting
Nurseries of That State.
Knoxville, Tenn., August 18.—(Special.)
Professor G. W. Martin, of Nashville,
state entomologist, is in this city making
an inspection of various nurseries and
forest preserves to locate the San Jose
scale. He has inspected trees in Ander
son, Hamblen, Roane and Knox counties
during the past week and has found the
scale extensive. One nursery in Knox
county has more than a quarter of a
million trees, none of which, ho says, Is
affected with the San Jose pest. Profes
sor Martin says the San Jose scale is
being Introduced from the cities into the
country by the English sparrows. He
has found that they roost in the trees
in the city and then fly into the coun
try and spread this tree disease. He
predicts that it is certain to spread to
all parts of the state, if it is not he
roically checked by farmers and fruit
growers. It will affect fruit trees as well
as otners.
There are a number of remedies by
which the scale may be eradicated from
trees, one of the most effectiv of which
is fumigation, which is required of nur
serymen before their stock can be ship
ped-
Professor Martin found a number of
trees that were affected and all of them
were destroyed. There is no appeal from
his decision. He states that the San
Jose scale was first Introduced Into this
country from China, trees having been
sent to San Jose, Cal., from the Orient.
Hence Its name. It was next found in
Virginia and then in New Jersey, and
spread to other states. It is said it was
brought to Tennessee from Missouri in ■
| a shipment of trees from that state to
; Harriman, Tenn.
THINK DEAL HELPS THEM,
Columbus Citizens Interested in Re
cent Railroad Move.
Columbus Ga., August 17.—(Special.)—
' Columbus is very much Interested in the
i recent purchase of the Seaboard Air
I Line by the Rock Island and Frisco sys
tem. It is believed here that as a result
i of the deal Columbus will soon be on a
great highway of trade and travel from
■ the west to the southeast.
It is thought that it Is only a ques
tion of a short time before the gap be
-1 tween Birmingham and Columbus Is fill
ed out. when the fine would be complete.
The Seaboard comes into Columbus from
the south, and It would be an easy mat
ter to fill In the remaining link between
this city and Birmingham, or some other
Alabama point which the system reaches.
As the Seaboard will soon build Into
Anniston. Ala . it is suggested that the
extension would probably be from An
niston to this city. From Columbus to
the 'Atlantic coast the Seaboard has al
most a straight line. Inasmuch as the
system will have a gulf port. It Is thought
highly probable that the branch line
to the gulf port will be built from Co
lumbus. A route has already been sur
veyed from here to St. Andrews Bay.
Fla., one of the deep ports of the gulf
of Mexico. From its position. Columbus
Is the natural point from which the At
lantic and gulf port lines of the big
system should diverge.
PHILOSOPHY OF DEEP PLOWING.
Tha groat body of farmers plow only .
; deep enough to supply a good mouthful !
for the first heavy rain that falls, which ’
sweeps away, to some lower place where I
It Is not needed, the very cream of the l
hillsides. A permanent sterility is thus
produced and a hideous deformity fasten- '
ed upon the landscape.
■What is the philosophy of the deep I
i plowing? It is very simple. By It crops •
are enabled to resist droughts, for a •
i place is prepared by deep plowing for the :
; retention of moisture. Deep plowing gives
' greater room Tor the roots of the plants ,
1 to travel In the search of nutriment, j
! Deep plowing supplies drainage and it in- |
creases the capacity of the soil for re
taining and utilizing fertilizers. It is too
often the case that a farmer will culti
vate his land as though he owned only
j 4 Inches of surface. A farm may be
doubled in Its productive capacity by
claiming and making use of 12 Inches by
the own-r. The inauguration of deep
plowing In England has doubled the yield I
of wheat and other crops. Oftentimes a ,
depth of 20 inches Is reached by the plow. ;
An instance Is given where a piece of I
land near London could with difficulty, ;
on account of Its sterility, be rented for :
$3 per acre, but after it had been plowed I
to a depth of 12 or 15 inches by steam It I
commanded a rental of $lB an acre.
Professor Mapes, who gave much atten- I
tlon to the effects of deep plowing, dem- ‘
onstrated that droughts could be made I
comparatively Harmless by preparing a I
deep bed In which the plants should grow, i
In this way the roots are increased In I
number and :*.:e and their capacity for !
; the sustenance of the plant is multiplied ,
many fold. If one haa IF sol! so compact !
or so filled with water as to exclude the i
air and it is broken up and pulverized |
deeply, so as to invite the roots of the j
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FISH FAVORS GREAT MERGERS.
President of Illinois Central Talks of
Recent Deal.
New York, August 17.—Regarding the
developments of recent years in the rail
road world, Stuyvesant Fish, president of
the Illinois Central, has given out a state
ment in which he commended business
consolidations as helpful to the general
property of the country.
"Consolidations and mergers will con
tinue right along.” he says, "but the
railroads will never be controlled by one
man; neither will the government take
control of them. These consolidations
are aimed to secure greater economy, and
should bring about lower rates.
"You can no more prevent consolida
tions in the interest of economy than
you can make water run up hill. The
right way to do Is to let. the railroads con
solidate or merge all they want to. Then
let the people look after tariff rates and
taxation. There are a' present some SOU
railroad companies, and these will sooner
■ or later be merged into twenty or thirty
corporations. It is the inexorable logic of
events and the tendency of the times,”
TIRED OF HEADLESS CHURCH.
Episcopalian Editor Says Chief Ex
ecutive Is Needed.
New York, August 20.—1 n the current
issue of The Churchman, a leading Epis
copal church paper, a chief executive
for the Episcopal church, is demanded
in the leading article which declares that
a chief executive is as necessary for a
churh as for a nation.
The Episcopal church In this country
now has no real executive head. The
oldest bishop is known as the presiding
bishop and is chairman of tip* house of
bishops, but ho really has no specific
executive or administrative functions.
BUCKSHAWS SUDDEN DEATH
Birmingham Man Expires in a St.
Louis Hotel
St. Louis, August 18.— D. C. Buokshaw,
secretary-trea.suror and general manager
of the Birmingham Sand. Lime, Brick and
Stone Manufacturing Company of Bir
mingham, Ala., was found dead In bed at
the Laclede hotel late today. He regis
tered last night and that was the last
seen of him alive. Apparently he died
during the night from natural causes,
ns the body was emaciated evidently from
111 health.
PETRIFIED WOMAN IS FOUND.
Tuscaloosa. Ala., August 17.— (Special)
S. H. Jones, who has had In charge the
blasting ci; the Warrior Southern rail
road. some miles north of the city, found
while blasting some days since the pet
rified form of a woman from the waist
down. Mr. Jones immediately took ti e
format! '•♦ < <*a- ' safety and of-
' sered a reward of slffl for the remainder
of the body, but it Is thought that the
heavy blasting completely destroyed the
same. He left yesterday for Atlanta, 'ak-
Ing the body with him, where it W) be
placed in the museum. He expo p, t ?
take it to St Louis during the expos
where It will be placed on exhlbltlc
+ha •.
ql’/es
Remains of Judge Long. -
Washington. August 19.—The rema
of Judge John J. Long, United Stat,
consul general and diplomatic agent at
Cairo, Egypt, who died as the result of
an accident in Dunbar. Scotland. July 28.
arrived In Washington today. Funeral
services will be hold tomorrow and the
interment will be in Rock Creek ceme
tery.
Chance for Honor Men.
Washington. August 20.- Before leaving
Washington Secretary Root Issued r>
order directing that the highest honor
mon from the sixty leading colleges wh?r>
army officers are detailed as milttar.
structors shall bo eligible to appointmer.t
as second lieutenants in the army.
. plant downward below the usual a- ■■
of air, the penetrating roots sometime"
I absorb some of the mineral com: -.’ ’
I of the earth and the structuse of ' e
I plant Is injured. On such a <o . ?
: plowing should be done gradua”’
i The plow sffould go lor 2 inches -I--?; -r
i every year, so that the chemical ■ ■ a
: of the atmor<s‘ may destroy ’
; sonomi mineral salts. Where tlu-re is
i danger, however, fit turning up r .:.-■ ■ '
- mineral compounds deep plowing -i-tm .-
' the roots of the plant down'- tr
| plane where they will find a sup.
j moisture during the dry season V
I sor Mapes thinks the true theory 1
provide a deep, thorough drair.ag-- '
soils, not naturally dry, to a considers' •’
depth of the surface, and then, by
greet?, break up lhe subsoil until a- ’?
bed of dry, warm air exposed soil »«•
cured.
Continuous shallow culture means
I erty for the farmer. sterility for tl 1
i and destitution for the people. I- '■
place where shallow plowing Is de
show a smaller yield in the prod' ! s ■’ f
the farm, and the farms where !' “
the practice are becoming scarifi-i "■ '
gullies, along which the very 1 '
of the soil trickles away. Sterility f
I soil means ignorance, poverty, w h
e-dness and ultimate degradation a n - 'x'
I the tillers of the earth. Al! the ' • i’ l
virtues and tlfe blessings of .'ui •' 1
vanced civilization are more or less
pendent upon the manner in whi< h ”
soil is cultivated. Deer plowing i d f, ef‘
sense, a sure guaranty of success ir
present and the only means of as-cr.rg
the highest development and w -.: ' '
of our race !n the future.—South- rn i’.t 'a
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