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Departmeßfc) 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 If/'' 1- '"' 1 " 4 bOETERS] LOADED SHELLS THE HUNTER’S PRIDE *'LEAGUE”—BIick Powder "REFEREE”-SMil-Smol(eleH ’'IDEAL,” “NEW VICTOR,” . » iSjSy Bullt Sn,o|(eless “PREMIER,” "HIGH GUN,” Dense Sm#,(e,Bss Used, Always erred Peters Rifle and Pistol Cartridges hold the World’s Records You** Dealer about $8 per ton for the soil and you have 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 MALLORY’S ALL-STEEL PLOW MALLORY’S Mode for PREPARING \—g LAND DEEP “Beats the World? It’s going to revolutionize Farming. l*y Write for Catalog aud learn all about it. Address. W wWft MALLORY &TURNELL, O O O Chattanooga, Tenn. 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 ■ , - - L ,», , T* !gn; J -'' j&L..- ? Z ...‘< ’• J fe/ h SAW TjT7MT?ER| rP WE MAKE SA w M ’ LLS I \\ lira that cut accurate lumber and plenty of «& ■ -lr t k--s?7 it. 8 to 30 horse power. Capacity m 4,000 to 20,000 feet of lumber per jj y\\ aay« fa Mil Prices from $l6O to S7OO B Reasonable in price, economical to B '^r— — ■ Mill is a Money (Maker. Write H n for large free Catalog No. S 36. H I AMtltKAIt SHDIR MACHIHt CO., c„ LOUISVILLE. KY. J 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 Magazine. Read Mallory's plow ad cn Ibis page.