The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-08-11

sist blight, aud thus prove the hest for
this section The Howell was also
recommended AS good keeper, but
blights.
The raspberry committee recon-
mended the Turner Red as the best
for market purposes. The Cuthbert
and Lost Rudy are very fine. The
Brandywine is a fine shipping berry,
but requires rich land. The Gregg
Black Cap is the largest and best of
that class. The Souhegan is week
to ten days earlier than any other
black cup. Others were mentioned,
but these were the best. Several
growers said it made little difference
whether planted in the spring or fall.
The Committee on Succession of
Vegetable Crops recommended SUBJ
soiliug from twelve to eighteen
inches in the fall, to destroy eggs of
insects; it will then retain moisture
longer and bear better next season.
They also recommend bone phosphate
and guano, or compost, which will
pay two hundred per cent. above
crops not fertilized. They urged ali
to make compost heaps of leaf mould,
stall cleanings, ashes, cotton seed,
etc., in the fall or winter. They al.
so say SOW one or two bushels of salt
broadcast, to kill insects. They rec
ommend as as profitable crop to SOW
radishes in February, in drills; be-
tween the drills plant Early Jersey
Wakefield cabbage the first of March.
This will yield from $3.50 to 200 per
acre. For a second crop of cabbage.
plant the Early Flat Dutch. The
cow-horn turnip is fine yielder, a
good keeper in winter and fine for ta-
BILE or feed for cattle. They also rec
commended succession of the pota-
to crop, for which the Early Rose is
preferable. They recommend sue
cession of radishes, cabbage, potatoes
and other vegetables for West Ten
nessee. Well fertilized and properly
cultivated, two hundred dollars per
acre can be made.
TO the West Tennessee Horticultural
Society, IN convention assembled at M
Ian, Tennessee:
Your Committee on Transporta,
ton hereby report that they have
carefully investigated and considered
the question of what would be fair
and reasonable rate of charges for the
transportation by the railroads oper-
ating in West Tennessee to the fol-
lowing markets, and are of the opin-
ion that the following classification of
products would he just and fair
charge, and as much as, under the
varying quantity and quality of said
products and the varying character of
our markets, the growers and ships
pers can reasonably afford to pay.
They further beg to say upon their
own knowledge and upon the most re-
liable sources in every section Of West
Tennessee, that even with the recent>
ly reduced rates of transportation,
one of the products in the third cassi~
fication herein set forth, namely, the
article of potatoes, is rotting in the
fields in quantities of thousands of
barrels, because at such rate the ships
per can not only not realize any prof.
it but must sustain u loss in shipping {:
CLASSIFICATION.
First Class-Asparagus, berries.
cherries, grapes,
Second Class-Beans, celery, dam
sons, peaches, pears, peas, plums and
tomatoes.
Third Class-Apples, beets, cab
bage, carrots, cantaloupes, corn, Gu
cumbers, melons, onions, parsnips,
potatoes and squashes.
Rates on above classification from
all points in West Tennessee to the
following markets, per one hundred
pounds in any quantity:
TO 1sT. %. 81.
Chicago, Ill 30 373 %
St. Louis, Mo 80 374 %
Philadelphia, Pa 100 rs so