Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-04
Farm Facts.

Randolph county expects large crop
OF corn.
Corn and cotton crops are booming in
DeKalb county.
Douglas county has the finest fruit crop
that she has had for several years.
The present indications all point to a
fair average crop of corn and cotton IN
Lee county.
N. Gallaher, of Warrenton, has plum
tree in his garden which covers piece OF
land twenty feet square.
On Wednesday lightning struck a sap
ling in Alexander Hendricks lot at Bay
Branch, Emanuel county, and killed two
fine mules.
John w. Odom, of Jug Tavern, has an
apple tree which bore fourteen well de-
veloped apples on twig not over six
inches long.
o. E. Graves who lives in the Hickory
Grove neighbOrhoOd of Houston county,
has patch of corn two and half acres
that will yield, according to the estimate
of good judges, not less than fifty bushels
per acre.
Some time before the war a gentleman
near Macon feared that fine plantation
which he owned was ruined because the
Bermuda grass appeared on it, He is
terminate it, and each year would pillow up
the grass, rake up the roots and have them
carted into the river.
Mrs. DIR. Farr, of McDufie, has
chicken which was brought into a life of
trouble by favOrite spring pullet, Belle
Lockwood. The unfortunate fowl has
neither under-bill nor eyes. Mrs. Etiie
johnson has an old hen named Mrs.
Belzebub, who lays an egg every day
and hOvers over a brood Of 10 young
turkeys at night.
Sy Nixon, Of Clinch, who lives on the
Suwannee river, near Okefinokee swamp,
gathers about five barrels of strained
honey, from which process ne also saves
about two hundred pounds of wax, every
year. He sells the honey for about 50
cents per gallon and the wax for % cents
per pound, and puts aside the proceeds of
the entire honey crop up for his children's
use, which, by this time, 10 a considerable
sum, and which he will not use for any
purpose whatever. w. r. Elhenny,
OF Jackson. took from four gums nearly
200 pounds one night last week. The
boys IN this neighborhood cut on an aver
age one bee tree week.
FLORIDA.
A. Mead, of 0cala, shipped three car
Dads of marrow fat squashes last week.
w. l.. Robinson, Of Tallahassee, has Just
sold nine of his fine Jersey COWS to Sohrad-
er Bros. tori$1, 900.
r. NJ. Hayes, of Marion county, received
S2l5 net for a car Of melons sent TO North
Carolina last week.
There has been shipped from the Apop-
ka Lake section the present season about
10000 packages Of vegetables.
Miss Alice Carter, OF Lake Inez, Y0-
lusia county, has in her grove an orange
tree that is truly wonder. Two years
ago the seed was planted. one year later
it was budded and now il has 80 thrifty
oranges about the size Of hens egg on IT,
James Ernest, of Tallahassee, seems to
have solved the question OF growing
apples successfully in his section. For
some reason not generally understood
apple-grOwing In that section has hereto
fore been attended with considerable I'M
certainty. Last year Mr.. Ernest grated
an apple bud into the stock Of l-year-Old
LeCOnte pear. The bud grew rapidly and
branuhed out numerous twigs. This
year every twig is 50 heavy laden with
fine, plump red apples, that Mr. Ernest
found il necessary 10 brace them up with
stakes. Mr. Ernest is also experimenting
with peach buds grated into native plum
stocks, and finds that the fruit Is much
improved and that the trees are free from
bOrers.