Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-05-31
HERE AND THERE.

There are not a half dozen Oranges
in Georgia which have failed to
receive from five to twenty new men,
bers during the past quarter.
"A wise Kentucy sheep raiser puts
it thus: my two hundred sheep save
me an annual outlay of $3.50 by clear
ing my farm of weeds" He raises no
weeds on his farm. This is true econ
omy, but not usually so carefully esti-
mated.
"A Southwestern Louisiana corre-
spondent says: Come to land where
you can live among wild flowers the
year around, and have green vege-
tables from the garden every month in
the year. Last years crop of grass
stands on an average, two feet high
all oyer this county. The country is
new and undeveloped. Land is cheap.
Michigan has an excellent law en-
couraging the planting OF trees along
the roadside. 1t provides that man
shall be credited twenty-five cents
each. on his road tax. for every tree
he plants along the road bordering his
own land.
The Attorney General of Illinois
gives it as his opinion that in that S ale
lien on foal for the service fee of
the stallion is a first lien notwith-
standing the mare may have been
NOR gagged to another at the time Of
the service.
The Supreme Court OF North Caro-
lima recently held that the fact that
the plaintiff had in a stock-law coun-
ty turned his cattle into forty-acre
pasture through which railroad ran
does not constitute contributory
negligence, one of the cows being
killed by passing train.
| 1t viii no doubt cheer our South
esn Oranges TO learn that the farmers
of far off Australia are just now form
ing preliminary organizations, prepar-
ing for the Grange. and are in CORE
spondence with the Master of the Ma
tional Grange, who is directing the
work in that progressive land.
For keeping the striped bugs off
melon vines plant three or four bea
in each hill and pull them up when
the vines get too large for the bugs.
To get plants early, cut sods four
inches square, turn them over, stick
in the seeds and bury them in the hot
bed When you wish to transplant.
take up sods and all, set them out
and the plants will grow right along
without any setback
The Gazette, of Farmerville, La.
reports that two farmers living near
Tuscola, went into lawsuit over q
three-dollar pig more than three years
ago; the case was appealed until il
reached the Circuit Court. That csuri
has Just decided that one of the liti'
giants shall pay for the pig and the
other pey the costs Altogether, in
costs and attorneys fees. the pig ha:
cost the two men 81 $50 The moral i:
obvious
No good farmer will fail to plant
COW peas or peanuts in his cornfields
so as to give profitable successive
crop at almost no cost at all. VIZ
have never known a farmer VIII,
planted too many acres in peas
Dropped in the middle furrow at in
tervals of two feet the labor of cul
tivation amounts to almost nothing.
and yield of three to ten bushel:
per acre-to say nothing Of the benefi
to the Soils certainly remunerative
Dire Farmer.
The Double Springs Miss Ali
ance has opened up new path t
, prosperity, something on the line o
| the Young Farmers Club. plan Il
, make each member personally respon
sible for the success of hfs own farm
thereby meeting the necessity of
: more determined effort on their par
: to make a living at home. realizing
: that every man is the architect of hi
e own journey through life. and if faith
$ fully carried out poverty viii neve
enter the door,