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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-01
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1890.

IRox-Market firm; swede. ASG5c; re-
LSRb"Market steady; in tierces, 5ssc; SOD
tins, SIC.
acala lump lime in fair demand and selling at
81 25 per barrel; Georgia and Shelby, 81 -
per barrel; bulk and carload lots special I;
calcined plaster, - s. per barrel; hair 4Q5c;
S. 90
LIquoRs-steady; good demand. Whisky,
per gallon, rectified, 81 Os9l -, according to
81 IG SSis4 %; blended, & 65sS6 o. VINES
Domestic, port, sherry, catawba. low
grades. 60GSSc; fine grades, 81 OO1l 50;
California, light, muscatei and angelica, 81 50
NAms-Market very firm; fair demand; 81,
50 20: Id and sd SO %; cd, 81 50: sd, s. IS; l0d
g so; I'D, Sc 40; SOD 10 COD, 81 65; 2Od to 4Od,
acknowledgements, 1S920c; Ivicas,
i6G11Sc; walnuts. French. l5c; Naples, l6c;
pecans Zoe: Brazil, I0c; filberts, loo; cocOanuts
Barracoa, 81 so per 100; assorted nuts, SON and
OSIoNs-Domestic sprouting badly; per bar
rel, IS 600 80; PER crate, 81 IS; spanish
OmsNMarket firmer; demand fair. Signal.
4005Oc; West Virginia black, l24l5c; lard, SIC:
Kerosene, 10c; neatsfoot, 6ONs5c; ma
chinery 25030c; linseed, raw, Csc; boiled, Csc;
mineral seal. isc: homelight, 15c; guardian.
demonstrating. Sc OOGa Is; seed, s. 500
2 IS.
RA1sINs-Demand light; market steady.
Malaga layers, 50 00per box; London layers,
new, So 80 per box; California London layers,
So 50 per box; loose, 50 3d.
SALr-The demand is moderate and market
quiet; carload lots, zoe, f. o. b.; job lots 50
SHor-Drop, 81 20; buck. 81 Is.
SUGAR-The market is higher. Cut
loaf, 734c; cubes, 71sc; powdered, T1sc; granu-
lated, 6Szc; confectioIers', 69sc; standard A,
6Ikc: off A. 614c; white extra C, csc; golden C,
SYRuP-Florida and Georgia steady at 2302Sc;
market quiet for sugarhouse at 500 40c; Cuba
straight goods. soc; sugarhouse molasses,
10000.
YopAcco-Market firm; steady demand
Smoking. 25c01 IS; chewing, common,
3S050c; bright. 50075c; fine fancy, S509Oc;
extra fine, 9Oc01 10; bright navies, SS945c;
dark navies. 36c.
LUMBER-There has been steadily increasing
demand from all quarters. The mild weather
in part accounts for this. Mills are all full of
work for some time ahead and prices are firm,
with an upward tendency, especially for the
more difficult sizes. We quote;
Ordinary sizes. W. 75GDlb 90
Difficult sizes .......... .......... Is 00@25 90
tioorlng ooardS...... .....-.'.''.' 10 U0QSl oC
Shipstuffs. ...... .................. II 00025 %
TIMBER-Market dull and nominal. We quote:
200 feet average. .................S 900011 90
800 ................... 10 00611l 90
5UO ............-...... IL UOtQg II w
1000 " ................... 10 00W14 00
Shipping timber in the raft
ZOO feet average ..................S 0O0 z 90
500 - e .................. 7OC0 s %
900 " ................... 5000 9 90
1000 ................... 90OOl0 %
Mill timber 81 below these figures.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-01

Sea Isldnds-The total receipts for the week
up to p. m. were 1894 bags of which factors
through. The exports were 11a3 bags distrib-
uted as follows: To Liverpool 1855 bags, to
Havre IS bags, to northern mills % bags. The
sales during the week were only % bags, all
for northern account. There was dull feeling
prevailing in the market, and but very slow
inquiry Prices, however, continued steady
and unchanged. The stock in first hands is
slightly over 1000 bags, but is firmly held on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-01

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT SHOW THE NET RE-
CEIPT AT ALL PORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING
FEB, % AND FEB. Fl, AND FOR THIS WEEK
LAST YEAR.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-17

invites all his old customers and the pub
ic generally to call and examine his fine
stock of furniture, carpets, linoleum, baby
carriages, refrigerators, ETC., at his show
rooms in Calders music palace, A5 w. First
South street. Telephone 21S.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-17
WILLIAMS AUSTRALIAN HERR PILES

If you are yellow, bilious, constipated
with headache, bad breath, drowsy, no ap-
petite, look out, your liver is out Of order.
One box Of these pills will drive all the
troubles away and make new being OF
you. Price IS cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-17
HR. DlNWooDEY

The best and cheapest shoes in the cit,
at Barnes Lewis g. Co. =
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

Less corn and "A little salt and ashes
with the oats wiz help to keep off attacks
of collie III the horse.
What to feed and how to feed it is a
great point i'll the dairy business.
If eggs are wanted feed for eggs. Buck
wheat and wheat are good.
Good sweet silage is very favorably
spoken Of as food for horses.
Pea vines for turning under as fer
tilizer are pronounced better than rye,
by southern authority.
The injury to manure by fire fanging
or heating is in the ammonia lost.
Invest in some mutton breed of sheep;
care for them and pay of the farm
mortgage, says Michigan man.
The drill saves money in seeding
wheat.
The Sib!ey or Pixies Peak squash is
presented as a rival to the Hubbard in
texture, flavor aud productive quality.
Hard boiled eggs, raw oatmeal and
mashed potatoes are good for toe little
chicks in the first ten days of existence.
Any ore who intends to begin bee
keeping for profit viii make good in
yystment by working for time in the
apiary of an experienced bee keeper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
Corn Meal for Butter,

Mr.. Farlee, the noted Jersey breeder,
has great faith in the use of corn meal as
an important part of a butter ration. On
this point Hoard's Dairyman fully agrees
with Mr.. Farlee as to the value of corn
meal with this provision, that it be fed to
COW of distinctive butter temperament
and heredity. Dairy farmers who have
had experience with general purpose"
cows, particularly high grade short
horns, have noticed that if heavy corn
meal ration was fed for any length of
time, they would be quite apt to shrink
in milk and commence laying fat on the
carcass This no doubt is due to the
strong tendency to flesh making which
they had Inherited 1t requires a COW Of
strong, decided dairy hereditv to take
and convert a heavy corn meal ration
steadily into butter and not divert the
food to her own gain. The fact shows
bow necessary it is, if we are TO engage in
dairying, that we start right in breeding.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
Handling Manure.

On the subject of improving manure
by handling or measurement Sir J. Is.
Lawes, the great English experimental
agriculturist, says he is just as ignorant
as the most old fashioned farmer, and
that there is no use in trying to fix am
monia where there is little or none TO
fix. You cannot handle manure with
ont doing so al some considerable cx-
pcnse, and he therefore thinks it more eco
nomical to let ii alone. Ii is certain that
all the labor expended upon it adds to its
cost, but il is not equally certain that it
adds in the same proportion to its value.
Many Of our best farmers haul out their
barnyard manure as soon as convenient
and spread it on the land when it is to be
used. On lands subject to washing and
draining the application is better if de-
layed until cultivation begins.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

Experience has taught those having
orchards on steep hill5ides that some
protection is necessary to prevent undue
washing of the soil. Those who thought
to protect their land by running side fur
rows at short intervals found that they
Jared worse than those who let their land
alone. In some orchards so many gull
lies have been washed that it will take a
long time to get the ground IN condition,
if, indeed, it is at all possible Several
persons, who sowed thick crop of early
grain in their orchards to protect the
land, state that the soil is not washed
and that they are more than pleased
with their experiment. AS soon as the
soil will admit, this grain will be plowed
under, thus forming both a protector
and most excellent fertilizer. -California
Fruit Grower,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
\ Good Tool in the Corn Field.

Last spring, after working my corn
with a two-horse cultivator one way lit
being in drills, wished for a tool to
cross the rows and break the crust in the
rows. After a little study | concluded
that a stub toothed hay rake would bo
just the thing. SO | htched on to try it.
1t is far ahead of any drag | ever saw.
Instead of covering and tearing out the
corn, it uncovers it and leaves the corn
and also the ground in the best possible
shape. Now | do'not claim that it will
Kill the grass after it gets few inches
high, but it destroys the young plant
when it first comes up. The kind of
rake that | used was an independent
tooth, weighted down with a stick of
timber; but any rake will do that can be
set low enough to catch in the ground. l
would advise farmers to try this simple
tool
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
USEFUL LESSONS FROM EVERY DAY
LIFE ON THE FARM.

Points to Bee Keepers Concerning the
swarming Season-Two Popular Forms
of Swarming Apparatus Described, with
Directions for Their Application.
That our readers may be quite ready
for the swarming season we give in adj
vance some items on swarming and its
attendant clustering, along with sugges-
tions about swarming apparatus, from
"Gleanings in Bee Culture" Mentioned
with other swarm catchers is the one
used by A. +. Nahum, an experienced
apiarian. Ii has no patent on it and is
illustrated in the accompanying cut
1t is simply a wire cloth cage fastened
to a pole with two legs. so attached to
the pole that they can be set out or in,
something like tripod. The lower end
of the pole may be sharpened, to stick in
the ground, in order to steady the catcher
and to prevent it from being tipped for
ward by the weight of the bees. The
head or cage is 10x10 inches square by
II thick, and is covered on each side
with wire cloth. 1t is made in two parts
and hinged together, SO as to open and
close. When closed it is held together
by small hook. One of th&parts of the
head is fastened to the pole, forming a
catcher as may be imagined by referring
to the cut.
The head is made of 5Xg inch stuff
hence is very light. Mr., Nahum usually
furnishes eight or ten of these catches to
each Of his apiaries. If two or more
swarms issue at one time he proceeds to
catch the bees and queens, using a
catcher for each swarm, and as is usual
~ the case when more than one swarm
issues at one time, they will mingle and
cluster together. In such case he sets
the catchers near together and awaits
the results. If more bees settle on one
catcher than on the others, he shakes
them off from this one, and on rising
they will almost always divide up equal
ly, each swarm clustering around its
queen,
The corn pepper catcher is thus de-
scribed by one who used it:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
AN UNPATENTED swARMING APPARATUS

AN UNPATENTED SWARMING APPARATUS.
The lid of the pepper was thrown
back, and the pepper itself was crowded
up gently against the lower end of the
cluster. The bees very soon rolled over
each other until the pepper was level full
of them. The wire cloth top was thrown
over and snapped shut We did not
know whether we had secured the queen
or not. 1t did not matter much, for half
or tWO-thirdS Of the cluster was confined
in the pepper. and the queen, if outside,
together with the remaining bees, would
cluster around their captive comrades.
We thrust the handle down into the soft
dirt near where the lees were flying
quite thick, and the pepper was thus sup
ported couple of feet from the ground
where the bees could get at them. We
then left them for an hour or SO. When
we returned all the outside bees were
clustered around the pepper. They were
now III such shape that we could carry
them were we pleased and hive them
where we pleased, which we did with
entire success"
In concluding the article CLEANED
from, the editor presents two ideas
First, if the queens are not clipped, the
queen herself will usually be found on
the outside of the cluster OF near the bot
tom end. If, therefore, the corn pepper
cage or other receptacle be pushed gently
against the lower end of the swarm, YOU
are likely to secure not only the larger
portion Of the bees, but the queen also:
and in this event your swarming il
practically done. The other idea is this:
After these wire cloth cages, such as the
corn pepper and Manum's arrangement
have been used a few times for catching
swarms, they will acquire the scent Of
the laying queen and of former swarms.
The catcher will, in consequence, ha
more readily accepted for clustering by
succeeding swarms. In time these cages
will have little bits of wax adhcring to
them, and these, also, form no small
part of the attraction.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
conn FOR FODDER, CORN FOR GRAIN.



Must Have Two Corn Fields
The common practice in the west, and
indeed one very general elsewhere, has
been to cut corn and shock it at the time
of its early maturity. BY this process the
grain dries out and haroens and the
stalks retain most of their leaves, 20 that
after the corn has been husked a crop of
grain and crop of fodder is realized
from the same planting. From expert
ments made by Professor Shelton, at the
Kansas agricultural station, it was
found that in nearly every case where
adjacent rows of corn were cut at inter-
walls of seven to twenty days, the largest
yield Of the best quality of corn was
found in the rows cut latest. 1t was
plainly taught in the seventy odd cases
tried that corn continues to improve in
weight until the very last--after the
blades of the plant have been dried up
and quite likely blown away and seem
mgly until the juices of the stalks have
been completely sucked up.
The figures shown in the careful cut
tings and weighings of corn at different
stages of ripeness, says the professor,
seem to point To a real principle III the
growth of the crop which the farmer
cannot afford to ignore. 1t is perfectly
clear that we must raise corn for corn,
with no thought of fodder; and again,
corn which has no higher purpose than
fodder. We must, in short, have two
corn fields on every farm, receiving radi-
cally different treatment to correspond
with the different purposes for which
they are cultivated
In considering the above it must be re-
membered that corn fodder in Kansas
has a smaller proportion of leaves and
blades than is found on the varieties
grown in the New England and middle
states, where picking the ears from the
standing stalks and leaving the latter
unharvested would be thought a wasteful
process.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
THE POULTRY YARD.
spinions by The Southern CuItivstor On
tho Value of Breeds,

tho Value of Breeds.
The Iangshans lay best in winter.
They give goodly number of eggs and
are excellent table birds.
The Brahmas come next-the light va
.riety of this class excelling the dark.
The Partridge Cochins are the best lay
ers of the Cochin GLASS; the Bluffs the best
table fowls; the whites, blacks and Par
fridge follow tho Bluffs for meat
The Plymouth Rocks are good layers
and capital table fowls. So are the Wy
andottes, but they will lay more eggs
than the Rocks. All the American birds
are good, and come near all purpose
fowls.
The Houdans and the whole French
class are excellent layers and grand mar
ket birds.
The Leghorns, Minorcas, Spanish, An
dalusians and Hamburgs are tho fowls
with big egg records, but they are not
worth much for eating.
The Dorkings are non-superior for flesh
qualities.
The White Leghorns, Minorcas, Span
ish and Houdans lay the largest eggs.
The Brown Leghorns lay the most
eggs of the Leghorn family, but they are
smaller.
The Javas recommend themselves as
table birds, and very readily assume fat
The Jersey Blues are not highly recon-
mended either as egg producers or table
birds.
The Polish are the handsomest of
fowls, excellent layers, but not recon-
mended for the table.
The Hamburgs are persistent layers,
but of no account for the table,
The American Dominiques are the
original American fowl. They are good
layers and table birds, and just the
farmers fowl
The game class are second to none for
table use, and also possess a credtable
egg record
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
SUBJECTS TREATED IN A
PRACTICAL MANNER.

Directions in Asparagus Culture by tho
Original of "Conover's Colossal" 49, Tho
Preparation of the Soil. the Setting of
the Roots and Their Care.
Mr.. S. b. Conover, in American Gar
den, gives the following instructions
concerning the cultivation of asparagus:
Clean, rich, light loan soil that will not
bake or pack is required for asparagus.
A good, heavy sod plowed under is good,
as 1t makes a bottom for the roots to feed
on. 1t requires strong, coarse manure
under it.. and the roots should have plen-
ty of room to spread. If planted closely,
small, spndling shoots will result. By
planting good distance apart, as many
shoots cannot be cut from the same
ground, but the sprouts being larger,
more punches will be secured. These
heavy ones sell more readily and at
twice or three times the price Of the
light weights, and cost less to cultivate,
cut and bunch.
Plow the ground deeply. Strike out
deep furrow five or six feet each wav,
making your crossings ten or twelve
inches deep. Then put in plenty Of good
coarse manure, tread down and cover
with about two inches of soil. Set the
roots on this, spreading them well.
They should be six or eight inches below
the surface. Then throw furrow over
them, from one side. When the rows
become weedy or need covering, throw a
furrow on from the other side, thus kill
ing the weeds and keeping the ground
loose. All the attention the plants re-
quire is that the ground be kept clean
and loose. After the roots are well
started, give a good dressing of stable
manure, and plow in between the rows,
using care not to wound the crowns.
In putting out, use 1-year-old roots;
! the best varieties are Conover's Colossal
and Leshers Mammoth. The depth, six
or eight inches, is to allow of light plow-
ing over the plants, or cultivation in the
spring without injury. In order to
strengthen them, let the plants 20 to
seed, but before the seeds are ripe NOV
off and burn, as the seed will stock the
ground with young plants, like weeds
At the last blowing or cleaning pillow in
a coat of manure and SOW rye, letting it
grow large enough to cover the ground.
The rye keeps the ground warm and
prevents the surface from blowing away
i'll winter. Plow the rye under in spring
as a fertilizer
The second spring give u dressing of
guano, hen manure or bone; cultivate it
i'll and plow up the middle, using sta
bic manure between the rows and cover
ing it well. The cutting will last about
four weeks, after which apply manure
and clean ont all weeds and grass, 50 as
to get a strong growth of roots for the
next season. II cut too late, the root is
weakened. To hasten the plants in
spring, throw a light furrow away from
each side of the crown. to let in the sun
and air. After cutting two weeks. throw
the furrow back again to destroy the
weeds and loosen the soil
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

T. II. Hoskino has the following to say
in Orchard and Garden after nearly half
a century of strawberry growing: II am
satisfied that the cheapest way is to fruit
the plants but once, renewing the beds
annually on land cleaned Of weeds by
previous careful cultivation. In this way
we get larger fruit ana more of it NJ .
minimum of cost. 1t is my practice to
grow beans between the rows the first
season and turnips the second, after turn
ing the plants under. prefer chemical
fertilizers, ground bone and unleached
hardwood ashes to stable manure
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
A Potato Experiment,

A Wisconsin correspondent tells Prairie
Farmer that potatoes or Strawberries
manfred with ashes will stand degree
Of drouth that would be ruinou5 if fer
tilted with any other manure he has
ever tried.
He says; Some Of your readers may
doubt this statement; but l have tried
the experiment so many times, and al
ways with precisely the same result, pro-
vided we had a dry season during the
growth OF the crop, do not know but
the rule will hold good with all of our
farm and garden crops, but with the
above named there is no doubt.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
A strong, Durable Wagon Jack.

The wagon jacl; shown in the illus
tration should be made of hard wood
white oak is best. The base is IS inches
long, 81 inches thick and inches wide;
the uprights are 3 feet long, 1 inch thick
and inches wide; they are morti,ed
into the base and bolted leaving a space
of /! inches between them. \ block is
inserted at the top 1 inches thick and
bolted. The lever is ~ feet long, II
inches thick and 81 inches wide at the
short end and inches at the long end.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

The seed division is the primary divis.
ion Of the department of agriculture BY
act of congress, Marcl 2, 1899, an appro.
prialion Of 81 ,OcO was taken from the
patent office fund for the purpose II
collecting and distributing seeds, prose
cut x agricultural Investigations and
procuring agricultural statistics. by this
act the agricultural division of the pa
tent office WAS created la 1859 the sep
arate department Of agriculture was 6
tabishcd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
A GOOD WAGON JACK.

1t is held in place by a loose bolt in the
slot in the upright and may be raised or
lowered. The ratchet is piece Of
bar iron one inch wide and one-quar-
ter inch thick, holtcd to lever two feet
from upright, and la, several notches ON
its lower edge which catch on a bolt run
the uprights eight inches from
base. The wagon jack described is rec
commended by "A Kansas farmer in Farm
and Earul,idp
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

Southern Farmer asserts that COWS fed
moderate daily ration Of cottonseed
meal the year round are never attacked
with murrain; tina. cluaI parts of mutt
ton suel and kerosene. applied warm, Is
sure cure for called rddcr: that but
terInilh and wheat bran led daily to hens
will cause supply of eggs the year
round, and that farmers who s'il butter,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
A CONVENIENT FEEDING TROUGH.

The view given is the rear side of the
trough, and the partition is swung for
ward to shut the animals away while
their food is being prepared. When
ready, the slide is withdrawn, the parti-
ton swings over the rear side, and the
hogs can go in." Stats of wood should
be placed across the trough to keep the
animals from standing. in it. BY swing
ing the partition high enough, the hogs
may pass under,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

j. IL, Hale, authority on such matters,
says that the peach grub. commonly
called peach borer, has been destroyed
with caustic potash made into a strong
I've with the addition of lime and car
bolic acid, to which little arsenic is
added, and sometimes a little clay to
make it adhere to the tree. The earth is
drawn away from the foot of the tree
and the mixture is applied with a swab
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

p. b. Mead SAYS in Orchard and Gar,
den; "A trial has convinced us that the
tuberous rooted begonia may be had in
flower every month in the year, II is a
little trouble to summer over the tubers
but it has teen done, and We have plants
in bloom now, The tubers may be started
at any time if properly kept