The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-05-14
RURAL AND DOMESTIC.

RURAL AND DOMESTIC.
It has been generally understood
and telegraphed all over the coun.
try that the sugar men are making
fight against the proposed bounty.
tits all a bluff. Sugar men realized
that the duty was bound to 60, and
when Mckinley decided on cut Of
so per cent. they put their heads to-
gether. The night before the bill
was reported 1t was decided to put
sugar on the free list and pay .
bounty Of 2 cents per pound. The
The sugar men are satisfied with
this, for they reason that while the
House may be democratic next
Congress the Senate is likely to be
republican for some years and they
will thus be assured of the bounty,
especially as they will have so pow
erful a champion as John Serman,
who has long advocated bounty
system for sugar planters. Your
correspondent is informed that an
effort wi i be made in the House to
increase the bounty to 21a cents per
pound, but. even at 2 cents sugar
planters can go into the marketand
sell their sugar and cents and
make a handsome profit, having the
2 cents bounty to fall back on.
WOOD ASHES FOR DRY Wealth
ER-President Smith, of the Wis
consin Horticultural Society, report
ing through the Prairie Farmer, of
Chicago, particulars as to an acre of
potatoes dressed with compost ma
nure and another with unleached
wood ashes, the two lying side by
side and treated in all respects pre-
cisely alike, makes statement of
notable value, especially for a dry
season: "The acre fertilized with
ashes yielded tiftyone bushels the
most, and if there was any difference
in quality it was in favor of those
that had the ashes. Now, the fair
inference would be that the ashes
were much the best manure for pO-
tatoes. Let us look a little further
The last half of May and the fist
of June were wetand cold, and go
far the two acres seemed to keep
Just about even. After June Is the
weather became very dry, and there
was little rain upon the plants until
they were ripe. Very soon after
the ground began to get dry, 1t could
be plainly seen that those manured
with compost heap were suffering
| for wantlof rain, while those manur
, ed with ashes were growing very
, rapidly. They continued until they
, were ripe. The simple fact In pota
toes or strawberries MANFRED will
ashes st, nd dro light that would b.
ruinous ii tertilized with any othel
! manure I have ever tried. To THU
fact 1 attribute the failure Of thu
. compost.heap acre to hold its owl
with the acre upon which the ashe'
: were used. have tried the exper
iment many times, always with pre-
. cisely the same result, provided w
. had a dry season during the grow
ing of the crop. I don't know bu
:. the rule Will hold good with all farm
and garden crops, but with thu
. above named there Is no doubt"
BORAx FOR HAMA correspond
ent of the Indiana Farmer says
"rhe best way I have found to pu
smoked hams away for good keep
ing Is to go the drug store and &c
;, FIVE or ten cents VOL tn ofb0rax ant
have it pulverized in 1.-THE morta
very fine. Dust 1t over the meat II
n every crevice, and then hang 1t RICH
up in the smoke.house, and not
s fly or bug will touch It. Also pu
). some Of 1t in your soap grease, ant
. there won't be q maggot about II
q I have tried this and know where
of I speak"