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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
How to Mana

How to Manage Colored Farm Labor.
1t looks as if Col Albert H Cox, the At
lanta lawyer, who farms in Morgan county,
had pretty we'll solved the difficult problem
of successfully managing colored farm
labor, says j. V. Avery in the Southern
CuLtirator. His plan is original, and has
panned out well for himself. He handles
his plantation as well as he speaks, and that
is saying good deal.
He took large farm as a debt that he
could not save otherwise. 1t was rather
run down, aud season or two under the
old system left him in a bad fix. His
trouble was unreliable labor. He could not
sell or abandon. He must devise a way to
use the colored help profitably. And he
did. He solved the problem. He made
good crops He brought up his land He
did 50 well, he bought more land. He has
9, GOO broad acres now, that blossom in
crops. The clarion talker has become O
practical farmer, and a growing stock
raiser.
Here is bis plan. Simple and solid it is,
and one wonders some sharp fellow did not
hit on it before.
He contracts for good monthly wages, IS,
$40 and $l2 per month and feed. He only
pays half in cash, reserving the other half
until the end of the year. The IS hand, for
instance, gets 81 a month down, and waits
until the year is up for the other "a. The
81 and his feed run him. The debt of the
master to him grows "a monthly, aud at six
months is S24, getting bigger, and holding
him faster every month. When harvest
comes, and the risky time is at hand to lose
him, from the offer of larger temporary
wages, he is tied fast, because if he leaves,
he, under tho contract, forfeits his accu-
mulated and growing half of his earned and
earnabe wages. He does not leave. His
interest in thirgs is a tremendous stimulus
and clamp. That s4S as the end holds him
like vice. 1t makes the hand Steady in
dustrious, reliable, immovably clutched. 1t
gives the farmer worker he can depend
on, and that improves
This plan is good sense itself, square bust
ness, and has worked like charm.
There are some other things about Cox's
farming that will do to tell, but they will
have to wait until next time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
The Laszess Marx,s Ga-d,n.


In Rhoie Island, says the -Nsao Eaqlanf
fGT7'er, there is a farm OF 6)0 acres run as
q markes gardel oy Mr. Bldlong. an &C
count OF WHOSE crops AMI mstao Is may not
be missntsresIing. NJ Budloag employs
regularly 17om ali the time. During cer-
tain seasons Of the year be has 30 and over
extra hands employed as pickers, gathering
green corn. cucutabers, peas, tomatoes and
osher products. He has seventy-swo
horses and six yoke Of oxen. He has his
own carpenter, carriage builder, painter
ard blacksmith, and all his wagons are
built by him on the premises. Last winter
he sold So, 900 worth of lettuce to one New
York dealer, in addition to all his sales to
other New Workers and the Boston and
Providence markets. He has now $50 acres
Ia cucumberS in different lots. and it was a
very picturesque scene TO notice three gangs
OF plckers, from forty to fifty men, women
aud children IN gang, gathering the crop
The white shirts aud Llue overalls of the
men, and the gayer colors of the women's
attire, dotted among the cue amber vines,
presented a picture rarely wit lesSed in New
England, aud suggested a south m plsntR-
ton scene. The pickers are paid five gax
Oh SeniS u NAIL Ousnel, anu SOME pick as
many as TIVE ty-eight baskets in day.
Although Mr. Budlong raises many white
spine cucumbers for market, the bulk of his
business is in smaller ones for picklilg,
which Is done on his own premises. The
cucumbers when picked are placed III
large tanks, holding l,00J bushels. In one
room alone we saw twenty-five of these
tanks. He has other tanks in other rooms,
and Is building new house which will con-
taia twelve more. The cucumbers are car
ried from the field to the factory by large
tour-horse teams. wagon-load driving up
every few minutes. In addition to this
crop, Mr.. Badlong has this season forty FIVE
acres in green peas, all of which has been
gathered and the land is now seeded to
turnips. Sixteen acres are in tomatoes. He
has fifty acres in green corn; one day this
season he Skipped to market 500 barrels,
containing eighteen to twenty dozen ears in
a barrel, at % cents per dozen. 1t was q
noticeable thing that the gree corn season is
about over with him juat as the average
run of farmers are beginning to get theirs
into market. We drove through large
fields of many acres in extent of onions,
peppers and other crops, to say nothing of
the extensive green houses and hotbeds.
One noticeable thing about the place was a
STACK of pea vines which had been saved
for fodder, much Of the coarse stuff about
the place being saved for feeding.
To raise sucn immense crops requires a
fabulous amount of manure, which Is
brought from Boston and Providence by
tram, Mr.. Budlong having special side
tracks to his grounds from the railroads.
He brings manure as for as from Boston
contracting there for the supply from 2 200
horses.
This business has developed from small
beginning, the profiS as fast as made hay
ing been put into the business instead of in
vested elsewhere. Mr.. Budlong is buying
land all the time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17

feeding; he latter ctfc ris1ttlsie tho hay. This
year We sowed the field IN buck wheat, and
the crops shows the same difference. Our
pastures are giving similar evidence from
the summer cottocseei rations. The On
nalced value Of the manure nearly pays the
cost or the .tton @eai
Inc foregoing cannot tie otto-wiss than
important to eve. J batter dairyman il the
country. says d.. ia e1 Wilson III the TS-i5-
uns IL will iEcite to thought, and 20 en-
perimentlng IN the same line. II the meth
OBS OF Mr. Morse shall be found worthy Of
general adoption, the cost of thu prCd1ction
OF butter will be materially lessened. If
SONS should still fear 10 trust to raw cotton
seed TO produce frst-cass butter, the
Tennessee Farmer is authority for SAYING
t1et the whole seed can be cooked without
other heat than that which it will generate
itself. Add to the seed one-fifIh of its bulk
OF wheat bran. wet with cold water, and
mix thoroughly; place in a tight box. and
IN twenty-four hours the seeds will be so
well cooked that they will mash easily he-
tween thumb and finger. But l presume
Mr.. Morse would not favor the admixture
OF bran
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
Important Tests in Churning.


The scarcity of ice the past summer
necessitated the employment of methods
for sitting milk that were before but seldom
used, says the Philadelphia Record, and i'm
portant experiments were also made at sew
eral experiment stations, Cornell University
giving particular attention to the testing of
the efficiency of Dreaming by diluting the
milk with water in various quantities and at
different temperatures. The milk used was
from grade Holsteins and Jerseys, one
third of the COWS being fresh and the others
being in milk from five to eight months. A
large number OF trials were made in which
portions of milk, diluted with an equal
weight of cold water, were compared with
portions from the same milkingS set in ice
water in a creamer. Trials were also made
in which a smaller amount of both warm
and cold water was added to the milk, and
few trials were also made with deep set
ting in the open air without the addition of
water, OF setting in shallow pans, and in
water running over the pans at a tempera=
ture Of about co..
The result showed that larger proper
ton of fat was left in the skim milk when
the whole milk was diluted with warm water
than when undiluted and set In ice water,
the proportions being, after eleven trials,
% per cent. and lbs per cent. Thus it may
water there was contained in the SKINNED
milk nearly six times as much fat as when
the milk was set in the creamer with ice
water, or in other words, while over 95 per
cent. of the fat In the whole milk was re-
covered in TIE cream under the cold deep
ting process. but little over 60 per cent.
was recovered by the diluted process. With
warm water ten trials caves Ill per cent.
of fat in the skinned milk, or but little
less than the cold water, in the skinned,
while the milk shovel also a tendency to
sour. The temperature in these trials was
from So to TO.
Five churn tests were made, two of cream
from milk set in a creamer, in ice water;
two of cream from milk to which an equal
weight of cold water had been added, aud
set III air, and one from milk set in shallow
pans. The two first were churned at
temperature of 65e, the second two at a
temperature of CO. The result was that
from ia pounds of milk set i'll ics water
). 35 pounds of butter were obtained, or a
pound of butter from 2l.3l pounds of milk /;
from 100 ) pounds of diluted milk only 2,75
from 365 "a pounds of milk-showing loss
of butter by the diluted process of 1874
pounds per 100 pounds Of milk, as COM
pared with deep setting in ice water The
average per cent. of fat left in she SKINNED
milk under the various processes varied
greatly.
Ths experiments demonstrate that ice
or very cold water is an important factor
in regulating the percentage of fat OBJ
tanned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
Too Large Orchards.

Many of the largest orchards the present
season produce absolutely nothing, says an
exchange 1t is becoming plain to even the
most enthusiastic fruit growers that this is
business that requires more close attention
than any other branch of farming, and IN
ing. Orchards should never be more than
one acre in ten on farm, else they will be
likely to suffer from lack of manure when
they reach the bearing age.
Young trees often grow we'll without fertil-
Izing, but the materials for fruit cannot be
produced from air and unfertiIized soil for
many years in succession. The protection
of fruit from insects aud from blight also
demands close attention, or all other labor
caring for and cultivating the orchard may
ha lost
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
CLOTHING.
4 PROFITABLE POINTER.
EEzEEE-"

There IS no sense in your mir
ing a DRESS SUIT" nigh, after
night OWN ONE. Dent %
and leave your measure with a
ta'ior---that would be neejless
eNtrayagance. They'll want $50
or 500 tor their cheapest kind.
Wal do better than that for you.
Sip into one Of our ready
made DRESS SUlTSS. Never
mind about the price Just yeti
how doesthe TT please you? The
finish? Can't but be Salts
FACTORY Well. the whole
suit IS only $25--and you are in
good shape for all "full dress"
occasions.
We have made them up in
fine OiagonaIs, piped with silk.
because they'are the most popu-
lar Back cloth is "oId timer"
You don't want it---and what
YOU don't want we never keep.
Then what HABEROASHERY
yoI'Ii need in connection with
It is right here haSdy--.NECK-
WEAR, GLOVES SHIRTS.
HANOKERCHlEFS ETC. Bet
Ter FURNISHINGS than we are
showing don't come into Savan-
nah. They'll cost you as little
as the suit.
These fine things are our
speciaties Lots of you may
never have thought Of US in con-
nection with them, but it is live
and learn in this world.--and if
you act on this information you'll
ssNe yourself to the best ad-
vantage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
Cottorseed for Butter Cows.

Henry Morse of Delaware county. New
lofk' who has been butter dairyman all
Us NE says: In regard to costoaseei meal,
ara the man who introduced aud first used
d as DAIRY feed ration in this section of
oouIVry; have fed it eight years, the first
rUui IN connection with other grain feeds.
Ho last Iour years we have used nothing
OuV pure, sweet cottonsed meal, except that
s. "4''S tle COWS are dry and on coarse fodder
We give them SUCH grain as we produce and
"1eaI bran, the latter TO build up and
'"engt1en the osseous and muscular systems
SNu " prevent abortion.
NS soon as the cows come in full milk we
~ Two ratlons Of hay day, three-ouart
~"ol OF cottonseed in the morning ana two
slalN at night, until turned out to pasture.
W W. Vney get two quarts day.
"A, ueA az nay the morning ration OF meal
- I'Ae1 with six quarts of sweet skim
60 Under this regime we keep % per
s - w.. Tote COWS and make fully 20 per cent.
t. 80 uu0ter per COW than by the other grain
f1ssioou' am not chemist and can not
Sanls1 an analysis of tie butter, by either
e h. w. ~ or new method, but deity has given
h. , vue senses of sight, taste and smell, and
IA. ~, OHooe Judge, ana The reputation
~ eei Sairy Gears me out in saying that cot
* t5os tS Is far preferable. The objection
zts a@Y 'nls Iced gives butter "a disagreeable
ora{, and can never be used for first
IN -s1.oy product" has been ised here, and
H. s'..GIeeSslully refuted that the directors,
co eotuef with others who were fearful OF
f,5equences, are now using it to their sat-
|cqn ,au t@sIe 10 butter is often from other
Enss S4os lnan feed-such as dead animals in
, fo.oIe or adjoining fields; hauling phos-
H. - On Ihe same load with feed, or by stor-
prs; - II! II! TIE barn that contains the hay or
|tbe hro que cows consume, and by inhaling
|tncs. u eaIn OF each other, which last is the
|bsd common evil of all, unless it be the
mi ~ t .sSce 1t takes from the foul odors SO
M 10 10 oe allowed to prevail in and around
EorcaS mouse. I will add a note as to
|Not ha' experiment. made three years ago:
|ncisnt ug able to procure cottonseed SUI.
En- ot1 we used half ration of that aud
|Ma IsHer haif wheat bran, and the result
In ono a loss OF seventy-five bounds of butter
d ra- -e IIeeK, from our dairy of fifty COWS.
Is d 5alu me manurial value of cottonseed,
Eooe0 r by me, of very great import
u roeoda aOur years ago we manured half of
kseji-..o with manure from corn and oats
'-ias' and the other half from cottonseed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
Changing Breeding stock.

It is not hard to make mistakes, says the
Southern Cultiuat0r, but often hard mat
ter to correct them. Starting in the wrong
direction III horse breeding is probably one
of the mistakes which is hardest to over
come of any, for a farmer who does not
make specislty of breeding. With few
mares of ordinary quality. and but few OF
the requisites of good mares, it will take
more time and trouble to change to the
proper kind of brood mares than most
farmers care to devote to such a matter.
The great number of scrub horses raised
each year is attributed to this fact more
than to any other. Thousands of farmers
all over the country are raising horses every
year which they know will not sell for
enough to pay for the feed they consume
before they arrive at serviceable age. These
same farmers realize also that they could
for the same trouble and about the same ex-
pense raise horses which would be worth
two or three times as much as the horses
which they now produce. Nearly every
farmer who raises horses is cognlZant of
these facts The trouble is in making the
change from the one to the other. A little
expense stands in the way of many when
contemplating such change Others take
too little interest in it to go to any trouble
TO make a start in the right direction.
Whatever the excess may be. it is certain
that breeding inferior horses is keeping
many farmers throughout the country
poor, aud overstocking the markets with a
class of animals which bring but little
money into the neighborhoods in which
they are raised. 1t is hard to advise in re-
gard to switching off from one kind Of
breed to another. II is useless to argue the
matter with those who are alive to their
own business interests. Raising good horses
paws so much better than raising poor ones
that it is useless to spend time referring to
the matter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
Farm Notes.

The only good that can possibly result
from the practice of stripping Is the check
il forms upon the carelesSness of mixers
where a number are nployed, and there
are those OF them that are Inclined to slight
their work
If you have, a variety of feed for your
cows, don't feed all of one kind this mORth,
another in December and another in Feb
ruary. Mix them-except feed the pump
kins before they freeze-and save some of
the best bay until spring.
1t seems to me, says Gov. Hoard, that as
the COW is mother she ought to be handled
with constant regard for ner comfort. and
that rigid stauchion is the most comforta-
bic thing in the world for the man that
owns the cows but not for the COW her
self
Unaerated milk says F. D. Curtis, is the
mother of most floating curds aud cheese
spoiled in this way. In shut mp cans it is
worse. 1t is the potent father OF tyrotoxicon
poison. 1t is the great enemy of infants,
and the direct cause of great deal of
cholera infantuln, which "eeps away SO
many helpless children.
If you fail to make dairying pay and
your neighbor manages to make a little
money out Of it see if he does not own bet
Ter cows than you do; sea if he has not some
secret about feeding which you have not
'caughton to, and see if there is not some
thing in his management that you mig hit
make profitable by adopting.
Poultry need sunshine at certain times. A
glass window shaped like hot bed covert z
portion of a run makes a shelter both for
old and young chicks, and when the heat
becomes too great they will of their own
accord retire to the shade Of the inside of
the coop. Too much sun is worse than too
little; it also tends to make them lazy and
sleepy.
Calls on the necks and hooks of horses, or
other similar abrasions, should be washed
with CASTLE soap and tepid, soft water, and
afterward with sailed cold water 1t will
tougher the skin. Any incident SOL es should
be kept clean with the soap aud water. If
gals do not respond to this treatment ap-
ply tannin, which may be had AT any drug
store.
There are some advantages in training
currant bushes to single stem at the ground.
They are moro easily cultivated and Kept
clean, and they have a neater appearance.
SUCH bushes are easily raised by rubbing
off all the buds from the lower part of the
cutting when 1t is planted, oil of which will
be below the surface of the earth. But as
good crops of ~ fruit may be bad from
bushes which have several stems, provided
they are prured, kept sufficiently clear of
old wood, and ara well MANFRED and cult
waited and kept clean.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17

VAN HoUreN's CocoA--"Once tried,
always used. "-Adv.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
Household.

spun EGGs.-Beat three or four eggs,
season them, and run through colander
into clear b 5iling consomme, where they will
form vermicelli-like pieces.
CHESTNUT PAsTE.-Beat the yelks of
three eggs together, add to them three table
blespoonfuls of white stock through which
a chestnut, boiled soft and pounded to a
paste, has been mixed. Use q large French
chestnut. Mix the eggs and chestnut PURGE
together and cook like royal paste, in
molds.
ROYAL PAsrE.-Break into bowl four
egg velks and one white; add scant hall
tablespoonful of cayenne, scant half tea
spoonful of salt and little nutmeg. Beat
the egg and seasoning well together; add q
gill of cream. or the same quantity of milk,
and strain the whole through fine gravy
strainer into little buttered tImbale molds-
tiny tin cups that cost about 10 cents each.
These molds should be set in a saucepan OF
boiling water, aud the saucepan set in the
oven until the paste is firm in the center.
When cool cut the paste in slices, or in fancy
shapes, stars, ETC.. with fancy cutter, and
add to quart of clear soup.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
BseAN%5 ths eccorA~.

The great forced sale of Clothing by
THE FAMOUS" to begil Monday,
the 17th, and to continue for ten days,
will break the record of all slaughter
sales. Mild weather and heavy stock
compel the sacrifice You know Of
old that THE FAMOUS" is not in the
habit of Dragging. but if we don't sell
you Clothing for the next ten days
with saving of 81 Pc cent. TO put it
strongly you may take our head for
foot ball Remember, this forced sale
is for the CASH. Credit is entirely
suspended.
THE FAMOUS" Clothing House,
14S Broughton srrest.
BENNETT HYMES,
Proprietor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17

90. s,,icit are.cles for tbs de2artnsas.
Of TIA w-issr sioIld acconoa1y
r,t-.r o. a-tic,a,nOs ne,sssa-ly for pub
.,-ioo. oct as al eyi1elce OF god taita.
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WINTER RESORTS.
SUWANNEE SULPHER SPRINGS.
Resort and Sanrtarium.
SUWhNNEE, FLA,

OPEN ALL THE YEAR. Located on high,
dry bluff, overlooking the Suwannee River, with
its beautiful scenery. The unique Coquina
Rock Main Buildings. surrounded by the com
Portable cottages. supplied with hot and cold
mineral water direct from the spring, offers as
a Winter and Summer Resort many advantages
that can only be appreciated by visit. Per
fectly free from malaria, atmosphere dry and
pleasant, tempered by the southwest breeze OF
the Gulf. The remedial virtues OF the water for
Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver
Complaints. are too well known to be expatisted
upon. Write for pamphlet with testimonials
and circular VITO rates.
S. H. PECK, Suwannee, Fla.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17

The only good that can possibly result
from the practice of stripping Is the check
it forms upon the carelessness of mixers,
where number are nployed, and there
are those of them that are Inclined to slight
their work
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17

1t seems to me, says Gov. Hoard, that as
the cow is a mother she ought to be handled
with a constant regard for ner comfort, and
that a rigid stauchion is the most comforta-
bic thing in the world for the man that
owns the cows but not for the COW her
salf