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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
HARRIS ON SHEEP.

The well known Joseph Harris contrib
utes an article to the American Agricul-
turist, in which he says in substance that
sheep, hogs and poultry are of more impor-
lance to the farmer than too many farmers
are apt to consider without due weighing
of all the pros and cons in the matter. To
certain extent they are the scavepsers Of
the farm, so to speak; that is, they gather
and convert into values very much that
without their work would be wasted But,
of course, these gatherings are not enough
for them-they must have something more
to make them entirely profitable, especially
if we handle them on scale large enough
to render them Of special Importance. But
We can often buy an advantage food, such
as cotton seed meal, malt sprouts, bran and
SO on, that will fill up the local deficiency
and make them very profitable, provided
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
MORE TEXAS FRUIT NEEDED.

Farm and Ranch says the amount of
money sent out of the state for fruits, that
ought to be raised in Texas, is enormous.
The demand is increasing faster than the
supply. Apples from Arkansas, Kansas
and elsewhere are pulled into every con-
siderable town in the state by the carload,
and each carload costs an average of about
of about fifteen bales of cotton. While this
is going on Texas has i large area of mag
niticent apple-producing country in the
eastern and middle section of the state, and
along Red river and its tributaries. Peaches,
grapes, pears and plums from California,
New Mexico and the central Western states
are for sale on every street, and money
made by raising cotton, or money made
some other way, must go beyond our bor-
ders to pay for these articles which have
become an everyday necessity. 1t is just
such economy as this that wounds our peo-
pie in tender place. 1t gives them, and it
gives TO all Texas, what may be
called adynamy of the pocket (whatever
that is), which has become chronic and calls
loudly for cure. A few public-spirited
and progressive men are and have been do
ing their level best to show the people what
they ought to do about it. f. W. Kirkpat-
rick of Mckinney, Texas, is the leader,
closely followed by a number of first-class
men, who know what the matter is. They
have organized a number of local societies
and state society for the purpose of en-
couraging, by wise precept and practical
example, the growing Of fruits to supply
our home markets; and they go so far as to
say that Texas ought to raise fruit for ship
ment, especially very early and very late
varieties, to places where the growing sea-
son is shorter. Farm and Ranch fully
agrees with these men. They ought
to be encouraged, for the are doing good
work for the state. and people who sympa-
thize with their objects should help them in
every way possible-by joining the horticul-
tural associations, and by needing this sal
utary advice
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15

tive to the nectarine. Thirty wears ago ii
was on quite boom, but its popularity la.
SO far died out that it is not now grown &c
much extent in any section of the countgF
We would always have few trees of it il
our orchard for the mere sake OF variety
but it is not a variety that could be recon
mended for extensive culture.
The worms iu Your nectarines are, doub.
less, the plum curculio. No other frui
seems TO be more to the liking of that trouo
lesome insect. Some years ago 1t was qu.,t
generally proposed b. horticulturIsts {.
plant nectarine trees here and there throug}
the peach orchard to draw the curculio anu
thus protect the peaches, the insects 50
much preferring the nectarine to the peact
but we have not seen or heard anything or
that suggestion OF late. The suggester-
probably found ont that it would cost more
to raise regular crops of nectarines for The
curcuiio than it would cost not TO raise tie
peaches
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
THE LANTANA,

see that one of your correspondents asks
where lantana plants can be obtained. l
would state that they can now be had al
most anywhere in Fort Worth On seeing
your earlier article in The GAZETTE on this
beautiful Towering shrub, l sent to a
nursery and bought small rooted plant. 1t
has grown magnifcently and given the most
unbounded satisfaction. / find that many
acquaintance in our city have pursued the
same course as myself, and that the
lantana has suddenly sprung into con-
siderable prominence with US. AL who
needed YOUR suggestions in the matter are
highly pleased, and seem to feel that they
owe The GAZETTE real debt of gratitude
On account of The GAZETTE the lantana is
here. and here to stay undoubtedly. We
have nothing prettier, AMI apparently moth
ing more at home.
From my one plant obtained at the nurs-
cry l now have ten new plants, all grown
from cuttings. Never was anything more
easy than to propagate the lantana by cut
tings. I take from my original plant
g branch about six inches long, with Il
bunch of flowers on the end of it, and set it
in a common flower pot, keeping the soil
wet. 1t never wits but sends out roots at
once aud goes right on growing. In two or
three weeks it may be safely transferred to
the open grounds, where it will grow with
amazing rapidity.
winter2 Must we take it up and store 1t
away in some greenhouse or cellar like we
do the banana2
LADY LOVER OF FLOWERS.
Fort Worth, Texas.
The first severe frost will kill your lam
tanas down to the ground, but it is not at
all probable that the roots would be injured
by any freeze of our winters. To make
sure, however. we would recommend
so soon as the tops are touched by frost
that you cut them away and spade five or
six inches Of earth over the hill. This will
make safe protection. In spring, when
time for frost has passed, you can rake off
the earth spaded over the hill. The plants
will come up promptly and make you q
much larger bunch next year than you had
this year. II you like you can dig down
and divide the roots in spring, thus multi
plying your plants to almost any extent de-
sired.
The lantana grows readily from cuttings
on the plan pointed out by you, and there
is still another way Of propagating it from
cuttings, which IS entirely sure, and may
be resorted to- provided you desire to have
large numbers Of plants next year for your
self or neighbors. Just before frost nips
the tops of your plants cut them, trim
away the small branches, tie the main
stalks In snail bundles and bury them in
the ground below the frost line When you
take them up next spring you will find buds
tust ready to burst out from every Joint.
Cut these Joints in tWos and set them in tho
ground, one set Of buds below the surface
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
THE NECTARINE.

You have said good deal through TEE
GAZETTE, and said it well, about peach
culture for Texas, but as vet | have seen
nothing from you with reference to the
nectarine. have nectarine tree on my
place which seems to grow as well as tree
could grow, but it does not fruit heavily.
This season it bore a rather fair crop of
fruit, but the fruit was not overly good on
account of being more or less wormy.
There would seem to be possibility that
am not managing it exactly right in some
particular, therefore I would like to have
you tell us something about nectarine cul-
ture for Texas. / am a subscriber to TIE
GAZETTE, and consider the agricultural de-
partment worth a dozen subscriptions an
nually to any reading farmer. Texas has
had nothing like it before. RURALIsT.
Hood County, Tex.
The nectarine is simply a variety, or more
correctly, perhaps. an of-shoot from the
peach proper, and therefore it calls for the
same culture and treatment as the peach.
In his standard work on peach culture Mr..
]. A Fulton says, page II: "There are
reckoned but two varieties Of the peach
the peach proper with downy fruit, and the
nectarine with smooth fruit There is
abundant evidence that the latter is q mere
accidental production Of the former. The
general characteristics are identical, while
the difference is but slight, and consists
principally in the presence or absence Of
pubescence on the skin.
''The nectarine, both in treeand fruit, is
not so vigorous, hardy or durable as the
peach; it is more easily affected by disease
and the attacks Of insects; sheds its fruit
more easily, and oftener fails to produce
CROP
This is about all that could be said rela-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
THE JUJUBE IN TEXAS.

I send you by mail few dates that
ripened on my place this year. They are
rather fine, as you will see, though not
quite so firm and sugary as the dates grown
in Cuba. This is probably due to the fact
that the tree IS very Young. Last year it
bore but two dates. but this year there has
been quite crop for a tree only four years
old-forty or fifty, perhaps.
1t is not generally supposed that we could
grow the date in Texas, but the evidence
before your eyes will convince YOU that the
supposition is badly founded. Please give
us through THE GAZETTE, for the benefit of
Texas, an article on date culture. r.
Waco, Tex.
Your fruit is not the date, by any means,
but the iujube, though in general appear
ance it much resembles the date. The date
grows on a palm, while the jujube grows
on deciduous tree known to botanists as
Rhamnus zizyphus. In some localities one
hears of it as the ''date plum"
The juiube, native of the Old World,
would succeed to perfection all over Texas,
though it is seldom met with in this state
As an ornamental tree it is very attractive
growing to the height of twenty-five or
thirty feet, and having small, glossy-green
leaves, thickly set in clusters at the ends of
peculiarly crooked branchlets. The fruit is
sweet and pleasant to the taste, but unfor-
tunately there is not much of it, on account
of the loose and open arrangement of the
pulp lying between the skin and seed In
times past it was extensively employed in
making the celebrated jujube paste of the
candy shops, but nowadays that article on
the market is usually mere imitation OF
the original, formed of gelatlne, gum arabic
and sugar. The less cost OF making the
imitation juiube paste has pretty well driven
the genuine article OFF the market, espe-
cially in this country.
A very large and fine iuiube tree may be
seen on the grounds of MIR ]. C. Scott,
southwest corner of East Belknap and Pc
can streets, Fort Worth.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
TEE BEST suEEPFoRus.

Mr.. Stephen Powers, a man well known
in live stock literature, writes to the
American Sheep Breeder that the English
sheep are naturally best adapted to the
damp climate and juicy turnips cand the
shade cured hay of England; he Nerino to
the hot, dry climate and sun-dried hay of
America.
10 0 e disputes the remarkable precocity
of the English breeds. 4 Hampshlredown
lamb, on its native grass near Salisbury,
has increased eight-tenths of a pound daily
for good many days together. But the
breeding Of early market lambs is an excep-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
SOMETHING GOOD TO SELL.

While many remedies for hard times
among farmers are being suggested, Mr..
John L. Shaver follows the fashion and
throws one before the public through Farm
and Firoside. He says his remedy may be
safely relied upon for bringing relief. 1t
consists in always having something to
sell. and having this something. whatever
it may DE, of such quality as to readily COM
Inand fair r-lce. 1t is fact worthy of Sc
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering
such questions as may be asked by our sub
scribers. which may be of general information.
Inquiries of personal character that require an
swer by mail should always have stamp in
closed. Please give full name and postoffice
address in addition to any such signature as
Subscriber, or "A. G. D. not for publication.
if against the will OF the writer but to admit of
direct communication should such u thing be
deemed necessary. Address as directed at head
OF this page
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
A PERMANENT MEADOW.

| wish to make permanent meadow on
deep sandy and billy piece of land. Can you
recommend any suitable grass for my
meadow other than Bermuda or Johnson
grass? | want some kind of grass tnat will
not spread over the field. l also have rich
grass for meadow and pasture. Please
recommend some variety Of grass for that
j. +. CROW.
Alvarado Tex.
We can think of no grass that would
make you permanent meadow on deep
sandy and hilly piece Of land. Few meadow
grasses would be apt to do well on such land
in your region. Bermuda grass might come
nearer sticking than any other good
grass, but it would grow too low to be
worth much as a hay crop.
On your rich bottom land Johnson grass
would give you better results as q hay
grass than any grass you could employ,
perhaps, and it makes a very good meadow
grass, but, as you doubtless understand, it
is rather bad grass to spread to other
fields. If kept well cut, before the seeds
are ripe, or well pastured down, it does not
spread with very great rapidity, provided
there is no wash over the land directly from
the meadow to the other fields.
Bermuda grass would make fine sum-
mer pasture on such situations, but we
could never recommend it as a meadow
grass. 1t makes very fair hay, but does not
yield enough to be profitable.
We know of no other grass to recommend,
as the usual Northern hay grasses would
not be apt to succeed in your section.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15
POPULAR SCIENCE.
ON SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
IN COTTON.
Its Greater Frequency of Lats-The Prob
able Cause-All Charged Against the
Packer-Reform Rnin-Tele-
phone Lire from Boston to
London, Etc.

The Scientific American quotes the British
board of trade as representing that there
have been III fires on cotton-laden shirN
crossing the Atlantic from this country dur
ing the last ten years. The cause OF tue
fires, as most frequently assigned, is spou-
taneous combustion, and this has led L
careful Investigation with L view 10 finding
out why cotton is more liaole 10 spontans
Gus combustion than other freightS. This
would seem 10 be a matter OF much special
Importance, but Is Yet the scientific inves-
tigators have been able to arrive al no def.
mite conclusion. ~
The nearest approach to 4 Trustworthy
hypothesis seems TO have been made Ly
Mr.. Edward Atkinson, the well-knowu
writer on economic subjects. lie attributes
the spontaneous combustion mainly to cot
ton seed Oil in the packed cotton. Mr. A
kinson states that if cotton seed oil is ev-
tracted where the cotton is ginned, oily
locks may get into the bale. Where such
impregnated fberS of cotton are in the cen
ter of the bale no danger may ensue, but
the contrary Is true when it IS on the eud
or side, and these portions become broken.
so that air may enter the interstices among
the fbers, making the right combination OF
fiber, oil and oxygen, causing rapid oXida-
ton, which is known as spontaneous com.
bustion. Fires have occurred in risks TN
der his supervision which could be directly
traced to this cause
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15

Another scientific writer supports NJ.
Atkinson and states that no other oil in the
cotton would be near so apt 10 produce spou-
taneous combustion as cotton seed oil, ami
that cotton seed oil is more liable to get
into the bale than most persons would he
likely to suppose. One of the most common
ways of getting it into the lint, perhaps, is
through its use as 4 lubricator about the
gin. One can find rather strong support
for this theory in the fact that such fires
are far more frequent nowadays than they
We're in years back, before cotton seed oil
was known, or had come into general use
II is one of our cheapest oils, and since j,
works very well as lubricator for machin-
cry, there IS left no reason for wondering
that it should be extensively employed
about gins. In substantiation of his theory
that cotton seed oil on cotton may produce
spontaneous combustion Mr.. Atkinson says
Locks Of cotton saturated with cotton seed
oil have been sent to me from factorie.
which, when put into our special apparatus
for oxidation or for aeration, have been sci
on fire Spontaneously
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15


If these theories are accepted, and they
seem 10 carry more plausiblility than any
other Just now, the course for the cotton
ginner is quite plain. lie must strictly
taboo the use of cotton seed oil about his
gin, and his gin and his oil mill must be
well apart from each other. If careless,
ness on our part is really the cause of very
many of the cotton fires, an end to 1t must
be speedily reached through greater care,
else serious consequences will be the result
The price paid for cotton is already low
enough, in all conscience, but if the point
becomes fully settled that cotton is an uu-
safe and dangerous cargo to carry, the
freights and insurance will run up on il tc
such an extent as to materially tell to om
injury on the selling figures. OF course the
raiser must pay all costs directly or indi
rectly. Already the English parliament
has gone so far as to consider the question
of prohibiting steamships which take pas
sengers from carrying cotton. If such a
law were enacted, profitable line OF bust
ness would be made unavailable for these
vessels, whereas, if the cause of the numer-
Gus fires is really due to careless handling
Of the cotton in this country, Of which there
seems to be very little doubt, the remedy
should be promptly applied here, so that
this menace of fires in cotton cargoes may
be removed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15

The Medical Record announces that DR..
Diioud is making an interesting success
with borax as remedy for epilepsy. He
has tested the remedy in twenty-five cases,
curing one and materially relieving all save
six. The duration Of the treatment varied
from one to seven months, and he was able
without Inconvenience to carry the dose up
to ninety grains a day. This was only pos
sible il a beginning was made with small
doses, which were gradually increased;
and when the dose exceeded sixty grains
daily, he found it advisable to add some
glycerine to the water and syrup in which
the drug was usually administered. The
patients to whom DR.. Diioud administered
borax had been treated unsuccessfully with
the bromides. -.
A process for hardening plaster of paris
so that it may be used for flooring, as wood
and tiles are at present is being extensively
employed in France. About six parts Of
good quality plaster are intimately mixed
with one part of freshly slaked lime finely
sifted. The mixture is then laid down as
quickly as possible, care being taken that
the trowel is not used on it for too long
time. The floor should then be allowed to
become very dry, and afterward be thor
oughly saturated with sulphate Of iron Or
zinc, the iron giving the strongest surface
With sulphate Of zinc the floor remains
white, but when iron is used it becomes
the color Of rust. II linseed oil, boiled with
itharge, be applied.to the surface il he-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-08-26

Frank Parks will not 60 to Atlanta.
He will clerk for McLain Bros. & Co.
The Dawson baseball club goes down
TO Shellman to, morrow to play a club
picked from Rannolph county.
The worst cases of scrofula, salt rheum
and other diseases of the blood, are cured
by Hoods Sarsaparilla
Rev. E. NJ. Whiting has closed a very
successful meeting at Georgetown. AS =
result of his efforts a number of souls
were won to the cause of Christ.
All humors of the scalp, letter sores.
and dandrutf cured, and falling hair
checked; hence badness prevented. by
using Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re
newer.
Hon. VIM. Jennings has introduced in
the legislature the bill to allow Dawson
to increase the number of al
dermen to six; also to provide compensa-
uoh, change their term of office, and in
crease the salary of the mayor
In few days Jordan Bros. of GEORGE
town, will open in Dawson the best and
most select stock of fancy and family
groceries ever seen in this CITY, They
viii occupy the storehouse formerly a.
cupied by w. f. Talbot.
Certain hard words made into pills
Simply to swell the doctors bills
are not what constitute DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pmgatiye Pellets. They are
tiny, sugar-eoated, purely vegetable pills
as pleasant as confectionery to the taste
and acting upon the liver and stomach
gently but etlectually, and as naturally as
Nature herself. For sick headache, in
digestion, bliousness, constipation and all
the resulting diseases, no laxative ecu |
to them has ever been discovered.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-08-26
Personal,

Mr. E. J. Miller, of Americas, was in
the city yesterday.
Mrs. j. R. Mercer has returned from a
visit to friends in Atlanta.
Mrs. r. NJ. Stewart, of Fort Valley, is
in the city visiting relatives.
Will Brannon went down to George
town Sunday to see the homefoll1s.
M. L. D. Hatcher filled his regular en-
gagement at Hatcher Station Sunday.
Col. j, NJ, Griggs went up to Atlanta
Friday to peep in on the Legislature.
Mr. B. B. Perry has returned from a
visit to relatives in McDuffie county.
Mr.. Wesley Kimbrough, of Putnam
county, is clerking for Davis & Dozier.
Mr.. Thos. Reddick, of Jacksonville, l.,
visiting the family of Judge II. S. Bell.
Miss Pearl Locke has returned to her
home at Eufaula after stay of several
days here with relatives.
Mis- e Ma lie and CalIie Wa ker, who
have been visiting Miss Daisy James.
nave returned to their home at Column
bus.
Miss f. T. Delegal, Of Suwanee. Fla.
IS here visiting her sister, Mrs. S. A.
Loyless.
Mrs. E, B. McNulty and daughter. Miss
Daisy, have returned from their svisit
to Virginia
Capt. NJ. E. Gray, superintendent of
the Columbus Southern railroad, Was in
the city Monday.
The family of Rev. f. NJ. Whiting has
returned home after visit of several
weeks in Harris county.
Mrs r. L. Fanum was called to Cutb
bert Sunday by a telegram announcing
the serious illness of her sisters babe.
Mrs NJ. f. Hatcher, Miss Mamie Rob
erts and Dr. Chas. Roberts left last Sat
urday to visit relatives at Abbeville.
Ala.
Mr., NJ. B. Hamilton, the popular and
well-known cotton buyer, is in the CITY.
The people of Dawson are always glad to
see him.
Miss Jennie Adams, of Kentucky. and
Mrs l.. II. Mclaughlin, of Atlanta, have
returned home after visit of several
days to Mrs. l.. A. Hatcher.