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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Trucking in the South.

The business of growing vegetables for
shipment to northern markets has grown
to very large proportions in various sec
tions of the south. Beginning at Norfolk,
Va, all along the coast to ST. Augustine,
Fla, very large proportion of the best
arable land is devoted to vegetable grow
ing. The principal vegetable grown are
cabbage. potatoes, beans, tomatoes, beets,
elephants and onions. In limited way,
asparagus, celery, caulifiower are also
grown. In addition to this watermelons
are, as is well known, extensively
grown, especially in Southwestern Geor-
gia 1t is business that has proved ex-
ceedingly profitable to a large number;
but of course, there are some who failed
to make it pay. It is business that re
quires energy and intelligence beyond
what ordinary farming demands. and it is
not suited to the laggard.
One need not expect to win success at
the start for that will come only after a
certain amount of experience has been
had. The south buys more or less Vege-
tables from the north during the fall and
winter but the tide turns the other way
very early in the spring Besides the
vegetables named, there is also a consid-
cradle quantity of fruit grown in the
south for shipment to northern markets.
trawberries, plums, pears and peaches
being the principal kinds grown. The
Florida truckers lead the van of early
shipments: then the South Georgia grow
ers renew with theirs, and thus with a
few days difference all along the line until
Norfolk is reached. Now and then late
frosts put in an appearance ana render
vain all the work of the enterprising gar
dener in his effort to supply early fruits
and vegetables. Every few years we
have, even in South Georgia and Florida,
heavy and destructive frosts after the
middle of March, as was the case in 1890.
The trucker or gardener must neces-
sarily take risks, however. 1t is the
early crops that pay the most money,
and it is a poor gardener that will not
take all that he possibly can afford
that is, within the bounds of reason.
The two vegetables upon which the
greatest care is bestowed are perhaps
Irish potatoes and tomatoes The first
mentioned are planted all along from De
cember to February. Many truckers
grow this valuable crop from seed raised
at home from a second crop, grown in the
fall The larger number, however, rely
almost exclusively on northern-gro
seed-the most experienced and success
ful growers demanding New England
grown potatoes for seed purposes. 1t is
certainly to the interest of the truckers
to raise their own seed potatoes after
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Meat on Quick Time.

More meat can be produced in the
shortest time from the duck than from
any other living thing on the farm. The
farmer who has drake and six ducks
will get something like 500 or 1000 eggs
from them in year, and he can set the
eggs under hens and have ducklings from
the time the first lot comes out, which is
often as early as February, until late in
summer. 1t should not cost over cents
to produce pound of duck meat and
they grow so rapidly as to leave chicks
far in the rear. A duckling should weigh,
if forced, four pounds in eight weeks. We
have had them to gain pound in one
week.
OF course, we had the Pekins, and used
only the largest and best we could pro-
cure for breeding purposes and we have
raised hundreds that never saw water
except in a trough, no ponds or streams
being used. No quicker way of supply
ing meat for the farmers table can be
suggested than for him to hatch out a
large lot of ducklings, and he can get a
good price for all he may sell. Roast
duck is a better dish than salt pork, and
can be had just as cheaply, as the duck
can be raised on the same food that is re-
CURED for producing pork.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
PACKING co.
Kansas City, u. S. A.

they once get hold of variety that is
found adapted to their soil.
There is something in this, as every
trucker of experience must soon learn.
Some varieties will do well on a partic-
ular soil, where others will fail, either
partially or entirely. 1t is remarkable
the widespread adaptability of certain
varieties of fruits and vegetables, where
many others are absolutely useless and
inappropriate. No other two potatoes
have been found to possesses for south
ern use such "staying qualities" as the
Early Rose and Early Goodrich varieties,
and when the southern trucker is able to
procure good strain of these it is ut
terly impossible for him to secure any
others that will give better satisfaction.
OF course, there are other varieties that
do well, but there are many that do not
The Z. Ohio and the Elephant and the
St. Patrick all do well.
AS remarked, every trucker should
grow a second crop of potatoes,
but it is not every one who knows how to
grow this crop profitably. But once the
information obtained, it becomes a very
satisfactory and highly profitable crop.
In another number we will detail the
methods to be observed in growing this
crop-One of the most profitable that can
be grown in the south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Picking Pork.

Having read some inquiries in regard to
picking pork in the south, will inform
the readers of the Home and Farm that
pork can be successfully kept the year
through as far south as Southeast Ala
Dama by sailing the pork while warm
with animal heat packing in barrels and
let stand few hours, say from morning
TILL night, take out and lay each piece on
planks or tables and let it lie all night,
then resalt and pack in tight barrels and
let alone for three weeks, then take out
and let the salt fall off that hasn't melted,
pour out the brine in the bottom of the
barrel, scald out the barrel with clean
oolllng water, return the meat to the bar
rel and prepare a brine by taking enough
water to entirely cover the meat, put in
pot or kettle and put in salt as long as it
VIII dissolve, boil ii well, strain through
a coarse strong cloth, let it get per-
Iectly cold and pour on the meat Let
stand four or five weeks, drain off brine,
reooil, strain and cool and return to the
meat as you did at first, and as often as
YOU see the brine doesn't look clear and
pure, drain it off, boil four times through
me year, be sure to have plenty of salt,
plenty OF brine to cover meat, plenty of
oolllng and straining, always letting
prime be cool when poured on meat and
Idst, but not least, be sure to keep every
piece securely weighted down so that it
VIII not float which can easily be done by
putting clean fiat rocks ON top.
now that the season for killing pork is
mere can someone tell me through your
columns if souse meat can be kept till
next summer and and how? l have
thought pigs heads, feet and some other
fragments of meat could be boiled tender,
minced and put in fruit cans and kept,
ouI nave not tried it. If anyone can give
me any information about it | will appre-
clate it very much.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Gleanings From Here and There.

The agriculture of the future viii de-
VelOp possibilities in the way of increased
production that are almost undreamed of
now. Some of these days we shall see in
tensive methods applied TO this produc-
ton of grain crops. with results that are
now hardly mentioned. Maine Farmer.
The points necessary for winter dairy
ing are simple. The cows need good
shelter from storms and cold weather;
they require fresh, cool, but not icy water.
Often the water must be heated for them
to prevent chilling of the stomach. On
warm days in winter they should be
turned out in the fields, or in large yard
to get some exercise. If a dairyman
would adopt such methods and live up to
them winter dairYing would be profitable.
One of the grevious curses of farm life
is the muddy barn lot 1t must be entered
often every day, and every square yard
of it must be trampled over And yet,
how few Of them are free from mud in
wet weather. This can usually be per-
fectly prevented by choosing a suitable
location and grading and draining so that
all water viii run off In every case
thorough drainage is the first necessity
1t is almost enough to make a man for
swear the farm forever to have to wade
through mud shoe mouth deep whenever
he has occasion TO visit the cows, or
horses, or hogs.
Have you ever noticed what acute Wis
ion birds and fowls have? They are per-
haps the most acute of any animal. They
can find minute scraps of feed, distingu-
ishing them from what appear to us ex-
actly simlla rpieces of earth or gravel.
They can also see objects sidewise as well
as in front of them.
In France, where poultry culture is
carried on scientifically, they have a way
of fattening their fowls which seems
strange to Americans. Instead of feed
ing their fattening poultry as we do, and
letting them eat in a natural way a sys-
tenn of examining is resorted 10. Each
fowl is fed separately by hand. A com
position of one-half barley meal, one
quarter corn meal, and One-quarter buck
wheat meal is mixed with milk into a
thick paste, and then made into pellets as
large as the fowl can be made TO swallow
They are then forced TO eat them in jus
such quantities as are thought to be a
proper allowance. At the time of feed
ing, each pellet is dipped in milk. BY
this practice the French secure wonder
ful results in the weights of fowls.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Irish Potato Growing in the South.

w. F. Massey, writing in Home and
Farm, makes the following remarks in re-
spect to the second crop:
Our second crop potatoes, planted mid
die of August, have had an unusually IA
moisture, and are now (Oct. g. in full
bloom. If hard frosts hold off late the
crop will be a fine one. We have twice
had the late crop kept growing on high
land until Dec. /, but they are liable to
be cut down any time after Nov. l. Last
year the tops were cut down Nov. Is,
while ON low land near by
the frost killed potato tops Nov. l.
AS we learn more of the conditions
necessary for success with this fall crop
of potatoes it is annually becoming a more
certain crop. These late grown potatoes
keep so well that | am not sure but we
may find it better to keep some of the late
crop over for planting the next summer.
] have now saved potatoes raised in the
fall, 1892. Shriveled, Of course, but they
can be kept smooth and solid until late
July. So the coming season we propose
to test them in comparison with the
second crop from seed of same season
Occasionally the delay in the sprouting Of
the seed from the early crop makes plant
ing very late, and any unsprouted by the
middle of August had as well be let alone
for although in an exceptionally late and
favorable autumn they make a crop
planted as late as Sept. 1, the result is
very uncertain. That this late crop is
destined to be of vast Importance in the
south we have no doubt, and that we
will finally make it as certain as the early
crop believe. Potatoes to-day selling in
Raleigh for $3.50 per bushel show well
what can be done with a good crop Of
good potatoes for our early grown pota-
toes can easily be kept in good condition
later than this by growing varieties that
do not ripen quite so early as those usu-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Sheer and Turkeys.

A sheep can be raised with less trouble
man a turkey. My good friend, Maj.
N@lnes, of Virginia, said last fall that he
could raise sheep with less trouble than
We Ne could raise turkey, and that he would
GoFe 1t to me some time. He writes
4, we have had no such spell of weather
~ ~ ms section since 1857 that l can recall.
ioa thermometer has been ranging from
W ~ Fair, with the ground covered
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25

chrysanthemum make il almost "as clay
in the hands of the potter" and about any
effect desired may be obtained by train
ing, pruning, pinching and selecting. For
instance, To give broad and imposing
effect, as Of heavy bank of flowers, but
a few plants are required if they are
grown in mass from punched roots,
trained into open form, and pinched back
in such a manner as 10 give the fiat,
broad head which will produce the effect
desired
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
In mixing feed for cattle il is well

In mixing feed for cattle it is well to
mix the meal of the cotton seed with corn
meal and wheat bran and give them the
hulls separately as so much fodder" If
cattle really enjoy the hulls, a half bushel
apiece in the morning and the same at
night will not be too much; in fact, cows are
not apt TO eat too much of the hulls Some
cattle may not take to the hulls at first
If this is the case moisten them thor
oughly and stir little meal and wheat
bran into them with a little salt and they
will soon learn to like the hulls.
A daily ration for cattle is made as fol-
lows Cotton seed meal, quarts; corn
meal. quarts; wheat bran, quarts.
This is mich COW ration, one-half to be
evening in addition to a half bushel of
hulls twice a day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25

Nitrate of soda is very valuable ferti-
HZer used properly. 1t has the appear
ance of common salt, but unlike this sub
stance, it is very rich in nitrogen (ammo-
MIA, and when applied to any crop very
promptly gives indication of it's nitro
genous character For the trucker it is
certainly a valuable fertilizer if used
properly. One must understand, how
ever, that it is not a complete fertilizer,
and will not make satisfactory crop by
itself on Door land. 1t supplies only one
element tout of a DOZEN that is needed
by plants, and unless there is a reason
able supply of potash and phosphoric acid
in the soil, the nitrate of soda alone can
not produce profitable crops of any
thing. But on soil of fair average
quality it will be found that an application
Of rs to 200 pounds of nitrate of soda in
creases the crop greatly.
AS we have stated before in this col
umn, it is necessary for a farmer or
trucker to determine for himself by expe-
riment whether he can use the nitrate to
advantage or not before he enters upon an
extensive use of it. For soils that produce
fair crops of vegetables of any kind it is
not often the case that 100 to $50 pounds
Of nitrate of soda will not be valua BILE
application when it can be had at 3 cents
per pound. 1t must be applied as a top
dressing after the crop whatever 1t may
be has started into active growth-a few
weeks say, after it has come up.
We have copied into our columns of
late number of articles treating of nj
trate of soda, and we shall have some
thing to say about it in following issues.
Judiciously applied it is a good fertiI-
izer, and the trucker especially, can make
its use very profitable as rule. Any soil
needing nitrogen is greatly helped by nj
trate of soda. We would advise you to
experiment with it, using from rs to 200
pounds per acre, as top dressing in every
instance. For cabbages it is especially
valuable. 1t can be had of any frst-class
dealer in fertilizers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Nitrate of Soda a Valuable Fertilizer
for the Truckers,

Editor Agricultural Department Morn
ing News: see in the last issue of the
MORNING News an item on nitrate of
soda. would like to ask the following
questions: Would it be beneficial to use
in truck farming? Where can it be
bought and at what price How much
per acre should be used on poor land, for
corn, sugar cane and sweet potatoes2
Oaky, Ga. II. B. G.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25

Questions and communications relative
70 agricultural and horticultural subjects,
If addressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer N,
Milledgeville, Ga, will receive immediate
attention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25

We solicit articles for this department.
The name of the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily for
publication, but as an evidence of good
faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Artichokes for Seed Wanted.

notice an article in the WEEKLY NEWS
which commends very highly the Jerusa-
lem artichoke as a food for hogs. Can
you inform me where can get them and
at what price. l, with several of my
neighbors, would like to get five or six
bushels G. II. SMITH.
Alphabetical, Fla.
Readers of the News who have arti-
chokes for sale should write US or adver-
tise them.
Write to w B. Jones' Sons, Herndon,
Burke county, Ga, and J. H. Alexander
Co., Augusta, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls as Feed
for Cattle.

Will you state in the agricultural de-
partment of the News what is the best
proportion of cotton seed meal and the
hulls for feeding to cattle. j. p. L.
Sumner, Fla,
The herald., 1893-07-15
SHE WANTS A DIVORCE
THE FAMILY TROUBLES OF THE
RICHARDs IN COURT.
Mrs. Richards Says Her Husband Has
Not Supported Her and He Charges
Her With Lightness or
Conduct.

The domestic troubles OF D. S. Rich
ards and his wife, Mrs. Mary F. Rich
ards, were ventilated in Judge Van
Dykes court yesterday.
The occasion for the investigation was
divorce suit brought by Mrs. Richards,
claiming that her husband had not sup
ported her, and was Incorporate.
He returned the complaint by cross
complaint charging her with drunken
ness and adultery with Antonio Aguilar.
Antonio Aguilar has Just been con-
victed in Judge Smiths court of putting
four bullets into Mr.. Richards carcass,
and his relations with Mrs. Richards
were quite fully gone into upon the trial
which resulted in his conviction.
Nearly all the people residing around
Kurtz and Workman streets, East Los
Angeles, were on hand to testify on one
side or the other, and the case excited
much interest in the crowded court
room.
After Mrs. Richards and her witnesses
had sworn that her husband had not
supported her for some time past, and
that she had been obliged to earn her
own and her two children's living by
washing, Mr.. Richards related the cir
cumstances of his rows with Aguilar
which resulted in the shooting.
The case was not concluded, and at
O'Clock an adjournment was taken until
Tuesday morning.
The herald., 1893-07-15
WILL DE YOUNG GET IT9
A CLAIM THAT MARKHAM WILL
MAKE HIM SENATOR.
A Story That the Feud Has Been
Made Up and That the Editor
VIII Fiji the Existing
Vacancy.

A dispatch in the San Francisco Ex.
aminer OF Thursday from Sacramento is
as follows:
The return of Governor Markham to
the capital has revived interest in the
selection OF a United States senator to
succeed the late Leland Stanford, but it
has been noticed that very few states
men have made trip here to suggest to
the governor whom he should appoint.
A few Republicans from the interior
have called to say good word for Morris
M. Estee, but the statesmen around the
building that has not yet been removed
to San Jose do not think that Mr.. Estee
is going to be more successful this time
than he has been on previous occasions
when he went in pursuit OF the phan-
tom ambition. They admit that Mr..
Estee has some strong backing in the
bay counties, but they are so confident
he is not to be the man that the impress
sion is prevalent that some hint has
been given out.
Markham has always been able to
guard his secrets till he was ready to
move, but the men closest to him here
are confident that his choice has been
narrowed down to two men, and that
| Ou0 VI tnCiA Wli4 AOcCiVO q
next week. The names that are given
out are William II. Mills. who runs the
Central Pacific land department, and
represents Coils P. Huntington at
Fourth and Townsend streets, when
politics is under discussions, and M. H.
De Young, proprietor Of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The gentlemen who 80 confidently
assert that either Mills or De Young
will sit in Stanford's seat are giving
what they consider very strong reasons
for their opinion, and pretend to base
their ideas on what they know of Gov
ernor Markham's views on the matter.
Taking up Mr.. de Young, who is
thought to have the best chance, they
recall the fact that he has long been
anxious to secure the honor and is will
ing to make considerable sacrifice to
accomplish bis ambition. He made one
campaign at Sacramento when FELTON,
was elected, and he made fight all
over the state before the last election.
Had the Republicans controlled the
legislature he would have been the
leading candidate for senator. 1t was
thought some time ago that Governor
Markham was not kindly disposed to-
wards Mr.. de Young, who fought his
nomination, but when the governor
was in Chicago in June he had long
interview with Mr.. de Young and at the
formal opening of the California bnild-
ing he took occasion to pay very high
compliment to Mr.. De Young, and acted
with marked courtesy toward him. 1t
is also said that the governor thinks Mr..
De Young would be strong ally in the
future if the party should indicate a
desire to call him to higher honors, but
as his SUCCESS in the past was achieved
without the help of the Chronicle, this
should not weigh very much.
At any rate the politicians here, from
Frank Rhoads's old corner to the capi.
place does not 60 to- Mr.. De Young, who
IL in the lead. Mills will be the man.
The herald., 1893-07-15
A SAD CASE.

Mrs. GMlan Much Concerned About II Her
Husbands Absence.
A pale and weeping woman entered
the police station yesterday and asked
for advice under the following circum-
stances:
She gave her name as Mrs. g. w.
Gillian, of 1857 lockwood street. A
short time ago she resided with her hus-
band in Portland, Ore. At that time her
husband was worth several thousand
dollars, and the pair occupied pretty
house in the outskirts of the city.
Through q disastrous mining specula-
tion, however, Gillian lost every cent he
had in the world their homo was taken
from them, and Gillian and his wife left
Portland and came to this city. se
Since the lose OF his fortune Gillian
has behaved queerly. He would walk,
said his wife yesterday, up and down
Nthe room all night wringing his hands,
and often going without sleep. For the
last few days he has been endeavoring
to obtain employment of some kind, but
his efforts have been in vain.
On Wednesday morning he left the
house early, saying he was going to look
for work, and since that time his wife
has neither seen nor heard OF him.
When he left home he was in euch an
excited and nervous condition that Mrs.
Gillian fears some harm has befallen
him.
The missing man is 81 years OF age, 5
feet or 10 inches in height, and weighs
about 165 pounds. His complexion ia
dark. hair black and moustache brown.
He was wearing gray mixed pants, a
black coat and black Derby hat.
The herald., 1893-07-15
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