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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-29

Spirits Turpentine-Th market was dull
there being no inquiry. There were no sales
recorded at the Board of Trade, where the
market at the opening and closing was posted
steady at 2112c for regulars.
Fosin-l here was a fair demand at I'M
changed prices, with the exception OF water
barrel The sales of the day were about
500 barrels, at the Board of Trade; the
quotations at the opening and close were as
follows.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-29

Steamship Allegheny, Baltimore.
Bark Barbadian [Brl, Key West.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

Sun Rises ..... Observation-Disclosures. 5:52
sun SetS. .s..''.s ...-.-..... O.Uo
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High Water at Fort Pulaski 0:40am, 1 go pm.
Central Standard Time.
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COMM ERCIAL.
ssvANNAH NIARKETs.

OFFICE MORNING NEWS. L.
savannah, Ca, March %, 1894. (
Cotton.
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Thursday, March 20, 1904
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-29
Notice to MarIners.

For additional shipping news
see other columns.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-29

New York, March 2S.-Treasury balances
to-day were as follows: Coin SlOi, 929 0OJ; cur
rency, S45 526 600.
London, March 2S.-The bar silver market
to-day has been quiet, and was quoted at
27lsd per ounce.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30

A HOMEMADE POTAl0
How to Make 1t and How to Operate 1t.
A Potato Shovel,

How to Make 1t and How to Operate 1t
Potato Shovel.
Rural New Yorker gives an illustrated
description of potato sorter so simple
that any one who can use hammer and
saw ought to be able to make one. The
frame is of 2 by stuff bolted together.
The sorter itself is made slightly round
ing, with narrow boards at the sides to
prevent the potatoes rolling off. The
foundation is of narrow wooden strips
fastened with the edges upward, perhaps
a couple of inches apart. The size of the
potatoes which it is desired to remove
must determine this distance. as well as
that of the transverse strips.
These foundation strips must be smooth
and straight. Across these at regular
distances are fastened narrow strips Of
leather nailed at each intersection. One
of the difficulties to be overcome in this
connection was to cover up these nail
heads, which, uncovered, would bruise the
potatoes. This was accomplished by fas-
tening narrow strips of canvas on top of
the wooden strips after the feathers were
nailed in place. The converging boards
are for the purpose of reducing the stream
of potatoes to the size of basket placed
beneath to receive them. Or bag may
be hung here, and thus the potatoes be
sacked at one operation.
The potatoes are poured in at the up
per end and roll down over the sorter.
The more nearly round the potatoes, the
better is the work done. The sorter is
SO arranged that the degree of slant may
be increased or decreased. The greater
the slant, the more rapidly will the po-
tatoes roll down, and the smaller the
size of those which will fall through.
The slant will also need to be greater for
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30
Stating Fence Posts.

In actual practice there is but little
difference in the durability Of posts
whether set with the top or bottom end
in the ground. The point of greatest
decay is, nine times in ten, about six
inches above and below the surface of
the ground. The American Agricultur-
list explains that it is caused by the con-
tinuous changes from moisture to dry
ness, while the part which is far below
the surface is not subject to changes,
but is nearly always water soaked, which
with many woods acts as preservative.
If any preservative is applied to post,
it should be at the point where it will be
near the surface of the ground both
above and below, or, if they are charred,
it should be at the point named.
In setting posts where the lower end is
below the action of frost, the big end
should be downward, as then the frost
will not have such leverage in raising
it upward. A projecting knot left near
the lowest portion set in the ground will
have the same effect, or notch cut in
the side of the post near the bottom, in
which fiat stone is placed. A hole
bored and a wooden pin inserted and
left projecting a few inches will have
the same effect, the point being to have
a weight of earth above the projecting
surface, and yet below the usual frost
line.
1t is a mistake to set posts eight to ten
inches in diameter, thinking they will
outlast those Of a smaller size. For gem
eral use fence post six inches in diam
eter is more durable than one of nine
inches in diameter, and contains one
half the material. 1t takes longer to
make the larger excavations. The larger
ones are heavier to handle, and if pur-
chased cost far more, with no CORE
spending benefits to be derived. As to
durability, cedar stands at the head of
the list, with oak as second choice.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel. Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism,
his Stomach was disordered. his Liver
was affected to an alarming degree, appe-
tite fell away, and he was terribly reduc-
ed in flesh and strength. Three bottles
of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd. Harrisburg, ILL.,, had
a running sore on his leg of eight years
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve. and his leg is sound and well.
John Speaker, Catawba, o., had five large
Fever sores on his leg, doctors said he
was incurable. One bottle Electric Bit
ters and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him entirely. Sold by Elmer D.
Prickitt's drug stores. Mount Holly and
Llmberton.
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Gorarnmsnt Crop Report.

The statistical returns of the depart
ment of agriculture for the month Of
December are principally devoted to the
indications of the average of the prices
of the products of the farm at the points
of production or in the nearest local
markets:
As thus indicated the value of corn is 81 cents
per bushel, which is "a cents lower than the
corresponding price of last year, which was
39.4cents per bushel. a figure which corresponds
nearly with the average farm price of corn for
the decade 1880 to 1889, inclusive, which was 1913
CENTS and is 81 cents lower than the average
for the three years 1890 to 1893
Wheat-The average price of wheat is ST.
cents per bushel. The next lowest price in the
% years from 1870 to 1898, inclusive, was 64.5
cents in 1884. The average for the 10 years 1880
to 1889 was 1927 cents, while for the three years
1890 to 1892 it was 1855. The decline from the
average of the last three preceding years, in
two of which, 1890 and 1892, occurred the larg-
est yields in the history of the country, is 24.5
cents, or 30 per cent.
Rye-The returns make the general price
per bushel of rye 51.8 cents. which is cents
lower than that of last year and So cents low
er than the average during the last decade.
Oats-The average farm price of oats, as
turned for December, 1893, is 28.3 cents per
bushel, which is 80 cents lower than last year
and la cents less than the average price during
the past decade.
Barley-The average farm price of barley, as
returned, is the lowest on record. The price is
reported at 40.6 cents, as against Az cents
year ago, 81 cents in 1891, GAS cents in 1890 and
427 cents in 1889.
Buckwheat- Unlike the other cereals, the
farm price of buckwheat per bushel is the
highest since 1S88-the average price of buck
wheat per bushel is the highest since 1888. The
average price is 50 cents per bushel, as against
534 cents last year $40 cents in 1891, 57.7 cents
in 1890 and Sis cents in 1889.
Hay-The December returns show that the
average price of hay is $9.18 per ton, which is
the highest during the last decade, except In
1887, when it rose to $9.97. The average price
in 1892 was $S.49.
Potatoes-Potatoes on the farm on Dec.
were selling at an average price of 60 cents per
bushel cents and fraction less than at the
same time last year. The lower price is sufi-
GENTLY warranted by the difference in yield
between the two years.
Winter Wheat-The condition of winter
wheat on the LIST day of December averaged
GIG, against S74 last year. In the middle and
southern states it ranges from rs to 80. In the
principal winter wheat states the condition is
Us follows; Michigan. so; Ohio, 90; Indiana, 90;
Illinois, 49, Missouri, 81; Kansas, SO; California,
100.
Winter Rye-The condition of winter rye, as
ranorted il o. G. against SO 4 last wear.
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coMB1NArIoN BARROW AND CART

~A-fD $1,000
The weight of the load upon the wheels
rather than upon the handles. 1t is also
veritable cart to be pushed or drawn
as one may wish, while it serves handily
as table or bench when one is planting
a garden and greatly needs some such
arrangement.
To make of this an inclosed barrow or
cart, one may fit thin boards to the up
rights at the ends, and also fit light
strips to the sides in the position of the
dotted lines. These strips can be at
tached in moment by driving iron
staples in the outside of the outer up
rights, left projecting far enough to pass
through slots in the strips, which are
held securely in place by wooden pins or
keys. slipped through the projecting
staples The lower strip on either side
can be hinged to the framework if de-
sired, to be folded down out of the way
when such pieces are not desired.
Round iron is used for braces and for
the attachment of the wheels. The lat
ter should have wide rims and may Of
ten be found in sets in the heaps of old
iron, broken machines, etc., to be seen
about machine shops, foundries and
shops where iron implements are sold.
The whole should be lightly butstrongly
made, when this combination of cart
and barrow will be found most serv-
iceable friend to the gardener.
This implement has much wider
scope than an ordinary garden cart; if
made of light but durable material, and
the wheel fitted with broad tires, it
would be very valuable implement for
the farmer and market gardener. The
ordinary farm cart is at times very awk-
ward to get around through the field.
The vehicle illustrated can be used in
gathering either cabbage, tomatoes,
pickles or caulifowers, or any of the
usual garden truck, and could be made
one of the most useful implements of the
farm.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30

Crossbred fowls, if bred from shell,
ought TO be mated to pure breeds. The
best results are obtained from a first
cross.
At the Utah station Director Sanborn
found that cornmeal and timothy did
not sustain workhorses as well as oats,
wheat and clover hay; also that horses
did as well when receiving whole grain
as when receiving ground grain.
1t is reported from the Pennsylvania
station that the largest yield of ears was
obtained when corn was allowed to ripen
fully before cutting the stalks. The
yield of ears was reduced by topping the
stalks when the kernels were dented and
still more reduced when the whole plant
was cut up.
Professor f. l.. Washburn of the Ore
gon experiment station writes that he
has tried kerosene emulsion on the hop
vines much stronger than has been rec
commended in various bulletins with no
bad effects to the vines.
Wild turkeys are still found in various
parts Of the west and Canada, in Penn
sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and In va
rious parts of the south. The western
and southwestern birds are said to be
the largest and finest.
If young turkeys are reared on ground
that has long been occupied by large
number of fowls or chickens. they may
be expected to have the diseases that the
chickens had Turkeys do best If kept
and fed separately from fowls or chick
ems.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30
CIinpine the Queens wings.

Opinions are divided on the subject of
wing clipping. The American Bee Jour-
nal says:
If queens wings are clipped, it does
not in the least prevent the issuing of a
swarm. The clipped queen goes out,
too, and may go back into the hive on
the return of the swarm, or she may
wander off to some distance and be found
with small cluster of bees. Sometimes
she will enter neighboring hive and be
killed, if the hives stand close together.
The swarm which issues may return to
the hive after sailing around in the air a
short time, or it may not return to the
hive until after it has clustered and hung
a half hour or longer. But instead of re-
turning to its own hive the swarm may
enter another hive where swarm has
returned previously on the same day, be-
ing attracted by the excitement still
there.
These disadvantages, to the minds of
some, are so great that they prefer to
watch for swarms with unclipped
queens. Others argue that it is still
worse to have swarms go off to the
woods with a flying queen, and clipping
the queen effectually bars anything of
the kind. Even some who watch for
swarms are strongly in favor of clipping
queens wings as safeguard. Some
claim that a queen with clipped wings
is more likely to be superseded. Those
who clip deny this, saying that with
clipped queens the superseding is
promptly noticed, whereas with whole
wings queen may be superseded with
out the knowledge of the owner.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30

POTATO soRTER AND SHOVEL FOR HANDLING.
potatoes of irregular shape. The short
piece shown suspended at the side is five
or six feet long, hung by the middle to
one side of the frame by rope.
If the sorter clogs, few sharp raps
given to the underside by pressing down
upon the outer end of this stick will
clear it quickly and easily. Potatoes
are pretty effectually cleaned of adher-
ing earth by being rolled down this in
cline. A receptacle may be placed I'M
derneath to catch the small ones, or they
may be allowed to drop on the ground
as desired.
The shovel shown is most excellent
tool for handling potatoes. The edges
and corners are SO constructed as to pre-
vent cutting, if properly handled, and
the open bottom allows dirt to fall
through. 1t is capacious, but light and
easily handled.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30
WINTER DAIRYING.
1t Can BE Made More Profitable Thar
Summer Dafrying.

1t Can BE Made More Profitable Than
Summer Dairying.
To make the best success in dairying
in winter it is necessary to make prepa-
rations in advance. One of the principal
items that must be looked after some
time ahead is to have cows that will
come in fresh. To this end the cows
should be bred late in the fall or early
winter, taking care of course to have
them in good, thrifty condition when
bred and to breed them to bulls of good
dairy breeds and from good strains. An
other item that must be looked after in
good season is good feed. Clover or mil
let hay or the best of corn fodder makes
the best single feed. Bran, middlings
and oilmeal can nearly always be bought
as needed, but in many cases supply
can be obtained at less cost in the sum-
mer than at any other season.
Later on good shelter is necessary. It
is difficult, if not impossible, to keep
COW giving full flow of milk during the
winter unless comfortable shelter is pro-
vided. With good cows, good shelter
and good feed it will be comparatively
easy to have good supply of milk. But
it will require more work to attend to
the cows and to care for the milk and
cream in winter than in the summer. If
the milk is not kept at an even tempera-
ture or the cream is not properly man.
aged, the butter will not come up to the
standard. The feeding and milking
must be done at regular hours. The
feed must be of kind well calculated
flow of milk. No matter how well bred
a cow she may be, she cannot give lib
eral quantity of rich milk unless she is
fed literally ON rich milk producing
food. The more literally she is fed and
the more comfortable she is made in ev-
cry way the more and better milk she
will give.
Whenever the Swimming is done and
new cream is added to what is already in
the vessel, care must be taken to stir
thoroughly so that all of the cream will
ripen evenly together. Care must be
taken not to allow it to become too sour.
One difficulty in making butter in win
ter is that the cream is allowed to stand
too long before churning. Cream should
be only slightly acid when churned. Use
thermometer to see that the tempera-
ture is right.
While nearly or quite all grades of but
ter sell more readily and at better prices
during the winter than in summer, yet
it is important in securing the best price
to have the quality of the best, and every
detail in the management must be looked
after closely.
With proper care there is no question
but that winter dairying can be made
more profitable than summer, though it
costs more to make butter in winter than
in summer, but the better price will
make it pay better profit.
There is at least one advantage and
that is, it does not require so much work
to prepare for market. 1t is important
that good butter be sent to market in the
best possible condition.-St. Louis Re
Dublic
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at MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
What a Depth of Thought in
Those Few Words.
How Often and With Sadness Do We
Quote Them.
1t Might Indeed Have Been Had We Only
Known il Time.

Probably no words are more frequently
quoted than these, and surely none could
have a greater meaning or show more
clearly that some calamity In our lives
caused perhaps by ourselves, through
ignorance, carelessness or insufficient at
tention to the laws of nature, might have
been averted How true is it especially
in regard to the sick Might it not have
been the case with nearly all of US at some
period that had we but known what to dc
at the proper time, much suffering could
have been saved
No one knows this better than Mrs.
Mary Henderson, who lives at SO Con.
gress Avenue, Flushing, Long Island.
81 suffered terribly" she said-"from
rheumatism, and was weak, tired and
nervous all the time. / was so sore all
over when / would rise in the morning
and felt so tired that it seemed as if il
would take me an hour to dress.
II am thankful to say, however, that
all these troubles have passed away
thanks to a wonderful remedy which
haye used. This remedy is DR.. Greene'e
Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and
feel it my duty to tell what benefits
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30

Properly thou hast no other knowledge
but what thou hast got by working.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30

AeCCe7ADe
cold nights must be specially guarded
against. Country Gentleman furnishes
a device for securing warm roosting
place that will doubtless commend itself
to many poultry breeders.
Above the platform are placed the
roosts, and in front of these is tight
board partition coming down to within
10 or 1S inches of the platform. The
ceiling, sides and back of the space thus
inclosed being tight. The authority
quoted says a good temperature will be
maintained by the heat from the bodies
of the fowls themselves, for this heat
rises and cannot escape, while the i'm
pure gases, being heavier, descend to the
floor below.
If difficulty is had in getting fowls to
90 to roost in such an inclosed and par
TALLY darkened place, this added parti-
ton in front can be hinged at the top
and raised during the day, being let
down after the fowls have gone to roost.
The barrel below the platform is in a
convenient position to receive each day
the accumulation of droppings upon the
platform. If the hallway is at one side
or in the rear of this roosting place, the
nests can very conveniently be placed
beneath the platform and made acces-
sible from the hallway.
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have derived from the use OF this gr at
medicine.
"The news is too good 10 keep and
feel that it should be made known, and
| certainly will do all that lies in my pow
err to spread it because the medicine has
done so much for me. 1t will surely help
Others if they viii only give It trial.
"Why, feel like new person, and |
am now able to do all my own work and
stand 1t well. ! am surprised at myself
and the strength and vigor this wonderful
medicine has given me-"
And now, readers, if you have been suf-
fering from nervous or blood disease,
causing debility, dyspepsia, or any of the
conditions depending upon diseased
nerves or blood, and have been thinking
of what might be if you could but recover
your health, we say to you in all conf
dence take this wonderful medicine and
you will be cured. 1t is purely vegetable
and harmless.
Dr. Greene, the noted specialist in cur
ing all chronic and nervous diseases. is lis
discoverer. He can be consulted at bis
office, So W. 14th Street, New York, free
of charge, personally or by letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30

A speculator has devised a plan for
having June butter in midwinter. He
buys all the June butter he can at the
very lowest price to which the market
can be screwed down; then he puts it in
to cold storage in receptacles whose
temperature is controlled by the new re-
frigerating process and keeps it till the
price is three times what he paid for it.
If the flavor of June butter can thus be
kept for half year, and if meantime
our dairymen and creamerymen do not
put upon the market at lower price
better butter than even this Of the spec
ulators', then his plan may succeed. But
at any rate he goes to a lot of trouble.
A COW forms the habit of sucking her
self sometimes by being allowed when
she is calf to run with other calves. In
heifers flow of milk is sometimes actu-
ally produced in this way.
John G. McClintock of Meadville, Pa,
who makes his own butter at home from
a heard of % Jersey cows, has obtained
from them for 1893 an average of $40
pounds of butter to the COW. For this he
IecelFed Ill average price VI oV CeulS a
pound. The cost of feed for each COW
was $47.45, or 10 cents day. Counting
the cost of each COW at $50 year, Mr..
McClintock realized from his herd over
81 200, most of which was net profit.
Who else has done as welR The butter
McClintock makes is of choice quality.
Next after June butter sweet corn but
ter stands highest in flavor.
Weigh milk and test it with the Bah
cock tester, too, if you would learn ex-
actly which of your cows pay.
The Hickory Valley creamery, at Trip
oil, Ia, has Melted to its patrons So cents
to the 100 pounds of milk the last year.
Hereafter, since the facts brought ont
by the Columbian dairy test, both butter
and cheese cows will be valued accord
ing to the amount of butter fat their
milk contains. The test showed that the
COW that can produce most butter also
makes the most and best cheese, provid-
ing always that she gives good flow Of
milk
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-30

1t is said that the soil and climate of
Colorado are so well suited to the onion
that more money can be made from a
crop of onions than from any other veg
etable crop.
The returns of the farm census show
that three-fourths of all the farms in the
United States are free from all incum-
brance.
1t is reported that in the sheep exhibit
at the Chicago fair Canada took total
of 1877 prizes, against 90 for the United
States.
At the Pennsylvania station larger
yields of corn and slower were obtained
where only ordinary cultivation was
given than where the corn was either
frequently cultivated or where 1t was
cultivated after the usual time Of laying
corn by.