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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
SWEET POTATOES.
A New Enemy to the Tubers Discovered
In Texas,

send you by to-day's mail some
pieces of sweet potatoes, infested with
what seems to ME new pest. | have
been told by some of my heighbors that
1t sometimes completely destroys the
potatoc crop The specimens sent were
found in potatoes purchased for seed
You will find by cutting the potatoc,
little white worm, and also some of the
maturcd insects. Is it likely to become
troublesome?
1t seems to have made its appearance
on Bolivar peninsula, il Galveston
county, six or eight years ago. Its
ravages arc much worse in dry years
Sometimes at digging the potatoes
they are so badly infested as
to unfit them for market
If infested potatoes are stored
away in the fall, the worm or weevil
continues to work through the winter.
completely honcy-combing the potato
Sometimes one field may be infested
and the one adjoining it cxempt.-S. NJ,
X, Alvin, Tex.
After considerable correspondence
| investigation, find that this insect is
spreading in Texas. 1t was originally
subtropical insect, inhabiting the
northern part of South America and
West Indies. 1t appeared in 1878 in por'
tons of Florida, and has done consider
able damage in parts of Louisiana dur
ing the past two or three years, so am
informed by Prof. Howard, of Wash
ington.
This insect (Cylas formicarius) re-
semblcs somewhat the common weevil
in shape, but it is about three times as
large, and has peculiar light-red pro,
thorax The larvae bore into the potato
and perhaps, the adults also. No rem
edy seems yet to have been discovered
except burning the infested potatoes
Growers, especially along the coast
region of the state, can not be too care
full to destroy this pest on its first ap
proach. New varieties of potatoes
which are now being sent over the
state. should be examined with care
I believe this insect can be checked
now before it spreads further over thu
state, if growers will only take it il
hand and destroy the first few which
NAV appear.-Cor. Farm and Ranch.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
JOHNSON GRASS.
Method for Killing IL Out Pursued on the
Texas College Farm.

Method for Killing ii Out Pursued on the
Texas College Farm.
On the College farm tract of about
ten acres was sown to johnson grass
seven or eight years ago for the pur-
pose of obtaining permanent mead
ow, and, notwithstanding manure was
applied, it did not make good yield.
The soil is a light, sandy loan, vary
ing in depth from five to ten inches,
with stiff impervious clay sub-soil,
into which the roots do not penetrate,
which accounts for the poor growth.
As usual the grass did not fail to scat
ter its seeds over the entire farm, soon
becoming a serious nuisance. 1t was
decided to get rid of the grass
if possible by close cultivation. This
meadow was broken broadcast in the
early fall with turning pillow and
Immediately narrowed thoroughly with
springtoothed harrow; was at this
time dry and warm. Nothing more was
done until about the LIST of February
when it was again broken broadcast
with turning pillow and narrowed with
springtoothed harrow. thoroughly pull.
verizing the soil so as to admit of easy
surface cultivation with sweep. 1t was
prepared for late planting of cotton
about the LIST of May by working
broadcast and bedding with solic
sweep once to the row, at which time
the soil was in excellent filth. Cottor
was planted Immediately; came up in
few days and grew off nicely. 1t wa'
given frequent shallow cultivation
with buzzard wing sweeps, the cultiva
ton was continued until about 18th o
August.
The following fall when picking thu
cotton, only few sprigs of the gras
could be found, and these for the mos
I'part, appeared on the SANDY mounds
where the clay sub-soil does not COM
near the surface. The following spring
this land was put to corn, but was no
so carefully cultivated; it was followc'
by cotton this year, closely cultivate
with sweep. This spring only a fey
punches of Johnson grass can be seen
Farm and Ranch.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
HERE AND THERE.

If any farmer is not able 70 pay hi
debts, let him call upon his hogs for
help, and he will not call in vain If he
treats them as he should.
The difference between two pro-
cceses of harvesting a corn crop is the
difference between forty bushels of
corn, cobs and shucks and eighteen
tons of silage.
The melancholy fact that stock
men have been selling off their best
breeders is fully offset by the fact that
other breeders have purchased tho
same.
On many farms one of the rrinci'
pal causes of failure to make good
butter is the lack of uniformity in the
conditions under which the work is
done.
If you think the cows don't pay
while on grass try feeding them some
cotton-seed meal. Keep an account
with them before and after feeding the
meal.
Who is it among farmers that is in
debt to the Israelite for food and raj
ment? He that spendeth his time and
substance in the cotton field and neg
lectcth the corn and hog.
On most farms the poultry don't
receive the care and attention that the
other animals do, and thus the average
product of eggs and fowls are KEEP
down by carelessness.
--Fruit-growers have found that
where new orchard is planted on the
same soil from which old, worn-ou
trees have been removed, that the re
suit is never so satisfactory as where
planted on grounds upon which nj
trees have been grown for number o
| years.
Every now and then farmer sug
gests that he hasn't time to read mucl
during the busy months of the sum
mer. This doubtless depends mucl
upon the man and the use he makes o
modern improvements and his opportu
mites.
There is no method known for dis
tinguishing the sex of the chick by tn
outward appearance of the egg, nc
can any person know whether an egg
is fertile or unfertile before it has bee
under hen FOR few days.
How much we enjoy the cool shad
and refreshing drink these hot day
Don't you suppose the fowls enjoy
justa much? Keepplenty of cool watt
before them; give it to them at lea'
twice daily,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
IN SMALL DOSES.

ONE-rHIRp of the earth is controlled
by the Anglo-Saxon race.
THE longest clock pendulum ever
made is that of Eiffel tower-377 feet.
For every widower who marries a
widow there are eleven who marry
maidens.
THE otter of East India is trained to
drive fish into nets, and thus acts as an
aid to fishermen.
IT was twenty-ninc days from the
costing of the Lick objective glass be-
fore it had cooled sufficiently for safe
removal.
TT is said that the oldest inhabited
bouse in the United States is that OF
Kiliaen van Rensselaer,, opposite Al
banv. 1t was built in l649.
ONE of the ways of telling whether
the temperature is rising is to watch q
GIRLS front hair. When 1T begins tc
lose its curl and grow straight 1t is
spre sign of change of temperature
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
The Cause of Bitter Cream.

The reason for bitter cream is that il
is the result of keeping it too long, or,
In other words, of having old cream.
Cream kept from 80 to As hours is very
likely to be bitter 1t is produced by
fermentation, which takes place at low
temperature rather than high when
the change is sufficient to produce bit
terness. While there are other causes
for bitter cream, as, for instance, bitter
weeds which the cows may feed on in
the pasture, yet the main cause is old
cream. Cream should be churned with
in thirty six hours OF the time OF
Swimming, and taken off the milk in
side of twenty.four hours. American
Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

form, the profits of the lamb ant sheer
business, came here from tile north
recently, thinking that possibly ! might
improve some OF the opportunities
open in this branch of industry, but
fortunately | have hot entered into IT.
BECAUSE this state offers no legal pro
lection to anything except hogs, dogs
and cattle These three animals stand
pfe-eminent.
All the legal protection offered TO 4
sheep in this state is is to outrun a dog
OF put for the woods and climb d tree
that a dog can not ascend, And the
same legal protection is offered to the
enterprising farmer, If he has field
of corn, that must put for the woods
too, TO escape the hogs and cattle, or
become u victim to their greed. The
poor class are permitted by law, to
turn their hogs and cattle into the
roads and there is no redress for the
crops they destroy, This class can sit
in their doors and laugh to see their
stock eating up and destroying what
the industrious farmers are trying to
raise. For all the wrongs the law of
fers only the following remedy; To
e1fectually prevent this, the enterpris'
ing farmer is compelled to live in a
"hog PEN" that is to say, to keep h
fence five feet high and pig tight, en-
tirely around his property, and as 1t is
not probable that fence pig tight
five feet high will stand the winds
of this mountain country but a
very short time, d large number
of farmers have fallen victims
to the follies of the day, by sending
out drove of hogs and cattle to eat
up the labor of Others, and thus In
stead of becoming more just and civil
lied, they are becoming less cultured
and refined, and more devoted to tear
ing down and destroying the property
OF others. than to the building up o.
beautiful and inviting homes for them
selves
This law drives out the very elias:
that all the northern states, from
Maine to the Rocky mountains, wei
como and want-the men of enter
prise and industry who have made thu
north the home of genius, Of beaut,
and of Wealth.. S. Davis, in Ilom'
and Farm
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
DUCK GOWNS.
Some Natty suitings for Summer at Grad.
uated Prices.


Some Natty saitings for Summer at Grad.
uated Prices.
Speaking of duck hats recalls some
perfect duck gowns made for famous
yachtswoman. The shops are filled
with so-called duck suits, costing from
few dollars upwards, some with linen
in them, others very fine, pointille or
brocaded with silk, all cut after one
plan, with jacket and skirt to wear
with vest or shirt-waist. OF course
tailors delight in making these jackets
and coats, as such garments are their
specially; yet one sees the simplest
gowns of white linen duck, not unlike
fine glossy shoeting, marked seventy
Ave dollars, and made with plain
belt ID waist and a round skirt trimmed
with the genuine navy-blue dungaree
worn by the British navy. They are
without lining and are cool to the touch
in the sultriest hour. The linen waist
slopes in from the shoulders to be
gathered front and back to wide belt
OF blue dungarec striped with white
braid. The space is filed in with a
shield of the blue twillcd cotton
striped with cross rows of white braid
and there is broad sailor collar of the
deep blue bordered with rows of white
braid. The sleeve, all in one piece, Of
white linen, is very wide at the top
and stitched below the elbows in
lengthwise tucks to make it fit closely
in blue dungaree cuff trimmed with
rows of white linen braid. The skirt
nearly four yards wide, is gathered tc
white silk betting, and is trimmed al
| the foot with four-iiich band of the
dark dungaree with three or four rows
of dark blue braid above it.-Harper''
| RaZar
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
Big Ships steered by a Finger.

Marvellous progress has been made in
marine architecture and equipment
within the past few years. There was
a time when the wheelhouse of big
ocean steamer contained eight staiwart
men, who in rough weather would find
it almost a herculean task to manage
the wheel Nowadays the light touch
of an infants hand upon the wheel is
of sufficient power to turn a vessel
completely around. Huge boats are
steered by steam apparatus which is
as quick and effective as the touch up
on the ordinary electric button.-Phila.
deiphia Record
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
Where Baby Sleeps.

Cradles have gone out of date fol-
babies, whose little brains are injured,
we are told, by the rocking motion.
Whether this is so are not certainly no
one need long for the pretty swaying
arks of earlier days who sees the lovely
beds provided for the infant of "a One
is like a great basket mounted on cross
legs of wickerworl. AT the head there
is sort of tripod which supports a
canopy that does not come over the
crib at all, but merely falls to the floor
in tied.back CT rtains much like those
at draped dressing-table. The body
of the little bed is entirely covered
with three rows of broad lace sewed to
lining that is fitted over the wicker
work. There are bows of white ribbon
at the lower corner.-Chicago Mail.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
vERMlN ON FOWLS.
Breed In setting Hens Nests - had on
Young Fowls-Pretentloni


Young Fowls-Prevcntlon.
Il Is about this time, during d hot
season, that poultry are badly Troubled
with insect pests, chiefly fleas and lice
II precautions are not taken the pests
multiply rapidly, Wherever hens go
broody and are allowed to set fleas
find natural breeding quarters In the
nests, so that II the latter are not seen
to at once fleas swarm about the old
nests, 1t Is among setting hens
where ninety.nine per cent, of the tleas
are bred, and, although | took every
precaution this spring, was not able
to keep the nests free from them
There is little trouble, however, with
the laying hens, II ordinary care is
taken, but where they are set
ting it is very different thing
Broody fowls seem conscious that in
sects multiply round about Them for
they will, as rule, seek the dust
bath before going to feed. If they
fail to dust themselves before their
meal they will Immediately after
wards, so they keep the pests In check
until the chickens are Matched, Then
| tire nests are soon swarming. Now
that most of the chickens are Matched
the best plan Is to get all the hens
away from the buildings or hen.
houses. Good nests are easily made in
orchards or paddoclIs by scooping Il
hole in the ground, putting in little
hay and covering the nest over with n
suitable-sized box The nest in the
house, especially those recently occu-
pied by setting hens, should be burned
and the boxes turned over the smol'
dering debris. Thus total destruction
Is dealt out in the breeding head
quarters. Then If the roosting and
laying houses are occasionally lime
washed, or well dressed with strong
earbolic soapsuds and the floor thiclIly
bestrewn with ashes, there will be no
trouble with tleas.
Lice are far more difficult to deal with
than fleas as they seldom leave the
fowls body, They abound most where
the birds are overcrowded and strict
ClcuullltSS 10 hOo lSHdiUSu' uIp"ShihB
generally unhealthy birds. Old hens,
unhealthy chickens or diseased birds
sometimes swarm with lice. Such
birds should either be killed and
buried or placed by themselves and
sprinkled daily with some good insect
destroying powder, not on but under
the feathers. Dust baths are fatal to
lice, but unhealthy birds, unfortunate
w. will not take the baths regularly
At this season there is usually an
abundance of empty sheds round the
ordinary farmyards. A plan l have
adopted with success for many years is
to spread the different broods about
the buildings. Spare cowsheds anc
stables make healthy quarters until the
chicks are ready for market, and Sc
oyercrowding in hen houses is avoided
The sheds are cleaned out for cattle
and other animals for winter and be
come perfectly clean and wholesome
Quarters for the broods of chickens the
following sumner. BY adopting thi'
plan my fowls seldom suffer from yer
min or any kind of disease. --Orang'
Iudd Farmer
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
AMONG THE POULTRY.

If requires from 90 to 26 days t.
hatch pheasant eggs.
TO HAVE healthy fowls avoid 6 living
tones and condition powders.
A HEN in her prime, when properly
fed and cared for, should yearly fur
nish three times her weight in eggs.
A CHICK of one of the larger breeds
ought to weigh pound when five
weeks old. The average is about a
pound at the age of six weeks,
JF the chicks do not come out ofeggs
Matched in the incubator until the
22d day, it indicates that the tempera-
ture of the egg drawer was triAe too
low.
The lambing season out west is re-
ported to have been remarkably sue
cessful one. There have been few
losses and the weather has been pro-
pltious,
EGGS from hens not in company with
cocks have been found to keep very
much longer than those from hens
mated with cocks. In summer, after
Matching is over, remove the males, as
the hens will lay as well without them.
On the average farm the poultry in
terest should not be made very large
one, but even then 1t can be so con
Quoted as to furnish considerable
amount of food and at the same time
bring in small amount of cash eacf
year.
AN experienced poultryman says
that hen to breed absolutely true
must be kept from cocks except the one
she is to be mated with during her en-
tire laying career. Iishe lives to bt
ten years old traces of mongrel sh'
ran with in her second year will be no
ticed.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
SHEEP RAlSlNG.
The Dark Side of II Told by Tennessee


The Dark Side of 1t Told by a Tennessee
Farmer.
Being a subscriber and reader your
valuable paper for many years past,
have been favorably impressed with
your fairness in giving both sides a
hearing on those great subjects which
interest the agricultural world to-day.
For several years past you have been
publishing from time to time articles
greatly misleading in character from
the pen of that venerable member of
the royal college of surgeons of Edin-
burgh-Dr. Galen Wilson.
LIDO not for one moment suspect that
it would be any benefit to you as an cd
itor to publish articles which would
lead men of means in the north to sell
out, come south, invest in lands and
stock, make a failure from causes be-
You'd their power to control, become
poor as large majority of the south
ern people are to-day, and return north
to build up again or ponder over the
mistakes they have made.
DIR. Galen Wilson's articles have been
flaming and misleading on the subject
of sheep industry in the south. He
has pictured, in a greatly-magniheen
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

Those who do not like to use ice as
prodigally as some do in beverages,
and vet like "eold' ten, will find that
they can have 1t without the ice. III
you have no ice at all put the amount
of tea required in pitcher in the
morning and over 1t only enough water
to cover it; let it stand for three or
more hours, and you will find that all
the flavor is extracted from the leaves.
When you wish to serve, pour fresh
water, as cold as can be obtained, upon
the tea, and you will have delightful
glass of tea, with none of the bitter
ness of "boiled" tea about it and sutii-
GENTLY cold. Boston Post
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
%ts@@s $3.50 sas-1ssEa ss5a II
HOUSE FOR LAYING DUCKS.

hind of waterproof paper or tarred
felt may be used as covering on the
boards to prevent leaking. The floor
is kept covered with cut straw or hay.
The nests are simply boarded off at
the lower sides and need not be par
titioned having only entrance holes.
The stills may rest on brick or stones,
SO as to raise them from the ground.
The house may be made of any length,
width or height preferred, as we ann
only to show the plan. The cost OF
such a house is very small.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
FOR LAYING DUCKS.

A House That VIII Pay for Itself in a
Short Time.
The design is intended for u cheap
and easily constructed house for ducks
that are laying and may be used for
the entire flock also, says the Poultry
Keeper. There being no roosts the
object is to secure floor space. The
roof also serves for the sides, and any
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

AMAy loved woman, but she laughed at
him. Then, through grief, he became ~
and was like to die, in very despair OF h sI
love. Whercat pity touched her heart, ana
pity grew TO love- When he came TO Know
this, having now the love he had so yearneu
to possess, he reioiced greatly, anu aroso
from lis bed And strais htway no began
10 love another woman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
HORSE NOTES.

MESSENGER, the great ancestor OF all
the trotting stock in America, was a
hackney.
IT is throwing money away to trust
vour horse to the charge Of an already
oyerworked trainer:
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

"YouyG man." the old man 3ternly asked,
after the youth had asked for his dougAter's
hand, ''do you play pokcrl' "Y-es~er, that
isl" blurted the sutton, blushing. That's
all right" blandly interrupted tho parent
Can you put mo on to a quiet gamel'--At
lanta Constitution.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

DoRA-"Why are you cryingl'' Clara,
Geo-I mean Mr.. Nj Niccfello ld-kissed
mcin-the hall" Dora-'He doubtless acted
on sudden impulse. ! wouldn't cry about
that" Clara-"But II slapped him for II
hoo hoop
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

MATILDA SNowDALIc-"Is you in earnest
Mistah Johnsine, wild yore matrimonial
prepcrsishon" sam Jollnsing-"I am, in
decd, Miss Snowfall. | has got or shanty
an chickens an two novels an or pig an
all ! needs is or wife ter make me puffec'ly
happy
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
A noo,, Of Books for 2 stamps.

A COPY of the "ILLUsTRATED CATALOGUE"
of The HFour-Trackn Series, New York Cen.
trail Books and Etchngs, the only book OF
its kind ever published, Will be sent 1ree'
nostpaid. on recent of two two-cent stamps,
by GEoRGE II. DANIELS, General Passenger
Agent, Grand Central Station, New York.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

WoBmEY WIBpLEs-'I have good mind
to have that saloon bounccr who chuckcd
me out arrested for an anarchistW Wig
gley Waeglcs- 'What charge can you bring
against himl" Wobblcy Firing
n bum .n-Brool1yn Eagle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

Check growing infirmity and mitigate the
m Of growing age with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. which relieves these evils. Rheu-
matism, iumbago, chills and fever dysp9'p.
sin. loss of appetite, arc all rcnedied by
this helper Of the aged, weak and GONZALES
cent Prove the truth Of this assertion,
which is established by evidence.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

FArrEn-"Why don't you marry Miss
Bondclipperl She has lots Of inoncv." Son
Her family are opposed to It," Father,
"How about Miss Bondclipper hcrselfF
Son "Wcl, she belongs to the family
Texas Siftinps,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

WAITRESS Bridget did you mako
everything for lunch from tho cook book, as
/ told your Bridget-"Sure, ma'am, there
wouldn't "a been enough to go round, so
added few leaves from the dictionary
Intar Ocpnn
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26
The Ladies'.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use the California liquid
laxative Syrup Of Figs, under all conditions,
makes it their favorite remedy: 70 get the
true and genuine article, look for the name
of the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near
the bottom of the package.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

HOTEL Porter Ito gucst) -"Iley, get upW
Guest--l-l-l Hotel Fortcr-"l want the
bed shcetp Guest lin astonishmcn0-
"Nhat fora" Hotel Porter-"There's a
party as wants breakfast, and we need a
table,lothn
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

MIR. BLASDLY--"Young Mr. Goodey has a
great many sterlin, qualities, l notice"
Miss Blandly-"Well, he's discovered that
silver ornaments are very fashionable.
suppose. litter Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

"TnAr was clever speech Clipping made
at tho club" eyes; he received number
less compliments" what were they
EVERY ono was sure it was not original"
Inter Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-26

"Dosr seek the beautiful, sweet maid'
Amid these pastoral scenes 49,,
or flowers in richest verdure framed
She answered, shortly: Greens,
Detroit Tribune.