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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
Distance to Plant.

On the farm at least there is no advan-
tage in crowding the trees, says the
Journal of Agriculture. The better plan
at the start is TO give each plenty of room
to grow and develop. Some few advocate
reasonably thick planting at first, and
then when a good growth has been made
thinning out by cutting down every alter
nate tree. The most serious objection
to this is that in nearly all cases
the work of thinning will be de-
layed too long and the growth of
the trees will be retarded So far as
is possible to secure each tree should have
plenty of room to grow and develop natu-
rally. Some need much less room than
others, but it is better to erron the side
of giving too much room than of not
enough. In addition to the securing of a
better and more natural growth and de-
velopment by giving the otrees. plenty of
room, the tree has targersurface to feed
upon and this affords d better opportunity
for securing a good growth.
With apple trees at least the majority
OF the standard sorts thirty feet is
plenty close. This may have be variedto a
rod apart for those varieties of low
spreading habit, and to twenty-eight
feet apart for those of a more upright
growth With all kinds of fruits there
is a considerable difference in the
natural growth that they will make.
Where the land is rich and valuable
and it is desired to make the most of il,
the habits of growth should be consid-
cred in planting, and when choice fruit
is to be grown the better plan in all
cases is to give the trees plenty of room.
The objections to planting close with
the intention of thinning out later is
that, in nearly all cases, the work is
neglected much too long for securing the
best results.
Cherries, pears and apricots may be
planted as close as twenty feet. Dwarf
pears, peaches and ounces may be
planted sixteen feet apart but in both
cases four or five feet farther will give
the best results, especially where land is
reasonably cheap. Even with small
fruits plenty of room is always advisable,
and in all cases the most economical way
OF growing is TO plant in rows sufficiently
wide apart aud long enough so that the
greater part OF the cultivation can be
done with the horse and cultivator Care
in this respect will greatly lessen the cost
OF growing as well as secure a better
quality of product.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
Seven Years without a birthday.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch

A Scottish clergyman, who died thirty
years ago, Mr.. Lelshman of Kinross, used
TO tell that he once lived seven years
without birthday The statement puz-
zled most who heard it. They could see
that if he had been born on Feb 20 he
would have no birthday except IN a leap
year. But leap year comes once in four
years, and this accounts for a gap OF
three years only. Their first thought
would, therefore, naturally be that the
old man, who, in fact, was fond OF a harm
less Jest. was somehow testing about the
seven There was, however, no joke or
trick In his assertion.
AT the present time there can be very
few, il there are any, who have this tale to
tell of themselves, for one who can tell it
must have been born on Feb. 20 at least
ninety-eight years ago. But similar
line Of missing dates Is now soon TO re-
turn and. indeed, there are no doubt,
some readers who will have only one
birthday TO celebrate for nearly twenty
years 10 como
The solution Of the puzzle is TO be found
in the fact, which does not appear 10 be
widely known, that the year 1900 was not
a leap year, and 1900 will not be-. The
February of 1892 had twenty-nine days,
but IN all the seven years intervening be-
tween 1895 and 1904, as well as in the
three between 1892 and 1895, that month
will have only twentyeight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

hence its name, wart disease The par
ticular form is more prevalent in the
south than in the north. If you
detect it when it first starts, after
cleaning it so that the outer surface or
scab is removed then annoint the sore
with a caustic of some kind. We use
bluestone. BY selecting large piece and
making 1t in the shape of a pencil, dip in
water and pencil the sore. This dries 1t
up and frequently will stop it then and
there, but if it continues to grow clean it
again and pencil the second time.
prominent physician told US to try
castor oil Make a swah of soft cotton,
tie>to the, end of stick, and apply to the
sore. We have not given this a fair trial
and hope others will and report. Give
EPSON salts in drinking water to the
flock, old and young, a tablespoonful to
each quart; also powdered charcoal in
their food. This is cleansing and a great
antiseptic. 1t will thoroughly cleanse the
system, and in this way ward off disease
Fowls of all ages should have charcoal
where they can get it at all times. 1t is
cheaper than medicine, when the price is
only cents per pound, ground, ready for
use. 1t is very useful in indigestion, and
so many fowls are thus affected in Flor
ida, caused by not having oyster shell or
some grinding material where they can
help themselves People forget that our
soil has no small stones, and how are
fowls going to get this much needed sup
ply when we do not furnish them,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
Roup.

It's the old story, says the Farmer and
Fruit Grower, but it is what interests
the poultry raisers of Florida more than
anything else if we class what is known
as the wart disease as roup, and in my
opinion this is one form of it, and the one
with which chicks are mostly afflicted
When it has developed in your flock year
after year, though you have kept it in
subsection, the grounds. houses and every
thing about the place will become so I'M
pregnated with the germs of the disease
that the only thing left TO do is to stop
Matching for year.
Clean up everything and disinfect by
using strong solution of copperas, dis
solved three pounds TO five gallons of
water, aud with a spray pump wet every
thing down frequently; once month IS
not too often. Sow the outdoor runs
down with oats or wheat or what is bet
ter, set them in Bermuda grass
The germs of the disease will last for
wears, aud in order 10 rid your premises
they must be killed, and you can never do
il in our warm climate as long as you
have sub ects for it to feed on. When
YOU commence again keep careful
watch for the first symptom and remove
the chick at once, If you see any signs of
ii. Better cut its head off and bury IL
deep than to take any chances of the
premises being again affected.
Remedies are numerous, though what
proves effective in one case may not in
another. The wart disease sometimes
called sorehead) is Of a cankerous nature
and develops very rapidly. Sometimes it
attacks the eye-lid. in others IL will APP
near on the nose and very frequently in
Inc corner Of the mouth. II comes as
wart; and thus first makes disappearance,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
POLITICS IN THREE STATES.
Comments on Affairs in Georgia,
Florida and South Carolina.


Townsville Times Enterprise: Col w.
G. Brantley made rousing, rattling dem
ocratic speech at Brunswick the other
night He is one of the ablest young men
in Georgia. Should Mr.. Turner be sent
to the Senate the Eleventh district would
honor itself by sending Mr.. Brantley to
congress.
Washington Gazette: We have had a
lesson about the Senate which should
make US careful what men we send to that
body. There is no question whatever
that Henry G.. Turner is the best man.
He has been very Thoroughly tried and
found excellent The chief political
contest this fall will be about United
States senator. About the governor, the
only contest is to make the majority a
big one.
Augusta Chronicle The next COVER
nor Of Georgia will be Bill Atkinson, the
next president Of the Senate seems likely
to be Bill Venable, the next speaker of
the House will be Bill Fleming But for
his untimely death the next secretary Of
the Senate would have been Bill Harris,
and if there is anything in name it
would seem that Bill Clifton is bound TO
be his successor. seems that quite
mum Der Of Bills are being presented to
the day Of settlement
cambridge Democrat: The more the
people learn about the silver question,
the more hostile they become TO the prop
ositiou embodied in all free coinage bills
that the mine owner may take his 40
cents of bullion To the United States mints
and exchange it for a bright new stand
ard silver dollar. The Democrat believes
that If a free coinage bill is ever passed
it will contain provision that will pre-
vent the mine owners from taking away
from the mints in coin more than the
market value of their bullion That is
the biggest bounty ever proposed In this
country, and the peoples verdict against
bounties has been made
7. Larry CAN'T, in the Spartauburg
Is. c. Headlight; At the last meeting Of
the state alliance of Georgia the member
ship had so dwindled down that II is very
doubtful II another meeting Of the order
is ever held in that state, 50 the papers
say, The populists and politicians COM
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
Where Sugar Cane Thrives.

Sugar land is simply good soil. The
sugar cane is not singular in the demands
which it makes upon the soil. IL thrives
best upon soils in which organic matter,
potash and phosphates are found in album
, dance, but the same may be said of maize,
of sweet peas or even wheat. 1t is true
that a soil possessed of a large proportion
of decaying organic matter gives a rank
growing cane and one the Juice of which
is deficient in sugar, but this class of
soils gives to nearly all crops a similar
One-sided development says Prof Shell
ton in his report TO the Queensland de-
partment of agriculture.
The cane plant, in common with all the
coarse growing members of the grass
family, makes large demands upon the
soil, particularly Tor moisture. Few crops
give such enormous returns for the appli-
cation of water by irrigation The man
ager of one of the Hawaiian irrigated
plantations says it is almost i'm possible to
apply too much water to growing cane,
and that the more water is applied, with
out going to extremes, the greater the
! yield. Few crops are so quickly and
| seriously damaged by drought as
! the sugar cane Rice and sugar stand
at the head of cultivated plants in respect
to this demand for water during the pc
riod of growth. On this account friable-
ness, combined with the ability to retain
moisture, is physical character of the
! utmost importance to cane soils. Very
! heavy clay soils as well as light sands are
therefore Objectionable, the former be-
| cause of its lack of porosity and the latter
on account of its inability to retain
moisture
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

leguminous plants). are grown on the soil
and the crop plowed in, the soil is not ma
terially enriched in nitrogen; the process
is simply returning to the soil all the
nitrogen which the crop took from t. But
since leguminous plants may derive the
larger proportion of their nitrogen from
without the soil-that is. from the air
their use for green manuriug actually en-
riches the soil IN heterogeneous matter
It will thus be seen that by green ma
nuring ii is possible to manure the soil
with nitrogen from the air. free and in
exhaustible source. and thus avoid buy
ing fertilizers containing much nitrogen.
This greatly lessons the expense for CON-
mercial fertilizers, for nitrogen is the
most expensive element the farmer has to
buy. AS stated above, it costs from Is TO 20
cents pound, while potash and phos.
phoric acid cost only > to cents, or
even less. Although grains. grasses,
corn, cotton, root crops. tobacco. etc,
cannot use the nitrogen of the air, green
manuring enables them TO benefit by it
Indirectly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

soils 1t is generally acknowledged that
grapes grow slower, and that they keep
mucn longer than those on light, sandy
soils. The latter may be Just as good, and
often excel in the sugar products, but
they do not begin to keep so long as those
grown on the strong, heavy, clay soils.
Nearly the same rule holds good with
reference to apples and pears, although
some exceptions to the general rule are
made.
Heavy soils are composed of better, con-
stituents as a rule than light soils for the
production of fruits, especially when the
soil is loosened and made more porous by
the addition of coarse manure. The roots
OF the trees get a firmer hold in the soil,
SO that they are rarely loosened or torn
from their anchorages by heavy gales or
storms. Fertilizers applied on sandy soil
leach through the soil and wash away
But the heavy soil, when properly worked
and loosened, gives results with fruits that
are more permanent and satisfactory in
the end.
On loose, open soils there is no better
fertilizer than that of good wood ashes.
The Canadian wood ashes that have been
used extensively in this country are en-
rlching the orchards of the United States.
The expense is very small, less than
for most other fertilizers containing
the same amount of mineral plant food
There is some talk of the Canadian gov
eminent putting an export tax upon
ashes, and if this step is taken the fruit
growers of this country will find that
their present source of ashes will be cut
of. About forty bushels of fresh wood
! ashes should be applied to the acre. mixed
with bout 100 pounds of bone and 100
! pounds OF sulphate of ammonia or nitrate
OF soda. Such a mixture will be of great
advantage to loose, open soils.
On heavy, clay soils, manure should be
applied before this fertilizer is put on, as
this will open the soil and make it porous
! enough for the fertilizing elements to get
J down to the lowest roots. But the potash
/ OF the wood ashes and the bone and am
monia will greatly improve the growth
and production of the trees on any soil.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
Feeding stufs : Comparative Value.

A correspondent in Southern Georgia
asks to be informed of the relative value
of the various feeding stuffs common to
the south, that is the several kinds of
hay, and the like kinds of waste products,
such as bran, cotton seed meal, etc, and
would like also to know the most ecouom-
ical ration he could feed to cattle
horses and hogs.
The following table, arranged from the
handbook of experiment station work, :"
presents probably as reliable information
as can be had. 1t gives the average of
n nun her of analucne.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

From the testimony Of successful fruit
growers in all parts Of the country. we
are assured that soil makes all the differ
ence in the world, not, only as TO the
growth and perfection Of fruits, but also
as TO their keeping qualities, says the
American CultiyatOr. This Is especially
noticeable among The small fruits, as they
respond more quickly TO conditions than
apples or pears. Among the cranberry
boys Of New Jersey IL has been found that
soils make vast di ference in the keep
ing qualities Of the berries On heavy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

pletely swallowed up this noble move
menu of our agriculturalists, and the
farmers of our sister state are in as help
less condition as before they We're ever
organized This week we received a
letter from prominent gentleman of
Georgia who at one time thought of unit
ing with the populists and whose relatives
are all members of that party, in which
he says: The democrats in Georgia will
win with an overwhelming majority. In
fact, a heavier majority than the party
had before
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

Columbia Register; DIR. Sampson Pope
having retired from the gubernatorial
race, Hon. John Gary Evans will have
the primary all to himself. DR. Pope is
a good man, but he made some serious
mistakes this year. Other reformers be-
sides him see things in the reform faction
they do not like, but they will never in
the slightest degree lose touch with that
faction while fighting what they consider
abuses in it.
Columbia State: Following quickly the
announcement of DR.. Pope's withdrawal
from contest in the primary, comes the
announcement that MIR Edward Moon of
Newberry will take the doctors place in
championing the cause of outraged re-
form, but with the difference that he will
make it fight to finish in the great
free for alp contest in November. The
situation, therefore, as we see it, is that
here is danger to MIR. Evans X Co., from
two quarters in the reform campfire
alliance as the alliance, and the reformers
who protest against bossism and profess
TO desire fair play.
News and Courier "a Conservative
Republican" believes that the plan he has
proposed of union between conservative
democrats and conservative republicans
to fight the Tillman ring would be an
effective remedy-and the only present
remedy'-for the unhappy political con-
dition existing in the state; but as "the
leading organ of the conservative democ-
racy''-as heis pleased to regard the News
and "unhesitatingly rejects it,
he asks that we shall propose some other
remedy We have no remedy to propose
we, too, are waiting for a CLEAN
of light from the west and
feel that in the circumstances
the waiting policy is the best policy.
The waiting policy has worked very well
so far in the present campaign will win,
we believe, two years from now if it shall
be persevered in. We don't know what
the future holds for South Carolina, but
we do not believe that it would be wise
for the minority to seek an alliance with
conservative republicans. The demo-
cratic ark is in the keeping Of the demo
cratic minority in South Carolina, aud
this minority should keep clear Of any en-
tangling alliances.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

1t is well to bear in mind there is no
single substance that constitutes the most
economical food for any kind of stock. 1t
is necessary to combine several to make
up a proper ration. A cow fed constantly
on wheat bran alone or cotton seed meal
or bean meal would sooner or later be-
come diseased. so a horse or hog fed
corn only. Good hay made from the
grasses would support life indefinitely
but it would not produce much butter or
cheese in the COW or strength and en-
durance in work animals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
A"enty-six Tons Of Silver Around the
Altar.

from the st Louis Globe Democrat.
nv neAlco City, Aug. 1.-THE erection Of
sIt, magnificent canopy over the high
ar ar OF Our Lady in the shrine of Quad
Sa 1pe mas been completed. The pillars TO
roplp3grt u are each of a solid block Of
ti ors s1 Scotch granite weighing seven
i Sas The diameter Of eacL pillar is three
st s,, ana the hight twenty feet. The
i55'a ar VIII be ready for dedication on Dec.
ta51uaualupe day., and will be the most
NSfy,tate and costly one in America. The
buttons TO the church edifice will not be
trsp!eJed for nearly two years at the
III 1 ~ rate OF progress. When finished,
BE- SUI surlne Of the Lady of Guadalupe will
fsos" OF the notable Catholic church edi-
raiinoLl me world. The solid silver altar
MILES weighs twenty-six tons, and many
ress ',ous OF dollars are in other ways rep
-'ou IN the palatial place of worship.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27
FLORIDA.

Pensacola News: 1t is not true that the
senior senator from Florida has been So
licited to contribute to the Joke depart
ment of Hostetter's almanac. The report
! to that effect is campaign lie started by
| the corporations
Brooksville News Register: B. E. Nc
Lin, the democratic nominee for state SEN
ator in Lake county against Performer"
Abrams, was one of the most Jealous and
untiring democratic workers in Tennessee
! during the reconstruction period
| Fernandina News: The railroad boilers
in Nassau are now indulging in threats of
removing the shops from Fernandina,
should their candidate be defeated This
| is cheap talk in a cheap cause, and
| should Immediately be supplemented by a
| detailed description of what will be done
for the city in the event of railroad
victory.
Monticello Tribune Senator Call is
making a speech making tour of the
state. His speeches are made up of the
same old stun about corporations, and
the only thing noticeable in tn I'm his de-
mand that the people shall require of
their candidates for the state Senate
pledge that they will support him for re-
election to the United States Senate.
This, he says, ought to be the paramount
issue, because he is all that keeps the
terrible corporations from swallowing
them alive. The legislature OF this state
ought to be elected to legislate upon ques-
tions affecting the welfare of her people,
and not to keep Senator Call or any
other man in office The election of a
United States senator will be an Incl
! dent and not the object, of the session of
~, There will be plenty of work to be
done by that legislature of vastly more
Importance to the people of Florida than
whether Senator Call keeps his job or
not, the senator's statement to the con-
Urary Notwithstanding.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

Cochran, Ga.,-Below we give you
Mrs. Hills formula for making scupper-
nong wine. 1t is very good. If any of
our readers can give better, we would
be glad to have them do so.
Gather the ripe fruit and bruise them
without crushing the seed. Put the mass
in an open vessel and cover with cloth.
Stir three times during the twenty-four.
Let it stay two or three days, then draw
off the clear liquid, straining it. Add
sugar until it will float an egg. Prepare
a vessel for its reception as follows:
Melt some sulphur (brlmstone) in an
iron vessel and saturate a cloth with it;
set one end of the cloth on
fire and put it into the cask
or barrel. Put in the bung lightly
until the burning cloth is consumed
Then drive the bung in tightly and let it
remain several hours. Then pour in the
juice. Leave the bung out, but cover the
hole with cloth to keep out dust and in
sects. The cask or barrel should be kept
perfectly full, keeping a small vessel full
at hand,for the purpose. Do this until it
| ceases to -ferment. Then drive il the
bung, but have gimlet hole near the
| bung, which stop tightly with a peg TO al
| low any gas to escape. In about three
weeks drive in the peg. In December
examine the casks and change into other
casks or barrels prepared similarly to the
| first Repeat this again in March
| When clear bottle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

/. Where can procure crimson clover
seed?
2. When is the time to sow it and how
do you put it in?
g. When is the time to sow bur clover
and how do you put it inl
f. Are the above named clovers as suit
able for pasture as they are for hay crops2
have never seen either growing, and
do not know anything of their trea tment.
My land is light sandy, and free from
killing frost,
Montverde, Fla.
l. For crimson clover write J. H.
Alexander u Co., Augusta, Ga, mention
ing the News.
2 ANY time from Aug. Is to Nov. Is
the earlier the better 1t should be sown
as carefully as turnlps, 20 TO % pounds
per acre Bur clover is the counterpart
of crimson clover in everything but the
character of the seed.
The bur clover, as the names implies,
forms its seed in little burs. Crimson
clover seed present the appearance of red
clover seed.
1t is easier to seed an acre with crimson
clover at the cost of S1.50 than it is to
seed with bur clover al 50. We would ad-
! wise you, however, to buy both, as one
may be better suited to your land than
the other
! With anything like proper care in seed
| ing, and in proportion to the richness of
the soil both of these clovers should
prove of great value to every southern
| farmer.
For bur clover, write Jones g. Bethune,
! Milledgeville, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-27

Questions and communications relative
to agricultural and horticultural subjects,
If addressed to Agri Editor, Drawer N,
Milledgeville, Ga, will receive immediate
attention