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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
Best Fertilizer for Sweet Potatoea.

w. f. Massey says: All plants which
form tubers or tuberous roots in which a
store of food is put in reserve for another
seasons growth in the shape of starch.
need large supplies of potash. The use of
highly nitrogenized fertilizers is not ad-
visable with the sweet potato. The plant
grows through the whole hot season,
when nitrifcation is active, and IL plenty
of vegetable matter is in the soil and
plenty of potash, the crop is in this lati-
tude sure one, particularly on a sandy
soil. The best general manure for sweet
potatoes is the rotten leaves from pine
forest. c. er the land all over with this
material as thickly as you choose. during
the winter. Work this well into the soil
Now make a mixture of 900 pounds of
acid phosphate to 500 pounds of muriate of
potash and scatter in the furrow under
the potato ridges, 400 pounds of the mix
ture per acre. Lap a furrow from each
side over this furrow, clip the top off the
ridge thus made and set the plants. Most
people here ridge their potatoes too high
and thus grow long and crooked roots.
Make the ridge shallow so that the tuber-
Gus roots soon strike hard bottom and
form short and smooth.
A sweep used in killing cotton will make
sweet potato ridges high enough. Sweet
potatoes can be grown on the same land
Tor several years without this treatment
but the land soon becomes too rich In nj
trates, and 1t is best to change Off to
other land. In fact, rotation is of as much
use here as in the grain fields.
After two or three crops of potatoes
have been taken, it will be found that the
land is in fine condition for clover. and
with the cover of a dressing of lime will
produce wonderful results.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

good fertilizer to all lands where you in
tend to cultivate. Do not make the mis-
take so many are and have been max
ing, viz; depending alone on commercial
fertilizers. Such a course viii bankrupt
the land and owner. If you have only
manure enough for ten acres. do not
try to make il answer for twenty. II
will cost as much to cultivate a poor acre
as 1t does a rich one. Where, as in our
section, we burn great quantity of hard
wood, ashes furnish potash in the best
form, and they should be kept dry until
wanted for use, and applied where pot
ash is most needed. Keep an abundant
supply of leaf mold, or some other equally
as good absorbent, near your fowl houses,
out houses and hog pens. and use il liber-
ally; it will surprise those who have
never tried it in the quantity and quality
OF manure saved, good for any crops.
DO not neglect to save all old bones, and
convert them into a good fertilizer by
breaking them in small pieces and put
ting them in alternate layers with good
unleached ashes, in a vat prepared for
this purpose; you will need no better fer
tilizer for root crops In conclusion save
all material that can be converted into a
good fertilizer. Apply the same judic-
iously, cultivate your fields well, and
you Will be prosperous and ought to be
happy and contented.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
ROUND COTTON BALES.
An Experiment Proves Them to Be Su-
perior to the Cubical Form.

From the Boston Journal of Commerce.
The shipment of cotton, compressed by
a new method, made from Waco, Tex,
arrived in Boston recently. 1t was the
largest single car load of baled cotton
that has ever come into Boston, and con-
sisted of 112 bales. They weighed SO 900
pounds, and it is stated that fifteen bales
more could have been squeezed into the
car. The average capacity of box car
Is 1900 pounds, so that this load of cot
ton overrun the standard by 5000 pounds,
and is estimated to be over 80 per cent
more than is put in the same space when
the bales are packed in the old-fashioned
way
The increased capacity is produced by
what is termed the Bessonnettee com
press, new method of baling recently
patented. BY this method the bales are
made round. They are about four feet
two inches in length and two feet in
diameter, with an average weight of about
500 pounds, and are intended to take the
place of the old time box bales BY this
method the cotton is taken from the con-
denser and is rolled into a cylindrical bale
compressed as it is rolled up. The air is
thus forced out of the thin layer or mat
as it comes out of the condenser, and is
kept out by being rolled between two pom
derous rollers of several tons each.
The inventor claims many advantages
in cost and protection of the fiber and
cotton men think this system Of round
baling will, in a great measure. revolu-
tionize the exporting business. While sew
enty-five or eighty of the old bales viii
completely fill a car, it is estimated that
Us or more of the round can be stuffed
into a car.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

me ran. and such paintings succeed often
enough 10 warrant taking all the risks
incident thereto.
FIRST spinach, the hardest NJ all ,-.,-,.,
pies second. onions; third. satisfy. fo,rtb
parsnips; fifth. carrots; sixth. F,7riisb
peas seventh, cabbage.
Fan and winter PAINTINGS NJ asrsr...,,.
ana strawberries. Of course. are aIv-sv-s
- oI1et ana likewise the transplanting
OF raspberry plants
ME tnere IS a vast difference between
s.ar uhg the crops that we have enumer-
ate1 IN october and in December. a long
experience and observation Justify the
conclusion that three years out of five
december paintings Of all Of these croos
arc likely 10 succeed anywhere below he
81 degree of latitude and perhaps a little
higher. ''''-0
III but little can be done in the way Of
planting much can be done in the vav Of
Anahuring and blowing. List the soil like
a piece Of huted or corrugated metal ana
broadcast all the course stable manure
ana manure from the COW lots over the
listed soil Spread il with a free hand
DO not be afraid that there will be anv
waste. II the soil is at all clayey il will
ne greatly benefited by being exposed to
the December and January freezes. There
IS certainly plenty of profitable work to
De done in garden this month, and il
ought not to be neglected.
IL every family could have a one-acre
garden next year where they had only a
quarter this year the hard times would
be greatly modified. a good garden is
good investment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
Bookkeeping as a Business.

Mr.. Charles Dadant, whose opinions are
worth quoting, has been asked whether IT
pays to make business Of keeping bees
a difficult question to answer. for great
many circumstances can influence results
Among these influences he mentions. In
the Prairie Farmer, the ability of the bee
keeper to understand his business. and to
give to his bees the necessary attention
at the right time, the location in which
the hives will be placed, the kind of hives
to be used, etc. great many persons
imagine that to keep bees successfully II
is but necessary to locate them on a Quiet
spot, to watch them during the swarrning
season and to take the surplus of their
harvest. Such were indeed the only con-
ditions required before the invention of
the movable frame hives, an invention
which afforded to the beekeepers the
means Of studying more carefully the
habits of bees, to obtain larger crops with
less risks Of losing them In winter.
From the above it follows II at a man
who does not know the business of keep-
ing bees ought to begin cautiously with
but few colonies, say two or three. ard
study the habits of bees in books at first
Then, in verifying the teachings of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

books. BY opening the hives and examin-
ing the combs and by watching outside.
the golng In and out OF bees. Such a study
VIII take at least one year. Then. n
the apprentice beekeeper finds some pleas
ure IN the work. he can buy a few more
colonies and Increase their number either
by natural or artificial swarming or BY
buying bees
The locality in which the bees are kept
has also a large influence on the honey
crop, yet Il Is but question OF larger
or smaller profits, for an apiary surround
ed with lndens. white clover or alfalfa
and bordered with cotton lands covered
with marshy flowers has better chance TO
succeed than any other. but "a skiliful
beekeeper can have some success. even in
poor location. Another stumbling
block in beekeeping is the kind OF hive
to use. Above all, advise a beginner not
20 buy patented hives. for most Of these
vendors of patent hives do not know
the habits of bees and sell inventions
more injurious than useful.
As beginners are inclined to risk as
little as possible. Mr. Dadant warns them
against the use Of small hives. which re-
quire more work. mere feeding OF bees
for winter and spring and do not give
as good results as larger ones. To his
mind ten-frame Langstroth hive is not
even large enough. He prefers hives con-
tanning 10 or IL Quinby frames These
frames are larger and longer than the
Langstroth. and although white clover is
his only resource his crop can compete
for quantity with those of beekeepers
using small hives located in more pros
porous districts.
The conditions Of success I'm beekeeping,
after the selection of the hive. can be
summed up I'm few words-to know what
to do and TO do 1t in time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
Leguminous Plants

At the North Carolina station, on stiff
red clay soil, hybrid medic proved less
delicate than alfalfa Black medic SHOWS
rather less promise than Japan clover, but
is more hardy and can be used where the
other does not stand the winter" Sainfoin.
sulla, sarradella and kidney vetch failed
at the station. Japan clover grew SLOWLY
and "hagy' failed. Beggar weed is con-
demned as not worth cultivating al the
station. Yellow luqine lis useful ONLY for
improving the land where the cowpeas do
not do we'll" Common vetch gave excel
lent results, proving superior to hairy
Vetch. The fiat pea was not PROMISING
false vetch died, and the goober pea made
only a small yield. Alsike clover and com
mon white clover did well. Giant broad
leaved white clover is much more robust
and has larger leaves than the common
species, but produces very little seed. II
gives more than twice as much heritage
and seems as hardy as the other" Nam
moth clover proved superior to common
red clover on the station farm. Zfgzap
clover was inferior to both the above,
Crimson clover makes a hay nearly as
good as red clover and cures more ca
silly"
Unknown and Wonderful proved n he
names for a single variety of cow nea
which was the most prolific in seed and
the most productive of forage of all the
varieties tested The Black pea was second
only to the Unknown in the yield of for
age. Whippoorwill ripened seed before
other varieties and was followed by the
Stewart and Lady pea. The Conch, with
stems twelve to fifteen feet long, did not
flower. Red Ripper and Capehart red
were prolific The speckled pea eoualed
the black in amount of forage and ma
tured earlier than the black. The sofa bean
proved prolific.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
Two Authorities on Dohornine Cattle.

Two authorities on Dehorntng Cattle.
Mr.. II. p. Webb says: Now there
two simple and easy methods OF
dehorning calves, both of which l
shall give, but I prefer the first
When about ten days old, tie or hold the
calf securely and you will find where the
horns should be. "A small rough spot of
skin or scab, which is really the beginning
of the horns. Take a sharp knife and cut
out the spot, usually as large as a silver
half-dollar. You can tell how deep to cut
since the depth of the skin should really
be your limit. When this Is cut out, apply
lard or turpentine and tallow two or
three days and the wound will cure up
and all trace of horns is destroyed. An
other method is to burn the spot or scab
with caustic two or three times and this
is a certain way of preventing horns.
do not like this because il sometimes
causes bad sores. Either method Is ef-
fective. An ounce of prevention is better
than a pound of cure; hence / think it bet
ter and safer to prevent horns from grow
ing than to dehorn.
Mr.. Adams says: "Caustic potash for
checking horn growth on calves seems to
be fully as effectual as any of the fluids
put up for that purpose. and is cheaper
and more readily applied. The potash
may be obtained at any drug store; it
comes in sticks about the size of a pencil,
and cents worth will suffice for fifteen or
twenty calves.
The work. to be the most effectual and
satisfactory, should be done as soon as
the little buttons can be definitely located
on the calfs head, say from three days to
two weeks old Clip the hair away from
the embryo horn with a pair Of scissors,
then with the tip of the finger moisten
with water the horn that is to be operated
on first. Care must be exercised not to
let any drops of water run down the calfs
head from the horn, for If it does, the
dissolved potash will follow the same
channel and cause unnecessary suffering
After moistening the little horn button,
take a stick of the caustic potash and wrap
around it a piece of paper, leaving a half
inch of the lower end exposed; the pur-
pose of the paper being to prevent the FIN
gers from coming in contact with the
potash. Hold the stick in the hand as one
would a pencil, and rub 1t all over and
around the base of the embryo horn. Keep
the horn moistened while the potash Is
being used. AS soon as the skin begins
to soften up and peel off the horn and It
commences to look red, as if the blood
were starting through, it is enough, and
the other horn may be treated in like man
ner have never, in my experience,
found a second application necessary.
Whatever potash may be left after the
work is performed should be corked up
tight in a bottle, so that the moisture In
the air will not dissolve il :"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
" hat Can Be Done in Garden in De-
cernbpr


Gardens are of different sizes. They are
made to certain extent for different pur-
poses. Some are made simply for the
treasure that may be derived from max
's them. Others again are made for the
NoHey that may be obtained. An anna
'eur with penchant for growing plants
much out of season as possible may
IL small way make ventures that a
1 lan with an eye solely to the profit will
- care to make. There is a vast diff
ehce between gardening for pleasure
~ gardening for profit. In a small way
H. treasure risks may be taken that may
H. oe taken on large scale with the
81ea of gain.
ri~l Is willing and able TO take certain
|crops. INC DeS' '''oiie' - -1''' .
mere in Middle Georgia the gardener
starts crop of cabbage in the fall
ri., carly winter must take a considerable
or Sh OIL having that crop considerably
,,-iiidged' if not killed entirely; but If the
nra-r OF January and February should
I've propitious, the profits will be very
fS5saliy magnified and he will have cause
~ ~ generalization that he had taken the
~, involved in such a venture.
q, mere are only a few crops that can
CO.., reason be started in the fall or
~ winter above the 34th degree of lat
80, Our winters are variable. and a
am crop of one or the other of our
tb-y or half-hardy Vegetables may go
49, oush all very nicely one year
Iar yet the very next year a SINH
crop will yield to the destructive in
frasIces of January or February
5oI,a1.e,. As high up as Central Georgia the
moving vegetables can be started in
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

So far as the climate is concerned there
is nothing in the way of growing these
nuts, but If you attempt their culture on
your average uplands you are not likely
to meet with much success. If you can
use such soil as is suited to the hickory,
you can produce the walnuts ultimately
We doubt that the chestnut would pay you
for the trouble of setting them out. You
might write to Arthur Brown, Bagdad,
Fla, or Herbert Post, Ft. Worth, Texas,
or J. l.. Norman, Markville, La. One or
the other of whom can give you informa-
ton about seeds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
ohestnutp and walnuts in South eeor.

Will chestnuts and English walnuts
grow and bear successfully in the pine and
wire grass section of this state latitude
S2)? If so. name the best varieties and
where they can be had. L. W. n.
Lloyd, Dooly county. Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

Questions and communications relative
arricul 4ral and horticultural subjects,
4 addressed to Agri- Editor, Drawer n,
Imedgeville, Ga. will receive immediate
.++auriOn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

l. Your sandy land needs vegetable mat
ter or humuTs. Kainit nor other mineral
element is at all likely to correct the
evil mentioned. 1t will not pay you to
keep such land in cultivated crops. You
must devote it to grass and clover using
such quantity of manure on such crops
as you can afford or turn it out to what
ever may spring up upon it,
2 II the land is worth anything, worth
doing anything for to preserve it, we
should certainly advise terracing it or if
this is too expensive devote it also to
grass.
3. Sow fall grain upon land infected with
such weeds. Cut the grain off early in
the spring lin May say and sow down
in peas. Pursue this plan for two years.
or you can SOW down to crimson clover in
February and follow with peas in July or
August.
A. Keep the warts thoroughly and con-
stantly creased with pure lard or vase
line. 7: this should not succeed then keep
saturated with strong acetic acid.
5. Blackseed cotton is no less exhaustive
to land than any other sort.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
Live Oak, Fla.

Can any of readers supply Mrs. D. with
what she wants, or perhaps tell her
where she can procure the bees, etc? We
assume that she would like to procure the
articles as near to her as possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
Several Questions of Interest.

Editor Morning News: Being interested
in all farm topics, and a reader of the
News, have decided TO ask you for some
information for which 1 shall be very
thankful.
!. l am the owner of some sandy land
which grows very diminutive stalks of cot
ton and corn. The former fires" almost
invariably and the corn remains green
over the larger part of the field until
killed by frost usually.
Would kainit have any material effect
for good by itself or in combination with
other substances on such land?
2. Are you in favor of terracing?
q 3. Can you tell me how to rid fields of
larkspur?
4. What is the best remedy for warts
growing on the lower jaws of a mule
where one is as large as the hand?
5. Is blackseed cotton less exhaustive to
land than the green seed? G. G.
WoOdcliff, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
TERMS OF SALE.

1t is not every couple starting in life that has the
money to pay cash down for all they want and especially
is this true in business for goods run I'D into
money If you are the right kind will help you start
out right by giving easy payments So don't put off
buying what want because you have got all the
money This offer goes for people who already mar
ried or even if not married Come and see u.s. Prices
the lowest in town.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
Bees and Hive Wanted.

find much pleasure in reading the ag-
ricultural department of the News, and
recently 1 was interested in an article on
bee raising" 1 would like to try few
hives the coming year. Can you inform
me where l can procure an Observatory
hive already stocked with bees?
Mrs. BERTHE Delegal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

re solicit articles for this department.
1T name OF the writer should accom-
~. the letter or article, not necessarily
= publication, but as an evidence of good
nth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
WEDDING OUTFITS

Did you ever hear or know of many weddings? 1t
seem that every seeking the channel which unfods
the intelligence whether marriage failure not" If
you have not joined that army you will be doing So and
marriage will not be failure if you buy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
FURNITURE AND CARPETS

from u.s. Tell your friends that you them to buy
their presents from u.s. have just what you want
Something useful.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-12-12
Mr.. Ashley's Statement.

When the House had been called to
order at 10 o'clock ..Citizen" Josh
Ashley arose to question of personal
privilege and the sensation of the
session developed Mr. Ashley said
that he saw published in The State of
the sporring. aud in,>circular form on
the desks of the members. letter writ
ten to him by B. F. Perry from Wash
iugton. aud it bad been rumored that
be had given out the letter for publica-
ton. He deniedabas-be had done SO,
or that he had shown the letter to any
one except two or three 10 his room.
He said that there was "pigger in the
wood pile" bigger than Ben Perry
He though. Ben Perry had been used to
pull the chestnuts out of the FIRE for
some one else
Senator Butler, be said. few days
ago had sent for him aud asked him if
he had received letter from Mr.
Perry He replied that he had, aud
Senator Butler asked him if he was
going to have it published, to which be
replied mo-" but that. if the charges
were true he (Scnator Butler) ought to
have proved them on the stump He
said that some one other than himself
bad given out copy of the letter for
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-12-12
Al other~Constab1e Killed.

COLUMBIA, S. c., December 8.-A
special to the State from Spartauburg
brings intelligence of the killing of
another of the State whiskey constabies.
The killing occurred shortly after dark
this evening at Gafney City, small
towu 10 the Pied. ont secf;on The
victim is Copstat. -7ne .Latimer It
seems that Latime. was in behind a
negro restaurant on the outskirts of the
city. He believed liquor vas being
sold 10 the place, and was hiding out
watching for the temperance Of "a ne
gro whom be had sent in to purchase a
pint Of whiskey for him. Just as the
negro returned and gave the constable
the whiskey be was fred upon from am
bnsh. He was shot through the stom-
ach aud cannot live, The town authori.
ties are hunting for the murderer:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-12-12
Narrow Escape of a Train.

CHARLESTON, Dec. "A special to
the Nems and Courier says that an
attempt was made near Florence, S. c.,
last q ght to wreck the uor,hbouud pas
seuger train on the Atlantic Coast Line
A piece of timber, fourteen feet long,
was laid on the track, parallel with aud
between the rails The engine, mail.
baggage and first class cars passed over
the obstruction, but the sleeper trucks
caught the timber and dragged it for a
mile, when the trucks of the sleeper
were turned across the track, tearing
up the track for several hundred yards.
The train was running sixty miles an
hour and had it left the track at this
point, it would have gone down thlr.
ty-five foot embankment aud resulted
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-12-12

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that is the last of it, 25.and so cent bot
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