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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Pnsturing Sorghum.

I notice articles from which 1 would in
fer that it is thought that the only danger
in pasturing sorghum is in the second
growth, says j. NJ. Rice in Breeders Ga
zette. 1 have given much time to investi-
eating the question and am satisfied that
it makes no difference as to whether it is
first, second, or third growth, or whether
saccharine or non-saccharine sorghum
Chat is Kafflr corn, or whether the cattle
have got full feed or only few mouth
fuls. The danger is in the first feed or
until the system becomes accustomed to
it. Thousands of cattle here are pastured
and fed on the green sorghum and l have
had no trouble nor any Of my neighbors,
but there is no question but what it has
caused death to cattle, and that very sud
denly. ] am not a veterinarian and will
not presume TO give any theory, but 1t acts
like collie in horses or hoved in cattle and
yields to the same treatment. That the
sorghum is not poisonous, as poison is
generally understood, Is proved by the
cattle recovering when an incision is made
into the rumen or paunch, allowing the
gas to escape, or yielding to aconite treat
ment A teaspoohful of the tincture of
aconite is a heavy dose. In the severest
case of collie ! never gave a horse over
twenty-five drops. / would advise caution
for the first few days with any kind of
green sorghum, though you might not, as
past experience shows, have any trouble
but better be upon the safe side, and for
a few days before turning upon such pas
ture feed them little that has been cut
for day and see that they have plenty of
water and other feed, preferably that
which is dry, before going in
Then closely watch them for a short time
If they will be affected It will likely be
within five to fifteen minutes. and a rem
edy should be at hand, for without aid
death generally ensucs within an hour
Sorghum is a great pasture and feed, but
at first use a little caution.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
A RIVAL TO DARIUS GREEN.
His Invention, However, TO be n
Filler on the Water.
From the New York Tlmes.

from the New YORK IlmeS.
Sing Sing, N. Y.-As this is year for
bringing to the front new ideas in ma
val architecture and the building Of fiiers.
primarily, of course, TO keep the old Amer
ica's cup on this side OF the Atlantic, the
Bristol builders have not been alone in
their glory, for a Sing Sing mechanic
has Just completed and launched a steam
yacht contrived upon what he claims to
be entirely new ideas, and which he ex-
poets to see make forty miles an hour,
and thus open the eyes of the yachting
world
This inventor is Henry Hansen, part
ner of Alderman Samuel Gustin. and the
yacht was built during the past few
months in their factory on Fourth OF
July HILL" which is so named as 1t used
TO be the place where on every anniver-
sary Of the glorious Fourth, cannon used
to boom at stated intervals. 1t may be
a good omen for the new craft that she
has at least a patriotic birthplace.
Mr.. Hansen was influenced to construct
this boat by the success of one that he
built some time ago, on smaller lines,
which went easily ten miles an hour. Now
he has enlarged the hull and given it four
times the power in machinery, and claims
that it will cut through the water at
four times the pace Of his first boat. un-
less he has missed his calculations.
The people living in Broadway were
surprised to-day to see this large bull,
thirty-eight feet long and standing ten
feet up in the air, coming down the hill
on a small, but solidly constructed. truck
and going toward the upper dock. 1t
moved along on land all right, ana this
may be a presage of better things to come
in the water.
A little difficulty was experienced when
the Hudson River railroad tracks were
reached, as the rails there are very high
and heavy ones, but by blocking up on
each side of them, which idea was the
emanation of the inventors brain, the
hull was in due course of time conveyed
to the north side of the electric light pow
er house and then preparations were made
TO launch 1t.
While thus propped up in the air large
crowds viewed the craft. and had many
opinions to offer concerning what it would
do in the water Standing facing the bow
It has the appearance Of a cutter of fine
lines The bow is perpendicular, and IS
mailed with sheet iron for about a couple
Of feet on either side. When the Inventor
was asked what that was done for. he re-
piled:
That Is necessary. for. unless II Yves
thus placed with Iron, tho going through
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Kobe, Japan. July. 'e5.
More About Second Crop Potntoe,

More ABOUT SecOn0 CrOp POthtOes.
read with much interest your directions
for the second crop of potatoes, and would
like additional information. ]. What va
riety is best for second crop? The Triumph
is mostly used here. 2. Who originated the
Triumph? Bliss of New York claims il
also a Memphis man. 8. Can any fertilizer
be used on second crop? If so, what and
how much? A. Do you use small or large
size seed potatoes for second crop? 5. Do
you cut any besides the seed end of pota-
toes? In other words, after you cut that
end off, and discard it, which you say
should be about the size of a quarter of a
dollar. do you cut again?
To which Practical Farmer replies:
l. The Triumph is probably as good as
any, but our experiments now in progress
may develop something in this line. 2.
The Triumph was sent out by Mr. Bliss.
Seedsmen seldom originate anything them
selves, but often buy the entire stock of
some new plant and attach their name to
it. 1t may have originated at Memphis. g.
If the late crop is grown for seed as it
usually IS, / should not care to use any
fertilizer on it, if the land has been ma
nureG for an early crop of some sort At
that season the fertilizer might be a posi-
tive injury, IF the weather is dry. If any
is needed IL would pest De applleu DToau-
cast. The object is not to grow thor
oughly matured crop of large potatoes,
but lot of partly matuued ones that will
keep without sprouting in the cellar. If
a crop for table use is wanted, 1t should
be grown from the second crop seed of the
previous year, kept over and planted in
July. The second crop for seed should
not be planted before middle of August. A.
prefer to use as good potatoes as can be
had, for I believe in the best for seed
s. The only reason that 1 cut the second
crop planting at all, is that the potatoes
seem, from our experiments, to sprout
more readily if the skin is broken. 1t is
perfectly immaterial what part is cut, so
that a small piece is cut off and rejected
Keep the planting pieces as large as pos
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Save Hay.

More than usual care should be given to
this very important need.
"a far more serious disaster than the
loss of 10O,0O0,O00 bushels of the winter
wheat crop is the shortage of the hay
crop, which will be. more seriously felt
by reason Of the small yield last year and
the consequent comparatively light stocks,
The crop in 1894 per official figures, was
H. 445. 900 tons less than in 1893 100000
tons less than in 1892 and $4,000 less than
in the average of previous five years The
Yield this year is variously estimated at
one-half TO two-thirds of 1894 say 100000
to 80, 900, 600 tons, against 1921, 600 tons in
1894 and So, 765, 600 tons in 1888. The price
now in many sections is $40, but even at a
farm price of SO per ton the financial loss,
compared with five years average, 1898,
would be $24O, 1000, 600 to 1920. 100000. against
$50 600 900 to $50, 900, 600 on 100000, 900 bush
els of wheat The hay de-
felt. while large in the east is
greater at the west notably in Indiana
and Illinois, in which states and probably
elsewhere a good many oats win be cut
before maturity and used as a substitute.
The farmers of Tennessee and other
southern states are experimenting the loss
of clover, meadow grass, by planting large
acreages of millet, sorghum and peas
Exchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Our Japan Letter-The OOnshui Or
anne.

Agricultural Editor Morning News:
copy a letter just received from
Walker coutny. Alabama, which may
prove of interest to you, tell
ing, as it does of Oonshm oranges.
Mr.. t. Brigden writes: zone of your Oon-
shuts you sent me some time ago Is
living and is literally loaded with fruit.
1t has never been petted in any way. but
treated as a geranium or other semi
hardy flower. About November it is set
in a glass-fronted shed, and in Febru-
airy or March it is brought out into the
open air for the bees etc, to fertiliZe the
flowers. This is the fourth year it has
fruited. OF course the whole matter was
simply to test the hardness of the plant.
This is not a section in which oranges
can be grown for ommercial purposes,
for the thermometer sometimes plays
round zero, and this at a season when
the sap is active, but Il l could possibly
spare the time, l wonld prepare a cheap
shed and grow enough trees to supply
fruit for my family, for they are of far
finer quality than those purchased at the
stores. l should like to see the Oonshm
tried in the south of England. We used
to grow the Tanierine and Mandarin there,
but they are only valuable as curiosities.
Hundreds of plums, cherries and other
fruits are grown in pots as dwarfs in
glass orchard house and when in fruit
are sent to decorate the dining tables of
the wealthy. who pay from so to $l2
each for the fruit on them, the trees
being returned for another season. The
dwarf habit and easy culture OF the
Oonshui would fit 1t exactly for this pur-
pose. l may make visit to my old home
there this summer, and if do 1 shall
certainly look into this matter. The
question of cost is not considered there.
l want to plant 10000 apple trees this year
and continus until 1 get out 800 acres.
We own over 5000 acres adapted to fruit
and sheep raising.
In Japan the Oonshui seldom grows over
ten feet high, but l have measured sew
enty feet circumference OF branches,
which, from the weight of the fruit.
trailed on the ground. The japanese do
not prune at all. On full growth trees
there are thousands of fruit.
II. L. Amoore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

the water so rapidly would cause it to
splinter" This brought several smiles to
the faces Of the onlookers, but they had to
take his word for II.
The appearance Of the boat from the
bow gives an impression that II may be
a fast one, there being little or no swell
to the body until near the stern, where
1t all seems to be crowded on. side
view reminds one of those canal boats
that are built in two parts, one part be-
ing the half with the bow, and the other
with the stern. The hull looks like the
forward section of such a canal boat
The stern appears to have been cut off
suddenly, as though the builders mate
rial had given out. The boat is about
eight feet beam.
The propelling machinery is more OF
novelty than the hull. 1t consists of a
series of paddles or buckets, on an endless
chain principle. The chain goes over a
hog-back frame, and then through an in
verted trough, where the keel Of the boat
ought to be, in order to drive the craft
ahead. The paddles run about one-third
the length of the boat, and are managed
so that seven are in the water all the time
There are two rudders below the keel,
one placed on each side OF the paddle
trough in proportions similar to those oc-
cupied by twin screws on a steamer
1t has an overhanging stern, which is
propped up from below. The deck is pro-
tected by a fence-like railing which
may. OF course, be succeeded by something
more artistic.
There were many curious visitors at the
dock to-day to look at the craft which has
set the whole village talking and which
the designer says is going to astonish
the yachting world. and revolutionize
steam yacht building, If speed is one OF
the requirements In a boat.
The two ninety horse power engines
q ua
signed and constructed by this mechanic.
Thus far II has cost clnse To sc 90
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
CaIomcI For Pear blight.

There are remedies and remedies for all
sorts of things. A few years ago Mis-
souri, doctor announced to the horticul-
rural society of that state that ten to ff-
Teen grains of calomel inserted under the
Dark Of pear tree would cure the tree
~ Dhght. In the spring soon as the sap
Desan a vigorous flow, a split is made in
,uc park, as If you were going to insert a
.uu' the bark is pulled back, the calomel
Inserted, and the bark replaced and kept
IN place by a band.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

At no distant day we will speak of the
peach and its enemies. at some length.
In the meantime, il any reader can give
p. H. B. any information of value We
would be glad to publish it. The fight is
on with insects and blights and it be-
hOOves the farmer to increase his stock
of useful knowledge as regards the best
means of making a successful contention
with the animate and inanimate foes Of
the farm, garden and orchard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Kennedy for Horn Fly.

whenever the hornhy Is likely TO make
provide ready for use mixture OF cotton
seed oil tcrude) or fish oil and tar-two
r'A's of the former to one pint Of the laS
tt. When necessary this should he ap-
anei with light brush or mop. This
ny Is very annoying to cattle and II al
,'Nea TO have It's way. will cause loss Of
lesh and milk
-aoIAer remedy. perhaps equally as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

Mr.. John L. Davis. mayor Of Oakland,
Call has taken to riding a bicycle. He
uses It to inspect work on streets and
other public public improvements, and in
making his rounds uses the regulation
cycling costume Of cap, knickerbockers
a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Spraying For Rot I'm Grapes and
TOmafoe.

A correspondent asks for the formula
OF Bordeaux Mixture" for spraying pur-
poses.
Five pounds of blue vitrol. five pounds
Of Quicklime, fifty gallons OF water
For extensive use a sprayer is essential.
but for small number of vines or plants
the mixture can be applied with a whisk
broom, Of course il is a little tedious
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Peach Maggot.

Agricultural Editor Morning News: Our
peaches are so full OF worms we can
hardly get enough sound ones 10 put up
for winter use. Some time during the
season please give us a remedy that We
may use another year TO ward off the
little pests p. II. 3.
BachlOtt. Ga, July q.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
From the GalYeston (Tex.l News.

FTom the galveston NItA.J news.
After Aug. /. one will not have to pay
a cent for anything he buys of merchants
If he can show that any two of them
have agreed TO mark their goods up or
down. Ones agreement to pay in such
a case IS not enforceable "ether in law
goods eagerly at fair and satisfactory
price has nothing to do with the case
The agreement to pay for them is "abso-
general laws of the Twenty-fourth legis-
iature II the merchants don't like IL
one can appeal to the powers that be in
this great democratic state and have
to the penitentiary for ten years besides
SIN the constitution OF the United States
declares that no state shall pass any law
ifnpairing the obligation of contracts.
ia, cots.h,,-.. t.., /, h.ht, 20 .,,r,,r,.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Father Eighty-Four Years Old.
From the Philadelphia Press.

Halifax.-A dispatch from Charlotte
town, Prince Edward Island, says Mrs.
Alexander Campbell of Montague, gave
birth to FIVE daughters on Sunday. Her
husband is a tailor. in his saith year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

There are few crops grown that re-
quire as little work as turnips. and in a
favorable season there are few crops that
yield as well. says N. J. Shepherd, in
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

ouestlons and communications relative
a agricultural and horticultural subjects,
4 addressed 10 Agri. Editor. Drawer n.
Yuedgeville, Ca. will receive immediate
- tinn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

Rat Expcl!er.-Had been annoyed with
rats for years. Always losing more or or
less corn. apples mix and potatoes until
about one year ago. Having tried every
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

we solicit articles for this department.
r. name of the writer should accom-
Nv the letter or article, not necessarily
4 publication. but as an evidence Of good
hfh
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
Get Good Hogs For breeding stock.

The ''razOr-back" hog is rapidly becom-
ing a thing of the past. being only found
in the form of pictures in books. or on
the farms where books and papers are
mover seen, says the Southern Farmer.
There are still no doubt. a good many
non-paying hogs in different parts of the
country, but these are there by force of
circumstances rather than bN choice
Breeders have seen the better hog and
they are no longer content with what
they have, but are seeking to improve their
stock, or getting the pure bred. Some.
who do not feel able to buy male and
female, secure a male at least, and grade
It,
1t is no easy matter to select male
best suited for the stock a breeder may
own. II takes some experience. Those
who have no experience should correspond
with breeders who have spent years in
the business. and buy of those who have
made a reputation in handling reliable
stock Perhaps such can now be found
in almost every neighborhood. In stock
raising as in everything else, good be-
ginning is a guarantee of success; If
right methods are then adopted, not
only to keep the animals up to their stan
dard but even 10 better them in any of
the main points where improvement will
appear possible TO a breeder of skill and
experience.
The hog is one OF the most profitable
of animals to be kept on the farm. The
money invested is small, and in a short
time II returns with a fair increase. A
few acres of meadow land will be ample
TO pasture a score, and this makes 1t pos
slble for small farmers to raise swine.
The offal from the kitchen and dairy,
supplemented by a little grain and corn,
in some form, will furnish quite salts
factory food for them, and at low cost,
so that il is possible to make as much
out of swine as from any other source
the farmer may have, and the better the
hog. the greater and more certain the in
come will be.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

good. is FISH oil or cotton seed oil. 100
plnts; crude carbolic acid. three pints.
mixed and applied in like manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

Of condemned hose secured from the
Hartford FIRE department at &c per foot.
The pipe from the union at the ram and
pond pipe is all twc-inch- \ portion Of the
pipe lies about one foot below the sur
face 30 as 10 allow OF plOughiug and clIl-
tivating, but the larger part Hes on the
ground. near the berry field: the hose Is
coupled to the pipe and the former is
moved 10 any portion OF the field desired.
An incline board. six TO eight feet long.
is supported BY pieces OF scantling as legs
on each side. On the incline board the hose
IS laid. An old nozzle is used and on the
end is a large sprinkler with numerous
eighth-inch holes. A barrel Of water pass
Is through the sprinkler per minute. To
equal a good summer rain. at
least one inch in depth Of
water should be applied per acre.
which means 1900 gallons or 1l3 tons Of
water. y pipe must discharge nearly two
gallons per second TO run such a quantity
over an acre in five hours.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

Lady Salisbury has a habit Of turning
away her head when shaking hands with
a stranger
The herald., 1895-08-24
FROM SISTER REPUBLICS
Plans for the Sanitation of Vera
Cruz Prepared
EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO
The Trouble Between Peru and Bolivia
Settled
Aiiaro Has No Intention of Meddlng With
Coiombia-Paraguay VIII Settle Her
Foreign Debt
Associated Press Special Wire.

CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. 23.-Plans
for the thorough sanitation OF the city
and port of Vera Cruz have been prepar ed
tor approval by the government. Ac-
cording to this plan the recent system of
surface drainage directly into the harbor
will be substituted by underground sewers
which Will carry the sewage of the city be-
yond the artificial harbor now in course
OF construction, TO the open sea, In this
manner avoiding contagion of the water
as by the existing system is exactly
the case Mt Havana. a supply of drink
ing water will be brought into the city
and part of it employed in continually
flushing the sewers. Engineers and sani-
tary authorities believe this plan will
completely eradicate the yellow fever,
rendering Vera Cruz as healthy as Tam
pico and permitting the long contemp plat
ed conversion of a portion of the water
front into a pleasure and bathing resort.
1t is now impossible t. find clean bath
ing places at Vera Cruz owing to sewage
which flows directly into the best parts
of the shore where there are good beaches
A section of the penal code relating to
duelling provides that when any person
is wounded or killed in duel, the con-
dilton of which are favorable to one of
the combatants. the challenging party
shall be punished by ten yea-s' impris-
onment and the recipient Of the challenge
six years. The challengers' seconds are,
in such cases, subject to the same punish
ment as the principals and it is urged
here that this law will apply in the
Romero-N Nerastegui case now on trial if it
is proved that the latter was the challeng-
ing party and the duel was unfair. The
seconds in this case expect to escape with
sentence of nine months imprisonment
to be commuted at the rate OF a shilling a
day.
Advises from the town of Ghocoman.
state of Vera Cruz. relate that there have
been many earthquakes there which
have thrown the inhabitants into panic.
At an amateur bull fight at Santa Clara
The herald., 1895-08-24
ShsepsIiead { Nv Entries

The following is the list of entries and
weights of the races to be run at Sleeps
head Bay today, which are posted at the
Los Angeles Turf club, 2l2 South Spring
street. Commissions received on these
races, also on San Francisco races, and
full description OF each event:
First race, fve-eishths of a mile. selling
-Lenania 107 Carib 106, Brisk log.
Religion lo5, Predicament 10i, Yankee
Doodle l04, Perino 103. kamsin 103 CHS
sic b. l03. Ononto 100, Ostle- Joe 81,
Emotional "a, Hayward 80, Del Coronado
80, Annie Barton 80, Skyblue 92.
Second race, th1ee-fourths of a mile,
handicap Domino 1873, Rey Del Conday
1l2. Butterflies 109 Ed keany 104, Belli-
coso 93.
Third race, selling, tbree-fourths of a
mile-Sir Francis 107. Chesapeake 107.
Wem berg 1906 Walter l06, Iustre 100,
Liza l0i. Defargilla l03, Arapahoe 81. Fred
Douglass 50, Ena 80. lola 81, Burgundy
So, Second Attempt S6, Hugh Penny ll5.
Fourth race. about three-fourths of a
mile, Futurity stakes, $61, 900 value to
winner-Applegate 122, Wishard 105,
Jefferson 115, Hastings lis. Merry Prince
lib, Refugee 112. Handspring 120, Axiom
10, Hazlett lis, Requittal 115, Formal
l13. IntermisslUn liz, Silver Second los,
Palmerston lis, King of Bohemia los,
Roundsman 10. Whippany los; Beau
cendo lO6 Ben Hamil 106.
Fifth race. one mile, purse-Dorian 49,
Matt Byrnes los. Certainty l06, Lookout
103, Dolabra a. Hermitage 81, Bambo-
sette 90, Emma 9S.
Sixth race. one mile and one-sixteenth,
on turf-Certainty l19, Dunraven 49,
Lille Mall III, Lookout 1l6. Ouida l12,
Sunup 106. NicolouX l03, Lightfoot l12.