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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
NOT so GREEN As IT. LOOKS.

From the Buffalo Courier.
Parrots are all right and very
amusing unless they happen to be
too intelligent. They r charming
creatures SO long as they will repeat
only what you teach them, but when
they begin to think for themselves
and to voice their thoughts the mat
ter changes complexion and may end
as seriously as did an affair at Siam.
ford, this state, the other day.
One Of the brightest and most
attractive young women In that
town is the owner Of an unusually
precocious parrot; incidentally, she
thought a great deal Of q young
farmer in the neighborhood, 90
much in fact that they were
betrotbed. But this young farmer
has always hated parrots, and that
has been the one sore point between
him and his promised wife. He has
especially hated the parrot in ques-
ton, and has repeatedly warned the
young lady that the thing was not 80
green as it looked, and that 1t would
surely trouble between them.
We can easily believe that the bird,
being beloved by his mistress, wal
always at hand during these little
talks, and it is az easy to believe
that no we'll ordered, intelligent
Aparrot would put mp long with such
sighting remarks rs the young
farmer was in the habit Of making.
II memory serves Alright, the bird
did once rebuke his mistress
sweetheart, but very mildly, simply
calling him a "sassy thing" On
that occasion Polly was promptly
punished by his mistress, who
snapped his head with q piece OF
%whalebone and covered his cage
with a piece OF paper for an entire
day. This was added insult, but
nothing was to be done except wait
for an opportunity to get ever The
opportunity soon came.
A few nights ago the young
farmer entered the house of hii
lite's light, and asked for the flame,
She was prinking, but would b.
down in a short time, aud woulG
Frank try to make friends with
Polly? So Frank turned into tn,
= room where Polly sat on his perch
! munching a cracker and grooming I
l jungle ditty. Extracting Q chocolst'
caramel from his pocket Franl
moved toward the cage. There ar
! tides in the affairs OF men and like
wise parrots, and this bright, l
green, pet realized that the food o
: his tide had como.
j "Hello, young ~hayseedl" h
shouted. -
There was q moment Of intensI
I silence. Then the cage was strucl
to the floor and the room was file
: with feathers and hair. A momen
later Polly's mistress entered tn
i room.
"what ia the trouble, Frank7"
"Someone has taught this parro
to call me a young hsyseed,'
9 answered her lover, flushed an
xntry, Stand / win not stand it."
"Dld you hurt poor PollyP" aske
! she, picking up the MANNED creature
Z 81 tried to kill the thing"
II The young woman vigorousl
~upbraided her lover, and hurriedl
slipping her engagement ring froi
y her finger and handing it bach
2 said:
ga man who loses his temper o
such slight provocation cannot b
2 my partner for life. The engage
9 ment is broken and you need nc
call again."
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
MY AIM.


live for those who love me,
For those who know me true;
For the heavens that bend above me,
And the good that 1 can do;
For the cause that needs assistance,
For the wrongs thar lack resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that | can do.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
Star Of the South.

GO 70 vsiasco for health. sea air sas
comforts where ships too dssp for All Other
Tsxss ports sail u Nd ~ est viii ssssi
where fruits ripon earlier aSd pay het1ss
han In caiiforn.s, whsrs NJ soil y . natara,
hst-hsd. Fresh vegetables ~ Winter.
coldsst tay u thrss years, = d~sspssssbcvs
asrs. warnsss day, = degrees. veassse
s9ers ~ bsse tnvssansnts y ~ sseeA.
wahs ~ CssnsUssAA O.. veaaaass uanss.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Prepared by II. X. Hinde, A. NJ, M. d.
The Child Samuel.
1Sam. 39:1-13.
Golden Text:-Speak Lord for thy ser
rant heareth. / sam. 3:9.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
why IL Pays to Raise Grass. Grain
and stock Together.

The growing OF grass and grain and
the feeding OF them out to stock or the
farm so well together. 1t is an item to
grow the largest crops of grain and
grass and to market them so as to re-
ceive the most for them. The manure
from the stock is needed TO keep up the
fertility of the soil in order to grow
good crops, and selling the crops in a
more concentrated form Of meat. milk
butter and wool secures a better price
than if sold in market whole. Both
manure for fertilizing and better prices
for the grain and grass can best be Sc
cured by feeding what is grown to good
growthy animals until they are ready
for market and then selling.
1T has been said over and over the
larger the growth and yield Of the crops
the more stock it is possible to keep
and feed, and the more stock fed the
more manure secured, and the more ma
nure the richer the soil and the better
the crops. But nearly every farmer of
experience knows that even with the best
of management it is difficult, if not i'm
possible, to save a sufficient amount OF
manure from the stock that can be fed
with what is grown on the average farm
to keep up the fertility. 1t can be made
the principal dependence, but in a MAORI
ty of cases if the land is built up, green
manuring, using commercial fertilizers,
or purchasing feed so as to keep a larger
number of stock will be necessary.
The growing of a variety OF crops and
the feeding out to different kinds of
stock not only offers a better opportunity
to keep up the fertility of the farm and
secure better prices for the products,
but II materially lessons the risk Of fail
ure and gives a more steady income,
while what is grown can always be used
to better advantage and the stock be
fed and prepared for market at a less
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

In choosing between these two grains
for sowing, even as late as the first OF
April. our choice would be oats. OF course.
it is no use to SOW either now unless on
good land and land that has been well
prepared with plow and harrow. Under
such circumstances and using three to
three and one-half bushels of seed there
is no reason why a splendid crop of for
age should not be made by June. # the
seasons are fairly good. Every one should
try to have an abundance of stock food.
There are at least three crops that can
follow the oats in June-cotton, peas and
sweet potatoes. Have you ever raised
crop of cotton planted after the oats.
even cut of during the first week in
June? If you have not it will surprise
you how easily such crop can be made
and how near an average crop it will be
Whether for cotton or peas all that is
necessary is to lay off scooter burrows at
three feet, sow the seed evenly along
the furrow, then break out the middle
thoroughly with the same pillow. 1t will
be a great gain if a roller is run over
the seed burrows just after breaking out.
Cotton planted properly in June on
oat stubble will push that that was plant
ed the last of April much closer than
the inexperienced planter would suppose
By the middle of August there will be
but little difference perceptible.
For June planting the cluster kinds are
preferable Say the small farmer
sows ten acres of oats the last of March
In June. if he chooses, he can replant
these ten acres something like this: Four
acres cotton, five acres peas and one
acre sweet potatoes, or he can devote
the land to all cotton or all peas, just as
he may think it advisable.
One crop we should certainly not be
induced to sow. and that IS German mil
let. 1t is a poor crop.
on the small farm an acre or two of
fodder corn. sown just as early as pos
sible is always a good thing. 1t is time
now to sow such crop. 1t will come
in very handy after awhile. especially
If there should be much rainy weather
and pasturage not easily available.
This ought to be the year of food and
forage crops in the south. but by no
means neglecting cotton entirely.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

that there will be as great reduction in
the cotton acreage. except in some To-
ealities Of limited influence. II this
should prove true. it is not unreasona-
bic TO anticipate lower prices for cotton
than has prevailed yet
We are not aware that there has been
any marked reduction in the price of
ierullzers, certainly none Of a kind to
correspond with the greatly reduced price
OF the staple for which the fertilizer is
chiefly used.
Can farmers afford 70 buy commercial
Iertiilzers at the current prices of the
past Two years to raise 4. perhaps Scent
cotton2 Even if we We're assured of 3
cents, to what extent would a farmer
be Justified in using STANDARD FertiH-
ger with which TO grow a larger. crop
than he would grow il he used no fertll-
lzer Have any of our farmer readers
anything to say upon this question? 1t
is very important one
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

To make profitable hens. chickens
should be Matched the end OF March or
the beginning Of April. With proper care
and feeding pullets viii commence lay
ing about the middle of October. The sup
ply of eggs should be about one-third as
many as the number of hens but this
should improve as the season advances.
until one egg to every two hens is the
average. Many poultry-keepers will OK
claim that this Is too liberal an allow
ance. which they can never reach. II they
do not they must look to themselves for
the source OF the trouble.
There Is no secret in egg production.
The explanation Of success IS TO be found
in attention to the small. apparently in
significant details. which are generally
considered too trihing. Clean. snug
houses. free from draughts, a variety of
suitable food. a hot morning meal, fresh
water. etc. are the things which conduce
to eggs IN winter. 1t is we'll to remember
that the chief point is to reproduce sum-
mer conditions In cold weather To this
end they should be supplied with grit.
dust baths. etc, and be allowed an OPP
portunity for open-air exercise on fine
sunny days. II will pay to shovel snow
away from the front of the houses FOR
a considerable distance to afford the hens
the necessary airing II all these details
are properly seen to, the hens will return
all the labor and cost with interest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
Natural Plant Food.

Editor Morning News: ! notice an ar
ticle from IS" in the News of Feb. %, an
inquiry of the Natural Plant Food"
MIR. NJ. A. Winters. superintendent of
agencies. claimed to have the so-called
Natural Plant Food" analysed at the
Georgia experiment station, which was
not analysed or tested at that station.
While the station did make test of
different fertilizers on cowpeas in 1898.
on which the FLORIDA soft phosphate"
was tried incidentally. and the results
seemed to indicate that this article might
prove a cheap source of "phosphoric
acid" These results were publised in
Bulletin No. % OF the Georgia expert
ment station, from which Mr.. Winters
issued a number of dodgers" stating in
a very quiet way that his Natural
Plant Food" is based on Florida soft
phosphate, though the chief intent of
these dodgers" l think was to make the
impression that it was his stuff that was
tested, which was not the case. While
1 don't dispute the so-called Natural
Plant Food" being based on the FLORIDA
soft phosphate (the stuff that was tested
as he claimed. and of course it may prove
to be a tolerable good and effective source
of .phosphoric acid But the Natural
Plant Food" can't take the place of
guano. because it doesn't contain a par
ticle of ammonia, only a ground phos-
phate Cunacidulated) to which a little pot
ash is added. 1t may deserve the recog-
milton of the farmer, which of course
I hope will prove good and effective
fertilizer after being properly tested and
analysed. +. ii. {.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

Asparagus has but few compeers. few
or no superiors. among garden vegetables.
and should be in every garden. once
properly established it abides for many
years, and heralds the return OF spring
and Of the restored vegetable life with
grace no other vegetable does. 4 number
Of varieties or named sorts have been oh.
tanned through selection and sporting"
but recently, from one unvarying type
that had been known for twenty centuries
or more. IL was described as a garden
vegetable by Cato several generations be-
fore the Christian era. An improved type
came with the Introduction OF Conover's
Colossal, some thirty years ago. Since
then names of asparagus have been multi
piled until the catalogues show a dozen
or more named sorts. The kind just
named Is good enough. but some grow
ers IN this section prefer the Palmetto or
the Philadelphia Mammoth. One-year or
twO-year-old roots can be had so cheaply
from those who make their culture a
speciality that there is little need for start
ing plantation from the seeds. BY the
large quantity, one-year-old roots can be
purchased from 81 to 81 per thousand. The
roots may be set out any time in early
spring. whenever the soil is in condition
for being worked. The rows should be
five or six feet apart and the plants set
two or two and one-half feet apart in
the row. At the start a good applica-
ton of ground raw bone should be fOrked
in or narrowed in, and broad burrows
sufficiently deep to receive the plants
thrown out. The tips Of the plants should
he three and one-half or four inches under
the surface. At planting cut off any
bruised or broken roots and use care to
spread the roots out in every direction,
throw on about an inch of mellow soil,
sprinkle on and about the roots a handful
more of bone dust. mi in to a level or
nearly so, and press the soil firmly upon
the roots As soon as the shoots appear
and growth sets in in the spring give
enough cultivation to keep down weeds.
DO not cut the plants at all until the sec
ond year after setting out Let the tops
remain in the fan to die a natural death,
II being killed by frost may be called natu-
raj death. Later the dead tops may be
removed If desirable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
Fruit Growing on Worn out Land.


A man should plant his fruit and every
thing else on the very best soil he can
and then manure as highly as he can,
using judgment and discrimination Of
course, says the Florida Agriculturist.
write the following merely to tshow
what can be done when one is driven
to use very poor land.
Some years ago wishing to considerably
extend my strawberry acreage and hav-
ing no other land convenient ] was forced
to make use Of some notorious for its pow
erty. Farming on it made the unhappy
tenant such a butt for all the wags of
the neighborhood that it had come to
mass that no one would cultivate II.
II was loosely affirmed that it was so
moor and weak that the effort to sprout
a pea made it grunt
Some Of this land / sowed in peas for
a year before planting in strawberries,
soon after blowing we'll and manuring
az follows: / put in strawberries at once.
There was considerable diversity of soil,
VARYING from extreme sandiness, through
''crawfish" pipe clay to a little stin red
clay in places.
AS the soil was depleted Of every in
gredient of plant food, especially of pot
ash. 1 MANFRED it heavily; one ton kainit,
800 pounds cotton seed meal and 800
bounds acid phosphate per acre. About
threc-fourths Of this was sown broad
cast and well narrowed in before plant
ing. except 300 pounds Of the cotton seed
meal which was applied in drill. Half
the remainder was applied as top dress
ing over the plants the following Novem-
Der and what was left sown likewise
the following March. In using heavy
quantities of fertilizers like this as top
dressing scatter II over the whole field
rniddles as well as beds. What falls on
the plants viii do no harm provided 1t
is applied only in winter while the plants
are in a dormant state.
Now for the results. My plants made
a quick an magnificent growth. ! never
saw finer or more vigorous ones The
wags quit laughing before June was out.
Although the summer was dry they main
tanned a heauhy condition and grew till
cold weather set in.
The next spring that field was the
earliest to bloom out and the earliest to
ripen of any field that ! had. The ber-
rles were large and well colored and sold
as well as any that grew that year. The
yield, while not as heavy as that on
some of my richer lots, which had been
heavily MANFRED for years, was large
one and paid we'll
Since then the field mas kept up and
even increased It's yield. But / have fed
Il literally especially with potash ma
nures, KANT and muriate Of potash
When heavy yearly applications are made
i IS better TO use, say 600 pounds kalnit
and 800 TO 900 pounds Of muriate OF pot
ash.
The ammonia In cotton seed meal or
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
Natural Plant Food.

IS" of Waycross. Ga, sends a sample
of ground phosphate rock sold under the
name of Natural Plant Food" The
printed analysis that accompanies the
sample claims for the fertilizer very near
w 80 per cent. of phosphoric acid, viz
2949. The selling price per ton is given
at $11.
In replying to SIS" question whether it
would prove profitable to use such a fer
tilizer for ordinary crops, we can give him
little satisfaction. AS little, or none of
the phosphoric acid is in soluble con-
dition it is quite possible that it would
have no effect at all the first season, and
especially on quickly maturing crops like
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

IN nitrate Of soda gives a inc plant
growth. The phosphoric acid in acid
phosphate or dissolved bone aids the
plant growth and enters In a considera-
Die degree in the formation Of the fruit
The potash in kainit OF muriate OF pot
ash while promoting plant growth enters
IN very large degree indeed in the
making of the fruit or berry
stable manure on any rich fresh land
Will make as firm plant growth as one
can wish 10 see; and after. very good
crops of berries can be grown thus. But
heavy crops of the finest berries or fruit
OF any kind can be grown only when the
great desideratum. potash. Is supplied
In quantities commensurate with the de-
mand; and yearly heavy cropping calls
for yearly heavy supply. il there is to
be no falling of in yield.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

potatoes, cabbage. corn or melons. II the
growing season for such crops should
prove exceedingly dry. or even exceeding
~ wet. the fertilizer would hardly have
perceptble effect. Applied at the time of
sowing small grain in the fall. such a fer
tilizer would have more time to become
partly dissolved before the active period
of growth set in.
s. will have to prove his question for
himself. Try ton at any rate this year.
using 200, 400 and COO pounds per acre.
leaving several unfertilized rows at inter-
walls. Try some of it on bermuda or other
permanent pasture also.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

come too dry. II the drying winds. pro-
verbal OF this month. and the Increasing
power Of the sun are drying out the
land so fast as TO render IL likely that
a part Of IL will be too hard to pillow be-
fore IL can be reached. run over this
portion with a heavy harrow. and break
the crust This will conserve the moist
ure and keep the land in a condition
TO pillow long after IL would otherwise be
too hard. In blowing at this season Of
the year. do not turn up more than A
very small quantity Of the subsoil. IL Is
to late for this to be sufficiently aerated
and mellowed to become available as
plant-sustaining soil. Break the subsoil
with a subsoil pillow. and leave 1t in the
bottom OF the furrow s. T.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
Keep the PIOyvs Going in All Good
weather.

As soon as ever the weather permits
and the land dries sufficiently get the
teams to work. and push on the blowing,
but do not be tempted, even by the de-
lay which has been enforced. TO pIow
when the land is too wet. To do so only
means to make work later, and yet IN the
end to have ar unsatisfactory seed bed.
Another thing to be guarded against is
not to allow the unplowed land TO be-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
d" We Afford TO Use Commercial
Fertilizer to Grow Cotton.

Is more than likely that there will
... sfeat reduction in the use OF fer
.,.9 This year. 1t is natural that this
''' be the case. From what we can
' We are forced 20 the conclusion
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

o~sstions and communications relative
- ogricultural and horticultural subjects,
~ addressed to Agri- Editor. Drawer N.
hnrsigeville, Ga, will receive immediate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

will generally give a profit to the grower.
while the small crops are always produced
at a loss
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

We solicit articles for this department
The name Of the wrltes n Snoula accom-
- -pblication, but as an evidence of good
faith.
The herald., 1895-01-15

will get that appropriation 81 cure as
fate.
~ will stats frankly what l know
about it and how 1 cam0 in possession
OF the knowledge, because | think your
people should have their eyes opened to
the danger they are in of bsDg iobbed
at the hands OF congress through the
Vaccinations of Oollis P. Huntington.
"Now. in making these disclosures
do not claim to be m 1ysd solely by pa
triotism. Imay havs asfsh interests at
stake, as expect to bscome a resident
and property owner in your city, and
the motives that prompt ms are. there-
fore, the same that would prompt any
other property holder to do or say that
which would be for the welfare
OF the property interests of the
city. Furthermore, I am not seeking
notoriety, and 1 therefore request that
you do not uae my name in connection
with this interview. | am ready to
substantiate my statoament1 at any
time. though, to any one making the
request, and you may keep my name
and address for the private information
of any one questioning the authenticity
OF this interview"
TO GET ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
The preliminarles being thus arranged,
the gentle man from the Quaker City.
who by the way is q heavy capitalist
and man Of high standing, proceeded
to divulge his state secret
II have an intimate friend in Wash
ington who is professional lobbyist,
and may say, one of the m ost success
full at the national capital. This friend
of mins is from the south and on in.
innate of Senator Rlnsom. chairman of
the senate committee on commerce..
Last fall, hearing that sub-commjt ttee
OF the senate commerce COMMITTEES was
going to visit Southern California for the
purpose OF deciding upon the best loca-
ton for deep sea harbor for Los An
geles, it occurred to me that / might
combine business with pleasure, by ac-
companying that committee on ita
junk ksting trip, or coming on here about
the same time, observe which port thes
The herald., 1895-01-15

were going to report in favor of. and
using the knowledge thus obtained, get
in early and buy some of the water
front or land adjoining the proposed
hasbor sits, and thus lay the foundation
for nice real estate speculation,
with this end in view, l hied me to
Washington to consult with my friend
Colonel -, the lobbyist. 1t is not
necessary to drag his name into this in
terview, for reasons that are obvious.
Well, the colonel acquiezced in my plans
and we both agreed to accompany the
senate sub. ommittee which was to visit
Los Angeles Immediately after the elec-
tiona.
THE TRIP POSTPONED.
Tho elections. as you krow, had
quite a depressing effect on the Dam
ocrats in congress, most CT them losing
interest in the buainsss OF the short ses-
sion, on account OF their failure OF re-
election. Senator Ransom, himself. as
you are aware. will lose his seAt on ac.
count OF tho political landslide in North