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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15
Ginseng and Its Culture.

The following remarks on the subject Of
|nseng was contributed to the Western
Burial by a correspondent at Sherman,
FIX. We had slight suspicion that there
Re parties preparing to boom ginseng
|lture before very long in the hopes Of
baking a fortune from the sale of roots
|ld seeds a high prices, as was the case
IN sacallne last year.
Il is quite probable that the culture of
|nsens will prove profitable to some
powers at no distant day, but as remark
before. any extended growing of the
ant Will bring prices down promptly to
figure that will reduce the expected
|ofts greatly.
The object Of this letter is to call atten-
4 % TO ginseng culture. This little plant
adapted to wider range of soil and
. mate than any other one thing l know
4 1t is a beautiful plant; no prettier
<ang was ever put in a flower pot. Its
4 aden leaves in autumn; its creamy white
ossoms, followed by spikes of fiery red
A ed pods, renders il a very striking thing.
Florists should all grow il as a pot plant !;
would add much beauty to a garden
fder and would flourish on the shady
le OF a spreading rose or shrub, and as
held crop it capabilities are immense. I
ant one foot apart each way. say 1900
ants per acre. then mulch the entire
z-nace TO a depth of four or five inches
M the field work is done. ! never culti-
',t nor stir the soil in any way. At three
ears the plants commence to bear seed
% the older they get the more seed they
Esar' 1t would pay well at present as
.el crop alone. The seed would fetch
most any price one would ask; they are
0f'n their weight in gold AT four years
roots are considered sufficiently ma
Neu TO dig. About twenty-five well
own roots will make a pound when dry,
"a the price is from 81 to $3.50 per pound.
view Of the fact that the plant is
afy getting scarcer and the price ad-
lAcihg and likely to do so for many
sls' 1t occurs to me that any careful
sI,uNator Of average intelligence could
greatly to his income by judicious
9A'lhg and management of this crop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15
Pekin Ducks.

There is probably no branch of the poul-
try business more profitable than duck
raising, yet but comparatively few farm
ers will admit these big white beauties to
their premises, says Betsy Trotwood, in
Western Stock Journal The wives would
like to keep them, for their feathers are
light and elastic, and every way as de-
sirable as goose feathers, and while the
goose lays but few eggs the ducks lay a
great many. The great objection raised
against ducks is that they foul the horse
troughs, and the majority of the eggs are
lost, for it is of no use to give a Pekin
duck nest or nest eggs. She lays wherever
1t happens.
To keep ducks successfully and without
annoyance about watering troughs a small
pen is necessary. Their house need not
be fine affair nor the yard expensive. A
fence two feet high will hold them, and
twelve feet square is ample for a dozen or
fifteen ducks. Inside the yard may be
placed a trough. An inexpensive trough
may be made by taking two pieces OF 2x1O
scantling four feet long. Round them up
at each end like sled runners. Take a
piece Of galvanized iron two feet wide and
nail II TO the rounding sides of the scant-
ling. To make it stronger nail pieces of
2x4s across each end. This makes very
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

he will have time to get a stand if he
loses his plants the first time. They were
scattered evenly over the surface. which
had been raked very smooth, but not pack
ed; then 1 sprayed them thoroughly and
covered them with gunny sacks, which
also wetted. Then put my sash on, which
created a heat inside that fairly made
the ground steam. 1 lifted up the sacks
every day and looked underneath then
laid them back and wetted them again.
1t usually takes weeks to make celery
seeds sprout, but in three days 1 could see
that my seeds were terminating l then
took the sacks off and spread them on
top of the sash to make 1t dark inside
still looking at and spraying the plants
every day. After day or two ] raised
the sash few inches on the upper side
and as the plants soon began to grow lean
ing toward this small allowance of light,
l raised the sash more and more.
As the next step towards hardening
them, took the sacks off the sash en-
tirely. replacing them with one and one
half inch Stats laid with one-half inch
spaces between them, but still keeping
the sash ON, raised a little all around.
Next, 1 removed the Stats; lastly, the
sash. From the time the seeds sprouted,
until 1 took everything off, exposing them
to the full light of the sun, it was about
two weeks.
l now had a beautiful stand of thrifty
plants, but found that the insects were
preying on them. Toemeet these pests
prepared a strong decoction of tobacco
and sprinkled it over them; this check
mated them completely.
To make the plants grow stoeky, 1 oc-
casionally shipped offatwo or three inches
of the tops of them with shears. AS an
experiment l potted a thousand of them,
and it gave them a great advantage when
they came to be set out, though this
would be rather tedious for field culture.
They were set out Nov. IA. My land
is a good class of fatwoods q do not
like the black muck land so welD with
clay subsoil two feet or so below the
surface. Burrows were run out ten inches
deep, two or three inches OF good barn
yard compost was strewn along the bot
tom and covered with about the same
depth of soil, leaving the burrows finally
about five inches deep. The plants grew
Off finely from the start, especially the
potted ones. 'o' ""0i"e." -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15
The Grain weevII.

Weevils are making themselves so OBJ
noxious in this country that experts CT
the department of agriculture. are now
engaged in making a special study Of
them, says the Globe-Democrat. Every
year they destroy millions of dollars
worth of stored cereals in granaries and
elevators. In fact, the question how to
fight them is one of serious and growing
economic importance. Strange 70 say,
very little scientific attention has been
directed to these insects up TO date, ana
not much is known about them. 1t IS
reckoned that they cause an annual loss
of over 1,0OO0O0 in Texas alone, and in 1885
the corn crop of Alabama was damaged
by them TO the extent of $1,670 O00
There are about forty species of th-se
Insects, some of which are beetles ami
others moths. Nearly all of them are
assisted immigrants, having been import
ed from abroad in cargoes OF grain n
this manner they are distributed to all
parts of the world. Their native home s
are in the tropics. Having become do
llesticated after fashion by man, they
depend in colder countries entirely upon
him for subsistence. the beetles passing.
the whole of their lives and propagating
their kind gene ration after generation in
his grain bins.
no 0e1iiidSO lh6t 10 Is We'll nlRn 1ncal-
culable. Three of the species actually live
IN the kernels, while the others feed on
starchy contents. Grain infested by them
is unfit for human consumption and has
been known to cause serious Illness 1t is
poisonous to horses and is not wholes ONE
even to swine. Poultry, however, tina it pal
atable and nutritious. The moths especially
are SO prolific that the progeny of a single
pair in twelve-month will number many
thousands, capable of destroying many
tons of grain. Fortunately the increase of
these pests is checked to some extent by
natural enemies, among which are spi-
ders which inhabit mills and granaries. In
the fields they are preyed upon by birds
and bats. ,.r
One of the worst of these insects is the
familiar "granary weevil,p which is men,
toned in the Georges of Virgil, Its raw
ages made 1t known long before the Chris
tan era 1t is native to the region of the
Mediterranean. Having been domesticated
for so long a time, it has lost use of it's
wings. The female punctures the kernel
with her snout and inserts an egg, from
which is Matched a little worm that lives
in the hull and feeds on the starchy in
terror. This species devotes special atten-
ton TO wheat, corn and barley, and it is
also very partial to the chick pea, which
is much cultivated as a vegetable in the
tropics.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

At your request, I will give you briefly
my methods of raising celery, writes B.
H Alden in Farm and Fruit Grower. AS
you are doubtless aware. the greatest diff
ficulty in this matter is to get the seed to
sprout and save the young and tender
plants through the alternate beating rains
son." To overcome this formidable OBJ
stacle, some growers have proposed to SOW
their seed as early as April in order to Sc
cure cooler weather. and then keep the
plants along with a slow growth until the
time for replanting comes in the fall
1 sowed my seed. the Boston Market va
riety. Aug "a in a very rich, deep, mellow
bed framed with boards for the reception
of sash an in a winter hot-bed. l would
advise the novice to begin in July, then
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

Rutabagas should be sown during the
last half of the month, and turnips should
be sown little later, says the Southern
Planter. Our ability to grow heavy crops
of corn, sorghum, sofa beans, peas, and
clover for silage as succulent food for
stock during the winter. inclines farmers
to be careless about sowing beets, ruta-
bagas and turnips; but we would urge
upon them that it is a wise policy to en-
deavor to raise as large variety of food
for the live stock of the farm as possible.
The good health and well doing of live
stock depends upon variety of diet just
as much as does the health of human be-
ings. Though 1t is true that neither beets,
rutabagas nor turnips contain as much
nutritive matter as good silage or hay or
fodder yet their judicious mixture with
these foods will enable larger quantity
of these more nutritious feeds to be con-
sumed, and also permit of the use of
much straw and poor hay as food which
the stock would not otherwise eat. For
sheep especially, beets, rutabagas and tur-
nips are most useful, and no farmer keep
ing sheep should be without them. Ruta-
bagas require land to be in a state of good
fertility and finely prepared, or they will
not grow to be a heavy crop. If com
mercial fertilizer Is used, it should be one
with, say per cent. of nitrogen, to
10 per cent. of phosphoric acid, and to 8
per cent of potash, and this should be
applied in the rows at the rate of from 300
to 800 pounds per acre. Sow rutabagas
in rows two feet six inches apart, and thin
out the plants, when they have got the
leaves nicely growing, to a distance of
nine inches apart in the rows. Three
pounds of seed will sow an acre. Turnips
may be sown broadcast with German
clover, and will afford grazing before the
German clover is ready. We should like
to see some of our subscribers try rapes.
They are largely grown in England and
Scotland for sheep and cattle feed in the
fall and spring. In Canada, and some of
the northern states, they have been sue
cessfully grown, and are well spoken of.
Sown in August or September, the crop
should, we think, do well here and be
useful for winter feed. The crop comes
off the ground before time for planting
corn in the spring. The variety to be
sown is the Dwarf Essex. The plant is
mush like a hybrid between a rutabaga
and a cabbage. 1t makes no Dubious root,
but a large growth of leaves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

convenient trough to clean. for II can be
rocked back and forth to clean IT, A pipe
from the windmill supplies ours with wa
ter. Our trough has been In constant. use
Tor six years and looks good for several
years more Ducks soon become accus-
toned 10 their home, and after their gate
Is opened IN the mOrning-it ought not be
opened before 10 O'Clock during the hay
ing season-thcy viii so forth in search OF
bugs, etc, but frequent return visits will
be made 10 that trough. The eggs should
be gathered before they are given their
liberty, and they should always be given
breakfast in their pen.
The best food for LAYING ducks il
scalded bran and the table scraps. In
siiage will be eaten greedily by the ducks
Raw carrots are good food. Very little
grain Will be consumed If green food and
table scraps are furnished. Ducklings are
very easy 10 manage, but a mistake some
ulnCS costs the loss of a large flock They
are best raised in brOoders, even II hatch
ed under hens. For years we used ar
tihcial heat for ducks. but we would 10
so II We raised them in large numbers.
Ihey can stand more cold than a chick
en-, but We cover ours when the weather
Is bad, only letting them out of their
boX TO eat. We feed them every two
hours until they are several weeks old
open water dishes are disastrous to
ducklings. They get wet, roll over on
their backs and die. We have never been
very particular what We fed the .iuckllngs
bread crumbs, cold potatoes, scalded
corn chop and table scraps: only feed often
and keep them clean. Lice are sure death
70 duckhngs. If Matched under hens oil
their heads as soon as patched. Inbred
ing Is a great cause of failure in duck
raising. You may inbreed chickens and
have fair success, hut ducks never They
take fits and die. il is poor economy to
try to get on with the stock on hand TO
save expense
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15
Exhaustion of Soil.

The effect of continuous cultivation is
noticeable upon many of our soils where
some special crop has been grown for a
series of years without intermission. says
Prof. r. P. Mason, in American Cultivator.
In parts of the Ohio valley soils that 20
years ago produced amazing crops of corn
without any fertilizing have deterierated
to such an extent that fair crop cannot
be grown very we'll Summer droughts IN
jure these inferior crops much more than
The luxuriant growths on better soil. The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15
A Small Cow.

The last issue Of the American Agricul-
Irst contains photograph of the small
Est Jersey COW in the United States. This
Fell-formed and BEAUTIFUL little animal is
|rly thirty-eight Inches high and weighs
= pounds. She gives daily eight to nine
parts of very rich milk, which yields over
pound of butter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

Playwright (author of Capt. Anson's
play)-Do you think Anse will be able
to throw enough feeling into his denun-
citation Of the villain In act IL?
stage Manager-Sure. I've engaged an
old base ball umpire to impersonate the
villain.-Chicago Record.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

Johnson grass, We presume, will answer
the purpose equally wellD
A ludiclous succession of those crops
mat shade the soil perfectly is the most
practical method.
The Propagation Of NIulberr,os WI,
you please inform me how to pronars -
I,onis,tIIa =. ]. c. L.
Muioerries are propagated from cut
uhgs' either Of the branches or of the
roots. Shoots Of the last seasons growth
with joint of the old wood are inserted
IN the soil, so that about one-half of the
cutting is in the soil This implies that
you have the stock to get cuttings from.
II you have not, you can get the rooted
plants OF the kind you wish to ulant out
II Om some nurseryman in the south. who
grows them for sale. BY the quantity
we presume you can get these for 10 or
L cents apiece, perhaps less. There are
number of varieties, some much more
productive than others. The kinds usu-
ally catalogued are Hicks Everbearing.
Downing, and the Stubs. For stock. the
Hicks is probably more generally grown
than any other. The mulberry thrives
on most any kind of soil-that is on any
tree. On rich soil it makes a large tree
IN the course seven or eight years. In
starting an orchard, it is a very good idea
10 set twice as close as the ultimate
stand will care for. In due time, if nee
essary, every other tree can be cut out
and converted into posts. of which the
mulberry makes the finest to be had.
For several years the trees ought to be
cultivated to pay for which
and to get the soil in good condi-
ton peas, or clover, or beggar-weed can
be grown on the land.
Is this a sufficient answer to our cor
respondents inquiry?
Large Egg Breeds.-Wil you please in
form me what breed of fowls produce
the largest eggs and what would be the
weight of a dozen eggs. H. C.
The Minorcas are credited with produce
ing the largest eggs, one dozen of which
have been found to weigh twenty-three
ounces. They are pure white.
The black Spanish and the White Leg
horn also lay very large eggs. as, like
wise, does the Houdon. All of thesebreeds
lay larger eggs than the Brahmas or
Cochns. 1t is not the largest fowls that
produce the largest eggs.
The Triumph Irish Potato-Is the Tri-
umph Potato that l see spoken of so fire.
quently in a western paper a good kind
for planting in Southern Georgia?
r. f. T.
From small trial made of this variety
last year we judge it TO be an excellent
variety for southern use. 1t is a round
reddish potato, and the only potato of that
description that we ever found to pro-
duce well in this section. We hope to
make another trial of it the next season
If we can get hold of good strain of
seed potatoes. Thus far our preference
has been for a long, white potato like the
Goodrich or St. Patrick. The Triumph is
very popular in Tennessee and Texas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

o-ss-ions and communications relative
!, sgricultural and horticultural subjects.
n Addressed TO Agri. Editor. Drawer N,
IpTe5geville. Ca. will receive immediate
..artlnn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15


Iop nut have never seen the seeds adj
used. viii you kindly inform me
~ 'oas can procure seeds, and at what
Kirkwood, Fla.
yearly all seedsmen sell red clover seed.
any rate, will procure them for you.
W Price ranges from 7 to 10 cents per
-''1' and sixty pounds make bushel If
|"u properly on suitable soil, and in
'0OeF or November, we have no doubt
0ouid make it succeed. Still there are
5 e' clovers better adapted to your lati-
Il ana soils than it is. We would adj
H. 10 make a trial of the crimson
H. On our varieties this fall. You can
aosit,,-.. llree if you prefer. We are quite
RU bo mat If you SOW these properly you
srobabI Pleased with both, though it is
it, you will prefer one to the other,
H. ~ uial Any southern scotsman can
&eed in seeds for you. If you do not sue
sne IN, iiulhg these seeds in a reasonable
& nj w., u can inclose stamp or postal card
<hat cs, III give you the address of parties
''l supply you.
II SOM =. ~ " Grass-To Destroy.-Can you
3sn e5y t 81 Your correspondents give me
'or the eradication of nut grass?
Savannah, Ga. A. j. l.
t,or, wy the only practicable plan for de-
i usl, COCO is to keep the soil continu-
sop n crops that will shade the land.
laD ,1e land in grain in the fall. or you
.,s.. 80 crimson or bur clover and when
ro,r.. eases to shade the soil, follow
re r r,-y with peas. or something else. We
man a snizant of two instances where a
\ cooa - ea' as in a -four yard, was cleared
Gees s ~ mulching with pine straw.
lnul tba nave been penned on small plats
''ninate69 ~ persistent cropping has exter-
Several mock of geese.
kafd to The ave a. facetiously remarked in re-
n grass nag ri the best way VI. to get rid of
e Infested 10 remarked recently: PLANT
w land with Bermuda grass" COR
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

us solicit articles for this department.
ne name Of the writer writer should accom-
the ls69r but Ol @ral ans sy Sst nsess Of DS
hath
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15
Inquiries and Answers.

Aea Clover In Florida.-I have seen of
= good deal about red clover as hay
Iol nut have never seen the seeds ad-
.used. viii you kindly inform me
~Ie can procure seeds, and at what
Airkwood, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-07

Two Things the Board of Trade Will
Test Next Saturday.

Two Things the Board of Trade Will
Test Next Saturday.
All necessary arrangements have been
made to insure the members of the board
of trade and their guests a good time on
the annual excursion and shad bake of
the board. which Is to take place next Sat
urday The Charles Manchester, which has
been secured for the occasion, will leave
her wharf at the foot of 18th street at
O'clock proceeding directly to Indian HeadA
Here, through the courtesy of the officials
of the Navy Department in charge of the
government proving grounds, the excur-
sionists will have the opportunity of wit
Messing tests of great guns, as well as of
viewing the facilities for proving guns
and armor plate. After leaving Indian
Head the steamer will return as far as
Marshall Hall in time for one of those
long to- be remembered planked shad din
ners, about $50 o'clock. 1t may be added
that the good things of life will not be
neglected up to this time, as lunch Will
be served on the boat Immediately after
leaving the city. After dinner adjourn
ment will be had to the pavilion, where
the members of the party will have the
pleasure of listening to a flow OF eloquence
that will not be lacking. Returning from
Marshall Hall. the city will be reached at
a convenient hour.
Members who have not already made
arrangements for tickets should notify the
secretary of the board of trade as soon as
practicable of the number desired, in order
that arrangements may be completed with
out delay Friends of members brought as
guests will be admitted on the same terms
as members themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-07

occupied position off the New England
and middle Atlantic coasts for several days
is dropping slowly southwark. The posi-
ton of this high area will cause continued
southeast winds and unsettled weather
over this section.
Tide Table.
Today-High tide, GAS pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, LIP m. and 1:51
pm; high tide, 7:12 am. and 1888 pm.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi-
ton, IS; receiving reservoir, temperature,
20; condition at north connection. %; con-
dition at south connection, SO; distributing
reservoir, temperature. Ct; condition at in
fluent gate house, 80; effiuent gate house, 30.
Range of the Thermometer.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer at the weather bureau today:
am, &c; pm, 20; maximum, IS; min
imum, GO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-07
THE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES..
First Public Joint Meeting of the
Federated Society.


Federated Society.
The federated scientific societies of WASH
ington will hold the first public meeting
under the new organization at National
Rifles Hall, Friday evening, May 10, at
o'clock. Thu feature of the meeting will
be the annual address of the president OF
the National Geographic Society, Mr.. Gar
diner G. Hubbard, upon Russia. The lee
ture will be followed with illustrations.
This, the first public joint meeting Of
the organization to be KNOWN under the
title 1.-The Scientific Societies of Washing
ton," will be followed BY others devoted to
similar scientific inquiries representing the
various special fields of research shown
by the various societies that form
the federated organization. The committee
of arrangements consists of the following
gentlemen: Prof. Cleveland Able, Mr.. Mar
Gus Baker, Prof. F. w, Clarke, Mr.. shas
W. Dabney, jr., Mr.. J. s. Diller. Gen w. W.
Fernow Dr. G. Brown 9Goode. Gen. A. w.
Greedy, U.S.A, Rev. DIR. Teunis S. Ham
lin, Prof. Mark w. Harrington. Prof. VIM
darkness, U.SN., Mr.. l.. o. Howard, Rt
Rev. John ]. Keane, Prof. S. P. Langley,
Mr. w. j. MCGEE, Prof. Otis. Mason, Dr. c.
Hart Merriam, Prof. George +. Merrill
Prof Simon Newcomb, U.S.E., Mr. F. H.
Newell, Mr.. P. B. Pierce, Mr.: Richard
Rathbun, Mr. o. H Tittmann. Mr.. c. d.
Walcott Admiral ]. G. Walker, U.S.N,
Prof. H. W. Wiley, Mr.. Bailey Willis Mr..
William L. Wilson and Prof. William G.
WinIock.