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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

meals per head. This causes the grain to
be Reconstructed and thoroughly digested
The cattle will soon eat about eighty
pounds each Of this mixture, which with
plenty OF water, salt and quiet viii make
them gain very rapidly.
Toward the end of the feeding dispense
with the bran and increase the corn. As
soon as the clover in the meadow begins
to bloom. begin TO feed gradually with
IL. Cut when dry until the danger OF
hoover is passed Then leave the rye
and feed clover until II Is ready for hay +:
then begin on the green oats until they
are ripe, when corn must be resorted to.
AS soon as tn strip OF rye or oats is clear.
stir the ground and plant corn in drills
Keep planting as long as you can hope
for a crop. The corn on the cat land
should about the middle of August be
sowed with three bushels of rye and culti-
waited in with the working OF the corn.
Glover on the wheat keeps up this crop.
In the second summer transfer live stock
sheds, etc, to the clover meadow and
break up the pasture lot for wheat, sue
ceeded by corn and rye. BY shifting the
stock and rotating the crops. the yield
in forage and meat cannot be eNcelled.
All crops not needed for soiling are to be
harvested and used to fed dry after frost
or placed in a silo II preferred.
This system will apply to all classes
of stock, but sheep are more useful as
cleaners or TO pasture on rouEn lanQ not
susceptible of cultivation. Instead of its
requiring two acres of pasture and TWEEN
ty-eight pounds of grain per day per steer
fifteen pounds of grain and one-fourth acre
of land will make more meat and improve
the land. The land acts like a savings
bank; every dollar placed there will double
in ten years. besides yielding a paying IN
come. One man with mower. rake and
wagon can feed and water the stock. be-
sides having time to assist at odd times
at other work. To raise the crops it will
require two men. with harvest and thresh-
ing assistance extra. As soon as one
bunch of cattle is ready for the market
follow with another. II sOiling alone is
practiced. more cattle can be kept than
the sixty head. but more grain will have
to be purchased at the beginning
The feeder must have intelligence and
strive to keep touch with the general
advance of agricultural science. No one
who can study can be excused of ignor-
ance of the laws of plant and animal
life. and other wise qualified for his bust
ness. The business of farming is now hav-
ing more done for it in an educational
way by the nation and state than for any
other calling. 1t will soon be learned
occupation, in which to insure employ
ment, men will have to exhibit a thor
ough knowledge of their calling.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

and possibly in the quantity Of the vari-
cites. says f. l. Roger In Strawberry
Culturist. Generally the most productive
varieties are satisfactory for home use.
Sod plowed under should not be planted
10 Strawberries as grubs generally destroy
the plants. Land cultivated the previous
season IN any hoed crop will be In the
pest condition for strawberries Coarse
manure should be plowed under Fine ma
nure, unleached wood ashes or bone meal
should be applied as a top dressing and
cultivated in, either before the plants are
set or after
Plant In rows four feet apart and eigh-
teen inches In the row. Set the d. new
plants not less than ten inches APART
until the row is as wide as you want it
and remove the rest. Every third or
fourth row should be staminate. Eleven
years OF experience and trial have taught
me that Crescent. Haverland. Bubach No.
., Warheld No. , and Greenville, fertil-
lied with LOvctt. Beder Wood. Enhance
OF Cyclone. succeeding over a wide range.
are best adapted for general cultivation
and home use
Few persons once interested in strawbe
ny culture are satisfied without testing
some OF the novelties. The productive
ness of new varieties every grower must
test Tor himself Set a dozen plants of a
variety and grow them until you are sat
ished they are productive enough TO be
planted with your standard varieties. 1t
may worry your patience to wait a year
OF two to find out the value of a variety,
but II VIII tire your patience a good deal
more TO plant a thousand or two at a
FANCY price and get no returns.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

ons and Cucumbers.-For the melon and
pickle bed 200 pounds or tobacco dust
and 100 OF bone meal make a nicely bal
anced fertilizer of nitrogen. phosphoric
acid and potash, and Il can be applied
freely without harm. Dust the plants
snd cover soil thickly about them. There
VIII be little trouble from insects
IL is not we'll TO hill much earth about
beans of any kind; for some reason they
are more liable to break of near the
ground when so treated. Treat melons
and cucumbers in the same way con-
trary to the long habit.
Money spent in trees and plants 10
money wasted. II those trees ana plants
are left without care afterwards; thSS
are always a good investment II given
proper attention. II the same labor and
expense were devoted, an apple or a
pear orchard in the east would bring as
great a revenue as an orange planta-.
ton IN California.
When one garden crop comes off let
another go in. Delay means more weeds,
less pront. less satisfaction. The close
ly calculating gardener crops closely.
Idle land breeds mischief always. and
1t must breed something; therefore. keep
II busy at good work.
Unless a particular sort of peach is
wanted, peach stones may be sown. and
from them plants will be had which,
in nearly all cases. will be very satisfac-
tory, and there will be some late and
some early varieties, as a rule These
seedlings are of longer life than are bud
ded trees.
The Product Of a Hen.--A hen Is not old
until she is aged five or SIX ears. The long,
est period of productive life Of hen is
probably that OF Brown Leghorn. which
was killed by accident at the age of 10
years, then having nearly 1900 eggs to her
credit. This is vOuched for by respecta-
BILE and truthful poultryman OF Massachu-
sets who made a special business of breed
ing this variety and was very successful
with 1t. Light Brahmas have been known
to live as long as this and yield as well as
al the beginning. But as a rule II Is not
desirable to keep fowls over the second
yeaf because the young birds Increase
so numerously and the old ones become
tough and unfit for the table. Fanciers
who look at tho feathers as the principal
virtue of a fowl VIII doubtless keep a ia
vorite as long as she lays eggs, as in the
case OF the Brown Leghorn above men-
tioned.-Natlonal Farmer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

1t is a well settled fact that when an
Italian queen is introduced into a colony
OF black bees during working season, that
in sixty days there are no black bees,
but all Italians. Sixteen of the sixty days
are spent within the hive doing house
work, nursing the young, doing guard
duty and the like. The remaining forty
nVe days is spent in gathering supplies
FOR four or five months, however, there
is cessation of work and also of increase
SO that unless life at this time is not pro-
longed the colony would soon become OK
tinct. In a state OF quietude bees will
live eight months. A rather singular sug.
eestion has been made in reference to this
time, and that is that 1t should not be
counted as part of the bees existence
Ihat he does not live during this time
Ihat II he hybernates six months and
then works sixty days and dies, he has
really lived only sixty days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
PenDsyIyania state College.

During the past week our table was
exceptionally enriched and ornamented
by the Annual Report of 1894 of the
Pennsylvania State College" This re-
port is a very elaborate bulletin. Part
second of which 1866 large octave pages)
gives the results of the agricultural ex-
pertinent station for the year. Part first,
26O pages, is devoted to an exposition of
the several departments of civil and me-
chanical engineering, chemistry, biology,
mining, engineering, botany and horti-
culture, etc The 625 pages constitute a
very handsome volume from a mechani-
cal point of view, containing, as it does,
hundreds of engravings, from photo
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

graphs These engravings illustrate the
various employments Of the students.
the kodak button evidently being pressed
upon them while all unawares of its
presence. The result is a very natural
and pleasant series of pictures OF the
routine work Of the college. as il relates
TO agriculture and horticulture, etc We
are quite sure no other agricultural col
lege or experiment station has issued a
bulletin or report In any ways approach
ing IL in beauty and elabOrateness. An
immense amount OF the most intelligent
and artistic labor was involved in the
production of such a volume. Director
II. p. Armsby and his co-labOrers deserve
every word Of praise that may be ac-
corded them for the presentation of such
a report. ~.
FfiHckn @iedge our Indebtedness for
the courtesy. and Will refer to the work
again, as we intend TO quote some Of
the Instructive matter contained therein
from time to time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
soiIing Cattle.

o. H. Baker, addressing meeting of
Missouri farmers, said:
BY soiling cattle can be pastured or
Iotted at the rate of four to six head
per acre. and the droppings fit the land
for grain or fodder in the best manner.
An examination of the subject will sat
isfy any one that this method is the cor
rect one to pursue to make money. To
prepare for soiling SOW in time twenty
acres of clover. twelve quarts to the acre,
upon growing wheat. As soon as your
oats are harvested, break ten acres ana
SOW to rye at the rate of three bushels
per acre. Ten more acres Of oats or corn
land can be sowed in wheat In the spring,
SOW ten acres of oats and plant twenty
acres of corn in the usual way for grain.
This will occupy seventy acres, leaving
ten acres for lots. orchard, etc. in a small
eighty-acre farm.
About the first OF May, fence off as a
pasture ten acres OF the clover in whcih
put a feeding shed and close-bottomed
fedding-racks, upon which turn sixty head
Of l.200-pound feeding steers. then with
a mower and a horse-rake begin 10 cut
and haul 70 the cattle the green rye.
throw Il into the feed-boxes and sprinkIc
three pounds meal and bran each AMI
one or two pounds Of some Of the cake
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
Forage Plants, New ana old.

Speaking of the tendency of certain par
ties, and in Pennsylvania chiefly, to boost
new plants before they have been proper
ly tested a recent issue of the Homestead
says:
We never condemn any new forage plant
unheard, for new forage plants better
adapted to drouth conditions than any we
now have is one of the great needs of the
northwest. And it is one of the points
where the advice Prove all things and
hold fast that which is good applies. On
the other hand. the utmost conservatism
is necessary IN these booming days when
an ak to grind is in 50 many cases the
origin of the boom. The higher the praise
and the more marvellous the results prom
Used, the greater is the necessity for 60
ing slow, if one will avoid disappointment.
The praises of sacaline were very noisy
and the noise has scarcely died away,
and now from the same quarter abroad
reports of another plant come almost as
marvellous as those about sacaline. 1t
is called sulla or Spanish sanfoin, and
comes from Algeria via Paris, and 1t is
said to have a marvellous power of resist
ing the drouth. 1t is greatly relished by
horses, cattle and sheep, and is, of course,
backed by chemical analysis which rates
it very high in point of nutrition. When
we remember what a boon alfalfa Is in
many localities we would not wish to con-
denim any similarly promising plant in
adVahce but we have also timely remem-
berance of a large number of plants, such
as sacaline. prickly comfrey, etc, which,
in their time, were to revolutionize feed
ing, and the remembrance impresses the
Importance of experimenting the counsel,
Prove all things and hold fast that which
is good" with the further advice to ''go
SLOW" One of the conspicuous things con-
corning sulla is that while 1t is extremely
rich in nitrogen, phosphoric acid and pot
ash, it is represented as producing large
quantities of forage, rich in these essen
tial elements, on the poorest kind of soil.
To get something out of nothing is one of
the things for which no method has yet
been, humanity speaking, devised. Man,
with the assistance of natures processes
transforms and rearranges, but has not
yet reached the point of creating.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

Knowing their slight cost, we are sur
prised that so few guineas are found upon
our farms. They are better adapted to the
farm than to the small poultry keeper, as
they need a wide range. If this range is
sufficient, they will gather almost all their
food from the fields and meadows.
A hundred fowls will cost less, to buy
OF to keep, than cow How many. who
have tested both, will refuse 10 admit that
they will earn more net profit in year?
If you cannot have both and want the one
which will make the most money, take the
fowls.
Cholera is the name which covers most
of the sudden diseases which attack chick
ems, though it is often something else. but
the cause is usually the same-thc neglect
of proper sanitary precautions. Give pure
water good, wholesome food, clean quar-
tiers, and do not over crowd. and disease
will trouble the hocks very little.
1t is thought that turkeys contract
gapes from chickens so afflicted drinking
from the same vessels and ca ting from the
contaminated ground. 1t is better, there
fore, to keep them entirely separate, feed
them in different place, and induce them
to take a wider range, and a large one at
that. sot e''t ratTA1u.ita is.t
Prussian insect powder is said to be a
good remedy for grapes, blown down the
throat; 1t kills the worm. which is then
coughed up; but the best remedy is the
old one of removing the cape worm forci-
Bile with a doubled and twisted horse hair.
or a very fine wire.
Early, well developed pullets make good
winter layers While growing make them
work for what they eat, not feeding them
sufiiciency at any one time. DO not i'm
agine that success hinges necessarily on
any one breed, and do not let the half
grown chicks roost in boxes, but give them
a house all to themselves.
If you think the poultry interest an in
significant affair." stop and investigate.
Keep an honest account for one year with
your chicks, and see IL you do not think
more of them and the poultry business.
To make a success of any enterprise you
must throw a little enthuiasm into your
work.
Prevent disease among your fowls rather
than cure them. Keep the quarters clean
and free from mites, and by all means
furnish pure. fresh water. II is from neg
lect and carelessness that chickens become
diseased, and too much food. stagnant wa
ter and filthy quarters are common causes.
The majority of lice exterminating rem
edies are worthless. and. after all. vigil
lance Is the only road to success Crease
the heads of the little chicks, but the old
hens are a hot bed to supply fresh num-
bers. even If all killed off from the little
fellows.
Boil a sliced bar of common soap in a
half gallon of water, and stir into this a
quart of kerosene while hot; this will
make jelly. Stir this emulsion in a tub
of warm soap suds, and dip every chicken
therein bodily and thoroughly. This will
not harm the chicken, but will be death
to the lice. Try it.
Strawberries for Home or Market.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

TO set on high beds so as 10 allow OF the
soil being drawn away from the onions
after the severe freezes and cold have
passed in January The onions must be
allowed 10 bulb ON top OF the soil, or
very nearly so. II you have never grown
onions in this manner. try Il this season,
and you will adopt the plan henceforth.
Get your soil in good condition by the
use Of pillow and harrow and roller
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
PrOPagating Pecans, PIums, Pears
and Apples.

Agricultural Editor Morning News:
What kind Of soil best suits the pecan
tree? Does it do best planted from the
seed? What season of the year should the
seed be planted? What kind Of fertilizer
suits them the best?
What distance should they be planted
apart? Which is the best variety to plant?
And where can obtain the seed?
VIII plums, pears and apples reproduce
the same kind of fruit, when propagated
from the seed. and Will they have the same
flavor and retain their size as when graft
ed or budded2
When is the best time to bud and graft?
What method of budding and grating is
best? C. A b.
AbbeVille Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

Questions and communications relative
10 agricultural and horticultural subjects,
II addressed TO Agri. Editor, Drawer n.
MiIledgeville. Ca. will receive immediate
attention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

1t win soon be time now to make
planting of onion sets for early green
onions. Get the soil In readiness bedding
u up high, much higher than for pota-
toes and with rows two feet apart in
ariils along the beds an inch or an inch
ana half deep drop the sets two to three
ihohes apart. Cover with a rake and roll
lightly.
az the same time procure fresh seeds
ol ihe Prize Taker or like kind and SOW In
Wen prepared seed beds 10 make plants 20
~ out from November 10 February. This
- me best way to grow onions. II Is well
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
Abbeville. Ga.

LOamy soils. such as grow the hickory
and like woods is the best for the pecan.
1t can be made TO grow on any good sandy
loan that will catch and hold all the
moisture that falls on II.
1t is a mooted question. Some claim that
planting the seed where the tree IS to
grow is the best. Others claim that the
tree must be budded and grated If it would
reproduce the kind desired. Very few have
had the practical experience that would
warrant a positive belief or assertion re-
garding the matter.
About the best reply that we could make
to c. A. B. is to suggest and advise him to
procure little book entitled 1.-The Pecan
and How to Grow It," published by the
Stuart Pecan Company, Ocean Springs
Miss. 1t is a clear. succinct discussion of
the subject, making 1t as plain as A. b. c.
The author holds to the proposition that
grated or budded trees must be used to
insure the production of first class nuts
We believe, however, il is desirable TO OBJ
serve both methods plant one half of the
proposed grove with selected seeds and
the other half with grated or budded
trees. As c. A. b. is quite sure to procure
the work referred to we will not go into
details at this time He will find every
question fully answered by it. More so
than we could find space in this column
for replying to each question.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

The best way to procure such stock is
TO take trip through your section and
pick up here and there such as from per-
sonal examination seems to meet with
your approval There are many persons
who have stock of this character who
are not anxious enough to sell it to war
rant their advertising. A. b. c. can pick
up here and there a dozen or score of
improved native stock pigs, from to 6
months old, and then buy him an improv-
cd boar of pure blood, and in very little
while be on the way to raising the very
best Of hogs, which having furnished his
own meat, he can, in turn, sell TO others
who desire to go into hog raising after
the same plan he now undertakes himself.
He Is right There is no need for invest
ing in high priced pure breeds, for this
purpose. OF course, those who have good
stock for sale should advertise the fact
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

Strawberries for Home or Market.
There is practically no difference in
growing Strawberries for market or for
home use except in the amount planted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

We solicit articles for this department
The name of the writer should accom-
many the letter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but as an evidence of good
faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
BIIght OF cotton i'm ware.

Agricultural Editor Morning News:
Having read with more than passing in
terest your article in last weeks issue, I'M
der the caption of Cotton Blight-Some
Rehections.'I have decided to send you
a leaf Dlucked from stalk in my cotton
field this morning, which is evidently in
tested with some kind of blight. differing
in some respects from what is commonly
known as the rust. l have thirty-two
acres of sea island cotton, which is very
fine.> and is still growing rapidly, notwith-
standing the blight. which is causing
all the lower leaves to drop of. The fruit
does not appear TO suffer from the eff
fects Of this blight so far. very little
of il has fallen off. The seasons have
been all that an experienced cotton plant
er could desire. the stalks are heavily laden
with fruit. and il would appear that the
shedding of these bottom leaves will be
an advantage, causing the sun to reach the
lower bOlls. open them before they de-
cay, which is often the case when they
rust on the soil and are covered by a
dense foliage. Planter
Waycross, Ca, Aug. s.
The leaves sent show the plant to be
affected with the well-known form of
blight scientifically termed cercospora gos-
sigma. 1t is the least hurtful of the
fungus affections. If perchance it in
creased in virulence it could be controlled
very readily, no doubt, by spraying early
in the season. To judge from our CORE
spondents remarks, that it has not in
jured his cotton apparently thus far. This
probably is not the blight that has been
reported prevailing in Sumter county IL
any of our readers have experienced very
serious injury from blight. we would he
glad to get specimen leaves affected. We
thank Planter for his courtesy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19
Waycross, Ca, Aug. s.


Editor Morning News 1 would like to
get in stock of some improved hogs. Can
you tell me where l can procure some
good native stock at reasonable prices.
| do not want any fine high bred hogs,
but some that has been bred from select
native stock crossed with some good breed
Berkshire or Essex pigs-are what
want A. Il. c.
n Iduuin mum
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-27

man. woman. and child In Richmond. He
served during the war as a private In the
Tenth Virginia Cavalry. He was elected
"A private on the police force in 1872. and
was promoted 10 a sergeancy eight or
nine years later. He resides at No. 10
Harvey street, and has a wife and four
sons.
Acting Sergeant Shinberger who was
promoted to the office OF sergeant, has
been on the force many yeas, and is
regarded one of the most trustworthy and
efficient officers in the department. II
was Major Poe's wish upon his death-bed
that Mr.. Shinberger should succeed him
as Chief of Police Of Richmond
Mr.. William i. German, the newly
elected private. IL a stone-cutter. and re-
sides at No. "a south Cherry street He
has a wife and two children, and went
before the board. it is said. with fine
endorsements. He was only defeated by
one vote for place as policeman at the
meeting of the board on the night ~
June 10th. when Mr.. John Russell was
elected over him.