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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
Plantfng Plum Trees.

/ ask your advice about the planting Of
an acre of plum trees the coming spring
Land slopes to the west, heavy clay soil.
with good natural drainage. 1t was
heavy orchard grass sod plowed
last spring and sown in Won
derful peas. Had a good stand
of vines, but no peas. and left the
crop on the field. 1 want to know % what
are the most profitable of the varieties to
plant in this latitude? % How far apart
to plant, and something about cultiva-
ton? 90 VIII stable manure be sufficient
for fertilzing purposes. "a Would 1t pay
me to dig the holes during the winter, or
wait till spring, after it is plowed? 90
What size and age of trees to plant
Reply by Prof. w. F. Massey
1. Some OF the varieties of our native
plums and some of the Japanese will US
ually be found to be the most profitable,
generally, though where care is given to
protect from the curculio the fine Euro
pean sorts arc quite profitable. Some of
the Japan species may not be hardy with
you, but most of them will be. The best
paying plums here are the Wild Goose,
and the Abundance or Botan, the last d
Japan sort that will do we'll with you /
found long ago in Maryland that the Ger
man Prune was very certain and album
dant bearer. though not SO snowy as some
others. The following Japan plums will
doubtless do well in your latitude: Album
dance. Burbank, Satsuma, Ogon, Willard
and Berger You should also plant some
of the Wild Goose. This variety and some
others do not fertilize their own flowers
well, and ! would always plant plum
orchard in alternate rows Of a number of
varieties, 50 as to insure the setting Of the
fruit. 2. Plums should be planted about
eighteen feet apart, and like all Of the
stone fruits, should be headed low, so
that the trunk may be protected from the
sun. They may be cultivated while young
in garden crops and should have careful,
clean culture all their lives. s. On soil
such as you have described and which
has been in sod and peas, I would not use
any stable manure. You have already
enough heterogeneous Inotter in the
soil to give a good start to the
trees. IL Crimson clover will sue
ment you can give the orchard will be to
SOW II every summer after cultivatine
carefully all the early part of the season
and plow it under in the spring. Your clay
coil if Il is like Mr.. Terry's Ohio clay
has a store Of mineral matters in it that
clover will reach, and in this way keep
your soil fertile. 4. I would not only have
dug the holes this fall. but I would have
had the trees planted. But as you did not
plant in the fall. and suppose the ground
you have cannot be plowsd now, the best
you can do is to wait until you can prepare
the land ia good order Then pillow as
deeply IS possible and sub-soil so as to
break the land fifteen inches deep, and do
not dig any hole deeper than the land
was piowed In planting work the soil
well about roots and ram the soil as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

and our salvation from the silver peril.
much more than a mere profit on 2 large
negotiation. 1t is easily conceivable how
they may regard the restoration Of Amer
lean finances as great step toward the
revival Of confidence and enterprise
throughout the world at large-a fulcrum
FOR lifting universal confidence to a higher
elevation. Upon this assumption, we may
regard the purposes of the syndicate as
probably extending much beyond the
mere terms OF their contract, as meaning,
in short, purpose to stand by this gov
eminent until its finances are placed upon
a sure and permanent foundation. Wall
street is seeming this sort Of Significance
I'm the bond transaction, and may soon
draw very encouraging conclusions there
from, calculated TO develop much health
Ter tone Ia the financial markets.
The first half of President CleveIand's
administration certainly proved very dis
astrous to the business and labor inter-
ests OF the country, as II was full of OBJ
ject lessons Of drastic character. The
President has now commenced on the last
half OF his term OF Office, and there are
not wanting indications that his policy
will be to restore confidence so as 10
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

thing at all from the range. II is much
better TO keep them within their houses,
but netting them to the necessary eN-
ercise by providing a strawed floor where
IN to scratch Tor their grain rations, which
IN severe weather should be given in three
meals, but in mild weather two will suf-
nee.
Besides clean water and the ration of
grain and green food. hens that are ex-
pected 10 lay should have a box of bone
meal placed IN reach OF them; also a box
or gravel. and il convenient a supply OF
oyster shell grits, either in a box or scat
tered amongst the straw. In the south
clean pine straw is the Hitter used: at the
north straw Of grain is the handiest.
The heo house should be kept as warm
as possible, no cold daughts TO flow
through il. Rarely is artificial heat re-
quired in any section.
During the very severe weather Of win
ter, az is desirable that the early morning
meal be given to them slightly warmed,
and the water supplied them heated to a
temperature Of at least 90 degrees. some
what warmer II convenient. During such
weather warm mash" once a day is
very helpful 10 the egg producers. a mix
ture of one part corn meal and two parts
wheat bran with "A small handful Of
parehed corn. being unsurpassed. ANY
simple arrangement 10y which the water
Is Kept 20 temperature above So viii De
good investment. A. 3. C..
GC0rgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

see in the News of recent date mem
ton made OF a new plant and I wish to
know If it can be grown in this section?
When can I procure seeds and at what
price per peck or bushel r. W. L. d.
Douglas, Ga.
Sacaline. the plant to which you refer,
probably you do not say, is an untried
plant in the south as yet, and we cannot
say positively whether it will prove de-
sirable or not. 1t is well to give it a small
trial, but you win hardly want a peck of
the seed, as it is very costly, selling for
so d bushel. All the leading seedsmen
are Offering the seeds for sale in small
quantities II your seed merchant has not
the seeds you can enclose us postal card
and we will give you the address of parties
who do sell it. We are quite sure sacaline
win not prove the wonderful thing that
interested parties claim it to be- Try only
a short row this year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

though setting a fence post IT the soil Is
iu fairly dry condition. g FOR my own
use | would not buy auv ttee Older than
then form the head 10 suit myself. The
Japan plums as a rule are OF very GOOD
planting size at a year old. A fair sized
tree grown on moderately fertile soil.
Is far better than an ovcrgruwu one that
has been forced to an unnatural grow he
by heavy manuring. II my friend Mr.. j.
W. Kerr, Of Maryland, could be Induced
to give the readers of the r. X. his view S
on plums. it would be useful to us ar. for
| suppose there is no man who has grown
more varieties than he has. and no nurse
ryman that | know viii give as unvaruish-
ed accounts OF the different sorts as he
will
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
The southern poultry ward.

Poultry keeping is a delightful oecupa-
ton carried on wherever it may be. It is
true some localities are more favored and
make it more successful than others, but
can not conceive of any place where it is
not pleasing and profitable.
Managed properly | do not see how it
can be otherW Use. a broiled chicken or a
dozen eggs served one way or another, is
luxury that is to be esteemed usually far
beyond its ordinary cost. do not regard
either as u mere '.20-cent commodity"
but as something TO be enjoyed as worth
q real dollar
Of course, there is a practical side to
'hc~questfon, and il we broil our dozen Of
egzs. command only such a price, 20 to
80 or 30 cents as the case may be, why We
NEST accept it as It stands, and take it
Tor what it Is worth. But there is All in
tense pleasure IN poultry keeping outside
~ rs practical bearings. that will always
haNe~its influence upon man, woman and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
Mauaging and Feeding Hogs.

In a recent address Prof. J. w. Rob-
erts, who was once a large feeder Of swine,
said that the man who feels "a real in
terest in the swine Industry and feeds
we'll Will succeed, and that the hog him
self bias preference for being clean if
given chance: Last year in great many
pens one side of which was kept clean
for a week; afterward the pigs themselves
kept that clean for their bed
one weeks education did it, ana II the
hog gets a good chance and a good oX-
ample, he is all right. Every farmer with
100 acres ought 10 feed twenty to 100
hogs. The common way Of constructing
the floors is unsuitable. Ii they slope
backward from the trough they VIII be
kept wet This means sickly hogs that
do not thrive well. I prefer to make the
floor slant toward the trough. Twice the
profit can be made when the animals lie
dry all the while, and besides that their
health is much better
Then the feeding trough should have
its holding capacity in length and not in
depth. Ii pays to have them fed with
good, clean food, which means the differ
ence between profit and loss. They viii
take the waste from the table II does
not az, as Is usually the case, 90 have &c
put into tub or a barrel which is never
emptied or clearad. That becomes poison
IT. ferments and sours and makes bad
blood. With the sow and young pigs
taking it. the consequence is they die be-
fore they are ten days old. Every ami
NAL should get clean food, and even
little pigs have the right to be well born
Hogs fed on clean food should gain at
least one pound for every four and one
half pounds of grain used; a man can tell
whether 1t is paying TO keep them or put
his labor to other sources Of profit If any
man feeds his hogs too long, it costs more
than he can make out of them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
BILLY OF TnE RED HAND.
one OF the Atlanta Prisoners a Noto-
riOus New York CrooL.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 1.-THE man calling.
himself Smith, arrested along with several
others OF a suspected gang OF crooks sew
eral days ago, was Identified to-day as a
notorious New York crook, known a.
BILLY of the Red Hand" Chief of Police
Connolly to-day received a teIe4rar,.
from Amsterdam, n. r., Identifying tbe
man. Smiths right hand Is blood red from
scalding. lie says he got the scar bv
stealing ham out Of boiling pot. lie Is
web known TO the police OF New Yortc
city, where he operated for years. ana
It Is likely that he will be taken back
there. Smith says he spent some time i,
Savannah up to week or ten days ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

bring back return Of prosperity. His
object lessons hereafter win be directed
to the members of congress and not to
their constituents. This Is one good rea-
son for the belief that the winter of our
distress viii pass smoothly into a cheers
full summer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
chips From Adjacent piles

Prof. J. H. Mcconnell. of the Texas ex-
pertinent station, reports after ten months
cultivation that sacaline as grown by
him at that station, is a very much over
rated forage plant, and while ne proposes
to continue experiments with it. he gives
the caution that it should be treated for
the present as a botanical curiosity. which
may or may not prove valuable from an
economic standpoint.
A bushel of corn is worth 60 cents II
made into whisky 1t makes four gallons,
which, sold over the bar, brings 81. The
government gets $40 Of this, the railroads
20 cents, the distilleF "a, and the saloon
keeper all that remains but the 50 cents
the farmer got when he sold the corn
This Is not the only transaction in which
the price received by the farmer, and that
paid b. the consumer Is . long way apart.
but there is no other transaction that can
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

Questions and communications relative
to.sgricultural and horticultural subjects.
& addressed TO Agri- Editor. Drawer ".
sfilledgsvtlle. Ca, VIII receive immediate
sffsafior
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

Every lot of seeds procured should be
tested before the sowing of a.. This is most
important 10 farmers II SHOULD he care
fully examined by "A magnifyius glass To
test its freedom from weeds. and "A sample
should Dee soWn on moist flannel IA "A shall
low box and kept moist and covered from
the light by another piece Of flannel Co test
the g,rminatve vitality. The seeds sown
should be- counted. iol being sufficient for
a fair test. those failing TO grow after the
fourth or NTH dav being counted and
the time of termination of the growing
seeds also should be taken note of. The
quantity sowu may then be taken note Of.
The quantity sOwn may then Ice proper
toned to the number terminating. This
may save a crop from loss often occurr-
ring through bad seed sown haphazard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

To Pickle Beef-The Melon Worm
viii you be so kind as to give a recipe
for picking beef, and also state what
VIII prevent worms from destroying Gu
cumbers IN the fall? Il. s. O.
EimWood Ella.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18


The following is a good recipe for pick
ling beef: cut the beef into proper-sized
pieces and prepare brine. For every loo
pounds OF beef take six gallons Of water
pounds Of salt, pounds Of brown sugar
] quart OF Tnolasses, ounces saltpeter
8 ounces Of red pepper and 1 ounce OF
potash. Boil we'll and skim the brine
Let II get cold. When the beef is cold
pack the pieces in keg or barrel and
then pour the brine over it, having
the beef well covered. In the course Of
five or six weeks it is well to reboi the
brine and repack if it is desired to pre-
serve the beef any further length Of
time.
Beef can be kept with brine of mere
water. salt, saltpeter, and molasses, but
if possible add the other ingredients, and
thus make It nicer.
The melon worm is so abundant in the
fall it is almost impossible to protect the
cucumbeTs from its ravages at that sea-
son. If the vines are kept off the ground
10y putting brush under them and sprigs
OF cedar laid about the young cucum-
bers the damage usually is not near 50
great.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
SOME Quesiions aud Answers.

EXteFminating Snakes on an island
Can you OF any Of your readers sug-
sest any practical plan for extermina-
ting the snakes and other yermin from
900 acre island. ! want to stock the
island with something more valuable in
the way Of live stock? ny.
Jacksonville. Fla
W. submit y. VS. question to those
OF our readers who have had any eN-
perienco IN such a cast. The only sug-
gestion that we can make is that hogs are
very destructive TO snakes, and even 400
hogs of the ordinary southern breed,
would in o year or two almost completely
rid such a place of the snakes Y Y
does not state the nature of the other
Vermin Possibly these might be pois-
oned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

We solicit srrcles for this department
The name OF the writer should accom-
psry the letter Or Article. not necessarily
for pUbhcations but as an evidence Of good
faith
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

How much can be raised on one acre
depends on how much work can be be
slowed. 10 would nos be an easy matter
for One man To cultivate an acre with "A
view Of having it produce TO its utmost ca
pacity. In fact, the poss. blities OF what
an acre will DO cannot be known with
labor unstinted and the free use OF fcrtil-
iaers and irrigation the yield can be made
enormous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

There is NO land too poor to raise good
crops OF poultry on. a saud bank. q shell
hauk. sraycled yard-even where a pea
viii not sprout poultry OF various kinds
Will grow. flourish. mature aud lay. The
poorer the land the better for chickens.
The healthiest lock and the most Of them
this writer ever saw, We're raised on a
city lot covered two feet deep with shells.
IL your land is too puor Tor anything, plant
poultry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

Regularity in feeding is of more inn
portance than quantity. MANY poultry
disorders are caused 10y alternate goreing
and starving. Feed adult fowls morning
and evening. and If their aupetites are not
fully satisfied. they win rustic between
mes.ls for what Is lacking. and this eNer-
cisoewill do them good. likeness is tho
bane of the poultry yard
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18

result in less good 10 the country. and no
worse use that corn can be put to.
The successful farmer is not necessarily
the map who raises q large crop OF sta
piles and husties iuto the market lmme-
diately after harvest. Il is the man who
always, az an seasons Of the year. has
something 10 sell who IS the winner. 4
Few pounds Of butter aud eggs, a fat calf.
good steer. lot Of well kept vegetables.
a jay of hay or RAT hog are handsome
additions TO the income OF the average
farmer that are entirely possible without
materially added expense
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-03
PHILADELPHIA VS.. NORFOLK
What the Quakers Did was a
Plenty,
THE CLAIMS WERE NEVER IN 1T
The National League Team from Phil
adelphia Wore Out Their Sticks
Upon the Ball Yesterday. Nor
folk was Too Soft for Any
thing. Result Expected.

The Norfolks cut but sorry figure
IN the contest with the Philadelph ia
League team yesterday afternoon ut
League Park.
Nobody expected tho local team to
win. but it was hoped that they would
not be subjected TO such an overwhe elm
ing defeat. When 50, 900 pitcher goes
IN against a $500 pitcher, 1t is hun
bred to one shot that the big man will
win: but when he is backed up by a
$4,000 infield. the odds Increase to Il
thousand to one IN his favor, and that
was about tho odds against the nor
folk team yesterday.
The Philadelphia team is credited
with being the hardest hitting team in
the National League, and they had no
trouble i'll sustaining their reputation
against the Norfolks. Those who wit.
messed the game yesterday saw as fine
an exhibition Of scientific batting on
the part of the Philadelphia tenn as
will probably ever be witnessed on tho
Norfolk grounds, singles and doubles
being driven through tho inheld with
the force Of cannon balls, and the
youngsterss seemedIpowerless to checs
the caunonadlng.
Manager Irwin had his strongest
team III the field, and McGill their
crack pitcher, faced the Norfolks III the
box. Everything was cut and dried
to give the Norfolks good trouncing,
and they got 1t where Johnny had the
mnmps, where Mary wears her
beads" "where the chicken got the
axe"
Lawson started in to pitch for Nor.
folk and did fairly well for four in
hn eli,
Tour hits, but bad errors in the intield,
however, gave them five runs, only one
OF which was earned. But in the fifth
inning they got on to his curves" and
touched him up for three doubles and
three singles. which added six runs to
their score.
Setley, who went in the next inning,
Jared no better, five hits being mado
oil his delivery, including doubles by
Delehanty and Smith, which Melted
them eight runs more. Another run
III the seventh inning made their total
~ runs. when the game Was called on
account of rain
Norfolk's only run was made in the
first inning. on double by Rogers
and Hager's single. They would have
scored two IN the third hnd not the bad
Judgment of Umpire Morris declared
Lawson ont on strike when he should
have taken "base on balls"
Inc fhlllies put up perfect field.
ing game, withontn n error; while Nor
ioik heldlng was ragged, nervous
and lerky, and nine yellow errors is
the record they made.
1T Is only fair to our boys to say that
the sickness OF second basemnn VIVA
ley, has to some extent demoralized
the entire iniield, aud accounts for
their loose work IN the last two games.
lie expects To be in his old position
to-day when the boys meet the Lam
caster, "a, team. Following is the
score:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-03
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

William l.. Wilson of Virginia Found His
an Open Sesame to the Treasury Building.
Under the rule of the department the
treasury building is not open to the
general public after o'clock in the aft
ernoon. Attach doorway is Waterman
who admits only persons supplied with
passes and officials who can -identiy
themselves rs entitled to special privi-
leges. A member OF congress or a cab
met minister, on, presenting his card or
stating his position, will be admitted.
To other persons tho watchmen are
properly Indifferent One afternoon aft
CIR O'Clock had struck and the doors
were manned as u:.es1'->--.-a.i fFid ent look
ing man, with iron gray hair and flow
ing mustache, sought entrance and was
denied admittance. He got in finally.
and later on III tho office of tho comp
troller of the treasury detailed his ex-
periences.
II started to tell the Waterman was
member of the house Of representa-
tives, but thon recollected it was after
tho 4th of March and the people OF my
district had neglected to send mo back
10 represent them. Then | thought l
would say | WAS member Of the cab
met had it on my lips, but felt tho
man might throw mo down stairs. OF
course l have been confirmed by the
senate as postmaster general. but l will
not qualify for some weeks yot. To tell
the truth. didn't know just how to
satisfy that Waterman. and it began to
dawn on me wasn't much OF anything.
So just told him my name was viii
liam l.. Wilson Of West Virginia, and
he let me in. Chicago Tribune.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-03
CARLISLE'S AMBITION.
Ho Hopes to BE Senator Biacltburn's Sac.
cessor From Kentucky.

Ho Hopes TO BE Senator Biackburn's Suo-
ceSsor From Kentucky.
According to prominent Kentuckian
who, is close to Secretary Carlisle, that
gentleman will be candidate for tho
senate to succeed Senator Black burn,
whose term expires March !, 1897; tho
day when Mr.. Carlisle ceases to be Sec
rotary of the treasury Mr.. Carlisle will
not be candidate in the ordinary sense
of the term, although he viii probably
so into the state and mako some speech
es, but as dark horse no will be pre-
pared to take advantage of anything
that may turn up. Some of his friends
understand what. his hopes are in tho
matter and will'do everything possible
TO bring about his election. 1t is we'll
known that Mr.. Carlisle has always re-
grotted leaving the senate and will DO
only too glad to return TO that body.
Senator Black burn, who hopes TO DO his
own successor, realizes that he has tho
fight of his life upon his hands and is
making every preparation for the most
vigorous campaign he ever wagcd. He
VIII travel over every part of the state
and speak wherever he can find an
audience. and in those places remote
from railroads he will visit his constit-
uents OH horseback, stopping at farm
houses overnight, and entertain farmers
wives and admire. the children. Black
burn is q magnetic sort Of chap, witty
and never at loss for clever reply or
n graceful compliment, besides which
he has fondness for tho three things for
which Kentucky is famous-pretty
women, fast horse and good bourbon
Whisky. Chicago Times. Herald.