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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
The value of Ashes as n Fertilizer,

Cottonhull ashes furnish potash in the
form which is most popular among the
expert tobacco growers, says the Ameri-
can Agriculturist. The demand for these
ashes usually exceeds the supply. The
coming season the supply will be less
than ever, owing to the short crop of
cotton. Southern farmers ought to use
every pound of these ashes, instead of
permitting them to be shipped north
They were sold last year at S34 to $40 per
ton net to northern farmers, at which
price the potash in them cost 4.3 to g. Sc
averaging about &c per pound The cot
tonhull ashes sold the last year have been
of better average quality than those pre-
viously on the market, because the mil
lers have taken more care to have their
ashes pure.
Unleached wood ashes continue to be
ed from Canada in great quantities. AS
the Connecticut experiment station well
says, the lime in unbleached wood ashes
is worth more on the soil under some
conditions than are the potash and phos-
phoric acid they contain. In other cases
cottonhull ashes contain all the aIkali the
soil requires, and it is pointed out that a
ton of the latter costing $40 will supplv
as much potash and phosphoric acid as
six tons of wood ashes, costing S63 The
six tons of wood ashes, however carry
$3.50 pounds more lime than a ton OF
hull ashes. 1t is perfectly true, also that
the amounts Of phosphoric acid and potash
furnished in wood ashes can be bought
cheaper in other FORMS yet 1t is equally
true for the reasons just noted THAI un-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
New Onion Culture?" What time are
they ready to market, set out Feb 1.

New Onion Culture?" What time are
they ready to market, set out Feb. l.
a. f. c.
You can doubtless grow a fair crop OF
onions on your land, by liberal fertiiiZa-
uon, and by repeating the heavy fertih-
zauon, you can grow larger crops on the
same land annually for a number of years.
1t takes several years fertilization and
culture to get the maximum crop of on
ions on a piece of land that has never
grown that crop. l should use fully a
ton per acre of a high grade fertilizer,
and l would not buy any particular brand
OF mixed fertilizer, but would mix my
own, for there is no brand that l am ac-
quainted with which has as large a per-
centage of potash as the onion crop and
your soil need. In bulletin 112, on Truck
ing the South, you will find some formu-
las for home mixing of fertilizers If you
wish to grow green onions for punching
to ship in March, you should use sets
of the early Pearl or the white potato
onion, and plant them in October The
bulletin referred to will give fun direc-
uons. For ripe crop for the home mar
ket, or for early shipment ripe, you can
use the Pr1zetaker, and start the plants
under glass in January, or if you want Il
crop that can be kept then SOW seed in
February of the White Southport Globe
or the Red Opal. The Prizetaker is the
best for the new onion culture" that is
starting of the plants early and trans
airy, If well hardened off They will be
ready to ship in late June or early in July,
while the onions grown from sets planted
IN october, will be ready to pull and
bunch in March and ship with the tops
on, in ventilated barrels,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

with less wear and tear than any other
machine known. OF course, 1t cannot be
used to raise water from deep wells, as
can a windmill or gas engine but there
are Thousands Of places where IL can and
should be used, and certainly would be
IL the parties understood its workings.
The only necessary requirement IN order
to use the ram is a sufficient and constant
supply Of running water, with n chance
to obtain g. few feet fall. Anyone that
can meet his demand has It in his power
to have model water works.
Twenty-Five years ago this summer my
father placed a large ram in operation,
and It has been working constantly ever
since and / can now see no good reason
why Il should not last another quarter
of a century. One can scarcely compre-
bend the amount of work done in 50 long
a time. The spring where 1t Is located IS
fully 100 rods distant, and more than 100
feet lower than the tank in the house
that receives the water. 1t throws on an
average twenty-eight barrels of water
daily, so one can easily figure out that 1t
has already pumped up the hill more
than 10000 barrels of water, and is yet
running as usual much the same.
But does IL never get out of order?
That is the question that is always asked
by persons admiring its steady work.
Most assuredly IL does and so does an
eight-day clock or family cook stove,
but that does not prove them worthless.
The facts are, that aside from tanks and
other fixtures, the actual cost of repairs
has not exceeded 81 per year, and this,
hObliyt mas DctA III new taiNN5s NilcAb 1
can now get cast and fitted at our local
foundry, thus saving most Of that ex-
pense. AS to the advantages the ram pos
sesses over other pumping devices, there
are many, among them might be mention
ed the simplicity and durability of the
machine, requiring no oiling and very lit
tie attention, throwing a steady stream
without regard to wind or weather, and
more than that, one knows before invest
ing anything just what kind of water he
is getting, which Is q matter of no small
importance, as a large percentage of the
deep-drilled wells produce water of an in
ferior quality for drinking and household
purposes.
A well-to-do farmer told me some time
ago that as old as he was and with as
good water works as he then had he
would not begrudge one thousand dollars
IL a spring over in the back lot could he
brought to the house." Yet this same
man had invested enough in drilling
WELL erecting a windmill, etc, to have
brought that spring to his house, and in
stead of having a hard mineral water,
that could scarcely be used, much less
drank, he would have had the best Of soft
spring water
AS TO the cost of such an outfit, that
depends altogether on circumstances.
The common-sized rams are quoted at
from five to ten dollars. according to size
and make. For pipe, | use a good quality
of lead, which, in the long run, is per-
haps the cheapest, and Is perfectly safe,
as the water does not stand in IT.. A good
quality of pipe may be had for one dol
lar per rod, but is always sold by the
pound, and consequently varies according
to size and quality.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
HOrseradish.

How is horse radish grown? Is 1t sal
able and at prices that would warrant
o1s planting a good-sized plat of it? Is it
,,-ed for anything else than sauce, such
as we buy at the grocer's? IL. '. D
In the cities, especially at the north,
horse radish finds ready sale, the pur-
rhasers generally being such estabhsh-
ments that put up condiments ana pickles.
If YOU have to send off any distance
for vour cuttings, it would cost you quite
"a lille sum to start off as much as an
scre hut if there is any one in your 10
csiitv that grows it largely, you might
,g,11,ir.cbase The root cuttings sufiicient for
an acre for s. or $40. 1t Will require
nearly or about 10000 cuttings 10 plaht
an acre, allowing the rows to be three 1eet
aDart and plants eighteen lncheS IN the
~ov-. on rich land this is the usual dis
fancp On poorer land more distance IN
the row had better be given, say, two
roots from the root cuttings. These
should he about the size OF a gum or iSdu
mcneil and six to ten inches long Inc
plantngs should be made as soon as the
severe weather is past, say about Isl OF
T7ebruarv In Southern Georgia the plant
ing can be somewhat earlier II desired:
The plants should grow up to frost II
nothing befalls them. The SOIL Should pc
deeply plowed and narrowed fine, the cut
tings inserted with a dibble, small END
down, with the top end two inches below
the surface. Use manure freely ana
broadcast. Cultivate frequent and shall
low. >. -.
If YOU should make crop OF II you
should get into correspondence with some
ceta blishment in the line of business just
named and awhile before the crop ma
lures in the fall.
Most any first-class scotsman can Iur-
nish you with the cuttings to start with.
The second year you will have such to
sell yourself. But it is difficult TO sell
anything without advertising 1t, you
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
Purchasing Fertilizers.

In one sense all fertilizers used on the
farm are bought, says the American Gull
tivator. None Of them come to the farm
er free of cost, though this may be reduc-
ed for some of them by incidental profits.
Not even the increased fertility secured
to the soil by growing clover comes with
out expense. The clover seed must be
purchased or grown on the farm. While
the clover is growing the farmer loses the
use of the land for crops that bring more
immediate money returns. This last item
makes clover a very expensive manure in
some places where land is very dear. Mar
ket gardeners who purchase largely both
of stable manures and commercial fertil-
izers very rarely sow clover seed. 1t takes
too much time, and they can make more
money by keeping their land constantly
cropped with some vegetables that will
yield ten times as much money return as
will a crop of clover hay.
In the ordinary language of farmers,
to buy fertilizers means the purchase of
those put up in concentrated form, and
consisting chiefly of phosphate and pot
ash. with some nitrogen for ready avail
ability. Whether a farmer can afford to
buy these must depend largely on what
the increased fertility they will put at
his disposal will be worth to him. If the
farmer realized, as he should, that all
the manure he applies to his land has to
be purchased, he will learn to make com
PARSONS, and will soon perceive that much
Of the manure which he has used because
it cost him no money outlay is really more
expensive in proportion to its effects than
that which the commercial fertilizer will
give him.
We have no doubt that for grain grow
ing the use of phosphates and potash sup
plies available plant food more cheaply
than does stable manure. The latter has
an enduring mechanical effect that the
mineral fertilizer cannot be expected to
have. But il takes ten 10 fifteen large
loads of manure to spread over an acre,
and for the first crop of grain % pounds
Of phosphate, drilled with the Seed viii
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

G. A. Hoerle. secretary of the American
Mohair Growers Association, contributes
the following to northern contemporary:
Angora goats, though they like a varie-
ty of food, live principally on leaves ten
der young bark, and twigs of bushes and
small trees, but if necessity compels, they
win also eats weeds and grasses, and for
a time do well on them. The quality of a
goat pasture, therefore, depends upon the
amount of brush, especially evergreens-
cedar, hemlock, live oak, holly, etc.-it
contains; for on these principally, as well
as on, the mark and twigS of all kinds OF
bushes, they live in winter; and the more
of this they find the less grain and hay
they require during the cold spells.
This habit of living renders them very
valuable on farms or ranches where brush
Is too abundant and needs exterminating,
and as their droppings are of about equal
quality as those of sheep, they will i'm
prove the surface soil OF their pastures
much faster than the latter animals; for
trees draw more from the lower parts OF
the soil than do grasses and weeds. But
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

of the 1877 only 25 were cloudy days. For
the quantity of sunshine and moonshine
afforded it was most remarkable sea-
son up to Jan. 16, the lowest temperature
reached was is on Jan. 5.
Nearly inches of the 7.39 inches given
fell in December, leaving only 49, inches
to the other three months and a half
just an inch month.
Whatever really unpleasant weather is
to be furnished by the winter is yet ahead
of us. Splendid season that 1t was it seems
that ii proved the very thing for the
development of the cutaneous disease,
measles, which has been epidemic
throughout the state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
Extrnordinnrx wenther.

1t will be many years probably before
such long spell of pretty weather will
occur like that covered by the last four
months of 1895 and up to Jan. Is, 1886. In
the 1877 days embraced between Sept. /
and Jan. Is the total rainfall at Milledge-
Vile was only 7.S9 inches. That amount
diyidal q follows.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
onions i'm the south.

North Carolina Experiment Station Bull
letin.-Would there be any possibility OF
my growing a good crop of onions on
newly cleared land, with everything taken
out and well plowed and worked? L want
ITO grow a good crop. 1 have nothing but
commercial fertilizer to use. My land is
light and high, good sandy loan. How
mich fertilizer can l use and not burn
the crop. Is the "Prizetaker'' the best
for me to plant, and market under the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

The following named comprise the best
journals devoted to poultry: Poultry
Monthly, Albany n; Y; Farm Poultry.
Boston, Mass; Poultry Bulletin, New
York, N. Y; American Poultry Journal,
Chicago, Ill The Southern Fancier at
Atlanta, Ga, is the only southern jour-
nal we know of. There are scores of pa
pers devoted to the poultry interests but
those named are about the best.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
Seed Artichokes Wanted.

Mr.. E. NJ. Crawford. Blackshear, Ga.
and Mr.. R. P. Raiford. Doboy, Ga, would
like to'get in communication with parties
who grow artichokes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
Bunch Your Potatoes.

NJ. F. Would like to have the experience
of some one who has planted the bunch
yam largely, and whether it has been
found TO be a good shipper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

To E. NJ. H.: Certainly. Go ahead and
sow your oats. Sow two or two and a half
bushels on well Dlowed land harrow and
then roll. (2) Good rust-proOf seed can be
had at 30 to IS cents per bushel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
PnuIfrx Pnnern.

Editor Morning News: Will you kindly
give me the name of the leading poultry
papers in this country. X. Y. u.
Kissimmee. Fla.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
Hogs Notwithstanding Kainir
to an Injurious Extent.

Editor Morning News: a. ! have
several very valuable sows and
pigs that have become lame or tender
looted, as if they were foundered. They
nave been on peanuts for several weeks,
Put l have taken them off They are still
lalne, however. ] would like to know the
eause and remedy.
" When Gefman kainit is used every
ear Tor the purpose of supplying potash,
oe mere any danger of getting too much
" the salt in the soil and thereby injur-
Ing the land? If so, what had we best
aSe TO supply the potash. l have been
,alslng from 700 to $50 pounds of lint cot
ton per acre, but have some fear of in
'IdIlng my land with salt. F. NJ. Renfroe.
Quitman, Ga.
,5iogs suddenly turned on to rich food
az "a Ihey will eat are frequently affected
~ ~ the manner you describe, and It is
pb.ooable tnat is the only trouble. Take
c lem OF theapeanuts and les lem have
-Nahge Of food and see If the symptoms
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
Making "A Lawn-Bermuda and White
Glover.


am anxious to secure a good sod for
my lawn, and would like to have your ad-
vice with regard to the kind of seed best
TO use. I live in Southeastern Georgia,
where the soil is altogether sandy and
the climate moist 1 would prefer a grass
that will not spread to the adjoining
fields. Can you recommend good seed
and where l can procure the same! what
quantity should be used per acre?
Kingsland, Ga. II. L. McK.
If you wish the lawn to show it's beauty
IN the summer time we advise you by all
means to use Bermuda You need not fear
its extending beyond bounds, If only a
little care is used. After you have eStab-
lished the Bermuda you can sow on it
white clover, which will alternate with
the Bermuda and produce a very pretty
appearance in the winter.
For lawns to show green in winter there
is nothing better than Texas blue grass
to use a single variety But 1T is admira-
bic to use a mixture. Some Of our SOUTH
crn seedSmen put up mixtures suited to
our climate and soils and II you decide
not to use Bermuda and white clover we
would advise you to compound with some
reliable scotsman and purchase this mix
ture. Have you any objection to Bermu-
da2 1t makes the most satisfactory lawn
of all in the south. Most other grasses
are lacking in the quality of permanancy
and require to be resoWn from time to
time. few weeks ago we offered some
suggestions concerning Bermuda lawns.
If you should decide to use other and
cannot procure what you want if will
write and so request we will give you the
address of parties who can supply you
with suitable mixtures. To get a perfect
sWard promptly it will require three or
four bushels fourteen pounds per busheD
Of these seeds. But we repeat for use in
southern Georgia nothing gives in the
long run more satisfaction than Bermu-
ga and White clover
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
Growing ArtichoI1es for Hogs.

Editor Morning News: had an acre of
lowland which had planted to pecan trees
and it is in high state of cultivation A
part of it 1 have sown in rye for a hog
pasture, and 1 wish to run second crop
on same and of something that will not
shade my trees, which are very small-one
TO two years old. l am thinking of planting
d part OF the land in white Jerusalem arti-
cnokes. What time should [ plant and
where can l get the seed? How many Will
Il take to plant an acre? How do you pas
lure. After the crop is matured how long
can the artchOkeS remain in the ground
without being injured. S. A. J.
Abel, Ga.
Artichokes are a good crop for hogs and
every hog raiser should have more or less
o. Them If planted closer than 4 feet to
Ire young pecan trees the plants will
shade the trees somewhat. Lay off the
rows feet from the trees plant in burrows
IKE you would Irish potatoes. Drop cut
ing every IL or 20 inches in the furrow.
BY close cutting 21a or even bushels can
be made to plant an acre. Tubers the size
OF hickory nuts can be cut into or 3
pieces. We are telling what you can do in
starting. We would prefer to use BUSH
els IN planting if they can be had cheaply.
You ought to get such for $3.50 if not at
Sl@ We notice, however, that some
Seedsmen quote them as high as 50 per
RHushel If you purchase several bushels
from a grower of them you ought to get
them at S1.O0.
Plant the latter part of January or in
, e0ruary. The plants will grow up to
hedVy frost and the tubers keep with little
icss IN the soil up to February the first 1t
more economical to dig and feed to stock
seut the usual plan is to let the hogs dig
Tor themselves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

Questions and communications relative
n agricultural and horticultural subjects
n addressed to >Agri. Editor, Drawer n,
1ftledgevilles Ca. will receive immediate
.rtanflnn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20

We solicit articles for this department.
The name of the writer should accom-
-sTv the letter or article, not necessarily
for nublica ton, but as an evidence Of good
faith.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-10-01
The Geld Corner,

The persons WHO deny the exist
ehce # a goId corner will perhaps
not deny the following:
That Grover Cleveland is presi-
dent
That the president has the author.
ity and the determination to buy
gold as often'as is necessary to keep
the reserve at S100,000,000.
That the purpose of the gold is
to give the rest of the currency
paper and silver, the purchasing
power Of gold. -.
That every dollar is pledged to be
equal to every other dollar.
That every dollar has therefore
to be redeemed in gold if demand
is made.
That the means of depicting the
gold reserve at any time are thus
always at hahd to be used by any
body who cares to take advan.
tage of them.
That the gold of the world is in
the vaults Of banks.
In other words, the control Of
the gold supply is with the banks !.
the control Of the demand for gold
is with Anybody who can gather to-
gether ehough ofour demand cur
rency, of the banks again. and The
motive to. deplete in order to com
pei replenis6ment is with the
banks, too.
That comes pretty near to being
what common people call a corner,
Detroit Tribune.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-10-01
Just Too Late

"We are now comming to the,
tunnel" said the cautious lover
"and according to the foolish tradi-
tion of others in love We must kiss
each other. l mentioh it because |
did not. wish to surptise you."
IN thing that you could do
would surprise me-" she said.
"D,o-do you see any one we
knoYp
"Not SOUL" y
"Nor any one that knows us2''
"No, no."
Il suppose there isn't any stick.
ing plaster on your facet"
mo. Why?" Y
ut might betray us. I read os
d young man like me. WHO kissed.
girl likeyou when they We're going
through a tunnel"
eWei1 what of II? How slow you
are.sg~
"Ihe sticking plaster was on herl
face when they went in; when they
came out it was on his"
"How lovely. We are nearly
through the tunnel,"
"Then it must be now OF never
said the coutious lover, and the
passengers smiled apdibly, for the
train emerged into the broad day
light just as he saluted hisgirl with
the lvng-deferred kiss Detroit
Free Press.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-10-01
PILES!
CONSTIPATION

SHOULD not be regarded as
a trifing ailment-iD fact, nature
demands the utmost regularity OF
the bowels, and any deviation
from this demand paves the way
often to serious danger. 1t is
quite as necessary to : remove
impure accumulations from the
bowels as it is to eat or sleep, and
no health can be expected Were
a costiye habit Of body prevails.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-10-01

Don't forget that DR.. Bigksi Il Lntes, /.
/, Vile, handles the BEST cigars onihe mRx-
Tket
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-10-01
SICK HEADACHE.

!. This distressing afction occurs most frequently.
The disturbance of the stomach, arising from the:
mPertectly 1gested contents, causes a severe pain IN
the head, accompanied with disagreeable napsea ans
this constitutes what is popularity krQyr. as Sick
Headache, -f5t the relief of which Tkvr S1MMoNs
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-10-01
BAD BREATH!

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