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Arizona republican., 1896-03-29

Still they come, both people and goods. Yesterday the Alkire Co.'S. store was crowded with people and in front of the store boxes were piled up so high that a person going along the street could hardly see the store
 Several of the clerks were kept busy almost all day .unpacking the goods
 Many of the boxes were filled with their spring stock Of straw hats. Any one unable to find a straw hat ito suit them in Alkire's store ought to have to go bareheaded all summer. Besides the hats many of the boxes were filled with other goods. Owing to the fact that some of their goods were slow coming they decided to have their opening last Thursday, as they al ready had an immense stock on their
Arizona republican., 1896-03-29
asy to ake B asy to Operate

Are features peculiar to Hoods Pills. Small in
 size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. AS one man
Arizona republican., 1896-03-29

shelves, but the new goods will be coming every day and when you are tired of shopping, discouraged because you cannot find what you want, drop in at the Alkire store and rest while a courteous clerk wiM show you just what you are looking for.
Arizona republican., 1896-03-29
HE HANGED HIMSELF.

Self Inflicted Death of a German at
 iWickenburg.
 Fred Morris, a Germon, who has for several months eked out a precarious living by mining and prospecting in the northern part of the county, was found hanging by the neck from a beam at Wickenburg yesterday morn ing. The deed must have been done early in the night, for the body was cold. Henry Wickenburg, the local justice of the peace, summoned a cor oner's jury, which returned a verdict of suicide
 Norris had been Respondent for some time and had threatened to make away with himself, but few thought thit his words were in earnest. He was about 50 years of age.
Arizona republican., 1896-03-29

OodS said: " You never know you have taken pill till it is all over" 25c. c. I. Hood & Co.,, Proprietors, Lowell, Mass.
 The only pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Arizona republican., 1896-03-29

Dine at the Boston Cafe today. Onl. 25 cents for fine dinner.
Arizona republican., 1896-03-29
NOTICE TO H0RSEMEN.

THE ONWARDs breed on and ira'n on His get hold world records. FRED 5. sired by ONWARD the greatest sire of his age 1l9 performers in the 23O list. record never approached, and of these forty-one are in the 20 list (anotber worlds recordl and fourteen are in the 2:15 list (a third worlds record) z ED c first dam is Forum. by Al -0 " mont 33, the dam of Tuna 2:lS. Outward third hea: in 2:S6, three-year- old, his oldest colts are but years old, only two have been worked for speed, very little work, one trotted 8 quarter in Az and the other paced quarter in 3715.
 For further particulars apply to
 GEO. E JOKING.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21
Pench-YeIIows.

The word "yellows' is often COMPOUNDED
with any weak or yellow condition of
peach trees, says the Farm and Home, but
in this case it stands for the disease com
monty thus termed. Peach-yellows is
very generally spread throughout the
peach-growing sections north of North
Carolina and Tennessee and east of the
Mississippi river. A section of Tennessee
and Kentucky, where the peach does cx-
ceptionally well and is very healthy, is
generally looked TO by nurserymen for the
pits for growing stocks.
It should be understood to begin with,
that peach yellows. like plum-knot, is a
communicable and fatal disease. This has
been clearly recognized by New York and
other states where 1t is treated as a pub
lie nuisance.
Symptoms.-When yellows attacks a
bearing tree the first sign of its presence
is usually in the fruit. The one unmistak-
able symptom in the fruit is the presence
Of bright red spots on the skin, which may
be likened to measles blotches, and the
flesh Is more or less marked by red spots
and streaks. which often run through to
the pit When the attack Is faint the
streaks do not appear, but the spots show
plainly The fruit generally rpens pre-
maturely often as much as six weeks in
advance Of its season. Trees may also
ripen their fruit prematurely from the
presence of borers, but the fruit will not
then have the bright red spots
The disease generally appears in only a
small part of the tree at one time, and
perhaps only few fruits or a branch will
be affected the first year, and whether cut
Off or not. the whole tree will probably be
affected the next year.
The next characteristic of the yellows
Is the appearing Of short, yellowish un-
branched shoots upon or near the ends OF
the healthy branches. These shoots gem
orally appear in August or September, but
may come earlier or later Sometimes
these also appear early IN the spring. and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21
Mnnneing Pot Plants.

Vicks Magazine says: Plants that are
grown in beds whore the roots are free
to seek the food, are often enriched but
once-at planting time. But when re-
stricted to the narrow limits Of pot a
little and often" is the rule. II we would
not check their growth we must provide
the food they cannot collect for them
selves. This is accomplished in many
ways. Pot shrubs and bulbs are much
benefited by removing the soil down to the
roots and replacing with fresh earth.
This method is recommended for all
plants that object to being often disturbed
Geraniums. chrysanthemums, and all
plants of vigorous growth, may, when
pot-bound, be turned from the pot, have
part of the ball removed, the pot filled
above the drainage to the required depth
with rich earth, and the ball returned.
This should be done as carefully as posi-
BILE, so as not to injure the fine roots I'M
necessarily. Also remove the top, If de-
sired, and refill with rich earth. II prop
erly done, an immediate benefit will be
noticed in the renewed growth Of the
plant.
1t is a wise precaution to have a basket
of rich soil. prepared especially for this
purpose. in the cellar as winter arrives. 1t
will more than repay the trouble OF secur-
ing H..
Liquid manure is a common way Of
providing plant food but like all good
things, it must be handled with Judgment
II must not be used too strong, upon dry
soil. or he allowed to touch the foliage.
TO prepare it, take a pail part full of de-
cayed manure and pour boiling water over
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

G. F. asks what is the value of cotton
seed hulls as a food for mich cows, and
how they compare with ordinary crab
grass hay and bermuda hay.
Analysis gives the contents of the bulls
as follows
Protein mitrogenous matter :. per cent.
Carbohydrates nitrogen free
eXtracD ........................S6 per cent.
Fat NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. per cent.
Moisture .........................1 10 per cent.
Crab-grass hay varies greatly, according
to the time of cutting, manner of curing
ETC., and so far as the protein or nitro
genous matter is concerned, the range is
very great Some samples would show
such hay to have no more of this valuable
element than the hulls of cotton seed,
viz, per cent. If the hay is saved be-
fore the seeds are matured and without
be rained upon, it may contain any,
where from to per cent. of protein.
The crab-grass hay is about 10 per cent.
richer in carbohydrates than the hulls,
viz, &c per cent, and of fat it is about the
same-2 per cent. Between hrst-class
crab-grass and Bermuda hay there is no
great difference in feeding value, but as
ordinarily saved there is marked differ
ence in favor of the Bermuda. While an
alysis usually suggests the possible valus
of a thing, yet the real test is made in
the lot or stable. Many tests of this
character have been made, both by indi-
Viduals and by experiment stations, and
the average of the conclusions may be
reckoned as giving to nice clean bulls
about the same value as bright clean oat
straw At the price the hulls usually
sell for at the mills, they are undoubtedly
a desirable article of long forage for cat
tie, and in the absence of better material
there are numerous occasions in
the south, no doubt, where
dalryman or farmer with cattle had
rather pay even IS per ton for hulls than
10 attempt to get along without any long
forage, or ''roughage." This is more than
the hulls are intrinsically worth and
twice as much as they sually sell for at
the mills
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

it--by using hot water the wssl seeds,
IL any, are destroyed, as also are worms
ana insect life. After II has cooled ans
settled. pour of the water and before
using reduce to the color Of weak tea AT
nrst once week Is OFTEN enough, but
as soon as the plants become accustomed
TO the stimu.Snt IL may be applied two,
ana even three times q week, according
to the nature Of the plant under treat
ment. SCOT tea is also good for plants,
giving them freshness OF foliage aud
brlllancy of color thai Is surprising. e
is prepared in the same manner as ma
nure tea, and they may be used together
II desired. SCOT tea is especially r9com-
Inended for .oscs, but is beneficial - all
other plants as WE'LL
IN reporting Ijsnts a little well rotted
manure may be placed directly above the
drainage, lightly covered with soil so the
roots may not come in contact with it
until established. Fill in around the ball
with soil mixed with manure, and when
the roots begin to explore the new soil
they viii find just the food suited to their
needs and will not be slow to pIo1t by
your generosity.
For people who find it impossible CT in
convenient to prepare the manure tea,
so much used as a fertilizer, the prepared
plant foods of various brands are found
very useful. They seem to perfectly fill a
lonG-felt want. They are pleasant to use
and not bulky to handle; they are sold at
very reasonable rate, with full directions
for their use.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

When is the best time TO start a peony
bed, spring or fall? How can one fix the
bed so moles cannot get in? Are twelve
plants enough, and which varieties give
the best show? How long before they will
bloom, and can one plant something
among them to get show the first year?
How would gladiolus do?
Peonies can be planted either in the fall
or spring On the whole, the fall Is the
better time. The hot weather often comes
,on so rapidly in spring when the frost Is
once out OF the ground, that there is but
short time for planting. Roots removed
and transplanted In the fall have all the
fall and winter to heal over any wounds
and beffeady for starting at the opening
of spring. If removal is delayed until
spring, the first seasons growth would be
apt to be much more feeble.
There is probably no way to prevent
moles from any particular spot II they
frequent the ground The proper thing is
to trap, catch and destroy them.
1t is quite a matter OF taste and ground
room ana other conditions that win de-
eide how many plants 10 set. A bed Of
peonies cannot make much show except
for the short time the plants are in bloom,
They are very snowy while they last, but
a bed devoted TO them would look very
somber after the blooming season. Three
or four plants OF peony in A group look
very well, and after blooming the foliage
is sufficiently good to appear well, but IL
a bed of some size should be devoted to
them, It would become uninteresting
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21
PouItry at tNe south.

The well-known poultry judge, l. K
Felch, recently wrote to the American
Poultry Journal. Among other things, he
said:
Did 1t ever occur to you, my northern
friend, that when you speak OF the south
as a new field for poultry culture you
are talking of a region where more fowls
and eggs have been consumed at home in
proportion to Its inhabitants than any
other part of our country? So far as rails
ing, cooking, and, guess, eating. poultry
is concerned, many negro nanny could
give you pointers, my would-be critic
1t must be admitted, however, that the
south has been Indifferent to thoroughbred
stock In the fowls of the plantation. But
since the war our whole country has be-
come more cosmopolitan. and race ma
tionaiity ideas are breaking up. To see
one large city and the modern buildings
is to see all cities of this latter day growth.
Chicago and Galveston may be termed
cellarless cities-the nat. wet regions of
the country render this resemblance
possible. These similarities are not condi-
tons of latitude Neither IS poultry cul-
ture dependent upon conditions of lati-
tude There is to-day as general an eX-
change of stock by sale among the people
of all the states as there is or any other
kind Of merchandise. The quality and
supply depend upon the personal care
given to the focks. The south has its
lovers of poultry, and those who by their
energy and devotion to the cause are true
enthusiasts. The southern exhibitions are
presenting specimens which score favor.
ably with modern exhibits.
The south at this time is spending money
freely for the best poultry that can be
procured. The dealers who think that
southern buyers do not know when they
are cheated will find themselves woefully
mistaken. Northern breeders must not
for a moment imagine that anything will
do for the SOUTH
Some northern men say that things
are slow down SOUTH" but that is a phrase
which it is safer to utter there than here,
for southern fanciers are awake to the
poultry industry. The business is making
strides in this vast region of which the
southern breeders may well feel proud,
The progress now being made in thorough
bred poultry shows our southern friends
to be anything but "slow going" This
statement applies as well to any other
enterprise in which they are interested
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

again the trees may flower late in the
autumn
Another symptom is the appearance of
abnormal shoots on the larger branches or
trunks. the leaves of which are narrow
and stand out at right angles. These
shoots develop into bushy growths the
first or second year; later on, the whole
tree takes on peculiar growth, which is
characterized by reddish or yellow. stif
leaves. but in this stage it 10 not easily
distinguished from trees that are infested
with borers. To distinguish II, we must
depend on the peculiarly spotted fruit,
the yellow tips and bushy growths.
The cause of the yellows is not known.
1t is well known that 1t spreads from one
tree to another, but we do not know how.
There is no known remedy, and the de-
struction OF the infected tree is the only
proper treatment II fruitng trees are
affected onIy in a small part, 1t Is consld-
cred safe to remove and burn the infected
branch, allow the tree TO ripen its wood,
then dig and burn II. Where this practice
has been closely followed 1t has held the
disease in check. This is notably so in
parts Of Michigan.
The disease IS most injurious to the
peach, but also attacks the nectarine, al
mord, apricot and Japanese plums.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21
PossIbtIities of Trrigntion.

During the session OF the southern irgi-
cation congress In Atlanta, the members
of that body were interested by lecture
delivered by Hon. Lutte Wilcox, editor Of
the Farm and Field, of Denver, Col, on
the different lines of irrigation employed.
The lecture was illustrated by charts, and
among them was one descriptive of the
system inaugurated by Prof. A. E. Blount
of New Mexico, who is a native Georgian.
This system is accredited as one of the
best in existence. Prof. B1ount advances
the idea in a recent Denver Times that
farming in the near future will be greatly
benefited by the utilization of irrigation
to make good crops a sure thing. Not
only will the arid deserts of Arizona, Col
orado, New Mexico and Utah be trans
formed by irrigation into regions of great
fertility, but he predicts its general use
wherever natural depressions exist that
can be converted into reservoirs to hold in
reserve the rainfall for irrigating purposes
and streams universally utilized for irri-
cation. Irrigation is now defined as con-
trolling the supply of moisture to the
growing plant, so that 1t may obtain 1t in
the right quantity at the right time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21
MiIIet Seed and Egg Production

If a gill OF millet seed and a quart Of
corn could be compared in some manner
it would be found that more eggs would
result from feeding the millet seed than
from the corn, not that there is more
nutrition in the seed, but because the
hens would quickly pick up the corn, but
would be compelled to work for each of
the tiny seeds procured. One table,
spoonful of rnillet seed scattered over a
piece Of ground, or I'm loose litter, will
induce the hens to seek for food, and the
exercise OF 80 doing Will promote their
health, give them good appetites, and in
crease the egg production Of every hen in
the flock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

a. b. asks for information regarding
potash salts. How many grades of these
salts are to be bought and in what re
spect do they differ from kainit? Why is
one so much more costly than another?"
Besides kainit there is imported into this
country from the Stassfut mines of Ger
many sulphate of potash and muriate of
potash, or as commonly if not more COM
monty called, chloride of potash. This
latter salt, as it comes here, contains 50
per cent. Of actual potash
The sulphate of potash contains from
28 to 80 per cent. of actual potash.
There is also another grade known as
sulphate of potash and magnesia, contain
ing only % per cent. of actual potash.
Kainit contains from u to IA per cent
of potash. 1t is somewhat confusing to the
mere casual leader.
Kainit is more of a mixture than any
other of these salts. 1t has of chloride
SO per cent, of sulphuric acid 20 per cent,
and 10 per cent. of it's bulk is magnesia
another alkali. 1t has of lime also l per
cent In the high grade sulphate of potash
there is 45 per cent. sulphuric acid. In the
chloride Tor muriate) of potash above
mentioned there is 40 per cent. chlorine.
These su!phates and murates of potash
vary greatly, and if not purchased by
special analysis must be taken on trust;
that is, accept the word of the seller.
Bear in mind the nitrate of potash has
no relation ct ali to these German potash
salts The nitrate is what we know as
saltpetre, and is too expensive to allow
of use as a fertilizer.
1t has beer found that the sulphate Of
potash is a proper application to tobacco,
while the muriate of potash and Kainit is
exceedingly injurious. The chlorides in
these so inJure the burning qualities of
the leaf as to render it unfit for use.
We trust A. B. finds his question an
swered satisfactorily. If not, point out
the deficenc' AS we have stated many
times. there is nothing that furnishes
potash so cheap,y and satisfactorily as
the ashes of cotton seed hulls. Unfortu-
nately the supply is entirely inadequate,
and we are compelled to resort to other
materials.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

The southern dairyman and farmer has
little trouble in securing rich food for his
cattle to convert into milk, butter ana
cheese, and then, too, think OF the Value
of the manure made from such foods.
There is obtained back in the manure
almost the full value of the articles fed to
the cattle.
The above materials furnish the richer
mart of the food. Then contemplate the va
rious plants available for furnishing the
milder, yet equally essential long forage,
corn, sorghum, Teosinte Bermuda, beggar
weed etc, and the still richer Bur and
Crimson clovers, field pease, etc, etc.
What a country for well-fed cattle! NO
other section to equal us in this respect.
Should we not embrace our opportunity
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

chard, but both are excellent. These 40
usually boiled with a cube of bacon. bur
when boiled in pure water, then seasoned
with butter, pepper, salt, etc. make n
still nicer dish usually.
Raising Onion Plants-It is inst tba
right time now te prepare the seed beds
and provide the seeds for growing the
plants to be set out in October and No
vember (and later. We have told the
gardener-reader of the Morning News
many times how to grow this excellent
vegetable from the seeds. II any one still
insists on using sets to make a crop LET
him do it, but he may or may not realize
some time that he has missed a good
thing.
The finest onions. and by all odds the
best keeping onions, are to be grown only
direct from the Seeds
Procure fresh seeds of the New Ouean
Giant Rocca and Prizetaker. Sow in shat
low drills in the seed beds in rows five
to six inches apart ten or fifteen seed
to the inch Prompt working and water
ing will soon provide you with the
plants" which are far superior TO
"sets."
Another good onion for our section is
the bermuda" Bulbs harvested in June
this season are as sound and firm the last
OF September as the day they were gath
cred in. One important fact about onions
we were slow to realize. Do not seek to
have them very large. Aim to have them
OF smaller size and more of them. Plant
them thick enough to insure the bulbs not
averaging more than three ounces, or four
at the furthest. To show what one can
do with the aid of good soil it is not out
of place to raise a few that win Tip the
beam" at one pound or twenty-four
ounces, or more, but for the more prae-
teal purpose of gain it is desirable to
have the onions smaller. The loss from
rot Is not so great and the queen of the
kitchen prefers the smaller ones, as they
are more readily cooked done" The
smaller onions should command a little
better price than the overgrown ones in
any market Here in the south can be
grown as fine onions as can be grown
anywhere, and we certainly ought to more
than supply our own demands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

Would that our young people, male and
female. could be aroused to a proper en-
tbusiasm for the great possibilities of
rural life, of establishing a home in the
country, a real home, such as our fore
fathers and mothers built up in the will
derness.
There is nothing of the wilderness in
such life now. Would it not be a wise
thing on the part of our state to take
a bold step forward and encourage indi-
vidual settlements by bounties of one
kind or another. There is no question
that this could be done to the great ad-
vantage of the state. The building up Of
our agricultural interest should be the
Grief concern now of our Georgia states
men. Cannot something be done?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21

all of which must be taken into consid-
GRAFTON by the wise cultivator of the soil.
When such troubles come. and man has
lost all his investment in one crop, he
may not be ruined, but he Is likely to
be seriously embarrassed. and perhaps Ia :
to mortgage his place in order to tide
over the year. 1t Is here where the ad-
vantage of a diversity OF crops comes in.
The man who, in addition to his fruit,
raises some hay for his horse and COW,
and plants some vegetables and berries
between the trees, and raises n few
poultry Is always sure of living and per-
maps something more, even when the main
crop is a failure
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21
Rich Food for StOck-SOja Beans
Compared.

Sofa bean weed is an exceedingly rich
food, rivaling almost cotton seed meal it.
self. 1t should not be fed exclusively to
any kind of stock. Even for milk cows
the Sofa bean meal should be mixed with
some less rich substance, that is not so
rich in protein; corn meal, or corn and
cob meal, for instance. 1t is better even to
divide it with wheat bran.
Here is a table of comparisons between
the several articles, mostly available for
stock food in this section.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21
Diversified Farming.

It cannot be too often urged upon farm
ers that one Of the most important requi-
sites for success to those farmers who
start in with limited means is a dIversi.
fication of crops. says the Los Angeles
Times. The man who relies entirely upon
one crop runs great risks. is not rea-
sonable to expect that any crop will be
thorough success year after year. There
are seasons Of drought and insect pests,