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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
Help in starting a Vineyard.

]. B. C. asks several questions relative
to starting vineyard. If he win write
a postal card to R. j. Redding, director.
Experiment Georgia, and make request
for bulletin No. 2S. he will get a great
deal of information, one-tenth of which
we could not impart here owing to the
lack of space.
Another excellent bulletin that is very
instructive as to orchard and garden fruits
is No. 90 of the North Carolina experiment
station (RaleigD. A stamp enclosed to
Director H. b. Battle with request for 1t
will obtain it and it is well worth a quarter
to any one just undertaking fruit grow
ing.
Some of our experiment stations are do
ing splendid work for southern farmers
and fruit growers, and the North Carolina
station is we'll in the van in this respect.
1t is a pity our farmers are not wide
awake as to the availability Of the in
structions rendered by the several sta
lions. Write as to Information you are
specially in need of just at this time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
Cotton Seed Meal Contains -''''
Richness of the Peanut.

Although the experiment made with pea
nut meal and biscuit as food for the Ger
man army was not so successful as to in
duce the authorities to adopt it as part
of the rations. still analysis has shown
conclusively that 1t is a most nourishing
food for man, and as compared with other
well known forms of vegetable and animal
food it has a high nutritive value.
During the years between 1861 and 1865
peanut oil was manufactured by at least
four mills in the southern states and used
as a lubricant by railroads for locomo-
tives; by wool and cotton spfnners for
their spindles, and by housewives instead
Of lard as shortening in bread and pastry.
The cake was eaten by many living in the
vicinity OF the mills, and was very highly
spoken of by those who used 1t as a palat-
able and nutritiuos food for man.
The following is a comparison made by
Prof Koenig, based on the price in Ger
many of the following twelve principal
foods reduced to units of nutrition:"
Comparison of the nutritive value and
cost Of twelve principal foods:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
A. to sorghum Hay.

Sorghum makes good hay at any stage
of its growth, says Texas farmer, but
the greatest profit requires it should at
tain nearly it's full growth before cutting
say when the heads are fully out. 1t is
somewhat easier to handle if cut earlier
as the stalks are then not so long, but
what is gained in handling is lost in
growth. It can be stacked in the field
or anywhere else if it is well cured and
the stacks are made small, not more than
ton in each stack. Large stacks of
two or three tons each may be safely
made by using alternate layers of straw
and sorghum the layers being six inches
to a foot in thickness. But large stacks
or large bulk in the NOW without
the mixture of straw will surely come to
1t may be cured in the swath or in cock;
the latter is better, as it avoids all ex-
posure, to, the weather and the plant re-
tains its bright green color. When cured
in swath ii should dry several days be-
fore being put into stack. When cured
in cock few hours or one days drying
is quite sufficient. Indeed ii is perfectly
safe for the rake to follow the mower If
the cocks are not made larger than three
or four hundred pounds, but when cured
In this way 1t will be necessary to let il
stand two or three weeks before stacking.
When used for a SLING crop it should
be fed from the manger or hay-rack OF
some kind. 1t is very juicy and the juice
the cattle tramping over it bruse the
stalks and dust and dirt adhere to il.
True. the cattle will eat it, dirt and all,
eat an Unnecessary amount of dirt
There is no advantage gained in whiting
II before feeding except that it is a little
more easily handled.
Sorghum is the coming hay crop in this
part of the country. We already grow It
BY the hundreds of acres.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
Watermelon-Rest Yariety.

nsaltor Morning News: VIII you please
o os NE which is the very best variety
can be had. Lie.
9fo2mere, Fla
oQF correspondent does not state for
w., T..at purpose he wishes watermelon.
" 'e' her to grow for home use or local
g GO @et or to be shipped long distance.
s-''e very fine melons are not very good
lor the past Is years we have regarded
fariety grown in Baldwin county, and
v'9"a as the Ivy melon, as the perfection
an "Sslermelons. It is a grey melon, long
Pi15 nm r an Improvement on the old Ice
W. 60 - ~ ana the best strain of rattlesnake
ratl'ags ara as the two best kinds, Ivy is
t6is 4 local name and it is strange that
ne [neion is not more generally known.
sure t4.-sIon grower who grows it once is
irrti-o .srow it again and again. In per-
kBo-- II Is the superior of any melon we
% ,r.t u IL IS productive and not difficult
haFaa,ses. crop average 40 pounds. II you
,ai15,." ~ tried this melon you should GER
-go SO, without delay.
IL r5ors SlllpPlng purposes the Kolk Gem
er rs-t Atensively planted than any 9TH
We sbanlags, that is in South Georgia, but
0uiu not grow it for home use or to
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
Poultry, PIums and Strawberries.

know of no occupation that affords
any more pleasure to the average man
than the culture of poultry, plums and
strawberries. Poultry culture itself is one
of the profitable and delightful employ
ments of man. but strange to say, there
are not a great many who understand
the business to that extent that warrant
ed their meeting with success, from a
financial standpoint of view. 1t has been
proven time and again that if any one
will go into the business with the deter
mination to stick to it, and is not afraid
to do some manual labor he will build
up paying business in a few years. One
cannot enter into such a business and
rely on the profits therefrom for a living
for the first two or three years. 1t is
therefore, necessary that he combine
something with his poultry at the start
that will bring him in enough money
to run him until his poultry plant is in
breeder has been gained. For this pur-
pose l do not know of anything better
than fruit, and there is no fruit that
will fill the bill as well as plums and
strawberries. 1t is true, plums would not
mature in several years, but when they
do, they sell better, are surer bearers, and
furnish better shade than any fruit we
have. While Strawberries would be of
little use to poultry, they would put
many a dollar into the poultryman's
provements on his farm that he could
not do otherwise. If planted and Guilt
waited properly, strawberries will bear
abundantly the first year after planting.
The southern people are far behind in
the cultivation of small fruits, and a little
yankee blood will do them lots of good in
that respect.
A. b. Cook. Bolingbroke Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
D. G. PURSE, President.

plant an acre and cultivate WELL and he
will be rewarded with from forty to 100
bushels, whether In climate wet or dry,
east, west, north or south. The seed can
be bought from any scotsman. The person
who tries nothing new is the one that will
find himself in the lurch in the reckoning
of the years to come.
Home Dairying-The creamery Is all
right in it's place, but the private dairy
Is at home, or can be made so on any
well managed farm. Private dairying for
market purposes has a range OF adaptable
ity far beyond that OF the creamery, and
the output of private diaries is increasing
faster than that Of creameries ever did.
Those who declare that dairy farming Is
doomed are away Off in rheir conclu-
sions. They are multiplying as they never
did before. Tho southwest Is developing
this branch of agriculture rapidly, and
as people learn its requirements and
merits Il will grow in importance and in
favor with God and man. When a man
can control his own products and learns
the best methods Of production, dairy
ing will become more popular.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
The oyster she'll BARK Louise.

Editor. Morning News: I send you two
spIigs from on my apple trees. You will
see that they are badly infested with the
eggs of some kind of insect. All of my
trees are affected and several are dead as
the result Of these insects VIII you obligs
me by telling me what insect II is, and
give a remedy? s p. A.
Collins, Ga.
Your apple trees are badly infested with
the oyster she'll bark louise. and it is
doubtful il anything you do now will give
the trees a new lease on life. You should
have commenced a vigorous war on the
pests several years ago wherever there
were old trees.
Perhaps some of your trees may yet
be saved. Cut away all dead wood. Then
get you a scraper and give the trunk and
boughS as good a scraping as pOssib BILE.
Then something must be applied to
destroy every Vestige of pernicious in
sects that may infest the stem or twigs.
There are various mixtures used for the
purpose, some cheaper and more conven-
lent than others. We would advise you
to use the corrosive sublimate wash frst
IN this instance. 1t is made in the fol-
lowing proportions;
Corrosive sublimate, ounce.
Soft soap, 10 gallons.
Alcohol, 1 pint.
Water sufficient to make a stiff paint
or wash. Apply with a mop or brush to
every part of the tree. You will prob
ably use much more than the above, but
use the proportions as given. Nowadays il
becomes a part of the work of every fruit
grower to provide himself with a good
supply of soft soap, saving up all his
hardwood ashes for the purpose. He will
need the soap for emulsions, etc, sooner or
later, for every year now it is a battle
with the insects if the best success with
fruits would be secured. 1t may be nee
essary to make an application or two OF
kerosine emulsion a little later on. This
is made in the following proportions:
Soft soap. l quart.
KEROSENE oil, 1 pint.
Water, quarts.
The soap is boiled in the water until
well dissolved. Then the kerosine is add
ed and churned vigorously for ten or fif-
teen minutes. Just before using add cold
water sufficient to double the quantity.
This is the accepted remedy for all suck
ing insects and for all soft-bodied, hair
less caterpillarS. Use care to have the oil
well emulsified; that is, thoroughly in
corporated with the soap-suds. The emul-
sion must be thrown against the limbs
with force with spraying apparatus,
something every fruit grower will have
to supply himself with as a necessary inn
plement of his business. OF course such
applications. as are made with the con-
ststency of paint or thick wash can be
made with any homemade mop of rags
on long pole. Make these applications
before the trees begin to bud. If S. p A
would enclose a stamp to Arkansas ex-
pertinent station and make request
for bulletin No. 26 it would give him some
valuable information.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13

supply a local market anywhere in 90 or
80 miles. The Jones melon is anOth-
er good shipper, known 70 some as Duke
Jones" The rattlesnake is a very popular
melon. We could name a half dozen other
good kinds, but IL is only confusing TO null
tfpIv names Try a patch OF Ivy" this
wear. even il YOU plant other kinds that
we have named or that are grown extern
sively in your neighbOrhoOd.
We viii be glad TO hear from any of our
readers as 10 the question of the best wa
termelOn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
Mixed Hushnndry.

Stock raising and proper rotation of
crops are essential requisites to a judicious
system of mixed husbandry-in other
words, is the foundation of successful
farming. says Jas. 1. Baird in the Epito-
mist The soil should necessarily be I'M
derstood, its fertility maintained or i'm
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
Making a ton Of M; .iIS Pog M.

These ingredients may be varied in pro-
portions to suit different soils and crops.
Directions for Composing: Spreading
under shelter a layer of stable manure
inches thick; on this sprinkle a portion of
the phosphate; next spread a layer of cot
ton seed inches thick; wet these thorough
ly with water and then apply more of the
phosphate; next spread another layer of
stable manure inches thick, and continue
to repeat these layers in the above order
and in proportion to the quantity of each
used to the ton until the material is con-
sumed. Cover the whole mass with stable
manure or scrapings from the fence cor
ners or inches thick. Let the heap stand
in this condition until a thorough fermen-
tation takes place, which will be from
four to six weeks, dependent upon a prop
er degree of moisture and the strength OF
the materials used. When the cotton seed
are thoroughly killed, with a sharp hoe
cut down vertically through the layers;
pulverize and shovel into a heap. Let IL
lie two weeks after cutting down, 1t will
then be ready for use.
Another plan is to mix the cottonseed
and stable manure in proper proportion,
moisten them with water, apply the proper
proportion of phosphate and mix thorough
~, shoveling into a mass as prepared.
This will render unnecessary the chopping
down and mixing as in-the first method.
and in that way might be saving of some
labor. rsst
From Com. Nesbitts January Talk to
Farmers"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
Tobacco Growing in south Georgia

R. P. c., who seeks advice in regard to
tobacco growing is advised to write to
the Florida experiment station, at Lake
City, and secure bulletin No. 80. of that
station. Though a brief treatise on the
subject it gives pretty much all the di-
rections necessary in starting the crop;
names the best varieties, and gives di
rections as to fertilizing, etc. Write to
o CIute director.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
SOWING SPRING OATS.
Cotton Seed and Its Meal Compared.
Commissioners Nesbitt Answers Two
Interesting Questions.

Cotton Seed and It's Meal Compared.
Commissioner Nesbitt Answers Two
Interesting Questions.
Question 5:-How shall / prepare my
land and plant my spring oats?
Answer 1.-The season of the year has
arrived when the farmers are sowing, or
about to SOW their spring oats.
The usual custom is to select for this
purpose the poorest piece of land on the
farm, scratch the oats in with as few fur
rows TO the acre as possible and then await
developments with an abiding faith that
providence will help out that particular
field. The result must be, and always is,
a very poor oat crop.
A much better way is as follows: Select
the best land on the farm (Which, OF
course, you had in cotton last year,, break
Il up as deep as possible, either with a
ton rows. II you use fertilizer on your
oats, as you should do, be sure to broad
cast 1t on the land and plow in with the
Sow now from ~ to 2 bushels to the acre
of any good variety OF rust proof oats, and
go over the land with disk or any other
good harrow. This viii cover the oats suf-
ficiently break up clods and leave the land
in good shape, not only to make the crop.
but to harvest IL. Providence will, with
very much more certainty, bring about
good yield from field prepared and plant
ed in this way than from one prepared and
planted in the usual manner.
Plant not less than One-I0urLn or even
one-third of your land in this valuable
crop, and II put in properly you will
find it profitable.
After taking off the oats. SOW the land
i'm field peas which will leave 1t in good
heart las we farmers say, for a crop the
Question What is the difference in
value of cotton seed meal and cotton seed
as a fertilizer
Answer ITO compare the feeding value
of the two 1t is best to give the food anal
ysis Of each, as made by Dr. Payne, state
Whole Cotton Seed Contains
Per cent. Value.
Carlo hydrates ...........2t39 san
OOH ...............s..... .s..zlbJ 7.O1
Protein .............,....... lyII 80
Cotton Seed Meal Contains
Per cent. Value.
Carlo hydrates ........... 2439 3.05
Oh ..,...........-............ 30 3.Ol
Protein .s...,................ 4zzO lab
s2925
If the whole seed and meal are valued
upon their food analysis alone, the whole
seed are worth over three-fogrth the vaiua
of the meal, but as the meal is twice as
valuable as a fertilizer in the manure 1t
makes, therefore one ton of whole seed
will be equivalent to L,2S0 pounds. Of the
meal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13

Questions and communications relative
.osgricuIturaI and horticultural subjects,
81 addressed to Agri. Editor. Drawer n.
IuIledgeville. Ca. will receive immediate
attain fiou.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13

!
stable manure and cotton seed may each
be reduced fifty pounds and 100 pounds
of kainit used instead. The formula would
then be:
Stable manure .................. $50 pounds
Green cotton seed .............. $50 pounds
Superphosphate ................. 200 pounds
Kainit observation-disclosures. 100 pounds
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13
hest Grass for Wet Bottoms. Making
Compost, Etc.

Best Grass for Wet Bottoms. Making
Compost, Etc.
What grass can 1 plant on wet bottom
for a winter pasture?
Answer J. There are none OF the Guilt
waited grasses that VIII thrive on a wet
bottom. Il suppose YOU mean by a wet
bottom one on which water stands most
Of the time) Some OF the native swamp
grasses OF your section might do well on
such land. but they afford poor pastur-
age. as a rule.
The best plan Is to thoroughly drain
the wet bottom. and then il VII produce
in perfection anything that VIII grow on
the high land. For a winter pasture you
might SOW a few acres IN scarlet clover,
about the LIST Of October In SIX 10 eight
weeks Of you put IL in property you can
begin TO pasture on IL and keep 10 up until
about the LIST of March Then take your
stock of and the clover viii make you a
good crop of hay, and in time 10 make a
dition, the roots OF the clover VIII supply
your land with nitrogen or course you
could not pasture the lana while wet. as
that would ruin the clover and mJure the
land. The vetcn is another good plant 10
furnish a winter pasture IN your section.
Do you think Il will pay to haul cotton
seed twelve miles and exchange for meal
and hulls. where I can get for 800 pounds
OF cotton seed 800 pounds Of meal and
800 pounds of hullS2
Answer The 800 pounds of meal would
be worth, say. S. The 90 pounds Of hulls
s. Thus you would get s. for % bushels
of cottonseed after hauling them twelve
miles.
The hire of the driver and team you
must consider at least Si.J0. so you will
have left $3.50 in meal and hulls for thirty
bushels of cotton seed. Don't do it, don {
sell it at p or even at Is cents, a bushel,
but use Il on your farm, in increasing
the fertility of your land, and In this way
making IL worth more TO you than you
can possibly sell IL for.
/ have lot of stable manure and scrap
ings from fence corners that / wish TO
compost for cotton. What amount of cot
ton seed and acid should use in the
compost? How long should IL stand be-
fore using?
Answer THE following formula makes
a good compost for cotton:
Stable manure .................... go pounds
Green cotton seed ............... 400 pounds
Superphosphate ................. 400 Wounds
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13

Two or Three Litters-lt Is possible to get
three filters of pig from SOW. in one
year. but this is a little too hoggish.
Some say it is best to keep a sow breeding
all the time, as II will check the tendency
to take on fat. 1t Is our opinion that fat
"a reasonable amount of it's not poison,
even to a sow. and does not call for
heroic doses of anti-fat. The SOW will be
better pleased in the end with two fam
lies a year, and what pleases the sow
ought to please the owner. The man
should not be a hog I..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13

Sunhowers as a Crop-It requires very
rich land to grow sunhowers with profit.
Their seed is oily, but it is also nitroge-
nous and makes rich feed for poultry.
which is the only kind of stock that can
digest it when fed whole. The sunnower
is very exhaustive of potash. and 1t is
lSseiSss to try to grow It except on
heavy soil Most of the ash, however. re-
mains on the stalk, which is usually
burned and its ashes applied to the land
where 1t was grown.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-13

Ground Bone for Hens-There is no bet
ter feed for laying hens than ground bone
or green-cut bone. 1t supplies the phos-
phorus, which is constituent Of the egg,
as well as the lime for the shells. The
bones when fresh may be merely broken
into small pieces, which in the fowls giz-
as being itself dissolved while doing so.
Fowls thus fed will make very rich ma
nure. 1t is the fish bones that sea fowls
get with the fish that make their excre-
ment such an excellent fertilizer where
either nitrogen or phosphate are re-
quired.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-08
(To BE coNTlyrEDl
The Drivers Error.

"A misunderstanding as TO the mean
ing of a word sometimes leads to pecul-
lar situations" said Rev. A. l.. Smith
Of Chicago. lin company with several
other ministers / was riding in stage
or hack, which served the purpose of "a
stage, ell route to a camp meeting. The
road wound around the mountains, and
the air was delightful, while the scenery
was almost sublime. was invigorated
as though by powerful tonic, and sew
eral times remarked upon the ozone in
the air. After one Of these observations
the driver stopped his horses. and. beck
oning to me slyly, climbed from the
seat. Wondering what he could want, 1
followed him, and soon we were behind
large tree, out of the view of the wag-
on. 'Parson, said the driver, Il oouldn't
bear to SEQ you suffer. The ozone you
smelled was in my pocket With these
words be drew forth large bottle of
whisky, which he offered to me. 1t took
several minutes to convince him that il
was not whisky had referred to as
ozone. "-Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-08
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that the breeze gradually died away and
was wholly gone at sunset. Long
enough before this the women and chill
dren in the cabin had got the better of
their fright, though to be sure the wife
of Roberts and for that matter all the
rest of us were terribly anxious as to
what fate might be in store for him and
the DOCTOR 1t was hard to see how their
deaths would advance the interests of
the mutineers, and yet the wounded and
the friends of the dead would demand
vengeance and probably sacrifice the
two prisoners. What made the matter
worse was in our realizing that we had
nothing to offer in exchange for their
liberty.
Night came down as quiet and peace
full as any night you ever saw. No
lights were placed i'll the rigging, nor
was there man OH deck from end to
end of the ship. There was cheeping
and chirping from blocks and yards
aloft as the Hindu rose and fell on the
heave of the sea, but never the sound Of
human voice nor the echo of foot
fall outside the cabin. Like specter
ship she went drifting slowly to the
north, and in the cabin we spoke in
whispers and wondered what the night
would bring forth. We had plenty to
eat and drink, and the lamps gave out
cheerful light but no one could for
get for an instant that nearly hundred
mutinous sailors and hardened crimi-
nails were only a few yards away and
wickedly plotting the destruction Of
every one Of us. When the sleepy chill
dren were put to bed, Mary Williams
old father said he would ask God to be
merciful to us in our distress, and
while we ell knelt down he prayed with
tears falling down his wrinkled cheeks.