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The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09

grass, or with stack cap. The vines
could be cut with a sharp grass blade,
or with reaper with the cradle re-
moved, and this should be done when
the first peas are beginning to ripen.
If left later the vines become too woody,
and the leaves shed off too, readily.
Chufas grow best on a sandy loan.
The ground should be we'll broken and
pulyerized. Where the nuts are fed off
Ply hogs. and the grasslike blades are
not cut for hay, there is but slight loss
OF plant food in the soil, therefore
chutas are not, under such circum-
stances, an exhaustive crop. When,
however. the tops are cut for hay and
the nuts dug for seed they become quite
exhaustive to the soil. They are planted
to a considerable extent in South Geor.
gla (they should be planted more largely
In all parts of the state) for fattening
hogs and are excellent for that purpose.
Any complete fertilizer will add largely
to the yield of chutas, preferably, LOW.
ever. one carrying from to 4 per cent
of potash. State Agricultural Depart
ment.
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09

QUESTION. Tell me how to save pea
vine hay. Can | stack it in the field
and leave it until wanted for use? Do
chufas injure land? What would be q
good fertilizer for them?
ANSWER. Pea vines can be stacked
in the field and left there until wanted
for use, and this can be done easily and
cheaply and with absolute success in
the fOr lowing manner: Gut three forked
poles thesize cf mans arm and feet
long. In trimming off the limbs from
these poles leave prongs from 10 to IL
inches long, wherever you can. TEan
place the poles in the form of tripod,
locking them firmly together by means
of the forked tops, at the same time
pressing the other ends sufficiently deep
into the ground to prevent their slip
ping and falling down. Then as the
pea vines are brought to the spot throw
them with pitchfork, or by hand, on
these poles at distance of some feet
from the ground, wnere they will catch
on the forks projecting from the poles,
making thus base for the stack. Then
pile on the vines, distributing them
with some little care, and carrying the
stack up as long as you can throw the
vines to the top with pitchfork. This
is simple way, and will make good
pea vine hay, regardless of the weather.
l have tried it during light rain,
when the vines were thoroughly wet,
and made fine hay. While not essen
tial, it will 1st to cap the stack with
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09

ten days after the second. and the fourth
10 or IS days after the third.
The other method of fighting this
pest is by what is called earring.
When a tree is Jared by a blow, the
insect-'playing possun" from
the limbs as if dead A sheet spread
beneath the tree catches the curculios.
which may then be collected and de.
stroyed. If not killed very soon after fall.
ing ON the sheet they will cease playing
possum" and fly away. Insteadsof the
sheet, many large growers use recep-
tacle shaped like an inverted umbrella,
mounted on wheels; it has sloping sides.
down which the insect rolls towards the
center, where it falls into vessel con-
tanning water with little kerosine.
Dropping into this the curculios perish
quickly. Jarring is most successfully
done in the cool of the morning, and
has to be frequently repeated. A very
large peach grower i'll this state is said
to have spent in 1896 $1,000, using this
remedy against the curculio, but he
saved his crop and was well repaid for
his expenditure. Pad or muff1e the in.
strument with which you strike the
tree to produce the EARRING" that the
bark may not be bruised or knocked
oH.-State Agricultural Department.
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09
"BiS-Head" and "Big-Jaw."

QUESTION. I have fine mare suffer-
ing with "big- head" and 'big.jaw." Is
there anything that will cure herr
ANSWER. This i5 a common disease
among horses and mules at the south.
and various are the causes assigned for
it. Some say it is caused by damaged
corn, others attribute it to what are
called blind teeth, and many think l5 is
caused by feeding corn raised ON new
grounds. The truth is the veterinary
surgeons do not know the cause of this
disease, which carries off many horses
and mules annually. The disease, If
well advanced, is absolutely incurable.
and the animal suffering with it should
not be tortured by burning holes into
the nose and lower jaw, applying Sc
tons, ETC., as is too often done. There
is no satisfactory treatment. In the
first stage of the disease, if the animal
is put upon limestone pasture, given
good care and fed we'll on bright. clean
oats, the disease is sometimes checked,
and occasionally even completely cured
State Agricultural Department..
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09

QUEsrIoN.-I have been informed that
sorghum is good tesister of drouth
and also a splendid forage plant. for
soiling and for curing both III the silo
and in the field. ] am thinking of put.
ting inanite large area to supplant
other food crops, but AS have had only
q limited experience in the usual small
patches" for green feeding and syrup
naking, would be glad if you would
tell me something of the methods of
harvesting and curing Is it safe to use
the second and third growths for an
purposr / have been told that the
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09
FRUIT.
STOCK.

The report on stock Of all kinds, as
regards both condition and numbers,
compares favorably with last year,
showing slight increase. No diseases
reported, except cholera among hogs,
which is doing much damage in a few
counties
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09

jure Land?
QUESTION. = Does sorghum resist
drouth more surely than corn or other
forage crops, aud is it as injurious to
the land as millet?
ANSWER. Both the sacharine and
nonsacharine varieties of sorghum resist
drouth much better than corn. This
has been proven Ill those sections of the
south and west where severe drouths
sometimes occur. The sorghum has
been found to remain fresh and green,
when the corn was almost ruined Dry
weather may somewhat check it's
growth. but when the supply of moist
ure is renewed it will recover and grow
as luxuriantly as ever. This is perhaps
owing to its deep feeding roots. which,
unlike corn, extend far below the sur
face. Owing to this popularity it ia
also less exhaustive on the soil than
millet and many other crops. which
draw their elements of growth from the
upper soil 1t is also a small consumer
Ol ulSESr..3u. w Hou plduJou ldC6, OF
sown with cowpeas. if it is cnt before
the seeds ripen and the field plowed as
soon as the crop is taken off, the land is
left in splendid condition for succeeding
crops. Where the canes are large and
coarse, as is the case when the crop Is
planted for syrup, it is important that
this blowing be deeply and thoroughly
done as soon as the crop is harvested,
otherwise the stubble might interf ere
with working other crops If the cane
is sown thickly in drills or broadcast
for harvesting or pasturing, little trouble
in this respect is experienced. In all
cases it is best, however, to plow the
land as soon as the crop is gathered.
Experienced farmers know that cotton.
small grains and potatoes do well after
sorghum. State Agricultural Depart
ment
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09

All sorts of forage crops may bu
started this month. Sorghum, about
which we have several answers in the
iret .jrv columns, COW peas, Spanish
ground peas, millets, etc. Kaffir corn
is attracting considerable attention on
account of its drouth resisting qualities
r. Z. NEsBITT, Commissions.
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09
The GranarY WeeviI.

QUESTION. How do WeeVilS get into
corn, and how does the ''bisulphide of
carbon" which you recommend, de.
stroy them?
ANsWER.-The common granary Vice.
vii, so destructive to corn and other
grains in warm latitudes, is a wingless
insect, which may be found in our
nelds, woods or barns They can only
survive the cold winters of more north.
ern latitudes in the shelter afforded by
barns and other buildings. and in such
sections are consequently few in num-
Der and do but little damage. In this
state, and especially in the southern
portion, they easily survive the mild
winters, and sometimes do great injury
to the corn crop even before it is housed,
though the chief damage is done after
the crop is gathered. They work in the
following manner: The female weevil
bores very small hole into the grain
of corn and deposits therein one or two,
and sometimes three eggs. These eggs
soon hatch into little larvae, that eat
out the soft heart of the grain, and in q
few weeks develop into full grown
beetles, which then cut their way out
of the kernel in which they have been
confined. The females among them
quickly commence their egg laying in
the uninjured kernels. and thus genera
tiOn after oanaratiou &c yrOduoad ~, ov,o
season. The grown weevils feed indis.
criminately on the hard as we'll as the
soft parts of the grain. When very nu-
merous, the corn is rendered unfit for
food for either man or beast. To de-
stroy this pest is not impossible, though
many farmers take that view. AS soon
as your corn is housed, place on top Of
the pile, i'll shallow vessels, such as soup
plates. or small tin pans, bisulphide of
carbon, at the rate of q to pounds to
every 100 bushels of corn. This quickly
vaporizes, and the vapor being heavier
than the air, descends and penetrates
into every portion of the pile of corn,
killing all insects with which it comes
in contact, as we'll as rats and mice.
Such of the weevils as escape the first
application, by reason of being buried
in the interior of the grains of corn, can
be killed by second application, fol-
lowing in four weeks after the first.
The closer the crib the more effectually
will the work be done. Always remem.
ber that the bisulphide of carbon is q
deadly poison and gerry infiammable,
and no fire, not even lighted pipe or
cigar should be taken near it. This
danger ends wnen all odor of the vapor
has passed away, say i'll two or three
days at utmost. The use of this remedy
does not injure the grain, either for
food or seed purposes, if used as recon-.
mended; if used i'll larger quantities the
grain is liable to injury as seed I
would be pleased if some of our South
Georgia farmers would give this remedy
a fGir trial and report the results to this
department. State Agricultural De.
partment.
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09
MR.. NESBITT IN
SOUTH GEORGIA
TIE Commissioner Writes OF
His Observations.
FARMERS FORGING TO THE FRONT

Only on Plantations Where Tenants Are
Entrusted With the Management of AT
fairs Is Evidence of StagnatIOn NOticea.
bIe-Raising Home Supplies-WOrk For
the Month Delayed.
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Increase In the Cotton Ac-oaGe-usavy
Rains Retard Corn Crop.


Rains Retard Corn Crop.
COTTON.
The reports from the different sec-
tions of the state would indicate an in
crease Of from to 10 per cent in the
acreage of this crop. Planting from ten
to 20 days late. Not enough yet up to
indicate the stand. That already up
Gin the lower portion of the state) look
ing badly, from the unusually cool
nights. Long continued wet weather
all over the state has caused good deal
of delay in farming operations. and |
fear that much land will be planted
with but very poor preparation.
CORN
The acreage is rep orted as about the
same as last year, with preparation not
so good. In some counties III South and
Southwest Georgia corn has had to be
replanted on account of the excessive
rainfall, by which many fields were
completely drowned out. Too early to
estimate the stand. Land in many
cases poorly prepared. because of this
time lost by continued rains.
OATS.
The acreage 10 per cent greater than
last year. and the condition very much
better. Quite so per cent of the oat
crop was sowed last fall, and as nearly
all of it escaped winter killings, there
is a good prospect for fine crop.
WHEAT.
More wheat planted than for several
years past. The crop is reported as
looking unusually WELL but | fear it
will yet be seriously injured by rust,
which is reported from several counties
in the middle and lower portions of thi
state. No rust yet reported from North
Georgia, where wheat is largely planted.
FRUIT.
The reports vary very much as re-
CARDS peaches, ranging from 10 per cent
in some counties up to a full crop in
others. After a careful study of re-
ports, conclude that the shipment of
peaches from Georgia this season will
be light, while there will be plenty for
home consumption. The same may be
said of pears. Apples and grapes prom
ise full crop. Plums, cherries and
Strawberries are all more or less injured,
but will make fair crops.
STOCK.
The report on stock of all kinds, as
regards both condition and numbers.
compares favorably with last year,
showing a slight increase. No diseases
reported, except cholera among hogs,
which is doing much damage in few
counties.
The Brunswick times., 1896-05-09
SORGHUM AS A a
FORAGE CROP
Preparation, Time of Planting,
FertiIizing, Etc.
NOT INJURIOUS TO THE LAND

Resists Drouth Much Better Than Corn.
How to Destroy Weevlls-VaIue of Salt
and Lime as FertiIizers-A Plan to Save
Pea Vine Hay-Mauy Other Inquiries
Answered.
QUESTION. Il see that you advise
planting sorghum as forage crop.
Will you please advise me as to prepara-
tion for, time of planting, fertilizing,
feeding ETC.? have raised this crop
for syrup. but not for forage; indeed,
have always been told that it was dan
gerous as stock food.
ANSWER. variety of sorghum to
be chosen for forage crop differs from
the syrup making varieties, in that it
should be hardy, quick growing and
maturing, with abundant seed of soft
quality and free from astringency. For
this purpose the Amber varieties are
extensively used at the south as we'll as
the north and west. but many southern
farmers prefer the Orange varieties.
These are rather later than the Amber,
and are of coarser growth. AS a gen.
eral rule the same preparation should
a crop of corn or cotton. If the land is
rough or cloddy it should be smoothed
with a harrow and bedded as for cot
ton. The seed should be sown much
thicker when the crop is intended for
forage than where syrup is the object.
If planted in drills it should be given
about the same cultivation as corn, Gull
tivating shallow and often. The time
of planting should be decided by the
season, any time from the middle of
April to the middle of May, after the
grow slowly above ground at first, but
the root growth is rapid, and as soon as
these are we'll established the stems be.
gin to develop very rapidly, and owing
to their abundant and long roots the
plants resist drouth more successfully
than corn. The cutting may begin as
soon as theheads begin to form, but the
best time is when the seeds are half
ripe. After the first cutting, if the
field is again cultivated, a second. a
third and even fourth cutting may,
under favorable conditions. be obtained.
Often peas, beans, corn or millet is
sown with the sorghum broadcast, and
the field may be pastured, or the crop
cut for hay. The practice of sowing
legumes, as peas, beans. etc., with the
sorghum is most excellent one because
the legumes furnish the muscle making
materials, while the sorghum is rich in
fat forming substances, and the two
combined make a more perfect feed.
Another advantage is that, although
the sorghum draws very little upon the
nitrogen of the soil. the peas will re-
place whatever of this element is taken
off. This would indicate that fertil-
izer running very low in nitrogen, with
full per cent of potash and phosphoric
acid, should be selected for this crop. -
State Agric ultural Department.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
LOGAN BUSINESS COMPLICATIONs.

Meyers Brothers. cloak manufacturers. of Nos.
g. and GA broadway. have suspended payment.
Their total liabilities aggregate $4,000 Kantro-
witz Esbcrg. attorneys. have obtained security
for certain OF the confidential creditors. The fail
ure Is attributed by the attorneys TO the de-
preston In the cloak trade and 10 many losses.
but II IS said TO have been prccipitatcd bv recent
ruinors affecting the credit OF the firm Notices
have been sent ont for creditors meeting or
Monday. at which an amlcabe adjustment will
be proposed by the firm. They have been in busi-
for years
J. simmons a. Co. manufacturers OF furs. at
No 13i Broadway. have closed up and have given
bills OF sale to Fannie Simmons. wife OF the
senior partner for 81. and 10 Adolph Friedman for
s0.cD The partners are Jacob Simmons and Ben
jamin Goldsmith. Their inventory claimed assets
of $1,000 and liabilities Of 5000. Several cred
itors. whose claims aggregate $1,000. have com
bincd TO take proceedings to recover the amount
OF their debts The firms liabilities estimated
az $1,000
\ confession Of Judgment made by julius Freu-
dcnthal a wcll-known merchant Of this city. who
last June went 10 Germany with liabilities re
ported at Snpu was filed yesterday In the County
sky. II WAS dated April 10. lS@ Tho claim was
for the value OF siXtv-four nrst mortrag" bonds
featuring Company. which w'r" lent 30 Mr.. Freu-
denthal between May 1885. and February. lS-'
but were to bc returned on demand tn" demand
was made on April lu. and Mr. Prudential was
unable to return the bonds or 10 giv" their value.
George a Baker has been appointed receiver
In supplementary proceedings for Robert a.
art House ~ broadway and Forty rrst-~t. a
year ago on the Application of NJ q Bri.n ~ son.
Judgment creditors Judgments Tor SJn nave
been entered against Mr.. Siranahan In the last
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
RAILROAD NOTES.

Holders Of the first mortgage bonds Of the Oregon
Improvement Company are Informed by Chairman
John J. Waterbury OF the Reorganization Commit
tee that upon depositng their bonds with the
Manhattan Trust Company. OF this city, or the Old
Colony Trust COMPANY Of Boston. before Deccm-
Der i5 they will receive cash for the coupons on
these bonds maturing June last.
The holders Of reorganizaion certificates for gem
eral nrst mortgage bonds. general second mortgage
bonds. collateral trust notes preferred and common
stock Of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
are Informed by ]. =. Morgan x Co. that on and
after Monday next they will be prepared to begin
ne issue Of new securities in exchange for reor-
- schedules will be received each day.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
COMMODORE W. II. M'VICKAR.

Commodore William H. McVickar. seven'y-eght
wears old died Wednesday evening nj the nome
of his SON. No % East Thirtecnth-s;. He was the
son OF NJ w McVickar. who married Miss Cathe-
rine Buchnor the daughter OF n West Indian citi-
zen who married a sister OF Peter Goeet John Nc
Vickar his era aNdfather landed In New Nork from
the North Of Ireland in 1886. Win him was his
brother. Nathan John McNickar was a vestry-
man Of Trinity Church from 1871 10 lsl2. and was
one Of the founders OF the ST. Patrick Society
He married Miss Annie Moore. sister OF Lady
Carleton Dougon. When young man the COM
uodore went into business in Wall-st. He retired
wears ago The Commodore was one OF the cor
porators OF the New-York Yacht club. ana IN ls"'
became its commodore. The Mystery. the Haze
the Restless and the Magic were owned by MIN
He was called upon in 1866 by the club 70 90 10
England to act as Judge with the Earl OF Wilton
commodore OF the Royal Yacht Squadron IN IN"
ocean race between the Henrietta. Nesta and Fleet
wing the former vessel winning. Commodore Nc
Nckar married julia daughter OF Thaddrus
Phelps and widow Of Governor Mason. OF Michi-
gan He leaves three children. The eldest. a
daughter is married TO Lord Granilcy, and IL In
England; the second l. the wife OF James An.
dariese OF this city the third. Henry j. married
Miss Jessie Lansing only daughter OF Colonel Ar
thur Lansing. L. ;. A. who has since died.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
OBITUARY..
BENJAMIN A. GOCLI

Doston. Nov. 21-Professor Benjamin Apthorp
"ouo' inc distinguished astronomer. died at his
nome IN Cambridge. on Thursday at the age of
IN ven He was preparing TO leave the house
!i ne evening when he fell downstairs and received
injuries from which he died two hours later.
benjamin Apthorp Gould was born in Boston
september 21 1874 On his graduation from IIar-
'aro at the age Of nineteen. he was appointed
master Of the Roxbury Latin School. After
years teaching he went to Europe to complete his
studies. On returning 10 America he was employed
10 determine astronomcally the various geodetic
stations Of the United States Coast Survey. He
purpose of determining the differences of longitude
and recording by telegraph the exchange of signals
and stellar observation Hardly was the transat-
lantc cable laid before DR. Gould started for Nalen
tia Ireland and there established the station from
which the difference OF longitude between Europe
ana america was determined and connected the
two continents by the most precise observations
Of American astronomy. The FIRST Astronomical
journal ever published in the United States was
1855 and 1858 he organized the Dudley Observato
at Albany. and 1T was there that the normal clock
nished with barometrc compensation. was hrsi
introduced many improvements OF construction.
which are TO- t0,d3y & in use In all the the
lie founded the Cordoba Observatory in the Ar
ecntinc Republic and there engaged in many i'm
portant astronomical Investigations He was also
greatly interested in anthropology and made many
Army with view to determine human growth be-
tween the ages OF fifteen and nifty. The network Of
tropics to Terra del Fuego on the one side OF
soqn he Asn Sna w Sa BY the
pr Gould was a member Of the Royal Astronomi5
Sciences OF the Academy Of ST. Petersburg. as well
of the American Academy Of Science and many
works Of lasting scientific vaiue' He was married
October %, 1861. TO Mary Apthorp Quincy.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
MATTILDE BLIND.


London. Nov. g7.-Mss Msthilde Blind. the we'll
known writer. is dead
Miss Blind the stepdaughter Of Karl Blind. was
born in 1871 and was educated chiefly in London
school for girls and afterward in Zurich Her first
literary effort 20 attract attention was critical
essay on the poetical works Of Shelley. which ap-
peared in The Westminster Review" in 1870 She
edited a selection Of Lord Byrons letters with an
Introductory notice for The Camclot Classics and a
selection OF his poems in two volumes, with a full
memoir for Walter Scott's Canterbury Series Her
translation Of strauss's THE Old Faith and the
New appeared in 1873, and went through many
editions.
contributed literary criticisms 10 - ne AihcnHum.
and the now extinct Examiner and Dark Blue y
in 1883 Miss Blind opened the Eminent Women
Series with her Life OF George Eliot whlch was
the first connected narrative OF the career OF the
great novelist Madame Roland with It's con
densed survey Of the French Revolution Tor Dack-
ground. was written for ne same series 1sg @ pho pher
''Tarantella." a romantic novel. appeared Mss Mss
Blind who was primarily poet; iooros issued f., IsS Se
and in 1855 The Heather Fire" The Ascent
of Man" her chief work appeared ,io5 in 1882 and
Miss Blind first drew public attention in England
to Marie Bashkirsen. by two articles contriputed
TO The Womans, World in isS ana published ,nl
PRODUCTION in 1890 Miss Blind contributed 10 The
Fortnightly Review for May; is@ her "psrsInai
bv her at the time. In 1898 appeared selection OF
her lyrical work. chiefly taken from that portion
snIi'ea ;a of song. song IN and ffiT sonnes n""
Miss Blind was always a warm supportctt OF wa nS
modern movement 10 improve me educs''on ,.i ana
She was al one time a lecturer on the subject and
was one OF the orginators OF women's Giub- Miss
Blind travelled much In the south OF Europe ana
Egypt