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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
Upland Rice.

We wonder how many farmers who
read this paper have sown any upland
rice this year. We wish some of those
who have done so would write US, and tell
how pleased they were at having raised
some upland rice. And we want to know
in good time where a good lot of seed can
probably be had next spring We shall
use our best power of persuasion TO get
every neighbor to SOW at least a small
plat next February or March, If not more
than a quarter of an acre. We grew it
two years, but have not grown any re-
Gently, and are not quite posted as to the
very best variety. Which is the best?
What is the largest yield you know of
having been made? There is nothing in
the way of bread equal to rice In nutri-
tive quality. In this respect fine flour
is not in 1t at all. Eat all the rice you
can and you will need but little meat 10
keep your muscles in good working order
Let every man who farms next year
determine to SOW one acre, If no more
Yes, sow a quarter of an acre if that is
the best you can do. You will not regret
it. The straw makes excellent forage
We know It is an easy enough crop to
make. Hang your banner now on the
outer wall and let Diversity be imprinted
upon it. From now on let us be farmers
sure enough. We must live at home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
Make Hay Vow.

The cotton and the corn and the sweet
potatoes and the sugar cane are doubtless
all laid by by this time. There may be a
little more cultivating of some of these
crops, but there will be comparatively lit
tie of such work. Now every thorough
going farmer should turn his attention to
that very important matter-hay-saving
Don't be afraid of giving it too much at
tention. We have vet 10 see the farmer
VINO made too much hay. Have you a
hay press? If not, you ought not TO lose
any time in getting one. 1t may be that
you cannot afford this splendid piece Of
machinery. Couldn't you stir round and
get several of your neighbors to join in
and purchase one together Thousands of
farmers are short of barn room A press
enlarges the barn capacity. Put up into
Is or 100 pound bales you can store ten tons
of nice hay where probably you could put
only a ton or two, If stored loose.
If you should have any surplus next
spring-along in May or June-you will
have no difficulty IN selling II ana at a
dollar a hundred. Just think OF Geor-
gia farmer giving this price for dried
grass and hauling ii ten miles back into
the country! He did it! We saw 1t done,
Sad, is 1t not?
IL is not too late yet to SOW corn or
sorghum or peas for hay purposes. 1t Is
desirable 10 SOW all of these quite thick
ly, so as to make a small stalk or vine
that will cure readily and be more palata-
BILE to the stock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

in the Jars (Which have been warming
while the fruit was cooking and seal B,
very careful that they are alright. Veg
etables require more cooking, II canned
In the same way.
To Can Snap Beans.-wash young. ten
der snap beans. String them or place IN the
Jar whole, as preferred. Fill the fairs with
place them In a deep vessel as above di-
rected boil one and u half or two hours
Tighten the tops well. and put away In a
cool, dark place.
Butter beans and English peas, shelled.
require about one hours boiling. Okra,
one-half hour. Corn, okra and tomatoes
may be put up for use in soup. Cut the
okfa IN min chips and boil. Peel the to-
matoes and cook. When both are cooked
tender, mix them in the proportion of two
quarts OF okra to three Of tomatoes, then
add two quarts Of young, tender corn cut
from the cob, and-a tablespoonful Of salt.
Let all boil fifteen minutes, stirring con-
stantlys Put in Jars and seal while hot 1t
VIII be best to boil this a few minutes after
1t Is put IN jars. and then seal After It Is
cold see that the Jars are well frightened
and set away in a cool, dark place.
The Number of Useful Plants
or late years there has been a wonder
iul addition to the number Of known
useful plants. the total being now put
at about 1900 by the botanists Among
the lot are 5000 roughly classed as "eco-
nomic and food plants" The above in
300 edible seeds Fifty are reckoned among
the cereals and 40 as "uncultivated edible
graminaceous seeds" Four hundred and
twenty are classed as vegetables and SAL
ads" and 26O are listed among the roots
tubers."
, There are 81 of the onion species. 40
palms, 80 varieties of arrowroot, 80 plants
from which sugar may be extracted in
paying quantities, and 40 other reckoned
among the "saleps," whatever that may
be. Vinous drinks are obtained from 200
plants; aromatics from &c., There are 50
substitutes for coffee and 129 for tea Tan
min is present in 14s plants and caoutchouc
india rubber in sc. Gutta percha is
found in but 7, while resin and balsam-
ic'' gums are yielded by not less than
3s9. There are 10 wax trees and plants
and $50 which yield "greae and essential
oils" Eighty-eight different plants con-
tain potash soda and iodine, and $50
are Of use to the dyer and ink man. Up
wards of 800 Of them have fibers that are
of use to the weaver and A are used
in making paper. FOrty-eight are used
in making roofing preparations, and 740
are used in miscellaneous building OPP
erations. Out Of all fhe plants known
to belong to the vegetable kingdom only
6l5 are in any degree poisonous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

proof that the plan IS a good one. as
shallow cultivation might have given a.
much better srowth and yield. Shallow
cultivation gives the advantage OF saving
time and labor. besides anOTdiHg a better
opportunity OF repeating as often as may
re considered necessary Tor the best
gfowth and yield OF the crop While it
rs possible 10 give too much cultivation.
II IS certainly an exceptional case when
tnis Is done Though I can harry say
tAat favor late cultivation. let I am
satisned that 81 always pays with an Gull
lNated crops 90 keep up the cultivation
until the crop can De considered as made.
IN some seasons a less number OF culti-
Nauons viii be needed than at others.
ordinarily, / consider ten good harrow
ings and four thorough CIVILIZATIONS all
THAT Is necessary 10 be given. But / have
narrowed both corn and pototoes twice
anu then cultivated six times. and am
satisned that none too much cultivation
was given. In a majority OF cases J am
SATISFIED that the last one OF two cultiva-
ions were by far the most profitable.
Keeping the surface OF the soil dne and
mellow and stirring frequently aids ma
terially to retain moisture in the soil
Try this plan OF having the soil in a fine
uith on the surface and II there Is a
dfy spell scrape away the surface soil
ana see how nice and moist the soil is
underneath. But II the soil Is stirred deep
y VIII dry out as deep as IL Is stirred. and
tnls, OF course. is against the best growth
ana thrltt. The safest plan Is TO culti-
Nate as often as the condition OF the
soil and OF the crops may seem necessary
ana 70 continue until the crop may be
considered made.-Farmers' Home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

Certainly they add much to the beauty
Of a place, especially the cock. with a
grand tail spread in the sun; it is as
pretty as Imagination can picture. Mine
is only full grown and much admired by
all visitors. My hen is now setting. her
eggs are so much like the turkey egg, no
one not much used to them can tell them
apart. Perhaps after she comes off and
raises them can tell more Of them from
actual experience; can now only give the
testimony OF others who have had them
longer. One man said 10 me they are the
''prettiest, whitest and sweetest meat 4
fore sitting, then you may take them
away, and she will go to a new place and
lay five more eggs. But If you do not
wish her 10 quit the nest never put your
hand in it. for she will quit, even II just
ready to hatch. They live largely on
bugs, are small eaters of grain except
in cold weather, they eat about like a
turkey; they have habits much Ike the
turkey in their nesting. l find them good
watchmen, the cock, most especially, he
will sit on the highest point he can reach
at night, and Will give his warning cry
If any unusual noise or stranger ap-
The hen sometimes will pull, a chicken
hen from the nest, or pick a hen with
chickens, during the first few days after
she is turned out. They have never hurt
my little chickens. / recently saw the
meat Of one that was wounded by a wolf
it was fat, tender and whittier than tur-
key. Another lady says she prefers them
to any turkey to- eat. and / do not find
them any trouble 10 keep at home. 81. ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

Grass Is the forgiveness Of nature
her constant benediotion. Fields tram
pied with cattle, saturated with blood,
torn with the ruts of cannon. grow
green again with grass and carnage is
forgotten. Streets abandoned by trait
fic becomes grass grown. like rural lanes
and are oblterated. Forests decay, har-
vests perish, flowers vanish. but grass
10 immortal. Beleaguered by the sullen
hosts of winter. It withdraws into the i'm
penetrabie fortress Of its suhterranean
vitality and energies upon the solicitation
OF spring. SoWn by the winds, by wan
dering birds, propagated by the subtle
horticulture of the elements. which are Its
ministers and servants, il softens the
nude outlines of the world. 1t evades the
solitude of deserts. climbs the inaccessible
slopes and pinnacles of mountains and
mobiles the history. character and des-
tiny of nations UnObtrusive and pa
tient, il has immortal vigor and aggres-
sion. Danish from the thoroughflres and
field, IL bdes Its time to return, and
when vigilance is relaxed and the dynasty
has persisted it silently resumes the
throne from which It never abdicates. It
bears no biazonry of bloom 10 charm the
sense with fragrance or splendor, but It's
homely hue IS more enchanting than the
lily or the rose. 1t yields no fruit in
earth or air, yet should its harvest fail
for a single year famine would depopu-
late the world "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

It Is a temptation. when a new breed IS
offered, TO accept It because or The many
claims that may be advanced IN its favor.
but IL IS not wise 20 use any OF the newest
breeds except in a limited manner, not all
new breeds, however, for IL is possible
that a new breed may be superior 10 any
Of the recognized varieties, but IL will
pay to always experiment before invess-
ing too largely with something that is
not well known. All new breeds are her
aided with claims IN their favor. which
leads the novice TO suppose that they viii
be revOlutionized; but the breeds finally
fall into their proper place In the list,
to give way to the HeXt, which IN turn
follows the same road. A new breed
may be a success in one climate and a
failure in another, and even two or three
seasons trial is not always convincing.
There are now over eighty breeds OF
chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, which
are sufficient TO make a selection from,
all having been tested. some for half a
century. and II is therefore better to use
the old and standard breeds than TO fly
to newer kinds, unless there Is an assur-
ance that the new breeds are far supe-
riOr to the older varieties.-Farm and
Fireside
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

That some Of the breeds lay eggs of
very large size is admitted. but it is not
always the hardest breeds which excel
in that respect. Among the breeds which
have produced individuals which layed
eggs Weighing six to the pound may be
mentioned the Minorcas and Black Span
ish. but it is not TO be supposed that such
large eggs are the rule. though there
are a great many fiocks of Mlnorcas and
Black Spanish which lay eggs weighing
eight to the pound. The Brahmas and
Cochins also lay large eggs, but do not
quite equal in respect the breeds men
toned above. The large combs of the
Minorcas and Black Spanish are draw
backs to them in winter, as they are more
lamle to be frosted than the Brahmas,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
.ngIish WaInuts in Florida.


nut has ever been grown in Florida? VIII
il bear here?
would also like 10 know something
about lettuce. When 10 SOW seed. how
much FERTILIZER per acre on sandy soil?
Newberry. Fla.
We do not know that any English wal
nut trees are now bearing nuts IN Florida,
but there is little doubt that they can be
grown under proper management Any
soil that will grow the pecan or hickory
viii grow the walnuts. But we would not
advise you 10 make the venture on sandy
upland OF course with fair soil to start
with one could through the use of peas
ragWeed or clover, one or all and liberal
use OF mineral manures, make the land
adapted to the growth of the tree finally
even II not as good as II ought 10 be at
the start Your state experiment station
should be making test OF this question If
IL is being conducted properly.
Under certain circumstances lettuce is
an exceedingly profitable crop. The mar
ketlng OF the crop is the most important
part of the matter The land must be very
rich, but rank, heating undecomposed an
imal matter should not he used as fer
tiiizer. 1t is so apt 10 injure the growing
plants in periods of dry weather. If at all
possible the lettuce grower should pro-
vide some means for irrigation With such
success may be assured-if the land is
rich and good variety (or two) used.
Some highly soluble. therefore quickly
acting fertilizer should be used. Cotton
seed and stable manure wei composted in
advance with good superphOsphate and
cotton seed hull ashes make a suitable APP
plicat.on. If the land Is fairly rich in hui
nous any frst-class complete fertilizer can
be used, to tons per acre lightly har-
roWed in just previous TO setting out the
plants. As to varieties the crop may be
divided between a good strain of Boston
Market" and Improved White Co.'S"
The plants should be ready to hand to
set out as soon as the severe weather is
past.
With you, however, cold IS hardly any
obstacle to lettuce growing You can set
out the plants in December and on through
January. Frequent, shallow cultivation
does the rest
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
MemorabIe Freezes.

OF recent years the three memorable
cold waves that wrought so much de-
struction in Florida. occurred upon the
following dates: Jan. IL, 1885, Dec. %, 1894;
Feb. 8. 1895.
AT Jacksonville latitude S09 the mini
mum temperature of the respective dates
was Is IA. a.
The fruit grower and gardner are at the
mercy of these abnormal freeze outs
They come now and then, and without
warning. He, therefore, that would get
the benefit of the early fruits and vege-
tables takes more or less risk and what
earned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
Crimson Clover, Saving the Corn
CrOp. Etc.

The three items following are extracts
from Commissioner Nesbitt's monthly
talks:
Crimson Clover.-What is the best month
to sow Crimson clover? What time should
it be cut, and how shall manage to nave
It reseed itself? Does this crop improve
the land to the same degree as peas and
other varieties of clover?
September and October, according to To-
cality, are 6he best months to SOW Grim
son clover. The ground must be put IN
irst-class condition. and. If necessary,
kainit and acid phosphate applied 80"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

you OF the existence OF two splendid
plants that ought 10 be sOwn before very
long-crimson clover and bur clover. Cast
about for the seed nov. 50 as 10 be sure
10 have Il IN hand when needed about
turnip sowing time. You can SOW either
with your turnips 10 very great advan-
tage. There is penty OF time yet 10 talk
about oats, rye and barley and vetch.
Keep your mind on these things. however.
s A c
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and they are also non-sitters; but from
early spring 10 the beginning Of winter
IL is doubtful n there are any breeds
known which excel them In iay-r-. and
under good conditions for profession thLy
have also made excellent records iu VIM
ter For improving the common docks.
II choice pullets are desired. the use OF
males Of the Minorcas or Black Spanish
breeds will prove profitable. and the pull
lets so produced will serve Wei Tor pro-
ducing broilers II mated with Wyln1otte.
Plymouth Rock. Cochin or Brahma
maics-ENchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

and roll as for other clovers. Just as the
heads begin to show in the spring 1t may
be cut, or It may be grazed, and IL the cut
ting IS stopped or the cattle taken or N
March, II viii again spring up, perfect
seed, and dying down, scatter them over
the land, where they VIII remain dor
mani until September, when the young
cover Will again come into life ana grad
ually recover the land. AS a leguminous
plant, IL IS fully as valuable as peas OF
other varieties of clover.
Horse Suffering From Ind,gestlon.-I
have a horse seven years old. does very
little work, gets plenty OF corn and fod-
der eats heartily yet is poor all the time.
Can near his stomach roaring often, seems
drousy, sweats easily. Can you give me
some remedy?
Answer.-Your horse is Suffering from
indigestion, caused probably by irregular
teeth, which d D not properly mast.cate the
food and the stomach then can't digest It:
Examine teeth and If they are sound and
smooth. the Indigestion then proceeds
from some other cause. Change food often,
feed green stuff-a pasture would greatly
benefit him. Give plenty OF salt and ta-
blespoonful Of the following, morning and
evening in feed;
Powdered gentian, ounce
Powdered nux vomica, ounce.
Common baking soda, ? ounces.
Under this treatment your animal should
improve.
Curing the Corn Crop. -shreddlng.-
Aan n SmdH farmer EuECe6u III SAiItu-
ding his corn crop after he has saved 1t
in the shocks? l mean, is II practical
for him to cut it up without a machine?
1t seems to me a most tedious and eX-
pensive job. / would like to cure my corn
in this way, as / am fully aware OF the
superior advantages of the plan, but
am deferred by the trouble of getting II
properly cut and stored.
Answer.-Unul we can have some ar
rangement, similar to that for harvesting
our grain crops, that is, until the ma
chimes can be carried to the small farm
ers, the plan of cutting and curing the
corn stalk and all, with a view Of shred
ding, win not be found practical. Farm
ers who plant large areas In corn Will
find a machine an economical inVes tment,
but small farmers, although they may
understand, that much of the most valu-
able constituents of our crop are lost by
our wasteful methods of stripping off the
fodder and ears and leaving the bare
stalks standing, yet cannot afford the eX-
pense of a machine. Until these machines
Gene into general use, on the same plan
as our public gins and threshers, the man
of small means must abide his time. He
may, however, avoid much trouble from
cut worms by cutting down the stalks
and using them in the bedding for his
stock. The standing stalks furnish
breeding place and protection for the
worms, and # these are plowed into the
lanG with the stalks when turned under,
they often destroy the crop. We trust
the time will come when we will never
see a corn stalk left standing in our
fields, but the whole plant, stalk blades
ard ears will be applied to the more
economical uses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
COVERED
WITH
HUMOR

When was thirteen years old began to have
sore eyes aud ears. and from my ears a humor
spread. / doctored with hva different skilful
doctor, but they did me no good Ny disease
was Eczema. By this time Il had gone all over
my bead. face, and body. Nobody thought
would live, and would not have but for CUTICCRA
REHEDIEs. I used four boxes Of CUTIcURA,
i've cakes OF CUTIcURA SOAP. and three bottles
Of CUrIcURA kEsoLyEST. Ny hair all came out
at that time, but now Il is 30 thick can hardly
comb Il. / am sixteen years old, weigh lS0
pounds, and am perfectly well.
Miss IREAN GRANDEL, Clayton, n. Y.
sFEsDT CURs THEATHENr- Warm baths With CO.
rtcuKA soar gentle Applications 81 CUrtcuRa (oint-
ment and mild doses Of CuTIcuEA REsoLv greatest
o. humor cures.
Sold throughout the world. Price, CuTrcuRk. Sci
soAP 25c-s RKsoLvESr soc. and OIL. POrIKR DRUo
AID CnEa- C0EF.. Sole Prnna.. Boston.
-" How 70 Cure Every Skin Humor, mailed ~
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oeestions and communications relative
20 AGRICULTURAL and horticultural suolecSSss ~
If addressed to Agri. Editor, DraM Il5,. AZ;
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OLD NEWSPAPERS, 2OO Tor Is ceaIs, az
Business Office Morning News,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

Java's Wonderful Giant Radish-The
giant radish Of Java is one of the Won
ders of the vegetable kingdom. The root.
which rs from eight inches to a foot in
diameter and from three to five feet in
length. according to the soil upon which
II grows is not eaten, the pods only be-
ing considered as At for food. The most
wonderful thing about the great Java
radish, after its use has been taken into
consideration, Is the wonderful rapidly
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-16

The price whispers where to buy Extra fitting extra
onabe No shoe SO fine we cannot show and none SO low
we cannot furnish it. Our mammoth Of fall and winter
shoes complete 1t surpasses anything ever shown
in Dawson Come to see and have your eyes opened
Bring your feet with you and have them fitted to pair
Of sense shoes looks you buy your shoes
wear that you looking for? That's our forte even our
dress shoes wear like steel
We should do violence own as well as to the wishes
Of the public did we give aught but the simple plain and
unvarnshed truth about goods and prices Honest rep
resentaon and square dealing with low prices give US the
BOOM Jua water will find its level SO will the people find
the place where shoes and hats sold the lowest bed
rock prices. Over counters to thronging multitdes
more powerful than inspired words Of human tongue can i'm
press is the argument of Good Goods at Low Prices Fair
Dealing and Polite Treatment to ALL
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TAX NOTICE.

l will be at the following places on the
dates named for the purpose of collect
ing state and county taxes for the year
1895:
Twelfth District-September %, Octo-
Der 18th, November 3rd
Eleventh District-Septembe 23rd,
October 9Th, November 5th.
Parrott-September oath, October Is,
November 5th.
New Eleventh September 29th, Octo-
Der 18th, November 10th.
DoVer-September 30th, October 18th,
November 18th.
Sasser-October 1st, October 21st, No
vember 18th.
onwood--October 9th, October 22d.
November 18th.
In Dawson every Saturday and after
rounds every day until December goth,
when books close.
I'D. LANG, Tax Col.