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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-12
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-12

Some of the best winning owners al
San Francisco are as follows: Burns &
Warehouse. $14,716; Elmwood Farm,
yl3,3S5; Green b. Morris & Co., 81, 225;
Barney Schroeder. $1,000; w. OBJ. Mac
donough. s1o,665: A. d. Spreckels. 81, 900;
Elkton Stables. s6.S59; Il. Cor1igan,
S6,625, and Pueblo Stables, 1920
The best money-getting horses are
Santa Bella, 1920; Star Ruby. s4,S75;
Rosebud, $3.50; Logan, 1920; Cres-
cendo. $4,000: George Miller, $3,065; In
stallator. 1890; Gallant, s2,5SO; ]. O..
C.. $3.50; Sir Play, $4,000; Ramiro
$4,000: Vinctor. $2.4eo; Strathmeath,
s2,425; Kowalsky, $2,24o; Crafty, S2,170:
Flirtilla, s2.110; Claudius, $1,000; Miss
Drummel, $2.050; Can't Dance, 1880:
Red Glen, 1880; Babe Murphy, s1,9O5;
Major Cook. $1,SS5; Mainstay, $3.50;
Bright Phoebus, s1,S20.
Hankins & Johnson, who have this
year string of rs with the famous
Digs at the head, have signed the CAL
ifornia jockey. Eddie Jones, to ride for
the coming season.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-12

The color line is being drawn close In
the Jockey race at San Francisco. The
black brigade is in high feather and
offering liberal odds that Jerry Chorn
will not be headed during the meeting.
Tod Sloane heads the white division
Chorn leads with SO wins, SO seconds
and 2S thirds, out of Pa mounts, while
Sloan has to his credit 80 wins. 2s sec
onds and 26 thirds. out of 1874 mounts.
This was the record up till last Satur-
day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09
Mulching.

1t is the general opinion that by mulch
ing heavily around a fruit tree when the
ground is frozen. the Towering, and con-
sequently the ripening season can be
controlled. Now let us look at the condi-
lions necessary for vegetable growth and
then apply those facts to the case in hand,
says Wallace's Farmer
The essential conditions for vegetable
growth are supply of assimilated mat
ter, free oxygen in contact with the plant,
and proper temperature. In common
parlance we speak of q tree "ripening it's
wood in the fall, which is simply saying
that it stores elaborated food mainly
starch, in its body for future use In spring
when the required degree of temperature
is reached, the buds begin to develop by
appropriating for their immediate use the
starch held in store since the preceding
fall. This takes place regardless of wheth-
er the roots are kept dormant of not. If
however, the roots are kept dormant
while the buds are leaping into life, the
moisture necessary for their growth will
soon be spent and the life of the buds en-
dangered
In order to control the Towering season
of plant, its structure must be capable
of being placed under a mhllch, so that
the temperature can be kept low enough
to make growth impossible. Many expert
ments and other examples may be cited
to elucidate this question; for instance
if a grape vine. growing near the house
be taken through a window into the warm
room in the spring when the whole plant
is still dormant, the portion surrounded
by the sufficiently high temperature will
start its buds, while the portion out in
the cold will remain dormant Again we
have an example which still more fire.
quently illustrates this point, in our com
mon potato. The tuber is stored in the
cellar and so soon as the proper condi-
lions present themselves it's buds (eyes)
start, or as we say, the poptato sprouts.
Although the tuber has no connection with
soil and is furnished with no water, the
sprouts grow and hence must live on the
substance stored within the tuber, which
nature has designed for the future use
of the plant, and which man appropriates
for himself.
Just as the poptato sprouts live on the
moisture and starch stored within the tu-
Der free from the ground, so the buds
of a tree thrive on the moisture and the
starch stored within the limbs which are
at that time Independent of the root sys-
tenn.
Let these examples suffice to illustrate
the idea we wish to convey. A word,
however, as to the ripening of wood in
the fall; tree which does not fully ripen
its wood at the close of the growing sea-
son, fails to make ample provision for
the life of it's buds in the following spring,
and hence it is not complete success.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09
Sweet Potato Planting and Culture

Six weeks before planting time bed the
seed, says a farmer in Stockman and
Farmer If the bed is three feet wide !
bushel large potatoes will cover feet in
length, l bushel medium size. feet, and
1 bushel small seed feet. Where the sea-
son is long, two or three crops Of plants
can be drawn from the bed. If two crops
are drawn, bushels small seed, bushels
medium, and Z bushels large seed win
plant an acre. A few people claim to get
better crops from large seed than from
small seed, but the experiment stations
OF several states fail to find any differ
ence, but all agree that potatoes grown
from vine cuttings make better seed than
those from slips or draws" These vine
cuttings can be set out as late as 100 days
before average date of first frost. One
acre planted in earliest slips will yield
vine cuttings sufficient to plant two acres
a month later. In the lower south grow
ers often plant an acre or two of cut
seed, after the manner of planting Irish
potatoes. and from these get vine cut
ungs for the remainder of the crop. At
the Alabama station vine cuttings gave
a greater yield than slips. but at the
Louisiana station the reverse was true.
There seems to be little difference. Pota-
toes from vine cuttings are smoother and
keep better thar those from slips. Prun-
ing the vines to obtain cuttings reduces
the yield somewhat and causes a larger
per cent. of small potatoes. Except on
cold, wet soils, level culture or low ridges.
Texas. Georgia and Alabama stations got
best yields from level culture; Louisiana
from high ridges. Rows should be 3la
feet apart and plants Is inches apart
in the row for feeble growing varieties.
IS inches for medium and feet for rank
growers.
Some succeed with checks 80 inches
each way, and save hoe work. Moving
the vines to prevent roofing does not
pay. The Florida station got a machine
for $40, which plants and waters to 8
acres per day of sweet potato, tobacco,
cabbage or tomato plants, when operated
station opens a furrow, has boys lay the
plants against one side, and throws the
dirt back and tramps firm. Potash is
most essential fertilizer, though a COM
plete fertilizer gives best results on soils
not already fertile. Plenty of humus or
necessary to good results with sweet po-
tatoes. Shallow cultivation to keep the
ground mellow and keep down grass and
weeds till the vines shade the entire
held is all that is needed. In Kansas
sweet potatoes were irrigated with good
show a dry, white surface after a few
hours exposure to the air. If the broken
surface turns greenish black, the crop is
immature and will rot. Plow a shallow
furrow each side the row, throwing the
dirt from the row, and using a rolling
deeper furrow in the row to throw
out the potatoes. The vines may be
grazed off by cattle before digging, and
hogs will find all left in the ground af-
ter digging. Store in dry place and keep
temperature at about IS degrees for two
weeks till they are done sweating, and
then about so to 60 degrees is best. Pick
out. all decayed tubers during sweating
period, and there is little danger of rot
afterwards.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09
The Rabbit Pest.

Ocala, Fla, March 6.-Editor Morning
News: viii you kindly answer the follow
ing questions: | am about to set out an
acre of cabbage for local market. This
neighborhoOd is badly infested with rab-
bits, which prey upon the cabbage. WIN
spraying them with solution Of Paris
green kill the rabbits eating them?, In
what proportion should the solution be
made, how many times necessary to spray
and how late could same be sprayed with
out fatal effects to those eating them, or
could it be done at all.
Could you give the name of any breeder
OF shetland ponies in Georgia?
The agricultural page of your paper is
read with much interest and benefit. Have
been a subscriber to the News for thirteen
years and think it the best paper publish
ed .--+......, Box 1874.
We would advise against the use of Pa
ris green on cabbage or anything else used
as food. Even if used in such way as
to insure no harm to those who used the
vegetable if it became known that poison
had been used there would be little or no
demand for it, If the rabbits are so bad
that they cannot be kept away by scare
crows or a little shooting, ne should be
tempted to run a fence of wire netting
around the plantation. That that is 3 feet
wide would answer and being cheap a
temporary fence could be made in a very
little while. This wire netting costs only
2.S per 80 yards in New York and is a
very handy thing to have about the truck
and poultry farm. Still might not care to
incur the expense attendant upon this
mode of protection.
1t is more than likely that kerosene emul
sion sprayed upon the plants would keeI
Inc rabbits off as well as keep the plants
bugs, etc. 1t will be worth trial at any
rate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09
win Corn Run out.

1t has often been argued to us that corn
will eventually run out if the same kind
of corn is planted over and over again
in the same field or locality, says a writer
in the Epitomist- Our experience does
not bear out such a statement. We have
planted seed of corn raised in the same
field for ten consecutive years, and the
last crop was better in every way than
any of the preceding ones. We claim that
was greatly due to our method of select
ing our seed corn. 1t is not an easy one
but it pays well in the end. This is the
way we do it,
In the fall of the year. as soon as the
corn is thoroughly ripened, and, If posi-
bic. before there is any frost, we take a
sack and go into the cornfield and select
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09

II and save themselves by swimming.
when alarmed they utter the peculiar
cry which has obtained for them their
name of trumpeterS The sound is some-
thing like that produced by a person en-
deavoring to shout the syllables, TOW,
tow, tow; tow, tow, tow" with his mouth
shut, or the doleful noise made by chill
dren on New Years with their trumpets.
The yakamikS usually deposit their eggs
in a slight hollow in the ground, often
at the foot OF a tree.
A nest generally contains ten eggs, of Al
pale green color. The young birds follow
their mothers as soon as they are Matched,
but do not lose their pretty, downy cover
ing until several weeks old. The yaka-
miks are very readily tanned and prove
valuable servants to the Indians, who do
mesticate them, as they are courageous,
and will protect animals entrusted to their
care at every risk to themselves. Even
dogs are obliged to yield to their authority
They may be trusted with the care of a
flock of sheep or domestic fowls and ev-
poultry to their feeding places, and care
fully collecting any stragglers bring them
safely home at night
A yakamik soon learns to know and to
obey the voice of its master, follows him,
when permitted, wherever he goes, and
appears delighted at receiving his ca
resses. 1T repines at his absence, and
welcomes his return, and is extremely
jealous of any rival. Should any dog or
cat approach 1t flies at 1t with the utmost
fury, and, attacking 1t with wings and
beak, drives it away.
1t presents itself regularly during meals,
from which it chaseS all domestic animals,
and even the negroes who wait on the ta-
bic, for 1t is not well acquainted with
them, and only asks for a share of the
eatables after ii has driven away all who
might aspire to a favorable notice from
the family. II appreciates favors in the
same proportion as it is jealous of shar-
ing them with others, .and manifests joy
and affection by the utmost extravagant
capers and gesticulations. When the an
imals of which 1t has charge are shut up
for the night the yakamik roosts upon
some shed or tree near at hand to be
ready TO take its place as keeper as soon
as they are let out in the morning. One
quality that makes 1t valuable is its sense
of location. which is perfect; however far
il may wander with the sfoclSs or herds it
guards, it never fails to find its way home
at night, driving before ii all the creatures
Entrusted to its care.
1t is strange that several species OF
South American birds of different genera
should share with the yakamik its instinct
of guarding and taking care of domestic
animals. One of thes is the crested scream
er (Dicholophus cristatus), another the
horned chauna (Chauna chavaria), which
is often domesticated as a poultry keeper
by the natives.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09

Any time after Christmas the ducks be
gin to lay and then require careful feeding
says the Prairie Farmer. The eggs laid
by ducks are much larger than those laid
by hens. and as ducks usually lay every
day after they begin, the tax on them, in
order to supply a sufficiency Of the egg
producing element is very great To feed
them ground grain only will
not supply them. DVcks will eat
anything that is given them, and
they are very partial TO a change of food.
Turnlps, cooked and fed with a portion
cheapest foods for them, hut when they
are laying they require something else in
addition. Glover chopped fine, scalded and
bran added should always provide one
meal for them. but among the foods re-
quired is ground meat, and two parts corn
kind of good grain at night Give them all
that they viii eat at each meal. The prop
er amount can only be known by observing
them, and weighing their food. For Pekin
ducks no ponds are necessary, but the
water troughs must be kept full, as a duck
drink. The floor Of the duck house must
be kept well covered with cut straw, leaves
or some kind of litter, or they VIII have
leg weakness, and care must be taken not
to get them too fat, as will probably be
the case with brakes, as they are nOn-prO-
ducers, and convert the excess Of food into
fat The ducks on the contrary, require
not only food for their own support. but
also to provide the eggs. Ducks lay regu-
lar when they begin missing but few days,
eclipsing the hen, if the ducks are of good
breeds, such as Rouens, Pekins, Cayugas
or Aylesburys. The common duck is early
in laying but does not lay as many eggs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09

in the center Of the blade. The reason
mat the curved knife is considered the
nest. is because IL cuts the bark ahead OF
the wood.
mere are many receipts FOR making
grating wax. but all that I have seen
use t.tllow- Boiled linseed oil gives bet
ter satisfaction To those who have tried
d. Wax made OF tallow will melt and
run down on a hot day. but will not IL
made or oil. for IL dries so much quicker.
some. who do grating 10 make money.
VIII put as many CRAFTS as possible In a
tree. This should not be done for when
they begin 10 grow. they will be so thick
that many Of the new ones will have TO
be cut on. a small limb will need but
one graft, but two will he better on a
large one.
When about TO set a graft the limb
should be sawed of and split one and a
half or two inches. The stub is now
ready TO receive the cion These should
nave two buds. The cut. which forms the
lower end OF the ciOn. should begin a lit
tie below the lower bud. and cut in the
form OF "A wedge. The wood should be
cut so that the edge opposite the bud
shall be thinner than the part under Il.
Wax should be put on between the coins,
and cover the Sits at each side. BE care
tul not TO let the wax come over the
buds. II these directions are fully carried
out, you will be sure 10 be successful.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09

such ears as best conform 10 orr Ideal
corn In this process we also take the
sideratiOn- To Illustrate we ma
nice ear on a weak stalk, although it may
be well matured, We reject IN OF if We
ma an ear on stout siaik which is too
green. as compared with the others. we
pass that by; or II We md am improperly
formed ear on a stout anu Well-mdtureu
stalk. We refuse that also We select only
sucn ears as are grown on good. we'll
matured stalks. and the ears themselves
must be of symmetrical shape and well
matured.
When we get a sack fun or seed corn we
carry it out TO a place where "a can be
loaded into a wagon ana hauled TO the
granary or some suitable place where IL
can be hung up 10 dry thoroughly before
cold weather sets in In preparing the corn
for thus storing away We take a piece
OF birding Irvine about eight feet long, dOu-
bic il. holding the ends even. then place
an ear in the loon thus formed and tie Il
with a single knot on this We put the
next ear, and tie the same as before. In
this manner we continue until the string
is full and then hang il nap by placing
across a stout pole, or scantlng. All this.
Of course. Is hard work, and IL the wealth
er Is very warm Il is hot work too: but
then il saves lots OF trouble AT planting
time Besides that. when We select our
seed corn as just described We know that
II viii grow beyond a doubt.
There Is another fact worthy of notice.
and that is that corn which Is grown from
seed secured according to the foregoing
method mas more NltalllN tnan that which
is grown from seed selected out of corn
which has been piled uD an winter in a
crib or bin. This We saw cOnclusively YER
flied last year. 1t was as follows. One OF
our neighbOrs was planting some corn on
some low land near by, and as il hap
pened he ran short of seed. so he went "a
our corn on some low land near by, and
as it happened he ran short of seed. SO he
went to our cOrn-pen and got enough corn
to finish planting his field. The dry
weather set in just about the time he fin
ished planting. Now. as To the results
The seed which he planted of his own corn
did not make half stand. while that seed
taken from our corn all came up and grew
better than that of his own seed. In con-
cusion we wish to say that we do not he
lieve that corn will run out or deteriorate
in quality if proper care is taken in select
ing the seed at the proper time.
Bearistown, III.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09

that viii grow good crops OF corn will
SUIT small fruits. Liberal fertilization and
continual and repeated tillage are the
great factors in producing fruit Young
trees ana vines may annually receive a
good dressing of manure until they begin
10 bear or until there is an excessive de-
Nelopment OF wood. when less nitrOgeOus
iertiiizers are to be preferred. OF these
lalter unleached hard wood ashes and
nnely ground bone are the very best OBJ
talndnle as they contain both potash and
pnosphoric acid in good supply. Mix to-
selher about five hundred pounds OF bone
the same broadcast. covering the entire
surface or the ground which Is occupied
by plant roots
The best plan for securing small fruit
plants and vines for setting is 10 send di-
rect 10 the nursery for them, as nursery
men who deal directly with the planters
can well afford to sell much lower than
those who sell through agents Then we
THINK better stock Will be secured also. In
setting out new plantations OF small
fruits no pains should be spared in the
work OF preparing the soil PlOW and
narrow most thoroughly while YOU have
the best opportunity 10 do it. when there
IS no obstruction offered by any crop
PloW as deep as the soil will permit. and
II the sub-sOil is hard pan, that also
should certainly be loosened with a sub
soil pillow. Do not slight the operation Of
setting the plants. In no case put the
roots IN hole all in a tangled mass. but
carefully separate and straighten them
out IN the direction they naturally grow
FILTER the fine soil closely about the roots
and pack IL firmly so no air spaces are
LETT to work harm to the roots. Take
time enough to do the work in best posi-
BILE shape, for the time viii be well spent.
A common mistake is to get small fruit
plants too near together at time of set
ting. They grow very rapidly and multi
PLY wonderfully, SO give them plenty of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09
No Mistake in Planting Fruit Trees.

Inc fact is we expect too much from old
orchards. They have already paid for
themselves. many times over, and have
outlived their usefulness. Still they are
permitted to occupy valuable ground. and
besides yielding nothing, are an eyesore.
greatly detracting from the natural beau
~ of a place. During the winter months
these undressing and Improbable OBJ
lects should he removed and cut up into
hrewood. In spring. new orchards should
he planted on well-prepared ground, I'M
der-drained and subsoiled. Notwithstand-
ing the prevailing low prices. no mistake
can be made in planting fruit trees. The
rich lands which are at our disposal, and
the the ,. r,enmarka6ly fayorabe eli eli,
be taken advantage of. There is question
as 10 the advisability of spending labor
and money on some kinds of crops. but the
fruit-grower can. If he will. continue to
make an honest and good living at this
pursuit for years to come
The trees we plant live to bless the world
and enrich the inheritance of our chill
dren long after we are laid beneath them;
and with the return of each successive sea-
son, to shed their fragrance on the air and
crown with golden fruits the harvest of
the year.
have the pleasure and qualification Of
stating that the insect pests and flung
Gus diseases which a few years ago threat
and vineyards. have been so
controlled by remedies and
preventive lnhl no great III
jury need he feared in the future, so long
as ordinary care and diligence are eXercis-
ed by the orchardist. 1t is true that the
beneficial effects resulting from spraying
cannot be fully estimated until the treat
ment is more general. yet enough has been
learned to satisfy the most incredulous
that spraying Is success. If not an abso-
lutte necessity. Through the efforts of the
department of agriculture great progress
has been made in California In checking
ing the ravages of injurious Insects by in
n.nNHa a 4 &c 50
satisfactory that the fruit-growers there
believe it 10 be possible to overcome every
insect pest by means of It's natural para
site.-President w. G. Barry before the
Western Now York horticultural Society.