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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Good Times Coming!

1t looks that way Crop shortages in
Europe. India and the Argentine are
creating an extraordinary demand in Eng
land and on the continent for American
produce. Our exports are increasing so
rapidly that ocean freight rates have
heavily advanced; consequently tramp
steamers are all racing for our coasts to
get cargoes. This will bring down rates
again and insure abundant means Tor
Transporting our surplus to the other SIDE
Prices are advancing all along the line
Wheat and oats are higher, so are to-
bacco and cotton, wool is improving, and
with last years extraordinary corn ex-
ports now being doubled, even corn is ad-
vancing in the face of the biggest crop
on record! Reactions are probable; prices
20 up too fast, but even if present values
are only maintained 1t means millions
upon millions of extra profit to American
farmers.
This is what the American Agriculturist
saws. We trust it is every word true II
our farmers will only determine to be
genuine farmers, diversity their crops ana
live at home. We are quite sure 1t VIII
come out so after while.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Destroying Cut Worms.

G. of Waycross, Ga, writes: do you
know of anything that could be put in the
fertilizer or otherwise distributed over a
garden soil that would destroy cut worms.
They are so bad in my garden they destroy
nearly everything, both in the spring and
in the fall.
There is nothing that can be applied in
the manure described, but if C. will cut
up potatoes, sweet or Irish, into small
pieces and let these soak a few hours in
water that has been poisoned with arsenic,
Paris green or London purple and then
scatter these poisoned pieces about the
garden he can rid his garden of most of
these destructive insects. Clover or any
green substance cut up and soaked in poi
son can also be used.
If you prefer you can simply dust these
materials with the dry powder of Paris
green or London purple. Be careful, how
ever, in handling these materials. Don't
let the wind blow any of it into your face.
This is the only practical way of dispos-
ing of cut worms. If they are very abund-
ant it may require some little time to ex-
terminate them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Magnifying Our FaiIures.

Your garden has proved the least bit
disappointing? Beginning to think gar
dening does not pay very we'll, after all?
There have been some failures where your
hopes were the highest? The chickens
which you did not get around to shut
up have destroyed some of your choicest
things; insects have out-generaled you
among the egg plants, and your very
highest priced paper of seed did not come
up at all. Oh fe! Do you expect success
in every one of your ventures anywhere
else than in the garden? You are con-
centrating all your thought on the few
failures and refusing to recognize how
very far the successes outnumber them.
This is downright pessimism, but a little
more time will restore your balance. Why
magnify the failures? What folly!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19

ordinary garden sprinkler and repeated
the dose several times. | suppose a good
deal of the solution soaked into the soil
about the roots, too. the last time. AS the
plants then showed a considerable amount
OF diseased LEAKAGE, l cut them back Sc
Vereiy, almost removing all leaves that
were killed by the blight, before applying
the fungicide. AT present every sign of
blight has disappeared, and the plants APP
pear to be remarkably healthy and thrift
". or course, this box of plants stood in
the greenhouse and was well cared for and
Watered. But the disease had begun, or
rather developed in the greenhouse where
the plants stood in partial shade.
A patch outdoors, from plants in a SINH
lar box, similarly affected was treated in
the same way but only two applications
have been made. The disease seems to be
checked, only a few blighted leaves now
remaining, Heavy rainfall and cooler
weather, with frequent cloudy conditions.
have undoubtedly favored the recovery of
the plants, and possibly if | had cut the
plants back and removed all diseased por-
tons as | did with the others | might
have succeeded In removing every trace
of the blight out of the patch. too.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19

should be a little at a time and often.
That viii enable the tree to get what II
wants before 1t has gone into insouble
forms.
Potash for Grasses.-But hay like
all other crops delights in get
ting plenty of potash In its fer
tilizer, and IL we want a satlsfac-
tory yield of it we have got to give 1t
what It wants in this line. Now suppos-
ng wo aim to get a crop of hay to sue
coed corn. at the last blowing by scatter
ing broad cast from two to four hundred
pounds Of kanit and one hundred pounds
of cotton seed meal per acre and harrow
ing 1t in and smoothing the land, making
1t as level as possible, we are sure to get
a good account of It In the hay NOV in
the winter. The same can be said regard.
ing other crops, such as Irish potatoes,
garden truck, etc, by blowing the land aft
ter these crops come off and applying
kainit and cotton seed meal at the time
and the narrowing and smoothing the
land properly and putting it in good shape
for the mower Cor even the scythe) we
can be sure of being well rewarded for
our trouble and expense.
New Idea in Tree Planting-A new and
useful idea in tree planting circles Is that
which comes from Colorado tree planter
1t is with reference to the digging OF the
holes for receiving the trees, which, as all
pfaetlcal tree planters KNOW, - one OF the
most laborious and particular duties con-
nected with the undertaking. The new
idea In this connection consists simply in
the use of dynamite. A sharp crowbar is
brought into requistion for probing down
to the depth OF three or four feet, when
a half or whole stick Of dynamite with
cap and fuse attached is placed at the
bottom. Fine dirt is first placed on the
dynamite, and when nearing the top Is
tamped solidly. Set fire TO the fuse and
the dynamite will quickly do the rest.
This plan removes the only ugly fea-
ture from tree planting. The trouble with
tree planting has been that a man always
feels like quitting digging before he goes
deep enough. The hole for receiving a
young tree should be made deep and
roomy this gives ample room for root
growth and It invites and holds moisture.
II the planter is only careful to place a
nice bed of surface dirt about the root of
the tree as 1t goes into the ground he has
every assurance that his work will result
in quickened growth to start with and a
continuous growth for years to come that
will please him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Improving Rented Land.

1t is bad policy to rent land where it
can by any possibility be bought. A really
good farmer is sure to leave the farm he
occupies in better condition than he found
it, and in this country unless a special
bargain is made, the man who has made
the improvements gets no benefit thereby
except as he has made it while occupying
the farm. This matter is managed much
better in Ireland, where for a number of
years the law requires that the landlord
shall pay to the tenant the value of the i'm
provements made. Renting land is much
more common in Ireland and England
than it is in the United States. 1t is also
true that in European countries land I'M
der cultivation is more apt to improve
than it is in the United States. Heretofore
indeed there has been little occasion for
laws to reimburse the renter for increase
of value in the farm from which he had
been for several years taking off the cream
of fertility. Probably as the Improvement
of land rather than its exhaustion becomes
more common the laws will be amended
so as to better apply to the new conditions
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Poultry Remedies.

Poultry Keeper" asks:
"a What is the Douglass mixture
composed of and for what poultry all
ments is it most suited to? (0 What is
the best remedy for sore head Of poultry,
old and young? 60 Is there any advant-
age in cutting off the combs and wattles
of Brown Leghorn or other large combed
cocks before freezing weather occurs?
Does it do good or harm to the fowl to
cut off the comb? 1t is a common practice
to treat game cocks in this manner.
Douglass mixture, that you see so fire.
quently recommended for use in the poul-
try journals, is simply a tonic 1t is made
by dissoving one pound copperas (sul-
phate of iron) in two gallons of water, add
ing also two ounces of sulphuric acid. One
ounce of this mixture is put into quart
of water for the fowls to drink one day
in the week. In the early fall it might
be given to fowls as often as twice week
for several weeks.
81 For sore head, mix a tablespoonful
of EPSON Salts to two or three quarts of
dough (meai or bran), or the same quanti-
ty may be put in a gallon of water and
placed for the fowls tc drink. Let them
have it every other day for a week or
ten days.
salt, bluestone and lard, or other grease,
and rub the head and neck of the afflicted
fowls with the ointment. Do this every
other day for several days.
Cream of Tartar is also excellent given
in their water We regard it as better
than the salts. 1t is a splendid Alternative
and purifier.
(0 There is no objection whatever to
your cutting the comb and wattles of your
cnCkS-dnbhfOp as II is pqllR6-aS a
of protecting them from freezing of these
appendages in winter. 1t spoils the looks
somewhat. The best time to dub fowls
is just after they go to roost. A sharp
pair of shears is the best instrument for
the purpose, but with some one to assist
you a sharp knife can be used There is
little bleeding, and 1t is not necessary to
put anything on the cut parts. Game
fowls are improved in appearance by dub
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19

manufactured our own. During the spring
months we kept the Incubator busy. and
IN May had the ready money for the in
terest We decided the farm must WELD
all our grain henceforth, so hired a man
to do the blowing and to SOW and harvest
our grain while Jack and I worked in
the corn and potatoes In the fall lack
sold his calves, and We replaced our COW.
The sale Of pork and potatoes built an
addition to our chicken house and another
incubator was added. The following
spring large strawberry bed was set.
and this was jack special care. The
proceeds afterwards formed the nucleus
around which gathered the fund for Jacks
education. We studied AGRICULTURAL
works with a purpose, and we profited
by the experience of others. We plowed
one WORKOUT meadow each year. ferti-
izing heavily for grain 0his fertilizer
was obtained at the livery stables at 50
cents per load, took off one crop seeded
and made two blades of grass grow
where one grew before" We plowed old
pastures for potatoes and corn-good
strong soil-and made a success of our
farming. In six years we kept double the
amount of stock, and in eight years we
had paid our last debt, and Jack was
ready for college"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Making and saving Manure.

How important that the soil tiller should
save and make as well as purchase every
pound of fertilizing material that he can!
BY the system of intensive culture five
acres in Florida will support a family,
leaving the other fifty or a hundred of a
patrmony to serve as manure makers
Even a sand ridge will make blackjack
leaves, leaves will make bedding, and
bedding will save ne invaluable liquid ma
nure. Around every dwelling and stable
a yearly waste of fertilizing matter &C.
ours. which, in view of the hungry soil
of Florida, is little less than criminal
Tens of thousands OF dollars worth of
priceless nitrogen in the rains Is lost for
lack of humus in the soil to strain 1t out
and hold 1t. Now is the time of year
when the farmer can do little work. and
he should look after his manure supply
Florida Citizen.
Humus, humus, a little more humus, is
the demand of the sandy lands of Florida.
They abound in silica only, and need
humus to make available commercial fer
tiizers and hold moisture. Muck stable
manure. pea vines, beggar weed are all
accessible to the southern farmer, and
are the basis Of all successful agriculture
and horticulture Gather humus
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19

stings he wrapped his face and hands up
and secured the whole lot This Is one OF
the very few instances wsere Maine bees
nave succeeded in making a quantity OF
honey in place unprotected from the
rains. of course many swarms escape to
the woods every year and Light ON limbs
stumps and other exposed places For Al
time they do well, but the first sharp show
er washes down the comb killing the en-
bryo bees. After a few weeks of roughfng
II the queen dies and, as the cells contain
no immature bees to take her place. the
swarm breaks up, and all the bees are
killed while trying to make themselves
agreeable to swarms that are wen housed
1T remained for Bill Remlck of Otis to
make the greatest discovery Of all After
he came home from the Ellsworth fair
he took package of vermilion powder
ana box OF honey and went to the mea-
dow at the base of Peaked mountain for
the purpose of lining bees. Good luck was
with him from the start. In less than an
hour more than twenty bees had come TO
his box, gorged themselves with honey.
been sprlnked with the coloring matter
for Identification, and flown away, some
going northeast, while others went south
east Timing the bees with his watch he
found that they We're gone about twenty
five minutes, which indicated bees nest
less than mile away. Thinking it over
he came to the conclusion that there were
two swarms near by, or else the bees
would not have gone in different direc-
lions.
A pocket compass and the box of honey
which were doing duty as a transit in
strument, were shifted up and down the
meadow without changing the result until
Bill reached the north side of the noun
tain, when the laden bees took a south
easterly course. This mixed Bill up and
caused him to do some hard thinking IL
bees started on the west side of a noun
tain, went northeast and southeast and
IL started on the north side of the same
mountain they all went southeast In what
direction would they go If started on the
south side? To answer this question he
went to the south side and waited. OF
a dozen bees which he captured in the
course of an hour. nearly all flew north
east after loading up with honey. A great
illumination came to Bill like a fash. BY
lining his bees from the north and south
sides OF the mountain, and following the
lines until they met, no would find the
swarm.
Before shutdown Bill had made the de-
sired measurements and discovered tho
bees in a dead pine tree some half a mile
east Of the mountain. Besides finding tho
bees and honey he had learned a new
and important fact regarding the habits
of bees. In going and coming between
their homes and feeding grounds they do
not follow a bee line, but adapt their
flight to the physical conditions of the
country. In this instance they flew
around the base of Peaked Mountain in
stead of flying over 1t. Therefore. he
had proved that a bee line and a straight
line are not always synonymous terms.
Bnl doesn't understand geometry, but he
knows bees, and is certain they fly in a
curve whenever 1t is for their interest to
do so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Fruit as Medicine.

Why for ages have people eaten apple
sauce with their roast goose and sucking
pig? Simply because the acids and pep
tones in the fruit assist in digestlng the
fats so abundant in this kind of food For
the same reason at the end of a heavy
dinner we eat our cooked fruits and when
we want their digestive action even more
developed we take them after dinner in
their natural uncooked state at dessert.
In the past ages instinct has taught men
to do this; to-day science tells them why
they did 1t, and this same science tells us
that fruit should be eaten as an aid to di-
gestion of other foods much more than
1t Is now. Cultivated fruits, such as ap-
pies, pears, cherries, strawberries, grapes,
etc, contain on analysis very similar pro-
portions of the same ingredients, which
are about l per cent. of hesh-forming al
buminoids with over 80 per cent. of water
Digestion depends upon the action Of pep
sin in the stomach. Fats are dlgested by
these acids and the bile from the liver
Now, the acids and peptones in fruit pc
culiarly assist the acids of the stomach.
Only lately even royalty has been taking
lemon juice in tea instead of sugar, and
lemon juice has been prescribed largely
by physicians to help weak digestion, sim
ply because these acids exist very abund-
antly in the lemon.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Small Earth Closets Best.

Almost all admit that the tight and
compact closet is far better for health ana
less offensive than the open cesspoos
which are yet in many places used under
privies. But in making earth closts
quite general mistake has been common
in constructing them on altogether too
large a pattern. This is done to save the
necessity for frequent cleaning and emp
tying of the closet. 1t is obvious that IN
thus saving trouble many of the evils Of
the old cesspools are perpetuated. Two or
three small tubs large enough to hold the
deposit, for a week, with the necessary
soil covering over them as a deodorizer,
are much better than larger deposit that
needs TO be cleaned less frequently. II
is no trouble TO lift up a tub the size or
a large pail and deposit its contents IN
compost of stable manure which when
rotted down, as it quickly will be, will
show nothing of the character of the ma
terial of which it is composed. This IS
much better than putting the earth closet
deposits by themselves, and thus COM
posting them. 1t needs a large heap TO
compost readily, and this cannot be got
together without much very disagreeab;e
work. Our village and rural residents
should adopt the earth closet and do away
entirely with the old system of out-houses.
Health demands it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
What MoIes Eat.

The Kentucky experiment station makes
a report on this subject: THE stomachs
of fourteen moles were examined and the
food contents are noted for each indlvid-
ual Animal food was found in all of the
fourteen stomachs, and in seven stomachs
traces of vegetable tissue were also found
The vegetable matter however was
thought to consist entirely of dead hbrous
roots, probably eaten incidental to the an
imal matter taken, and not Intentionally
eaten. Two-thirds Of the food consisted Of
earthworms, and the remaining portion of
insects. chiefly white grubs and beetles. In
the opinion of the author the mole feeds
entirely upon animal matter"
But he manages to upset and cut off a
great many valuable plants while engaged
in the capture of his prey.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
MuIberries From Cuttings.

w. NJ. asks If the improved
varieties of mulberry can be grown
from the cuttings. Yes, there is
no difficulty in this latitude in
growing them and a great many other
things from cuttings set in the open
ground in the fall Take well ripened
wood Of the present seasons growth after
the leaves have fallen, and make cuttings
about 10 or u inches long. Select a dry
sandy spot and set them in rows wide
enough apart for convenient cultivation.
Set the cuttings almost the whole length
in the ground, having cut them at the
lower end just below a bud, and at the
u5oer end about an inch above a bud. Let
but one bud show above the ground, and
pack the earth closely 10 the base of the
cutting. Cultivate them well during the
next summer and the following fall you
can transplant them to any situation you
may wish.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Celery in Florida.

South Florida will raise celery this
winter to ship in quantity. The grower
ought to understand that only the choic-
est commands good prices, and that
always does, says the Florida Banner.
The quality of our winter-grown celery
is the best in the world DO not make the
mistake of planting too much. A single
acre, well fortified and cared for will
net from 5000 upwards Lettuce. too, will
be planted, and is comparatively safe
crop. But be sure you plant the right
variety. Last winter many planted with
out special regard to kind. and made COM
plete failures entirely on that account.
If we have a safe crop-one that on proper
land you can safely count on a safe in
come--it is cabbage. We advise the plant
ing of the late varieties. The early de-
mand at fair prices never holds up long.
The late cabbage, If good, always brings
good prices. All our cabbage men know
this. but few act on il.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
Zinc Ton,ntnes.

In these days it is no less than sin
against the cook-so often the over-work-
cd mistress Of the family-to furnish her
with any but the best of tomatoes. There
are number of kinds about perfect as
to smoothness. and no excuse other than
that of great size or much better quality
should be admitted for using any but per-
fectly smooth fruit. The new Imperial"
is nearly the ideal tomato. 1t is giving
perfectly smooth, heavy, deep fruits; fine
~ colored, nearly every one of which
would do for a specimen" Burpees
Matchless, Fordhook first, and the Aris-
tocrat, or Dwarf Champion are also very
four kinds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
cheopncss of the nest Grape vines.

A great many farmers grow grapes and
every year about this time are wondering
how far they will ripen before frost cuts
the vines This ought not so to be. There
are varieties that viii ripen every year in
localities where the grape for market pur-
poses will not flourish. it is very unfortun-
ate that the two grapes which 40 or %
years ago were most widely distributed
are very late. These are the Catawba,
which will only ripen near inland lakes in
the northern states, and the Isabella,
which will usually color black almost
everywhere, but is very sour and differ
ent from it's true self except where the
Catawba fully ripens. For few cents each
vines of the best early grapes can be Sc
cured from any nurseryman and these
vines set out this fall or next spring will
begin bearing in two years after setting.
No other kind of fruit SO valuable comes
into bearing so quickly as does the grape
vine, and no other is so sure TO live and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
The Foundation is Manure.

Upon the returns from the manure he
applies, the farmer must mainly depend
for his profit. 1t is, therefore, extremely
important for him to use it where it will
do the most good. Not merely the present
crop but future soil fertility must be con-
sidered. else while getting large interest
on his capital the farmer will find that it
is nsensibly disappearing. Manuring must
not be applied exclusively to the crops
sold from the farm. If 1t is the crop is
sure to take away something more than
is given to the soil by the manure. 1t is
the characteristic of manure on which it's
value largely depends, that it makes more
available the fertility of the soil in con-
tact with it. Hence the necessity with
grain crops of sowing either grass or
clover which Will use part of this fertility
and retain it in the soil in their roots, and
on the farm, in the manure from stock
TO which they are fed Where clover is
seeded when manure is applied it does
even more than retain fertility. It in
creases the nitrogen in the soil by de-
composition of air by it's roots, and the
long deep tap root of clover reaches down
into the subsoil and takes thence mineral
plant food that no grain or vegetable crop
could reach and use.