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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18
Preventing Smut in Onts.

Last spring 1 tested a method of pre-
venting smut in oats which gave such good
results that I think some of your readers
will be pleased with it. In a large barrel
1 made a strong brine. The oats were
put into this barrel and stirred around.
They were dipped out with large pan,
the bottom of which was full of holes. They
were then spread on the barn floor and
shoveled about with air-slaked lime What
was not sown the first day, were stirred
until they were needed for use OF course
oats treated in this manner must be sowed
by hand, but there was scarcely a smutty
head in my field this season. l shall con-
tinue this treatment, as 1t costs but n
trifie.-J. r. Snyder, Allegan county, Mich
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

While 1t is a mistake generally to plant
fruit trees i'm soil intended for growing
garden vegetables. II is good policy TO
have the various fruits in gardens by
themselves. The soil will not need to be
rich for most of these. except in potash.
Berries alone require the very richest soil.
and for this reason they should be in a
part of the garden by themselves. But
plum. peach, pear and cherry trees will
all thrive on fairly rich soil II plenty OF
potash is provided. The ounce trees will
need winter protection by snow. and will
do best next 70 the fences, where the
snow banks will lie longest. But one Of
the advantages OF massing the trees In n
garden Is that Il prevents the drifting Of
snow, as most trees In the garden will be
OF dwarf habit and kept low IN growth.
On an acre OF land thus set with various
kinds Of fruit more than an abundant
supply for home use can be grown There
should be enough grape vines set OF varle-
ties sure TO ripen every year. and some
also that are good winter keepers. When a
farmer has an acre OF fruit garden set ana
IN bearing Il ls comparatively easy for
him to sell the place II he wants to do 20.
To set out on large farm that has been
long In the market a few acre or half
acre plots Of choice fruits, and TO care
for these till they come in bearing; will
be the readiest means TO put the farm In
shape TO sell at a good profit. Every
years more wealthy men In cities are look
ing out for summer and fall homes In the
country. II Is the places stocked with
choicest fruits that are most likely TO at
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18
Maintaining Fertility.

1t is much easier. less expensive and bet
ter in every way to maintain the fertility
of the farm than to suffer it to become de-
pleted and then be forced to turn around
and effect a ton, says the Farm
ers Review. Among the things necessary
to maintain fertility at the lowest cost we
may mention thorough, clean culture; ro-
tation of crops lin which clover and other
legume finds place.; the feeding of live
stock, and the careful saving and judi
cious utilization of manure. Careful at
tention to these points while the land is
yet new and productive will foreStall the
evils Of poor farming-constant subtrac
Uon with no corresponding addition.
While the man who skins the land usually
moves along, leaving some better farmer
to do the recuperation act, soil robbing
averages up q losing operation. Look at
the abandoned-the run down-farms that
are to be seen right alongside of we'll man
aged fertile, paying ones in nearly every
neighborhood in the older states; farms
producing scant crops. hence scant ma
nure piles and scant profits. See the in
creasing difficulty, in many places, of Sc
curing catch of clover, and the extern
sive use of commercial fertilizers in recent
years. Not that we would condemn or
discourage the use of commercial ma
uuIeS where experiments snow tnat tney
pay, for in our own experience on thin,
retentive soil they have paid us twice
over; first, in the direct effect of high
grade article upon a market crop; and,
second, in the residual effect upon the
growth of IA renovating crop-clover-
which followed. Through the prodigious
quantities of soil products consumed by
our urban population the great cities of
our land, like great, bottomless pits, are
swallowing up farm fertility at a fearful
rate, and we feel Ike commencing every
effort that is put forth looking toward the
adoption of measures whereby more eX-
tensive and less expensive return win be
made of city refuse, which now goes to
fertilize the bottom of old ocean.
1t is the Wanton waste of the virgin fer
tility with which nature has endowed the
soil that we would warn our readers, more
particularly the young and inexperienced
who are opening up new farms. or who
have come into possession of fertile farms,
against. We must profit by the expert
ence of those who are struggling to build
up that which careless greed and ignor-
ance has torn down, for il we follow in
the footsteps of the soil robbers, we shall
indeed find the school of experience a dear
school in the end
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18
Green Bono for Poultry.

1t is an established fact that green cut
bones are necessary for successful poultry
keeping. says the Poultry Journal. When
nature ceases to supply the insects on
which poultry thrives in spring and sum-
mer, the poultryman who is alive to busi-
ness must do what nature can not do in
winter, and feed fowls on green cut bone
Green bones are rich in nitrogen, and
therefore serve as food. When a bone
contains large share of adhering meat It
is all the more valuable. Bones serve
several purposes when used for poultry
Being phosphate of lime they are capable
of being dlgested, and they supply the
birds with elements that may be lacking
in the feed. They also assist in grinding
the feed. and are readily accepted by all
classes of poultry. In fact, II is safe to
claim that there is nothing that can be
used as egg producing feed which serves
the purpose so well as green bone, its
combination of qualities, nitrogen, lime
for egg shells, cost and adoption to all
fowls and all ages. give it a place even
higher than meat, which contains nitro
gen, but no lime or other mineral water.
Therefore in preparing a diet for poultry
either with a view to increasing the vigor
of the bird or developing It's egg produc-
ing organs, such feed should be selected
as science and chemistry have Demon
strated to be component parts of the
structure to which they are afforded as
nutriment and sustenance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

Market gardeners near the cities and
large towns find l9ttuce one of the most
profitable crops they can grow. The early
spring crop is eagerly sought for. In the
cities and large towns the supply and de-
mand are more constant than it is in rura,
settlements, where home gardening is
more general and a greater variety of ear
vegetables comes in to compete with let
tuce
Still the consumption of lettuce is very
great in every section, and so long as it
can be had in a fresh, crisp condition, there
Is more or less demand for it up to mid
summer Some of the growers near the
large cities clear as much as $1,000 per year
on growing lettuce, growing as much as
iour crops of it on the same land in one
season.
Waen not planted in with other crops, as
Is often the case, the plants are set out
about foot apart each way which allows
OF over 1000 plants per acre.
IN growing it for market it can be grown
more economically by having the
pants in rows two or two and
nat feet apart, and where
good cabbage variety is grown
eucn as the Boston Market" the plants
can be set to 10 inches apart in the row,
or even little bit closer, if the soil is made
as rch as it should be.
IN growing the Cos" variety, which is
very large and desirable kind for ship
meHt distance of y inches in the row
eaouu be given. These Cos variety,
"neh grown to the highest state of perfec-
,on, are well worth cents in the market
uu' even at or 212 cents per head, can be
uaGe very profitable if a good market is
a. "dhd. 10 make lettuce growing give
Sie satisfaction that it should, it must
"eUe 70 produce large crisp heads and
'p 1l III ior use early in the season.
o., e market gardener in the south sows
, we Seeo IN cold frames in December and
n ar, strong, stocky plants for setting
'Is ~ January and February.
0Vl stable manure compost with cot
~ s7el ana bone dust and ashes should
-, 10 enrich the soil, unless it is al
sauy very rich, which usually ia NOT
suons unfermented manure sboHld rot ~
Mn the burrows; is apt to fire" the
rants IN dry spells.
cr1tir the plants have started into ACTIVE
Si,"'n IN February, IL the color of the
s,ca,. ana me slowness of the growth in>
botbi. 'ach OF heterogeneous food, there ia
nl,+..'le better to top dress about the
fsfo itn tnan nitrate of soda at the
tsb.. ~ 100 to 200 pounds per acre. A
n an l'oon of it spread about the plant
ter a, directions to the distance of eight or
sf,.l '''nes VIII have a prompt and marked
H., ,. va me growth of the crop. The
Man. t +. YES OF lettuce are the Boston
r,nd.. henderson's New York" Sala.
~ lauder and Paris White COS ;, ,ayt,1,,
yl NE Cos lettuce known as "celerui Icy Ia,
nj j. or Irianon" is but an Improvement
IT, .ong known and unsurpassed KINDS
ON, 1Ie over a hundred named sorts in
lsDt.1'll'' iIcan catalogues, but no better So
SAM. man those named can be made
"a ec.9 9i,'ls are much slower In shootlog
sl.h i' 'nan others, and for a late cron
" A'nd should be chosen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18
INTENSE SUFFERING
From Dyspepsia and Stom-
ach Trouble.
Instantly Relieved and Permanent
Tablets.
A New Discovery. But Not a Patent
McdIcine.

Medicine.
Dr. Redwell relates an interesting &C
count of what he considers a remarkable
cure of acute stomach trouble and chronic
dyspepsia by the use of the new discovery
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
He says: The patient was man who
had suffered to my knowledge for years
with dyspepsia. Everything he ate SEEM
ed to sour and create acid and gases in
the stomach; he had pains like rheuma-
tism in the back, shoulder blades aad
limbs, fullnesS and distress after eating,
hpoor appetite and loss of fiesh the heart
became affected, causing palpitation and
sleeplessness at night.
1 gave him powerful nerve tonics and
blood remedies, but to no purpose. As an
experiment, l finally bought a fifty-cent
package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at
a drug store and gave them to him. Al
most immediate relief was given, and
after he had used four boxes he was to
all appearances fully cured.
There was no more acidity or sour
watery risings, no bloating after meals,
the appetite was vigorous and he has gam
ed between 10 and Y pounds in weight OF
solid, healthy flesh.
Although Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
are advertised and sold in drug stores yet
l consider them most valuable addition
to any physicians line of remedies, as
they are perfectly harmless and can be
given to children or invalids or in any con-
dition of the stomach with perfect safety
being harmless and containing nothing
but vegetable and fruit essences, pure pep
sin and Golden Seal.
Without any question they are the SAT-
est, most effective cure for Indigestion,
biliousness, constipation and all derange-
ments of the stomach, however slight or
severe.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are made by
the Stuart Co. of Marshall, Mich, and
sold by druggists everywhere at fifty
cents per package.
Little book on stomach diseases mailed
free; address Stuart Co, Marshall, Mich.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18
Flower Reds.

1t is perhaps a little early to talk of
spring planting, but it Is not out of place
now to consider what you intend to do.
and lay your plans, so there will be no
delay when the time comes, says an ex-
change. There is no investment YOU can
make that will bring a larger proportion
ate return of pleasure than a small sum
devoted to flower seeds. 1t is a good time
now, while the men have leisure, to pre-
pare the beds. If the ground is poor and
the subsoil compact it will pay to dig
1T out at least two spades deep and fill
in good soil When it is done once It is
done forever, and an occasional top dress
ing is all 1t will need while you live. The
men and teams have leisure now; this
work can be done wherever the ground is
not frozen. If the soil is fairly good
throw out a spade deep and then take
out another spade deep and haul it away
replacing with good surface soil from the
woods or fields, mixing in some sand, If
needed, and some old manure, or chip dirt
from wood pile. A bed prepared in this
way, if the water does not stand in It.
will produce vigorous growth and album
dant bloom in most garden flowers and
well repay the labor. Some few kinds do
best in poor soil, or in special locations
but the great majority thrive best in a
deep, rich, moist, but not wet loan. When
such bed is once prepared, 1t needs only
an occasional top dressing to keep IL in
fine condition forever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

BILE. Still, it can be sown in the early
spring or late winter to very good advan-
tage. If sown for the prime object of
improving soil, especially that of an orch
ard, this clover can very properly be sown
in February. For spring sowing, however
we would prefer the red clover or Sapling
You can cut it for hay about the time 1t
blooms, or you can pasture it (when the
soil is dry. 1t is very wasteful to pas
ture clover, as rule, and unless one has
large area of it it is preferable to cut
and cure it, at any rate most of it. This
clover and the burr" too, should be val
ued by our southern farmers for the i'm
proVement of the old rundown cotton
fields. At the laying-by of cotton in Aug
ust fifteen pounds of seed narrowed IN
would be worth a great deal to soil need
ing humuS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18
Salt on Mnnure.

There Is no better way to make manure
soluble and quickly fitted to give it's fer
tility to crops than to throw salt on It.
Salt hastens decomposition when used in
small quantities, and its attraction for
moisture helps to keep the manure from
firefanging. Applying salt and land plaster
in equal proportions to manure heaps is an
excellent plan. The ammonia liberated
by fermentation will be absorbed by the
Plaster, making a sulphate of ammonia,
which is a very powerful and quick-acting
fertiliZer-Ex
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18
PAVED WITH GOLD.
Two Earthly Cities Whose Inhnbi-
tants Daily Tread the Precious
Metal.
From the New York Herald.


From the New York Herald.
There are other cities besides the New
Jerusalem whose streets are paved with
gold.
They are Prescott. Arizona, and johann
nesburg, in the Transvaal
To be sure the proportion Of gold is
small, about "a to the ton of earth rock,
but II Is gold, nevertheless, and the cities
named are the only ones of mundane
growth whose inhabitants are able to tread
the precious metals iunderfoot with impu-
nifty.
With the machinery at present in use 1t
would cost more to reduce the ore than IL
is worth, but in years to come, when
science shall have discovered less expen-
sive methods of reduction, the aldermen
of Prescott and the Beers or the Jltie1.-
ders of johannesburg, whichever are in
power, may order the streets torn up and
the paving crushed to help out the city
treasury.
The paving stones used in Prescott are
taken from the mountains that surround
the town.
II paving stones other than those con-
taining gold could be gotten more cheaply
they would doubtless be used, but there in
trace of the yellow metal In all the
rocks of the mountains about the city,
and where 1t is not found In paying guam
titles the stone Is no more precious than
the old cobbles once so common I'm the
streets Of some Of the large cities
In addition to gold. the stones contain
20 cents in silver to every ton, making
them bimetalic in nature and a constant
rebuke to Mr. Whitney and his followers
Unfortunately there are no street
sweepers In Prescott, and the golden pave
ment. instead of being bright and bur-
nished, Is more often dingy
In Johannesburg. surprising as II may
seem to a person at.this distance. the paw
ing is better laid and better kept than It
Is in Prescott
There Is about the same proportion of
gold in It, but the Beers and the Uitland-
ers are like the girl in the play-they
don't notice It," They take no more heed
of their golden streets than they do Of
the asphalt thoroughfare used as bicy-
Gle track. although many of them may
never get q glimpse of the aurlferous pas
sageway on high.
IT Is said of President Kruger that one
day, when his attention was called TO the
fact that he was standing on a street OF
gold. he remarked grufly that he would
sooner wade through mud, for It would
be easier on the feet.
Apparently Dom Paul, as wise as he is
credited with being IN some ways. does
not know a good thing when he sees IT,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

Here is famous Old recipe for mince
meat which a writer in the WASHINGTON
Post says cannot be excelled:
Meat-Five pounds juicy lean beef CbolI-
ed and three pounds of beef suet. both
finely chopped
FFult-Iwo dozen Greening apes, pared.
cored and chopped; the grated peal of six
lemons and the juice of three;
the grated peel of four large oranges
and the juice of two; two quarts of seed
less ralSins and currants, mixed measured
aiter stoning and stemming and finely
CHOPPED; half pound citron shredded.
Splce-SM grated nutmegs; one even ia
olespoonful cinnamon; one-half teaspoon
tul OF cloves; one-half teaspoonful ground
mace; heap!ng tablespoonful of salt.
Splrlt-One pint good brandy; one quart
sweet cider; one pint high favored sherry
VINE. Crhese ingredients may be replac-
ed by boiled cider if desirable, as it no
ooubt VIII be for most of our readers)
Mix gradually, allowing one bowl Of
graduated sugar to each bowl of the 9TH
er ingredients, putting them into stone
Jar IN attenuation, one bowl, meat, suet,
fruit, etc, to one of sugar, stirring steadi-
ly, until ali the ingredients are mingled
and then add the brandy, cider and wine
Set IN cool place for week before using,
and stir to the bottom three times a day.
Bake in puff paste and eat hot.
The quantities here given make a gem
erous supply for the winters use OF a
large family. 1t can be halved or quarter
ed, still keeping the same proportions. This
mixture will grow more delicious the old
er II is, and will keep until Easter IL fire.
quently stirred. The question of salt and
spice is subject to variation from the
quality of the fruit; if it lacks zest. more
may be AIDED, and after a month a little
more brandy may be added. The recipe
is an English one. with the emphatic in
doresment of four generations of American
descendants.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

has been hotly debated abroad and has
been the subject of numerous experiments
in this and other countries. Wagner be-
lieves that for most crops 1t will require
100 pounds of actual nitrogen in the form
OF the sulphate to produce a s good results
as ninety pounds i'm the form of nitrate.
In other words, nitrogen in nitrate of soda
he considers one-tenth more effective than
in the other form. These results seem to
be confirmed by other Investigations, es-
pecially IL lime is added with the nitrate.
Tho sulphate seems to retard or destroy
termination of seed if they come in con-
tact with 1t, but there is much less dan
ger from the nitrate. Liquid manure has
tens the termination of most seeds and
has a permanent good effect upon the
young plant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

Ice, Ga. NJ. c. P.
1t depends upon the nature of the soil
and the character of the crop. 1t is very
rarely the case that even as much as one
ton is used on an acre. Market garden
ers or truckers sometimes may use a ton
or more on some soils that they know is
lacking in potash, and when such crops
as cabbage. onion, tomato or potatoes are
grown But the ordinary farmer, growing
only such crops as corn, cotton, oats,
peas and the like, could not afford to APP
ply anything like a ton of kainit to the
single acre From two to six hundred
pounds is the usual quantity applied to
ordinary soil.
Kainit is used only for the purpose of
supplying potash, of which it contains II
per cent. more or less, and commands from
$40 to $12 per ton, according to quality.
Kainit by itself rarely increases the yield
perceptibly Where more than three hum
bred pounds is applied to an acre it should
be broadcasted on the soil after being
plOWed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

Mixed farming and stock raising is be-
coming more popular. The exclusive
grain grower, like the cotton grower has
gone to seed. The success Of the French
farmer is in marketing some products ev-
cry week. He produces poultry and eggs,
vegetables, fruits and a variety of grain
crops in season. The hay and grass is
consumed on the farm. There are lambs
and sheep, calves and pigs, with an occa-
sional beef animal, and good horse than
brings in money all the year round. This
is the way the Southern Cultivator very
correctly sums the situation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

tract their attention. If they see such
places when the fruit prospect is ar its
pest they will open their purses literally
10 secure what they want. Ordinary
farming has nothing in ii to attract tba
city resident, but farm well stocked with
the choicest fruits viii not long remain
sell ''s ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18
VegetabIcs-Raw or Cooked.

1t is not always the crop that constitutes
the most solid articles of food that pay the
most profit. Market gardeners or truck
ers near the large cities need not be told
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

The comparative value of nitrogen for
fertilizing purposes in the form of sui
phate of ammonia and nitrate of soda
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-18

or cai. 1t ~. but can never get the
urea 10 go [ refer to the small,
s s5CT wa Eress. Mrs. r. W.
Dariea, Cad
r,oro are Iry few persons who sue
- ~ cro,I caulihower in the south,
s.3.',an brown if one has good, rich
IN s,.b 4 as is suitable for cabbage
1rfsb ndtoes. 1t is very important
t.rs+ gooJeds of a good variety. The
asaonbarri or Dwarf Erfuth) is about
49,. h.s+ can get the seeds of Peter
II.,dorsonl Co., New York.
r, vour Etude you can sow seeds in
o.tobor November. Set out plants in
n.,smber I January. However, as you
- lar at time pass, the next best
.t,,s ie Il SOW seeds now any time
.ti' r,a,ti or early in February, and set
ont The rlnts as soon as they are large
Sro,,gb lake the soil very rich, but
,,ot Nth Iesh stable manure. Set in rows
three led apart and a plant every two
toat in h. row. They require a great
daaI of fater. much more than cabbage.
If - dnbgth occurs the plants should be
nulehpi ana WdltIcQ tutllOuotS NNCAs low
dvs I dry weather continues. If the
sril is hot rich enough put a double hand
hf ofkoton seed meal around each plant,
bu nit dose enough to come in contact
with the tenn. Spread the meal in cir
Gle. With diameter Of two feet. A hand
full Of oa or any hardwood ashes should
be sprinkAd about each plant, also. Work
this fertilizer in lightly. After the plants
are half Crown don't disturb the soil, but
simply apply a heavy mulch of straw
and water as soon as dry weather sets in.
The tru, watercress is grown to best
advantage along the bank of a running
stream, but the upland cress, which is
Just as good can be grown in any good
soil, and once established will endure for
years wthstandiRg the coolest winters.
1t comes very early in the spring, as a
consequence. Sow early in two or three
foot rows. Cover The seeds very lightly
and roll or tread tina seeds firmly in. Get
the improved upland cress from any of
the leading seedsmet. If you do not sue
coed in finding the seeds send stamped
enyelop and We will put you in the way of
getting the best