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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
DEEP RUN HUNT CLUB.
EYENTs TO DE RON orr At THE /S-
NUAL MEETING.
some Valuable Prizes OfYered-Entrics In
dictate THAT n Good Days Sport
VIII be Enjoyed.

The third annual spring race meeting OF
the Deep Run Hunt CLUB Will be held at
"ChantIly" Oh next Saturday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
THE ENTRIES.
The programme for the events OF the
day Is as follows:
First e-sieeplechase-for the Deep
Run Hunt Club Challenge Cup: open only
to Horses owned and ridden by members
OF the club. To carry 100 pounds. over a
course Of about three miles. First prize,
plate. value sl5. No entrance fee.
Second -steeplechase-open TO all
horses, gentlemen riders. to carry $50
pounds; about three miles; four TO start.
II six start. first, plate. value ,75; second,
plate. value s25 II only four start, first
plate. value. $50; second. plate, value s..
Entrance fee, s..
Third race-Farmers' Flat Race-for
horses owned by farmers and tenants
over whose land the club rides; not to
be ridden by members Of any hunt club,
or professional riders. About half-mile.
catch weights. First, saddle. value Sl2;
second, bride, value s.; third. bride.
value 49, No entrance fee; entries close
a post.
Fourth ce-steeplechase-for weight
carrying hunters, open only 10 horses
owned and ridden by members of the
club: about, three miles. TO carry $50
pounds, four to start. First. plate. value
S25: second, plate value so. Intrance fee,
$3.50
COMMONWEALTH STAKES
Fifth race-a special free-for-all stee-
plechase; Commonwealth Stakes, offered
by the Commonwealth Club; gentlemen
riders. to carry 30 pounds, three miles.
First, $50 in gold second. so I'm gold.
For further information In regard TO
this event apply to the secretary. M. y.
a. s. Brine. 9l4 east Main ttreet.
Entries for steeplechases. giving name.
age. color. sex, and pedigrees. name and
colors Of the owner and name OF rider.
must be made on or before Friday, April
23d. at o'clock +. NJ.
The judges will be Messrs F. w. Chris
tian and Joseph Bryan. and DIT. I. II.
White. Mr. Thomas y. Carter will Off
ciate as starter.
Entries have been received from Char
lottesvile and other points In Virginia
and the outlook FOR a good days sport is
excellent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18

been highly complimented by competent
critics. She has had many sketches.
poems and stories accepted by the leading
literary magazines OF the country
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18

Exhibition OF the finest line OF original
water colors ever shown here at Ito
Craig Art Company
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lottc, y. c.. on the third Thursday In
May.
Reports are to bc received from all the
churches within the bounds OF the Pres
bytoiy as to the condition If the WORK
IN the several parishes. and also as 10 how
much each church has given to home and
f reign bcnefccnces.
rne Presbytory will also decide whether
or not the pastoral relations Of The Rev.
James y. Fair. ID. D., shall be sever
cd With his present charge in this city.
a great Ccal OF routine business VIII also
be disposed OF by the Presbytcry.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18
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Judge Minor was appointed by the meet
ing 10 request Judge Witt TO spread the
resolutions upon the record or the Hus-
tlngs Court.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18

The third annual spring race meeting OF
the Deep Run Hunt CLUB Will be held at
"ChantiIly" Oh next Saturday afternoon
at o'clock
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-18

Richmond. Va. April ls. 1897
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

While a great majority of the farmers
in this section still adhere to the old-time
regime of cotton, corn and forty acres to
the mule, there are some, to say the least,
who are beginning to recognize the i'm
portance of the intensive system and d-
versifed crops, says a Eufaula, Ala, cor
respondent, in Florida Agriculturst. One
in particular has come within notice of
your correspondent, whose tastes and tai
ents are very much inclined In that direc-
ton, and who recently took advantage of
an opportunity to look through and see for
himself.
The figures as given out, I believe. are
substantially correct and will go to show
what good results can be brought about by
properly applied energy in this direction.
j. b. Stevens of this city has in Guilt
walton about seventy acres of very ordl-
nary land near town which, for many
years, previous to his control of it could
not be made profitable beyond the rents
His crop was divided up about as follows:
Twenty acres in cotton, thirty in corn, ten
in watermelons, three in sweet potatoes
two in sugar cane, one and one-half in
cabbage, one and one-half in tur-
nips and two in other market vegeta-
bles. From the twenty acres in cotton he
has gathered up to date about fourteen
5OO-pound bales eleven of which have been
disposed of at an average of ga cents
per pound. His patch will yield. at the
lowest calculation, four bales more, and
but for the rainy season which cut off all
the crops in this section, it is thought
would have PANIED out bale to the acre
From his ten acres in melons he sold,
in round figures, according to his books
$541.SO From his thirty acres of corn he
will gather not less than 700 bushels, be-
sides a quantity Of peas and hay in
abundance, and to spare.
From his three acres in sweet potatoes
he will gather, at the lowest estimate. 45O
bushels, and has already sold S35 worth
from his patch
He plants the Georgia yam, and recently
exhibited on the streets here a specimen
of three from one hill that aggregated
8 1-l6 pounds His one and one-half acres
in cabbage are now just beginning to
mead out. and has been estimated to be
worth all the way from 500 to $50.
The one and one-half acres in turnips
(mostly ruta bagas) are beautiful to look
upon, and will be ready for market in a
week or two. He has sold $50 worth of
cane and vegeta bles to date
Mr. Stevens sums up his total expense.
at 500, and feels confident that his entire
products-cotton, corn, melons. cane and
all-will bring s210O, leaving him a net
profit of something like $1,4O0, or an aver,
age OF $40 per acre. He has bought
lot and is building a neat and convenient
home in the suburbs, put in telephone
communication with the city. Mr.. Stew
ems has family of ten children, only one
of whom Ca GRID is above 16 and until a
Year or so ago had very limited means
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
The Black walnut and Butternut.

Our native black walnut, Jugians nigra.
Is amongst nuts what bacon is amongst
meats, strong and greasy, says Wick. The
shell bark is delicate as cream, the pecan
next in delicacy, next the English wal
nut, and then our own hardy species. Its
nuts are rich in OIL and might be used
as English walnuts are used in Cashmere,
where 1,150,OOO pounds of kernels are an
nually consigned to the oil press. Another
objection to the black walnut is it's hard
SHE'LL but the tree is very valuable as
timber and where planted for this pur-
pose, the nuts might at least be saved
to swell the sum total, for at low price
they sell readily, and are borne in heavy
crops long before the trees reach timber
size;' of a superior quality, but it is as
yet a novelty not well tested All three
make beautiful shade trees for the lawn,
but none are handsome, none so sweet, as
our own native chestnut. 1t grows natu-
rally over large part of the United
States and thrives better than foreign va
rieties, and by hybridzation budding and
grating, the nuts might be greatly inn
proved in size. Many old worn-out fields,
practically worthless in present condition
chestnuts might turn to good account.
The timber would be commercially valu-
able, but the nuts would bring much lar
ger returns to the owner. Among the un-
fenced mountain lands belonging to our
family is a large tract known as Chestnut
Cove, the immense trees covering which
my father had left standing year after
year ito buy shoes and stockings for poor
children" The youngsters used to trudge
through our yard with great sacks full
of them, and sell them in the village for
sometimes 81 a bushel, seldom Offering us
a handful or a word of thanks. These
same youngsters deduct largely from the
profits of nut and fruit growing in our
locality, not even barbed wire proving eff
ficient.
The Paragon and Dupont are the most
highly praised strains of native chestnut
Dupont comes from Delaware, and is war
ranted a pure native Seeding. The origi-
nal tree near Dover rs said to have borne
from thirty to forty dollars worth of nuts
annually for years past, but within the
last year or two the rose-bug has par
TALLY destroyed its blooms. The nuts av-
erage an ounce in weight. The Country
Gentleman records an instance where a
man 60 years of age planted a chestnut
orchard and lived to enjoy its fruits and
profits.
Castanea pumia the chinquepin, is a
small tree of twenty or thirty feet, bear
ing usually at the hight of four feet. It's
nuts are small, but sweet. and sell read
ily, schoolboys in particular being always
eager to buy them Under cultivation this
tree might do wonders, as, in case of we'll
grown specimens, the nuts double in size
and the yield is enormous. 1t is native
and quite plentiful in the southern states
It's feathery sprays of perfumed white
bloom make IL very ornamental
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

In looking for this Insect most persons
will pass 1t by unnoticed on account Of
its very small size. The female scale is
only about one-twenty- of an inch in
diameter, while the male is only about
one-half that size. The shape of the fe-
male is nearly circular while the male
is more elongated. The female Ia sharply
convex or conicnl In the center. This last
character will help to distinguish 1t from
many of the other more common species.
Its color is nearly like the bark on which
1t is found. Another distinguishing char
acter is found in the reddish discooratlon
of the bark Immediately surrounding the
scale, extending through both the outer
and inner bark. These characters will
enable one with an ordinary pocket mag
nlfying glass to readily detect the pres
ence of the insect.-Bulletin of Purdue
University, Ag. Elk. Station.
Salt the Cows-The Mississippi expert
ment station kept three cows for four
weeks without salt and their milk record
was kept for the last two weeks. Then
the usual salt ration was restored and
the record kept for the next two weeks.
1t was found that they gave asa pounds
of milk during the two weeks without
salt, and 564 pounds during the time they
received the salt IA gain of 110 pounds In
two weeks. This would be nearly two
pounds a week for each COW. Farmers
who live near the sea coast, where every
strong east wind comes laden with saline
particles taken up from the oceans spray,
do not realize the importance of sailing
their animals as do those who live in the
interior, for they do not need 1t as much,
but 1t Is too often neglected In all Sec
tlons.
Poultry-A careful observer of poultry
needs no better sign of its condition than
to watch the comb. A bright red comb
shows that the hen or male Is healthy and
vigorous, and If a hen. she will probably
be a good layer. After the egg supply
has failed the comb will generally lose
It's color In cold weather fowls with
large combs must have extra warm quar-
ters, as they are very easily frozen. 1t
is frozen combs more often than any
thing else that makes Leghorns and Min
ocras poor winter layers AS their name
implies, they are natives of warm cli-
mates. as, indeed, most fowls are. They
very rarely get into as warm quarters In
winter as they could find anywhere in the
countries where they had their original
home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
saving to our agrieuIturlsts in more ways

saving to our agriculturists in more ways
than one.
The question of harvesting the seed
economically and without destruction to
the vines is necessarily a point Of the
greatest Importance. We have recently
seen a circular from the Dixie Pea Har-
vest Company. Limited, of New Orleans,
setting forth the merits of a machine for
this purpose, and which from its descrip-
ton and the testimonials from reputable
and trustworthy individuals, seems entire
ly suited for the work. The harvester
gathers, threshes and sacks the peas, and
is said to be able to do so at the expense
of only two horses, or mules. and two
men, and its daily work is given at from
$50 TO 200 bushels OF course, as the cir
cular states, the harvester does not pro-
pose to climb trees, run over tsumpS, dig
in the ground or gather peas in the woods,
corn or underbrush. This means of
course, that the land must be intelligently
prepared and planted and 1t might be sta
ted that an erect variety of the pea should
be selected as all vines with a tendency
to a recumbent position win permit the
machine to pass over. We all know the
value of the cow-pea in the south, and
should the hopes of those who are hand
ling this new machine be fully realized
a great deal will have been accomplished
in the saving of an immense quantity of
seed which otherwise would have to be re-
placed from without which is largely the
case at the present time. We cannot do
better than recommend those of our read
ers who are interested In the matter of
harvesting their cow-peaS for seed to
negotiate with the company and receive
full particulars and instructions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
DELAcoA BAY CASE AWARD.
The Berne Tribunal Finds That
Portugal should Pay 10000, 900.

London, Nov. PA dispatch TO the
Daily News from Pretoria says: TT Is
understood that the award Of the Berne
tribunal in the Delagoa Bay case is in
favor Of the McMurdo claim for a sum
under 1900 900, and that Portugal has com
pleted arrangements for settlement.
The Delagoa Bay Company arbitra-
tion, TO give its fun title, Is an outcome
of the negotiations between Great Britain
and Portugal as to the action of the lat
ter In East Africa. The company claimed
compensation for the seizure OF its line
by Portugal on June 49, 1889 The case in
volved also the interest of Col McMurdo.
The matter was referred to Joseph Bleaf.
vice president of the Swiss federal
tribunal; Charles Sedan, president of the
council of state i'm the Canton de Vaud.
and Andreas Heusslor, professor of law at
Bale University, as arbitrators. the gov
ernment of Portugal having presented a
counter claim. To this the company sent
a reply, and the government of Portugal
made rejoinder. There the matter rest
ed for years, nothing apparently being
done. Last July, in the House or Lords.
the Marquis of Salisbury, replying to the
Earl Of Mayo, said the delay in the award
was most extraordinary, and added that
he feared the arbitrators would emulate
the delays of the court of chancery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

times. Give them the range of such land
as will yield food supply The best
haVored meat is plenty of exercise while
growing, but yet kept always in thrifty
condition.
The brood sow ought to be separated
from the stock hogs and given a pen
10 herself about ten days or two weeks
before narrowing. In summer this should
be dry and well ventilated, or if cool
weather, it should be dry and warm.
Give her laxative diet such as oil meal
and green feed. Keep her as quiet as
possible, provide a plentiful quantity of
clean straw for bedding, and make her
comfortable
The majority of farmers are Indifferent
about providing dry and comfortable
quarters for their hogs, and often the
animals are kept in an unSheltered pen
during a wet season until the mud comes
up to their bellies. Aside from the in
jury resulting from such exposure, is the
evil of having TO feed them in such a
place. Much of the food gets out in the
mud, and the hogs get with it a mass of
filth at every feeding. If confined at all
their quarters ought always to be dry and
clean.
Thick, runty pigs are best adapted for
killing at a young age. They should never
be allowed to quit growing, but kept in
a thrifty and improving condition con-
tiAODuoly HUN DlIlu II Is DSSI 10 XIII
them as small porkers at about 100 to 120
pounds weight. A pig killed as a young
porker should retain, as much as possible
its sucking pig characteristics and this
can best be done by keeping it always
growing Good pasturage should make a
very considerable part of its feed, for not
only is the grass a needed food, but the
exercise of grazing is necessary to the
health of the animal.
1t is natural for SOW to come in heat
after she has sucked and weaned a
litter Of pigs. Her system is then in the
best possible condition to conceive an
other litter. and she should be bred ut
once. If deprived of the services of a Boar
for few seasons of coming into heat
her generative organs will lose their Vigor
and she Will grow fat and become useless
for breeding purposes. To keep her in the
best condition as a brood sow, the in
stincts of her nature must be regarded
These will generally lead her to have two
filters year II is best, if it can be SO
arranged, to have these come in March
or April, and in September or October.
1t will be better for her to have eight
or ten pigs in the first litter, and cared
for SO as to suckle them well. This will
give development to her milk organs, and
if properly handled, she will always suckle
well.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
THE MORNING NEWS MONDAY, NOVEMBER %. 1897

properly the trees viii be much better for
II. Taking the trees first, il might be said
generally that many of the old ones need
attention, and if many of the old stunted
branches are cut away they will be sue
ceeded by young and vigorous shoots.
Peach and apple trees especially delight in
this sort of pruning. and they can be
further improved If the trunks can be
washed. good washing of the trunks of
the fruit trees often prevents them from
getting hide-bound. This work, however, is
not one of the essentials if the trees are
properly taken care of in all other re-
spects. Poverty or unsuitable soil is more
often the direct cause of hide-bound trees
than anything else, and the remedy, TO be
enectual, must extend to the soil. Very
few soils can be too rich for fruit trees,
and manuring can always be prof tably
done.
After the fruit trees the grape vines and
small fruit bushes will demand attention
The grape vine especially needs good
systematic and intelligent pruning and
training, for more depends on this work
than many imagine The grape vine in
variaoly tries to push out its strong
branches at the end of the vine. while the
grower prefers to get 1t started near the
ground. If he can do this he will take out
an older one, which has been weakened by
age and bearing, and replace it with q
young and vigorous one. Those who are
Ao4iONihS any particular system VIII prune
according 10 the directions given but as
general rule good grapes and vines will be
obtained from any one of these systems OF
pruning The whole object In pruning
the vines is to induce new, strong shoots
TO grow, or to make them grow in some
particular part of the vine Good pruning
increases the vigor of the shoots left, and
also increases the size of the fruits which
follow. The general rule in pruning grape
vines Is to shorten the shoots In proper
ton to their strength.
BIaekoerr!es, raspberries and currents
are also much benefited by having the old
and weak canes cut away so as to give the
more vigorous ones more room in which
to grow. If fine large berries are desired
1t is well to shorten the branches left
about one-fourth their length This will
make them more stocky and widespread
ing, and gives greater vigor to the fruit
spurs Gooseberries, likewise, need thin
ming out, but they never require shorten
ing. In many orchards there is a smaller
one, or sort of nursery, where young
and new varieties of trees are propagated.
This should all be numbered, labelled
and the names entered in a book AT this
season of the year the trees should be
looked over, and the labels replaced by
new ones if the old ones are lost or ilegi-
BILE.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
The HoEgerx.

livery farmer who has not an extensive
''Nse Tor his hogs should SOW rye to give
mem a green winter feed, says the Texas
farm Journal.
The breeding SOW ought to run out on
assure to eat what grass she will and
nave some woods range to root in. Elk
''l.Se Is needed to keep her in health.
~ the mother SOW is kept in healthy.
,'7o,ous condition, a healthy and vigor-
Gus litter of pigs may be expected that
growing.
bnut little corn should be fed to young
,SS5 Feed oats, wheat, shorts and rye,
n.y. mat makes bone and muscle. Give
M, Nh access to good grass, shade in sum-
rieT good shelter in winter. and always
my of good pure water
ashep plenty Of salt, charcoal and wood
lies within reach of your hogs at all
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
Harvesting Pens.

There can be no doubt that one of the
greatest boons to our southern agricul-
ture is the cow-pea, and the harvesting
of this legume in the most economical way
so that the largest percentage of seed can
be secured Is matter Of the gcea test i'm
portance to our planters and farmers in
the south, says the New Orleans Picayune.
The pea vine, 50 largely used in some of
the southern states as forage for the work
stock, is an exceedingly valuable article
of diet, but to be in the best condition for
this purpose should be grown specially.
and cut, so as to avoid so much of the dust
and dirt consequent upon pulling, and
which acts so injurious,y on the respira-
tory organs. of the animals eating it. When
pea-vines are desired for forage the seed
should be planted so as to insure an early
crop, such a crop, as It is generally known
is deficient in fruit that Is, pease: and
that the vines, including the leaves, con-
tain a great deal more of nutritive ma
terial (ntrogen). which ultimately goes
to seed should the fruit be allowed to
mature. On the other hand, when obtain
ing seed is the special object of planting,
the crop should be sown late, when it will
then produce an alb Indant quantity of peas
with a relatively small proportion of
vines This seems to be explained by the
fact that nature puts forth a vigorous eff
fort for the purpose of bringing forth seed
for reproduction. These are facts worthy
the consideration of those who are so de-
pendent upon this plant in its several
stages of growth for various uses. Seed
peas used in the sugar sections of Louis
lana alone amount to somewhere in the
neighborhood of 100000 bushels, and If we
can get the benefit of two crops in one sea-
son-the one In prime condition for use as
forage, and the other from which can be
gotten our seed-it would be an immense