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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
BoInnced Rotions for CattIc.

The best results cannot be obtained at
the least cost in feeding animals unless a
due regard is paid to so mixing the rations
as that they shall contain the three ee-
ments required in nutrition-protein, car
DO hydrate AMI fat-in that proportion
which has been found TO conduce to the
highest efficiency, says the Southern Plan
ter. A 1,O00-pound milch COW dive
weight requires daily food sufficient to
supply at least sixteen pounds of digest
IDLE nutrients, of which thirteen pounds
should be carbohydrates. or heat and
flesh forming matter, two and a half
pounds protein, or muscle-forming matter.
and one-half pound of fat. The common
forms of farm products-corn fodder, hay,
straw, roots and corn meal-are deficient
in protein and fat, and to be fed most
economically and successfully require to
be supplemented with foods rich in nitro
genous matter such as cotton seed meal.
linseed meal, or gluten meal The whole
ration. VIXEN mixed, should be fed in such
quantity as the individual needs of the
COW call for. Hay and fodder may be
fed in such quantity twice a day, as the
cows will eat up clean. say from ten to
twelve pounds of hay with thirty OF forty
POUNDS of corn silage. With the sage,
or with chopped clover, peaVine hay, or
chopped corn fodder should be fed one of
the following grain rations: No. !, 100
pounds cotton seed meal, or hnseed meal;
100 pounds gluten meal; 100 pounds corn
meal. Feed five to seven quarts daily per
cow. No. 2, 100 pounds corn meal; 100
pounds linseed meal, and 100 pounds bran.
Feed eight to ten quarts daily per COW.
From fifteen to twenty-five pounds of
roots may be fed daily with advantage.
Cotton seed meal and linseed meal are of
like value as feeds, and may be used the
one for the other, according as each is
the cheaper. Wheat middlings, malt
sprouts and bran are of like value as feeds
and may be used one for the other. Wheat,
oats, corn, rye and barley meal are of like
value as feeds and may be used one for
the other. Feed twice a day with grain
rations. giving hay or fodder between
these feeds
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25

straw to furnish the carbonaceous nutri-
ton for sustaining animal heat. The car
bon of hay is no more digestible than Is
that of straw, except that the hay has in
Itself moro of the heterogeneous material
required to make a perfect ration.
Give 1t Humus.-There is much unpro-
ductive yet fertile sold that only lacks abil-
ity to absorb and retain moisture to make
1t valuable. So long as it contains it's orig
inal vegetable mold such land will be pro-
ductive, though this mold being the de-
composition of wood leaves. does not con-
tain large amount of fertility except in
the form of potash. on most newly clear
ed land this potash Is further increased
by the burning of tree tops and other veg
etable matter when the land was cleared
If potash were more used, so as to grow
clover, these poor soils can easily be made
more productive than they were when the
land was first cleared. The clover viii
also increase the porousness of the SOIL
besides supplying it with nitrogen. which
it's roots secure by decomposing the con-
fined air which exists in the soil to the
depth that the Pow reaches, " not deeper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
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Ginger in Florida.

A correspondent of the AgriculturalIst'
speaking of ginger growing, says; i can
only give information in a small way hav-
ing grown it but three or four years. and
only for home uA. got the root from a
Ninorcan. who told me it must surely be
taken up in the fall before there was any
frost. dried day or two in the shade and
then nut away in wooden cloths in dry
y,orr mace. until April, when 1t should
he planted. This l faithfully did the first
t.ear. hut the next year, having plenty OF
roots for seed. left some in the ground
covering slightly with mullen. IN tne
snring / found this had kept equally as
veil as the housed with so much care. l
now treat IT in this way, that Is, leave
,,,bs+ wish for seed where it grew until
spring. covering with sufficient mulch to
Ieen the roots from frost, which grow
-, enar the surface. / nave just gath
cred nv crop. but this may be done later,
mr. any time IL the ground does not freeze
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25

The ounce is not likely to become pop
ular as a fruit to be eaten raw, nor does
it admit of being served in such an in
finite variety of ways as the apple, yet
it has a flavor and a fragrance peculiarly
its own, especially relished by invalids
as well as children, and in some of its
various forms of preserved fruit, jelly or
jam, it can impart a relish to wholesome
bread and butter that will tempt the most
capricious appetite away from the indi-
gestible pie and cake that too often are
eaten because they are so seasoned and fla
vored as to taste well without the sauce
of hunger" that imparts a zest to the
plainest food for the healthy laboring
man. 1t was a wise man as well as a
poet who babe us Let good digestion wait
on appetite, and health on both
The ounce can be grown upon almost
any soil where the apple will grow, and
also where the apple will not; that is, upon
moist soil, along the banks of the brook,
or in the intervals between the upland
and the low meadow, and this has caused
many to think that the ounce needs low
land, but it does equally well on high
land if the soil is deep and rich.
The trees may be started from seed, as
advised for the apple and pear trees, and
usually it will come true to the same va
riety from the seed; but if it does not
prove true or of a good sort when the
tree comes to bearing, it is as easily graft
ed as the apple. This very ease of prop
agating, and the small number of varie-
ties. also makes it safer to buy the young
trees of the nurseryman or the tree ped
der. One is very sure of getting what he
calls for, unless it may be when he pays
a fancy price for some variety with new
name.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
DurOc-Jersey swine.

The red hog OF England is the Tam
worth, and its nearest congener in Amer
lea is the Duroc-Jersey, writes George
Martin in American Agriculturist. Both
breeds doubtless descend from the red
swine which found subsistence in the Brit
lsh forests from a period earlier than the
Norman conquest. Though it MAY be
traced to such remote ancestry. the Du-
roc-Jersey. as recognized breed IS the
latest candidate for public favor in this
country. Red hogs which formed the
American foundation of tho breed were
quite common in New Jersey nearly, If not
quite, century ago. In 1872 they were
named Jersey Reds" Before this. how
ever, the red hogs had spread into other
states and were quite extensively raised
IN Saratoga county, n. " Mr. Isaac
Frink, prominent farmer of that state.
called them "Duroc' pigs, in compliment
to the great stallion of that name In 1883
a meeting of Duroc-Jersey swine breed
ers was held in ElNhorn, Wis, and an as
sociation was organized to promote the
success of the breed. In 1888 the Ameri-
can Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders Assoc
citation was duly Incorporated under the
laws of Illinois. and is now in a flourish
ing and prosperous condition. The stan
dard of characteristics for the breed
adopted by the association is as follows:
A Duroc-Jersey should be moderately
long, quite deep-bodied, not round, but
broad on the back, holding the width well
out to the hips and hams. The head
should be small in proportion to the body.
The face slightly dished nose rather
short Ears medium in size, pendant and
falling toward the eyes. Neck short.
wide apart and well set under the body
bone of medium tneness, arm large and
HANK well down. Hams broad, full and
well down to the hook. Tail large at the
base and tapering. Good coat of hair of
medium tneness with few if any brstles
at top of neck and shoulders. Color red,
varying from dark glossy cherry 20 light
or yellowish. An occasional feck of black
usually on the belly and legs) is admiss-
able but cherry red without black is pre-
ferred. Disposition mild and gentle. At
nine months old should dress $50 to 300
pounds and when fully matured 400 to 700
pounds" They are quite prolific, the
sows breeding when eight months old,
and when fully mature narrowing from
ten to fourteen pigs. The special charac-
terstic of the pork is a plentiful proper
ton of lean meat and no excess of fat
Compared with the small white and
some other breeds. the Duroc-Jersey is
rather coarse but is givorous, hardy, a
good Srazer and peculiarly exempt from
disease.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
,rtic6oIe az a Table vegetable.

u.ae not aware until this season now
,..t,ob1e the artiehoke is as garden
.ao+,hle Heretofore the only purpose
lo- which have grown it in the garden
WAS for pickles, for a most excellent pickle
., makes Those who have ever grown
,,o artichoke in quantity for the purpose
~ feeding to horses, cows, hogs and
0bickens in the winter or early spring time
Tben succulent food was scare ana very
,,,,ch 10 be desired, know what an excel
lent and economical crop 1t Is. But 1 ala
not know of my own knowledge until TINS
season that the artichoke is fair rival OF
the Irish potato as a table dish.
Every day now for some weeks our din
nor and breakfast table has been the bet
for served by the presence of nicely pre-
nared dish of artichokes. Not prepared
"a Ia bouresale" so far as [ know, for
am not posted as to the French style of
serving the dish after the manner of that
term We have the authority of George
nuNaurier lin Trilby) that artichokes la
bouregale is something very nice. No
donbt our own dinner dish of artichokes
snnroximates that particular French style
for it is exceedingly palatable and one is
IN danger of indulging in a greater guam
ttv than is good for him.. The prepara-
ron is simple enough and ] will describe
the manner of 1t directly. We know that
in Europe the artichoke is esteemed very
highly for human food, but in this coun-
try it has not been popularized yet. How
ever. it certainly deserves TO become so.
Taste is exceedingly variable. There are
some who do not like potatoes. Others
who do not like okra, or beets, or egg
plants, a squash. For many vegetables and
fruits a taste has to be cultivated. AS a
rule such is the taste for oysters, shrlmps,
bananas, grape fruit and many other
things that ultimately prove great delica-
ces. As to the vegetable in question.
Many at first may not like the peculiar
favor of the artichoke, but repeated
tastes of a nicely prepared dish of it
will speedily develop a great liking for it.
could barely tolerate the sight of a dish
Of okra; at 50 I could not get enough of it,"
Tt behooves the poor to cultivate a Xix
ing for everything that is suitable for food
# only liked.
Well, ! am glad I have found out that
6rtichokes are good for something else
than for pickles and to feed to stock. AS
long as I have a plant of land on which ia
grow vegetables there shall be a row (sev-
eral rows maybe of white Jerusalem arti-
Cnokes
Perhaps some of your readers have got
ahead Of me in the knowledge of the GU
linary value of artichokes and may be
able to tell us of some nice preparations
OF them
Midwife. Essacee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25

replanted in the prepared bed. The seed
should be rubbed from the pulp very
carefully with the hand and then sown,
or better. press into the ground with
the finger about half an inch deep, and
one every six inches along the row. The
rows should be from one TO two feet
apart for convenience in removing weeds,
should any appear. Both seeds and plants
should be in the ground before hard frosts
occur in autumn, for when they come,
the leaves of the large trees will fall on
the bed and give the natural protection
required. The following season no cult
walton will be needed if the bed Is thin
ly covered with leaves, except to cut out
sprouts and remove any large, coarse
weeds which may spring up from seeds
or roots left in the soil. AT the end of
the third season, the roots will have
reached a markets table size, and may then
be dug and the same bed worked over
and restocked with seeds or small plants.
Exchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
PECULIAR POISONS.
GENER ArED IN THE HUMAN BODY.
The Result of Imperfect Digestion OF
Food.

Every living thing. plant or animal,
contains within itself the germs of GER
tain decay and death.
In the human body these germs of dis
ease and death Called by scientists Pto-
maines, are usually the result of imper-
feet digestion of food; the result of in
digestion or dyspepsia.
The stomach, from abuse, weakness,
does not promptly and thoroughly digest
the food The result is a heavy, sodden
mass which ferments (the first process
of decay, poisoning the blood, making it
thin, weak, and lacking in red corpuscles;
poisoning the brain, causing headache
and pain in the eyes.
Bad digestion irritates the heart, caus-
ing palpitation and finally bringing on
disease of this very important organ.
Poor digestion poisons the kidneys,
causing Bright's disease and diabetes.
And this is so because every organ,
every nerve depends upon the stomach
alone for nourishment and renewal, and
weak digestion shows itself not only in
loss of appetite and flesh, but in weak
nerves and muddy complexion.
The great English scientist, Huxley,
said the best start in life is a sound stom-
ach. Weak stomachs fail to digest food
properly, because they lack the proper
drochloric and peptogenic products the
most sensible remedy in all cases of indi-
gestion, is to take after each meal, one or
two of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets, be-
cause they supply in a pleasant, harm
less form all the elements that weak
stomachs lack
The regular use of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets will cure every form of stomach
trouble except cancer of the stomach.
They increase flesh, insure pure blood,
strong nerves, a bright eye and clear
complexion, because all these result only
from wholesome food well digested.
Nearly all druggists sell Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets at so cents, full sized
package, or by mail by enclosing price
to Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. but ask
your druggist first
A little book on stomach diseases mail
ed free. Address Stuart Co, Marshall,
Mich.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY %. 1897.

produced by my fowls at IS cents per bushel
this year. The droppings of every chicken
from the time it is three months old untfl
ii is seven months old, if allowed to roam
over the moving field where all its drop
pings viii be taken up by the crop, is worth
20 cents as a fertilizer, or $500 for l,oO0
chickens. Besides the fertilizer depos-
tied they destroy all grasshoppers and in
sects that live upon the grass. This is
of great value during such seasons as the
past, when in some localities the army and
other worms totally destroyed the crop.
Save the hen manure carefully, and try it
next year side by side with Bradley
Stockbridge and other fertilizers, and see
if the rows planted in hen manure don't
look down on their neighbors, saying,
Come on.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
SUMTER COUNTY FARMERS.
They Appear to BE I'm N Very Pros
porous Condition.

porous Condition.
Americas Ca, Jan. A.-Sam Grant who
killed George Davis at a negro dance in
this city two years ago, will be hanged
on Friday next, Jan. 20, unless Gov. At
kinson commutes the sentence to life i'm
prisonment. Counsel for the condemned
negro are making strenuous efforts to save
him from the gallows.
The handsome new passenger depot OF
the Georgia and Alabama railway will he
ready for occupancy within two weeks
The building Is very much like the depot
at Fitzgerald, the exterior having the APP
pearance of hewn logs, and will be model
of comfort and convenience.
Robert II. Stewart Is one of the many
prosperous farmers of Sumter county.
Yesterday he sold TO a grocery house mere
a wagon load of home-cured hams and
bacon. the lot weighing l,5O0 pounds and
netting him nearly $3.50 Many farmers
of this section raise all their supplies. not
only of meat and grain, but their mules
and horses as well. One Of these, Rob-
ert Jennings, made an experiment at hay
raising last year. and with great success.
saving ninety tons of good hay. which he
sold readily In the local market at an
average price of $3.50 per ton, total OF
Sl,2i5. Sumter county has been well
named "the Eden Of Southwest Georgia.
Sim Allen Is a prosperous negro farmer
who has demonstrated what his race can
do by thrift and economy. A day or two
ago he purchased desirable farm OF 20
acres near the city, paying SIS per acre
or a total of $3.50. When the deeds wers
signed Allen planSed down the entirs
amount of purchase money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
Ginseng CuIture.

The ginseng plant thrives best in loamy
soils, such as are usually found in sugar
maple and oak forests at the north.
Shade is also essential. Select a piece
of land at the edge of some forest where
the plants are found growing wild. Clear
all underbrush and small trees during
spring or summer. then break up the soil
two or three inches deep removing all
weeds, grasses and their roots.
The bed thus prepared will be ready
for the reception of seeds and
small, unstable roots, as collected in
the autumn, the season of ripening
depending somewhat upon latitude. Gin
seng berries are of crimson color when
ripe, each containing two seeds, pro-
duced in small clusters at the top of a
central peduncle elevated above the
principal leaves. When gathering the
seeds the roots may also be dug, and all
small and unstable ones preserved and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
Fried ArtichO1e For Breakfast

Select your artichokes, slice into three
parts boil until just done. Have batter
ready and bread crumbs. Dip slices of ar
uchokes into batter. then in bread crumbs
and fry in fresh lard or butter or a mix
ture Of the two.
Never let artichokes remain in water a
moment after being done, else they will
turn black and not be inviting.
batter is thus made: Yolk of one egg;
tablespoonful of milk, one teaspoonful
nour beaten together, beat the egg before
mixing. Serve hot always.
Aruchoke salad is made in same man.
her as Irish potato salad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25

am glad to observe that some farmers
are waking up on the poultry question. 1t
Is time that some Of them found out where
tbeir chickens were roosting-whether they
yvere on their neighbours fence or their
own. It Is time farmers knew that every
fowl they keep produces over one bushel
of fertilizer annually. which. II saved as
Il should be. is worth 60 cents TO any prac-
teal farmer. i have sold the ,ferthlzer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25


We fancy that very few persons in the
south grow rhubarb, as we never see it
Tor sale, or quoted in any market quo
tations. Its culture is easy enough, be-
ing similar to that of asparagus. 1t can
be grown from the seeds or from one or
two year old roots, which are usually kept
by the leading seedsmen. AS with aspar-
agus, there is considerable time gained by
starting with the roots, which can be
had in small lots at SIPS or $50 per doz-
en-. These can be set out in the early
spring or fall If the start is made with
seeds, these should be sown in cold frame
any time in the next six weeks and plants
set out as soon as they are large enough.
Set in rows three or four feet apart and
a plant every three feet in the row. Top
dress about the plants with any good COM
post and cultivate shallow often enough
to keep down the weeds. IL practicable,
it is we'll to mulch about the plants with
pine or other straw.
The chief use for rhubarb is to make
pies or tarts, a most delightful dessert
The leaf stalks is the part used. Trim
and cut into lengths of three or four
inches.
There is always considerable demand for
it in the cities of the north and west, but
we cannot say how much sale for it there
is in the south. In every home garden
there ought to be few plants of rhu-
barb, for once established and little
care given them they will endure for
number of years and great part of the
year afford handy material for most
excellent pie. The common variety is My
arts Victoria, and seeds enough for
home garden can be had for cents. The
seeds should be fresh and the best way
is to start them in a cold frame and secure
well grown plants to set out.
DO not begin cutting the .stalks until the
plant has become well grown, and any
flower stems shooting up should be broken
off In conclusion rhubarb is well worth
ell the care given to asparagus, for it is
Just as valuable, though for different
DurDOSe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
New Catalogues.

Inc catalogues for the current year are
coming thick and fast.
feter Henderson & Co. (lNew York; cell
eorate the anniversary of their fiftieth
year in business by sending out the hand
9ollest catalogue Of vegetable and flower
'osUs we nave ever SEEN. 1t has 40 large
pdses' inside of beautiful cover. and a
lumber OF full page colored plates The
~ cents charged for 1t is not fourth of
It's value.
buTpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa, send out
very attractive catalogue of 40 pages,
"HeIen several very desirable novelties
"lo hsted. Burpees are headquarters for
."Set peas. They make no charge for
'Aalr catalogue. -'..'.
robert BUST & Co. Philadelphia, Pa,
tolne well to the front of 1897 with per-
laps the neatest catalogue they have is
ECU Combined with it is a Garden
gu-qe and Almanac" that is helpful to
Gu, Buist is well known to all our
0'uer readers Catalogue free)
Maule & Co, another Philadelphia seed
nGUse' Issue nice catalogue OF 30 pages,
~. m''u several colored plates. This house
Is great on" onion seeds, and offer sew
ga novelties III flowers and vegetables.
our southern seedsnien do not attempt
~ compete with their northern brethren
- vac matter OF large and highly orna-
,N,Hted seed lists, but here are several
F neat little catalogues that present
leeted lists of the various seeds and
,lan,s iiltely to be called for by garden
e." ana farmers:
IL. II. Arlington, Summerviile. Ga,
mus out very nice catalogue Of g
Ices euumerating the most reliable va
i',les OF garden and farm seeds. lie is
,oD1s good thing in propagatlng and in
,1touuclns TO more general notice the
I-oohout Mountain" Irish potato. now
Planting. '@'0 'p''''s
i',,eASnuer Seed Company. Augusta. Ga.
r.v's an attractive catalogue OF a
tte wherein everything essential Ia
urn ana garden Is attractlvely dis.
tb'ayeu. You will find in It most every.
"''"s you are likely to cali for-vegeta.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
We hear a great deal about

We hear a great deal about
purifying the blood. The
way to purify it is to enrich
it. Blood is not simple
fluid like water. 1t is made
up of minute bodies and
when these are deficient, the
blood lacks the life-giving
principle. SCOTS Emulsion is
not a mere blood purifier. 1t
actually increases the number
Of the red corpuscleS in the
blood and changes unhealthy
action into health.
If you want to learn more
of it we have a book, which
tells theStory in simplewordS.
scosT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
Essacee.

Wash and scrape pint Of artichokes,
boil in plain water until done. pour off the
water and substitute pint of milk, SIM
mer for fifteen minutes, adding salt and
black pepper. If pepper heat is liked
drop a pad of red pepper into the stew;
serve hot
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
Inland Rice.

Every farmer in the south should plant
at least a half acre in upland rice. II Is
easily grown (on any good laud), and will
make more bread than anything else.
Rice is Goods own grain" If anything. Is
worthy of that appellation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25

SO you want to be my son-in-iaw. do
your asked the old man. with as much
fierceness as he could assume. We'll
said the young man, II don't want to. but
l suppose IN have to be II marry your
daughter."-T