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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12
Pronnnntinr rose Cuttings.

Those having choice varieties Of roses
will doubtless be pleased to know how to
propagate them by cuttings. Many flow
ering plants and shrubs may be easily
multiplied in this way and much pleasure
be obtained by the process, The Indiana
Farmer says: There is no more interest
ing operation to the amateur gardener
than that of increasing his stock of plants
by cuttings or slips. In past years it was
accounted a great mystery and unless with
the commonest kind of geraniums few
amateurs ever presumed to invade the
territory of the professional gardener.
Nearly all writer's on the subject have so
obscured this simple matter with techni-
cal nonsense that few not regularly
brought up to the business presumed to
attempt it. 1t is now considered one of
the simplest operations, much simpler
than raising many kinds of plants from
the seeds. Where roses are to be so prop
agated box four inches deep and of the
required size in width and length is the
proper vessel for the purpose; fill this with
sand. Washings from a turnpike will
answer nicely. Now pour on it water
enough to wet thoroughly and level the
surface.
The cuttings are now to be taken. Blind
shoots succeed best for propagation, and
must be taken before the bud starts IN
the axil of the leaf but not while the
leaves are still immature and brownisn
tinted. If the blind shoots are not to be
had, substitute a blooming shoot on which
the bud Is the size of a pea pinch off
the top till the cutting is not more than
six inches long; shorter will do as wen,
but it is not well to have them longer,
as so much nourishment is required to
support the top, that the stem will not
be able to do so, and start roots at the
same time. No leaves should be left on,
except the smallest bunch at the top.
These are now to be placed upright in the
sand the depth of an inch or an inch and
a half Make a hole the proper depth
with the finger, and after placing the cut
ing press the sand firmly around It. Shade
from in the morning till 4 in the even
ing, keep moist. but not wetter than bare
ly will keep the sand sticking together
when taken upon the ends of the fingers.
Water very carefully so as not to dis
place the shoots. If kept at a tempera-
tUIe of 20 degrees they will establish in
from fifteen to twenty days. From the
middle of June to the last Of August is the
best time to start cuttings in the latitude
of Kentucky. They can, however, be
started during any month in the year If
kept where they will not freeze, but n
longer time is required to establish them
when the temperature is low. Some vari-
eties of roses propagate more readily than
others. Unless cuttings make unusually
rapid growth ii is not best to pot them
separately before warm, sunny days In
enrinR
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A Few Notes ON Seed.

But very few persons, aside from those
engaged in growing seeds extensively are
aware of the magnitude of the industry.
1t is estimated that not less than twenty
millions of dollars are invested in land,
seed-houses and propagating grounds
needed in the business, to say nothing Of
the amount paid for the skilled labor re-
qured to carry it on properly.
Fortunately for the purchasers of seeds,
a good name is the seedsman's surest and
quickest passport to success. In scarcely
any other business need the buyer take so
much on trust. Seedsmen are aware that
it is only by the logic of good results,
made apparent when the plants prove true
to name. that they can hope for an in
creased demand for seeds. The leading
seedsmen have earned a deserved reputa-
ton by years of patient labor In this direc-
ton.
Old methods Of distributing seeds from
country stores, and permitting the return
of the unused seeds, which have been sub
jected to damaging exposure, have been
to a considerable degree discontinued. It
is a matter to be regretted that too many
of our agricultural papers have given the
importance Of seed-testing so little atten-
ton. Letters and editorial advice about
soils, tillage, fertilization etc, have been
made a prominent feature, while the i'm
portance OF testing the vitality and purity
of seeds, and their freedom from adul-
terations, has been too much overlooked.
Farmers can we'll afford to pay more at
tention TO this subject than they have
hitherto manifested. AS the standard of
general intelligence among farmers and
truckers increases, they now demand for
planting purer seeds and those of a high
er degree Of vitality. The field test need
no longer be exclusively relied on. Since
the Introduction of modern testing appli-
ances It is possible for the farmer 10 sat
isfy himself as to the vitality Of the seeds
he intends TO plant.
In very many Of the experiment stations
seeds are now tested by competent botan-
ical specialists and by improved sprout-
ing apparatus. by means OF which any de-
esired temperatur and humidity can be
maintained. There seems to be no good
reason why the quality Of merchantable
seeds should not be made 10 approximate
20 some recognized standard. as Is the case
with most other articles Of merchandise
j. W., Jr.
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more rapid the exhaustion of the surface
moisture. and the plant in its young state
is dependent entirely upon its surface
roots. Later on it will not be so dependent
upon these surface roots for it can get
moisture from lower depths. The starting
off of a crop promptly is a most important
feature of the effort made in it's behalf and
anything that secures this should not be
denied it. "A crop well put in is half
made" is an old axiom of farming.
Soil that has but little humus in it does
not retain moisture very long, especially
when turned up to the sun and winds and
there is nothing more important than to
economize all the moisture possible by
whatever means practicabl Mulching is
a means and rolling is a means. Mulching
on an extensive scale is not practicable to
many, if to any-not counting the mulch
of soil which the harrow or cultivator or
sweep can give. This kind of mulching in
wolves some waste of moisture from the
surface, but this loss must be endured for
the greater loss it saves. That kind of
mulching too, comes better under the
term of cultivation.
Does it not resolve itself into this after
all, that the most available means of
-economizing moisture especially at that
most important and critical period, the
starting of the crop, is through the me-
dunn of rolling or in some way returning
the soil made too loose IN many cases by
turning it up with the pillow.
In our thin pine-soils under our southern
sun experience has shown that there is
more harm to be done our usual crops by
midsummer loosening of the soil than by
having the soil too compact The perfor-
ating power of the roots of plants, and the
danger to be encountered from the injudi-
cious use of the scooter and shovel in the
summer months are not fairly understood
by the masses of our farmers, and there is
little question that a very large number
of them could greatly enlarge the profits
of their work by giving thoughtful con-
sideration to these two questions, so in
timately related as to stand for but one
How to prepare and plant our thin pine
lands" and How to cultivate the crop
grown on them" Essace.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12

T. Greiner writes: In gypsum or sui
phate of lime we have a combination of
sulphuric acid with lime and water; in
plaster Paris the same compound without
water. Being soluble in 400 times it's bulk
of water, gypsum supplies to plants both
sulphuric acid and lime, perhaps direct
ly Its great value lies in it's action upon
ammonia, which, in its usual form of car
Donate of ammonia is exceedingly volatile.
For this ii proves a most excellent and
effective trap-a trap which good farmer
should not fail to keep well set in his sta
bles and his manure hears The sulphuric
acid exerts its superior power by tearing
the ammonia from its combination with
carbonic acid. and taking it to its own
heart. forming the compound sulphate of
ammonia (Which is held In the soil or ma
nure until taken up by the plants, or con-
verted into nitrates), and leaving the car
bonic acid and lime to get along as well as
they may in the new union of carbonate Of
lime"
This is really all that deserves to be
said about plaster. This article is no plant
food In the sense as that term is generally
accepted Most soils have all the lime and
all the sulphuric acid required for plant
growth Plaster applications supply moth
ing that the land is greatly in need of.
Yet many of our eastern farmers have
for many years. and with great persistency
given their soil nothing but plaster be-
sides the regular, pltiful allowance of sta
bic manure. Plaster has been considered
the panacea for wornout lands.
Year after year these applications have
been made TO thousands of farms. With
what results? The first few crops have
been increased at the expense of the soil
fertility. Plaster has simply helped the
farm on it's downward road to ruin. Plant
foods were taken off much faster than
they were replaced and plaster has aided
in Fastening this removal. In short, plas-
ter has, on the whole. been a curse to
eastern agriculture. While 1 am utterly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12
wet Nov-Lnter, DRY.

Ninety-eight days only of 81 gone by
with the record showing Els inches of rain
is pretty fair as evidence of past we--
ness and somewhat suggestive of dry
ness somewhere in the future.
Up to the close of January there had
fallen only LEO inches of rain. With the
lrst of February the wet season was ush'
cred in with an inch of rain and from
that date until the present time, April 5,
there have been few DAYS when the cay
soils of Middle Georgia were not too WET
to be properly plowed. In the interval
from Feb. to April 4 there has occurred
sixteen rains, wherein over half an inch
of water was precipitatod. OF this Num-
her ten were more than one inch each.
on March Y, 13 and IA there was con-
tinuous rain of 4.52 inches and again on
Iarch q and % one of 2.46 inches.
The total rain for February was ISL
inches and of March 1853. For the two
months 1s.47 inches, with grand total for
the first ninety-eight days of 21.5 inches.
This heavy rainfall in February Marcn,
while extraordinary. is not altogether ex
cepuonable. once before, in February
March, 1891, the combined rainfall of these
two months amounted to 1874 inches-the
only two instances in twenty years at
Mile lgeVilie
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12
The Vegetable Garden.

The garden is the most productive acre
OF the farm. If IL is not, it should be
made so. 1t is the most Indispensable
part of farm life. Half of our living
should come from our garden in summer
Not one-half the country people make an
effort to have a garden. There are some
that start out well in the spring, SOW an
abundance of seed and never look to tho
garden again until they think it is time
they should have results. They take a
look and cannot find any, for the weeds
have covered the little plants. Then they
come TO the conclusion that the seed did
not grow. They say all sorts of things
about the seedsmen, and NOW off the
weeds and wait until another spring.
when they go through the same process.
Now this is all wrong. To keep the gar
den clean we should begin early and con-
tinue the cultivation until fall 1t is inn
possible to destroy all the weeds while
we are cultivating the early vegetables
Little patches of weeds around the gar
den will produce seed enough to seed the
whole garden next year. We should try
to plan so as to keep all the ground OF.
cupied in the garden. 1t will require bur
little more labor to cultivate a cabbage
or turnip in a vacant place than simply
W cultivate 10 Keep uOWn the weeds You
can SOW lettuce in July and 1t will be
nice in the fall Cabbage and turnip can
be transplanted into the ground where
the early peas and potatoes have grown;
or you can set celery and beets for win.
ter use. Keep all the ground occupied
If clean cultivation is given, as should
be done, the weeds will be killed out, and
at the same time a good chop secured
Thinning out plants is an important mat
ter in gardening; beets and carrots will
not grow to any size If left too thick
No vegetable but the onion will stand
crowding. If the soil is rich enough, on
ions will grow to a good size when FIVE or
six stand together; they will crowd each
other out of the ground all but the roots,
and will bottom nicely. The onion mag
got destroys onions badly; a good remedy
is to take the soil away from the bulbs no
matter If the little onions tip over; So
long as the roots are in the ground they
are all right. BY doing this the fly has
no chance to put its eggs on the stalks
and then there are no maggots In the
bulbs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12

opposed to it's direct application to the
land, however, still recognize its useful
ness as an ammonia catcher in stables and
on fermenting manure heaps Put plenty
of it all over the stable floors when the
heeting ammonia makes its presence
known by its pungent SMELL especially on
opening the stables in the morning.
1t is possible, however, that plaster, If
busted over growing potato and other
vines may exercise some inuflence as a
fungicide. A great many compounds OF
sulphuric acid do 1t is worth the trial
This is in reply to my critical friend $
query about plaster. In regard to the
value of the book there is simply a differ
ence of opinion between him and myself
Perhaps ne is a better judge of such mat
ters than l am; but l would ask him to
read the book over noce more, carefully
more carefully than he did the condensed
remarks on plaster, and see if he cannot
find some ideas in 1t that are worth ten
times as much as he paid for the book.
Books of that kind need studying. not
mere reading. And now, friends, if you
have any questions about manures and
manure applications on your mind, send
them along for reply.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12
CATARRH OF THE STOM-
ACH.
A Pleasant, simple, But Safe and Eff
fectuRl Cure For 1t.

NhEG OF
Catarrh of the stomach has long been
considered the next thing to ineurablk.
The usual symptoms are a fun or bloaS-
ing sensation after eating, accompanied
sometimes with sour or watery risings. a
formation of gases, causing pressure on
the heart and lungs and difficult breath
ing; headaches, tickle appetite, nervous
ness and a general played out, languid
feeling.
There is often foul taste in the mouth
coated tongue and if the interior of the
stomach could be seen it would show
Shiny, infamed condition.
The cure for this common and obstinate
trouble is found in a treatment which
causes the food to be readily, thoroughly
digested before 1t has time to fermenr
and irritate the delicate mucous surfaces
of the stomach. To secure a prompt
and healthy digestion is the one neces-
sary thing to do and when normal diges-
ton is secured the catarrhal condition will
have disappeared.
According to DR.. Harlanson the safest
and best treatment is TO use after each
meal tablet, composed of Diastase, Asep~
tic Pepsn, a little NuX Golden Seal and
fruit acids. These tablets can now be
of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets and not be-
ing a patent medicine can be used wit Il
perfect safety and assurance that healthy
appetite and thorough digestion will fol-
low their regular use after meals.
Mr.. N. J. Booher of 2710 Dearborn streeJ,
Chicago, ILL.,. writes: "Catarrh is a local
condition resulting from a neglected cold
in the head, whereby the lining mem.
brane of the nose becomes inhamed add
the poisonous discharge therefrom pass
ing backward into the throat reaches the
stomach, thus producing catarrh of the
stomach. Medical authorities prescribed
for me for three years for catarrh of stom-
ach without cure, but to-day 1 am the
happiest of men after using only one box
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. 1 cannot
find appropriate words to express my cool
feeling. 1 have found flesh, appetite and
sound rest from their use.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the safest
preparation as well as the simplest and
most convenient remedy for any form OF
indigestion, catarrh of stomach, bilious
ness, sour stomach, heartburn and bloat,
ing after meals.
Send for little book, mailed free, on
stomach troubles, by addressing Stuart
Company, Marshall. Mich. The tablets
can be found at all drug stores.
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1anonesc Morning Glory.
Mrs D. of Live Oak is informed that
,be address sought for is Marksville, La.

Mrs n of Live Oak is informed that
.ba address sought for is Marksvile, La.
Thursday. April l. was one of those dis
ooraeable DAYS that fortunately poor NOR
tsls are rarely subjected to in this section
n the country A sudden change, after
the balmist weather possible in March,
cave us a day with a STORYTELLING rain
from the east. 1t was just the day to
mt Mr. Jarndyce in the worst of humors.
Every rheumatic joint responded to the
depressing inclemency. 1t was weather,
TOO. that put all fruit growers in high
state of suspense. How would such
weather break? To dispel such condition
of wet and mugginess would
anything short of frigid
northwester be equal to the
task. The peaches and the plums and the
strawberries, a mass of bloom and full of
promise, we're they at last to be blighted
Inv relentless Boreas? Fortunately no.
While the thermometer ranged no higher
than 4S degrees on the LIST and I'd. the
winds subsidized on the morning of the Sd.
and instead of having a destructive freeze
out from the Northwestern there resulted
as calm and balmy an afternoon as the
heart could wish. Again the fruit grower
returned thanks. The threatened frost
that would blight the berries and the
plums ever again escaped. Was the dan
ger point passed or not? 1t is all right
with the strawberries and other fruits
this April the Sth here in Middle Georgia
Never have we seen the straw berries more
full Of blooms, more promising of abund-
ant Weld than the pants indicate this
spring And yet there is still plenty of
time wherein the promise may be brought
TO naught. The chances are in favor OF
no more frost this season, but still time
and again in the past twenty-five years
we have recorded frost severe enough to
destroy the fruit after the Goth of April.
Three times in that period we have OBJ
served frost on the 26th of April once on
the 18th of May, but for several years now
we have had no destructive cold later than
the "a of March. The conditions prevail
ing in the northwest at this period are
such as to arouse a fear that 81 may
show rs something very late in the way
Of frost. We can only hope that this fear
is srOund.ess and so proves. Fruit is a.
great blessing to any people and if a be-
nehoent Providence should bless US with
an abundant yield from bush and vine and
tree we should receive the blessing with
due gratefulness. And-every one should
plant more fruit.
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on it. This improved it. but even then
il hardly paid.
The liberal use of potash manures had
given such fine results wherever tried that
l determined in 1882 to make heavy APP
phUations OF il on this sandy place, ac-
companied with plenty ammoniated meas
ures, rs despite the stable manure the
soil was still miserablY poor. / prepared
a mixture of 1900 pounds of kainit. so
pounds dissolved bone and 500 pounds of
cotton seed meal per acre. Half of this
VAS applied broadcast before the crop was
planted, one-fourth the following Novem-
Der and one-fourth the following March
The last two applications were put on as
top dressing. sown broadcast over plants
ana middles alike. on account of the ex-
IRENE poverty of the soil ! mixed with
each of the two last applications eighty
ave pounds OF nitrate of soda.
The result in the spring of 1898 was as
surprising as II was pleasing. AS if by
magic that despised spot became the gar
den spot Of my whole large acreage in
berries. Pickers, WHO had always grum-
oied when assigned to those rows con-
tended FOR the privilege of picking them.
one OF my daughters, who had never pick
ed a quart of berries before In her life.
gathered there forty-seven quarts in two
hours. kept no account OF the Yield, but
II must have been at the rate of fully
1000 quarts an acre. and of the finest Der
RES that ever grew on the place.
me rest OF the field was MANFRED, but
not near so heavily. / spent at the rate
OF about $40 an acre more on this than
on the other part of the field but receiv-
ed my money back manifold
Since then my faith in potash, supple
mented with other manures in proportion
to the needs of the soil, has been strong
er than ever. At the same time my eyes
were opened to the possibilities of sandy
soil for fruit
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DRUNK FOR TWENTY YEARS.

a correspondent Wfltes' 7 was drunk
an and off for over twenty years, drunk
when / had money, sober when I had
none Many dear friends lost, and num-
bers gave me good advice 10 no purpose.
nut. thank God, an angel hand came at
I,st 10 the form Of my poor wife. who ad-
u,lnlstcred some OF your medicine 70 me
Without my knowledge or consent. am
nov saved. completely transformed from
a worthless fellow 70 a sober and respect
ed citizen"
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You think il is because

You think it is because
your child is "growing too
fast " that he fails to put on
flesh. More often it is
due to gradual and general
weakening of all the forces
of the body. The child
may have no pain, may have
fair appetite and yet lose
flesh. Perhaps the happiest
effects of SCOTS Emulsion
are in such cases as these.
1t gives the body a fat which
is easily taken up; alters
unhealthy action and sup
plies the best blood-making
food known to medical
science,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12

Grease 70 Destroy Lice.-If cattle In
spring are thin in flesh, with rough star
ing coat. II is a pretty sure sign that lice
are troubling them. IL Is the only on thin
cattle that lice can long continue to live.
Grease OF any kind kills them, as II clos
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12
STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

The Preservation of Fruit and Flow
ers for Exhibition.
Editor Morning News: As some Of your
readers may have forgotten that the State
Horticultural Society is 90 meet here In
the early part OF August and as many OF
them viii doubtless wish TO exhibit some
OF the luscious fruits and vegetables as
well a. the beautiful flowers Of our dis.
trict. I Will ask you 20 publish IN your col
umns some Of the recipes that have been
successfuily tried fOr their preservation
that they may BE- able 90 have them for
exhibition.
Jars Of clear. snd perfectly transparent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12

Yes. there are several poultry papers
published in the south-mostly In Texas.
The Southern Bancier published at Al
lanta. Ga, despite its name, Is a very
practical. excellent little journal. ana
would prove helpful we have no doubt 20
any one engaged in poultry raising. You
can get a sample copy by asking for 81
and you can determine for yourself how IL
would answer your purpose.
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Photographic
Camera FREE.

Not tag mind but machine that will
do good work (The is made by E. & H.
T. Anthony of New York; Summed up you
get more than your moneys worth of clothes
you get gum absolutely free, and if you're lucky
you may get camera free besides.
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Notes and Queries.

From the Southern Poultry Journal.
J. Il. writes, us there paper published
in the south devoted to poultry raising
in a practical way-something that is not
fancy like tile several northern papers
have seen?"