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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27
Red CIorer I'M the sonth.

Farmers Bulletin 49, Until recently it
has been thought that red clover could
not be grown in the southern states, but
our experience has been that on suitable
soils and with proper management it viii
grow fully as well here as in any of the
northern states, and that while it does
not last as long here, its yield is heavier,
and on account of its more rapid growth,
the quality of hay is better. In North
Carolina il has succeeded well and has
maintained full stand longer than in
most other sections, while on the sandy.
white soil Of the Florida station il has
done but little. At the Louisiana station
it has made a vigorous growth, affording
TWO large cuttings during the first sea-
SON. but it soon succumbs to the en-
Croachment of native grasses AT the Mis-
sissippi station on rich creek bottom and
on black prairie soils it has given excel
lent results, making two tons of hay per
acre in May, another ton in June, and in
favorable seasons another ton in Septem-
Der, though the last cutting has been un-
reliable on account of summer droGghts.
Where such yields can be made il is one
of the best crops which can be grown,
but there are many localities in the south
where Il has not been found profitable.
Ii requires a soil which is rich and in
of the seed and on many soils where il
makes a promising start and yields two or
three cuttings it soon become overrnn wtc
the native grasses and is choked out Or
dinarily it will not pay to grow it more
than two years on the same ground, rs
by the end of that time il will have done
its best work in fertilizing the soil, and
the land will give better returns if the
last crop of clover is plowed under and
the field planted to some other crop. AS
the plants produce seed abundantly here
and are not infested with the insects
which have recently done so much dam
age TO the crop in the northern states,
there seems to be no reason why the seed
crop should not become of considerable
Importance.
Red clover is a universally recognized
standard in estimating the values of all
other crops, when grown either for hay
or as a green manure, and we have made
special efforts to test 1t on as great
variety of soils as possible, and do not
hesitate TO recommend it for all rich soils
which are in good mechanical condition;
but 1t is useless to SOW ii on barren fields,
or on rough and poorly prepared lands of
any kind. 1t seems best suited for growth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27
Japanese PIums.

Bulletin IS Of the Alabama station is an
illustrated treatise on Japanese plums.
No fruits of recent introduction have at
tracted more interest or given greater
promise for the southern states than the
Japanese. plun1s, and few varieties of
them do well in the north also. Nearly
all Japanese products seem to flourish in
the Gulf states.
AS rule Japan plum trees are vigorous
upright growers when young but fruit
so heavily as to check the growth very
much after they begin to bear. The Bur
bank is of spreading habit They come
into bearing very early. the buds and
blooms are less sensitive to frost than
other plums or peaches, and the fruit
keeps well and ships well. Most of them
are large and highly colored, making them
very attractive in market. While many
of them are Of good quality, they are con-
sidered somewhat inferior to the best Eu-
ropean plums, but the latter cannot stand
our climate nor the attacks of curcuho.
This family of plums is usually pro-
pagated by budding on rooted Mariana
cuttings in August and set In orchard
after one years growth in the nursery
row.
These plums win grow on almost any
well drained soil, but the best soil is a
sandy top soil and red clay subsoil, and
the best situation is a hilltop.
Prune both tops and roots well and set
in deep, mellow soil, as soon in winter as
possible after the leaves fall. Plant in rows
% feet apart and put trees 16 feet apart In
rows. Rows should run north and south,
and varieties should alternate In the row
80 no two trees of a kind will be next TO
each other. Mixing the pollen Of fruit bios
SONS gives as good results as introducing
fresh blood into a flock or herd.
Give clean culture, frequent and shallow.
In late summer SOW crimson clover crop
for winter, 70 be turned under IN spring a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27
Thankful /!
An Ohio Man Loses His De-
sire for Tobacco.
Bellevue. Ohm Anr O =,

Bellevue, Ohio, Aug. o, 1897.
Eureka Chemical & Mfg Co, La Crosse
Dear Sirs: have used Baco-Curo and am
apsolrtely cured of chewing tobacco. 7
and have no desire for tobacco am max
ing it my business to tell every chewer how
ne can be cured from this habit If there is
let me know. Box 307
Yours truly, E. H HAZEL
The wonderful part of a cure from BACO-
CORO is that it removes every trace of nico-
tine IN the system, leaving it as free from the
narcotic as it was before the fret smote ~.
chew. Write for proofs Of cHyss. We give a
written guarantee to cure permanently any
case with three boxes or refund the money.
ooc. or 81 box, three boxes Guaranteed
cure) $3.50. Druggists everywhere, or
EUREKA CHEMICAL AND NNFG CO.
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The Scrip Rock.

Fattening Hogs.-A hog fattens more
quickly by being fed no more at any time
than it will eat 1t should always clean up
all in the trough. When it has fed. clean
the trough out and do not feed again until
the animal shows plainly that it is hum
CRY. If overfed so that it feeds indifferent
ly it will lose less weight to permit 1t TO
go without food a day than 1t would by
continuing to feed beyond its appetite.
Probably no other animal is so sensitive 10
injury from overlooking as the hog.
Regularity in both feeding cows and
milking them is during these short days
of The greatest importance in keeping up
an even flow of milk The COW which Is
MIXED at regular hours, and as nearly di-
viding by two the twenty flour hours in a
day, will hold to her milk much better
than If the interval at one time was nine
hours and a another IS In the short days
al this season of the year neither milking
should be by daylight. When the time
comes to milk but once a day the time
then should be towards night, and as near
~ as possible at the same hour each day
The best feed OF the day should also be
given az night so thai the COW may eat
quickly and be full during the hours when
the temperature both In winter and sum
MGR averages the lowest.
The training OF colts cannot be begun toe
early. They should be handled from the
very start with kindness, intelligence and
firmness always. One moment Of III tenn
per and cruel violence may undo the mos
careful training OF months. Accustom ths
colt 10 all branches Of his future work 4
harness and saddle and grooming, and lei
him actually grow up in his business. 4
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27
Will Green Oats, Rye, Etc, or Ripe
Cow Peas XIII Pigs:

Cow Peas Kill Pigs:
There is scarcely a food which hogs are
fed that some people do not think will kill
hogs, says the Southern Farm Gazette.
One asks us if green oats, another ripe
green rye and still another if ripe peas
will kill their hogs. Many other foods are
at times accused of being the cause of
death in southern hogs This seems quite
remarkable, as all these foods are most
excellent for hogs and are no more likely
to kill them than other which are consid-
cred harmless.
The lack of knowledge pertaining TO the
causation of disease is truly wonderful and
in the absence of correct information on
the subject, the food is conveniently charg-
ed with the mischief. Just the other day
the writer was told by a farmer that he
would not turn his hogs into that pea
field because it would kill them" We re-
marked that probably nine-tenths of the
pork which was raised on the farms of
Canada when we were boy was made on
peas and that we never heard of such a
thing at that time. Now hungry hogs
turned into field of COW peas will some
times kill themselves, but we protest
against this being charged against the
peas If the hogs were turned into corn
field in the same condition death would oc-
casionally result. The point which demands
notice is that a sudden change in the food,
especially from no food to an unlimited
supply of rich food like peas, is almost
certain to derange the digestion and in
some cases death will result.
1t may, therefore, be positively stated
that green oats, green rye, ripe peas or
any other food of that sort will not only
not kill the pigs, but if fed with ordinary
common sense will do them good.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27

on alluvial and black prairie soils. and
has never been satisfactory on sandy or
white lime lands. August sowings have
given the best satisfaction, as the plants
from such sowings are sufficiently strong
to keep down any growth of wild grasses
and weeds the next spring, and will give a
heavy cutting of hay in May. If sown in
February, the more common time, the first
cutting will be principally of volunteer
grasses, but the clover will give two good
cuttings later. Sowing with oats in Feb
ruary is often successful, but the clover
is often injured by cutting the oats, thus
removing the shade just al the beginning
of the hot weather. Sow one bushel of
the seed to each five acres.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27

growing crop in summer rohs trees of mois-
ture.
No fertilizer will be needed on land that
will make half bale of cotton to the acre
till after the trees have borne several
crops of fruit. If the ground Is poor, plant
COW peas in August, fertihzing them with
acid phosphate and kainit. and plow them
in October and sow rye to be ploVved in
next spring.
AS the growth IS generally vigorous and
upright they must be pruned every year
till they begin TO bear. The bSst way to
prune is 20 go through the orchard once
month during the growing season and re-
move all young shoots not wanted and
sniff off the tops of those that are grow
ing 100 long, which Will cause them to
throw out side branches, thus spreading
the top.
In no fruit will thinning pay better than
with these plums. The expense of thin
ming is imaginary. II there are ! 900 plums
on tree and all are left to mature there
VIII be LOCO to gather. If 500 are removed
when half grown there will be only 800 to
gather when ripe and they win be so much
larger that they will fill as many gallon
measures as if the whole 1000 had been
left on, and their superior size and color
will cause them to bring higher price and
command quicker SALE while brown rot
Will be avoided, and the tree will escape
the exhausting drain incident to maturing
so many seeds Seed formation is the
hardest drain upon the vitality of a tree.
Don't make the mistake of shipping these
plums before they are ripe. Many of them
begin to color up before they ripen. Wait
till they taste ripe. They are then firm
enough to ship well and will keep ten to
fourteen days. Ship in half peck baskets,
packed six TO a crate.
The bulletin gives the usual directions
for combating curculio, brown rot, black
knot, scale, lice, etc.
The varieties fruited at Alabama station,
in the order of ripening, are Kerr (some-
times called Hottankio), Red June (Red
Nagate), Bercmans, Abundance yellow
Botan), Burcbank, Satsuma and Kelsey
all of which are described by the bulletin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27
Making Tie Most of Manure.

The fact that his land, and the manure
to property fertilize II are the farmers
invested capital makes It all important
that each shall be put 10 the best use
possible. says the American cuitivator-
Land alone produces nothing. Some la
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27
Potato Insect-Fertiliner for Potato.

Potato Insect-Fertilixer for Potato.
Agricultural Editor Morning News: For
several seasons my Irish potatoes have
been infested with a striped bug, resem-
bling the LADY bug in color but larger
in size. They feed on the leaves of the
potato until they are entirely consumed
What are they called? Do they injure
the growth of the potatoes? Is there any
way Of destroying the eggs which pro-
duce them?
9 Will you give us the name of a COM
nercial fertilizer which win produce a
heavy yield of Irish potatoes on a light
sandy SOIL that will grow fifteen TO TWEEN
ty bushels corn to the acre?
3. What per cent. of ammonia, phos-
phorlc acid and potash should such fer
tjlizer contain? Nc.
Dec. 49, 1897.
/. Unless we could see a specimen bug
we cannot say whether 1t is the true po-
tato beetle or what is known as the
false" potato beetle. II is quite likely
that it is the former. There is no way
to kill the eggs, but when The beetles APP
rear in the spring the vines, should be
SPRAYED with six or seven ounces of Lon
don purple Cor paris green) to fifty gal
Ions of water. Kill the first brood and
you will perhaps have no further trouble.
.. Any good commercial fertilizer con-
tanning about per cent. nitrogen Tor am
monia), 10 per cent. phosphoric acid and
or Z per cent potash will do TO apply
to potatoes. One ton per acre. A light
sandy soil, as a rule will not produce
much of a crop Of potatoes, however. A
dark soil rich in humus Is the best for
such a crop. When practicable plant ar
ter good crop Of peas and use broad
cast an the stable manure possible. Light
sandy soil will require plenty of ammonia
0s well as mineral matter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27
DeInxed Questions.

Several questions from correspondents
received too late for this issue are on file
and will receive attention in following is
sues
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27

Questions and communications relative
to agricultural and horticultural subjects,
if addressed to Agri Editor Drawer N,
Milledgeville, Ca, will receive immediate
attantion
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27

Coughs and colds need not
be endured; they can be
cured, and that quickly.
Many mixtures are tenn
porary in effect, but SCOTS
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil
with Hypophosphites is a
permanent remedy.
The oil feeds the blood
and warns the body; the
hypophosphites tone up the
nerves; the glycerine sootheS
the inhamed throat and lungs.
The combination cures.
This may prevent serious
lung troubles. /,
soe. and $500 IN druggists
scoTT BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-27

We sSncit articles for this department..
The name of the writer should accom-
pany the letter or article, not necessarily
Tor publication, but as an evidence of good
faith.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-14

OF the Dingley tariff bill. which pro-
tects the manufacturer and does not
protect the producer. If it isn't the
work of the tariff, what ia it? Will
the demagogues who credited McKin-
ley and his administration with
dollar wheat tell us why cotton is
kept at price below the cost OF
production, in many instances? II
Mckinley is to be credited with the
one he is responsible for the other
Dollar wheat and less than six-cent
cotton brings no prosperity to the
farmer of the South, nor to the PEG
pie of the South,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-14
A DOUBLE CRIME
A Man Shoots His Wife and Their
Blows Out His Own Brafps.

A terrible double crime was CONS
mitted in the northern part of Raj
eigh at Gas yesterday morning. AL.
Watson, son Of Engineer Glib. Wat>
son(who lost his life in railway COLI
llsion near Rockingham last year,,
shot his wife and then blew out his
own brains He was a machinist at
Seaboard Air Line repaic snops ut
Raleigh, and was married July 10th
last. He and his wife were quite
young. He was drinking Sunday.
and was very quarrelsome. He be-
came angry with her because she
reproached him for drinking. Her
little sister, Katie Pearce, aged ID,
was in the house Sunday night when
Watson threw his wife violently to
the floor. He then left, but returned.
and, it seemed, there was a recon>
ciliation. But early yesterday morn
ing the little girl heard her sister
crying. She said she was going to
leave and kill herself. he said: 81
will kill you before you CO." "Do
So" she replied, land then you will
be hanged He said, 81 will kill
you and myself" The little girl ran
to call help. As she re entered the
room Watson threw his wife on the
bed and shot her in the eide, then
stood up and blew out his brains.
As he fell the wounded woman drop
ped herself from the bod and crawled
to his side. He died at $50. 1t is
thought the wound of the woman
will prove fatal.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-14

and it seems that lwhat is done in
this direction must be done independ-
emily of these systems.
We understand that the lines re-
ferred to above, in Stokes, Surry,
Wilkes and Ashe counties, are
private enterprises and it appears to
US that if we are alive to our own in
terests we will at least make diligent
inquiry into the feasibility of estab-
fishing connection, in some way, with
these lines and thus secure a closer
and reader commercial intercourse
with the people of those sections.
Such connection is not only desira.
BILE, but necessary, and the situation
affords our commercial bodies an
opportunity to do valuable work fol
the business interests of the CON-
munity, and we trust they viii
promptly meet the duty of the hour
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-14
SOME OF OUR NEEDS.

Here ar. some of the needs of Win
ston-Salem, the possession of which
would mark great strides in the ad-
vancement of the material interests
of the community:
The Yadkin harness.
The Winston Salem South Bound
Railroad.
The Mocksville and Mooresville
extension of the Southern Railway.
Diversified industries.
A modern and commodious audi
forum.
Telephone connection with con-
tiguous territory.
Long distance telephone connec-
ton.
A government building.
A union passenger depot, COM
mensurate with the Importance of
our city and with the patronage
given the railroads.
Development of the excellent
springs in this vicinity.
Then we might step over the line of
commerce and industry and point
out other needs, such as improve
ment and endowment of our charita-
BILE institutions, the advancement of
our educational institutions, etc.
But we have enumerated enough to
show that there is ample field for the
exercise of our energies in the up
building of the community.
We lay no claim to being q finished
city. because finished city is q dead
city. There Is life here and life indi.
Gates growth and Winston Salem win
grow If there is unity of purpose and
concert of action upon the part OF
our people. Under such conditions
anything within reason is possible.
Now, of the things needed and
named above, the Yadkin harness,
with a capacity for supplying all the
power required. is an assured fact
and will be ready for the hitching
process about the first of next year,
or in about three months. This
should encourage the establishing OF
another of the needs-diyersified in
dustries. There is ground for hope,
too, that the Mocksville and Moores.
vile extension viii soon be a reality.
These facts should encourage us to
push and to pull for other needed
enterprises and to keep pushing and
pulling until we get them.
We could enumerate much that hos
been accomplished and of which we
are justly proud, but we cannot
afford to rest upon the laurels of the
past. Forward is the watchword
Let us march with energy and zeal
and determination and confident
cooperation to it's inspiring sound
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-14
THE COUNTY FAIR.

Did you attend the County Fair,
at Oak Grove, last Thursday?
Ifnot, you missed big occasion
and one of which the whole county
should be proud.
It was a grand success, and Mr.. G.
81. Hauser, President, and Mr.. C. 81.
Hunter, Secretary, and the other
members of the management are due
a whole lot of credit.
Barring the dust, the day was
bright and pleasant and favorable
for just such an exhibition and just
such a commingling of the people OF
the county.
There was a big crowd of people
there, some estimating the number
as high as twenty-five hundred. We
think, however, this rather over
shoots the mark. 1t takes a lot of
folks to count twenty-five hundred.
At any rate, the attendance was
quite large, and we were pleased to
see so many Winston-Salem people
there, encouraging by their presence
the commendable efforts of our
friends of the country.
There were large number of ex'
hibits In every department., larger,
indeed, than ever before, and many
of them were of very superior quality
and as fine as are to be seen at
exhibitions of far greater pretensions
Some of the best should be sent to
the State Fair, by all means, as an
advertisement of the excellency OF
the productions of Forsyth county,
and then put on exhibition at our
big Tobacco Fair, Nov. 3, 4 and 5.
We were particularly struck with
the diversity of the farm products
displayed, there being tobacco, cot
ton, corn, wheat, oats, potatoes,
etc., etc. In the ladies' department
we noticed preserves, jellies, etc., and
some of them just as pretty and just
as paltable, we daresay, as those We
send hundreds of miles away from
home for. We noticed, too, in this
department numerous specimens o
fancy work and several attractive
quilts. What Is a Fair without thu
multi-colored quilt? There were
also, specimens OF fine fruit, sorghum
wine, honey and poultry depart
ment, a stock department, etc., etc
In short, it was a very creditabl'
Fair and proved a surprise to man.
| of the visitors.
Speeches appropriate to tn
OCCASION were made by Mr.. j. @
Buxton, In the morning, and b.
Lieut.. Governor C. A. Reynolds, II
the afternoon.
The Centreville Cornet Band furn-
ished the music for the occasion ant
added much to the pleasure of thos
in attendance.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-14
WATER POWER.

In an article upon the future of
water power, the Philadelphia Record
points out some of the changes that
have been wrought by the substitu-
tuition of mechanical for hand power.
Among other things, the Record
says:
"In the United States the utiliza-
ton of the water courses has had an
obvious influence upon the distribu-
ton of population. 1t was the
waterfalls in the Merrimac which
filed that valley with manufacturing
towns like Lawrence, Lowell, Man.
chester and Concord; in the Kenne-
bee that gave rise to Bangor and
Augusta; in the Connecticut that
lined it's banks with places like
Brattleboro, Northampton, Spring
field and Hartford. Nor is this in
fluence peculiar to New England. 1t
is found all over the land; and it is
surprising, even in comparatively
new States, to find in waterfall the
origin of hundreds of thriving manu-
featuring towns"
Until recently, it was only the
towns and cities situated upon water
courses that could even dream of the
beneficial results pictured above
But the introduction of electricity
and it's intelligent application has
very materially changed the situs-
ton and made it possible for towns
and cities located many miles from
water courses to harness the power
to convert it into an electricity pro-
Queer and then transport the cleo
tricity over wires to- central station
in the city and from there dispense 1t
as required to the power takers
throughout the community.
This is Just what the Yadkin enter
prise, now in process of construction,
will do for Winston Salem. 1t will
practically place us upon the banks
of a water course and give us the
same manufacturing advantages as
the towns and cities that are natural
~ SO situated, and will place us in a
| position to offer inducements for
establishing diversified industries un
egualled by any city in the State.
Let our people co operate with the
Power Company in making this fact
known, both from public spirit and
personal interest. The enterprise is
rich with promise as vital factor in
our material progress and it should
be pleasure to every true citizen to
aid In bringing this promise to full
| fruition.