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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26

There seems to be an idea very preva-
lent among amateur florists that It is newt
to impossible TO rot rose outlines
Whether or not this idea is based 1pon 70
peated unsuccessful attempts in the prona-
CATION OF the rose, cannot say; however.
by Following few simple directions given
below, L believe any one may, with care
root fair per cent. of the cuttings pu4 in
The first matter for attention is the WOOD
from which the cuttings are to he rnada
IL must neither be 10 hard nor too soft
To be sure of getting it at about the rigbt
stage make up the cuttings from ~
flower shoots or stalks al the terminus,
OF whlcn the flower is borne, Just ar tbe
time the flower naturally wits ana the
petals fall. 1t is not necessary 81 AN ~
making the cuttings to have an eve On.
JOINT, 1t might be called, at the end of ~.
supposed. - 'i'eh
Make the cutting about two and ona-ba1e
inches in length, using a sharp knife ana
IN cutting let the stroke be slightly e1art
ing. The ends of the cutting shouId he
cut clean and smooth, and not mashed -,
bruised IN any way. Let several 1ea,,s,
remain on each cutting, bur trim off the
UPS OF the outer leaves Now prooure .
saucer or pan of some sort deem eno,,et.
10 nold about two inches of sand. A.
putting in the sand to a depth of about tv,o
ihches' water heavily until it is thorougb
~ soaked. With knife make s4vera1
cuts one and one-quarter inches deeD
across the sand, and in these missions M
sert the cuttings, pinching The sand - -
tne base of each cutting as It is MT IN
When The pan is filed with the cuttings
about an inch apart, or perhaps q hill
more, set the pan in fun sunlight. tbera ~
remain every day during the roofing nro1
cess The only operation necessary eacb
t Jay Wnlie roofing Is to keep the sand
thoroughly saturated with water NJa- ~I''lA
| this one day, and the chances are tbet 49,
whole lot will be spoiled. '''"' lilo
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
Crane Growing ON Little Land.

1t is surprising how little extent of
earth's surface is needed to root grape
vine If il can grow upward and have
open space enough on one or two sides
to get plenty of sunshine, the area in
which its roots can run Is matter of COM
paratively little Importance, says the
American Cultivator. We have seen
thrifty and productive grape vines where
there was only three feet space between
house with its cellar wall on one side
and the street sidewalk on the other As
the sidewalk was made of plank, the grape
roots undoubtedly extended under it. But
even with this there was scarcely space
seven by twenty-five feet on the earth's
surface, and this supported for years two
grape vines, each of which ran up trel-
lis as high as the house, and bore every
year fine clusters of luscious fruit at the
top.
This was probably an extreme case. But
It shows plainly that many whose places
are small do without grapes, when IL they
would economic what space they had,
they might have this fruit in abundance.
One thing, however, must be well under
Stood and that is that only the south or
west sides of a building can be used for
grape growing. The south side Is best of
all if It can be had. If planted on the
east side Of buildings the grapes are likely
to be brought forward too fast, and the
foliage will be nipped by frost in the
spring. The sun shining on the west walls
of a building through the afternoon accu-
mulates cheat enough to keep off frost in
most cases after the vine is forward
enough to be in danger from 1t. No mat
ter how small the space is, trellis should
be built UP a little way from the wall for
the vine to run on. AS NJ most houses
occupied at night, wind 4 will open on
this trellis, the warm from rooms will
make the GRAPES on the upper part Of
such a trellis ripen several days earlier
than they would away from any wall. The
effect of the wall is to break the force of
violent winds, which nearly always carry
away much more heat than they bring
IL was years ago, on a trellis ON the south
side of a building that we were able TO
ripen the Catawba grape. which would
nowhere else be ripened in the open air
near that locality.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26

the soil and work it well around the
plants
AT present some interest is being taken
in foreign varieties of strawberries, sucn
as Laxton Noble. Royal, etc, from Eng
land, Louis Gauther St Joseph, La
France, etc. from France. 1 have no
doubt that where soil suits some win do
We'll in the South. There is no sort that
surpasses the Triomphe de Gand for
eign kind, if soil suits 1t, for fine fruit and
lots Of it. But the main trouble with
these kinds is that they make but few
runners, and have to be propagated by
dividing the stool (old planO. And our
long season of growth of weeds and grass
compels much work to save them from
extinction. Therefore il will be a long
time, if ever, before they become popular
in this section.
The old Newman is still the leading berry
for distant markets. Lady Thompson Is
certainly growing in favor, and is a very
large, productive berry. Alabama nd
Elgine is practically the same as Lady
Thompson.
AS The planting of dewberries and
blackberries is becoming more general,
give my method of setting Rows are
made six feet apart and plants set. in the
rows three feet apart. Enough of the soil
is pulled into the furrow when the plants
are to be set so as TO leave hill almost
level with the natural SOIL and the plant
is set on it. After setting a good heaping
shoVelful of we'll rotten manure, reinforced
by the mixture given for strawberries, is
spread on each hill so as TO cover about
one to three inches deep and left so until
spring, when the niddies are plowed out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
w,ne+aI manurc for grapes.

In growing grapes very little manure and
all of that either potash or phosphate, is
needed. The idea of manuring land heav-
lily with barnyard manure, or of burying
dead animals around the grape vine to en-
able 1t to make a strong growth, belongs
to those crude ideas which prevailed be
fore the grapevine was much grown in this
country. As farmers found that stable ma
nure was good for most crops they guessed
it must also be good for grape vines. But
the large amount of heterogeneous substance
in stable manure is nearly wasted on
grapes. What is most wanted is potash to
develop the seed and Keep the vine and
its foliage healthy. In Europe, where the
grape vine has been grown hundreds OF
years, nothing but potash is used as fer
tilizer. There is, however, small amount
or phosphate in grapes, and where this
mineral is lacking in the soil, phosphate as
well as potash must be supplied.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26

ity of hiring negroes 10 pick his cotton, he
hardly knew what to do, but he is all
right now. His three charming daughters
came to the rescue. put on their bonnets
and Old dresses and turned right Into that
cotton. The eldest, aged Il and IS, can pick
their 40 and $50 pounds a day. These are
The kind of girls Dixieland is proud of. The
young man who wins one Of these Will
have a charm more potent than the fairy
ring, for she will help him, not only to
win, but to keep success.
Rome boasts a learned blacksmith. In
a smoke begrimed little shop on East First
street big man stands at his forge all
day the freight falling on his brawny
arms and great chest barred to the heat.
Yet this man is perhaps one of the best
classical scholars in Rome, il not in Geor-
gia. Ira r. O'Brien Is his name. and he Is
not only master of the ten-pound hammer
he Yields with such ease, but he can con-
verse in seven languages. He is one Of the
few men who can translate Latin 10 Eng
fish and vice versa as rapidly as he can
write and he does il with marvellous accu-
racy He speaks Greek, German, French,
Spanish, Italian and has a good knowledge
of other languages. O'Brien is of gigantic
stature and prodigious strength, developed
IN his work. 1t has been great mystery
to many why a man of his unquestioned
learning and talents should be content to
serve In the humble role Of blacksmith.
He is quiet and unassuming and makes no
attempt to display his accomplishments.
He Is a graduate of several colleges. He is
married and has several children and
seems content with life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
InocuIatinC the Soil.

Those who are familiar with the means,
says the Homestead. by which the legumes
contribute to the enrichment of the soil.
know that 1t depends upon small noduies
or tubercies on the roots. which have the
power to assimilate nitrogen from the at
mosphere. 1t is also known that bacteria
which cause these tuberces must be pres
ent in the soil. or there will practically be
no crop of clover, peas or other legumin-
Gus plant. In sections where Iegumes OF a
peculiar kind have been cultivated for any
considerable length of time, the soil gem
germs of the tubercles, even though no lc-
gumes may have been grown on the par
ticular piece of land. The wash of water
and the blowing of the winds carry the
mud and dust and with them BACTERIA, I'M
I'll al the land becomes ihoculaled This is
a comparatively slow process, however
ana the ingenuity of experimental workers
has been turned to devising methods where
by soil not containing germs suitable for
the particular logune, can be inoculated
with them. Some experiments have been
recently made at The Kansas experiment
station in the direction of practical meth
DDS of noculating large fields with the no.
dule-prOducing bacteria of the soy beam
lnoculating on a large scale was tried by
dipping the seed to be planted In water
that had been mixed with inoculated soil:
by dipping IL in mud made from inoculated
soil; by mixing inoculated soil with the
seed, drilling ID in and varying the amount
of the soil used, by breadcasting different
amounts of inoeulated soil, before and af-
ter the beans had been drilled, etc. The
only one of these methods that produced
root tubercies TO any considerable extent
was the mixing of inocuIated soil with the
seed, and even this was not very success
full though six pecks of soil per acre were
used. The other methods all showed some
soil incubation, but the process was slow.
The experiments also showed that to pro-
duce good results, the soil containing the
bacteria must be placed close to the plants
or seed, and in considerable quantity. The
soil used for iEoculatlon was from a plat
of ground that had been inoculated two
years before, and where soy beans had
been grown ever since. In this plat the
bacteria were steadily increasing and
spreading through the soil, but the process
was slow and they were not numerous at
the time when soil was taken from it TO
be in turn used 10 inoculate other land.
1t is believed that the experiments in in
ocutaton would have given more pro-
nounced results if soil for the purpose
could have been used from ground where
the bacteria had been cultivated longer and
become more numerous. With any me thod
time will be saved and a more rapid pro-
gress made in incubation, by thoroughly
inoculating a small area and then using
soil from it for further inoculation Scat
tering a small quantity of poorly inoculat-
ed soil over a large area gives unsatisfac-
tory results, and the bacteria will have
to become quite numerous before the winds
will produce much effect in disseminating
them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
pnmnklns as stoclk Feed.

Raw pumpkins will fatten cows very
fast, if some grain meal is fed with
them. Coarse unground grain does not
do so well, as the pumpkin is laxative and
will open the stomach so much that the
grain will go through whole. Feeding
grain meal with cut hay neutralizes this
effect, and the full benefit both of the
meal and of the pumpkin is secured. But
we always preferred to use what pumpkins
we grew as feed for hogs, once a week
so long as they lasted, filling the large
kettle used at killing time with sliced
pumpkin and keeping a hot fire under 1t
until the pumpkins were soft. Then we
put in while still hot enough corn ana
cat meal and wheat middlings to make
it into a thick mush This was fed with
what skim-milk we could spare, together
with the dishwater and refuse from the
table. On such diet as this hogs never
got off their feed, as they will do on
corn alone. We think that not only are
pumpkins worth more to feed in this way
than in any other but that they may be
profitably grown for this use. On farms
where fruit is a speciality, the fallen fruit
even when unripe may be protitably put
to the same use. The cooking corrects
what injurious properties it may have
had. a. u
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
FLORIDIANs TALKED ABOUT.

DR.. F. II. Houghton of Daytona, has
about completed his floating dental shop
and win operate 1t on the waters of Flor
ida
Prof. Sharp of the art department. of the
university is at work on a picture of DR..
Chandon, the head of the Baptist Church
of Florida.
Joseph L. Guernsey has been elected sec
rotary and treasurer of the Ideal Fruit and
Tobacco Company al Orlando, vice Col
NJ. Gore, resigned.
Adam CoreVl, formerly county treasurer
of Volusia, goes to Cuba, 1t is said, with
the Seventh Corps as a veterinary sur
gcon, with a good salary attached.
Titusville STAR Miss Stella and Gertrude
Minis were passengers on the steamer St.
Augustine yesterday morning for Bonaven-
ture to join their parents, who are now
located at that place for the winter. Miss
Minis will have charge of the Hartland
school this year.
Messrs. p. Leonardy and John P. Dit
son, of Osteen, are among the large cattle
owners Of this country, the former said to
own about 1000 head, the latter about 800.
and propose to give the officers of the
criminal court every assistance In their
power TO free Volusia of the cattle thieves
They have been heavy losers in the whole
sale cattle stealing in this county.
w. r. Frary, c. b. Pelton and friend,
Mr.. Vinegar, made the grand master catch
of bass In the surf at Red Shell. near New
Smyrna Thursday, having caught thirty
five that had an average weight of twen-
ty-hve pounds. This is the greatest catch
of the season, though 1t is not an unusual
thing to land dozen or more varying in
size from eight to thirty-fve uounds
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
Strawberries In the south,

A correspondent Of the Farmer and
Fruit Grower says: THE ground for
planting Strawberries In October and No
vember, which is about the best time to
plant In the lower South, should now be
gotten ready. If heavy growth of green
stuff is on 1t and the soil light. it would
he best to first cut It Off, and, intending
10 turn 1t under, let it wilt for several
days before doing 50. The manure should
be in the ground several weeks before set
ting plants, and the Nsafne is especially
true if commercial manure Is to be used
I use a mixture of cotton seed meal loco
acid phosphate 600. and kainit 400; of the
mixture l use about 500 pounds per acre
Sometimes l use less meal and more phos-
phate. taking 500 pounds of each. apply
It in the drill. It is also good time to
clean out the old patch by barring off
on each side of the row, cleaning out all
weeds. erase and the plants to a stand
from six to twelve inches apart. Give
an application Of manure and throw back
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
Bees Essential 10 Fruit.

Apiarsts have always claimed that bees
were absolutely essential to the best re-
suits in fruit growing. A new proof of
the truthfulness of their claim is just re-
lated by the Florida Trades Union, as
follows: At one of the experiment stations
it was decided to try an experiment to
determine the value Of bees to fruit trees.
Two peach trees were removed to a green
house, and colony of bees was moved
IN and the trees were forced to bloom at
mid-wnter. one of the trees was so pro-
teeted as TO prevent the bees from get
ting to it, while they were allowed free
access to the other During the time OF
bloom the bees worked industriously on
the flowers of the tree to which access
was had. As the season advanced the
fruit on both trees set and grew without
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
SOUTH CAROLINA.

\ The next state fair commences Nov. IA,
and closes the 18Th of the same month.
Hon. John c. Sheppard was elected to
the state Senate from Edgeheld county.
Clemson College opened Thursday with
the largest attendance since 1888 There
| are nearly AGO students present.
The carpet mill at Gafney is running
on full time now. 1t is the only manufac-
tory of the kind south of Baltimore, and
is owned mainly by home capitalists
On Oct. 80 at p. M, the Masonic Or
der viii lay the corner stone of the Con-
verse College auditorium, at Spartanburg
Grand Master Barron of Columbia Will
be present and make an address Masons
everywhere are invited to attend and wit
ness or take part in the imposing cere-
nony.
Mrs. Addie slmkine, wife of Hon. L. w.
Simkins, died at Laurens on Sept. 20, after
lingering Illness. Mrs. simkins was Miss
Norman Of Newberry and a sister Of Col
Thomas Norman of Columbia. She was
charming and cultivated lady and much
beloved. Five children survive her.
Supervisor w. F. Sanders of Beaufort
county, South Carolina, is asking for bids
for rebuilding New river bridge and Hes
pah bridge. Bids will be received until
Oct. 3. Mr.. Sanders has been at work with
the county chain-gang ever since The
storm, repairing road and rebuilding
bridges, and is SIN at it.
AT citizens meeting at Walhalla Fri
day night, $3.50 was raised and deposited
in the bank as Walhala's share 10 con-
struct a public road from that Place to
SAPPHIRE, N. c. The building of this road
means much for the prosperity and con-
venience of both places and intermediate
points. The road is expected to be COM
pieted inside of thirty days.
On Tuesday afternoon, ]. p. Burnett
venerable and highly respected citizen Of
Hobbysville, near Enoree, died, after a
lingering illness of several weeks. He was
70 years of age. He leaves a wife and
number of children, together with a large
circle of acquaintances to mourn his loss
He was the father of w. A. and J. j.
Burnett of Spartanburg, and was n sue
cessful farmer and representative Chris
tan gentleman
A few days ago a negro woman, Julia
McCollum living near Bennettsville, gave
birth to child. The child was missing
search was instituted, and the child was
found buried about two feet under the
ground, in a fearful state of decomposi-
ton. Coroner David held an inquest
Thursday, and the mother was committed
to jail to await trial at next term Of
court. The childs head was crushed and
other evidences of foul play were dis
covered by DR.. Kinney, the attending ply
sclan.
While riding on the carriage of a steam
circular saw near his home at Owings sta
ton, Laurens county on Saturday Everett
Bryant, a prominent young man of that
section, was literally sawed to pieces and
instantly killed. AT the time he met his
terrible death he was standing on the NOV
ing carriage and when il reversed sudden
ly with jerk he lost his balance and fell
over the saw. He hardly had time to ut
ter a sharp cry before the teeth of the saw
had eaten into his stomach and cut his
body almost in TWO. Mr. Bryant was
about. 25 Years old and leaves a widow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
FLORIDA.

The Chipley and Vernon telephone line
is now being erected.
H. L. Anderson, Republican candidate
for Congress in Second congressional dis
trict of Florida, will address the people at
Jasper to-day.
ChiDley Banner: Murder, arson, theft
or any other crime might be committed
here and the guilty parties hide in the
weeds in the heart of town for a month
and never be found
DIR. S. NJ. Gonzalez of Pensacola has
received orders to report for duty at Por-
TO Rico and will leave in few days. He
Will go first to Washington for instruc-
lions and will then sail from New York.
DR.. ]. r. Farrion of chipley lost a horse
by death a few days ago The following
night some one stole pair of mules a
wagon and bale of cotton from his plan
tatlon. The thief has not been located.
Bronson Times-Democrat: ]. p. Reddicl,
IS nursing seven cases of measles all at
once, and Judge Willis is successfulv
pulling eight of his children out of the
same ditch. IL seven to eight cases con-
unue TO develop every week for the next
sixty days 1t will have gone the rounds
in each family.
Fhe Ideal Fruit and Tobacco Comnanv
OF Orlando has just entered into contract
TO furnish seventy-five thousand smooth
cayenne pineapple plants TO parties who
wall plant them on the Island of Jamaica
ms makes nearly quarter of a million
plants now under contract to be furnisbe1
by Orlando growers for that island.
The Democrats Of Hamilton county met
Saturday TO elect delegates 20 the rest,i, :.
county convention, converting at Jasper
to-day, and resulted in the election or ~
following gentlemen: c. Watson. ~ q
hoss' K. A. Knowles, L. p. Grlger. j r
suten J. w. Barton c. w. Bradshaw +
starting r. 3. Believer. w. r. Knight,
?. r. Alpperer. A. M. Bennett, A. II. Ho
San and w. II. Brown. Nv
Mayor f. II. Mote Of Leesburg has de-
oided to accept an important and lucrative
with the Earl Fruit companv =,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
Milking Machines.

A correspondent writes to ask whether
any milking machine has yet been invent
ed that will do its work successfully. Yes,
and mol Several machines, two at least,
perform we'll as exhibition machines and
attract a good deal of attention and ia
vorable comment at fairs where they are
shown, but for some reason or another
they do not seem to materialize as every
day, working machines that can be SUBJ
stituted for hand milking. Just why this
Is we are unable to say. Every now and
then we hear that somebody is going to
open dairy on wholesale scale and in
troduce the milking machine in a practi-
cal way, the milking being about the only
serious obstacle to the wholesale handling
of dairy cows. But when the time comes
nobody does 1t. Some obstacle intervenes
and the plant does not go into operation.
There are some very promising machines
patented, and after a fashion they work,
but none of them seem to have solved the
problem of milking by machinery in
practical way so that they go on to the
farms and go to work in a money making
way.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-26
!: GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
.AMD CAROLINA:


California, one Of the largest and wealth.
lest fruit houses IN the whole country.
He will be located a Los Angeles, in the
main office of the company He is one of
the most successful fruit men in Florida,
and 10 this fact is he indebted for the pO-
sition he has been offered and accepted
He will go to California about oct. l.
Leesburg Commercial: Mile Perry, 7
years of age, daughter of Mrs. Marion
Hubbird. was kidnapped last Friday night
from her home at Pensacola by Marion
Hubbird. who is her mothers second hus-
band. Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbird have been
separated for about three years, Mrs
Hubbird having left him, it is said on
account Of his i'll treatment of her Both
parties have been living at Atmore, Ala.
Pensacola.
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sITCED WITH a LITTLE ODDITY

On S. N. Gladwin's place, at Miami a
patch of turnips was sown on Aug. a. on
Sept. 10, greens were taken from the
patch-2O days from planting.
Eastman Times-Journal: ]. s. stuckey
brought in TO us few days ago a whole
sack fun of cotton bolls that have been
damaged by boil worms. He says that in
a crop of fifty-hve acres these worms have
made their appearance in about twentv-
five, and that the loss win be at least four
bales. He notices, too, that the cotton thus
affected Is that which has commenced to
fruit since the heavy rains.
Grovertown Correspondence Augusta
Herald-One Of our farmers here got really
down-hearted and discouraged what with
pad crops, war taxes and the impossible