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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
The Secret of Good Corn Cron.

The Southern Planter saws; 'Deen nlow-
ing subsoiling and the preparation of
hne' deep. compact seed bed, before a seed
is planted, is the secret of success in groov-
ing corn Without these, fertilizers NAV
be applied and subsequent deep cultivation
be used, and yet only a failure will be The
result. And yet, in the face of all we
have written, and of all that has been
written by successful corn growers in orr
columns and of all the examples offered
IN their fields, what a vast number Of
southern farmers fail to make profitable
corn crop year after year. Virginia makes
an average or eighteen bushels to the acre;
North Carolina makes an average of four
teen bushels to the acre; South Carolina
makes an average of nine bushels to the
acre, and Georgia makes an average of
eleven bushels to the acre These four
large states make Only about q OOO COO
bushels Oh corn more than the average
consumption of the population of the four
states. The single state of Iowa makes
more than twice as much corn as all these
four Southern states put together, and the
state of Ohio makes nearly as much corn
as the whole four. And yet the natural
climatic conditions of the Southern states
are infinitely more conducive to success
ful corn production than those of the two
states mentioned. That we can do better
than we do has been abundantly proved
The state of South Carolina has
raised the largest crop of corn per acre
of any state In the Union-25O bushels 10
the acre. Virginia last year produced a
crop of 100 bushels to the acre. and nas
many times raised over 100 bushels to the
acre. All that is needed for the Southern
states to do better is to make the effort
We can easily double the average pro-
duction per acre of every Southern state
if only our farmers will adopt the proper
means. To do this does not mean the
mercial fertilizers, for, if one thing has
been clearly demonstrated by experiments.
it is that the application of commercial
fertilizers to the corn crop are not con-
ducive to large and profitable crops. What
is needed is a better system of rotation of
crops and a better preparation of land for
the crop before it is planted. If we could
only induce farmers to plant corn only
on sod land, or on land which has produc-
ed one or two crops of peas, except on the
rich river lands, where the fertility is in
exhaustible, and to feed all their corn fod-
der and rough forage to live stock, and
TO apply the manure so made to the sod
land or to the pea fallows, before blowing
them for corn, and then to pillow and sub
soil their lands In the fan and winter
months, and replow or work deeply with
the Disc, Getaway or Acme harrow in the |
spring, and thus make fine, deep seed
bed before planting the seed, We are quite |
certain that double the present average |
crop of corn per. acre could be produced |
without the application of one ounce of |
commercial fertilizer to the corn crop it |
self
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11

year before it is taken 10 The fields The
better plan by far is TO take il to the
neIds about as fast as made and spread il
at once.
The soil has a peculiar affinity for at
tracing and holding the elements of plant
Iooa' and unless the land is very hiliy,
httle or none will be wasted The safesr
ana best plan is to get the manure within.
reach OF a protit-producng plant al the
earliest possible moment.
FOR several years l have been practfcinr
the soihng system, wholly or in part anc
by Keeping my stock stabbed almost con.
tlnuously for eight or nine months. ana
haII the time during the remainder of the
year. am enabled to make a large amount
OF very good manure. While l raise wheat
ana oe1ler grains, not forkful of straw
is wasted. If farmers would nractioa
stabling their stock more generally in
stead OF allowing them to trough IT,
alouhu a straw stack, they would have
better stock and more and better rnanure
straw that has been simply thrown about
me YARD and tramDed under foot. is of
very little value as manure
MANY farmers take pains to save the
soiiu eAcIehetlt OF the stock, but pay little
OF no attention to saving the iouid NOT
knowing that it contains even more ,,a1,,o
Die constituents than the solid parts. Yet
most OF the potash and much of the nitro
gen IS 'n the liquid manure, but much of i,
- dlIoWed TO escape through defective
noors, or to leach out, in the ward If if
must De piled in the yard any length of
'ilne' II should by all means be piled in
d small compact heap, exposing as little
OF the surface as possible. A manure shed
Is very good place in which to store it
IL one Is fortunate enough to have It.
Ahother mistake that is apt to be made
is IN the application of manure The hest
authorities agree in saying that light and
repeated applications are much better Than
fewer and heavier ones. The heavier an
phcations contain more plant food than the
Ilrst crop can well utilize, and before the
second crop follows The rains have carried
II down so far that part of it is likely TO
be lost. ~
With proper care and system in making
ana the exercise of good Judgment in an
plying manure, the majority of farmers
can Increase the fertility of their farms
without the purchase of commercial fer
uhzers. 1t should be borne in mind that
manure from animals fed on rich feeds
sucn as bran, oil meal and grain of differ,
eht kinds, IS much richer than an eoual
quantity of manure from animals fed al
most entirely ON hay or straw. orr ami
mails are able to extract only certain
percentage of the strength or elements in
the feed the balance passing into the ma.
nure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
Potatoes on Poor Land.

R M. C. writes: 81 planted potatoes
but the plants seem to be weakly. The
land is poor, and before the potatoes were
planted it was top-dressed with ashes and
cotton seed, and the same turned Under
with small turn-plow. Could 1 manure
the potatoes to advantage now and what
would be the best manure to use? The
soil is sandy. How should I cultivate
them? Sandy SOIL destitute of HUI
mus, is a poor soil for growing potatoes
1t is almost impossible to fertilize such
soil now so as to- make it produce good
crop of potatoes. The potato is one of
those quickly maturing crops that de-
mands its food in prompt supply, the in
slant it begins to sprout. So far as this
crop is concerned, it would be a waste of
time to apply anything that is not in shape
to be absorbed at once by the growing
plant Any good compost applied now in
the siding burrows win probably make the
plants grow off with increased vigor after
the first satWating rain, and the yield nay
be considerably increased. If you have
no compost, you might use to advantage
three or four hundred pounds of any good
complete fertilizer, drilling 1t along in the
siding burrows in like manner, as sug-
gSSted Tor tne compost On very nght SOIL
it is true it is not advisable to side pota-
toes deep and close at any time, for the
best results will be obtained by shallow
cultivation entirely, but when one attempts
10 manure the crop after it has come up
il is necessary to open some thing of a fur
row near the potatoes to accomplish the
purpose. But further cultivation should
be done with a view to compacting the
light soil as much as possible, else it will
be too porous for the best growth of the
plant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
Johnson Grass.

VIII you. please inform me all about
johnson grass? l wish to know if it can
be treated probably in the silo, or if it
is as good as corn silage? Is it profitable
to turn under for fertilizer and can it be
so treated without killing it out? Would
COW peas make good ensilage? If so,
please give particulars about when to cut
and how to handle, etc.
For moist, says Prof w. f. Massey, in
reply, strong lands in the South there is
no grass that will give more feed than
the johnson grass (Sorphum Halapenese)
But the grass soon gets to be such a pes
tiferous weed in all the nelghborhood
where 1t is sown that we cannot advise its
use. II a man could confine 1t TO his own
plantation or to one field IL would be in
valuable. But let IL once get in a neigh
borhood and il is there to stay, and to
stay everywhere In IT. Some of the fin
est lands IN this state are so badly over
run with IL that their value is greatly de-
creased. Unlike Bermuda grass, which in
creases by its running stems only, the
johnson grass not only spreads its under
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
cHrLKoor's FATAL sNowsLrDE.
Loss of Life Now Believed to BE Not
Less Than 20.

Seattle, Wash, April 10.-Laler details
received here from Alaska Increase the
horrors of the avalanche in the Chilkoot
pass. instead of lessening IL.
Sixty-nine dead bodies have thus far
been recovered and the names of $50 miss.
ing have been reported as unaccounted for.
1t is barely possible that some of these
had succeeded in crossing the pass be.
fore the avalanche occurred.
A conservative estimate is that between
70 and 100 persons were killed.
A face that lends horror to the fearful
tragedy is that 1t may never be known
with any degree of accuracy just how
many lives were sacrificed. who they were,
or where they came from.
The work OF rescue has continued night
and day ever since last Saturday, being
gradually systematized and now meeting
with better results.
Thus far work has been confined to the
outskirts of the slide in The hope of rescu-
ing those who are injured, but not yet
dead.
The main body of the avalanche. which
is estimated to be 80 feet deep and $50
yards long, has not yet been touched.
If there are any bodies underneath they
cannot be rescued in time 10 save life
-Four men were taken out alive after they
had been buried for nineteen hours.
In many instances the bodies of the dead
are not bruised in the slightest and ap-
pear as natural as In life, indicating that
they were suffocated in the snow
AS soon as recovered the bodies are car
ried to Sheep camp. where an improvised
morgue has been constructed. Some have
been removed for interment or for ship
ment to relatives in the states
The work of rescue has been orderly and
systematic, A public meeting was had and
committees Were appointed to take charge
of the dead and look for the wounded. All
that can be possibly done to relieve the
horror of the situation has been done.
The accident was one that could not
have been foreseen, and It was one that is
likely TO happen at any time when like
conditions exist
1t is stated that some warning of the
impending disaster was given by the ma
tive Indian packers, who are said TO have
deserted the trail when the heavy snow of
Saturday and Sunday night set in. They
refused to work for fear of slides.
The work of searching for the dead will
be continued as long as there is any hope
of recovering any one, though il is feared
that it must be discontinued before the
whole truth is known.
The bodies thus fer recovered are chief
ly of Western and Northwestern miners.
Among them, however, was that of c.
Beck of Sanford Fla
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
LOCAL Personal.

Rev. Robert Kennedy of the Cathedral
at Savannah delivered an eloquent sermon
al st. Patrlck's Church at Augusta FRI
day night.
Rev w. c. Schaeffer, ID. D., will leave
this week for short vacation. During his
absence Rev. j. Henry Harms will have
the pastoral care of the church, and will
conduct the services next Sunday.
Mr.. j. N. Hartman, who died in New
York day or two ago, was a member
Of the Consolidated stock Exchange Of
that city, and among his assets viii be
So 900 life insurance carried by the mem
bership ia the exchange.
Mr. Richard Johnson has returned from
New York city where he has been for
some time at Mt Sinai hospital, on account
Of his health, and is now at home on Jones
street Mr. Johnsons many friends will
deeply regret TO learn that he has not i'm
proved, and is now quite seriously i'll.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL II. 1898.

variety. from July till November, which
covers longer period than can be obtain
ed from any of the Northern or European
varieties.
Probably the best of the many varieties
Tor general use; in other words, for eat
lng' canning, making marmalade; for bot
thng the unfermented juice, and for max
ing Wine, are the Bronze, the Thomas,
Mlsh, Memory, Flowers and the Warm
Ihs Time to Prune-We find that the
best time to prune them is soon after
the grapes have been gathered, whether
that be in August, September, October or
November.
There is a diversity of opinion as to the
best manner of training them whether
overhead on wires supported by posts.
IN arbor style or on trellises, with three
wires; = the lower wire being about two
feet from the surface of the ground. the
next one or two feet above the first, and
the third two feet higher
Fortunately, we adopted the former
plan, on the larger scale; we say fortunate
~, because of the result during the past
season OF an experiment which we tried
py painting velvet beans under an arbor
Which covers about twenty acres of ground
ana we found that the grapevines bore
their usual heavy crop of grapes. and we
now nave enough beans to feed two mules
TWO horses, three cows, fifteen hogs, TWEEN
~ turkeys and forty hens, all winter, and
PIooaoly a hundred bushels or more to sell
az 10 cents bushel; at the same time the
ground is covered with decaying leaves
ana vines "as thick as autumn leaves that
strew the brooks in Vallombrosa."
III you do not wish to grow grapes of
dhe scuppernong family" some varieties
OF which are suitable for making wine
which is fit for the gods to drink. a wine
over which old Bacchus would smack his
ups and say; Il want nothing better"
theh you may grow the Martha, Moe Ries-
nIs' Foekilngton, Nergennes, Green
Mountain, Catawba, Delaware. Cypthiana.
Ives Seeding, Norton and Pearson Iron,
ciad; all of which varieties seem we'll
suited to our climate and soil, and have
been successfully grown by the writer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
HIT THE HOLINESS PEOPLE.
Rev. Purcell shows Up the Weak
Points of the Doctrine

Odum, Ca. April 1O.-Rev. C. J. Purcell
preached an eloquent sermon here at
Bethel Baptist Church to-day. He showed
the weak points in the holiness meeting
which closed here week before last, to the
satisfaction of great many
At Red Hill Church, five miles east Of
here, on last Sunday, some of the holiness
converts decided to show their gratiRca-
ton by laughing the holy laugh, as they
call IL. MIR. Purcell quietly told them that
II they desired 10 shout that he had no
objections, but IL they wished to act the
idiot that they would please wait until he
was through his sermon To this they re-
piled that they could not prevent IL, but
he insisted that they must and they did.
1t is said that in the lower part of the
county, where the new doctrines have
been preached, that Il is almost impossible
for the members of the church to hold a
prayermeeting or hear a sermon for the
laughter and shouting of the recent con
verts of this profession.
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The Scuppernong.

But now let us revert to that safe and
ever reliable Standby" the scupernong,
which has been aptly called Child of the
South" for it lives and thrives in the
South only, says a grower in the Times
Union.
We have a friend residing in New Jer-
sey, who has tried several times to grow
them in that state, because he considered
them more luscious than any grape grown
in the Northern states; but although he
protected them from the severe cold
weather of winter, they faded away and
died.
To those who have eaten only soups"
which were grown on poor ground, without
being fertilized, the vines never pruned,
nor kept well UP off the earth, so that
they could have plenty of fresh air and
sunshine, and when the grapes were gath
cred only half ripe, IT may seem strange
that anyone should call any grape of this
variety Huscious;' but, permit me to say
there is no grape of any other variety
which responds more readily 10 cultivation
proper fertil.zing, pruning, training, etc.
than this very class.
The possible future of this grape is some
thing which the writer often contemplates
with much interest.
With us they have no enemies, other
than the birds; the natural life of the vine
is comparatively endless; they are never
injured by early frost, because they do
not begin to grow till all danger from cold
weather is over. they may be made orna-
mental, as arbors (our summer dining-room
is under an immense old vine) through
whose heavy foliage ray Of sunshine sell
dom penetrates from June till September.
There are many varieties, chiefly seed
r. Iii If "a q
white. some bronze. some dark-purple
and some almost black, all varying in
flavor as well as in color.
We have them ripening, according TO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
Importance of Stable Manure.

Stables manure should be the average
mrmer's main dependence for keeping up
nus land, says the American Farmer. 1t
Il mis- deposit bank. and unless his de-
posits are large, he cannot expect to grow
Inrse crops very long. A serious mis-
lake that many farmers make, is in not
@king proper care of the manure after it
Is made. They spread it promiscuously
over large yard, the cattle tramping il
INTO the mud, with all the rain from the
clouds falling upon it, and perhaps the
water from the roof in addition, leaching
tne most valuable parts out Of it. In
tlany cases it lies in the yard almost
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11

This formula was given to the Nashville
Banner correspondent by a reliable farmer
of Sumpter county. Tennessee, who as a
large stockraiser. He has used the remedy
since 1886, and during that time has not
only not lost a hog with cholera, but the
occasional use of ii has prevented the dis
ease from even appearing upon his farm,
while his neighbors and friends have lost
considerably. The receipt. which can be
put up at any drug store, is as follows:
zone pound of pulverized sulphur, one
pound of saltpeter and one-half pound of
anthony; mix and pulverize thoroughly.
The above mixture is sufficient for fifty
hogs. 1t should be given in dry meal once
a week; and when cholera is near at hand
should be given every three days"
This remedy is quite efficacious in case
of an epidemic, and is also an excellent
preventative. Therefore it is hoped this will
be read by every hog-raiser In the state,
and that many thousands of hogs may be
saved by the timely use of it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
SHOT AFTER A WAKE.
Bullet Probably Fired During n
Drunken Quarrel.

Augusta, Ga, April 1O.-Last night
Charles Brindelsen and Thomas Vaughn
were together at Mrs. Patrick McCarthy's
wake To-day Brindelson is in the hospital
from a pistol wound in the leg. and
Vaughn has been i'm custody for firing tho
shot.
These are the bare facts and they con-
stitute all that is known. The two men are
intimate friends and others who We're
present at the wake declare nothing un-
pleasant occurred there.
About O'Clock, the two men started
home together and on the way they had a
difficulty in which Brindelsen was shot in
the calf of the leg. Both men decline to
make any statement, and so the affair is
wrapped in mystery
The men Ead been drinking, but were
good friends, and up to the present time
no reason is known why Vaughn shot
Brindelsen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11

ground stems rapidly, but scatters its
plentiful seed by wind and birds in every
direction. 1t is a good plant for the siio.
but not to be compared with Indian corn
for any purpose Cow peas make as good
ensilage as anything, and as balancing
part Of the ration with corn silage will
make as good a ration for mich cows as
can be formed. The cow peas are ready
to make ensilage as soon as the pods lirst
formed are mature, but not dry. They are
best cut we believe with wheat reaper,
and should be run through the silage cut
ter before storing, for they then come out
in better shape than If stored uncut sBut
you should have another silo filled with
corn to mix with the pea silage, to make a
complete ration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-11
Cutting Oats for HnX.

If oats are cut when the tips of the
heads begin to turn, or while the kernel is
in the dough~and the straw green, they
will make one of the very best foods for
dairy cattle and are second in value only
TO clover hay, says the Agriculturist
When the oats are sown for this purpose
about one-fourth more seed to the acre
should be used, the object being to get
large yield of fine straw to the acre.
1t is always advisable to use some early
variety of oats, which may be cut and
stored away before commencing the har-
vest of other small grain. Sow the oats
on land that has been plowed in the fail,
and which is reasonably free from weed
seeds. Hay oats should not be sown on
any very fertile land, as it will thea be
liable to lodge and be ruined by rust and
rot.
1t will in most cases be best to cut the
oats with binder, as close 20 the ground
as possible. Care should be taken to have
the bundles made very small so as to cure
well in the shock without molding in che
center of the bundles. Only small oblong
shocks should be put up, in order to have
them dry out quickly and thoroughly.
oats sown for hay can very properly he
cut with a mower, and secured in the
same way as any other variety of hay, but
the crop will not be so convenient to nam
die as when cut with self-binder, and
there is always more or less soil mixed
with the hay. Then il the weather is rainy
there is much more danger OF damage. If
necessaryAo stack it out in the field, cover
with some wild native hay, as oat hay
does not shed water readily. Land upon
which oats have grown for nay, if plow-
ed Immediately after the hay has been re-
moved, will be in a flrst-class condition
for raising a good crop of wheat.