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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14

that decay sets in where the roots have
been broken. In the spring the ground -
becoming warmer day by day and growth
becomes active, preventing the decay of
Inc roots, which appears to set in on those
that are dormant
Perhaps IL is the necessity of warmth
of soil which has led to the almost unt-
versal opinion that just as the buds are
bursting is the best time to plant. Ii Is
beyond controversy that they rarely die
planted at that time. For all that I
would be quite willing to run the risk of
planting just as soon as the soil is dry
enough in spring. The time between this
period and that of bursting buds is so
short that it would make but little differ
enee, and this practice has led me to
believe, for early planting has always re-
suited favorably with me. Get good roots
prune closely and plant well, then think
the precise time in spring is immaterial
Every planter knows the roots of trees
should not become dry while transplant>
ing is going on, so 1 will only saw be extra
careful with magnolias. Among tree mag
nolias, as they are called, NJ. acuminata
NJ. tripetala, NJ. Fraseri and M. macro-
phylla are the best known. OF these, M
trlpetala is the most valued, because of
its lovely pink pods of seeds in late sum-
flowers and NJ. macrophylla for its very
large leaves. Thes are all native sorts. A
newer species, from Japan, M hypoleuca,
may prove rival TO M. tripetala.
The shrub class embraces such sorts as
NJ glauca, M. conspicua, M Lennei. NJ.
ooovata, NJ. gracilis NJ. Soulangeana, NJ.
speciosa, M. Norbertiana, NJ. Tlexandrina.
M. Kobus, NJ. stellata, NJ. parvifora ana
NJ. Watsoni. Many of these become OF
tree size in the course of time. but being
of shrub-like outline and Towering when
of quite small shrub size, they have come
to be classed as shrubs. l have seen M.
glauca of tree size in the swamps of Della
ware and near cities, such as New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
on old estates, are specimens of NJ. Sou
langeana and M. conspicua of tree size.
Those with lots of room at command win
desire to plant all kinds, but were limit
ed for room I would select from the list
the following six in the following order
of. preferences: M. Soulangeana, M. con-
spicua, NJ. obovata, M. stellata, NJ glau.
ca and M. Lennei. NJ. parxihora and M.
Watsoni are both beautiful but they are
scarce as yet in cultivation and might not
be as easily obtanable as the others NJ
glauca, though usually found in swampy
places does very well in any fair position
on a lawn.
Magnolia grandifiora, the beautiful ever
green species of the South, is hardy to q
point north of Philadelphia. William Fail
coner reported il hardy at Dosoris, Ions
Island, but there it became deciduous in
winter. All the way from Philadelphia
southwark it thrives well. 1t wants to be
in the shade in winter, and should be
planted where the sun will not shine on
il after about 10 a. M. and at the same
time let it be as well protected from winds
as may be possible.
Philadelphia. Joseph Meehan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
How to Raise Tomatoes.

If crops of any kind are to be secured
begin with the plow says tomato grow
er in the Agriculturist. If you have only
two days in which 10 prepare your ground
and put in crop of tomatoes by all means
use day and half in preparing the soil
Make it fine, pulverize 1t. Keep the harrow
going as long as your conscience will let
you, and then harrow some more If the
dirt is lumpy, roll it, then harrow, and
just before setting out the plants go over
the land with a weeder-one of the most
valuable machines yet invented. 1t leaves
the land smooth and fine. OF course in a
garden the hand rake answers the same
purpose as the weeder.
If stable manure is to be used on the to-
mato field let 1t be thoroughly rotted Do
not under any circumstances, use coarse
green manure. 1 would prefer none at all.
Whenever stable manure is used. 1t should
be plowed under in the fall. 1t is the prac-
tice of a great many people to dig hole
and put in a shovelful or two of stable
manure, throw on a little dirt and set the
plant on top of it. If a rank growth OF
vine and lot of green tomatoes are want
ed, this method will be sure to give perfect
satisfaction. l experimental with many
still experimenting, but up to the present
time and with my present knowledge of
the matter, know of nothing that will give
as satisfactory results as the following,
which has produced so far as can be learn
ed. the largest crop of ripe tomatoes ever
grown.
After the plants were set, a good hand
full of Bradleys complete potato manure
was scattered well about the plant, being
careful that it did not touch either Leaf
or stalk, then about tablespoonful of
nitrate of soda and a good large handful
of hard wood ashes were scattered about
each plant, and the weeder run over the
field. This thoroughly rakes in the fertil-
izer. The same dose was repeated just
after the fruit began to set This treat
ment gave not an excessive growth OF
vine but the largest crop of ripe toma-
toes ever grown, or at least the largest
have ever heard of. 1t gave me ripe to-
matoes by the bushel in forty-nine days
from the time the plants were set in the
ground. the variety being the New Impe-
rial. These plants were given clean Gull
ture and were not trimmed or racked up
in any manner.
7 cannot recommend too highly the use
of nitrate of soda in growing tomatoes.
especially where early ripening is desired.
when used at the rate of 1870 to 175 pounds
ner acre and In connection with wood
ashes the total yield of early tomatoes
will be very largely increased. A larger
quantity of nitrate win increase the yield
of fruit, but at The expense of the net
nrofit on the crop. However, great cara
must be exercised in the application of MI
trate of soda to any plants and especially
to the tomato 1t should not come in d.
rect contact with either the stalk or roots.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14

Any sort of tester is better than none
at all. Take as many glass tumblers of
equal size as you have COWS. and fill each
to the brim with milk from one COW: Let
these stand for twelve hours, and you will
get a very fair idea of the cream or but
ter producing capacity Of your several
cows. This is not equal to Babcock test
or nor churn. but the butter will soon
follow.
Placing fresh water before cows la the
stable, so that they can drink a little when
ever wanted, increases the yield of milk
sufficiently 10 repay cost Of pipes and APP
planes in a very short time The addition
of gluten meal 20 the ration of corn meaf
will also make perceptible increase in the
daily flow of milk. The animal Is ma
chine for the conversion OF raw material
into desired product, and methods must
be studied.
From German experiments It requires
about nine pounds OF digestble food to
keep a steer or dry COW Of 900 pounds for
a day, without losing or gaining flesh, and
that COW IN full flow OF milk viii need at
least IS pounds. Hence, 60 per cent Of ali
the food COW consumes Is needed 20
maintain her body, and 1t is only ~ feed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
Keeping Largo FIocks.

No one can begin with large fiocks I'M
less at a risk of loss, but one can COM
mence with dozen or more fowls and
increase the number every year until sew
eral hundred are managed, says American
Gardening. In other words, it is not al
ways possible to be successful with 500
fowls at the start, but such a number
can. be made to pay if three or four years
are devoted to the accumulation of the
birds The reason is that it is almost
impossible for buyer to procure 500 fowls
on one farm, and he must purchase them
in small lots. perhaps at a dozen different
places and in SO doing he multiplies his
risk of disease and lice. A single fowl
with roup or cholera, or that is covered
with lice, will contaminte the whole, and
instead of a profit there will be a loss.
This fact has been demonstrated many
times in the attempts of parties to keep
large f1oclxs. 1t is the gathering of many
fowls from different places that has done
the harm. The way to begin is to select
strong and healthy hens, mate them with
males of some preferred breed, and in
crease every year until the desired num-
Der is obtained In the meantime the be-
ginner will learn how to mangae and
avoid mistakes and also have better op-
portunities for making preparation as the
hocks increase, thus lessenng the amount
of capital required as the natural increase
of the flock adds to the investment.
Fowls For the Table.-In England there
is breed known as the Dorklng (Which is
divided into three varieties), bred almost
exclusively for its table qualities. Lay
ing characteristics are not considered as
desirable in Dorkings, hence they are be-
low the average in that respect. Prolific
breeds are also kept on all farms for egg
production, but the Dorkipg is the table
fowl, and having five toes on each foot,
buyers carefully examine all carcasses in
order to be sure that the five toes are
there, for then they know that the fowl
is Dorkng. The Houdan, however, all
so has the same popularity, but that breed
prevails mostly in France. In this coun-
try the Dorking. seems to be tender when
young, and FOR that reason it is not a IA
vorite. We have some varieties, however,
which nearly, or fully, equal the Dork-
ings. They are the Pit Games, which do
not compare with the Dorkings ia fullness
of body, but surpass them in quality of
flesh A cross of the Dorklng male with
Brahma hens produces cockerels, which
make fine capons, and the pullets of the
cross, mated with males of the game
breed give very satisfactory results in
their offspring for the table. One must
not expect to secure choice table fowls
from prolific layers, as such birds must be
produced by special breeding.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14

earth. In the rainfall in the South 1t is
estimated that six pounds per acre reach
the soil per annum in this way. Nitrogen
is also found IN organic matter from the
decay of plant or animal matters in the
soil, and this, too, Is being brought into
state available for plant use by bacteria
in the soil, producing what is called nitri-
ficatlon. The bacterium of decay attacks
organic matter as soon as 1t comes in the
moist soil, and then other forms take up
the work, forming ammonia and then
nitrites and finally nitrates in the soil,
ready for the use OF green plants. Plants
may possibly get some carbon from the
soil, but no experiments have ever proved
that they do. But we know that they do
get carbon from the air by means of the
deoxidizing power of the green matter in
the leaves. Nitrogen in the soil causes a
vigorous production of leaves and hence a
greater power to assimilate the carbon by
the deoxidation of the carbon dioxide. In
the air, or what is commonly called car
bonic acid. In the manure pile we seek
20 change the volatile varbonate ammonia
into the less volatile sulphate by mixing
plaster or kainit with the manure while
kept in the stable or barnyard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
pestroyIne Lice ON cattIe.

Aloes in fine powder is a specific for the
destruction of lice on all animals, and as
it has no poisonous properties, its intense
bitterness being what kills, 1t can be freely
applied, and as it is to he used In dry
state it's application is as safe In cold as
well as in warm weather, consequently it
is free from all objections urged against
other remedies, Use with a fine pepper
box, busting and rubbing it in all over,
then curry out inside of week. or, take
a pound of fresh lard, fourth of a pint
OF kerosene oil and 4 ounces of sulphur
powder or flowers of sulphur; mix them
thoroughly. With this mixture rub the
animals head, also the spine and upon the
shoulder and brlsket and under the thighs
and wherever the vermin is SEEN
Repeat the operation once week until
the lice disappear. which Will not be long.
Or. take quassia chips, steep in water and
wash the animal throughly. One appli-
cation will kill the lice, and in. case of nits
that are not Matched, The second applica-
ton, put on a few days after. will entire
ly rid the stock Of the vermin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
The True Life.

Farmers ought always to be interested
in their business. says the American Ag-
riculturist There is none other that is
healthier or more useful than theirs, and.
If they keep up with the requirements of
the times. none other is so secure against
failure. The farmer, more than any other
worker, co-operates with nature. This is
the best schooling that he can possibly
nave. IL teaches him the methods of ma
ture, which are those of God. who made
natures laws, which are as unchangeable
as God himself. If they seem to change.
IL is because men have mislnterpreted
them. The evolution of seed grain. first
the blade, then the ear, and then the
ruiz corn in the ear, was long ago noted
as the ut symbol of mans evolution from
the earthly and purely animal nature with
which human life begins, into the higher
philosophy which reaches towards If Il
does not comprehend the laws of spiritual
life. II is one of the best effects of life i'm
the country that 1t teaches this better
philosophy of true living, as not even
books can do.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
CITY BREvITIEs.

The March meeting Of the Board of Ed
ucation win be held tonight. 1t is said
the business Will be largely Of routine
order.
Mr.. Jack n. Harris, who has had charge
Of the stamping office In Savannah for the
last four years, left for Atlanta last week
to assume charge of his new duties as spec
cial agent of the Southeastern Tariff AS
ISOLATION The clerks In the various or
fees Of the local agents, approaching the
courtesy and kind treatment shown them
by Mr.. Harris during his stay here, pre-
sented him with a handsome Russian
leather pocketbools for fling valuable pa
Ders, together with gold fountain pen,
which, It is needless to say, are very high
ly valued by MIR. Harris. and he will even
remember with kind recoilections tile
young men making the gift.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
Triton TOPICS.
Vicious Negro Gives Trainmen a
Lively TassIe.

Vicious Negro Gives Trainmen n
Lively TassIe.
Triton, Ga, March Blast night a vi
cious negro got aboard the northbound
Georgia Southern and Florida train
at Sparks and secreted himself
in the ladies' closet of the
white coach, ostenslbly for the pur-
pose of beating his way TO Macon. When
Conductor Griffin attempted TO open the
closet he found the door locked The
trainmen succeeded in forcing the door
open and captured the negro He refused
to pay his fare or get off the train Three
men succeeded In tieing him, during
which time he repeatedly threatened Con-
ductor Griffins life. When the train ar
rived al Triton the trainmen secured a
pair Of hand cuffs and carried the culprit
to Macon. During the scuffie that ensued
one of the car windows was broken,
clothes torn, and fingers bitten by the me-
gro
The Columbus Barrel Factory Company,
who have locased one OF their fanluries
here permanently. have recently built y
laiEa addition 10 their ilats for stcri,,y
purposes. Mr.. Relnsmith, the supeTintend-
ent, reports they are not able to keep
up to orders, selling more barrels than
they can manufacture.
Postmaster Duff, who was appointed 10
succeed r. M. Green by President Nc
Klnley, has taken charge Of the Office
DR.. c. w. Dodge. dentist, has erect
ed and Is now operating a saw-mil In
Appling county, near Bailey. Joe Dodge,
his brother, has charge OF the mill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
An nae ctive san Jose spray.

The salt, sulphur and lime spray for
San Jose scale, Jas it has been used with
good results in California for many years
past, is made as follows says the Ameri,
can Agriculturist: Unslaked lime, 40
pounds sulphur, 20 pounds; salt Is pounds.
Ten pounds of the lime is first slalsed and
boiled with the sulphur in 20 gallons Of
water for three hours over a brisk FIRE.
The remaining thirty pounds Of lime Is
slaked and added to the boiling mixture,
the salt is then put in and the whole he'll
ed from thirty minutes TO one hour longer.
Water sufficient TO make sixty gallons is
then added. When the ten pounds of lime
and the sulphur have been boiled long
enough the mixture assumes deep am-
Der color and the sulphur will be neld in
solution. Before use. the whole should be
strained through fine wire screen and
be agitated while the pump is at work.
1t may be strained through burlapf but
loose threads are carried through erd
these are liable to clog the pump.
This mixture has been found equally eff
fective as preventive of curied leaf and
fungous disease, as remedy for the scale
and in ali the large orchards of California
IL is used religiously every winter. II
must not be applied after the trees ore
in leaf or when the Bids are bursting as
it will injure the foliage. but when the
trees are dormant it can be used without
danger.
have known of numbers of cases where
pure petroleum has been used for a spray
and always disastrously. 1t will kill all
insects with which it comes in contact,
and for time does not seem to hurt the
trees, but from my own experiences ]
should be very chary about Recommending
its use. L..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
LOCAL personal.

Mayor p. w. Meldrim left yesterday
afternoon for Brunswick on legal busr
ness.
Among the visitors In the city yester.
day was Mr.. p. A. Mock. who came dowr
from slyvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Phillips Of still.
more were among the arrivals registered
yesterday at the Pulaski.
Among the guests registered at this
Screven House yesterday was Mr.. l. a.
Mode, who came up from Fernandlna.
Mr. f. L. wentworth Of Macon, super.
intendenl Of this territory Of Swift & Co.'s
meat business, was among the visitors
who spent yesterday in the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
Artichokes.

Will you please inform me how. many
bushels of artichokes it takes to plant an
acre and where seed can be obtained?
M. c. 2.
Ice. Ga
NJ C. P. is rather late in making a move
for planting artichokes, unless he is will
ing to send North for the seed tubers. in
the South such tubers as have been left in
the soil have begun to sprout already. An
acre can be planted with three bushels;
rows four feet apart and hills fifteen inches
apart
We have no doubt If you make inquiry
IN YOUR own neighborhood you will find
some one who has artichokes for seed.
Every farmer who has hogs should grow
al least some artichokes. They should be
planted at the same time with Irish pota-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14

Joseph Meehan, writing in Gardening,
says:
II Is generally understood among plant
ers that spring is the proper time TO plant
lNssnohas. Just why it is that fall plant
ing is not a success l do not remember
EYER having seen explained. But have an
Vp'n'on on the subject, which is that they
u'e when fan planted because of mu>
mated roots. I think that if care were
'aAeh not to break root the planting
would be as. successful as that of any
o.ner ordinary tree. My reason for this
U Slon is that nurserymen tell us they
iD Yer hesitate TO plant small magnolias
me fan. The stock which has been
iiayered through the summer is taken up
80 Ole ian and placed elsewhere, and none
NJ dies. 1t is the same with small
ttts. There seems no other explanation
, Ian mat of its being a question OF whole
fS os The young plants retain theirs and
Icy live, the larger plants lose more or
VS. OF theirs and they die. II is probable
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
The Essential Nitrogen.

Nitrogen is simple element; that Is, it
is something We can reduce no further,
and can make out nothing else in 1t, says
the Practical Farmer Ammonia is hy-
drafted nitrogen that has the quality of
forming a base with acids, and thereby
producing a salt of ammonia. With sui
phuric acid 1t makes sulphate of ammonia.
with nitric acid it makes the nitrate, and
with carbonic acid the carbonate of am
monia This last is what is rapidly form
ed in a heating pile OF manure, and it is
very volatile and will fly off in the air.
Ammonia, as ammonia does not seem. to
be to any extent essential to plant growth.
1t Is usually changed into a nitrate in
the soil and most plants get and use nj
trogen as a nitrate and not as ammonia
Fertilizer makers are in the habit of put
ting down the nitrogen as ammonia be-
cause the figures look bigger. Nitrogen IS
gas and is mixed very largely with all
the air we breathe, for we could not exist
IN pure oxygen. Hence the nitrogen Is
used to dilute the air for breathing. All
the air that penetrates the soil is charged.
of course, with nitrogen. and there ere
on the roots of leguminous plants, like clo-
yer and peas, certain tubercles in which
exist low forms of plant life that have the
power to oxidize the nitrogen of the air,
and form nitric acid and hence mira les
with some base in the soil. such as lime
or potash and TO leave much thus fixed
for the following crop.
There Is always much gaseous ammonia
in the air, and nitric acid is forming IN
thunder storms, and in the rainfall a good
deal of combined nitrogen reaches the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
FATAL Row AMONG FARMERS.

). II. Miller Shot and Killed by w.
=. Brown In Talbot County.
Talbotton, Ca, March blast night
about o'clock, W. S. Brown, prominent
farmer OF this county, shot and killed J..
II. Miller. also farmer. No cause Is as
signed
Of murder.
Brown Is now under arrest. He came to
Talbotton this morning about o'clock,
and gave himself up to the sheriff.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
vick's Reply

Vick's Reply
One Of the best plants for this purpose
is hydrangea paniculata grandifora. The
plants can be allowed TO grow to such a
hight as desired, and then be trimmed
back every spring. The new growth al
the top will be about two feet in length
and will. be covered with bloom at the time
named. If the hedge is pruned in the
form OF an inverted the new growth
and the bloom on 1t will cover the sides,
as well as the extreme top. The plants
can be set in the hedge row about eighteen
inches apart.
The althea planted In the same way
would bloom in August, continuing into
September, but the season of bloom would
not be as long as that of the hydrangea
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14
BATTERED WITH A BRICK.
A. syrian,s Encounter with Swift
FIying Missile.

1t was reported at the police barracks
yesterday that a Syrian named David was
struck with a brick at his store, at Farm
and Olive streets, by an unknown party.
and seriously injured
From the reports, David was standing In
his store door when piece. Of brick flew
from the opposite direction la which he
was looking. II struck him IN the jaw
and came near breaking the bone, besides
making a large hole in the flesh. No ar
rests have yet been made, and the man
can give no account Of any one who would
likely do him such injury.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-14


Some years ago 1 was obliged to run an
"Acme" pulverizing harrow clod crusher
and leve,er across field that had been
sown with wheat. The harrow had to be
taken to distant field that had been sown
with wheat. The harrow had to be taken
to a distant field for spring work. and as
il was unavoidable run IL across the
field / thought the wheat would be killed,
but it was not. but on the contrary the
path of the harrow was soon as green
again as the resi- of the field and in a
short time became conspicuously greener,
and the mark of the harrow was visible
until harvest, when the straw was some
inches taller and much more heavily filed
with grain. This accidental experience led
me the next year to harrow all my winter
grain in the spring. with the same de-
sirable result.--Ecnry Stewart.