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The morning news., 1899-12-11
stock Raising south.

All of that great region of country lying
south of the Potomac and east of the
Mississippi rivers is most admirably
adapted TO stock raising, says the Tenn
essee Farmer. This section comprises the
great states of Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky This
is a domain imperial in extent, inexhausti-
bic in material riches and as fertile In
soil as 1t is genial in climate Under
proper conditions this section ought to be
what nature intended il should be, the
richest and most prosperous section of
the United States, and If the movement
now in progress is carefully followed to
its logical conclusion the statement made
above will cease to be ''glittering gener-
atty" and become a tangible and practi-
cal reality. Generally speaking, the South
ern farmer has heretofore devoted him
self largely to the raising of cotton and to-
bacco, and while these staple products
generally find a ready market, they do not
unfortunately for the farmer planter
command such prices as are remunerative
to the producer. Both. of these crops are
more or less exhaustive of the soil and
this is more particularly true when there
Is no rotation of crops.
This has been proved over and over
again by the wheat farmers of the West
who have found wheat growing profit
able industry and have been compelled to
change their system of farming, and it
will be found true in every section. The
South has tens of millions of acres Of
land especially adapted to stock raising,
The land is well supplied with water, an
indispensable adjunct to stock raising
The soil is productive, and all kinds OF
nutritious grasses grow luxuriantly, while
the short or in many sections the absence
of anything like winter makes an ideal
climate and conditions for the well being
of all kinds of stock every month in the
year. Besides, stock raising does not i'm
poverish the land, but. on the contrary,
enriches the soil and puts it In such con-
ditiou that better crops can be grown,
whenever IL may seem desirable to crop
the soil formerly used as a stock range.
1t does not require very much capital
II every farmer would begin by adding a
COW, sheep and hog each year to his
stock, he would find I'm a very few years
a marvellous growth of his available as
scts which had been acquired with a lit
tie labor and at a small outlay to him
self.
Again one may just as well raise good
stock as poor. 1t costs no more time or
money, and il pays to have the best, and
so all successful stock raisers will be sat
islled with nothing else
Diversified farming calls for a higher
order OF intelligence. and so Il follows that
Il is not only more profitable as a busi-
ness venture, but a very active agent OF q
higher order Of civilization. This means
better living with all that the word Inn
piles. and this Is desired by progressive
people everywhere.
This subject is already commanding a
The morning news., 1899-12-11
THE MORNING NEWS. MONDAY, DECEMBER IL. 1890

feed lots direct to the fields while It Is
aSstresh as convenient to handle, no ma t.
ter a what time of year IL may be. 1
want no Ieaching OF the manure IN the
lots thar can be avoided, but that what
ever good there may be in it go directly
into the soil Piling uD manure and al
lowing 1t to heat is very wasteful be-
cause much OF the nitrogen Is made vola-
tile and passes off into tle air, where it
is lost TO the farm. Any handling of
coarse manure that can be avoided is
needless expense II is certainly less work
to clean out the stables. directly putting
II on wagon or sled. and taking II 10 the
fields at once than TO rehandle il a time
or two as must be done where It is
thrown into a heap and afterward loaded
and hauled away. There might be some
old wagon or sled devoted to this purpose
on the farm leaving 1t Nhere the ma
nure can be thrown on to II at any time
when cleaning out the stables.
Muriate of potash phosphate rock and
other forms of chemical nanures, con-
tanning potash and phosphoric acid, are
much more efficient and hence more eco
nominally used II they are applied in the
fall. That is just the time TO do 1t 20
the best advantage possible. The chem
Gals Will become dissolved by the winter
rains and be in far more acceptable con-
dition to the crop than If in fresh state
Sometimes these fertilizers are a detri-
ment rather than a benefit to the crops,
because of their action upon the newly
planted seeds or tender rootlets. Under
some conditions they have a caustic effect
l know of my nearest neighbor the past
season killing his melons seeds by putting
these very materials in the hills abund-
antly at time of planting. Inc second
planting in the same hills went likewise.
He blamed the scotsman, one of the best
in the country, with sending him poor
seeds. In talking with him about his fail
ures, asked him about the fertilizers app
piled and at once suggested the remedy.
which was to mix in a lot of fresh soil
that had not been fertilized. Upon doing
this, and planting from the same lot of
seeds the third time, he had good stand,
but the melons were very late.
The morning news., 1899-12-11

Gluten Meal Cheap Source of Protein.
Does it pay 10 feed bran at SIS per ton?
This question is one of the many prob
lens that the dairy farmer has to solve
at this season of the year, writes Prof.
Kennedy in American Agriculturlst. 1t
was one that had to solve a few weeks
ago when formulating our winter ration
for the university dairy herd. II had oc-
CURED to me that SIS a ton was a very
high price for bran, but / knew that we
must supply the cow with a certain
amount of digestible protein (25 pounds
in her ration, in order to obtain good re-
suits at the milk pail, and that was our
main object in feeding bran.
Now in formulating ration for the
dairy COW, the greatest difficulty Is 10 OBJ
tain a sufficient amount of digestible pro-
tein. The other ingredients are usually
present in excess, but the protein is de-
ficient. Thus In making a comparative es-
timae of the values of the different foods
for dairy cattle, we figure on the protein
content of the various foods. For illustra-
tion we say that two foods having the
same amount of dgestibie protein are OF
equal value for feeding dairy cattle, but
this statement sometimes needs a little
modihcati ton, as some foods are much more
palatabfe than others, consequently they
are more valuable.
I found that bran at SIS per ton furnished
digestible protein at &c per pound also
that when bran is S15 per ton, others foods
are worth for feeding dairy cows as fol-
lows Oats, 1S1ac per bushei; clover hay,
$3.50 per ton; corn stover, 81 per ton; corn
fodder SO per ton corn silage, $l0S Per
ton; gluten meal. $3O.96 per ton; oil meal,
$3.50 per ton. On further investigation
of the different foods / decided to fed
gluten meal instead of bran. We can
purchase our gluten meal for less than 500
per ton delivered at our railroad station.
BY feeding gluten meal we are getting our
dgestible protein for less than 4c per
pound, thus reducing the cost of our ra-
tion considerably Formerly we fed six
pounds of bran along with other grain
feed TO our cows, but in making the
change we substituted three pounds of
gluten meal for the six pounds of bran,
as one pound Of gluten meal contains as
much protein as Two pounds of bran.
Since feeding the gluten meal, our COWS
have not only held their own, as we hoped
they would but have increased their flow
of milk from one to three pounds per
COW. Thus we consider ourselves justi-
fled In making the statement that gluten
meal is a very much cheaper source from
which to obtain protein than bran at the
present prices of both feed stuffs.
The morning news., 1899-12-11

ular experiment stations are little or moth
ing more than an effort to learn with
ds much accuracy as possible what re-
SuIts Will follow the feeding of a given
kind OF animals with a given amount Of
Ieedlng stuffs, under a prearranged set
OF conditions. The chief differences he
tween them and the feeding done bv the
FARMER Is that accurate account is kent
OF the feeds used, the weights made the
klnd and condition of the stock 10 bagin
with, ana the circumstances under which
the Feeding has been done. Every tina
FARMER feeds a lot of cattle or hogs ~
Would be feeding trial, in the exnerie
ment station sense, if accurate accounts
OF an the feeds used, gains made and
conditions met were kept. Every such ex-
pertinent woud have an educationa1 vaIne
Iar beyond that TO be derived from, ~,
mere work of feeding when no tab is kent
on IL. 1t would teach some good noint 10
De initiated in future work, or some fault
10 De avoided. and farmers. and nartin-
uiariy young farmers would do weu n
block out a system for themselves in re-
gard to 1t that would be as perfect as their
situation and facilities would nern,it
When one can't do just as he want. 70
the next best thing is 10 do the best he
can.-Ex. 1 Ae
The morning news., 1899-12-11

Efforts are being renewed to secure the
pardon Of E. w. Agnew, the Ocala bank
president, who was sentenced in January,
1896, 10 five years Imprisonment for vio-
latlon of the United States banking laws.
wayman King and Reuben Harris, two
negro murderers, were sentenced to be
hanged by Judge Wall at Pensacola. In
the absence of important witnesses the
trial of Dentist Smith for murder was
postponed until next week. He is in jail.
Barlow Courier Informant: Manager
Ashley reports the receipt of two orders
for 5000 cigars each, from Omaha, Neb.,
within the past few days, the last one hav-
ing come by wire. He is more hopeful
than ever of the future of Florida grown
and Florida made cigars.
At a special meeting of the Pensacola
Council Friday evening charges against
City Controller George Morgan for neg
lect of duty were considered and the con-
troller was suspended from duty for thirty
days without pay, with the understanding
that If like charges are ever again occas-
ionedT the Office should at once become
vacant.
The Florida Central and Peninsular Rail
way Company applied for permission to
construct three large warehouses on their
property between Hogan and Bridge
streets, in jacksonville They are to be
constructed at once at an estimated cost
of $4,000 The fire committee, with the
sanction of Chief Haney, after discussion,
granted this railroad company the prlvil-
ege OF constructing the buildings.
The elegant passenger steamship Mi
ami, one of the Florida East Coast steam
ers, Delano, master. plying between Mi
ami and Havana, Cuba, which went
ashore IN Biscayne bay. three miles inside
of Cape Florida, near the abandoned
lighthouse, at what Is known as "The
Turn" Nov. % was pulled off at high tide
Friday night by the steamers Key West
and Bscayne, and is now laying at her
wharf The steamer Miami sustained nc
injury. and will leave on her regular
schedule time for Havana. The Miami
went ashore because Of the similarity OF
buoys
Jacksonville Can: The treasury esti-
mates for Florlda's harbor and river an
propriations for the current fiscal wear
show that much larger sum is likely 10
oe expended in the western and son hern
sections of the state than 10 the sction
immediately tributary TO Jacksonville. TIE
'o'al amount devoted to Florida Is Given
The morning news., 1899-12-11
VIII PIums Paw

Yes. Plums are growing In demana
every year at the same ratio as any other
fruit. More plums are used now than, ever
before, says an exchange. True. tbev,
DON'T bring the higher price thew did
twenty years ago but relatively bring as
much as other fruits and turn off as nuob
money as other fruits. And now the Goa
son has been heightened both In earlipass
and late varieties. 'es9
Heretofore the Wild Goose has been. tba
nrst to r1pen; now the Milton lends n h.,
TWO weeks. This is followed by tha Pe1
June, then Willard, Wild Goose CbarIas
LOWING, Abundance, Burbank. Pottawa-
tonne, the most prolific of ell plums Tbi.
takes US through the mid-season Of nl,,r,s.
VI tne late Kinds are Forest Garden. Gold
en- Beauty, De Soto, Wolf, Wickson Al
Lombard, Hawkeye Stoddard and Co..,
mon Damson- The varieties suffered tha
most the past winter are Red June and
willard, both Japan sorts. The bar,1ias+
We're Wild Goose, Miner, Pottawato,
and Stoddard; also Hawkeye and ne 60
went through the winter unhurt Tha 1ot
est blooming varieties are Hawl,eve ~
Soto Stoddard and Wolf.
10 classify them: Red June. wu,or1
Abundance, Burbank, Hale and WioiSson
are OF japan origin; Wild Goose NTilton
Charies Downing, Pottawatomi ana a.
kansas Lombard are of the Chickasav5 nv -.
Red varieties; De Soto Wolf. Forest c.
Gen, Hawkeye, Stoddard and Wvant o.
OF the American class; these are n,osti,,
natives of Iowa and other Northern statas
hence their hardness.
The morning news., 1899-12-11

Every farm should in a sense be an ex-
pertinent station, but, like other expert
ment stations. it should keep within the
appropriation" BY this is meant that 1t
should try no large, doubtful experiments
in which failure would cause appreciable
loss. If a new crop is proposed as ad-
vantageous in a particular section where
It is untried, no farmer can afford 10 risk
any large area In trying Il. but IL 1t be
reasonably promising he may well devote
a small amount Of land and labor TO She
settlement OF the question for himself as
20 whether Il Is OF value 10 him. The feed
ing trials that are carried on at the reg
The morning news., 1899-12-11
ORDINANCES,
BY the Committee of the Whole.

BY the Committee of the Whole.
An ordinance to permit the stoops eIec'-
ed in lots So to Y, Meldrim ward.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
Council assembled, for the special reasons
indicated in the report made in the peu-
ton of p. w. Meldrim, by the Commlitee
of the Whole, permission is hereby given
that the etoops recently erected in lolS
GO to 72, Meldrim ward, in the city OF Sa-
vannah, remain, with the condition thdt'
in the event OF their destruction or re-
moval for any reason, this permission shaA
not be construed as authorizing their re-
erection.
Sec g. That all ordinances and parts Oh
ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the nIst
time Nov. 29 1899, and published FOR Ii'
formation. VIM p. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
The morning news., 1899-12-11
RICH ON THE ROBERTS CASE.
Says His Strongest Supporters Were
NOn-MormOns.

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. 1O.-The Middle
Tennessee Conference of Mormons in ses-
sion here, was to-day addressed by Ben
jamn o. Rich, president of the Southern
propaganda of his church Speaking to-
night of the case of Representative-elect
Roberts of Utah, he said:
THE case of Brigham H. Roberts is be-
ing tried at Washington. Let Congress de-
termine the matter. l was one of Roberts
most bitter opponents, and stumped the
state of Utah against him. l did this
merely because he was a Democrat and
l was working in the interest of my par
ty. know of many Mormon apostles who
also vigorously opposed the election of
Roberts, and on the stump supported the
other candidates. The strongest and most
influential supporters Roberts had in his
campaign were non Motmons. / name as
one Judge o. w. Powers, who was ap-
pointed by Grover Cleveland to a judge
ship before Utah was admitted to state
hood, and who is a bitter enemy of the
Mormon people. having sent scores of
them to prison for polygamy He sup
ported Roberts because Roberts was a
Democrat. The Republicans will attend to
the case In a few days, which action, in
my judgment viii give the next electoral
votes of Utah. Wyoming. Idaho and Mon
tana TO Mr.. Bryan. ! do not believe Rob
erts viii be seated"
The morning news., 1899-12-11
Passenger Fares from Savannah.

passenger Fares from Savannah.
TO NEW YoRK-cabin. s9O. svc,,r.-
so Intermediate. sl5: excursion, 81
Steerage. s1O e-1'
TO BOSTON-Cabin, s22; excursion szs
Intermediate, SIT; excursion, SIS. Steer
age. s11.75.
The express steamships of this line ara
appointed to sail from Savannah, Central
(SOth meridian time. as follows
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher. MONDAY
Dec. II, 1900 noon =
LA GRANDE DUCHESSE, Capt. Haplon.
TUESDAY, Dec. u. 100 D. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett.
THURSDAY. Dec. II, 2:SO d. m.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, SATTJR.
DAY, Dec. 49, 400 D. M
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Aslxins, MONDAY
Dec IS, $50 p. m.
KANSAS CITY. capt Fisher, TUESDAY.
Dec. 10, $50 p. m.
LA GRANDE DUCHESSE. Cant. Hantoo.
THURSDAY, Dec. p. 7:sO D. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett.
SATURDAY. Dec. %, 900 p. m.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage. MON.
DAY, Dec %, 1880 a. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, TUES.
DAY, Dec. 26, HOO a. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, THURS
DAY, Dec. 2S 100 p. m.
LA GRANDE DUCHBSSE Capt Hanlon.
SATURDAY. Dec. 3d. 800 p. m.
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Bury.
MONDAY, Dec. II, about midnight.
Steamers CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
GATE CITY and CHATTAHOOCHEH
sailing on irregular schedules.
Steamers leave New YORK for Savannah
at p. m. caily, except Sunday, Monday
and Thursday. Tho sailings between Bos.
ton and Sc vannah will be irregular. Cali
on w. G. BREWER, Ticket Agent, 1O7
Bull street. Savannah, Ca, for information
as to the time of sailings for Boston de
rect.
w. q. BREWER. City Ticket and Pass.
enger Agent, 107 Bull street, Savannah. Ga.
E. w. SMITH, Contracting Frelght
Agent, Savannah, Ga.
r. G. IRRELEVANT, Agent, Savannah.
Ga.
E. II. HINTON. Traffic Manager.
JOHN NJ. EGAN, Vice President.
The morning news., 1899-12-11

great deal of attention in the South. and
good results are being shown in many To-
calities. But there are room and oppor-
tunity for a great deal more TO be done
in this direction. and now is the time to
do it.
The morning news., 1899-12-11

Success" observed the famous pugI-
list, comes all at oncer' 1T certainly
doesn't come by degrees" replied the
scholar, but with no trace OF bltternoss..-
Detroit Journal
The morning news., 1899-12-11

We solicit articles for this department
The name of the writer should accomna-
ny the Setter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but as an evidence of good
faith So
The morning news., 1899-12-11

Questions and communications relative
to agricultural and horticultural subjects.
II addressed to Agri. Editor. Drawer N,
Miliedgeville, Co., VIII receive immed!a.e e
attention.
The morning news., 1899-12-11

Paul; What beautiful. raven-black
hair Miss Ten Eyck has
Virginia: Yes; matches the crows feet
around her eyes.-Brooklyn Life.
The morning news., 1899-12-11
OG6dn Steamship Go.
FOR
New York, Boston
AND
THE EAST.

Unsurpassed cabin accommodations An
the comforts of a modern hotel. Eleetr,e
lights UnexcelIed table. Tickets includs
meals and perths aboard ship.
The times., 1899-04-02

"Bi.fins" to arms is now being discussed.
So far they have not broken the public
peace. and have remained calm and dig
nlfied Who knows IL Diogenes. whose
portrait has been transmitted to us in the
with his lantern, was not a ragpicker be-
of them at the same time, like our mod
ern "Dffins?''
Whether this be the case or not, there is
4 stir in the world of the ''hotte" and the
crochet and one of the dign;taries of the
corporation has done me the honor of in
forming me that from the Butte-aux-
Caiiles to the Grandes- Carrieres from Gre
nellie TO Clichy, protests are being drawn up
and meetings organized 10 discuss the in
terests of the profession. which are in
serious danger. The emotion OF these
honest people is quite natural. NJ. lie Bre-
ton a municipal councillor, is the author
of project which, if il be adopted. will be
the death of the ragpicker. According to
his system. the rubbish is to be transferred
in carts Theoretically closed to the fac
tories, where it will be crushed by steam.
This service is to be placed in the hands
OF one or several contractors.
Progress in the name of science pretends
that the dust of the rubbish is dangerous
to the public health, and capable OF propa-
eating the germs of all kinds of maladies
II must also not be forgotten that in The
scheme now under consideration the inter
mediate ragpickers will be replaced by cap
italists, who will pay royalty to the town
for the removal OF the waste. The
Municipal Council will thus find itself
The times., 1899-04-02

have men who know the city man
driving cab who doesn't know his way
about is an utter abomination.
For these reasons We have found it
best 10 employ New York cab drivers for
the work. They manifested some opposi-
tion 10 us at first, but when they under
drive not cab drivers. but horses, from
the field. they became more reasonable.
Not every horse cab driver can become
an electric cab driver. Some men learn
very rapidly. Others make it apparent
within 4 very few days that they can
never be trusted with motor cab and
We are compelled 10 let them CO. 1t is
really very simple thing TO learn. rot
nearly so difficult as you might imagine.
We have one experienced driver who
acts as instructor to the new men. We
have no school fer them 10 dodge Ground
dummies. as they have in Paris. We
don't want one. II is a better plan, in
my opinion. TO give the men their initial
experience in the open thoroughfares
where they have 10 do their work when
they go out with cabs. Naturally we don't
select crowded streets at the outset. We
send them 10 the Boulevard or Riverside
Drive at hours when certain portions of
those thoroughfares are not much fire.
quented.
The instructor takes out three green
men at a time, Two inside and one beside
him on the box. When a favorable place
is reached 10 give practice the man on
the box takes charge and is taught TO run
his cab around the instructor and the
other Two. The others take their turn,
The times., 1899-04-02

The men have no knowledge whatever of
electricity. All they have got to know is
the results of handling different parts of
the machinery They must know where
the brake is and which handle to pull to
go forward or backward. as the case
may be.
This may be learned iE from ten to
twelve days by regular course of lessons
Meanwhile the men are given excellent
practice for judgment and quick emer-
gency work in our shop by taking the We
hicles TO and from the charging stands.
They thus learn to calculate very closely.
When a driver mas become very prof.
cient he is called upon to take the super
intendent out, and a pretty difficult route
in the city is usually selected for this trial
trip. special cab has been selected for
II, which gives the superintendent entire
command of the machinery from the in
side. If the driver goes wrong the super
intendent shut off the electric current
or apply the brakes in an instant. After
two or three trips of this kind a driver may
be safely trusted with vehicle.
1T has been insisted that we must coin
some word for the drivers of motor cabs
that they are not drivers. Why not? They
certainly are not motormen. The man
that drives a locomotive is called driver
In Paris they call them 'chauffeurs, which
means 'stOkers' That is absurd from the
English point of view. We shall continue
TO call them drivers.
THE new cabs will be made larger, but
so constructed as to appear smaller. You
must remember that all the force to pro-
The times., 1899-04-02

pei the vehicle comes from within it. The
public will soonS get acquainted with the
change. We made a1mistake year ago
in trying 10 build too light vehicle. The
trolley car people have the same exper-
ience. At first they simply applied electri-
cal power to some lef their old cars and
went ahead. They found 1t would not do.
Their cars are being built larger and
heavier every year.o9S So with the electric
cabs. But the seryire is growing. We
expect soon to send men. out on the public
stands TO hustle 3for business.
1T has been said that there is no limit
to the speed at which we may run cur We
hicles through the streets. That is not
true. We may run about nine miles an
hour and the vehicles can DO that easi y.
They are charged to run twelve miles an
hour but the extra power is for high
grades and occasional bad roads. In the
blizzard. for instance, we had to charge
our cabs to the limit to get 4 fair speed
out OF them. | think the public will al
nit after the blizzard experience. that the
utility of the automobile under the most
adverse conditions is no longer a question
Of eynerimpnt'