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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

Unless fruits of any kind can be got
into the ground very early in the spring
it is better to set in the fall. In spite
of this fact a large part of the setting Of
fruits is done in the spring, says an ex-
change.
When fruits are set in the fall they
have the winter in which TO get settled
in the soil. 1t is hardly possible to pack
the soil about the finer roots of PAM
and get that close contact that is neces-
sary to growth without injurng them 10
some extent. If the setting is done IN the
ial, after growth has practically ceased,
there is no necessity for extraordinary
pains about getting the sol packed
around the finer roots. This will be ac-
comp,ished by natural agencies during
the winter. and when the growing season
OF spring comes The pants viii be ready
to grow at once and grow vigorously.
There is more leisure in the fall and
more pains can be taken in preparing the
soil for the trees or pants. The soil Is
dry and may be worked without danger
of making it hard when it settles and
dries. as is often the case when the soil
is worked in the spring.
This is particularly true of Tree fruits
of all kinds. They should be set in holes
that are both wide and deep to begin
with, being filed to the proper depth for
the tree before it is SET in. This gives the
feeder roots a deep and well pulverzed
sol. in which 10 hunt foe pant food, and
The future growth of the tree viii be
much more rapid than it would have been
if set in shallow hoe when the sol is
Wei or at best very damp.
Grapes aud berries set in The fall are in
the best condition to come into bearing
at an early age, as hey have the whole
growing season of the first year in which
to prepare for fruit the second or third
year. After considerable experience in
this Inc we are convinced that the
weight or argument is in favor of fall
settling.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

We do not mean the roses which bloom
in June and then lay off, but the roses
which bloom all summer long and delight
you with their beauty and fragrance
the tea roses. These roses are very ten
der and vii. not winter out of doors in
our northwest latitude, no matter how
we'll projected For the first time we have
this year grown these roses and have been
greatly pleased with the result. We shall
try wintering these pants by taking them
up in The fall, cutting them back and put
ting the roots in a box Of earth in a cool
cellar, wei. lighted, the idea being to keep
them alive and at rest. The varieties
grown and which have been blooming all
summer and will bloom until cold wea Their
are Catherine Mermet, Clothide Soupert,
Duchess of Albany, Kaserin Augusta Vic
toria, Papa Confer, La France, President
Carnot, Perle de Jardin, Meteor and many
others They have been planted in well
enriched soil, have been partially shaded
from the afternoon sun and have been
well Watered and syrnged with the gar
den hose. This is all the care they have
had, save to cut each day the beautiful
blossoms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25
Rricf Mntters of Interest.

Summary Of August Weather-The
monthly mean for the state was S1.1, more
than degrees above normal The high
est monthly mean was at Albany, $40;
the lowest mean at Dahlonega. 1852. The
highest temperature reached was 1o5 de-
groes, at Fleming and at Covington. The
lowest temperature recorded was 81. at
MN.en. The average rainfall for the whole
state was ASS, about one inch below nor
NAL. The greatest rainfall was at Cres-
cent (MclntOsh county,, u inches; the
lowest at Eastman dodge county,, LII
inches.
Big Corn and atermelons-Through 1899
IS marked by numerous and varied def
clences it stands conspicuous in a small
way for having produced the largest wa
termelons ever grown in Georgia and the
largest ears of corn ever produced in Kan
sas. At AtchisOn a farmer recently exhlb-
lied ears sixteen and one-haf inches long
and ten inches in circumference.
Feeding Hens for Eggs-Hens can be
kept fat by feeding them corn, but corn
will not make eggs like some other food
There is no better ogg-producing food than
wheat and peas. In feeding the latter
they should first be soaked and while
they ore still wet stir in some nice clean
wheat bran. BE sure 10 feed so that the
food is taken perfectly clean-either on
boards or thick sward Of grass. Do not
stuff the fowls. LAYING hens should be
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25
Our TWO Great Faults.

1t has been well said lately says the
Practical Farmer of Philadelphia, that
the two great faults in the agriculture of
the South are too much cotton ana too
many mules. How many Southern farm
ers have ever realized the great loss that
comes to Southern farms through the
keeping of animals that are for work only,
and which take no part in breding new
stock And when we talk of depending on
the cotton crop to buy everything else.
how many realize that we depend on this
crop to buy even the animals that WORK
it, and which are fiji for work alone What
a large percentage of the cotton crop goes
to breeders OF mules in other states. When
we talk about diversfcaGon of crops in
the South, most of us imagine that the
diversihcatlon refers only to the growing
of plantation supplies of food aud few
think of the tax that the mules make on
the cotton farmer. There are thousands
of farms in the South on whith there are
no work animals but mules and ii is a
common thing in every Southern town
10 see the farmers riding and driving mules
to town as a regular thing, because they
have no horse to drive. Suppose that
every Southern cotton farm had even one
good mare to bring colts, even mule colts
for the farmer. What a difference it
would make in the amount of money
sent annually somewhere else to buy
mules. How often is the seasons cotton
crop mortgagcd 10 pay for mules to make
it with, when mares could be bought with
the same money, and soon make the
farmer Independent from their progeny.
OF course We are told that so long as the
ne6ro is the farm laborer the mule is
necessity. But they are not "a necessity
for The white man, and there are many
thousands Of white men in the SCUM
working their own lands with mules, sim
ply because it IS Considered that the mule
is the animal for the cotton fed. Of
course there is some advantage in the neat
stepping mule in narrow rows, but we
have YET to see the cotton rows that
good, medium-sized horse will not work
as wei as mule Live stock and forage
for live stock are the things that will
bring the Southern cotton farmer out Of
the slavery to the merchant and the money
lender There is a great deal said about
the Southern farmer hauling hay from
town to feed his mules with but that is
not whit worse than going 10 town and
making q mortgage TO the stable man TO
pay for Kentucky mules that could be al
easily raised on the farm as the hay TO
feed them with can be. Too many acres
in cotton and too lite cotton per acre.
too many rules raised sons~~4lere else aud
not enough good mares to produce colts,
the raising of which would hardly be felt
by the farmer. and which would make no
mortgage on his crops.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

Onions are as easily grown in the South
as they are in the North or New England
but they cannot be kept readily in our ell
mate. At the North the onions grow near
" up to cold weather, and il is much cas-
Ter TO preserve them during the winter
than with us, for the onion natures while
Inc weather is still hot Very few persons
are so situated as 10 enable them TO keep
then. perfectly. Those that are grown from
the seed, sown in February or March are
the ones that will keep the best. y great
quantity OF onions lin the aggregated are
grown in the South by home and market
gardeners, by planting out sets either III
October or November, or February OF
March. These are grown with view q
being used or sold in a green state or soon
after maturity. ripenlng generally as carry
as jun anyhow by che middle OF july
We have never had any variety TO continue
lis growth up to the middle Of August. The
weather of August and September Is los
hot to permit of the onions being kept
safely in bulk, and even where they ar
spread out thinly in dark, airy lofts, many
of them will decay.
The onion Is just as easy crop 10 gIo =
from The seed as any other If fresh seeu'
of good variety are used. n great dea
of poor onion seed is sold,and one must Dc
careful in purchasing. else seed too old u
terminate will be palmed OF upon nina
WAYS stipulate for the last years CROWN
Of seed. Only a small per cent. OF seeds Two
years old Is apt to grow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25
Insect Enemies of Small Grain-Rem-
edieS,

f. NJ. Malley, entomologist says: There
are three principal insects which attack
stored grain These are the black wee
vii, the rcd grain beetle and the Angou-
mois moth. The habits and transforma-
tons are IN all cases much. the same The
eggs are laid within the grain, both before
and after gathering. The eggs hatch. the
worms feed and mature on the inside of the
grain. aud then eat out and escape rs
adults The time occupied in the trans
formation from egg to adult again varies
from three weeks TO six, owing to the
temperature which may prevail at any
specified time.
The best remedy against all Of them is
the use of bisulphide Of carbon, or high
life" as il is popularity called. 1t will be
economy IN The ond to build close, as near
~ air-tight as possible, granares with
tight-firing openings. The amount Of
high life viii depend somewhat upon the
tightness of the bins, though the latest
tests have shown that quite satisfactory
results are obtained even with the ordl-
nary open hin
IL has been customary to use one ounce
of the bisulphide 10 every hundred pounds
of the grain. More recently tests have
shown that if the bisulphide is simply
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25
Grading Roads.

It has been demonstrated time and again
that spring or early summer is the proper
time to grade roads Grades made at that
season become packed hard and solid dur
ing the summer and remain firm enough
to shed water in winter. Every man who
has done any work on the roads knows
this. And he knows, further, that all
grades built in the fall of the year re-
main soft until the following spring, and
If we have much rain or freezing and
thawng during the winter they become
veritable beds of slush and remain SO.
Knowing these things it would seem that
people who have to pay the cost of build
ing and keeping up the roads would insist
on having the work done at the proper
season; yet l see farmers-the men who
use the roads and pay for keeping them
UPON every hand busy working the
roads" The overseers tell me they could
not get them out to work out their tax
any earlier, and as 1t has to be done. 'ac-
cording TO law" they are doing it now
making trouble for themselves. Many
times / have heard that the farmers are
their own worst enemies, and seeing this
road butehering going on one is almos,
compelled to believe it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25
Best Results Largely "A Question OF
Good Manurlng.

SO far as making money farming Is con-
cerned, the condition of the soil and croo
is the farmers most important charge,
says the Wisconsin Farmer. Good c,ops
are the result of good soils, the marketing
problem is a different question altogether.
and is quite distinct from the art of profit
ably tilling the soil.
Good soils are largely matter of tllage
and manuring. While weu-manured
soil is useless without tillage on the other
hand a well-tilled soil is useless without
manuring, manuring being understood 10
mean plant food. Most soils. and espec-
tally those not long under cultivation. con-
tain naturally large quantities of plant
tood-nitrogen, potash, and phosphorIe
acid-but this plant food is usually in such
form that the growing crops cannot make
use of it. 1t is not unlike iron I'm the ore
ii is there certainly, but is of little value
until manufactured into such forms as sniff
the needs of man.
Similarly, plant food in the soil through
the breaking up of rocks must be manu-
featured into useful forms before plants
process Of manufacturing to this end
but crops can make use of food much
faster than tillage can manufacture II
The use first of natural manures and
then later of chemical fertilizers. grew
out OF this inability of tillage 10 Iiberata
plant food fast enough for large crops. In
turn, this led to a scientific study of tho
nature of manures and fertilizers. which
resulted in the discovery that all plant
foods, manure or fertilizers, consist prac-
tically of three substances-nitrogen not
ash and phosphoric acid. OF these, crops
must have all three and no excess of anv
one, or of any two, can make up for a
shortage of any one
The cheapest fertilizers of any section
OF the country are very naturally those
which are manufactured In that section
In the West, the great packing houses
supply large quantities of bone and tank.
age products These are valuable fertil-
izers so far as they go, but they are in
complete They are rich in nitrogen ana
phosphoric acid. but contain no potash
Consequently, the continued use of such
fertilizers Is sure to result In gradual
crop failure, due to the exhaustion of the
potash.
While the exhaustion of The potash is
PAD enough Of itself, its absence has per-
maps worse effect than the mere waste
OIL the other fertilizers used. There may.
Tor example. be enough potash present for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

small crop, but the excess Of nitrogen
causes an overgrowth of stem and fo,isge
while the production Of seed IS severel,.
checked. Lodg ng Of grain is one of The
results OF i shortage OF potash. The pbos-
phates are apt TO be OF slow availabfTfrg
but this is in a measure remedied by MAJ
ing Nlarge applications.
The soil a I'D crop are very tangible things
to the farmer. but he Frequently forgets
that the cOrdition of the crop is largely =
matter of the condition of the soil. If tbs
soil is Improperly MANFRED The crops viii
soon have a grievance, which they VIII
lose little time IN making plain. The dan
ger in grain farming is a deficiency of NOT
ash and phCsphates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25
|: GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
AND CAROLINA

I'd purchasers Will receive warranty
deeds to their property. Thls grant j.
just south Of Miami, and when bulk ~
viii add greatly 10 the wealth Of Dad
county.
Louis Mitchell, a colored drayman, is ir
the county jail at Tampa. For three years
he hes been conducting a scheme OF sys-
temau, robbery, remarkable both for tie
skin used in its operation ana The free
dom from detection which IL ms for 50
long enjoyed. Reliable estimates by the
vlciimized merchants indicate that. since
h s populations began. MJchell has re3.z-
ed fully 2.Wl in frau3uleut profits one
OF his principal methods of theft was Co.
raise freight bis when he went to thu
depots for goods, and pocket the differ
ence. the money having been given him
win which 20 pay the bill.
Joseph Legeour. who recently discovered
a chemical 10 destroy the hyaciuth nui-
sance IN the St Johns river and Other
navigable streams of Florida and South
ern Louisiana. feels satisfied that his dis
coVery is a perfect success. And Mr.. Le-
geour Is not alone satisfied Of this f1cr,
but all who have seen him apply the chem
zeal arc equally satisfied that he time is
near at hand when this great
nuisance and imped!ment to nasi-
5@tloH VIII De eHilfely destroyed nom
our water. AT present Mr.. Legeour Is
making a series of tests In Florida under
the direct observation Of The board OF puD-
lie works. Hogan creek has been selec.e 4
as the most suitable place to make these
tests for The reason that. in some places
thai creek is almost entirely unnav.gatle.
made so by immense quantities of hya-
cinths found IN ils vicinity. II is said the
tests 50 far have been remarkably sue
Cessfui
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

poured over the grain a the rate OF one
pound per hundred bushels. as the bins are
being filed, the insects VIII be destroyed
and the grain protected. even with the
usLal open bin. on this basis the sulphide
costing abolt 10 cents per pound whole
sale. the grain can be preserved from IN
jury at cost Of 10 cents per hundred
bushels.
The last few years there has been placed
on the market another form Of the sui
phide under the name of "Fuma blsul-
phide." Tests have shown that it is equal
i as effective, and the manufacturers
claim thar il Is more effective. Either form
can be obtained through the wholesale
druggists.
Empty granaries and mills should be
thoroughly treated with the b.su.phide be-
fore they are filed. High life IS an eN-
plosive when exposed TO flames and great
care must BE- exercised not 10 scratch
matches or have lighted cigars under PEN
atty of an explosion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

To those unacquainted with the require
ments of Gala lilies disappointment often
comes. Florists. of course, as well as
most all gardeners, know that the plant
must have a season of rest, and this is
given it usually in the summer months
says Joseph Meehan. the well-known hor-
ist. in Practical Farmer. Early spring
is the season for the best display OF Gala
flowers after which the work OF the pant
is over, and soon afterward the leaves De
come oid-looking, showing their work Is
well over Water is then gradually with
held q little less being given every day,
until finally none at al is given, the pulpS
being in a dormant state. Ihls occurs
usually about June, and no further atten-
ton is paid 10 them until August. Inc
pots are then taken in hand, the bulbs
taken oct and repotted in good garden soil
Water is given as the pots show the need
of it, Very soon the young leaves VIII
appear, and then the treatment must be
the same as that accorded other house
plants. The flowers usually appear about
Easter time or later, according 10 the tenn
perature plants are in. The mistake some
times made is in treating it as a plant re-
curing no rest. In its native place il is a
water plant resting in the mud of rivers
in a dormant state all winter just as our
water lilies do here. Even in many parts
of Europe it is treated in the same way.
Ii is grown in ponds and basins of foun-
tains, and where it does not freeze to reach
the roots ii is safe through the winter
There are several species of callas, bui
al are semi-aquatic plants, needing lots
of water and a season of rest. Among
them are the common Gala, the spotted
Gala, black calla leopard Gala, fringed
Gala. etc Some of these are not true
callas but belong to Arum, a closely allied
family, in which is found our native jack
in-the- Pulpit, Arum triphyllum.
Lilac Seedlings-It is not often that lilacs
superior to the old ones are produced from
seed, though all the time newer ones are
being added to the list of those in cult
walton and a few of them are really better
But what We mean is that for every seed
ling worthy of being kept hundreds would
be thrown away as being either inferior
or no better than those already known.
But the raising of seedlings and the
watching them flower is always interest
ing The lilac seeds freely; the brown
cOlored panicles in the fall are full of
seeds. These should be gathered, rubbed
apart so that the seeds can escape, and
preserved in a cool, dry place until spring
comes. There is no particular care re-
quired in the sowing, nor in the after
treatment. The young plants may remain
where they come up the first year or two
encouraged 10 grow by surface manuring
if the ground is not rich. Afterwards they
should be set out in good, rich soil TO
grow on quickly as possible Even with
the best of treatment it is four or five
years before they flower When at last
they bloom there will be hardly one alike
though, as said above, there may not be
very many that viii be thought an i'm
provement on what are already known.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25
FLOR a..

Titusvile Indian River Advocate Eu-
falla, an old colored man who has been
living here for a number of years, died on
Tuesday morning He has been a Grip
ole for a number of years. He expected
10 go back 10 his Old home in Africa next
month.
Brooksville News Register: Horace Mills
Is the last victim of the smallpox. He is
at the hospital with his wife. Aunt
Alice, who has recovered, but has not
been discharged. Dr. Strnger, the health
officer. has about stamped the disease out
in this section. There have been no fatal
cases.
F. W. Nye, who was wanted in connec-
ton with the Neumeister murder, so sup
posed. at Altoona. Fla, has been arres,-
ed Nye was known o raw. i"~n mend
~ with Mrs. Neumeister before her NOR
riage 10 NeImester in 1897. Neumeister
was rs years old. and his accumulated
wealth is supposed to have been the rea-
son for his sudden taking off.
Gainesville Sun: The narrow escape
from the visitation of yellow fever this
year should warn the people Of Florida
that everything possible should be done
TO prevent its coming another year. Every
town and city in the state should be placed
IN a good sanitary condition and kept so,
1nOfOuSD surface uIdiHluS dhu SSNtidEt
are essential to the preservation Of public
health.
Leesburg Commercial: The cassava bus
mess is growing in Importance as one of
Florida's best paying Industries Starch
factories are being placed in different parts
Of the state to use the raw material but
even where the farmer is miles away from
the factory II will. pay him to grow tho
root IN large quantities for shipment ard
sale at the factory. II this is not done
Il viii pay as a stock feed. Every farmer
should plant crop of cassava.
Next week the work of laying iron on
the Gainesville and Gulf extension will be
resumed. For a few days they have been
out Of iron, and have been grading and
surfacng. The grading has about been
completed TO the station in the southwest
ern portion OF Gainesville. By the last of
next week the iron viii have been laid TO
the Plant System crossing at the head of
West Main street. Judging from the pro-
Eress of the work 1t win not be many
weeks before trains can be run over the
new line.
A day or two ago a deed was filed in the
county clerks office, at Miami made by
Henry f. Perrine and other heirs Of the
late DIR. Perrine to the Perrine Land
grant. The consideration was 500 800
For sixty years no one has been able 10
secure clear lille TO lands in this grant
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

conjunction with corn-meal. which is con-
centrated and tends 10 pack" in the stom
ach. II is a food rich in protein, and Is
known to contain a large amount Of the
nitrogenOus element of fertility in sol ;
Wheat is known to be extremely hard IN
soil, and the chemist has found that most
OF the soil strength goes into the bran
Broadly speaking, therefore, the extreme
folly can be seen of exporting bran and
letting that much fertility go out of the
country to enrich foreign lands, necessl-
Eating the purchase in lien thereof OF artl-
fetal fertilizers OF all kinds 70 keep up our
feruilly Of soil.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

l. What variety of wheat is best for
Southern Georgia?
3 Did you grow any wheat the past
year?
g. Do you purpose to SOW any this fan ?
T. What about rye? Is il not well TO
have a few acres Of it for the cows and
calves?
s. Did you ever try a small plat in mike
graiu-wheat rye, barley and oats mixed.
in due proportion, and sown early in Octo-
Der?
g. Did you ever try the plan of sowing
oats in the cotton middles in October?
T. Is it not true that the fail is the prop
er time for laying the foundation OF the
next years success ia farming?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-25

Experimenters are studying the question
of COMPRISING wheat-bran into bricks for
export to Denmark and other European
dairy countries that buy American feeding
stuffs ana then compete with American
finished products in the worlds markets.
Bran is especially useful for feeding in