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The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Ringing Hogs.

Ringing hogs as it is generally prac-
ticed is very cruel. says the Tennessee
Farmer. Some seem 10 think that hogs
ought not to be ringed, that they should
have their natural way to root in the
earth and obtain some thing therefrom
that is conducive to their health, says a
correspondent of Western Swineherd We
know that hog is a very busybody. It
does not make any difference how well
they are fed. they will root if the ground
is soft What an unsightly appearance
it is to pass a farm where the fields and
hog lots are all torn up, and hogs almost
standing on their heads, roofing. 1t is
big loss to the owner. In three or more
ways they will not do as well; IL takes
more feed, grass will not grow and the
ground will be killed. Hogs should have
the run of a fled or lot that is well sup
piled with clover or other grasses. In
this way pork can be produced much
cheaper and it adds to the health of the
hogs. while il assists in making bone.
We believe in ringing hogs, but not the
cruel way We have been using a wide
ringer for years We take file and dress
the sharp points and rough parts perfect
Nv smooth. where they have been out off
in marking; in this way the nose does not
get sore. 1t is a cruel way to put them
in without dressing, and II is injurious to
the animal. l have heard men say ring
ing hogs causes cholera; that is a mis-
take.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Treatment of Horse Collie.

"Forty-five years as a country physi-
dian has compelled me to give advice for
the farmers sick animals" says West
ern NJ. d. Whisky is the very worst
thing that can be given. unless it is bicar-
Donate of soda. The only remedy that
need ever be given, if used in any reason
able time, is spirits of ether. One-haIf
ounce of this in a pint of warm water.
sweetened, in half to three-quarters of an
necessary. / never lost but one case and
in that one half pint or more whisky
had been given couple of hours before
| saw the horse. which died within five
minutes of my arrival. In the absence
of ether, two ounces OF sweet spirits of
inter may be used with equal success This
is the spirits of nitrous ether and may be
given in warm water as with ether In
the absence of anything better, hot water
internally and externally Is proper treat
ment."
The above prescription for collie in horses
is well enough in the absence of a better
remedy. This Is to be found in tincture
Of aconite. We have used this remedy and
seen it used for thirty years and rarely
has it been known to fail when given be-
fore the animal is in the throes of death
1t is handy and easily given remedy
Give twenty TO forty drops of the tincture
on the animals tongue. according to size
of animal. One dose usually cures, but
a second dose may be needed sometimes
when it can be repeated in course of thirty
minutes. Essace.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Sensational Cattle Suit.

Kissimmee Valley Gazette: suit of
special interest to stockmen was filed here
yesterday. che parties being Queenie Hus-
kie Johnson minor. complainant,
against Ziba King, respondent The bill
alleges that when complainant was a baby
her father, Abner D. johnson, Jr., be-
fore his death, gave her a herd of cattle
numbering about 700 head. and recorded
her ownership in them. That was twelve
years ago Upon her fathers death. her
mother, Lula l. Johnson, now Mrs. Oscar
Griggs, sold the Abner Johnson stocks to
Ziba King, and that Ziba King, while
taking possession of the Abner Johnson
cattle, also drove away the chld's stock
of cattle The bill prays that Ziba King
be declared trustee for the complainant
for her cattle, and be forced GO account
TO her for them and their natural in
crease. The amount claimed is $4,000 for
the stock and increase, and $4,000 for the
beef cattle belonging to the stock; total,
$4,000 The bill further alleges that Zba
King refuses to acknowledge the child S
claim Mai Alex St. Clair Abrams and
r. H. Seymour are solicitors for the COM
plainant.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Scale Insects Upon Peach Trees.

Frof George c. Butt of the Pennsyl-
vania Experiment Station has sent out the
Following emergency circular: The peach
trees in Southeastern PENNSYLVANIA are
seriously attacked this season by a scale
insect that is causing some alarm in
the fear that il might be the dreaded San
Jose scale. The many specimens sent
TO the experiment station within the past
TWO weeks have all been the Peach Ie-
canium a.. Periscae). The insects are mo-
donless, hemispherical bodies, of a dark
purple color, almost black measuring one
eighth inch in diameter They cluster
upon the twgs and smaller branches. Of
ten crowded together on the under side
of the twigs. Within the past few DAYS
the eggs. which are very numerous under
the body of each scale insect, have been
Matching and the young insects. mere
brown specks, are moving about by the
thousands over the twigs. These minute
bark lice walk up the twigs, waving their
delicate antennae in search of more ten
der food on the new growth. When they
have found it they insert their tiny beak,
a sucking proboscis. and become fixed for
life, feeding upon the juices of the peach
tree. few of them can do no appreci-
able injury to a tree, but when they APP
pear by the thousands, as they do this
season, serious damage is caused by them
and remedial measures should be adopt
ed The most satisfactory remedy for
these scale insects is kerosene emulsion.
made by the usal formula sent out by
The experiment station and applied with
spray pump now. While the young In
sects are creeping about and before their
mature scale covering is developed, their
destruction with this insecticide is quite
easy and sure. Not all the trees in an
orchard will be attacked, and it is neces.
sary to treat those only which are af-
fected.
The orchardist should have a hand mag
nifying glass to make frequent observa-
tons to determine if the insects have
been killed by the application, and if any
have escaped with life after two days a
second application should be made
Prompt and thorough work now will
prove most effectual.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Work Well Done

There may not be great deal to do in
the way of seed sowing this month. but
much can be done towards getting the soil
properly prepared with pillow and harrow
and roller and in making it suitably rich
for the growing of large crops. As a rule
our gardeners or truckers do not bestow
that care on preparing soil for seeding
that they should. Just so the surface soil
is loosened up a few inches and whatever
grass or weeds on ii is plowed up and
taken from it seems sufficient work to do
in the way of preparation Everything
beyond this is regarded as unnecessary
work. The idea of three or four or even
two plowings and borrowings is prepos-
ferrous. Too few seem TO understand that
proper preparations of soil and seeding is
half the battle in the case of most CROPS
grown. True. indeed. is the old adage "A
crop well put in is half made"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Orchard and Garden.

AS many have doubted or pretended
to doubt that the stock into which a
scion is set can greatly affect or change
the character of the fruit on the trees.
we will condense what is written upon
mat SUBJECT by correspondent of
greens Fruit Grower. He says that up
on the old homestead where he was born
there was a Baldwin tree the first and
only one known by him in that vicinity
AS he learned to properly value this APP
pie, ne began who n young to graft sclons
from that tree into seedlings that came
up about the farm until the cd home
stead was well supplied with them. But
what surprised MIN was the difference
in the fruit OF those trees all grated
from the same tree. He says: mo two
trees produced fruit just like the old orig
mai tree. Some were very red, others
greenish. Some decidedly poor in flavor
We remember one tree whose fruit was
so different in shape that you could Sc
lect its fruit from all the others when
blindfolded."
he also tells of having put gratis from
a Hubbardston Nonesuch into lot of
trees that had borne Porter apples. The
third season after that he b. gan to gath
or Hubbardston Nonesuch apples from
these trees. but they did not look like the
Irult from the tree from which he took
his scions. All were oval in shape and
some of them elongated like the Porter,
and they were very much lacking in CO.
or, although the trees were in an open
field and were well pruned. More than
forty years of experience in fruit grow
ing and careful observation has con-
WINGED him that the stock can affect the
flavor form and color of the fruit in
some degree, in nearly every case
To his testimony we will add our opin-
ion that all the Sc changes may and do
occur to some extent as result of cul-
tivatiou, fertilization and polarization
or that they do modify the character of
the fruit tosan extent that is not realized
by many. If we had an apple or other
fruit that we thought was nearly per
feet in every way, we would grow seed
lings from that same fruit into which
we could set scions from the original
tree. Then we would give them soil sim
i'ar to that on which it had attained
perfection, and as good or better treat
ment. Those who doubt the effect of
the stock upon the scion should be puz-
zled to know why a pear tree grown up
on ounce roots or stocks will be always
a dwarf while another scion from the
same tree will always make a tree o;
standard size when grated upon a pear
stock
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13

cessities and it will do little but sulk. In
growing these lovely flowers the first es-
sential Is to purchase sound. healthy
bulbs, and in order to obtain the best
strain-genuine Refracta alba-send your
order only to reliab BILE florists. The next
necessity is early planting. Let me en-
phasiZe this. for to late planting may be
attributed many of the failures which we
hear about. The vitality of the freesia
bulbs Is impaired If they are kept long
dry and out of the soil, and because of
this they should be purchased as early
in the autumn, or late summer. as they
can be procured-in August preferably
and started to grow at once. Given early
planting and good soil one may safely feel
assured of beautiful blossoms and good
crop of fine new bulbs
The soil best suited to the freesia con-
sists of one-half loan and the other half
of equal parts of leaf mold, sand, and old
we'll rotted manure. In the country IL is
almost always possible to procure such a
soil; in the city sometimes II is more diff
cult. Given any good garden SOIL how
ever, and intelligent treatment the freesia
will reward its cuItivator generously. A
four-inch pot is large enough for half
dozen bulbs, and these should be set suffi-
GENTLY deep to have their tips coveral.
about half an inch deep. Good drainage
NAo9e NC SiNOH. Alter water tDe
bulbs and set them away in the dark for
roots to FORM When the leaves push up
slender grass-lke blades-bring them, out
and place them close to the light II is
mistake to soak the plants with water
from the top of the pot. for although like
the narcissus the freesia loves moisture
II Is nevertheless rather particular as 10
now II is applied. To keep the plants in
health and encourage free Towering, every
day or two set the pot of bulbs in a dish
or warm, or even hot, water. and allow
the water to pass freely upward to the top
SOIL When sufficiently moist remove the
pot and give full sunshine. AS the plants
grow IL is well TO supply neat little stakes
to support them.
The best freesia bulbs are those grown
in California, and one should always in
slst upon having this strain, and upon the
largest sized bulbs. True, one may have
10 pay little more for these mammoth
pubs, but when the beautiful snow white
blossoms reveal themselves, no one will re-
greet 1t. The flowers are sngularly lovely
ana Inc perfume is enchantingly sweet,
mlnsllng of all the rarest fragrance IN
flora's beautiful kingdom. For the busy
woman who has little time to bestow up-
on her window garden, and vet Graves
something more rare and lovely than the
ordinary winter blooming plants, there is
nothing more entirely satisfactory than
the lreesla. Mary Foster Snider
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
WARE TEACHERS TO MEET.
W"ycross Citizens Arranging to
Build Knitting Mill.

Waycross. Ga. Aug. 12.-The Teachers
Institute of Ware county will convene in
this city Aug. 20. Competent experts will
be employed and it is hoped TO make il
a profitable occasion. The Board of Edu-
cation is still waiting on State School Com
missioner Glenn TO call the election for a
commissioner TO succeed Hon. ]. d. Smith.
whose resignation has already been ten
dered
An enthusiastic meeting of citizens was
held Friday night at the Phenix Hotel.
1t was called for the purpose of hearing
the gentleman who has been here in the
interest of a knitting mill for waycross.
1t is quite probable that the effort now
being made will result in an important
Industry being established here 1t is es-
timated that the knitting factory will cos
$4,000. The gentleman who Is at the head
OF the enterprise agrees 10 put up one
fourth of the amount, and asks the people
here to take the remainder of the stock
II is believed that the stock can be readily
placed, and the knitting mill will soon be
started.
A local union of Epworth Leagues has
been organized at Trinity Church
Postoffices will be established next Mon
day along the line of the Offerman and
Western Railroad
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Crops for Hog FeCdiDr.

The South Carolina Experiment Station
has recently tested the value of four diff
ferent crops for feeding hogs. They took
four pens each Containing one seven
eighths Berkshire sow and harrow. eight
months old, and one grade Jersey red har-
row eleven months old. They weighed
from 429 pounds to 4S6 pounds per pen.
They also tested the amount Of each crop
to be grown per acre on land of same char
acter. An acre of corn produced fifteen
bushels, and it took 500 pounds to make
a pound of pork. or it was worth S697 per
acre for pork feeding, or 1885, pounds of
pork per acre. An acre of COW peas pro-
duced ten bushels and 491 pounds made
a pound of pork. An acre would produce
l92l2 pounds of pork, and thus be worth
%.12. An acre of sweet potatoes produced
200 bushels and 1t took 49, AZ pounds to make
O pound of pork This would be $685.
pounds of pork per acre, and they would
be worth SlS.H per acre. But an acre of
peanuts produced ninety bushels, and 4s3
pounds made a pound of pork or an acre
made 4S71s pounds, worth $24S7. In ali
cases pork was reckoned at cents a
pound. The hogs on peanuts might have
had slight advantage in being the small
est weight in the pen. but all were of the
same age. and they gained 151 pounds.
while those on corn gave 1872, those on COW
peas 1876 pounds and those on sweet pota-
toes ninety pounds. All were too old and
large to make best gain, but all were CIV
EN- what they would eat without waste.
If they had been able to grow a Massa-
chusetts crop of sixty bushels of corn 70
the acre, or four times as much as they
did, the corn would have been ahead. so
that we need not change from corn to
peanuts yet. And the fodder from an acre
Of corn would produce some milk.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13

A scheme TO get Greenville connected
with the Seaboard Air Line road. and
thereby secure better freight rates and
other advantages through competition. is
agitated among the prominent business
men of this city. The prevailing idea
seems to be to have a number of leading
merchants and business men there organ
ize for the purpose of securing fran
chise and the right of way. The best and
most desirable route, in the opinion of
men here is by Piedmont. Pelzer, Will
iamston and Bolton to Abbeville a dis
lance of about fifty miles There are
large cotton mills located at each of
these towns. and it can be readily seen
that the freight business they have to
give out is enormous. OF course. the
Sea board Air Line authorities would as
sist the project very materially. and it
~ understood that Capt Bunch" Nc
Bee. formerly a resident of Grecrville.
has a strong desire to see the road built.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Culture of Rape.

Any one who has grown a cabbage or a
turnip can grow rape. The only differ
ence between the cabbage and rape is that
the former is transplanted when young
while the other is not.
AS with the cabbage and the turnfp.
rape needs rich soil, for a slow early
growth may so expose II the cabbage
worm that they will consume the plants
faster than il can grow.
Plow and harrow the land until II is
tine, then SOW with a double turnip seed
drill or with grain drill. with only the
end and middle sprouts open. keeping the
rows straight. Three pounds of seed is
sufficient for an acre. Sow the seed at
any time from May to July, or later.
where winter feeding is possible. A sue
cessive growth. and thus OF feeding, IS
most convenient. This plant-as will all
its related species-needs fertile soil, and
to be tree OF weeds.
The soil must be kept clean by frequent
culture, and this, of course, stimulates
the growth so that very soon the ground
is covered and this work Is finished the
crop then taking care OF itself.
1t is preferable, as soon as the field
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Set Out Trees.

There may not be a village improve
ment society in your place dear reader
of How to Grow Flowers, but suppose you
resolve yourself into society of one,
with the aim of doing something in the
way of Improvement this spring. Look
the home grounds over and see what
needs doing most to beautify and improve
them. You will be surprised at the OPP
porrunities for work which can be found
as soon as one sets about looking for
them.
Very likely you will find that there is
a vacancy somewhere about the place
which could be filed to good advantage
by a tree. If so, set one there. You
will not only be doing something which
you will derive benefit from, but you will
be planting for the future-for posterity.
A tree, If il be a good one, is "a legacy
to ones children, the worth of which
is hard to estimate. 1t may not have a
dollars-and-cents value, in the ordinary
way of estimating such things, but il
will have a higher value, for a good tree
is a teacher of many things which are
not taught in the schools of men II is
an object lesson in the methods of old
Mother Nature, who is the worlds most
successful teacher of those who are will
ing to be taught from the fountain-heal
of wisdom. 1t is friend, and IL will
exert an influence for good through all
ones lifetime. Home is not what II
ought to be without its tree or trees.
Be sure to set tree this season, if
there is a lack in this respect. Select
something that will be likely to do well.
Don't let desire TO ''be in fashion"
lead you to choose something with a long
foreign name, unless il is something bet
ter than the trees to be found at homo
Take a commendable pride in something
native. and plant an oak, a maple. an elm.
a sswood-whichever you think best
adapted for the place you have to plant
1t in, and. having planted II. take good
care of 1t. The care required by a tree
does not end with its planting. 1t has
only just begun.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
A TEXAS WONDER.
Halls Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions. weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men ana
women, regulates bladder troubles in chill
dren. II noe sold by your druggist VIII
be sent my mail on receipt OF 81 one
small bottle is two months treatment
and will cure any case above mentioned.
DR.. E. w. Hall, sole manufacturer, +. o.
Box go. ST.. Louis Mo. Send for testi-
monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo
mons Co., Savannah, Ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
FreesIns for Winter BIoom,rg

oh. are they not lovely?% did you
ever see anything so exqulsite?" isn't
the perfume delicious?" These are few
of the ordinations with which some of
my friends greeted q large pot of freesias
on one of my days" last winter; and
then almost invariably came the regret
ful conclusion. what a pity il is they
are so difficult to cultivate" But they
are notr' l said, and forthwith launched
into a practical dissertation on the very
few requirements essential to the freesia'e
satisfactory development. As a matter Of
fact the freesis Is quite easily persuaded
to grow and bloom to perfection, and vet
there is something almost human about
the manner In which II asserts It's claim
TO be understood, before 1t will do its best.
Treat It intelligently and II will thrive
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-13
Cribbing.

Crib-biting and wind-sucking are not
only unpleasant habits to witness, but in
the course of time become prejudicial to
health and efficiency by giving rise to
gastric and intest inal disturbances; and
IL is notorious that some animals become
so distended by the air they have swal-
lowed that they cannot lie down, and are
scarcely able to turn around, says a con-
temporary. Collie and indigestion are con-
sequently frequent. with loss of condi-
ton and debility. Dilation of the stom-
ach and thinning of its walls are generally
found on the examina ton of a chronic
crib-biter or wind-sucker after death
with marked increase in size OF certain
muscles involved in the act.
The prevention of the habit is of course
oil important. A crib-biter or wind-suck-
er should be kept apart from other
horses, particularly young ones, and sta
BILE management must be attended to In
the matter of feeding. watering and po-
sition. With regard to the later firing
positions, and in keeping the horse In one
wearyng attitude for hours during the
day, should be avoided. Horses kept from
their earliest days in loose boxes rarely,
II ever, acquire the habit.
With regard to treatment of crib biting
this can only be palliati when the habit
meneement the horse should have plenty
of work or exercise, and not be left too
long standing idle IN the stable. II posi-
BILE he should be kept In loose box. or
in a stall from which everything he can
seize or rest his mouth upon must be
removed, There must be no manger, or
If one has to be used II should be placed
on the ground and removed as soon as
the horse has finished feeding out Of it.
But it is generally more advantageous to
feed out of nosebag.
II a crib-bitihg horse must stand in a
stable where it is impossible to prevent
him from INDUCING in the habit. then
he must wear a muzzle when not feed
ing; bu, il is evident that this is not n
very satisfactory means of prevention
and. therefore. crib-bitng or wind-suck-
ing strap worn around the upper part OF
the neck and making a pressure on the
larynx. and through 1t on 'pharynx and
windpipe. is generally preferred. This.
If properly made and applied prevents
the pharynx becoming Allied to such an
extent with air that 1t can be swallowed
and IL also binders the contraction of the
special muscles involved in the habi.
The great objection to the strap IS that
Il. in the course OF time, may lead 10
deformity and distortion Of the larynx ana
upper part Of the wlndppe but with care
there is not much danger Of such a re-
suit