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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-28
THE FARM AND THE: GARDEN
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.

The Two Artichokes, the "Bur" and
the ..JerusaIcm"-spIendi Crops
for stock-CeIery as "a Money Crop.
Success of Florida Celery
Grower.
A correspondent inquiring about arti-
chokes evidently misappfehends how great
TIE difference is be tween the bur or globe
asticacke and the Jerusalem.
The Bur artichoke is a garden vegetable,
but little grown in the South. 1t is con-
sidered very great dellcacy in Europe.
Its botanical name is Cynara Scolymus,
while the tuberous vegetable which II. 3.
DOUBTLESS has in mind, is a different spe-
oies aitoge her. The common artichoke,
grown chiefly for hogs, is known as He
l.anthus tuberosus
The Glcbe art.choke should have a place
in every well ar anged garden; for the
part that is edible is a most ee ightful
dish and highly appreciated by cultivated
tastes.
1t is a perennial and urder judicious
treatment will ntinue to bear for num-
Der Of years It is propagated from seed
or from suckers, the latter being the best
way for quickly establishing plat of 1t.
There are nurserymcn who supply plants
at reasonable prices. 1t requires good,
strong soil and The rows should be or AZ
feet apart and hills made every 3 feet
in the row. To each hill plants are set
in a triangle s or 10 inches apart. After
the plants have started TO grow some
good compost should be free applied
about the h lis ard it will be a eat adj
vantage 10 mulch about the plants.
The part that Is used is the f1owerhead
which is quite 1eshy. When cooked these
fiowerheads are served With butter, pep
p T, salt, etc, or with oil and vinegar.
There are several ways of preparing the
dish, however.
Near he larger towns this plant can be
cultivated with considerable profit.
The Jerusalem artich9ke Is splendid
crop for S. ock, espec ally hogs and cows.
and we have always treated it as garden
vegetable for it makes a sup r-or cheap
pickle. and stewe1 in milk is delightful
dish, and it is very strange that it is not
more valued than it appears to be. Both
of these artichokes should be grown in
every garden.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-28

into the soil all the well-rotted manure
possible. l do not think the lard can pc
made too rich for straw berries, SET the
plants early in spring. Is incAss en-
way if cramped for room, but tN2
each way is better. or one by three -
cutdva1or can be usg1. set as mahS
plants as you want quarts of berries, De
cause each plant should average a quare
under intensive culture. Select varieties
that do the best in your vicinity, early
medium and late.
After planting, pick the blossoms OIL
the first year and keep the runners cur
off. Keep The plants in hills, and by
fall each one ought to be as large as d
half bushel basket and capable OF pro
ducing a quart of big berries the next
season Keep the ground loose, 90 not
let crust form, do not let weed grow.
The berry plants need all the moisture
and all The fertility in the soil. AS soon
as the ground is frozen in early winter
put on a good, thick covering Of leaves OF
bagasse from a cane mill to protect the
plants in the winter and spring and keep
the berries clean in the summer and the
ground moist underneath the mulch. In
the spring the coverings may be taken on
from Immediately over the plants. by
cutting The runners every year and keep
ing the plants in hills, good crops of per-
ries will be produced for several years
Am. Ag.
In the far south the plants may be set
in the fall and early winter and furnish
berries for the table the following summer
If you have failed to get In patch IN the
sDring do not neglect it in the fall, re-
membering the berrys need of a rich, Well
drained and worked SOIL
1t has been clearly ascertained that the
carbon, which, when Qther elements are
eliminated we call charcoal, and Which
enters so largely into the structure OF a
tree, is taken from the atmosphere through
the medium of the leaves; but how it IS
sent down the structure so as TO ada 10
the size of the most distant root is YET an
unsolved problem.-Meehan's Monthiy-
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announce that, on Tuesday. the President
nominated Mr.. John Fred Stunkel to be
postmaster at Leesburg to succeed MI
a. p Jordan, whose term expires on
Sunday. The appointment will give sat
isfaction TO Democrats as well as Repub-
iicans, for Mr.. Stunkel is known TO be
fully competent to discharge the duties
of the office. with which he is thoroughly
familiar, having served six years as as
sistant to Mr.. Herdman and to Mr.. Jor-
dan.
Orlando Star: On March Is, MIR. w. w.
Jacobs, an orange grower of Braidentown,
shipped TO L. S. Davis, commission man
OF New York city. seventy-nine boxes of
oranges which sold for S57s. 50 gross. and
netted the grower $4S772. Mr.. Jacobs
after receiving a copy of the account
sales rendered for the fruit sent them to
his friend, Mr.. f. H. Davis of Apopka,
who in turn showed them to this office
Thursday evening. The above is an ex-
traordinary price for oranges TO bring
but these brought it or else the commits
sion mar cheated himself, some thing
which is very seldom done.
Miami Tropical Sun: Young Steffee, of
Kissimmee. who was around the Grove
and Cutler fer a year or TWO. got dis
cCuraged last year and started back for
bis old home. His wealth consisted of
good-slzed plug Of horse which he de-
cided to ride hcme. When within few
miles Of Kissimmee the orse concluded he
was tired, and laid down and d ed. Steffee
shouldere1 the saddle and wa ked the re-
mainder of the way. When cold weather
b gan to creep on the up country, Steffee
began TO yearn for f3iscayne bay and its
winter cline. so he cart d back not much
richer, but with more experience. Good
luck Stood him in hand. He met ar old
acquaintance on the bay above Miami
who had some prairie land and together
they put I'm a crop of tomatoes. He, or
they, are busy shipping now, have over
100 crates on the road and a fine crop on
hand. which will keep them busy the ball
a1ce of the month. They are selling now
at "a per crate Their only trouble is to
decide which is The safest bank to deposit
their wealth in.
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Mineral Constituents of Plants.

An Illinois subscriber wishes an ex-
PLANTATION of how mineral substances get
into plants, that is, as he expresses it,
Minerals that are insolub1e except in
acid" lnsoluble mire al matter can not
get into the plant. But the mineral ele-
ments Of a plant are carried into it in
solution. If 1t is a mineral that water
can dissolve, wholly or partially, the
particles that are held in solution are
carried by the charged water through the
roots in o the tree. If salt is added to
water in an unglaz d earthen dish. like
a flower pot, with the hole in the bottom
stopped up, it will be found in time that
there Is a deposit on the outside of the
pot, and, If tasted, it will be found to be
salty. The mois ure has gone through the
sides of the pot and carried the salt
with which the water Is charged, with it,
This is what water does with soluble min
erals when it enters the loo,s of a plant
There is, TOO, az the end of roots an acid
that a DIS the water in dissolving miner
ais. 1t is not true, however, that the wa
ter takes into the plant all the minerals
which ii holds in solution. In the econ
omy of nature, the roots, in a natural
condition, permit the entrance into the
plant of only such minerals as the plant
needs.
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Matching ana Raising Turkeys.

Turkey raising is to me the most inter-
esting branch of the poultry industry.
and it is the most profitable, says Mrs
Jennie Wtlcoxen in Rural World. / feel
that something has been accomplished
when taking little turkey Weighing only
a few ounces it has been reared 10 a
big, strong bird that will weigh some 20
10 50 pounds and even more when eight
or nine months old. But one must not
be afraid of work when he goes into the
poultry business, either with chickens or
turkeys. II takes patience and persever-
ance. for one meets with many dishp-
pointments; 1t Is not all sunshine But
turkeys will pay well for the trouble and
when six weeks old the most of the work
and danger is over, especially on the
farm where wheat and oats are grown
and hogs fed.
] would by all means have pure bred
stock / prefer the Bronze turkeys, as
they are so large and hardy, and have
such beautiful plumage
IL the hen lays in a suitable place for
stating do not remove her, but should this
be necessary let her sit Two or three days
or until she is real broody. Make a nest
in some suitable place. Place some hen
eggs in the nest and after dark move the
turkey and quietly place on the nest, hav-
ing first sprinkled her well with insect
powder. Then fasten her in. When she
is quiet place the turkey eggs under. Let
her off for feed and water every day.
If ere wants early turkeys, put the
eggs under chicken hens some two weeks
before the turkey hen sits. She will care
for the chicks when Matched. 1 have had
turkey hens to sit only one week and be
as good mothers as though they had sat
four weeks Dust well wiki insect pow
der a few Jays before Matching, for lice
are death to poults. 1t is best to remove
4 10 10 fro he an1
in warm flannel cloth and keep them in
Il warm place. Al dark again place them
under the hen and be sure there are no
cracks through which they can creep for
If there are they will be sure to get out
and chill to death.
Have a pen ready to move the hen to
when she is ready TO leave the nest Sc
lect high place where grass is short to
make the pen. The pen should be made
of boards one foot wide and twelve or six
teen feet long; the larger the pen the bet
ter. Again. be careful that there is no
place left through which the small poults
can get out or they will wander away
and lie.
In one end OF the pen put a coop or
large box for them to roost In. II a coop
have a plank floor, place a little clean,
dry straw on the floor. This must be re-
moved and replaced often for cleanliness
Is health to turkeys. The small poults
will need no feed for twenty-four or thir-
ty-six hours. but give the hen oil the
corn and water she wants.
Feed egg cornbread with a little black
pepper and milk curd with onion tops
chopped fine Cracked wheat mixed with
the other feed is excellent. q grind mine
in a coffee MILL feed five times a day
for two weeks, then feed three times day.
when one week old let out of the pen
for a little while and see to II that the
hen does not hide from me. II seems to
be their nature to hide their young
Give plenty Of fresh water in shallow
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FLOnID

II n. r. H. NJ David on, who represent
cd The First Florida district in Congress
for fou, teen year,. is before the people OF
Gacsoen county as candidate to repre-
cert them II rext session cf the Legisla-
ture.
The State reformatory for Juvenile
crinira's seems to be very little appre-
ciated or else there is very little use for
f. N he state. The Pensa cola News saws
fl has received Only thir cen inmates 10
date. If more use than this is rot made OF
it. II should b. abanicuei. and the prop
cry put to some other use"
ORLANDO Sentinel Reporter: On We'd
nesday morning a small colored boy saw
an alligator about four feet long in Lake
Lucerne, chase a large trout up to the
bank and on going 10 the place found
the gator had bitten off the toll. He
secured the other part and brought IL
up town and on weighing It. found what
was left tipped the scales at eleven
pounds.
Titusyille has good hing in her Flor
ida Extract Company's plant. which runs
night and day trying to supply the de-
rand for tarnic acid, which is extracted
from palmetto roots TIE demand is not
ccnfined 20 this continent bur comes also
from EurSp pc, and there is a probability
that In the near future some valuable dis
covefies win be made as to the resource
fitness of this hitherto des9ised root
Miami Metropolis; Tomatoes were re-
Gently the rage but now the luscious pine
apple Is in vogue. A few days ago every
body was carrying tomatoes home 10 din
ner. but now II is 1.-THE thing" 10 swing
along with huge yellow cone dangling
from one hard and big green oval from
tn other, which invariably Increases the
local demand along the route. And such
pines as no other place on earth can fur
nish.
Leesburg Commercial: The dispatches
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The Future of Farming.

Fa ming as a profession under present
and PR specive conditions, mus inevita-
lily become mr. and mere attractive to
RICH minded mon very VS. ly observes
tie Farm and Ranch. The crude methods
and meager returns o. the past are being
SUPERSEDED by the results Of profound
study and practical experimentation Here
tofore we have bad eGucat farmers who
knew no more of the fundame ntal Drin-
pies of agricul ure than Jewish hab-
eroasher. Many of them who could read
Caesars De Bello Calico, or the Had, in
the original tongues, did not know that
nitrogen was chiefly responsible for the
dalk green color in growing Eat which
Sc delighted their eyes. They could de-
monstrate the - oblem Of the lights"
but could rot calculate balanced ration
for old Brnd e. Trey might know the po-
litical history of the country from Alex
ander Hamilton TO William Mckinley
without know ng the differs nee between
a Flan6eian escutcheon and a Mexican
brand en- broncho. They were educated
in all the modern sciences but didn't
know that chemistry had anything to do
with feeding cattle. or nourlshing corn
or cot on But tire agricultural colleges
are changing all that, and are turning
out farmers who can give reason for
agri-ultGral processes who can tell what
hiHu VI AO~Q Is netueI ~ COH VI a
stalk of corn; how 10 fatten beef or a
field at the least possible cost.
These colleges are not turning loose
CROUCH such farmers but IL is not the
fault of the col eses; but the number
who leave tteir alma mater for The farm
is increasing every year, and every such
farmer becomes teacher. with all his
neighbors for pu-i,s. There has been a
wonderful improvement in recent years,
and there is more room. The world must
have farm products; consumers are in
creasing faster than producers, and the
natural law of supply and demand will
enhance the value of agricultural pro-
ducts and the import ancs of the man who
produces them. The South Is now build
ing factories, and this Will remove from
the farms those who can best be spared
fer coed farmers will not drive spinning
mules, nor tie thsir teams with weavers'
seghs with weavers' harness. Those
who leave the farms for he factories will
become consumers Of farm products and
win increase The demand more than they
decrease the supply. So long as people
must have farm prOduc s or starve, and
so lcng as consumers increase more rap
idly than producers, so long ana so con-
tinually must farming increase in inn
per ance Men educ ated in agricultural
science will find. their chief del ght in put
ting their KIN wledge in practice and find
ing such work interes ing plea SAINT and
profitable, and, endowed with a d gree of
personal liberty and dependence un-
known in any other busin SIS. they will
continue 10 farm ard attract to the farm
others who are like-mlnded
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-28
Some Nronex in CeIery.

Just think of it ! A Florida trucker
has five acres of celery growing. About
the 18th of May he was offered IS 200 for
this on Florida soil in the vicinity of
Sanford 1t should make a poor cotton
farmer blue all over. To be sure, it
requires intelligence and perseverance to
accomplish such a result. Until quite re-
Gently celery has been regarded as win
ter or fall vegetable, but 1t seems that IL
is as desirable a vegetable for summer as
any other. Why not? Naturally it should
be a greater relish in hot weather than in
cold, more so really than lettuce.
The Sanford Star of recent date states
that four solid refrigerator cars loaded
with celery left Sanford one evening. Each
car contained about $50 crates of the vege-
table One shipper received a check of
500 for 800 crates.
While celery will not thrive on ordinary
Southern soil. still there is more or less
soil on every Southern farm in Georgia
and Florida that win readily grow II if
properly prepared with the pillow and prop
eriy manfred. The requirements are good
seed of a good variety. Moist, rich soil
well prepared at the proper time and plants
set out at the proper time Celery requires
a good deal of water and only those who
can irrigate the crop can grow it TO the
very best advantage, but on rich. moist
soil, under the bell PLAN and growing the
dwarf kinds excellent celery can be
grown with The aid of a mulch. Care must
be used that no rank beating manures be
applied to the crop. Good old compost
that will not heat up any more is the kind
10 use and it should be applied literally,
dug in 10 the depth of or 10 inches, so
that every part of the soil is occupied by
il.
How many of our readers are growing
celery even for their own use?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-28

pans. When two or three weeks cd l
let them go off and stay all day
Never alloy. them 0 roost away from
home. Let them fly up to roost as soon
as they will, unless you have sheds Tor
them 20 roost under.
Do not try to raise turkeys with chick
ems. Don't neglect 20 look for lice for
they viii soon kill a little turkey. Use a
little lard on the head. around the vent
and on their wings where the flight feath-
ers core out, but remember that too
much is fatal Insect powder may be
used, but carefully. When the quill feath-
ers begin to grow out and cause their
wings 10 drop pull them out.
l use broken dishes fer grit. Pound
them up fine.
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PASSENGER FaTes ITOm Savannah.


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FIRST CABIN ROUND TiaiP ,D sas, 20
TERMEDIATE CABIN, SIS; INTEl2ME-
date CABIN ROUND TRIP. b.
STEERAGE, $40. -
TO BOSTON = FIRST CABIN ga.
FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP, $l6 IN
TERMEDIATE CABIN, sl7; INTERMN'
date CABIN ROUND TRIP. IN
STEERAGE, s11.75.
The express steamships Of this line a..
appointed to sail from Savannah, C.entrs,
CsOth) meridian time. as follows:
SAVANNAH 20 NEW kORk.
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher. Nom.
DAY, May Is, 4:S0 p. m.
CITY Oh AUGUSTA, Capt. Daspe,,
TUESDAY, May %. $50 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, FRIDAY
June l, at 7:30 a. m. >
LA GRANDE DUCHESSE, Can't. Ha.
Ion, SATURDAY. June 2, at $50 n M
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Bnr.
MONDAY, June A. at 10 a. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins. TTrFs
DAY, June 5, at IL a. M
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett. FTP
DAY, June s. at 100 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, SATURDAY.
June o. at ? p. m.
LA GRANDE DUCHFISSE. Cant. Han.
lon, MONDAY, June IL. at $3.50 D. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt Burs
TUESDAY, June u. at 300 p. m.
ITALIA n ASSEE. Capt. Askins FRIDAY
June 10, at a. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett SAT.
URDAY, June 16, at 700 p. m.
NACOOCHEN, Capt. Smith, MONDAY
June IS, at 9 2. m.
CuATTAHOOCSEE. Capt. Lewis TUES.
DAY. June 49, az 10 p, m
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt Burs
FRIDAY, June %. at 2:So a. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, SATUE.
DAY. June %. at 2 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt, Daggett. MON.
DAY, June 25, at $3.50 p m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt Smith, TUESDAY.
June 26, a 4:30 p. m,
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher FRIDAY.
June 20, 6 a m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burs.
SATURDAY, June 80 at 500 p. m.
SAVANNAH TO BosToN-DIREa,r.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage, THURS
DAY May 81. 700 p. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt Lewis,
THURSDAY. June 7. at Il noon.
CITY OF MACON. Capt Savage
THURSDAY. June II. at a. m.
NEW YORK TO BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage.
FRIDAY, June %. 1900 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt Savage.
WEDNESDAY. June q, 1900 noon.
TINS company reserves The right tn
change its sailings without notice and
without liability or accountability there.
for.
sailings New York for Savannah daily
except Sundays and Mondays 500 .. m
Sailings Boston for Savannah We'd
nesdays from Lewis wharf, 1900 noon
w. G. BREWER. City Ticket end Pass
epger Agent, 10 Bull street, Savannah.
Ga.
E. w. SMITH, Contracting Freight
Agent, Savannah. Ga.
r. G. IRRELEVANT, Agent, Savannah.
Ga.
WALTER HAWKINS. General Agent
Traffic Dept 224 w. Bay street, JackS
sonville Fla.
E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager, S.
yannah, Ga.
P. E. LIE FEVRE, Superintendent. New
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Accommodations and cuisine uhequs az.
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more as follows STANDARD timel
ITASCA, capt. briggs. TUESDAY may
20, 500 D. m. ,,,,,rps.
ATLEGHANY, Capt. Billups, THURS
DAY, May 81, eco p. m.
NEW ORLEANS, Capt. Eldridge' eAA'
URDAY, June 2, at p. m. ,, ~
D. H. MILLER, Capt. Peters. TUESDAi'
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ALLEGHANY, Capt. Billups, Sal ~
DAY, June 9, at 2 p. m. -,,,r,..
NEW ORLEANS, Capt. Eldridge' IUH'-
DAY, June -, at p. m. ,rr,ns.
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point In the philosophy Of soil culture.
Let 1t be firmly fixed within the mind of
every farmer. or whoever he may be that
manages the cultivation of the soil. He
should feel that iillage should be so thor
ough and frequent that the smallest pos
sible amount of water IS not permitted
to escape. If this one simple theory was
put into general practice, 1t would add
many millions of dollars to our net prof
its and be source of constant gratifica-
tfan
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-28
Garden Culture of strawberries.

Everyone who has a little patch OF gar
den to cultivate, and especially every far
mer should raise all the strawberries the
family can use. This is an easy matter
II the right start is made. First select
a piece OF. well drained ground, then work
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-28
w. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor.

oCALA, FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to any
depth. We use first-class machinery. can
satisfaction.
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Questions and communications relative
to agricultural and horticultural subjects
If addressed TO Agri. Editor, Drawer n,
Mfledgevilie Ca, will receive immediate
attention.
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Notice.

We solicit articles for this department
The name of the writer should accom-
pany the letter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but as an evidence OF
good faith.
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The Delta independent., 1900-03-02

On account Of delay in receiving
laundry machinery. the Gem laundry
will no, be Opened until Monday the Sth
os March. a, which time w~- Mckinney.
q experienced laundryman. will b. here
from California aud will be employed in
the laundry.