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The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

has been laid by or after the ears have
set in the summer. 1t is an old time
practice of the South to save such fodder
though il will soon be obsolete with all
progressive farmers On the other hand
the growing of fodder corn will doubt
less become an established practice with
all sensible farmers.
Fodder corn fills Il niche and there IS
not small farmer anywhere in the South
that should allow himself TO neglect so
valuable a crop as 1t may be made TO
Lin. Just as early as the season will
permit the said small farmer should SOW
an acre may be only half acre. of the
richest land he has Lay off drills 80 or
80 inches apart and SOW 3 bushels %
seeds to the acre. Sow the seeds as even
ly and regularly as possible. If small
grain corn is used two and half BUSH
els will suffice. DO not lay off burrows
deep, but rather shallow. Cover by list
ing close. Just as the seed begins to come
up knock of the ridge with board or
harrow. If the soil is light and has been
well plowed at planting time, all the
cultivation can be done with sweep or
harrow. If soil is stiff, break out middle
good when the corn is about knee high.
Cut and shock and cure when the corn
IS in the silk or soon thereafter. Some
Lrefer 10 wait until the little ears are
fully developed. We prefer it cut when
The corn is in silk" In any case it makes
a royal crop of FODDER and it is a very
lew valuation of it 20 say that 100 pounds
OF it is worth Co or 10 pounds of the best
timothy hay. The soil cannot be made
TOO rich for this crop, but very little
fresh, unfermented stable manure should
oe put in the burrows with the seed. It
would do damage in dry weather.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

the inscriptions on the removed monu-
ments were being effaced by 1.-The
weather" and steps had to be taken to
preserve the monuments by covering them
with q coating of substance that would
keep out the moisture The writer re-
members seeing an immense block of coal
that stood in front of a coal dealers office
for generation. There were on it several
large letters in phite paint The weather
ing" had reduced the entire surrace-ot
the block except where the coal was pro-
tected by the paint and each letter stood
out on an eminence of it's own. When we
consider such examples we can form some
idea of how enormous must be the new
soil annually created over the surface OF
a whole continent. This new soil con-
stantly brings into the old many elements
that plants demand as food.
The crude food elements in the soil are
changed very materially through the
agency of water Water unites cheml-
forms compounds, called hydrated COM
pounds. Thus, water combines with sill
cate OF alumina and forms clay These
hydrated compounds are softer than the
original rock, and are more readily worn
away. Most minerals are soluble to some
extent in water though most of them
only slightly So
rant IRE helpS the deterioration, Ger
tain classes of plants grow on almost
bare surfaces of rocks and lodges and by
their decay furnish a thin film of sol!
which in time is occupied by larger and
more highly organized plants. These first
plants are the MOSES, liehens and the
like. The larger plants that follow them
attack the rocks with their roots and
accelerate the removal of the particles.
The plants in decomposing also set free
carbonic acid gas, which assists in the
decomposing of the mineral substances.
The animal life begins to make itself
felt in this work The smaller forms
of animal life do much to assist in pull
verifying the soil to a greater fineness than
1t had at first. Consider the innumerahle
millions of birds and the fact that each
one of them can live only by the assist
ance of stones and gravel which they
use for grinding their food In a few days
stone in the gizzard OF a fowl is itself
worn into powder and is cast off through
the ahmentary canal This process has
been going on for immeasurable ages and
will go on as long as the world lasts. An
other great factor is the earthworm. The
earthworm swallows the earth as IL moves
through the soil and brings a part of Il
TO the surface where II Is cast of. Charles
Darwin calculated that the earthworms on
single acre Of land will pass through
their bodies in single year ten tons OF
dry earth.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

very successful. If you feed your poul-
try enough they will not trouble the truck
patch. l scatter corn among nv c.b-
pages and melons and the chickens gather
!ots or Bugs and worms. l keep about 80
head' ana with free range they do well
nave pure-bred Buff Leghorns, Black Nj
horcas and Barred Plymouth Rocks. l
nave yard for each variety. and I mate
them off, each breed by themselves, and
40 not hatch from the outsiders that are
Kept only for laying. I mate them up the
Hrst OF FEBRUARY. 1 get new males every
year. ana md that when they are penned
up and well cared for they Law better
imam those that are out put twe've
hens and one cockerel In each breeding
pen have two houses, 12xSO. and small
houses Tor the breeding pens. OF the
I@Aoo houses | have one end 1Ox12 for
roostins room and the rest for scratching
ana laying. The roosts are three feet
nigh, with plenty of straw under them
ana plenty of straw in the larger room
10 throw grain into. / feed wheat. corn
chop ana clover chopped scaled; and
Whoie corn in the evening. l Clean out
pens every two or three weeks and haul
out onto the truck ground The manure
there is very nearly worth the feed
use air-slacked lime in the house: lots
OF lime. coal oil and chloride-naptholeum
and have no lice. If you have no lice
your poultry is all right, and will pay
wei with good care. I use hens for
Matching. | move them to where | want
them to set. where I have boxes fourteen
inches square. drive stakes around the
boxes and make a little yard for feed
and water. I wait until 1 know thew
want to set, then make a nice nest AMI
be sure there are no lice. then I put the
eggs In and in the evening move the hen
out and put her on the nest, put a lid
on and in the morning she is down 10 bus
mess. l do my own carpentering work
and 1t is a great convenience to know
how to do 1t. My poultry keeps the table
going. besides clothing for the chill 'ren,
and there are seven of us. Before com
menced poultry and trucking my grocery
bill was from $50 to $50 three times
year, when l commenced it. five years ago.
Since then I haven't bought a doHars
worth on time, and have paid what
owed before / could take my eggs to town
and pay cash. Now. l buy where l please.
I sell my old stock off every year ana
keep young stock for laying and breed
ing
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
Formation of Soil.

There are two natural agencies at work
in the process of forming soils from the
crystalline and other rocks. The first
agency is that known as decomposition.
called also disintregation. says the
Farmers Review A part of the process
is known as weathering. This is supple
meuted by animal and vegetable life.
Weathering acts through number of
minor agents. among them being frost and
drouth other sub-agents acting chem
icaily are water. carbonic acid and oxy-
gen. In all rocks there are crevices. They
may be too small to be seen, but they are
there oil the same. These become filed
with water. and when the water expands
by freezing. minutes particles are Clipped
Off. These particles are generally too
small TO be discovered by the naked eye,
but they are so numerous and are so con-
stantly being created that they become
a great factor in the lorna tion OF our
soils By the same force, that Of expand
ing water the crystals themselves are
gradually disintregated
All climatic changes cause contraction
and expansion, and these alternate
changes also loosen the particles OF rock
In countries where little changes take
place there h little wearing away OF the
rocks In Egypt. for instance. the ell
mate Is 20 dry and mild that the attrition
Of stone IL Almost MI. 50 Il happens
that monuments stand there for thou
sands OF years and retain their inscrip-
tons clear cut. Some OF these monu-
ments have been carried 10 England. and
one Was brought 10 the United States
Aftsr a few years u was found that
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

Much interest is now being taken in
sugar cane culture in Georgia. 1t seems
that Georgia was the original sugar cane
producing state Of the Union, but the
industry was displaced by cotton and
rice culture until now it is of small pro-
portions, says writer in the Epitomist
1t was from Georgia that the seed and
plants were obtained with which the
louisiana industry was started. Sugar
cane, however, has long been and is now
cultivated in a small way and over
widely scattered area in Georgia, from
which syrup is made for home use and
to some extent for market 1t is esti-
mated that 10000 acres are devoted to the
crop and that the total production of
syrup is $4,000 gallons annually. This
syrup is of very crude manufacture, the
juice being expressed from the cane in
coarse way, probably half of it remain
ing in the cane after grinding 1t is
boiled in various ways, often in open
Kettles and goes to market in all de-
grees of strength and purity, often being
ournd and full of impurities. There is
10 standard of excellence. and each plan
ter makes his own grade. The prices
received vary from year to year.
Samples of Georgia cane from 60 coun-
tles' analysed by Prof w. c. Stubs at
eiiC i1OulSldld OuSdr experiment Station
showed an average of all tests as follows:
Total solids (brix) 1884, sucrose 1911, glu-
cose 2O4, solids lot sugar 1.19, glucose
ratio 1850, coefflciency of purity 81 49,
PROF. Stubs reported: These canes suf-
Tered by Inversion in transit II is fair
10 presume that had no inversion occur
req the average analysis would have
SHOWN at least 16 per cent. sucrose and
per cent. glucose. This analysis would
indicate 225 pounds chemically pure su-
gar per ton upon a 70 per cent. extrac-
tlon' and $40 pounds on an 80 per cent
extraction. The best sample indicates a
Yield OF 2i9.6 pounds sugar per ton
OF cane with rs per cent extraction and
266 pounds per ton 50 per cent. extrac-
ton
Sugar cane mas been grown in such
a careless way in Georgia that IL ia NOT
possible to definitely estimate the Weld
per acre under intelligent and careful
culture; but ordinary crops, roughly han
oled, are generally supposed to give 10
or L tons per acre, but yields of 30 tons
per acre are obtained by some growers.
II is successfully grown in all parts of
southern Georgia and in fully half the
state. 1t grows on all kinds of lands. up
lands and poor clays as we'll as low and
the percentage of sugar being larger
from upland cane.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
pApE CouNTY.s COURT HOUSE.

Miami Metropolis: Dade county will
have at Miami in its county court house
a public building which will be an object
of pride, not only to the people of the
county, but 90 the state. Plans vii be
prepared and bids viii be solicited for the
construction within the next thirty days.
Designed, as It will be, to meet the pur-
pose of county public building, and with
nothing omitted that would add to com
fort and utility, its architecture is eX-
pected to be an inspiration and lesson
to the future construction of such edi-
fees in Florida. The building is 10 cost
about $4,000 and viii be erected on lot
presented to the county by II. NJ. Flagler.
The lot is 800 feet square; is located
little TO the west of the center of the
city, and is worth about $4,000. The
building will be monumental in charac-
ter and a classic structure. The main
offices will be on the ground floor, num-
bering eight with the vaults and other
equipages. On the second floor the court
room will be located, and 1t will be large
enough to accommodate about 500 people
comfortably. The other rooms on this
floor will be two jury rooms, a grand jury
room, the circuit judges chambers and
witness room. over the center of the
building will be massive dome.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
Peterkin Cotton.

Feterkin Cotton b. l.. c., Ethel, S. c.
Can you inform me where and at what
price procure a few bushels of genuine
Peterkin cotton seed?
Do you know of any other variety bet
ter than the PeteTkin?
Reply-Tne Alexander Sedd Co, Angus
Ia, Ga, advertise for sale the Peterk n,
and several other good varieties of cot
ton. The Clemso n Experiment Station
OF your state recommends very highly a
variety known as Excelsior Prolific
Ether of these Will cost you about 81
per bushel.
Inc Georgia Experiment Station recon-
mends very highly Russells Big Boil
prolific.
theh' there is Hawkins Extra prolific.
Of course, they are all prolific.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

Would the trifoliata be a desirable ~
namental hedge plant? If SO. how ear
apart would plants have to be set? And
no" long would it take 1-year-old seed
llngs to make solid hedge two and one
halI feet high? How long would IT take
10 make tree ten feet high to be pruned
uo"h 10 SIX or seven feet before allowing
branches? Does the tree look as well as
an orange tree?
The citrus trifoliata makes a bandsor,a
heose. IL has not the splendid beauty of
the orange, but the bright, vivid grae,
OF It's trunk and limbs and of its smallish
foX-eared leaves impart to If a clear
wholesome look. and it's numerous trucu-
lent tho ms give it a thoroughly business
IKE aspect very appropriate to a hedge
winch is expected to bid defiance to the
razor-back In the fall and winter its
fruit is handsome-yeilow gloves not ouite
as large as billiard balls, inedibIe. tast-
ing like persimmon dashed with tur-
pentine.
Set the plants foot apart. You ought
to have tolerably solid hedge in three
years, depending largely, of course on the
soil and on the care you give them. The
tree would be formed nearly as soon as a
Seeding The Japanese consider that IL
grows as fast as the orange, and our own
nurserymen believe so, too. for the first
three or four years; but after that 1t he
gins to fall behind. Our own observa-
ton in the Baker county nurseries is that
1t grows just about as fast as the orange
for some years.
1t stands trimming like the privet, which
it so far surpasses that there is no COM
parison. Its compact habit makes It cas-
to keep I'm good shape without hard prun-
ing. 1t makes no suckers, and it's roots
spread only a short distance, and are
not exhaustive of a broad, strip of soil
like some other shrubs used for hedges.
1t bears a profusion of the sweetest or
ange flowers. and loads itself with an
abundance OF its pretty fruit, ripening in
October.
In the. fall many OF the leaves have an
autumnA appearance, turning red and
sometimes hanging for months. Even in
winter, when all the leaves have fallen,
the hedge is as brightly green as a Gu
cumber. In the spring 1t starts late, and
is, therefore, safe against freezes-its
early shoots have reddish tinge.
The foregoing. from the Farmer and
Fruit Grower. answers the question of
Enquirer" The California privet is a
very good hedge plant. but the trifoliata
is better for the purpose.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
RECLAIMED HIS REASON.

Swainsboro Pine Forest: Mr.. Rountree
Barwick, recently adjudged insane and
sent to the state sanitarum, has regain
ed his reason and is now at home attend
ing to business as though nothing had
ever gone wrong with him, except that
he is weak from long physical suffering.
Several years ago Mr. Barwick re-eiV d
injuries on the head by a runaway team,
which, it is supposed, caused him 20 be-
come deranged. On the night before he
was adJudged. insane, in an effort to kill
his wife, he fell and struck his head
against a bedpost, which must have
brought him around again. as Mr.. Bar
wick himself says that from that time
he began to remember things.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
HAzrNG IN BRADFORD COUNTY.

Bradford Telegraph: Speaking of haz-
ing. West Point is not in it any more.
Bradford county has carried off the palm
along that line. VIM. Muse and family
VINO live twelve or fourteen miles north
Of Starke, in the Pine Grove district,
were the victims of the Bradford county
hazers, and have had five men arrested
on a charge Of defacing and marring
their dwelling house and fence. Mr.. and
personal injury. but their home was well
nigh wrecked. They moved a short while
ago into the neighborhood in which the
incident occurred, and on the night of
March 3, their place was visited by
party of marauders, who smashed in the
doors and windows and tore down the
chimney to their house and wrecked the
yard fence. After doing this damage the
men fired off pistols and made the night
lideous with profanity and yelling. Mr..
and Mrs Muse state that there were six
nen in the party and claim to have iden-
tilted five of them. Warrants were issued
for Martin Taylor and his son. Henry
Taylor. Lawrence Griffis, James Griffis
and Shippie Sapp The men were arrest
ed by Sheriff Johns and were given a
preliminary hearing before Judge Gardi-
ner Tuesday morning. At the hearing
the Muse family swOre positively to rec
ognizng these men and each of the de-
fondants undertook to prove an alibi At
ter hearing the testimony, the Judge
bound abe men over to the Circuit Court
in bonds of 500 each.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

What Is known as early celery Is very
easily grown anywhere in the South. 1t is
the date crop that requires genius to grow
to perfection. The cary crop is that that
can be brought 10 maturity from May 70
July. For this crop the pants are raised
In cold frames and made ready for selling
out just as soon as severe cold weather Is
over--in February or March, as latitud,
governs. With good seeds of good va
riety and the soil properly enriched and
prepared and cultivated there is little
trouble in producing the very incest cell
cry for summer use. But " IL not such
plain sailing with the late crop 20 mature
In November. But with a certain care
even this crop can be made.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
THE DIssToN LAND SALE.

Tampa Herald: When 100000 acres of
Florida land sell for $4,000, 1t is time for
the prosperity buffers to give us another
chapter on how rapidly the state is grow
ing and developing under the benevolent
and fostering care of the railroads. Three
and a half cents per acre is rather a
small price, but then the mortgages
bought it an. They will probably take an
other whiri at the cOlonizing business,
and IL they will make a speciality of vel
vet beans. cassava and cattle, they will
score "A success.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
BULUocH,s FAIR EXHIBIT.

statesboro News: At a meeting of the
Pineer Agricultural Club, held last
Thursday, at the residence of Mr.. p. r.
McElveen the clEo passed a resolution
requesting the farmers of Bulloch to meet
with them at Statesboro on the first Non
day in April to take up the question of
an exhibit from Bulloch at the State Fair
to be held in Savannah this fall. Every
body is invited to turn out on that day
at Statesboro and join with the Pioneer
Club in getting up a first-class exhibit
for the fair. This is one of the oldest
clubs in Georgia and they are progressive
farmers and are always doing something
to aid and encourage Improvements on
the farm. Mr.. ]. A WarnOck is at pres
ent the president.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
NEW BANK AT vIDALIA.

Twin City News: The new bank at
vidalia will have capital of $4,000, $1,000
of which has been paid in. They win
Immediately apply for a charter, and as
soon as that preliminary is complied with,
VIII be ready to elect officers and proceed
10 business. The stockholders are: ]. f.
Cook. McRae; G. n. Mathews. w. ]. Jen-
klns, s. B. Meadows, ]. NJ. Meadows, w.
J. Shumpert and Leader & Rozansky of
Vidalia.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

This is what Johnson grass is under two
circumstances. 1t is a pest Of the worst
character when it exists where II is not
wanted. But when in the right place
Just where the stock-raiser wants II for a
never-ending pasture, It may prove a very
great blessing. There is plenty of land in
Georgia that had better be growing this
grass instead of being planted to cotton
and producing a bale to three or four
ceres. Truly such land had better be in
johnson grass than in cotton year after
wear
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
HAPPENINGS IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Editor Russell Brinson of the Bainbridge
Search Light had the misfortune TO cut
off the end of one of his thumbs while
operating a paper cutting machine a few
days ago. The injury is very painful, but
not likely to prove serious.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
KILLED IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Mrs. G. A. Corley of Atlanta has re-
ceived letter from the War Department
stating that a cablegram had been re-
ceived from the Philippine Islands an
nouncing the death of her son, ]. L. Cor
ley, of the United States Red Cross Hos
pital Corps, who was killed Jan. IS, 1901.
al Jiminez, Island of Mindanao.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

There is considerable excitement among
the fruit growers in Missouri. The San
Jose scale has appeared in large numbers
in the orchards of many counties-those OF
ST. Louis, Carroll, Randolph. Cole. Web
ster, Girardeau and perhaps others. He
roic remedies are advised and insisted up
on by the state entomologist.
our Georgia fruit growers should be on
the Ebert
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18

ington already. All his specimens are
either trapped or stunned by shot from
a small DIT rcussion cartridge. lie has doz-
ems of small traps of all sizes with which
lie found il easy TO catch basketful of
specimens every morning within mile
of Kissimmee. A look at his work gives
enc the impression that the woods are
swarming with animal life that people
who live here never notice
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
Poultry and TRUCK.

have twenty acres OF second bottom
land, sand and gravel / am a carpenter
by trade. but concluded would much
rather work for myself than work Tor
somebody else and wait until the hogs net
fat or wheat comes up for my pay, 70
went 20 raising truck and poultry, says a
writer IN Practical Farmer. 5 me sail
poultry ana truck 90 not go well TO-
ssshsr' but ! ind they DO. and have been
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
TWENTIETH CENTURY MErHoDIsTs

Twentieth Century Methodist, McRae:
We have long regarded the Savannah
News as one Of the best papers in the
South and would call the attention of
our readers to the fact that it arrives
here six hours earlier than the other
morning dailies.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-18
HORRIBLE END OF A COW THIEF.

Kissimmee Valley Gazette: Last week
we told Of the escape of Wilbur SILVER
and fellow convict named Corbett from
the phosphate camps, the encounter they
had with deputy sheriff, and how they
crossed the Kissimme river at West Gard
ner. On Saturday the news reached town
Of the death of Corbett under the most
horrible conditions 1t appears that in
the brush with the deputy sheriff near
Haines City, Corbett was shot in the
wrist and in the thigh. After they cross
ed the river they made their way to Tur-
key Hammock. By this time Corbett was
suffering so from his wounds that he
could go no further. and lay down in a
blanket to die. careless of detection or
capture. He was without food or help
of any kind except the attentions of some
people living near, Dick Bass and Bud
Sullivan, who did what little they could
do for him. Here w bur Shiver deserted
him and continued his flight The wound
ed man refused to be disturbed or sent
to Klssimmee by steamer saying he pre-
ferred to be picked up by buzzards to be-
ing sent back to the phosphate camps.
After lingering for several days through
rain and cold, without fire or shelter,
he died a miserable death. his wounds
having mortified till the flesh dropped off
his limbs Rul Bass arrived the day he
died and among them they held a sort
of informal inquest and buried the dead
fugitive right where he lay. Corbett is
said to have come from De Soto county,
and was sentenced to the penitent'ary for
COW stealing. Both he and Wilbur Shv-
err complained bitterly of their treatment
In the phosphate camp. saying that they
were logged often and bullied by the
guards. Both men swore that they would
never go back alive Wilbur SILVER is
reported to have left the country.