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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO HOUSE,
WIFE AND AGRICULTURAIIsT

The Cabbage Pest-The Harlequin
Bug-Sowing TUrRips and Glover
Together-Birds and Fruit-shfp-
ping Vegetables Right-About Tur-
keys, Moncy-mHkers, Etc.
The last of August finds the soil
soaking wet over a large section of
the country. In some sections there
has been too much rain for cotton,
but nearly all other crops were in
condition to be benefited by the rains.
Sugar cane, peanuts. late corn, sweet
potatoes, meadows and pastures are
the crops most benefited by the sea-
sonable rains.
The pastures of Georgia are, or will
be, superb. The same may be said
of the meadows and there will be no
just excuse for any shortness of hay.
1t is only pity that there are not
cattle enough to consume the pastur-
age of the country, and so make a
proper exchange for such grass. Our
country is short on cattle. We have
pasturage enough to Craze to a per-
feet fairness ten times the stock that
we have. We honestly believe there
is more money to be made out of
grass and stock in this Southern coun-
try in the next twenty-five years, than
there is to be out of the combined
crops of corn and cotton. Our people
should look into this without further
delay.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
WILL CALL THE ELECTION.
Citizens of Irwin to Decide Liquor
Question for Themselves.

Irwinville. Ga, Sept. 1.-The petitions
which have been circulated throughout
Irwin county. asking the ordinary to
call an election to decide whether
liquor shall be sold in this county in
the future, have been turned in to Or
binary j. J. Lee.
The petitions were largely signed in
all parts of the county and many more
than the necessary number of names
were secured.
Judge Lee has declared his intention
of calling the election at the earliest
possible date under the law and thus
avoid long campaign at this busy
season of the year. ..
The liquor men of the county are
marshaling their forces and are pre-
pairing to make a hard fight. Many of
the most prominent men in the county
favor legalizing the sale under rea-
scnable license.
Sheriff Switzerland of Coffee county
yesterday delivered to the Irwin coun-
ty authorities julie Burton. a noted ne
gro gambler, who is wanted here for
gambling. Burton was one of the gang
of negroes who were caught gambling
in Fitzgerald a week or two ago. In
which one of the members while trying
to escape, was shot and killed by the
officials, an account of which was pub
lished in the Morning News at that
time. ...
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
A Cabbage Enemy Under Many
Names.

G.. F. E., Morven, Ca. writes us that
there is a bug that killed all my cab
bages last year and it has returned
again this year. The bug Is known
here as 'Terrapin Bug is about the
size of a mans finger nail, of a red
color. spotted with black, resembles
what are called lady bug, only larger
in size. Chickens and birds do not eat
the insect. This bug does not eat the
leaves but sucks the juices from them
causing the leaves to wilt and finally
die. Can you tell me some remedy that
will destroy them"
The insect is the well-known "Har-
lequin" bug, known also as Lincoln"
bug, Calico" bug and perhaps by other
local names. In another column we
print some remarks concerning the pest
by Prof Johnson. This insect is very
destructive to cabbage, rutabagos, col
lards and horse radish.
In a small patch the first brood can
be killed by hand but the remedy we
have most generally used is "Pyre-
thum' or Insect Powder" filling a
small bellows with the powder and
busting 1t freely over the insects on the
plants. This powder destroys every
bug that ii touches. 1tssC IT,
1t is very important to kill the first
brood that appears early in the season
before they can lay eggs on the plants
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
Money Makers in the south.

A successful grower of alfalfa is w.
S. Holman of Clark county. Georgia.
During the past ten years he has cut
forty-two crops Of alfalfa hay. He gets
four to five cuttings each year, accord
ing to the season, and says that an
acre of good alfalfa will net an aver
age of $50 each year. The great value
of this plant as a forage crop is now
well known in many sections.
The land for alfalfa should be natur-
ally well drained and strong, for this
plant does not enjoy wet feet, and will
not do well on poor soil. A good, strong
porous clay subsoil seems to suit IT
nicely. By heavy manuring for some
previous crop, such as vegetables, the
soil can be gotten in good condition. 1t
must be thoroughly prepared before
the seed is sown by breaking deeply
and working down with cutaway,
smoothing harrow and roller, until a
fine. firm seed bed is formed, such as
will hold moisture and give the young
plants a good start. Use plenty of seed.
not less than twenty pounds per acre.
Sow IL both ways so as to be sure to
have IL even, and harrow it in with a
light harrow, something that will not
cover the seed over an inch deep. II
the weather is dry, it is a good plan
to roll afterward. The best time for
seeding in the South is March or Octo-
Der. Mr.. B.olman sowed his in March,
but he says on the whole he thinks the
fall is preferable. The young alfalfa
then has better chance to start ahead
of the grass, which is troublesome in
the spring. If the land is made rich at
first. after-fertilizing is not necessary
In ten years Mr. Holman has not used
a pound of fertilizer on the field. AL
faifa is a great boon to stock feeders
especially dairymen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
Sowing Turnips and Lucern To
gether.

A crop of turnips should not be out
of place on any farm, where there is
stock of any kind. especially hogs, and
If there is any market for them as
table vegetable there should be fair
incentive to grow them. In nearly all
cities and towns there is more or less
demand for turnips as human food.
But of course, their chief value lies
in their th-provoking qualities
when fed to hogs and cattle.
Turnips are not very nutritious. but
they are nearly as much so as young
grass or clover.
To keep hogs and cattle in good
health through the winter and spring
some succulent food is almost indispen-
sible. Now there is nothing quite so
easily grown as turnips. We can grow
them from sowings any time in August
or September.
And did you know how practical a
thing ii is to mix turnips and clover
or Lucern seed together and SOW both
crops at the same time? BY mixing
we'll together or pounds of turnip
seeds and 10 or II pounds of clover or
Lucern together and sowing any time
before the middle of September one
can get a double crop from the one
sowing. There is no better way for
securing a stand of clover, whether
bur" or crimson" or red than thus
sowing with turnips. The latter
will mature and be taken out
of the way before the clover
needs the soil to itself. The
turnips will pay all the expenses of
the clover crop We have tried this
several times, and know whereof we
speak. Turnips can also be sown with
oats or wheat or barley in August or
September.
It is expected. of course, when one
sows lucern to give the land up to 1t
for at least five years.
How easy 1t would be to make our
old lands rich once more If our far
mers generally would only follow out
such a plan on few acres, even eV-
cry year. II they do not care for lucern
they could use bur or crimson, or red
clover, and secure enough vegetable
matter to make the land
productive for many years.
on rich soil II is best to SOW broad
cast, but on medium land 1t is we'll
oftentimes to SOW these crops in drills
and SOW the clover or lucern in the
middle after the turnips are laid by
In September, or early in October.
Turnins are not an exhaustive crop,
and clover grown in the winter is a
great enricher and much more so than
peas.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
Controlling a Serious Cabbage Pest.

Cabbage growers throughout the
South and Central states for num-
Der of years past, have had their crops
badly injured by an insect known as
the harlequin or terrapin bug. writes
Prof. Johnson in the Agriculturtst
1t came to this country from some of
the Central American states and made
:ts first appearance about 35 years ago
in Texas. 1t has gradually spread
North and West and is now known in
Northern Ohio. 1t attacks cabbage and
other allied plants by sucking the
juices from the tissues, causing the
leaves to wilt and die, giving a Held
the appearance of having been fired.
The insects have the habit of clus-
tcrlng upon leaf 1t deposits its eggs
In punches of ten or twelve each. The
young begin feeding Immediately aft
CT emerging. 1t spends the winter in
toe adult form, living in any secluded
place where. 1t finds protection. 1t is
difficult to destroy, as it cannot be
reached with any of the ordinary pois-
onous solutions. Even kerosene emul-
sion, whale oil soap and tobacco water
have not been found thoroughly sue
cessful. Manipulating has given best
results, although it is a tedious and
quiS expensive operation in large
areas. The insect can also be trapped
upon certain crops, such as mustard,
radisheS and kale. 1t has a particu-
lar liking for the latter crop. AS kale
can be planted in the fall and carried
over winter, it is one of the earliest
plants to afford the insects food in the
spring. II a few rows of kale are plant
ed through a cabbage field or in the
vicinity, the pests will cluster very
early upon it. They can be destroyed
either by hand picking or by spraying
with very strong solution of kerosene
emulsion. Covering the plants with
straw and burning can be resorted to
If necessary.
Cabbage growers should use every
means for the destruction of the adult
insects this fall. An occasional cabbage
left here and there in a field this fall
will attract thousands of insects. They
can then be easily collected and de-
stroyed by hand or other means Moth
ing should be left undone to destroy
this late brood as they are the crea.
lures that appear the following spring.
There are few natural enemies of this
pest, but little can be expected from
these friends. Parasites have been
bred from these eggs by Prof. H. A
Morgan in Louisiana. and by myself in
Maryland. While these factors may de-
stroy many insects, farmers and 9TH
ers should do all in their power to
check them by other means.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
Porch Vines.

While true, as it has often been stat
ed, that there are no better porch vines
than honeysuckles. other sorts are
available and many of them very nice.
says Prof Mecham. AS to honey
suckles, the best for evergreen charac-
ter is the Japanese. Brachypoda. There
is another from Japan, Halleana.
which, though a faster grower, is not
so good at retaining its leaves in win
ter. These two. with the addition of
the Chinese, which is the one with red
dish green leaves, are the best of all,
and all are sweet scented. The old
woodbine, such as grows well in the
hedge rows OF European countries, is
more deilcately perfumed than any of
the others, but it is not good runner,
hence cannot be. used for covering
porches. There is a Japanese vine,
Akebia Quinata, which is a good porch
subject; growing fast. having pretty
fiye-divided leaves. and punches Of
small, plum colored flowers in early
spring, the flowers delightfully."- scent
ed. Perhaps the small lowered white
clematis should come next. One Of
them, paniculata, is the best of all. The
others in the same section are vitalba,
the English wild one, and the native
one of our own woods, Nirginiana.
heSe vines are named as pelIB SOOu
for porches, because of their ample
foliage. There are lots of other vines
good for porches, but most of them are
not as good as those named for max
ing shade. These are the large Powered
clematises, roses, Wistarias. passion
vines and others, some of which should
be used with the others, to give variety
and a mixture of flowers. The Crimson
Rambler is one of the very best hardy
roses, producing hundreds of crimson
flowers, in great punches. 1t does not
flower all the time, but there are none
which WILL that are hardy.
/ am thinking as write
OF places north of Philadelphia.
Here, we have the climbing, hardy tea
rose, Gloire de Dion, which stands our
hardest winters. and gives us its flesh
colored. sweet scented flowers from
June Till November. It's a grand rose
yellow. Rambler rose is disappointing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02

vegetables are fresh; they speak for
themselves, and fresh vegetables are
the ones in greatest demand. Next to
freshness is Importance in size, the me-
dunn being always the most desirable
with those who really know the true
value of fruits and vegetables. Over
grown specimens usually are wanting
in quality, while undergrown specimens
are apt to be immature or not
thoroughly ripened. But this is not al
ways the case, as, for instance, the
same vegetable grown in light sandy
soil will not be as large as when grown
in heavy SOIL when made rich and in
good filth. The worst possible show of
vegetables is when all sizes are mixed.
Our most successful horticulturists
have for years been trying to impress
upon the minds Of their brethren the
Importance of careful selection in the
packing of fruits and vegetables for
market, and they have shown conclu-
sively that three quarters of a crop
when carefully selected will bring more
money than the whole crop would If
shipped as taken from the orchard or
field. y prominent grower and shipper
of apples says: Il always assert with
the greatest care, and then in ordinary
seasons, / do not throw out more than
10 per cent. of the pick, and even this
ways brings remunerative prices in for
eign markets because the dealer knows
when he sees G. 7. p. on the barrel that
the fruit at the bottom will be equally
as good as that at the top. But there
is a greater advantage STILL my fruit
will always command good price in
a dull market" This is very impor
tant consideration, as market is need
ed when there is a surplus, for when
the supply is short anything will sell.
Now what is true with applies is
equally true with potatoes and all other
products of the farm or garden. When
potatoes are put up for market there
should be three qualities made, large
medium and small. The medium will
always command the highest price both
in the wholesale and retail markets.
The best retail dealers will cheerfully
give fifty cents per barrel more for the
first quality, even though not more
than one-quarter were thrown out, and
these are worth half price always. 1t
is not the smaller potatoes that injure
the sample as much as the larger, over
grown specimens; these injure the
same, as the contrast is so great. There
seems to be a disposition on the part
of the growers to work off unstable
sizes, and abnormal growths of all
kinds of produce. In. sorting potatoes,
never try to make the small sizes sell
better by adding few larger ones. The
effect will be just opposite, the large
ones will make the small ones seem
smaller than they really are.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
Rirds and.Fruit Growers.

A method to exterminate entirely in
our orchards all the insect pests is
impossible. However, the birds are
the natural enemies of these pests,
says Farm and Home. They feed, es-
pecially during the breeding season,
almost exclusively upon insects. and
they require no care or expense on
the part of the horticulturist. They
will do their beneficial work anyhow,
whether their efforts are received
thankfully or not. AS the birds in
crease, the insects must decrease. The
closer settlement of our state has
seemed to greatly decrease the natural
enemies of our bird friends, but, alas,
has been the bringer of far worse en-
emies-the boy with a gun, the wo
man with a feather in her hat, and,
too often, the horticulturist even
proves an enemy.
The depredations of the birds upon
fruit are few and of little consequence.
The robins it is true, will knock the
cherries off, and the owner in his rage
will not pause to think of the many
siugs and curculio beetles those same
birds have destroyed for him. All the
year round the woodpecker digs for
the borers and when the apples are
ripe he is killed because he makes a
hole in the side of a big red ample.
We have often wondered, too, if even
in this case he was not after the APP
pie worm on the inside.
Among the winter birds the owls can
we'll claim some of our attention. The
injury caused annually by mice and
rabbits amounts to many hundreds of
dollars. 1t is to be regretted that the
owls so easily fall a prey to the hun
ter's gun, as their food through the
winter, and to a large extent during
the summer also, is composed entire
~ of small mammals. In many parts
of the state the sapsuckers and wood
peckers remain during the winter.
Among them all the food habits are
much the same, SO the separate spe-
cies need not be taken up in detail.
Borers of various kinds, notably the
f1at-headed borer and round-headed
borer of apple trees and the hickory
borer are among the most destructive
insects. They claim the constant at
tention of the woodpeckers, the long
spear-pointed tongue. of the latter east
ly reaching the larvae which are un-
molested by other birds. Many other
tree insects are also killed and the
protection to the forest trees by these
birds is doubtless of far greater value
than the work they do in the orchard.
Among certain of the woodpeckers. es-
pecially the hickers, ant eating is a
favorite pastime. The yellow-shafted
flicker or golden winged woodpecker
is common bird throughout Iowa, and
in the southwestern part of the state
the closely related species, the red
shafted flicker. is not all uncommon.
Prof. Beal, in examining bird stom-
achs, found in single stomach of
one of these birds over 5000 ants. The
number destroyed by even one bird in
a year must be enormous.
AS to the common birds, we can
safely conclude that the harm they
do to the horticulturist is of little con-
sequence; the amount of good done
by them is in direct proportion to
their numbers; protection is the only
thing necessary to insure their rapid
increase and maintenance of numbers
to almost any point.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
P,Nting Vegetables i'm Good shape
for Market.

A writer in an exchange says: I'm
this day of competition and strife,
every effort should be made to please
the eye as we'll as TO satisfy the appe-
tite. Vegetables must not only be we'll
grown in order TO make them tender
and delicious. but they must be we'll
shown, must have a tempting look in
order to entice buyers. In this. respect
a marked change is noticeable, but still
greater changes are necessary before
the market gardener will reach the full
reward of his labor.
Go into our markets and you will in
variably find the dealer that makes the
best display makes the most custom
ers and gets the highest prices for what
he has to sell. He carefully sorts over
his stock, throws out all culls, cuts
away all broken, wilted or diseased
leaves, so that every vegetable looks
as II just taken from the garden or
field. The buyer need nos be told these
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
The "Bus, Has His Day.

Many farmers believe they are tns
only class who are eternally pestered
with bugs of all sorts. Not so! Now
comes a tale of woe from the proverp-
ial Jolly and dusty old miller a
new pest has found it's way into M
machines and elevator spouts, spinning
a mass of silken web and stopping
steam driven shafts. A lot of -four re-
Gently received by American Agricui-
turist from prominent New York MIL
Ter was so spun up that 1t resembled
roll of dough. The pest is known as the
Mediterranean -four moth and was
first discovered in the United States py
our associate editor, Prof. Johnson "
California, In 1892. II is now known II
many states, and mills in Canada ano
Mexico have been closed on account o,
its attacks. II is a serious pest ano
millers all over the country should Dc
on their guard. When once establisheo
IL is difficult 10 eradicate. but IL can
aConiinusd on Seventh Pagel
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Through State Librarian James E.
Brown, Mrs. Mary Trammell Scott
yesterday presented to the state large
bust portrait of the late Col. L. n.
Trammell. The portrait will be hung
in-some appropriate place in the Cap
itol This is the first portrait of any
distinguished Georgian that has been
presented the state under the resolu-
ton of the General Assembly. passed
in 1897. This resolution made a re-
quest upon United States senators,
congressman, governors, president of
the Senate and speakers of the House,
or If they were dead, upon their faml-
lies, for portraits of them to be hung
in the Capitol. 1t provided that the
state librarian should receive such
portraits and see that they are properly
placed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02

ward in reference to the proposed new
county to be formed from portions of
Hampton and Beaufort counties The
exact lines for the county are not given,
but the proposition is to form a county
adjacent to the Savannah river, in
Guiding the town of Bluffton and other
summer resorts near the city of Sa-
vannah, Ga. 1t is proposed to call the
county Hayward, but while the figures
as to population and area are put
forth in the papers there is no proper
petition whereby an election may be
ordered. 1t is really very doubtful
whether such county can get the
necessary votes for its establishment.
The people in the two counties interest
ed, as a rule, seem TO be satisfied with
the present boundaries.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-02
THREW THE NET ON CHARLEY.

Dahlonega Signal: A Mrs. Corker
and her son, Charley, came over from
Banks county last Thursday to get le-
gal advice as the validity of Charley's
marriage. Charley is an unsophisticat-
ed youth of fourteen summers and was
inveigled into marrying a woman so
years old by some young men in the
community. The young men procured
a license and preacher and had the
ceremony performed. The boy, Char
lev. did not appear to realize what
serious step he was taking until 1t
was all over. He declined to go home
with his bride or allow her to go home
with him, but simply walked off and
left her.
Mrs. Corker knew nothing of the af-
fair until the wife attempted to teacn
the young groom some law. She went
before tie ordinary of Banks county
and had a legal paper. or paper. at
any rate, issued and served on Mrs.
Corker TO produce the body of her son,
Charley. at his court that he might be
impressed with the fact that he had
taken unto himself a wife. Mrs. Cor
ker read the paper and fed to Han
county for legal advice. To her great
ioy. she was told that Charley was
still tied to her apron strings and could
not legally contract marriage, ana 10
pay no attention to the chimney-cor-
ner law Matched up in Banks county
to suit the purpose of 30-year-old girl
and a lot. of boys.