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The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
Land Best Adapted to the Culture of
Rice.

Many inquiries have been made recent
ly as to the best land for rice, says the
Crowly Signal. Experiments in other
countries have shown that rice can be
grown on a great variety of land from
the light sandy loans TO the most uncom-
promising hog -wallow, provided the sub
soil Is firm enough to hold water. IL does
not grow equally well on all lands. On
light. sandy lands the crop Is small: on
very rich peaty lands Il runs to straw;
firm, sandy loans and clay loans are the
best lands for rice. Clay loans are the
best. but are more difficult to be worked
than rich sandy loans. Avoid land with
large knobs. Even crops Of rice cannot be
produced on such land. Knobs not more
than eight or ten inches high are not Sc
rious objections for they Will absorb suf-
flcent water to produce a crop. Formers
generally prefer shallow p.owing for rice
three to four inches. They claim that the
binder sinks just as deep as the blow Is
run For early fail blowing a shallow
furrow 10 best. because II leaves the
seeds 80 near the surface that they Will
terminate. In running the disc over this
fan p.owing let Il go deeper than the fur
row by an inch.
Where fan blowing is done 80 late that
seeds will not germinnte. pillow deep. bury
the seeds deep enough 90 rot them dur
ing the winter rains. but IN deep blowing
avoid turning a Fat furrOw or too much
II the vital surface soil a. buried
In preparing the soil for o crop too much
care cannot be exercised in pulveriElng the
soil perfectly Disc and harrow ana then
DO 70 some more tin the surface is Ike
IA sOwins. dHn the seed 10 II possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO HOUSE
WIFE AND AGRICULTURALIsT.

Disease and Insects-Aspnrngus Gull
ture-EarIy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ries-AIfaIfa for Hay and soiIine.
Spraying Potatoes and Fruit Trees.
Land Best Adapted for Rice Gull
ture Etc.
Our observation leads US to the conclu-
cision that there are very few Southern
farmers and gardeners at all alive 10 the
very important question of protecting the
crops from insect enemies and diseases.
Not one in twenty probably anticipates
the possibility that one or the other of
these causes may step in and destroy or
seriously injure any particular crop before
it can be gathered and harvested. With
very few exceptions farmers and garden
ers and fruit growers seem to allow for
any possible danger except from bad
seeds, protracted drought or untimely
flood. They seem to think that If they
can only secure a stand and then are
able to keep the crop free from grass
and weeds and are blessed with a season.
able rain now and then that there will be
nothing in the way of their gathering in
a normal return for their care and labor.
But in the past few years both insects
and disease have beesa multiplied to such
an extent and involve so many various
crops they are to be regarded as very
important factors in counting or discount
ing the probable results when the crops
have been gathered and put upon the
market at the close of the season.
AS the evident result of a widespread
destruction of bird life of a like general
burning out of the humus in soils long
devoted to clean culture, the cultvator of
the soil is confronted with possible dan
gers now that are far more destructive
than those he had to contend with a few
years ago. New insects or insects long
known, but greatly increased in numbers
along with various plant disorders, char
acterized as trusts" or "smuts," root
rots," "blights" early and late, now rem
der the cultivation of the soil far more
uncertain of results than was ever the
case before in the history of this coun-
try.
Every vegetable has it's special insect
foe or foes, its particular blight or rot
every fruit its special scale or fungoes
disorder. Magnitied as all these evil in
huences are it is almost a cause for
wonder nowadays that any particular
crop arrives at a perfect result. These
dangers or evil influences have been stead
lily increasing for several years now, and
it has reached a stage that for one to
plant crop of anything and not make
due allotment of expense for insecticide
or fungicide and provide them in due
time is, to say the least, engaging in a
very uncertain and haphazard undertake
ing.
The farmer, gardener or fruit grower
that does not realize that he must make
an intelligent fight with these enemies
from now on will not stand much chance
of success. He must study up and learn
just what he will have to do to carry his
crops through successfully.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
Planting Peas After Harvest.

Peas following a grain crop are helpful
in two ways. They make a good crop of
forage for green feeding or hay for win
ter, as we'll as peas. The best way to
plant them depends upon local circum-
stances. If you have time and teams
then it will pay to turn under stubble
and harrow in the peas If sown broadcast
II planted in rows then you can have the
peas get a good start of all weeds and
grass. We prefer drilling for several
reasons. We can get about as good re-
suits in every way, and use only about
one-fourth as much seed. As peas are
high this season, this Is a point worth
considering. One peck per acre properly
drilled will be sufficient. If you expect
to cut vines for hay. then it is well to
plant Early Amber Sorghum or common
field corn with them. Either of these will
help to hold up the peavines and will add
to the yield of hay. They do not inter-
fere with the growth of the peas. They
rather seem to help them by giving them
more air and sunshine.
1t is difficult to say which pea will pay
best, all considered. For some purposes
the bush will be better and for others the
runners. Each zone must decide for him
self. The runners will make more hay,
the bunch more peas and they are much
easier gathered. 1t is a good plan to
plant some of each.
If planted In rows, they can be Guilt
waited and fortified II you wish. Fertile
ers pay well on peas They greatly in
crease the yield and help the following
crop. Another point to be kept in mind
is the improvement of the soil Peas leave
the land more fertile than they find 1t.
Exactly how is not we'll known. They
are said to gather nitrogen from the air
and leave it in their roots and thus en-
rich the soil. Others claim that they get
the nitrogen from the subsoil and bring
it UP to the topsoil. Still others claim
that the great point is the perforating OF
the subsoil by the roots and leaving the
holes open so that water can freely circu-
late. Some think the chief benefit is
from the decaying vegetables matter left
in the soil
Perhaps each of these is correct. and
all the points are true. But we know that
land is improved by the growth OF peas
upon it, The following crop will be better
than If no peas had been grown.
We urge our readers to plant all the
peas they can. The wheat and oat stub
BILE will yield crop of grass, which is
cut for hay will pay something. But the
peas will pay more.
We prefer to plant in rows. cultivate
ard pick part of the peas and then cut
for hay. We have found it a very i'm
portant point to plant promptly. If labor
is scare. then run off rows, plant and
cover with one furrow and cultivate la
ter. We often do this even before moving
chOplxs of grain
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
DUBLIN TELEPHONES.
Bell Company Granted Franchise
After Many Petitions.

Dublin, Ca, June 23.-The City Council
has granted the Southern Bell Telephone
Company the right to operate telephone
exchange in this city Several times this
company petitioned for a franchise in
Dublin, but each time the petition was
denied. Another petition was recently pre-
scented and this time was passed fav
orably The franchise was granted with
such condition as the Street and Lane
Committee of Council should now or here
after require. 1t is said that one of the
conditions required is that the wires
within the fire limit shall be placed under
ground The Southern Bell Company now
operates a long distance line between
Dublin and Macon and Dublin and San
dersville.
1t IS rumored that the Bell Compay
will cut the telephone rate in Dublin in
the effort to run the Dublin Telephone
Company out of business.
Mr.. J. w. Waters, brother of Vnson
Waters, who was recently killed in Texas
by Obe Evans, writes that his brother
was not killed because of intimacy with
the wife of Evans but because of a dis
agreement on account of some money
matters Waters states that Evans left
Georgia in order to hide from his cred
itors and did not go in advance of his
wife, but carried her with him.
A day or two since motion for a
new trial for Messrs. j. M Lovett, Bunch
Lovett and Berry Perdue, who We're con-
victed at the last term of the City Court
and were fined $500 each for rioting, was
argued before Judge John s. Adams by
Messrs. V. b. Robinson and William Fair
cloth. Yesterday a decision was rendered
by Judge Adams denying the motion. The
case will now be carried to the Supreme
Court
DR.. George L. Chapman has returned
from trip to V1dalia He states that
the work of grading the extension of the
Macon, Dublin and Savannah road from
Dublin to Vidalta is progressing rapidly.
Eight carloads Of mules are being used
in the work Only about one-quarter Of a
mile has been graded so far most of the
time since work was started having been
taken up in locating camps, building lots,
etc. The work was commenced at VII
dalia, though small force is at work
near Kibbee.
At meeting of Dublin Lodge No 147,
odd Fellows Thursday night last, the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing term: Noble grand. Herman Hesse;
vice grand, ]. j. Flanders; secretary, w.
f. Colley.
On July 3 Mr.. A. w. Davidson. superin-
tendent of the Laurens county pauper
farm, will give a big barbecue for the
benefit of the paupers. The countys wards
are looking forward with a great deal
of pleasure to the event.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24


1t is a very comfortable feeling to have
the rush and hustle of strawberry pick
ing all over-to have the current of things
flow back into its smooth and frictionless
channel once more, says o. w. Black
well. Comfortable, too, it is to have the
balance in the right hand row of figures.
If this balance should bob up on the
wrong row, which is not at all likely
this year, unless the grower has been
most fragrant offender against the laws
of industry and good management, a lit
tie casting about as to modes of culture,
manuring, handling, or as to the varie
ties grown, will doubtless enlighten and
aid him.
But we will not dwell on these things,
but look to the post-picking work.
The best thing to do with a strawberry
field that has borne is to pillow the plants
under run off rows three feet apart and
sow in these drills and cover shallow
cow peas at the rate of one bushel an
acre. The residue of the fertilizer not APP
propriated by the strawberries will make
a fine crop of pea vines. The vines can
either be cut for forage or turned under
to the very great benefit Of the soil Even
when the vines are cut the nitrogen
gathering roots are of much value. In
fact many farmers insist that little or no
good results from turning under the vines
in addition to the roots. The facts
seem to be that the nitrogen gathered by
the pea is mostly stored in the roots.
and that the vine is but little more than
any other form of vegetable matter
Land thus treated will be ready for
strawberries the coming fall, winter and
spring, as may be most convenient to
plant. Nor will it ever berry out" as
some one with more point than elegance
has expressed 1t.
But this blowing up the old strawberry
field presupposes that a young one has
been planted the previous fall, winter or
spring. and is now coming on to replace
the one destroyed. II this has not been
done. It win be necessary to rehabilitate
the old field or bed. Timely and properly
done this is practicable. though quite as
good results cannot be expected as from
a new planting. Proceed as follows
Bar, of" the rows on each side. leav-
ing "A strip about a foot wide. Then chop
out the plants on this strip. leaving them
about one foot apart. Vigorous
new plants should always be lett in pref
erence to old ones
The plants chopped out SOW in the fur
row along each side of the row a good
commercial fertilizer rich in potash. at
rate OF 300 TO 800 pounds an acre. and
then split the middes. throwing dirt back
to the plants, but not smothering them.
At the next hoeing the soil can be snugiy
settled around them. After that the cui-
ture should be as with young field.
The cultivation OF a young field Is
simply calling only for diligence and
fair share OF judgment. We do this by
piowing the middles with a small tooth
cultiyator, stirring the soil 10 within
about six inches Of the plants aud drop
ping back 10 eight inches ss the plant
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
The Manure Heap.

Just at this time the manure from the
horse stables is often allowed to accumu-
late in the barnynrd, and here 1t is very
liable to come into violent heat. Warm
weather and absence OF rain cause it to
become "ire-fanged." and thus to lose
much OF its value. A writer in Country
Gentleman says: AN excellent plan to
preserve manure is 10 mix a pound daily
of kainit with the droppings of horse
COW or six hogs, and so compost that a
gentle warmth only will be produced
will combine with the ammonia of the
manure and form saltpetre, which will
Increase the value of the manure much
beyond the cost of the kainit. The stable
should be cleaned out daily; IL inconveni-
ent to clean out so often, n should be
done at leost once week, and the proper
quantity Of kainit added. The above Is
the only known plan by which stable or
the other manures named. can be practi-
cally benefited by composing. Before
spreading the manure IL would be well to
add a pound of add phosphate for each
two pounds OF kainit that may have been
used. these two elements will correct the
excess Of nitrogen in che manure. thus
forming a well-balanced manure. II inn
practicable 10 compost as above. the ma
nure should be carted direct from the
stable TO the field. properly applied and
pIowed under. preferably being mixed
with the soil All the elements OF fertil-
ity viii thus be retained. and IN addition
thereto important mechanical action will
be produced
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24

advisable 20 prevent scab and rust Then
give another to which is added paris
green for the codling moth. as soon as
the blossoms are nearly all off. one OF
two applications thereafter at Intervals
OF ten days to two weeks of the same
mixture will generally be all that Is nee
essary.
For potatoes the same materials are
used-the bordeaux 10 prevent blight anu
rot and the paris green 40 XIII tno
bugs. The pumps must be started earls'
In fad. much earlier than is the com
mon practice. As soon as the vines d
nicely up give them an application ..
weak bordeaux and repeat this from NV
TO seven times at intervals OF ten uass
each. This will prevent the spores W"
getting a foothold and IL Is only IN pr
vention that any good Is accomplls
The paris green may be added AZ neeus'
With the improved sprayers, when Gov :.
four or six rows at once. from twenty 10
thirty acres may be gone over IN ~
of ten hours. 80 that the expense Oh ''
Is slight.
The spray must be fine and evenly ~ ~,
tributed. a heavy application OF ns
drops runs on and does noe accofnplsn
as much as n fine. light mist. Paris So
" commonly used az the rate Of one ,'.
70 80 10 900 gallons Of water for BON pI
tatOes and apple trees. Bordeaux do.
BY shaking slK pounds OF fresh slon. ~
in water. then strain and dilute 20 n
ty-hys gallons. Dissolve four polno1
aconiinusd on Seventh PsSsl
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
A NEW ENTERPRISE.

Miami Metropolis: Mr.. w j. Dougherty,
OF Cutler, was up yesterday, bringing a
large lot of the excellent product of his
jelly and canning factory. Besides max
ing delicious jellies OF the guava and
ether fruits, Mr. Dougherty operates a
canning factory from which he turns out
as neat package of fruit or vegetables
as any concern Of the kind in the coun-
try. He is building up quite a nice bust
ness in this line. especially in canned to-
matoes and guavas, and the quality of
his product is such as to insure a grow
ing demand. There has been an impress
sion extant that the Florida tomato was
not well adapted to canning, but Mr..
Dougherty has demonstrated beyond q
doubt that both in frmness and flavor 1t
will compare with any tomato in the
country for this purpose. 1t is just such
enterprises as the one conducted by Mr.
Dougherty that are Of substantial BEN
eft to the communities in which they ex-
list. drawing the material for their opera
ton from what would otherwise be alb
solute waste, i'm the shape of fruit and
vegetables that being too ripe for ship
ment would be left rotting IN the field.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
HURT IN RUNAWAY.

Lumpkin News: On last Monday after
noon, Mr.. Dan ellis who lives near Lou
vaie, in this county, was thrown from his
buggy and badly hurt in "a runa way. Mr.
ellis left home Monday shortly after din
ner, 10 go to the Banks place, near I'm
ion, to see a negro, for the purpose of
employing him TO cut his oats, and when
he had reached the Banks place, the mule
became frightened, and ran at a break
neck speed, through the woods. Mr.. Gil
lis was thrown from his buggy to the
ground. where he lay from O'Clock Mon
day afternoon until he was found by
searching party about daylight the next
morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24

and root growth increases. The unplowed
space around the plants should be shall
lowly stirred with hoes often enough to
Kill the grass and weeds before they come.
II the matted row system is to be fol-
lowed the beds should be given a good
and thorough cultivation before the run
ners ore allowed to take root. After that
little more stirring than Is required to
XIII the grass is necessary or practicable.
These young fields should have been
manuered in the drill before planting
subsequent manuring is best done in the
form Of top dressing. This top dressing.
which should be OF a highly soluble fer
tiiizer. can be safely and rapidly done I'm
the following late fail. winter or early
spring. The plants are then in a dormant
state, except in the far South and ferti-
lzer sown on them win do no harm. pro-
vided the leaves are not weth with due
or rain. Should II be necessary 10 apply
fertilizer to them at other times. II must
be sown around and between the plants
ana not on them.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
FLORIDA.

Orlando Sentinel-Reporter: The above
is the title of a company that will intro
duce a new industry in Orlando the rails
ing of Belgian hares for breeding pur-
poses and for sale as meat. The COM
pany starts with thirty head, which have
been carefully selected from some of the
finest strains on the market. Additions
to their stock will be made as the bust
ness viii warrant. Mr. c. A. Clouser is
manager, and the enterprise will be oon-
Quoted at the Oakdale poultry farm. The
improved colony hutch system has been
adopted, which has been proved to be the
best in use for raising the hares.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.

Tampa Tribune: When the Criminal
Court of Record convenes in its adjourned
session next Monday, the most important
cases confronting Judge Graham will be
those against Nicholas p Bishoff and
Charles T. Frecker, former tax collector
and assessor and deputy tax collector and
assessor, respectively over five months
have not elapsed since the disclosures of
embezzlement and falsi1ed accounts in
the tax collectors Office stirred the city
and resulted, thanks to the exposures
made by the Tribune, in a change in the
administration of that municipal depart
ment and the subsequent arrest of the
collector and his deputy.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
HAPPENINGS IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Macon News: Mr.. W. F. Combs has
just returned from trip to Brunswick,
Columbus and other points throughout the
state. and he reports that he never saw
the ike of grass and weeds in the crops
as there is this year. Mr.. Combs said
that lie conversed with several of the
leading farmers throughout the sections
through which he travelled, and he says
that the weeds and grass in the crops are
nct due altogether to the recent rains.
but in a great measure to the scarcity
of lahor
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
A 100000 COMPROMISE.

Atlanta Constitution: The Florida Cen
trll and Peninsular Railroad Company
yesterday paid to c. 7. Ladson, attorney
for George A. Fiagg, and Mrs B. F.
Greene. the sum of $4,000 in compromise
settlement of two cases pending in the
City Court. OF the amount. $1,000 goes TO
Mrs Flagg, and 5000 to Mrs Greene.
Both cases were to be tried before Judge
H. NJ Reid and jury, but the attorney
for the plaintiff and counsel for the rail
road agreed upon a compromise of the
claims and the cases were taken off Of the
trial docket, and entered settled by the
judge. The sum given to Flagg is said to
be the largest paid by railroad by COM
promise in a personal injury case in a
long time.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Columbia State: There are still no de-
velopments Of consequence In the strike
situation. Complaint was made to the po-
lice yesterday that one OF the new work
men named Marshall had been accosted
on the street by strikers and that abus-
I've epithets had been applied TO him. The
man said they were strikers" but
could give no names and OF course the
police were powerless 10 act. superintend-
ent Welles said yesterday that there were
forty new men IN the shops. He did not
seem to be worried over the situation
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
FAILURE At OCALA.

Oeala, Fla, June PA. z. Burnett,
the leading jeweler of this city. has been
forced into bankruptcy. The great freeze
of 1885 gave him a setback he has never
entirely recovered from, though doing
good business.
The oil excitement around Dunnellon is
felt considerably in Ocala. Spectators
end operators are passing through here
in numbers There is probably oil In the
Withlacoochee valley, but whether it can
be extracted with profit or not remains
10 be seen. If oil is found in paying guam
titles. it will liven things up in Ocala like
an electric current.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24

Spraying Potatoes and Fruit Trees.
Il Is no longer a question Of whether or
not Il pays 10 spray. for this has long
been settled IN the affirmative. says the
American Agricultural Nearly oil ex-
perimenss show that Il does. although
some seasons % pays better than others.
The time and method Of application ana
the materials 10 be- used are iupOqtai.
"" nph trees one spraying before the
gpQA open. using bordeaux mixture, u
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
LOST WOMAN FOUND.

Atlanta journal; Mrs. Matte Basemore.
of Sylvauia, who disappeared from the
home of her relatives at 50 West Pine
street. Friday night, was located next
morning at the police headquarters, where
she had been sent by one of the patrol
men because she was on the streets at
a late hour and seemed not TO know where
she lived or where she was going. Mrs.
Basemore wandered away from home af-
ter the family of Mr. Marion Moore, whom
she is visiting, had retired to bed and
this morning they were searching the
woods in that neighborhood, supposing
her to be somewhere near the house
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-24
SNAKES IN CHARIEsToN.

Charleston News and Courier: F. Ger
mont fisherman. Killed large rattle
snake yesterday morning at the corner
OF East Bay and Laurens streets In any
snake story IL Is usually the case 10
refer 70 the snake as being a large one
but IN this case the facts prove the state
mcnt The snake was four feet six inches
in length and weighed four pounds two
ounces. There were six "rattles" 70 its
tall ana the circumference OF the main
BODY was about seven inches. GermOnt
happened 20 be passing through Laurens
street curing the morning and the
screams Of a woman calling for help al
Naeted him The snake was sighted IN a
yafd near the corner and chased into the
street by a lady The sight OF a rattle.
enake. ana such a large one. In the heart
Moi the city created considerable talk
iief the smoke was killed Germont pick
" and ps0ught II on Broad street