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The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
Preventing the Growth of Horns.

AS was before stated, a common
method now to do away with the horns
is to prevent their growth by the use
of chemicals on the calf. This seems
to have had its beginning about the
year 1890, and Immediately grew into
favor 1t is quickly and easily done;
it is comparatively painless, causes no
nervous shock, and it is done at a time
when there is no milk flow to inJure.
The ordinary method is to use stick
of cauStic soda or cauStlc potash Wnen
the button or small horn can first be
felt, clip the hair from over the button
with a pair of scissors, wet the end of
the stick Of caustic with saliva, and
rub the skin over the horn vigorously.
The operation requires about two min
utes The work can be done very cas-
lily by one man; in fact, as easily as
two can do it. The best age at which
to perform this operation is as soon as
the button or young horn can be felt
with the finger. This is usually when
the calf is about a week old. But it
can be done with perfect success up to
the time the calf is a month old or even
older if the operator is careful to make
a thorough application. A number of
calves have been operated on at this
Station when six weeks old, but in one
or two instances they had evidently
De6n dIlOMeQ 70 90 lOO lOIS, dS WillIO
one of the horns was killed by the
caustic, the other one grew, giving the
head a one-sided appearance; and even
if the growing horn is clipped off after
it gets it's growth, the head will not
present an even appearance. 1t is bet
ter to use the caustic on the calves
when they are young enough to insure
that the operate will be effective, and
this age is from three days to three
Ac nd
terial to operate on number of calves
at the same time, it might be we'll to
allow the first calves to reach the limit
of age. In our work at this Station we
have used the stick caustic potash or
caustic soda entirely, and in its use we
necessarily handle it with care, never
allowing it to come in contact with the
finger, as it has a burning or corroding
effect, and will take off the skin very
quickly. This can be prevented by sim
ply wrapping the end of the stick in a
piece of paper to serve as a handle. In
applying the caustic to the head, it is
we'll to not allow the spot to become
too moist, as it will run down the side
of the head, making sore, removing
the hair, and leaving a scar which may
show-and. then, there is danger of it
running into the eye, which would GER
tainly cause blindness. 1t would be
we'll to have some water standing close,
so that the caustic could be dipped into
il a couple of times during the applica-
ton In using the caustic, thorough
rubbing is necessary, and insufficient
rubbing has caused many failures. 1t
is we'll to rub until the skin over the
horn commences to look red, as though
the blood was about to start. This will
take from fifteen seconds to one-half
minute to each horn.-Bulletin 49,
Maryland Experiment Station.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05

connection with wood ashes. Let the
system of pruning and training be the
simplest and most inexpensive. Other
fruits are self-supporting but the
grape must have its trellis, which, even
with cheap wire and posts, is the most
costly item in the vineyard. The old
plan of spur pruning must be aban-
dOned. 1t leaves too much wood, and
the fruit is a mass of imperfect clus-
tiers, which frequently fail to ripen
properly.
The Kniffen system, of four horizon
tai canes of the previous years growth.
have proved the most successful and is
being universally adopted. Under this
system the clusters are of good size
and seldom fail to rpen regularly.
Pruning can be done more rapidly
workman "catch on" to this method
more readily and are less likely to de-
stroy the usefulness of a vine by care
lessness.
Regular and systematic cultivation is
most essential to success. During
spring and early summer, if a spell
of wet weather comes on, the vines
must be sprayed with bordeaux mix
lures to prevent rot and anthracnOse.
1t is always a good plan to spray be-
fore buds start in spring, as this pre-
vents mischief later on. To start
vineyard new edCn acre Will IGQuIiC
the following expenditure: 600 vines set
Sx9 feet So lowing, fitting and setting,
Sc; cultivating and hOeing first year,
So; pruning (cutting back to two buds),
so cents; cultivation and hoeing second
year, $3.50; pruning to one cane, three
to five feet long, 81; 300 posts SIS;
$50 pounds wire (NO. IL, 81; setting
posts, wiring and tying, $12; cultivation
and hoeing third year, $40; total cost,
$40 Add to this the value of land,
with interest and taxes, and you have
the cost at three years.
Under favorable conditions the crop
the third year will pay the cost of Gull
tivation and harvesting. With the
vineyard in full bearing a crop of 800
baskets per acre would be worth at 121a
cents per basket, SIS. Expenses out:
Baskets, $12; picking, packing, ETC.,
SIS; pruning, cultivation, spraying, re-
pairs, etc, $50, leaving SIS per acre
profit. The Concord seems to be the
only variety that will sell in unlimit-
ed quantities. Other varieties are
wanted only in a small way. In view
OF these methods and expenditures, it
is evident the West and certain por-
lions of the South can compete at a
good profit in growing grapes for mar
ket, provided they can get fast and
cheap freight.-Correspond
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05

The winter of 1S89-9O all our read
ers will remember, was one of unusual
mildness all over the country, SAYS the
Practical Farmer. Here we hardly
had respectable frost from Novem-
Der until March. The weather in late
February was so summer like that the
first of March found all the early
pruned grape vines with leaves and
flower buds. The third of March came
a reverse and we had a killing frost
Grapes that had not been pruned, had
not swollen much, and we laid away
wrinkle for future use. Don't prune
grape vines in this climate until
March. was the note we made. But
they will bleed so badly" 1 hear some
one say. Certainly but they will not
bleed long, for the swelling buds will
soon take this crude sap water and
l much prefer bleeding to freezing.
Vines pruned here in the fall and early
winter always push into growth early
and are the ones caught by an ulti-
mately freeze. Last spring when we
began to prune our 2O-acre vineyard
the middle of March our neighbors
shook their heads. Their vines had
been pruned and tied long ago, and
were almost in full leaf. The buds
were but slightly swollen on ours
You Will kill your vines pruning so
late they said. but we remembered
March, 1890, and though it was much
later than the freeze of that year we
felt no confidence in the summer-like
temperature that had prevailed all of
March. We had just finished pruning
when the blizzard of March 25 came,
and the night that followed it froze
hard. All the beautiful young growth
and flower buds in the vineyard
around ours were destroyed, but our
vines came through comparatively un-
scathed, and we had the only full crop
in that section. And yet we have seen
no vines that are making a better
growth Notwithstanding the bleeding.
So we found it wise to learn from fail
ures. But for the experience of 1890
we might have gone on with early
pruning. Now we are more than ever
convinced that March is the only safe
time to prune grapes in this climate
In fact, we have been satisfied that
the bleeding of the vines was more of
a bugaboo than anything else, and
that it is seldom indeed that any Sc
rious harm comes from it. The dis
astrous freeze of March &c, 1901, will
long be remembered in the South but
it will not be without it's value if it
teaches our grape growers that early
pruning is always risky here. There
are some of course, who will go right
on and forget the lesson. but we would
like to impress the facts on our read
erS.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
FLORIDA.

Fort Myers Press: Deputy Clerk of
the Circuit Court H. A. Hendry has
been busy this week filing a mortgage
for $2000,000 given by the Central
Florida and Gulf Railroad Company to
the Standard Trust Company of New
York The mortgage is to run for thir-
ty years and draws per cent. inter-
est. 1t covers the road bed, rolling
stock, machine shops, and, in fact, ev-
erything excepting the land grant of
the new road. This is the ]. II. Dave
road, which is to build from Plant City
to Boca Grande. and the latter place
being in Lee county makes it neces-
sary to have the mortgage recorded in
this county. as well as the other coun-
ties the new road is to pass through.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
INTERNATIONAL COMMENT.

Cleveland Courier: Upon the first
page we publish an article from the
pen of Joseph Tillman of Quitman,
Ga, in the interest of Col J. H. Estin
for Governor, and in connection there
with permit me to fully indorse every
statement of this up to-date gentle
man, Mr.. Tillman, for Col. Estil well
deserves the honor of being our Gov
ernor, and is most decidedly a gentle
man in every particular, fully capable
of exercising the great responsibilities
of this high office, and, in our opinion
our readers have never voted for a
more competent and intelligent man
for Governor Therefore it is our
duty to support a mon who not only
can, but will, religiously put forth his
best efforts TO obtain legislation in the
interest of the masses, and not of the
classes.
Dalton Argus: Our correspondent
writing from Dawnville, says. The
editors Of the entire press of Georgia
ought 70 stand by so clean a handed
non-political man as Col. Estill for
Givernor Of Georgia" In this the
argus heartily agrees. Nearly every
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
Rhubarb culture in the south.

1t is almost impossible, we find, to
carry a Rhubarb plant safely through
our summer and fall weather, espe-
cially where the plant has been trans
planted from a seed bed to the open
ground.
AS it is vegetable of great value It
is we'll worth whatever trouble its sue
cessful culture demands, and as few
we'll grown plants go long ways in
the average garden and average fam
lily. it deserves attention. The seeds
should be sown right where the plant
is to remain and the best way to Sc
cure dozen matured plants is to pro-
vide that number of small frames 2X2
feet. made out of 10 or Pinch plank to
set over the hills. which in one row
should be feet apart. Each frame
should be provided with a glass sash,
though varnishd cloth will answer very
well. In each frame plant 4 or seeds.
If all come up, thin out to at once
end d little later when these have be-
come we'll developed, thin to one plant
Leave the frame around the plant and
along in May fill up the frame with
straw or trash of some kind to act as a
mulch. 1t is best to put on this mulch
after a very heavy rain, and il is also
better to have the mulch extend even
further than the frame say feet in
every direction from the stem. Before
mulching the soil should be well
broken up TO this same distance about
the plant.
The pies Cor "tarts" rather made
from this plant are so wholesome, so
delightful to the taste, II is worth the
little trouble that is required to make
its culture a success.
The planting should be made in the
frames about the last OF January, so
that the plants win have ample time 70
become well rooted before the hot
weather sets in. No fresh, rank ma
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05

TattnaH Times: The most sanguine
supporters of his opponents conoede
that Col Estill will carry Tattnall
county without any trouble. 1t don't
take much campaigning and drilling to
show the voters of Tattnall who will
make us the best Governor. While his
opponents are going over the state
making speeches and loosing votes the
Colonel is pursuing the even tenor of
his way. shaking hands with the boys
and rapidly making votes wherever he
goes. Those political prognosticators,
like the Hon. Warner Hill. who regard
ed the candidacy of the private from
Chatham as a joke and laughingly
made light of him are now becoming
more and more alarmed at the outlook,
and we should not be surprised that
when the result of the primary is made
known to them, that instead of the
smile of a joke adjoining their face,
there will be the vince of disappoint-
ment and dismay.
Ocilla Dispatch: Col Estill has
made one speech. and, like his hand
shaking, it was a brilliant success.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
TENNILLE COTTON MILLS.
Placed in Hand of n. b. COrbin as
Receiver.

Tennille, Ga, May 4.-The inevitable
has happened, and the Tennille cotton
mills has been placed in the hands of a
receiver. Upon the failure of the mills
to pay the interest on the bonds, the
Morgan Moistening Company of New
York ct al, filed a petition for a re-
ceiver Friday, and Mr. N. B. Corbiu
of Macon was appointed temporary re-
oeiver. The case will come up for a
hearing in Macon, May 13.
The mill became involved in trouble
before its completion a year ago. AT
that time, several creditors tried to
have a receiver appointed. Judge Speer
sought to save them from collapse by
appointing B. E. Willingham of Ma
con, trustee for the bondholders, and It
was thought that an arrangement had
been effected whereby the mills could
be operated by the projectors.
When II was sought to borrow some
money on cotton to be used in putting
the mill in operation, II was found
that the trust deed was so broad in
its nature as TO cover not only the mill
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
Irish POtatOes-AssOrting the Seed
Cuts.


No one who has had experience in the
culture of the Irish potato need be
told that there is a great irregularity
in the termination of the various seed
cuts depending upon the section of the
potato from which they come. There
can never be uniformity in the sprout-
ing and growing off of the potatoes so
long as this quality of the plant is not
considered and does not influence the
planting of the crop. If the seed po-
tatoes are just cut up promiscuously
and the pieces dropped in the furrow
in like manner the crop is sure to
come up uneVenly. Cuts from the seed
end" where the sprouts are always the
thickest are the first to terminate.
Cuts from the middle of the potato are
next, while those from the stem end"
are the last to terminate. In any
small patch planted without any re-
gard to the asserting of the cuts there
will be oftentimes several weeks diff
ference between the first plant to ap-
par and the last In normal March
weather in this section the seed ends
will begin to show plants in two weeks
time, all appearing in the course
of three weeks. The stem ends
will require anywhere from four
to six weeks to show perfect stand.
They require also a longer period for
maturing the crop producing a, much
larger crop of larger sized potatoes than
the seed" ends. AS a rule the latter
produces a large number of much
smaller potatoes.
Year ago we found that it was we'll
worth the trouble to assert the potato
cuts in preparing for planting whether
it was a quarter of an acre or a half
dozen acres to be planted.
The seed end cuts now nut in one nile
the stem end in another and the mid
die cuts to themselves though there is
not the same need for separating the
stem and middle cuts from each other
as it is for keeping both of these sep
crate from the seed ends.
When this care is taken it has the
effect of producing a large crop of
good sized potatoes that is if the land
is good. The rows planted with the
seed ends should be set apart to raise
seed potatoes for the second crop; for
they do not make potatoes that will
sell well in the market. Another thing
it is important in the market garden
that crop mature evenly so that it
can be taken out of the way in order
that another crop can go in without
delay. 1t is not well that a part of a
row have matured potatoes while a
great part of it is not half matured
and this the better part of it for as re-
marked the stemt and middle peices
require several weeks longer of growth
than do the seed ends.
The most successful potato growers
in New England make it a practice to
discard the seed ends altogether con-
sidering them not worth planting, but
here in the South when potatoes are
more valuable at planting time it will
pay to plant them if only for the pur-
pose of raising seeds for the secopd
crop to be planteddn July.-Essace.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
FIGHT WITH MAD DOG.
MIR. Griffin of sparks BADLY Bitten
by Rnbid Brute.

Sparkle, Ga, May 4.-Mr F. N.
Griffin, farmer near Sparks, was
badly bitten yesterday by his dog,
which had hydrophobia. Mr.. Griflin's
son had gun to shoot the dog when
the animal attacked his father, but
could not use it for fear of shooting
his father. as they were some distance
apart when the dog made the attack.
Mr. Griffin is a large man, but he had
nothing with which to defend himself.
The dog was a large and powerful
animal. and in the conflict pulled Mr..
Griffin down on the ground, and but
for the quick assistance of his son and
brother would probably have been kill
ed by the dog. The dog had already
killed some geese. and a cat, and bit
ten two dogs and several hogs. Great
excitement prevailed in the neighb r.
hood. but all the dogs were promptly
killed.
DR.. Lovett of Sparks took Mr.. Crit
fin to the Pasteur Institute at Atlanta
on the first train for treatment.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05

one admits that Estiu would make
the best Governor. Then why not the
papers of the state put their shout
ders to the wheel and help elect him.
Buloch Times The quietest peo-
pie in Georgia to-day are the Terrell
claiming" corps. We do not expect
another chirp from them. If they do
not really change and vote for Estill,
they'll not put in much more active
work for anybody.
Early County News: If the people
of Georgia really desire a governor
who can and will give the state bust
ness administration, they should vote
for Col. J. H. Estill
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
Col. EstiII at NIouItrie.

Moultrie Observer: Col. ]. H. Estill,
candidate for Governor, was here We'd
nesday. Col Estill came in the in
terest of his candidacy. While he has
never been in our midst before, he is
not a complete stranger. AS editor
and proprietor of the Savannah Morn
ing News, he is known throughout
South Georgia. In such a way he is
known and greatly admired by many
of our best people.
Col Estill is a true Georgian, a gal
liant Southerner and patriotic citizen
of his country. He is a self-made
man. a good business man, a great de-
veloper and builder and has every
equipment for serving his state as
Governor. He is making a quiet, digni-
fed campaign, depending upon his own
merit and the support of his friends for
election.
Darien Gazette: The people of South
Georgia now have the chance of their
lives. VIII they embrace it and elect
Col. Estill Governor? We shall see.
Waynesboro News: Mr. Estill says
in his handshaking campaign: You
know how 1 stand If you can vote
for me all right" And the majority
of those who feel the electric grasp,
realize the mans honesty and are con-
WINGED.
Douglas Breeze: The boys are now
talking about a deadlock in the con-
ventiOn. Perhaps so, and while Ter
rell and Query are locked in each
others arms for a show of strength,
Private Estill will march away with
the prize. Stranger things have hap
pened.
Triton Gazette: Newspaper readers
are getting thoroughly tired of the
Guerry Potts Hill-Terrell dispute, and
the blue pencils should give them
rest The people should vote for Estill
as a rebuke to such politics.
cambridge Democrat: One of the
many surprises of the campaign is
the unanimity with which the old vet
Grams are lining up solidly behind the
candidacy of Private j. II. Estill.
Butler Herald: Now, If South Geor-
gia wants to be a factor in state poll
tics, let it enter the list here and now,
so that every county from the Florida
line. from the southeast coast, to the
Chattahoochee, and stretching as far
up as a line drawn through Columbus,
Macon and Augusta, shall be practi-
cally behind one man. This is the
way South Georgia can assert itself in
the state convention and make it's in
f1uences felt now and hereafter.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
Give BiIlv a Chance.

Editor Morning News; 1 read a
very interesting article in your in
structive department for farmers last
week. 1t discussed Angora goats. Let
one who has had experience say to the
writer of that article that he is unkind
to the goat, because without easy ac-
cess to shelter to protect him from
cold rains, Billy will spread his dead
carcass all over fields during winter;
and if he is confined to swamp pas
lures the chances are he cannot live
through two summers Don't be too
hard on the goat Give him variety of
food and good shelter Experience.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05

nure should be used near the plants.
but it can be used as a top dressing
about the plants after they have be-
come well grown. So that the mulch
ing is deeply applied about the plants
there is no real need for leaving the
frame about the plants. as first sug
geSted
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05

( and machinery, but the raw material
and products of same, so that no one
would make the mills loan. Being un-
able to thus obtain a few thousand
dollars, the mill has never been oper-
ated. and there was no way to raise
the money necessary to pay the inter
est on the bonds, which led to the re-
ownership.
The Tennille people are pleased at
the appointment of Mr.. Corbin as re-
ceiver. He is manager of the Macon
Grocery Company, and is a fine bust
ness man. 1t is the natural conclusion
that the mill will eventually be sold
end that the common stockholders viii
lose all their stock. They have resigned
themselves to the loss, which fans
quite heavy upon the town. and they
hope that the opera ton of the mill
will eventually repay them in some
manner
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05

Many requests reach Senator Hoar
these days asking for copies of his
anti-imperialism speeches. The veneer
able Massachusetts statesman notes
however that fully half of these re
quests come from New England girls
who are about to graduate. and so ne
is not quite sure whether he should feel
complimented or otherwise
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
Col. Estim at TenniIIe.

Tennille News: Col. Estill makes the
impression of a hard-headed business
man amply able to carry through to
success any undertaking into which he
embarks, and the people like him. At
ter he left town Estill buttons bios
somed out like dogwood blooms the
first warm week in spring Col. Estill
sat among the Confederate veterans
while Editor Coleman was paying his
mastery tribute to Southern valor and
the eloquent words applied to him, as
well as to any other veteran in that
presence. He is the first private to run
for Governor in Georgia, and really
Coleman might have mentioned that
fact. He missed a splendid opportun-
ity there TO get a round of applause
that would have shaken the founda-
tions of the edifice. Estill will poll a
vote in Washington that will surprise
some of the natives.
Dahlonega Nugget: It turns out that
Bony Tank of Auraria and Col. ES-
till were both wounded in the battle
of Manassas. and Bony says that he
can never go back on as brave a man
as Col. Estill, especially one who has
carried the musket with him and stood
to his country in time of need.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05

Questions and communications rela-
tive to agricultural and horticultural
subjects, II addressed to Agri. Editor,
Drawer N. Milledgeville. Ca, will re-
ceive immediate attention,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-05
Notice.

We solicit articles for this depart
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cessarily for publication, but as an
evidence of good faith.