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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22
Growing Potatoes Under straw.

/ write the following in answer to
your request of recent date, says the
Farmers Review. l have grown po-
tatoes by the mulching process contin-
uuosly for forty-one years. find the
Colorado beetle does not bother mulch
ed potatoes, they do not blight, there
is no second growth and. if grown on
rich clean, clover-sod land, there is
no scab. There is no check in their
growth in the entire season, assuring
one yield of from 200 bushels to 400
bushels per acre of smooth, perfectly
grown and perfectly matured potatoes.
Mulched potatoes, as usual, are selling
in the Circleville market 10 cents
higher than cultivated ones. The old
story of mulched potatoes being soggy
is thing of the past.
In this, the central part of Ohio.
with more frequent droughty seasons
and the extreme heat of the growing
season, the farmers had to fall in
line" and mulch or in unfhvorab BILE
years to buy their eating and seed DO
tatoes. Success in potato culture large
ly depends upon the soil and the con-
dition II Is in before planting. NV ex-
perience with many different soils of
this county has convinced me that
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22
Crops Under Cloth.

w. l.. w. inquiries whether 1t is pos
sible to raise other crops than tobacco
under shade. Experiments have been
tried with many other crops, including
strawberries. cucumbers and melons
but with no uniform success, except in
the case of strawberries. A Connect
cut strawberry grower reports that his
berries, grown under shade tent, were
much larger and finer thai those in
the fields adjoining. Several Long
Island growers report that the tent
grown berries mature O week or two
earlier than the average crop. Crops,
the value of which depends lagely up
on the foliage, such as lettuce, dande-
lions, spinach, the cabbage family, etc,
grow luxuriantly under partial shade,
but no decisive experiments have been
made. Partial shade has well-defined
advantages for any crop which is ben
Gifted by admitting moisture through a
coarsely-woven cloth, also admitting
the light and heat; while protecting
from excessive heat and many forms
of insect attack.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22
Dry Cows and sprinuers.

While cows are dry they should only
be fed enough to keep them in good,
thrifty condition without becoming fat.
Such foods as clover hay, bran and
roots. ensilage or cornstalks, etc, make
a most suitable variety of foods. The
aim at this period should be to feed
stimulating foods, and only such
as have a cooling and laxative effect
on the system. A COW should never
be fed heavily just before dropping her
calf. Heavy feeding at this time. es-
pecially with feeding stuffs of a car
bonaeeous or heating nature is very
injudicious and likely TO cause inflam-
nation or garget I'm their udders At
the same time. a COW should we well
nourished at this period.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22
FARM, GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD

cluded), uses to the best advantage
the good weather accorded him he Is
very likely TO do all the work that
could be. in season. required of both
mind and body. Let him only look
to it that he faithfully makes the best
of all the good weather days that are
his and there Will be no danger Of his
being accounted a "lazy-bones," either
here or hereafter.
But the real holiday season of the
year is upon US, and it behOoves the
farmer to make good use of il, to en-
joy it, to get genuine refreshment
from it, Rain or shine II is his right
to bring his labors to a closet may
be for a few days, 1t may be for a
week. With due regard for decency
in all things let ii be a period of true
rest, recreation and enjoyment. Be
happy, as happy as you can. Make
others happy-just as happy as you
can.
Then to work again, and may an
other year be richer in reward than
ever before
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22

If anything is to be planted in the
garden Christmas week the most like
ly crop is English peas. 1t is about
as popular a vegetable as Irish po-
satoes. 1t is planted in every kitchen
garden large or small, and in the mar
ket garden is a fairly profitable crop
Gathered at the proper stage they
make a pleasant and wholesome DISH
but not so when allowed to get at all
old. 1t is necessary to watch the crop
closely, and the peas should be gath
cred as soon as the peas in the pod
are half grown of their natural or full
size. and while the pods are still
green and sueculent.
The wrinkled sorts are somewhat
more delicate of flavor than the round
sorts, but the seeds of these sorts are
much more likely to rot in the ground
if it continues steady wet and cold
after planting.
Where the dwarf sorts are used and
a great many prefer them, it is hardly
possible to have the soil too rich, so
that rank stable manure is not used
on the, crop. The tall growing sorts
are not near so productive of we'll
filed pods If the soil is too abundant
ly supplied with nitrogen.
Any good corn land will produce
good crops of peas as a rule.
Very large crops can be made with
the dwarf kinds by sowing in rows IL
to 16 inches apart and drilling the seeds
about half. inch apart in the row II
the soil is real rich.
Where the first planting is made
the last of December another should
be made about the 10th of February.
This will give a succession extending
the pea season two weeks or more.
The dwarfs do very well planted as
late as the last OF March, but il Is
only the early peas that are really
sought after. The little gem" and
American wonder" are somewhat bet
ter than TON Thumb"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22

tivated several times before plant set
ting. The cultivating was such that
the fertilizer was thoroughly worked
in and the whole was like a seed-bed.
We were disappointed in getting our
plants early, but they commenced COM
ing on the 5th and were all put out by
the 18th of December. AS a proven
tive of wilt and blight. we had the
land thoroughly sprayed with bor-
deaux mixture just before the plants
we're set, and again once a month
through the season. The plants were
set by 3 inches in beds feet wide,
and the beds boarded up with 12-inch
cypress. The plants grew off from the
start and never let up till gathered.
Notwithstanding we allowed the celery
to stand three weeks longer than there
was any need of doing. not the first
sign of fungus or wilt appeared. We
attributed this to the fact that the
fungus germs had been killed out in
the soil bv the bordeaux mixture be-
fore any plants were put out. and the
applications following prevented it
getting a hold anywhere. Other celery
in the neighborhood suffered with
rust.
so rapidly did the celery grow that
it was necessary to put a 6-inch board
on top of the 12-inch to properly
bleach the stalks.
During the growing season the
plants were kept watered by means
of force pump and hose. Liquid fer
tilizer was also applied in this way
when the plants got too large for fer
tilizer to be applied between the
plants.
When the time came for shipping we
found that we had a large per cent. of
hollow celery, but shipped 269 crates of
Of I,n
state, from the one quarter of an acre,
and the men putting in fine celery
claimed that they threw away two to
three stalks for every good one pack
ed. In other words. had the celery all
been the proper kind we would have
shipped at least 800 crates from that
one-fourth acre of land. The lesson
that we learned from the experiment
was that it paid to prepare the land
thoroughly before a plant was put out.
1t paid to spray for the rust and
blight when neither were apparent;
IAN ounce of prevention being better
than a pound of cure"
Especially were we impressed with
the advantage of having the most of
the fertilizer worked into the soil and
allowed to go through it's first stage of
decomposition before the plants were
set out. In fact if we were to repeat
the experiment we should put all of
the fertilizer intended for the crop on
before a plant was set and do the bulk
of cultivation when there was not a
plant in the way. We would have on
hand nitrate of soda so that it could
be applied in liquid form in case there
was need of it. The advantage of
growing celery on this intensive plan
is that it requires less work to Guilt
vate, and the plants are always bleach
ed as soon as they are ready for the
market.
1t should be borne in mind. however,
that the land must be moist or where
it can be irrigated, as a crop that
yields from 1900 to 1000 crates to the
acre must require lot of moisture as
we'll as plant food.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22
DECISION OF INTEREST
Rendered by the Florida Supreme
COurt-Other Tallahassee News.

Tallahassee. Fla. Dec. 21.-The Flor
ida Supreme Court has rendered a de-
cision of much interest to the Florida
bar. This case is that of ex parte c.
NJ. Cox, an attorney of DeFuniak
Springs. who was recently arrested for
practicing law there without a NUM-
cipal license, and was given the alter
native Of sentence or fine. Mr.. Cox
questioned the validity Of the munich
pal government or DeFuniak and an
piled 70 the Supreme Court for a writ
OF habeas corpus 10 relieve him from
the sentence.
The application was heard by Jus
tice Carter who declined % grant the
writ and remanded MIR. Cox 10 the
custody Of the marshal Of DeFuniak
Mr. Cox sued out a writ 81 error %
the fun court.
The case was decided BY the Supreme
Court. Justice Carter taking no part
in the decision The new justices. Max
we'll. shnckeif0rd and CockfelL in an
opinion written by Justice Maxwell.
rendered fhe majority opinion ~ fhe
court " tbs effect that . writ " error
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22

does not lie from the Supreme Court
10 one Of the members thereof. CHIEF
Justice Taylor and Justice Mabry ~
me 90 court both dissent IN separate
opinions
The court seems 20 decide fbat ,.btis
the Legislature has Attempted n no
woe Tor review ~ a decision render
"a py o justice ~ the supreme court
ih hapeas corpus Gases 81 srif "a 80
tof ~ me supreme Court IL u decidsa
pt the nae 5ority opinion that fhe 49,
4siaieie has ~ constitutional power -
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22

Last season we made a number OF
experiments which proved Of much in
terest and we hope Of great benefit,
says the Florida Agrioulturist. on the
muck land We planted one quarter OF
an acre 20 celery after the following
plan The land was first cleared. plOw-
ca and then carefully raked on Slack
lime Wa spread broadcast al the rate
Of 900 pounds % the acre. this was
worked into the SOL. and the land Cul-
fiYated several times After ton DAYS
the fertilizer wac applied broadcast az
Inc rhfe ~ one 800 a. fhe acre. THIS
NaS pseFWaehiy narrowed ln and cul-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22

still another year has been measured
out 70 US and Christmas is here again
How short a time since the last one.
The hours and the days and months
and years so by very quickly with
the busy man, and the real farmer Is
On should be- the busiest Of men. II
u true the weather may enforce upon
him more frequent periods u leisure
thhn falls 80 the lOt Of other men Of
business, but the farmer Of push and
sent o. such enforced ldleness. Al.
tfr ah, there are not many days in
fen year Nhen D farmer need ~ be
ntt3krthef aNa uninferrupfrdly IDLE
tnN however raing fhf season may
yeT former fand under fhe
ks'hs ~ sfelI inier ~ the E0ll be ~.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22

enact such a provision.
The Florida State College junior
football team had lineup with me
Leon Academy team. IN which me
score was i5 % Q in favor Of the siaie
College eleven
The Contractor on the State House
mas been settled with IN full and me
building accepted.
Coy, Jennings Sire. Jennings and
Master Bryan have gone ~ fhff
hrpokeNiiie home for the ChflstmsA
season
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22

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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22

Fattening Poultry.-In fattening
fowls for the table the bulk of the
feed should be corn chops or corn
meal, cooked or raw, and the birds
should be confined to a very small run
or a roomy coop. But they must have
a variety of food or appetite will fail
and digestion also. A little of table
scraps and something green should be
given to maintain the appetite and in
coops it may be necessary to supply
some grit for digestive purposes.
Without these little adjuncts fowls
will sometimes refuse to eat enough
for the purpose of fat producing.
Many,s Inhumanity to Man.-In one
of the recent weekly bulletins issued
by the Health Department of Chicago
the demand for a hospital for con-
tagious diseases is strongly set forth
AS text the bulletin cites the case of
a father who on Thanksgiving Day
walked the streets of Chicago carry
ing his 2-year-old daughter, who was
suffering with diptheria, vainly trying
to secure her admittance into some
hospital. Finally the child died Just
as the father sought the refuge of
a police station. Meanwhile the ami
mails in the home for friendless dogs
and cats were enjoying a turkey
selling at 20 cents per pound.
--
Feeding Cowpeas to Hens.-The peas
after maturity, were harvested and
stored in dry lofts and thrown to the
fowls in scratch pens, where they were
scratched over and searched for during
the whole day After a few days the
egg supply very visibly increased, and
within a few weeks almost doubled
that from an equal number of hens
kept in separate quarters and fed on
other grains. The hens seemed to like
the small branches and leaves, and
would eat every particle, except the
hard, stiff stems. The general health
of the flock was excellent and not a.
single hen showed the least symptom
of ailnent during the winter season.
Considering the ease with which cow
peas may be raised, it seems that every
one should give them a test as food
for the poultry.
Citrus Trifoliata.-About how many
seeds of Citrus Trifoliata per pound?
What size are they? About how many
seeds of Catalpa Speciosa per pound?
l wish to plant about three-quarters
acre to Catalpa Speciosa; how many
pounds of seed would it take and how
thick should they be sown in the row
and how many pounds of seeds would
it take per acre? When should l plant
them?
The seeds of Citrus Trifoliata are
about the size OF small seeds of orange
I think there would be 5000 to a pound,
from recollection of the appearance of
the seed. Catalpa Speciosa would
probably give $4,000 to pound. You
should SOW the seeds in a bed, early in
spring, and transplant the seedlings
when two years old. 1t is a much bet
ter way than sowing where they are to
remain. In the sowing of seed, use
enough of it to allow for one-half not
giving you plants. What with defect
i've seeds, those failing to grow,
though good. from various causes and
injuries to seedlings after they are
above the ground, nurserymen usually
think they do very we'll IL the half OF
the seed sown produces plants
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-22
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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01
GOOD CLEAN MEN.

The ticket presented to the people
by the Republican party this fall repre-
sents good clean men in business and
good clean men as citizens. Mr.. Clough,
the candidate for representative is one
of the representative mining men of the
county, the mayor of Empire, vice
president of the Board of Mines of that
town and mining man and citizen in
whom the people have confidence. He
has stated his position plainly to the
people.
Thomas Barnard, the candidate for
county commissioner is pioneer in the
county. He has been mayor of Idaho
Springs and is interested in mining
He is good business man and a good
citizen. When you vote for him you
are casting your ballot for deserving
man.
For Justice and Constable Elder
Griswold and Job Whitford are too we'll
known to need an introduction, vote for
both men and let us have good courts
and good officials in charge of these
courts.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

The above statement was made on
the streets of Idaho Springs this week
by one of the most prominent Democrats
in the county and tells the story of good
citizenship. Siftings does not hesitate
to say and will make this statement to
the people so that it can become of pub
lie record, that if the Republican party
is exalted to power in the state and be-
comes arrogant, corrupt, unscrupulous,
a party to the theft of the public land or
public funds or becomes rotten, as is the
case with the Democracy in the state at
the present time, it will vote and work
for Democratic success and for the
turning down of the Republican party.
1t says this because it believes that the
interests of the great State of Colorado
are paramount to the personal interests
of any gang of grafters that exist within
the state lines-be they Democrat, Pop
ulist, Socialist or Republican.
The best citizen is the man who
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01
THE CAMPAIGN KEYNOTE.

81 am a Democrat and have no
use for the Republicans want
YOU to understand that-but l pro-
pose to vote the Republican ticket
this year because, as bad as the Re-
publicans are, the Democrats are
worse. They do not deny that
they have become corrupt and rot
ten in state affairs and that Denver
is a cess pool politically. There is
not word in their state resolutions
endorsing any administration nor
dare they send out speakers to en-
dorse these administrations. am
for the Democratic party but 1 am
for the state first. l propose to
vote to put the Republicans in
power believing that they will be-
come as rotten and corrupt in few
years as the Democrats are now
and then expect loyal Republicans
to be just as Iam-turn around and
help me to get their own rotten peo-
pie out of Office. The people can
not offord to be blind to rottenness
even if it is in their own party"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

stands for good government regardless
of politics or political parties.
This is year when the Republicans
can go before the people with a clean
ticket of good, honest, honorable busi-
ness men and ask their support. 1t is
year when those who believe the state of
Colorado should have better government
can obtain it by voting the Republican
ticket. Let us review the essential fea-
lures of the state campaign. The Dem
ocratic ticket is
Opposed to organized labor.
Opposed to retrenchment in the con-
duct of the affairs of the state.
1t refused to endorse past admins
trations of its own and we defy any voter
to find ore line of endorsement in the
Democratic state resolutions.
1t has com mitted the most vicious
crimes against the election laws in
Denvor
1t has robbed the state in the Chipley
warrant scandal.
1t has made itself stencil in the
the nostrils of the people with the jury
bribing scandals.
1t has given the people of the state a
view of its workings in the printing
scandals.
1t is so corrupt that the Rocky
Mountain News will not recognize child
rem of its own creation.
1t has dishoDored itself and robbed
the school children of the state and Mrs.
Grenfel1, a candidate on the same ticket
admits this fact.
These are facts that have not been
denied by the orators and newspapers.
The people should take them all into
consideration before casting their
ballots.
Now let us look at conditions in the
county:
The Republicans condemned the
smelter trust.
The Republicans have fought the
trust in every town and from every
platform in the county.
The Democrats have fought the Re-
publicans for fighting it and have failed
to say one word against 1t.
The Republicans have declared for
Frank G. Goudy for United States SEN
ator.
The Democrats have condemned
them for this.
The Republican platform demands
retrenchment in the affairs CT the
county.
The Democrats say nothing about it.
Here are the comparisons. Look
them over and see if we are not right
and fair in the comparisons made.
1t is now sup to the voters" to en-
ploy a popular expression. You get
just what you vote for on election day.
1t is the duty of every citizen to study
conditions carefully before a ballot is
cast.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01
GOOD CONDITIONS.

Siftings is pleased to note the sale
announced in last weeks paper. 1t
means that we will have machine shops,
foundry and boiler works so that many
men will be employed and the city will
have an industry that will help to adver-
tise it to the outside world.
The gentlemen who are behind the
proposition, Messrs. Stroehle & Son are
the most representative men in that line
in the state and it is a credit to Idaho
Springs to have men of this character
mum bered among her citizens.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR:
Frank c. Geudy.
FOR FLOAT SENATOR:
Samuel V. Newell.
FOR CONGRESSMAN-AT-
Franklin f. Brooks.
FOR CONGRESSMAN, 2ND DISTRICT:
Herschel M. Hogg.
FOR GOVERNOR
James H. Peabody.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Warren A. Haggott
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE:
James Gowie.
FOR AUDITOR:
John A. Holmberg.
FOR STATE TREASURER:
Whitney Newton.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Nathan c. Miller.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
Mrs Anna p. Brandt.
FOR REGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY
DR.. o. J. Pfeiffer.
w. J. King.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
W. P. Clough.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER:
Thomas Barnard.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:
R. B. Griswold.
FOR CONSTABLE:
Job Whitford.
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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

A man should conduct the business of the
county the he would his own. If bridge
needed IS worth of repairs he would order the
pairs put in place. do not believe he would hire
two other and livery team, go and look at
the bridge to determine whether the repairs were
needed not and pay himself and these two men
S. per day each and Sc for livery hire. In other
words 1 do not believe any ordinarialy prudent
and cautious business would make it cost him
S2I to ascertain whether not S. should be ex-
pended in the repair of bridge The voters
should take all these propositions into consdera-
ton. They should weigh them we'll They are
furnishing this money in the taxes they pay.
Those they elect their servants-or should be-
2.&&
The union of Canon City is out with letter,
signed by all the officers and bearing the seal of the
union, denying the charge that it passed resolu-
tions condemning Mr.. Peabody. There is no de-
nying the fact, however, that Charles S. Thomas
dictated the nomination of the Democratic state
ticket. Union labor knows about Stimson before
this. They know the crowd he represents and
know what they might expect were he elected
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

want the people who read this to study it for
themselves and then ask themselves if the propo-
sition is not bad one2 Is it not fact that the
state needs life in the legislature that will pass
laws that will impart new life to the mining dis
tricts of the county and state3 Give the man who
works in the mine and the man who owns it an
equal chance. There is no reason why the people
of Clear Creek county should cast their ballots to
perpetuate in Office class of politicians who will
pass laws of this character.