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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-11-01

Extensive Investigations by the writer
and others have shown that the pot
ash supply of these soils is low and
that this element is the one that is
most likely to be deficient and which
needs to be first supplied. II the pot
ash supply in a soil is not good the
plant suffers from deficient wood for
nation and in the size and quality of
it's fruit, hence the horticulturist
should be particularly interested in
this matter, and should invariably use
potash fertilizers on soils OF the
Northwest of the Cascades. The ele-
ment is especially useful to the leafy
crops, beside roots and hops.
Turning to phosphoric acid it's i'm
portance may be realized when it is
stated that no plant has ever been ma
tured without the presence of this
compound in the soil. The matter of
phosphates is not such burning ques-
tion in the Northwest as that of nitro
gen and potash, and is never likely to
be, for the soils of the region are eX-
tremely well supplied with this ingredi-
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some cases it may be only phosphoric
acid, or nitrogen, or potash that is
needed; in others, two of them; in
others, again all three of them. If
the use of commercial fertilizers is to
be made remunerative, these condi-
lions must be attended to.
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Mr. W. NJ Ostrander, of Hollandish de-
scent, is a native of Pennsylvania. AL
though not yet thirty-six years of age he
has the knowledge that can be acquired
only through a great deal of practical ex-
perience. Seven years ago he had, as a
result of working for an "old line real
estate concern come to the conclusion that
the field for a long-range real estate bro
kerage business was wide open and un-
limited Equipped with a small amount of
capital and a large amount of self con-
fidence, he launched business of his own
at Philadelphia, Pa. Today he has offices
in fourteen cities, employs seventy-five as
sstants, spends $4,000 to $4,000 month
for advertising, and is said to be decidedly
the most successful real estate broker In
America
To discuss farm land as an invest
ment" in an exhaustive way would in
volve enough subjects, almost, to fill
book. 1 shall discuss it in a general
way only, emitting statistical reports
which are always, to the average per-
son, more or less tiresome.
In the first place it would be well to
consider a few general facts. The total
acreage for the entire country is $841,-
! 2O1,546. The total value of farm prod
ucts for the year 1899 is given by the
census bureau at $4,739, 11S,752, of
which amount $1718,9 90,221 was for
animal products.
The number of farms in the United
States has steadily increased for the
last fifty years. In 1900 there were
nearly four times as many farms as
in 1870, and rs per cent more than in
1890. Since 1880 the total acreage of
farms has increased more rapidly than
the number of farms, so that the av-
erage size of farms has increased. The
most important agricultural states, be-
ginning at the east, are New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri. Together they en-
brace "A per cent of the total value of
farm property and produce about 38
per cent of the total farm products.
Best Opportunities in Newer States.
The inference should not be drawn
from the above statements that the
states mentioned are superior to all
others as fields for investment. While
these states contain many of the finest
farms in the country, they do not offer
the opportunities to large investors
that are offered by some of the newer
states.
For instance, in the South some Sec
tons of Georgia are now especially at
tractive to investors. New railroads
are now covering heretofore untouched
territories, and bringing them within
easy access of northern markets.
A great many thousand persons go
south every year for the sole purpose
of developing land. Chicago is the
center of migration to the south, and
from there go many capitalists and
investors as we'll as seekers for per-
manent homes. Southern fruit grow
ing is becoming more important in pro-
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THE RATIONAL USE OF PLANT
FOOD.
BY Prof. G.. w. Shaw.


lands of the Pacific coast states are
naturally exceedingly productive
probably more so than most of those
of the eastern states-yet the constant
drain to which they have been sub
jected, often by the growing of the
same crop year after year, has finally
caused many of the intrinsic fertile
soils to return Improbable crops. AS
a matter of course, this giving out"
of the soil has been noticed first by
the market gardeners and horticulture
lists, the former practicing an inten-
sve system of agriculture, and the lat
ter a single crop production in which
there is practically no return OF any
portion of the crop for the mainte-
nance of fertility. The effect of this
constant soil draught is also much in
evidence in the grain growing areas.
Probably the time has not came on
the Pacific coast when the extensive
use of commercial plant food can be
recommended for the low priced
crops, yet it has been conclusively
demonstrated that in many cases the
higher priced products of the garden
and the orchard return an excellent
profit from the judicious use Of COM
mercial plant food There is now lit
tie question but what in most cases
yields will be increased by the use of
fertilizers, but the practical point for
each one to determine is whether the
increased yield will pay not only the
cost of the fertilizer and the labor, but
also return something of a profit. If
such a condition can be realized, then
it will pay to use a fertilizer, other
wise it will not.
No universal rule can be laid down
in this matter, but each farmer must
determine for himself by experiment
or otherwise as to the particular plant
food needed on his soils. In the con-
sderatiOn of this matter, there are,
however, two points that must always
be understood: First that to reap
the highest results from tho use of
commercial plant food, the physical
condition of the soil must be correct.
Just here is where a great many mis-
takes are made in such experiments.
The land should be well drained and
the soil kept free from clods. By
careful preparation of the ground and
subsequent cultivation, the natural
agencies should be assisted to do their
maximum work. The condition of the
ground must be such as to secure prop
er solution, distribution and retention
of the plant food, otherwise neither an
answer to experimental work nor prof
table results from the use OF fertil-
lzers can be expected.
Second: That for the most abun-
dant returns all three of the so-called
critical elements must be present in
liberal amounts and in available forms
for the productive power of a soil
is as surely determined by the weakest
element as is the strength of a chain
by it's weakest link.
The three elements of fertility that
need attention are nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid, to which in some
cases may also be added lime. The
first named is the most costly ele
ment in fertilizers, but is extremely
necessary to plant production. The
Of ic
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of the house has stated. I suppose the
railroad company will get the property
by condemnation later on"
one of the favorite occupations of
the people who visit the section is to
discuss the financial policy of the
pennsylvania Company. There is one
caretaker about seventy years old.
an Irishman of the old type-Who for
the first time in his life is the sole
occupant with his family of a house
worth $4,000. He acts as If lord of
manor.
THE people who owned houses here
got big price" said he. See how
shrewd the railroad was | own a
piece OF property here, and / build
up in the air four or five stories. They
buy the land, pay a good price, and
they build many stories under ground
and many stories in the air. Every
piece Of property they buy they get a
plot up In the air and one under
ground"
The two blocks Of property west Of
Eighth avenue have for years been in
habited by well-to-dO people The houses
are four or hye-story brownstone. and
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Deserted Village IN
Heart of New York

There is a Deserted Village" in the
heart of the Borough of Manhattan. In
less than a month the work of razing
hundreds of tenements, apartment
houses of high degree, places of wor-
ship, and stores for the merchandising
of every conceivable kind of matter,
from old clothes to dainty CONNECTIONS,
now Deserted Village" will be built
the new depot of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company.
A journey through the district
bounded by Thirty-first to Thirty-third
street and from Seventh to Ninth ave-
nue. shows the aristocratic and pic
turesque as well as the slatternly,
slovenly side of New York life Around
this section the hustle of city life is
during the day to be heard.
Within the Deserted Village" there
is the silence which marks the streets
of a city devastated by war or pesti-
lence. In fact. many of the houses look
as If foreign foe had landed in New
York and laid waste one of the most
populous sections of the city. Doors
are barricaded and refuse of one kind
and another is piled up in front Of
many handsome brown-stone houses as
If the sackers had done their work
well.
The Deserted Village" received it's
name in a peculiar way. Soon after
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
acquired large section of the prop
erty four months ago and asked the
Inhabitants to move out the agents
Of the company feared that the houses
would be dismantled by thieves. An
invitation was extended TO the menu
beers u the police force 10 occupy four
ana nve-story brownstone mansions.
many OF them worth $4,000 % sl00, 900,
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many of them are still handsomely
decorated. In. this section the police
men who nave accepted the offer of
the railroad company have selected
their mansions.
Two Presbyterian churches will be
wiped out bt the Improvement. The
St. James Presbyterian Church and
the old North Presbyterian Church are
IN the section. The purchase by the
railroad company has resulted in the
closing Of the Atlantic Casino. one OF
the resorts on Eighth avenue which,
during times Of moral crusades. have
received the attention Of the police.
The West Side Home for Boys Of the
chiidren's Aid Society. which occupies
a large building on Eighth avenue,
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rent free. Half a dozen policemen ac-
cepted the offer.
Il am going TO move into the De
serted Village said Policeman Neary
not long ago. Soon the name travel
ed from the police force to the sur
rounding neighborhood. and now store
keepers and janitors show their knowl-
edge of local history by directing Wis
itors through the section, and they
point out places of interest which will
soon be pulled down.
The best way to make a tour of the
section is to start from the corner of
Thirty-second street and Seventh ave-
nue.. Many of the stores are still oc-
cupied but a look down toward the
North river shows two long blocks,
measuring more than 500 feet each.
with hardly a pedestrian in sight at
any time. On Thirty-second street. be-
tween Seventh ands Eighth avenue
there are several one-story shanties
and a dozen double tenement houses
without any occupant but the care
takers.
From 226 to 2S4 there are five mod
ern apartment houses six stories in
hight without a tenant. The rent from
these houses if occupied would amount
TO more than $500 per month per house,
or at least $1,000 a month in rentals
from this very small part of the sec
ton which the Pennsylvania Company
has bought.
local real estate man was asked
how much the Pennsylvania Company
was losing each month that the stores
and houses were vacant He said:
1T IL an easy matter to calculate
Some Of the apartments in houses in
the section between Eighth and Ninth
avenues, like the Royal and Berkeley,
rent for $50 70 $50 "A month. There are
twenty-fOur apartments in the Berke-
ley but most Of these are stili rented
on Thirty~first street, between
Seventh and Eighth avenues, there are
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private houses now all vacant which.
If rented, would bring in more than
$4,000 a month.
The same condition exists on Thir-
ty-second street, with the exception
that there are many five and six-story
apartment houses, and the rents from
that block should amount to more than
$40, 900 month. In the four blocks own
ed by the Pennsylvania Railroad there
are houses and stores vacant which, il
occupied, would bring a revenue of
more than 100000 a month"
How long viii this continue?" was
asked.
We'll, that corporation is very veal
thy, but they are a long-headed crowd
In less than a month the work OF tear
ing down viii be begun on a large
scale. so the people OF the district hear
The start viii he made at Seventh ave-
nue.. There are some houses in the
four blocks which the railroad COM
pany has not purchased as yet.
y suppose the owners are holding
out for higher prices for their prop
erty. The large apartment house, the
Royal. has not been sold, so the agent
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win also be torn down.

VIII also DC LOIH uOWH.
According to Capt. Sheehan of the
Tenderloin precinct the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has been success
full in the effort to prevent the whole
sale lootirg OF the vacants houses. A
sergeant Of the precinct said yester-
day:
Some Of the houses have been en-
tered by thieves. They have stolen sec
tons of water pipe and gas fixtures,
but very little damage has been done,
considering that there are hundreds OF
houses into which the thieves can
break without fear OF detection. They
scale back fences or go over the roofa
a careful watch has been kept on
the district, and when We md any
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suspicious characters in the neighbour
hood we run them in. Say If a man
wanted to hide in New York. the De-
serted Village would be the place.
The front and basement doors of hun
dreds of the houses are barricaded,
so that IL we had to make a SYSTEM
attic search of the four blocks for some
burglar we wanted IL would be a hard
job. His pals could smuggle food INTO
him by going over the housetops very
easily. The Deserted Village would
be like an African jungle If we start
ed to hunt the region"
There are many picturesque bits or
color 10 be seen during a short stay
in the section. II IA not uncommon 10
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First African Baptist Church: Early
morning prayer meeting, Sunday-school
at 10 a. m; preaching at IL a. m. by
DR.. Carr; communion at p. M; B.
Y. P. U. at $50 p. m. Dr. Carr will
preach at $3.50 p. m; subject, 1.-THE
Marvellous Works of God"
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Christian Science.

First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Services Sunday IL o'clock a. M; Sun
day-school at noon; Wednesday testi-
mony meetings $3.50 p. M; free read
ing room. from 4:30 to $50 p. m. daily
Metropolitan Hall, % President street,
west. Reading room at is Oglethorpe
avenue. east, for summer months. il.
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CHURCHES

Rev. Ed. F. Cook will leave early
this week for Chicago. where his va
cation will be spent in study at the
University of Chicago. At a recent
meeting of the board of stewards of
Wesley Monumental Church Rev. Mr..
Cook was voted a vacation and was
presented with a ticket to Chicago and
return.
During Mr. Cooks absence his pull
pit will be supplied by Rev. c. K.
Campbell of Augusta, who will also
attend TO all the pastoral duties of the
charge. His address is No. los Bolton
street east, with Bell telephone No.
7SS. Mr.. Campbell is a member of the
senior class of Emory College, and is
a young man of gifts. His ministry
will doubtless be a great pleasure to
the congregation in the absence of the
pastor.
Next Friday will be celebrated in the
Roman Catholic Church the great
Feast of the Assumption. commemor-
ating the assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary into heaven. This festi-
val is always observed on Aug. 10
throughout the world. The date for
its celebration was fixed for Aug. 10
away back in the eighth century and
from year to year for twelve centur-
les it has been observed on that day.
The Catholic church teaches that the
body OF the Blessed Virgin did not
share the fate of all mortals and re-
turn to dust, but that after death, like
her Son, her body was taken to heaven.
The Feast of the Assumption is one
of the seven holidays of obligation
of the Catholic church. A holy day OF
obligation is a day on which members
of that church are Obliged to near
mass, the same as on Sunday. The
other holy days of obligation of the
year are the Circumcision, which oc-
currs on Jan. /; the Ascension. which
falls on the sixth Thursday after Eas-
ter Sunday and commentaries the as
cension of Christ into heaven; Corpus
Christi, which follows few days after
Trinity Sunday and which commemo-
rates the institution of the Eucharist;
All Saints Day. Nov. l; the Immacu-
late Conception, Dec s, and the Ma
tivity, or Christmas day, Dec. 70.
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Christian Church.

At the Christian Church, Bolton
street, Rev.. P. H. Duncan. pastor,
services will be held this morning at
II O'Clock, and evening at $50. Sun
day-school 9:45 a. m. Prayer-meeting
Wednesday evening, $50.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10
Roman Catholic.

Services in the Cathedral of st. John
the Baptist will be: First mass at
$50 o'clock; second mass at $50, and
third at $50 This mass will be fol-
lowed by the benediction of the Bless
ed Sacrament. There will be neither
high mass nor vesper service during
the summer. These services will be re-
sumed about Oct l. A mass will be
said each Sunday at $3.50 at ST. Mich
aers Chapel, Tybee.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10
ThnnderboIt Union Church.

At the Thunderbolt Church services
will be held to-day at IL a. m. and
$50 p. m. Rev. j. S. Wilder will
preach, and will also conduct the
prayer-meeting on Thursday night.
Sunday-school at 5 p. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10

The usual services will be held at
the Independent Presbyterian Church
at II a. m. and $3.50 p. m, conducted
by the pastor, Rev. j. Y. Fair, D. D.,
the Sunday-school will be at 10 o'clock
a. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10

Epworth Methodist Church, corner
OF Jefferson and Thirty-seventh streets,
Rev. ]. A. Smith. pastor. Preaching
at II a. m. and $3.50 p. m. by the pas
tor; Sabbath school at 4:30 o'clock:
prayer service Thursday night under
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Y. NJ. G. A.

Mr.. F. B. Shepard is to be the
speaker at the meeting for
men at the Young Mems Chris
tian Association this afternoon.
Mr.. Shepard is a successful business
man and an earnest Christian. The
meeting commences at A o'clock
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10
Episcopal.

At Christ Church, corner of Bull and
Congress streets; Rev. Robb White,
rector, and Rev. NJ. Campbell stry-
ker, assistant rector. Services will be
held to-day the eleventh Sunday after
Trinity, as follows: s a. m, Holy
Communion, IL a. m. service ana ser
mon, $50 p. m, Sunday school, $50
p. m. evening prayer; Wednesday, 3
o. m, Litany and lecture.
At st. Johns Church, Madison
Square. corner of Bull and Charlton
streets, Rev. Charles H. Strong, rec
tor, there will be celebration of the
Holy Communion at o'clock; morning
prayer and sermon at II o'clock.
ST. PauTs Church, Rev. j. l.. Soul
", rector, eleventh Sunday after Trim
ity. The services will be as follows:
Early celebration at 7:30 a. m, Sun
day-school at $50 p. m, evensong at
$50 p. m.
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At the Lutheran Church of the AS
cension. the usual morning service will
be held at II o'clock. conducted by Mr..
w. c. Schaeffer, Jr.; Sunday-school in
the afternoon at o'clock. There will
be no evening service. The Luther
League will hold its regular meeting
Tuesday evening At $50 o'clock, in the
lecture room of the church.
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Services at the Sacred Heart Church.
First mass a. m. Second mass and
sermon $50 O'Clock. Benediction of the
most Blessed Sacrament Immediately
after this mass.
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The services of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Rev. w. A.
Nisbet. pastor, will be held in Lawton
Memorial at IL a. m. and $50 D. m.
Sabbath-school at lecture room at 5
p. m. Christian Endeavor Monday,
$3.50 p. m. Prayer-meeting Wednes-
day. $50 D. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10

First Presbyterian Church. Rev. VIM.
P. McCorkle, pastor, will preach at IL
a. m. on The Fatherhood OK Cod" and
at $50 p. m. on Lessons from the
Story of the Nameless Prophet" Sun
day-school at 9:45 a. N.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10

The services at the South Side Bap-
fist Church to-day win be conducted
by the pastor, Rev. D. S. Edenfeld,
at II a. m. and $50 p. m. Sunday
school o'clock. Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union and prayer meeting We'd
nesday night.
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There Will be preaching at Trinity
Church at II a. m. and $3.50 p. m. by
the pastor, Rev. Bascom Anthony. A
twenty minute song service will pre-
cede the sermon at night. The Sun
day-school meets at p. m. The Ep-
worth League devotional meeting will
be held Tuesday at $50 p. m. The
Board of Stewards will also meet Tues
day night at $50 O'Clock. Prayer-meet-
ing Thursday night at $50.
At Wesley Monumental Church, cor
ner Abercorn and Gordon streets. serv-
ices will be held at II a. m. and $50 p.
m, with preaching by Rev. Ed F.
Cook, the pastor. Sunday-school at 3
p. m. The Epworth League and
congregation will unite in a service
Wednesday, $3.50 p. m. The Home
Mission Society will meet Tuesday at
$50 D. m. Junior League Friday p.
m. At both services to-day Mr.. L. B.
Fowler will sing.
At Grace Church, corner Park Ave-
nue. and Jefferson street. there will be
preaching at IL o'clock a. m. and $3.50
p. m. by Rev. Charles A. Jackson, pas
tor. Evening worship begins with
twenty minutes song service. Sunday
school at 4:30. Epworth League and
congregation have prayer and praise
service together Wednesday at $3.50
p. m.
Epworth Methodist Church, corner
OF Jefferson and Thirty-seyenth streets,
Rev. j. A. Smith, pastor. Preaching
at II a m and 40 n m. hy the mas
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10

Duffy Street Baptist Church. II a.
m, pastor will preach; $50. subject,
The Steadfast Face" The B. Y. P.
L. meets at 10 a. m; Bible school, 8
p. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10

the auspices of the Senior Epworth
League.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10

Baptist.
Rev. John Roach Straton, who Is
supplying the pulpit of the First Bap-
list Church, will preach at II a. m. on
Exercising Ourselves Unto Godlness. -
a special sermon by request, to all who
are troubled with doubts or GOODNESS
in their Christian experience, and at
$50 p. m, on Having Real Life. 3"
Sunday-school at p. m, and B. Y.
P. U. Immediately following morning
services.