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The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21

After the pigs are narrowed we give
the SOW nothing for q hours. Then
begin with water and bran, gradually
increasing the feed for a week, when,
if the SOW has done well, she should be
or full feed, says a farmer in an ex-
change What | mean by full feed s
not all the SOW caneat but enough feed
to produce all the milk the pigs can
take without injury. .Sows differ in
their characteristics, and to feed them
intelligently the feeder should be ac-
quainted with these characteristics.
Many pigs receive a backset early in
life, that they never fully recover from,
because of the careless way their dams
are fed.
Just as soon as the pigs manifest a
disposition to eat, we let them into a
place where the SOW cannot follow, and
give them some fresh skim milk with
a little shorts added. AS soon as they
have learned to eat, we feed them quite
literally shorts and barley chop mixed
and fed dry, with plenty of water to
drink in a separate trough. When the
pigs are two months old shut the sows
UP in another building and feed them
nothing but dry grain and water for 4
week. By this method there is gener-
dlly no lIOuDle WIN their uQQerS, ana
it also allows the pigs to keep their own
pens and all the outdoor exercise they
have a mind to take. We then feed
wheat and barley ground fine, with a
little fiaxseed meal added, and soaked
from one feed to another. Care must
be taken to regulate the grain feed; to
suit the wants of the pigs. When the
pasture is plentiful they will need
less, and vice versa. but when the pas
lures are Over-succulent, as they are
sometimes in wet seasons, an increase
in the relative qualities of meal feed
will be found an advantage. The meal
and grain are fed in the pens morning
and evening, but not at noon, and
when pigs cannot be let out on pas
ture, they should get portion of green
food every day, selecting, of course,
from what may be in season. When
it is not convenient to feed them green
food twice a day, it may be given as
the noon meal.
BY having good stock to start with,
not keeping too many together, using
good grain, common sense in caring for
them, and feeding literally, as above
ipdicatd, it is no trouble to make
young hogs weigh from ITS to 200
pounds at six or seven months of age.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
Half a Century of Progress.

Farm and Ranch says: Fifty years
ago in the South no farmer ever
thought of selling any farm product
except cotton, and when, by force of
circumstances one had more corn
than was needed for bread and food
for the farm teams a little or it might
be turned over to neighbor by way
of trade, but there was no cash mar
ket for corn or sweet potatoes, or any
crop but cotton, and the staple was
frequently as low as 6h cents, and
had to be hauled on OK wagons twen-
ty, fifty or a hundred miles to mar
ket. There were no cotton markets
for all Texas except Houston, Calves
ton and Shreveport. La; and the
crops grown midway between Houston
and Shreveport had to be hauled from
one hundred to two hundred miles,
at a cost of from $3.50 to $500 per
bale. A farmer with family often
had to keep two cows to each person
to furnish supply of milk, and that
only for about three months for about
that time calves were weaned and
milk production ceased. Any cow that
would give more milk than enough to
keep the calf on it's feet, was classed
as a good mich COW, and would some
times sell for twelve to fifteen dollars.
The agricultural implements consist
ed of Cary plows, sweeps and scoot-
ers, all made at the nearest black
smith shop, and usually were
stocked at home. Grain, when
ground at all. was thrashed with
fails or trodden out my horses
on an imitation circus ring. Yet the
farmers of those days were happy and
contented, living on corn bread and
hog meat, beef and vegetables, with
milk and butter in the spring, and bis
cults once a week. for -four cost from
SIS to $25 per barrel, the price depend
ing on the distance il had to be hauled.
The poorest farmer can now afford to
eat better food and wear better clothes
than the most prosperous one did then.
The work is lighter, because it is
nearly all done with labor saving and
time-saving implements and machines,
by the use of which ten times as
much work can be done in a given
time as was possible when grandpa
was boy" And yet there are some
who will not avail themselves of the
industrial facilities offered them. but
cling TO the old muscle hardening
methods. 1t Is not in mechanical means
only that progress has been made
Methods have improved as well and
as much as means. and now intelli-
gent farmers make good crops under
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21

conditions that once made complete
failure inevitable. AS proof of this,
corn in Texas frequently sold as high
as 81, and even $3.50 per bushel, on
account of scarcity, resulting from less
severe droughts than that of 1901. Bet
ter crops can be made now with no
rain after the corn is up, than were
then made in such a season as last.
In short, we do not appreciate the
blessings that progress has bestowed
upon us, and some refuse to receive
these gifts. 1t is only by comparing
the present with the past that any
adequate conception can be had OF
what has really occurred"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21

mans land. and. while their enmity to
enclosed pastures may vent itself in
the wholesale destruction of fences,
such as recently happened in Manatee
county. and for which twenty-three of
the participants are now in Jail await
ing trial, or out on bond. progress in
the direction named by Prof. Stock
bridge cannot be prevented. Intelli-
gent rearing of stock and the cultiva-
ton of proper food for their subsist-
ence will ere long make Florida one OF
the most important stock-raising states
in the South. The day of experiment
and conjecture is over. 1t has been de-
monstrated that stock can be raised
here successfully and probably on inn
proved and humane methods, and the
era of indiscriminate ranging will soon
be of the past The sooner the better
for ultimate prosperity of the state.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
stock Raising in The south.

Andrew NJ. Soule says: 1t is evident
that the Middle South is capable of
maintaining from 100000 to 1000, 900
more beef cattle annually on the pres
ent basis of production than she now
owns; whereas, there are probably be-
tween one and two thousand being fed
now. There is only about 40 per cent
of the land cultivated and less than 20
per cent. highly improved. When 75
per cent. of the land is improved, as in
the Central West. the Middle South
will be able to maintain and fatten at
least two-t thirds as many cattle as the
Central West. This means the doub-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21

Editor Morning News: Your infor-
mant, in Mondays issue, is mistaken as
to cassava seed being small pieces of
the above ground growth, or canes,
which are cut into pieces from four to
six inches long. These are planted in
hills four feet apart each way. The
pieces may be planted horizontally or
Vocates. T. B. c.
Lake May, Fla, April II, 1902.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
TeIfoir County for EstilI.

Telfair Enterprise: Col. ]. H. Estill
the South Georgia candidate fou Gov
ernor, spent Wednesday at our Superior
Court here. He had the pleasure of
meeting many of our people. Col. Es-
till has the knack, in a quiet way of
getting close to the people with whom
he comes in contact. While Col. Estill
had many warm personal friends and
supporters in this county already, his
visit here and the cordiality with which
he greeted the people, gained for him
many new friends and supporters of
his candidacy. 1t is believed by the
most conservative citizens with whom
we have talked that Telfair may be
safely counted in the Estill column.
Ocnla Dispatch: Candidate Terrell
claims 12O counties, little dreaming that
Private John II. Estill lows to get
most of them hisse'f.
Wayne County News: Col. Estill is
making the race for Governor in Ala
bama as we'll as in Florida and South
Carolina.
Albany Herald: Col. Estill has win
min ways" when he gets out into the
country and mikes with the people.
conclusive SNlQtilOG u THIS 10
ed in the fact that a large percentage
of the spring crop of babies of the
state are being named after him.
GAINESVILLE ws-Gazette: In our
opinion either Estill or Query would
make a better Governor than Terrell.
Terrell is a clever man, but is too much
of a politician.
Bainbridge Search Light: Candidate
Estill hasn't visited this immediate vi
cinity yet, and ii may be that he con-
siders that he already has Decatur up
his sleeve. Each of the other candi-
dates have visited us and it would not
hurt Mr. Estill's chances for him to
appear upon the scene.
Sparta Ishmaelite: There seems to
be something mysterious in the fact
that all the lawyers in the state, with
here and there a rare exception, are
backing up Terrell. 1t looks somewhat
trust-like. This, perhaps, explains the
tendency of the masses towards Query
and Estill
Sparta Ishmaelite: The early state
primary is unquestionably in the inter-
est of Terrell; but Query and Estill
are making it lively for 1.-THE machine"
all the same. If they don't control the
convention they are not going to lack
much Of It,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21

Our first experiment with rape was
made this past winter and spring. We
did not expect to find it plant of any
particular value for our Southern
farmers and so there is no disappoint-
ment connected with the test. For any
purpose whatever we would rather
have an acre of Georgia collard than
two of rape. To make the latter at all
valuable it must have good soil and we
are sure there are many plants that
will give much better results than
rape. Cows and sheep will eat it bot
horses and mules will not. Few eo-
pie realize the value of an acre Of The
tall-growing collard, cared ior and
fed properly. We should Ireter
bur clover to rape, and so a
mixture of rye, oats and barley
is also to be preferred. 1t is not likely
that rape will gain many friends in
the South.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21

Blight of Tomatoes and Potatoes, U.
f. M.-This disease is treated with
the same remedy that is used on grapes
and plums, etc, viz: Bordeaux Mix
ture." 1t is composed of bluestone,
lime and water on the first indication
of the disease the plants are sprayed
with the mixture and then repeated
at intervals of two or three weeks. If
sprayed just before a hard rain it will
do but little good. Spray as soon af
ter the rain as possible.
Take bluestone .............. pounds
Qulcklime Observation-Disclosures. POUNDS
water .-.............. 40 galS.
First dissolve the bluestone in 25
gallons of water in a barrel. In an
other vessel put five pounds of lime
and add just enough water to make
a smooth paste. Then stir it into 20
gallons of water.
Then pour slowly the 20 gallons of
lime water into the barrel containing
the bluestone water. Stirring we'll as
being mixed. In small patches of to-
matoes or potatoes this can be applied
with a small brush of pine tops. A
sprayer is better, of course. if it can
be afforded. S. A. C..
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
INTERNATIONAL COMMENT.

Ocilla Dispatch: Is Terrell backed
by the lawyers and politicians. Query
by the ultra prohibitionists and Estill
by the farmers and business men?
Georgia has long needed a good bust
ness man in her executive chair. Ter
rell and Query are shrewd lawyers
and politicians; Estill, after fighting
bravely as a private in the Confeder-
ate army, began life after the war
using the fine business sense he was
blessed with, and from that humble
beginning he has risen to the fore
most place among the editors of the
South and has accumulated, by honest
business methods. a large amount of
this worlds goods. His record is
without blemish. He has managed his
private business we'll He will do the
same with the states business if he
is elected Governor, and it looks that
way now.
Triton Gazette: Mr.. Estill may not
be elected Governor of Georgia, but
the open and manly canvass he is
making, and the conservative conduct
of his paper, the Savannah Morning
News, has won the applause and ap-
probation of the entire state.
Douglas Breeze: Col. A. e. Coch-
rane of Waycross addressed the cit
liens of bonneville last Monday in
the interest of Estill. Like Coffee
two-thirds of the people of Clinch are
for Estill.
Macon County Citizen: Col Estill
has developed into a stump speaker.
We thought he would get tired of that
still hunt business.
Macon Telegraph: Candidate Estill
was in Gainesville, Barlow county,
on Wednesday; Thursday at Dalton,
in Whitfield county, Friday he met
the people of Murray county, coming
south Friday night to reach Bruins
wick Saturday morning to attend the
cassava and cane convention. While
in North Georgia he is accused of
having kissed all the babies.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Dahlonega Nugget: The battle-ground
where Grindle and Holeman were
killed in this county attracted the at
I, ation of people from all parts of the
tuntry, who visit the place from miles
around to see the dreadful sight Grin
Gse's brains are scattered all around
on the ground and even in the bushes,
with a piece of his skull to be seen
now and then, while the bushes for
several feet on either side and five or
six feet high, was Holeman's blood,
where it gushed from him as he was
running after being shot and pool
of several gallons of blood still shows
where he fell and died.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
A QUEER sTRIKE AT ROME.

The Rome Petroleum and Oil Com
many has been forced to suspend oper-
atoms temporarily on account OF the
striking of a lake of some undeter-
mined substance at a depth of about
$50 feet. Just exactly what 1t is can
not be settled by local biologists and
chemists. A sample will be sent TO
Prof. White. at Athens, for his inspec-
ton. The matter drawn from the well
is of a dark blush brown color, about
the consistency of thin cement mortar,
and has a strong, kerosene-like smell,
but just what ii is no one seems TO
know. Just what the dimensions of
the lake are has not yet been deter
mined. and operations will cease pend
ing an analysis.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
DAY or FREE RANGES GONE.

St Augustine Record: One of the
most significant statements made by
Prof stockbridge, in an address before
he Farmers Institute at Hastings,
yesterday, was that the day of free
q nges for cattle was about over. While
ns Information may not be pleasing
IA large number of stockmen accus-
sined to pasture their cattle on every
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
FLORIDA.

AS candidates for political offices In
Florida will shortly be called upon to
contribute to the campaign fund, the
following, Section 10 of the state pri-
mary law, will prove of interest to
those concerned: Section 10. That the
County Executive or Standing Com
mittee of the political party calling
such primary elections is hereby au-
thorized to regulate the amount to be
paid the inspectors and clerks of such
election, and to provide funds for de-
fraying expenses of conducting such
elections by assessing for the various
county candidates for nomination at
such primary election: Provided, That
when any candidate for United States
senator, or any state officer or member
of Congress is a candidate before such
primary, then the State Executive
Committee or the Congressional Com
mite, shall regulate the amount to
be assessed such candidates or candi-
dates, and prorate the money so col
lected among the several counties in
which such primaries are to be held
and pay the same over to the County
Executive Committees of the several
counties: Provided. That no candidate
shall be assessed more than per cent
of the annual compensation of the Of
flee for which he is a candidate.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
THE MARRIAGE pEcLAREp OFF.

The Morning News recently pub
lished from Triton an account of the
marriage of Louis l.. McAllister to
his stepmother, Mrs. A. G. McAllister,
the fifth wife of his deceased father.
The following card, appearing in the
Irwin County Citizen of Fitzgerald, is
self explanatory: To-day, at Triton,
the undersigned were united in mar
rage by a minister of the gospel. At
that time neither of us were aware
that there was any legal reason why
said marriage ceremony could not be
performed. Immediately upon arriving
home, and before either had in any
manner consumated the marriage GER
emory by sustaining to the other any
of the marriage relations, we were in
formed of what we were before ignor-
ant, that the laws of this state made
our marriage void. We have therefore
at once resolved to disregard said
marriage ceremony as void and claim
no marriage right or relationship with
each other Our entire action has been
taken in the utmost good faith, as we
had not the slightest suspicion of the
existence of any legal impeachment to
our marriage we make this public
announcement of our purpose as, be-
fore we discovered our error, we had
allowed the story of our marriage to
be circulated.
Fitzgerald, April 15 1902.
Louis L. McAllister,
Mrs. A. G. McAllister.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21
EELL FRoM IMAM no RIvER.

Atlanta Constitution: The body of
Thomas NJ. Haverty, the young Atlanta
man who was drowned eighteen miles
from Mobile early last Sunday morn
ing, was recovered yesterday morn
ing. Information to this effect was
received during the day by Michael
Haverty, father of the young man. The
recovery of the body was effected af-
ter week of constant search. 1t had
drifted ashore, and was found within
about 100 yards of the railroad trestle,
at which point young Haverty fell in
to the stream. Mr.. Haverty and sew
eral friends were on an excursion train
bound for Pensacola, and as the train
was crossing the river the young man
and one or two companions were
standing on the platform. The speed
OF the train was suddenly decreased,
which movement caused Haverty TO
lose his balance and fall from the
platform into the stream The alarm
was instantly given and the train
brought to a standstill as soon as pos
sible. Search for the body was then
begun and was continued until yes
terday morning, when it was discov-
ered.s
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21

Ocilla Dispatch: Candidate Terrell
claims 100 counties, little dreaming that
Private John II. Estill lows to get
most of them hisse'f.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-21

Macon County Citizen: Col. Estill
has developed into a stump speaker.
We thought he would get tired of that
still hunt business.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-09

he could not speak a word of English. In three months he mastered the lan- guage sufficiently to make himself un- derstood. He has worked on farms near Albany. Texas. Winfield, Kansas, and St. Joseph. Missouri, sometimes for pay, but often without it. He carries notebooks in which he records data and puts pictures of American fields, farm houses, machinery, etc Only four hum dred acres of the Siberian estate are now under cultivation, but Yankoysky thinks he will be able to render all of it productive when he goes back. Horses are bred on it, and Siberia spot ted deer in place of cattle. The latter are valuable chiefly for their horns. They are sold to Chinese physicians, who make medicine of them.
 If they will believe Mr Yankovsky when he gets home he will be able to tell them much that will do them good.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-09
MADE IN GERMANY.

That is a timely report which comes
 from the United States consul general
 at Berlin concerning fuels used in Ger
 many. In Germany briquettes made from brown coal, peat and the dust and waste of coal mines are largely
 used for heating purposes of every kind. The materials employed re- quire in their manufacture to be bound together by a plastic inflammable sub
 stance, and for this purpose more than one hundred thousand tons of mineral pitch was imported last year. The briquettes are clean, easily handled, easily lighted and burn with clear intense flame, giving off practically no smoke and are regarded as the cheap
 est form of fuel for most purposes.
 This industry is controlled by a syndicate whose membership includes l more than nine-tenths of all the pro ducers of briquettes in the country Its official report for 1901 shows that it's product for that year amounted to | 1,566,3S5 tons. Adding to this the out put of makers not in the syndicate gives a grand total of 1,643,416 tons. Of the syndicates product nearly one-half was taken by the German railroads; nearly
 a third went to factories and works | of various kinds; about ten per cent | was used by merchant steamers and the navy or was exported; 124,380 tons were sold to retailers. The average selling price for large quantities was 1888 marks or $S16.
 The Germans also give close atten- ton to the scientific construction of 1 boiler furnaces and chimneys and to skilful stoking. The result of all this is that Berlin, where an abundance of | manufacturing is carried on, is one of 1 the cleanest and best kept cities in Europe, and free from the cloud of smoke which hangs over so many towns and cities in this country. Per- haps we can learn something from Ger many when we become teaohable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-09
DETAILS IN SETTING TABLE.

The Decorations Should Always be as
 Individual as Possible-Bread and
 Butter Plates.
 It is always better to have the center ornamentation low, that the guests on the opposite side of the table may be seen. After the cloth is laid and the center of the table arranged place the plates according to the number of guests at equal distances apart around the table, about an inch from the end; if they are marked with a monogram that should go toward the center. At the right of the plate is placed the din- ner knife, soup spoon, fish knife and oyster forks according to the number of courses to be served before the sweets. The bowls of forks and spoons should be right side up, the edges of the knives turned to the plate. In America there is often question whether to use bread and butter plates for dinner. Unless the dinner is en famille they rarely are seen, and butter is not used unless it is passed with biscuits, or oat cake, with the salad in the English style. The napkin, folded with monogram on top, Is placed with a thick square of bread, or @ long dinner roll, in it on the plate. At the right are grouped, about ten inches from the edge of the table, a gob- let Gt is better to have this filled with crushed ice and water before coming to the table) and the different wine glass es. Salt cellars and peppers are placed at intervals, about one to every two persons.
 The candlesticks, or candelabra, fitted securely with candles and shade holders that will keep in their places, together with shades to harmonize with the color scheme of the dinner, should now be ar ranged. The small mica Things which come now for shades are desirable, as there is no danger of their catching fire if sudden draught blows the flame the wrong way. Arrange dishes for bon bons salted almonds and compotes for fruit in their places. Some of them
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-09
AN INSTR UCTIVE CoUNTR Y.

This is an instructive country, and 1t is not surprising that many foreigners come here to learn something, and then so back to their own country to live happily and intelligently ever after. Siberia, a rich young man who has come here to learn, is now working on Colonel F. W. Blees' farm near Macon, Missouri. Yankovsky's father owns twenty-one thousand acres of farming land on the Japan sea. The young man decided he could learn more in this country about the best methods to cul- tivate it than anywhere else When he landed at San Francisco last Novapahar