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STEEL SYNDICATE EXTENDED
Five Millions Paid to Morgan al
Manager.

New York. October THE syndicate
organized to convert s2oo, 600. 600 OF
United States Steel per cent preferred
stock into 5 per cent sunking fund bonds
expired today. according to tina original
terms. but by consent OF q great majority
OF its members has been extended till
July l. 1904 Withdrawals from the syn
dictate, according 10 a leading member Of
the steel corporation, have been small.
The terms OF the agreement between tho
steel corporation and the syndicate cali
for a distribution Of between $50, 900. 900
and $40 600 600 Of bonds to mem bers OF
the syndicate. This distribution vas
made in large part today It is probable
that some statement concerning the pro-
portion of Withdrawals VIII be made in a
few days. The sum of IS ,ooo, 600 Was
paid to j z. Morgan & Co. today a.
syndicate managers This represents a
call for IS per cent Of the SEQ 600 900
taken by the syndicate at par
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NEW ORLEANS LOSING COTTON.
Owing to the Demands Made by tho
ScreWmen.

New Orleans. October An the
steamship agents here today Joined in
nm address to the general public throus a
the ayor and newspapers calling atten-
ticn to the fact that every avenue Of
trade Is suffering through the unwar-
fanted demands made by the screwmen;
that cotton is being diverted from this
rort and shippers of cotton and other
cargo are afraid TO route their cotton
through New Orleans owing 20 tho pres
ent levee tie-up. The public Is asked to
take a hand in the situation and compel
a settlement of the contro rersy by arbi-
tration or otherwise. The screwmen
show no sign today of recession from tho
position they have taken.
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GRAFTERs ON EVERY HAND.
Mayor Harrison Talks of Corruption
in the Windy City.

Chicago. September 3o.-'Tt could fro
all the men suspect Of grating they
would be jumping ont OF every window
in the city hall This hall la full Of
graft, big and little-you know It. snd
can't prove 1t.
I've got eighteen months iefe end I'll
get some of them yet"
With these and other frank declarations
Mayor Harrison has expressed himself
or the subject Of municipal service. Hs
asserted that his hands were ted that
conclusive proof could not be secured
OF such guilt, but during the remaining
months of his administration means will
be employed to clean out a number Of
departments. But the proofs are neoea-
sary 10 discharge the man. the mayor
said under civil service laws. The may
or declared II to be an impossibiity to
get sufficient evidence In many known
cases.
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w = l., Thomaston, Ga.-Please ex-
cuse me ror taxing your patience Win
mis- epistle but according to a promise
winch made myself year or more
o.,n am now fulfilling it by giving YOU
I'm detail the experience of one who knows
very little about the profession Of cam
onl what | have learned by reading at
Ter You. -.
/. had patch OF an acre and half
which | used for a pasture three years
In January 9O2 / turned under the
bermuda with one-horse turner; On the
goth of March of the same year } bedded
# in 4 feet rows; on April is | put 800
pounds of cotton seed meal and aold per
acre This was put in water furruw
The 28th OF April | planted it in cotton
of G. w TRUTHS big prolific. September
IA (or near that date) ! sold my entire
output, 337 pounds lint, at IL cents
About September 6 ] broke ii we'll with
a one-horse turner; between October 8
and 20 ] took my one-horse turn pIow
and listed it in rows as close as | posi-
bly, could get them, about Il or 20 inches
apart. l then sowed 2 bushels Texas
rust proof oats per acre (broad casD,
brushing them in we'll with brush, run
ming the brush with my rows. l grazed
these down three different times. On
February 26, 1908 took my COWS Off
NV oats June 9 or 10 / had them cut
with a cradle and shocked. making in
ell seventy shocks, twelve bundles
each about 65 bushels of oats. From
June 10 to 2 sowed it in unknown peas
and early amber sorghum cane; moved IT
about the i4th or 18th of September and
now have three large stacks of as fine
hay as anybody. September "a l hauled
out barnyard manure broadcasting it on
the land and turning it under with 81
two-horse pillow this time. But I expect
to SOW, as | did last year. with the ex-
ception | shall SOW the Applcr oats and
only use 2 bushels per acre instead Of
. I-2. ] want to put about 200 pounds
OF guiana per acre in the drill when | go
to SOW and this manure which | have
hauled out Is from the coWpen where
cows have been fed on cotton seed meal
| thought would use a guano that con-
tanned large per cent Of potash. |
want to SOW my oats about the 18th or
2Oth of october.
Answer congratulate you upon your
fair degree OF success in the cultivation
of your | 2 acres. You state that you
applied 800 pounds OF cotton meal and
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tharides and ounce Of lead. Rub
little around the coronets. In twenty
four hours wash it off and turn TO pas
ture or put him In loose box with soft
bedding Of wdust or short shavings.
] doubt if you can cure 1t. For the
thrush: Clean out the feet (clefts) we'll
after the poulticing, and when cry press
a little ca!omel into all the cracks ana
crevices and stop it in with soft paper
or rags to keep in the calomel and keep
out the dirt. Clean out and renew the
calome every second day until the dis
charge and the bad odor disappear.
An all sufficient reason for moon blindness
is the Inflammation which precedes 1t.
periodically. finally and inevitably ending
In blindness un.ess carefully treated at
every recurring attack. 1t is Il blood
disease, based on heredty, and Is in
durable. according to all the authorities.
But proper treatment, as already ind
Gated, may often preserve the sight until
old age and death. the attacks continu-
ing every month or two. OF course there
are other causes of blindness. but as you
do not mention any in the life of the
horse T am left only to conjecture that
IT was moon blindness or recurrent
ophthatima. l have not heard OF a single
case OF restoration Of sight after the lat
ter was entirely lost and the recurring
Inflammation had long ceased
BLIND HORSE.
W NJ r.. Johns. Miss-I have a horss
that cannot see real we'll his eyes has a
blue glossy color; he is or 8 years Old;
has been worked but very little, his eyes
have been failing for some time: he -
sound and hearty otherwise.
Answer-You do not sufficiently &c
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TO BE SETTLED BY THE JEWS.
Immigrants from Russia To Settle il,
Alabama.

Huntsville. Ala, October ESPECIALLY
DR.. Louis Goldman has returned from
Mobile. where he met some of the off,
cials of the Southern railroad and in
spected lands placed at his disposal for
settlement by jewish immigrants from
russia. The land is adapted TO fruit
growing, and is Just what the immigrants
desire. DR.. Goldman will go to New
iork at once to arrange for transporta-
ton of his immigrants TO the south.
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In one ton-nounds.

CONNER al Values The plain mean
ing Is tnat when ton Of either one Of
the products is renewed from the soil 1t
removes with it the value If plant food
expressed in chat column For Instance.
one ton Of crab grass hay contains SIS "a
" orth Of the valuable clements, one ton
If COW pea hay contains S745 worth Of
those clements. To express L little
differently ton of crab grass hay
spread on the ground and ploWed under
pould eivo to the soil an amount Of plant
food constituents that would cost 1924
III purchased in the market in the form
Of fertilizers. This amount however
does not fully express the Nulue TO The
soil u q ton of crab grass lay. II takes
No. account of the large amount % or
fanic matter Of the hay, exclusive of the
three valued elements phosphorc acid,
potash ana nitrosen amounting. in the
case Of crab grass hay, To not less than
l600 pounds per tcn This is organic
vegetable tissue which form humus, or
decayed vegetable matter, so important
10 the prodactiVeness Of the soil
New suppose, instead Of selling the ton
OF cab grass hay, the farmer saal feed
it to cattle. or horses. and carefully save
ali Tho llguid ana solid manures result
Ing. 1t is a well ascarta'ncd fact that
the Iaanure thus carefully saved and re-
turned to the soil whence the hay was
removed. or to some other soil viii carry
wi5h it not less than 80 per cent of tie
Tlan, fool or manurial values. that were
present In the hay before feeding 1t. as
well as the greater part Of the organic
vegetable, hunus- forming matters This
is. particularly true in regard to cowpea
haN cl0vQr hav yatrh hav and other
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axza .msxn o.
a

to successful farming. They underlie all
real and Profitable soil Improvement. The
argument applies with equal force against
The unwise practice e turning under any
kind Of vegetable growth from the soil
that could be saved and utilized as ami
nal food. X. j. RliDDING.
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MiSer's Gold Is Found.

f. w Tromhler. aged 70 years, a miser,
who has been living alone in d miserable
nut died today in a hospital Neighbors
who searched his house found $500 Sc
creted
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N0tICS TO InQulr6rS.

!. Writ. Finiy "a 70 the point. Nv
ing only que->ons TO which aasw"rs
are desired
. t.onnne inquiries strictly to mattevs
conce-nii.: che farm.
q. Never ask for nnswers by mail,
4 Never AK where an article oan %
had, nor the price.
4 AIvnya give your full name, ana AL
dress II you do rot wish ycrr
name published. say go. ana INITIALS
cnIy will be printed.
4 Carefully nle tlis page fer sutuFs
reference and before writing examine
your file to sec X Il has NOT oeoA
already answered. ,
p yook aheed and eeod in your tnoullies
early. Do not expect NC 70 'answot
In roxt paper" The editor mutt
hand ia his copy a week before the
paper - published.
q kddro-s all inquiries and comIn"n
tons for this department to
TIE CONSTITUTION,
IL. and j.. Departments,
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a NEW MAN.

George s. scally, OF rs Nassau St. New
80 says: For years / have been troubled
W., ~"n rheumatism and dyspepsia and 1 came
uiately found great relief from their use I
49,, IKE new man since l commenced tan
s .ns ,hem, and would not now be without
s.eI'. The drowsy. sleepy feeling I used TO
Ne mas entirely disappeared The dyspcp
oia mas lett me. and my rheumatism Is gone
es 81 am satisfied il any afflict-
eu VIII give Railways Pills trial they will
surely cure them. FOR I believe 1t all comes
from the system being out of order-the liver
net doing its work
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Free Booklet

On Nervous Debility. written By tho
leading specialist in this country. Adj
dress DR.. J. Newton hathaway. 40 In
man building, Atlanta. Ga.
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CANTALOUPE CULTURE

CANTALOUPE CULTURE.
j. =. b. Haynesville. La.-PleaSe give
me instructions how to prepare land for
and plant cantaloupes. What distance
apart should the rows be. and how far
apart should they be left to grow on the
drill?
What size crates should be used for
shipping them? How many crates per
acre would be a fair yield? Also, what
do early cantaloupes generally sell at
per crate In large cities?
About how many crates will make &
car load?
one other question had forgotten At
what stage of growth should they be
taken from vine for shipping?
Answer-1n Georgia the usual distance
for cantaloupes is by 4 feet. The best
soil is warm sandy loan Plow such
land to n depth OF 5 or inches with a
twO-horse turn pillow a month before
planting lay off the rows 6 feet wide
running twice in the same furrow with
large shovel Scatter 600 TO 800
pounds or the following fertilizer to the
acre in these burrows and mix we'll with
the soil Then throw two turn-plow fur
rows on the center furrOw and board off
good formula for fertilizer Is acid
phosphate IA per cent, coo pounds; inu-
rate OF potash, so pounds; cotton seed
meal $40 pounds; total. 1000 pounds.
The above world anaIyze about $50 8:
and any ready mixed fertilizer having the
same relative analysis would do about
as we'll although costing more per ton.
Plant ten or twelve seeds In a place every
4 feet. covering about inch deep and
thin to one in a place when in The fourth
leaf Apply little nitrate of soda around
each hill at this time say one teaspoon
f,,l In fun
Stir the surface soil every ten or fifteen
days. until The vines interfere with the
work Get seed Of the Rocky Ford va
rioty When commencing to ripen the
fields should be gone over. at least, once
a day The standard crate is by IL
by % Inches in size, and holds forty-five
perfect melons. 1t IS very important to
pick the melons at exactly the right stage
of ripeness. pack very close and tight in
the crates. selecting melons of uniform
size for each crate. and shipped imme-
diately. The yield of cantaloupes varies
greatly, say from 40 to 200 crates per
acre A good yield is 80 to 100 crates
Of marketable melons. a good packer
will pack 200 crates per day. Smaller
melons than standard, or larger are put
in th- same sized crates the number OF
melons In a crate varying from So TO 81
and even higher. All imperfect, underripe
or overripe and slick" mot netted) must
be rejected. The market varies very
grcatly-say. from SO cents to $50 per
crate. An ordinary car load IS 400 crates.
A Rocky Ford cantaloupe when ready
for picking. has peculiar grayish-green
color. which conrasted with the light
coored netting gives the melon a brown
ish cast The stem Will part easily and
clean from the melon. A melon must not
show the slightest unge OF yellow at the
time OF picking.
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CHRONIC FOUNDER.

l.. r E., Russellviile. Ark-Please tell
me what is the matter with my horse.
He is lame in all feet, the inside Of hoofs
have a chalky appearance and are soft.
can easily be dug out with a knife or
chisel the frogs are diminished in size,
and are very hard, and from the center
Of frog to the top of the back part OF
hoof In the dividing Crack seems in
famed and discharges a very bad smell
ing puss or matter. In travelling he
takes very short steps, and when stand
ing rests first on one foot and then an
other The muscles of his shoulders
and hips seem drawn. but are not sore
lie has been IN this condition for sew
eral months. trea ted him as follows
which did no good: Soaked feet for three
consecutive nights in poultice OF wheat
bran and I've then bistere3 with lini-
ment composed Of ounce each Of zorro
sive sIblimate, alcohol and gum cam
pnor ana One-half pint Of turpeutlne lie
eats heartily. but does not gain any
flesh although he is In very good con-
ditjon He is years Old
Answer-Tt is difficult, without a per-
sonal examination. to say what Is the
matter with your horse; but I am m
clined to the opinion that it Is q case
of "chronic' founder, complicated with
contracted feet and thrush. Chronic
founder does not necessarily imply that
1t first existed in acute form. 1t may
he the result of bad shoe!ng. The poul-
ticing was all right, but the blister oint-
ment you used was not the proper one.
Use the following: Two drains of can
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hay. If you have more hay than your
stock will consume then you have not
enough stock, although I know you are 4
stock man. At any rate l would not
make dirt or soil out of hay. because it
will not pay. If you do not wish to buy
more stock in order to consume your hay,
then would send the hay to some man
VINO mas more stock than hay. The bet
ter pan, however, is to increase your
stock temporarily for the sole purpose
of consuming your hay crop and convert
1T into form (beef) in which 1t will
command higher price In market and at
the same time the manure will be re-
turned to the soil
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SAW MILLS, 3 II.
P. cuts 2, 900 feet per
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BLIND STALLION.

w .. Dennis, Billie, Tex have a me
stallion that went blind about year
ago. his eyes look all right, only little
clouded on the sight. l do not know any
cause OF his blindness. You Will very
much Oblge me If there is cure by
writing me.
Answer-You do not give single detail
Of the period during which ne was losing
his cyeslght, or the time from the first
attack of inflammation until the sight
was lost. Probably the case is similar to
the one about which w NJ r." IN
quired in the article just preceding tins
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RESTORING WORN LANDS.


w. Is. j., Etowah, Gal see a great
zeal written IN your paper by different
partleS In regard to preserving our for
ests, put nolnlng according TO my views.
Qt establishing forest for future gem
etaiohs. AS YOU know, and | do, too,
there are thousands of acres of worn out
land i'll Georgia-old red hills growing up
In broomsedge and being washed into gull
Hes. If they will plant the gulies with
plum seed. the bushes. getting a hold.
wlil STOP the washing: and pillow up the
old red hills and broomsedge fields, and
then sow them with acorns hickory nuts,
WainutS or anything that will make n
bush of the hardwood variety. either
broadcast or in rows. as suits the fancy.
and get them started, in one hundred
years there Will be- plenty of timber for
our grandchildren, which will be a bless
ing 10 them And then let our legislators
pass stringent laws to protect these for
ests from any kind of depredations and
put the laws in force not allowing them
to be burned at all. In that length of
time there would be forests all over old
Georgia. and every other state that would
adopt that law. As it will be easier to
plant the nuts and acorns than it would
be to set ont the bushes. for they can
be planted with plow or harrow after
the land has been broken. l hope to
hear of some one taking up my sugges-
ton | am n subscriber to The Con-
sttution and throw in my mite. Maybe
1t Will benefit some one.
Answer-Your suggestions are good in
the main; but what is most needed is
to restore what YOU call worn OUT
soils to their original and even to much
higher degree of productveness. This
object can be secured in vastly short
en- period than by waiting on the slow
growth Of forest trees on such soils. Bet
ter restore for productiveness of the
soil first and then plant forest trees in a
systematic and proper manner. using the
best kinds only l suggest that YOU
study up on the subject of reforestng.
Note the book referred to in last weeks
Constitution. This is only one of many
books that have been published of late
years on the subject
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FARM CORRESPONDENCE.

O TIMBER VALUES. (2) PINE
ASHES. g and Il CRAWFISH.
90 MAKING "LIGHTWOOD."
(6) BEST VARIETIES OF
CORN AND COTTON.