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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
Cutting Corn.

That a large number of farmers fail
to appreciate the feeding value OF corn
fodder is evidenced by the way they
manage it. Cut at any stage most
convenient, usually allowed to become
much too ripe, set up in small shocks
and allowed to stand exposed to all
kinds of weather until wanted for
feed, and then hauled out and scat
tered over the ground for the STOCK
to eat, fully one-half of the possible
benefit is wasted, says the Republic
1t should be cut as soon as the grain
begins to harden well, and put up in
small shocks, so as to cure out readily
AS soon as the grain is sufficiently dry
to crib shuck out the corn and haul in
the fodder and store it under shelter
feeding it cut in racks or managers.
All things considered this is one OF
the best and most economical ways
of managing to get the most out of
The next best plan is to cut as before,
shuck out and if it cannot be stored
under shelter, haul in and stock up
convenient to the feed lots or stables.
If tied in bundles as shucked out it
can be handled much more conven-
iently.
A third plan is to shuck in the field
and then set up in large shocks, three
or four in one, SO as to protect as much
as possible from the weather.
When stored under shelter and then
run through cutting box before feed
ing, practically the full feeding value
may be secured, as there is a little
waste in feeding whole. But this in
wolves considerable labor, as corn fod-
der is bulky product to handle.
Shedding is a saving in feeding hut
the fodder should be stored under
shelter after being run through the ma
chine to keep best
For the small farmer who desires to
make the most out of his corn crop at
the least expense outside of his own
labor, the first plan given will be found
the best.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
Humus md Moisture.

Decayed vegetable matter is humus.
To have a good soil we must have a
supply of vegetable matter in it. The
chief advantage of this is in enabling
the soil to hold water to a greater de-
gree than would be the case did it not
contain this matter. Eastern gardeners
have been surprised sometimes to find
that their soils would not respond to
commercial fertilizers and that the land
was becoming apparently very subject
to drought. The trouble was that the
humus had been exhausted by year
after year growing crops upon it by
the help of commercial fertilizers with
out putting on a particle of barnyard
manure or turning under green crops
At the Minnesota Experiment Station
tests were made on soils with a good
supply of humus and those with little
as to water content. On one soil the
humus was found to be 1886 per cent
of all. The water content was 16.4S
per cent. The other soil contained 25
per cent. of humus, and the water con-
tent was 1914 per cent. of the total
This difference has been figured out
as about quart of water per cubic
foot of soil, which would mean over
10000 gallons to the acre. In a dry
season this difference would be a very
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
PLAYED WITH DYNAMITE.

Florida Times-Union: Alfred Land
Friday night secured four sticks of
dynamite about foot long each, and
while intoxicated tried to have some
fun with them, not realizing the dam
ger to himself and others. The dyna-
mite held by Land was enough to blow
up a whole city block. He would, while
playing his pranks, stick bar of the
explosive in the pockets of friend,
and strike a match and tell him that
it was dynamite. He had the whole
block to himself when people tumbled
onto what he had. One man made a
complaint to Patrolman Wilson Rob-
erts on the beat, and he placed him
under arrest on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly. When arrested
he still had two sticks of the dyna-
mite in his hand. They were taken
to the station by the wagon guard and
safely put away.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24

tubes near the surface, so that the wa
ing. In a short time, however. new
tubes are formed and evaporation con-
tinues, but if cultivation is frequent
evaporation is kept in check and the
plants use most of the water brought
from below. Any one who has lifted
a board, a stone, or a pile of rubbish
during a dry period is impressed with
the moisture which has accumulated
beneath it. The same condition will be
found in a field frequently cultivated.
The surface soil is made a mulch,
which holds the moisture beneath it.
During a very dry season which pre-
vailed a few years ago. Roland Nor
rill, the we'll known peach grower OF
Michigan, kept cultivators and har-
rows going through his orchars every
day for a period of several weeks Al
though the dust flew in clous, he con-
served the moisture for the trees, and
the result was a crop of fruit which
sold for several hundred dollars per
acre. whereas his neighbors in adJoin-
ing orchards, who did not cultivate,
obtained practically no crop at all.
Cultivators, harrows or weeders
should be made to work shallow, not
over two inches deep. If hoed crops
are cultivated two or three times a
week fair returns may be expected
even in such a dry season as this. 1t
is essential that cultivation be given
Immediately after a rain or shower,
in order to conserve all the moisture
possible, and to prevent it's evapora-
ton, which takes place very quickly
at such a time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
The RIncIs Minorcas.


Few breeds of poultry have attract
ed more attention in this country dur
ing recent years than the Black Minor
cas-, says the Epitomist. The largest of
the so-called Mediterranean breeds,
they develop a big, plump carcass. so
compact that there is little waste
about it. They make the best and
most delicate of table fowls, notwith-
standing their flesh is white and legs
black. They are, m fact, as handsome
a black fowl as there is, having but
one rival, and that the Langshan.
They are more symmetrical than the
latter, however, as we'll as more grace
full. Their black color is a better true
black and the crest, surmounted by an
enormous red comb, and the red face
beneath it, give them decidedly the
preference in contour and contrast. AS
a show bird, they are rapidly winning
favor Nervous, high-strung and
active, as is characteristic of all the
Mediterranean class, they are good
foragers, but very domestic in their
habits and seldom fly high. Their only
drawback is the looped comb of the
hen and the large serrated one of the
cock. These compel them to be warm
~ housed in winter, for if the combs
AiEHCQ ny Alt~ lISL SGNcIt lIOSl
not only detracts from their appear
ance, but in all probability injuries
their laying and breeding qualities. 1
am informed, however, that 1t is an
easy matter to cut the combs low
down and so remove this only obiec-
tion to them for the general farmer.
Otherwise they are hardy and very
easy to keep. AS chicks, they hatch
readily, grow we'll and mature early,
thus being ready to lay among the
first pullets of any breed in the fall.
They lay at once after maturity. and
are said to suffer no Inconvenience
from the coolest winters when their
large and tender comb is removed :
with good management, and especially
when kept in a basement house so
that the cold winds do not chill them,
they will then lay right along from
November until May, and. indeed, only
cease during the hot weather in mid
summer In the hands of a careful
breeder, they are capable of producing
! from IT'S to $50 or more eggs year
! Belonging to the non-sitting variety
| they can be made to occupy almost all
| their time in laying eggs, except wher
| they moult. The eggs are oval. well
| pointed at one end, and of medium
| size though much larger than the Leg.
! horn egg; the shell is a pure, clear
white, and the yolk as deep a yellow
| as the most particular housewife would
desire for her cakes. Some think tbs
Minorca egg is the largest white eggs
laid by any breed in existence. 1t Il
/ true that they weigh from 2h to
ounces each; therefore, even at tbs
former average, $50 of them, as the
product of a single hen for one year
would be over twenty eight pounds O.
eggs, and if the other half ounce were
added, it might reach, in exceptiona
cases. over forty pounds. Such eggs
in a fancy trade, cannot help but com
mand a higher price than others
Hence il is that the Black Minorca.
deserve to rank as producers and
money-makers among our best fowls
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
BUSINESS LOCALS.

If you have any pictures to be
framed take them to H. Hymes' Art
Store, LAT Bull street, near Oglethorpe
avenue. New line of mouldines and
the latest styles of framing.
Mccormick Mowers Rakes and re-
pairs for same. With seventy-two
years of success, they have proved to
be the best machine made. Heidi Plow
Company, sole agent. AZ West Broad
street.
Free Automobile-With every 80
cent purchase at my store you get a
ticket to the $3.50 automobile. Bear this
in mind. James ]. Joyce. Phones IO7.
Just arrived, lot of polka dot stripe
and figured batiste; all the newest
shades, red. black and blue dots. Metz
ger & Brunson.
The Jeaness Miller shoes for ladies'.
and Turner shoes for men, handled only
by A. S. Nichols, the reliable shoe
dealer. Broughton street. west.
A L. Desbouillons. the Jeweler, will
sell you goods in his line at lowest
prices ever heard of. A visit to his
store will convince you.
Photography in all it's beauty of sfVIe
and finish at Launey's gallery.
$500! $25.O0l Haslam & Co. For
balance of season good business suits.
Come in and look them over. RnIi
and Oglethorpe. $500 $500. '-
E. ]. Kennedy, high art tailor is
now offering at very reduced prices a
fine line of tweeds, homespuns. light
weight cheviots and serges.
Edward Lovelrs Sons are showing a
fine line of merchants tools. Get nrices
on shelf hardware and implements
You can save a nice per cent. liz
Broughton. west.
Garfunkel & Sons are showing n
black lace net skirt with a drop skirt
at IS that has never been sold below
SO
Beet Bargains in city property bv w
J. Miscally, Jr.. 20 Bryan street You
will consult your own interest by see
ing him for full particulars.
J. w. Teeples great sale continues
on furniture, carpets and stoves. The
people say Teeple's prices are the low
est. This accounts for the large sales
W. NJ. Davidson 4 Co. the real es-
tate company, are the people TO see for
your realty business, stocks and bonds.
thoroughly reliable. 10 East Bryan.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
FARM,
Mineral Fertilizers.


Reader" wishes to know the differ
ence between mineral fertilizers and
other forms of commercial fertilizers
that are usually used by farmers.
This term is applied TO those fertil-
izing materials that contain only one
or more Of those elements that enter
into the ash Of plants. When any
vegetable or animal substance is burn
ed the mineral matter that it contain
ed is left as ash. 1t is only a small
part of the original substance and
varies greatly. The great bulk of the
matter, whether hrewood, or straw, or
seeds. when burned, goes off into the at
nosphere as so much smoke. This or
Eanic part that is consumed by heat
or fire is composed of four different
characterization, hydrogen, oxygen
and nitrogen. Plants get these ele-
ments from the atmosphere or through
means of organic or heterogeneous ma
nure applied to the soil.
There are ten different mineral ele-
ments that compose the ash of plants
chief among which are potash, lime
phosphoric acid and magnesia. 1t has
come to be understood, however that
there are only two of these mineral
elements that are necessary to be sup
piled to soil to render it capable of pro-
ducing good crops with the aid Of MI
trogen. 1t is only potash and phos-
phoric acid that are considered as es-
sential to be supplied, the other ele-
ments being found to exist in sufficient
supply in all soils worthy of being Gull
tivated.
Practically. when we speak of min
eral fertilizer, it is meant some ma
terial containing either one or the other
or both of the two chief mineral ele-
ments In kainit or other German salts
only potash is provided. In acid phos-
phate only phosphoric acid. A mix
ture of these two materials VIII pro-
vide the two essential mineral ele-
ments. Some substances are very rlch
in mineral matter. Tobacco, for IN
stance. where the ash amounts to near
ly one-fourth of the dry organic mat
ter. On the other hand, cotton lint
has a very small percentage of ash. 1t
would require about 10000 pounds of
lint cotton to yield 100 pounds of ashes
and of this hundred pounds, fifty would
be potash The different vegetable
substances vary greatly in their con-
tents of the mineral elements.
It is a very simple matter to deter
mine which of the mineral elements is
most necessary to our worn soils. BY
making d comparative test of the sew
eral materials that furnish these ele-
ments, a farmer can find out for HIM
self which his own particular soil
stands most in need of.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24

great factor in the maturing of the
crop.
Plants do not eat; they drink. All
food is taken in liquid condition: If
the water is absent the plant starves.
The humus supply is, therefore, OF
prime Importance in the developing or
our farm crops. There is another
great advantage in having a soil rich
in humus and that Is that the soil
does not give off its water so rapidly
as do soils where the humus is want
ing. The roots go after the food and
moisture and get them, but the water
does not so rapidly pass to the sur
face Of the ground. The humus acts
as a sub-earth mulch, if such term
be allowable. It binders the pumps
of the sun and wind from taking mois-
ture out of the soil, but helps them
to take the moisture from the leaves
of the plants, which method is service
able to man.
At the station mentioned the two
soils were saturated with the same
amount of water and exposed to the
sun and wind for ten hours. AT the
end of that time the soil with the larg-
err amount of humus contained 6.l2 per
cent of it's water, while the other soil
contained only 394 per cent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
MOULTRIE ELECTION OFF.
Realty Changes Hands Because of
Good Demand.

Moultrie Ga, Aug. 23.-Moultrie's
bond election was not held. The cleo
ton was called off by the Mayor and
Council. The question to be voted on
was an issue of bonds to the amount
of $4,000 to build a new academy and
put in "a system of sewers.
In the order calling off the election
it was stated that certain arrange
ments had not been had" 1t is pre-
sumed, however. that it was seen that
there was little chance to get the re-
quired number of voters to the polls.
Mr.. w. H. Barber, the wealthy naval
stores operator of Barber, Ga, has
made two purchases of Moultrie real
estate this week, amounting to several
thousand dollars. Half interest in a
block of three stores was bought of
Mr. H. T. Crawford and fifty acres
of very desirable property in South
Moultrie was bought of Mr. E. A Mil
ligan. This latter is in a very desira-
BILE resident section, and it is prob
able that Mr.. Barber will build on it,
as it is understood that he anticipates
moving to Moultrie, where he has vari-
Gus business interests.
The tax rate in Colquitt coun-
~ for this year has been
fixed at 5 mills. Last year the
rate was 1-3 mills. The county is
getting in splendid financial condition.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24

Up to this time there has not been
much occasion to cultivate frequently
to avoid the i'll effects of drought But
none the less, the practice is one that
all should understand and appreciate.
AS is truly said in an exchange:
While the general practice is to Gull
tivate merely to kill weeds, the most
progressive farmers are making use of
frequent cultivation to conserve mos
ture. There is more or less moisture at
an times in the subsoil. and IL is here
that the plants get enough water 10
carry on growth through the summer.
This water is brought TO the surface
through what is known as capillary at
traction. The capillary tubes. avs they
are commonly called, conduct the wa
ter 10 the surface. and what Ga not
used by the plants is thus lost bv
evaporation.
The object in Intensive cultivation d.
10 break Of, as II were, these capillary
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24

Investigations made at the Missis-
sippi agricultural experiment station
as to the relative values of cotton
seed, cotton seed meal and corn are
summarized as follows by Director W.
L. Hutchinson in a bulletin issued for
the benefit Of farmers Of the state:
The facts as demonstrated. are %
a pound of cotton seed has a greater
Valhe for feeding cattle than "a pound
OF corn % pound OF cotton seed
neal has feeding value about equal
70 Two pounds Of corn, go that al
least 70 per cent. OF the fertillzlng ina
gradients ia the feeds b. excreted by
the animals fed ana may be recovered
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
How the scot. Use Oatmeal.

Oatmeal is generally understood to
be the staple of Scottish diet, and
though in these days of culinary revo-
lutions this may not be SO much the
case as formerly, still it might interest
American readers to know how this
wholesome cereal enters into the brain
and muscle of the Scot. Porridge is
still, as in the days of Burns. 1.-The
chief of Scotia's food" The method
of making it most approved by Scot
fish housewives is as follows: A pot
or goblet is set on the fire, containing
one-half pint of water for each per-
son to be served. The water is al
lowed to boil, after which the oat-
meal is sprinkled into the water. which
is stirred briskly all the time to pre-
vent the meal from falling to the bot
tom of the pot and being burned. as
also TO present Jumps forming. One
handful of meal is used for each half
pint of water. After the porridee has
been boiling for ten minutes or so. a
little salt dissolved in water is added
10 be well cooked, porridge should be
boiled for nearly half an hour, GER
tainly not less than twenty minutes 1t
is then poured into plates and served
When partly cool. In Scotland it is
most commonly taken with milk
though molasses, syrup, butter and
even stewed fruit, are not unusual ac-
compartments. In certain country dis
trlcts kind Of porridge called "brose"
is made by putting a quantity of oat-
meal into a bowl, sprinkling a little
salt on top, and pouring in boiling
water, mixing thoroughly with a spoon
all the while This dish though NOT
so dtgestible as well-boiled porridge
is more easily and quickly made. Oat-
meal enters largely into the compost
ton of the Scotch haggis, but this dish
is as typically Scottish, and withaI
so elaborate, that a description of II
must be left for another article.
A Scottish I.assia
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
SECRET DIED WITH HER.

When Lula Merritt, a colored woman
"a years of age, died at her home in
Gordon, a settlement a few miles west
of Gainesville, at o'clock Friday
morning, she carried a secret with her
which probably saved the life of an
other person and cheated the gallows
of a deserving victim. 1t is a secret
which the world will never know, for
while the woman admitted on her
deathbed few hours before the end
came that another had taken her life,
she refused to enlighten her relatives
by divulging the name.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24

drop without jumping out of their
skin," whom the squeaking of a bed
or the crying of a child drove into
hysteria, whose backs were so weak
they could harly stand, who had Head
aches and Dizzy Spells continually.
were entirely cured in a short time by
my method.
If your family doctor does not un-
derstand your case come to me l am
recognl2edspecialist in these all
ments and viii not only understand
your case, but show you how TO BE-
cured, free II you live out OF the city
write me. send for my free book on
women's diseases. DR.. j. NEWTON
HATHAWAY. 25 A Bryan street. Sa-
varnah, ca. Office hours. a. N. TO
u m, 2to Q. 70 . >. M Sundays 10
r. ~. " .. IN
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
A BENEFIT TO FARMERS.

Soperton News: The new vagrant
law will serve to keep the shiftless ne
gro away from town unless he is de-
ternined to quit 1oafing and go to
work 1t is a good law for the farmer,
sawmill and turpentine man. He can
now keep his labor at home, provided
the law is enforced in the towns and
cities.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
TO GET BACK ovERCHARGEs.

The Railroad Commission has issued
an order directing the Seaboard Air
Line to pay back to T. M. Booker, a
sawmill owner near Higgstown, Ga,
the sum of SO, 463S3 which represents
overcharges for transporting lumber.
The commission found, it is Stated, that
the railroad had Disseminated against
Mr.. Booker in the matter of freight
rates between Higgstown and Savan-
nah, charging him $13 carload for
hauling, and making a price of $40 a
carload to other parties.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
FLORIDA.
GIVE REST TO POLITICi

Orlando Sentinel Reporter: We have
a suggestion to make to the State
Committee, and that is to have the pri-
mary pulled off in November this year,
and let US have a rest from politics
till the election next fall. 1t would
be a great saving in expense to the
candidate and of wear and tear on the
voter
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
LAWYERS REsPONsIRLE.

Lumpkin Independent: There is no
class of men more directly responsible
for the average lynching than those
lawyers who for money are willing to
resort to any kind of sharp practice
to defeat the ends of justice. If bar
associations would pass few resolu-
tons condemning this practice it
would be more to the point and might
possibly have tendency to discharge
such work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24

/ cure Mems
trual. Ovarian.
Uterine a n d
Rectal Trou-
bleS wit bout
Athe knife by
an e ely
n e w method
developed b y
me after two
generations of
practice as a
family doctor
and specialist
in wonen's dis
eases. Ladies
who could not
hear a min
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
GEORGIA and FLORIDA
Ex-CoNyIcT WANTS DAMAGES.

John Simmons, an ex-convict
through his attorneys, has instituted
suit in the United States Circuit Court
against the Georgia Iron and Goa!
Company for $4,000 damages on ac-
count of alleged injuries. The petit
toner sets forts that, while working
in the mines of the defendant COM
pany on Dec. 16, 1901, as a hired con-
Wet, he was injured by falling scale
board through negligence and care
lessness of the defendant, which dis
abled him for life, preventing him do
ing manual labor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24

Parlor car service, via Atlantic Coast
Line to Jacksonville. Two elegant par
Tor cars have been placed on train 21.
leaving Savannah daily at 4:2O D. m.
Getty time). to add to the comfort of
our patrons. Travel via this line In
comfort and ease.-ad
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
SOS. 20 Round Trim.

$3.50 Round Trip. Savannah 10
Washington. d. c.. and return. via Al.
lanuc Coast Line. Tickets now on
sale. limited TO return oct. 81, 1901
Passenger service uneNcelled.
Fur Pullman reservations. rates, etc.
see Ticket agents De Soto Hotel. both
phones 12. and Union Depot, Bell phone
255. Ca. phone 9iL-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-24
Dr.. Perkins
Am eHcan Herbs.

The standard Blood Medicine of the
world. Builds up the entire SYSTEM
Blood. Liver, Lungs and Kidneys.
Cures rheumatism and Asthma, and
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No. II York street. east.
References among good citizens OF
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