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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24

Caspar whitney in outing.

Caspar whitney in Outing.
The process of elephant catching in
India as we'll as in Siam tends to
rather undermine ones settled notions
of elephant sagacity, and to create in
stead the feeling that a lot of senti-
mental tommy rot and misleading, ig-
norantly conceived animal stories,
have been put forth about My Lord
the elephant. The literal truth is that
the elephant, for all its reputed intel
ligence, is driven into places that no
other wild animal could possibly be
induced to enter, it in it's native jun
gle held captive within a circle
through which it could pass without
an effort, and bullied into uncom-
planning obedience by a force the
smallest fraction of its own numbers.
Part of this is, no doubt, due to its
exceedingly suspicious nature the
other part to it's lack of originality, to
which latter defect, however, it's no.
table amenablity to discipline is at
tributable. Apropos of amenability
Sanderson records mounting and taxi
ing out of the keddah, unaccompanied
by a tame elephant, a female on the
sixth day after her capture; and saw
on the coast of Siam an elephant,
that had been captured in a pitfall by
natives three weeks previously, row.
ed out on two lashed sampans to a
small coasting steamer and success
fully made to kneel that it might get
through the port door between decks.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
From a shcpard's Note Book.

Breed the best ewes to the best rams.
The way to keep ideal sheep is by
trying to improve them.
Sheep are always improving or they
are deteriorating.
An uneven lot of good sheep are bet
ter than an even lot of poor ones.
Stationary troughs and racks are not
desirable in the sheep stable.
Ewes will produce larger and better
lambs if in a plump condition at the
time of mating.
AT weaving, if possible, the ewes
should be placed in a field out of
hearing of the lambs.
1t is well to place the ewes on short
pasture for a week or more after the
lambs are weaned.
Sheep are easily managed, are, first
class fertilizing machines, good farm
scavengers, and yield two harvests an
nually.
In many cases, after the corn is laid
by the sheep may be turned into the
corn fields to a good advantage.
When purchasing a ram for breeding
purposes, it should be better than the
best in your flock.
If radical change in the rations is
made too suddenly, growth of both
body and fleece is liable to suffer a
check.
In some localities at least, sheep
should be looked upon as auxiliaries in
keeping up the fertility of the land
rather than a means of profit.
The ram needs to be changed every
two years and fresh blood infused in
the flock. All things considered. a
3-year-old ram is best when breeding
to improve.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
Sweet POtatOes-Danger of Putting
LIN Tnn Dry.

Sweet POtatOes-Danger of Putin 2
Up Too Dry.
have been growing and banking
sweet potatoes for more than thirty
years, says NJ. Martel of DownuI
Farm, and in the early part of my. ex
perience / lost from first to last many
bushels from not knowing that it wa
possible to put them into banks whel
they were too dry to keep perfectly"
Many farmers to this day think the!
are doing the proper thing to dig whei
the soil is very dry and to get tn
potatoes banked and covered without
letting the least moisture get to them
But il is fact that such a condition
predispOses the potatoes to decay from
dry rot. 1t must be borne in mind tina,
sweet potatoes, as well as everything
else green, when put into heaps I'M
fergo a process Of heating or sweat
ug. If the potatoes are not charge
With all the moisture they can posi-
oily hold when put into the banks the
sweating or heating will cause a loss
IF moisture finally that will initiate
1gainst their keeping quality, vii
cause dry rot"
Some years ago, just as the time ar
lived for commencing the digging of E
"a ~ VI osVVV buSilGlSs d rainy SpHll Sc
n and continued, with very little in.
termission. for three weeks The first
rost had occurred and the potatoe
1ad to be dug. 1t happened that FULLY
900 bushels had to be banked wher
he potatoes were very wet The
cams would be caught in showers
Mud was clinging to many potatoes
he potatoes were banked in hills O
orty bushels. AS fast as heaped they
we're strawed. barked and covered witt
lirt, leaving a little opening at tho
pex of the hill for the escape of air
rms was covered with piece of bark
Some anxiety. of course, was felt 70,
the keeping qualities of potatoes put
Up under such conditions, but the re
SUIT proved that it was groundless
and carried a great lesson as to the
preservation of the crop Never before
was there so little loss from decay
1t did not amount to twenty-five bush
els from all causes. Some of the hills
were undisturbed for four months OF
longer and the potatoes kept perfect
~. Since that experience l have fire.
quently, when the potatoes were toe
dry, applied water as they were bank
ed, and always to advantage. AS the
greatest heat of fermentation is In
VOWED in the center of a bank, four
or five bucketfuls of water is poured
through the vent at the apex, after
the hills were made up into a cone.
Many potatoes are lost from dry rot
because of being put up when too dry
1t is we'll to dig the crop as soon after
a rain as possible, once the potatoes
are ripe for digging. But as they have
to be dug" sometimes when the soil
is very dry, the only alternative is to
wet them in the manner described
after they have been banked up.
l have no doubt there are many
farmers who will not be able to see
the rationale" of this, but 1t is true
nevertheless.
After the heat of fermentation has
subsidized entirely the hills should be
covered with all the dirt that it is
possible to put on them, closing the
opening at the apeX.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
EconomicaI Handling of Manure,

Economical Handling of Manure.
The farmer who is a wise man will
try to save all manure made on his
farm and apply 1t to his land with one
handling, says the Epitomist. He will
keep all the live stock his land Will
carry and in order to increase his ma
nure heap will provide quantity OF
bedding. A good time to do this is inn
mediately after threshing straw Is
thus saved that is loose around the
stack and the stack thereby shaped
up better BY bedding stock carefully
the quantity of manure is Increased
and the stock kept warmer and clean
err. When the straw stack Is adjacent
TO the barn they should be allowed to
run to it in day time. They will eat
a norton, tramp down some, and more
or less droppings will be mixed with
it. All this should be hauled and scat
tered on plowed land. OF course,
manure spreader is the thing, but
many a farmer cannot own one. so
must depend on wagon or sled. III
the haul is short and you are hauling
old straw l would use a good sled, or
if depending on wagon by all means
have a low one. In hauling out ma
nure the volatile gases are best pre-
served by placing it in piles, say five
or six to the load, and then scattering
ii lust before the plow reaches it, thus
turning under the manure fresh before
the wind has carried off valuable gases
This makes extra work, so to save la
Dor II will have to be scattered direct
from wagon: again to save labor in
hauling manure, l would load direct
from stable and not throw out unless
unavoidable. OF course COW stable
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
A LittIe Farm well titled.

AS confession is said to be good for
the soul. we need not fear to assert
that most of our large farms are but
poorly titled, says the Farmers Re
view. They produce, from Swimming
methods of culture. but a small pro-
portion of the products possible I'M
der intensive methods of farming
Pioneer methods and lack Of help
have, in many localities, made in
tensive agriculture impossible; but,
as time goes on, there is good reason
to expect that land will be better
worked and stock more generally bred
and fed to a profit. Meanwhile there
are many small farms throughout the
country that are managed on scientific
and intensive principles, and these
serve to demonstrate what might be
done on a larger scale under favoring
circumstances. AS ii is, every farm
could be better managed and made to
produce from fifty to one hundred per
cent. more than at present would the
owners but set themselves intelligent
ly to the task.
One of the small farms we'll titled
forms the subject of a most interest
ing and instructive article in the Year
Book of the Department of Agriculture
for 1908, just received. The farm in
question is situated in Southeastern
Pennsylvania and extends to fifteen
acres, thirteen of which are cultivat-
ed. This farm came into the possess
sion of the owner in 1881 with a mort
gage of 81 200 upon It, 1t was at that
time so run down that il barely sup
ported two COWS and one horse. The
buyer, minister with no previous
experience in farming, commenced
work with the assistance of books on
agriculture, but soon developed bust
ness-like and practical ideas of his
own, which, put into practice enabled
him in little over six years to clear
of the mortgage. The farm now
raises all of the roughage for thirty
head of stock, seventeen Of which are
cows in milk. The soil of the farm is
reddish, somewhat gravelly clay. 1t
has been brought to it's present re-
markable state Of fertility solely by
| the use Of stable manure applied di-
| rectly from the barn, as produced. The
| system OF handling the manure is such
| that none is lost, either LIQUID or
solid. No commercial FERTILIZERS have
| ever been used, and no manure has
been hauled from the city, which is
4 near at hand. The crops are (ordi-
narilO all fed. and are thus largely
returned to the land in the manure
| or course much valuable fertilizer Is
| added 10 the farm annually from the
| rlch mill products fed to the cows
The cows remain in the barn from
| one end Of the year to the other and
are said TO have kept healthy. Soil
ing" Is practiced. This consists iu
cutting and feeding green feed I'm sum
mer instead Of allowing the animals
70 run on pasture. Everything fed Is
cut into haf-inch lengths by means OF
a power cutter. Two silos have been
provided for the accommodation OF
about 100 tons Of sllage. which il por-
duced from four acres OF land seeded
TO corn. Rye, clover and timothy.
peas and oats and green corn supply
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24

that to the farmer or herdsmen, and
that is all on account of his appetite
for brush and heritage. Almost all
kinds of brush and weeds are de-
voured by him with a relish.
Brushy, Weedy pastures are speedily
cleaned up and the grass left free to
grow through the growing season, but
as autumn comes on he acquires an
appetite for the grass also. Thus dur
ing winter he will live out on pasture
like sheep, on the grass, when there
is no heritage or leaves to eat. To any
one having weedy or brushy land
we would recommend the goat.
He will flourish even on brushwood
leaves alone ana pay you in wool and
mutton for the privilege of eating them.
But keep them away from trees you
do not want destroyed. He is a per-
feet blight to them.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24

the soiling foods and silage the winter
food, but dry hay is fed in additio
to green feed to improve the con-
sistency of the manure which, with
The liquid excreta, is caught in a tight
gutter back of the cows absorbed by
cut litter, ashes and fine dry dirt and
hauled daily to the fields where it is
Immediately spread. Bran, oil meal
and gluten meal are the bought feeds
used and they are fed in proportion
according to the condition of the ami
nails and the flow of milk. An aver
ge of about twenty-six gallons of milk
s maintained and the price received
$ rs cents per gallon throughout the
year. The market for the milk is
nearby state institution. The milk is
aiken from Jersey COWS and averages
IS per cent. butter fat. The average
Weld of the seventeen cows is 4,S00
pounds per head per annum, which
gives an income of about So 400 a year
Jne man and boy do the labor of
the farm, except in hay harvest and
Turing the cutting of silage. The own
or bosses the job" and evidently does
t WE'LL
We cannot. however, give all of the
letails of management in the space
1t our command. 1t would pay our
eaders to procure a copy of the year
)Ook and read the article in full
Every detail of management is there
et down so that from the article it
would be possible for an intelligent
nan to work a small farm success
ully with a fair prospect of success
provided the land was suitable and
market near at hand. The most
important matter brought out by this
report is, however, the wonderful i'm
1rovement possible in the cultivation
If an area of land where a business
ike, scientific and practical course of
management is pursued. A reading of
makes one feel how shiftless are
)ur methods of running a farm, how
acking we are in studying and MAX
ng plans ahead. We trust that many
armers will read the article and profit
hereby.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
Good Rules for MIX Farmers.

salt should always be accessible.
Stables should be we'll ventilated,
lighted and drained; should have
tight floors and walls, and be plain
ly constructed. Whitewash the stables
once or twice year. Do not compel
cows to go faster than a comfortable
walk.
DO not use wooden pals. Discard
all rusty pals, cans or stirring uten-
sils. Whey should be emptied as soon
as it arrives at the farm. Milk cans
and pals should be washed with a
brush and lukewarm water, in which
a little sal soda has been dissolved,
then scalded and placed on their sides
in the sun. Scour with salt occasion
ally. Do not use a cloth to either
wash or wipe utensils. Always wipe
cows udders, tanks and teats before
milk. Milk with clean and dry
hands. Milk quietly. quickly, Clearly,
and thoroughly.
"a person suffering from any dis
ease, or who has been exposed to a
contagious disease. should remain
away from cows and milk.
Milk should always be strained
and cooled by dipping, stirring and
surrounding by cold water immediate
ly after milking. 1t should always
be aired where the air is pure-at least
fifty feet Cor more if possible) from
any swill barrel, hog pen, hog yard,
feed trough barn yard, milking yard,
or dusty road.
1.-TWO or three thicknesses of cheese
cloth make a good strafner. Cloth
strainers should always be thorough
ly washed then boiled and hung in a
pure atmosphere to dry.
Never dump warm milk into can
and leave it over night without
straining, aeratinge and cooling. Never
mix fresh, warm milk with that which
has been cooled. IS st
"Over-ripe milk is caused by leav
ing or keeping it at too high tenn
perature.
I'm warm weatehr the milk should
be cooled by setting the pals or cans
in cold water while it is being aerated.
Cool to 65 degrees inside of half an
hour.
Saturday nights and Sunday
mornings milk should be cooled to
60 degrees, or less, set in cool cellar,
covered with a clean robe or blanket,
and not disturbed until Monday
morning.
whenever the lid is left off a can
for any length of time, a cloth or mos
quito netting should be used to keep
out insects.
Successful dairying can be summed
up in two statements-'Be clean;'
keep COOL "
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
MILLS b. LANE,
D.....N.u.,.
LIABILITIES.
-hpitnI STOCK ......t.....s..,
surplus and undivided profits
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
RESo URGES.

deposits ..ss'ss..'s's '.sss......
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24

While it is a fact that the small
farmer could make oats a cultivated
crop to very considerable advantage.
1t is very unlikely that he will ever
make a practice Of it. He may not
cultivate oats. but he should not fail
10 adopt the practice with wheat. He
certainly would II he could only once
be persuaded to SOW an acre or two
in drills two feet apart and cultivate
the crop two or three times. Wheat
can be so sown and cultivated that
where It's nominal yield broadcast as
usually sown is only eight or ten
bushels or less, could be increased to
twenty bushels easily, or double the
crop. As the cultivation requires only
one furrow Of sweep or harrow to
the row a number OF acres can be
cultivated In a day and II a crop OF
ten acres, say, were cultivated, as
many as four times during the grow
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24

must be cleaned out daily, but for
horses 1 would use roomy box stalls,
keep them we'll bedded and clean out
and haul when l had load, direct to
fields. Some will say it is a slovenly
way, but by using good bedding your
horse will be kept quite comfortabl
and it saves one handling: at best it
is hard, heavy job, so let one effort
put II on the field. Hoosier.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
, GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
By S. A. COOK.

ing season. the total cost of cultiva-
ton would not amount to 81 per acre,
the value of two bushels of wheat.
If the sowing is made in October or
early in November, four pecks (siXty
pounds) of seeds should be used, drill
ing it evenly in the twenty-inch drills
If made in February. five TO six pecks
should be used. The seeds should be
washed in strong bluestone water and
then drill off with lime just before
sowing. This is a preventive of
of smut, and it is thought of rust also
to some extent. In washing, use
enough water so as to allow all de
fective seeds and impurities to be
SKINNED off
The young farmer disposed to lin
tense" cultivation as far as he may
practice it, could find out something
to his advantage if once he could be
induced to try just one acre in cult
waited wheat in the manner described
Only in this way can it be made q
crop of real value to the small farm
er in this section. 1t is well worthy
of having its reasonable requirements
fully met.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
Fruit OF the Palm,

Drake's Palmetto Wine tonic. laxative. M.
lailing specific from pure juice OF the wonderful
Palmetto fruit Gives immediate relief and alb
eOlutey permanent cure In all cases OF Catarrh.
Stomach Troubles. Flatulency. Constipation
ConRested Kidneys and Inflammation OF Blad.
DER. Seveuty-hve cents az Drug Stores for
large bottle usual dollar size. but trial bottle
viii be sent free and prepaid 70 every reader OF
ibis paper who writes for IT, letter or postal
cara addressed 70 Drake Formula Company
brake Building Chicago. ILL.,. Is the only *.
e,nse 70 secure tri.l Of brakes Palmetto
hine' Que small dose \ day cures " stay cured
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-24
MONEY ORDERS SOLD AT

Express Office. 20 Bull street
EXPRESS Office. Union Station.
1lvingston's Pharmacy Co.. 20
Broughton street. west.
knights Pharmacy Co, corner
Oglethorpe avenue and Drayton st.
Knights Pharmacy. Duffy and JEFF
ferson streets.
j. y. Shuptrine. Druggist 229 Con-
gress. west. corner JEFF erson.
A. l.. Ford e. Co.. Druggists, 351
West Broad.
savannah Bank and Trust Co.. Bay
and Drayton streets.
Red Cross Pharmacy. Broughton
md Habershnm.
}. u. Prather. Liberty and Habor-
sham.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-05-05
Desde Caguas
Concerto en- la
COIonia EspafIoIa

Como anunciarsn previamepte los
programas circnladoS, comenzo tan
agradab1e fiesta artfstica, abriendo e1
acto, con elocuentes y breves frases
el distjnguido joven don Carlos Aqua
yo para hacer la presentation del ar
tista puertorriquefio, la culta socie-
dad que ALI Sc congregara, deseosa de
Iaplaudir a los Interpreters del pro-
grama.
Es ell sefior Morales un artista de 10
mas notable que hemos dido en- nues-
ira patria. Posee gusto delicado, afi-
nacion correcta y domina a su antojo
el arco.
La sefiora Anfosso de Marques que
les una pianista notabilfsima, estuvo
muy afortunada en- la ejecucion de las
pleas que acompafio.
La se6orita Lola Jimenez, Sc nos
revel6 oomo otra artista en- ell "bello
canto". La frescura de su voz areen-
tina como asimismo la nftida pureza de
los inspirados acentos, que de su gar
gsnts, en- forma de perladas notas sur
gfan nos trasporto las regiones idea
les del enSuefo.
El aria % mfo Fernando de la
opera "Favorits . y la cancion espa-
fiola titulada "La Partida' del malo-
grado maestro Alvarez, las interpreto
de manera justa E irreprochable.
Termino esta fiesta q las once poso
mas menos, dando entonces comien-
70 la jarana en- la que Sc diYertieron
de olindo las bellas cagiienas.
Los socios y Junta directiva de la
"Colonia asf como su digno presi-
dente don Gregorio Lopez, como STEM
pre-, correctisimos; y por otra parte
lei sefior Morales y st1s acompafiantes
| al concerto sefiora Anfonsso de Mar
Iques y sefiorita Lola Jimenez, que fue-
ron las duenoe de Ia noche. sublimes.
Bem..s5f.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-05-05

Alemania y Francia tendran la ma
yor representation en- Bellas Ares.
Belgica presentarz hermosaS obras
de Aries Liberales.
-.
Hungrfa concurrira los juegos
olimpicos. Fl Canada presentara ex-
celentes pinturas. en- mas de Glen cua-
dros.
Un mo1arca africano '(el rey Bgade-
boz lucira su gentil persona en- San
Luis. Santos Oumont vendra con SD
globo ntmero ?.
Cuatro tribus de flipinos custodian
las instalaciones de su pats. que son
muy originates.
No Sc sabe 81 exhibiran algdn retra-
to de Aguinaldo.
-. -
Un rasgo Sobresaliente de la Expo
sicion Universal sera la exhibicion de
caridad correction presente, expo
niendo el metodo educativo Que en-
plea en- las instituciones reformatorias.
Todos los establecimientos de esta
claSe en- los Estados Unidos enviaran
muestras de Sus metodos avanzados,
para el manejo de los criminales. Ha-
bra un calabozo modelo, e1 terror del
elemento criminal en- las aldeas; una
carcel en- la que sc vera a los presos
sc parados. La discipline de prisiones
sera moStrada en- varias maneras dis
tintas, la prision federal de Mexico,
que es tenida por la mejor del mundo,
sera repreSentada en- miniature y ha-
bra moldes de otras muchas peniten-
ciarias. Tambien Sc exibira minucio :
.samente el sistema Bortillon Ell sis
tema ingles de identification de Was
hington sera trasladado a la feria y
ALI Sc lc vera en- pleno trabajo. Ha
bra tambien una galerfa de aprecia-
bles laorones, conteniendo los retratoS
de los criminales conocidos en- Europa
America; no faltara una vasta colec-
cion de herramientas de los que Sc va
len los bribones para sus fechor1as. ta-
les como ganzuas, llaves falsas, Inter
mas sordas y gran ntlmero de instru
mentos antiques, que fguran en- TO
bos y hurtos notorios.