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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05

The roots of most plants do their
principal amount of feeding near the
surface of the ground, though the
same plants may send down roots to
a depth of four or more feet. The deep
going roots are not, however, very
large feeders. 1t used to. be thought
that their entire work was to draw
up water, but this idea is evidently
not founded on any good reasons. The
plant needs water principally for the
conveying of food and it is not prob
able that it seeks water for itself ex-
cept in times of drought. That the
bulk of the roots should be near the
top of the ground is natural, as
the air gets to the roots more readily
there, and consequently the amount
of available plant food is there greater
than further down. But there is
some food and some air further down.
and these supply the cause for the
penetration of the roots to greater
depths. In the case of crimson clover
most of the roots are found in the first
eight inches of soil. In the next four
inches only abut 8 per cent. of the
total weight of the roots is found
though some of the roots penetrate
many feet into the soil. There is,
therefore, little in the argument that
the roots of plants are constantly
bringing up the fertility from great
DEPTHS
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
Nutrition of the Horse.

Horses, like other animals. require
a definite amount of nutrients per 1000
pounds of live weight for mainte-
nance, says the Farm Journal. To this
must be added an extra mount for
muscular work, this amount being de-
pendent on the amount and intensity
of the labor performed. This extra
food must consist largely of energy
producing components such as the
starches. There should be at least one
sixth as much protein as of starchy
matter
The ration of the horse should con-
sist of both concentrated feeds and
coarse fodder. Concentrates alone are
too compact and if roughage alone is
fed the horse cannot consume enough
of 1t to produce the nutrition required.
A horse fed on roughage can get along
all right so long as he is not required
to work, but If hard work is required
OF him he has not the energy to per-
form what he is expected to- All the
whipping in the world will not force
him to the performance of labor above
his strength.
A Woodworking horse should re-
ceive the same weight of concentrated
foods as of bulky foods. This rule is
general one, and is, of course, modi-
ned according to circumstances. For
instance, it might not hold good if
large quantity of the coarse feed con-
sisted of very green corn, because that
would be too heavy with water.
In many parts of the United States
We find that corn is being fed largely
as the single grain ration of horses.
This is true not only of the corn belt.
but even of the New England states,
where corn has to be imported from
the West. But In the corn belt corn
is fed to an extreme. The general adj
vice to modify this ration by the feed
ing OF more oats is good one. There
is no grain that is perhaps so useful
In the feeding of horses as oats. A
man that has a large supply of corn
can afford to sell some of it and buy
oats no matter what the price of oats
may be.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
The Drninaee Engineer.

The drainage engineer is product
of modern times and as such should
be encouraged. He has come not
without reason, for drainage has as
stunned a proportion in its relation
to farm work that it has never be-
fore had. There are many that do
not yet consider him a necessity, for
they have not yet found out that a
poor piece of leveling in drain may
reduce it's efficiency one-half or more.
A. sag may cause the stoppage of the
water by allowing sand and other
drifting material No accumulate till
it covers the whole bottom and finally
clogs up the passage altogether. The
skillful drainage engineer prevents
this by having the bed of the ditch
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
NEITHER SHIP
CAN COME NOW
COMMANDER H. S. coLDING
HEARS FROM COMMANDERS OF
HARTFORD AND CHATTANOOGA.

Thought Ships May BE Able to Visit
Savannah Some Time in Future.
The Hartford Has Been Ordered to
Key West-COmmanderO of Chntta-
nOOga, the New Ship, Writes That
Trip at This Time Would Not Be
Practicable.
Neither the Hartford nor the Chatta-
nooga will visit Savannah in the i'm
mediate future, though there is still a
probability of both the vessels coming
later.
This information was contained in
two letters received yesterday morning
by Commander H. S. Colding of the
Naval Reserves, one of the letters being
from the commander of the Hartford
and the other from the commander of
the Chattanooga. Both officers express
regret at not being able to visit Sa-
vannah at once, but state they hope to
be able to do SO some time in the
future.
Following is the letter in regard to
the Hartford
u. S. S. Hartford, Fortress Monroe.
knowledge receipt of your polite letter
of the 26th ultimo, and thank you for
your interest, but 1 have to-day re-
celVed orders to proceed directly to
Key West, and 1 shall not have the
pleasure of visiting Savannah for the
present. Respectfully,
t Z. Dew. H. Veeder,
Commander, U. S. Navy, Commanding.
The letter in regard to the Chatta-
nooga follows:
U. S. S, Chattanooga, Navy Yard,
New York, Dec. 2, 1904.-My Dear Sir:
Your cordial invitation of Nov. 26,
1904, has just reached me. 1t will not
be practicable for us to make the trip
to Savannah at this time, but if in
the near future it is possible to do
so, we shall be more than pleased to
come to your hospitable city.
Thanking you for your polite invi-
tat1on, l am very truly yours,
Alex Sharp,
Commander, U. S. N, COMMANDING
Commander Colding very much re-
grets the fact that the ships are I'M
able to come at this time. He believes.
however, that they may pay Savannah
a visit some time in the near future
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
Hardy Plants.

In all parts of the country an eff
fort is being made to produce hardy
plants, says an exchange. In some
cases this hardness consists in be-
ing able to Withstand cold. in
other parts of the country it means
the ability to withstand drought. and
in yet other places the ability to
grow in spite of the fierce rays of the
summer sun. So the men that have
undertaken the task of developing
hardy plants have some extremely
hard problems to solve.
The work is being prosecuted along
several lines. One is to select plants
from hardy plants and to continue to
select those that show increased
hardness. Some progress is being
made in this line but not so much
as the experimenters desire. Another
method Is to cross a very good va
riety with an inferior one that has
hardness in an extraordinary degree.
Thus the wild crab apple, which grows
even north of the Canadian line in
Manitoba, is being crossed with the
finer varieties of apples a thousand
miles to the South. From this cross
seeds are planted and then selection
begins of the trees that bear the best
fruit and yet show hardness. In
either case 1t will be observed that
a hardy variety must be selected as
a starting point.
Already much has been accom-
plished and hardy varieties of plants
are being grown much further north
than it was thought to be possible
twenty years ago. 1t is difficult, how
ever, to say just what constitutes
hardness in plants, and it frequently
happens that a plant that seemed to
be hardy at first proves not to be
hardy when given a longer trial.
In a good many cases the apparent
ly increased hardness is due to late
ness of blooming in the spring, the
blossoms opening after the frosts
have passed. A variety that is late
in blooming can be grown much fur
Their north than one that opens early.
Observations along this line give great
promise of success.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
InOcuIatinE Soil for Alfalfa-The
True Use of the Legumes.

One of the most interesting facts re-
Gently demonstrated is that the So
called burr clover can easily be used
TO inoculate soil for the growing of
alfalfa, says the Practical Farmer
This was to be supposed, because they
are both members of the same genus
the burr clover being Medicago Den
ticulata, and really a sort of annual
alfalfa, for the alfalfa is Medicago Sa-
tiva. At the Edgecombe, N. c., farm
belonging to the North Carolina Board
of Agriculture, the burr clover has been
found to be one of the most useful
winter pasture crops and soil improv-
ers, and while of little value for hay
il is the best means that can be used
for the incubation of the soil with the
bacteria that live on alfalfa, for the
burr-like seeds carry the bacteria with
them and the alfalfa following a crop
of the burr clover was found to be
well inoculated, and the soil from the
burr clover patch has been used to
inoculate fresh soil for alfalfa sue
cessfully. We do not know how far
north the burr clover may be hardy
but it is well worth trying. II sue
ceeds best on a sandy soil, and the
seed should be sown among corn or
cotton in July or August, and then
viii give some grazing in the fall The
Monthly Bulletin of the North Caro-
UNA Department OF Agriculture for
July last gives a full account of the
experiments that have been made with
this plant and with the hairy vetch.
This bulletin states that the burr clov-
er succeeds best on the heavier type
OF sandy soil with good clay subsoil.
When the seed is allowed to ripen the
land will be well re-seeded for the fol-
lowing fall The bulletin referred to
shows cut of a cotton crop follow
ing burr clover which had been fer
tilted with 200 pounds of acid phos-
phate and eighty pounds OF kainit per
acre. Another cut shows the crop of
cotton following cotton with the same
fertilizer that was applied to the clover
on the other plat, with the addition
OF 120 pounds OF cotton seed meal for
nitrogen which the first plat got from
the clover. The plat on which the
burr clover had been grown made / .62O
pounds OF seed cotton per acre, which
was exactly 400 pounds more than that
made on the plat receiving the COM
plete fertilizer. This 400 pounds Of
cotton sold for SIS. and deducting pick
ing and excess hauling there was a
gain OF SIG In favor OF the plat fol-
lowing the clover. This Is exactly
what we have for years been insist
ing upon, that we can gain more in
the productivity OF the soil through
the use or the mineral forms OF plant
food IN phosphOric acid and potash
applied 10 the croD that feeds the soil
with nitrogen. than we can By an APP
phcation ~ q complete fertilizer 10 the
sale crop. This Is not only true IN
fogafd 10 ihe cotton crop ~ The south.
but a equally true in regard 10 crops
anywhere. and shows that the true
uee or commefcinl fertilizers a. 90 IN
crease tne Hf0Wth ~ The crops that
terd the stock and the land nf che
same umf. and a. look 90 them Tor the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
Starting in the Poultry Business.

| fertilizers is not merely TO squeeze
more sale crops from the land. but TO
| help increase the fertility.
/ Starting in the Poultry Business.
Don't attempt to engage in poultry
raising on large scale to start with
unless you have had previous expe-
rience, says the Southern Ruralist.
Men are prone to estimate that
if ten hens will produce say $50
a year, 100 hens will earn $500 and
1000 hens will guarantee him at
least $4,000 or $4,000. This is fault
less mathematics. but you will not re-
alize any such profits when you test
the matter.
Scraps from the table will feed ten
fowls and no special housing will be
required for this small flock. A large
number of fowls (say 1000 will re-
quire a considerable outlay, of money
in the first instance. The interest on
this money will amount to about
$3.50. 90 a year. food for chickens will
cost $1,000 and help will be another
$1,000, a total of $3.50. Basing the
income at exactly the same compare
tive figures, realized on the ten bird
flock it will be noted that the COM
parative net income will exceed but
little over one-half of that of the
SMALL easily handled and inexpensive
flock.
1t is immeasurably best to start
with a breeding pen of say nine hens
and cock Use a hundred egg incu-
bator and hatch all eggs the first
year. This, barring accident, will in
sure you a splendid flock of 400 or
500 pullets to commence on the sec
ond year. besides furnishing your Ia
bic with a plentiful supply of tooth
some broiers and absolutely reliable
eggs.
The second year you will have
sufficient knowledge cleaned from ac-
tual experience to branch out in the
poultry business on a larger scale.
Your original investment of say $50
should represent every dollar you put
In the business. Every dime spent in
excess of this amount may be classed
as unnecessary and charged up to ex-
perience.
A breeding pen of ten thorough
breds and an incubator will make
you a nice sum after the second year.
Calculate from the figures furnished
above and see if we are not easily
within the bounds of reason. Remem-
Der that by following our suggestions
that you eliminate in comparative fig
uring on a flock of 500, all interest.
feed $500 and help. $500 90, and you
have thus a total expense of 81, 100.
Your 500 pullets-that you now I'M
derstand how to handle-will produce
at a low estimate an average of Is
dozen eggs each per year, which will
sell for about 20 cents a dozen or
50. 90, a grand total of $500, a net
profit of $500 co. besides the $500. 90
for your work.
The original breeding pen has been
the history of the first year
and your flock will enter into the
third year 1000 strong.
Let us impress upon you:
Don't start on a large scale.
Don't buy common dung-hill chick
ems.
Don't engage in the poultry bust
ness at all unless you are willing to
work, and watch, and wait.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05

Mr.. Herbert A. Bruner has been Sc
lected to fill the position of assistant
city ticket and passenger agent of the
Central of Georgia Railway and Ocean
Steamship Company. The position was
made vacant by the resignation of Mr..
P. M. Rivenbark
Mr.. Bruner will enter upon the dis
charge of the duties of his new posi-
ton within a few days. For several
months he has held the position of
ticket stock clerk in the office of Mr.
]. c. Halle, general passenger agent
of the road, and prior to that time
was assistant union ticket agent at
Macon.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05

production. II it had the general
tendepcy to move down. as most peo-
pie suppose, there would be no trouble
from the rising of alkali; for in that
case the alkali would be carried far
below the roots of the crops and
would stay there.
But the water sinks into the dry
soil for five, ten. fifteen feet or more.
dissolves the alkali it finds and then
begins an upward movement, being
pumped up by the air. II brings up
the alkali with it and in evaporating
leaves the chemical as a layer on the
top of the soil. The work of water is
gradually being better understood a I'd
IL will be made to perform greater
tasks than have hitherto been laid
on il.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05

Manchester, Dec. 4.-The decline in
raw cotton at Liverpool had a de-
terrent effect on operations in the cloth
market here last week. Buyers are
disposed to pause a while, future wants
being we'll provided. The India and
China business transacted was on a
smaller scale at generally slight con-
cessions. Business for minor outlet
was practically confined to moderate
purchases for South America. Yarns
were quieter although moderate lines
were negotiated, a majority of users
waiting for developments in cotton.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
MAKING A SURVEY
FOR G. r. & A. RAILROAD.
Corps of Engineers at Work in the
Field to North of Cuthbert.

Cuthbert, Ga, Dec. Assistant to
the President Uzzelle of the Georgia,
Florida and Alabama Railroad, with
some local assistants, is above Cuth-
bert this week making some topo-
graphical surveys, preparatory to To-
eating a route for the extension of this
road northward from CuGhbert to
Columbus and Atlanta.
1t is expected that active work on
the part of the engineering corps in
locating will soon begin and construc-
ton follow.
Chief Engineer Bonneman of this
road has been detained at Carrabelle,
Fla, where he has been experimenting
unloading a ship load of steel rails
and doing some other work on the
company's wharf at that point.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
OFFICIAL.
PROPOSALS.

Office of Savannah Water Works,
Ga. Nov. %, 1904.-Sealed
proposals will be received by the Com
mittee on Water Works at the office of
the Savannah Water Works until IL
o clock noon Wednesday, Dec. IA, 1904,
for furnishing f. o. b. Savannah, Ca
1900 feet of 12-inch Standard Cast
IRON Pipe; 1000 feet of S-inch Stand
ard Cast Iron Pipe; 1000 feet of g.
inch Standard Cast Iron Pipe; 4
SxSx6-inch Tees, 8 12x1 2x6-inch Tees,
! 6x6xS-ineh Tee. l 12x12x12 Tee, 2
12-inch ELS. Bidders must state time
of delivery Committee reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. En-
Velopes must be marked Bids for
Cast Iron Pipe"
/ II KINSEY. Stunt
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05

on a perfect level and on soil that will
not sink in places. If he finds quick
sands he knows how to deal with them.
When man has an expensive job of
tile laying to do there is a temptation
to save the fee of the drainage engi-
neer, gut this will almost never pay.
In any case the man who attempts it
is taking great chances with his work,
and the results may not become APP
parent for wears
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05

Shifted Back to Watson.

Lincolnton, Ga, Dec. 4.-Thomas E.
Watson spoke here and at great length
INDUCED in ridicule and abuse of
Parker, Cleveland and other promi-
nent Democrats.
After the speech four members of
the Democratic Committee, who had
been Populists before the recent cam
paign, returned to their old allegiance
and were elected Populist committee
men.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
scruggs May Get a job.

Atlanta, Dec. At is reported that
Col. W. L. Scruggs of Atlanta is slated
for diplomatic position under Presi-
dent Roosevelts new administration.
Just what it will be has not been
made public. Col. Scruggs was minis
ter to Venezuela under President Har-
rison and made a splendid record.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
Was Largely Attended and Floral
Tributes Were beautiful.


The funeral of Mrs. Mary Mcguire,
mother OF supt. John f. Mcguire. OF
the Savannah fire department took
place yesterday afternoon from her
residence, No. II Montgomery street -.
Services were conducted at ST. Pat
rick's Church, and In the Cathedral
Cemetery. where the interment took
place. by Father Mccarthy.
Father Mccarthy paid a high trib-
an Of many virtues and a life long
member Of the Catholic Church. The
funeral was largely attended. Flow
era IN prOfusion, many 81 them Of
beautiful designs, were sent by friends
81 the deceased and her family. The
pallbearers were Menara. Andrew No.
Orear, Michael Murphy Jacob John
son. Peter Kelly. John McAleer and
John J. Connolly.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
CITY BREvITlES.

j. F. Brown, a negro boy, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Mount
ed Patrolman d. j. Cronin for shoot
ing craps on West Broad street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
NOTICE.

City of Savannah, Office Clerk of
Council, Savannah, Ca, Nov. is, 1904.
Parties desiring to retail liquor dur
ing year 1905 will file their applica-
lions at once. so that same can be
read before Council in accordance
with city ordinance.
]. ROBERT DREAMER.
Clerk OF Council.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
OFFICIAL.

ARREARS FOR GROUND RENT.
City of Savannah, Office City Treas
urer, Dec. l. 19O4-The following lots
are in arrears for ground rent. Of
which owners are hereby notified.
c. S. HARDEE,
City Treasurer.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
Calhoun ward-Lot 3. 2 ars.; we

lily treasurer.
Calhoun Ward-Lot 8, qrs.; west
1-5 lot 4, qrs.; east u lot AZ, qrs.
Chatham Ward-East 1-3 lot 10, 2
qrs.; west 2-3 lot 10, qrs; lot II, 2
qrs.; mid. 1S lot q. 2 qrs.
Columbia Ward-North " lot %, 2
qrs.
Crawford ward-North y lot 81. 2
qrs.; lot 20, qrs.; lot 26, 2 qrs.; lot
Y, qrs.; lot 30, qrs.; northwest
part lot 6S, qrs.
Ebert Ward-West part lot "a, 2
qrs.; southeast part lot "a. 2 qrs.;
east 2-S lot 20, qrs.
Franklin Ward-Part lot 81, 2 qrs.;
lot "a, qrs.; east X lot 81. 2 qrs.
New Franklin Ward-West Y lot /,
qrs.; lot 2, qrs.; lot 8, 2 qrs.; east
u lot A. ors.
Greene Ward-Lot Z, 2 qrs.; lot s, 2
qrs.; east u lot II, qrs.; south "a
lot 1e, 2 qrs.; south u lot %, qrs.
Jackson Ward-East p lot 10, urs.;
lot q, qrs.; lot 2S 2 qrs. t<l
Jasper Ward-Lot 8, 2 qrs.; west q
lot 81 2 qrs.; lot "a, qrs; lot 81. 3
qrs.; lot 43, 2 qrs.; west " lot 46, 2
qrs,
Lafayette Ward-West y lot 7. 2
qrs.; lot 81, qrs.; lot %, 2 qrs.; lot
Monterey ward-East X lot IS,
qrs.
Pulaski ward-Lot A. qrs.; lot 5, 2
qrs.
Stephens Ward-Lot &c. 2 qrs.
Troup Ward-West p lot 2, 2 qrs.
Warren Ward-Lot %, 2 qrs.
Washington Ward-North 1-3 of
south Y lot Is, qrs.; lot 80, qrs.
All persons having interest in above
lots are hereby notified that if the
amounts now due are not paid to the
city treasurer on or before Dec. IA
inst, l will proceed on the morning Of
Dec. Is to re-enter according to law.
HENRY b. DREESON,
City Marshal
SALE OF STALLS IN THE MARKET
City Marshals Office, Savannah. Ga.
Nov. 10, 1904.-,rhe stalls in the
market building will be offered for
rent at public cutlery on WEDNES-
DAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF DE-
CEMBER, 1904, at 10 o'clock, a. m.
Parties desiring to retain their
stalls and renting by the year will
have the preference, but must be on
hand and respond promptly.
By order Committee on Market
HENRY f. DREESON.
City Marshal.
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
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sale crops. In short, the true use of
fertilizers is not merely to squeeze
more sale crops from the land. but TO
help increase the fertility.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
SALE OF STALLS IN THE MARRIED

HOTELS ASD SUMMER RESORTS.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05

Any man suffering from private disease that his (
seem to understand, which you unwilling to n
consmt the Mell-knoMn authority. DR.. j. Newton Haiti
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-05
MRS. MARY MAGUIRE's FUNERAL

Rector st. stephens Church, Haber-
sham and Harris streets