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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01
Curing Choice Market Hay.

Almost every farmer has a different
way, and some have no method to
speak of. With me it is a very i'm
portant point to cut grass when it
contains the most nutritive qualities
and retains that sweet aroma so pleas
ant to the senses when the hay is
moved in winter, says the American
CultivatOr. The early grasses 1 cut
the last of June, but the present sea-
son the growth was much earlier, and
l commenced June Is and cut each
field as it matured. June grass when
gathered at the right time, is a most
excellent stock hay for making milk.
l commence early in the morning,
while the dew is still glistening on the
leaves, for then in very hot weather
the grass cures more slowly instead of
burning, as it will, if cut after the
dew is off. AS 1 have my hay to sell
it is very important it should be cured
first class If weather is favorable l
cut what can be handled on time. AS
soon as the grass for a days work is
cut all the swaths are shaken up by
hand if the crop is heavy as the ted
der does not do the work so we'll as
by hand; the grass is more evenly dis
tributed over the ground by hand. In
one hour the tedder is at work and
lightens it all up to sun and air. In
| that way there will he no green
punches, but all will be cured evenly
together. At one in the afternoon the
| tedder shakes it up again. At half
past two it is raked and placed in me-
dunn sized cocks. If the weather looks
unproptiOus, it is placed in larger
| cocks and caps placed on top No one
that has not tried hay caps would be
willing to believe they save the hay so
much from getting wet, either in a
| heavy shower or several days rain. AS
L said before, having my hay to sell
| cannot do without them. 1 have
them on a wheelblrrOm, and can dis
tribute them very quickly The adj
vantage OF caps in a season like the
present, can hardly be estimated The
weather being favorable, the next day
at o'clock the hay is opened and
well shaken up, and in one hour turned
over by hand. If it is a good day we
commence to cart in; sometimes two
loads before noon. In this way con
siderable anxiety is removed from our
minds IN case of unannounced show
ers. l do not allow my dry hay to re-
main exposed to the sun any longer
than l can help. This point 1 consider
important as any in the hay harvest
| The present crop has made its growth
with comparatively small amount of
sunshine and necessarily there is a
very great shrinkage in curing / do
not think the present bulky crop will
amount to any greater feeding value
| than crops of other years. When grass
grows slowly under plenty of sunshine
it has more sugar" as they used to
say when l was a boy. The scythe
then would gum up so we had to shave
it off with a knife before whetting
| mat we called most excellent sign
| of good hay
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01
GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
By S. A. COOK.

and Potomac rivers. The true white
spccies-MOrus alba-is hardy Wher-
ever the peach tree does not winter
XIII. Besides their value as food plants
for silk worms, the white mulberries
bear fruit desirable for swine and poul-
try Some of the named varieties
Downing and New American-bear
fruit of excellent dessert quality.
In the cotton states the mulberry
lourishes like a weed i'm fence corners.
When grown for silk-worm food the
trees are best trained as shrubs and
planted about 12xl2 feet apart When
so grown they do not reach above
twelve feet in hight and the leaves can
be gathered from the ground.
The mulberry requires a light dry
soil similar to that favored by the
peach. The soil must be kept in good
heart and plenty of fertilizer used to
produce the most valuable quality of
the leaf The silk produced depends
largely upon the quality of the leaf
used to feed the worms.
The mulberry in America is very free
from pests and is a clean and long
lived tree. The best fertilizer for a
mulberry orchard is a mixture of mu-
riate of potash, 10 parts superphos-
phate, 10 parts. and nitrate of soda, .
parts. Stable manure is apt to pro-
duce a rank growth of coarse leaves
which will not make a good quality
of silk To all mothers who wish to
teach their children habits Of industry
method and thrift. and at the same
time afford remunerativ employment
al home we can heartily recommend the
trial of sir growing.
Gerald Mccarthy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

Poison ivy has three leaflets. and
Virginia creeper has five. The former
has white berries, the latter purple.
says Country Life.
All the drugs in the world are of
no use in preventing a bad case of
poisoning, unless one begins to do
something as soon as the telltale itch
ing begins. When the pustules break
open one is almost sure to be in for
three days or a week of Suffering.
1t is we'll to have a little bottle of the
extract of grindelia in the house all
the time Ten cents worth is enough
You can get it at any drug store
Rub it on the affected parts every
five minutes until the trouble is avert
ed, and be sure to lose no time in
beginning.
There is another member of the
Rhus family which we should avoid
as it is as poisonous as the poison
ivy, if not more So This is the poison
sumac or poison elder. 1t is a short
or small tree, sometimes growing to u
hight of twenty-five or thirty feet. but
usually not more than ten or twelve.
1t is indigenous to the Middle and
Eastern states, growing in swamps and
low marshy places. 1t foliage con-
posite leaves, and one terminal leaf
to each petiole, and to an ordinary
observer it appears like our common
staghorn and other sumacs. At all
times its swamp-loving ha bits (for il
is never found elsewhere) should serve
to identify it. while in the autumn
it proclaims itself in unmistaka BILE
terms, for, as Thoreau puts it, lit
bldzes its sins as scarlet" Moreover,
its berries are white, as are those of
the poisonous ivy, instead of red as
are those of all the other sumacs, and
this is the most important point of diff
ference.
OF the four other sumacs, which
grow with more or les abundance
throughout the Middle and Eastern
states, we need have no fear as they
are all harmless In every instance
the berries grow in dense clusters and
are bright red. The leaves are in
many pairs on the same petiole with
the single exception of the fragrant
sumac, which. like the poison ivy,
has but three leaflets; but this need
not in the least confuse one, as the
shape of the leaves and the general
characteristics of the plants are in no
wise the same.
There is little jingle which I re-
member having at some time read
which concisely. if not very poetical-
~, explains these differences, and
which, if committed to memory. will
always serve to distinguish the
poisonous and poisonous sumacs:
Berries red
Have no dread:
Berries white
Poisonous sight;
Leaves three
Quickly flee;
Leaves three, with berries red,
Fragrant sumac, have no dread. 8"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS MONDAY. AUGUST 1. 1904

been the production of several edible
fruits much more hardy than any or
ange One of these the TangelO. bids
fair to become prominent as a sub
stitute for lemons and lines, and pro-
ducable as far north OF any region OF
orange culture. The particular object
aimed at in this work has been the de-
velopment of a commercial orange with
the pronounced hardness of its decid-
uOus parent. The results already at
tanned indicate that this object is quite
within range of probability, and that
hybrdizng must hereafter be recog-
nized as an accepted method of or
ange propagation.
In passing, it is worthy of note that
hardness is materially Influenced by
the character and method of fertillz-
ing the trees. The use of mineral fer
tilizers only, for the late application
will accomplish much toward this end.
Potash is particularly useful because
of its tendency to ripen and harden the
wood.
AS only mature wood is adapted to
budding purposes, this same fact
should be kept i'm mind in propagating
and selecting wood for this purpose.
AS ammonia tends to the opposite di-
rection. makes a rank growth and UNI
ripe wood, it should be excluded from
the fertilizer application next proceed
ing the time when the tree is to be
subjected to cold, or is to be drawn
on for propagating purposes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

SIX culture was one of the first in
dustries introduced into the new world
by the original colonists. The scarcity
and high cost of labor in colonial times
made the industry Improbable except
as work for children and slaves But
at present, especially in the cotton
growing states, agricultural labor is as
poorly paid i'm America as anywhere in
the world-allowing for the extra in
teiligence of our laboring classes.
There has recently been "A great revival
in interest i'm silk culture I'm America.
and the prospects for making this "A
permanent and important agricultural
industry are good.
SIX culture must always remain a
household task for the younger and
aged members Of the family. The
actual labor continues for only about
SIX weeks each year. In this period an
active child of 10 or II years may earn
by growing silk $50 TO $40. These are
lot large sums, but the possession of
such by country children will make life
on the farm far more enjoyable than
II is TO many at present. and will ga
far towards stopping the unfortunate
exodus from country to town.
The successful culture of silk. aside
from the labor factor depends upor
the growth of the white mulberry OF
some OF its many varieties. All the
mulberrles are hardy south of the Ohio
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

The dairymen and stock men are in
a position to use sorghum more profit
ably than any other agriculturalists,
says Farm and Ranch. With sor-
ghum in this state the dairyman is
able to furnish his COWS with green
food during the late summer and silage
and hay during the winter and spring,
while with the proper use of pasture
grasses the year of green feed" can
be pieced out. For the stock man an
excellent green and dry rough feed is
secured in abundance and very cheap
ly. For the best results in dairying
ii is essential that the cows be given
an abundance of green, succulent feed.
and the dairyman is indeed fortunate
who possesses permanent pastures of
winter and summer growing grasses.
But while dairymen and cattle men
find sorghum a valuable crop for soil
ing, hay and silage. farmers do not find
it any less profitable TO themselves.
and while il is not necessary that they
grow sorghum i'm such large quantities.
yet that which is grown brings the
same returns under like conditions.
The farmer must have rough fodder for
his COWS and horses. and unless he has
permanent meadows of good hay
grasses, the growing of sorghum is his
best crop. AS "A crop TO follow on corn
land. we find it one of the best Care
must be exercised in feeding of sor-
plum. Cattle are over fond of green
sorghum, and will. if allowed, iniure
themselves by overlooking or injudi-
Cious feeding. Wet and frosted sor-
ghum especially should be avoided.
Sorghum is one of the heaviest soil
feeders, and consequently its continu-
Gus growth on one piece Of land will
rapidly exhaust the food constituents
of the soil. IL is not advisable to grow
more than two crops in succession on
the same piece of land. Follow sor-
ghum with oats. and alternate i'm the
spring with peas, which restores the
nitrogen to the soil. The idea prev
alent among some farmers that sor-
ghum poisons the land upon which il
is grown, while not literally true, IS
true as ian ms exhaustion and inability
to support plant growth properly is
concerned.
When broadcastng sorghum at the
rate of four bushels seed per acre. the
best results were obtained on land
plowed to a depth Of fifteen inches
using subsoil plow). Yield of cured
hay per acre. 81 TONS
When broadcastinE sorghum at the
rate of two bushels per acre the best
results We're obtained on land plowed
10 "a depth Of five inches. Yield Of cured
hay per acre. Ga.
When drilled in three feet eiFht-inch
rows, at rate az one-half bushel seed
per acre. the best results were obtain
ga or land plowed 90 "a depth OF five
Inches. Yield of cured hay per acre,
"a tons.
When drilled In three feet eight-inch
rows. at the rate of one bushel seed per
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01
Both Candidates Trained I'm the
Dutch Reformed Church.

From the Christian Intelli gencer.
President Roosevelt has been before
the public since he attained his ma
jority. Judge Parker reached the
bench of the Court of Appeals early
in life. Both have manifested superior
ability i'm every public station TO which
they have been called. Both are men
of pure character. They are Christian
gentlemen and active adherents Of a
Christian church. The weight of their
character, reputation and mental
qualities has always been on the side
promotiye of the best good of their
fellow men. Mr.. Roosevelt Is. both
by heredity and confession of faith.
a member OF the Reformed Dutch
Church. From his youth Mr. Parker.
too has had his training in the same
Denominations and I'm It's communion
he found the excellent lady who now
shares his exalted honors as she has
for many years the joys and the cares
or his home. Family conslderat ions
compelled a change Of church relations
in recent years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

From the saturday Revlew.

From the Saturday Review.
We may like cats or we may not
like cats. but we must all confess that
the cat is our superior. He uses us,
IN his eyes we exist for his delecta-
ton. we provide warmth and milk, we
are "A hearth-rug to be jumped on and
sat on, a curry-comb to titillate him.
In this aspect the cat is vastly SUI
perior 10 the dog. which is faithful to
those who maltreat him. while cats
fidelity takes the form of gracious
adherence TO those who serve him.
lie has proof of his philosophy. We
knew an old lady. lodging in the sub
urbs. who spread bread on the lawn
every morning for the sparroWs.
Every morning, as the sparrows ate
the kind old lady's cat. ready behind
the ,box-bush. took his toll. How,
could he. doubt that his mistress his
servant. was al the normal task OF
doing him service?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

acre. the best results were obtained on
land plowed to a depth of 5 inches.
Yield of cured hay per acre, 81 tons.
When drilled in three-fOOt rows, at
the rate of one bushel seed per acre,
the best results were obtained on land
plowed 10 a depth of fifteen inches.
Yield Of cured hay per acre, 5.3 tons.
In each instance where sorghum was
drilled in three feet eight-inch rows
the resulting yields strongly favor
seeding at the rate of one-haf bushel
per acre, against seeding at the rate of
one bushel per acre, though a cOarser
quality of hay was produced from this
seeding.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Handsomely framed pictures undesr
l6x20 glasses for % cents each. Neatly
framed pictures under SXl0 glasses IOE
25 cents each. Mouldngs for GEMS
foot that others are selling TOT -
cents. Portraits for s9.T5 that Othen
are making for SO. At Laaevozes
Best bargains IN City property ~, ~,
J. Mlscaily, Jr., 20 Bryan street. ~
VIII consuit your own interest ~ seS-
ing him for full particulars.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

To Western North Carolina.

Southern Railway has inaugu-
rated new train from sa-
vannah to Ashevire, and one in OPP
posite direction, on following schedules:
Leave Savannah, 700 a., city tllne'
arrive Asheville. 7:15 p; leave Ashe-
vile, 7:05 a.; arrive Savannah, 7:49 p.'
city time.
This gives a day ride 10 all the re-
sorts of Western North Carolina
Detailed information furnished at CITY
Ticket Office. 141 Bull street-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

I3o+,,-o,,, ~. -
"eeii 'lie TWO thefe Is vast dlt-
ference-about as much almost as be-
tween a bushel of wheat and a busheI
of oats bnt the majority, of ,,,.,, 49,
~ -. .-.-- ''' 90
90 not appear to realize it. Any dried
grass or clover is hay" it matters
not or but little when il was cut or
how it was cured. In first class hay
there is more digestible nutrients in
ten pounds of it than viii be found
in twenty-five pounds OF more of the
most inferior quality Stock can tell
the difference, too. They will ignore
and waste the inferior quality while
they will eagerly consume and thrive
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

The Need Of the Hour-"W-hat do
you think of the political situation
Il wish there wasn't any such thing. ="
said the Kansan. IF so many peo-
pie weren't looking for political stu
atoms there would be more willing to
accept Jobs as farm hands. wash
ington Star.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01
South Carolina
Military Academy

This is the state Military Academy.
Session begins Oct. l. $3.50 a year.
This includes Tuition, Clothing Medi-
cal Attendance, Washing. Light and
Heat
Brig. Gen. e. A. Darlington, u. S.
A.. says. ANY graduate bearing the
diploma of the S. c. M. A. is capable
of performing the duties of a Second
Lieutenant in the y. S. Army"
Address
COL. ASBURY COWARD, Supt.
Charleston S C.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

A cousin of the Presidents, Maude
Roosevelt, is, in the matter of siren
uousness, evidently a disciple of her
distinguished relative. She contributes
to the August Lippincott's Magazine
the leading novelette,, entitled Social
Logic" This is naughty enough to
engross without being naughty enough
to repel. II is tale of gay New York
and gayer Paris as it follows the for
tunes of two attractive girls of good
family, but small means, who drift to-
gether in a boarding house. The short
stories of the month appeal both for
their variety and liVeliness. The
summer Widowers" and their invisi-
bic wives should not fail to read Mary
Moss acute tale called "Marooned" 1t
might be labelled Cure for Heartache-
if taken in time" Two papers of I'M
usual interest and charm come from
popular pens: George MOore's finishing
chapter of Moods and Memories, "
personal and intimate "reminiscences
of his life in Paris; and a delightful
Italian sketch by Maud Howe entitled
'Ischia: A Tale and a Tour" j. 3.
Lippincott Company, East Washington
Square, Philadelphia.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

The August Worlds Work is a sump-
tuous double Worlds Fair number-a
guide philosopher and friend for the
great exposition. Interpreting pic
turesquely and pictorially every phase
of the fair, it is a permanent record
of its marvels and beauties. For
those who visit the fair it is necessary;
for those who do not, it is faithful
report. For everyone it is a complete
souvenir. The article and illustrations
were written and taken by members
of The Worlds Work staff after a
months study. The $50 photographs,
the best ever made for any fair, and
including many night views, were prac-
tically all made by A. Radclyffe Dug
more, the famous nature photographer.
The cover, a reproduction in green and
gold of Festival Hall and the Cas-
cades, the central picture of the fair,
is by Stetson Crawford. Just as the
Worlds Fair is an epitome of world
progress, so do the articles explain the
world advance. In '"The Agricultural
Conquest of the East" NJ. G.. Cunniff
shows the meaning of the stupendous
exhibition of the methods and products
of the new scientific agriculture. ia
pans Extraordinary Exhibit" by
Isaac f. Marcosson, tells the story of
the most remarkable national achieve
ment of modern history.
Alfred c. Newell tells in THE Phil
ippine Peoples" of the remarkable in
sular display that shows life. customs
and the result of American rule.
Doubleday, Page & Co, "a Union
Square, east, New York city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01
OdOrS of Precipitation
Royal Foot Wash
Removed at once
from armpits,
feet, etc. Dy

Ginning Sweating, ItcIing
csc
satisfied Sample
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

There are three months of growing
weather yet. Any occupied land, es-
pecially if it is good soil. could very
profitably be planted to fodder corn,
sowing in three-foot drills and using
eight or ten pecks of seed to an acre.
Two cultivatlngs with harrow or sweep
during August will make the crop, and
IL Will be ready to cut by the middle
OF October. No injurious frost is like
ly to occur before the 10th of Novem-
Der. Bright well cured fodder corn
Is no mean fodder. 1t should be soWn
thick enough so that the stalks are
Ten or even five pounds of such fed
to stock twice a day will render
needfu a very small ration of corn
where stock are not at hard work
Most farmers are very wasteful of
fodder corn, regarding it as inferior
fodder. 1t will pay to tie it up into
five-pound bundles If the stacks are
slender, as they should be from close
planting, there is nothing gained by
cutting it up. Where the stalks are
large, however, they are rendered more
paldtable by being sprinkled with salt
water The corn should be cut as
soon as 1t blooms or tassels. and it
should be shocked up almost as fast
as cut. Cut at the proper time and
cured in the shock fodder corn makes
as palatable and nutritious hay as one
need have. At its best il is much bet
ter than most of the baled hay that
comes from the North or West. much
of which has been cut after the grass
has formed and shattered out it's seed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01

Every man, whether he plays cards
or does not play cards, will enjoy
Evan Anderson's Poker Party" in
the Reader Magazine for August. and
every woman will rejoice in the anus
ing triumph of Mrs. Tom Porter. 1t
is an unusually entertaining story.
Francis Lynde devotes the fourth Of
his articles on railway accidents to
Fixing the Responsibility" This is
an important series on really vital
topic, that deserves careful reading by
railroad officials and travelling public
alike. "The Literature of Business"
shows the necessity and the value
of having trained writer's with literary
style to prepare the advertising mat
ter of modern commercial enterprises.
The BobbsMerrill Company, Indian
apOlis, Ind,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-01
MAGAZINES.

The leading features of the American
Review of Reviews for August are:
ALTON B. Parker; A Character
Sketch" by James Creelman, with por-
traits and other illustrations; Henry
G. Davis, Democratic Candidate for
Vice President" by Charles S. Al
bert, with portrait and other illustra-
tions; Charles Warren Fairbanks, Re
publican Candidate for Vice Presi-
dent" by Thomas r. Ship, with por-
traits and other illustrations; impress
sions of The Republican Convention
at Chicago" by James H. Eckels, a
delegate to the National Democratic
Convention, with cartoons and sketches
of prominent Republicans; Impressions
of The Democratic Convention at St.
Louis" by delegate to the National
Republican Convention, with cartoons
and sketches of prominent Democrats;
Wireless Telegraphy To-day" by Will
liam Maver, Jr., with portraits of Mar
conf, De Forest and Fessenden, and
other illustrations; THE Successor of
President Diaz of Mexico" by Austin
G. Brady, with portraits of President
Diaz, Ramon Corral and Jose Imam
tour, and a brief sketch and portrait
of the late DR.. Theodor Herzl, Leader
of Modern Zionism," by Herman RoS-
enthal. The Review of Reviews Com
pany, Is Aston Place, New York city.