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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
Cont Ment and Kid Ment.

A circular of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture says: While
it is generally agreed among those
who speak from experience that the
kids of all breeds of goats are deli
cacy. it is true that among the great
mass of the people of this country
there is a prejudice against anything
bearing the name of goat" Within
the environments of all of the larger
cities are found many kids, and it is
evident that only a few of them grow
to maturity What becomes of them?
Butchers and meat dealers answer the
question by saying that they pass over
their blocks as lamb" No meat deal
ct has heard of a complaint of the
quality of such lamb" A consider
able number of mature common goats
are purchased by the packing houses
of the larger cities. They are purchas-
ed as goats and sold either in the car
cass or canned. as mutton; and many
who decry goat meat have uncon-
sciously eaten it many times no doubt
This does not mean that the meat is
as palatable as good mutton, but it
may be as good as poor mutton. and
so the consumers criticism concerns
the quality and not the kind. The
flesh of any mature common goat is
not pala 10 most persons VINO
have tasted it. This is due to the
strong taste. and, to some extent. to
its toughness. Proper care in dressing
would probably mitigate if not entire
ly prevent the strong taste. and feed
ing on grain would tend to produce a
more tender carcass. Both these points.
however will hardly receive attention
from anyone who may contemplate go
ing into the industry, for the reason
that they viii add materially to the
cost of production. The excellent quail
ity of the kid meat has already been
mentioned. 1t is safe to say that the
existing prejudice against it would dis
appear if people were to test it, and in
time a good market ought to be built
up for all that can be produced. How
ever, the question arises. VIII it pay
to raise common goats for the sale of
kids? The farmer will have to deter
mine this matter for himself. If a
ready market We're established for the
kids at. say, $3.50 each, and if one doe
can raise three or four kids annually,
il can hardly be doubted that the in
dustry could be made profitable. AT
this time no such market exists.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
FARM,
By S. A. COOK.

Some Garden NOtes-SettinE Out
Plants.
We have always found it profitable
TO grout or puddle the roots OF all
plants set out at any season. but es-
peCially so when the setting out is
done after the first Of May. To give
q plant a prompt and vigorous send
of seems to have as good an effect as
in the case of animals. The grout is
made by mixing in about equal parts
of clay dust and fresh COW manure,
using water enough 10 make a watery
mush which will cling to the roots of
the plants when they are dipped into
it. It can be made in a barrel or in
a common bucket, according as TO the
quantity needed. For just a few hun
bred plants put into a common three
gallon bucket two or three quarts of
clay dust and an equal bulk Of COW
manure and to this add a double
handful Of bone dust or the same Of
some good commercial fertilizer. Add
water enough to make loblolly, stir
ring we'll so as to get it all well mix
ed. Dip the roots of the plants into
this until they are well coated with
it. It has a magical effect in Undue
ing the formation of new roots speed
fly. An ounce of kerosene added to
the grout has a decided effect in pro-
tecting from cut worms. Unless the
soil is very dry there will be no need
for watering plants that have been
"grouted," if they are set out prop
erly. Insert the roots well into the
soil and slightly inclined in one di-
rection so that with the foot the earth
may be pressed firmly against the
roots. In the course of twenty-four
hours a properly set out grouted plant
will have thrown out a mass of new
rootlets and are ready TO grow right
off 1t is one of the assurances of
success and is one Well worth max
ing
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

ing the breeding season of the Wee
vii
For a long while little was done
to prevent the spread of that dread dis
ease, consumption (tuberculosis), which
is said to cause the death of more
than one third of our population be-
tween the ages of 20 and 80. Through
investigation and careful study of this
scourge scientists have learned how
to stop the spread of consumption
where proper sanitary measures are
taken. The disease spreads only by
sputa of patients affected. If this be
properly guarded consumption becomes
a non contagious disease. So with
reference to the spread of smallpox
and yellow fever. The conditions con-
trolling these scourges and en-
couraging them are now fully I'M
derstood.
Why should not the limitations of
the weevil scourge. which has proved
so destructive to Texas cotton inter-
ests yield to the Investigations of
scientists during years of study? Such
has been the case and the cotton grow
er should be encouraged to take ad-
vantage of facts developed and to
avoid the spread of the weevil
along the lines above indicated.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
Seeding to Lnceru.

B. F. M-Lucern is best adapted to
sandy or loamy soil. having a good
clay sub-soil or foundation Most any
good cotton land in Georgia will grow
lucerne if it is treated properly from
first to last. From the first of Octo-
Der to the middle of November is the
best time to SOW in Southern and Mid
die Georgia. If good seeds can be
procured and a good stand is secured
by the first of December the cold will
not affect it and the crop will get a
good start on the weeds by May. We
doubt very much if there are 200 acres
growing this valuable crop in this
state to-day. There should be at least
a half million acres devoted to it
and there would be if every farmer
who tries to make butter with two
cows or more only realized the true
value of lucern.
AS rule il may be better to SOW
in drills. SO that it may be cultivated
for a year or two. but if the land is
fairly clean and rich there is no rea-
son why it should not be sown broad
cast if twenty pounds Of seeds 80
per cent good are evenly sown to the
acre.
The soil should be we'll powed. and
If possible narrowed fine After the
seeds are sown the land should be
rolled. A common mistake is to SOW
too small a quantity of seeds and
without knowing their quality. II is
not easy to find fiTst-class seeds
on the spur of the moment, and one
should begin in time TO locate the
place and the scotsman from which
such are to be had. The seeds should
be in hand some weeks before need
ed for sowing SO that they can be
tested. 1t is better to use thirty
pounds of seeds to the acre and in
sure perfect success than to use only
ten pounds and make the venture a
half failure or half success.
In starting a crop like lucern one
cannot be too careful to meet every
requirement as fully as possible. A
lucern meadow Cor pasture, if prop
ertly treated as such) should endure
at least for eight or ten years. II
will pay If il does its best for only
four or five years.
On good land, however. there is no
reason why it should not continue 10
yield its blessings for at least eight
years. 1t depends upon the care and
treatment that is given it. The first
cutting for hay should not be made
until il is in full bloom.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

One Of the most wonderful develop
ments of modern times is that of the
manufacture and trade in commercial
fertilizers. says the Practical Farmer
The farmers in the great Mississippi
valley only a few years ago ridiculed
the Idea that their lands would ever
need fertilizing. But they have found
out that even their soils, formerly con-
sidered inexhaustible, are losing fer
tility and need help. And now we have
before us the bulletin of the California
Experiment station, giving the fertil-
izer law of that state and showing
that twenty-one companies registered
there 116 brands of fertilizers and fer
tilizing materials. And thus from the
Atlantic to the Pacific they are ind
ing out that the exhausted elements
in the soil must be replaced If success
is to be had in the continued cropping
of the land. The danger is that i'm
these new localities for fertilizers,
growers may fall into the same errors
that are common in the South, of de-
pending on the fertilizers merely TO
make a sale crop and to overlook their
real value in the increase OF the pro-
duction of the nitrogen fixing crops
that will help the land and feed stock
and enable the farmer to make more
manure at home. The reports of the
fertilizer controls of the various states
show an immense number of brands
with fancy names, many Of them iden-
tical in everything but the brand. and
others varying only in the different
proportions in which the materials are
mixed. And farmers get in the habit
of buying by the brand instead OF
studying the station reports and ind
ing the exact nature of the different
brands Hundreds Of brands Of COM
plete fertilizers, or those containing
certain percentages Of nitrogen. phos-
phoric acid and potash are on the
market, and too many farmers buy
them without investigating SO as TO
ascertain whether they need buy all OF
these elements or not. and I'm most
cases there is no need for the pur-
chase Of some OF them II the farmer
farms right. We repeat. as we have
often said. that in a grain farm If a
proper short rotation with legumes is
used, there is no need whatever for
buying nitrogen or ammonia as the
fertilizer men prefer to put It, and
IN many soils one OF the other two
Ingredients may not be needed. though
we note that usually potash alone may
not give as good results even IN a
soil needing Il. unless there is a due
percentage Of phosphorus added. What
we are trying 70 impress is the neces-
sity for the farmer 10 experiment with
his soil and find out what IL needs and
what he need not buy for Il. for thou
sands Of farmers are annually spending
money for what they need not buy N
they fully understood the needs 81
their soil. And no one but the farmer
can md out what these needs are.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
THE "GREAT WHITE PLAGUE"
An open Letter showing the Method
of Dealing with IL.

of Dealing with II.
Editor Morning News: At the last
meeting of the Medical Association of
Georgia a special committee was ap-
pointed to be known as the Commit
tee on tuberculosis. The duties of
this body include the consideration and
study of tuberculosis in the state OF
Georgia. They are to collect statistics.
investigate methods of cure of tuber-
culosis and in every way possible to
contribute to the suppression of con-
sumption in all of its forms.
The task set the committee is of a
magnitude far greater than any one
uniformed upon the subject can ap-
preciate.
The mortality for tuberculosis in
Georgia is one out of every ten deaths.
Before this tremendous fatality can
be reduced the general public must be
taught the chief facts about consump-
ton. how to prevent it. how il is
recognized in its earliest stage and
that il is durable and not the hope
less condition that ii has so long been
thought to be.
The public can be reached through
various channels chief among which
are free lectures. distribution of liter
allure and instruction i'm the schools.
In other states and countries much has
been accomplished in the fight against
tuberculosis.
As an example in Germany. the NOR
tally from consumption has been re-
duced one-third in the last twenty
FIVE years.
What has been done elsewhere may
he done here. But to accomplish this
the committee needs money II can
not have too much money. for there IS
no end TO the work needed to be done
It has. therefore been deSmed wise to
appeal 10 the people Of The state Of
Georgia through the public press
The committee feel that they have
right 10 eXpect that every person i'm
the state should contribute something
according to his means. 10 this cause
for there is scarcely a home IN Geor-
Ria from which consumption has not
claimed a victim.
The work undertaken is for the good
Of the people. II IL is to be prosecuted
to successful issue the people must
support IL.
II is truly a vital issue for to-day
there are thousands I'm this great state
who are afflicted with tuberculosis and
who owe their unhappy condition TO
Just one thinE-ignorance
IN order that our work may be IA
cilt7ted and made effective We re-
quest that YOU open a Subscription list
and receive contributions. 70 be turned
over 10 the treasurer OF the committee
for the purpose above stated.
We also earnestly request that you
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

derful Violet-Ray treatment in these
cases There is no question but what
your case can be cured if you have the
proper treatment. guarantee to
cure your case for a reasonable fee. I
do not ask you TO take my treatment
by the month or week and bleed you
for your money as long as possible. I
have built reputation by giving
honest conscientious treatment and
curing my patients at a reasonable
cost. VIII you let me cure you?
can do it. Call or write DR.. J. T.
GAULT. Is Board OF Trade Building,
Savannah, Ga. Office hours: $50 a.
m. to p. m, to s p. m. Sundays
10 to l.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
Too Late!
Too Late!

Stammerer, unless you go to see
DR.. Randolph soon you will be too
late to get cured by that noted spec
ialist Of the voice. He has a voice
school in Atlanta. where many are be-
ing cured by his partner DR.. Lanier.
DR.. Randolph is visiting a few cities
in reach of Atlanta in order to leave
behind him walking and talking ad-
vertisers for his Atlanta school. No
one who stammers should let this OPP
portunity for a cheap cure slip. Lead
ing papers all over the South are loud
in his praise. He is now at 105 West
Perry street. Many are cured in a few
days time, and all leave happy. Some
60 1000 miles to be cured.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
Improving seed Corn.

Prof ". F. Massey in Farmers says:
We have often advised the farmers
in the South to select, for a term of
years, the lower ear on a twin-eared
stalk. for the purpose of breeding down
tho tall stature of their corn, so that
il can be planted closer together. That
il VIII have this effect we well know
from long experience. But II seems that
some have assumed that this recon-
mendation meant that the lower ear is
always ana anywhere conducive 10
greater production. We believe that
this. too, is usually the case If the
work is continued long enough to show
its effect. for the lower ear Will GER
tinly inherit a greater tendency 10
produce an ear above it than the top
ear will. Some years ago farmer
wrote us that he had been following
our directions in saving his seed corn
and that his corn was making from
three TO five ears on a stalk, and that
his neighbors were all seeking his corn
for seed In the annual report of the
Rhode Island Station, the result of one
years selection of the lower ear as
compared with the upper one, showed
a result somewhat in favor of the up
per ear, and from this one test they
have concluded that the suppOsitiOn
that TO increase the number of ears
one should choose always from the
lower one, because that is the last one
developed. is shown to be erroneous"
Since no one has advised the continu-
Gus selection of the lower ear after the
ideal plant is secured, the advice is
rather superfiuous. In fact, no one ex-
pertinent can determine the tendency
of any work in plant breeding. We
have found that not less than seven
years are needed TO fix the character
of corn as a strain or race, and after
breeding for the ideal plant we can
then select with some confidence the
ideal ears from these plants. The
Rhode Island report gives cuts show
ing the corn from lower and upper
ears, and so far as we can judge from
the cut, the greater luxuriance is in
favor of the lower ear seed. The mis-
take seems to have been in assuming
that what has been advised as a means
for getting the ideal plant is always,
and in any climate, the best for the
crop at once. and that a single expert
ment can determine the value of any
method of plant breeding. Breeding to
cure defects in the plant for certain
climate and breeding for continuous
production differ very materially.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
Sunday Excursions
Via Seaboard Air Line Ry.

Every Sunday during the summer
season, the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way sell excursion tickets to
Jacksonville and return, $500; Atlantic
Beach and return, $3.50; Fernandina
and return, S1.25; Brunswick and re-
turn, SIPS. These enjoyable Sunday
outings are becoming more popular
every week and ample accommoda-
ttons are provided for all. Note con-
venient hour of departure-6:0 a. M.
city time, destination being reached
before the heat of the day.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

SpPtiNu~t' afflicuon, is the
right doctor for you to go TO. He will
understand your case, and understand
ing il will readily enough find the
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

second our endeavors by lending the
influence Of your paper in the battle
against the Great White Plague"
Committee on tuberculosis.
Medical Association of Georgia.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
sTRICTrRE AND GLEEr.

There are many
men that suffer
from these troub-
les that have been
treated by vari-
Gus doctors and
specialists a n d
have yet not been
cured. To all
such sufferers 1
kindly ask you TO
call on me and
let me explain to
you the remark
able curative pow
ers of the WON
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
SICKLY WOMEN CURED.
Weak. sicklv. puny women. who are
and suffering from sorne

organic d ] S Q a Sc
should give up the
idea of spending
their money for
patent medicines,
but should seek
medical aid from a
recognized special
list who has made
female diseases a
life study. Or. J.
Newton II a { n a.
way. one of the
oldest and most re-
spected doctors of
{ n S community.
who has released
thousands Of wOun-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
New York and Eastern Cities via.
SeabOard Air Line Ry

The Short Line-Seaboard Air Line
and Pennsylvania Railroad-Savannah
to New York, only S45 miles. Two
through trains daily. City ticket office,
Bull street. Phone 2S.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
CAPE MAY, N. j.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

quarters at &c Broadway, New York.
The unusual power and vividness of
Mr.. Lawson's writing would attract
attention to subject-matter less i'm
portant than the tremendous financial
tragedy he has set out to give to the
world And it is impossible not to be
impressed by the earnestness of the
man in depicting the methods of the
great monopoly. His statements can
hardly fail to create a sensation which,
as the other instruments appear, will
be full of menace to the fragrant Jug
Cling with money and honor which
apparently goes on in financial centers.
The interest of the August number
of this magazine, however, is not con-
fined to Mr.. Lawson's article. 1t is a
most attractive issue, full of read
able articles and light and entertain
ing stories.
There are seven short stories-the
longest, by Macmillan Foster, a capt.
tai picture of Hungarian children in
the coal regions of Pennsylvania.
Everybody's Magazine, So East Ninth
street, New York city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

In the leading article Of the Book
lovers Magazine for August THE
Promise of Civic Beauty" Andrew
Wright Crawford-secretary of the City
Park Association of Philadelphia-dis-
cusses with expert knowledge and
sympathetic enthusiasm the outer
park systems of American and the
identifying of city and village, using
numerous superb illustrations. An
other popular paper by an expert is
the illustrated article on The Cam
paign Against the Mosquito by Prof.
John Bernhard Smith of Rutgers, who
outlines the methods used, and pre-
sents some of the successful results
in the warfare carried on under his
direction as State Entomologist of
New Jersey. In a shrewd Etudy of the
present political situation in England,
F. A. Acland gives a. lucid estimate
of the various Liberal leaders, either
one of whom may possibly be THE
Next English Premier the article be-
ing accompanied by set of fine por-
traits. The special pictorial features
of the August number are the color
reproductions of paintings by Henner,
Agache, Laurens and Sinibaldi; and
six pencil drawings of picturesque
Bits of Old London" by the talented
young American artist, Vernon Howe
Bailey, done with all his characteristic
delicacy.
The Booklovers Magazine, 1928 Wal
nut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

The Red Book for August contains
more than a dozen short stories of
a high standard of excellence. Not
one of them but that is we'll worth
reading. All of them are by we'll
known writer's, and the pictures of
well-known people are as fine as are
to be found in any other publica ton.
The number is one that reflects credit
upon the Red Book Corporation.
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State street, Chicago.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

The feature of Everyhodys Maya
zine for August is Thos. w. Lawson's
STORY of Amalgamated." The initial
chapters introduce the organization of
Standard Oil and its actual master.
who is a person almost unknown to
the public. 1t is a wonderful picture
Mr.. Lawson gives of the huge bust
ness machine which has its head
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25

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