Greene County herald., 1906-07-13

for summer use is bearing fruit. Let
ters have been received from a number
of persons with regard to the plan
suggested two weeks since. 1t seems
that it has been tried, with slight va
Tlations, and found successful. Sew
eral parties have offered samples two
and three years old for confirmation
that can be perfectly kept, and it has
been decided that all who can fur
nish few bottles or cans and will do
so, they will be received with thanks
aid comprehensive exhibit wiz be
made at the Exposition this fall to-
gether with all information necessary
TO enable others to 90 and do like
wise. 0rabge Harrington in his Far
mers Page" for Laurel paper makes
the following reply to a request from
The writer for his experience on this
subject: "We have practiced heat
ing the jugs and bottles but find that
1T does little or no good compared with
filling them right from the pan. We
have been Juggling and bottling our
syrup for three years and have never
heard of but one jug being sour-fer-
mented, and l believe that was
,nista i7e---a lie. One man has han
died r 400 gallons for me since the
last 0 February. Cleanliness is the
main ing to keep the syrup from
fermenting. An old barrel that has
had rup in it is unfit for syrup
again. As for me, never expect to
put syrup in a barrel for my own use.
Cleaaliness will not prevent syrup
fermenting but does its share. jugs
and bottles should be just as clean as
clean hot water will make them and
taken right from the wash and filled
and corked. l prefer dark bottles
10 light colored. | find that dark bot
ties sugar less than the light The
only trouble that | have ever heard of
IN hottling, was keeping the syrup
from crystalizing, The only reliable
remedy for preventing this is, to skim
the syrup OF the pan as little as pos
sible; say scarcely any for one-third
the distance Of the pan from whers
the syrup is turned off. The syrup
should have only a few inches to run
to a receptacle and be stirred just as
little as possible while getting into
you jug or bottle. After the vessel
is filed and corked it should be set
aside with the care with which you
would handle an egg and not moved
TOR at least one month. Dr. Stock
bride of the Florida Experiment Sta
tion recommends tin cans for putting
up syrup; and for preventing crystal
lzing, from four to eight drops oil Of
Vltrol to the gallon Mr. Herring
ton emphasizes the point of absolute
cleanliness in the handling of the syr-
up as have Others While he does not
shink it absolutely necessary to have
the jugs, bottle or cans hot for filling,
he recommends that they be takea
from wash Of hot water and filled
Immediately. Would be pleased to
hear from others on the subject.
"A novel and sensible scheme has
been adopted by the Finkbine Lum-
Der Co., of Virgins to people their
mills. The establishment of an exper-
mental farm has demonstrated that
the soil in that vicinity is of superior
quality and that after the timber has
been removed from the land it can
then be made a fine farming coua-
try. The scheme is described in the
following which was published as
news item from Virgins Gas a re-
suit of the experimental farm, the
Mississippi Insterstate Colonizing Co,
of Gulfport, has recently been form
ed and have purchased froln the Fink
bine Co., all their cut over lands, con-
sisting of about 10000 acres, and
have placed them on the market and
are selling them out to people with
but little means Oh very easy terms
The Finkbines, for the purpose of
aiding In carrying ont their ideas of
colonization and agriculture, have
agreed to give employment in their
mills to every purchaser of forty acres
or more, at wages ranging from $3.50
to $2.75 per day, and the company
owning these lands sell them at $12.50
per acre, one-fourth cash and one
fourth each year until paid for with
six per cent on all deferred payments
The Finkbine Lumber Co., is furnish
ing building material for these settlers
at one-third cash and the balance in
one AID two years with six per cent
on deferred payments
Through the efforts of Vice-Pres-
ident Washington Of the Cotton As
sociation, Starkville is to have a cot
ton warehouse for the purpose of car
ing for cotton safely and cheaply
while being held for fair price.
Mississippi has fattering prospects
for crops Of ever kind just at pres
ent and indications are that the year
will prove a most prosperous one.
There viii be little emigration to west
ern states under such conditions and
there is no occasion for any at all.
Our own state offers more to the
young, middle-aged and old than any
state in the Union, and the sooner
this fact is made generally known, the
better for ali interested
The fifth annual convention of the
National Nut Growers Association
will convene at Scranton October 31st
and be in session three days.
Raymond is not at all scared by the
threat of her big sister jackson to
reach out and make a suburb of this