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Concerning
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aMMlHjjiBnMBM Ladronism Recently.
I^B^ngSffi^raS^Hminediate Indenpen|D^B?5HH|Hesome
Questions Yet
Special.?In
Associated Press
reOT^^Pative^&ccretaiv of War W.
H. Taft, who arrived on the Korea
from the Philippines .after describing
various incidents tf the trip to
Japan, referred to the political situation
in the Philippines, saving:
"The political situation in sorue respects
was not as good as it ought to
be. A wave of ladronism has swept
over the province of Cavite, and it has
been found necessary to suspend the
ft ^^rit of habeas corpus in the province
Cavite and Batangas, the neighborWg|j^r?
province. The same was true of
IBamar, but the use of troops on Snrnar
Hid the use of the supreme court of
13 United States and constabulary in
^avite has put an end to this business;
however, there were two or three
men responsible for the keeping up
of the ladronism, who had not been
captured. Complaints were made
against the constabulary and while
mafiy of them were unfounded, it
xas probably true that a change in
the constabulary ought to be effected,
and it is now under consideration by
the government. The distressing agricultural
depression, due to the loss
of 75 per cent, of the agricultural
cattle, drought, locust and the cholera
as well as other causes, will probably
not cease to be for several years. This
i naturally subjects :ne government to
criticism because this alien government
is much more likely to be criticized
for existing conditions, however,
free from blame in respect to them,
than a native government.
'JF' Some of the younger men of education
have been advocating immediate
independence. It, therefore, became
necessary to state with considerable
emphasis the policy of the administration
on this subject and to say
that in the opinion of the administration
there was no possible hope for
independence short of a generation,
because the people could not be fitted
for self government in that time; indeed,
it will probably take a much
longer period.
"The party consisted, as is known,
of Democratic as well as Republican
senators and congressmen, and their
interviews represent a! sides of the
Philippine question, but, with a selfjestraint
and moderation which cannot
be too highly commended, it was
tacitly agreed between the members
of the congressional party on both
sides that it would bo most unwise
for them to discuss before the Filipinos
their differences of opinion, and
therefore that any statement should
be made by the representative of the
administration as to the policy of political
administration. IJetice the
?t enmo n-f irrppon
nt VI nuivu m>wv \'i. ?*.v
I enable Filippinos had hoped for, toI
wit: A constant eornbnt between
Republican and Democratic members,
with the Filipino people as an audience,
was not presented, and I cannot
express too emphatically my appreciation
of the patriotic stand which
our Democratic brethren took in this
matter in remitting a diffusion of diffcg
ferences of opinion to the proper rep
resentatives in congress.
m "While the conditions in the Philip
pines are not as favorable as we would
like to have them and probably will
|1| not be favorable until the depressing
conditions shall be followed by a prosJ
peious season, still progress is being
made. The government is more efiici{
ent men are being eliminated and
'' things are settling to business. Economy
is being practiced more and
more in the government. Filipinos are
being introduced very rapidly to the
place of Americans and on the whole,
in looking back over two years, decided
steps forward have been taken.
4'Of the questions which*were open
when we started on this trip and in
the settlement of which it was hoped
the trip might lend aid, one was the
establishment of a special tribunal
I the hearing of disputed questions in
relation to possess ion of churches and
rectories and cemeteries. I am glad
io say tthat before we reached the
elands a satisfactory law had been
fcjacted, which, it is hoped, will rapes'
dispose of these cases. The law
Ijrs the issues directly to the suLae
court.
there was also remaining unsetm.
question about the title to onep>f
the frair lands?those owned
Pusly by the Deminician order.
Ba conference with the represenTes
of the vendors, a satisfactory
promise was effected by which
good title to the lands will be immediately
conveyed to ihe government
i- and possession given, as far as that
t possession is in the vendors, and the
difference as to price, a matter of
some $200,000, will be left to adjust.
men! by arbitration.
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v Eusso-Japanese Treaty.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.--The Russo-Japanese
treaty will bo signed during
the first days of next week. Mr.
"Witte, who had a long interview and
luncheon with Foreign Minister Lamsdorf,
will be received at Pcterhof, and
give the emperor a report on the conference.
but the treaty itself will be
taken to Peterhof by Count Lamsdorf,
whose counter signature will complete
the execution of the instrument,
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How the Cotton Crop in Six Years
Has Increased in Value.
Keirardim; another source oi' Southern
wealth, cotton, ami the meaning
to the South oi its higher price, the
Baltimore Manufacturers' Kecord
says, under date of Sept 2oth:
"The total value of the last six
cotton crops, not count ins; the seed,
lias paid to the fanners was just a
little over $3,000,000,000, while for
the preeedintr six yea-s the total, seed
likewise not included, was $1,S00,000,000,
a difference in the last six years
over the preeedintr six-vear period in
favor of Southern farmers of $1,200,000,000.
"It is quite uncertain whether during
Uhe six years of low prices, in
which the croo averntrcd onlv $300,
000,000 a year, there was not an actual
loss to the producers?certainly
it' there was no loss, it was simply
swapping dollars without profit?but
during the last six years of higher
prices the Southern farmers have
gotten on their feet financially. They
have received an average of $500,000,000
a year for their cotton, and
to this might be added, in round figures,
about $50,000,000 a year from
the seed. The increase of $1,000,000,000
during the last six years over the
preceding six is nearly twice as much
as the entire national banking capital
of the United States, it is more than
the total savings bank deposits of
all New England.
'Tor the first few years of this
period the profit on cotton growing
at these better prices was absorbed
in paying up the debtfc which had
accumulated during the low-priced
period, but, with debts out of the way
and the farmers in good shape, they
have been stimulated into making
many improvements as to better
homes, better farm machinery and
more of the conveniences which add
to the comfort and happiness of life.
"The towns ar.d villages and cities
of the South have shared in the prosperity
of the farmers, and added to
the prosperity brought about by the
higher price of cotton, has been the
great increase in the production of
foodstuffs?grain and meats, fruits
and vegetables?and a vast expansion
in railroad and industrial interests.
It is no wonder, in view of these
facts, that as recently pointed out in
the Manufacturers' Record, the assessed
value of Southern property is
now increasing at the rate of $250,000.000
a year, while the true value
of Southern property is probably increasing
at more than double that."
Fireworks Factory Destroyed.
New York, Special.?By the explosion
of a large quantity of powder the
fireworks factory of Joseph Speizo in
Greenpoint, was totally desthoyed,
Speizo's sixteen years old son, Antonio,
was instantly killed and his wife
and two younger boys and a workman
were seriously injured. The explosion
shook buildings within a radius
of a mile and for a time it was
believed that many persons had been
killed. All members of the Speizo
family worked in the factory, a small
frame structure in an open lot, in
which they turned out saluting bombs
for use in Italian festivals. This involved
the use of much black powder
quantities of which were scattered
over the work benches. Joseph Speizo,
the proprietor, was absent, the
place being in charge of his eldest
son, Manuel, who escaped unhurt
when an alarm was raised by one of
the younger boys tnat an explosion
was imminent.
Martin H. Littleton Declines.
New York, Special.?Borough president,
Martin W.Little, of Brooklyn,
made public a statement declaring
that he had learned his name was to
be presented to the fusion conference
as a candidate for mayor, and that
he would not accept the nomination.
Forakcr's Creates A Stir.
Washington, Special.?Senator Foraker
of Ohio who caused quite a stir
by declaring in speech at Bellfontain
that he was opposed to conferring
rate making power on interstate
commission is annoyed by newspapei
comments which make it appear his
utterances indicate that he has fallen
out with the President. "It is
true," he said, "That the President
favors this power be conferred on th^
commission and that I opposed it, but
there is no radical disagreement between
the President and myself."
Five Men Meet Death.
Philadelphia, Pa., Special.?A rearend
collision between the east bound
New York Limited Express from St.
Louis and a local passenger train
which was standing at the Paoli sta
nf tl,,. TVniwvlvnnifl railroad. 19
miles west of this city, resulted in the
death of five men and the injuring
v? more than twenty others.
Guilty of Wife Murder.
Covington, Ga., Special.?The jury
in the case of Columbus W. Walker,
charged with wife murder Monday
at 3 o'clock returned a -evrdiet
of guilty with recomendation for
life imprisonment. The jury was out
less than forty minutes.
The children of Walker testilled in
his behalf. The verdict was contrary
to the expectation of the public.
Norway Accepts Peace Terms.
Christinia, Norway, Special.?All
indications point to the acceptance by
Norwegians generally of the terms of
?i,o finrppmeiit reached at Karlstad,
though at present some persons arc inclined
to severely criticize the Norwegian
commissioners for conceding
so much to Sweden. As far as the
sociated Press has been able to ascertain
the result meets the approval of
the great bulk of conservative opinion.
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Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing EnterprisesBig
Cotton Mill Plant.
The purchasers of the Tennessee
Manufacturing Co. *s bis; cotton mill
plant will spend $203,000 for new
machinery with which to tit up Mill
No. 2, which is to be run by W. 11.
Odell and associates. Not long since
it was announced that Mr. Odell, of
North Carolina, and a number of local
capitalists had purchased the Tennessee
Manufacturing Co.'s property in
North Nashville for $145,000. That
these gentlemen are in earnest is
shown by the fact that they have
taken out their charter, that it has
been registered at the office of the
Secretary of State and the company is
now in existence. The capital stock
of the company is placed at $200,000,
and the new concern is to be known
by the corporate name of the Warioto
Cotton Mills. The purchasers will
hardly get possesion of the property,
however, before July 1, 1906, owing to
the fact that George Goodwin has a
lease on it until that time. Mill No. 1
been sold to the Morgan Hamilton
Co., to be used by them as a bag factory.
The incorporators of the Warioto
Cotton Mills will meet for organization
on Sept. 2S. The incorporators
are J. B. Morgan, William Nelson,
Joseph H. Thompson, Edwin Warner
and M. J. Smith.
Change in Management.
An almost complete change in the
management of the Union Cotton
Mills, was effected at a meeting of the
stockholders recently. At this meeting,
four directors and the treasurer,
T. C. Duncan, resigned and in the
subsequent election the following wellknown
and substantial business men
were eleoted directors of the Union
Cotton Mills: Emslie Nicholson, president
Monarch Cotton Mills; T. C.
Duncan, president Union and Buffalo
Mills, all of Union: H. C. Fleitman,
capitalist, New York; W. M. Winchester,
banker, Spartanburg; E. W.
Roberson, Banker, Columbia, Directors
Buffalo Mills: F. M. Farr, presdent
National Bank; A. H. Foster,
capitalist; T. C. Duncan, all of Union:
with the same out-of-town directors
as the Union Mills.
Mr. E. W. Roberson, of Columbia,
was elected treasurer of both mills,
and has entire management of the finances.
Expert accountants are now going
over the books of the Buffalo Mills
and until their reports are handed
in nothing can be known of the liabilities
of the mill.
The Union Cotton Mill runs 96.000
spindles and 2,300 looms, has a capital
stock of $1,1000,000. and employs
1,200 persons. The equipment of the
Buffalo Mill comprises 64,000 spindles
and 2,000 loom6, S00 people being employed.
Power and Mill Company.
The Anthony Shoal Power and Mill
Company has been purchased by John
H. Fitzpatrick, of Washington, Ga.
He expects to spend several hundred
thousand dollars in developing this
power, and will begin work at once.
Within a radius of 40 miles there is
now being used more than 50,000
steam horse power, at a cost of from
$36 to $50 per horse power, all of
which he will be in a position to
furnish at a lower rate. The shoals
are located about half-way between
Washington and Tiberton, and as soon
as the power is developed Mr. Fitzpatrick
will have all rarangements
made for building an electric line between
the two places. He also expects
to build a cotton factory at
Washington and at the Shoala.
Textile Notes.
The State has chartered the Flora
Cotton Mill Company to build and
operate mills there to manufacture
yarns and cloth. The authorized capital
stock is $400,000, of which $15,000
has been paid in by Henry W. Lily,
W. D. McNeill and J. K. S. Ray. Half
the stock is preferred and on this 7
per cent, and no more is guaranteed.
At the last meeting of the Augusta
council, Gwin H. Nixon applied for
water power for the Warwick Mills,
which a part of capitalists had purchased
from the city. Council left the
matter in the hands of a committee,
who returned a favorable answer to
Mr. Nixon. The opening of the mill
will mean a larger output of cotton
goods. Mr. Nixon, when seen in regard
to the matter, refused to mako
any statement except to admit that
the mill would be re-opened, but it is
generally rumored on the street that
the corporation intends building up
the property with the intention of
making a sale,
The Rhode Island-Mill is Having |
plans and specifications prepared for
the erection of a 100 bv 200 foot addition
to its building:. It was announced
in June that the enlargement had
been decided upon and that 200 looms
would be installed. The looms will
weave cotton blankets. About $12,000
will be the cost of improvements.
Tlie bwin iuaniuaciuuug uuuiya.w
will probably let the contract for its
new cotton mill about October 1.
The Eagle and Phoenix Mills have
received two more car-loads of looms
for their new weaving rooms, which
are being fitted with four box Crompton
& Knowles looms. Six more cars
are expected in a few days.
will be quite a handsome improvement
and will mean something like $100,000
more invested in cotton manufacturing
in Columbus.
It seems to be an established fast
that the Dukes at Durham will, at an
early day, start up the Coleman Mill
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The Pre** on Good lCnnd*. <
jstOK H]3 columns of the news- ,
5^ ___ papers of the land may al- <
O I O ways be depended upon for \
Jfc accurate showing of the j
trend of public opinion on ,
proposed national legislation. The j
honest press is but the mouthpiece of <
an enlightened people. We give space j
below to some extracts from leading ]
papers on the question of National aid j
to highway improvement?as follows: j
Cleveland. Ohio, Leader: It is worthy 1
of note that the pressure in the direc- i
tion of National aid in road building ]
is becoming stronger all the time. j
Manufacturers' Record: The Gov- i
eminent, in aiding to build roads, i
would stimulate industrial activity, *
while it would, at the same time, ,
arouse the highest ambition in the j
citizen, command his loyalty and insure s
an ardent patriotism. j
Atlanta Constitution: The Brown- j
low bill has much to commend it: and j
it stands for a sound, worthy principle j
of government, designed to benefit not 5
a class, but the whole people. The <
good roads agitation is beginning to i
show results. % \
Chicago Tribune: It is difficul\to (
see how anyone can believe in National (
responsibility for internal improve- j
ments without favoring National aid i
for road building. ]
Binghamtoi:. N. Y.. Leader: It is t
widely hoped that the policy of Federal <
aid will be found to be applicable to ]
the construction of good roads. In ]
scarcely any other way could the Na- j
tional purse be opened with the pros- {
pect or possibility of contributing so j
nearly to the general advantage. Spe- ]
cial interests have for so long a time i
and so exclusively relt tne invjgorai- 1
ing influence of the Government's f
beneficence that it is really about time <
that something was done for the general
interest. A small part of the taxes
the people pay may properly and justly
be used for the people's benefit. ,
New York Press: Congress has no t
more widely useful measure of domes- j
tic legislation in hand than is eontem- ,
plated in the bill put forward by Rep- ,
rescntative Brownlow and Senator Gal- j
linger to give National aid to the good ,
roads movement.
.Tacksonxille, Fin., Metropolitan: The i
passage of what is known as the 1
Brownlow bill by Congress would be ]
material help and bring results much (
earlier than the slow and limited plan ,
of county and State taxation. (
Northfield, Vermont, News: The {
idea of Government aid in State rami (
building is everlastingly right, and un- ,
less such aid is gtven it will be many ,
years before the small States will ,
have much of this needed improve- ]
ment. j
Philadelphia Telegraph: The pur- ,
poses of this bill should nnquestion- ,
ably receive the hearty approval of ,
every thinking man in the United j
States, without respect to political or
other affiliations.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Times: We are
cordially in accord with Mr. Brown- j
low in the matter, and we trust that ,
the people who are to be so greatly ]
benefited by the proposed law will get
back of the Congressman and hold up j
his hand with an enthusiasm and an
energy that will give him influence in 1
carrying forward his project It is not
necessary here to argue for the vast \
good to be accomplished by the inau- ]
guration of the plans contemplated by 1
BmtrnlftTT ?
Nashville, Tean., Agriculturist: <
"Better roads" is the exclamation coming
up from the agricultural classes ]
in all the States, and It should have
such a power behind it that Congress
will not hesitate to pas* such a law.
The above hurriedly gathered ex- ?
eerpts are from leading papers. We 1
might overrun our columns with slmi- ]
lar expressions from other equally
prominent prints, but these'sufflce for
the present They are taken from
hearings submitted in the last Con- ,
gress find printed in Senate Document j
No. 204, Fifty-eighth Congress, 2d Sts- ,
sion. Write to your Senator for a copy
of this document, and receive a innss j
of most useful Information on the_road ^
question. ? .? - . ,s ]
Do Good :ELo?da Tmyf
The following item is taken from a
Jacksonville (Fia.) exchange:
If you will call upon J. C. Siorh,
real estate dealer, he will tell you of a
small tract of land near the new object ,
lesson road that a few months ago
was offered for sale at $800. That,
along with other property ^ear thi3 j
new road grew in -value, and whe:a he ,
had an offer for this same tract or
53200 "he found it had just been sold
at $2700, and his offer of $3200, which
was over live times its former rate, ,
would not buy the property. This it:- ;
crease in value ail came from tha
building of this sample road. The Increase
in value of this small tract ]
would pay for over one-half mile of
the cost of the road, and the increased
value of the abutting properties for 1
one-half mile would pay the cost of
building or extending this line a .lis- 1
tance of ten miles.
The improvement in prices at .icli ;
lands are selling along these rock I
roads wherever they have been built i '
will be from live to ten times Its for- i
mer value. If this is so. or if we are j
sure property will even double in value
should we not Improve our principal
highways at the earliest possible day?
Crowns That Havo fione A-negrjflnc. ,
Other crowns in recent times Lave i
gone a-begging. notably that of Greece, ]
which was re'fused by our sailor-prince,
Alfred: of Spain, which was hawked 1
about a good deal after its final refusal
by Trince Leopold of Hohenzollern,
and of Bulgaria, which was offered to :
several.?London Chronicle. <
A "Hexr Sport.
The first day's crusade against the
dogs of Teliang, where hydrophobia
prevails, resulted in the very good bag
of 120 for three guns, and it is reported
that the idea of dog-hunting has
caught on among European?.?Singapore
Free Press.
CAMPING IN THE FROZEN NORTH
Alluring Picture of Tent Lift Whn Itf
Forty Below.
You are awakened in the bitter darkless
of the early morning by the sound
>f the camp dogs moving among the
frozen pails of refuse. You hear their
melding footsteps passing tins way and
:hat outside of the tents and the brushng
of their bodies against the canvas
svalls. Then you hear the sound of
'hopping wood where someone is at
work in the starlight. One of the men
stirs and rises in the darkness. The 1
tent is bitter cold with everything
frozen hard as iron. You hear the '
lunn fumbling around in the darkness '
for the matches, and presently he
strikes one and lights a candle, and in
the sudden light I see it is Xavier (Jill.
Presently he begins chopping the wood
.'or the stove and his big round shadow
noves uncouthly and grotesquely about
the walls as the flame of the candle ]
wavers in the draught of the cold air.
Lie makes a fire, and in a moment the j
flame is rushing up the stovepipe, '
which gradually becomes a dull red
with the gushing heat. Gill stands 1
ivitli his back to the stove, ana presently
the other man rises and joins 1
lim. Then you yourself move reluctintly
in your warm swaddling of furs ;
tnd with some effort crawl out into
;he bitter cold and join the others
iround the stove. None of you speak,
jut each absorbs the scanty heat in 1
silence. But by and by, warmed to 1
some return of life, you peep out of (
lie tent; the sky is like black crystal, .
he stars shining with an incredible J
effulgence. From the stovepipes of the
ither tents rockets of flame are gushng
up into the air; showers of sparks ,
ise up into the night high overhead?
lover, waver, and then sink dwindling
ipon the tent and the surrounding
mow. You look at the thermometer |
mnging against a tree and see by the
ight of a match that it is forty decrees
below zero. By this time the
smell of cooking is filling the silent
frozen spaces of the darkness, and you
re-enter the tent to hug again the
jvarmth of the stove with a huge appe:ite
for the rude breakfast of melted
urease and gilletes?Frank E. Schoon>ver,
in Scribner's.
A Perpetual Cmtendar.
Notwithstanding the disastrous remits
attending the attempts of French
scientists at the time of the revolution
to reform the calendar, this subject,,
seems still to interest certain individuals,
and the most recent proposl- (
tion comes from M. Camille Flam
inarlon, the well-known astronomer,
svho Intends to recommend to the
French Chamber of Deputies a bill to
nake compulsory a new calendar he
aas devisedi M. Flammarion would
rommence the year at March 21, the ,
renin 1 equinox, and divide it into
luarters, each containing two months
)f thirty days and one month of thirtyme
days. Consequently the year, would
consist of 3C4 days, and there would
remain an extra, or fete, day which
svould not belong to any single month.
Leap-years would be marked by two
such fete days. The new calendar is
jo designed that the same dates would
ilways occur on the same days of the (
week, and one calendar would answer
'or every year.?Harper's Weekly, '
Standing Room Only.
Mark Twain, in his lecturing days,
reached a small eastern town one
ifternoon and went before dinner to a
barber's to be shaved.
"You are a stranger in the town,
sir?" the barber asked.
"Yes, I am a stranger here," was
the reply.
"We're having a good lecture here
to-night, sir," said the barber. "A
Mark Twain lecture. Are you going
to it?"
"Yes. I think I will," said Mr. Clemjns.
"Have you got your ticket yet?" the
^inrhor nstwl
"Xo, not yet," said the other.
"Then, sir. you'll have to stand."
"Dear me!" Mr. Clemens exclaimed.
"It seems to me as if I always do have ,
Jo stand when I hear that man Twain
lecture."?Buffalo Enquirer.
To Honor a Brave Sheriff.
A movement is under way in Missis?ippi
to raise a monument to John M.
Poag, Sheriff of Tate County, who was
murdered in the oounty Jail on April
12 by a mob from which he was defending
a prisoner. The project is
under the direction of the John M.
Poag Monument Association, with
headquarters at Senatobia, which
point out that "while other sheriffs
have lolt their lives in the discharge
Df their duties, tins is xne umj m>
stance whore a sheriff voluntarily
fought a mob to his death in the pro. ,
lection of a prisoner where to do sff
meant his certain death." "No maan,"
says Giv. Vardaman, "ever died at a. ,
bettor time or for a better cause."? 5
New 'fork World. ,
First Aid to the Injured.
On a rock-strewn beach on the Cortf
ish coast the fury of a violent storm
was just abating. A vessel had gone
to pieces on the rocks, and after a display
of much heroism 011 the part of
the villagers all the crew and passengers
had ben saved, with the except^^
of one man. He had been
washed ashore apparently drowned, ,
and the new curate knelt at his side
an the beech, endeavoring to restore
bis circulation.
"My friends." he said, turning to the
villagers, "how do you usually proceed
In these cases?"
As one man the simple folk replied:
"Search his pockets." ? Harper
Weekly.
ltaaftinn Uajln; of J?i> Horn!a.
The Darmstadter Bank, of Berlin,
committed a terrible indiscretion at the
time of the issue of the last Japanese
loan. In communicating the Invitation
to subscribe to its friends it included
those on the other side of the Russian
border. It was embarrassed to And
that some of its Ru?an friends did
not despise the cham^of a premium
on the new issue.?Wa^Street Journal.
X-Kay on Muininlef.
At the second Roentgen Congress,
recently in session in Berlin, Dr. AN
bers-Schoenberg said that in experimenting
with the Egyptian mummies
2500 years old he had been able to obtain
as satisfactory views of their
bones as in the living toody.-tfen York
Press. i
SOUTHERN f
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTl
K
Turnip*?A Valuable Crop.
The Savannah Weekly News recommends
turnips. 'Whether you relish
thein as food for yourself and. family
or not, they are a profitable crop to
grow for stock feed. F'cr the latter
purpose we would advise planting only
the cowhorn variety. It grows rapidly
and- will furnish more feed per acre
than any other variety except the rutabagas.
The turnip is certainly a valuable
crop used to the best advantage and
it is no exaggeration to say .that it is
a goreiy negiectea crop juere an uue
South.
If turnips were valued to the extent
that they should be there would be
twenty times the area devoted to their
culture.
Even as a table vegetable the turnip
Is worthy of a higher appreciation
than it receives. It is an excellent
food for all healthy stomachs. As
much more or less space should be
given it in the kitchen garden and two
seasons appropriate to their culture?
?arly spring and early autumn.
J'here is no crop easier to grow than
Bs, once the soil Is properly prepared
to receive the seeds.
August is the month for sowing for
all the rough-leaf varieties. Septem- ,
ber is the next best month. The land
should be in a good state of preparation
by August 10, and it is well to
sow just after a good rain wets the
soil and compacts it. It is not safe to
bow on freshly turned soil, as it dries
off so fast. Unless it rains very soon
after the seeds are likely to spoil before
germinating.
To make a big crop of turnips It is
always wen to mix several kinds together,
at least three.
A good mixture is flat Dutch, Cowhorn
and Aberdeen, and if possible,
add also Purple Kasbuyre and YeHow
Globe. The seeds should be'well mixed
together in equal proportions and sown
freely enough to insure a stand. Seeds
are cheap, and it pays to get a perfect
Btand at the start.
On land at all rich, it is not difficult
to make at least 500 bushels of turnips
on an acre.
On the dairy farm, or where hogs
and sheep are kept, turnips have a
value much beyond what mere chemical
analysis would show .them to be
worth. A certain amount of succulent
food is very essential to the health
of animals in the winter when there
is no grass or other green food. In
the total absence of all other green
food there may be times on the dairy
farm where there are very fine cows
when turnips may well be valued as
high as $1 per bucheL A peck of them
fed even in one meal or two may ward
off or cure indigestion frequently and
thus prevent worse ills.
Turnips boiled with Cottonseed is one
of the best and cheapest mllk-produclng
feeds that we can use In the South.
They can be produced at a cost of five
cents per bushel, easily, but if they
cost three times that sum, they ought
to be largely grown on every farm, especially
for cattle, hogs add sheep.
Horses and mules, too, will be benefited
by a small "feed of them in the
absence of other green food. The
sulphur that is in turnips tends to
make them a healthy food that purifies
the blood, promoting a healthy appetite.
By all means, sow one acre and
see if 500 bushels cannot be made and
very easily, too. Top dress with manure
and the land will be in flne_condition
for ;the following crop. . ~
Utilizing
Hand Separators. 7
T. C. Claiborne writes: "After, reeding
our calves we have six gallons of
milk daily, which is set in dish pans
in a cool cellar and churned every second
day. In the fall and( winter we
get satisfactory results, but at this season
there seems to be very little cream
and butter. We have thought the sapAA./liHAn
r\t T-nrmcr trrnsa th<* CflUSe.
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I should like fresh skim milk for the
calves, and think perhaps a" separator
would pay. Any suggestions ;wlll be
thankfully received."
Answer: The trouble you are experiencing
with your milk Is not unusual
at this season of the year. The creaming
of milk, as you probably know, depends
largely on the specific gravity
between the milk serum which; contains
the sdflds not fat and the fat
globules. When the fat globules rise
to the surface, which they ordinarily
do because they are lighter than the
milk, they constitute the cream. It
has been definitely shown by repeated
experiments that milk creams more
rapidly when thoroughly chilled immediately
after mflklng than under any
other conditions. This Is due In a
large measure to the fact that the immediate
chilling of the milk prevents
the formation of fibrin and other like
substances found in minute quantities
In milk, but yet sufficient in amount to
entangle the fat globules as they rise
to the surface and hold them within
its mesh. The formation of fibrin
takes place rapidly in milk freshly
drawn from the cow aud which has no!
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Russian and Japanese generals met
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Frederick Cromwell, treasurer of
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in connection with insurance comp&n
ies, before the New York legislative
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been immediately cliilled. Therefore,
it is easy to understand why your
milk, under the conditions mentioned
in your letter, does not cream satisfactorily
during the warm weather. I
Under your conditions a hand separ
mor "win soive lliusl vl ui?? uiuicuiucv .
with which you have to contend and
"enable you to secure virtually all the
fat in the milk without much added
labor. The centrifugal force generated
by* the separator Is so powerful
that it overcomes the action ofNthe
fibrin and enables the perfect separ&c^_
tion of the milk and cream. Besides
that It leaves the skim milk in an ideal "V
condition for feeding calves or other
young stock which may be maintained
on the farm. Furthermore, by skimming
the milk and adding 6uch adjuncts
as flaxseed jelly with a little
dry corn and bran you can raise just
as good calves as you now raise on the
whole milk. By the use of a separator
therefore, you .can economize in several
directions and obtain more satisfactory
results than you are securing
to-day. A good hand separator large
enough to handle the product from six
to ten cows can be purchased for from
$50 to $70, and you can save enough
milk fat in the course of a year or two
to more than pay for the machine. AI
hand separator if properly cared for
will last for several years, and is comparatively
simple to operate, but it requires
competent supervision. By tho
use of a separator you get all the fat
in the milk and you reduce the bulk of
cream which it is necessary to cool by
spring water or other artificial means
to the minimum.
While grass tends to increase the
flow of milk, as do other succulent
foods, it does not of necessity reduce
the amount of fat, and it would be
more likely to favorably affect the
creaming of milk than to retard it?
Your difficulty, as already explained*
is due to other causes. ? Professor
Soule. -s..{^
Tb? ShMp Industry.
Certainly the high price of wool will
stimulate the raising of sheep in the
South. We have always liked sheep,
and deplored the fact that so few were
raised in tjie South. If you asked a:
farmer why he did not raise sheep, he
?""M "ha f on rod thf? rSTSCeS
n UU1U i ( MV. - w
of the dogs." Now, every phase of
farm operations has its drawbacks,
but it seems very weak to give way to
such an obstacle. If our farmers
would set themselves to the task, we
are confident they could find out a way
to restrain the hungry cur within
proper bounds. Think of the wool selling
in Georgia at thirty-two cents a
pound. We met a farmer while attending
the institute In Douglas, Ga., who
said: "I have not sold my cotton yet"
We replied, "You should sell now while
vou can get ten cents, and then yon
could settle up, and hold your new cotton
if the price went below ten cents."
He said, "I have no selling to do. I
sold several hundred dollars' worth of f
wool here last week, and I have no
need for the money for my cotton."
We wish there were a thousand more
like him, who were growing wool and
mutton enough to pay their expenses;
It would help much In the cotton-holding
movement. Of course It would be
foolish to go into sheep raising, expecting
wool to remain at present high
price. But you can rely upon this?
that our country is getting so thickly; #
settled and our cities are growing so
rapidly, that both mutton and wool will
always bring sufficiently high prices to
repay any careful shepherd. We hope
many farmers will add a small flock
of some good breed of sheep to the livestock
property upon their farms. We J
are proud that several men in South
Qeorgia can count their flocks by the
thousand. If you propose to branch
out any, be sure to include sheep in
your list It will be no more difficult
fn /intend with the enemies which be
set the sheep, than it will be the black
root, rust, caterpillar, boll worm and
the boll weevil upon yoni cotton^? .
Southern Cultivator.
Growing the Dewberry.
Farm and Home contains an Illustrated
article on growing the dewberry.
It recommends setting about three by
live feet, on good soil. The canes are
allowed to run on the ground the first
year. Breaking the vines when cultlvatlng
is prevented by always running
the cultivator the same way. Early,
in the spring, before growth commences,
build a low trellis by setting
posts along the rows about ten feet
apart and rising above the ground only,
one foot; on each post nail a cross piece
two feet long. Stretch a light wire
along the outer end of these arms, on
each side; No. 10 or 12 will be heavy
enough. Tie up the canes on the wires
equally on each side. This trellis will
keep the fruit up out of the dirt and
make it much easier for the pickers to .
get all the berries.
The "public domain" is still nearly
one-third of the whole country.
Pointed Paragraphs.
The situation in the Caucasus is
n?ore alarming, fully 1,000 persons
having been shot down, according to
I I epulis.
Cholera is spreading steadily in
Prussia, where 15 new cases developed
in 24 hours. (
Venzueala has expelled the manager
of the French Cable Company be-.
cause he protested against the closing
of the company,s offices.
Police reports state that 400 policemen
and liremeu were wounded in
the Tokio riots, while nine civillians
were kil' ' and 4Sf wour led.
Wcs ing is t#be made an
cssenti. ^^^Woyment in the Chinese
civit^rvice.
Five thousand minejrorkers paraded
at Mahanoy City, iV, in honor of ^
John Mitchell, president of the mineworkers'
union.
The book of lilfe will be good reading
of His Word is on the of
memory. *