Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-28

New cabbage or broccoli seed possess
pale green shade in the kernel when
pressed out or cut, and tinge of green
In the brown skin also. But old seed
loose this in proportion to their age, be-
coming of duh, dark brown. Cabbage,
broccoli, kale, etc., will retain their vi
tally longer than any other seeds. and
Will grow well when three years old, or
even six years, If we'll kept.
DIR. Hoskins, of Vermont, says: Every
few know the productiveness of the gar
den strawberry under good cultivation. /
| have picked peck baskets from a
square rod at single picking. Crops of
200 and occasionally 400 bushels to the
acre are reported, and 100 bushels are
only fair crop. AT 10c a quart this
crop will give a return Of $40, more than
halt Of which will be clear profit. There
is not nearly the competition in late ber-
RES that there is In the early crop.
There are no breeds or races Of fast
horses, properly called. The only CLASH
fication possible is to group the descend
ents of certain sire or dam. This is
analogous to the formation of families
among cattle. And families in time grow
into breeds and races; but with us there
has not sufficient time elapsed for this.
Although there are no breeds, properly
speaking, among race horses, blood is al
AhOSJ GNGA lulUEs uG DIScUcI % no bbA-
er animal pays more attention to bleed
descent, pedigree.
The latest improvement in raising Lima
beans is to use brush about eight feet
high, stuck like pea-brush instead of
poles, as commonly practiced. Plant in
hills about three feet apart, in the direc-
tion of the rows, and the rows six or
eight feet from each other. Cut OFT the
tops of the plants when they get above
the brush, and stop all the side shoots
when they are two feet long. The vines
are much better exposed to the sun and
air in this manner, and far larger crops
are said to be matured than by polling.
A Germanpaper gives the following in
teresting method Of starting plants early
The seeds of peas, beans, cucumbers,
ETC., are started IN frame, and when a
little grown are lifted and the roots
dipped in a mixture of clay, chopped
moss, water and loan aud on withdrawal
are sprinkled with firm, dry earth. A
piece of moss is then flattened into the
form of plate and little earth sprin-
killed. on it. The prepared plants are then
placed ON this plate, the moss folded
over the roots, tied on so as to form lit
tie ball, and set away on boards or
shelves until the season for removing to
the open air comes, when they are plant
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start.
A Down Merino cross, says an ex-
change, all things considered, is the ideal
lamb for winter-ieeding. The MerinO
mother gives short legs, large body, fine
wool and large quantity, and a hardy
constitution. The Down sire gives quick
growth, large proportion of lean meat,
length of wool and black face and legs.
OF the Downs as sires we prefer the
Shropshires and Hampshires as of very
nearly equal value; next the SOuthdown,
OXfords, etc. The reason OF our prefer
ence is in the fact the Shropshire has the
smallest head, which he imparJs, and he
also gives the BLACKLIST face and legs to
the half bred lamb, thus reducing the
! loss OF ewes in Landing, and giving the
greatest value to the offspring.
In planting asparagus the following dI-
rections will secure a satisfactory result:
Soak the seeds for twenty-four hours in
tepid water and SOW early in the spring
| in rows foot apart, and
kept clean by frequently wedding and
hoeing. At one or two years old trans
plant to permanent beds The ground
should be trenched or dug over, two feet
deep, burying plenty of manure, decayed
! leaves, leaf mould, rock weed or kelp,
when it can be had, and mixing it thor
oughly with the soil. Lay out the beds
four and a half feet wide, and draw three
drills fourteen inches apart and six
| inches deep lengthwise of each bed /;
! place the roots in them, foot apart, in
their natural position, and cover four
inches deep. A rich sandy loan is most
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