The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-23

shoots and weighed 3l]5 pounds, so says the
American Garden.
Donot NOW the lawn grass close, as it
may die out The best time to NOW Is just
after heavy rain. II the roots are eX
posed too much during dry season the
lawn will be injured.
Professor Alvord has found that on the
average a COW whose milking season begins
late III the fall gives, under the same con-
ditlons, about 1000 pounds more milk than
one whose season begins in the spring.
The Atlantic is the best of all shipping
strawberries, and will keep i'll good condi-
ton after picking longer than the Wilson,
out 1t Is plant That cannot be relied
upon, as it's a shy bearer and requires rich
soil
Some bee keepers are complaining that
buckwheat honey doesn't pay 1t is dark
and unattractive in appearance, and not
favorlte in the market. First-class honey
seems to be that from Eastwood and clover
only.
Paris green in its capacity as a remedy
for the Goblin worm is now as necessary to
the orchardist as it is to the potato-grower
III It's capacity as remedy for the potato
bug. Get your spraying apparatus in
readiness
1t has been demonstrated that while the
plnchlng back of the shoots of melons
will induce the vines to throw out laterals,
and also produce a larger number of
melons, the process does not increase the
size of the fruit.
Ornamental plants may be so arranged
as to spell words or represent forms, such
as s'ars, crosses, hearts, etc, and the colors
may be arranged to correspond. In this
manner very pretty effect may be given
flower garden.
1t IS utter folly to say farming don't
pay" but it is a fact that profits are not as
large as they would be with more acute
intelligence employed i'll the business. and,
"lthal, liberal preparation, which is condi-
ton precedent to full success.
Weak rose bushes may DO made to grow
by giving them an occasional watering of
uquld manure. 1t should not be too strong.
An application once week is better than
applying large quantity at once Always
str the soil after the ground becomes dry.
the German wax bean will be found an
excellent variety. 1t is tender, of beautiful
appearance, and is not Stringy, like the
Mohawk or Valentine varieties They
grow rapidly and bear pods in large clus-
tiers. Every garden should have them, and
they thrive best in the warm season.
Horses that are compelled to perform
hard service should not receive a fixed al
lowance of food, but given all the hay they
can eat with an extra mess of oats at night.
They should also be protected from flies and
insects, IN order to rest well, and be in bet
ter condition for service the next day.
Give the strawberry patch a good coating
of manure now, and cultivate well between
the rows. Next spring apply wood ashes.
In this manner old plants may be revived
and heavy crops secured. 1t is not ALWAYS
best to depend on new beds when the old
patches can be renewed by cultivation and
manure.
The grape rot is doing great damage in
New Jersey this season. In all cases where
the copperas solution has been tried the re-
suits so far have been favorable. Though
not entirely preventing the ravages of the
disease the spraying of the vines with the
solution has greatly Initigated the effects
on the crop.
Look over your fruit trees now in order
to notice the borer. A little mass of chips
or sawdust shows that the borer has entered
the tree and must be dislodged with the
point of the knife. Every day that it is
allowed to remain renders its removal more
difficult. If the orchard is protected from
the bOrer the life of the trees will be greatly
prolonged.
The squash bugs will now be busy. and
the best mode of destroying them is to 90
over the vines early in the morning and
Kill them with the hands. In that manner
one or two visits will save the vines. A
solution made by the disolving a pound of
saltpetre in a tub of soapsuds and sprinkIinC
the vines will serve as a liquid fertilizer
and partially prevent the ravages Ct the
bugs.
Grapes can be protected from the rot to
a certain extent by scattering air-slaked
lime over the vines and grapes every two
or three weeks. If the ground be well
lined after the grapes are harvested, and
later in the season all leaves, grass aad
weeds burnt, with another application in the
spring, the rot can be prevented. AS the
spores remain on the ground the use Of the
lime destroys them.
Where weeds have grown up in the gar
den to such a height that they cannot be
plowcd or spaded under, cut them down
and let them dry. After they have been
well dried apply fire and burn the surface
of the ground over, which can be done with
but little risk if a close watch be kept over
the fire as it progresses. The advantages
will be that the appearance of the ground
will be better, the ashes will serve as a fer
tilizer, the seeds Of weeds prevented and
thousands OF insects destroyed, as well as
saving labor in the garden next season.