The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-24
,,cULrURAL DEPARTMENT.


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varsity of Crops for the South.
-. south. says JEFF Wellborn of Texas
~ Co,tbsTa Cultirdtor, has greater
=. - of people, soils and seasons than
- ctber section of the union. we stand
,. !, diversity of products. Here is
-, farm. and there sugar cane, fruit,
-. or noultrv ranch, or stock farm. l
~! in specialities, where and when
.+,csbIe. without waste, and OF all crops
.,or &c my choice. If it was not for the
~ -. wastes and and impracticability of
-. cotton on the same soil for series
- and the great waste of time be
,rinter breaking Of the land and cot
/ ing two months of the best time of
| - n work. either lost or unprohtably
I'D cotton would be my choice. Then
mist buy my corn, oats and hay. |
"a make enough out of the cotton to buy
INIT must hunt them up and haul
This costs time, money and mule
= with nothing to raise money out of to
y go averything used upon the farm but
49, The seed out of bale of cotton
' "a coll for s. so. A hand to drive the
~ uonld only cost me 81, SO 1 have just
n,b left to buy a quart of lightning
-;Ler which, of course, is in rotation.
tat * the cotton planters rotation. Let
80 &C., "credit." then follows black coffee,
ns' btiscr;t side meat, tobacco, doctors
az r,ean tempers, bad whisky, lawyers
Int cotton. duns, cotton seed, more
- Init cheaper whisky, then Christ
sAJ ,ba1 notes for balance unpaid, 81
Pa rave raid out but rad bad season."
~ Tti,, Is NOT only tie rotation for the cot
u nior+ars but is the rotation for the man
pSanends on any one or two products for
Snpport on the farm.
81 Loft MS look into natural science:
- ~ wa must understand that all nature
r ll7 and perpetuated by opposite
u,srts of the same species coming to-
M. that these opposite elements have
~ ofinitv for each other, and when they
o'a toaether they combine, and each loses
;ndiyiduality. This is what science calls
n and is acted upon by other agencies
b;cb cause forming of body or dissolu-
As all nature is reproduced on this same
and scale. we will take corn for example:
"a Grain is formed by two elements; one
&c ali nature) is active (male) !; the other
hase Tor female) coming together. The
live clement is the bloom in the tassle,
hsse the silk on the cob. By the agencies
tbe wind the flower in the tassle is
ongbt 70 the silk. The dust from the tas-
Of the stalk nearly always falls on the
+ Of another stalk. Here is a lesson for
stockman). Then the salts are formed,
Al is. these two elements are combined.
reproducing the grain other agencies,
ID as warmth and moisture, must be pres
Should either of these be lacking no
ain will be produced. The heat comesdi-
ct from the sun, the moisture must come
bn the SOIL because heat expands the par
les Of water; when these parti-
les are inflated they rise. The stalk that
Is the grain must be fed. This food can
" be taken up in liquid state. The
Ter in the soil is essential to the dissolving
this food. Both are taking up into the
together through the roots; when once
we ground the SUMS heat on the green
IS Of the stalks causes digestion, as the
in the stomach of animal life Then
70 ise flow Of milk TO the young grain, as
anmals If there is not a suficiency of
and moisture in the soil, and warmth
DTe the soil, the grain will suffer proper
nately.
70 make the best yield, this grain or seed
ming must be during the heat of sum-
b. but before the moisture from the spring
ms have left the soil.
While have used corn for an example,
pant life runs in the same groove.
ere must an active element and base.
ltil these two elements come together
by will be dormant and reproductive.
the atmosphere, warm air is the base.
the air becomes warm it is charged with
bistUre more heavily, and becomes less
d less active, until it comes almost TO a
iadstll, as in hot, sultry days. The light.
% winls OF the Arctic regions Is the act
element; but these two elements must
me tgether before rain can be produced.
fa-t Life Is the product Of two elements
Pnoned, the base is the alkali or ash ele-
FnG Of the earth, the active, the acids, or
Sous elements Of the atmosphere. These
I'VE clements or gases may make many
rs 10 the earth, each time returning to
elF home in the atmosphere if in their
Its they are not caught by the base or
cslte elements in the earth. Both base
actlVe elements are in what science
nsthelr free state" until combined, and
sOS Tree state can produce nothing.
Is oaSe Is mover wholly inactive, but has
lnr As the base of plant food (the
lsFal elements of the soiD moves in the
IT'S lifted in liquids to the surface
q summer through the capillary pores
w suns heat, but is carried back down
ae heavy spring rains By breaking up
WI deep In winter and turning under
esetaole matter, and these active ele-
brought to the earth by the cool
- ana showers during the fall, the base
ulght out on top where the winter frost
Pllyerlze it, and the spring rains leach
AAsh elements back down to the turned
ACIDS Of vegetable matter;
ttufned out subsoil becomes soil
icing kept finely pulverized.
nIs'sin the gaseous element driven to
s.,'a curing the year, and is again
Ge turned down by the next win
aua IFesA subSoil turned out to take it's
.s e' means we can deepen our soils,
'e'h more active, and produce larger
iaVl year with less work. Animal
:. " Is IN their muscles, the power of the
%ianliy In the mind. The muscle is
vi NJ, never never was, and I doubt if there
m Oe' more propitious time for the
"'1 d students than just now in the
NAL Il revolution is at hand; one that
5 I-1e radical change. Our eyes are
rs ss5 opened to the fact that the south
sure r, grass and grain lard of the
pg r oor cotton seed products are as
Top p'0, ortlons almost equal to our
hi AL +i., ore hundred pounds of cotton
f m1l .4 wv pounds of oat-straw, crab