The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-05
The Question Box.

The Question Box.
II this department of the NEWS
h'-1,'hs-tv TO ask questions relating to
g ..g and gardening, and replies will be
SNIss al whenever it is practicable.
s''l-. .-,cations also upon all matters per-
t'1-l ED the same subjects are cordially
Sai-ss Cor this department. Address such
s'i'7l F Editor. box 81, Milledgeville, Ga.
and me the rule to estimate the
res II nav in the stack or rick by
1'l.n. without eighing 1t. have asked
rs2suI Is here, hut none can tell me:
nsny 20 10 the Agricultural department OF
H5 S1ar a% Dec, %. I. d. Nj.
w.osnring hay in the NOW or stack is but
-, roximation to the weight, for SO
~ dspends on the quality of the hay and
D.' .,osaness Of the packing. A very fine
IT. of hay densely packed will give
g' l5o cubic feet per ton. Light hay.
' lDo.I hacked. will require 500 to 600 cubic
~ ton. and oftentimes even much
than this. Common meadow or
w. awn bav might measure, if loosely
$500 1901 500 or 900 cubic feet per ton. Only
g1 nho has had considerable practical ex-
Vu s;anca in the matter could make proper
p1.ronce for character if hay and manner
I.ack,ng for getting a clear approxima-
s,3 If the weight. 1t is something like
~ ..a.uring wheat bran, so far as accuracy is
...oarnei but through experience one
,.n bscome quite an adept in approximating
the weight.
m oss tie cubic contents of a NOW or
,ict multiply the length in feet by the
18th and this sum by the hight. Divide
,bs result by 400, 500 or 600 feet, according
70 densityof the NOW.
What are the best varieties OF cabbage
,or southern gardeners, d especially for
ssrly sumner or late spring heading!
H. c. V.
M tbs 100 and more varieties or named
sorts named in current catalogues there are
not many that give very satisfactory results
in orr hot climates. Varie les that head
well and give perfect satisfaction in the
northern ates frequently prove altogether
Unsuitable for low ATTITUDES. And then,
mo. where grow ers buy their seeds every
season it is a mere accident that any partic-
MAR variety will give the same results con-
gcutively. There will be very 81 eat diff
ference in the various strains of seed of the
same variety fir m year to year. One care
full seed grow esr will produce a strain that
is reliable while anot er and careless one
will produce strain that will give a cab
bage that shows a marked deterioration
from the original plant Where one buys
cabbage seed in a haphazard way from
different seed growers or dealers it is mat
ter of great uncertainty that he gets just
what be wants or thinks he is getting. In
buy ing cabbage seed it is advisab to buy
from well-known growers or dealers who
guarantee the quality and trueness t. name
of their seeds When you get variety of
cab. age seed from a certain dealer and it
gives you satisfaction, he is the one to &c
back TO for the same kind of seed.
We have found the Fottler Improved
Brunswick a superior summer variety.
The Winningstadt is a good early kind, as
also the Early Battersea ard the Ea. "
Summer The Florida Header or All Sea
sons are esteemed varieties (Can any OF
our readers name any better varieties fol-
the first crop0