The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-21

| factory crops, and he is compelled to defer his
grain sowing until some of the corn or cot
ton lana becomes vacant.
1here are Yet but a few who follow the
plan OF sowing either rye or oats in tae corn
or cotton helds while these crops are still
land Is limited this is a
very excellent plan-sowing oats or
rye broadcast and covering most of the
seed by running sweep or harrow through
the middles. Even the seeds that do not
happen to get covered Will come up when a
good relu occurs. On uplands where the
cotton stalks are not heavy and luxuriant il
tue rows were not made too close together
the sweep or harrow can be run through
even IN october without damaging the cot
ton. Where the cotton is on bottom land
and the stalks lap in the rows the sowing of
the gram must necessarily be made much
earher-ln August or early September be-
lore the stalks have fallen over or lapped
across the rows. This sowing has been fire.
qqently made the latter part Of July
when the grain was intended for winter
grazing chiefly.
We have commended to our farmers
scores of time thu excellent plan of devot-
Ing 80 many acres in the spring to a crop OF
early field pease with the expectation of
following the pease with grain in Septem-
per or October, gathering the pease early
III the fall, giving the vines TO the soil as
manuring for the grain. This plan will al
low OF getting In the fall grain at the
proper time. There have been thousands
OF failures to secure grain crops in Middle
Georgia and higher from deferring sowings
to November or December. The freezes
heaved out the crop because it had had no
time to get well rooted before severe
weather occurred. Servings made in No.
vember or December in Lower Georgia will
succeed where it will not do SO higher up.
Thousands of farmers have actually become
disguised with oats and rye simply from
the failures that resulted from such late
sowings. They ought not to give up the
fall sowing Of grain, but should hereafter
make vigorous effort to sow it at the
proper time. Oats sown properly in Octo-
bsr very rarely prove a failure in Middle
Georgia. 1t is great pity that our farmers
have 'gone back" on this very desirable
crop. We hope they will take renewed
interest in it, The result of long observa-
ton convinces us that only few farmers
take the time TO put in oats as they should
be. Sown early It is not necessary to break
the land deeply, but the surface should be
thoroughly pulverized and the land rolled
after sowing. Some eight weeks before the
time that freezing weather may be ex-
pected the gram will take such q firm hold
on the soil as to enable it to withstand gen.
orally the severest weather that we have in
the south. 1t should cover the soil thor
ou2hiy, and be mulch to it by the middle
of December.
VIII not some of our readers drop us a
pos al and inform US what are their expecta-
tions as to seeding this crop this fall, and to
what extent it will be neglected in their
localities! We advise our farmers to give
1t the best attention that they possibly can.
The market gardener finds this season full
of interesting work. Below the 80 espe-
cially there is a great deal to be done.
Cabbage seed should be sown now to make
plants for setting out in October and No
vember. We have found the Improved
American Savoy fine variety for winter
planting There are many gooi varieties,
however. Now and then the freezes are
severe enough late in December or in JAM
uary to kill the plants, but this will not de-
ter the gardener from taking the risk every
season, for it ID a crop that makes large re-
turns when it does succeed. 1t is quite
practicable to insure success with many
thousands of plants by mulching or cover
ing them with pine straw when very severe
weather ia threatening. Loads OF pine
straw should be provided for the purpose.
deposited at intervals in the cabbage field
cabbage injured by cold prior to January.
With piue straw handy the work of cover
ing can be very rapidly done. Plenty of
plants should be kept in reserve either in
cold frames or well protected seed beds in
case the first planting should be killed in
January. To provide for this contingency
an extra sowing of cabbage seed should be
sowed in cold frames early IN December. If
the first crop should be killed replant the
plat late in January from the cold frames.
An acre, for instance, that has fine crop
of cabbage heads ready for market i'll May
June is worth half dozen acres Of cotton
il not more. Cultivated intensively 5000 to
1000 heads can be made per acre,
which may bring any where from cents to
u cents per head. In the vicinity OF a
large city cabbage growing is certainly q
very profitable matter.
1t is not too late even now to make tur-
nip sowing a success. Even in Middle
Georgia we have made very fine crops sown
late in September.
OF all the plants grown for greens there
are none superior to spinach. 1t can be
sown for some weeks yet. 1t IS the hardest
OF all crops. Spinach should be found in
every garden, large and small. 1t is very
profitable crop. The Round-leGf or ViroS
fac and the Long Standing are all good
kinds. Be sure to get good seed. SOW IN
two-foot rows and treat just the same as
turnips. After sowing the seed run roller
OF some kind along the rows.
This is the time to put out onion sets for
the early spring crop to be sold in punches
in green state.
In Lower Georgia and Florida onion seed
if fresh and sown carefully and rolled will
make onions successfully.
Have you ever tried the Italian kinds,
Giant Rocca, Tripoli and New Queen!
They are worth trial. The Trimmings can
be transplanted in January and February,
and will make fine onions in June aud
July. The New Queen will be ready to
market In May-oftentimes in April. We
want every reader of these columns to try
a small plat at least of these Italians from
the SEED next February ii not attempted
now.
We can tell any gardener how to make
100 bushels of fine onions on quarter OF an