The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-15
SHORT CHAPTERS ON CURRENT
TOPICS


SHORT CHAPrBRs ON CURRENT
TOPICS.
Farm. Garden and Orchard Treated
In an Instructive Way.
In curing clover hay-in fact. the curing
Of any of the leguminous plants-pod-
bearing plants-it is necessary to pursue
little different course than is the custom
with plants of the grsmipaceous family
true grasses.
LeGuminous plants are usually of
"woody" character, and it is almost impos-
sible to cure such plants properly by merely
| exposing to the sun and dry air. Unless the
forage is allowed to undergo a process of
heating or fermenting early in the process
of curing, the hay made from such plants
will heat in the NOW after APP
pearing perfectly dry. On this account
clover bean and Lucerne hay is frequently
Disappointing to those who grow it for the
first time, and without understanding the
necessity for heating in the shock. Such
& forage should lie thrown up into cocks very
shortly after being cut-as soon as wiIted
s and allowed TO remain twenty -four hours
n or more until the heat Of fermentation has
4 cocks should be thrown together into
conical pile, inverting each COCK in the act
8 Of doing so. Let it remain thus twenty
four or forty-eight hours more, when the
4 piles should be pulled down aud exposed to
the sun and air until it is freed from the
uperfluous moisture. Then haul up and
store in the barn. 1t will not heat any
more. and prove first class quality of hay.
Lucerne hay must be so cured or it will cer-
tanly heat in the NOW. however dry it may
appear.
Vegetable mold" or humus is the
product of the decay of vegetable or organic
matter. its presence in the soil is indispens-
able for the successful growth OF all valua
Bio crops. A soil absolutely destitute of
humus is barren ard only fit for building
lts. IN restoring lost fertility to soil tho
first consideration must DO the restoration
Of the lest humus OF vegetable matter. I'm
less this restoration is begun before the COM
pete exhaustion of the humus has been ef-
tected it would be SO expensive as to prove
prohlbitory except in rare instances. The
true policy is to make restoration gradually
Of that wasted by alternating at proper in-
tervals with certain crops, known as fallow
crops, and while the soil is still in fair con
dtion Of fertility. 1t is a case where "a
stitch In time saves nine"
HumuS is economically restored only by
The means of certain leguminsus plants
clover, ted peas vetch. Melilotus. and the
ike
applications of stable manure, cotton
seed and the like accomplish the restorat ton
VI hunus but this Is too expensive proc
esq for the average farmer and for ordi-
nary farm crops. Worn soils are most
economically restored by giving them over
70 pastuTae for period. The present bad
condition OF southern agriculture Is owing
mainly to the Impoverished state of the
aEabie land. the result of deficient humus.
4here Is more truth in this statement than
you may be prepared to believe.
Growing onions from sets and from seeds:
very nearly all the onions grown in south
efn Kitchen gardens are grown from the sets
"Gcn are planted out in October or early
u November or in February-or some time
luFlhg January. The Philadelphia seeds
Ueh sell annually an imme nse quantity Of
1ns'e sets to southern gardeners, and doubt
,oss VIII continue to sell a large quantity for
uahy years yet. as the practice of using
se'S IS 50 widespread it is not likely to 60
ouI OF falhlon" with any degree of rapid
w, It's so sure and easy plan for pro-
.Uugllg onions for home use, and it is natur
any very popular with the average gardener
uo seeks to do whatever he can in the
m NOS. lanorious way. And yet this is by no
1oauS the best way to grow onions of the
o's. Keeping qualities and In the most
t.Ou1aole way for market Where one
setS The hang" OF the plan of sowing the
rI o4s and afterward transplanting the
tauts ;, when they get to be the proper size
,S1 VIZ Oe very apt to discard the use of sets
G%ltey upon the seeds almost entirely.
% . nner and much cheaper onions can be
i,.T %u after this plan. especially if the
c sa'lah or Spanish varieties are chosen. The
,. "aus hocca and New Queen are excellent
''''s''es tor southern use.
n, =" q On On every one-horse farm In the state
nlos rgia there were kept one first rate
NM 1Su COW, thnt averages two gallons of
N,', uSNy one good breeding sow, that
,s', ven attended to and twenty five hens OF
NY, NJ laying breed, likewise given the best
s sutton, what an amount of home comfort
ppearance of good living would be
tr,nre Iea IN the aggregate where now a
len, - rather the reverse of a such an as
ins.. presented 1t is rosy picture to
t,sg sue ~ view or the picture as it actually
prioo, our small farmers understood the
inSsIuples Of economy. had the energy and
It's FroItt 70 utilize their opportunities that
srlnielon OF Scotch small farmer would
tts,st now different would be the scene
try Is on the small farms Of our coun-
rap b, The many little 'side crops" that
nec,r, "orked in so edvantageously In con-
otbtr.1 VITO the standard crops what three
W lusta,r Jan In small way do more toward
mentiosg the home than the three just
eggs a. MIX and butter, chickens and
Ut In rr"i pork--sausage etc. Separately
biil ' ~, combinations they 20 to make up
tho uinlo ARE quite sufficient tor the table Of