The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
The Scrap Book.


AN important III lneGQOQS Oh DuY-
ing and selling eggs has been adopted by
some western dealers who are purchasing
for the English markets. They buy by
weight and refuse all that do not come up
to a Ger. ain standard. OF course this way
of doing business throws out a large pro-
portion of eggs as culls, because they are
under weight. Doubtless in time selling
by weight will be the rule here, as it long
ago should have been. 1t is the only way
that is just both to buyer and seller
Very much depends upon the character
of the soil aud the variety of the tree, in
deciding the distance apart at which they
should be set There are some varieties of
apple trees that would be crowded at SO
feet apart if they grew for five years upon
strong land. Others grow more upright,
and unless very heavily MANFRED would not
have spread of 20 feet in as many years
ii land is plenty, give them room enough,
and if land is limited. set them nearer to-
Rether, and then try, by healing in the
branches, to restrict them to the space al
lowed them.
The training of an orchard must depend
in part on its varieties. Some are nat
urally spreading and these will not need so
severe pruning. Cutting out the center to
admit light is all that SUCH trees require
Kinds that run up tall Wilt need FREQUENT
y
habit is established the weight OF fruit
bends the limbs down, aud this maintains
their fruitfulness. Limbs should start
squarely from the body. If they run up at
angle, forming crotch, winds and tho
weight of fruit will split the tree. Many
orchards have thus been ruined by lack OF
proper management when the limbs first
put forth.
The farmer who gets all his crop in early
has an advantage in easily working them
all the season. Oftentimes, too, by market
ing very early he gets a better price than
those who are only able to market when
everybody is selling. If he does not wish 10
sell early there is still great advantage in
getting crops off the land, so that prepara-
lions may be going on for putting in some
thing else as succession crop. The earlier
| ground is plowed for wheat or other winter
| grain the better seed bed 1t makes, and in
most cases this is dependent on getting the
| preceding crop off as early as possible.
From experiments made at the agricult-
| tuFal station of the Maine State College it
| has been found that disturbing the roots of
cabbage IN transplanting appears to have
| no marked effect on tho size of the head
| and that the best results are obtained by
| frequent transplanting. A good cabbage
has short stem; the leaves placed close
together with short petioles, thus leaving
| little open space about the stem. Tbs
blade should be large enough to extend
more than half way around the bead, to
| avoid the soft spot often seen in the oen-
ter. Firm; solid heads are less subject to
the attacks OF the cabbage worm than loose,
open ones.
A ton of potatoes contains ], 800 pounds of
water. Onions have 200 pounds of water
in ton. Tomatoes 1900 pounds, ana
squashes and cucumbers 1 300 pounds We
need not wonder that a leading agricultural
writer styled water the ''para mount fer
tilizer." Perhaps some of those who pro-
fessed few years ago that hay and corn
fodder lost none of their nutrition bv dry
ing, being just as good as the green fodder,
excepting the water. which could be made
from the cistern, will tell the farmers how
to dry these crops and save carrying in so
much water to their city customers.
To be profitable for planting tomato
plants should be short and stocky with
plenty of roots branching out on every side.
The overgrown, top-heavy plants with long
stalks drawn out by growing too closely to-
gether are not worth much. Some of these
have even blossomed in a vain attempt to
produce seed before they leave the bed in
which they were grown. Still, If no better
can be had, take the tall plant, dig a shallow
trench at an angle Of 90 or 25', and plant
the stalk in that nearly up to the branches.
Roots will then push out from the under
side of the stalk, and if all the blossoms are
| picked OF. as they should be, the plant will
take new start and produce a fair crop.
When the plant reaches the surface the
stalk should be turned upward and firmly
| tied to stake.