The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-26

Land we'll MANFRED and thrown up with
the pillow into ridges about four feet wide
now will he ready to SOW early beets, radishes
or turnips, or to set lettuce on much earlier
In the spring than if IL lay fiat all winter.
Henry 8. Wheeler of Derry, n. II. raised
sos bushels OF potatoes on one acre OF land
this year. They were OF the New Queen
variety and a commercial fertilizer was
used, 1000 pounds being sowed broadcast
and 500 pounds put in the hill
In asparagus the varieties are more dis
tinct than is generally thought. Conover's
Colossal is the old stand by, but Barr's
Mammoth planted by its side produces as
many punches, and its superior quality
commands double the market price, writes
a New Jersey correspondent in the Florists
Exchange.
| The president of the Wisconsin Horticult-
ural Society tells of a fruit farm at Sparta,
Wis, which sold 900 bushels of blackber
ries from ten acres, realizing IS 500 for the
same. He says tlis is net profit of about
| $3.50 per scre. The cost of setting an acre
and cure for two years he figures at $40.
Those who desire to fertilizs their or
chards and small fruit with commercial
fertilizers should know that fine ground
bone and muriate of potash are excellent
fertilizers TO put min the fall, while nitrate
| OF soda or sulphate OF ammonia should not
be put on till the growth begins in the
spring, and not at all unless the trees or
| plants have attained sufficient growth to
| come TO bearing. Many Of the best horti-
| culturists claim these mixtures give better
results at less cost than they can get from
stable manure. without carrying weed seed.
fungus germs or insects to the land, as
stable manure does.
Those who have trees that have been set
one or two seasons will do we'll to bear in
mind the irnp0rtapca IF atakinp and TYING
them so that they will resist the influence Of
the most frequently prevailing or heaviest
winds. The 2-year-olds need it as much as
those set last spring, as they are likely to
present as much surface TO the wind as
they have Of roots in the earth. Put down
a stout stake a few feet from the trunk and
then Put on withe or a strip of cloth,
binding the tree to the stake in the form of
the figure s. so that the crossing of the
band will prevent any chatting of the tree
trunk against the stake. In this way can
be prevented the spectacle 80 often seen of
whole orchards leaning over like a fleet of
sailing boats to the leeward, until it is
enough to make landsman seasick TO look
at them
Although it is a well-known fact that
nearly all varieties Of fruit trees grow we'll
and boar well in the poultry yard, we are
not prepared to indorse the idea that hen
manure supplies more Of the elements
needed for the growth of trees or fruit than
any other. In fact, we think IL contains
less than some others, and would prefer the
mixture of bone and potash. about equal
parts fine ground bone and muriate of
potash, to anything else that we know of.
We suspect that the main value of the hen
manure. as found In the henyard,
is in the fact of its daily applica-
ton in small quantities and its thorough
mixing with the soil, an amount of labor
that the owner could not afford to do him
self. Then they have the advantage of hav-
ing the ground kept free from grass and
weeds, aud OF having the insects killed al
most at their first appearance. Thus while
we believe in setting trees, particularly the
plum and peach. which are but short-lived
at the best. in the henyard, or even dwarf
pears, we should not buy hen manure and
use it in an orchard of those fruits, though
moderate application might do no greater
harm than to make an excessive growth OF
wood to be cut away each year.