The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

By this we do not mean cropped. but cllti-
waited over the entire surface so as to keep
down weeds. This should be done often, so
that very shallow cultivation will be all
that is needed. This serves many purposes,
besides destroying small weeds. The loose
earth acts as mulch, keeping the soil cool
and moist beneath it. Every time the cul-
ttvasor passes over 10, the soil 10 exposed TO
air and more plant food is developed. Il
Is the best way 10 provide plant food for the
fruit. as thorough cultivation makes It
certain that the trees get the full benefit Of
all there is
The largest crop Of wheat ever recorded
In this country was raised last year aggre-
getting Oil, 10000 bushels, of which Sc. A
per cent was exported, showing a total ex-
port Of 222, 915, 266 bushels, or more than
twice the exports OF 1891. The export
value of the wheat shipped out Of the coun-
Try for the year ending June 80, 1892 was
$3.50, 237, 795. The nearest approach to this
export value was in 1887 when we shipped
wheat to the value of $l52, 666, 1858. In that
J year the average price of wheat was SO
cents, In 1881 it was 90 cents, and during
the last year it has been 81 03 per bushel.
The ground for rAspberries can hardly be
too rich, for on this fertility largely de-
ponds the retention of moisture. But IL rich
enough, care should be taken to keep the
tops from growing too high and breaking
down with their own weight. A stocky
growth with plenty OF side branches is the
best for fruiting. This is produced by stop
ping upward growth and nipping the sx-
treme ends when the canes get TO be aI6 or s
feet high. Blackcap raspharries bend over
and their canes propagate by the tips touch
log the soil and taking root. By judiciOus
nipping or the ends carly In the season Ru-
merous side branches are produced, each Of
which will produce a frst-rate tip plant,
which is she only kind OF blAckcap that
should be used for planting.
When watering garden plants, small
fruits or flower beds, 1t is an excellent plan
to make holes at short distances apart with
the iron bar, taking care TO wound the roots
as little as possible, aud going about six
inches deep. This allows some OF the water
to go down to that depth, where the soil
will retain it, TO be drawn up later when the
water upon the surface has evaporated
When the water Is all upon the surface,
wetting down not more than inoh or 30, it
leads to the plants sending their roots near
the top Of the ground, where they feel the
heat and the drought much more quickly
after the water furnished has dried away.
1t takes a great deal of water to wet down
six inches, and it takes more when it IL ap-
piled from the hose or watering pot than 1t
does in a shower, because in the latter case
there are atmospheric conditions which at
tract upward the water from below, which
are absent when the watering pot is used.
G. n. May of Connecticut, an exps-
rienoed strawberry grower, says he saves
the two first plants that srow upon each
runner for setting new beds and rejects all
others. They grow stronger and root earlier
than those that grow farther out from the
parent stem.
In making an investment that is to last
for years, or more than lifetime, and that
is not expected to yield profit for the first
ten years, one should be cautious. Setting
an orchard is just that kind OF an invest
ment, yet many people go into it almost
without any forethought at all They
buy such varieties of trees as the
agent or the nurseryman recon-
mends, and Of such ages and shapes
as he pleases to send, pay little atten-
ton to the selection of a location for the
different varieties and not much more to
the preparation of the land for then and
then declare that there is no money In
raising fruit" There are few exceptions,
and perhaps more than there were years
ago, who decide just what kinds and how
many OF each they need before making an
order, who know what variety needs warm,
early land and q southern exposure and
which will dc better upon the northern
side OF the bill or upon moist land, and who
prepare the land and care for it while the
trees are growing as carefully as they do
any other crop that they hope T. make a
living from. Such men are not Rrum bling
because orchards do not pay. They make
them pay.