The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-06
FARM NOTES.


Gardener.
The large farm has had its day, and has
got to go. Taxes are too high to pay on I'M
productive lands Small areas and the in
| tensive system of farming will do more to
elevate the condition of American farmers
than Unlimited legislation. Intensive farm
ing calls for close attention to all matters,
which only good head can give. Let the
boys have the benefit Of careful training.
Among the anomalies Of nomenclature
noticed in our market reports are the words
Irish pototoes, applied to our common po-
| tato. The potato is purely American. Ire
land never saw one until it was sent there
from this continent. The same is true of
the tomato. Owing to the very large use
of this vegetable in Southern Europe, many
persons are of the opinion that the tomato
was native of that section.
Because much OF the food given hogs is in
liquid form, it is common idea that addi-
tional water is unnecessary. This is a great
| mistake. Milk is not drink, but food, as
any one may see by curdling 1t. In the
| stomach, the first process of digestion is to
turn milk into a solid by curdling it. If
dishwater is added to milk it contains a
good deal Of salt, too much to make it serve
| The purpose of drink. This is especially
true true Of growing pigs and breeding
| sows. Lack of pure water makes the SOW
feversh and restless. 1t is often the cause
of the mania that leads the SOW to devour
her own offspring.
When the people can be made to under
stand that it actually costs more in time and
money to travel over a poor road than it
! does to travel over a good one, they Will be
less inclined to begrudge the expense Of
good roads, and what is Of more impor-
| lance still, will be willing and anxious to
put the business of road-making into the
hands of intelligent men who understand
the business. Poor roads are the expensive
things that curse country district.
There is no way of keeping up sandy soil
80 easily and cheaply as by raising clover.
But it is not all sandy soil that will grow
good clover. Sometimes the cause is me-
chanical, the soil blowing away from the
seed, or possibly with it into djacent raw
ines But it is more generally due to lack
Of the proper mineral elements. Clover
loves lime and potash, and on sandy land
potash is often lacking. A dressing Of
leached, or better still of unleached ashes.
will get a clover catch on many fields where
year after year the seed has failed to grow.
The potash has a mechanical effect on the
soil. 1t unites with the sand, and thus forms
a crust, making it less likely to blow away.
Most people In ordering nursery stock do
not make up their minds what they want
until planting is at hand. Ordering thea it
requires longer for the order to be filled, the
plants are more likely to be injured on the
way, and if planted late many make poor
growth, or die outright. 1t is often thought
that the trees cannot be sent safely while
the ground is frozen. Packed as they should
be they are not injured by cold, and If no
trench has been dug for them they may be
placed in a cool cellar until the ground
thaws enough to fad place to heel them
in. BY the time they are to be planted
the shortened inroots will have calloused
and be ready to root as soon as placed in
contact with the soil.
Water to swim in is not absolutely neces-
sary for growing ducks profitably, though
they are such voracious feeders that it is
advisable to have them get part of their
living from the water wherever possible.
The Pekin ducks do better when allowed
only water to drink, and not permitted to
battle except in warm weather. They have
not sense to keep out of ice-cold water, and
it often develops rheumatism. which makes
them deformed and Improbable. Rouen
ducks are harder and as good every other