The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-03
The Scrap Book.

The value of orchard grass is be-
coming better understood, and there are
many places where it is common to SOW
it in place of timothy either alone or with
clover. 1t is richer feed than is tiIno-
| thy, is ready to pasture earlier, and is
best cut when clover is coming into head,
| which is also the best time for cutting
! clover. Where clover and timothy are
sown together, the cutting is apt to be
deferred too late for the clover or too
early to have the timothy amount to
much
Nitrate of soda is an excellent fertilizer
| for cabbage on soils that are too poor to
make good head It should be dissolved
| in water, and thus applied. The effect in
more rapid growth will be seen in two or
! three days. It also helps the cabbage TO
get more of the fertility that the soil it
| self contains, as the water impregnated
with nitre helps to decompose its vegeta
BILE matter very rapidly.
A Texas farmer whose cattle were
lousy, says that he exterminated the YER
min by cutting an onion in two and rub
bling it all oyer them. 1t took two or
three onionsito each animal, but it was
etfectual, as not live louise could be
found two days afterward. Not many
farmers need to know this, but there may
be some who will be benefited by it.
A Connecticut bulletin says. that rem
edy for strawberry disease, at
tended with complete success, has
been adopted by some growers in that
state After picking the berries, cut the
leaves close TO the ground with moving
machine. When dry enough, burn them.
The plants soon put up a vigorous and
Caution &c pf
necessary, in a dry season. Loosenipg
the old mulch will assist the burning.
The process has proved complete cure
for the leaf blight.
Fruit trees have become so infested
with insects that are injurious TO the
fruit that to get partial CROP Of fair
fruit it is indispensa bly, necessary to do
something to preserve the fruit and
destroy the insects and their eggs. This
may be done by washing the trunk and
larger limbs with lye that will carry an
egg and carbolic acid in the proportion of
of one fluid ounce of the acid to ten of
I've. This will not only kill the eggs of
the insect tribe but will also clean the
trunk OF moss, hchens and other para
sites, The best time TO apply, this wash
is in the spring Apply it warm with a
brush.
The loe is nitrogen trap. 1t has
the remarkable property of taking nitro
gen from the air, hence it leaves the soil
richer besides furnishing large crop of
excellent hay The little nodules, called
tubercles, which are seen on the roots of
the plant, and which contain thousands
of little living things called bacteria, are
said to give this plant its peculiar power.
Peas beans, vetcbes, lupines, etc, also
produce these nodules and are nitrogen
gatherers
There is no danger of animals taking
too much salt If they have free access to it
at all times, but If they are denied it for a
long period salt hunger may lead TO ex-
cess when suddenly permitted the oppor-
tunity of indulgence. Salt is an essential
element of the blood, and because many
of the common foods of cattle are lacking
in this respect, this essential must be ar
officially supplied. AS the amount varies
in different foods, as well as those grown
from different soils, we can have no guide
to the exact quantity an animal needs,
but it must be left TO them. The only
correct method is TO give to them con-
stantly the opportunity of satisfying their
natural needs. This can best be done by
having rock or lump salt in the feed box
es, or where 1t is handy of access in the
pasture.
The best fertilizer for Strawberries in
the spring is one that is rich in potash.
Those usually sold under the name of pot
ash or onion fertilizers are about right if
properly made for the crops they are
named after, Fruit Is the object to be
gained by fertilizing now, and fruit is
largely composed of seed, and the seed
cannot be found without an abundant
supply of potash and phosphoric acid
The same is true of the raspberry and
blackberry. Beware of using fertilizer
too rich in nitrogen, as that tends to
stimulate growth OF leaf and stalk. 1t