The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-11-23

your potatoes are well dried before StOr-
ing away. They should be dried in the
shade, and all cut and bruised tubers re-
moved.
A common method of storing potatoes
"a ditch cut for the purpose. Where
this method is adopted it is best to select
hillside where good drainage can be
secured. Place straw in the ditch, on
which place the potatoes, and then cover
with straw, covering the whole with
sufficient earth just to prevent freezing.
All the potatoes should not be stored to-
gether, but separated into lots of about
20 bushels each, by earth or straw.
Your seed potatoes and others can be
excellently preserved by placing them in
bin in dry, cool place, and separating
the potatoes by sand so that they do not
come III contact with each other.
GRASS SEED.
To sow red clover how much seed
should use to the acre, also how much
clover and orchard grass mixed?
K. P. s., Milton county.
How much seed to SOW depends on the
purpose for which you desire to use the
land. For pasture it should be sown
thicker than for meadow. Much will
also depend on the character ofIthe soil.
II the soil is very lumpy and not very
fertile, twice as much seed will be need
ed as is necessary per acre when the soil
Is mellow, free from humps and covered
with fine vegetable mould. The fol-
lowing Is the quantity for general seed
ing, which may be varied to suit the
soll,f or for meadows and pastures:
When red clover and orchard grass are
soWed together four quarters of the for
mer and Is of the latter will be suffi-
Gent if the soil will produce one and a
half tons per acre. If sowed evenly and
nothing but clover is used, six to eight
quarts will seed an acre. With orchard
grass alone use from two to three bush
sow three than less than two.
PEAR TREES.
What is the best way to train pear
trees? l., f. T.. Thomaston
1t is best to train your trees SO that
they will branch at distance of only
few feet from the ground. This method
has these advantages: The fruit can be
easier gathered and the trees easier
trained; the fruit does not injure SO.
much in falling; the branches being
sturdy, will not be strained by overbear-
ing or over weight of fruit; the soil will
be kept shaded and moist, and the trunk
protected from the scorching sun.
sTUMPs. "
Can you give me method to de-
stroy stumps?
F. D. u, Hancock County.
Bore with two-inch augur to the
heart or center. Fill the hole with sui
phuric acid or with crude petroleum.
In the first place the acid destroys in
few months; in the latter, when the
stump becomes saturated with the oil it
is fired and will burn to the roots. Where
oil is used two or more holes will hasten
the time for burning. Place an iron
weight on the stump when fred, and it
will render the result more certain. The
iron retains heat, and by its weight re-
moves charred portions of the stump.
HUMUs.
How does humus benefit land?
S. B. N, Brooks.
Land is benefited by humus princi-
pally by its mechanical effects. 1t stiff
ems sandy land and loosens clay soil; it
gives power to the soil to absorb and re-
tain moisture and its solvent powers
renders available mineral substances in
the soil. When the vegetable matter is
from iguninous plants, a considerable
contribution of nitrogen is directly made.
Carbonic acid is the principal element
evolved from humus.
ASHES AND STABLE MANURE.
Will it do to mix ashes and stable ma
nure? a. rs. +. NJ. w.
1t is injurious to mix ashes with stable
as they cause the escape Of the
ammonia. which is the most costly Of
plant foods. If the material is perfectly
dry and you wish to use the compost
by the use Of dry earth or
plaster, you can mix them without loss.
WHEAT AND OATS.
How can separate oats from wheat
f. Fl. E.
Oats may ne nearly entirely removed
from wheat by putting the grain in
tub of strong brine and skimming. The
wheat must then be spread thin and
dried quickly and well lined. 1t pays
to have pure wheat seed, and you should
do this if you wish to SOW the wheat
wHTTEwASH.
In your next report please tell me how
to make good whitewash.
LII.
This is a simple recipe: Mix up half
a pailfu1 of lime and water; take half a
pint of -four and make a starch Of 1t
and pour it into the whitewash while
hot; stir it we'll and it is ready for use.
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