The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-06
Manures for Fruit Trees.

One of the best fertilizers for all kinds
of fruit trees is. wood ashes, says writer
in Home and Farm. The ashes not only
promote growth of the tree itself but
largely influences the yield and quality of
the fruit. Ashes are inclined TO induce
sound, healthy trees. A dressing of salt
is frequently beneficial All vegetable
matter, chips, leaves, old straw, etc.
gives excellent results where the soil is
not well supplied with humus. To
properly utilize these vegetable materials
they should be compOsted with richer
manures from the COW and horse stables,
the pigpen and the poultry house. 1t is
not well to manure very heavily with
fresh animal manures.
MATURING FOR GENERAL, CROP.
The trouble with the great bulk of our
southern farmers is not that they use too
much of commercial fertilizers, as that
they use little of any kind. A moderate
use of commercial fertilizers is to be COM
mended when applied with intelligence
and economy, but the true basis of in
creased fertility of our farm lies in the
direction of green manuring, supple
mented, when practicable, with barn-yard
manure. We ought to raise more grass,
and leguminous crops to be turned under,
and more stock.
COTTON SEED MEAL.
often spoken of, decorticated and UNI
decorticated. The decOrticated is the
pure kernel with the oil pressed out; the
other has the oil pressed out also, but in
this case the kernel is not separated from
the hull, but all ground together with
meal. The decorticated article is said TO
be twice as valuable for feed as the other.
The decurticated- =the pure meals esJi-
mated to be worth one-third more than
the other as a fertilizer. r.
SHADE TREES ON THE ROADSIDE.
Nothing adds more to the beauty and at
Effectiveness of a country than shade trees
along the lines of public roads. And this
is a matter that is neglected too much in
the south. Anything that adds to the
beauty and attractiveness of the country
and of that country adds
to the value of the lands
adds to the contentment and pleasure
of the inhabitants.
CRowDING FRUIT TREES.
Don't plant your fruit trees too close, or
you may regret it. They must have
plenty of sunlight and, air, and very close
planting will obstruct' both to certain
extent The land must be fer tile enough
. to furnish ample nourishment to every
tree. If crowded, one tree may require
the plant food often divided among two.
Don't taxithe land beyond its ability 70
respond satisfactorily. '|
A FAILURE. .....
Some people would fail at anything, as
they seem by nature just exactly "built
that way" This very small per cent of
our population who thus fail so utterly,
are to be pited more than despised The
term failure" in a certain sense does
carry with it the stigma of disgrace
Hence we hesitate to assert and publish
to the world that the majority of the
farmers in the cotton states are misera BILE
failures as farmers, though they do fail
to raise on their farms such food sup
plies for man and beast as they can more
cheaply raise than purchase. Do they
not by slovenly farming, produce not less
than half the yields of cotton and other
crops that the lands are susceptible Of
producing under better culture and bet
ter management
A man that purchases his work stock
and pork products in the west when they
can be raised on the farm at half the
cost-what Is he if he is not failure as q
farmerl EDWIN MONTGOMERY.