The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-07-13

meat. unless we wish larger part of
our hardly earned cotton crop to go to
pay our meat bills-an outlay which we
can avoid by raising our meat at home.
Is not the folly of paying for bacon -
cents cash, 16 cents time, apparent
when we know that we can buy every
thing hog eats and raise pork at Z
cents? Or, living on farm, where we
can arrange for the feeding, protection
and. care of our hogs, we can bring the
cost down to less than cents. We can
conduct the other departments of farm
work successfully, and do this without
feeling the outlay or realizing that we
have been put to much additional ex-
pense; and we cannot make our farm
ing success if we neglect this impor-
tant and natural factor in its economy.
Begin with few hogs and increase
your stock as your arrangements to
care for and pasture them will allow.
Don't undertake too much at first. On
many farms, and in many sections of
the state, there are, comparatively
speaking, no hogs and no arrangements
for keeping them. In sucn cases. now
is the best time to perfect your plans
for another years supply.
FODDER PULLING AND SAVING HAY.
This question has been so often dis
cussed, and there is such diversity
OF opinion as to whether the fodder
should be pulled or left on the stalk.
that will only give my own experience
of many years. l have found that
where the corn is fully ripe. and the
fodder has been inju:-ed by firing, its
removal does not materially iniure the
corn, and the fodder itself, properly
cured. is one of the most nutritious
and appetizing for stock, and they pre-
fer ito any other ''roughage" Poorly
cured. or mouldy, from becoming wet
While hanging on the stalks. it is posi-
lively dangerous to the animals eating
1t, for this mould becomes fine pene.
trating sdust, filling the throat and
lungs. But would advise always saw
ing the fodder. if it can be properly
done, and if the peas have been pre-.
vlously sowed, as l have advised, a
large crop OF hay and peavines can be
saved at this season, when there is
rest from the crop cultivation and be-
fore the cotton picking begins. By
managing in this way, each farmer
can, at a small cost, supply himself
with an abundance of ''roughage,"
which is grateful to the work animals,
and when not beng used, they can be,
kept in fine condition by feeding this
with small rations of gram.
IRISH POTATOES.
Over a large portion of the state the
successful gardener will be saving his
spring planting of Irish potatoes, and
perhaps it will not be amiss to call his
attention to the fact that with moder-
ately favorable weather, he has it in
his power to make another fair crop.
Prepare your old bed thoroughly; if it
has been mulched, so much the better
for the second crop. For seed, select
the medium size potatoes from the first
crop, dry them in the shade for few
days, and then replant the bed, just as
IN the spring, except that instead of
cutting the potato, the whole
tuber is planted. Cover with the blow,
and mulch heavily With rains, the
crop will be fine OF course drought
will cut off the yield, but even under
unfavorable conditions, the crop will
generally be a good one. You can
leave them in the ground al winter,
digging as you need them, only being
careful to keep them heavily mulched,
and your table will be supplied with
fresh and most delicious potatoes. They
remained in my garden all last winter,
and it was very cold one, without the
least injury. Try the experiment.
TURNIPS.
Prepare your beds now for ruta
bagas. A mellow, highly fertilized
soil is essential to che successful growth
of root crops. Thoroughly rotted sta
BILE manure and phosphates are good.
Later, SOW the other varieties. If the
bugs and insects are troublesome, try
Pyretheum powders.
LATE CABBAGES.
Get your bed prepared for the plants.
| which should now be ready to set out.
Lay off the rows three feet apart, open
| a deep furrow and fill about half full
of well rotted stable manure; or, if GU
ano is used, put in liberal quantity
| and mix with the soil. After setting
the plants out, if the worms are trou-
blesome, mix one ounce of paris green
to four ounces of -four, put it in tin
box and tie thin cloth over the end:
sprinkle the plants while the dew is on.
Persian insect powder is also a harm
less and effective remedy. Work deeply
III the early stages of growth; shallow
towards maturity. To preserve them
during winter, dig trench deep enough
to receive the stalks of the cabbage, re-
move all loose leaves, set them, root
down, close together, and slanting to-
wards the south, at an angle of As de-
grees. Bank the earth on them far
enough up to keep the next row from
touching the first This can be done
while digging the trench for the second
row. Arrange shelter to keep off the
suns rays. If due care is taken and
each item is attended to promptly, the
time and labor will be rewarded by a
supply of fine, hard headed cabbages
for winter use.
SAVE EVERYTHING
from the farm and patches which will
afford food for the cattle and work ami
mails during the winter months. Many
of us do not appreciate these small saw
ings, but they fill many small leak,
and save the main food crops for the
more active work season. We must
wake up to the important facts that
more food crops of all kinds are needed
on the majority of Georgia farms. AS
our seasons afford us every opportunity
for making ample food supplies, why
should we continue the old mistaken
policy?
PLANTING PEAS.