The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-05-25

NCAh Will d larger SCOOTER, running
partly in the siding furrow so as to
break the ridge between the small
scooter furrow and that made in the
middle by the shovel. If you can spare
the time right here, break the middles
thoroughly with four-inch scooters. On
lighter soils this plan will not be neces-
sary, but on red, stiff lands you will be
delighted with its effects on the growth
and development of the young plants,
and should a drought occur, your crop
will be i'll condition to withstand its
effects Every moment should be in
telllgently and theoretically utilized
now. Let us devote more time and
care to
FOOD CROPS
The millets, peas, Sroundpeas Span
lsh) can be put on sp&o land. Let US
also see to 1t that a larger acreage in
POTATOES
is put in. This crop is so easily cult
waited, so quickly made and under ordl-
narlly favorable conditions, yields SO
abundantly that it is a matter for sur
prise that our farmers do not pay more
attention to its value. OF course when
full crop is made the price in the fall
rules low, and just 40 that time the
picking and housing of the cotton crop
requires so much attention. that the
necessary care i'll gathering and handling
the potatoes is often neglected. The
farmer feels that he cannot spare the
time from the all important cotton, al
though the potatoes, if carefully gath
cred and protected, will Weld a better
per cent on the labor and money invest
ed than the same in cotton. 1t is be-
cause they possess so little money at the
time of gathering, that they are neg
lected and hundreds of bushels are lost
yearly from imperfect protection and
careless methods of housing. Make
them and save them properly, leaving
the smaller ones in the fields for the
hogs, and In the spring put them on the
market when the command a good price.
There is scarcely farmer who, by paw
Ing attention to these smaller crops,
could not command good prices for
them at season when cash is SO much
needed and SO hard to obtain Or they
could be exchanged at remunerative
figures for sugar, coffee and such needed
articles as we cannot produce at home
This question of an abundance of home
supplies is one of such Importance that
we cannot afford to pass over it indiffer-
entity. And the opportunity of putting
In these crops once gone, cannot be re-
claimed until another year rolls around.
In most occupations mistakes can be
corrected and sometimes their effects
eliminated, the injury sustained being
overcome by maturer judgment, but in
farming the fact that time and tide
waits for no man" is a peculiar force,
and the proper time for doing certain
things being suffered to pass by, the loss
can never be remedied at least III that
crop, and the years work, with all its
attendant expenses and worries, ends in
lgnominious failure.
The best
MANURE FOR SWEET POTATOES
is well rotted stable manure, but if com
merclal fertilizers are used, one contain
ing large per cent of acid phosphate
and some potash is the best form in
which to apply it. Have the land
thoroughlr and deeply broken, put in
the manure and bed out long enough
for the land to "settle" before the Sins
are put in. Don't wait for rain, but
In the afternoon set ont the plants bv
opening. a hole with pointed stick.
putting in little water, then the plant.
pressing the wet dirt to the root end
and drawing the dry earth around
the top.
DON'T NEGLECT THE GARDENS.
Nothing adds so much to the comfort
and happiness of village or rural life.
nothing so conduces to health and CON
tent as a well kept garden. And from
an economic standpoint no part of the
farm pays so well. Keep the ground III
fine filth, and continue to put out a
supply of all the favorite vegetables. Try
a May crop of Irish potatoes. Prepare
and plant as for the early spring crop.
If the planting for later crop is put off
until summer it is usually harder to or.
tain stand, on account of the hot, dry
weather. Potatoes planted in May are
said to have better keeping qualities
than those planted earlier. If there are
WORMS IN THE CABBAGE
scatter little insect powder over them.
1t is death to all insect life and is harm
less to man. A small outlay in this, put
on in time, will save your cabbages, not
only from worms but from the ravages
of the fly. Another good plan is to mix
together one ounce of paris green and
four ounces OF flour, put in small tin
box with muslin tied over the end and
sprinkle the plant while the dew is on.
Finely powered tobaccois also good, and
at the same time is fertilizer.
FOR THE BARK LOUISE
on fruit trees or shrubbery, cut up fine
one-half pound of turpentine soap, mix
with two gallons of kerosene and beat
until perfectly smooth, to this mixture
add Is gallons of water and spray the
affected trees. This is not an expensive
or troublesome preparation, and the re-
suits OF its use are most beneficial. The
large increase in the use of
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
would. under ordinary circumstances,
indicate large increase in the
COTTON ACREAGE,
but from our numerous reliable CORE
spondents, covering nearly every militia
district in the state, we get NEST COM
prehensive view of the situation, and
from these l am convinced that the in
crease in acreage is
NOT so GREAT
as has been supposed. In very many of
the genuine cotton counties an actual
loss has occurred, so much more land
having been devoted to food crops
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