The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-20
November Notes.


Pretty much all oyer the world Novem-
Der is a restful month.
The work of the year has been brought
n a close, it matters not whether that
work has been profitable or not. Those
who have had their expectations of
spring time fully met, feel that they can
take their rest with dignity, and those
who have not met their expectations, feel
inclined also to take the same rest, for,
however bad things may have turned out,
they feel that nothing can be done this
month to change this aspect. So to the
successful and the unsuccessful it is
imonth of comparative rest.
It may be that there is some work that
ought to be done, especially below the 32o
of latitude.
If oats or rye, perchance, have not been
sown the previous month, the sowing
should be made now, as soon as possible.
but 1t is only in the extreme lower sec
tions of the south that grain sowing lit
lnatters not what grain) is justifiable as
bate as this, though quite number of
times in the past fifteen years any Of the
small grains, sown even in December.
have escaped injury from freezes, as high
up as Milidgeville, Ga. 1852. But three
days out of four, in this latitude, NOvem-
Bier sOwn oats run a risk of being killed
but by the January freeze.
If our winter weather was uniformly as
1nid, even as that of last winter, we
could SOW our grain in November or early
December, with every expectation
Df success. But that was not
bur average winter, and we cannot
Dr need not eXpectits repetition under
Several years. The intelligent farmer
Ryill not base his practice on one years
atmospheric conditions. He will be
guided by the average of long term of
Years. OF course, occasions occur when a
farmer or gardener is quite willing to take
some risks-the latter especially one
who is able to procure plenty of seed and
can afford to risk a little extra labor
Nyil frequently find occasion to risk GER
tain crops that others less favorably
Situated would be inclied to DO.
1t may happen that the early crop so
Eplanted under apparent risk will prove
success, and prove profitable accordingly.
sEOr instance, to get crop of cabbage
Broadly to put on the market ten days or
two weeks ahead of his competitors,
means a large profit on it. We find
great many gardeners approaching this
.fact, and so we hear every year of crops
.killed by freezes. That may be expected
fat least three years out of five AS re-
marked, there are many VINO are not will
ing to take this risk. For twenty years
the writer of these lines gardened for
profit and pleasure, and for fifteen years
has kept a daily record of the weather
The result of the latter shows him con-
clusively that it was impossible to formu-
late any reliable rule for sowing tender
and haf-handy crops and secure earliness
without risk. The record gives us an
average date for the occurrence of the last
spring a last fall frost, but
this average involves a little
discrepancy. Some years very severe
\ frost, sufficient to kill tomatoes, beans or
cucumbers, this occurred in Baldwin
county as late as the April 26, and then
again such frost has not occurred after
March 5. If our gardeness were. governed
by the latest date they would naturally
have late crops, and those who were in
tiuenced by the earliest mentioned would
have early crops. if perchance theiseasons
repeated themselves in accordance with
that date. OF course, this cannot be re-
he'd on. So the gardener must take
more or less risk in his effort to have
early crops.
There are some crops that if made
early in the spring pay such fine profits,
1t pays a gardener to take some risk on and
exercise unusual care to make them a
success by resort to mulching. For in
stance, in Middle Georgia the danger
period for fall set caulifiOwers, cabbage
and two or three other plants, embraces
little more than six weeks-frOm the
middle of December to the last of Jan
uary-and the energetic, enterprising
gardener is quite likely to plant GER
tain area Of these crops, not more than
he can afford to lose, and provide liberal
quantity of pine or other straw, and
when the danger period comes will put a
big double handful of straw over each
plant, which if allowed to remain on dur
ing the period of freezing weather is
quite likely to protect from injury. This
mulch must extend eight to ten Inches in
evesy direction about the plant.
Protect a plant from the suns rays
after it has been frozen. and keep it pro
/ Jected until it and the surrounding soil is
4 JudWed out, and usually you save the
Plants life. It's the sudden heating up
mat does the damage, just as in the case
vi If0st bitten feet or hands ThaW them
out with hot or even warm water, and
.ue chances are you will give surgeon
lle opportunity of doing some ampu-
JatIng. The affected parts must be thawed
Out gradually
Plants of some species are oftentimes
apparently endangered by alternate
ueezng and thawing of the soil, and
- 'LlG tissues OF bne Dldub may uOl OC
uurJ by the cold. We have always found
IL great advantage in setting out plants
N November and December to firm the
SOL right where the plant is set by a
AeaVy maui, or even tramp the loose soil
WIN the foot to make a place for the
pant. 1t is well worth the trouble
10 nave long handled maui, as heavy as
al average man can carry conveniently,
anu ana let him 20 ahead of the trans
painter and tramp the soil, say twice
ID Jne same place and set the cabbage or
tadllHower in the center of the depres-
s.o1. Press the soil firmly to the roots,
ana this will be a great protection against
SSgIlg,alnlng in connection with the mulch.
Nhen plants are close together, like
Ipdhlsh beets, etc, the seed row should
We hrmed by running a roller twice along
Sue row, once. before sowing the seed, and
Ouce after sowing the seed. Use a very
harrow heavy roller. Some plants are
very likely to be heaved out of the soil
ssIal Is left unirmed that is any of these
aaqIttly plants-the seed of which are sown