The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-23
The Cold Wave of january. 1893


Not since january, 1886. has so severe and
protracted cold weather prevailed in Middle
Georgia as has been experienced in the past
two weeks, three weeks wo may say for the
cold spell put in IN appearance en- Dec. 81
with the first snow of the season-two
inches. From that data until Jan. II, en-
bracing period OF twenty-five days, the
mercury on seventeen mornings fell to 800
or lower on seven Of these seventeen morn
ings it fell lower than 20'; on the 9th and
12th the minimum Temperature was 16o; on
the 14tb, l30 on the 10th, l2', and on the
18th, l3', when the temperature rose. The
mean temperature for the week, embraced
between the l1th and 18th, was 26.5'. Dur
ing the period from Dec - to Jan. Is the
rainfall was below the normal, only seven
tenths OF an inch failing in that time. 1t
was. therefore, a dry cold spell. not render
ing the roads unpleasant to travel For put
ting any embargo upon locomotIon.
or course it etfectually put a stop to
blowing wherever that initial work had
Leen undertaken, but so far, ss our obser-
walton goes very few farmers IN this section
had whettsd their plowshares or frightened
up their plowstoeks for the campaign of
'93 when King Frost first locked the soil in
his Icy bands three weeks ago. No doubt
when his permission is given the farmers
will enter upon the offensive oper ations of
the year with vim. God give them q
CHEEKY heart and supple muscle TO help
them to successful termination of their
work.
At this writing We are not apprised as to
the extent of damage wrought by the
freezes. The late.sown grain, mostly oats,
10 doubtless badly injured IL not entirely
ruined. The bulk of the sowing through
this section was made late and it is more
than probable that two-thirds OF this late
sowing Is killed. Much of it could he saved
il our farmers could promptly run heavy
roller over the fields just as socn as the
ground thawed, bus. alas. few of our farm
ers are supplied with this valuable append
age to successful grain culture.
After such a visitation of frost farmers
naturally debate the question whether it is
better to leave the few oats that may be left
or to pillow up and SOW over again. Where a
third OF half stand is left it is better we
think to SOW about half OF a fall seeding and
harrow the land, rolling. too, if a roller can
be had.
And if you would do the correct thing in
such cas-. 8 you would broadcast ten to
twelve pounds of clover seed over the land
after the oats have been narrowed in. This
clover. If you have good seed, will take
possession OF the land after the grain is cut
off and give you fine pasture or hay, and,
Furthermore, improve the land greatly il
the land is good enough to produce fair
crop OF the clover. Try this once. If only
on a small scale. You can get good clover
seed from Sherman & Co., Louisville, KY.
ii you cannot find any nearer to you. This
can be done any tlue In February
or first half of March, but the earlier the
better At this season we should use e. 9
common red or pea vine. Our southern far
mers have yet much TO learn about clover.
We can tell you how to have it il you will
only make up your mind that You want it,
A farmer IN Southwest Georgia asks
where he can procure sorghum seed las he
wants to grow a small sorghum crop for his
hogs this year, and when is tue best time to
plant it. ]. H. Alexander 6 Co. Augusta,
Ga., or Sherman g. Co., Louisville. KY,
can furnish the seeds of several varieties
doubtless. Sow sorghum seed as carefully
asyou would turnips about the time cotton
10 planted. After sowing be sure to keep
ahead of the grass and weeds. we ought
to charge you 81 for this last bit of advice
but we will make no charge this timel