The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-26
How scienOe Helna Farrnsra.

Intelligent farmers are depending more
and more upon chemistry to assist them
in making their farms productive. They
are studying the soil of their farms, with
the view of finding out what it needs to
make it productive, and what kinds of
crops it will produce in the greatest
abundance.
A paper read at the convention of the
State Agricultural Society that was held
recently at Brunswick is Of great value
to watermelon growers. The author of it
is DR. George F. Payne, state chemist
He told the melon farmers that what the
land on which watermelons are grown
needs is potash. An average crop of cotton
takes from the land only about six pounds
of potash, but an average crop of melons
say half carload-takes off 172 pounds
Cotton and corn take from the soil more
phosphoric acid than watermelons.
The fertilizer that answers for cotton
and corn does not do for watermeons
The melon growers, particularly those
whose farms have a sandy soil, should
purchases fertilizer rich in potash. If
they should do that they would have no
reason to complain that they cannot raise
two successive crops of melons in the
same field.
The average fertilizer contains 10 per
cent. of phosphoric aid and per cent. of
potash. Put upon the soil at the rate of
200 pounds per acre each year it would
take four years of such fertilization to
put back into the soil as much potash as
is taken out of it by one crop of melons.
1t is apparent,' therefore, why the idea
prevails among melon growers that land
that has produced one crop of melons will
not produce a profitable crop the next
year. There is very little of the kind of
food in the soil that melons feed upon.
The japanese government is going to
hold a national fair at Kioto next year to
celebrate the eleven hundredth ami
versary of the establishment OF the
national capital at that city. The CAPT
toll however, has since been removed to
Toxic. Among the features of the fair
will be an exposition of Japanese, ralig-
ions, and the various Christian sects have
been invited to participate in the exer-
cises of the religious congress- 1t is
probable that the Japs got the idea from
the worlds congress of religions at the
Chicago fair. At any IA .e, the forthcom-
ing event at Kioto will afford American
missionaries in Japan an opportunity to
do good work for their respective
churches. Considering the fact that it
has been only a short while since Chris
tians first taught their creeds in Japan,
it is significant of the liberal mindeduess
of the people that they should officially
invite Chris tians to discuss religion with
their priests at q national exposition.
An extraordinary pawnbroker's shop is
shortly to be established in New York
city, its purpose will be to aid poor peo-
pie ey' loaning money at low rates of in
terest on almost anything they have TO
ofe4s Cornelius Vanderbilt is at the
head ofsthe.eoAcern, and associated with
hun are T. r, Coudert, w. L. Dodge,
Abram S. Hewitt, Adrian Iselin, Seth
Low, Pierpont Morgan. Oswald Often
dorfer. William L. Bull, John ID. Grim
Minis and numperof other mcu OF equal
prominence. Tho business will be run on
aplaL devised ana perfected blythe Rev.
Or David II. Greer, rector OF ST Bar
tholomew's Episcopal church. Chattel
MORTGAGES will be taken on household
goods or personal elects and money
loaned az the legal rate Of interest, in
stead OF the 30 10 30 per cent. rate charged
by REGULAR pawubrokers.