The morning news., 1894-11-05

grass. etc. as may be most handy If
thatched so as to shed rain, so much the
better, though it is not absolutely neces,
sary.
Banked in this way, the seed will come
out at planting time-January to April
as bright as a new silver dollar. 1t is
then to be cut in pieces, three to four
inches long, and planted four inches deep
four feet apart each way. II should De
cultivated and fertilzed the same as corn.
Keep the ground level and free from
weeds. The richer the ground and the
lighter the culture, the bigger tho cassaVa.
At four feet apart each way there Will
be 2,740 hills per acre. At a pound OF tuber
to each hill, the yield will be ton and Il
quarter per acre, or equal in weight TO Tor
ty-fve bushels of corn. Now, the feeding
value of cassava is conceded to be equal TO
forty per cent or two-fifths as much as
corn, which would give the value of cas-
sava at only one pound per hill as equal TO
eighteen bushels of corn per acre Very
few, 1 venture to say, average eighteen
bushels of corn per acre.
But il is very, very poor land indeed,
that will produce so small a yield of cas-
sava as only one pound per hill. My eN
perience has proved to me that land which
will grow less than five bushels of corn per
acre will average from three 10 iour pounds
per hill of cassaVa. At three pounds per
hill we have $500 pounds or the equal in
ffths the value of corn for feed, the cas-
sava from one acre is equal to 81 $40 bush
els of corn, and that, too, from land that
would not yield more than five bushels of
corn
But ten. fifteen, twenty-five and even
more pounds of cassava per hill are not an
unusual yield. ! have no doubt but that
land which will produce twenty five bush
els of corn per acre will produce five times
as much cassava as land that will pro
duce not more than five bushels Of corn
per acre, or 1000 pounds of cassava.
Even this immense amount would require
an average of only fifteen pounds per HILL
or the equivalent of GS5 bushels per acre.
Now. these are plain figures put in a
I plain way without exaggeration. They
/ proclaim in unmistakable terms the unde-
niable value of cassava.
| Plant Holland or Dutch Bulbs Now.
! Nearly all bulbous plants require a pc
! riod of rest, says horticultural journal
| Those Towering in early spring take theirs
| in summer and commence new growth
/ early in the fail. THIS gives the key to
/ planting uTDe which is during September
and October; even planted as late as No
/ Yember. in favorable seasons, good sue
cess will follow
/ The larger part Of the supplies come
/ from Holland each year and may be found
1 in any seed store during the fall months
/ For simple garden culture the harder
/ kinds, as tulips, Crocus, narcissus, crown
/ imperials and the like, may remain for
/ years in the ground without repIanting,
/ and give very fine displays of flowers,
but the usual way. where they occupy or
/ dnary summer flower beds, is to take
| them up after Towering, dry the bulbs off,
! and then Iepant again in the fail, when
! the summer occupants are cut off by
| frosts. For mixed borders, or in old-fash-
ioned gardens, they are just as well left
/ in the ground, at least for several years
without removal. Except with extra care
grown home bulbs, for forcing into flower,
/ either in the greenhouse or window,
during the winter. imported bulbs should
be selected, and the same bulbs not be
forced the second year. They, however,
, answer well enough to plant for out-of-
/ door culture.
As a rule spring-fiowering bulbs give
! the best effect planted in masses planted
| by themselves rather than mixed. either
in rows in a bed, or whole bed-masses
together.
Tulips may be considered as the most
| popular, containing double and single
! flowers, with colors of white, yellow. scar
let, pink and intermediate shades. or
! singles yellow, Prince and Chrysolora
scarlet Brilliant; pink. Cottage Maid
| striped, Joost Van Vondel: scarlet-edged
| yellow, ,Keiserkroon, and white, La Can
deur; white, pink tinge. Murlllo: crimson
/ scarlet Rex Rubrorum with red and vel
/ low, TounsoI are good for forcing and
! planting out
Mixed in eolors are usually Rnuch cheap
/ er, and answer very well. however, for or
! binary garden planting.
| Set bulbs four inches deep and one foot
apart, rather less than more for a brill
! liant display Of colors.
For pot culture put three bulbs in a
! four-inch pot. except when wanted for
/ cut flowers only, then in shallow. gat
boxes. Bulbs three inches apart each
way
Hyacinths, perhaps. come nextin noint
/ Of general culture. particularly for pots
/ and glasses. The Roman hyacinth. a very
/ free Towering kind of white and Lilac
/ in colors, are grown in enormous uuan-
titles for cut flower purposes. Hyacinths
answer equally well for out door growth.
/ but usually do best taken out of tie
| ground for the summer
The singles are the most satisfactory
for growing in hyacinth glasses. which
! should be placed in the dark to get n
good start of roots before top growth.
OF singies,a good dozen might be named
/ or blues, King OF Blues, Charles Dickens.
| Car Peter; whites, Mt. Blanc, La Vain
| quer, Noltaire and Nine Van der Hoop.
reds, Robert Steiger, Amy, Incompatible.
Lord Macauley and Norma; yellovvs either
King Of Yelows or Ivanhoe
or doublc-Blues, Laurens, Kester Ia
Mode. Bloksberg and Marmmont; white,
Waterloo. La Tour d'Auvergne and An
ME Marie reds, Boquet Tendre. Sans
souci, Grootvorst and Boquet Royal with
Orange as yellow.
Narcissus contains the old daffodii of
our grandmothers' garden Johnquills, The
| Chinese sacred lily and the poets mar
cissus. Among the useful ones Of a very
large list of varieties are: Grand Mon
arch, whito and yellow; Formosa, a rich
yellow: Grand Soleil d or. dark yellow.
and Bazalmen Major, very sweet scented.
Won Sion rs a large, double daffodn style.
and Incomparabillis, Stella, Trumpet Mo-
jor and Poeticus. excellent kinds.
How 10 Kaen Poultv WARN