The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-16
Clips From Here and There.

Peach Yellows.-Dr Erwin +. Smith,
of the Department of Agriculture, has
thrown up the sponge. The disease
seems to battle every effort at the study
of its true nature, and especially at the
discovery of a cure. Axe and fire are the
only effective weapons thus far found
How Close to Plant Trees believe
the time is coming when close planting of
orchards in solid blocks will be aban-
doned. Any observing person must have
noticed that the end trees in the outside
rows of an orchard were much the best.
l would plant trees II separate rows
along lanes, roadside fences and the
boundaries of fields, or in long rows with
intervals of cultivated fields
Hen Manure-Heu manure is an excel
lent fertilizer for any and all kinds of
vegetables But in its fresh state it is
rather rank and strong, and if applied to
seed or the roots of plants, it is very
likely to burn them, and for this reason
it is better to mix it with twice its bulk
of good moist loan or muck, and leave it
in the heap two or three weeks before
using. The compost heap should be
turned over every week and all the Jumps
broken down as finely as possible. Such
a compost may be used in liberal quanti-
ties for vegetables, either broadcast or in
the hill or drill. 1t should be applied at
the time of sowing the seed, or setting
out plants, or later as top dressing. One
ton per acre would be a moderate appli-
cation on fairly rich SOFIA. s. f.
Ants, How to Destroy-H the ants are
troubling you in the greenhouse, place
a rather deep vessel, partly filled with
pear syrup, where the ants will easily find
and and fall into it, If the ants trouble
you on the lawn, sure remedy is TO pour
a tablespoonful of bisulphide of carbon
into holes six inches deep and foot or so
apart where the ants abound; close mp
the holes Immediately, or the bisulphide
will escape into the air. The material Is
very infammable, and care must be taken
in the handling A remedy given for
harvesting ants is to enlarge the en-
trance so that it will hold teaspoonful
of London purple repeat the dose after
two days. and If necessary a third time
The second application generally does the
business.
The average yield of potatoes in this
country is about fifty bushels per acre,
yet in competitive trials as many as 900
bushels per acre have been grown, pro-
portionately, on an experimental plot.
This was done with care and the judicious
use of fertilizers. 1t is true that it would
be difficult for any farmer to produce 300
bushels of potatoes on an acre of land but
the low average indicates that something
better can be done with such crop
Bells a Protection for Sheep CORE
spondent of Farm, Stock and Home gives
his experience in belling sheep as a pro
lection against dogs. He says:
1t is no use to put single bell, or a
small number, on a large flock, as fire.
quently few sheep will get separated
from the main flock, out of hearing of the
bells. Last year l had few lambs killed
in August No bells were on the sheep.
A small bell was put on each lamb and it
ended the loss for that year This year
the bells were put on the old sheep, about
one to fifteen. The flock was watched, on
account of lambs, until some time in June
In July more lambs were killed | then
bought sixty more bells; small COW -bell
pattern (cost, with straps, S1450 per hun
dred), and put them on the lambs, one TO
about three lambs, and have lost none
since. The wolves are here have fire.
quently been seen audhave killed sheep
for neighbors, but have not touched mine.
Once the flock was turned out in the
morning when there was a wolf seen in
the pasture, and it would not let the bells
come within gunshot of il.
Distance in Planting Orange Trees. 49,
] find that the prevalent opinion here is
that about thirty feet apart is the cor
rect distance TO plant orange and lemon
trees. Ia Putnam county much closer
planting is quite generally practiced,