The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-28
Chips From Hers and rh,re.


Chips From Here and There.
Nitrate of Soda for Tomatoes.
years ago we tried an experiment in feed
ing newly set tomato plants with very
small dressing of nitrate of soda, which
was thoroughly mixed with the soil
around them. The ground was moderately
fertile before the application Not only
was the growth of the plants greatly
stimulated but their prOductiveness also.
The fruit was unusually large and fair,
and it ripened several days before that on
vines TO which we did not apply the
nitrate. As special manure for the
tomato crop, nitrate of soda cannot be eX-
celled.
Biennials Changed to Annuals-The
fact is generally understood that many
kinds of vegetables, and especially roots,
which are usually biennial, are changed
to ANIMALS when planted extremely early.
The rule with bienuials is to have two
periods of growth with rest between.
This rest usually comes in the winter. but
where the growth Is begun very early the
check comes In the dry weather OF mid
summer. The plants like radish. which
obtain their full growth very early. are
almost certain to run TO seed the same
year, when planted in spring, but they
are naturally biennials as are the cab
bage, beet, carrot, rurnip and parsuip
Seed that gro VS. thus the same fall after
sowing, tends TO become an annual, and
after few years runs to seed even before
midsummer, and is, therefore, nearly
worthless
Worms in Horses-A simple but effect
i've remedy for worms in horses is pump
kin seeds thoroughly dried and ground in
a coLee mill or pounded in q mortar until
fine. Give a teaspoonful of the powder in
feed morning and night for week. then
give one pint of new milk mixed with a
half-pint of West India molasses. ANY
molasses made from sugar cane will an
swer as well, but the glucose which is
sold for moIaSses will not prove so effect
i've. Pun pkin seed will act upon the kid
neys, and horses which are kept at work
should be used with great care when TAX
ing any kind of medicine which acts as a
diuretIc.-EX.
Experience is everything in the poultry
business, and no one should start on a
large scale without some knowledge OF
the cares and wants of the fowls. There
Is money in poultry when conducted on
business principles, and this is the only
way that poultry should be kept. The
best way to start is t o begin small, and
as experience increases add to the focks
as the occasion demands. A large Capl-
tai should never be invested without ex-
perienCe to work on. When starting, Sc
cure good breed of fowls to suit your
purpose. If you intend to keep poultry
for eggs, the best breeds are the Leg
horns. Houdans, Hamburgs and black
Spanish. The Plymouth Rocks and Wy
andots make excellent fowls for the
table, besides being excellent layers. The
last named breeds are perhaps the most
advantageous for beginners as well as the
most prohtab ole for the practical breeder
They possess many fine qualities that no
other two breeds can equal, being of a me-
dunn size, easy to raise in confinement
when desired, and are excellent mothers
for chicks.
Keep the Pigs Growing. The most i'm
portant point in growing hogs for profit,
even when they are to be fatJened early,
is to secure a strong, vigorous frame.
That the fattening process should not he
gin too early is well understood by prac-
tlcal farmers. Heavy feeding on corn
will stunt young pig even more quickly
than will insufticieucy Of food. But it is
almost equally important not to go to the
other extreme. A pig that for days and
weeks has had insufficient food has by
that fact become incapable Of properly
dlgesting large quantity. The som
ach, like other bodily organs, is strength
ened by appropriate exercise and
weakened when it is either overloaded or
has TOO little to DO. There is no harm in
giving young pigs plenty to eat, provided
it is the right kind of food for growth,
with comparatively little of fat-torming
material in its composition. The pig
always begins right. The sow's milk is
excellent for growth, and for the first
DAY or two, while weak. the pig takes it's
food in small quantities and often 1t is
about the time that the pig is one or two
weeks old that its DAM milk becomes
insufficient. The age depends on the size
of the litter and the milk-producing ca
lacity of the SOW. If stunte1 at the time
the sow's milk becomes too little for
them the pigs never after recover all that
is then lost.
Why Unripe Tubers Grow So Strongly.
The matter is scienti -cally explained
by writer in Gardner's Magazine He
wrote: The potato tuber is a perfectly or
gained system IN which the circulation
regularly proceeds. and if suffered 10
ripen will then tend TO decay but if
separated before ripe from the stem or
stalk which furnishes it with blood or
fruit SAP descending from the leaves the
circulation of the blood sap is
suddenly arrested. The ripe potato, hav-
ing performed all its operations, be-
comes more inert, but the circulation Of
the sap in the unripe tuber having been
otoppSu' ~ SOdI 70 ulOi Z iSdullJ anu WIN
greater vigor when planted; the one APP
pears TO die, worn out with age. the other
seems accidentally TO have fallen asleep,
and, when awakened, possess an unspent
vigor and energy
Here at Louisville we no longer go
nor h, or to the moorland countries for
seed, but raise our own by planting so late
that the frost catches them while still
growing. And what we do all other grow
ers can do.
An Odd Courtship
From the New York SIMS Cable