The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-27


The Delaware legislature has passed a
bill creating a commission to visit every
peach orchard I'm the state and destroy all
trees affected by the yellows The disease
has been very destructive in the state,
and as usual, the carelossness Of many
growers makes useless the endcavors Of
the few who are trying by individual effort
to stamp out the disease. Enough is
known of peach yellows to make certain
that nothing less than concerted action.
making the destruction OF diseased trees
compulsory. viii accomplish anything
The disease spreads by germs. and every
tree affected is a menace to all In its neigh
borhood.
In Arizona Wyoming and other Rocky
mountain districts there nre immense
quantities of petrfed wood. This. when
dressed and polished. makes a most pleas
ing substitute for marble ana onyx. wher-
ever these are used for ornamental pur-
poses. The demand for this material has
become so extensive that several factories
have been established, where IT Is cut and
polished and made into mantels. tiles.
tables. etc The great variety In colors and
grains. together with the high polish
which IT takes. makes IL an excellent sub
stitute for more expensive materials. 1t
VIII probably become quite an important
industry when well introduced.
The war department is about to make
some experiments with the kolo nut This
is the product Of an African tree, which
the natives OF that country use for sustain
ing their strength while und ergoing heavy
work or taking long marches. The fruit is
an oblong shell, in which are three to five
and having a slightly bitter taste Two Of
these nuts chewed by a man while march
ing enables him to go thirty five TO forty
miles per day without fatigue. The tree
has been planted in this country at Wash
ington and in California
Tomatoes as Field Crop-It does not
require rich soil to grow the tomato in
the field. nor does 1t need 50 large a space
as is usually given 1t in gardens. The
plants VIII fill the ground II grown in hills
three feet six inches apart each way. and
yield more valuable crop than If highly
fcrtilzed with stable manure and planted
four feet apart They will also be less
likely to rot than tomatoes which have
heavy dressings Of heterogeneous manure
to stimulate their growth. Mineral fcrti-
lizers. especially potash, should be applied
literally, and all the better II applied in
the spring before the young plants are set
out.
Barn Doors on Rollers.-If well made
and hung the barn door fixed to slide on
rollers will last longer and give much
better satisfaction than If IT is swung on
hinges. The swinging door is soon liable
to sag or TO be broken by the violence Of
the wind. The doors in basement barns
both above and below ought to run on
rollers. One of the important advantages
Of the roller door is that no more need
ever be opened than is necessary. while
the swinging door must either be entirely
shut or be liable to have a gust Of wind
take It. and either break the frame work
in pieces or wrench il off from its hinges
The saving of labor in handling the two
styles of doors will make the rolling door
cheapest in the end and we are not sure
that its first cost is now any greater than
is that of the other
Few practices are more profitable in the
amateurs vegetable garden than thinning
out garden crops as soon as the young
plants are above the surface. If the
knowledge of the proper sowing Of seeds
was more widely prevalent. when the.num-
Der of seeds required to make plants only
need be sown, no thinning would be need
ed: but so many persons SOW the seeds
fearing that numbers will fail to grow
and therefore many more seeds are used
than is necessary. But sometimes all
these superfiuous seeds grow, in which
case it is desirable that they should be
thinned. No only do the vegetable plants
grow larger under these circumstances
but in many cases they come earlier into
use
TO Grow the Largest acknowledgements
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