The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-02
Rapid ROtatiOns-HOv to Make One
Acre Stnnd in Place Of Two.


convenient to an eager market as MANY
,ordeners are near our large towns or
sites. the aggregate product from one acre
d, tbe course of twelve or fifteen months
&c something to amaze the farmer way
off in the interior, who relies upon such
PRODUCTS as wheat or corn or cotton or
grain.
Henderson mentions a lettuce grower
near New York city who cleared annual
~ So $50 from two acres of land in grow
ing that one vegetable. Similar profits
nave been made by celery, asparagus, caul-
flower straw berry and other fruit grow
ers.
The southern market gardener has no
market comparatively. Some OF our
truckers occasionally strike it rich" but
he rarely realizes more than $500 per
acre.
Here. in Middle Georgia, the gardening
wear begins in the fall-Oct. l, say. Dur
ing this month and November onion sets
are put out. These sets are put in rows
two or two and one-half feet apart. If
the onion sets are assorted and the larg-
est set in every other row these may be
taken out in February and punched and
sold in the green state. BY Feb. 1, es-
pecially if the winter Is mild, as several
recent winters have been, these large
sets produce considerable growth, and SO
that season a bunch of a dozen of these
one-fourth grown onions command as
GOOD a price as they will when nearly
maturcd later on in May.
Growing plants of some early variety
of cabbage in frames in January are hav-
ing good strong plants in readiness in
February set them out in rows vacated
by the onions, leaving the alternate rows
of onions TO grow on until April a little
later, il preferred. Then from February
to April or May it will be cabbage and
onions are taken out, set tomato plants IN
their place. Then it will be cabbage ana
tomato for awhile. After the latter are
cut out in May or June the land will
/ be given up entirely to the tomatoes un-
Ill October. Three fail crops is thus tax
en- in the course of twelve months
Another rotation begins as above with
onions and Irish potatoes. Some early
variety like the Ohio or Rose takes the
place of the onions taken out about Feb.
10. These potatoes mature in May. When
the last row of onions is taken out IN
April or early May corn for roasting ears
is planted in their place, and in May or
early June when the potatoes are all out
Of the way field peas are drilled in the
potato rows. The vines of this pea crop
will be given TO the land in the fall. Here
is four crops in the course of thirteen
months say, and they Will justly be regard
ed as three full crops, three and one-half,
in fact.
In that section of the south below the
33d degree of latitude. when cabbage are
usually a success when planted out in
November, if two varieties of cabbage
are used a very early sort and a late or
medium sort and every alternate row is
set with plants of the early sort, these
will mature 4 to s weeks before the later
sorts in the other rows These can be
cut out and tomatoes started in their
n "A a fer or wi p ha lat
cabbage are matured and disposed OF
specklcd peas or bunch beans can take
their place. These will occupy the land
with The tomatoes. until fall. The peas
or beans can be picked and the vines
given to the soil to furnish humus. This
gives three full crops in twelve months.
This mixing and Tapping" of crops
provides the very best plan for utilizing
piece Of land to the fullest extent over
the larger portion of the south some crops
can occupy the land every month in the
year. Some winters the January freezes
are severe enough to destroy those hardy
crops that are usually planted in the fall,
but the farmer or gardener accepts the
chances and takes the risk
On rich soil rows can be laid off at
distance of two feet and in November
every alternate row can be planted with
cabbage and the others with dwarf Eng
lsh peas The latter should be sown thick
y IN the drills Usually the peas will ma
ture and be out of the way two months
before the cabbages mature and toma-
toes can be started in their place in April.
II depends upon the variety of cabbage
what the difference will be between the
maturity of the peas and cabbage.
Double cropping with Irish and sweet
potatoes can be done to advantage. Using
an early and a late variety of the first
Plant there in alternate rows, the early
KIND, say Ohio or Rose can be taken out
III May. then two burrows can be thrown
together and the sweet potato plants set
out the late potatoes will or may be al
lowed to continue their growth a month
or six weeks longer, and taken out about
the time the sweet begins to run. AS