The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-09

A person who contemplates starting
a market garden for profit should first
inform himself as to what products his
market demands. then go to work with
the determination to supply this market
with articles Of hrst-class quality only,
which will command the highest prices.
and study how to produce them at the
lowest possible cost, says Charles Ben
nett, in Practical Farmer.
Iiuagc.-lt lis usually best to pillow in
the fan. 1t kills the insects, destroys n
great many weeds. and the clover or
other crop turned under has time to par
TALLY decay before time TO SOW the seeds.
The frost pulverizes and bursts open the
clods, so that next spring the only work
required Will be to break rather deeply
with the cultvator, harrow once with a
getaway, and smooth up the surface, be-
fore sowing. with a plank drag. Sow the
seeds mostly with garden drill. DO not
cultivate deeply, thus taking away from
the plants the food needed for their
growth. Level cultivation is better ordi-
narily than killing up, IL takes less labor
ana causes the moisture to be more evenly
uistflputcd. Inerc rs no prout IN small
yields, and intelligent tillage is the most
economical ana sure way Of increasing
them.
Meeds-The surost way TO get rid of
weeds is 10 kill them before they are up.
DO not allow a green leaf to see day
light. This viii take persistent cultiva-
ton from the time OF preparing tne
ground for sowing until the crop is har-
vested. Cow peas as a summer crop and
clover for winter are valuable helps IN
banishing the weeds.
Ferulizers-In buying fertilizers. il pays
TO get only the best. Market gardeners
can hardly be too liberal in the use OF
fertilizers. II they raise the best and ear
lest vegetables. From 1900 to 1900
pounds of a good, complete fertilizer is
none too much in the early part of the
season. Green manurng is an Important
aid in bringing land up to its highest
state of productiVeness.
Greenhouse-ln gardening for profit a
good greenhouse is essential Glass and
building materials are so cheap nowadays
that a small house may be put up very
cheaply. one l4X20 feet should cost, heat
ing apparatus and all complete, very little
over 500.
Tomatoes, strawberries and radishes
are our most profitable crops. Tomato
seed should be sown about the middle of
February il fats and hardened off In
cold frames before planting out of doors.
They should be thinned to three inches
and the tops sheared off when they be-
gin to crowd. This gives strong. stOcky
plants. Extra early tomatoes sometimes
bring as high as g per bushel. Early
Fordhook is about as good as any of the
early varieties; for the general crop Pom
derosa and Livingston's Beauty are among
the best. and bring from p cents to .
cents per bushci. Radishes to be crisp anG
tenders should be grown quickly. Plant
every week for succession. Early Scar
let Forcing is the best variety. For mar
keunS, they should ~ nicely washed
part of the tops cut off, and tied IN
punches OF eight or ten, and sold FOR
what you can get Strawberries are q
paying crop IL grown and marketed IN
the best manner The plants should be
set in ground which has been broken
ten. or twelve inches deep. After the
berries are picked the leaves should be
moWn off and burnt and the ground cul-
tvated In the fail, after the ground IS
slightly frozen. they should be mulched
with short straw. After the second year
pillow up and have a new patch a-going
The Sharpless and HaVerland are abVli
the best varieties for me They should
be marketed in boxes holding a quart
to lie carried in crates that viii hold
from sixteen TO thirty-two boxes.