The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-22
The SCRAP Hook.

crop and wants to he first in that mar
ket will find It to his advantage to use
second-crop seed potatoes. These small
tubers are full OF vitality, and whether
planted whole or cut send up but one
sprout The plants grow vigorously, and
the new tubers grow TO marketable size
in less time than those from ordinary
seed. For an extra early crop. the grower
win make no mistake in planting the true
second crop seed of good early varieties OF
potatoes. In south two crops Of potatoes
are often grown the same season. The
second planting Is made in midsummer
with seed from the first crop. The second
crop grows till frost and It's product IS
the true second-crop seed recommended
Hay From overpiowed Land-"The own
ers of land. which receives annually the
overflow of some river each spring make
perhaps the best use possible of II by
keeping Il in grass. If II were plowed the
overflow would wash away the soil. Cow
cred with grass and the surface soil netted
with grass roots, Instead of a loss of fer
tility there Is a gain from sediment which
is brought from higher lands with each
overflow. But the hay from these natural
meadows Is coarse, and not of the best
quality 1t Is also very light in proportion
to its bulk, partly because the stalks ana
leaves are large and do not pack closely
together. A great dead of this bottom
land hay is baled and shipped to eastern
markets"
Tar for Wounds on Trees.-Some kinds
of fruit trees have such delicate bark that
their trunks and in some cases their
branches. have their bark scalded ana
cracked by exposure TO uhe sun. Inc
twenty-ounce apple Is especially liable TO
this injury. 1t Is a very valuable ana pro
ductive variety and this - its only fault.
Henry Reynolds of North Carolina says
that the application OF tar to bark that rs
scalded and cracked enables 1t to heal per
fectly. He finds II very valuable to cure
the injuries made by the peach tree borer'
taking care TO first kill the borer. The
application of the tar to the trunk OF
peach trees near the ground he finds to
be the cheapest and easiest way to pre-
vent the deposit OF the peach borers eggs
Tomatoes Require Rich soil.-An old
notion that relatively poor soil is better
for tomato growing was long ago eXplod-
ed, Deductions from experiments in
Maryland indicate that potash tends TO
develop acid In the fruit, while phosphoric
acid produces a larger percentage of SUI
gar. Voorhees, found that nitrate of soda.
used I'm small amounts. or divided INTO
two or more applications, increased the
yield without delaying early ripening but
If large quantities were used maturity was
retarded. But II was concluded that nitro
gen is the ruling element In the growth OF
the tomato, although its best effect de-
ponds upon the presence of full supply
of other elements. In general we mold
that while heavy fertilizing does not les
sen productiveness, the best fertilizers are
season.
Heavy Seeding on Rich Land
The question as to whether thin seed
ing or thick seeding OF grain is prefera-
BILE cannot be determined by any general
rule. Sometimes thin seeding produces
a fun crop, especially II the seed be.sown
early and the season be such as to in
duce filling of the plant. But on very
rich land this makes too luxuriant growth
of straw, which falls down and makes
the grain light and shrunken. II the soil
is very rich It is better 10 SOW the grain
so thickly that the plants will slightly
crowd each other from the first. About
the time of heading the plants will draw
so heavily on the soil for moisture that
each will check the growth Of the other
heads of grain. But this heavy seeding
will be hard on clover or grass seed,
though not SO much SO as viii the fallen
straw where the seeding has not been
so heavy
Termination of Seed.-Heat and mois-
ture are the essential elements necessary
to produce termination. When sufficient
heat and moisture are brought in con-
tact with seed the sleeping principle
seeds. however, the amount of heat neces-
sary to quicken the life principle differs
very materially, and on this depends
much of our success in producing an early
garden. The amount Of heat necessary
to terminate onion or pea seed IS much
less than that needed to start growth in
beans or corn. Understanding this, we
can safely plant the former at much
lower temperature OF the SOIL than the
latter, and so we may plant onion, pea,
radish, turnip and lettuce seed long before
the soil is warm enough to sprout beans,
corn, etc. AS soon as frost is out of the
ground we can plant with the expectation
Of favorable results, and knowing this
the live gardener Is always ahead OF
his pokey neighbor who plants every
thing the same day without regard 10
temperature.
Cleaning Stained Elggs.-Every poul-
tryman finds more or less of the eggs in
the basket at night stained in such a
manner that washing with water Will not
remove it. If he has really choice
market and every egg is to be perfectly
clean. many of these eggs must be thrown
out for the home table or common market.
Rubbing the stain with home-made cider
vinegar will remove every trace OF stain
and leave the egg clean and shining.-Mas-
sachusetts Pioughman.
Crossing 4-eghorns and Brahmas.-By
crossing Leghorns and Brahmas you VIII
get a bird much more meaty than the
Leghorn and a much better layer than
the Brhma. but you can't have all the
qualities OF both. The Leghorns are great
are great poultry, but sluggish layers
as compared with Leghorns. BY crossing
qualities of both breeds, and get both a
good layer and a good market fowl, and
get also the extra vigor always seen In
A BusheI Box.-A bushel box is COM
ing into use with market men, and, by
reason OF being square, IL Is very econom-
ical in the way OF packing. IL Is made
in three styles, one all Slated, another
with Slated bottom and sides with
solid ends, and the third with solid ends
and close bottom and sides. bound with
galvanized iron: Ia fact, Il Is a galyan-
lied bound box
These boxes are very convenient for
handling potatoes, the vegetables being
picked up into the boxes IN the field and
eft IN them until sold. OF course, other
crops can be handled IN this way, as cu-
ure of these boxes Is AZ BY 1871 BY 1874
that being a bushel without piling
Keeping Vegetables and Forest
says that in places where the garden hhs
a FFagelly or other porous, WelirdrafEnd
eub-soii. a simple plan 10 keep a few Yeger
fshlae over for family use is 10 take
both heads from sugar barrels ana sink
nm IN lhn nIluun leaving IENLr ION.