The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-11

horse shows tho slightest symptoms Of
illness, have no hesitation In dosing the
unfortunate animal with anything thar
comes from a box labeled "Cndifion
row dcrs- Another thing that is helping
10 create wealth for the manufacturers
OF these patent preparations is the com
mon but erroneous belief that horses re-
quire some tonic at certain seasons OF
the year. When your horse is well let
him alone. Should he become sick the
animal VIII need treatment for the par
ucular ailment frOm which he Is suffer
ing, and. n you don't know how 20 give
tins, send for some one who does. Good
care and feed are best condition pow
ders, but. 81 YOU must use something be-
sides these, give your horses tea
feed. say once a week. Wood ashes Will
not bring a dead horse back to life. as
various Quack nostrums evidently can,
Judging from lauuafoly circulars descrip-
ing them. but they make good tonic
and leave no injurious effects.
An Asparagus Bed.-The ground for an
asparagus bed should be prepared with
out delay. for. IS this Is well done, the
value OF the bed is all the greater. \
well-made bed Will last many years, ana
be constantly improving. So that the
work is wen repaid. The ground should
hc deeply plOwcd first, then deeper FUR
rows made three feet apart for the roots.
These are aided with well decayed ma
nure, which is well mixed with the soil.
leaving the burrows four inches deep.
with the manure In the bottom. The bot
tom OF the furroW is well trampled down,
and the roots are spread on the soil, ursl
being trimmed so that they Will lie IN the
burrows I'm natural position The top soil
Is then placed on the roots ana pressed
down firmly. The roots may be set
eighteen inches apart In rows. The soil
is then lightly plowed so as to throw
low ridge over the roots, and the bed
is then Left for the winter, but IL is well
10 give 10 a liberal covering of manure,
which is raked off in the spring, when Il
is thoroughly raked over or plowed, II
too large for hand work. A most eX-
cellcnt implement Tor "A moderate sized
garden Is hand plow that viii turn
the mellow soil three or four inches deep
about as quickly as can DE done by horse.
tt is easy work for any man or stout
boy TO handle il. The hand culuvators
TOO, should be used in every garden. All
the work of an acre of garden may lac
done with one of these convenient tools
by one pair Of hands
Common Salt-A Fertilizer Of Value at
Timcs.-Wo are taught to consider as a
fod for plants any substance that We
know is contained in plants To any degree
whatever. IL matters not Wether the sub
stance is "A large or a small part of the
plant, for whether IL be so or not either
way. il is essential to the growth of the
plant, Tor We are well assured by expert
ence that n any part OF the plant-that Is,
any element OF which IL is cOmposed-be
wanting In the food of it-and the same
cur leading TO an early death.
Now, we know that the materials Of
which salt consists-viz, chlorine and
soda, for salt is simply chloride OF
sodium-are contained in all plants, and
necessarily so, for animals depend on salt
for their healthfui existence, and these
words mean their actual life, and they
must be supplied with 10 In their food.
Then IL is only a reasonable deduction
from these facts that salt must be nee
essary food for plants. and hence fer
tilizer But many scientific persons al
lege with somewhat of Vchemence that
salt is not a fertilizer, because there Is
sufficient of 1t in the soil at all times TO
supply whatever the crops need of it.
Experience has shown that for some
plants salt Is especially beneficial II Is
so for clover, and also for grass so IL Is
for oats, and 10 is so also for cahbages,
turnips, and particularly so for mangels
and beets. Wheat is also benefited by a
liberal application of IL, ana potatoes
even have been largely increase in guam
tty and improved in quality by liberal
dressing of salt. Thus, whether II be a
fertilizer or not, It is good culture 10 APP
ply it If It has any beneficial result on the
crops, and TO test this question each far
mer must try the experiment Tor himself.
might be well to give the newly sown
wheat or rye three or four hundred
pounds to the acre as soon as the plants
have made such growth as to show the
first node In the stem, with the leaf
clasping II.
When this stage of the wheat happens
Hessian fly, which, having Matched from
the egg, hides in the space between the
leaf and the stem, at the joint. The salt
sown over the young wheat Will, in part,
fall into this space. and, as IL melts by
the dew or rain, gathering into the same
space. the solution will destroy the young
maggots, and thus relieve the crop from
present damage and as well from a great
ly worse one In the spring, when the sec
ond and more numerous brood viii hatch,
and devour the young plants just start
ing into life after their dormant season.