The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-04

lcng time for them 20 come into bearing.
The trees are small when ser. and if the
planter does not have an active ina giua-
uon, - feet distance between the trees
each way viii seem altogether too large
a space 10 b. siven up for the trees on
the other hand, the peach tree lives only
a few years. Slows rapidly, and comes
INTO bearing very young. An orchard q
peach trees may live. bear and be out OF
The way before the spreading apple
tree branches will find them in the way
For this reason We believe the practica OF
Planting peach trees between apple trees
20 De altoge Their a good one. provided
some conditions are observed. The soil
must be rich enough In mineral fertility
20 furnish needed potash Tor both growths
The failures in planting peach trees be-
tween rows of apple trees come mainly
from not observing this condition. The
peach crop viii pay the expense Of both
orchards and In the shelter CT the apple
trees the peach trees viii be
less likely 10 be winter killed
or TO have their fruit wasted by winds be-
fore II Is ripened. As "a further advantage
the apple trees, finding their root growth
restricted by the peach tree growing be-
tween them. win begin bearing earlier
than they VIII IL the apple trees have all
the ground to themselves.
White Clover-Oue Of The most valuable
plants for pasture when sown with other
Kinds, white clover Its nutritiVe quail
ties are considerably better than those
of red clover. and IL Is a hardy, persist
ent plant viii STOW under the shade
OF the stronger grass and clover. making
a dense bottom that. while 10 IS not avail
able for hay. yet affords q large addi-
ton TO the feed for pasturing animals
II is beyond reproach. says Indiana
Farmer, FOR cows and sheep, but for
horse has the effect in the late summer
of saiivating them profusely, so much as
to make them quite thin. 1t has the
same eftect upon mules, and these ami
mails should, therefore. be kept out OF
fields in which 1t grows to any extent
1t win be useful occupation Tor a
spare hour or two to scatter a pound
or two of this seed over the pasture
especially where the grass Is thin. II
VIII shw next season, and once having
possession of the ground il win keep up
for several years. II Is the best of all
tho honey-producing plants known, and
having a long blooming season the bees
make more honey from Il than from any
other source It's effect upon the yield
of milk and butter of the COWS Is so ap-
parent as TO draw from the butter-maker
the remark: THE cows are getting tho
white clover now" And this IL always
are turned into the newly mown mead
ows where this plant is abundant.
Ginseng is a root worth al
most its weight I'm gold in China, and Sec
rotary Morton, in his last report, recon
mends Its cultivation in this country
Formerly We shipped Si00J,0JO worth OF
ginseng to China every year, but the sup
ply has fallen of, and Korea now furnishes
nearly all of it.
The Chinese regard this plant as a cure
for almost every disease. They believe
that the root possesses intelligence and
power OF locomotion, which enables II to
run away to escape capture. They also
believe that It is guarded by the tiger
the leopard, the wolf and the snake aui-
mails appointed by the gods to protect IL.
A root weighing three or four ouncea
sells for $500 but the American article
commands only s. a pound. In Korea IL
is cultivated under government supery}s-
ion but in this country the plant grows
wild i'm the mountain regions. The Chinese
say that the virtue OF the plant is not in
its material composition, but In mystic
rious power appertaining 10 It. through
being produced wholly apart from human
influence under the care of a beuehcani
spirit. rfs
But while the Chinese viii pay any price
for this root, and viii consume all thai
can be produced, the medical men Of lfu-
rope and America have never found any
curative power IN II. our Indian tribes
however. agree with the Chinese and re.
gard ginseng as a valuable medicip Co.