The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-12

The scrap hook.
Planting plum trees in the hen yard is
a COED way to head of the curculio. says
Rural New Yorker. Application Of insec-
ticides to the trees are practically useless.
Earring the trees in the morning will dis
lodge many of the pests. and they may be
caught on sheets spread under the trees
and destroyed. Some use an apparatus
like an inverted umbrella, which clasps
around the tree. and into which tho dis
lodged curcuios drop.
The large amount of labor required in
eultivatinE hocd crops makes IL all the
more important that they should be push
ell forward as rapidly as possible. and also
IA ways that viii not Lessen the moisture
IN the soil For this reason the concen-
trated fertilizers containing nitrogen that
Is available are preferable to stable ma
nure. There Is always In coarse manure a
great amount CT vegetable matter. which
viii only rot when the soil is wet Under
the furrow this manure holds up the soil
creating air spaces which dry out both
the manure and the soil. 50 that the ma
nure viii not rot. The commercial fertil-
izer furnishes nitrogen without making
the soil dryer. This often means with
hoed crop the difference between failure
aud success.
One advantage of early planting Of po-
tatocs Is that the potato sets used for
planting are then at their best Late in
the season the eyes have been weakened
by sprouting, each sprout taken off rep
resenting a large share of the vigor of
the plant But the early-planted potatoes
require much more labor to keep them
free from bugs. The old hard-shell bugs
begin TO lay their eggs when the potato
Is just out of the ground, and the first
warm weather that comes the leaves will
DO eaten down while the plant is yet
small Late-plantcd potatoes grow up
more rapidly and can be kept free from
bugs much more easily.
This month some of the corn cribs ana
granaries viii be empty. and the in
sects therein viii escape to the fields
for egg laying. Just before the corn crib
is empty is the time to do good work with
the weevils, as they generally occur on
the bottom Of the crib in large numbers
Here they should be either swept up au1
burned or sprayed with kerosene. little
work just at the right time viii great
~ lessen the number Of weevils in the
corn next winter.
A great many plants can be propagatel
from cuttings in the open ground. Ge-
raniums, heliotrOpes fuschias, coleus
achyranthes. ADDITIONS and most soft
wooded Towering plants as well as many
kinds Of towering shrubs, can be propn-
gated by small cuttings of the green wood,
with leaf or two left on Make them
from two to three inches long and insert
half their length in the soil, water them
and then shade with a paper for a day or
two during the hottest hours, leaving It off
IN the early morning and after o'clock
In the evening Accustom them to the fun
sunshine as soon as they viii stand it.
Spraying with copper solutions will not
alone give an apple crop every year. as
some horticulturists seem to think, says
American Agriculturist. Apples ordinari-
~ are fun crop on alternate years be-
cause when they do bear the crop is heavy
and so exhaustive that the tree takes the
following season to recuperate II the
fruit was Misunderstanding only n moder-
ate crop to be matured-and the tree given
proper fertilization, crop could he grown
every year. The crying need of the great
majority Of our orchards to-day, espe-
cially those that have been in bearing for
a number of years, is potash in some form.
There is nothing better than hard wood
ashes where these can be obtained at
fair prices.
The objection that a roost. close to the
roof of the hen house exposes the fowls
to all the bad air should not prevent MAX
Ing roost in some place for the fowls to
sleep upon. The idea that the fowls viii
rest more easily on a level, fiat floor ig-
nores the popularity of the fowls foot,
which clasps the roost firmly, and the
added weight of the fowl gives It a strong
er hold. For full-grown fowls perch one
and one half inches to two inches around
is better than a smaller one which the
claws might overlap. Then when the fowl
settles its weight down to the pole its
feet are protected in even the coolest
night. Fowls on the floor will not sit
down at night, excepting hens that are
broOdng their chicks. They need a roost.
1t may be built low but the highest part
Of it will always be crowded most.
There is always a good demand for
! thrifty breeding sows. 1t pays farmers
to grow sows for this market. About half
the pigs of a litter will be sows. but the
young males can be fattened early and
! turned off at a good profit The sows
should not be fattened, but kept in thrifty
growth, and be given milk and wheat
middlings to promote the growth of bone
Sows thus grown will be long bodied, will
be ready for breeding early, and will pro-
Guce larger filters than those kept over
fat 1t is not unusual that a young SOW
with pig, if of good breed. will sell for
twice what she would be worth to fatten
and.she will give good profit to the buy
er at that price.
A tablespoonful of sulphur stirred into
pail of soft feed. or in that proportion
fed to fowls twice a week will prevent such
diseases as cholera, entertis, innamma-
ton Of the bowls, diarrhea, etc. Fowls
with heads bare of feathers and the skin
red or scurvy are often seen; rub sulphur
ointment on the bare places a few times,
give some soft feed daily, and the feathers
will be restored. The habit of fowls
pucking feathers from their mates usually
indicates the need Of sulphur and some
breeders advise its use in their feed to
prevent such annoying habit.
Make the Most of the Garden
Speaking of the need and value of a good
garden, writer in Tribune says: There