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

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When in doubt, ask fer Ayer's Pills
manure under. This will insure a more
thorough pulVcrlZatiOn of the soil by
frost the coarse manure at the bottom
Of the furrOw holding the soil up SO that
the most can get into Il more effectively.
rewards spring an application of COM
merclal fertilizers mixed with the sur
race soil win fit 1t for producing any
garden crop.
The proper time to manure orchards
is IN the fail, and IL the fertilizer is
spread evenly over the whole surface
1t viii do most good We have known
farmers TO put stable manure around the
trunks Of apple trees for a space of three
or four feet each way, thinking that
thus the tree would get the benefit of
1t more quickly. A very young tree might
DO so, but any of bearing age VIII have
roots that extend to the middle of the
rows. 1t is there that most Of the feed
ing roOs of bearing trees will be found.
In is earlier growth the tree eNhausts
much of the mineral plant food near 1t.
IhiS does not matter so much, as the
large roots near the trunk have very few
feeding rootlets.
The man who milks eight to ten cows
every night and morning viii soon ac-
Quire a grip that viii be as distinctive
of his business as that which any secret
society can give him. II Is essential TO
good milking that the work be done rap
idly and without stopping. Whenever
through weakness of muscle in fingers
hands there u k
ing, the delay decreases the milk pro-
duct. a slow mixer should not, there
fore, be tolerated. The work is not hard,
and to a mixer who has had much prac-
tice the milking of a dozen cows is less
weariSome than II is TO milk one COW by
a person who has not been accustomed
to it,
The amount of corn fed annually to
these parasites by southern farmers
would buy enough lard and kerosene to
keep them off the hogs for ten years.
Let the hogs become thoroughly infested
with lice, which is too frequently the con-
twice as much corn TO keep them grove
ing. One-tenth of this corn would buy
enough lard and kerosene to keep the
hogs free from lice, and would thereby
add to the comfort as well as growth,
of the animals. Rub the Kerosene and
lard just back of the ears, and front legs,
and on any other parts especially infest-
ed, once or twice month, and no trouble
will occur.
Three years ago a correspondent sent
us a stalk bearing seven ears, and an ac-
campaigning letter. offered to supply the
seed at $l2 bushel. A workman was
sent to the station fields with orders TO
bring the first five stalks he could find,
each Of which had Two ears ears. Both lots
and in every case the stalks bearing two
ears outweighed that from the seven
cared stalk. r.I
We have found no variety which pro-
duces uniformly one two or any number
of ears, but have found the ears to vary
from Sc to 537 on 100 stalks, counted as
come from those varieties which produce
from 175 to 200 ears to leo stalks, and we
variety which should have uniformly two
ears on each stalk, as the nearer we have
been able to approach SUCH variety the
greater has been the yield per acre.-Mis-
sissippi Station Bulletin.
Weeds are an abominatlon to every
good farmer and 1t Is very unsatisfactory
to try to keep down the weeds on one 3
own farm when his adjoining reighbors
all around him let theirs grow and go to
seed. Most of our weeds are from Eu-
rope come to US under free trade" as
our shoddy English wooden goods do now,
but they are better, for with persistent
energy we can down the weeds II cur
neghbors will help us. We may keep
our own farms nearly clear, but we can't
the farms on every side of US. Very
few bad weeds grow on my farm I
a Z over
my pasture every ten days at least and
cut or pull every English or Scotch this
tie, cocklebur, burdock, jamestown weed,
Indian mallow and all nettles except the
bull nettle, which nothing but a heavy
dose Of salt will kill. Cutting or pulling the
bull nettle only last for about ten days.
Poke weed and mulleirs find no home
with me. The weeds mentioned, If they
do not pull up easily viii not grow again
if cut off at the crown. 1 make il a
rule never to pass a noxious weed with
out giving 1t personal attention. If all
farmers would adopt the same rule there
would be a great saving of time and bet
ter crops.-V. Z. Richmond, Madison
county, Illinois.
Cassava.-A Florida exchange says: 1t is
desirable to leave cassava standing late
in the year in order to develop as many
sound hard joints a possible. Soft unrpe
canes do not winter well; they are subject
to dry rot. You may let them stand until
light frost falls, that VIII kill the fol-
iage, and 1t will do the canes no harm
But If it is likely to be a severe frost, a
freeze, you had better cut and cover them
beforehand to prevent injury to the canes
To keep the canes through the winter
bar off a bench or terrace five or six feet
wide, making a deep furFoW on each side
OF it to carry off the water effectually
Sprinkle fine earth over il. then lay the
canes, cutting them to straight pieces
side by side, not touching each other and
sprinkle earth over them so that the next
layer will not touch them. Then place an
other layer, and so on up, drawing them
in to make a rick with slOping Sides but
not leaving any ends sticking out Of the
earth. Let the earth sprinkled on the
canes be of the natural moisture When
the clamp or rick IS completed sDat the
sides down hard and smooth with a spade
and lean up boards to make a two-sided
roof. This is important for q very heavy
rain would soak the clamp and rot the
canes. on the other hand, If the winter