The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29

at q years old the groove VIII be at the
bottom. AT this age give the horse his
time, and let him have rest in his fu-
ture days
Chopping orchsrds--An orchard in bear
ing ought never to be chopped. All the
fertility that the soil contains is worth
more TO be used in developing fruit than
for anything else that can be grown. Re-
novating crops to be plowed under may
however, be sown even In bearing orch
ards II young orchards are making
wood, instead OF fruit when they are large
enough to bear seeding with clover and
blowing In midsummer after a clover
growth has been taken off. will often
bring them into condition to bear fruit.
The clover. while growing. is a check
to growth, and the cutting of the roots
in midsummer is a further check. This
will cause a great many fruit spurs TO
form late in summer, and these VIII pro-
duce a large crop of fruit the next year.
This is a severe remedy. but II the tree
has a good supply Of mineral fertilizer
IL will continue to bear from that time.
II may be that a tree treated thus viii not
be so long lived as Is one whose growth
has not been checked, but II is not often
the very largest trees that are the most
profitable.
Pie Plant.-Rhubarb fills a distinct
want, coming as il does at a season when
nature Graves green food, while its acidity
stimulates the languid appetite. 1t is sur
prising that IL Is not more generally
grown. Only few plants are necessary
| for family supply, and once established
little labor Is there after required.
Rhubarb roots should be set out early
in rich and well MANFRED soil. The
plant has no insect enemies. and Is subject
to no diseases. The stalk is always clean
and perfect and responds to good culture
by producing an abundance of fat stalks
for years. When the plants begin TO show
signs of failing they should be taken up,
divided ana reset into a permanent patch.
Rhubarb may also be grown from seed.
/ This should be sown like carrots, in a
rich soil and the plants thinned 10 a few
inches apart. In the fall or spring they
can be set out In the permanent patch.
Thinning Out Young Crops-Few prac-
| uces are more profitable. says Meehan' $
Monthly. than thinning out garden crops
| as soon as the young plants are above the
/ surface. If the knowledge of the proper
| sowing Of seeds was more widely preva-
1 lent, when the number Of seeds required
/ TO make plants only need be sOwn, no
| thinning would be needed but so many
/ persons sow the seeds fearing that num-
| bers Will tall TO grow, and, therefore, many
/ more seeds are used than is necessary.
| But sometimes all these supernuous seeds
! grow, in which case II is desirable that
/ they should be thinned. Not only do the
| vegetable plants grow larger under these
| circumstances but in many cases they
| come earlier into use.
Raising Cuttings IN Water-Alnost any
plants with comparatively hard wood can
| be made to root by being placed i'm bottles
/ Of water. The oleantier is a familiar IL
| lustration. The ivy also can be easily
raised In this way. After the roots have
| can he taken out and placed in earth.
! Meehan's Monthly says: For this perhaps
1t is better to let the water continue stag
nant in the bottles. A change of water IS
! not beneficial Even soft wood cuttings
| will root readily In sand with water A
! saucer of sand, for instance filled with
soft wood cuttings. These saucers with
the cuttings should be kept shaded for
day or two and then placed in the full
| light. If placed at once'in the full light
they are liable to wilt.
A Word About Pastures-Remem-
Der that close grazing Is ruin.
| Gus to any pasture There is no economy
In 1t; for what the close grazing does
not destroy the hot sun will finish Don'l
destroy these valuable portions Of your
| farm by being penny wise and pound
foolish. If you hayn't sufficient pasture
for all your stock, sell some of the stock
| or feed grain. IT has been demonstrated
| at the experiment stations that by feed
ing grain TO cows while they are being pas
tured we not only save the pasture land
| but in the end save money. little grain
fed to the dairy cows every day during
pasturing makes the cream richer and
| the butter much superior than If given
nothing but grass But before the grass
i is destroyed and close cropping begins the
grain feeding should begin. Feed a liz
1 tie grain morning and night and restricI
| the animals grazing, so that no one part
Of the field can be cropped too close.
| To XIII Weeds,-It is not an easy matter
| to kill out weeds after the regular crop
| is planted. One of the best methods is 10
plow early, harrow the land and let the
| weeds grow When they are just appear
| ing harrow well and plant again. BY the
time corn planting arrives the weeds will
! have been well thinned out After the
| crop is planted the eultivator and wheel
| hoe, or even the hand hoe. may be relied
4 upon to keep them down If the work is
done when the weeds are young Never
let one weed produce seed. Some varie-
ties produce millions of seeds from a sin
gle plant hence every weed killed means
less labor the succeeding year. 1t may
entail heavy expense to endeavor to de-
stroy all the weeds, but the expense the
next season win be more than reduced
| correspondingly. What should be done
early Is to give the weeds an opportunity
to grow and then destroy them.
Hardness Of the Trifoliata. In CONVEX
| sation with Mr. George L. Taber Of Glenn
| St. Mary. he stated to us that young orange
trees budded on trifoliata stocks persisted
| alike with all others in the February
| freeze. That is they died down to the
| surface of the ground banked uD around
| them. He makes a practice Of running
/ a furrow on each side of his nursery
! rows in the fall throvyi,er me aartb -
| ward the trees and covering the bud a
/ few inches above the junction. AS above
noted. the buds on the trifoliata stock
| were frozen to tbs. ground. but there the
| frost stopped, while with those on sweet
stocks it killed them down into the ground
SO that many Of them persisted below the
about 5000 buds on trifoliata stock grow
4 ing vigorously, with hardly a break in
/ the rows, while the DudS on sweet stock
will have to be mostly renewed. Fruit
Grower
| The Windmill Age-W estern Plownnan.
The time is coming when every house will
| be provided with a wind mill That wind
mill will store UP power or electricity that
will be used in winter 70 light and heat
the house. Then good bye furnace. heating
stoves. coal, wood ashes Life will be
worth living In the good time coming
when brains will direct, and the forces Of
nature execute the drudgery work OF life.
Doctoring sick fowls without knowing
what ais them and pouring medicines
/ into their crops Without knowing what its
| effect Is likely TO be, Is too much like
most Of our medical practice-Verrv haz-
ardous 20 say the least. The only sensible
| plan Is 20 treat fowls as v wise person
would a member OF his family-take good
/ care Of them, and ~ they get sick inter
| fcrc with natures healing power as little
as possible. There may be- cases where
! proper medication VIII DO good both In
| the fe7thered and the unfeathcred biped,
but they are few, but an injudici0us use
| Of medicines does FAR more harm than
good. These views may seem a little rad
| Teal bat long experience mas demonstrated
rhe3r truth " the Subtraction 81 fbe wri-
ter.
Ducks-The Ronen duck Il claimed 10 be
/ tho best duck TOT markell They are ore.
ciaelv IKE the Wild mali9Td 81 external
markings. but are much larger an1 have
> mad many Foo1 qualities addel ~ them
~ fEN art 81 man. ME ItrtfD strN A tfaa.