The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-05
Small Grain ana Fruit.


the case, all the crops that have claimed
our labor this season will have been
housed. If we have saved every ear, or
boil, or root, or blade that we could we
have done all that we could. Whatever
the result let us not concern ourselves
with the past. Let the dead past bury
it's dead."Our concern is altogether now
with the future.
There is but little that we can SOW now
with the expectation of reaping before
another year. A little salad of one kind
or another including turnips of small
size, may not come within the years
harvest. On rich soil we may possibly
advance our grain or clover to point that
will allow of its being lightly grazed dur
ing December, and no doubt bite or two
of green stuff would prove a great relish
to stock of all kinds about that time 1t
Will probably be the means of warding
off some attack of diseases from one ami
NAL or another that would otherwise affect
them.
But more important than these compar-
ative trifles is the proceeding to lay a firm
foundation for the coming year in the
seeding down of just as large an area of
grain, oats chiefly, as it is possible for
each farmer TO SOW in proportion to the
size of his farm and the number of stock
kept
over large area in the south, October
is the month for sowing oats, rye, barley
bur and crimson clover, vetch.
If not broken before, advantage should
be taken of the very first rain that oc-
ours to plow the land with scooters or
round shovels, then harrow in two bush
els of good seed and finish the job by
rolling. If the soil is sandy or light for
the time from the presence of vegetable
matter, it would not be easy to roll it too
much. Assuming that the soil is dry
enough to roll but yet moist enough to
terminate the seeds if the soil is pressed
firmly to them.
We are aware that the majority content
themselves by simply sowing the seeds
on the unbroken soil and blowing them in
with scooters dispensing with narrowing
and rolling. The man that sows oats or
other grain or clover in any such way
does not deserve to get more than six or
eight bushels in return next spring, and
as a rule, he does not get more than he
deserves. Now and then this careless,
hurried seeding turns out well, but the
chances generally are altogether against
success. Our observation for twenty
years has been that for one farmer who
takes the pains to put in his oats Just
right there are a dozen who hurry
through the operation as if it were a most
unpleasant duty, the sooner disposed of
the better. 1t pays to put in grain, grass
and clover in the very best manner posi-
bic.
Another thing we should do this fall
and that is set our stakes for planting
out quite a variety of fruit-peaches, APP
pies, Japan plum, grapes; yes, and some
figs.
According to the area possessed, set
out an acre of five acres or ten acres or
twenty-five acres. We can make these
acres very valuable in the course of a
few years. Peaches, plums and grapes
will soon begin to make returns. Apples
are slower, but these should be started
among the peach and plum trees. About
the time the latter begin to fail the APP
pies can be given possession of the land,
and with proper care and attention, will
yield a nice little income, either to our
selves later on, or to our children. Con-
slider this fruit matter seriously. If any
thing will, it will pay you before very
long.