The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-08

that indicates a possible lnLec fon- Th-s
should be the rule in every garden
Inc greatest enemy 20 the tomato I'm
Inls secuons as u Is IN many others j.
The boil worm (Helorhis ArmigeraD. its
attack IS not easily met. About the best
and only remedial measure is 70 have
an occasional row OF corn and field
peas in the tomato field or patch or a.
row or two OF corn on both sides OF tle
tomato patch" viii answer the purpose.
We believe Inc corn tlne BLouut variety
should be planted a month iu advance
OF setting out The tomato plants. This
brings the corn TO the caring stage about
the time the tomatoes are selling fruit
most freely The boil worm moth prefers
the corn 10 tomato and viii lay its eEEs
on the forme- lI preference say a square
acre IS planted TO tomatoes. In that case
let every fifth row be corn. planting IL as
thickly as possible and Yet set ears
Stack every eight or ten inches IN the
rows, or even a little thicker. From
our own experience We cannot recoll~
mend peas for the purpose. but others
have done so. row Of speckied peas
every fifth row and planted simultaue-
ously with the setting Of the tomatoes.
We presume would De about right. Corn
viii be out reliance, as We have tested II
freely.
The literature of Irish potatoes is. OF
course, abundant but a very excellent
book on the subject is made by binding
together the several bulletins here men
toned. The young farmer or trucker who
believes, ana justly .. that little "book
learning in agriculture VIII not initiate
against his success Will ma pleasure
in accommodating all the information pOssi-
BILE relative TO the occupation that ne
is likely to follow all his life. We would
advise him TO keep a scrap-b0Ok and
besides collect as much of library as
possible as the years go by.
The following bulletins constitute very
excellent treatise on Irish potatoes
Georgia, No. %; Cornell Univer-
sity experiment station, No. 1i3;
Missouri experiment station, No.
ricultuTe, No. So FARMERS Bulletin;
Maryland experiment station, No. IS,
Arkansas, No. IS; Ohio, No. IS; Kentucky,
No. 81; Michigan, No. 50. Altogether
many valuable suggestions that would
be valued by the intelligent young farm
or.
We have no doubt that it is fair state
ment that in the coming year, so far
as tilling the soil is concerned, success
will be responsive more than ever in pro-
portion to the intelligence exhibited in
wooing the favOrs of mother earth. The
time is past for the happy-gO-lucky farm
way father did" From now on, if never
before, the true test of the possession of
sound, practical, business sense viii be
the successful tiller of the soil, whether
styled farmer. or trucker, or market gar
dener or what not. The man or woman
that SO cultivates the soil as to maintain
a happy home, supplied with the various
necessities of life. its luNuries in reason,
and with a surplus fund in a fair state
of enlargement from year to year with
an occasional exception perhaps, is the
one that We will measure by in the ad-
vancement Of our material affairs.
There can be no prosperous, money
making merchants if there are no pros
porous, money-making farmers The Oc-
cupation of farming is the pedestal upon
which rests the vast superstructure of
social life and all business activity. The
successful farmer is to be envied above
all others, if any are to be envied.