The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-03

they always leave the soil better than thev
got IL. being a keen nitrogen hunter
the roots left in the soil are So much more
toward a supply OF nitroEeu for the siIc-
ceeding crop. and the succeeding Crop.
and the successful farmer Of today has
got TO look at these matters particularly
and grow crops in succession that viii be
all the time lettering his soil. therefore
/ would advise all who can 20 grow beans.
at least for one crop every now and then.
The scrap Book.
Broody Hens-The Instructive desire 10
sit is not easily depressed. especially in
the Asiatic breeds OF fowl. which are
heavy and not at any time disposed TO
take much exercise. We do not know any
better way to break hen from sitting
than TO cOnhne her IN a moderate enclos-
ure where she can ind no place Tor a nest.
and put a vigorous oockerel with her
Give them plenty Of pure water. but feed
rather sparingly and only Of wheat. or
better still, wheat bran that has been
slightly moistened. few days OF light
feeding will reduce the excess OF flesh lust
as il would if the sitting fowl we're on
her nest Early in the season we ALWAYS
let hens sit when they want TO 10 so, but
70 let them SIT now delays moulting and
diminishes the next winters egg crop.
When to Use Hen Manure.-There is lit
tie objection TO putting the hen manure
Spaded under in the spring. One advan.
tage in keeping this manure over winter
is that when thoroughly dried out Ii may
be crushed or ground and used With mu-
rate of potash and ground bone TO make
a good fertilizer. The carbonate Of lime
should not be used on fresh hen manure
II you wish to retain its value This form
of lime liberates the ammonia by permit
ting II to pass into a volatile form Land
plaster, or sulphate of lime viii 'sweetenS
the house and preserve the manure much
better tnan the ''lime. Rural New
Yorker
The Angel .Peach.-The most remarlo.
Bile yield we find out at the home Of Mr.
| r. c. Hall, mile southeast of town
He has six trees Of the Angel variety
four years ago the past spring Never
before have we seen such fruitage. all
| limbs bending TO the ground with perfect
| plump peaches, a most remarkable WELD
| Tor growing trees. From these six trees
| MI. Han has gathered forty-siX bushels
twenty of which brought him Sl25 per
| bushel the balance an even dollar DER
/ bushel or over $50 from six trees
running Grape Bunches-Every bud Of
last year will. make this year a shoot. and
| by the first of June will be set with two
| three or four buds for blossomine. thus
| showing how many clusters may be ex-
| peeted from IL. The quality of the fruit
Will be greatly benefited hv removing from
each shoot all the buds except the two
| that are largest. These win grow to
| larger size and ripen earlier II the full
| strength of the shoot is concentrated into
them. 1t is the MULTIPLICATION of seeds
| that makes grape fruiting so exhaustive
10 the vine. 1t requires an abunda nee
] OF potash TO form the seed and TO riDen
| and color the fruit. When an overloaded
| vine mildews just about the time the
| grapes are half grown, IL is a certain indi-
| cation that potash is deficient But even
| where plenty of potash has been provided
the thinning Of the punches should not
Tobacco in Florida.-If Florida can pro-
| duce tobacco equal to the Cuban arti-
| Gle, she viii have a decided advant age
over the island. There they can only
/ grow one crop year, because OF the ex-
/ cessive heat in the summer. But Florida
can grow two crops a year, and at Fort
Meade the second crop will be planted
IN august. by December it will be ready
70 harvest. The people of the colony are
| enthusiastic over the present results and
1 are preparing to put ina large acreage IN
august Blythe spring planting they will
put in several hundred acres, and the
surrounding country planting will be
| heavy.-Tampa Tribune
| Cost of Marketing Vegetables-Th
farmer who begins growing garden veg
| etables on large scale quickly finds that
/ ii is not the growing that Is most difi-
| cult, but the marketing. This is espe-
| cially true If the farmer is at a distance
| from good market and is obliged to rely
| on city commission houses and shipment
| to them by rail. He will usually find that
| after the commissions have been deduct
| ed there Is little profit left for himself
| In most cases the farmer who wants 10 %
| into the business of market gardening
| Will do best to begin on a small scale pro-
| Viding at first for the customers whom he
| can make sure of nearby. and marketing
| his product himself In this Way he will
get much better price than the commits
| sioners can afford. Dealing directly with
| the consumers, his goods will bring higher
prices and will be well worth them, too,
| as they will be much fresher than those
| the commission merchant can furnish
| When this local trade is firmly establish
| the farmer may better judge whether it is
advisable to extend his business. knowing
| that the larger part of his products must
be sold on commission, and at prices that
| pay very narrow profits.
Stir the Soil.-The frequent rains that
| weather, have put the soil In first-class
| condition for cultivation to develop plant
| food in II. The effect of stirring the soil
| while it is moist is to imprison in 1t warm
| air, whose oxygen uniteS with the Vege-
table matter in the soil and causes its de
| cay. In this process there Is always some
| heterogeneous plant food given off, the
| amount depending on the character of the
| decaying vegetable matter. IL is this ten
| dency to promote decomposition in the sol
| which makes the cultiVating of II while
| moist promOtiVe of fertility. AS a far.
| mer remarked many years ago II is al.
most possible to see the corn grow when
| the cultiVator is run between the rows In
| a warm, moist time. There is only one eau
| ton in this cultivation. There must be nc
weeds beyond the size that the cultivation
will easily bury and destroy. We do not
| believe in deep cultivation for corn When
| it is done as often as II should be there
are no weeds large enough to be in any
| danger of growing after the cultivator has
| only partly uprooted them. A weed thai
| has thus been once or twice transplanted
| will be rooted so well that only by hanging
it over the fence to dry in the sun can II
| be destroyed.
How to Hoe-Somebody ought
| to establish hoeing school
| our hired men how TO use a hoe. II
makes me sick when I see how our helI
| does this important work. The fundamen-
tai error with them is to think that the
| purpose of hoeing is TO kill weeds and