The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-01

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What to Do With Strawberry Runners. |
The runners of the strawberry plant /
should not be permitted to grow until |
after the fruiting is over. Then one may /
be suffered to grow from each plant, and /
il should be set or held in the desired |
place to become rooted where il is want /
ed. either in the row between the old /
plants or in such a place that it may |
be moved and planted elsewhere. il is |
a good plan TO root the runners in small |
strawbOard boxes without bottoms and |
set in the soil. When the plants nave
made roots they are taken up IN the
boxes and planted in the new bed without |
any check. All other runners should be |
cut off as they start, or they VIII Weaken
the old plants. These should be fruited
Pastur.ng at Night.-It is not desirable |
10 keen anV animals at pasture al night |
The rest thus lost counts a good deal III
the useful effect of the food on the wrong
side, and the manure is lost, when rs
an important thing. If cows or horses |
are kept in clean yard, or In a COM
Portable stable, a night, they VIII re
and sleep the whole time, II they are Well
fed i'm the evening. we may We very SUR
this rest win be far better for The ANIMALS
if we will judge by ourselves, ana our
mere animal nature is just the same as
that of d horse or other animal needing
the same rest and supply OF tood as we
do. The principle is the same, ana inns
of our four-fOOted servants.
Mineral Manures for Peaches.-Ohe III
the reasons why peaches 90 not succeed
on land long cultiVatd is lack OF mineral
plant food. The peach is usually planted
on light or sandy land that mas al pest
but very little mineral The seed cannot
peaches fall off soon after setting. II is
believed by some that lack OF potash is
the predisposing cause TO the disease
known as peach yellows. When taken
ari.r
bv heavy applications Of German potash
salts Mineral fertilizers, especially POI
ash, are much needed Tor an Iruits IN
Florida, on account OF the lack oI tiiS
element in our sandy soils.
Value of Drainage-Thorough drainage
with the tile will often cost as much as
the present worth of the land but when
the work is once properly done, IL Is done
forever The Mississippi station nelds
which have been tile-drained nave AZ
creased their annual yield fully % per
cent. as a result of the work, and such
drains will be found profitable invest
ment on all soils which remain wet unth
late in the spring on account OF lhelr
compact subsOn, or which are rendered
heavy and sour" by continuous seepage
from surrounding hills.
NitrogenOus FertiliZers.-Whena soil IS
rich in humus il is seldom necessary 70
make any further application OF nitro
genous fertilizers, and as all nitrogenous
fertilizers are very quickly soluble, ana
are soon lost to the soil by both leachlng
and volatilizing, they should never be
used until the crop has made conslderd-
BILE growth.
Salt as a solvent.-The main benefit to
be derived from salt is as a solvent and
thus rendering other manures and the ma
tural fertility of the soil more available.
1t is therefore best used on land that has
a good deal of vegetable matter, or that
has been well MANFRED otherwise. Potash
also serves $ a solvent. and is more di-
| rectly useful to plants, as it constitutes an
important part of their substance. But
potash more quickly reVerts to insoluble
nd m
Prevent this. One barrel of salt per acre,
or about three hundred pounds, makes
fair dressing.
Poor Seed is Dear-Ninety out of a hun
dred purchasers will buy inferior seed be-
cause 1t can be bought cheaper-not that
they absolutely know the seed is inferior
but the price is the governing quantity in
their calculations, and the quality is of
secondary consideration. OF course they
pay dearly for it in the end. The same
trouble Is constantly occurring In grass
seed used for lawns, and, in fact, it accom-
panies all seeds. Good, pure seed costs
more than foul and impure seed, and In
the wholesale trade the distinction is al
WAYS made. The reliable retail scotsman,
| however, always has this poor seed to
contend against in his trade, and always
has this poor seed to contend against in
his trade, and always will have as long as
purchasers are more anxious to save a lit
tie in buying than to pay fair price for
a good article.
Fertilizer for Bearing Brape Vines
| Good compost of course is the old stand
"
/. e.. broadcast all over the ground to
| be worked into the soil by ordinary cult
| walton. Such treatment is especially de-
Sirable where the soil is too scantily sup
piled with nitrogen to make a satisfac-
| tory growth of cane. Usually, however
| the wood growth is all right, and in such
| case the mineral clements of plant food
| especially potash, are needed much more
! than nitrogen. We know no better ma
| nure than wood ashes. Apply them in
| fail, winter early spring, broadcast, at
| the rate of from one to three tons per acre
| according to the needs of the SOIL and the
| quality of the ashes. Leached ashes might
| be used to still greater extent supple
| mented with some sort OF potash. Where
| wood ashes cannot be had at a reasona-
! bic price-say So to S14 per ton for best
unleached-we would use 500 to 900 pounds
/ of bone dust and 500 pounds of kainit per
! acre. to be applied in fail or early win
| ter broadcast. IN place of kainit $50 or 200
| pounds Of muriate of potash may be used.
over CrOpping-A large share Of the fail
ures in farming arise from the attempt
| to overtax ones strength, ability. capital
| or knowledge. The most successful men
| in any branch of business are those who
| commence in a small way, and who learn
! from experience and who gain strength by
actual practice to enable them to double
! W their operations or to enlarge their
| field of work. Many man who could han
| die fifty acre farm to a profit, fail in the
attempted to manage I30 acres. Many z
business man could double his profits If
ne halVed his operations, where the last
half is done on borrowed capital and hire
| help. To a man with large capital ana
large resources and large experience,
mammoth schemes move on to successful
| achievement. on the other hand, the man
| with limited capital, resources and ex-
perience will often mark with failure the
| attempt to compete with his better equip
ped neighbor. There is more pleasure and
satisfaction in doing a small thing well,
| than in the strain and worry Of the at
| tempt to accomplish something which
! ovcrtaxes all the available resources.
The Garden, the Best Paying Acre
On the Farm.
In every well-regulated farm the garden
acre plays a very important part There
| is rarely. If ever, a time during the en-
| tire year when it may be said that op-
| erations need be suspended down here in
our section of southern country, and,