The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13

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LOT market that We set out To write. Each
farm household provides the best home
market Tor large quantities Of the vari-
Gus garden vegetables and small fruits
II the farmer bought these he would have
10 pay retail prices. To the extent that
ne and his family can consume them he
can credit the garden product al the retail
price, besides the advantage that he will
nave fresh vegetables and fruits. instead
OF those stale and unwholesOme, as some
umes found In the markets. 1t may be
said that the farmer does not get money
directly from this He gets what is better.
the contentment OF his family with farm
ne IL Is the obligation which the hus-
pttla enters INTO 10 provide for his house
hoiu. and the farmer who neglects his
SdIuesl or leaves u 10 the women folks TO
look after Is unfaithful 10 this duty. He
may be laying the foundations OF dOmes-
nc unhappiness which he can now scarce
~ ueem possible in his future.-Selected.
sorghum Broadcast.-Now is the time
20 piant sorghum. and after YOU have
planted all you think you need. put in as
lnuch more. The most successful way to
stl tns greatest amount of good at least
sNPendlture OF time and money is TO SOW
n.y,alcdsl ana pasture use two pastures
ana now have cane up that first planted.
IL Will stand more frost and cold weather
man corn. When your sorghum Is about
iOnr 10 SIX inches high you can then turn
IN and pasture. II you have two pastures
YOU can let one rest few days. and IL
VIII De greatly improved BY this means
you save large amount of labor In cut
tllS ana handling. besides getting the adj
vantage of six weeks or two months earlier
pasture than If sown i'm dril and cut
sow sorghum in drills near lot to be cut
for hogs. | have planted sorghum for feed
on same land ten years in succession, and
last year made as large a crop as l ever
made l have planted all kinds Of feed
crops in an kinds of ways, and / find
the cheapest and best feed to be had is
pure sorghum sown broadcast and pastur-
ed. one acre thus prepared is better than
i've acres of corn. well said"
Potash Sats-Potash salts Is the general
name applied to group Of substances rich
IN potash that are mined about Stassfurt,
Germany. The New England Homestead
says: The cheapest form In the American
market is kanit, finely ground, containing
about y per cent, of actual potash com
bined with sulphuric acid, so that % per
cent. of the mass is sulphate of potash.
The next cheapest form in common use is
muriate of potash. which contains AZ TO
0N per cent. OF actual potash, according 20
grade, combined with muriatic acid or
chlorine. The highest priced potash salt
Tor fertlllzlng purposes is sulphate OF pot
ash. containing 50 per cent or more of pure
potash united with about as much sui
phi iric acid. The sulphate appears to give
rather better results than mur!ate on to-
bacco, potatoes, lettuce, etc, but on some
soils not enough to warrant the extra cost.
Potash salts are meeting a constantly in
creasing sale in America, where on most
soils and for many crops an excess of pot
ash proves to be necessary to profitable
farming.
Second Crop Potatoes.-Texas Farm and
Ranch thinks il remarkable that wide
awake truckers do not give their atten-
ton to growing second crop Irish pota-
toes for planting There Is large de-
maNd for fall grown potatoes for seed
all over the south, especially for the
Triumph, which seems to be more sue
cessfully grown as a second crop and more
popular than most other varieties for
spring planting. The scarcity of second
crop seed has put prices out OF sight.
many places. Even at 81 per bushel there
Is good money in growing them, and
room for good many enterprislng grow
ers to make a snug sum of money every
fall. But to make 1t a success the grow
ers ought to have means TO irrigate when
1t is necessary. For this kind OF lrrigat-
ing there need not be large outlay, as
II will not require "A large amount OF
water to keep the young plants growing
till the middle of September. After that
cool nights and the usual rainfall should
take them through TO maturity or till
frost arrests their growth"
Reporting House Plants-The best way
to determine whether or not plant needs
reporting is to carefully remove it, holding
the hand over the surface and hitting the
| edge of the crock light blow by bringing
1t down upon table. Examine the roots
! and If they are matted about the sides
! and bottom of the ball. the plant evidently
requires fresh planting. Then carefully
| reduce the ball Of earth to about a third
of its original bulk; single out the matted
roots and trim away all that are moldy
| and decayed. Probably the same pot may
then be large enough, but II II requires
a larger one IL should be about two inches
| broader for a middle-szed plant, three
! or four for a large plant. If the roots are
not matted but the pots are filled with
| fibers, keep the ball entire and carefully
| plant in larger pot. AT the top OF a
large pot, an inch, and of a small one,
half an inch should be left for reception
of water, without danger of overflow. A
| little gravel charcoal or piece of broken
| pots should always be placed at the bot
! tom for drainage. A plant newly ported
must never be exposed TO a strong sun.
shade Immediately and there remain TIL
| it is rooted, which may be known by its
starting to grow.-E;xchange.