The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-10

their period of usefulness. Peach trees are
commonly supposed to be more short lived
than any other variety of fruit But wa
remember in our boyhood seeing old peach
trees planted where the original log
house had been built, some 30 or 40 years
before, and which continued TO bear fruit
when nearly or quite 30 years old. The
borer and peach yellows would undoubted-
ly destroy such trees now before they had
attained a quarter of that age. Severe cold
Kills many trees early, that in the early
history of the country were long lived. It
Is not that winters are colder but there Is
usually less snow lying on the ground than
in the olden times. Grating also shortens
the life of trees. Most of the very old trees
that are living now were never grated. 1t
is very rare that there is entire congeniaI-
ity between the grated portion and the
original stock. II either outgrows the 9TH
er the tree grows out of shape, and its
life Will be shortened.
Heavy Seeding of Oats-Lodging or
oats is due to the imperfect development
of the tissues OF the stem, and this Is the
result of an insufficient exposure to sum
light in consequence of the plants being
too close together. The greatest expos
ure will doubtless be secured by moder-
ately thin sowing. 1t is usually consid-
cred that the quantity of seed per acre
should vary with the condition of tina
land and the time of sowing, a great
quantity being sown when the land is in
poor condition, and when the season Is
idJe. "A greater OIL SeGQ Is TGQuir~
ed on poor land, as the oats do not stool
out" so well, and in a late season it is
necessary 10 increase the amount in or
der to hasten the harvest, as, where the
land is thinly sown, the "stooling' pro-
cess is liable to be carried on for too long
a time, making the harvest late. In Eng
land, as high as eight bushels per acre
of oats arc often sown, in other year.
tests that quantity of seed yielding an av-
erage of 43 bushels per acre; six bushels
50; and four bushels seeding Sc bushels
per acre, other things being equal In
America four bushels per acre is usually
considered heavy seeding for oats, and
one and one-half TO two bushels is the
amount usually sown.
Artchokes for Hogs, Cattle and Poultry.
The artichoke is one of the most valua-
able field crops we have. 1t is one that
will make a paying crop any season. We
raised 400 bushels to the acre this very dry
season. and on thin land at that where
corn only made twenty-five bushels to
the acre, and all the good reports that
have been said about the artichoke are
like Solomon of old when the Queen OF
Sheba came to ysiit him. She said the
half of his greatness had not been told
With 400 bushels to the acre of the best
of hog feed; then there are the stalks
which grow eight to ten feet high, and
so thick that man can hardly get
through. they are tender and sweet: cat
tie and horses eat them very greedily. We
have cut up part of our crop and mads
fodder, and our horses eat it equal to the
DeSL AAdy. 4 AtDy " III tiAsAAC AOuE " SIX
tons to the acre of dry feed. The best
way to harvest this stalk crop: After the
tubers are ripe cut and bind in bundles,
shock until cured, then haul to the barn
or shed to feed, whole or cut with feed
cutter. Mix with shipstuff or bran, which
will make all the. feed the horses will
need. We are this winter cooking the
tubers for our poultry which make ex-
cellent egg food for the hens, which is
proven by their increased product since
feeding them. The artichoke is a mort
gage litter If rightly used.