The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-14

the variety is its low, spreading, yet com
pact growth, which renders 1t a complete
mat of bloom for a time. If allowed to
seed its beauty must pass at late summer
Close planting suits 1t well in good soil
"A. G.
Pasturlng Crimson Clover.-Crimson
clover can be pastured. The best tome to
plant is in September or the first of Octo-
Der. If cutting or pasturing cease the lat
ter part of February or first of March, it
will then run up and make a fine crop of
hay, which can be cut, or, If preferred, this
growth can be left undisturbed 1t will
mature seed, and, when this land is pre-
pared for the late corn crop, the seed is, of
course, plowed in When the corn is taken
off in the fall, the clover springs up again
and makes very good pasture. This crop
is peculiarly suited to the south and should
receive more attention. 1t should not be
sown with small grain. as that has ten
dency to retard its growth.
The Waning Garden.-Cropping in the
vegetable garden is nearly through for this
season. However, a garden can be made
to look interesting for some time yet by
keeping everything neat and clean as the
different crops get old and are of no more
use, (such as beans, sweet corn stalks,
melon vines) in fact, everything that has
passed it's usefulness, should be carted
away to the rubbish pile-the garden will
look better without such. From now on
there will be vacant places in the garden.
Still, it pays to keep the weeds down, as
by so doing it will be easier to start work
in the following spring. A G.
Scotch Kale. This handsome, hardy
winter vegetable should have a place in
every garden. 1t needs very little atten-
ton to bring 1t to perfection, and insects
will not trouble it much. What makes.
kale so valuable is the fact that it comes
in at a time when other vegetables are
getting scarce. Plants from seed that
were sown in June should now be large
and thrifty We sowed our seed in
drills two and half feet apart, then
thinned out the plants, which does away
with the necessity of transplsnting.
| Scotch kale should not be used until 1t
has had some frost. But do not forget to
SOW some spinach and some Swiss char1.
That is, if you like the incest boiled
greens.
SubsoiI Plowing.-From the College sta
ton, Texas, comes this statement: The
best season in which to do subsoil plow-
ing is undoubtedly that of fall or early
winter, so that the rain of the winter and
spring season may strike into the ground
and be stored in the subsoil for future
use in time of drought. This statement
should be modified to some extent, posi-
bly,, for the plains country, on which the
most rain usually falls during the summer
season. Instead of attempting to subson
to the full depth desired at the first work.
ing it is usually better to set the plow
in such a way that it will go two-thirds
of the entire depth for the first season,
and then in subsoiing the land, two
three or five years later, the work may
be finished to a total depth of fifteen
twenty or twenty+four inches.
Testing and Preserving Eggs.-It is an
excellent plan to preserve eggs now, when
they are cheap and plenty. for winter
use Take piece of quicklime the size
of a lemon and put it in two cups of
salt Pour over them one gallon boiling
water and let them Stake. They should
boil and bubble as thick as cream. When
the mixture becomes cold, the liquid on
top should be clear. Arrange the eggs in
a stone crock and pour the liquid over
them, using just enough to cover the eggs.
Elk.
To test eggs the following plan has
been recommended as a good one: Dis
solve two ounces of salt in pint Of wa
ter. A fresh egg will Immediately sink to
the bottom. An egg twenty-four hours
old will sink below the surface, but not
to the bottom. An egg three days old Will
swim in the liquid, and when over this
age will float on the surface. The older
the egg the higher it will project above
the surface, and one three weeks old
while floating little of the she'll will be
under the surface.
Have Some Winter Grazing.-The crops
for winter grazing and early spring feed
ing should have attention. German clover
and vetches are the best Of these, and
they should be seeded as soon as pos
sible. We are strongly in favor of seed
ing either winter oats or rye with these
crops but prefer the winter oats as max
ing better feed. Sow ten pounds Of Ger
man clover and one bushel of oats to the
acre. and you will be pretty certain to
a stand which will mako hotb pOod
grazing and heavy forage CROP and
which, IL not needed for feeding green
will make excellent hay, and be off the
ground in time to allow of its being plant
ed in corn, with the land improved by the
rotation. 5. Z.
Flowing Under. DO II Well-A crabgrass
sod plowed with one horse, haggled and
botched, is one of the most exasperating
things on the farm to attempt to handle.
Plowed properly, with two horses, ten
inches deep, every furrow slice tapped
down tight on the one below, it is thor
oughly satisfactory to plant and cultivate.
First, go over the lands, lengthwise only,
with the disk harrow. and cut the sod so
completely that It will settle and fill up
every air hole. Then hitch TO the plank
drag which is made by laying plank six
feet long, three inches thick and ten inches
wide tapping one on the other weather
broad fashion and spiking them to cross
piece at each end. Get on 1t and ride,
standing: this will give 1t weight, and
each plank will push In front of II a lit
tie loose earth, filing up every crevice,
even the horse tracks, and leave the earth
as smooth as a plastered wall.
II may test the readers credulity some
what when we say that we have prepared
land this way smooth enough to receive
onion seed without any hand-work; and
there are few things that require finer
preparatory work than Bermuda onion
seed.
We shall always advise against trying 10
turn under a rank mass OF green foliage
Let Il die on the land II you wish to get
the full benefit Of such matter. In walt
ing there Is nothing lost but the water OF
the green vines.
.Fertilizng Fruit Trees.-CThe Republic)