The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-11
Notes and Comments.

1t is quite possible that a great many
farmers viii be induced to try "Kaffir
corn this year, as no doubt many tried
'Lacaline" last year. A few years ago
"Millo-Maize" was the rage, but we doubt
If there is now one farmer in hundred
that plants it. And very few of those who
plant Kaffir corn this year are likely to
plant 1t a second time 1t is a sorghum of
no special value for any purpose in the
South Atlantic states.
The Bunch Yam ~Potato-The farmer or
trucker who is not by this time familiar
with the merits of this superior potato
may be regarded as sadly negligent of a
most excellent thing. The genuine bunch
yam is a valuable acquisition and every
potato grower should have ii. OF course
some of the old well known sorts are still
desirable and We trust we will never see
the day when the pumpkin yam, the pink
Spanish, and the Georgia yellow gam will
no longer be grown. Even with vines to
be turned once or even twice (but one
time is sufficienD these varieties are east
ly cultivated and it is always well to have
several Varitles of a plant to clinch ones
care with; sometimes one does better
than another. And in the matter of bet
ter beans, though there are several varie-
leS OF punch or Vlneless beans, there is
still place for the Old fashioned running
sort. We shall plant some of both always
For continuous bearing the long known
southern pole bath bean is not equalled by
any of the newer bunch kinds Last sea-
son our small crop of HenderiOns bush was
DuIIeIlX
never in our knowledge done serious dam
age to the pole bean.
Never was a rain more welcomed in this
vicinity and more needed than the refresh
ing thunderstorm that fell on the night of
May l. Not drop of rain had fallen here
since a slight shower of 71-1O0 on April l.
For two weeks farmers and gardeners
have been longing for a rain. To some it
had become serious matter. Many farm
erS who do not understand the value of a
roller and consequently had not used one
IN planting cotton were waiting patiently
or impatiently to see what kind of a stand
would be the result. Many more had not
finished planting, deciding that it would be
better to wait for a rain than to take the
risk of planting while the soil was so dry
Inc Vaue OF cultlVaung in dry weather.
how little it appears TO be understood. 1t
seems to be a rule with a very large num-
Der that where there is no grass and the
ground has been stirred once since the rain
mat there is no gain in any further stir
ring until another rain. What a sad mis-
take a mistake that the farmer and gar
oener pays well for. The harrow or the
sweep should have been kept a going all
theSe days of dry weather. The under
ground moisture could easily have been in
circulation towards the surface, thus pro-
noting good deposits of dew that would
nave greatly obylated the i'll effect of the
deferred rain What an instructive object
lesson our neighbor Henley's p acre gar
den affords US during this droughty April.
Henly is professional man and his
health is far from robust; in fact an in
valid han the time. Fortunately he loves
to garden, and if any one does he gardens
scientifically. In our several walks
through this garden, in which our friend
naturally takes pride, during the drOuth
and once since the nain, we realized what
a man of sound practical sense could ac-
complish with simple hand implements in
the ttllage of half an acre of land. Here
We're twenty-five different vegetables has
tening to a state of perfection under the
direction of a man who gave merely his
odd hours to their cultivation. The land
was put into a complete state of prepara-
llon in February, but hand implements
mad been used. A garden plow, heavy