The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-25
The Scrnn Book.

Do not plant fruits of any kind unless
prepared to do battle for the crop against
insect pests and diseases. We must ex-
make success in the business more diff
cult, our efforts will be the means of
bringing still greater profit to those who
energetically use' everyrproper facility for
protection
The truck patch, like the garden, should
be too rich and valuable to allow it to re-
main idle for even a part of the growing
season. Where you have grown the early
potatoes late cucumbers, squashes or pump
kins can be planted; with the early sweet
corn, tomatoes may be grown, TO ripen
after the corn is gone.
The first object In planting fruit should
be to supply the family with everything
in this line which can be grown upon the
farm. Those only who grow their own
fruit have these supreme luxuries in their
greatest perfection. Growing for market
should be a, later consdera ton.
Some say to plant trees in the spring,
And some say in the fall;
But the worst are those who compromise,
And plant no trees at all
If you can't make up your mind wheth-
err the spring or autumn is the better time
for tree planting, try both.
At the Mississippi Experiment station
three cows were kept without salt for four
weeks, and their milk record kept during
the last two weeks of this period; then
they were given the usual allowance of
salt for two weeks, and on comparing the
milk records 1t was found that the cows
gave Asa pounds OF milk during the first
period when salt was withheld and 564
furnished, a difference of 10 pounds of
milk in two weeks In favor of sailing.
Years ago / heard a farmer say: ITO
have sweet potatoes keep well they should
be dug when the sap in the tubers will
dry white" Last fall 1 remembered his
saying. 1 would take a potato from my
patch, wash It, break off the end and lay
it in the sunshine. If the sap was dark I
would wait a few days and try another as
before, until / found a time when the sap
would dry white, then had them dug /
have never kept potatoes as well, although
my method of keeping them was the same
as before. II has been said that when the
sap oozes freely the potato is immature
But on the 9th of April, when pared po-
tatoes, the sap oozed as freely as when
new 1t has been our custom to let them
remain in the ground until frost; but in
the future l shall test them and dig as
did last fall, as / am convinced the sap
will dry white when the potato has reach
ed maturity.
An Ohio farmer says that he has CON
tinued proof of the value of COW peas as
a preparation for potatoes in clayey loans.
This year his peas were worth more as
plant food for potatoes than was an av-
erage crop of wheat. He has eighteen
acres of peas growing to be turned under
for next years crop. They add plant
food and mechanically improve the condl-
ton of the soil. His neighbors are fol-
lowing his lead, and all feel that they
have made one more step forward.
Cucumber Preserves.-Use cucumbers
quite yellow, ripe or nearly so. Peel ana
cut out pulp. To every large cucumber
add one lemon, cutting rind in strips and
removing only seeds and the membrane
that divides the sections. 1t is safer to
first cook a bit of the rind to ascertain Il
it be bitter. as some lemons will spoil
the preserves. Sweeten to taste from n
half to a cup Of sugar to the lemon. Cook
soft, but not so tender that the slices viii
fall to pieces Tongue and teeth are tbs
best testers. Some cooks make cucum
Der and pumpkin preserves with extract
but the fruit itself is preferable. Seal.
Cucumbers in Bulk.--Small green ones
are the best. Packed in coarse salt they
will keep the year round. Freshen as
needed and cover with hot vinegar. Spice
with cloves
The appalling statement was made by
Nautilus century ago that as population
increased in geometrical ratio while food
production made only arithmetical progress
sion, it was but question of time before
the earth would be unable to maintain it's
starving millions. A few years ago c..
Wood Davis of Kansas came out with a
lot of figures to show that the doctrine Of
Nautilus was about to be fulfilled He point
ed out that by this time the United States
would be an importer rather than an ex-
porter of cereals, and predicted golden
era for farmers. Since then agriculture