The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-18
The Scrnn Book.

Breed off the Horns.-There are two
ways that viii, in a few years, rid the
country of cattle with horns First. as
calves are dropped dehornI with causUc
| before the calf is ten days old, or with the
knife, between that age and 80 days The
second method is to breed from pure bred
pol.ed bulls only. But few of the frs.
cross Will have horns. The second cross
disposes of the horn question for all time
| We talk about humanity in connection
with this subject If we are honest in our
| views We will as speedily as possible re-
move The necessity OF using either caustic
or the knife, and in the meantime allow
no horns TO ever appear on a calf.
| Developing Good EIogs.-First, choose
| the breed Have an ideal animal and work
for it. Breed from matured and well-bred
sows. Don't sacrifice individuality for
| pedigree. Breed prolific sows only. Avoid
cross breeding and feeding TOO much corn
and ice water, as this lessons the vitality
and tends to make TOO light a bone. Feed
| young stock and the breeding sows oats,
| shorts, bran and oilmeal, with but little
| corn. Give plenty of exercise. In finish
ing off fat hog nothing is ahead of corn
| and pure water. Give plenty of room in
| sleeping quarters and teach young pigs
| to eat early. March and April litters ara
! best. Keep salt and charcoal by them at
| all times. The growing of frame for the
| first six months and the keeping of equal
sized pigs together must be looked to.
| Tomatoes, 10 withstand drought or wet,
require a very deep soil bed; well rotted
stable is best says Farm and Home. For
summer and late crops, plants grown en-
| tirely in The open air are preferable to
those from dollhouse. set plants in
trenches twelve inches deep, and as they
grow draw soil up to the stem, mixing in
| fertilizers, until The surface is brought to
/ Il. H..
! walton is necessary. BY fruiting lime the
long roots have gone down far below
where drought affects them. With the
deep, loose soil fun of spOngy stable ma
| nure, excessive moisture is readily taken
up and held as supply against drought.
l do not prune the vines get ali the
| fruit-bearing branches possible, keeping
them well fed with fertilizers and all lat
eral branches tied on stakes and treliises
| One vigorous plant properly trained on
stakes viii give more pounds of good fruit
than a dozen keep, closely pruned.
Swiss Chard is a beet grown solely for
! its foliage The midrib IS removed and
| cooked Ike asparagus, white the rest of
the leaf is used like spinach Florists sell
| mixture Of the seed as Beta, or foliage
beets. The first ] ever grew was of this
kind and had some rarely beautiful and
tropical looking plants. A crlnkly .eaf q
inches long by IS inches wide. with steam
inches wide and as long as a pie plant
stalk. When the leaf IS a pale green
| co.or with ivory white stem and veins, sor
a very dark green VITA either white, blood
! red or golden yellow stems and VEINS. then
they become things OF great beauty as vel
as great size When cut and used for in
! door decoration they should always ne
placed in large, clear glass receptacles OF
| some sort. for the beau y is as much in the
stalk as the leaf
The Fertilization Of Garden Crops.-Car-
den crops have short period OF growtn,
hence they need a soil rich IN available
| plant food, says The Hatch Experiment
| Station. Too large Pile of nalf-decayed
| vegetable matter, as stable manure or
compost, should not b. used because Of
! insect and frngous pests. A lioeral use
/ of fertilizers ana manures for vegetables
ana fruits enables the gardener TO directly
meet the special wants of any soil Tor
crops raised In succession during the same
/ scason in the same lands Too much sol
uble salines should be avoided for come
| vegetables, such as lettuce. Change the
| location Of crops from soason to sea son
1 shat different crops may recure any sur
plus Of plant food. There are no unfailing
recipes for a general fertilizer mixture best
4 adapted to all kinds Of soil, but for vege-
\ tables a mixture containing double the
| quantity of potash that there Is OF uitro-
| gen or pnO1pnofic dcll NeetfNes a cafeIni
J trial. Crops will sometimes be benefited
I by the extra use of nitrate of soda during
the growing season., especially to such
crops as cabbage. turnips, cucumbers, on
| ions, lettuce, asparagus, strawberries
grapes and fruit trees. Peas, beans end
| all leguminous crops need no such addition.
| as they draw nitrogen from the air. A
1 moderate use OF manure or compost peri
! odically will be beneficial. New lands be-
| ing used for vegetables and orchards viii
] be benefited by deep blowing and enrich
ing the lower layers with liberal sup
| ply of phosphates. as South Carolina. Flor
ida or odorless phosphates. a treatment
that may be repeated from time 70 time
| whenever practicable. The occasional use
of burnt lime viii help garden crops. es-
/ pecially when there "a much humus IN the
soil. 1000 to 100 pounds y. a. being enough
| Calcium carbonate will assist to iI5eratc
/ plant food from the soil and compost ma
| terial and fayors beneficial bacterial life