The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-13

Wv ~ II II were May ~ me weather
could be no balmier, more sprlnglike in
! appearance, than il is. Ii is true we have
had few frosty mornings with the frost
| heavy enough to make all tender vegeta-
ton droop to earth and enter upon decay,
but not cod enough TO check the growth
OF the hardy autumn vegetables that have
been planted in the past month or So
| such as the turnlp, the onions, spinach,
cabbage, etc. However splendid the
weather of early November II should not
tempt one to depart from the usual rout-
inc of work, especially at it relates 10
planting Such weather should be utilized
to the utmost IN blowing and manuring
the land for crops to go in after the Sc
we're weather of winter is past. So much
of the best results of the coming year is
due to the Preparations made in October,
November and December of the passing
year 1t should he REGARDED as serious
mistake TO neglect The appropriate work
of these three months.
Both in the farm and in the garden is
ii important to lay the foundation well
in the autumn
Market gardening and trucking have at
tanned to large dimensions in the South in
| the past ten years, and 1t is altogether
unnecessary to tell the experienced gar
| dener or trucker thereof that best results
| are 10 be secured only by those who do
Wen the preliminary work of the autumn.
Where There is any vegetable matter 10
be turned under, the sooner it is done
| now the better. \ great part of the vege-
table matter in the truckers field is of
such a character as 10 justify the pulling
of it and placing it in furrows laid off
between the old rows and then listing upon
it. Old tomato rines, stalks of eggplant,
etc lra chance
were not converted into stock food at
| the proper time, and in fact lot OF
| promiscuous debris that 1t Is handler to
| Place in open furrows and sprinkle with
| lime and cover rather than 10 ploW 1t un-
| der by running all around the plot or fed.
| This Is found especially desirable on roll
| ing land. where a true horizontal having
| been established it is convenient to main
| tain the old run of the rows. Even On
| clayey land this is admissible; for if the
soil is listed up high the alternate 1reez-
| ings and thawngs viii pulverize 1t better
! than any broadcast blowing would ac-
complsh The preponderance of Southern
| soil however, is of that light, Min char
| acter as not 10 call for amy special work
| Of disintegrating 1t. Much Of IL rather
needs sonnet hing done to render 1t more
| compact Give it vegetable matter ana
! lime. If possible. One advantage there IS
in listing of This thin soil in The fan or
early winter consists in the readiness with
| which il may be prepared for planting IN
| the spring. III will need only another FUR
| row thrown to it to put il in shape tor
! painting in February or March.
| II is a fact, aud one greatly oVerlooKed
| pv the average farmer, that much OF our
| sandy soil is kept entirely too
omen for securing the best results. Time
and again we have seen farmers py one
single blowing of crop with scooter
or shovel cut off the yield OF the crop
one-half or more. Sometimes the crop IS
entirely ruined on such soil by TINS lhJu-
dinions Moving. A certain compactness
is lust as essential to a normal growth
Of roots as a certain amount of opennesS
| 10 essential For this reason we nave
urged for many years that one Oh the must
important implements for southern gar
deners and farmers was the roller. II Is
tho only imDlement with which you can
promptly restore plowed ground to the nee
essarv coupactness to secure speedy root
DEVELOPMENTS One cannot wait Tor ram or
aravity to do this work, so we resort 10
the rollet Scientific, or in other WORDS;
common sense, farming cannot pe cdA
on without the roller,
If il were not for the weeds taking pos
session of the land in the meantime there
is plenty of land in the South OF this thln,
light character that would produce twice
as much cotton as it does II II were peu-
ded uD sixty TO ninety days in advance
of planting. and its compactness be dimin-
ished Just as little as possible in planting
and cultivating afterwards.
Composing in the Furrow.-This is work
that can he carried on all through the
winter when the soil is not too wet. The
burrows should be opened while the wealth
er is suitable All the manure from the
horse and cow stables should be hauled
out and distributed in the burrows, and
whatever Of mineral fertilizer is Intended
to be used should be sprinl1led over this,
and then should be covered by running
a furrow on each side, plowing. only
through when the soil is fairly dry.
BY the first or middle of December the
land for Irish potatoes should thus be pre-
pared A barrel or two of air-slaked lime
per acre can usually be applied to very
great advantage for this crop, especially
when the vegetable or animal matter APP
piled to the burrows is of a mixed char
acter. such as lot scrapings and trash.
Sprinkled freely over this matter 1t will
hasten accommodation and have marked
tendency in making a smooth potato free
from scab.