The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-03
The FARM AND The GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.


Crop-EIemp CuIture-vetch ON she
southern Farm-Rye for stock.
some Farm Pointers-Pre.erving
sweet Potatoes - our American
MeFinos.
In time OF even ordinary prosperity
there is money 20 be made out OF a we'll
managed garden. There are mulsitudes
Of non-producers who took 20 others 10
supply them with vegetables. The ma
iority % people are vcEetarians. and Il
Is never very dinicult 90 sell choice vege-
tables Even turnips. Il young and ten
der (and furthermore. are nicely washed
and hunched) command large sale from
all classes OF people. There are plenty
Of people OF both taste and means who
are not averse To nice dish OF turnips
or turnip salad. At any rate. they are
willing 20 resort 10 such IN the absence
OF asparagus or spinach. There are
many. doubtless. like the writer. who like
all vegetables. only asking that they be
cuilcd AZ the proper time and served
properly. Young turnips ssewed In milk.
properly seasoned. served hot. Is a dish
not TO be despised by a king or queen.
with an appetite. But there are people
and people. and there are vegetables and
vegetables. Some like one kind: some
like another. Very fastidious persons may
scorn collard. a pumpkin or carrot
but regard with much favor asparagus.
celery. spinach and satisfy. As a rule.
those vegetables most dificult to produce
are the ones most valued by the so-called
cultivated tastes"
A. general thing. n Southern garden
rarely contains more than eight or ten
different vegetables during season.
These embrace those kinds most easily
grown by the average amateur and con-
siss OF turnips. beans. collards. squashes.
onions, beets. English peas. Irish pota-
toes and okra II is rarely that other
than these are 20 be found In the ordln-
airy kitchen garden, especially IN the
country.
Now and then we ind an enthusiastic
amateur who takes deliEht In growing as
many species OF vegetables a. the seeds
Of can be found. aud recently at this
amateurs table fully twenty different
kinds were served for dinner. constitut-
ing veritnble feast for the vegetarian.
such as We rarely see. hue which any
one can have during the summer season
II IL Il 30 desired.
one must have the necessary "ambi-
ton" to see how many different vege-
tables can be raised 10 the garden before
they can have the thirty or more kinds
| that Il ~ possible 10 have at one time
or another during the summer season.
Besides the nine kinds just enumerated.
the amateur OF spirit can provide his ia
bic with asparagus. butter beans. cab
bage, celery. lettuce. carrots. satisfy. par
snip. spinach. kale. cucumber, cauli-
flower. parsley. pepper radlsh. egg plant.
leek endive. horseradish. green corn. corn
salad cress. Swiss chard. rhubarh. globe
artlchoke. mustard. melons. sweet pota-
toes.
The vegetarian need not starve 10 death
so long as seedtirhe and harvest endures:
so long as there ~ rain and a spot TO cul-
tlvate Il Is easy enough 20 grow a good
dinner Here are nearly two score OF
plants that are readily and cheaply grown
in the garden:
Gardening in the South Is like a circle.
no special beginning OF ending. There r.
not a month in the year that something
cannot be planted and the time when
there is least to be planted Is time for
the most vigorous work OF preparation
| that OF blowing and manuring the soil for
the time OF most active planting. That
time with the majority OF Southern gar
deners Is In February, but time OF only
secondary importance h IN the fail OF the
year. september ANu ONiNneIs NNtA ANf
best work for the coming year Is accom-
| plished. The foundation OF success Is TO
/ be laid then.
In the next two months the soil should
have a preliminary preparation in the way
OF ploWing and manuring. The following
seasons success will be Influenced by the
work that IL 20 done or left undone in the
Autumn.
whatever vegetable matter Is now on
| the surface should be turned under 30
/ that Il can become decomposed before
/ planting time In the Spring. After turning
/ the land should be laid on into 3-foot fur
| rows and from time to time all organic
manure that can be made use OF should
be applied to the burrows and the burrows
listed upon. II IL well wherever the land
Is az all stiff to make the lists with a
turn plow making the ridges as high as
| possible The winter freezes will have the
/ effect OF thoroughly pulverizing the sur
/ face OF such soil and Il will be easier 10
| cultivate next year II care Is taken that
| Il IL never plowed when too wet