The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-09

have seed and a good grip on the hoe
handle or garden plow. 'Tilase Is ma
nure" is never truer than wilsn II comes
TO raising the garden truck. So we nave
the three things needful, good soil, sooo
seed and good cultivation.
one should be liberal in every. respecI
in the garden. Liberal with manure, lid
eral with seed, with work and with the
soil, that is, make the garden laIGe
enough. Lean to literally in everything
but growing weeds, and here there should
be no quarter given, but let every Wetu
perish Tniserably and in its youth. inns
entails work ard lots of it. Yes, more thah
your wife can do and attend to the chick
ems, milk the cows and do the houseWorA
f-r you and your children and a possible
hired man. Be liberal. Tend the garden
yourself.
Spare the Birds-In every home and IN
every school in all this great country there
should be well directed effort to eau
cate the young TO in every way spare me
birds. The bird life of the country Is
threatene with determination because OF
| the senseless demands of fashion, the law
! lessness of boys and the cruel warfare
ever on between the growers of fruit ana
The birds The native song birds are now
beset on all sides and at all seasons by
enemies. Their nesting period is harrass-
ed by the small boy. the crow and the
sparrow. When they move to the South
the pot hunter and the wretch who shoots
them for The milliner raid them all Win
ter, and each recurring year makes the
song of the bluebird and thrush and the
June melody of the orioe and robin more
and more a rarity. The penalty for this
wanton and most ineXcusable slaughter
of the innocents is coming in the shape
of such multiplication of insect life that
the raising of fruits, cereals and vegeta bles
becomes each year more and more an un-
certain thing. The good American citizen
will spare and protect the birds and plant
trees.
Tillage Makes Manure.-No soil in it
self will hold its fertility. Nature can
not reclaim it in half the time man can.
If man acts in unison with nature the re.
clamation will be rapid To do this til
lage is first necessary. Many years ago.
Jethro Tull said. "Tillage is manure"
He was right so far as he went, But he
had learned only half of his lesson. TIL
lage is manure, but the other half of the
lesson is, humus must be kept in the soil.
Tillage now changes unavailable plant
food into the available form. The great
agent 20 do this Is the air Keep the air
from the tomato can or the fruit jar and
the fruit and vegetables keep pure and
we'll preserved. Admit the air, and de-
cay and decomposition at once result.
So with the soil. Admit the air 10 it
ane in it, and decay and decomposition
at once result. What is this decay and
decomposition?-the change of unassimila-
Bile plant food into the assimiable form
| This is the great Office for the air in soil.
This results from tillage. We have
scarcely begun to realize how important
ttllage Is in this respect But it is ply
steal Improvement, and that is the great
est thought of our incoming agriculture.
A Little Known Vegetable-Salsify IS
easily grown, may be cultivated without
trouble, and is easily stored for winter
use. The seeds are sometimes planted with
( a drill but on account of being so sharp
ly curved at the ends it is rather difficult
to obtain an even distribution in this way,
unless they are very thoroughly cleaned
They may be planted thickly, to be thinn-
ed later on or the seeds may be dropped
from four to six inches apart in the first
place. The soil should be rich, but with
well-rotted manure worked deep and thor
oughly. Upon the perfect condition of the
soil depends the straighlness and smooth
ness of the roots, there being a tendency
to branch where fresh manure is applied.
e.plants should be cultivated as pars-
nips are. They are very hardy, are not af-
fected by frost and may be left in the
ground all winter without harm. But 20
to have the roots ready for use they should
be dug in the fall and stored away in soil
or sand where the temperature is low. If
exposed to the air the roots become shriv-
eled and tasteless and are without value
Although the consumption is limited prices
are high and remunerative and the amount
grown is increasing. Whether or not it
should be grown extensively is a question
that the demand for the vegetable will
settle, but there is no question whatever
that it is worthy of cultivation for fam
lily use in every vegetable garden.
! The varieties Long White and Sand
witch Island have been tested by the Kan
sas experiment station. There was little
difference in the total yield, Sandwich Is
land being ahead but the roots of Sand
witch Island had fewer laterals and were
smoother. Where a good stand the yield
was very nearly a pound to the foot Of
| row.