The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-12

ever, and 1t feeds upon the leaves, de-
foliating the plants entirely in a very
short while.
Sucking insects cannot be reached
with poison applied to the surface OF
the plants. as can be with biting in
sects. The Lincoln or Harlequin bug
is the type of the former-an insect
very destructive to the cabbage fam
ily-and the potato bug" is the type
of the latter. and likes egg plant as
| we'll as potato.
| Defective Grape Vfnes-ke ping
Fowls Healthy.
| Mrs. E. D. S., Brunswick, Ga, writes
us: 1 have ten fine Concord grape
vines that are loaded with fruit, but
they are not all ripening at once-some
| perfectly SO, others only half ripe, and
! still many on same bunch perfectly
! green. When planted, December, 1894,
l put peck of small bones under each
vine, also barnyard fertilizer, ashes,
and leaves. They grew beautifully
| from the very first. That winter 1 cut
them back to the top of the siX-foot
post that they were tied to. 1 have
been away until last December. l
| trimmed back to six feet. They seemed
| to have been cut back every winter
| since 1895 They bore some fruit, but
did not ripen altogether. l have still
one other beautiful vine. filed with
small, compact punches of very small
green grapes, that mildew and drop off
| at maturity, before ripening.
Will you kindly advise me what to
do. also give name of latter grape.
never lose any of my fowls with
cholera. Every week, once and some
| times twice, when l hear that the dis
ease is near, or far for that matter 1
soak a pint of corn in turpentine all
night; next morning l feed same to
| twenty-five hens. Sometimes 1 use
even less corn, but 1 am very sure to
see that they get some.
l keep a tin cup always ready, the
| turpentine left over is always good for
next time in the covered cup. l have
! been using this preventive since the
| summer of 1886. 1t was given to me by
a Cuban, whose fowls fiourished while
| all others in the neighborhood died out,
mine among the lot.
viii you advise one how to get rid of
| "gigers?" I have lost a number of
| little chickens this summer from the
pest 1 did not know that there was
| one on the place until l saw some of
my little biddies with swollen eyes. On
| close inspection found that ii was
caused by those torments. l CREASED
| the eye with salt grease, but they take
so long to get well. OF course 1 went
to work to clean up, burn trash in the
fowl house. scatter lime, oil and snuff.
| There are not many left, but l don't
want even a single one.
1t may be that these vines are suf-
| fering somewhat from excessive and
injudicious pruning and also from an
excess of nitrogen in the soil and not
enough mineral matter-potash and
phosphoric acid. 1t was "a mistake to
put so much bone in so small place.
This bone is rich in phosphoric acii
which it will yield up to the plants
when it has become rotted. In concen-
trating these bones under the vine 1T
had the effect of developing too much
root growth in that narrow compass
and this would have an injurious eff
feet. The bones should have been brok-
en- up thoroughly and put all about the
vine evenly in every direction, and to
a distance of 4 or feet Barnyard
manure is not good for grapes as a
general rule. Too rapid growth of vine
is not desirable. To make large punches
of fruit there must be plenty of potash
and phosphoric acid, and just enough
| nitrogen (ammonia) to- make a slow
but steady growth of vine.
A person without experience is not
likely to prune and train grape vino
just as it ought to be.
There are many named sorts of green
or white" grapes. 1t would be diff
ficult to say what name best fitted
your grape. 1t may be the Martha.
1t is in order to spray your grape
vines with Bordeaux mixture, doing it
once or twice between now and No
vember, and two or more times next
spring. after growth sets in.
And ii will be well to scrape the soil
away from the vine next spring before
the buds appear, and apply fine quick
lime freely about each vine, six feet
In every direction from ii, leaving the
soil white as snow. The presumption is
that the soil is plenty rich for the
grapes. but If you doubt this you might
top-dress about the vines with some
good commercial fertilizer, a pint to
each vine. or bone meal might be used.
Would not use any more stable or barn
yard manure. We have given the for
| mula for Bordeaux mixture several
times in this column.
You probably know how it is made.
For any insects infesting poultry
procure some fresh pyrethrum or I'm
sect" powder. sold by all first class
| drug stores. Take up the mother hen
and rub this powder in freely among
the feathers Do this just before night.
Sprinkle some of IL freely in all the
nests and you might also put in some
sulphur in any nests that are used.
Cleanliness is very important in the
poultry yard.
Progressive Pecan Culture.
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