The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-29

This is more logical and rational.
The large size of the stalk in south
I ,yn varieties Of corn necessitates diff
Z ference Of procedure from the north
etn method in one detail, shocking. II
{ forces the employment of the grass
I hopper" a light wooden frame. some
feet high. like a capital A, with one
/ or two additional cross stats. From the
| apex of the A extends an S-fOot scant-
I ling diagonally to the ground. This
I simple apparatus, moved about the Held
! by the shockers, materially assists the
/ process OF punching and binding the
workmen mounting il to arrange and
tie the stalks.
! Great Importance of the Shredder
! While the silo has accomplished
/ much. the shredder is destined TO effect
even more. It's Importance cannot be
/ overestimated, for it has revolutionized,
/ quietly. but eftectually. an enormous
| Industry in a dozen commemorative.
! What IT means in ore state alone. and
! for one season. let the following state
| ment of Director R. ]. Redding of the
! Georgia experiment station attest. At
ter showing lin bulletin 39) the average
| proportion. of shredded corn hay to the
| bushel of grain to be 80 pounds, and of
naked stalks about AZ pounds, or $500
! pounds of corn hay (of which 1900
pounds is supplied by the stalks to
every 81 bushels of grain, the average
yield per acre of the particular crop
| tested, Director Redding says:
This 900 pounds represents the
food loss for every 81 bushels of shelled
corn. The corn crop of Georgia, for con-
venience. may be stated at $1,000, 900
bushels, sometimes less, often more.
Then. DIT 1900 pounds of corn hay
heretofore not saved, or every 81 BUSH
els of corn, the total loss in the state
would be $4,000 tons of corn hay--a
very good food and worth at least SO
q ton, or a total of s6,500,00 This is
about enough to pay for all the COM
mercial fertilizers used in Georgia in
one year. This may be considered a re-
markable statement, and will no doubt
surprise many a farmer who has not
thought about il and who has, perhaps.
imagined that he has been very saving
and economical"
Elsewhere he states that this saving
would be equivalent to a rise in price
of over Sc per bale for the entire cot
ton crop of the state. or would furnish
each head of draft stock and every
mich COW in Georgia more than six
pounds of good provender per day for
the entire year All this for one state
only. When extended to include the en-
tire south, the aggregate becomes in
deed enormous. Fortunately the lesson
these figures carry is now being earn
estly and enthusiastically taught-and
aptly and thankfully received.
How to Grow House Plants Sue
cessfulIy.
After a long experience with a large
variety of plants 1 wish it might be
possible for me to convince people who
are thoroughly discouraged with try
ing to grow them, that if they will
only follow a few simple rules they
may enjoy perfectly healthy and beau
tiful specimens in their homes under
almost all conditions, says American
Gardening.
Do not think for moment that you
can take any plant of which you may
have, or buy, and put it just where
you most desire to have it for effect,
without regard to what that particular
plant needs. Some cannot thrive with
out large amount of sun, while 9TH
ers require very little. 1 believe every
variety needs direct light and little
sun for perfect health, and if they do
not get it, death is sure to come SOON
er or later
AT different seasons of the year the
same plants need to be changed from
| perhaps an eastern to a southern ex-
| posture, or vice-Yersa. Begonias and
| ferns are especially happy in a south
window until about Feb. l. when the
| sun becomes SO powerful that the cur
| tain must be drawn from 10 In the
morning until about 8 in the afternoon
or they will be seriously burned
Every day give them plenty of fresh
| air, always open the windows and
doors for few moments even in the
coolest weather, but do not have the
draught come directly across your
plants. Try to follow nature as nearly
as possible, remembering that she
never makes mistakes in caring for
| her children.
| p, Great care should be used in water
| ing. l am sure hundreds of noble
healthy specimens are ruined by con-
tinued daily watering. Always have
the water luke warm for the reason
that large number of our house
plants come from the tropics. Give
| them very generous soaking, not all
| at once, but wait five minutes between
| waterings and you will be surprised to
| see how much some of the plants will
| take up. / always water twice, and
| sometimes thrice, until the saucers are
full, then give them a grand rest fol-
three or four days, until the surface
earth is dry to touch My heart has
ached so often when shown choice
plants which were truly dying of con-
|
water. You will be greatly pleased tc
| find how clean your pots will keeI
when you find out the secret of correct
| watering.
Watch your plants and if they do no
look quite right, just carefully turn the
pot down, striking the rim agains
some object by quick rap, holdinf
the plant and earth in the other hand
AID You may be greatly surprised a
what you find. Often the writer ha
found worms and insects sucking the
life out of the plant day by day. Never
allow the pots to stand in the sun
without being protected either by card
board or by sinking them in a box o.
sand. Nature Is never so unkind as t
submit roots to baking process.
Do not think that, because you pur
chased your plants at florists, they
must be all right, for many times
have found sad conditions which in
few months would result in the ruin o
the most healthy plant
1t is very much cheaper in the end
when reporting in the fall. to buy of
florist, a bushel of prepared loan, a
fifty cents, than to use any common
garden soil, for with such preparation
you will have no use for tonics Of am
sort during the winter
Do not forget to always give goot
drainage, even in a small four-incl
pot using small pieces of crockery
stones of charcoal; the latter is mos
excellent, serving also as dressing.
Many people will tell you that 1t Il
impossible to have healthy plants /
your house is heated by furnace. o
lighted by gas. but have found, afte
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