The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-17
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO HOUSE
WIFE AND AGRICULTURIST.
THE Splendid Weather-Reminder As
To Small Grain LUcern Other
Notes Value of Root Crops
RaIofau Hare

The Splendid Weather-Reminder As
To Small Grain Lucern other
Notes Value of Root Crops
Belgian Hare Craze.
Up to the 18th of this month the
splendid autumn weather referred to
a month ago still prevails. Even as
high up as Baldwin county the gar
dens were yielding tender vegetables,
such as beans. tomatoes and okra.
The several slight frosts in the early
part of the month had had no effect
upon tender plants. Bermuda grass
was still fairly green and affording
good pasture.
This is not a very infrequent occur
renee by any means, but, nevertheless,
it must always be a subject of COM
ment Now and then in the past thir-
" years we have recorded the fact of
cutting tender vegetables from the
garden a month later than this. and in
one instance lin the 500 vegetation
was still green on Christmas Day.
Such seasons as this are very favor
able for the second crop of Irish po-
tatoes. The rains were opportune all
during August. September and OctO-
Der. If one had only known, this crop
could have been planted in August and
easily matured a crop by killing frost.
Unfortunately our ''foresights' are not
sufficient to the purpose of giving US
the benefit of exceptionally good occa-
sins.
l wonder If our farmers have made
anything like a fair use of the fine sea-
sons to SOW a goodly area of oats and
wheat. too? 1t is certain that we do
neglect these grains greatly 10 our dis
advantage. The same is true of barley
and rye. Each and all of these have
their place in the farms economy Not
that any one farmer need plant some
of all, but some farmer or other should
make use of some of them.
Our farmers may have good rye land
and another may have soil better suit
ed to wheat. Another may have good
barley or oat soil 1t is very easy for
a farmer to determine which grains
will be better for him on his particular
soil
Then again there are farmers who
have soil that will suit that royal plant
lucern Tor ALFALFA. Any farmer in the
South that has soil adapted to this
plant and fails to use his advantage
makes something of a mistake. Good
lucern hay is corn and fodder to work
stock. 1t is splendid for everything.
in fact.
I wish every small farmer in the
South had five acres of it even. Sown
and properly cared for it would be
worth 500 per acre to most farmers.
Lucern can be sown any time almost
from September to April, but the best
time in our latitude is from oct. Is to
Dec. 10. There is plenty of time be
tween now and Christmas to make the
start anywhere south of Atlanta. 1t
can be sown broadcast on any good
clean soil, but many prefer to SOW in
drills. If the soil is well prepared to
receive the seeds and plenty of seed
is used and sown at the proper time
Gin November). l should prefer to SOW
broadcast. The seeds must not be
covered deep-not deeper than turnips,
and the ground should be well rolled
after sowing. After once being es-
tablished keep agoing by top-dressings
of suitable fertilizer. No doubt our
farmers will value iucern some day.
1t is a pity it has been so neglected in
the past