The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-27

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NOT make IN for losses already sus-
! tanned from the attacks of fungi or
! insects 1t will not cause new leaves
! TO grow where the old ones have
been eaten off and it will not cause
! the fruit to improve after IT mas De@n
! shrunken by reason of being deprived
of food that the leaves failed TO elan
crate, they having been destroyed by
! either insects or fungi. Some of our
most enterprising horticulturists have
! ACCOMPLISHED wonders by simn'y
spraying, on the principle that they
would thus insure themselves against
the presence of their enemies in the
fruit orchard Their trees have re-
! sponded remarkably-so well, indeed
! that they have been led to believe
! that previously their trees were as
sailed far more seriously by insects
and fungous pests than had been sup
posed. There is no other way to spray
successfully. The man that does not
spray till the leaves of his trees are
eaten up by insects or till they have
turned brown from the attacks of
fungi, will pronounce spraying to be a
failure.-Ex.
Bagging Grapes-Considering the
many foes that fruit of the grape
meets from its formation to its ripen-
ing. bagging is a profitable operation
for those to perform who do not care
to spray The two evils dreaded with
us are those of rot and insect attack.
There are spraying remedies for these,
as is we'll known, but those who raise
fruit in a small way only find bag
ging very satisfactory. The punches
come from the bags in high perfection.
not berry. but what is perfect bloom
and all being there. adding greatly
to the appearance of the fruit. The
time to place the bags in position is as
soon as the flowers fade and the tiny
berries can be seen. This, then, keeps
out fungus and insects and the fruit
Colors and perfects itself just as we'll
inside a paper bag as it does outside
of it. A correspondent inquired re-
Gently how to fasten the bags AS men,
toned in reply, common pins have been
used, but there are so many metal de-
vices for fastening paper to be had in
stationery and other stores, doing the
work quickly and securely that they
are to be preferred to pins. When pa
per bags were first suggested, there
would ripen thus encased, but 1t
proved that the bag made no
difference.
Referring again to insect and fungus
attacks, those who have watched such
ma tiers aver that pests come and 60
running their course and disappearing,
just as epidemics do in the case of the
human family, and my own views ac-
cord with this. For three years before
the last one those who neither sprayed
nor bagged their grapes lost the
whole crop from insects destroy
ing it.
Green Manure.-Green manure is the
name applied to a crop that is grown
for the purpose of being turned under.
Some of the lands that are exhausted
| to such an extent that they will not
| bear good crops of grain yet will be
! found growing up to some kind OF
weeds. Sometimes this weed crop is
| the best thing that can be grown Oh
| the land, if the farmer is smart enough
to turn it under. 1t adds humus to the
soil We have heard of fields thai
were practically good for nothing, yet
were reclaimed by having the weeds
| plowed under for three or more years
| The fact was that the fields were de
ficient in humus and nitrogen anC
| needed an application of both of these
which they got in the green manure'
given in the form of the turned under
| weeds.
The best green manure in most part.
| of the North is the clover plant. Blu
COW peas and soy beans are excellen
where they can be grown. All kinds o
legumes are very good for turning un
der, as they always add nitrogen t.
the soil. Rye and such things ART
sometimes used, but they add little o
nothing to the soil except fiber, which
is not taken UP by the roots of tn,
j
some good to the soil mechanically.
Adapting Corn Varieties.-We are al
ways learning somethir new abou
the corn plant. One thing, new a
least to a good many students of tn
corn plant, is that corn varieties diff
fer so greatly in their Characteristic
that success or failure with corn de
ponds on the selection of the right va
rieties for certain fields 1t is not un
usual to hear of a man declaring tina
the variety of corn he grows is on
of the most profitable in the world, an
will give most astonishing yields. TIL
fact is that he is growing it on 10
cation that is admirably suited to i
We are now coming to have varietie
of corn adapted to uplands and to low
lands The lowland variety may d
very well on the upland in a wet yea
but in a dry year proves almost fai
ure. while the variety adapted to tn
) upland yields well even in bad season
At the present time this dfferentiatio
5 is only beginning to be made. Durin
( this summer corn growers would q
r we'll to watch the behavior of corn @
e lowlands and uplands. At the prese1
time we have only very meager dat
S by which to figure out what kind
( corn a man should select for the DO
4 tom lands and what kind for the VI
= lands Some of our experimenters a.
Y only now just beginning to study Il
e corn plant from this standpoint.
G have, however, much to hope for fro
a our agricultural colleges in this matte
). The students are taking great intere
in such matters and are taking I
# every phase of corn growing. TIL
e study of varieties is one that may WI
! engross the attention of some of Il
r. brightest minds.-EX.
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If Ferricr Goes to Rome.
II Columbus. Ga, June 26.-James Fe
W rier. for twelve years superintendel
3 of the gas light company of Eolur
n bus. has resigned his position to
5, to Rome Ga. where he will be pres
n dent and general manager of 4
d Rome Municipal Gas Company
y - hoe a nc,tfre1 largo ipfara,