The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-04
Che Farm and Grove.
copyrighted BY Rural Press Syndicate.
II. E. STOCGBRIDGE. Pm. D., Editor.
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SAVING CAssAvA SEED.

! DdnhS, through improper netDONS.
| As a result there was not half seed
enough last spring for planting tie
acreage desired, and the present
| crop is, as consequence, very short
1t is therefore extremely probable
/ that all who have seed neXG spring
will be able to dispose OF their sur
| plus at good prices. The demand is
sure to be large, aud in this event
the seed is the most Profitable part
of the crop. There is no difficulty
whatever in saving the seed Money
can be nfade in this way almost like
/ picking it up in the road, yet there
is very great complaint of poor sue
cess in this matter.
AS with every thing else there is Il
| right and wrong way for saving
cassava seed. The right way is sim
| pie and economical. The wrong
! ways are all eXtravagant, because
they waste the seed. The simple
precautions of the right way are alb
s0iHteiY tudlspcnsa to the proper
and real saving OF the seed. No.
make shifts will answer, as has been
disastrously proven in practice over
aud over again.
The seed beds must he made 10. or
close to, the field where the crop
| grew. The stalks are heavy and can
not be economically carried away.
| Ii this field is to he paStIred the beds
must be surrounded by = temporary
fence. a dry place in the field
should be selected. The tops should
be cut of about six inches above tb4
grodnd, by single stroke of a sharp
heavy hoe.
The time when this work should
be done viii necessarily depend on
the season, but ordinarily large
part of the leaves will have turned
yellow and have fallen off before the
seed is cut. This yellow appearance
of the foliage is the best indication
Of the ripeness of the crop and the
proper time for saving seed. About
the middle of November will be the
average season for harvesting. the
seed. A very slight touch of frost
does no harm, but anything like
| kilIing frost must be avoided
The beds in which the seed is
placed for saving should be made six
feet wide aud as long as is convent
ent. This . round should be thor
ougbIy plowed, aud made as mellow
as though a crO,' was to be planted.
This is absolutely imperative. The
neglect OF thus slmple preliminary -
0ae OF the most frequent causes oi
loss OF seed. Ihe leaves neeu NOT De
stripped IRON the cut STALKS, pfoYlu-
ed large part or them nave fallen
ahd all are more or less yellow.
Most OF them VIII snake OH III the
banding and those Whlch remain
will not interfere with results. The
tips OF the stalks should be broken
oil as far as they remain entirely
green. l'his is easily done by the
hand as the stalks are placed IN the
beds. Tue maid branches should AL
remain Oh the stalks. Take as many
stalks as can be conveniently held
in the double hands, and thrust the
bHtts INTO the SOFT sOli at least two
inches deep. Put second handlnI
besides the first, in the same manner.
Rept at ill IA layer Of stalks is thus
stuck into The soil across the WIDTH
OF the bed. Then start second row,
sucking the butts into the soil few
inches III 'front.' OF the f1rst row, al
ways seeing that every putt Is S,c-
'""ilH III Wy syn 10y ',IF ot"!n'
-" ,, T,i eaii i, ans novaraI b,, u
l.. ,,,,, oT statks i,in" oS Got ss III, ir
hg.,nrhe. viii aiiow amd Iii hntfs in
10 sniI All tnot re,nnins is tn kaan
Ihe had from, drvin% nmt and nrntart
Fam BAN nf fbase nreconti6ns IRE
sacnrad h,, rovarjna With . faw
i,ch.s or iooso soil Tba same re-
s,If bnweyar MAJ he snrnred with
In.s Iahnr hr fr.t covaring the seed
in tha hai With y lavar of Sbont fonr
;mono. If nau iittor ~. ,,ina stray
Than tSr,w ahont thrae inches ~
81 an tonO Of tbe iittar hv maan. of
sIIn,.ar ROW anch side and tba
I,od 10 oo,n,,Iato
I'm y fsw weeks avarv stalk TINS
,lanod ,riII taI,a r,nt AND rnuooin
nnrfectIr fresh all wintmr Thera
, Viii I've r1 annreciahie loss and fhe
Sand viii co62e ont in thn snrinr in
tha hast n0ssihla condition raadT tn
oroy, iyonsGistaiv md Diva a nerract
stand have saved Saad In This
49, ,.',,' FOR uan,. vears to the aInonnt
nf n,.,nr Williams If foot aod never
Jnst nnnnyh tn ha ahla t0 tioIra o,r 81
n"rcenta@G
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MouL'IN" HENS
BY the middle OF october most
hens will be welt along toward IN"
end of their moult. Usually ii tht~
is not the case the fault i'll considera-
I bic degree will be found in improper
diet.
Many hen Keepers tall to recogAlZ
the fact that the mouIt is a special
occupation of the fowl, as distinct Of
the two functions OF making eggs
auu loWll! "s 10 PUs'lole' lIl@n >
15sHds sneciaI snnnIiss 0f material
Iiomftirn 10 nhiafir faatber hniIdiny
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