The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02


g, NJ. Monticello, Ark: At what season OF the
year should timber be felled for fence posts with
view to du ability?
Cut in August and let trees lie with branches
and leaves on till they season.
j. B. B., Brunette, Ala: What IS the best grass
to plant to make good pasture winter and
summer? When ought it to be sown, and what sort
of land will it grow on best? How long viii It be
before You can pasture it alter you plant it, and
OF whom can get the seed?
No grass. will make good pasture both
summer ans winter. Bermuda makes splen-
did summer pasture, but dies down in winter.
Bluegrass, on land that suits it, will grow moro
in cold weather than any other we have, but
the land must be strong and very rich for it to
do ii. Orchard grass grows well in fall and
spring little in winter also when not too
cold. but 10 makes little growth in dry hot
weather. Still it would come as near doing
what you wish as any other. Grows best on
rather stiff land, and it should be very rich
exceedingly rich. Sow either in September
or March. If sown in fall, and soil is rich,
may be pastured some the next spring, GER
tainly the next fall if it is not too dry. ANY
dealer in seeds can supply you.
p, Fayetteville. Ca. expect to make and save
dry about 2C0 bushels of good hard wood ashes
which Will unless you change my mind apply to
my corn next summer, mixed with acid phosphate
and cotton seed meal in the following proportions
Five measures of ashes measure OF Cotton seed
meal one measure of acid phosphate. Now, If this
is not right why not? prefer general to a special
fertilizer. Most of the land Is poor and sandy; part
good, beat hard bottom,
The proportion is good enough, but whether
the mixture will give good results will depend
in part on the quantity applied and the mode
in which it is applied. Five bushels of ashes,
or 250 pounds, one bushel of phosphate or 100
pounds, and one bushel of cotton-seed meal or
so pounds might be safely applied to an acre
in the drill. Double the quantity of ashes in
drill might do harm. In any case it would be
advisable to mix the three substances with
pretty large quantity of rich earth or something
similar.
U. G. j., Charlotte N. c.. Please give me some
information regarding wire fences, from actual
perienoe wish TO enclose some lands for pasture
and the trees for posts three-fourths of the
entire length therefore, desire to the WIRE it
will be much cheaper than planks or rails as l do
not expect to put sheep or hogs in these pastures of
about ten acres each. know the barb wire is used
for large enclosures in the west, but with small
enclosures l am afraid horses and mules might run
into the wire and be injured especially colts. How
will the different kinds OF ribbon wire do, such
buck horn2 or would q mule colt get his head
many wires would q mue-tight fence require, and
what distance would you put them from the ground
and from each other?
There Is danger of stock being injured by
barbed wire fences, and we have not found
smooth or ribbon wire TO make secure fence
unless posts are quite near and some fine
strands of wire are used. With barb wire two,
or at the outside three, strands only are need
ed. The cheapest and one of the best fences
for large stock is made with one plank at top
of post and one or two barbed wires below
An animal seeing the plank will not run
against the fence. If barbcd wire fence is
put around pastures for stock of any kind hut
especially young stock, there ought to be some
visible obstruction along line of fence; either
top plank as above, or brush piled along the
fence, something that would check an animal
whilst running. W it'll three wires, put the
first two feet from ground, the next foot
higher, and the next ten inches higher.
Subscriber, Thompson, Ala. Please tell me if red
top grass is the herds grass which redtop is grown
with u.s. have some rich black lands-a class of
land that stands the drought we'll it always makes
large crops OF cotton very dry year. How would
you sow the Ghgve grass, when, and IN what GUAM
tity9 What Is the yield per acre? What kind of
grass is foul meadow grass. which is grown in low
wet land' ANY information about preparing and
seeding please give.
At the north timothy is called herds grass;
at the south red-top is called herds Grass Sep
TENDER is good month to sow win1eT Irasses
ii the ground is wet enough to make the seed
terminate and 10 sustain the young plant after
it comesup. Next 70 Septelnber March is the
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