The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-05

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Slilon for good paint for wagons and ploughs.
= boes second application of commercial fertl--
izers pay? When ought il to be made?
l. Nothing is better than pure lead and raw
linseed oil. They are cheapest in the end.
Put on at first a coat of very thin paint, so the
OIL may soak in WE'LL After that thicker
coat may DO put on.
Z. That is a point not fully settled
by experiment. If moderate applica-
lions are made, it is probable that one
application may answer as well as two-but
where one wishes to manure quite heavily, we
are inclined to think, that successive applica-
IONS would be better. Inasmuch as it may
take some time for fertilizer to begin to
act if the weather is dry, it is we'll to make
the second application at the first or second
working of the crop.
]. A. H., Shubuta, Miss: VIII you please inform
me of the best method of getting shut of the ground
mole. They are destroying my cotton, potatoes and
ground peas
Put potatoes poisoned with arsenic in their
runs. If it is the mole rat doing the mischief
this will kill them. If it is the genuine
mole, poison earth-worms with arsenic-that is
rub the arsenic into the worms, and put them
IN the runS--or you can set deadfalls with
sharp spikes underneath, over their runs and
| kill them.
Stone P O., Ala: l. Will land post oah) that is
too drouthy for corn, do well in rod clover? If so,
when is the best time to SOW, and how much per
| acre?
2. have some white prairie land that is very
much worn, the lime rock being very near the sur
face How will it do for clover?
3. When is the best time to begin to prepare land
for clover, land having a good coat of weeds and
grass on it? Would it be best to pasture the land
before turning under would the vegetable matter
be beneficial to the land?
L. Not being personally familiar with
! prairie lands, we are not altogether prepared
| to give an opinion. But there is this to be
said: Corn perfects its growth in midsummer
when til hot and dry. Glover grows mainly
in the spring and is ready for the mower in
May before hot dry weather sets in. In other
words, is dependent on summer rains,
clover is made chiefly by winter rains. The
point about which doubt hangs is this After
the first crop of clover is cut the plant has to
make second growth in midsummer, and
then its trial comes. On lands not suited to it
it may not only fail to make second CROP but
much of it is liable to die out, whereas
clover ought to last two years and
furnish four cuttings. If in your place would
test the matter on small scale. If failure re-
suited you could substitute in place of red
clover, what are termed annual clovers, such
made by the winter rains.
To raise red clover get land ready and SOW
in September. If the land is rich, it will make
one good cutting the next spring quite GER
| tainly, if it does no more. Take advantage OF
rains in July or August whenever you catch
the land in good order break it. After that
harrow repeatedly to kill any grass or weed
that may come up, and about the 10th of Sep
TENDER SOW the seed on freshly narrowed sur
face, and let the first rains that come
cover them. 1t may rain so lit
tie that the seed will germ
mate, and afterward die, if the weather con-
tinues dry and hot but you must take this
risk. Sow fifteen pounds seed per acre, max
ing two sowings one across the other, to in
sure equal distribution
q Cannot say; lime lands suit clover, but il
may be too exhausted and need some manur-
ing to bring a fair growth of clover.
g. AS it may be too dry to pillow the ground
toward seeding time, it would be well to pillow
it now at any time when wet enough and har-
row at intervals till seeding time. Turn I'M
der weeds and grass and let them rot in adj
vance of sowing seed. They will help the
land.
A. c. W. Clinton, Ia. am breeding our native
COWS to a thoroughbred Holsein bull His calves
seem to have trouble in delivering themselves OF
the atter-birth and frequently the womb is turned
? inside out which would have to cut smooth off.
the operation seeming to give immediate relief.
Now, is the trouble caused from the calves being
large in comparison to the COW, and by cutting the
womb off will the COW breed again?
The placenta or afterbirth, adheres very
closely to the walls of the uterus until the
birth of the calf When the latter leaves the
womb the contraction of this organ to approx
mately its natural size detacheS the pacenta
and eXpels it. When the womb does not con-
tract properly the detachment is incomplete. 1t
may be that the unusual size of the grade calf
distends the womb more than it can well bear
and weakens its muscles so that they do not at
once contract properly. In such case, an ex-
pert, with well creased hand and arm can, by
gentle and careful detaching little by little,
separate the placenta from the uterus without
injuring it. The placenta should never be
pulled out by main force, but gently detached
with the fingers. A COW whose womb has
been cut out will never bring another calf
H W., Greensboro, Ala: Please give me full
directions as to best and quickest way to pulyerse
bones for fertilizer; what firm Of your city handles
the pure bone dust and about how much per ton
does it cost.
You will find it very difficult to pulverize
bones unless you have regular bone mill.
These are too expensive for farm use. You
can break the bones on block with a ham,
Iner and then treat them with sulphurc acid,
but the treating is a serious business, and the
treating with acid somewhat dangerous and
troublesome business. We have never had
any satisfactory results from trying to manipu-
late bones on our own farm. AT the present
cheap rates of acid phosphates and dissolved
bones it is more economical to sell bones and
buy than to manufacture. Do not know who
deals especially in bone dust--any dealer can
get it for you. The price varies with the fine
ness-from $50 to $35 ton.
Mrs. L. NJ, Mt. Carmel, Ala: VIII you please tell
me when to dig aud how TO keep Guinca-nest shell.
lots? The worms are running my cabbages Please
suggest a remedy.
We have no experience in keeping shellots.
Will not some one who has please give the in
formation sought. For the cabbage worm, ap-
ply thoroughly and repeatedly kerosene emul-
sion, made as follows: Boil half pound Of
yellow soap in one gallon Of water, and whilst
hot mix it thoroughly with two gallons Of ker-