The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-03

pursuing Inc pan suggested above. they VIII
get pretty we'll distributed through the soil.
and that is better than having them buried in
one layer.
ri. After the first bedding, open water fur
row and put in compost of cotton seed and
phosphate and bed ON it in usual manner. If
you have any lot manure it would be well to
mix 1t with the compost. If you have none,
mix wood scrapings with the compost. All
strong, concentrated fertilizers are improved
by dtluting them with some manurial but less
active substance, You can have no better fer
tilizer than cotton seed and phosphate.
Sd. Where the main fertilizers are put deep
in the soil (as they should be- it is very we'll to
put little fertilizer with the seed at plant
ing time. Especially is this advantageous
in localities where the season is short and there
IS danger of the crop being cut off by early
frost. There is no danger of injuring the seed
by applying as much as fifty pounds of guano
to the acre, and this is sufficient for the pur-
pose indicated.
9Th Winter grasses sown in spring would
not furnish much in the way of cuttings the
hrst year. Winter grasses that have been es-
taollshed make their principal growth i'll early
spring and are ready for the mowing-blade by
May. For the first year you could get best re-
turns from Hungarian grass, German mlllet,
cat-tail millet drilled corn and sorghum. 10
bridge over the dry season of midsummer,
nothing Surpasses drilled corn Sown in April
1t is very secure crop. None of tho cult
waited grasses supply successive cuttings
through the summer. One good cutting, or, if
rains abound, two at most, is all that can be
relied on. Red clover and orchard grass is one
of the best combinations. On rich damp land
Bermuda will furnish more cuttings through
the summer than any other grass we have.
]. A. c., Cotton, N. c.: VIII some of the contrib
utors to TIE CONSTITUTION give me information as
to what is best to do with COW in the condition as
described below:
Devon COW, about six years old, dropped her
calf on the 10Th of last April. About two months
thereafter she had what is known about here as the
"hollow tail" Her tail seemed to be perfectly dead
to two joints above the root. l was advised to cut
her tail off as the surest and quickest way of curing
the cow. / did So and in few days she seemed to
be we'll. But from then till now have never been
able to get her to eat anything like what u COW
ought TO eat She will eat forage, but nothing
OF the grain kind of any consequence She feeds
about in the field and pasture and don't seem to be
sick, all the while very POOR and can't get her to
eat. She is a fine and valuable COW, and any in
formation that will lead to restoring her to her for
mer usefulness as milk and butter cow will be re-
ceived as very great favor.
G. W. Il, Winston, n. c.: I desire to know where
I can procure seed Of the clover grass called
Lesped2za; and also bermuda, grass seed) In TIE
CONSTITUTION of October 4, 81, &. W. w. recon-
mends it for our mountain valleys.
Bermuda is propagated from or called roots,
there are no seed of it ON sale. 1t rarely ma
lures seed i'll this country; a few years ago
some were imported, but we have heard of
none recently. Lespedeza seed is difficult to
gather, and is not on sale generally. You
might get some seed dealer to procure little
for you to get start with.
J. r. BEL have a fine mule the frog Of whose
foot is roting out VIII some of the readers of THE
CONSTITUTION give me remedy that will cure it..
They will confer great favor.
See that the animal does not stand in wet
dirty stall, but has dry clean footing. Cleanse
the foot acknowledgement the frog and drop
in the slit in its center a few drops of muriatic
acid every day for several days. Give half
ounce of sulphate Of soda daily for three or
four days, and then give twice a day two
drachms each of powdered gentian and COP
peras-for a week or two.
T. s. salisbury, y. c.: Please let me know how
you set grape cuttings, and when to set them out
l have set them in the fall but can't get one IN 20
to take root.
1t is best to get the cuttings in the fall NO
vember), but they may be gotten at any time
in winter before the buds begin to swell. Take
well rpened shoots of Tie last years growth
reject the ends which are usually immature,
and cat the remainder into pieces having
three buds or eyes on each Cut off. square a
half inch below the lowest bud. and from one
to two inches above the upper bud. Let the
last be sloring cut, so that the bottom and
top end of the cutting may be easily dis
tinguished from each other. A cutting set top
end down viii not grow. Tie the cuttings in
convenient sized bundles, open trench a foot
deep, and put cuttings in it, bottom end up,
and fill in and cover with drt-putting sew
eral inches Of dirt over ends Of cuttings. Let
them remain thus until in March, taking a
little dirt off as the spring approaches, that the
suns heat may reach the end of the cuttings
In March open deep trenches ten inches or a
foot deep in good soil well drained bottom
land is the best and place cuttings six inches
apart in a slantng position in those trenches
top end up and with one bud only above sur
face. The nearer this bud is to the surface the
better. Fill in with dirt and press firmly TO
the lower end Of cutting as it is put in. Make
trenches far enough apart to admit Of cultiva-
ton shallow blowing and hoeings. Some va
rites Ike concord, root very eaSily-others
like Norton and Delaware do not. Quite a
per centage Of the cuttings are apt to fail, but
nothing like the amount you mention.
w, Z, F., Dayton, Ala: Supposing You re ac
Quain.cd with the character Of the black or lime
lands called the "aancbrakc" In Alabama | would
like 10 know best fertilizer for the same. several
years ago many Of the farmers tried Peruvian pano
but not the least benefit followed ] know some
compost vegetable mat such as cotton seed stable
manure etc, would be good but ! want a con-
mercal fertilizer.
We are not familiar with cane brake soils
but as they abound in vegetable matter, take it
for granted they need mineral, rather than
heterogeneous fertilizers. Peruvian guano is or
was, the most highly heterogeneous Of all fcrtn-
izers You might try acid phosphates, simply
mixing them,with three times their bulk Of
dirt to dilute them.
J. / b., Marlboro, y. c.: ] have horse that
keep in a god stable and feed we!i yet he kcaps
poor and so soon as turn him out Of the stable he
commences to eat dit. What would you recon-
mend to improve his condition: Why does he eat
the dirt?
Your horse is probably dyspep,ic has some
arrangement Of the stomach. This may have
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