The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-28

towards winter the tips of the branches may
be shortened in back to well rpcned wood.
Thus managed the vines will not need any
support. One to three canes may be left in
each hill.
N. H. p Sterrett, Shelby county, Ala.: want to
make the best yield of sweet potatoes on gravel
land. Please tell me how 10 prepare land, how to
cultivate and how to fertiliZe with horse stable ma
nure cow manure, woodward manure, leaves and
pine straw and would it be advisable to mix acid
phosphate with manure; or what would be the
best fertilizer to use, and how to keep them from
going to vine. Does the vine draw substance from
the potato or not?
Break the land rather late in spring lay off
rows four feet apart and put in manure. Mix
stable manure one part, COW manure two parts,
and to every thirty bushels of this mixture add
one hundred pounds of acid phosphate, and
put this quantity to an acre. Don't use I'M
rotted leaves. Bed up-rather low beds--and
cultivate with scrapes like cotton, moving the
vines from one side to another, as may be
needed to run the plow. Never let the vines
take root in middle. On damp or bottom land
potatoes will make vines but no tubers. En-
ceSsive manuring with stable manure will
cause too much vine. The vines do not draw
substance from the potato, but what is gath
cred from the soil and air goes to make vines
instead of tubers.
W. s, Bristol, Fla: have 400 lbs acid phos-
pilates, what is the process mixing with trod
den and stable manures? How long should it stay
bulk before scattering?
Chop in phosphate with manure, mixing as
thoroughly as possible. The ratio may vary
from 100 pounds of phosphate to ten bushels
of manure up to thirty bushels or more. The
mixture may be put in the ground as soon as
made. and many prefer to take that course.
When the manure contains much litter and
the compost is to be applied to crop which
completes growth quickly, the materials are
put in heaps and allowed to ferment. This
takes from six weeks to two months.
c. R. c., Washington Wilkes county, Ga: l. l
have several acres OIL land sown in rye. Said land
has been pasture in four years. 1 sowed the rye in
September, turned i'll with turning plow, and ran
harrow over to level the land. The rye is small
and looking badly; is there anything could do to
make it grow faster? want it to Craze on. l have
cotton seed meal, acid phosphate, kanit and guano
tell me how much and how to apply the manures
you think best
>. What fertilizer will pay best second year
new ground old field pine land, and how much per
acre1on cotton?
Apply 100 pounds of guano, so pounds of
kainit and 200 pounds of cotton seed meal per
acre. Harrow the rye when land is in good
condition, and then apply manure broadcast,
100 pounds of nitrate of soda would keep very
much, it acts very promptly.
2. A good article of guano, 200 pounds or a
mixture of acid phosphate and cotton seed
meal 17j pounds of sulphate to rs pounds of
the meal per acre; or compost of acid phos-
phate, kainit, and COW and'lot manure, so
bushels manure, $50 pounds of phosphate aud
100 pounds kainit per acre.
w H r., Anchor, s. c.: l. have quantity of
stable manure and cotton seed want to make q
compost 20 February. How many bushels cotton
seed must Iput to two horse load of stable MANURE
and how many pounds OF acid phosphate to said
load of manure? VIII $40 worth Of kainit pay as
well as S4 worth of salt Q4veIpooD, for the entire
compost heap? 1 have used salt and was well
pleased with results g. am going to put the com
post on cotton; how many pounds to the acre? land
fairly productive 800 to 900 pounds seed cotton to
the acre; soil somewhat sandy, mixed with plenty
of gravel, rather yellow clay subsoil suitable for
cotton and has been MANFRED more or less for few
years. Part was in wheat last year, heavy crop of
crab grass Il rned under the first of last December
The part, that cotton will follow cotton, has good
covering of old crab grass on the land, that tame
up thick after laying by. 4. l have quantity of
lot manure penned can put a small amount in
compost heap and not lessen the value of the bulk
or had better broadcast the latter?
1. Twenty bushels Of seed and 400 pounds of
phosphate.
2, If to be applied to light land, the kainit
would be the cheaper of the two.
3. So far from injuring it will he a positive
benefit to mix lot manure with compost. Add
it freely.
A. 8. NJ, Wollaceburg, Ark: /. I am bothered
with bud and cut worms in the spring OF the year.
hale of a
spring. VIII common salt kill them? and how much
can put to the acre without injury to the crop?
.. What is kaiIit, and what does it cost, and
where can it be procured?
/. 1t is not safe to apply more than eight
bushels of salt to an acre, and that amount
would not probably destroy the worms. Try
soaking the com in warm water, adding a little
coal tar and stirring till each grain of corn is
Slightly coated with the tar. Only little tar
must be used thick coat will prevent germi-
nation.
2. See answer to another inquiry as to nature
of kaint.
pm. 6, Lisbon, Dallas, Tex: have mare that
has the tlumps, caused from overheating. VIII
have a colt in April: What can 10 for her.
Let her drink lime water exclusively, feed
entirely ON wet food, and never distend stonl-
ach with food or drink.
w, L. w. Floyd county Ga: have n mare that
has large lump the inside of her knee. II made
its appearance about three years ago and now COW
ers nearly half of the knee, and has famed her;
seems to be as hard as a bone Can you or some of
your readers tell me how to remove iR
A case of such long standing is difficult to
cure. Apply once a week, for several weeks,
an ointment of biniodide Of mercury, one
drachm: lard one ounce rub in we'll; grease
with plain lard between applications. Keep
horse from reaching the spot with his mouth.
+. c., Ola, Ala: have horse with windgalls on
his hind legs, on ankle and hook joint Please give
remedy, if they be cured; if not will they in
jure the animaR
Windgals are incurable. They will not
cause serious injury.
]. W. NJ, Iva, s. c. Please tell me something
obout goober culture; how to plant, what kind Of
ground to plant in, how to gather and put them up
for SALE how many kinds there are and tile best and
most productive.
Coolers require pretty good land-neither
too sandy and light-nor too clayey and close.
They grow best on lime soils. Break the land
well, lay off rows four feet apart and drop two
seeds in hills two feet apart Phosphate may
he nut in drill To ADVANTAGE. Plant in March