The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-09


needed by dozen full-grown cilioken< plymouth
Rocks dag? think quart is enough.
You do not state how the fowls are kept,
whether they have the run of yard or lawn, or
| kept in close confinement. One quart of corn
a day is enough for twelve fowls under any
circumstance. If more food is needed it
should be something else beside corn. Fowls
to be healthy require mixed diet.
j. II, Nee Birmingham, Ala: have about one
half to twothrds OF an acre my lots on which
now have peas growing and which I want to cut
about October 10Th next.
/ VIII that be too late to SOW either barley or
rye?
.. For the purpose of early spring cutting and for
making hay, which of the two is better and how
and when the best time to cut to make hay2
8. The lot is rich now and If cotton-seed meal
will make it better, how muc shall put on IT, and
| how much grain shall I SOW
a. have lot 52x1C0 feet, partly sodded In ber-
muda grass which would like to SOW down in red
clover. Is it too late to the clover? If not how
much seed, and will cotton-seed meal helpit
/. No; it is better to SOW earlier but on rich
land they will make satisfactory growth sown
as late as the middle of October.
2. Barley is superior to rye and more relished
by stock; rye will yield more. If anything
! rye is the harder and more reliable of the two,
but both are very hardy. Would suggest that
! you SOW some of both; it will give variety of
food to your stock and this is always very de-
sirable. Cut just as the heads begin to appear;
they deteriorate very rapidly after that stage
is passed.
3. Cotton-seed meal will help decidedly
Apply at rate of 500 pounds per acre. Sow of
barley three bushels per acre, of rye two
| bushels.
4. Rather late to SOW clover; would defer it
! till spring. Twelve pounds clover seed per
| acre. COLtOn-See1 meal will NOT helm f.lovar
much, but will make bermuda grow finely.
F, w. T., Gold Hill, Ala: have O mare troubled
with worms; they are about the size OF large knit
| ting needle and between one and two inches in
length occasionally they pass from her Please
! give me remedy to destroy them. She is month
| gone in foal.
Give copperas and gentian, two drachms
each, and five grains of arsenic, twice week,
mixed with cut feed or bran, so the medicine
will not come too freely in contact with walls
OF stomach. An occasional half-pint dose of
linseed oil may be given to advantage.
T. R. G., Guyton, Miss: In digging a cistern and
| cementing TO the dirt, how thick should the first
coat be? How thick should the whole be when
fnished2 Would it be better to let the first coat dry
day or two before applying the second? If in dig
| ging seeps should appear how should they be
managed? Onr dirt is usually soapstone, few feet
| below the surface. If it is not asking too much,
please give full directions from digging to mixing
and applying the mortar.
Such csterns as you propose to make are
rarely satisfactory. Weak points are almost
sure to be present, even in very solid clay. 1t
is much better to wall up with brick and
cement. If clay is firm enough, dig carefully
SO as to have walls of pit true, trimming them
| off smooth and vertical, using plumb. If
| this is properly done and the clay is firm, O
wall the thickness of the width of brick will
answer. Lay brick right against the wall,
leaving only about an inch space which should
| be carefully filled with cement as the wall is
being built. Lay brick in cement and plaster
inside with cement. but coat OF cement on
outside of wall is more important than a coat
on inside. If the walls of pit are not firm
make brick wall eight inches thick, and
cement without and within as above. In
cementing on the dirt without brick, make
first coat about three-fourths of an inch thick,
and let it stand day or so until it hardens
before putting on next coat.
S. A. c., Sandy Gross, Ga: I have horse, four
years old. wish to know whether he can be cas-
trated. or not.
Best to perform the operation at an earlier
age, but it may be done successfully at any
age with an instrument called an "ecraseur."
No bleeding follows its use It is manafact-
ured in PHILADELPHIA, and may be obtained
from surgical instrument makers
NJ NJ Nee, LAGRANGE; I want to build hot
house of rock, with glass top on south side. Would
shingles answer on north side of top? Want to heat
with Hues built at sides. Please give all informa-
ton you can in regard to heating building, etc.
Make your rock wall double, with an air
! chamber between, or else fur up on inside, and
plaster so as to enclose an air chamber. This
will aid greatly in preventing the escape of
heat. If single roof is used on north SIDE
line under side of rafters closely with tarred
paper and cell over tho paper. Put paper also
on upper side of rafters and nail strips over it
on each rafter and sheeting on the strips.
This viii make q close roof through which air
cannot escape and provide also an air chamber.
Have double doors. This may he done by
a small antc-chamber or vestibule, so that
when one door opens the other may remain
shut and the hot air within have little oppor-
tuuity to escape. FlUe-heating is not salts
factory. 1t is much better to heat up with hot
water or steam. Heaters are made specially
for this purpose. They are somewhat expen-
sye, but very satisfactory. The Florida heater
has good reputation.
W. S. Men. Ga: have about forty acres of rich
South river bottom land well set in nimblewil
grass and Japan clover but badly mixed with
briers, weeds aad bushes. want to know what is
best TO co with the !, = l. II oyerhows badly. but
drains Of very well. Would it pay to clean up
and in some other grass or lit Lest TO clean up
and let the nimbcrwiu and japan clover remain on
it? Can safely put lime my l&nd? If So how
muehg 1t is soapstone land.
Clean up and let present occupants possess
the land. Grub the bushes and briers, and
NOW it next year as often weeds, etc,
spring up. The mower is the life of meadow.
Cannot advise you about lining land results
too uncertain. You had better try it on q
small scale and watch its effects.
a Novel Way to Pick Cotton.
! From the Sylvania, Ga, Telephone.
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