The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-31

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wagon, can hardly go down hill when hitohcd to
! wagon or buggy; is in fine fix and general health
! GOOD. ), Have four acres sown in wheat: can sow
cloyer and grass and harrow in; if So how much
! seed and what kind and when should it be sown
! Inc land IS q rich basin dark red, moist dat not
"e') lave ! Ut 20 bushels cotton seed per and
| one onShel wheat nnd turned under with pony
! p-HHgli; vas In cotton last year want 10 NOV /:
ior Ni2ser feed. Is it necessary to use glaNo. i Is
necessary TO break new ground Just lay or aud
/ plant IS deep ploughing injurious to such land or
beneficial TO crop ., What is the difference between
/ intensive and diversified Farming?
l. No--only few kinds come true to seed.
1t makes no difference whether The seed comc
| from budded trees or from seedlings.
| :. If the trouble is in the shoulder (Which it
Is not always, a seton on rowell will some
times do good, orrubhing with tprpentjno hni-
! ment But rest from the road, using only as q
| plough animal, and time, are tho best rene
! dies.
! 3. Yes, grass and clover may be sown on
/ growing wheat. Sow early in March two
bushels of orchard and ten pounds OF clover
seed-not necessary to add guano the ground
| is rich.
1. Lay off and plant, il this can be done
without scarifymg and breaking some OF the
roots. The soil is too loose in new ground,
ploNins only makes crops suffer more in
drought.
.. Intensive farming consists in concentra-
ting labor and manure on a few acres OF good
| land diversified farming is the planting OF
many instead of one or two crops only.
! II J. A., Longstieot, La: have fifteen bales of
cotton seed. How Will it best pay me 10 put on
! corn. have three plans. LIST. Running shovel
furrow, putting down Il bale OF seed per acre with
| about one thousand pounds OF stable manure with
it I'D. Putting III bar furrow, just before drifting.
Sd. Putting in the dill with tie corn. which is the
best way? What quantity Of stable manure must
Use with the seed.
Suppose you mean by bale Of seed, that
which comes from balc--say 80 bushels. An
equal quantity of stable manure (horse) is
rather too much-half the quantity would be
better Stable manure is apt to fire corn in
dry weather We prefer putting manure for
corn III bar furrow on both sides OF row,
especially on good land.
II. II. B., Hammond, La: ]. l am mixing pine
straw leaves and muck, stable and COW nannre as n
fertilizer for Iflsh potatoes cucumhers and corn.
Viii the addition OF lime be of value to the heap?
>. You speak OF acid phosphate, potash and XIII
nit. as valuable fertilizer. Where and in what form
an these be had. and atwhat cost?
8. VIII cotton seed meal, applied topdrcssing
10 oats about four or five inches high sown on light
sandy land, be of any great value.
4, 1t is said that cotton seed meal win kill seed if
put in the hill or drill at the same time. fused as
q fertilizer alone ioT potatoes, how would you man.
age?
/. Not much, unless materials are not well
rotted then lime would serve good purpose
in reducing them. Ashes would do this and
besides this contribute valuable elements to
the manure.
2. These are sold generally by dealers in
commercial fertilizers. Potash is sold under
AI MN afn & 4ocl, inst
latter contains Il per cent of potash. Acid
phosphate costs from $15 to $40 ton. Kainit,
$12 to SIS ton
). We have no facts on this point. When
oats are as high as you mention, topdressings
may be adyantageously applied the doubt
comes in as to c. S. meal being soluble enough
/ to be carried down by rain water to the roots.
4. After scattering in drill run pillow through
| 1t and mix with the SOIL or, after putting in
drill, run harrow over drill and partly fill it
up, and cover up the meal.
! ]. II. t., Mulberry. Tenn.-In making a compost
OF horse and COW manure fresh from the barnyard
how lorg before it will be ready for use? Mould it
be better to use on xheatjn March for corn crop?
! In six weeks, il mostened and packed uni
| formly, so that fermentation may begin at once
and go on regularly. Better to use on corn.
give best way lor growing early tomato pantsunder
glass. Care nothing lor the particulars of the hot;
bed ITSELF bat want 10 know the details of the proper
| management of tho plants-tFansplanting how
! often Temperature etc Should thermometer be
used: Please name few ofthe tested carly yar-
| cites.
All effort is directed to getting stoc}1y we'll
rooted plants, as those opposed to spndling
! stems and few roots After the heat OF the
! soi~pot bed has subsidized below ninety degrees
! the seed may be planted. The temperature
| of the bed viii vary with day and night and
with cold and warm spells, but it should never
he allowed to get below say sixty-iive de-
! grees--to be determined by thermometer
! If necessary the bed must be covered at night
with mats or pieces OF carpeting. The seed
| should not be sown too thick each plant
should stand a little apart from the others
! As soon as the second pairs Of leaves are well
| formed, OF the plants are two or three inches
/ high, they should be transplantcd into another
hot-bed, or if the spring is not very cold, into
a cold frame. When transplnted they
I should lo set four or five inches
/ apart. The dirt should be pressed
! firmly to the roots, light Watering
! given, and the bed shaded for a couple of
! days and after that, for an hour or Two in the
! middle OF The day if the plants wilt much
! Care must be taken not 10 water too much. as
the plants arc liable TO rot off at the surface of
the ground If much yapor fills the bed il
/ should be allowed to ESCAPE by slight openings
at the top Of the sash. Sometimes the plants
/ are set out again a second time but this is
| hardly necessary. Before final removal to
/ garden or field the plants should be har-
! dened off by removing sashes in mild weather.
( hot bed started carly in March win have
/ plants ready by the last week IN April. which
is about as soon as they can be risked in the
+ open air. For earliest crop select light,
| sandy soil with southern exposure. and put
some well rotted manure in each hill There
/ is not much difference in the time Of ripeuing
Of different varieties, The Acme is one Of the
earliest and best.
a. Z. NJ. Ashland, Ala have 100 bushels Of
cotton seed ana own the same amount Of lot ma
( nura, and "antto use il under com ana cotton
/ fer the best result on good average upland nrcsh.
Nhtt kiuI OF phosphate should / Use with the
above! want 20 put il thick i'm the hin. Must !
pot deep in the gr0uqd3 Rows three feet wide for
cdton, and five feet or five and half feet by three
, iaCt ia Drill !pr corr.
( All acid pbosphates ore essentially the same
thing, differing only IN the percentage OF solu-
bic or available pAo8nhoric acid. Get a high