The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-28

G.. W., Church Hill, Miss: 1. 1 have pen
10xlo and 10 feet high filed with COW droppings,
which was picked up on the sand bars of creek.
The droppings are from one day to three months
old. Now, wish to get it so it will crumble and
pulverze 10 use fertilizer for cotton old land
next year. viii you please inform me what course
to pursue with it, and if there is any commercial
fertilizer can add and how much of same to in
crease its value without too much cost? @ VIII it
pay to gather up the droppngs of cattle the bars
of the creek, say after it is month old? You
know the same becomes quite hard and dry, BY
answering the above you will benefit several other
readers of THE CONSTITUTION. q
l. Your old land will need nitrogen, and the
COW droppings need to have some highly nitro
genous, quickly fermenting substance with
them to make them ferment and crumble.
Cow manure, partly from its cheesy consist
ency, and partly from its poverty in fermenta-
BILE substances, decomposes very slowly. Mix
ing it with fresh stable manure will make it
ferment; mixing with green cotton seed or
cotton-seed meal will do the same thing.
When mixed the mass should be thoroughly
moistened and packed moderately. If packed
too closely, fermentation would be retarded.
The addition of the above substances would
enhance the value of the cow droppings as
manure for old land. 1t would be still further
improved by the addition of acid phosphate.
Decide upon how many acres yon will apply
the COW manure and add enough phosphate TO
allow $50 pounds of it to each acre. 1t is pos
sibe that if high-grade phosphate was mixed
with the manure several months before it was
to be used and the mass well moistened, that
it would cause the manure to crunlble. Acid
phosphate has considerable eating power.
2. AS COW manure ferments very slowly, for
reasons mentioned above, it loses little by ex-
af
dropped is very nearly as valuable as that
freshly dropped. Whether it will pay to gather
it will depend upon how cheap your labor is
and how convenient the locality is. 1t might
be thrown at once into your horse stalls to be
tramped and mixed with the more pubrescible
horse manure. This would be the best dispo-
sition you could make of it.
H G., Bussey, Ga: am thinking of planting
vineyard and wish a little information on the fol-
lowing points before fully decide: l. WHAT variety
of grape is best adapted to this climate and freest
from rot? 2. What does grape wine sell Tor per
gallon? g. What do grapes sell for By the pound?
4. What variety will produce the most and best
wine? s. What distance apart should vines be
planted to produce best results? G. How many
pornds of grapes will vine yield under ordinary
circumstances?
/. You can probably get, by applying to the
department of agriculture at Atlanta one of
its reports or circulars containing lists of fruits
best adapted to different portions of the state.
These lists are made up from reports OF those
| who have tried the fruits. The Ives is one of
| the hardest, most productive and freest from
rot of all the grapes we have. 8. From three
| to ten cents, according to variety, and whether
| the market is glutted or not. 4. Ives and Con-
cord probably would give largest yield.
| 5. Rows ten feet apart and vines eight to ten
| feet in the row. g. A vine ought not TO be
allowed to yield more than twenty pounds of
grapes. Oyerbearing exhausts and Injuries a
vine very much.
| Subscriber, Griffin, Ga: l. want to know how
to grow broomcorn successfully, when to cut it, and
| how to cure it, q l want TO know how to keep
| onions through the winter; will it rot them to
freeze and thaw through the winter? and in what
| kind of place should onions be kept through the
| winter?
| /. Broomcorn is planted and cultivated like
sorghum, say in rows four feet apart and one
stalk every twelve or fifteen inches in the drill
| Land well adapted to will make good
| broomcorn. AS soon as the heads are we'll
formed and in full bloom, and before they turn
| red, the heads are cut off with eight or ten
| inches of stem attached and placed in racks
within doors to cure. The racks are placed
one above another i'll well ventilated rooms or
| sheds, and the heads laid carefully on them in
| layers not over four inches thick, that they
may dry and cure rapidly. Care must be
| taken that the straw is not tangled. 1t may
| be necessary, if the weather is damp, to take
| down the heads and relay them on tho racks
2. Quite difficult to do in this climate. In the
first place put out very small sets only, or raise
from seed. The latter will mature later in the
season and are more easily kept, but it requires
,.;ol,c nj
raise them of any size. AS soon as the tops
are dead, pull the onions and spread them in
dry, well ventilated loft to dry and cure. AS
cold weather comes on, transfer them to a cool
dry cellar 1t is not desirable to have them
freeze, but if they should, they are not apt to
be injured if they thaw very gradually
r. s. Taylor, Taylors Chapel, Tenn: /
notice paragraph from an eager inquirer for
remedy in q horse fistula. Would say to him
apply strong apple vinegar, mixed with all of
the salt that it will possibly take up. Apply
three or four times per day. Ii commenced in
time it is almost an infalible cure as | have
| used it with great success and profit i can
send numerous testimonies as to its great
value.
c. s. H., Deerlodge, Tenn: l. Please give address
Of the secretary and other officers OF Famers Al
lance Of Georgia? O. What is the price of land in
Georgia? 8. viii truck farming pay? Whatare the
best paying crops to raise for the market? s. Who
is commissioner of agriculture? Give his address
g. Is there hand book of Georgia that tells about
the minerals ana geological formations and about
| the climate?
l. Write to Organ of Farmers Alliance,
| West Point Ga. 2. Varies from one dollar in
the poorest regions to fifty in the best. Aver
age lands bring eight to ten per acre when near
railroad stations, Near cities land brings fifty
to several hundred dollars per acre. g. Yes, if
properly managed. q. Cabbages, tomatoes,
onions, turnips, beans and corn. Strawberries
and raspberries also pay well. 3. Hon. j. r.
Henderson, Atlanta, Ga. 6. There was one
published few years ago. Whether it can
be had now VIC do not know. The commits
sioner can inform you.
| R. A. p, Newborn, Ca /. have several acreg Of
| peas eown and the plants now loaded with peas
good many Of them grown How win it do to
NOW them for hay and how long ought they TO re-
main in the sun after curing2 2. I have an extra
| good horse, which had the dstemper several years
| ago and only one Of his nostriis would DISCHARGE