The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

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grain, and not relished by stock as well as
other corn. 1t can be ground into very fine
| lour Cooks like wheat four, but is probably
dehcient in gluten, and cannot take the place
| Oh wheat flour. In our experience it has been
difficult to get good stands of it.
= 1t should, therefore, be planted a little
later than other varieties and after the ground
has become warm and dry.
H W H., Lafayette, Ala Win water melons do
wen planted on the same land two years i'll success
| sion?
They will not
! q, g., Toxic, Miss: l. have conn ost heap AZ
leet nigh and 9XlS feet, made according FurmanS
| formula. Please tell me how many bushels are in
! the heap and what will Lushel weigh? . My land
Is dark sandy with yellow clay subsoil; 4acres was
IN cotton last year and made about 500 pounds seed
cotton per acre; in corn and made about 25 bush
els per acre. Has . rank growth of dead pea vines
ana crab grass on it. Is the following plan of pre-
pairing the land for cotton correct: Bed as early as
possible and about the middle of March; run a
straight shovel in water iurrow put in this furrow
about 1900 pounds Of compost per acre; run a
scooter through the fertilizer to mix with soil and
eed gu 1t with turn shovel. VIII this amount of
| iertlil2er lie enough to make one bale per acre?
Land IS lear creek but is well drained.
l. About $500 bushels-the weight of
bushels depends so much on how wet or dry it
| Is, CANNOT make guess
2. Yes, very good-cannot venture predic-
tons about yield.
J. L. g. l. Please give name of the best grass for
winter grazing adapted to our climate whether
alfalfa orchard, bermuda or timothy, with herd
| grass mixed
2. viii it pay to roll oats after they are sown in
very open, light, sandy land?
3. Does it hurt apple trees to saw off large limbs
| in hard winter?
A. What month is the best to trim fruit trees and
| grapevines?
o. You asked the question, What woul kill hawks?
| Nux vomica, grated and fed with meal will kill
| hawks What food is the best to make hens lay?
l. Bermuda is not winter grass. Alfalfa
and timothy are not adapted to grazing: orch
ard tall oat, blue and herd grass. are best for
| the purpose in our climate.
| 2. We rather think it will.
| 8. Saving off large limbs is hurtful at all
times-not because of cold in winter, but be-
cause nature cannot heal over large wounds
rapidly. 1t is well to help her, therefore, by
| painting the cut surface to exclude air and
moisture.
4. November is the best month to prune
grape vines. If fruit trees are properly cared
for, they will not require much pruning-no
large limbs will have to be cut off, because
they will have been taken off while small. If
| Sliidll IlLtpo are tdhcu Oll III ullo lUO WOuuu
will heal over quickly and sprouts are less apt
to come out in place of them, than if cut off in
| winter.
8. Wheat, oats and butter milk.
R. A. P, Newborn, Ga: 1 have three compost
| hears put up as follows:
| l. 600 pounds rich dirt, sprin Killed. with water
then 100 pounds Stacked lime spread on that; then,
| 600 pounds stable manure then 600 pounds cotton
| seed; then 100 pounds common SALT and SO until
here are fifteen tons in the heap. / wish to know
W hat you think OF the compost, and how to apply
it to corn and cotton; how much per acre, &c.
q placed 1000 pounds stable manure, GOO pounds
cotton seed, with half barrel water, then put 100
pounds acid phosphate, and so on. There are eight
| or ten tons in the heap.
g. 1000 pounds stable manure, COO pounds cotton
Seed until it was finished This last is Tor water
| melons. How will it suit? All exposed to weather
| /. The stable manure and cottonseed are the
| valuable ingredients, the lime and salt may
! add little to its value. phosphate and kainit
| would have added much more. Its value is
much the same as a mixture of stable man
! ure and cottonseed, equal parts, would be.
Would apply about so bushels of it per acre.
2. No. 2 is better than No. l but would have
been better if 800 pounds of phosphate had
| been used instead of 100 pounds.
3. Very good for melons, but it will be well
| to put little phosphate in each hill in adj
| dition.
r. R. W., Jonesvle, Texas l. l have compost
made of alternate layers of well rotted stable
| manure and cotton Seed about equal parts-de-
| signed for corn. How much should apply per
| acre? How in drill and bed on it, in hill at
planting? in case l should lie able to obtain acid
| phosphate, what amount should be added to this
and how applied? Would it be prudent to mix at
| planting with q prepared fertilizer? Stems"
| being the only kind obtainable here
oto1a
seed COW pen horse lotand partly leached ashes that
designed for cotton. INTENDED to open water fur
| row, distribute manure and bed it. Is that
| proper? How much of this per acre in absence of
| any commercial manures!
8. have another composed of cotton seed, sheep,
hen house and ashes. What is the best for and how
much per acre. having no commercial fertilizers?
The land to be used averages about 10 bushels
corn or 600 to 500 seed cotton per acre.
/. About thirty bushels in hill at planting
or in siding furrow at first working of corn.
Add phosphate at the rate of 100 pounds per
acre-it may be dropped on the other manure
after it is put in the hill. Prepared fertilizer
might be used in the same quantity and in
same manner, but would be no better than
acid phosphate, though its cost would be
greater.
2. Mode of application good. You do not
give proportion of ingredients; taking manure
and seed to be equal in quantity, and ashes the
same. you might apply about fifty bushels per
acre.
g. Good for anything that calls for nitro
genOus manure-as melons cabbages, oats and
wheat. In drill twenty to twenty-five bushels
per acre.
w. s. R., Constitution, Ga: have elk acres of
upland that will produce twenty-five bushels of
to the acre, it was in wheat last year but on
account of labor failed to cut IT there is wheat
growth on it now and heavy growth of rag weeds
the land is soapstone and comparatively fresh de-
sire to put it in cotton this year and want to know
what can do to make two bales per acre on it, /
have five tons Of stable MANURE very strong, com
posted with 600 pounds Of Scott high grade acid
phosphate.
We are not familiar with soapstone or mag
nesan soils, nor the action of phosphates on
them But for ordinary soils in middle Geor-
gia your compost would be improved by adding
at least 900 pounds more Of acid phosphate.
Even with that addition it would contain pro-
portionally too much ammonia for land as rich
as yours with SO much vegetable matter on it.
The danger is that cotton will run TO weed on
it. If 1000 pounds more of phosphate are