The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14

Va NNNtoiA oCSt as iiiey ldSIGu) ana aUu
400 pounds of phosphate to them. The MKT
ure containing cotton seed should be applied to
poorest and lightest land if there is any differ
ence in quality.
L. T. G., Evans, Hale county, Ala, VIII it
pay to Use pine straw and oak leaves as q felt lizer
on clay subsol, putting in drill ana bedding On il
for corn and cotton2 What is the above worth as
fertilizer?
.. What is the hest remedy for a mule with water
collie and food colo?
l. II put in drill and bcdded on Efficiently
long time before crop is planted--to allow
them to decompose thoroughly-they might
give good results and pay for labor. TO this
end they should be put in the ground in
autumn for crop to be planted in spring.
DO not think it would pay to put them in now,
unless well rotted already The tannin in the
oak leaf and the turpentne in the pine leaf
both retard decomposition. Fresh oak leaves.
in particular, take long time to rot. If you
could mix them with strong, unleacheG ashes,
the leaves having been well moistened you
might bring them in condition to use the pres
ent season.
2. Keep animal moving about, not violent
exercise and rub the abdomen freely to keep up
circulation and prevent congestion. II attack
is sudden with intervals of case. and without
swelling, give spirits OF turpentine, one ounce,
and tincture of aconlte, % drops, with copous
injections of milk-warm water. If not re-
lieved in half hour. give linseed oil, - ounces,
laudanum i ounces, and turpentine, one
ounce. If the abdomen swells, try injections
promptly and freely. If not relieved, give
powdered aloes, one ounce, sulphuric ether,
one ounce laudanum two oances. If not re-
lieved, stick broad knife blade, at a point
", Il e4o oh he
and not too near back, into the bowels, and
turning it half round so as to open cut and let
out gas, hold it there till all the gas escapes.
Then withdraw and put a piece OF sticking
plaster over the cut.
A. W. A., Noasulga, Macon county, Ala; Please
tell me what to do with a scupperaong vine that
blooms but never bears; it is in rich, moist place
A!s0 the best time to graft trees and the best way
Not apt to bear well in that kind of soil
makes growth in place of fruit. Giving it full
sweep it may eventually slacken growth with
age and then bear fruit. There is nothing to
be done for it.
Trees are grated in spring just as the buds
on the stocks begin to swell. Keep the gratis
in a cool, dark place, so as to hold them back ;
it is always desirable to have the stock more
advanced than the graft. Cut off stock below
the surface of the ground, split it down. and
having made a nice, tapering wedge of the
lower end of graft insert it in the cleft, so that
the inner bark of the two may fit together
Upon the proper fitting of the bark success
largely depends. If the stock grasps the graft
firmly, nothing more is necessary but to hill up
the earth around the junction and above it,
leaving one end of graft above the surface-if
it does not, tie it up with something that will
not readily, and allow the stem to expand in
growth
Subscriber Bienhill parish, La: I killed some
young hogs about month ago, the meat has been
in salt ever since Will it keep through spring and
summer if put in saltbrne now?
Yes-if brine is strong and has been boiled
till scum ceases to rise.
WE Z, Palmetto. Ga: ]. Can timber of any
kind be grown prairie land, and has it been
| triedto any extent?
2. Could not the old field pine be grown to per-
lection by gathing the mast and sowing it over the
prairie in the west aud is not this very important
idea to land owners on the prairie? for if the old
field pine will grow there like it does here it would
not take long to grow timber enough to be of great
value. Here in Georgia the better the land the bet
| old field pine grows
| /. Yes; trees have beeu grown quite extern
| sively in the praries of the northwest Pre-
sumo they could be also in the prairies of the
| south.
| 2. That is point which could be settled by
actual trial only. There is enough probability
of success to warrant the trouble of trying the
experiment.
sH r., Macon Ca. 1 have an old field with
sandy soil that lay out last year. What kind of fer
tiiizer would you advise me to use to make good
| crop Of corn?
Cotton seed, or cotton seed meal with a little
| phosphate and kainit; say is bushels cotton
! seed, or 80 pounds of cotton seed meal, with
30 ponds each of acid phosphate and kainit
well mixed. If the soil is sandy to foot or
more in depth, turn over very shallow, open
drills with a very broad, short shovel, plant
corn and cover shallow with double foot, short
bull tongues. At first working, drop manure
on each side Of Hill of corn and cover by run
ming around with heel scrape. Plow with
heel scrape exclusively till laid by always
running very shallow. On very light soils it is
better to apply manure late, lest there be loss
from teaching.
| sBP, Chapel Hill, y. c.: I want to SOW the
two following mixtures Of grass SEED in different
lots.
l. Orchard grass, tall meadow cat grass, red
clover, perennial rye grass, Kentucky blue grass.
| and Alsike clover.
Please tell ne how much of each grass to use in
| the two mixtures to sow an acre
8. Does Johnson grass "spread?' Is there any
getting rid oft?
l. Orchard busEel; fall oats, / bushel
red clover, pounds; rye grass, ! bushel; blue
grass, bashcl.
| 2. Red top bushel; Fescue, bushel
| Timothy, peck, Alsike, pounds.
| 1t is always cheaper in the end to SOW a
plenty of grass seed
3. Yes, by underground stems, as bermuda
does, but not by stems on the surface taking
root at the joints, as bermuda loas. The pillow
spreads it by carrying pieces Of underground
! stems and burying them in new places. 1t
also spreads by its seed becoming scattered. 1t
is hard to get rid OF, 1t is said that close pas
turing through season viii kill it--have never
seen this tried, Flowing up in dry, hot weather
and getting ont the underground stems and ez-
/ posing them to the sun will kill them but it is
/ difficult to get all out.
! A. &. r., Fairyew,S c.: I want 70 NE ten bush.
! els Of crushed cotton seed under my cotton re,
/ acre gray Lanai How much acid pt ,phnte
should use with This amount Of saadg Would v,r