The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-17

soluble commercial fertilizers soon leach out
Of them and disappear. 1t is not probable,
therefore, that your land is now much the
better off for previous fertiizing Egg plants
require very rich soil. You will therefore have
to make heavy applications. Stable manure
and ground bone the best for such soil as
yours. Apply thirty two-horse wagon loads OF
manure and 400 pounds Of bone per acre, broad
cast pillow in and mix thoroughly with the
soil and put a shoYelful Of manure and a small
handful of bone in each Hill afterwards The
presence of half-rotted vegetable matter in the
soil will be beneficial rather than otherwise.
We arc not sufficiently familiar with your eli
mate 10 know whether your plan is practical
bic. Egg plant will not bear cold.
WDHJ, Holion, Ga: /. want to plant some
red clover piece Of land just cleared and in corn
this year. desire 10 in oats and clover in the
fall Iftoo rough % cut the clover and Ipastureit 1t,
win it sprout again? 2. How must manage to have
| II to seed OF reproduce ITSELF ! want TO keep the
| land in clover and grain. Tell your readers who
have any cotton seed TO mix two parts seed and one
| Of corn soaked twelve hours and boil in kettles or
pots until the seed thoroughly done and feed to
hogs. Cooked seed are harmless, and every man can
start an oil or grease mill on his farm. If conVe-
noni, enough seed should be prepared to last sew
! eral days
/. Yes, if not pastured so closely as to kill it.
| You can Craze it in spring until the latter part
| Of May, or about the time you would have cut
| it if it had not been gTazed 2. If stock IS
| taken off as above, second growth viii
| develop and this viii make seed. The spring
! growth does not mature many seed. Having
! allowed it to seed, you can either plow land
and SOW in grain the latter part Of September
! or first half Of October, or else let the clover
remain till the next year and graze it and get
another crop Of seed. and then SOW in grain
| If allowed to mature seed once i'll every three
or four years you can get a stand of clover
! whenever the land is s0Wn in grain.
W J. L., Geneva, Ga: 1 have planted the orange
| cane this year for the first time since | have been
| flaming, and it has great many suckers Oh 1t and
want TO know If il is best to pull them of or let
| thcm remain ON the stalk.
1t is best to take off the suckers, provided
you have O good stand They will interfere
with the full development of the main stalk.
| We suppose you refer to suckers coming out
near the ground. After the plant has pro-
duced seed, suckers spring from the joints OF
the stem. 1t should be cut before these appear.
J. W., stmmcrville Ca. l. Why wouldn't 1t be
best TO let Irish potatoes remain In the ground until
fall then dig and hill? 1t is customary here to
gather about LIST of August and spread in dark cool
place. but they do well as desirable 2. Are
tile drains preferable to open bitches because they
can be placed nearer together and cultivated over
| without interruption and with no foul growth
around Them or do they drain better2 Is IL neces-
sary to have much fall can almost perfectly level
| land be drained by them? 3. What governs man
in digging open ditch as TO depth and width, to
produce best results upon different localities? You
| recommend level HAT and shallow culture for corn.
Experience has taught me It's best as regards yield;
but how we to obyiate the difficulty of its blow
| ing down with this mode of culturei This section
| was visited quite recently with strong southeast
wind which leveled all corn so cultivated, and now
| it is impossible to cultivate it any longer losing
| moro than we would Ia we thrown up bed to the
| plant one other objection to fiat culture: Can't
| kill fine grass in row. necessitating more hoe help
or less acreage. Have you not observed that grass
| comes up and grows OIL much more rapidly upon
the shallow culture system than the deep2 and yet
I'm an advocate of your system, as the yield is more
satisfactory. 5. What is the best mode for preserv-
| ing wheat, keeping it clear of weeyils, worms etc2
| & Do Spanish peanuts sell rs well in market
| other kinds? WIN they beat to latten hogs
! where you can produce nom fifteen to twenty-five
! bushels corn per acre?
| /. If left in the ground there is some danger
of sprouting If rains prevail; but even if this
| does not happen the quality of the potato will
degenerate when under the ground as we'll as
when above. At tho north the potato does not
| mature till after the hot weather is over, and
therefore does not deteriorate as with us.
2. An open ditch of same depth and kept
cleaned out all the time will drain land as well
as tile drain, But an open drain is hardly
ever kept in this perfect condition. Very little
fall is required Ivy tile drain, if the tiles are
properly laid. Two inches in II hundred feet
win allow the water to flow off. 3. No rule
can be laid down, except that ditch should
be AT least three feet deep; the width is unim-
portant, unless there is n largo stream running
through il. The distance apart varies with
texture of soil and amount of water in tho
soil. The closer and tighter che soil the nearer
the bitches must be. L. Are you quite sure
that the bedding is protection against wind?
Corn is held in position mainly by the large
brace roots that sink quito deep in the soil
But planting in water furrow and gradually
filing up in cultivation will accomplish quito
as much as bedding will do. 3. Sun thorough
is when thrcshcd, put straw in bins or hogs
heads and fire it; after this put some sulphur
in an iron vessel in bottom of bin and set il on
fire. After it burns up and the bin is still
filled with it's vapor, put in the wheat. If
weevils or worms appear after this run wheat
| through fan again, san and store away hot
| &. DO not know that they have been tested in
| the larger markets, The nuts are small but
| well filled. DO not know that they will beat
| corn under the conditions named, but one can
raise both corn and groundpeas on the same
! land
! W r. W., huntsville, Ala. l am planting thin
| sandy laud. WIN make from six To eight bushels
| corn per acre. How much cotton-sc,d meal per
scrc 10 make the same land produce fifteen bushels
Ter acre. Is Il too late TO usa cottonsoed meal ON
! corn when 10 is punching TO tas,e2
Can give only approximate estimates in such
/ eases. \ certain amount might bring up the
yield TO the desired point the first and fail 10
do il subsequently. From some experiments
that We have made we think it safe to esti-
| mate one hundred pounds of meal as eQuiya-
lent TO ten bushels OF seed II you have not
tried thowholo seed ON corn find out from your
| noishbors how much seed will lee required to
bring the increase you wish on soil like yours
and substitute ten pounds OF meal fer one
| bushel OF seed. DO not think meal would have
much effect ON corn applied as late rs you sug-
| gost. IL certainly would do little good il the
soil WAS dry and little rainfall
A. l.. S, Social Circle, Ca: l. I have II Gue Jersey
bull, ,our years old next November Ho took
hollow tail and hollow horn last fal and the scours
The last OF Neiglcs. Sg.it his tait p ,tl m IL.