The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23

with good supply of hunus, and not disposed
to be very dry.
9Th. Pears will not grow on wet land
Apples will thrive on moist, but not springy
soil.
=. s. W, Millodgeville, Ga; LIST. Please tell me
ifPeterkin cotton will make much seed cotton to
! the acre a. the common variety. treated alike Is
the Peerkln the best cotton for this locality; If
| planting In az io)t rows and twelve to twenty
inches IN drlll viii make IT yield half hale to the
acre; would it do better with more distance?
%. Which is a good variety of corn TO plant for
! etock2
3D.. How will rye compare with OATS in yield of
| grain an ripe rye fed TO mules By sonkng
| the heads in water for few hours without danger?
18th. How will manage barley for early feed;
| how often Will il do to cut?
| 5tb. What amount of cats Is best to sow fail and
| spring per acre on land that makes ten to fifteen
| bushels OF corn TO the acre
9th. is The Spanish peanut of any account es food
! for c0Ws and mules?
! LIST. Some experiments place Peterkin along
| side of other varieties in productyeness; it is
not an unusually prolific cotton. The yield at
! varying distances would depend upon the rich
ness OF the soil. On land that yields half
bale per acre it is doubtful if increased distance
would give greater yield.
I'd. There is little or no difference in the
relative value OF different varieties of corn, il
sugar corn and -four corn be excepted. There
is common belief that yellow corn is
stronger" that is ,more nutritious, than white
corn. but analysis does not sustain it, Plant
the best variety that has been grown in your
neighborhood
3D.. Rye will not yield more than a fourth or
third as much as oats. There is little danger
in feeding rye-the boards may accumulate
between lips and gums, and have to be re-
moved by hand.
4th. Plant on rich land, and begin cutting
when eight inches high. If soil is rich, and
rains not lacking, it may be cut three times;
but two cuttings is fair average.
9th. OF rust-proof SOW two bushels in fall
one to one -and-a-half in spring.
9th Never saw it fed Except tops to cows
and mules. The tops arc excellent forage aud
we doubt not the nuts are juite as good, il not
superior.
i. T.. t., Huntersvllle, S. c.: LIST. How can the
farmers prepare rich earth, or sand with phos.
phorie acid nitrogen and ammonia, to make 1t
superior to the 50 called standard fertilizers?
"a. WIN superphosphnte of lime and nitrate Of
soda, composted with rich earth, or lot or stable
manure make firstclass manure, with cotton seed
meal added TO ammoniate it2
am worry tired of going abroad for my fertilizers
and paying out my little earnings for cheap fer;l-
llzeis. Is there any remedy to be come at make
all the homemade manure that can with my stock
but cannot make as much as need | also use
pnosphates with my manure, but they seem 10 be of
no good BE so kind TO give formula by which
farmers can make fertilizers Mt home superior 10
any on the market. 1 satisfied, in my own
mind, that 1t can be done, and make a higher grade
of goods. ut less cost than we buy. Tell us Just
what you think about it.
list. You cannot make something out of
nothing. Rich earth is very good If one has
enough of ii /; say enough to cover his field six
inches III depth, and has teams, ETC., to handle
it-but the cost would leave no profits II can
sometimes be used to advantage as a dilutent
for concentrated chemicals, but yard manure
and rotted vegetable matter of any kind is
superior TO it. The cheapest and best manure
farmer can make is compost. Let him litter
his stalls and yards bountifully, and then COM
post the material thus accumulated with phos-
phate, and in some cases with kainit Also and
with cottonseed. sae
I'd. Nitrate of soda is AN expensive manure,
aud is inferior to cotton seed or cotton seed meal
as q manure for cotton and corn. 1t is useless
TO add nitrate Of soda to mixture containing
cotton seed, because the latter will furnish all
the ammonia needed. The fertilizers on the
markets are nothing but acid phosphates with
some heterogeneous matter, and in some cases q
little potash added. You can make iirst-class
fertilizer by adding 800 pounds of cotton seed
cannot make high grade of goods that is on
analysis, a high percentage of phosphoric acid,
or manure or potash, by using a bulky sub
stance like rich earth, which contains SO small
| quantity of these substances
A T. S Lake Howell, orange county Fla. Ist.
Are bots any njary TO horse VIII dose Of linseed
| oil xiii them?
ID One of the front hoofs of my horse is quarter
| cracked. kindly give me preventive and cue.
lie is worked sandy
| and Is not shod.
30. Horses let out to Craze here are apt to set
| IS mdedp Wan nature, OF her own scelrd remove
the sand taken into the system from day to day or
after long course OF grUing, say through the
mer months, is 1t necessary TO resort to drenchiag
! with lard or some other puigGiive? am told that
horses in California sometimes get badly tsanded."
and are well drenchod thrown down or thoroughly
rolled about 70 start the sane ont of them would
| like to have your opinion on the matter neigh
Dor Of mine here recently lost horse through beng
! foundeerl.
LIST. Yes, some, but rarely any Of a very
serious nature. They cause some irritation of
| tho stomach by attaching themselves to its
living membrane. They do not eat tho
stomach itself, but feed on tho fluids of the
stomach Liuseed oil will not XIII them.
Chloroform is almost tho only substance
destructive to them.
2d. Shoe the horse, and cut out notch Mt
the crack, so the hoof will not touch the shoe
ON each side Of the crack. With a red hot
iron touch the skin at top Of crack Just enough
TO make scar there That will cause a new
hoof to grow out without crack in it, and tho
shoe will keep old crack from expanding and
splitting open above Brittle hoofs disposed
TO crack should be rubbed several times week
with mixture Of tar and tanners oil.
Sd. We have no experience with horses
whose stomachs become receptacles of sand
| VIII some one with experience give the
desired informaton2 We should suppose that
where horses are liable to this trouble. il
would be advisable 10 move the bowels at short
intervals with mild catholics, like linseed oil
in halfpn; doses
w. W. T.. Taladega, Ala WIN some one be 50
kind as 10 tell me, If they know how 10 restore
sight 10 COW That has very recently lost her sight
She is young COW, with drs; calf When the calf
was one week old she appeared 20 be sick would cat
nothing 10y Il day or two. We thought she might
be poisoned but could not tell gave her lard ana
raw eggs, after that, save her tablespoonful of
satpcter, three times day for several DAYS. She