The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-28
FARM QUESTION BOX.


Conducted by DIR. w. L.. Jones, Formerly of
the Southern Cultivator.
BE P, Mt Holly, N. c.: l. I get the idea from
tour writings on composts that cotton seed meal
Las more plant food than whole cotton seed; cotton
beed oil and other fats containing no plant food.
How about this?
q What is the relative value q fertilizer of cot
Ton seed and cotton seed meal, pound for pound?
5. viii cotton seed fire fang like horse manure
IN pile or compost heap and thus become worth
less?
l. Weight for weight, cotton seed meal is
worth three times as much for fertilizer, as
whole cotton seed. The oil has no more value
hs fertilizer than an equal weight of leaves
br straw. In list experiment made by us
The past season with cotton, 100 pounds of meal
In combination with phosphate and kainit
gave better yield than ten bushels of seed with
Same combination.
2. At least three to one in favor Of the meal
3. Yes, very badly.
f1ebron, Oconee, Ga: have three acre lot, an
Did burmuda grass dunghill, on which made, last
year, bale cotton per acre. want TO keep it up
10 its present high stand and improve it if possible
fTis OF a mulatto nature. No clay in reach. How
best to manure? What amount and what kind
syould you advise?
Rotate crops, alternating grain with cotton.
Bow rye in cotton in September so the land
will not be bare through the winter: if this is
not done it will suffer from teaching. Manure
every crop broad cast with compost put up by
Furman's original formula-3,000 or 1000
pounds per acre.
TIE: have been raised in a city and know very
little about farming, but going to try it and
may ask some very foolish questions IF my land
needs the elements Of potash, soda, nitrate, etc.
why may not dissolve the commercial article in
Eater and sprinkle it on the land and pillow under?
No objection to your plan except the cost.
Hou can get potash much cheaper in the form
of crude mineral of potash, or KANT, than
you can in the ball potash or carbonate of pot
ash of the shops. If by ''nitre" you mean
batpetre, you can get the nitrogen part of it
much cheaper in nitrate of soda Chill salt
petre) than you can in ordinary salt
petre, and cheaper still in eottonseed meal. 1t
would be easier and cheaper to spread such
articles on the land than to dissolve in water
hnd have to handle so much water
A. II. G., Noxubee county, Miss: I have fine
horse whose sheath is very much swollen. I have
had washed out and cleased several times washed
inside ana outside with watm water and COlgates
best soap and creased inside and outside with pure
hogs lard; also with hogs lard and little kerosene
phi mixed with the lard. 1t does not appear to i'm
prove. How shall treat il? Is there any danger Of
sulpuratou in The sheath? 1t has been swollen now
about Two weeks. There is certainly much imam
malon in the sheath and contiguous parts.
III there is local Inflammation, apply leeches
and warm lamentations. Such swelling is Of
ten the result of general debility, and is to be
met by attention to general health and by ton
les. Feed literally with oats two parts, corn
one part, and give three times week tea
spoonful Of mixture Of equal parts of copper
as, sulphur and saltpetre. On the other days
OF the week, give drachm each of powdered
gentian and copperas.
.. N. s., Scnetoba, Miss have ter-acre lot in
town that I wish to use to the best advantage. 1t
has clay foundation and is little rolling have to
circle to keep from washing. Soil is fine and
together pretty close after heavy rains. Had
u in wheat last year and, after wheat, planted In
la.e corn and 9eas-eyery other row in peas / put
some cotton seed meal in corn rows when planted
About 100 pounds per acie, and when laid corn by
put about quantity, but 1t was so extremely
that made q failure on corn, but peas did
nnely. Com made fine stalk with the meal put
nnde7, but think il gave out before coin could ma
ture and the last application did no good. want
you 10 tell me what is the best fertilizer l can put
o. only have about ten or twelve wagon leads
OF pretty well rotted horse and COW manure now
pled in my lot and wish to make best compost Of
~ what shall use2 I wish to plant at least half
oi Iot III cotton balance in oats, clover AMI ass.
Nsb.en in corn and peas six years.
You give history Of lot as regards manure
only for one year Cotton seed meal applied
last year, was decidedly heterogeneous manure
six successive crops Of peas have probably
kept M the supply Of nitrogen in the soil pref
" well. The indications, therefore, point to
lSck OF phosphatcs, and possibly potash. You
might incorporate with manure you have on
hand ton Of acid phosphate, 1000 pounds of
ksinit land to make sure about a nitrogen sup
piyl loo pounds OF cotton seed meal. This
would manure the ten acres pretty well, II ap-
phed IN drill-as you will probably do in the
cotton half. The other half of manure applied
broadcast on FIVE acres for oats, clover and