The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-20

ABOUT thelr use, as they were liable TO enlarge the
oilhee 10 such degree as to produce involuntary
u'scN"Ige from the udder. Would like to know
more ABOUT them. Respectfully, BARROW"
"hatevery theory may be held in explana-
tioh OF nuxivomica killing thelhawk but not
the chicken, matters little the facts are the
important thing. There are some other an
a!agous and curious cases: one, the tolerance
OF hogs for arsenic
The patent mixer has never secured a
strong 1oothold i'll public estimation, and the
warning you mention may still be given with
propriety.
subscriber, Kedron, Ark: Please state whether
tne brahma breed of cattle have become extinct
Aonce knew gentleman in st. Louis county, Mo-,
ABOUT the year 1856, who owned herd of these cat
Tie, ana have never seen or drank such rich milk
as 'iey gave since that time. He removed TO some
DINER county in Missouri but never knew what be-
came OF THIS singular looking species of cattle, for
shoulders,
NO. they are still to b. found scattered over
the country III limited numbers, but have never
attained very great popularity.
j. c. j. Chestatee, Ga: Please inform me il there
are egg preservers manufactured, also give a recipe
for preserving eggs from four TO six months.
None that we know of. There is no better
plan OF preserving eggs than packing in dry
salt. Put in kegs or box with one end Of egg
up; fill and head up so that the key may be
turned over every few days to keep the yolk
III place Keep them in cool place.
j. NJ, Birmingham Alabama: /. What kind of
grass seed to sow on woodland with no under
growth; but heavily timbered with ash; land some
what rolling and grayelly with red clay subsoil,
and some iron ore scattered over it?
2. What time to SOW for pasturage?
3. Do you know enough of the Planet Jr horse
hoe to say whether they can be used successfully
ordinary uplan with the usual amount OF stumps
and gulles? live i'll the iron belt of Alabama sur
rounded by mines and furnaces. and cannot COM
pete with their prices in labor therefore am forced
to economist in that particular.
l, Orchard and blue grass grow best i'll
shade, but neither will do well if the sunshine
never reaches the ground, or the soil is not
rich.
2. Sow in the early spring-any time in
March, the sooner the better.
3. Have no experience with the implement
mentioned, but it is pretty safe rule, that no
improved implement will work satisfactorily
in rough land
8. T. L., Randolph, Ala: I have taken in some
old field tpine) that has not been in cultivation in
tweaty years, and wish to put it in cotton.
L. NOulu you prepare deep or swallow?
q Would you use guano or phosphate, and how
much? The land is mulatto gray, with clay sub
SOIL has wild clover it and is perfectly mellow
3. My neighbor has one acre of rich bottom land
that made one bale of cotton last year. With l25
pounds of phosphate he wants to use 100 pounds of
guano on the acre this year How wide would you
have rows Ghe land makes a good weed, how pre-
pare and cultiyate He wants to make two bales on
the acre.
1. Plow shallow; such land is already too
open.
.. Mainly acid phosphate; put $50 pounds of
it per acre in drill and bed on it, and 90 pounds
of guano with the seed at planting time.
8. Rows should be of such width that the
cotton should just meet-from four to five feet.
1t is best, as a rule, to break bottom land shall
low for cotton. When deep broken it makes
too much weed, and natures too late. Open
drill, put 200 pounds of guano in it, list on it,
running very close, and put the remainder OF
guano in listing burrows and complete bed.
Cultivate very shallow all the time, and lay
by early.
H. r. Marietta, Ga: have about one and one
half or two acres of Glade land. have tried it in
most everything; have idea of trying it N herds
or red top grass, it is q cold, thin soil on pipe clay;
was in wheat last year. H )w much per acre of seed
and when SOW? Can it be cut this year?
You can SOW any time in March or early in
April if not too dry. If you were going to
Craze the grass would suggest sowing white
clover with it, as white clover grows we'll on
such land. Sow two bushels of seed per acre
1t will hardly give cutting tho first year.
Gil. NJ, Pushmataha, Ala: I. How much Ger
man mlet 10 SOW per acre?
.. What tine to SOW?
8. How much cotton seed to put per acre on land
that will make ten or twelve bushels per acre of
corn for fair crop ofmillet?
4. What is the cost of millet seed?
/. Three pecks, if we'll sown, will suffice for
an acre.
.. The first of May. 1T will not do much
till the ground gets warm.
8. Nlilet needs rich land Would apply 80
bushels cotton seed per acre.
4. Have seen no recent quotation price va
ries from one and a half to two bushels per
acre.
E.B.FW., spalding county, Ca: have some
thin ridge land that would like to set in pecans.
Can you tell me where l can get the plants what
they will cost and how to plant and what time 10
plant? What kind ofland is best?
Pecans require strong, rich land, such as
hickory grows on-they belong to the hickory
family. When wild they are found chiefly on
bottom land. Most nursery men can supply
plants-don't know price. Plant forty feet
apart each way-do this in winter or in early
spring
c. W. T., Huntsville, s. C.: l. I and a neighbor
farmer differ as to the condition compost heap of
partially decomposed pine straw, lot scrapngs and
stable manure should be kept in 10 hasten the rot
ting or decomposition. Ny neighbor contends that
it should be kept thoroughly wet all the time; the
more water the better. ] contend that it should be
wet occasionally as think that it is the wetting
and partially dying that hastens the rottng.
Which of us is right2
?. have two pens of COW and horse manure 8x8
IL high, 900 pounds acid phosphate to each pen
thoroughly mixed. How much Of it should apply
to an acre on sandy stubble land that will probably
make three Or four hundred pounds seed cotton per
acre without manure-I mean how much would be
moderate application. one Of the pens was put
up in December 1857, thoroughly wet at the time,
and is now in fine condition. The other put up 9th
February, 1873.
/. Decomposition requires both water and
air. If thoroughly saturated with water all
the time, air will lie excluded, If allowed to
get entirely dry, chemical change ceases, Uni
form dampness is most favorable.
.. About thirty bushels per acre. or seven
acres to each pen.