The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-06

of experiment station for copy each of
bulletins IS and II.
Subscriber, Gay. Ala.-O What will pre-
vent worms frcm boring into and destroy
ing cantelOupeS? Mine are being ruined by
a small white worm resembling the cab
bage worm. They bore entirely through
l.e rind, causing the melons to rot. CD
Are wood ashes Of any value as a fertiliz-
er for turnipS?
% No satisfactory or effective remedy has
yet been discovered for melon worms.
These worms eat the leaves of the melon
vines also. 1t has been recommended to
sprinkle powdered hellebore on one vines
Early planting and high manuring so as
to bring on the crop early is the only eff
fective method known to us. (2). Yes, ashes
are a very effective fertilizer for turnips.
II. a. c.. Huntersviile, n. CT. To what
crop is hen manure best suited? What is
the best method of preparing it for the crop,
and what is its value as a manure?
?. What is the surest method to plant
Irish potatoes To get stand for a second
crop?
1. Perhaps the best crop on which to use
hen manure is the onion crop. Hen manure
is rather difficult to handle on account of its
gumminess when moist and fresh. and its
hardness when allowed to Try. Perhaps the
best way would be to cover the floor of the
fowl house with thin layer of rich soil and
rake it up about once week and put into
barrels or boxes, or in compact heap, wet
ting it VIII with water. The fresh manure
is about five times valuable as an equal
weight of fn-sh mixed eXcrements of the
horse.
2 See editorial in issue of July 9th. and
article in issue of July 2Sd, entitled Second
Crop Irish Potatoes"
that eats old dead sticks and pieces OF
leather, and gnaws fence rails like horse
have noticed be hr oft her a6 Doing %0F She
runs in a pasture of our common wild, or
sage grass. She seems to be i'm good health
and eats all the food / give her she Is
giving about three gallons of milk per day.
Please answer my query and give me rem
edy, if any.
Your COW has a form of dyspepsia, called
"depraved appetite or plea. Bad food IS
generally the cause of it, especially food that
is deficient in lime. Give her three times a
day a heaping tablespoonful of the following
mixture: ounces Of carbonate of IRON,
ounces of powdered gentian, ounces com
mon salt, ounces powdered foenugreek. IN
addition give 3 tablespoonfuls of powdered
charcoal three times day with her food
and have a piece of rock salt where she can
lick if at will Your pastune is probably at
fault Give more and better food.
w. r. D., Lakeland. Fla.-I have muh,
that pants so much in hot weather th3t /
cannot work her but very little. She a ei2,
not sweat frerly Her belly is abnormally
large. She has been that way Tor INN e
years 1 have another mule that Is getlhds
IN the same condition. Please give d REM
Wrist give a purge of five drachms %,
Barbados aloes l drachm OF SlhSei'
drachm of gentian, and soap or syrup 10
form n ball. After purginS IS over lhaNe
The following mixture: 1l2 .ounces copperas,
ounce of pure saltpeter Vrachms OF
foenugn5 elk s-ei, ounces linseed meal po"
der and mix and give a tablespoonful nlghl
ana morning in the feed. Change the FEED
he careful to give sound, sweet nay OF lou-
der ana oats and gra-h Ioou'
c,aaboseefax. Ivey, CA have a large
MAIDSTONE Vim YOU kindly let me Mai Mai
how they are applied to plte; aIso NH'''
is the largest price offered for one.
we don't know anything about maui
stones. There are occasional newspaper ac-
counts of the use of madStoheS IN cdseS
of bites of dogs supposed TO have rabies
We have supposed that these accounts are
published for the benefit of the credulous.
If we should be bitten by mad dog we
would want the place cut out ana the
wound cauterized.
To w. J. H., Chidersburg, Ala.-We are
not posted in numsmatics, and, although
we have a treatise on the coins OF all couh-
tries, we cannot find out anything about IT,
Your lettering on one side is not leslbie
ON the other it indicates that the piece
is a Spanish coin struck during the latter
part of the reign of Charles III Carlos I'D
We suggest that you send it in a registered
letter to Hon. Julius Brown, Atlanta, Ca
as ne is versed in such things, and is
collector of curios and antiquities.
J. B. Grumsly Haleburgh, Ala.-Can any
of the readers of The Constitution give me
any information as to the whereabouts of
Walter Grumsly; last heard from IN Sher-
wood, Tex.
To V. y. T., Ecree Miss.-We are unable
from the description you give to diagnose
You must have overlooked the character
istic symptom. Consult Or. TAFT Butler
veterinary surgeon of your experiment sta
ton, Agricultural College, Miss.
Subscriber, Vincent, Ala.-Is there any
reason why huled cotton seed cannot
be fed to hogs; | mean proiitaby and safe
~. Answer and oblige.
There is no reason except that they DO
not do well on it. The weight of experience
is against feeding cotton seed to hogs.
S w. Cabot Fla.-lias the editor or any
of the readers of The Constitution tried the
Folding Saving Machine Co, of CricaSo,
and how did you like il? Answer through
The Constitution.
10 Catch Hawks.
GeehoseefaN Ivey, Ga. / see i'm this
weeks Constitution an inquiry from W. H.