The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-20

mustard and replace the blanket. After the
bowels have been well opened with tne
oil, give each day two or three ouhces
Glauber's salts. These remedies are harih-
less, and may effect cure.
G. T. W.. Five Forks, Gal. Please m
form me through The Constitution IL J..
would not be best to give ts err ano,e Oh
grade bitches as you call them, just eilouf IN
fall to gracefully bear the water - ~, m
edges of small fields or to certain di se Is
in large fields that would carry ~ ni, to
it possible for men of common means 20 TO
buiId terraces that will hold all OF the
water on the ground during heavy rams ls,a
would it be best for the land to burn II
off clean and pant in cotton or let the
straw remain and plant the ia1to he III 1atter
be best what kind OF ploWs Woulo NC oe9'
to put them in with! =, ,t Gov
What kind of guano would be best Ior
old red land that has been lying out several
Noars and grown up in bermuda grass ana
broomsedge? What kind or narrow Wo ~
he hest to get the bermuda out aitef lhe
.oInI has been thoroughly broken?
orr experience is that it is best to run
the terrace banks on perfect uea,i !eNei
If grade is given terrace pahh IL - ho
longer a terrace, but a grade often. oorhe-
times if may be we'll to grade the last nun
drnd feet or so when approaching tne
woods. or some natural water run we
think if is generally impractcable to so
construct n terrace that it will retain all
the water that might fall in heavy ram.
The idea is to have the terrace Such per
feet level that the water Will not be lhcilh-
Cd TO break over at any particular place,
but will flow over all along the terrace IN
a Thin sheet which will generally do little
or no harm.
. An old pine field newly cleared up is
NOT the place for peas, i. e., it does not par
ticularly need a renovating crop we Wouid
hurn off the straw $50 late as this) and then
manage-fertilizer and alias nearly as
possible just you would manage SOILS
adjacent.
2, The same kind as you would use on
adjoining or similar land Harrow the Ber-
muda with a cutaway or spading harrow.
p e. H.: Randolph, Ala-1. Will it pay
70 raise onions sets for sale?
2 How should the land be prepared, anu
at what time should the seed be soweo:
2 What is the yield per acre?
A. At what time should they be taken up
and full particulars about how to take care
of them You would do me great favor
bv answering the foregoing questions
through the columns of your paper
l. OF course it pays to raise onion sets lol
sale or nobody would raise them. but
very much depends on the man, as IN every
thing else. 1900
. select clean land, that has been some
wears in clean crop Rich lana IS not
necessary Plow shallow but Close anu
harrow until in fine condltlon. Lay Oh
rows with a sharp stick, or very SINAI,
garden hoe, y inches apart ana SOW seeu
in February. or early in March
2 Don't recall the yield per acre.
Take the sets up when the tops turn
yellow and commence to fall over. Let
them dry in heaps laid on some brush or
straw to keep them well aired Better lilahe
n contract with some dealer in seeds to
take your crop before you plant
w. S. L.. Plantersville, Ala have a new
ground cleared in November and december
last, that intend planting II h co'' off and and
how should it be prepared before planting
Would phosphate do for fertilizer? If so,
how much is required per acre? Inc ABOVE
is old field pine, red, sandy land
Burn off whenever it is convenient and
the brush etc. are dry. No special or pc
culiar treatment is necessary Prepare as
you would original new ground. Phosphate
is always in order, whenever ferti1zing IS
required, but, as general rule, a compete
fertilizer gives the most satisfactory re-
suits, especially when heavy manuring Is
intended There ought never to have been
any 'old pine fields i'll this country. The
true policy is to increase the productive
n,s, ~ .'. - 500. T., commenting with
the iirse or second year after clearing away
the original forest An old pine field that
has lain out fifteen or twenty years, affords
ii
Fix up a mixture of $50 pounds of acid 120
pounds of cotton seed meal, and IS pounds
of kaint for each acre if to be planted in
cotton. Twice much would probably
give you bale to the acre.
J. d. McC., Greenwood. Tex, writes
very Ions letter, to ask a few question.
Dear correspondents please don't waste
time and space with long introductionS,
etc, but go right to the point in as few
words as possibe)
1. Land that will produce IS to 50 bush
els of and only one bale of cotton
should never be put in cotton. The land
you describe would probably produce rice
very well, say so to rs bushels per acre.
2. Sugar cane ought also to yield we'll. 1t
is now too late to think of planting sugar
cane. February and early March are the
only times to plant. There is no secret in
planting and cultivating cane. Plant in
wide, deep, burrows to feet apart.
Double the stalks and fertilZe with cotton
seed TOR meaD KANT and acid phosphate.
Such land would not require much fertiliz-
ing.
s. Peanuts yield from 80 to 60 bushels per
on fair land. Plant in March or April.
But they prefer high dry land.
4. Onions would probably be a good crop
on the richest, but dryest, portions.
5. See editorial about raising hogs. We
cannot take space to tell one man "all we
know about all the crops that are good for
hogs or cattle, time and mode of planting"
etc. 1t is asking too much at one time We
are crowded for both time and space.
To Z. 7. B., Hooper, Ga.-Your friends
mule is afflicted with fistula of the Withers
To treat it eifectually requires the free use
of the knife, and you should have a man
who understands it to perform the work.
The SinuseS Cor pus tubes) must be opened
up from bottom to top. If there is a
large hollow space on top of the shoulders,
between the skin and bone, cut the skin
open in the direction of the length of the
horse from side to side OF the open space.
You Will probably find the ends of the bones
exposed and rough and diseased. The dis
eased parts must be cut away with forceps
fine and treated with: HydrochlO@ic
acid two drachms; water, half pint. Apply
twice day directly to the diseased bone.
Dress the puS openings or pipes twice a
day for week with solution of two
drachms bluestOne in half pint of water.
After one week change this wash to one
made of carbolic acid, part, to water
thirty parts. Inject into the pipes three
times a day. Then after week change to
the other wash, and so on, alternating every
week. 1t is a shame that the case has
been permitted to run on so long.
Subscriber Hoffman, N. C.-Please in