The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-13

about one inch and give absolute rest until
all lameness is gone. But il the second
stage has come on, which is probable IN
your case, the hot poultices should be fol-
lowed after a few days with a blister-say
" ounce powdered cantharides and ounces
Of lard. Mix and rub in well over the spav-
in. Also mix this ointment drachms red
iodide Of mercury and 2 ounces of lard If
the first ointment does not blister well,
mix the two together and rub in we'll, first
cutting Off the hair. After twelve hours
smear fresh lard once a day until the sore
is healed. Then repeat the blister and So
on, until cured.
No Name, Nowhere. Is there anything
to prevent rust in cotton on sandy land? l
had about three acres ruined last year by
rust. l have heard that salt would prevent
it. Is it true?
2. Which is the best, to make a compost
of cotton seed and stable manure or put
seed and acid in the ground early? l mean
by this, which viii be the best for the land
and make the most cotton?
1. 1t is a prevailing belief that n liberal
proportion of kainit, or other form of pot
ash, in the fertilizer applied will prevent
rust. We believe high fertilizing with a
complete fertilizer and proper rotation will
prevent it. Light sandy land, or any soil
subject to rust, should not be put in cotton
two years in succession. More than one
third of kainit is common salt and at $14
a ton it is about the cheapest form of salt.
We do not believe salt will prevent rust.
9. We are Of the opinion that a compost
made three four weeks before hand woulo
give the best results. Green cotton SEED
plowed into the ground act very slowly.
To- L. p. P, Henry county. Georgia
Red clover is the best for hogs, where it
succeeds well. September is the time to
sow it, ten to twelve pounds of seed per
acre; SOW Oh freshly-plowed and narrowed
surface and very lightly brushed in, or not
covered at all. A mixture of ten pounds
of clover seed and two bushels of orchard
grass would be good for your woodland,
provided the underground be removed. On
the swamp land red top grass. one and
half bushels per acre; orchard, one and
half bushels, and eight pounds of clover
seed. On old land Bermuda will do better
than anything else for q summer pasture,
and you don't want much pasture for hogs
in the winter, for you should have none
but sows until February or March. 1t is
now too late to SOW clover ana grasses.
Better wait until next fall, but SOW the
land in cow peas and manure with 200
pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds OF
kainit per acre. Turn your hogs on the
peas in the latter part of August and sow
the grasses named the last of September
on same land Or, as your land is good,
plant in corn and peas and then grass; but
peas alone is the best preparation for grass.
G. H. N, Lily S. c., asks for all the
information we have about the new forage
plant, lathyrus sylvistric." In reply we re-
gret to say that our personal experience
and observation do not sustain the claims
that are put forward for this plant. 1t is
claimed that it viii grow and thrive on
thin, sandy soil We have not tried it on
such soil-not having any convenient-but
it's behavior on good red, loamy soil was
such as to discourage it's further cult1Va-
ton We have not heard of its successful
cultivation in this country so far. 1t is
admitted by its euogists that it makes
but slow growth for two or three years,
which is a fault that VIII prevent its sue
cessfuI introduction for long time We
prefer lucerne or vetches or COW peas
W. O. B., Hampton, Miss, wishes to
know if the husks of amber sorghum kill
hogs that may be fed on the seed We
think not We have fed many acres of it
TO hogs without the slightest injury. The
mere fact that the husks are indiSestble
would not cause them to be injurious
large part of all coarse foods is utterly
.ndigestibie but none the less wholesome
and harmless.
II. V. G., Denton, Tex.-I have a black,
for the last four years and now L want TO
run it in cotton.
/. | want to know if I could make as
rnuch hv checking nv cotton as by drilling,
and what would be the proper distance to
check so as | could use cultiVator. My
reason for checking is to manure as l have
plenty of good stable manure ana can cul-
tiVate more land.
/. 1t depends entirely on the natural or
induced (by manure) productiveness of the
soil In Georgia land that will make one
bale of cotton per acre should have about
six square feet OF surface TO each stalk or
say 4X1l5 feet or 3X2. IN either case ploW
ing both ways would be impracticabe. IL
you will raise the productive power or the
soil to ~ bales per acre you might plant it
3x3; but this would involve too much labor
in planting and cultivation. II your land
will make bales per acre, you may have
the plants AK, or even 4X315. We are not
familiar, however, with Texas soils. You
say your reason for checking lis to manure,
as l have plesty Of good stable manure,
and can cultivate more land" We don't
see the point. Do you mean that you can
manure more land by planting in the hills,
or Checking it? We don't how you
can manure more land except by applying
less manure to the acre.
G. C. H., Thornton. TEX. What will
take q Wart off Il mules back?
2. What is good for barbed wire cut on
horse?
s. Please give rule for making rafter level.
length of each arm and width at bottom
SO TO give one inch fall in sixteen feet.
/. If you can get at it to do so. tie a
small strong cord around it, and tighten it
little every day until the wart comes off.
If you cannot do that, shave it off with
sharp knife and burn the surface with
few drops of nitric acid or a little pull
vesized blue stone. Or you may burn it
with ..st iron. just hot enough to show a
faint red.
.. Wash clean and dress the wound three
or four times day with solution of Y
ounce carpOlic acid in / pint of water.
8. Make both legs same length. and u
feet apart at bottom. Set the frame on
floor or piece of lumber that it perfectly
level Mark where the plummet line crosses
the horizontal bar. Now raise one foot of
the level Il of an inch, mark The plummet
line as before. Reverse the level and mark
AGAIN. This will give ! inch in 16 feet.
A. J. r., Stanfordvilla, Gal have five
acres of land that viii make 1000 pounds of
seed cotton per acre with fertilizer. l want
to put the five acres in corn How much
acid and meal can | use successfully to
make it pay me? The land has q good clay
soil VIII ten or twelve bushels of green
cotton seed and 100 pounds OF acid per acre
make pretty fair fertilizer for cotton? l
have 800 bushels | Wanr to put on eighteen
acres of land that will make 800 pounds
OF seed cotton per acre without any fertil-