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


Burr clover and Bermuda will follow each
other we'll and make an all-the-year-round
pasture. The Burr clover seed Will cost
you from $l.50 to -. per bushel. They 40
not come up very well unless soWn IN jury
and narrowed in lightly. Bisulphlte or
carbon is recommended by high authority
as a reliable remedy for weevils IN gram.
We wrote an article on it last fall. Any
druggist will get it for you.
A A. G.. Cotton Plant Miss.-What is
the best early variety Of sorghum lor
syrup?
Early Amber generally considered the
best early sorghum.
d. & Co., Adrian, Mich;-Can YOU send
information in regard TO p,ice wo o. ia'i h
useful to those intending to emlsrate 10
the south?
to improvements and nearness to CITY or
town from S. to $50 and $50 per acre. Good
farms, not very near town can be had
for $40 per acre.
w. H. G., Trenton. Tex.-Are magnolias
hardy where tempera lure falis TO ~ de-
greeS below zero, and what culture do you
give them? j wrote to the WeStVleW floral
Company for catalogue, but never got It,
Why?
We do not know certainly, but the mag
nolia (srandifoIia) would not thrive in such
severe climate. Write to H. W. Reed,
Waycross, Ga, for catalogue. Inc mag
nolia REQUIRES a rich, sandy loan. Top soil
from q sandy creek bottom would be the
kind to get. Open pit four or 1--WE feet
wide and two feet deep and III 1t with
fresh soil the above.
To John S. w, Sardis, Ala.-So far as
we can make out your writing, we answer
your question as follows:
/. ma tree posts are considered to be
quite durable.
2. We would consider a forty-year old
pecan tree that has not borne fruit IN that
time as a hard case, and not likely to be
induced to bear by pruning and fertilzing:
You say it is growing in a Damp place. This
would indicate that the soii IS not wanting
In fertility. 1t is probable that the tree is
naturally barren from some defect in. the
flowers which could be cured only by having
other bearing pecan trees in the vicinity
3. Yes, it will greatly promote the dura-
biity of any post Especially of well
seasoned, to dip IL into boiling
gastar.
l. Cedar will outlast postoak for posts.
5. See editorial recently about time
for planting corn. We do not know the lat
itude nor elevation of your section.
B. s. s., Ammonia, Tex.-I have valuable
horse. About a month ago / rode him very
hard all day and kept HIM from feed from
morning until midnight, then fed very
heavy with corn and hay. Next morning
he was very sick, getting up and down,
paving, etc, with d continual discharge
rhoea. Giving him a months rest with
treatment / rode him Saturday, slowly,
about and returned at night feeding him
light. Sunday about o'clock ne was taken
again with the disease-diarrhoea L sup
pose-with much straining like the fuX.
Change the food completely, using but
little X any, corn. Make up the following
and give as one dose and repeat if neces-
One .
prepared chalk, one ounce ginger, one
drachm opium, one pint of starch Cruel.
Give water with -four stirred in it-about
two quarts every three or four hours. BE
sure that the food is sound and sweet and
the water pure. Always feed and water as
long as possible before driving him on the
road and cover with a blanket when stand
ing if the weather is the least chilly.
A Subscriber, Bizzen, n. C.-Can you tell
me how to grow extra large Watermelons?
What kind of fertilizers should be used,
what quantity and how should it be applied
so as not to fire up the vines? What
will prevent bugs from destroying the
vines?
Give plenty of distance-not closer than
12x12 feet. Plant on light, mellow good soil.
Manure with plenty OF good stable manure
and cotton seed cotton seed meal, COM
posted until thoroughly rOtted; or use equal
parts of acid phosphate, cotton seed meal
anu kdlDlC, ABOUT oUU TO buU ppuIuS pei
acre, we'll forked in and around the hill to
a distance of three four feet. When the
vines commence to run top-dress with 100
pounds of nitrate of Soda scattering it
around the plants, but not on them and
working in with pillow cultivator Plant
seed of large kind, as Joness Jumbo. Let
not more than two melons set on one vine.
We DON'T know any remedy for the bugs.
Plaster and bone oliver scattered over the
tri,aac ,r-Ia with n said no
good
Subscriber. Brewton, Ala. L have a
mare about eight years old that gets lame
when ridden, driven or ploWed in roots. Some
say the trouble is in the right knee, but 1
think it is in her shoulder. After travelling
four or five miles she will begin to limp;
when stopped she Will place her right foot
out in front of her. When loose she runs
over the field; you could not tell she had
any defect whatever. The party whom /
purchased her from said he was informed
that she stepped IN noe WINE running
through the woods Is 1t sWeehX. or a
sDrain? There is sign of swelling. ,.
What is the best remedy for lice on cattle?
Please give treatment for the above.
l. From the description of the symptoms
it is impossible to determine with any cel~
tainty what is the matter, but we suspect
that the lameness is not in the shoulder,
but is the result either of corns in the foot
or spran of the back tendOns. 1t is more
than probable that it is corns For this
have recently given the proper treatment.
,. Kerosene oil made into an emulsion IS good
Any kind of grease mixed with sulphur
is a good remedy. The following is per
haps still better: Steep one-half pound of
tobacco leaves Cor plug tobacco shredded
in one gallon of warm Water two hours and
wash the animal with It while warm. OF
course you will curry off all that are Vis-
BILE and destroy them.
A Subscriber, Americas, Cal have q
fine mule about seven eight years old
that is going blind. She commenced to go
blind last fall. She is all right every other
way is very rat. Can you please give me
a remedy for it? I don't know the cause of
it, If you know of any remedy for ito
stop it, please let me know and oblige.
Your description is not very detailed, but
It is altogether probable that it is specific
ophthalmia, or as it is commonly called,
blindness. If SO, it may be recogniz-
ed by the fact that there is swelling of all
the parts of the eye and much pasn and
redness. After a few days all the symp-
toms subsiGe and the eye appears almost
well. But the soreness returns in d few
weeks, maybe months, and then subsidies
again, and so on, but each time leaving the
eye in worse condition. 1t is utterly in
durable, being an inherited disease; but the
eyes may be preserved for some years by
careful treatment and attention. When an
attack first comes on give Il purgatiVe: 3
drachms aloas, 1 dIachm ginger, l drachm
tow,