The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-26

chaffy" because of the absence of some
| certain element in the soil. That may or
may not be the case. Some varieties of
| oats ara much lighter and chafller than
| others. However, fertilized for oats
| should contain a large proportion of nitro
! gen. Hence cotton seed and meal are ex-
| excellent for oats, and nitrate of soda is
| excellent for top dressing oats in the
| spring. We are not familiar with the
method of handling the marsh grass and
| making manure. Quick lime win not dis
sipate any nitrogen from the mass unless
the latter be in the form of ammonia
salts, which is not the case in undeclyed
| organic matter. As a precaution against
| possible loss of nitrogen for the mud, it
would be well to cover the beds or masses
| of marsh grass and mud with top soil from
] adjacent sweet soils If kanit does not
| seem to benefit your soil it would not be
safe to conclude that the soil contains a
sufliciency of potash. 1t may be that the
soil objects to the potash in the form of
| kainit, which contains at least one-third its
! weight of common salt Potash is very
| Important cement of plant food and every
| soil must supply il TO plants, or there can
| be no crops without the addition of potash
| to the soil. Director III. -. Battle, OF your
! State Experiment Station, located at Raj
| eigh. y. g., should be able to answer all
! these questions satisfactorily.
TO John owen. Troy, S. C.-Your descrlp-
| ton of the ailment OF your horses foot Re-
ceivcd; but we conclude II mist be case
| of "ringbone." 1t is not case OF mud
| fever. So long as the lameness produced by
! ringbone works of by exercise, there is
| some chance of cure, but if the case las
| progressed Sc far that there is continued
lameness there is not much hope of a cure.
In the first stage the treatment is to apply
hot baths to the leg and ankle tIrce or
four times a day, followed Immediately with
a lotion of one ounce each of muriate of
ammonia and saltpcte- dissolved in one
quart of water The effect OF this Is TO
allay all active Inflammation. Then rub in
around the ringbdne blister ointment of
one-quartcr ounce Of powdered cantharides,
one drachm of huiodide Of mercury and
two ounces Of lard 20 be we'll mixed ana
rubbed in vigorously once a day until we'll
llistered. when the blister is about healed
up repeat the ointment. II the rnrhoue
does not yield to this treatment you viii
have TO resort to the firing iron.
James II. b., Jacksonville. Ala.-Ploase
answer the following through The Const-
tuition:
/. | have n piece Of upland that / sowed
I'm wheat last fall Which would benefit
the land most turning the vegetation un-
der green or wait TIL after frost fats IT
the former. when should IL be turned
=. What kind Of fertilizer would pay best
on this land for cotton ana how much
should be used to the acre.
l. We would prefer 10 turn under the veg
citation just before frost or Immediately
after-say about the lst Of November.
. Five or six hundred pounds of fer
tlizer that would aualyze- phosphorus
acid, 10 per cent; potash, per cent: nitro
zen. per cent
William S. Eusby. Miss-Ts It anthony
that is given 20 horses 10 make them
thrive? If 50, what kind, ard now much
and how often?
Some prescribe anthony in the form Of
"baCk antmouy;' but We are not familiar
with its use ana DO not know the dose.
Tartar eDeuc is form OF autimonX. Of
which the dose for a horse is two drachms
Suphine of anthony is another form used
in remedies Tor hog cholera.
Farmer. Monroe. \. C.-Wu you kindly
II form me as to what is the best Way OF
saving pcaNiue haY2
See editorial ia this issue.
J. \. Haynes. Notasulga. Ala Since
having my crop Of fan oats killed out
last winter and not buoWins no" often
the same thing MAY happen i'm the future
I have occu olSiug around for am oat
that win withstand thc fro 'Ies ana would
be pleased ia have you tell rs through your
columns whether you know tI such an
cat. Many years ago there was oat
called The Missouri black oat that would
neither winter kan nor rust and Yield good
crops. IT you know OF such am Jat please
let us know whore < can get it. also do
You k"9" tnNiHnt 't+'t Msf ''#""ie
the Alexander Drug Company seed catd-
logue.
We have been sowing oats for more
than thirtv-Gve years and have tried many
varieties but have nev.r found one that
was strictly proof against severe freezing
weather. OF late years the winter turf
CAT has been much eNtoiled for its power
TO withstand a low degree If Cold and il
does usually escape when other varieties
are killed. but last WATER when the Their
ON February Sth the winter tart was ruin
ed although few scattering plants we've
ltft. We know nothing OF tin. Missouri
black oat." at most not by that name.
But il would be strange, indeed ~ va
rcty of oats possessing such powers Of
resistance TO cold should pass out OF exist
euce. The Wrf oat that we referred -
above was the Myers prolific winter tLrf
oat.' 1t is "a good variety and Is very
hardy. but not absolutely "cold proof"
n. IL. c., Fishdam. Ca-As n subscriber
TO your paper / ask Information. Please
tell me in clearing land which would be-
the quickest way 70 icadcu the puvs-ta
skin on chop them? Is th,re ans pIrticil-
lar month TO do tits work ln for the short
est time for the trees to die u2 What
time can / staCt the bugs ina the pines. and
in what way would 1t be best to start
thJ'n3
The quickest way to ieadan pines is to
girdle them. cutting cloar through the
EdifM OOA 10 liie uttAlAs anu TIMING Out lNe
chips clean We have found girdIiuc at
any time, if done as above directed viii
insure the death OF the tree before the
time for putting out leaves iu the sprius.
August is supposed to be the proper time
TO start the worms in pines, by cutting
few trees on each acre ANA lodging them
against other trees.
C. u. clayton. Ehrhardt, S. C.-Pleaso
answer through the farmers column the
following quesuchs:
i. DO you think topping my cotton would
make IL frlit more heavily? ii SO. at what
time?
:. / see i'm your am 5werS TO my Inquiries
YOU adVisa me To see that / have prolific
early variety. ! plant the PeteIkiu, Tyler
and Kips Nar ties. This is my first year
with the KING. SO far am highly pleased
with t. as Il has twice as mGch frGit ou
il now as the others. iO you know of amy
Letter varieties IT SO, name them.
g. What could } SOW 10 have summer
PASTURE for thirty or forty head of hogs-I
mean something to keep tGrm lat or IN
good growing orler2
A. What time do you gather artichokcs
for seed, and how do you bank for safe
keeping? Are uey good 10 fattcn Loss
for bacon Ouy
By answering the above questions yQE
viii greatly oblige ne.
1 We have several times answered this