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

10 ask for information concerning the cul-
ture of the sunfower. How and when
should II be planted and cultivated? How
much Will IL make per acre and what 3
the market value? Where could
the seed be bought and sold? Does the
crop need much protection by fence from
cows and hogs? Il have heard that It did
mott DO You suppose that it would do
well on our rich buckshot land? Any in
formation in regard to same thankfully re-
ceived and let me know If l could buy
book trea ting on Il. culture, etc.
The sunfiower will grow on any soil that
will produce corn and will yield about as
many pounds of clean seed as of sAelled
corn, possibly more. Its culture IS eX-
ceedingly simple Prepare the iand as if
for corn. plant about the same time and at
ALMOST any time from March to August IN
four-foOt rows. dropping three or four
seeds I'm a place every two to two and
half feet. covering one inch deep. When
the plants are six or eight inches high
thin TO one stalk in a place and cultivate
just as YOU would corn. We do not know
what seed dealers pay for the seed nor
what they are worth for oil making. The
seed are valuable food for cows, hogs and
chickens. We should Ray that a ,s'.a-
flower crop requires to be as we'll protected
from stock as earn or other crops. Get the
Russian variety, which produces but one
large head from ten to fifteen inches in
diamater to each plant.
r. c. Wilson, Attention, Ala-Please let me
know through your weekly paper what is
used IN preparing chewing tobacco or
where / can obtain that information.
We do not know. Every manufacturer
has his own recipe and usually keeps II a
secret. Sugar and liquorice are the prin-
cipal ingredients, We believe. We do not
know how you VIII find out. Possibly Ma
jor II. l.. Ragland. Hyco. Va. will inform
you.
Reader. Monticello, Gavin you OF
some reader of The Constitution tell us il
sorghum cane can be cut and housed when
ripe successfully without any curing, II not,
what stage Is the best to cut 1t for winter
forage?
We have often heard that sorghum can
he kept through the winter without diff
Guilty by cutting il when The seeds are in
the dough state and after summing one or
two days az the weather permits, storing
IL away in the barn. packing rather loosely
But we have never tried the pan. If any
reader can indorse 1t from experience we
invite him 10 give fun information.
a Subscriber. Cameron. MOI have
great number Of pods containing seed on
my potatoes. | would be pleased to know
of you the proper time to gather IL. how
20 preserve, when and how to plant 1t,
and then what will my harvest be? have
failed TO iind any one experienced with
potato seed.
Gather the bolls when the tops turn
yellow and commence falling: open them
and dry the seeds in the shade. and keep
in paper bags during the winter. I'm the
early spring SOW in n hot bed under glass
and transplant into the open ground
when the danger of frost is over. The
planting of these seeds will originate new
varieties OF potatoes. and il is the method,
lin part adopted for that purpose. The
first year from the seed the tuhers will
be very small, but they Will increase in
size as successive crops are grown from
the tubers.
c. W. Sims. Raysville. Gal have n colt
about three months old with front hoof
growing backward. The first noticed
Of IL was five weeks ago II began TO limp.
! am using kendalls spawn cure for the
Ia rleness. No swelling on toe of hoof
which is worn off very short and that may
be the cause OF lameneSS No swelling or
fever that | can detect. Please inform
me what TO do about il.
The trouble with your colts foot Is called
clubfoot. and is not uncommon especially
in mule colts. II may be cured by cutting
the tendons, In severe eases. but as rule
special shooting is the only measure of
relief that can be adopted. The toe should
not be pared. bat the heels are to be low
cred as much as possible, and a shoe put
on with a long projecting toe piece. slightly
turned up. while the heels of the shoe
should be made thin.
a +. E., Barber. Ala.-I have mule
that has itching spells ana little sores
come on him. kubs the hair off IN snots
where he ltchcS. lie was taken last ,Iausi-
airy ana he is not much better. lie works
all the time and eats heartily / would like
Ca have him relieved, as he is a valuable
mule. Please give a remedy through the
columns Of your paper. I have given him
sulphur ana wash him with soap. to-
bacco juice. kerosene oil SDiritS of fur
prntine flease answer at once and oblige
a subscriber.
There are a number OF skin diseases To
which horses and mules are subject and
the treatment should vary according to
the character of the particular disease
Your description OF the syiS 1toms is not
sufficiently clear to enable us 20 nudge what
disease II Is. 1t may be what il called
prnflgo. Give him purge Of five drains
or alocs. ! dram of ginger 1 dram Of gen
tan ana strip or soap To form into a ball
l'ulverize aud mix and give as one dose
When purging is over give n Tablespoonful
morning and night, in a. bran mash Of the
Following; ! ounces EPSON salts. 2 ounces
saltpetcr, ounces linseed meal Wash him
an over with soap and water. and when
dry sponge him over with vinigor. Turn
him 10 pasture for a month.
e. n. Jones, Lily. AIa.-p,o,so
al sWer the following questions Nihrough
your valuable paper:
/. can YOU give a remedy for getting rid
of molcs >
p could crimson clover he successfully
grown in central Alabama? If SO which
rs best 10 grow Il on, upiands or on creek
?. Is the squash n good feed for boyso
They yield enormously here On our lon1s
J. DO you know OF "A remedy that will
destroy The maypop vines so they will not
come agaiH2
= My neighbor has mule that viii break
out with bumps on his shoulders ana breast
every summer. IN n few DAYS after the
bumps come the hair will slip off What
Is the cause ana please give a remedyP
l. The mole question" has been DIS
cvsscd at -nh length I'm these columns
during the past few months and so many
c'nedics given that We conclude that YOU
rave not been a close reader of this de-
partinent. Among the remedies suggested
We think poisoning them by dropping pieces
OF potator or grains OF corn I'm which a very
small quantity Of strychuil Re has been in
serted by means of a penlAife blade to be
the easiest and probably the most effective
method.
.. Ne are not prepared from our expert
ence TO give n strong; Endorsement to Grim
son clover 1t has not done well with us
or ordinary middle Georgia clay soils We
have seen n fine crop of II growing on bot
TOM Try il and then you viii know for
yourself.
=. Squashes are Wholesome, appetizing
food, but they do not contain as much nu-
triment melons.
4. We know OF no remedy except to pun