The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-15

eased from extremely cold weather. / have
had it in oats before now but not so much.
want to know what you think OF IL be-
ing fed with safety to horses. VIII oats
with this I'm them do for sowing. L mean
will the seed of the within sample germi-
answer in your next issue.
The plant sent is cheat or chess (bromus
>ecalinus), a distinct species of grass just
as distinct oats. Cheat is perfectly
! harmless when fed to stock. oats, wheat,
4 rye, etc, do not change to cheat. When
VIII farmers get rid OF the preposterouS
idea that one grain grass can change
INTO another? The idea is opposed to nat
ure. opposed to reason, opposed to common
sense and has been combatted by intell-
gence and science for generations past;
and still there farmers who believe
that oats Will turn to cheat. If you plant
the oats mixed with the cheat, each kind
Will come up and each produce its kind.
Don't sow the oats, unless you fan out
the cheat seed.
w. C. s.. Lester, S. CT herein enclose
you a kind OF grass that started several
years ago on my farm. The patch was
small at first, nut now covers about five
acres. and Is srill spreading. L hardly
plow through II, the roots are so thick
md tough. Tell me the name of it, and
how can l destroy il?
The plant sent is bermuda grass, with
which ii would seem that every farmer in
the south should be familiar. IL you have
only five acres of 1t. you should not want
10 get rid of IL, since ii is "A most valuable
summer pasture grass. Fence the five
acres apart. ana you need have no din-
Guilty in preventing it spreading beyond the
limits. IL you wish To destroy ii, turn IL
over shallow in September and harrow in
three bushels OF good seed oats per acre,
manuring well with cotton seed meal. Az
ter the oats are of next June, turn over
and sow two bushels OF COW peas per acre.
Make hay o. the peavines. ana Immediate
y turn under the stubblc, and in Sepicm-
Der SOW in oats or in red clover. If in oats,
follow with peavines again.
To ]. NJ. billiard ST., Birmingham, Miss:
III you will refer to the article We wrote
that we promised to send d copy Of Farm
ers' Bulletin, No. "a on application. Write
10 Hon. J. Sterling Morton, secretary OF
agriculture. Washington, ID. c.
w II. c, Sumterville, Fla.-I have a
small patch OF nut grass ON my place
winch wish To get rid oil. nave aug u
up TO the ueptn one anu hair feet and
p.cAed all tue nuts cut tnaJ 1 could hnd,
but still they come. Please tell me how
TO get rid Of IT. salt viii ali Vegetables.
Can Kill this grass with IL? II so, how
much salt must 1 put 10 the square loot.
anu how apply il?
We have never known nut grass de-
stroyed by digging out the nuts. even when
the soil was all run through sand screen.
Salt will Kill any vegetation. including
nut grass, but the quantity required would
vary with the depth OF the soil filled with
the grass nuts. Moreover, the salt would
not kill the nuts in the SOIL until they
yegetate. The most reliable method we
think IS TO shade OUT the nut grass by
seeding heavily in oats in the fall, follow
the oats With two bushels oil COW peas 10
the acre; make hay OF the cowpea crop
and immediately turn under he StuhLlt.
and SOW in oats or rye, and follow the
oats or rye with cow peas again. If but
a small plot of the iufes ed soil you may
possibly destroy the grass with salt; but
more certainly by hoeing il up as often
II appears. not less than every other
day.
y Subscriber GraybiE. Tex-You will
please PRINT in your valuable paper what
viii Keep wceNlis out of peas.
You 90 nor say whether garden peas or
cow peas. IA garden peas. put them in u
common fruit jar, or picine jar, and pour
one teaspoonful OF bi-sulphide Of carbon
Ter eicn hair gallon OF peas; or, instead,
put ia the same of spirits OF turpenuue,
. o. "A lump OF camphor as biz as "A hickory
nut. II COW peas are meant. put thcm up
in usAt barrels, pour IN tnrce or TOUR
ounces Of the carbon Di-suphide and cover
the top closely.
j. W. r.. Larry. GA nave a valuable
mule that Is accused OF having the incura-
uIr gl.uuers. j wish 10 have MIN and
my Ythcr stock inspected. Please inform
me through The Constitution how TO pro
coed.
Write to Hon. Il. T Nisbett, commits
sioner OF agriculture. Atlanta. Ga, and
ask him To send veterinary surgeon To
examine your stock.
I. 5. Banning. Gal have a patch Of
Irish potatoes planted April l2tn. The
plants have grown nnely, but have not
borne amy potatoes, and on The roots where
Jhe potatoes ought To grow there are other
vines coming up from them. NiH you
pleas. tell Wnat 40 do to make them
bear IL anything; or what IS the trouble!
The trouble may be either i'm the
Tiety OK potato. or in the fertilizer. You
DO not state anything in regard TO va
riesy. fertilizer used, or method of plant
ing and cultivation. Certainly nothing can
b. done now 10 make the vines fruitful.
Too la-se a quantity OF nitrogen manure,
or a badly prOportioncd manure, may be
the cause Of the trouble. You certainly
planted too late.
r Y. Baker Plano. Ala have mare
fifteen years old. She found a colt The
ilr'-t uf May, and seems 10 have done wei
IL fodlIn@. but when the cot was hNe
.. goks old sho seemed 10 get weak in the
hius. and when down she has 10 be helped
az. Her hind parts seems 10 be stiff, ana
hlll. Her bowels and kidneys are all right,
and her appetite Is good. Please give the
name OF tho disease and the remedy
through your paper.
Your description Of the symptoms is mot
sufficiently fun TO enable us to say. with
confidence, what is the matter with your
mare. 1. IS possible she may have para
plegia. or paralysis of the hind eXtremi-
ties. II this is $50. il viii generally be
evidenced by inability TO switch the tail
af-re y.
tum and bladder etc. Apply hot water
cloths along the small OF Cfie back or
blister the spine in that region. Give in
ternally one drachm OF powdered nux
vomica twice day until twitching of some
OF the voluanutory muscles occur; then dis
continue IL for several days; then com
mence again with smaller doses. gradually
increasing the dose until twitching again
occurs. Give nutritious but not too bulky