The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-01-21


seed, or r. J. Kings seed. Plant early III
April and thin TO one stalk every one and a
half feet early as you well can
Mr.. w. X. X, Partridge, Ala, wants
list of dealers in guano in Georgia. The llst
is too long for publication in these col
unns. and besides it would be free adj
verifying. Write to Hon. r. I. Neso'tt'
commissioner of agriculture Atlanta, Ga
for "a copy of bulletin No. %, third series
which contains complete list OF them. lie
will send it free.
J.C.P.J J., Santuck, s. C.--How viii com
post of the following ingredients 90 loi
cotton and corn: 600 pounds cotton seed
meai 200 pounds acid phosphate, loo poinas
kainit coo pounds stable manure? hat
quantity should be used per acre on la'll!
good land? How would. it do to use lo)
pounds at planting time ana loo Poul,'7
at the second plowing? Please give an lhc
information necessary about the above.
we would prefer the following: For
corn-acid phosphate, 800 pounds; kaiait'
200 hounds; cotton meal, 800 pounds-2,UJo
pounds For cotton-Acid phosphate, 1Vo
pounds; kaint, 800 pounds; cotton meal
coo pounds--,U00 pounds. We ~ouia use mo-
exceeding 200 pounds per acre on corn, ana
from 20o TO 600 hounds per acre ON cotton.
Put the manure in a deep furrow-al OIL II
mix well with the soil by running once or
twice in the furrow with Il narrow scooter.
Bed on il; harrow the beds doWh' anu
plaut. Second and third applications OF
Fertilizers do not pay, as a rule. lie care
full not to put any cotton meal IN the lui
ROW with .be planting seed. Heavy doses OF
concentrated manures DO not seem 10 pay
well on corn. You can add stable manure
A. the rate of 1900 10 1900 pounds ana up
ward to the acre; 600 pounds would hardly
be noticeable in its effects.
w T. Gibson. Winton, Ga.-Please let me
know what can be done raising cloN5r'
what time to SOW, how long Goes II I'm 'lH;
il to mature, how high does II grow anu
on what kind of land to SOW Ii on. near
some say it takes two years TO get a start
with it. Give all the Information you can
in regard to raising clover.
We can only answer your quesuohs ptiei-
" Red clover will DO well on any fairly
good land in middle Georgia, i IT has a
clay subsou September or Octohef y INC
best time TO SOW; but. il the land Is very
good and not too foul with seeds oI grass,
February sowings often succeed wen So"h
In the fan on good land it will give good
cutting the following May, and possibly
second cutting later in the summer sprung
sowings will not amount to much the sam
summer, unless the soil Il very GOOD an"
All conditions favorable. The plant grows
from two TO four feet high CWhcn straight
eued up. according to land ana seasons
Sow twelve pounds of seed per acre, ana
fertilize with "a potash acid phosphate.
! Subscriber, Red Creek, Ga.-Please an,
swor the following questions as 500" as
i How many bushels is the average Of
/ sunnower seed per acre? -,
?. What are they worm Pr puSl'oi "''N
1 where can | sell them?
/ B. How many bushels of Irish potatoes
| can be made on land that VIII make
! bal. of cotton to two acres
4 What are they worth IN market
/ 4 win northern seed corn, say from
| Pennsylvania do well this far south the
| first year? 49,. J..
! l. Don't know. Presume aboUt thii'S 70
! forty on good land.
| .. we do not know. Write to Marx W
| Johnson * CO., Atlanta. There Is no de'
mand for them in this section except d
| few for seed.
,. Not many. Such land is not good
!, g cough for irish potatoes. We suppse
ton enty-fiVe TO 100 bushels.
that Ne do not know.
plicity OF advisable to use extreme northern
lines Tcorn except on rich land ANA plant
neglect; y.
~ rtme1rIas. Fillmore GAVIN You
:" M, Jc The nuuttive value ri cot
senarSor cattle in comrarl.sGn MI T. .
hay, cotton seed nuns
nat before rs per hundred pous I
ted, ana t.nts per hundred?
81 Acap4hhs contain of dieesnble rl-
On tch Hreins ! per cent; carooh\-
q IN Herd grass hay contains: pro-
i-at jh1-e should say that 100 pounds OF
was :. grass hay would be equal To Ia
su'Se' tls OF cotton seed hu!ls as cattle
y 20 .; or, with herd grass hay at 30 cents
hundred hulls should be worth ABOUT
30 cents per hundred.
To 4. Lemon, Salkelatchie. s. C.-The
! Constitution has no seeds of any Kind Tor
/ sal or distribution.
To Joe g.. Santa Anna. Tex-Jn reply 10
! your inquiry. You can set the se-d YOU
inquire about OF Mary W. Johnson x Co.
/ Atlanta. Ga.
" n kimbroueh. Indian springs en-
i have q horse that was Iou'Gnereo TO-DAY
/ was oUE week ago. have tried halhlHe
his feet in hot water and also nave ugI
/ him i'm The creek, ana notnlhG seems 70 go
| amy good. Please tell men Wadt 10 go Iel
him. Answer through the paper as soon 's
| possible.
The following is good treatment for
founder: Give a dose OF ore pint ri Ia"
| Ifnsecd oil. Pun of all the shoes and pare
! down the walls OF the affected feet 50 that
| ne must stand on the soles or frogs. Then
| put his feet in hot bath with little
| mustard i'm the water. Bathe the legs zap
| 10 the knees and hooks, and let him stand
| i'm il as long IS II is hot. Then wrap edch
! foot iu a hot, soft linseed cor mashed tur-
/ Nip poultice, and bandage the legs with
/ flannel. Repeat morning and uisht for Two
or three weeks. or unth the Soreness is all
/ gone, or nearly, from THE feet. Then let
| him stand IN clay puddle in the daytiSe
! ana take huu Out II night, tsld continue
i this as long as there Is any stiffness. IL
/ VIII usually require month or more. When
! you first put his feet in poultices commence
/ giving him the following: one ounce sweet
/ spirits OF inter, one dran tincture Of aco-
mite root, one ounce saltpeter, half a pint
of water Mix and give 4 tablespoonful
| every two hours until the fever abates;
! then drop 10 three times a day Continue
! this for a week. Feed lightly on warm
mashes, scalded oats. grass, etc.
Glen Rose Texas, December %, I59l.-In
| your ISSUE OF December l., 1894, you say
| t. G. Grant of Dublin, Ga, killed hog
! twenty months old that weighed ~
pounds Good. but go YOU one better. Or.
| T. T.. Campbell, OF Glen Rose, killed two,
eleven months old. that weighed 500 pounds,
three seven months old that averaged ID
pounds each. j. T. BRYAN, OF Glen Rose
killed two, fourteen months old that weigh
| ed 920 pounds, but stll better. Mr.. Barry,
I of horpcl, Texas, one, twelve months old
| 700 pounds Still better, Miss Emma Carter
| of Morgan, Texas, one twelve months old
! 70S pounds The two last were pushed for
| q year for so. Miss emma Carter won