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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
How Much Fertilizer


+. J. Smith. Vinson. Ga.-My land is
five years old; was sown I'm small grain
and made a good growth of peavines last
year; is gray with firm clay underneath
The peavine stubble was plowed under
during winter on joining land of same
quality | gathered last year seventeen
bales from fifteen acres. with the use OF
too pounds OF guano per acre. NOV, whal
want TO know Is what amount OF guano
would pay best and what should guano
analyse for cotton planted on pea stubble
hotlce YOU use on EXPERIMENT farh from
ilVe TO six hundred pounds; is not TINS too
much?
Answer-In my experience I have not
found that the roots and stubble of
reavine crop. after moving the vines Tor
hay. leave enough nitrogen in the soil to
justify any modification of the formulas
for cotton so often published in these col
umns. 1T is impossible to say beforehand
what quantity of fertilizers would give the
best results 1t is largely a question of
arithmetic. a light application of fertiliz-
er always yields the greatest per cent
profit on Hs cost. But with only one or
two dollars worth of fertilizer per acre
the investment is too small for The prohtS
To amount TO much. 1t is like selling pea
nuts. y boy may buy them by the busnei
at "A cost OF cents a quart, and then re
tail them by the pint at ) cents. thus max
ing over 200 per cent profit; but he sells
nut Few quarts q day. 1t would be Del
Ter To GuY hundred bushels or so, at 20
cents a bushel and sell them again AZ
dollar. making only 33 1-3 per cent. So 1t
is in using fertilizers. / would prefer
cuano that analyses 10 3 3; or 10 !:
:. 20 >. 10 40. or ! - 30. These
all have the same relative proportions
ana one would be as good as another. pro-
vided the proper equivalent quantity be
used In Bulletin No. a, II is advised TO
Use as much of formula No > as would get
l from ~" To 100 pounds of acid phosphate
/ per acre. Now formula No. Is as fol-
lows:
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flowers. but ii is probable that the sense
of smell is of more use than that of
sight.
Referring again to the thorax. or the
second division of the insect body. We find
that it bears three pairs of jointed appen-
dages. the legs, and also two pairs of
wings. The three segments of the thoraX
are known from their position as the pro.
meso. and meta-thOraX. The wings are
borne on the meso and metathorax. Each
segment bears a pair of legs, and each
leg is divided into several segments.
Where it joins the body. there Is scierite
known as the .rOchanter. This articulates
with the femur. The femur articulates
distally with the tibia, to which is Joined
the tarsus. The tarsus is usually subd.-
vided and bears IN its distal extremity
pair of claws. The relative development
of these legs varies much according 10
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
Lining Land-Cotton Seed Meal.

w. ID. IL. BoSart. Gal. How would
il do to broadcast land with lime say
about 200 pounds To the acre. and then
break il before preparing in for cotton.
tolerable thin gray land. ,. Would il pay
to broadcast red poor land with sawdust?
3. How would il do 10 mix cotton seed
meal with very fine stable manure 10 be
used under cotton.
Answer. 1t would not be expedient to
lime such land.
>. II would help to improve the mechan-
zeal condition of hard or stiff clay gals
but sawdust contains but a small uuanti-
" of plant food. An equal weight of
pine straw would supply twice as much
plant food.
ton seed meal with stable manure. Each
of these articles is a heterogeneous manure
deficient in phoSDnoric acid and potash.
Feed the meal to cattle and save the ma
nure and mix with acid phosphate.
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Weak in the Loins.

II. Wells. Center Hin. Fla.-Please pre-
scribe for horse that seems weak I'm his
loinS When he lies down at night |
have 10 help him get up next morning.
Seems unable To raise up on his hind
legs
Answer-GNe him one dram OF nux
vomica every morning for week. and
one teaspoonful of phosphate of calcium
IN the evening i'm a bran mash. Rub tha
muscles of the loins daily with compound
soap ointment.
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Hogs and Pindars.

To J. T. Carter Eberhardt. S C-The
symptoms described strongly indicate that
your hogs have tuberculosis of the liver
disease corresponding 10 consumption
in the human body. 1t may be contracted
by swine from having access TO milk from
tubercuious COWS This would account
for your hogs not being thrifty. But it
Is true that pindars tpcanutsfi alone do
not constitute am ideal food for a grow
ing pig-not enough boue-making material.
There is mo- cure for tuberculosis in
swine Better get a new stock. There
is 40 danger in using the pork or bacon,
provided il be- Wei cooked.
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good lawn If your yard is OF now In
good condition. better sow it I'm cowpeas
in May. fertilizing with acid phosphate
and potash. Now off the vines when III
full bloom. Then pillow the ground (or
spade it. if but a small area. harrow UNI
It'll perfectly mellow and free from Jumps
and clods and SOW from two to two ana Il
half bushels of fancy" blue grass seed
per acre. Sow the seed i'm September or
October on the freshly narrowed surface
and brush I'm very lightly. You may sue
coed sowing IN February or March. but
Sn
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Thrush in Mules Foot.

To w. y. Coleman. Rochelle. Ga-The
mere fact that Your mule keeps picking
mp his feet orc at time" is by NJ mea -
PROOF that he has thrush. hut simply that
all of his fee'Aarc fender. Thrush is an
offensive disclx ge from the clefts of the
frog. Poultice the diseased foot a dav or
two: then clean out well. trim off the
ragged portions and press calomel down
into every crcvice. plugging up with tow
or paper to keep out the dirt. Repeat the
calomel every day until the discharge
ceases. II is possible that he has rheu-
matiSm.
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600 pound bag contains - pounds of avail
able plant foot, and that the 16S pounds
are of no practical value. II. j. X.
SWEET POTATAO FORMULA-A COR
RECTION.
In the Weekly of February 18th ma
terial error occurred nor was Il the prin-
ters mistake. Formula No. 4. for sweet
potatoes. was given As follows:
Acid phosphate IA per cent avail 1000 lbs
Muriate of potash go per cent pot
dShl----. 9N IDS
cotton NEAL. ...-. .....l,iW IDS
1900 lbs
II should have been as follows:
FORMULA NO. A-FOR SWEET POTA-
TOES.
Acid phosphate "a per cent avail II 900 lbs
Muriate of potash go per cent pot
aShp..-...-, ..-. .-' -. -.' '''. 3oo ~, ,ps
lOlai..... ..+..-. ...-.fu' lpS
The correction is i'm the amount of mu-
riate of potash, which should be .
pounds instead of 800 pounds.
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Horse Weak in Loins.

70 Subscriber Ramsey, Ala.-Cannot
say whether your horse is suffering from
a mere spran of the muscles of the loins
or from an injury (blow) to the spine.
See If the root of his tail IS sensitive by
sticking a pin i'm it, If not sensitive then
the horse has paraplegia, or partial pa
ralysis. caused by blow on the spine. If
sensitive il may be a mere sprain. (See
preceding article under Weak in the
/ .oiuc ~
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
Insects and Plant. Diseases
tteD for Sopsuop Professor G. QuaiPtaPee Boo-
DIST of tbe GEORGIA ExPerm<pt Station
SECOND PAPER.

important insects and plant dis
the hopes that those who have
plan of discussion will
of the +. the
and diseases
wr otherwise
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
Bermuda Grass.

r. ~. T.. Buckhead GA am glad TO
So" the farmers interested in this queen
of an grasses. / have n lifetime expert
horse farm with thirty acres OF bottom
meadow. n has been forty years since
this bottom has been ploWed. Before the
stock law IL WAS used by the public for
twenty years for pasture. For twenty
years ! have been moving this meadow
of only thirty acres and have sold on an
average of 500 worth of hay per year and
had plenty for mR use.
Now let the affection slaves stop and
calculate. have never sold for less
than 81 and as high as So per ton. 1
have never given a mortgage in my life:
have raised everything the farm needed
from "a chicken Lea mule. bermuda grass
is the best all round grass ON earth. IL
H. good for all kinds of animals and
fowls. \ meadow should nor hc cut hut
twice IA one season. N should bee graZcd
early in the spring To get rid OF weeds
aud hricrs. Bermuda Is a soil renoVator:
Will stop washes and hold terraces
March. April ana MAY are tine best
months To set roots. For quick sod
IA. roots should be cut and SoNrd broad
east. IL is easy Ia live I have seen il
when II had been piled ou top OF stumps
grow. To Kill this grass pillow up i'm
winter and plant in summer crop with
clean cultivation. To reuovate a mead
ow. . would advise sowing in spring oats
Manure oats aud level the ground. BY
and one cutting of hay also. would
advise all cotton sick farmers TO try Der
muda grass. stock ana short horn Dur
ham cattle
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Skunk Farm

To L. l.. Hutton. GAINESVILLE Miss
VINO wants To- know about a skunk farm.
OF which he says he saw an account in
some issue of The Constitution. In repl,.
l beg To say that ! took IL for granted
that some reporter wrote that account
and that 1t Was what is called a fake.
DO not know ANYTHING ahnLlt N
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
Bermuda Grass Again.

~ Subscriber" Edwards. Miss.-NIr. J.
!. crawley rs right I'm every thing that
he wrote about bermuda grass. /. and
my father before me. have been"nghting'
il since 1872.
J. From the middle OF March to April
LIST is the best time to set it out. It
begins To grow or sprOut from the joints
The first warm rains I'm April.
= For a pasture il must he grazcd for
if il gets four or six inches high II gets
woody AMI tough ana stock will not eat
it. In fact I'm August and September,
when II gets dry. il will Kill colts or
calves bN causing ohStruction-so very
dry they cannot digest IL. there being no
other grass bat bermuda in the pas
ture.
3. n is n curse to the cotton planter
and have sent II 10 the al more than
once. and expect, TO this year. as / have
about forty or fifty acres scattered over
my place which broke up some last
IAN ami last week To try and get the land
IN fix To raise long staple cotton. It
causes you So muCn extra work 10 Cl<
and break that sod which is tied together
like wire netting. There is where it is a
cur-
O. And do I not bless it, Yes. for /
level my land. il grows and | cut IL two
or three times year for hay. DO not
fcrtiiizc. creek runs over it,
=. II is almost impossible to kill II out
ftl our Adiilf creek tltlkOiilS ana IT II
rains much i'm June and July It's impos-
Sihle
q. We plant our corn in the bottoms
and when We lay hy ;hen the grass has
swim. until a killing frost
:. We can plant peas in our corn and
keep il down. but then the peas will take
the corn and II Il rains IN August cr
September WS ii did do in 1888. all OF
our corn will rot. Then a man can
scarcely flint the corn.
Japan clover viii XIII IT, So will peas.
So will hard work and dry weather but
with rain. never.
With me il is "a blessing and "A curse
II You do not keep II down your cotton
or corn will not make. The harrow is
our great tool TO manage IT,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-03-05
Broom Corn Culture.

To ]. G. Campbell. Northeast. Pa.-See
more than half dozen articles on the sub
ject published in this department in last
month or two. Send 80 cents to Orange
Judd 60, New York, for copy of Broom
Corn and Broom Making. ii covers the
whole ground
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Shredding Corn stalks

TO r. W. johnson. Alexis. Ala am
not prepared To say what per cen, would
lie fair TO charge for. toll for shreddins
corn stalks. \ better plan would be to
charge SO much day for the machinery
and the power and men employed no
run il.
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frequently fail to secure normal profits
because dry weather prevents crops from
utilizing stable manure; it fire fangs,
burns up and dies. This trouble does
not cannot arise where they use sutfi-
cient supplies of
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Notice TO InQuir6rS.

L Write plainly and TO the point giving only
qusefioa- O. which answers are desired.
2 sonfine inquiries strictly % matters con-
crrning the farm.
2 Never ASA for answers by mall.
= Never ask whe.e an article can he had,
nor tile prize.
5 Ai,says give your fun name and address.
u you do ne wish your maine published.
sav 40 and Initials only Will te printed
g Carelu IL lille this page for future refer
ence AND before writing examine your
nie to .e- 70 70 has not teen already an
swerei.
! Look ahead and send In your inquiries
eally. DO not expect rs o. answer In
nsxt paper" The editor must band In
III. copy q week before the paper Ia pub
shed.
O. Address all Inquiries and comm unications
for this departmentb
The CONSTITUTION.
p. and y. Department.
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Ashes from Sawmill.

To W. W. Barber. SaDona. y C-See
reply under the head of Ashes and Acid
Phosphate. to d. l.. Patterson. i'm issue
OF February lgth, which was Subsequeut
10 the date of your letter. Doubtless You
have ere this seen it,
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Blue Grass in North Carolina.

Arthur Deal. Dealville. y. C.-Piease
give me fuH particulars concerning the
sowing of blue grass i'm this section-west-
eru North Carolina-for yard grass.
AnSwer-The soil must be rich or well
f. rtiiized. and well prepared. to secure a
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Horse Eating Dirt.

To j. D.. Greensboro. Ala.-Possibly
your mare is wormy. See reply to A. A.
West IN issue of February 9Th. under the
head of Horse Eating Dirt" and give
your mare the same treatment.
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Improved Sheep.

To c. C., Vancleave. Mss.-For wool
purposes alone you will probably find the
pure blood merino the best breed to cross
on common sheep. ----.----
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Nitrate of Soda

to force all their crops to early maturity.
The cheapest and most etectice of all
heterogeneous fertilizers Write for free
book to John A. Myers, II BXJohn
St., New York. Nitrate for safe ty fer
.In.u L.,
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FERTILIZER FORMULA.

Some 90 our readers experience difficult
O. ia reducing III" amounts given I'm the
formulas published To- the number ~
pounds "f each element required for ono
acre Let ~ see IL IL cannot Ice made to
arfear simple. f.r the convenience Of
those who mix So many bags of one in
gredi'nt with - many 1f another. 7 am
afraid IL cannot he done 81 as 10 avoid the
necessity "f dividing bag occasionally.
favorite rUlc with many T. Ia mix
"ue hag '3a pounds of acid phosphate
with one bag 'i"p pounds Of cotton meal
making sn pounds in all for one acre. or
FOR w" acres. but the proportion Is not
ia agreement with any one 81 tho formu-
las published last week
Take. FOR instance. formula No. !. FOR
rorn. n calls for:
Acid phosphate ~ per cent?. i010 lbs
Muriate 81 potash 80 per cent?. - lbs
cotton meal ..--l.--'7 IDS
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Willie as once for Let Of OeaNass.
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Tho two formulas would be exactly
eguaI 60 each other ia effectiVeness. and
shnuld cost exactly the same. l. e.. lao
Mounds Of No. would Ice exactly equal
iu arricllltt raj and commercial value To
ne pnund- Of No. 10y substitution.
II instead Of using Ia. acid phosphate
ou.. containing In.2s> would obviate the
necessity of using any muriate at all In
thjs formula because the l.4oe pounds
az acid containing 2sN per cent of potash
wound supply Just 31.5 pounds Of potash
which would have been supplied by the %
pounds ~ n uriaie-
ON. should bear in mind that per
,.antl,m'' cor per cent. for shorD means by
III. hundred, 80 !, ie1 pounds, or IA nun
d-ed weight of acid phosphate analyzing.
available. phosphoric acid 10 per cent and
,.ntaSh per cent. contain liNlo-l4o pounds
Of available phosphoric acid, and liN2-2S
pounds of potash
This leads me To remark. IN conclusion.
that I have long believed that the law
should require each bag of fertilizer 10
show in plain figures its actual total
weight and the ;rctual number of pounds
Of each valuable ingredient. Accordingly.
!, 81 pound bag of 1888 available phos~
phate acid. potash. nitrogen would be
branded thus:
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e.22>o lbs

II would require five bags % acid phos-
phatc i2is bags of cotton meal and -
pounds of mUriate of potash: ar 60 reduce
90 to the basis Of single bag Of acid phos-
phate IL would require ] bag Of acid and
- bags 81 meal and six pounds of mu-
r.ate.
At ih. foot II the formula IL was sug-
z. st.d io apply the above To- from > 10
D. acres" So e. "A farmer insists on mix
ing the dose Tor one acre at a tim" ne
would be- Obliged ga divide bag and To
either weigh portion. ar do some guess
ing. The formula as given calls for 2.@Ni
pounds ~ total mixture. II he decides
tu apply that amount To acres ana
wants - mix the dose for each acre Scpa
rateIv he has only Ia divide the amount
of each ingredient as given In the for
mula hy =. thus.
Jesse lbs acid divided 10y >. % ...2nl lbs
- lbs muriat. divided 10y =. q. .. lbs
- lbs cotton meal divided by o.. .'n lbs
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This Is what would call the maximum
amount thar may he applied la one acre
~ upland corn. II each amount hc III
viI.d bv D. the results would b. ln pounds
acid phosphate. > pounds muriate and 10
pounds 81 cotton meal or 22N pounds in
ala This would be a reasonable mini
i.,,r.n, amount OF cnurs. "A smaller
amount MAY b.. preferred and would b.
all the safer against loss.
But il j. really Just a. simple ana easy
=. mix 10. !, bagS of acid l2ia bags 81
meal and - pounds Of muriate together
with ho.-s and shovels and then weigh out
...s.-t.uth. oue--ighth or one fifth of the
total. according aS 81 may De- desired %
amply the -->n pounds to ln. "r . acres
-rIs.. s.,m. suggestions apply Ia each Of
fh.. other formulas.
ID has been a~ked by some why l do not
.rrstug. th.. amounts of tho separate Ia
gradients iu eacn 81 the formulas S" that
ih.. aggregate ~ each formula would 10"
just -.un pounds. or one-t"u- tn" r'asoa
n Sinpl... The formulas an permit of sub
~tftuti"n al ou- ingredient for another
ingredient supplying the same element.
T'Hi~ substitution would al once change
th.. total even if IL were originally one
tum So ID appeared more convenient 10
la-.. each formula ou lp" pounds of II
ts-r cent acid phosphate. and thus pre-
serve th.- uuiti,s. The reader will OBJ
serve that every formula contains l.op
pounds 81 acid phosphate. of which there
are - E..r cent available rhoSphoric acid.
Frequently a farmer says he has on
h1nd au acid containing lo per cent
available and 2 prr cent potash. AMI
wish.~ tu know how To substitute IL IN The
f.smula which ,allS Cor acid phosphate
ls I-r cent available. This is no; difii-
r-iI- ;u ,iu. h1lf easy when YOU know how.
Nou should u~, as much larger proper
iian 80 th. le.2 a'll as 10 IS greater than
'H lu other words. use :. fN pounds This
world furnish lH pounds of available
lha~ph"fic aeid iu-t as l.-o pounds 81 tn"
Is ger cent acid would furnish 90 pounds.
Iut yuu viii have to reduce the murIate
uf pursl ID called for iu che formula. which
tiu formula 40 .. we viii say is -
rauud~ uf muriate 80 per cent acidl. or
s-f- pounds ut pure potash The ] .ip1
pounds 81 ta-2 acid supplies y pounds
o. iu each itHf- so We need only si. pounds
90 potash. which would br supplied 10y ~
pounds 90 muriaic. - the change by
substitution would he represented a. fol
lows
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No. BY -BSTITUTION.
Asid phosphate tlu-.t----- -----l. 400 lbs
MuriAt, potash 80 per cent?. .... ~ lbs
cotton neal ..--. .-- ..-. ~" IDS
The state herald., 1900-09-14
THE CHILDREN,s HOUR.

In both the September and the Octob.
or numbers Of Tue DELrNxAroR. Mar.
gsrst Hall has shown very skilfully the
value to both moths: and child Of "The
children's hour" The heartfelt words
Of Mas Ball have distinct tendency tc
RAISE the great profession Of mothsrheod
to its proper plane The women Who ara
interested IN gardening their name
10 lesion-have the advantage in THr
DELINEArcs Of corresponding direct
With the well.knovn hortioulturist,
Ward AoIsson, Who takss charge IN the,
magazine Of an entire department dsvst.
cd to practical gardening. The October
number Of THs DELISEAToR, In addition
70 Aiss Halls article and Ward Nc.
Leeds work, and tho eighty or nors
skssobss Of pressnt.dsy styles, which srs
prominent features the magazine, con.
tains over twenty other valuable contri.
buttons. For thirty ysars il has besu
trusted By American women for eu,d'
snos in home dressmaking aad hsms
nanagemsat.
The state herald., 1900-09-14
Contest Notice
UH Land Once Sterling Colo !
lima 81 lQ00

A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this Office by John H. Olson contestant,
against homestead entry No. bss. made Nov. q
1929. for n n sec Htp an range Hw By
Henry Laws contested in which 1t Is alleged
TINT Henry Laws has whally failed to plow and
cultivate any part Of said land and he never i'm
proved, built upon, established residence, lived
upon or in any manner made It his residence
He wholly failed to establish his residence
at any time after the date Of said entry. and all
Of said failness continue to exist at this time,
and that said alleged absence from the said land
was not due to his employment in the Army
Navy OF Marine Corps Of the United States as
private soldier, officer, seaman or marine during
tho war with Spain or during any other war in
which the United States may be engaged.
Said parties are hereby notified to appeal, re-
spond and offer evidence touching said allegation
at 10 O'Clock m on Oct 10. 1900. before C.
Slater. Clerk Of the County Court at Holtoks,
Colo, and that final hearing will be held at 10
O'Clock A. M. on Oct. 20, 1900 befoee tbs
Register and Receiver at the United States
Land Office In Sterling, Colombo.
The said contestant having, In \ proper aida.
Wit, filed Aug. e. 1900 set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal service of this
notice can not be made. It Ia hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be given BY due and
proper publication.
DC FLEMING Register