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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Subsoiling Sandy Subsoil.

]. c. T.. Orangcburg S. C.-Wil II
pay TO subsoil the following described
land for cotton and corn? NJ land Is
gray sandy soil the clay IS from
twelve 10 eighteen inches below the top
soil. This land has been cultivated for
forty years or more and has never been
broken more than six inches deep; and
below that the ground IS hard II has
been planted in cotton. 1t now contains
a heavy growth of grass with some pea
vines. Please advise me how to prepare
the above described land for cotton to
get the best results. If you advise sub
soiling, Please state how ana when II
should be done Also state how much
fertilizer and What kind should be used
To the acre.
Answer doubt II subsoilng that land
would pay. Why not try It on alternate
strips? Why not break il deeper than
six Inches, by means If good two-horse
pillow. say seven inches now, and eight
Inches next winter?
Subsoiling is of rather doubtful benefit.
and is r. no means so strongly urged by
the best writer's and farmers as IT was
twenty-five or thirty years ago The late
fan is the time 10 subsol. II at all You
should nave turned over that land seven
or eight inches deep in November Janu-
arN Is rather late TO turn under Gran
grass If any benefit is TO be expected
from Il t. the next crop. AS a rule af-
ter neglecting turning II under until jan
uary. l would burn off the grass and do
better next time.
After turning over the sod as soon as
possible, harrow within a few DAYS with
cutaway. Bed up in March ana fertiliZt,
Ia the bedding furrow with POO pounds acid
phosphate, lao pounds OF cotton meal and
fifteen pounds of muratc of potash cor
sixty pounds OF kainiD per acre Read
editorial IN last weeks and the week
before, on High Mauuring'
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Sorghum for Sirup.

G. 70. Paysen, independence. La
Please state best variety of sorghum to
plant to grow for sirup making; also
best Fertilizer to use on our pine woods
soil for sorghum. Sugar cane does fairly
well here. Some use cotton seed meal
and others use bone meal with good re-
suits
Answer-The varieties most widely
used for strip are the Early Amber and
Early Orange. Links Hybrid is also
a good variety. Also Collier Goosencck,
etc.
A mixture of equal parts of acid phos-
phate, kainit and cotton meal Is good
for sorghum. Write TO Director w. c.
Stubs. Baton Rouge. La. for bulletin
on the subject
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
The Farmers Creed.

Something over three years ago the
following well written Farmers Greed"
appeared IN The Progressive Farmer. II
was written by Professor Benjamin Irby.
1t is worthy OF republication:
we believe In small well TILED farms
that the soil must be fed as well as the
owner, so that the crops shall make the
farm and tho farmer richer.
I'VE believe IN thorough drainage, in
deep blowing and in labor saving imple-
mcuts.
eve believe in good fences. barns con-
venlently arranged. good orchards and
gardens ana plenty of home raised hog
and hOminy.
I'VE believe IN raising purebred stock;
or I'm grading mp the best to be got until
they equal the thoroughbreds.
I'VE believe in growing the best va
rlctes of farm crops and saving the
choicest for seed.
we believe IN fertilizing the brain
with phosphorus as well as applying il
to the soil
eve believe In the proper care and APP
piicatiou Of the barnyard manure.
1--WE believe Chat the best fertilizers are
OF little value. unless accompanied by IN
dJstry. enterprise and intelligence.
I'VE believe i'm rotation. diVersihcatlon
and thorough cultivation Of crops.
we believe that every farm should
own a good farmer. ard that every good
f-rrner will eventually own good farm.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Chronic Garget or "spoiled Bag

n. w. c., John Station, n. CT have Il
CIV which IS the mother Of six calves.
the last on which is four weeks old. She
hardly gives one gallon Of NH per day.
where she has been giving two Two of
her tcats are nearly dry. Can any one
give me a remedy for such case?
Answer-The COW probably had mild
attack of mammites. or garget, which
having been neglected the two quarters Of
the udder have become hardened instead
OF rising" and forming matter. Mix 2
drains of pure iodine with ounces of pure
lard. Mix we'll and rub "a little on the
affected quarters every other day until
they become soft, and be careful to get
away every drop of the milk twice day
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Poultry Wisdom.

Fanny Field. near Chicago. makes 800
net annually from 100 common hens on
one acre of ground. Are farmers back
there winning that many dollars per
acre from their broad domains2 Are Cal
;rarnla farmers and fruit growers realiz-
ing as much per acre? And IL this can
be done In 4 rigorous climate, where
fowls are housed six months out of
twelve and those fowls commons. could
not letter results he achieved here?
Feed systematically. A haphazard way
or conducting any routine work usually,
If not always. produces failure when fall
ure IS possible, and that IS all the time
Buy a STANDARD of Perfection" and by
reading end studying 1t you may know
about what kind Of stock yours IS.
Fatten turkeys on cooked corn.
Better be troubled with cats than rats;
r. the cats do not catch chickens.
Never feed sour food TO fowls
II you live near a city or village ar
range 20 take refuse from the restaurants
every day Cook the stuff. add soda and
feed cold next morning after being cook
ed. \ little crushed barley cooked with
L adds much to its value.
UnintelIigent care, filth, cold drafts,
damrness. low standard Of vitality due 10
poor food and infection. are all roup
breeders.
Ten drops OF colch.cum wine in tea
spoonful of cod liver oil Is recommended
for male birds that have lost the use of
their legs
Pheno, sodique IS said to be eficacious
ia all cauker or diphtheric roup.
Good matches from incUbators do not
occur by reason u good luck" \ first
class machine, at all times attended To in
philusophic way, IS what causes high
grade matches. But good manag gem eut
can he had only when the operator is
experienced.
Beaks and wings OF chicks grow rapid
~. whether the body does or not II you
notice an unusually long bill, and wings
that reach beyond the stern. the bird Is
not growing il should-something is
radically wrong.
Horticulture and galrcuIture are well
adapted to each other.
The dairy business. fruit business and
hen business are destined to become the
three greatest business industries of the
coast.
Eggs and poultry some day will be sold
by the pound, as nearly all other comIno-
q ties are sold in California. The custom
er who pays 20 cents for small eggs when
he could get large ones for the same at
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Remedy for Rheumatism.

James ATcCarter. McCarters. $. CA
year or more ago there appeared in the
Farm and Farmers column of The Con-
ftitution. and If | remember rightly, tried
by yourself with relief, a remedy for
whisky. | cannot find it in my file and viii
esteem Ii a great favor IL you will tell
how the remedy is prepared and used.
Answer-Get the root of the poke
weed. Wash but do not remove the bark.
Slice it up in pieces the size of your
little finger, or less, and fill an ordinary
quart bottle. or a fruit jar. with the
strips and then fill with good corn whisky
Cor rye). Let it stand twenty-four hours.
and then commence to take one table
SPOONFUL of the liduor after each meal.
When all is used. fill the same vessel the
second time. When used UP, put fresh
supply of root in the vessel, and so on. 1T
may require several months to cure.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Weeyils in What

Thomas y. Bailey. Maxcys. Ga.,-Dear
Sir:-As you Will no doubt remember that
wrote you about a month or so ago
about carbon bl-sulphide for killing
weev1ls IN wheat anr you asked me to
write you as to what effect It had. have
tried II in 90 bushels of wheat aud also
several OF my neighbors, and. their wheat
was like mine full of weevlls and after
three days every weeyil was dead. It IS
the best eUterminator l aver saw.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Cow Manure and Acid Phosphate.

J. NJ. p. Magnolia. Ark.-ITow win n
DO not n tx phosphate and cow lot manure
Tor cotton In what proportion should they
be mixed and when and how to PRODUCE
best results. 2 Where can l get yellow
thrive on sandy lands with clay foun-
dalton.
Answer: Mixing cow manure with acid
phosphate would do no harm. but | do
not see any advantage In mixing. unless
you can apply separately. one ton of
fine well rotted cow manure may be
mixed with 100 TO 200 lbs of acid and ap-
piled to one acre. But probably some
potash may be needed. / do not know Of
whom you can get seed OF yellow clover
Indeed i am not sure ! know what plant
YOU mean by yellow Clover" / do not
know plant OF that name that is worth
cultivatinP. Yellow hop clover Is a worth
less pest. Maybe you mean Mexican
clover. (Richardsonia scabra
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
"Blindn Teeth

a. D. Morgan, Devau. Miss-Please give
n remedy for reducing knots on horses
heads caused 10y blind teeth My young
mare is swooien from blind teeth and
would be glad of any information as to
remedy.
Answer-You do not describe the knots,
whether soft or hard, fleshy or b3ny, nor
do you give their location, excepting that
they are on the head. Blind teeth do
not cause any such knots. nor anything
else, except some times a little soreness Of
the lips from pressure against the bit.
Maybe she has 'bighead."
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Top Dressing Volunteer Oats.

r.. Il. H.. Wetumpka. Ala have n
fine stand of fine volunteer oats near
seven inches I'm height: land pretty fair
upland Is IL likely that they will make.
unaided. or would | best top dress ,ater?
If SO, when and what top dressing? Please
advise me.
Answer-If tho oats are of n rich green
color they may do as well as any volun-
teer oats without fertilizer. If yellowish.
or II they should become so, | would APP
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Preventive of Rabbits Girdling Apple
Trees

J. w. Maurestown. Va.-Win you
please tell our people through your pa
per how 10 prevent mice and rabbits
from barking our young fruit trees If
trees are painted with coal tar Ii will
save them from all such pests ! have
tried il several years with success, and
have had all my young trees painted with
coal tar. Ii is cheap and a sure remedy
Comment-Painting trees with coal tar
would probably injure the trees by stop
ping the pores of the bark. Smearing
the trees with blood or COW manure and
ashes mixed into n batter, wrapping with
paper or straw, or hay, are all more or
less effective.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Lame Mule.

To Henry Coghlan. Laurel. Miss-I am
not able. from your description. to say
what is the matter with your mule. There
are so many causes of lameness that I'M
less very careful examination be made
1t is often impossible to more than guess
at the location of the trouble. 1t may
be rheumatism, or 1t may be chronic
founder, or il may be navicular joint dis
ease or corns. Get some one who knows
something about horse diseases to exam
inc him
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Mites on Stock.

Subscriber, Marietta, Ga, does not give
his name (see rule at head of this de-
partmenD and therefore / cannot reply
by mail. See reply to exactly similar in
qufry In issue of December 10th. / know
of no better remedy. Maybe they are lice
instead of mites, If so, the same remedy
persistently applied will answer.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
NEW YEARS GREETING.

On January 3. 1893. / took editorial
charge OF the Farm anh Farmers De-
partment OF The Weekly Constitution, a
period just eight years. this issue being
the last of the year 1900, the last year OF
the nineteenth century. During that time
mine has been largely n labor OF love.
OF hope and expectation. In my first ed
itorial. which now lies before me. occurs
this paragraph: I'm accepting the prop
osftion of the managing editor we are
quite sure that the actuating motive is
in large degree. n desire to benefit the
farmers Of the south. and especially those
OF Georgia. We claim no excellence in
literary style. nor superior gifts OF agri-
cultural love. There are doubtless others
who are better prepared TO inform. to
suggest and advise. but we are not WILL
ing to admit that there is one who IS
more earnest in his desire to help the
farmers-nore in sympathy with the
farmers Ia their embarrassment and dit-
fculties.
In that editorial no explicit promises
were made but only the implications that
/ would do my best-as every man should
DO IN everything that he undertakes.
Whether any great amount OF good has
resulted from my efforts II is not for me
10 say. But I have had frequent assur-
auces from regular readers Of high ap-
probation and have no doubt there are
many others-many thousand I dare hope
who have found this department. a val
liable adviser and monitor. feel CRATE
ful to those who have written kind and
appreciative letters and only less so to
those who have silently experienced
sense OF benefit and obligation.
My relations with the readers OF this
department have been exceeding pleasant
as.d agreeable. We have not duarreled,
nor fought, nor called names. only two
letters have been received which exhibit
e. q feeling Of arimus that was not
proper for publication. and they were
gently ard silently waited TO the waste
basket. ! now wish 10 convey to the
old and 70 the new readers. TO those who
were old before l took hold and TO those
who are only subscribers Of yesterday
and today. my best wishes and good win
as we ali enter IN tho New Year and the
nsw century.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31

normally. All diseases, Irregularities and
nispiacements peculiar TO womea relicv-
Cd ana cured. Thousands of women tes-
tify to this fact. All nervous disc 1SeS
yield reality, sleeplessness, mental de-
spcndepcy, nervous fears quickly dispell-
ed. Weak men restored. If you are al
fiicted, don't despair. Advice free.
DIR. ". j. TUCKER,
Atlanta, Ca
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31

plaster, or rather rub in the blister ONT
ment behind the poll.
g. The obvious CLAN to get rid of morn
ing glorieS is to destroy the vines before
they commence maturing seed. 1t Is
strictly an annual and comes only from
the seed.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
MARVELLOUS CURES

Effected in short time,
patients gain rapidly
In strength and flesh.
the mental powers be-
come inyigorated, lii
gestion increased, tor
pid liver and sluggish
bowels act in a fatu-
raj manner. the heart
beats regular, impair
ed breathing becor1es
rec, the skin bee 1meS
clear and soft, eyes
bright and sparkling,
sluggish kidneys act
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31

ply about 30 pounds of nitrate of soda
per acre about the middle of March to
April LIST. The oats so far advanced now
as to be likely to suffer If a severe freeze
should occur in January or February
should not be any further stimulated by
applications of heterogeneous until after
February
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
A Suggestion.

II is this: Suppose every Interested
reader OF this department shall COM
mence at tho first oc the New Year to
preserve a flle OF The Weekly Constitu-
ton. II inconvenient TO fle the entire
paper simply tear Off tho last leaf. fold
Il once from bottom to top and then
across from right 70 left. Trim off the
blank margins and tho left hand column
(Which Is always advertising matter and
file away "a drawer. have thus pre-
pared and saved the Farmers page OF
every copy OF The Weekly since Janu-
AIRY :. 1898. Not only that. but have kept
IN a book an index Of every editorial and
e. cry inquiry and answer under It's APP
propriate utla Has any one done that?
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
How To Make the Best Butter.

Scruaulous cleanliness IS the first ana
constant rule to be observed therefore all
utensils I'm the dairy must be scaldtd
after use with hot water ana rinsed at
forward with cold.
Milk must never stand more than "a
hours on any account; the finest favored
butter hence, that which comm .ds the
highest price, is obtained In the leading
butternaking countries from cream which
has ripened on the milk for II to 10
hours only, the second lot of cream OBJ
tanned not producing by far anything like
he first in quality.
Cream must be churned at a certain
temperature, IS degrees in summer and
81 to 62 degrees in winter, average 60
degrees Don't rely on your sense OF
touch for that, but always use proper
floating glass thermometer, the tenn
perature to be raised or lowered by the
use Of a temperature can.
Ventilate tho churn freely during the
churning.
Stop churning Immediately the butter
comes. which is ascertained py the change
of sound inside the churn: If you are in
doubt. look; in other words. butter must
not be churned into a lump; il ought 10
be i'm granular form dixie grains of wheaO
when churning is stopped.
Draw off the buttermilk, and wash the
butter in the churn with cold alter, turn
ing the churn gently two or three times.
then draw OFF the water and replace it
with a fresh iot; this operation is to be
repeated until the water is drawn off
clear as when eut in.
Remove the butter from the churn in n
wooden scoop. not with the hands; but 1t
on a butter worker and work the butter
until every drop of buttermlk has left
the butter. This operation is indispen-
sible.
Shape the butter into pats with wooden
utensils Scotch hands,. ycaking It a rule
never to touch butter with your hands
however clean they may be or appear to
be.
The best practice would be to churn
daily, but as this IS not always possible
let II be done twice or better, three times
a week.-Farm and Home.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Notice 10 InOulrerS.

1 wrfp> plainly and to the posns. giving only
questions - which answers are desired
Z Confne inquiries strictly 20 matters oon-
corning tie farna-
O. Never AK for answers By mail.
4 Never ask where an article can b had.
nor the price.
O. Always give your full name and sddrsaa
II you 40 nee wish your name pubtshsd.
say %, and initials only VIII Be printed
O. Carefully ole this page for future refer
enc- aud before writing examine your
nls 90 se- tf II las not been already an
swsrsd.
q Look ahead and send IN your inquiries
eally. DO not expect NJ 30 answer In
next paper" The EDITOR must band In
his copy o week before the paper Ia pub
lshed.
4 Address all Inquiries ana oenmunhations
Tor rhis Department.
The CONSTITUTION,
Of. and y. Departmentl
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Poultry Yard Notes.

another market. gets cheated.-S. L. Rod
erts in San Francisco Post
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Colrposite Fertilizer Analysis.

J. l.. s. Glover. s. C.-'Vhat would be
the analysis of a mixtur of one ton of
acid phosphate containing, available 10
per cent, at potash per cent and one
$50 pc. ccat, ammonia . per cent and
potash ? per cent. / wish 10 know the
analysis when the two are mixed in
equal amounts and also whether it would
be a good formula for corn and cotton.
Answer State it this way:
Pounds. Az. PA. ANN. Poth.
00a OK the hrst....100 lbs - lbs.
1000 OF the second s. lbs. % lbs. % l5s.
2.0od of mixture .JS5 lbs. % lbs 40 lbs.
hen 1S5 pounds of available divided by
% hundreds in alb would give available
% per cent; and 20 pounds of ammonia
divided by % hundreds in alb would
give ammonia I per cent. So. 20 pounds
of potash divided by - hundreds in alb
would give potash per cent. The ana
lysis of the mixture. then, would be:
Available, 80 per cent. ammonia. per
cent; potash, . per cent. No, the mix
ture would not be a good formula for
either corn or cotton. The second Of the
two compouents giving $50. would do
very well for cotton. but would not nave
enough ammonia for corn, unless on ir'si
or bottom land. or land that has been
very much improved. II to b" arplcd
10 old upland it could be made 10 AM
syver very well for corn by adding about
Ia pounds of cotton meal to ca&h i,aii
pounds. 1t would then anaiyze apolt'
Az 25: ANN, SO, potash, 20. a FORM
ula for corn on middle Georgia aad Souil
Carolina soil (uplands} should contain
about: Az, 100; ammonia, 30 10 No. pot
ash 20 For cotton, on same soils: Az
1910. ammonia, 35; potash, 3. The analN-
sis of the ammoniated phosphate win
115 pounds Of cotton meal &nded Woulu
have very nearly the relative proportions,
p,rsptinr that there would be httle eA-
cess of potash, due to the potash In the
cotton meal.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31
Coal Tar from Old Field Pines.

c. F. b.. Carl Ga.-Please inform me
how / can extract turpcnune from old
TalI mines and leave standing, ana how
/ can convert same into cold tar 10y a
simple method. | have been taking your
paper several years and get much waltz
able Information through it.
Answer am not prepared TO advise
how tar NAV be made from old field pines
and leave the trees standing. The tur-
pentine can be got from the trees bY
'boxing" them as they do on turpeutine
farms but / know of no method of con-
vertnE the turpeD1ne into tar Perhaps
some one can give the information.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-22
side-Lights on Life.

A cynical woman says that when
man breaks his heart it is the same as
when lobster breaks one of his claws
another sprouts Immediately and
grows in it's place.
The father of a bright baby can
readily believe that smartness is
hereditary.
II is said that brains will tell, but
sometimes the more brains a man has
the less he tells.
Never Judge man by the clothes
he wears; judge him by the amount
he owes the tailor.
The more a man has the more he
wants-with the possible exception OF
twins.
It's a good thing that man warts
but little here below, for woman wants
the balance.
It sometimes happens that the man
who knows his own mind doesn't know
much after all.
Every time a man invents good
scheme some other fellow comes along
and makes fortune out of it.
The only thing original about the
average joke is the sin of stealing It,
Chicago News.