Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-27
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.

II. F. B.. Union Point. Cal have some
lands / want TO put cotton on. The land
makes a good weed .and fruits well. but
is subject TO rust. What / want to know
is there a commercial fertilizer that will
prevent rust. I know stable manure is a
preventive. but Il is not convenient to the
lands Please answer, and IL you can,
recommend anything to prevent rust tell
me how to use the same, etc.
Answer-There is no commercial fertil-
izer made, that / am aware OF which is
specific for rust in cotton. The trouble is
usually low places where the under drain
age is defective. The best plan is to bed
such land high up. and use German kainit
freely in the fertilizer applied. Kainit quite
often regulates the trouble. Apply at least
zoo pounds per acre mixed in with other
fertilizer ingredients and plant on high
beds.
r. H. H.. Monetta, S. CT have young
mare with bowels loose. 1 have been feed
ing her International stock powders, but
have left this of for present, thinking that
was the cause, and have lessened her corn
feed. but she remains the same. Kindly adj
wise me in your next issue the reason for
this and the remedy. She does very little
work. With many good wishes for your
paper.
Answered. the horse suffers no pain.
BILE will gradually adjust itself. Keep the
stable clean, give good water and feed
on nice dry hay or fodder and oats. The
trouble Is caused probably by some irri
tating poison which has been retained in
the bowels and does not pass away. If il
should develop into dysentery. give 20
drops OF tincture of aconite root in little
water. and follow with powder, as given
below, every three hours until the horse
is better: Prepared chalk 5 drains, cate
chu, pulverized, one dram; pulverized OPT
UNI 10 grains; mix and give as above
stated.
VIII you kindly answer the following
questions and give me such Information
on the subject as you deem proper, etc.
wish 10 plant sorghum and millet for
early forage win sorghum and millet do
well sowed broadcast together? Will they
mature sufficiently well about the same
time to cut and make good feed. If IL will
do 10 sow them together, when is the
proper time TO sow them? / have about
ten acres heavily covered with bermuda
grass. What is the best plan to get rid OF
the grass? I also have two or three acres
thickly set with sassafras. What is best
plan to kin out the sassafras? What kind
Of oats are best for this section to make
a good yield, sown in the spring. and how
late in the spring will IL pay to sow oats?
Answers to the above question viii greatly
oblige. 7. II. L,
Martin, Ga.
Answer: Sorghum and millet both grow
rapidly and should be ready for the mower
at about the same time. If sown together
broadcast, though sorghum alone would
make you the most valuable forage. as it
contains the higher percentage Of saccha-
rine matter. You can sow either after
danger from frost has passed, or about
the hrst OF April or latter part Of March.
The best plan to rid a field Of bermuda
grass Is TO break the land thoroughly
with small scooters, harrow as much of
the grass as possible into piles. burn 1t
and plant the field in cotton. Two years
good cultivation in cotton should clean
the field. but II means hard work.
To clean a field of sassafras bushes.
grub the plants and cultivate in some crop
requiring clean culture. They should be