The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-05

% TIMBER VALUES. (2) PINE
ASHES. g and 4, CRAWFIsH.
90 MAKING "LIGHTWoOD"
co. BEST VARIETIES OF
CORN AND COTTON.
w. G.. NJ. Ncwburn. Ala.-Having been
a constant subscriber to The Constitution
end interested reader of your depart
nent for some years past, take the
liberty of asking you several questions.
I. Where can | get the correct value
of the different timber indigenous 20 II
ls titude and how can l get in touch with
men handling same?
2. What could | afford to pay for I'M
lcachcd scrub pine wood ashes and haul
8 miles over good roads?
3. Is there any way TO exterminate or
subdue crawtish?
4. What crops ere they least injuri-
Gus to?
8. Give me the name Of some good pa
! per devoted to cattle and swine raising
| under southern conditions.
| 6. I've heard it stated that # you We're
| to strip a pine sapling inches in dame
ter Of all the bark except a strip about
Z inches wide that all the peeled part
would in two years turn to HSntwood.
making q splendid fence post. Is that
| true2
T. What variety of cotton and corn do
you deem best adapted to heavy prairie
soils?
Answer do not know Of any one
person who car give you the correct
value of all the timber Indigenous to
your latitude The general lumber deal
ors in birmingham and Montgomery can
inform you In regard to the lumber that
they handle. You might get some val
liable information on this line by ad-
| dressing an inquiry to Chief of For
estry Division, Department of Agricul-
ture Washington. p. c.
2. You could not afford to pay anything
for lfrh oh mr. In,
Pine ashes contain a very low percentag &c
of potash.
8. know of 10 way to exterminate
crawGsh except by thoroughly under
draining The soil,
a. | was not aware that they are In
furious to any crops whatever Try
pouring an ounce of bi-sulphide of carbon
in each hole and stopping the opening
closely
S. Breeder and Horscman, weekly,
Nashville, Tenn; Texas Stock and Farm
Journal Dallas. Tex: Southern Farm
Gazette, Starkvile Miss.
6. I have seen such result on turren-
tine farms
7. cannot say. 1t can only be de-
ternned by actual experiment
/. KAFIR CORN. 2. SOWING WHEAT
ON CLOVER AND GRASS SOD.
,. - ~, ~! Vil,o", va, VIC 70 aSn
rnanags kafr cor,, n i nv. Gret ~
pcriencc with ii ana no ono here has ever
raised any that ! am aware Of | have
also a field sown in wheat and clover tar
tir same tihe) iast october got
nrn,, e' lit+i @''iIJ W. '."re n.tp cut d
wheat. There IS now on the Land q
pretty fair stand of clover-second crop,
which is almost fully ripe and about a
naIl a stand OF crap grass with the most
1nroa ,,.o ~ '.i's "ii,'el w"
tl,ra and sov,inr IN u,boa+ ap,ir ~ o.
tober, thinking the clover win come
again after the wheat is cut next year
and | Will benefit my land by turning
phdcr "hat IS now on IT, ould IKE your
"pini"n |pou1 ~ anu 7is9 as 20 'he 'iiiie
Green or oftar II dies coma gct
moderate crop Of hav by moving II but
not large crop and | am already well
supplied with hay and thought il would
DC pest 10 TURN II under TO heip the land-
answer nave hAd no personal expert
'ifio III curing kallr corn aIthough l
h'Ne grown IL 10 d limited extent LOT M
ecu years past II IS however, qnl3
9l'liil'T |" SOL 6H"Hl. IN idct' IL IS q Spe-
ciV9 VI sorghum oil me noh-sacehaflhe