The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31

tnan tnose or your home merchant. Address
kline-Drumnl0nd Nero. Co., ST. Louis, Mo.
Der. There seem to be two serious ques-
tons with our people about it,
L. How to get it--cheaply, easily
quickly.
q How to get rid of it. if desired. the
same way
1t IS expensive to get the settings and
put them out. l have been told that it
produces seed in some climates. Kindly
Uniform me through the columns of The
Weekly Constitution whether or not seed
OF the genuine Bermuda can be obtained
ana where? | have also been told that
,heie is time of year at which, If plowed
up wen. 1t would die. Is this true? II
So ut what time of year?
AnsWer-You must learn that bermuda
grass viii rot thrive in the shade: there
fore it will not succeed under conditions
in which wire grass and other grasses
native to the piney woods It does not
succeed in middle Georgia in the woods,
or in a woods pasture" 1t will not do
wei even on a rich but shaded lawn 1t
VIII thrive in open places. but will not
take hold and thrive under the shade OF
a tree OF any considerable size
|. ne cheapest way to get a start is to
pant the loinled. underground stems any
tlmc IN March, April. May or June. the
sou should be well powed and narrowed.
ana the jointed roots COR stems) be drop
ped IN shallow burrows two or three feet
apart, and the ground narrowed with
smoothing harrow or rolled.
z. Turn over the sod in the fall just
deep enough TO get all the roots. Harrow
ana cross harrow two or three times with
q culaWay Sow in October or November
to ID ;t-proOl oats, seeding heavily anL
fcrliH2ing literally In May, or when the
oats rlpen, harvest the crop: Immediately
tuln under the stubbie and SOW In cow
peas at the rate Of two bushels of seed
Der acre. Make n hay of the pea vines
IN August or September. If thought best,
sow again in oats; but 1T is probable that
the grass will be sufficiently subdued to
permit OF planting in cotton, giving clean
and late culture
Bermuda produces seeds abundantly in
the tropics. but not in this country I'M
ported seed can be had of most Of the
extensive dealers at from Is cents to 81
per pound. 1t requires five to six pounds
OF seed to SOW one acre Sow on fine,
smooth, freshly narrowed surface in
anil Merely glowing up Well tne time
VIII not kill out bermuda, regardless of
the time it is done,
BERMUDA GRASS. 1T rs.
G. ". LYDIA, Maxwell. n. C.-You will
find incloaed sprig Of grass, for which
please give me a name I got some of the
sets from n gentleman in Polk county.
He is setting hts farm in It and recon-
monds it highly. | got ii for bergundy
grass | am advised to destroy It. as 1t
viii they say, take my farm Some say
South Carolina have by the name of
nlease grass, or 4 name similar to that
name. which has ruined whoever has got
it. Please tell me if IL Is any good or not.
An.wer-The grass of which you send
s3rie is genuine bermuda grass. which IS
now esteemed by almost every Georgia
r.,,,,,o,. az. tho ,,os+ ,,ol,,ab,a NO ,+,,ro Grass
''','e' a. tle "'9S' Naiu'o,s pasture grass
we nave. ''liiih so nNSeh' Formerly II
was pretty generally considered pest by
those farmers who had been hsht1nS
grass all their llNFs. 1T VIII grow on al
most any SOIL however poor ana VIII
pear any amour OF me SeNefeSt pas
ianae i a,.a,,,s ~ anouoi, fo,. ia, ,nd
mixes = most s,1nerior hav' on such rjch
ana moist soils; il will be found difficult
To subdue. but on ordinary unIands there
IS no Speclal trouole IN supouihg IL IL
has no resemblance whatever 70 the So
called Means grass, otherwise called
johnson grass
FAKE FERTILIZER RECIPE.
" IT, Herndon, Yorkville, s. C.-What
will the following fertilizer formula
analvze: Three hundred pounds II per
cent acid phosphate 100 pounds muriate