The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-21
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 Fall Catalogues.
 It is the custom of many seed ner- phants to issue a separate catalogue of seeds needed in the fall This is es- pecially the case with seedmen in the south. where so large a proportion of our grains and forage plants can be sown in the fall
 While 1t is now too early to SOW most of these 1t Is full time to make a selection and to order the seed. It win be worth while to write at once to your Southern seedman asking for his fall catalogue. When 1t comes selections should be made promptly, for there will be a delay of some days or even weeks in filling the order and of per- haps a still longer delay in transit. Especially should there be promptness in ordering seed of burr clover. the vetches, and crimson clover, which in Alabama can be sown only in the fall. Dwarf Essex Rape should constitute q spot is available for crops suitable for hogs. Rape Is a good plant to grow also for poultry and when young 1t makes very acceptable greens for the owners table at a time of year when the housekeeper welcomes any addition to the list of vegetables.
 While the general experience is that
 
 alfalfa about March 1st. It is also true that when seasons are favorable I for sowing small seed by the latter part of September. alfalfa can be very satis- factoriiy sown at that time. In this case the chief precaution is to prepare the land several weeks in advance. giving 1t ample time to become some what competed before the small seed are sown. A very loose seed bed is more surely fatal to alfalfa. clover and other small seed in the fall than the same condition would be in the spring. Get catalogues and act on them promptly. ]. F. D.
 The Horn Fly.
 Throughout a large part of our coun- try. including Alabama, the horn fly has in recent years become a serious pest to cattle. The Virginia Station, at BIacksburg. Va. has recently issued bulletin on this subject, which fs ab- stracted below.
 The fly is only about one-half as large as the ordinary house fly, which if resembles in color. The eggs are deposited in recent droppingsS about the pasture. The eggs hatch quickly and the parasites then find refuge in the upper layer of soil until ready to make the change Into the mature sn- sect or fly. They attack the animal in great swarms, frequently about the base of the horn, on the under side of the abdomen, or in other places from which they cannot easily be brushed. Their bite is irritating and doubtless the fretting interferes with the thrift rate of growth, or productive capacity of the animal.
 Numerous remedies have been pro- posed. One that is seldom used is the prompt application Of lime to the drop pings in the pasture.
 The usual method is to apply to the animal some material repugnant to the insect. Fish oil and other strong smelling materials have been employed The Virginia Station obtained highly favorable results from spraying the animals with kerosene emulsion, made as follows.
 Yellow soap, i-2 pound.
 Soft water. gallon.
 Kerosene oil. gallons.
 To prepare t1is the soap is shaved, dissolved in veRy hot water, the kero- sene added anh the mixture pumped repeatedly. through the spray pump for thorough agitation, stopping when the mixture becomes uniform and thick Then if 1t is desired to keep this as a stock solution for several days, an additional gallon of water is added This final mixture Is diluted with five parts of water for each part of stock solution and may be applied to cattle either with spray pump or otherwise.
 The Virginia Station has built a stall tn which the animal may be quickly sprayed below as we'll as on sides and back. Anyone with many cattle to be treated would do well to inspect the plans presented in this bulletin. It was found that l5 pounds of diluted so- lution. representing 3-4 pound soap, and 1 Ia gallon of kerosene was enough for 100 cattle. JED.
 Time to Sow Alfalfa.
 A Hale County correspondent asks as to the advisability of sowing alfalfa In the fall.
 Gentiemen-Your recent letter is at hand l myself addressed the alfalfa bulletin to you and do not understand a.r Hnf Al Ar.. -a