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THE GAZETTE: TIFTOX, GA.. FRIDA l', AUGUST 1G, 1895.
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Commissioner Nesbitt’s Ques-
, tion Box For the Month.
BOMB SUGGESTIONS TO FARM EES.
These Include Valuable Points Upon Sev
eral Subjects and Are Timely In Their
Appearance—For in u las For Composting
Fertilizers For the Various Crops Are
Also/Glvsn In This Issue. •
TIMOTHY.
Question 1.— I see in northern agri-
cultural journals frequent references to
timothy as the standard grass. Does
. this apply to the south, and if so, please
v ‘‘ tell me how to manage to secure a good
crop on ordinary laud?
Answer 1.—Timothy is not so well
adapted to the south as other grasses.
It does not stand dry wonther as well
nor is it as well suited for grazing.
It does, however, 1 yield very heavy
crops under favorable conditions.. As
for all grassos, the preparation of the
the land should be very thorough ami
the surface well harrowed. The manur
ing should be very heavy, unless the
land is naturally rich. Stable manure,
composted with cottonseed, moal and
kainit, or acid alone, is good, or if the
land is in condition to respond to the
application, a highly ammouiatod pot
ash fertilizer will produce good crops.
Sow the seed in September or October,
February or Maroh, about 15 pounds to
the acre.
GROUND BONK, DISSOLVED BONE.
Question 2.—What is the difference
between ground bone and dissolved
bone? How should each be applied and
to what crops?
Answer 3.—Finely ground bone,
when pure, contains about 23 per cent
of phosphoric acid and 4 1-2 per cent of
■ of ^rnmonia. It is worth per ton more
than the dissolved bone, because the
sulphuric acid and wat.ir used to dis-
’ solve the bone also dilute it. Either
is a fine fertilizer for all fall sown grain
and slow growing crops, because the
phosphoric acid, at first not available,
becomes gradually solublo and is then
taken up by the developing plants. For
the same roason it is excellent for grass,
grapevines or any perennial plants,
which all continue for an indefinite
K period to draw nourishment from | tho
soil. If applied to other crops, some
form of potash should bo supplied, par
ticularly on sandy lauds.
From tho Uuitod Status experiment
station record No. 7, 1805, we find that:
“The results indicated that in soils
not entirely devoid of phosphoric acid
and not of extremely abnormal quali
ties, both steamed and uustoamed bone
of proper fineness produced very favor
able results, oven whou applied in tho
spring, provided tho soil was not defi
cient in moisture. In soils deficient in
water vory different results were ob
tained with all kinds of bono meal, but
it appeared that the results wero moro
> unsatisfactory tho coarser tho bono.”
It can bo furthor Baid of ground bono
tllht it benefits all crops; can bo applied
P at all seasons of tho year; will not in
jure auy tree or plant; is lasting in its
effects and is tho cheapest form of for-
■ h tilizer, in proportion to the benefits it
™ imparts, that can bo used.
LUCERNE.
Question ;s.—How shall Ipropare tho
land, and when shall I sow* lucerne?
What fertilizer is best?
absolutely essential—witnout it wo can
not do accurate work—aud will cost
from $5.00 to $10.00. Full instructions
for managing it can be obtained from
the maker or sellor.
Begin dt tho highest part of the field
and let tho linos be level, following of
course the guidance of the instrument.
At each position of the target set a peg,
avoiding as much ns possible sharp
ourves. Ruii a plow along tho line of j
pegs to mark it and thou drop down to j
tha next terrace, which should be S
feet lower in a perpendicular lino than
the first. Where the land is hilly the
terraoes will of course be nearer to
gether than on more level slopes. Run
the line and lay off as before. Do not ex
pect the terraces to be parallel, as this
rarely happens. Continue until tho
wholo field is gone over. When ready
to make the terraces throw two furrows
with a goad 2-horse plow on the lines
airqady laid off, going ovor tho work
with hoes to right up any breaks or
j places where tho plow has not given a
satisfactory bank. As mentioned above,
this bank should measure !1 feet across
at the bottom. If tho banks are on-
ricked nnd sowed in grass—orchard is.
the best variety—in two or three years
they will becomo so compact that they
cannot bo broken. For this permanent
benefit wo can afford to submit to tho
temporary inconvouienco and annoy
ance of having to repair tho breaks as
they occur after caok rain, which iuov-
itably happens during tho first yoays
that a system of terracing is under
taken.
celery.
Question 5.—Please toll mo some
thing about the second crop of celery—
how to raise it for home or market.
Answer 5. — The market gardous
around New York plant celery as a sec
ond crop, following cabbages, onions,
beets or potatoes. Aud wo may do the
same in Georgia either in the market
garden or private kitchen garden. Ma
nure the ground very heavily in the
spring for onions, oabbage or beets, and
as soon as they are removed, plow
or spade the ground and make it flue
and mellow to recoiro your celery plants.
Don’t forget that it is a waste of time
and labor to attempt to grow colory on
poor or badly prepared soil.
Tho seod should be sown from tho
middlo to tho last of March in rich
ground and in drills 12 inchos apart.
Radish seod are somtimes sown sparing
ly in tho drills witli tho celery seod.
Tho radish will sprout in a few days,
showing the lino of tho rows, and tho
hoe can then be used betwoou tho rows
beforo the woods and grass get a start.
When tho plants are threo to four in-
, chos high, cut off tho tops, and ropoat
• this a second time as tho plants contin
ue to grow; this will causo a stocky
growth and mako thorn moro uniform
I in size. Whou you have dug your po
tatoes, or housod or sold off your cab-
bago or onions, proparo tho land from
| which you took thorn for celory by deop
plowing or spading, first applying a
j liberal doso of woll rotted stable man
ure or commercial fertilizer. Lay off
i rows from throe to four foot apart and
: plnco a plant every six inchos in tho
i row. In taking tho plants from tho seed
bed, try to get them of uniform sizo so
that tho growth aftorward may bo about
tho same. Both roots and loaves should
bo trimmed buforu sotting out, leaving
tho roots about 2 1-2 inches long, and
the leaves cut off ovon with tho top of
tho hoart. It is best to sot out plants
Answer 2.—Tho land should bo made
very rich by well rotted stablo manuro during a wot cloudy spoil, and should
at fertilizers, and put in as fine tilth as weather turn very hot and dry just
for turnips, if necessary, plowing and after planting, they should lio protected
harrowing repeatedly. Sbw in narrow ^ rom t' 10 sun ^ or a * ew . ‘lay- 1 *- During
drills in September or Octobor.nnd cul- t* 10 early stages of growth, the ground
tivato, It is important to keep tho crop
froo from weeds or grass. Ten or 12
pounds of seed will plant one aero.
terracing.
Question 4.—I notice that you speak
should bo frequently worked—by tho
plow in field culturo—and by tho hoe
or rako in garden cnlturo. Whou tho
loavos got 12 to 15 inchos long tho earth
on either sido of tho row should bo
loosened to tho dopth of 2 or il inches.
Then the workman, gathering tho leaves
of terracing ns all important in build
ing up our worn lauds. Can you givo
me a few points as to how the work { j plant in one hand, holds them
should bo done ? Do not hillside ditch- 1
es answer tho same purposo?
Answer 4.—Hillside ditchos have
been very aptly termed “highway rob-
bers,” in that they have swept away
T much of tho fertility of our lands
J which might otherwise havo been pre
served. The same difference between
■ terraces and ditches is that tho first
gather tho washings from higher points
and hold them, with their accnmuia- ^ho first to tho middlo of October celery
1 tion of rich deposits, whilo tho latter should bo banked in order to bleach it.
;■ -gather and carry them off. During the do this, commence about a foot from
■ first year or two after laud is Terraced , *k° plants, aud throw up with a spado
• the water will occasionally break over a bank of earth, covering all tho celory
in position whilo ho pressos the loosened
earth around tho stalk with tho other.
When this is finished the earth is
thrown from each sido towards tho cel
ery with a plow. In tho family garden
a hoo should bo used for this purpose.
As fast as tho celery grows the earth is
drawn to tho plants with hoes, until
the timo for bleaching arrives. From
^fiuring heavy rains, but if tho founda
tion has beonlaid with a g6od 1-horso or
gj a.horso turning plow, so as to measure
"about throe feet across at tiio base anil
firmed up with hoes where necessary,
/ wo .oan eaonlato on oventualllr securing
a compact firm terrace. Tho boraks
can be strengthened as they develop,
and once the terraces arc well set all
water that goes over the bank will flow
: a thin, broad sheet, leaving its val
uable burden of plant food on or above
tho terrace. A good terracing level is
except a few inches of tho ends of tho
longest lcavos. A few weeks in this
condition will bleach it aud it will then
be ready for use.
This system is groatly preferred to
tl-.o old fashioned and troublesome plan
of digging deep trenches and manur
ing these. ’Pie larger and coarser vari
eties are almost entirely discarded at
the south, being grown mostly in tho
nythwost where they are crisp nnd sol
id. For those who still prefer the large
kind? tho Mammoth Solid is perhaps
best of the smaller ana more popular
varities. There are the Boston Market, !
Golden Dwarf, White Plumo and others
which can be procured at auy first class
seed store. * >
water in green crops.
Question 0. — Please toll me the
amount of water in tho following green
crops: Grass, green corn, rye aud
clover. v '
Answers.—Professor jStowart gives
the following:
Grass, just before blooiniug, 75.
Green corn, 84.
Green ryo, 7(1.
Red clover m blossom, 80.
Question 7. —Please givo me the
analysis of pea meal.
Answer 7.—Wo cannot givo an ana
lysis which will apply to all pea moal,
because its quality is 'according to tho
variety and tho kind of soil on which
it was grown. About 8 to 81-3 por cent
nitrogen, 3-4 to 1 1-4 phosphorio acid
aud 1 to 1 3-4 potash-will givo a fair
average of tho plant food of ordinary
pea me;f>
Question 8.—What is the difference
between fresh and well rotted manure?
I mean how much moro available is tho
latter?
Answer 8.—Thoroughly decomposed
stable manuro is about 20 per coin more
solublo than fresh manure—the ammo
nia and phosphoric acid of tho former
being especially available. Another
advantage is that in tho process of do ■
composition and fermentation - ' many
| weed soods, which otherwise would
' prove harmful, are destroyed.
Question 9.—What do you think of
cottonseed meal ns a food for cows ?
Answer9.—Wo havo usedcottonsoed
moal combined with hulls and other jl'fgjlj], llilDDlillS
foed stuffs, with tho greatost advaut- ; 1 •'*'
age.
From a bullotin of tho Tonuessoe ex
periment station, wo find that cotton
seed meal is the most valuable of all
tho so-called waste products usod ns
feed stuffs. It can be safely fed for
long periods' as much ns Jivo pounds per j
day per 1,00(1 pounds live Weight, in tho
ration for cows giving milk. As the
cow approaches the timo for calving,
the proportion of cottonseed moal should
not exceed throe pounds daily.
Wo do not think it advisable to food j
moro than live pounds of cottonseed
moal daily to milch cows. For butter
making it is not advisablo to exceed j
throe pounds daily. Many years of
closo observation olsowlicro, ns woll as
tho rosults of recent experiments, in-
duco tho writer to boliovo that it is not ,
safo to feed oottonsood moal ns tho sole
addition to the daily allowance of coarse
fodders, particularly during tho threo
months procoding and tho month after
calving.
Cottousood moal und oottonspod hulls
should bo far moro extensively used as
cattle food. These products of the cot
ton fields of tho south will enable tho
farmers to maintain or to restore tho j
fertility of their lands at tho loast cost
[ of manures. By their proper uso it is
; easy to obtain tho highest economic
! value of tlie coarse fodders which aro
too ofton sufforod to go entirely to j
waste, or if usod at all scarcely pay for
tho labor of hauling them.
Tho following aro safe rations for a
dairy cow of 1,000 pounds live weight,
nnd aro made up in great part of cot-
tousuod products:
1. Fifteen pounds cottonseed hulls,
five pounds of cottousood moal, mnl six
pounds corn moal.
2. Fifteen pounds cottonseed hulls,
four pounds of cottonseed meal, fivo
pounds wheat brail, two pounds of corn
meal.
3. Fifteen pounds cottonseed, eight
pounds.clovcr hay, five pounds cotton-
seod meal, two pounds corn meat.
4. Fiftoou pounds cottonseed hulls,
eight pounds corn fodder, three pounds
cottonseed moal, tliroo pounds wheat
bran.
5. Fifteon pounds cottonsuod hulls,
eight pounds corn tops, fivo pounds cot-
tousood meal.
(T. Fifteen pounds cottonseed hulls,
six pounds clover hay, ten pounds of
corn and oats, equal weights of each,
mixed and ground together.
Question 10.—I havo a young mule
; 5 years old that was, until threo weeks
| ago, in a thrifty condition. At that
1 time her appetite began to fail and she
seemed to bo stiff all over. She would
raise her head like she was choking.
At present she is not so stiff, but unablo |
to swallow and is swollon under tho
throat and what she cats comes back
througli.hur nostrils; it also runs a lit
tle mucous, yellowish and inclined to
be watery. Tho mule has been with a
horse that d something like distinr- sF
per and the aorsn died from the dis-
ease, and it knowing the symptonS of j fV,
glanders do ded to writo you, so please ; j T i
‘ give rue symptoms of glanders, and if
this is not glanders any information.as
to what it is.
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Oats have been Harvested 1 in lair or
der afl over the state, and havo turned
out astonishingly well, considering how
late in tha spring limy wure planted.
This most valuable 'food for all stool:
should bo plauled ranch moro largely.
The acreage should be at loast doubled,
and more jiains should bo taken in pre
paring rue soil, and plowing them in.
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