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QUESTION BOX i 4
FOR THE MONTH
Inquiries Answered by the Ag¬
ricultural Department.
HUGH INFORMATION FOS FARMERS
Fall OaH.
Question.— Is August too early to
put in full oats? Please give mo some
directions for managing this crop. Is
its feeding value equal to corn, anil
would you advise sowing largely of
oats or would yon depend oil the corn
crop for stock feed?
Answer.— There is no good reason
for the opinion so generally entertained
that corn is better than oats as a stock
food. Oats, pound for pound, is actually
superior as a feed for both horses and
cattle. August is too early to sow tlie
crop, but it is none ton early to prepare
for it. The mistake so often made in
managing an oat crop is that we at¬
tempt to crow Jthis crop on land too
poor Jo produce a profitable crop of any¬
thing else. It will pay to give thorough
preparation anil heavy manure. Plow
deep and concentrate the seod, the labor
and the fertilizer oil a limitod area,
rather than weaken the chances' of suc¬
cess on extended fields If the land is
deficient in humus, cottonseed or cot¬
tonseed meal will help to supply the
deficiency, and if, during the winter,
even a light top dressing of farm yard
manure can be used, tho yield will be
wonderfully increased. For fall oats it
is important to plant winter grown
seed. Sow from l b; to 2 bushels to the
acre, and cover from 2 to 8 inches deep.
-They should be sown as early in Sep¬
tember as the laud can be gotten ready.
The object is to give them a good start
before the early frosts. If the planting
is delayed the crop is often severely in¬
jured by the first freezes.—State Ag¬
ricultural Department.
Winter (Ii hh For liny.
i formation Question —Please give me some in¬
in regard to the best winter
grass to sow for hay. Something that
will not injure the land. How to pre¬
pare aud plant, My land is fresh should
,1 take out tho stumps and “grubs?”
I Answer —There are several grasses
•which might be sown for hay, but tak¬
ing evsrything into consideration I
should prefer to sow o.ie of tho legumi¬
nous plants, such.as crimson clover.
You not only get from it a good crop of
hay, bnt you enrich your soil at the
same time, and the clover is ready for
cutting in time to make a crop of
corn or cotton on tho same land.
It is somewhat difficult to cure, ns it
matures in April, but that, is the only
objection. Break yonr land as deep as
possible and harrow until it is thor¬
oughly pulverized. Apply and plow in
200 pounds cotton seed meal, 100
pounds muriate of potash aud 100
pouuds acid phosphate. Sow 15 to 20
pounds of seed about tho middle of
September in your county (Carroll) and
harrow iu lightly. By all means take
out the stumps and “grabs” before at
temptiug to prepare the land. By fob
lowing directions you should take off a
good crop of clover in April, leaving
the ground iu excellent condition ^
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make a fine crop of cotton.—Stato Agri¬
cultural Department,
Nitrogen In Jlaunrn.
the Question.— Please give me in pounds
amount of nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid iu a ton of chiccen ma
uure, ana also a ton of stable manure,
Ansu fr.— In a ton of chicken manure
there are 87 pounds of nitrogen, 41
pouuds of potash, aud 48.80 pouuds of
phosphoric acid. A ton of well rotted
stable manure (-outruns n ,„ m „i,
bounds nitrogen m non.m. i t POU8h ,,, aUd 6
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ff ■ *, ^ r is. and. , Thus you see that
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Three weeks until cotton will begin to be
ready for market and many hearts will be
yladened.
As usual we will be in the market and pay
the highest price for the staple, Bring us
your cotton and get our bid.
The market in Conyers promises to be as
strong or stronger than last year and we are
expecting cotton from great distances.
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tl )9 chicken manure contains six times
as much nitrogen, four times as much
potash, and eight times as much phos¬
phoric acid as does well rotted horse
manure. Chicken manure being so
valuable, more care should bo taken to
save it.—State Agricultural Depart¬
ment.
Tending; Unsound IVa Vino Hay.
Question. —Is there any great risk in
feeding damaged pea vine hay? I have
known cases whore it has been fed
without any apparent injury.
Answer. —As a rule it is dangerous
to use stock food of any kind which is
not perfectly sound, particularly in the
case of horses and mnles. In the ease
of pea vine hay, it has been demon
stratbd that where it has fonnonted or
become moist after being stored, salt¬
petre is formed in sufficient quantities
to produce violent irritation of the kid¬
neys, aud if the feeding is persisted iu,
death often results. Mouldy hay is also
regarded by experienced feeders as ex¬
tremely dangerous.—State Agricultural
Department.
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information Question.—W about ill you the give diseases me some
our
farmers call “black rust” and “red
rust?” jOu.fl they bo prevented iu any
way?
Answer. —Both of theso diseases are
due to physiological causes, and not to
the attacks of any fungus. The “black
rust” should be called the "yellow leaf
blight,” as in the first stages of the dis¬
ease the leaves assume a decidedly yel¬
low-spotted or mosaic appearance, and
in this unhealthy condition they ar*f at¬
tacked by various fungus growths,
which gives the leaves a black appear¬
ance, thus giving rise to the name
“black rust. ” The causes of the dis¬
ease are not well understood as yet, but
it has boon demonstrated tnat the fun¬
gus organisms do not originato the dis
easo, and that they only hasten the de¬
struction of the already diseased plants.
Trials of various fungicides have proved
that the disease cannot be prevented by
their application. Experiments at the
Alabama Station showed a reduction of
the disease where kaiuit was used as a
fertilizer. This effect is more pro
nounced in seasons of drouth, followed
by copious rains, than when rains uro
frequent enough to keop the soil con¬
tinually moist, and is doubtless due to
the action of the kaiuit “in binding
more firmly together tho soil particles,
so that it is more retentive of moisture,
or more able to draw it up from below. ”
“Wood ashes and salt are known to
produce much the same results iu the
soil.” The “red rust,” or “red leaf
blight,” which is so common on thin
uplands, and so rare on rich or alluvial
soils, is the result simply of impover¬
ished soil, showing particularly a lack
of nitrogen, and probably of potash and
phosphoric acid also. The remedy for
this is by proper rotation of crops, to
fill your land with humus or vegetable
matter, and then with proper fertilizing
aud cultivation you will no longer be
troubled with.the “red rust.” Much of
our laud,. by continuous planting in
cotton, is exhausted of all humus, and
only by its restoration first of all oa.n
proper fertilizing and cultivation be
carried on.—State Agricultural Depart
ment -
Topping CottOll.
If Question.- D >es it pay to top cotton?
so, at what time should it be doue?
Answer. —This question has been
discussed pro and con for years and no
satisfactory conclusions have yet been
reached. In some experiments made at
tlle Georgia Experiment station tho re
suits left the question as unsettled as it
! has always been. In other words, some
j rows that were topped showed a slight
loss in yield, while others showed a
slight gain over the nntopped rows,
The generally accepted theory is that
Jt lioes 11 ot to to P cotton, though
uuder certain conditions it might prove
profitable. It is thought by many that
it hastens the maturing of the boll, al
r**fiv set. which would b» an advent-
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Dealers in General Mer¬
chandise and agents for
lime, cement, etc.
CONYERS, GEORGIA.
nge wirn an early frost. ucners tmuic
that it tends to check the shedding of
the forms and young bolls, but this
claim I think unfounded. Topping cot¬
ton, when considered advisable, is usu¬
ally done when the plant is woil fruited
and at the same time growing rapidly.
This condition is usually found about
the first of August, when the seasons
have been propitious. As a general
rule, I would advise against the practice,
—State Agricultural Department,
Disinfooting; Stable*.
Question. —Please give me directions
for disinfection of stables, where
mals with contagious disease have been
ke ? t
Answer. —Remove „ all „.... litter and , rub- ,
bish of every kind and burn. Haul out
all manure to tho field, scatter and plow
under.
Dissolve two ouuces of carbolic acid
iu a gallon of water, heat, and with it
wash thoroughly all feed troughs, wa¬
tering troughs, fodder racks, and other
woodwork.
Whitewash everywhere, inside and
out, adding to tho wash one pound of
chloride of lime to every four gallons of
water.
Remove and burn all rotten wood¬
work about tho stable. Iu cases of
glanders, pll harness, poles and shafts
should be carefully washed with hot
water and soap, and then rubbed with
oil, in which put one part of carbolic
acid to ten of oil. If you have pl.iuk
fence around lot in which the animal
has run at large, whitewash the same
as stable. If you have rail fence, re¬
place with new rails, burning the old
ones. Iu cases of glanders only the ut¬
most care will prevent contagion, and
where stables are inexpensive, the safest
plan is to build anew in a different
place, burning up the old premises.—
State Agricultural Department.
“Yellow®” In Vouch Tree®.
Question. — Is there any remedy
known for the “yellows” in peach trees?
Answer. —Very many efforts have
been made to cure this apparently mys¬
terious and most destructive diseSse,
but all without avail. Even the cause
of the disease has not yet been deter¬
mined with certainty. We do know
that it is highly contagious, and liable
to attack the most vigorous trees of any
age, especially when in bloom. It is
also known to be hereditary. The only
plan so far used successfully for fightiug
this disease is to cut down and burn the
tree, root and branch. By this heroic
treatment the disease may at least be
held in check. Good care and thorough
cultivation appear to render the trees
less liable to attack, though they by no
means secure immunity from it. This
disease is very common iu the orchards
of the east aud north, but as yet has
doue but little harm in Georgia. Want
of proper cultivation, and the work of
the “borer,” will frequently cause
peach trees to appear as though they
had the “yellows,” bnt the disease is as
yet rare with us, aud it should not be
permitted by any carelessness to obtain
a firm foothold.—Stato Agricultural De¬
partment.
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Market price paid for all kinds of country
prduce. We handle more produce than any
other firm in town, probably, and we always
pay just what it is woi fh*in the roaiket. Re¬
member us in this line when you come to town
and don’t fail to call on us. We will make it
pay you.
There is money in the produce business—
in fact it should receive more attention than
it does from all farmers.
A Cheerful Woman.
< ( What a blessing to a house¬
hold is a merry cheerful woman
—one whose spirits are not ef
fected by wet daj 7 s or little dis
appointments—one who semilk
of human kindness does not
sour in the sunshine of pros¬
perity! Such a woman in the
darkest hours brightens the
llOUSe like 3, piece 01 Sunshiny
weather. The magnetism ” of
her smiles . and til© electrical
brightness of her looks and
movements, infect every one.
The children go to school with
a sence of something great to
be achieved : the husband goes
into the world in a conquerer ! s
spirit • No matter how many
people annoy and worry him
all day, far off her presence
shines and he whispers to him¬
self, “At home I shall find
rest!” So day by day she liter¬
ally renews liis strength and
energy, And if you know a
man with a beaming face, a
kind heart and a prosperous
business, in nine cases out of
ten he has a wito of this kind.
‘xa—
Young man, stick to the fields
of waving, golden com of the
old red hills of Georgia, and let
the Alaskan gold fields alone.
“All is not gold that glitters,”
and the aurora borealis adds its
sirenis rays to the Klondyke
country.—Madison Advertiser.
An exchange is responsible
for the following; “Breathes
there a man with soul so dead
who never to himself hath said;
‘1,11 pay before I go to bed the
debt I owe the printer?’ Theie
are some we know full well,
who never such a tale can tell;
but they, we fear, will go to—
well, the place where there’s
no winter.”—Ex,
Lemuel D, King returned
from the meeting of the State
Agricultural society Saturday
He reports a splendid attend¬
ance ana a good meeting.
The results of the convention,
briefly stated, are as follows ;
Hon. J. Pope Brown re-elect,
ed president; Mr. James Bar¬
rett, vice piesident; Hon. A. J.
Smith, of Conyers, re-elected
vice president for the 5th dis¬
trict; Mr. W. B. Henderson, of
Decatur, and Mr. j. m. B, Goode,
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of Conyers, members of the ex¬
ecutive committee. Next place
of meetig will be Indian Springs.
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my family, who were suffering with
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bought a bottle of Mother Crossley's
Cough Cure, and that one bottle
stopped the coughs in at least three
days. It is the best medicine I ever
used. W. B Parker,
Conyers, Ga.
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