Newspaper Page Text
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8
TO OUR februarysqbscribers
Does your time «*r'.re In FebranryT Look at
the label on your t\apcr. If if doro, be nua
‘and renew before the 23th and get In out
present box. It may give yon the hundred
dollar present. Bring » new rnbecrlber with
yon and thus get two chances instead of one
Don’t fell to renew during February. You can’t
do without Ton CoKsrmmoir, and It may
pay yon a hundred dollars to renew this
month Instead of next month. Send on at once,
and send a new subscriber or two with your
own. Every additional name you get doublet
your chances.
FARMS AND FARMERS.
M Sdltor on Oolttvattoa of Rod Clovsr-IatrrMtlot
Qootflora and Answ-rs Und«r "Farm Qaoattan
*01"- Profitable Hooding Upon tHo Uao
Ud Value of fdrtllluri - Otbar Noted.
-4
Re<l Clover*
Will ml clover grow in the citton itftei,
undid ft a profitable crop? It has certainly
keen grown very successfully in some lorriltiej
in mid states. Docs that indicate that it may
be grown in all locblftfen? Not exactly. Hut
it demonstrates pretty dearly that thu climate
ia not an Insuperable difficulty. Clover growi
readily through middlo (loorgla, and the cli-
mate of that region may he taken as a pretty
fliir average of southern climate. If it is not
then a matter of climate, what is it? Thero
are two leading factors in tho case: The nature
of the toil and its fertility; more especially its
content of lime and potash. Clover does not
like a sandy soil; but if such a soil is very
rich, and at the same timo somewhat damp, it
will grow upon it. Clover thrive*
well on rich, alluvial bottuuu,
•ven though thoy be somewhat sandy.
Bnt, other tbinga being equal, It grows baat on
rather still clay soils, and it Is only on such
that its cultivation is to bo recommended. But
• poor cloy will not grow clover, any mure
than it will grow any other crop—it must ho
rich, and much of tbo failure in growing clover
at the south is attributable to tho Mhamtod
character of onr soils. On good, suitable soils,
we have noticed that clover will tako cam of
itself almost ns Weil as ordinary weeds, if it It
net postured too closely, and is allowed to boar
a crop of seed occasionally, It will reseed Itself
end infest tho land fur many years. Wo bavo
patches of clover on our farm now, which have
cento from one original eeedlng upwards of
twelve years ago.
Now comes onr second <ineatton, la clover a
profitable crop In the cotton states! On clay
and lime anils, wo think it is. It waa stated
nbovo that clover noedod aoila rich In potash
and lino—it docs not call for nitrogenous mat
ter. It cnlla thciefuro for tho cheapest tut-
nnres we employ—It doco not nsk for nitrogen,
which ia the dearest clement In fertilizers.
More then that: whilst it dors not nsk for nl.
trogen for Its own use, It leavea the land, after
it baa ormplcd It fbr a year or two, eaooedlng-
ly rich In nitrogen. To this fact ia due Its fer
tilising power. After » heavy crop of excel
lent clover bay ia removed from the land, the
latter it left, not Impoverished, bnt richer than
It waa before. Of bow many crops can this Iki
said? Clover not only supplies the land with
nitrogen, but It loaves it in the beet tneohen-
Ical condition; It loosens and deepens the ioll.
Its long tap roots, thickly scattered through
the notln end down Into Uiatabeoll, where they
ret, leave numerous openings through the sub-
Mil—they might almost be said to anbooll the
lend. Its only rival Is the cow pee, and for
renovating purposes on oar overage poor land,
Itlaprehably Inferior to that crop; but for
grazing lota and for supplying green food In
tho early spring,' clover is greatly superior to
tbs pen. Every Iknuer who lies land that will
grew clover, ought lo have, at least, n clover
let, If not clover gelds. The latter part of
February is a good timo to sow clover.
W. L. J.
Till: FAIIM qvkstion box.
Jt>r. W. I.. Jones, confessed tho highest and
•arettggrlcullural authority in the south, preeides
utneut. Ito solicits practical su
’ others Interested.|
materials. 1 cannot tmagi
tngiedlsotathaae alleged <
ore composed, ttnlea In
night-soil, or some other uo
A. a J., Forsyth, Oa.-If it is into that
animat Urn. contains only some twenty-three per
cent or phosphoric arid, and a large proportion by
weight of sulphuric arid has to he added to dls-
solve it, bow can any aclil phosphate contain
eighteen per eenl. of available phosphoric arid,
unless "doctored" for analysis,’ Or dose the
Carolina reck contain a much higher percentage of
phosphorle tcld than doea rrvah animal hone?
3nd. Some manufacturer* anwl that they bare
beard of fertilisers for sale at IM a ton and up
wards. that farmers could use more profitable than
any of the rheaper kinds, ran thla but Pole
nitrate and sulphate of ammouta are worth about
t'o a ten, but they are uot sultablo for com or
cotton, eaccptpechaps In combination of chi
atcrtaK I cannot Imagine, therefore, of
eoneentreted fertiliser,
smsll ijuanttUcs. from
r not much used materials.
A number at termers here are talking or buylug
each high priced fcrUUsent and It le for their bene.
»U oak.
I. Ordinary hone, or raw hone, na it la some
time! called, contains shunt percent of pbar-
photic arid—Charisstou reck not .|Olteas much,
and acid phosphate undo from them does not
contain 18 per cent of toiuhle phosphoric arid.
Dot there its euhatanee Imported from Houlh
America, termed boneeahwhiobcontoinenhont
35 per cent of phosphoric acid, and from this
an acid phosphate could be mado containing It
percent of loluhle phosphoric acid. Bonce
contain abont 30 per cent of gelatinous matter,
end when burned this ia changed into gaseous
matter and escapes; tha residue lbone ash)
mainly phosphate of lime and about half of
that la pbo»pbo(|p acid. There it alto a mineral
phosphate of linMcnlled apatite, which it min
ed in Canada, Spain and other localities which
ia also rich, and yields n high percentage of
phosphoric arid; and from this n high grade
acid phosphate might be mode. Bat whilst
three high grades are possibilities, farmers
ought to be careful, amr never bny except upon
trustworthy analysis. The supply of material
from which sack high grade acid phosphates
can be made ia quite limited.
?. 8nch costly fertiliser!, if their valuation
I* genuine, must contain very targe perven-
texts of nitrogen, much larger than our farmers
need for ordinary vrops. A southern farmer
•houId very rarely bay nitrogen. Cotton tend
and stall manure, with peas and clover, . an
supply all he really uteda. The most highly
nmmoalaled manure are made with sulphate of
ammonia, and ns yon nsy. that is uot •pactally
raited to onr crept end climate, and ia' bealdva
too costly. Night mil does not maka a very
highly aurmontatM fertiliser. Nitrate of sods
and blood would corns next to soiphato of am
monia in that respect.
Etkton- C. W. wants to know what .Ire ha needs
to make a good compost, having bores manure,
cotton seed, ashes and row manure, aonchum.ulka
having teen umd as a boddlng for the cows. When
and how the heap should be mode and how much
to be need per acre foe cotton ulth acta}' Ml!.-
Shoahl the heap to made ander a shaltse or not.
These baton css mentioned contain evoryt king
needed by plants, and most of them In abend-
unco. Phosphoric arid le that which is fonnd
in them la gmaUcst qua tit, relatively to other
ingredients, and to the wants of ptanta. Stahia
manure, cotton seed and aahaa all con tain gome
(lit, but sot enough to makt a well-balanced
manure. Yon can make stood manure with
the substances named. Ydh could make e bet
ter by adding some arid phosphate or bone
meal to them. Thera ia some trouble la mix
ing aabea with stable manure, ta the latter
always contains more or less carbonate of am
monia, and this will lie driven off by ashes,
and escaping into the air, be lost. Cow ma
nure contains little ready formed ammonia,
and will not bo ns much injured by mixture
with ashes. Green cotton seed would no
ho injured. It would lie safest tomixthesta-
bio cow manure and cotton iccri together, and
after they have fermented sufficiently put
the m iu drill, then scatter aabea un top of
them end cover immediately with plow. If
arid phot-phatc or bone meal ia used, it should
he mlxtd with mannreg and seed when thoy
are composted. Add 100 pounds of phosphate
or meal for every 30 bushels of the manures
and seed. Tho compost should he prepared at
once. Mix snb&luncca mentioned very thor
oughly, and put in . pens about four feet high;
wet thoroughly and tramp firmly, cover tap
with a layer of rich earth. From flOO to 1,000
pounds of tho compost may he applied to n»
nr re, and 5 bushels of nshca to same area. The
deeper and richer the soil, the larger the quan-
tltyof manure that may lie safely appllod.
Tl, V., liapeville, fin.: I cm feeling my milch
cows with sliorlsand pens, with the vines, keeping
them stalled roost of the rime, J save all the
nrlnwtth tlio droppings by using rotten chip dir
and other material «s absorbent. Piling anil fork,
log ovt-r to prevent hcatlm; and e—r.tie of ammo,
ala, I think 1 havo a complete fertiliser, Cticnv-
fsis tell us all crops require a dominant.
1. 1 propose, as soon ns weather permits, to opsn
formers (tor com and sorghum rows), going twice
In each row: strew my manure at rate of d.irio
pounds to tlio acre til drill, and list on it; open,
plant and cover at proper time. When large
enough to side, use arid pho-pliato ns tho doml.
mint nt rate of 200 pounds per acre In furrow each
side of corn. Would It lurtliei lament tlio crops to
use 100 pounds to the acre at neat plowing lit mid.
die of tho row!
2. For Irish mid sweet potitoes uro sntr.o quo-
tltyof manure In same manner os stated above,
and me '.katnlt instead of phosphate for the domi
nant. \\ ill not tho ;dau outlined strove he prefer
able to com postlug rite same material aud strew
ing In drill/
it, t in loos, beets and F-nglMt peas havo a domi
nant of nitrogen.- Can I do any better than to use
a Middy amtnmilofcd guano, with a liberal quan
tity of manure, fir these aud general gardon crops
J tietievo It will pay tbo farmer to uso chemicals
only as a supplement to the manures mado and
prepared on the farm, whether specially usod as
c’orinahts or well prepared, honest gusitos would
l e the most economical and produce the best re-
suits. Pcthaps experiments.only can determine.
I'lrsse give youi opinion upon my plan In general.
Farmers must do something to get out of rite slough
of despond.
]. Two hundred pounds of phosphate will bo
enough without additional application, if you
wish to Incraoio fertilizer, It would lie bettor to
odd WO pounds ot ksinlt to tbo 200 pounds ot
arid phosphate, before it la applied in siding
furrow. Kaloit has given some excellont re
sults aa manure for aorghum end la reported to-
vombly as fertilizer for torn.
2. Yon might reverse the aliove proportions
of phosphate and kalnit for potatoes and apply
200 pounds of kalnit anil 100 pounda of arid
phosphate. J would uot havo out the phos
phate entirely; it la a good manure for every
crop.
3. Yon esn purehaso nitrogen cheeper in
cotton seed meal than In ammonlsted guano.
Make a miituro of acid phosphate and meal,
equal ports, and katnlt half as much as the
phosphate, aud mako a literal application of
hit mixture In connection with n good dress
ing of youreow manure, yell rotted, and you
can baldly foil to raise good vegetables.
-Yon are perfectly right obont formers using
i-hemietl manures only os supplements to thoeo
mudo on the farm. Ktall manure, cotton Mod,
arid phosphate, and ksinlt, or chloride of potas
sium. supply oil tlio material ueedod to make a
perfect manure. Wo may notyet havolearnod
tbo heat proportions In which to mix them for
every crop and every soil; but thoy forolsh
everything needed to do It.
B. tl. n„ Town's Bluff. Tex,-t. What cnauce la
there of bringing pine land to a high stale of pro
ductiveness when U Is eighteen Inches or two
feel from tho surfsco to clay/ What would he lbs
lest method of ft rlillzlng such land.' 1 think of
trying eottoti seed meal on some land that will
make one halo ot cotton to three acres. What
would he tho probatdo Increase per aero with two
hundred pounds of cotton seed meat?
1st. Tho peculiar qualities aud properties
which clay Imparts to soils, can in a manner bo
given to sandy aoila by filling them with hit-
mus. This is the tint thing to bo done In at
tempting to Improve inch a soil. Tho source
of tho humus Is also a matter of importance:
that derived from leguminous plants, like the
cow pea, Is decidedly but. Tho lint thing
then to do In laying the foundations of fertil
ity in a sandy roll, is to get a good growth of
peas Upou It. The best and cheapest means of
doing thla hat not been fully decided. It ia a
very proper work for onr esporimont stations
to undertake. From partial investigations in
that direction, and from analogy, wo are
inclined to suggest a mixture of equal
ports of the kalnit and plaster. Applying 100
to ICO pounds per ncra in tho drill. The peas
should bo followed in September by rye;
enough of cnch gathered to reseed the land,
and the rest fed oil' by bogs, Tbo vines and
straw should not be removed from tho land;
they belong lo tho roll. An occcsslonnl crop of
corn or cotton may he taken from the land, but
for several yean pens and rye should enter fre
quently into the rotation.
2. Cotton aeed meal alone, is apt to produce
too much weed, on soils as rich as the one you
mention. On soils originally rich and (strong,
hut which have been depleted of nitrogen by
long cultivation, cotton seed meal aioue will
mmctlniM produce very good results.
Yonsh.l Naeocchee Valley. <ta.t I have read
your aniwets to tho formers In the Coxsrrn vioij
and bavelhecn Interested In them. But I Dud none
that essetty suit my case. Most of them want to
know how to rue cotton seed and cottou seed meal.
W’o raise no cotton here, consequently have no cot
ton seed. I have a quantity of horse and cow ma
nure, and I want to know tea heat way lo use it. I
have • trout right acres of good titer bottom. The
soil?* block, and 1 think contains no clay. 1 waul
to make a perpetual cornfield ol It. it has been in
core now tereo yean. Pour yean since la wheat,
llwlll moke forty hnshrii corn per acre. 1. How
would It do la run a dteu furrow la tiro middlo or
row, fury tee core stalks and plant rare on the
ridge? 2. In teat case how would you ue tee ma
nure? Would it do to put It around tee hill? 3.
Which Is the best, to manure In tec hill or broad
cast? 4. If the cornstalks were Isirut, would tho
n.tics not be worth as much as the stalks tarried?
s. If 1 should tula .some kind of A-rtlUier with “my
manure, what would be the best aud how must 1
manage tt? a should pea tines bo tamed 'under
green or wait until they are dead? 1 have a wheat
Held 1 want to sow iu peas when tee wheat b ;cut
and sow ngntu tu the fall.
Msj.tr Edward Williams, euc or tee old settlers
of the \ alley, made atone time one hundred aud
seven bu.hcls com to the acre, and had one ten or
tacety acre fold teat averaged eighty per Jarre,
■te sold U lie had hot one toad of manure he
would broadcast It.
I. Cotton seed is chicly valuable as a source
of ammonia. Good cotton laud ia not apt to
he defficient in that substance, and you ran
readily dispense with cotton seed when you
have kenc and cow manure, and bottom land.
A plenty of these with arid phosphate and
kalnit, will maka as good a manure as you can
desire. Of course you could um the horse and
__ manure by simply coos posting teem
together, the otixtere Would ho better then
either alone. But they will go farther and
produce better results by combination .wit
phosphate and kalnit. Divide the amount of
manure you have into eight parts, and mix
two hundred pounds each of phosphate and
kalnit with each eighth. This will be tho
quantity for each acre. Burying the corn
stalks in the manure proposed, would utilize
ultimately their manorial elements, and
wonld effectually get them out of
the way. Thla ta no unimportant consideration
where there ia a rank growth of corn. 2d. The
manure could be put on each sldo of the hill in
riding furrow at lint working. We hare ap
plied it thus to corn lor many years, and pro-
fer it to any other mode. 3d. With a limited
nmeunt of manure, hill manuring i< preferable.
With unlimited amount of manure broad
casting is best. But even in this cago it
wasteful to apply heavy doses of nitrogenous
manure. Much of it will l>o leached out or be
come unavailable before It can be appropriated
by crops. 1th. Bottomland generally abounds
iu humnf, hence the hunting of the stalks
would not lie so objectionable on such lauds
on thin uplands; but as a rule it ia lieit
not to horn the debris of any crop,
ditllcult to get theashex uniformly distributed,
15. Answered above as to tho kind of sub
stances. Mix the manures with phosphate and
ksinlt; put mixture in penx nt least four feet
high, and seo to it that tho mail is well mois
tened as it is put in, so that proper fermenta
tion may develop. This should be done score
six weeks or more before it ia to he applied
the soil.
C. The preponderance of testimony is
favor of turning under pea vines after they
arc dead. In your case yon might turn tinder
vinca just in timo to get ready for wheat sott
ing, or Just before fro t.
8. W. F-, Ehttgeretak, Miss.—Will cotton
teed, ammonia, aalpcterand phosphoric acid make
a good fertilizer for com and cotton? Iflt wilt,
please tell me how much of each to mix t
how to use It, and how much to put to tbo
Ci tton seed, ammonia aud saitjietre are each
mainly valuablo for supplying tho samo sub
stance, tii-wit, nitrogen. It la not necessary,
therefore, to put all of them in a manure. Cot
ton seed alono van supply all tho nitrogea
needed In a manure, and can do it more cheap
ly tlan cither of the other stflistances. Salt
petre supplies potash in addition to nitrogen
but ksinlt can supply potash nhoaper than salt
petre. Cotton seed, arid phosphate and kalnit,
in proportion to G to 10 bushels of seed to 100
pounds of phosphate and GO of kalnit, will
mako an excellent fertilizer. These can'lia
composted by mixing carefully, moistening,
and putting in pens, trumping firmly nnd cov
ering with n layer of rich earth. The shove
quantities may te applied to one acre of ordi-
nary land prepared iu ordinary manner. Oil
land In good heart and well prepared, doablo
above quantities may be used in drill.
8. It. E.—Smith county, Tex.: I have some
two-hone wagon loads of stable and cow manure,
and about three hundred bushels or cotton seed,
wish to make the best compost pomlble for catto
My land la second and third year (upland): wi
make on an average a half hale per acre. Will
need acid phosphate and kanlt, If so, can you tell
me tie nearest point I can pnrehaae It? Can I use
cnouth tho tint year to double the ylold without
Injury to crop?
To obtain best remits, tt is advisable to get
acid phosphate, and probably kalnit also. Es
timating a two-horac wagon load at -10 bushels
you have say 800 bushels of manure and Ml
bushels of cotton seed, or 1,100 iu ail. This
.could profitably be mixed with four tons of
acid phosphate aud two tons of kalnit; nnd tho
resulting compost wonld manure well forty
acres of cotton. Fresh land manured with
manure and cottou seed alono, would
bo apt to produce weed at tho
pense ofiYuit. Addition of phosphates would
tend to counteract this. Fresh land,
presumably filled with hnmus atm, if deeply
and well prepared, will bear quite heavy doses
of manure, without injury. We said you might
apply the quantity mentioned above to forty
acres—you might do more and apply it to
thirty seres only—and If the seasons are
favorable, it would not he unreasonable te
expects tele of cotton to tho acre on such land
as you describe. You ton purchase arid phos
phate* and kalnit In New Orleans or Memphis
probably.
W. A, B„ Charlotte. N. C.: mease give yont opin
ion or the vniuc of the article whore aaatyiUts
given below:
KOKTII l-AltoUXA UXZ MtOfirilATX-WttAT IT ION
TAINS.
F.vcry bag of this phosphate weighs 200 pounds,
end every teg Is guaranteed to contain as follows:
10 to to pounds of phosphoric In a form that
plants can take up; or 23 to a) pounds bono phos
phate.
ICO to 120 pounda lime, in (onus suitable to feed
plants, act on soil and other manures.
IX to 4 pounds potash, In s form avaltabia to
plants.
X round sods, sulphuric tcld tnd chloride etch,
very small amounts or which are used by plants.
6 to 12 pounds of nlumlua, oxide of iron aud
loluhle alltea.
If the statement! made in connection with tho
analysis are entirely candid, and are to be un
derstood iu the light of the most natural and
obvlons Interpretation of the words used, then
the stride in question it certainly quite valu
able. If it contains ten to six ten pounds of
phosphoric add, “which ptanta con lake up”
promptly tnd readily, at they can, for instance,
the phosphoric arid in arid phosphate or dls-
solved bene, it ia quite equal in value to tho
usual grades of arid phosphate. But the fur
ther statement that said phosphoric acid is
present at “bone phosphate." is not entirely
In harmony with above inference.
Bone phosphate It uot a soluble article, aud Is
not available in the ordinary acceptation of that
term. In tho form of otdlnary bones it it
slowly available, {tout its distribution through
aud combination with animal or organic mat
ter. But even in the form of bone# it is treated
with acid to make It folly aud quickly avail
able. In form of rock it ta atill
more soluble and unavailable. Plants
may he able to “tako up” tho
phosphoric >cld in the North Carolina
phosphate In its natural, unmaniputated con
dition, but it may require a great many yean
for them to do it. The terms, "plants can take
up” may te atrictly true, but convey a very
fotaeidca.
W.K. J.—Katontou, ua. I have twenty acres
thirteen of which has been In cultivation three
years, and remainder one year; it will make about
live holes to six acres I have already put up tu
layers thirty bushels each of cotton seed and liable
manure to the layer. I want to know If It will pay
to pul a thousand pounds of the manure to tho
acre u Ithout putting arid phosphate In: If not, how
much must 1 put to a thousand pounds of the
compost to reap tee best results? If I use acid
phosphate must I c, inpost It, or put tt dow n with
manure when 1 start to bed my laud? I waut to
put some or the land In com, will same manure for
rotten answer for com?
it would te decidedly tetter to add phot *
phatc to the manure and seed. Without phos
phate the manure and sect would bo apt to
make too much weed. You would have a
beautiful looking field of cotton, but not the
lirgi-t crop of bolls. To every 1,000 pound- of
mixed manure and seed, from 230 to noo pounds
of arid phosphate may he added. Aa the seed
and manure are already pat up in pens, you
can add the phosphate and mix it with then,
when the piles are c ut dosrn and are I-ring
loaded in wagons to be hauled to the field. It
ta important to havo all well mixed together.
It would answer lo pot compost in drill first,
and then scatter tho phosphate on it, bnt it ta
better te have all the materials mixed together.
The seme manure will answer for both cotton
and corn.
J, J. B., Grove bevel, O. I have a small piece
ofland, ray (2) two acres, that I wish to convert
into a pasture for hogs. Bald land Is situated on
njeoruer of my little farm, with a branch running
through the the middle of It About one-half of
sal-1 piece Is second, or high bottom; balance,
tolerably fair upland, and Is Inclined to be sret
Foil, grayish tu color; oil stable. As we have the
stock sow, and I don’t want to put anything on It
hot hogs, what shall I grow on It; and horv man
age It, etc.
Put along the edges and in nooks and cornets,
a lot of our hardy, fruit besringtrees.asplums
wil-l cherry, black mulberry, persimmons, etc.,
and set the open land in bermnda grass. Iu
September, or earlier, sow bare clovsr on the
be needs to furnish early spring grazing. Tha
bogs might get Mme food daring winter by
rooting up the bermnda underground stems,
nnd after the bermnda had been set three or
- four yean it would help it to have the ground
gtirred by the hogs, bnt as a rule it would bo
beat to tote the hogi oil during winter and let
the burr clover have foil sweep. The grass and
clover combination wonld supply hogs with
good grazing from March to November.
J. A. 8., Pendergrass, Jackson county, Ga : I wish
to make a compost ot cotton seed and acid phos
phate. aud I can get waste salt for 43 cents per
hundred, would It pay to use the salt at that price
In place of kaluit; It so what amouut should I use
per acre? I have my cotton seed now In a heap,
with enough stable manure to create beat, they
arc now beating, will it do aa well to add acid
l-bo-phatc nnd salt or ksinlt now, or should they
have been added when the heap was put up? I
have 200 bushels more to put up. What Is the
proper amount to use per acre, when put In the
drill?
Halt Is not as good as kalnit for making com
posts. Kaisit supplies potash, which salt does
not. Kuinit also contains n good deal of salt
itself, and some magnesia, and both potash and
magnesia are more esmntial to the growth of
plants than salt. The latter has little direct
manorial valnc. It helps to bringothor things
Into proper condition for tho uso of plants, and
may. therefore,'bo aomotimea be added to added
to other manures with advantage. But when
kuinit outers into a compost, there is no need
to add any salt. Would advise yon, therefore,
tousckainltln place of salt. The phosphate
and kalnit may be mixed now with seed and
mannre. or they might have been mixed with
them when tho heap was first made. The
principal advantage of doing it when the heap
is first made, ii to aave labor and trouble of so
much handling. On ordinary land, 800 pounda
of compost may be put on an acre in the drill,
if proportioned aa in Furman’s formula—which
is a good one for medium land.
C. C.8., McDonald, Thomas county, G*.t 1.
I hare some land teat I Intend planting In corn.
Will make without manure twenty-five or thirty
bushels per acre. I hare plenty of lot and stable
manure and cotton seed. I want to know how to
manure to get the best yield. Would acid phos
phates and kalnit, mixed with the other manure,
tuld anything to the yield, and how shall I plant?
2.1 ftarc a piece ot lend that cotton dies on from
tlic lime It first comes np until It matures What
wilt prevent It?
1st. tend that will mako twenty-five bush
els of corn per acre cannot be deficient in any
one fertilising element. It calls therefore for
complete, well balanced manure. This can be
made with lot manure, cotton seed, phosphate
and kalnit. Tha hone stable mannre may |bo
left out Furman’s formula still suffice, via:
Thirty bushels each of lot manure and cotton
seed, four hundred pounds of acid phosphate
and two hundred pounds of ksinlt With un
limited quantity of mannre, tho doublo row
system Is a good ono. Open deop and wide
-forrows seven feet apart, fill In with
ibove compost at tho rate of fifty
bushels per acre and ted on it Plant corn
on each side of this hod, ono foot from tho cen
ter of bed, to as to make two sows two feet
apart Drop In hills two feet apart In drill,
end mismatched on opposite aides of tho ted.
When the corn is six or eight inches high, bar
it off lightly and put in the barforeowat
much more manure, dividing it ont equally be
tween tho two tar furrows. When young,
plow in between the two roars iu bod. tatcr,
plow only the broad middles. All cultivation
should ho very shallow.
2. Can't form any opinion abont the death or
cotton without more tacts. Death may como
from starvation, or from aorno poisonous or
hurtful substance In the soil, more probably
tho tatter.
I.. M.. Hickory Flat, Ala., January30.—1.1 have
a patch containing one end a half acres In oats
tut year, gray, with clay lulaoll, recently turned
over tilth one-horro plow: intend rcheaUng It and
subsoil tt. My object Is to make three bales cotton
on II this year. Now, I havo two tenets of. good
lien honse manure, which I am to um In connec
tion with other material, to wit: raw cotton toed,
or the teed ground Into meal (fryou think It best),
cow-pen manure kept under shelter, hone stable
menitro. phosphate, Ac.’
I cannot get any ksinlt, now give me s formula
for materials named, and bow much to apply per
acre and how to apply It. Do you think it will pay
heat to have cotton iced ground and pay tee sev
enth or eighth aa ;toll, or um them without grind
ing. Give me a formula for com and cotton compos
ed of the above Ingredients less tee hen mannre.
It ia unfortunate that yon cannot get any
halnlt; it is a valuable Ingredient In composts,
not only for supplying potash, bnt for fixing
ammonia and preventing lost. If you can get
cheap salt you might add a little of that; it
cannot take the place of kalnit, but doe* Mm*
good in a compost. The following is recom
mended, bnt we do not guarantee that It
will make the one and a half teres produce
three hales of cotton:
Chicken mannre, 2 barrels.
Stable manure, 20 bushels,
Cowpen manure, 40 bushels.
Cotton teed whole, 15 bnthelt.
Arid phosphate, 300 pounds.
Salt, lOOpoundt.
Yon might apply one third more than above
quantity, keeping proportions the same,
entitled cotton Med act more promptly then
whole seed, bnt where there are other active
Ingredients present, like chicken and horse
manure, to start a crop off, tho whole seed will
answer very well. The toll yon mention is
pretty high, and aa a rule a tanner had better
urn his soul whole than pay It For com the
above will answer by increasing the cotton
iced to twenty hnaheta in place of fifteen.
E. G. C , Girard, Ga.: What la the beat manure
for eoilon, on first year s new ground.'—(pine Ian-1.)
And how unvb should be applied? Also for corn?
New ground, if burnt off. contains a gmd
supply of mineral plant foo-1. but the organic
matter, which supplies nitrogen, though pres
ent tugood quantity, is not decomposed enough
to supply ammonia promptly. It it well there
fore t> givo theferop n little available ammonia
at flnt. Cotton seed meal iajvery good for this
purpose .any one hundred pounds per acre, an
equal quantity of thoroughly air slaked lime
and of salt, applied with it, will quicken the
Mil and hasten the maturity of the crop. It
does not pay te manure new grono-1 very
heavily the first year. Should um same ma
nure for corn as for cotton.
Deep lea Wanders
exist in thousands of forms, bnt are surpassed
by the marvels of invention. Those who arc
’ need of profitable work that can be done
tile livings! home should at once send their
addrem to liallett A CO., Portland,(Maine, and
receive free, foil information how either nx,
of all ayes. can cam from $5 to 123 per-lay
and upwards wherever they live. Yea are
irted free. Capital net required. Some have
made aver 530 in a single day at this work. All
tucreed.
UNCLE REMUS.
One of Uncle Remus's friends met him on
tho street the other day. The old men’s face wore
a troubled expression e* he paused to return the
greeting.
“I tell yon what, boss," he exclaimed, “I ain't
fcolln' to mighty tollerbul well. I’m got a hurtin’
in my knee j’inls, en I’m got» stlffneaa Tnongst my
tboulder blades. You ain’t seed Mars John, is yon,
bOM?"
• No, I haven’t seen him. Don’t yon know whero
Ws office IiT
“Not’zackly, rah. He done move he office film
wbar he bin had it. Miss Hally she gun me do
wharbouts ex dc place, bnt I done fergitted it out'n
my min’. Tit ef I ain't fine Mars John, en dat
mighty quick, deyer gwine ter be trouble dar wbar
he live at.”
“What la the matter?”
“Nothin’ ’tall dc matter right ylt, but dey gwin
ter be trouble cfJ ain’t fine Man John, haze Miss
Hally, she ’low’ dey gwine have romp'ny to dinner,
en she fay fhe blcc/o ter have some aperrita fer
ter put iu de fixing. Pat de way Miss Hally put it
down. f?he low dat it don’t mako no difference e
tain't nobody cornin’ but dcr po’ kin. dey got ter
have rome fixin’r, en dc flxln’s got ter have some
tporrlts in um. Dat what she tell rae ter tell Mars
John.cn dat what I’m a gwine ter tell timo I lay
eyes on’m’.”
“Why, I thought,” said the gentleman who hod
stepped t'n :1c Rcmns, “that your Mare John laid
in a good supply of liquors when prohibition went
Into effect.”
“Dat rackly what ho done, boss,” said the old
man, brightening pp a lUtlo. “Hefotch a wholo
parcel cr bottles out home, en Miss Sally, tho put
um np. Wbar dey gone nt I’ll never tell you. I
rpcck me and Mare John done drunk um up, knzo
ef I don’t git no dram in f c mornin’ it mako mo
feel mighty lonesome all day long. Mias Sallio
done tell Mars] John dat ho better drap dish yer
potation, en now it done got to wb&r dey gwino
be trouble. Ear do law, en dnr Mars John, on dor
Miss Sally, cn yer olo man Remus. Dar we-ftll Is,
en cf Mars John don’t get dein sperrits. I lots rathor
it ’ud be him dan rae.”
The gcntlcmuu who had stopped Uncle Rerana
waa proceeding on his way when the old
stopped him.
“Bow,” he said, " 'aposen I find Mars John, how
he gwine git dem sperrits ? Alnt dls yet potation
law gwino on?”
“Yes,” raid tho gentleman. “The prohibition
law is In operation, and if your Mars John wants
whisky, ho will have to rend to Griffin for it.”
“Well, de name or do Lord!” exclaimed Uncle
Remus. “I gwine tell Mare John ho better go
outer town, cn wait twel Miss flalJy sorter cool
down. She want dat dram right now, cnofdey
totter stn’ down ter Grihin nttcr it, she ain’t gwino
git right now. I’m mighty glad taint me—dat I is.’ r
The gentleman and Uncle Remus went their
rerera) trays, but it cham-ed that they met again
about an hour afterward*. The old negro wa*
laughing and talking to himself, and appeared to
be immemely pleased over something or other.
"You seem to be happy'” said the gentleman.
“Bless jo’ soul, honey! Look lak I'm de luck
iest nigger dat ever bin euny wbar fer ter buy cat*
fkh on a credit; IU dat!”
“Did you find your Mars John?* 1
“Shoo! he was de Ais’ man what I struck up wid,
en w’en I tell ’1m w’at Miss Hally say, ho ’low he
speck he'll hatter sen’ down to Griffin en git it.
Well, sir, dat make me sorter weak in de back,
karclknow MJm Sallio nl’nt gwine stand dat
kinder foolin.’ Ylt Mars John ho ’low, 'Come on,'
cn wid dat I went wid ’1m. Den bo tuck’n went
in one er dem Tar sto’ places, cn he writ a
letter, down ter Griffin axin um fer ter
sen in a gallon cr dram des soonca dey kin, kazo
he bleeze ter have it right den. Do man, he tuck
tho letter ende money, en he Tow, “The’Hbe
Tong terrectly, * en den Mara John he say, Remus,
you go git yo’ Miss Sally some cramberrfes en some
celery and den come back yer atter de dram*' ”
"And did you get it?"
“Look India basket at dem bottles, bosa. Deyer
all full bnt one un em, en Mars John, ha open dat
un cn gun mo my dram* Dat w'at maka mo say
w’at I doc?,” said Uncle Remus, scratching hia
head. “Dezc yer trains Is a gittin’ faster cn Cuter,
las' year dey useter go to Griffin in about two
hours, but now dey goes dor en back
ten minutes. “Woll, sir, you kin laugh,” ....
man continued, “but I’m a tellin' yon de Lord’*
trufe. Detrain what brans Mar* John dat dram
went tu Griffin cn back fo’l kin walk two blocks,
cn ef dey wua cny hot-bok eny where* 'roun' I
aint never Is smell it. Dey may fetch me dram* but
1 aint gwine to ride on um w’en dey rash 'rotra'
dat away.”
Whereupon the old man trudged homo with his
basket. ,
A ToUl Eclipse '
of all other medicines by Dr. B. V. Fierce's
“Golden Medical Discovery” ia approaching.
Unrivalled In bilious disorders, Impnro blood
and consumption, which ia scrofulous diaesso
of the lungs.
FOUND AFTER YEARS.
Illown Into Alabama by a Cyclone aud Re
turned to Georgia*
From the Griffin, Ga., News.
About the firat of thia month a negro by the
name of Montgomery King carried to Mr. Abel
A. Wright the jeweler, a Phiiomathean brulj
to be repaired. Mr. Wright at once taw tl
name or Anna Humber waa engraven on the
back of the badge, and asked the negro where
he got it, and received the reply that hia wife
had found it In Alabama. Mr. Wright at onoe
wrote to Profcaaor W. C. Bam, of Wesleyan Fe
male college, to know if he had such a pi **
and received the reply that in 1859*60 he
a pupil by that name, bnt believed that abe
was dead and Colonel It. C. Humber, of Eaton*
ton, waa a brother and would bo interested in
the badge. Mr. Wright at once wrote to Col
onel Humber, and received the following re-
^iiur.rccvii.i.K.Ga., January 18,1W.—Mr. Abel
A. Wright, Griffin, Ga.: Dear Sir—Your letter of
th<$3tbpiutaut, directed to Annie Humber,has been
forwarded by postmaster at Eatouton for me to
. v r to uie Adelpi
rhllomathcan society, and the badge may be here.
I had a daughter, Emily II. Humber, to graduate at
same college a faw years ago, and she had a badge
of the Adelphians, which was Ion in a cyclone In
18H, and never recovered; perhaps it is her*, tihe
is now Mrs. J. H. White, Savannah, Ga. I refer you
to Hon. D. J. Bailey ns to who 1 am.
Yours truly, K. C. Humnait.
It ia supposed that this badge was blown
away in the cyclone of 1861 to Alabama, where
Beware of Scrofula
Scrofula la jcofiablj mere ctazrai tfiaa say
•liter disease. II It lnsMions ta eheruter,
and nasltastsltMUtsrumiiK lores, nuttrlar
cnutlosj, tolls, swelling* enlarged Joints,
abscesses, ion ejre, eta. Hood's Bsmoarllls
expels iu tree* oi ecrofula from tk» blood,
tearing tt pure, enriched, end taamqn
“Iwas severely afflicted with icrotata, tad
Offer * year had two nntslng lores ow are seek.
Took fire bettlea Hood's Samparina, a&d are
•tired.* a a Lovejot, Lowell, Maxt
a A. Arnold, Arnold, Ms, had scrofulous
sores for seveo years, sprlas and tall. Hoad’s
BanaparUta cured him.
Salt Rheum
as one o< the aost ill isgTsceljle diseases earned
by Impure blood. It li readily enred tv Hood’s
•araaparflla, tea great blood purifier.
William Spies, Elyria, 0., suffered greatly
&001 erysipelas and exit rheum, caused by
basdlbig tobacco. At tinea bis hands would
creek open and bleed. Ho tried various prep-
arettau without aid; finally took Hood'e San.
atperilli, and now sajxr “lam entirely wall.*
i "My ion had salt rheum on his bands and
cm tbo calves of hia legs. Ha food Hood’s
ffanaparilia and is entirely enred.* J, a
Bfoafoa, Mb Yemen, Ohio,
. Hood’s Sarsaparilla
100 Ooaea One Cellar
ODR LITTLE GRANDCHILD.J
Cle*Bsed,PnrIfled.fiid BeantWed by tho
Cutacnrn Remedies,
Itaffcrdsmepleasuretoriveyou thia.report ot
the cure of our little grandchud by your Ccricrxa.
HEXtrn c.twhen «lx months old his left.handljegau
to',well snd had every appearance of a lane Soil.
We poulticed It. but all to no purpose. About fiver
months offer It became a nrunni* sqsy. Kooaothre
rore* formed. He then had two of them «on coca
hand, and aa bis blood became more and more im
pure it took less time for them to break out. A
to: c came on the chin, beneath the under "*»
wJiii b was very offensive. H U bead waa er A •*
Kal>, discharging a great deal. Thu was I
dilion at twenty-two month*old. when’***'
ot him, Ms mother having d“
Ixunic dietely commenced with the Cutxci’ba Rem-
bmfh, using the cutici ba uud crncvi-t Boai?
freely, and when he had taken oue bottle of tno
Ci'TKTRA Re*oivknt, hi* head waa completely
cured nnd he waa Improved iu every way. wa
werevery much encouraged, .and continued tua
nrc of the Rcrr.cdicsfor a year and a half. One
ore after another healed^a .bony matter forming
n each one or those live deep onea JU*t hefora
healing, whMi would finally »row)opwand were
taken out, theu they would Heal rapidly. One of
thcac ugly bone formation- l preserved. Aftec ■
taking a dozen and k half ibot lfcH he wa? com
pletely cured, and is now. mi th*» of six year*,
a strong and healthy cfd!- - . The scar* on hi*
hrndMJiBst Ahv*ysrr!r.nln: M«» hand* are strong,
though we oi-ee feared he would never be able ta
use'them. Ail that physicians did for him awl
lilm.'no pood. All wro saw the child before using
the Ct'Tiot ka Rexediks and nee the child now
consider it a wonderful cure. If tho above facta
eroit any me to yon, you are at liberty to UM
them. M1:H. E. 8. DRfGGd,
May 9.1SS5. G12 E. Clay H t.. Dloomluatou, IU. _
The child war really in u *.\ or*c condition tluw
he appeared to his grandmother, who, being wltti •
him every day, became accustomed to tho disease*
MAGGIE HORDING.
Cctktba Remedies nre told everywhere; Ct’Tt-
ct'BA, the great Hkin Cure*SO cut; CunCURA Soap,
an exquisite Bkiu Beautlfior, 2. r > cU.; CtrricuftA Re*
eoLVENT, the new Blood Purifier, 81.00. Prepared
ty.thc I'otter Ditto and Chemical Co., Boston.
Send for “Mow to Cure Skin Disease*."
jlNG, Scaly, Pimply and OU
1 beautified by CTticvba Soai*.
OH! MY BACK, MY BACK!
I’aln, Inflammation and \Vef“
of the Kidneys, Kips and Hid
llevcd In ono minute by Cutl__—
Antl*Paln Plaster. New and infal
lible. At druggists. 25c. Potter Drug
and Chemical Co,, Boston.
%
m
CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.
"Wo Co hereby certify that we npenUo the ar-
mngementa for all the monthly aud semi-annual
drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery Company, 1
and in person manage and control the drawings
themselves, and that the same are conducted wlffi
honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward oil par-
aet, and we authorize tho company to use this e—’
ttfioate, with fao-rimllea of onr dguaturw
uys&TtowaTn'^te^^gtateLMuSS
J. H. Oousxr, Prei’t LouialauaNat'lBank,’
r. Luraux, Frei’t stato National Bank.
A. Biunro, Iws'tSeir Orleans Nat'lB’nkJ
OVER MOJULU9N MsffiUUTEO]
Louisiana State Lottery’ Com any
*-fi[tout* ftrr tareaitbr the leglslsum
. J and chart tablo punysn with a
Iqfri.orWBO-to which a reservefonaofiorei
10 has since been added.
helming papular vote 11a firanchlaa
_^I« U “ COn “ WUOn ''
lottery ever voted on and indorsed by
it raw scales ox rorrroxia.
Its Grand Single Number Drawing* Take
place monthly, and the Semi-Annual
Drawing* regularly every six months
(June nnd December).
ASPLENDID OPPOBTUHITT
TO WIN A F O K TUNE. THIRD
GRAND DRAWING. CLASH C. IN THE ACAD
EMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY,’
March 15,1887—-SOSd Monthly Drawing.,
CaPi’al Prize, $150,000.
M^Kotlce.—Ttcketa nre Ten Dollars only.
Halves, M. Fifths, St. Tenths, *1.
I CAPITAL
K GRAND PRIZE OF 60,000. fi0,0l
I GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000...... Sfa
.GE PRIZES OF 10,000.,..,. “~
1,000 “
AmtoxnrATio* prizes.
100 Approximation Prises of
2.173 Frircf. niROur.tlrg to...L.-...
I Applications fbr rates to daba 'ahouk^flH
[only rathe office of the Company In New Orleans
For further Information wrtto clearly, glviug full
addrem. Postal Norm Express Money orders, a
New York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency
by exprem (at our expense) addressed
DAUPHIN,
Now Orleans, Da.'
I New Orleans, La,'
REMEM BER^«S?ar«
are in charge of tec erasings, is a guattnu* of ab
solute fftirocasssd integrity, test UM chances sia
all equal, and that no me can nocriblvdtvinewhai
numbers will draw a Prise. An parties therefore
MMMMaijreMMfoestn tbli Lotterr, ot 1
-AND-
DECKER BROS.*
CELEBRATED PIANOS.
Instruments raid ou Installments at low rrloes anA
on easy teima.atodte3355oahSmfM
ESTEY ORGAN CO.,
FI—PF From YomtbM Errors, rmfftil
5unerers f -^^«?^ss
Pure- A44rmM.UTI.3W a dares, , tatenfo. .