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Newspaper Page Text4 FABMS A ND I'AKMERS. SHOUT TATES WITH THE MEN WHO G VIDE THE EDO .T. ilany Questions About the Farm Answered by the Agricultural Editor of The Weekly Constitution. Please look ahead and send in inquiries ‘nrly—ordinarily an answer may not be ex pected under three weeks. Never request an answer by maii; the editor has no time to spare for writing private letters. Never ask where an article can be had or the price. Editors have no better sources of mformatior. about these than other peo ple. The editor has nothing for sale and is not interested in anything advertised in the paper. Questions of any character concerning the 'arm will be cheerfully answered by the Kiitor of this department. Inquirers will ph -jse make their questions clear and to Hie point. The editor of this department will give all questions close research and will give the readers of The Constitution Ina benefit of any information that can be ob tained on ail questions propounded. Address communications for this depait tneiit to THE CONSTITUTION, Fann and Farmers’ Hept.) Atlanta. Ga. Shall We Flow in Dry Weathers The severe drought of the past two mouths has revived the above question, an old and still unsettled one. It would Beein that it might and ought to have been Bottled long ago by actual experiment. In our own practice we have experienced no trouble at this point—after the first few years of farming, and yet we do not now recall the terms of any special experi ment made to determine the question. An ©I l idea once prevailed, and is still enter tained by many, that the plows should I ■ ‘ kept going” dining the continuance of c y weather. It was urged even to plow deep i order to “bilng up the moisture, less this idea was based on the ob s rved fact that the next morning after so plowing the very bottom of the furrow was , ■ ol moisture, w,, presence < f this moisture was held to b proof that the plowing had in some way caused the moisture from below to rise to the surface of the bottom of the fur ver, is not ten able. The correct explanation seems to he that tl:<' furrow in whi-h the moisture was observed was laid down to the line of moisture, r so nearly to it that the mois ht to vl< w by the power of capillarity, and being below the f ne-ti surface and protected some the i" >ving air, it y I r e ’.•!!!• -1 there until evaporated by i h, t of the sun in the course of the < uuhu : a. In most eases of plowing r >ie than tw> inches deep, even in very , -■■■ v a’her, it will be found that the «...>,t ’ the pic .v will bring moist soil to • thi i toist soil will then I direct rays of the sun g- 1 to th <ls'ng winds, and thus be dis- ! in the atmosphere. Would i i ; 1-e bet t to leave the moisture two t > ■ ir.- his below the surface, where it n 1 ■ protected from too rapid evapora ti n nd yet be within the reach of the r ' of the plant? We think so, and we i: ■ .- mfident that if plowing during dry vo , h> ■' be of any advantage at all it n be shallow. Perhaps it would be more correct to say that if the plowing m t be shallow. Os < , ; w'. re there is grass to be destroyed t , • -t to bo broken we admit that ible, in fact it is necessary. T . ■ to which our question ap- i w !-•■ the soil has been stirred and • , :; tl -iiirhly broken and pulverized f. - , 1 rainfall. Under such condl !• we i. > e tl'.at any good can be a by p o>- ■: _. The inch or two of dry, p ■ , <■■■,. I - .11 lying above the spreading owing plants serves fv.o tiv ns a mulch, th.' office of which is t • ' y<r < : soil in which the - . on and too f r layer is thor , .- Jv i n. riz' t an-1 loose we do not see ' ~.. ir ■■■ t iring it while already do an; good. Therefore - ild ( time during a long c iri: dr ' ’ t to more effective work, <-•• ;i I f.ciu-r can always find j. . . end briars may be taken f at nind -lumps, the fence corners ■ I ; '--.it, v. t pi.i s can be made dry by di’o ’.it:g, etc. Sowing; Fens. j ■ t : v, v. 1 a the crop has been plowed • i 11, and t . ■ . . ;.o .1 or weeds to .'ail for hoe v it. and wo ar- waiting patiently for a v j i v downpour from the heavens, we - >ui i <l. : 'riniit ■ just what to do when it , r. We say j rt 1 lows in the grain stubble and de. The < i be i ■••• I without injury a e.o-t as soon as the rain clouds have c. : 1 away. The time is short, it will soon he too late to sow peas; in middle <■ i ;...-I n nthwai I they should all be j Don’t 1 rg-.-t or neglect to sow the corn fields In j, is .i th. ■ last plowing. It costs nothing but. the s-ed and two cents’ worth of lab >r < s-iwing per acre. One bushel of peas e will more than repay the outlay. It. J. REDDING. FARM AND QUESTION BOX. Farion* Subjects on Which the Farmers Ask Information. To .1 D.. .1 ’soy, Ga.— Unfortunately your , 1 over to this • ditor too late (Jun-.- sth) to be of any service this i .son. .asfthJtKlS To It. I). D., Minden, Tex.—We cannot ve t - tlesirc'd information. Had you given your full name we would have for varded your i stal to Dr. Ji. H. Cary, h.-h , f G< ia, L.aG inge, Ga., ■ N. C.—l have a > - nine years old, that eats dirt v } . ,| turn him «mt. Can you tell rue th.- • ius<?, also give me a remedy for it. j , i tod appetite, but seems to fall ©ff in fl ( hors< has a form of Indigestion .■ i ■ '' ■ ! . r ' i.r ly due to imperfect teeth, some of them t ing too sharp or irregular or possibly de- < \, .1, wlf. it prevents pcrieet mastication etim it is due to p tor < i< | r pasturage. But o' tener than otherwise the trouble is scat t,.| ; n th<- int< stines. Search tor the cause arid if found remove it. See that the water and pun and alwav s giv en before Pe-iin'.'—not alter. Possibly he eats too r v nously, if this is the case feed in a wide bottomed manger, so that he will be compelled to eat slowly, or Keep some smooth, round pebbles in the manger, to j.void which he will have to be careful. In most cases a cathartic, consisting of 1 ounce of aloe's, or 1 pint of linseed oil, v. HI »< »• v 5- jc:-. - - -'-.***mwrri mmwmrrw wi-m*4MREBBan ©»«❖©♦»♦•♦©©❖©♦©♦©♦©♦©♦£ £ -NNO3 'aao-imvii @ <> ‘-03 op*9 pjojwvH 3I IJL £ -sanDoivxvo uno 30 sno uoj awas g ‘ 8 t; jdipo Sub ueqf pofsaAUi Asuaiu siji jo} ujnfdJ j3ffaq v noX saiS ll!A\ <> if" ' e V\ • T - J X I | I | | | Meution The Constitution. he of much service if given at tne outset. Then mix equal parts of common baking soda, powdered ginger and powdered gen tian, and give one heaping tablespoonful twice a Hay before feeding. ft is best given by dissolving the spoonful in a tum bler of water, as a drench. To C. L. G., Temple, Miss.—The plant is, as we suspected, trifolium r- llexum, or Buffalo clover. Many years ago we found it growing on our farm in southwest Geor gia and made some effort to propagate it, but without satisfactory success. M e have never seen it except in scattered, creeping bunches. The potash in cotton seed hulls is fully allowed for in the estimate. Hulls contain but little more than 1 per cent— -I,oß—of potash, or 20.60 pounds in one ton of hulls. The rest of hulls is very rich in potash, but one ton of hulls yields only fifty-two pounds of ash. No allowance was made for humus, as it has no commercial value. J. G. S., Waterville, Ga. —1. Does wheat and oats make cheat? 2 Will whippoorwill bunch peas and sor ghum sown together make good' hay? 11 so, about what proportion ot peas and seed ought to be sown and how much to the acre. 1. No; cheat, or chess, is just as distinct from wheat or oats as corn is from sor ghum. 2. Yes. Sow one bushel of peas and one quart of sorghum per acre. The main use of the sorghum is to hold up the pea vines, but it is generally sown with some running tariety of peas. Sow the early amber sor ghum. G. D., Danton, Mo.—l traded for a horse five years old that has got a white spot in the left eye. Some time 1 think it is get ting a little smaller, but 1 am not quite sure. He cannot see at all. Do you think there is any remedy to get this eye all right, if so, what is it and oblige? Your description is by no means clear enough to enable a diagnosis. Do you mean that the pupil of the eye is white? If so the horse is probably already blind and will remain so. Yon do not say whether he has sore eyes occasionally. If not and he cannot see with that eye he never will. T. A. F., Craven, N. C.—My horse has worms, has been so about six months. Used medicine, but find on relief; also have two hogs, fine stock, same way. Please give remedy in Farm and Farmers’ col umn. A vermifuge that is usually effective in the case of a horse is the following: One drachm of copperas, one drachm of tartar emetic, two drachms of linseed meal. Mix and give as one dose, repeating it night and morning for a week. Then give a purgative of one ounce spirits of turpen tine, one pint raw linseed oil -as one dose. After three weeks repeat the entire treat ment to catch any nits that may have hatched in the meantime. Give about one third as much to a grown hog, administer ing the purgative with a syringe. D. A. C., Rutledge, Ga. —I write for infor mation for a remedy for a disease among my hogs. They were lame first in their fore feet and then in a week they became lame in their hind feet, with their hind feet drawn up about the center of the body; and then it extended all over the body, and now they arc discharging from the nostrils like a horse with the distemper, with a good appetite all the time. Please answer soon. It is probably what is called malignant catarrh. First separate the well from the sick. The latter may as well be killed if the disease has taken full possession. Give to each the following emetic: 15 to 20 grains of white hellebone, Vi pint of milk. If it will not drink give it through a horn. Al ter vomiting give 2 or 3 grains of calomel in the half of a roasted potato. AV. J. D„ Jr., Montgomery, Tex.—l. Is frequent plowing an invariable rule and un der all circumstances? I plowed corn two weeks ago, since which time there has been but one light shower, the soil still being loose. However, on the advice of Rapid Cultivation I plowed again two weeks later. Was it an a<l vantage or not ? 2. Should new ground be plowed fre quently ? 3. J low is sugar cane best cultivated? 4. At what stage should corn and cotton be laid by? 1. We say no. When the ground is clean, loose and mellow and no rain has fallen since last plowing we would not plow it until after a rainfall. 2. We would plow new ground as little as possible. As a rule tin' soil of a. new ground after being plowed once or twice is too open and porous. 4. No definite rule can be given by which to determine when cultivation of corn and cotton should cease. In corn we like to give the last, plowing when it is in the bunch for tassel. In cotton we would give one broad sweep or cultivator furrow ii; each middle about the time the links com mence to meet across. W. H. H.,M. D., Ranier,Ala.— Noticing your answer to J. P., of Daneviile, Tex., I <l'.- sire to describe the condition of a ’.alualilo mare: More than a year ago she received a punctured wound between the fore legs which caused a large abcess. The pus bur rowed around the breast bone and _up among the muscles behind the elbow. S< v eral large openings were made by a veter inary surgeon and the pus let out. In stead of healing, however, there remains a fistulous tract, leading from a point < eritrai over the sternum to a. point behind the left elbow. There was some cories of the ster num, but I scraped that, and used hydrochlo ric acid locally, :'tnd think the boil" is well. Now, what I wish to know" is, can this tista lous tract be destroy' d slough-d out lo medicines? If so what is the best mode ot using, etc.? Some author has said that a sternum fistula, on account of the porosity of the bone, cannot be cured. What say you? We have had no experience in such a case, and have no authority which makes any ex ceptions as to reasonable certainty of cure with proper treatment on account of porosi ty of the bone. We know of no way of curing a fistula that does nut involve its free open ing, so that the discharge may come freely away. It is very important to use daily an anticeptic lotion. J. M. AV., Near Leary, Ga.—l. Which is the best fertilizer for sweet potatoes, Eti wan dissolved bone or a highgrade ammoni ated guano? 2. What do you think of turning brood sows in rye after the rye has fully rip ened ? 3. Do you think it a good idea to keep sows on ground or field peas? 1. The sweet potato repuiros what is called a complete fertilizer in order to yield the best results, i. e., a fertilizer that con tains phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen. On fresh soil or pretty good old land a small dbse of acid phosphate would have a good effect, but if you wish to make a liberal application—say 300 to 500 pounds per acre—we would prefer the ammoniated pot ash phosphate, td which class the Etiwan high grade belongs. 2. We would not turn sows in pig, on rye after it leaves the ground. The smut of rye will cause abortion. 3. We see no objection to the practice, but would take care to give corn regularly every day. AV. J. Carr, Russell, Miss.—lt is generally considered that when a man's neighbors are against him on an . given quest ion that he is on the wrong side, but there are some ex cepuoiis lu tne rme. in plowing corn the second and last time I always inn at least four limes in the row as Igo. 1 never leave the furrow next to the corn open ten min utes if 1 can help it, especially in dry weather, and it is nearly as bad in wet weather, especially on hilly land. Now, my neighbors say it don’t make any tiil'ference if corn is left just run around for ten or twelve days. Tney say it makes the roots strike down and lets the sun in at the same time; this corn was planted in the water furrow and the soil all thrown out in tiie middle. This is the 27th of May and the corn roots cut off from all connection with the soil in the middle; the corn has no tap root like cotton anil some other plants, ami so I think it is contrary to nature to keep the roots from the middle so late in the season. 1 say it is wrong. What do you say? My friend Brown and close neighbor— he's not any kin to Blunkett's Brown tir>t 1 know of —run around his new ground corn in the same furrows that lie covered it with and wants it to stand some time. Wrong again. He said he made a heap of corn last year. I told him he would have made a larger heap if he had not let the sun to the roots so much. I think there would be several thousand bushels more corn made in Lauderdale county. AVe say simply that if running around a row of corn and leaving it for ten days without covering the open furrow with an other furrow results in injury to the corn it will be because the furrow was run too deep. It was the running pf the furrow that did the injury and not the leaving of it THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ; ATLANTA. GA„ MONDAY, JUNE U, 1894. AWAB.DS MEDALS and on<‘ Diploma for Beauty. :>"d <'he-ai»n«‘""-over <i of these vehicles have ® sold direct to the people. I at once for our complete '< incite i Di of every kind of <V IsarneutK.also book A' timotiials. they are free. fiLLIANCE C CO.. CINCINNATI, O. Mention y ■ >u. uncove«F plowed with a or any an " t wo inches det'itSac 1 back into the only one put four f twenty da>- , ''g& to put in two 6 more in ten time and let thiflM about any > w that it would ys. If this could helfe / it out and out at would prefer to go rapn.'- giving two fur rows, and Uw. /lately and give tile other twc.'. & ., L. A. 11., Jtutb’.,. r .—l. I have just reaped my <all oaisW wish to sow some, land in peas. 1 fnAf the unknown ana speckle pea. How many shouiu 1 put. per 2. Would it do to sow on hard land or turn under stubble first and then plow or harrow in? 3. Would it be too much for land to sow German millet on fresh plowed land after peas are turned under ana harrow them in; if not, how much millet seed per acre of land? Will make from BUO to 1,200 pounds of lint cotton per acre. 1. What stage would millet be in when tiie peas got in lull bioom? 5. What stage should peas and millet be in to save for f&rage? 6. I want to sow land again this fall in oats. 1 will manure with cotton seed and lot and stable manure, but can't put any on land now. 7. Would millet sown now be too late for a full crop or not? 8. I also have one acre I .wish to make a pasture of. W hat kind of grass would be best to sow for grazing purposes? I’lease give me through farmers department as soon as possible your best advice. !). Enclosed find head of grain found in my oats. 1 ‘lea.se give name and what good for. 1. One bushel is the usugl amount of seed peas for one acre. 2. If the ground i: in good condition it will do very well to sow on the stubble and then plow in with twisters or half shovels, ami then harrow smooth, but we would prefer to plow first anil then sow the peas and harrow in. 3. Os course you cannot expect a full crop of pea vines and a lull crop of millet from the same land. The tax would not be too heavy, as the land will only produce ac cording to its ability. We would sow about three pecks of peas and one peck of millet per acre. 4. If speckled peas, they and the millet will be ready to cut very nearly at the same time, say ninety days. 5. The peas should be in full bloom with a few full grown pods; the millet should be in ‘‘the milk”- —not later. 6. You might sow fifty pounds of nitrate of soda per acre for the benefit of the mil let. ’This would not be needed or appropria ted by the peas, but would be very helpful to the millet. You might also apply 200 pounds of acid phosphate per acre for the peas. 7. No, there is plenty of time—ninety days is all that are required. 8. Orchard, rep tup, tall oats, one bushel each; red ciover, eight pounds. 9. Tiiv “grain” is solium temulentum, or poisonous darnel, th■■■ only species of grass whose rubs are poisonous. J. C. S.—One of the best books on the subject is a volume called “A Report on the Diseases of Horses,” published by the secretary of agriculture, Washington, D. C. Apply to your member of congress. It is very doubtful if you can get a copy, ow ing to the great: demand f a - it. J. .W. C., Gillsville, Ga.—l have some corn planted that is just coming up, and I put l.w) pounds of guano to the acre. I have been told by several that it would not pay— that the guano would give out. before the ear was formed. I would like to hear your opinion of it through this column. We don’t, believe in the idea that a ferti lizer applied to corn before or at time of J. laming V. ill lie lost. What if it is ex hausted, or all taken up by the plant be fore earing time? .Il has become part ami parcel of the plant, and. will find its way to the ear at the time it is needed. It cer tainly cannot get away from the plant. On the contrary, we would prefer applying the fertilizer, however small the amount, at planting time, or as soon as yiossible thereafter, rather than at any subsequent time. We have tried it repeatedly, and under the most careful conditions. J. H. A r ., Macopin, Ga. —AVill you please inform me, first, where I can find market for shurnac, and at what price, and how to cure it, and when to gather, etc.? 2. If buck.wheat can be grown for profit in north Georgia, and whi n to sow mid how much S('"d to the acre an I about how much should it yield per acre? 1. We do not know who deals in shurnac, but the trade is principally confined to dealer- in Alexandria, Va.; Baltimore, Md., and TVilmington, Del. The leaves are gathered in a manner most convenient any time after July 15th, before frost, and are dri- 1 and separated from the leaves anil twigs and sold in bales, bringing about an average price of $1.75 per 100 iiounds. 2. Buckwheat is grown to a limited ex tent in north Geor -ia—the’mountain coun ties —but how profitable its production is we cann it say. The seed are sown in July or August where the production of the grain is desired; when for bee pasturage it should be sown in the spring at the rate of from one to two pecks of seed per acre. The yield is from ten to twenty bushels per acre, according to season and land. The want of mills for properly grinding and bolting is probably a serious drawback in north Georgia. N. L. I’., Maitland, Ala.—l. Enclosed find sample No. 1, of a, new kind of grass that has appeared this spring on my farm. Please name it and give its value; also find sample No. 2, which, 1 suppose, is Bermuda grass. I have quite a lot of No, 2 on my farm, and it is good. The other is equally as good for stock, as they are very fond of it. Will it injure pregnant mares to feed them rye? I. Sample No. 1 is paspalum distichum, or ‘‘twin” paspalum, a native southern grass. It is rs very little as the growth is sparse, except " ot j S moist land. Jt is often mistakenj 1 ' ree( <inuda grass, or is supposed to lj e Brotherl; of Bermuda; but tiiis is a nthe Federatil being quite dis tinct. No. he Knights or g- rasSi j s a A” 1 - !l ant animal on aeeoim pa' n aS tJie p] ae -e smut, which is oft<“ conference, to be h. vise you not to feed' ' ' up to head, o’clock p. ni., the cc -A- ! i sine die- Tonight the m jt economy to tui‘g., as fjiied with worKingir ( > rll ln eal for sed by Messrs. Sargent, i on ? Is cot ton st forming ele- mi'nt ,i Ext- on seed mea l to 110 t'A• Mai-tory results. The W' 'W'n*’ '"to calv< s. The mineral water'- the digestive oi gans . \\ e have made no direc 1 uce the Denen nen t.s on hogs, but lam inc. f o }loW tipinion that the meal might be b ' f -o fattening hogs or to good sized - e u j'provided no more than three or fou^, bunds per day per 1,000 pounds live v.**ht be fed, and the ration made completenjy adding corn meal. Corn meal, twenty pounds, cotton meal four pounds, would lie a proper proportion and amount for a day’s ration for 1,000 pounds live weight of hogs. Cotton meal is a bet ter bone-forming food than corn meal. J. N. S., McClure, Ga.—l have a fine ycung mare that has dry cracks in her hoofs running from toe up to middle of hoof, visible on outside only. Please give me remedy to stop them. Remove the shoe and pare away the bear ing on the shoe an inch on each side of the crack, so that it will not bear on the shoe. , -le or burn a shallow notch first above the upper end o's the crack. Have a plate made of sheet iron, a piece of bale tie will do, about two inches or more long. Punch or drill holes in each end. Place it across the crack at the lower edge of the hoof and while the crack is pinched together fasten the plate on with wooden screws about, one-fourth of an inch long, sere well into tiie hoof. Mrs. E. J. IL, Stonewall, Ga.—AVill some one kindly answer me and give me some remedy for a disease that lias appeared among my young turkeys? This is the second year I have noticed it. I have fine bronze turkeys, arid feed my young ones on curd entirely. I take clabber and put a little vinegar in it. and put it on tiie stove and cook it until the whey separates from the milk. They are very fond of it, and thrive on it. Now for the disease: It starts in their feet. Their toes begin to draw in and curl up, and their kjiees swell and bow out; it continues until they lose all use of their feet. I had two affected this way last year, one died and the other I had kill ed. They were lively and hearty feeders up to the last, and they grew, but not. so fast as the others. 1 thought last year it was rheumatism, but 1 have had fine weather on them this year. They are not quite two weeks old, arid the disease start ed at a week old. I will be so much obliged to some kind reader who will give any remedy for it. AVe regret that we cannot give a pre scription for your turkeys, as we are not familiar with their disease. AVe suggest that you change their food, or the manner of preparation. It is possible that tiie food as you prepare it does not contain a suffi ciency of tiie mineral, or bone-making ele ments. Also mix with their food the leaves of dandelion, chopped fine. Chopped net tles and onions are also good. Do not feed too much, little and often being the rule. 1. M. D., Harlan, Ala.—l. Will you please tell me some remedy that will move skip pt rs out of meat? 2. Please tell me what will move a knot off of a mule’s shoulder that was formed there by the collar. It swells by work and becomes sore. Any information will be gladly received. 1. AVe know of on means of getting skip pers out. of meat other than to dissect them out with a knife, in which you will be aid ed by using a good syringe and boiling wa ter. Thon thoroughly dry the meat and wrap tii thick paper, two thicknesses, and slip into a bag and hang up. 2. If the swelling has become hard and calloused and feels like a loose lump under the skin, the only way to remove it is to split the skin and cut out the lump with a sharp knife. Then dress it as you would an ordinary wound. Keep off all pressure until fully healed. T'ou may use a Dutch or breast collar until it is well. L. S. 11., Glymphville, S. C.—l have a colt one year old; he has a soft knot on his left leg just below the knee joint: it is about the size of a guinea egg. If you can tell me any remedy that will take it off, please let me know. It is probably what is known as a splint, which is very common in horses that have seen much work, but not common with colts. It. was probably caused by a kick or a bruise from some injury. When first discovered, the proper treatment is the application of warm water three times a day, half an hour at a time, followed by a lotion composed' of one ounce each of muriate of ammonia and nitrate of potash dissolved in one quart of water. AVhen the soreness is nearly gone, apply a blister of half an ounce powdered catharides and two ounces of lard. Mix and rub well in. Feed on soft, light food and permit moderate ex ercise. R. S. I’., Americus, Ga.—T have a horse mule that is troubled at times like he has gravel. He stretches himself a great many times, and cannot pass his water. 1 give him salt peter and watermelon seed tea, and it relieves him for about two weeks and then he will have another spell. He also holds his head very high, and turns his upper lip up like he smelled something offensive. His water is very thick, and ied. Please give name: of disease and remedy. Suppression of urine, or dysuria, commons - called gravel, may be due to one of several causes, each requiring a different treatment. The high color of the urine indicates probable congestion of the kid neys, but this would likely prove fatal in a week or two. It may be caused by cal culis, or a bean, or stricture of the urethra. It is useless to prescribe on such an un certainty as to the cause. To AV. T. N., Hamilton, Ga.—The speci mens of seed, pods and piece of stem of weed received. It is generally impracti cable to name a comparatively unknown plant unless a specimen in Hower be furn ished. In this case the plant is probably a foreign weed, the seed having been in troduced with coffee or other imported goods. To remove the rosin from your Sunday coat soak the spot in pure alco hol for a few minutes, then rub with a sponge or woolen cloth dipped in fresh alcohol. Generally it can be removed with spirits of turpentine in the same way. To H. V. N., Merrmon, N. C.—Rye or oats sown with peas at last plowing of corn would most probably lie overrun by the peas. Our experience in sowing rye and oats earlier than September (in growing corn and cotton) has not been favorable. If the rye (certainly the oats) be sown so early as July, it will be almost certainly killed by the hot sun and usual dry fall. AV. S. C., Burlington, N. C.—l have a mare with enlarged hock of lett nina knee. She has as good use of that joint as the other; has never been lame from it, but does not back right; is not sore; it is hard like a gristle; 1 do not know the cause of it. She is six years obi. Please give remedy. We are well pleased with your valuable paper. Your description of the symptoms it ap pears that- your mare has what is called ‘‘capped hock,” which m:i.y be easily re lieved If it has not run on too long •which is probably the case, in which event noth ing is of any avail, except to disse, t out the gristly tumor with a knife, and this must be done by a qualified veterinary sur geon. Mrs. P. A. A., Tallulah, T. T.—Please in form me through your paper what time or how long after young turkeys are hatch ed do they throw out the red. 1 have gone into the poultry’ business to some extent. I have about eighty or ninety young tur keys. ami they are doing very nicely. How do* we know, or by what way can we know when it or the red is thrown out. At the age of nine or ten weeks from hatching they will begin to ‘‘put out the red,” and will continue until the young turkeys are pretty well fledged. The pro cess shows for itself. Subscriber, Surry, A'a.—Please inform me through The Farm and Farmers’ columns how to prepare seed of first crop of pota toes for second crop. 2. AVhat kind of field peas is the accompanying package? 1. AVe have never been able to secure a stand of second crop potatoes with any cer tainty. Our costom has been to save the smaller potatoes when digging daily sup plies for the table. Put them in a cool but not dark place. They will then tend to is but one way in the world to be | sure of having the best paint, and that is to use only a well established brand'of strictly pure white lead, pure linseed oil, and pure colors.* The following brands arc ’ standard “Old Dutch” process,and are always absolutely Strictly Pure White Lead “ANCHOR” (Cincinnati). “RED SEAL” (St. Louis). “ ECKSTEIN ” (Cincinnati). “KENTUCKY” (Louisville). “ SOUTHERN ” (St. Louis and Chicago). “ATLANTIC” (New York). “COLLIER ” (St. Louis). “JEWETT” (New York). *lf you want colored paint, tint any of the above strictly pure leads with National Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. These colors are sold in one-pound cans, each can being sufficient to tint 25 pounds of Strictly Pure White Lead the desired shade; they are in no sense ready-mixed paints, but a combination of perfectly pure colors in the handiest form to tint Strictly Pure White Lead. Send us a postal card and get our book on paints and color-card, free. 99, 101, &1 3 Hroad Street, Nashville. NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. Mention The Constitution- turn green, and sprout. 2 ‘ Th ® I peas did not reach the hands of th To AV. J. H., Deepstep, Ga.—AVe are not able to say trom the description what is the trouble with your hogs. As a general rule, it is hardly worth while to P h V & ' ‘ hogs unless they are blooded an ’ r \ la s> ‘V L’ therefore, especially valuable. Ihe enort. I should be made to disinfect the premises, or put the animals not yet affected in a j clean pasture to themselves. This can generally be done in summer time, if neces sary, by building a small inclosure in the j woods some distance away from the haunts ' of the sick ones. Give to all the well hogs ' the following as a preventative: One pound I each of Howers of sulphur, copperas, mad der, one-fourth pound of black antimonj, one-foujeth pound of sailtpeter and one ounce of arsenic. Mix the whole into six gallons of gruel and give half pint to each hog once a day. To R. T. R., Edwardsville, Ala.—ls the thumps are due to excessive heart action, as soon as possible give as one dose: Two ounces of whisky, half ounce sweet spirits of nitre, a drachm of saltpeter and four ounces of water. Repeat if necessary to re lieve the paroxism. Rub down well. If thumps frequently occur, it is evidence of organic unsoundness, and is not curable. To Kill Large, Red Ants. Mr. James M. McCoy, Bienville, La., writes a letter too long for our space ap proving our suggestion of carbon bisulphide as a remdy for the red ant, and giving his successful experience. He says ‘‘dig down into each cell or bed in every town (colony) where the ants are at work; saturate a piece of cotton with bisulphide of carbon and drop into the hole. Then cover the hole with pine bark or a shingle, packing enough dirt on with the hand to make it as nearly air tight as possible, leaving in that manner two or three days, when the liv ing will commence dragging out the dead.” He further says that a post hole digger is a good Implement with which to dig the hole. AVe still think that keroapme, oil will prove just as effective and it is much cheaper. (Ed.) BELTER DAYS * HEAD. Failures Are Decreasing in Number and in Liabilities. New York, June 15. —R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: "The strike of bituminous coal miners will end Monday, wherever the authority and advice of their general organization can end it, and there is little room to doubt that the coal famine will then begin to abate. Some time must elapse, however, before supplies of fuel will enable all works to resume that have no other reason for sus pending jiroduction. Meanwhile the de mand for products is so slack that it seems questionable whether as many hands will find employment before the end of June as | were employed in April. The actual out put of pig iron weekly June Ist, was only 62,517 tons, against 126.732 April last, and 1< t,o_’9 a year ago. but the reduction of 248,552 tons in unsold stocks indicates that •i quantity nearly double the output has been taken for consumption. If there were orders to continue manufacture at that rate resumption of over two-thirds of the full capacity of works would not be long delaj oil. But the eastern demand is, on the whole, disappointingly small, and in the central region the termination of the coke strike is essential, but not yet as sured. At the west a larger demand and greater activity appear, and a heavy busi ness is likely to follow the removal of the obstruction. The Woolen mills are closing rapidly. It is assesrted that scarce ly any have orders to occupy them beyond July Ist in men's wear, but in the demand for dress goods a somewhat better tone is perceived. “Further concessions have not enlarged the demand for cotton goods, anil the re cent report that production has been close to last year’s, is said io be based upon re turns from only the more fortunate mills. That goods arc accumulating is evident, but sales have been distinctly improved with the weather. “Exports of domestic products in May showed a decrease in all the principal classes excepting provisions, the ag ;r< being $37,823,712, against $14,341,443 lasts year, but more than $5,000,000 of the decrease in value is found to be due to the fall in prices. Exports from New York for two weeks of June have been 7 per cent larger in value than last year, while imports at this point have been 18 per cent smaller. "Comparison of exchanges with last year alone are rm longer instructive, but the daily payments through the principal clear ing houses for the first half of June, have , averaged $128,260,000, against $162,700,000 last year, arid $171,100,000 for 1892. Owing to the fall in prices about this time last year comparatively little of the difference in the value of payments can now be at tributed to the difference in prices of com modities, but it cannot be judged how much may be owing to the strikes and their consequences. "Gold exports have diminished to $2,250.- 000 for the week, and sales of foreign ex change to mature about the end of July indicate some borrowing from Europe against products to be exported. A little more Commercial paper from jobbers is also found by the banks, but the flood of money from the interior has not ceased, though the time for moving crops draws nea r. “While business is narrow, it is com paratively free from losses by failure, for the liabilities reported in failures for the first week in June were only $2,507,228, of which 5176.118 wore of manufacturing and $1,872,261 of trading concerns. The ag ■ :■ liabilities thus far reported in fail ures in May wore but $13,514,760, of which $5.1.16,025 were of manufacturing and $6,912,- 302 of trading concerns. The number of failures this week has been 232 in the T nited States, against 316 last year, and 40 in Canada, against 31 last year.” STATE I’KISON FARMS. Decision of Hie Commission to Pur chase Them for Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., June 12.—(Special.)—The commission to purchase state prison farms has e’iminated from the list of lands offered all but the eight farms, to-wit: in the hills, the Sibley place, in Hinds county; the Hunter and Stevens property in Rankin county; the Tarpley property, Madison county, and the Hart and Virden property, in Hinds; in the delta the Roach and Bee man. valley place, Yazoo county; the Albi no, AA’harlield and Lovel property, in Madi son county; the Simms and Griffith place, Holmes county; the Waite and Griffin tract, Holmes county. The commission reserves the right to eliminate any of the above property at its next meeting, which will be at Jackson on Tuesday, 26th instant, for rhe purpose of making a final inspection and selc tion of such of the above lands as they may think proper for the best interests of the state. By a majority vote of the commission it has been decided to purchase two farms— one in the hills and one in the delta. Positively you have the genuine De Long Patent Hook and Eye if you see on the face and back of every card the words: , See that hump?W ■WOE-MARK REQ. APR. 13 L o Richardson am /£?fc & De Long Bros., AJs/ riiiladelphia. _Mention The Constitution. T™ - ? ’ll GOCS A?'"'.-/'- •. A ODY iiir.es’' jtootsw I ThcGrcatHcalthDrink I Safe, sure and reliable. Always on j time. A pleasure andadelight. Com- | sortable, enjoyable. HIRES’ I i Rootbeer j A2sc.pkg.m esfigalions. Sold everywhere. 1 Send 2c. stamp for beautiful picture cards and book. The Chas. E« Hires Co., Philadelphia. Awful dyspepsia! Nearly dead I All the pleasure in life seems gone forever. i can get no enjoyment out of any thing. 1 suffer terribly after every meal. Miserable feeling all the time. Aly blood is poor and thin, the doc tor says because my food is only half digested. S am nervous and capricious and have the blues. Nothing I have tried will relieve me! Nothing? That’s wrong! There is something, and it will relieve and cure you. Brown’s Iron Bitters has cured thousands for many years past. Don’t suffer any more. Get a bottle at once. It is pleasant to take, the dose is small, and it won’t blacken your tei.th. Bl’OWll’S iron Bitters will make a new person out of you==give you an appe tite==cure your dyspepsia. The gen uine has two crossed red lines on the wrapper. See that you get it. BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MO. THE PROGRESS ill.-. ; Cotton Press. Saves man triiirqiimr i:i the box. „ Requires but L. ml lo pnek li.c.rtMO 2uto2 s \aJ I'fT I per iU -.V<r\ >1 rung. - ::r •-: -. I ulr IBEW HAY PRESS * I [,'9 •/imuinted :in<l not ni<nui‘eil. s; -I r: n lined. ' PROGRESS' ENGINES AND ■ iA-BOILERS. Compiet' i .inning'inil ' Grinding outi.ts. Architectural Irons, Foundry, BoilerA X!'.,chine shops. Addn -s PROGRESS ?.'FG. CO. SOLE M’F’RS., y-o- K - T”-'Rg»f AS, I*USS. Mention The Constitution. T~> Oi and Dip ir pi i- V J ’ ? 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He settles lov ers’ quarrels, reunites the supurated, tells of your friends and • nemi-. , lu.iat - rn'iieS ana buried treasures, rem >ves evil ences and causes a speedy ami happy mar riage with the on< you love. clairvoyant on earth who can attend the needs of all by mail as well as by per sonal interviews. He prepares the real Egyptian charm. All business strictly confidential. Send 2-cent stamp for reply ami full pa'-tieuhirs. Address Pro! -s:-or J. Jefferson, j:'-5 West Madison street, Chicago. Mention The Constitution. DRUNKENNESSI-SS ing !>«-. Blaines' 4iold«-u Speelfle. H can t>2 given without the knowledge of the patient, > l desired, in coffee, tea or arti les of food. ( guaranteed. Send for circulars. S>.4 : ‘ECiiFa<C «'«>., axfi fSaee Si.. rf.’Sm’innaii’. DU' J'A-.- Of*. Mention The Constitution, corpulency Scientific treatment, barges AbdemsV- 8 reduced permanently. We guarantee a curfl Or refund vour money. starvation mftn ■>. 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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, June 18, 1894, Page 4, Image 4