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FARMS AND FARMERS
"*CShortjraH<s With the Men Who Guide the Plow
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THE CO NSTITUTI ON,
(F. and F. Department.
FODDER PULLING;
SILOING: SHREDDING.
Haven’t the farmers had a nice time
(over the left) for pulling fodder this sea
son? 1 leave rains every day or two an.l
showers all along between have been
enough to wear out the pat.i tK e of a less i
patient in.m than .Job of old. The farmer |
with a silo to till has had fresh evidence :
of the great economic advantage of this I
method of putting up green corn for his
cows '!' italics blown down. the. blades |
partly t. -iii d v. .th over-ripeness, spilt and
ragn 'l it-■m the heavy winds and beating
tave pr< sented an uninvit
ing spectacle io the farmer who is intent
onlv on saving the blades, or “pulling”
fodder in the old way. lint to the farmer
who has a silo to till with corn these condi
tions arc not at all embarrassing. Even the
continued rainy weather docs not count, ex
cept In so far as the frequent showers or
continuous rains prevent outdoor work.
Tin- fact that the corn plants are dripping
wet or are, liable to get wot alter cutt.ng ,
or v. hile hauling, amounts to i
nothing. The processes of cutting and I
hauling and putting the stalks through the ,
ensilage . niter and Into the s'.lo suffer no
■ excepting th'- mere incident
that tiie workers may occasionally get wet (
. . .... - ~, from handling
the wet corn. We have just finished, in
less than two days, cutting down, hauling
to the barn and putting through the cnsi-
] ;IK , .mter and (aching down Into the
sil'i the corn from about four acres. About
e'Lht hands did the work, including every
det :'l from cutting the stalks, hauling to
rating the machinery, running
1 treading down the cut ensl
i, j than two days’ steady work.
'rh ''.-:’;o holds fifty tons, but was filled to
fths of Its full capacity, or,
iv for’x ten 1 the product of four acres
I mount will feed ten cows
to of f<>rt y pounds of ■ Ha ;e
, r day for a period of over Six
m ■ ’:'. 11S.
Th. silo being filled, the hands wore put
io work cutting and shocking corn, the
hu ked out when dry and the
st I It., to be shredded for hay about six nr
1 j from now. As tn the case of
the i 110 the w< atht r Is of
it . m. quenee. If a shower comes
,p -lie hands simply get out of the rain
.til it Is over and’ln a short time they
t e work b< ing so ar
iuniyd and divided that there is very little
< rn "down on the ground" at any one ,
•dme. After getting the .stalks Into the |
■ hocks the work so far Is ov r (and prob
ind ■■ wait pa
hot and dry
mouth of September for the ears to cure
• • s'alks to dry In readiness for the I
’.redder, which will be operated about tho |
vs vv. ’’ .. . 1 • for" t itl'd, by till • method i
oft arv • ,• . ... orn crop, win reby • very ,
part of the plant that is above the ground
Is saved and utilized, the farmer eaves not
than f rty pounds of food material for I
orn tl t ' d be left In
, ft e id under the old method of merely
,-avimr tho bl ides. We mean to say that
ks, ex iludlng the blade; i I
t. ■■ i of dry shredded stuff an
iv.-rav" "f forty pounds for each bushel of I
bush<
corn per acre would also yield about 180
. ,'..1 ..■ . ur.d blades. 225 pounds of •
Including entire shucks and
.„ Ta. .move amounts u pm-nt the
. , rop usually saved in tho
. . ar( B ti . •ft in the fi< Id
I vi.-I.ling fifteen bushels ot corn per
not less than 600 pounds of dry corn
whli h are almost as'valuable aft< t
.. ■ 1,. ,S tho cured blades for horses,
.. .p. R. J It.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE. i
Pickling- and Canning Snap Beans.
■ >• Bradford Ahi. rica.se give re- J
. . . map beans
To pil kl Soak beans in salt w.a-
Ix _. ;i hours ibri: ' strong enough
. "... off the brine and
i ui : ~r for .i f' w minutes
, v i 1 i iittl. alum and spice; then sial
: ■. ■ ■ . •i'■ ■ ■ ’•
.... of alum Os tile size of a
.. .. in e h quart jar. Spice to suit
I . 1 ; ■ the b< ms in canning
into warm water nearly up to the
the lids being partly screwed on. t
i . w ,. ...nr- There should be put in [
irt tar, befori b Hing, one tea - i
,j .an and one and one-half
waler. Thi n set. w tie- tops
>d let tie v tei completely cover
hour. Do not till
. . . . . H < null" full of beans, but
I, .., 1,. : t' inn. to the top. Then '
course brown paper and j
put away in a el- • t. |
Mange of Dog.
Texa We have
..... j ti, sli. .1 a remedy for the
. d. ■ ■ . ’A oil th..- dog thoroughly |
... ;; it .1 warm water to remove all I
d surf \Vli?-o dry rub into all I
~ii.. '.d pitt tl - following ointment: Two I
. . ( f sulphur and 2 ounces of lord. |
■ . 1 >ut the wash-
. _• p, , -I not be repeated unless more than I
: . 1;r . , tl-tis be required. if longer i
tl ' atmc: t :s required repeat the washing
ev-ry fourth day. I
( if pr. ■■ rred. u. ■■ the following: One i
nun i of oil of tar, 2') ounces whale oil. '
Mix and apply one.. a day. Give fresh litter
rr <! :.v, and s<-ald all rugs and blankets
ib. it mav iiiv. been u.-id about the dog.
v. h... k-rni'l with boiling water and
oap . nd when dry sponge it over with
one iii: - corrosive sublimate im one gal- 1
lon of water. I’ersi vei-e in treatment.
Sunstroke. j
I XV I> Marion. Miss. I have a horse
I think has b.-ii overheated. After work
ing him for half hour in tho sun ho does
does Hot -Wi ll at all. only under harness,
went di i. a -ft' he pants like
an i x, if put i-. the stall in that condi
t I. h< W ill b. ,'n to sweat. In cloudy
w. h, sweats all right and can do
th.. h.irdiM kind of work. Ho is in good
condition and hearty.
Answer It is quite probable from what 1
you stu'.'- t...:' your horse is suffering from >
th i ff. ci of a comparatively mild attack
OI’II 'd. MORPHINE and WHISKY
Habits cured in ten to twenty days. No pay
cured of particulars Free. Address
Ur. J. 1.. St <■ phens, I >ept. E, Lebanon, Ohio.
Mention The Atlanta Constitution.
of sunstroke, or what is often called
"overheat.” After the acute attack of sun
stroke is over an animal should not be put
to work for several weeks, amd should re
ceive as a tonic 1 dnam of copperas every
morning and 2 drams of saltpeter every
evening, feeding on good oats and plenty
of cool water.
Pine Straw Analysis.
T S Cole, -—?—l.Can you tell me the
analysis of a load of pine straw, say
pounds, and its commercial value as a
manure?
2. Will it pay to haul large amounts of
pine straw in a lot where there is mot
much stock and rot it as a manure or to
mix in a dompost heap?
3. t'an you tell me why it is that there
I sire places on upland well drained, potato
P itches, fertilzed with meal, acid and kai
nit alike all over, everything apparently
right, that w.m't make sweet potatoes,
wiiile anything else will grow well on same
land? 'l'hese spots of Jiotatoes will turn
brown sin.l won’t grow at all. while balance
of patch does well. Peas are some times
same way.
4. Can you direct me how to proceed to
get best information on poultry and stuck
raising, trucking ami dairying? Which are
the best journals and books to be lead on
these subjects?
5. Is the incubator a success’’
Answer—l I’ime straw contains:
Phosphoric acido.ll per cent
PotashO.i'i’, per cent
j NitrogenNo per cent
| On the usual basis of valuation of com
mercial fertilizers a ton of pine straw
I would be worth about 25 cents.
i 2. It may pay as a me.ms of absorbing
I and retaining the manure, but not directly.
3. Probably because these spots are in
fected with the germs of a disease called
"ozonium.” or cotton root rot. This disease
also affects cowpeas, potatoes and some
other plants, but not corn, small grain and
grasses. 'Die remedy Is not to plant these
spots in cotton or sweet potatoes or cow
peas for at least two or three years.
4. Subscribe for one or more good poul
try journals. There is one published in At
lanta called The l-'am ier, at 50 cents per
’ annum. Then ask your paper for the names
j of the best books on the subject. Write to
i any book store for "th mier’s Truck
Farming In the South.” Also get "liolf" a
I Vegetable Growing,” P. 11. Holfe, Hale-
I City. Fia.
. 5. Yes. In painstaking' hands.
(In your letter inclosing ?1 you failed
to give your postofliee address. Pleas, cnd
your address to Constitution, subscription!,
department, Atlanta, Ga.
Analysis of Cotton Seed.
Charle: Macon, lir. l. l ie. N. i'. Will
The Constitution give, through re ... to
correspondence, the cliemie.il ural.v.-is of
green cotton se d? I am imyr.-■■■• .1 with
it as a manure for str.iwb. tri' .-- I put
s venty-flve bushi is in drill on an acre in
February and planted tie following varie
ties of strawberries the IM.-i of M .r. !i:
M '.’ke Early Lady. 'I h >mp , n !'■■ "■> idyv.
Wolverton Warfield and T. nr.c • • I'l litie.
<in another acre :■ < I jo: >ii i■ - It- her
varieties such us Cl yd. Ru bj Ridge way,
Gl.n M. ry and otlu rs and a;■;>!!■.■ I oiii)
pounds of high grade fertiliz r p r aero.
There 1.1 mark'd d. ffel "Pee in growth
■••nd color of foliage in favor of cotton
■ ■d. I think cotton s, . d cum . o ii.-r
being a complete fertilizer for st r.i wberri. -.
Ai.other advantage over farm p-n mann o
is the absence of gra-s seed. <’ ,-t of the
600 pounds of fertilizer <s2l per tom.
seventy-fiv< bushel *of -cd at S eel .
1 forgot to say there is very little :i; a
of rust where cotton s< "d were used as
compared witci the fertilizer.
Answer -'l’he following is the pile, n' ago
I of valuable manurlal elements in green
I cotton seed:
I Phosphoric acid t. 25 per cent
I Potash L"'-’ per cent
Nit l ogi n I .:■<'• p"r cent
Common barnyard manure analyzes about
as follows:
' Phosphoric aeld o.Hii (e r c-nt
I Potash •'..■> me cent
Nitrogen "..'A per nt
I We lather think tile analysis < : burr yard
manure shows a better balanced fertilizer
i for strawberries than cotton seed, th" latter
containing too mu li nitrog.-m wha-.ii o
! counts for the v.-ry .lark green of the
folia;:.' winre they w. re applied. lon .!■•
imt state tho unalysis of th" eotnmerelal
fertilizer you used, but we know that the
ordinary high-grade fertilizers contain an
'■ excess of phosphoric acid, or a deli. .. ney
of potash and nitrogen. <if course a barn
yard manure of the composition above
I giv.-n would have to I"- app....l In qnan-
I till.-s three or four tiims as gr-at as the
i cotton sod in order to give equal results.
I Your valuation of cotton seed is ex.-. > .l-
I Incly low. They are certainly worth 12
cents a bushel for manure.
Grain Weevils.
A. A. Canady. I’, rsom die, Tex I’l".ire
give your opinion in rig.ird to th. origin
of tin grain weevil. Do they orlginatt
in th. grain or not? Also worm.- in nuts
and fruit. Do they originate in the nuts
I and fruit?
Answ. r You might Just us wli -k wli.at
. Is tin origin of a duck or a goose. It is
I not a matter of opinion in on. ease any
I more than the other. It Is known that a
I duck < ggs, laid by a duck, will produce a
i duck. S<> it is Just ag certainly known (Imt
not as generally) that a weevil is produced
from an <"g laid by a weevil. "Like begets
like." and there are no new creations now,
and no eases of one animal or ins. et being
produced by anything or any animal other
than one like itself. Tup weevil of grain
is a small beetle. It lays its eggs on a
grain of corn or wheat, or on a pod of
jieas; these eggs hatch and the little
worm bores into the grain. At’t. r a few
w ■. ks tho worm changes into a "pupa"
and a little later into a perfect beetle or
weevil just like the weevil that laid the
I egg. There are many kinds of weevils.
I There is the corn w. evil, pea weevil, wheat
1 weevil, eh' stnut und hlekorynut weevil,
eie. r l ho ch.-stunt weevil has a very long
bill with which it bores a hole nearly
through the shell of the. bur and then de
li .sits its egg In tiie holo. The egg hatches
into a littb worm, which soon bores
I through to the nut and into 11, and out
. of one nut into another, if necessary. The
hole which you frequently gee In a nut.
is w<mre the worm gnaw.d its way out.
The |iea and bean weevil Jays its first eggs
on the pod before it Is ripe, one against
each pea as a rule. The worm works its
way through the pod or shell into the pea
inside. 'l’he hole made by tiie tiny worm
in boring into a pea or bean hull, or into
a nut, is so small that it soon grows up,
or g. ts fill'd up, so that it may not be
noticed. Hut you will find many of them
on j>. a and bean pods if you will examine
closely. 'l’he weevil of corn Is a. different
Sjieejes from the pea or bean We. vil. All
of these pests can easily be d< stroyed m
.stored grain of all kinds by the use of
bisulphide of carbon.
Pecan (Culture.
Ijcarnor, I’bdmont. S. C Will vou please
inform me through 'l’he Constitution now
to set .mi a grove .A pecans -how many
trees will it t ike to an acre, and will it do
io set them ..ut on a hill with a river at the
foot of s.-fme? Also as to cultivation, if
tiuey need any; where to get young trees,
the cost of them, and what expense, froin
time ol setting them out until’ they
commence to bear; if you think it would
be a (..lying investment, and all other in
formation that yoiir time will permit.
Answer-The usual distance between pe
can trees is forty feet each way. The
grove should be annually planted in cot
ton, peas, sweet potatoes or anything ex
cept corn and small grain, and kept well
manured. Forty by forty-five feet would,
require twenty-seven trees for one acre.
Hut we would (Hefer to plant them 20x2'>;
cut out every alternate row after the trees
have borne several crops, and fcvo or three
years later cut out every other tree of rhe
remaining rows. A deep sandy land, such
as a hillside on a stream, or even the bot
tom land, if not too wet, is a good place 1
for pecans. Write to any extensive nur-
TJETE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. AUGUST 22, 1898.
scryman for prices and other information
additional to the above.
Rice Culture.
W. T. Thompson, Howard Station, Miss. —
Please let me know it’ll about rice culture—
how much ft makes per acre and the x’alue
per bushel for rough rice. After threshing
out what is the hay worth per ton; how’
jnuch hay per acre; best kind of seed to
plant and cost per acre, and the kind of
tools.
Answer—We cannot undertake to answer
all our correspondents’ questions. Some of
tlhem we cannot answer for want of infor
mation. How much rough rice and rice
straw (not hay) can be made to the acre,
would vary just as much as theyield of
corn, or oats, or any other crop. But thir
ty to seventy-five bushels of rough rice per
acre may be slated as moderate extremes.
Wo do not know the prices of rough rice
| per bushel. Will some reader who knows
answer the questions?
Liverpool Cotton Market.
A. Lexington. Miss.- (’an you inform me
through your page ex icily how American
I cotton is sold in Liverpool in irkets: if there
| is a. tare deducted cither from weight or
! price on account of covering?
Answer—We cannot tell you "exactly
; how" American cotton is sold in Liverpool
but we are informed by those who should
! know that the allowance for "tare," as it
‘ is called, or the amount deducted on ac-
I count of bagging and ties, is uniformly 6
per cent. So it follows that a farmer in
baling his cotton for market should en
deavor to use at least six pounds of bag
ging for every ninety-four pounds of n. l
cotton, or Unity pounds for every bale
w ighing (gross) SOO pound-. Tie proper
way would be forth" ginmT to mark tho
actual "tare” on every bale, and the cot
| tun .‘■lhculd be priced and sold at so much
per pound, net cotton.
Bunch of Vineless Potatoes.
<’. L. Dill. Dillburg. Ali. If Mr.
Miller. of Haleburg, Ala., will save
■ his seed bunch yams from cuttings in.-t" id
■ot slipg -nd uc> the cuttings only lioin
1 t hose hills boa ring the shortest bn ■ large
i and thrifty vines, he will not* complain of
I th" vines getting larger ■ aeh year.
: 'l’he bunch jam originated near hero, and
1 some pqtat. ■■ that I <n \ ' s. n reei ntly
| have, if .inyihlng, shorter vims than they
- did years ago.
1 Hunch y..i.:s should not be plantt<l i."’r
ot her xa rl 'i" . IS they will mix' by Tio
• vines runmue together and er i- ing i u-h
i other. Tiijs is one of the main re i.-ons of
, the vines of yams increasing in lengt::.
.' t'oniinent We do not ind >rse Mr. Dili's
| contention that the vines of two varieties
of sweet potatoes crossing each other will
| cam-'e them to "mix,” or produce any af
’ feet on tho roots or vim s of either varie
ty*. The sweet potato rarely produce n
' seed, althoii'ilh tla-re are occasional flow
( ers. and it is not probable that what few
seed produi'id ever make plants and tu-
I hers unless specially planted and carefully
! tended. The different varieties of potatoes
(sweet) are (]),■ results of v.are calied
I "bud vari lies.” It is a well-known fact
j that all new varjetios, especially those that
l are "sports.” tern! to rex. rt io the origi
nal type, ;.nd will do so unle>.- the pe. u-
1 liarity which marks a u< w variety be per
' petuated by careful m b-otion. The J< itiey
' breed of cattle would becom ".-''rub." in
! the course of a few- generations if turned
, into the woods and left entirely to theni
' s< Ives, and so it is with plants to a gre Her
or less extent.
Asparagus Culture.
,1. E. Taylor. CHase city, tell
no thro,:eh the ( olumiis of i'h • W' iGy
CeiisriHHion how to jilant and keep a; par-
J. What time of ynr should it be planted.
I 2. W.lia: kind <>:' maniua t-hoiial I put
I 3. How should it be cultivated. also what
: wII io- p vx >i in.- out of e.ibbage Im.id -.
You will 'l'.cly oblig> a :>: peer; ;>er by
answering tiie abovi once.
I Answer I: is r.Hher 100 long a story to
I tell all about asparagus culture in r< pl) to
■an inquiry, to be published in this depart
ment. Our cori'. i'ondcnt evidently knows
; nothing whatever about it, and 'lou’d s t
la book on the snbjei-t ■-sa;. a copy of "A--
I parages Ci'iture" by IkirniM X-. Robinson.
'Sold l.y orange Judd t'uinpany. New
j York. N. Y.
1. \'i ry early in the ye n- say January or
February u<- ing t wo-y< ar-old-plants.
2. An a bundanee of stable manure
enough to make the ground exceedingly
tic,l. Wien '..'(■ ground is already rich,
manure med not bo applied until the fol
lowing winter alter planting.
3. Keep i'l< ir of weeds and grass. Py
rethrum dustid on cabbage worms will kill
them. Also line dry table salt or salt
waler; also hot water, not hotter than HO
degrees.
Feed for Chickens.
"A Subsei .ber," Abbeville. Ga.—l. Please
I tell me wnat ill. matter with my e'nick
ens Tii< ir . onibs have turned a very dark
I <<dor and the\ in fii.e t-> lay. although ttu’y
' '.it lo.irilly Can you suggest a i :nedy?
■ 2. Also adv.si me ’as Io what L the most
' sinta bb' ,i xpensivi I nod for grown eo <. k-
en food that can In •>. j ol ‘talned in
■ this st it". 1 do not approve of a Corn diet,
I and d'l no. know wimi els.? to give them.
i We li.ix ,• a \ oimg cow that li is !i->r
I til .1 i 'll. wliu a • out two mont :s old.
[One. of the cow’s teats is ‘di ff< 'rent from
hit lit l 1 ihe
' 11 iw is only a . mail stream. This ti a.t is
I lar;? r ta in Hi her . Imt f< Is rai i. r
, flabby. <>t b'l'.V 1.-e she is a god eowi.
; Id" ■ ■ ■ till til" l' all- I' ind if 111". a
renndy. Frequently she pants as though
i tired when I know ■ m :s not I'.i ’ igtrnd.
I \\'i> feed her on bran and cotton seed meal,
j Answr 1. We <)o not. know. Paleness of
Copper Colored
Splotches.
There is only one cure for Contagious
Blood L’oi on—the disease which has
completely b:.filed the. doctors. They
are totally unable to euro it, and direct
their efforts toward bottling the poison
tip in th<‘ blot d and concealing it. from
view. S. S. S. cures the disease posi
tively and permanently by forcing out:
every trace of tlie taint.
1 was afflicted with a terrible blood disease,
wliie.li was in xjiots al 1.r.-t. but afterwards
spread all <>'•<-:• my body.
Thc.-c .’ non broke on; into
Z V A sores, and it is easy to
f, yfj imagine the suffering 1
KMT E?S endured. Before I I-
Tjr I'.'Ss' cinne convinced that tin
Co. doctors could do no good
1 had spent a hundred
« dollars, which was really
-fe... -- /; A. thrown away. 1 then
«"X ' / .huff tried various patent
■lyZ A vmedicines.'lmt they did
yl not reach the disease
tpi. ' / o ' When I had finished luv
//‘A Hist bottle of S. S. S. I
A was greatly improved
' and was delighted with
the result.. The large red splotches on my
ciie.-t lagan to grow paler and smaller and
before long disappeared entirely. I regained
my lost weight, b' cainc stronger, and my ap
p Hite greatly improved. I was snotl entirely
well,-and my skin as clear as a piece of glass.
11. 1.. .Myeks, 10!) Mulberry St., Newark, N.J.
Don’t, destroy nil possible chance of a
cure by taking the doctor’s treatment
of mercury and potash. These minerals
cause the hair to bill out, and will
wreck the entire system.
S.S.SS.Blofld
is purely vegetable, and is the only
blood remedy guaranteed to contain no
potash, mercury, or other mineral.
Books on the disease and its treat
ment mailed free by Swift Specific Co
mpany, Atlanta, Georgia.
the combs and gills is a symptom that is
very' generally present in any’ serious poul
try disease.
2 Wheat screenings, oats, bran dough,
sorghum seed and sunflower seed. Also col
lards or cabbage leaves, lucerne, clover,
grass, etc. A small allowance of cotton,
seed meal may' also bo given to grown
fowls.
3. It is probable tlr-t the teat has been
injured by’ garget, and it may’ be that the
orifice Is obstructed by' curdy matter, or by'
a growth on the inside. Bran and cotton
seed meal ;.s a good ration, if accompanied
by good hay. Three or four pounds of cot
ton meal per day is about the limit for a
COW.
Formula for Wheat.
'Subscriber, Laek'e. Miss.—Please give mo
a formula for wheat. Soil! is a stiff sandy
land with clay subsoil. flow’ would the
following do: Six per cent soluble and 1 per
cent citrate soluble phosphoric acid and 2
per cent potash? How much per acre?
.Answer—The. following formula for wheat
was given In the Issue of August Ist:
Acid phosphate, 200 pounds; muriate of pot
ash, 50 pounds.; cotton meal. 400 pounds.
Break the land deeply .and well, sow the
fertilizer and harrow’ in. Then sow seed
wheat 'ind harrow in. It would be still
better to use only’ 200 pounds of the meal
and apply’ 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per
acre next March. Your suggested formula
would not be at all suitable, as ilt contains
no nitrogen.
Foot and Mouth Disease.
To \V .1. Rasbury, Simsboro, La.—We are
not. able to say, from your description of
the symptoms, what is the matter with
juiir cow. The symptoms somewhat re
semble what is known as "foot and mouth
disease,” but the stiffness of the limbs is
not a symptom of this disease. We are at
a loss.
Horse Manure, Etc.
To Mr. George W. Nock. Grangeville. Va.
A thip*’<■;!t»* of your L'llt r hu.- t>
received and answered by thds editor as T
of tiie Georgia . xperiment stat.on.
I. long Will I b befor. our correspond
plll find out that thi editor of this depait
in-nt and the director aforesaid are one and
the .same poison?
Corn Culture. North and South.
M ? \v I). ('lark, of Golumbus. In iana,
writes om h his observa ions on
the southern met >ods of cul ire,
made dutin : a trip through T< nnr; ,
(h ri’ia .'Vid .'.li' vm. Hi erllieises the
use of one horsi p >v; low ireak ig.
no larrowing, etc. Ml 11 it he says is
verv j ' and good, but it has been said
and written m tny thousands of times. Lie
r< rmet > ' ouin
i.. pretty well posted In r< gard to the
(~ t v'e'liod” of i-'i’n culture, the use of
two-] or; e an 1 thr< hors, pl >v . h .
, •.. Hut there an manv who yet i
the’ horse cooter flow id turn shot -1
. . . , 1 und -- i ipe W ■ !> tve be, n • n
. ~ i a lot ■ time in trying to per
b'Her methods, and are encouraged ny
i vidences of some success.
Big Head?
To G. T„ Cr. .-by. Jim'’, Mi.-'S.- W" agree
with vou that i' is not a e.ise n 1 founder.
]) ■,. not > abb- to -ir with confi
dence whit the disease. The symptoms
stroim’v ind’.'.ite bL L'ad. which is eem rnl
i ly- cm: idil ineural 1". '1 iere are
i . ho ", (•">• 'bo insist that a long
cm/..'”of ,','sti-tmn of stramonium
w.'i d) ■"•■ .< "HI cure bl h ad if
c.imme:' -d i" tim- < " - ibb s.noonfd
then omit 1 < ur
a | -i i.a ;:ivc four davs a"A . o on. tor a
long time
Crickets.
Ta- -T> r -v W ■ A V.I Please semi
remedy for de droylng crlck-
‘\m-.vcr' You do not "ay In what sltua-
I ,1 ~.'iek. ' ' a o. whether in house or
; our "? d ois. M om • "■ -ol pat ’ . ;l
i wii'i 11 r.e poiim '■ < Il ’iir very intim H-ly
I Then wet wi’.h .-.v.-'-ned water so as ,o
I I-. :t t.dn .mi;i,s eh as chicken dough,
i.. .l pl: it about where the crickets are
I at work.
Disease of Hogs.
To \ <’. Skannal, . La. -V. e are not
able to sax what h- Me ' > :
~'oni y" r description toe
oms. i is p - ■ that you h.i a
I o’verlO'd I tile ■ ■' ‘
y . ■ ’
tlO c : 1.'." ■ ’■ 1 thl '
i '..me or constipated, ami yo.l do :io, say
! v .„ iher or no L'.ey Live fm er. tilirs:. el".
•I'm- est mortem symptoms a -I'.-•> .oe
. at all, but s.m-
l I' •' O( > < .1
Onions ft om Seed.
]■ [; M "ks <l;l v Hill". Ga Wil' : on■’
of the friends’ of T • W. ■ kly < ms’i: ution
■ II me when Is the I" st time
nlan' onion .-•• d, wle-n it is .ms red to raise
on’.oi'is from the d? Is j; J? ,
prmtnm onion • • • •
H, ? n.ot-en.l 4’own or c..n tm-y ;••• •-
along in the furr .w m you would drop
Answer: < inion ; ■ ■ d ’ ’r onions may
pown any tl:n< in the fall, the w. ai e-r ly
ing favorable, but nothing is gained by
s ,h very early planting. In your section
January Ist is early enough. Tlmy may be
>wn even late I’’ ' ry lath. .
Some aut'ior::i"S :ay it is m>. uecess.Hy
g onion
sets, whib Otln r . i.-lst that it is very :m
--ant that th. y " -S"t o.it right-end up.
: ■ ? y iy; • ' " ' '
I. "dropped i . i furrow.' but slmp.y
"d ‘nt; tl'"’ mellow -oil with the ling
‘ r ; the s Its will be
about even wit!; the surface.
Warts on the Human Hand.
■■ ' ' fT'l.' l
■■ J’' I. Me. o "■ r. il
, ■ V . It ■" ■ ' " '
touch it with a lit tie nitric or m
will cause the formation o. a .of
. ' ' '
w.H-t is not LO’b • > • 1 ... v in-
stead of the a< :d Evi n ac<t . u
a u.s wer.
Lump Jaw.
I‘. B IL. ■' ; . vhlch h s
■'"LT..:.... a’”.—■■
? iLT.
-
indignant par.nsitn fungus, earn'd by tho
,ca - nee of a\■ "• bb P ira.-lte or fungus.
n the early tg sa rn Jorlty of ca tes
.. . . by prop, rtt tm nt but
u ,eti it hi- run a I ’nT time there Is no
of iicc. D' hornlng had nothing
to do with It.
“Lump Above the Hock.”
A 1- t; Bel. vola. Al l. I have a mule
Tx-ith inni’ ‘towliir °n the first joint
above' th ' P ' ' a . h
tw. ’ve months ago and ent it out. It Is
new larm r H an it then. < an you
give a remedy f"f :( ? .
Answer- We do not understand cleatiy
the location of the "lump.” or Ms charac- I
ter. You say it Is "growing on the first
joint above the hock." The first Joint, (next,
joint) above the hoek is the stifle joint,
or fn<' Joint just In the rear of the animal s
flank. Is 1’ ■' "capped hock” or a- lump
on the rear point of the hock.’ H it is.
then it should not have been opened, as
Mich treatment usually makes it worse
than before. If there be soreness or ten
derness, the place should first lie bathed
two or three times a day with one-half
ounce of mutate 1" ..d dissolved in one
quart of water. After all heat and ten
derness are gone mix one dram of blnlodide
of mercury with one and a. half ounces of
lard. Rub’ on it littb once a w.-ek and
continue it for several months. Such tu
mors also form on tiie stifle joint, and
should be treated in the same. way. To
euro them requires patience and time.
Ridiculously Absurd.
Mr. L. Lewiston, of Fitzgi raid. Ga.. sends
us the following clipping from some news
paper (probably of the above city) and
asks what w<- think of it:
To Prevent Wormy Peaches.
"For the benefit of my neighbors I will
state that people who have wormy peaches
can avoid this by the use of weak salt wa
ter and lime early in the spring. Begin
as curly as MarcU Ist, but not before, as
the liirio will start the sap and you will
damage the crop if you begin earlier than
this time. 1 have on my farm K>2 oIU
trees, some of whl-jh have been be.i’inK
fifty yeans and I have thoroughly demon
strated the fact that there is no such
tiling as a. fly that stings the fruit and
causes it to lie wormy. There i.s, howexer,
a microbe that follows the sap in the
spring’ when it goes up and deposits itself P*
tiie peach and finally develops itself into
a worm. This its seen very clearly when
you examine and find that th? worm, al
ways starts from the. pit's center. The
use of lime ami ; alt. will kill nil insects
w.ien put around the roots. Res;.eel I ally,
”L. if. GATIJN.”
Wo have given our opinion of the above
in ti e headline that (ireeedes this article.
It is not surprising that Mr. Gatlin does
not. know iny better, but it is somewhat
surprising that one who knows nothing
of the subject should und"." ike tiie role
of instrimtor. The ilea of a. microbe go
ing up in tho sap and "developing into a
worm” i.s too ridiculous to discuss. No
fa it in tiie history of Insect life i.s better
established, (bsolntey beyond intelligent
question, than the fact that a little beetle
called curculio deposits its eggs in the
young peaches, nestarines and plums, and
that the c,--s hatch into the worm that
causes "wormy fruit.” AH intelligent fruit
growers ar" aware of the fact; any close
observer may actually see the temale bee
tle in the very act of depositing eggs, and
may follow the hatching of the eggs and
the progress and development of tiie tiny
maggots, or worms, as they bore their
way into the fruit, and there revel in its
flesh until the fruit drops to the ground.
The worm then (pretty soon) leaves the de
cay' d fruit, goes into the ground and
changes into a pupa, and in the following
spring, when it emerges from the earth, a
perfect beetle like its parent, it com
mences its work of laying eggs on the
young fruit. Mr. Gatlin does not prove
anything, but simply mikes a dogmatic
assertion. The worm does not "always
start from tiie. pit's center," but always
starts from tho outside, and the original
scar made by the beetle in depositing its
egg is g'-nerally observable on tile surface
and by its presence enables an expert fruit
packer to detect the "wormy” peaches
'tvlien packing for shipment.
Eczema of Cow. 1
"A Rcadir.” Mid, Ala.- i’l ise tell me
wlia: to di for my cow. Every three or
fi it weeks for the past four months sores
come on hei udder ind ail under her up to
11, r neek. First. Hie skip gets hard in
pl.ii'.'S and they get raw and run bloody
w.H r end get Weil in ten or twelve days.
Lai li sm-cisiTve attack is worse. Tho
luw runs on pasture witli other cattle and
Is lat mil will drop the calf tiie Ist ot
September.
Answer- Wo think I’ is a case of ecze
ma First give her a dose of one and one
half pounds of epsorn salts and one ounce
of ginger dissolved in one-hal'f gallon of
water. Follow this with four ounces
I'.icli of copperas and saltpeter, divided
Into twenty-four doses, one to be given
in a small bran mash twice daily. Wash
Hie affected portions of the skin With a
solution of oil" ounce of carbonate o's pot
assium dissolved in one quart of water.
Rub this Wi ll in, then use warm water to
wash it off and keep her warm until
day. if these is much itching, wash tiie
ili hy parts witli one-half ounce of acetate
of bad and two ounces of laudanum in
one quart of water. If It is ft long stand
ing case give one ounce of Fowler's
solution of arsenic in bran mash dally and
continue for a month.
Prurigo, Probably.
J. TV. Dilion, Clinton, Miss.—l have a
four-year-old mule that is feeding on a
good pas tm l>ut does not seem to grow or
latten any. He lias the humor very bad,
e: |i' "ially on face and In ad. He has Hot
ben worked more than one-fourth o's the
time. lie is a Tennessee mule, bought
lids spring. ('an you give a remedy to
i .iuse him to fallen ami something to de
stroy humor? I.f possible, please answer
b. Hie (.Th through The Constitution mid
oblige subscriber.
An'swi r There are so many diseases of
the skin that we do not know which one it
may be that you designate as "a humor,"
but V ' suspect that jour mule lias what
is called “prurigo.” At any rate, tiie fol
lowing treatment can do no harm and m.'.y
1 robibly relieve him. Give a purge of
six drams ot’ aloes and one ounce o',’ gin
ger. After purging is over, give one-ihalf
ounce of saltpeter in a bran mash twica
a day for a week. Wash the affected
pl.-ices with a lotion o 1 ’ one ounce of sul
pliurie ;,.eid mixi In one quart of water.
At the end of tho W""k if the condition has
not Improved, do thl": Boil a teacup of
linsl into a pulp with a g .Hon or two
of water, and while hot pour it over
half pah o's bran and make a mash of it,
and vlien cool put into it eno of the fol
lowing powders: Four ounces each of
cop;., ras and saltpeter and dllude into twen
ty-four powders. Give one dose daily;
continue for several weeks IT necessary.
FANCY AND UTILITY.
How To Manage a Flock as to Combine
Practical Results with Stand
ard Requirements.
From Tiie Baltimore Sun.
Gradiisliy but. surelj- utility is boilng more
genii illy r. co:nizei l by dyed-ln-the-wool
in. .', rs It is .; good indication that pure
bred poultry will ’-re lung be extensively
raise,l on more farms. 'l’he market sup
plies m time will !>■ more uniform in gen
eral ippearanee and the quality so greatly
superior to razor-broa.sted, crane-shanked
scrubs that higher prices will gem rally pre
va'J. Win a it i.s known tli it a fainv r can
have plump, attractive poultry, which at
tho same age as scrubs will weigh twice as
much and no ilnereased cost, why should
he u.i.-i•• l ine raising unsalable scrubs?
Y. t Hi a farmers In every state today
who a:.< "itiiig prejudices rob them of
profli In p niltiy r ilslag.
in developing utility points In pure-bred
poultry it v II be well to observe duo cau
tion. The ut Ity extremist can damage a
bn " I • soon as the fancier < xtremlst, who
lose.-, sight of all other considerations mere
ly to unduly promote some mere fancy '
(joint. The substantial results of utility '
in pnro-br< d poultry cannot be attained by I
undue forcing. In order to improve or build !
up on l nes of (i rman.'ncy intelligent cull
ing must be tl><- foundation. In making
the selections to build up or Improve a flock 1
the owner should know the breeding of i
each specimen .- b . tod. Size alone should i
not govern seh etion. for there must be an :
id< U in-m aim'-,.' at. Jf plump bodies, with ;
broad breasts and well developed round I
thighs are desir A. it will be found that
short legs, necks and backs prevail in such
specimens. Appearance Is tiie I ailing fac
tor in making sales to purchasers who are
not thoroughly familiar with quality. In
some sections local ideas prevail to such
an extent that what would readily sell dn
other markets will not. sell there.
Yellow-skinned poultry, for instance,
would quickly sell when placed alongside of
the plump carcasses of Houdans, while the
latter would "go begging” for customers*
Tho Indian games, on account of their
shape and long legs, color of skin on tho
breast, etc,, would "hang" sab? longer than
the Houdans. Were their qualities know,
how quickly would tho prejudice against
the color of the skin disappear. Houdans
liavo more meat for their gross welgiit
than any other breed —dressing with less
percentage of offal than any other. Inves
tigation would also reveal how favorably
deceiving the carcass of an Indian game is,
and when the rich meat is sliced, its depth
and quality, like that of the Houdans,
would be a revelation. There is more util
ity to the square inch In a single specimen
of either breed named than in five selected
The demand for a greater degree of util
ity is proper regarding many breeds—those,,
for instance, that have been pushed near
the danger line for fancy points. There
are, however, a good many breeds that al-
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U—HIBM— IMIIII Mil A Aiiir II 1 iTT lir nill~l I* ’ATJi.
Not just simply to say “I am the Constitution’s
agent here,” but to work so thoroughly and well
that everybody else will say “He is the Atlanta
.Constitution’s agent here, and a good one, too?’
VyE WANT a Good Farmer, or Postmaster, or Merchant, or Doctor, or
’ ’ Tax Collector, or Sewing Machine Agent, or Canvasser for Nursery
Stock, or any other Well-informed, Reputable Citizen, who is known to bo
reliable and who has a wide acquaintance in his locality, to repres i
at every Postoffice from the Ohio and the Potomac South to the Rio
Grande and the Gulf. And we will pay them to work for us for 189 R
This must be the red letter year in which the Atlanta Constitution reaches
200,000 CIRCULATION
We have heretofore been using the Agents’ Prize Contest for a term of six
months; we propose now to give a larg r
work of the rest of the year, beginning March Ist, 1898, and closing January Ist,
1899, The plan is the same with the general and ection prizes. Read it care
fujly and go straight to work on it, vou have not a day to lose. .*. .•»
IN HS=
BESIDES THE RE3HLAB CO
*The Constitution offers $250.00 in fii ’ 5 ),00 pri 5 for the largest fist of
subscriptions from any single agent in each of the following sections. To guar
antee the distribution of the prizes over the wh le territoi y, the list covered Dy it
as a weekly paper has been subdivided into sections, as follows: West Virginia,
Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina make up the first section; Georgia
and Florida constitute the scond se ■ i; Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana the
third section; Texas the fourth section; Tennessee, Kentt cl v, Missouri, Arkansas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Kansas make up the fifth section. For the largest
list from March Ist, 1898, to January Ist, 18 )9,from any sections described above,
are will give SSO. This will pay laretime.
Tho above applies to the largeirt Hute from the five eeoVone after the flint three ,?rL<?e baDw are awarded, aa>4
ajonte receiving one of the |30.00 section prizes do not share tn the smaller pt tei following.
$1,000.00 IN CASH, To Be ited as Follows:
Ta ths Agant sending tho largest list from
Ist, I6SB, to January Ist, 1899 5250 j
For the Koxt Bast List 5525 /
For tha Hex? Sast List 559 \ (r d 000
For the Five Next Best Lists,each§2s
For the 10 Mext Best Lists, each SIO SIOO \ “
For the 29 Hext Best Lists, each Sb $250 j
The Five Section Prizes, oaoh sso—• $253 '
After the third prize above tha live |iW.ou uectlon prli’i t«k> re-t in their rr'ipectpv then tho
malnder of the prltes follows. In other words, If an agent re «:> <• ’ prize he Is no, entitled to any
of the smaller prizes, and It be should secure any on» of th- flrr.tthrea prlxva, be Is not entitled to Um (SO.M
reotton prize In add tlon. The bfet plan Is to alm at the Urst tli rec, and It yoa do not secure cneof them you viU
bs apt to get one of the others
Ouroflers are In cash. We do not Im lude any college course, or sowing maobines, pianos, nlc-olea, rtngiL
Jewelry etc., at a great valuation; everybody knows what the money Is worth, and the prises will be pud
promptly by check on Atlanta
If yon have not already an agent e outfit send for one, ve furnish lample ooptes and blank stattor er»
free Tho t'me Is short; the news of the period covered by the contest wl be of ■ r a.'-’. Interest, and «'« want
von to go to work. It Is possible for you ton . ■
your gueesee In the missing word eonteet. I'ome Into the ra - ■■
the same showing In hie oi u section, and if hi surpaeses all in t sen ■ getal ~ erpriaa
WHE ATLANTA CO NST 3 TUT I ON-*
ready possess utility eno gh for ill reu
able purposes. In the hands of those who
give intelligent < ire and feeding, tlnso
breeds are proving as profit.title ;:s t an be
expo'toil. To exile't them !■) do much
more would Itecessitate methods ;dli :
that would in tho nd prove, injurious. It
is a notable fact that the fanciers of this
country eoinblne utility ai d fancy points
in a greater degree than do the t ..■■ ■ ot
pure-bred poultry tn England. Thl Is
plainly seen by the types of our Aim c
and other breeds, as lllusti Hed in for -m
papers as they are bred abroad B o "
not take I- . in England to rn; I
Plymouth I ’ 1 '
the ungainly ' neaty in
with our standard id' .dm it rem tm to "o
prol .<] w h< tin r tho • t d< nllj marked
crease in weight ts not din etly at the < x
peuse of egg produetl " . ami do
the specimi t of the < n
nature so valuable for virions !'■ G'
It is an indisputable, laet tli.it th" I" > " n
imported into this com
chance witli our own
B-autv and utility In pure-bi"d I"A a-, -t
in a mucn gr<
public understands. I oultiy
encourage the exhil lion of- >
drvsi l pure-bn d P >ultry .-o th x -
King public can T.v;' ‘‘ pouKry t?m
in ra.smg a D ” • ' .
main thing is to niami. i
points that denote the puiH\ c > ‘
A loss of any •’> these gen-rallt d. n " ■
impurity or something else In- m-I '"h
in order is to use good judgment • ■ "t
ing specimens to be retained tor breeding
This should, as far as possible b" done as
dairymen do by saving the 11 . ..i <.. ■ ■ -
from the <ows of the best milk.-rs. lhe
poultryman should not set his hi ns o
a lot of eggs gathered from the flock in
general. Be should know those pullets and
cockerels that grew away from the oalalie"
of each brood, and a mark in the web ot
a. foot recorded in a little book will help
save them for future use. If they mature
up to the desired point, save eggs from
selected liens that have been mated with
a choice male. Ju this manner utility ;pid j
beauty’ can be made to go hand in hand
without loss to either.
Following tills method Is nature’s plan. |
Tiie weakest should go not to the wall, but
to market and the strongest and b"sl
should be retained as breeders. Every
farmer each season should raise some
chickens that he considers too good to sell.
With a. flock of selected fowls, properly
fed and cared for. results will bo secured
that will convince the farmer that, poultry
should be the lasi thing to be neglected.
DIXIE PEA-HARVESTER.
Cowpeas gathered l«y machine at the rats
of ten acres per day, operated by double
te tin and two men; will do the work of a
| hundred hands per day In gathering peas.
Address
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