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LIVER ILLS.
DR. RADWAY & CO.. NEW YORK:
Dear Sirs: I have be. n sick for nearly two
years, and have Iwen doctorinc with some of
the most expert doctors of th.- Vnlte.l States.
1 have been bathing and drinking hot water at :
the Hot Sprifigx. Ark., but it «ertne<| every*
thing failed to do me K<*sl. After 1 saw your 1
*4ver:t--ment 1 thourht I would try your pills,
and have nearly used two Imscs; been taking
two at bed time and one after breakfast, and
they have d*-ne me mure good than anything
els.- I have ever tuwd. My trouble has been
With the liver. My skin ami eyes were all
yellow; I had aleepy. drousy f.-elinm>; felt
like e. drunk- n man pain right alw-ve the na
vel. like as if it was bile on top of the • I
>l> bowels »■ re costive. My ni< uth and tongue
sore most of the time. Apretlte fair, lait food
would not digest, but settle heavy on my
stomach, and some few mouthfuls of food
come up again. I could only eat light fool
that digests easily. I‘le-tse «end ’•ll.-.k of
Advice " Respectfully. BEX ZAI'GG.
Hot Springs. Ark.
Badway’s
Pills
Price 25c a Rex. Sold by Druggists or sent
by Mail.
Send to DR. RADWAT * CO.. 55 Elm St..
New York. for H-.'k of Advice.
T>RARCII*M i:im-|m: R.ITTI.IXIAKR
n iTiminos su n.
carefully w le. ted. Kept pure thirty * ear’ No other
variety fdanted. Ihirv- m«*i imtswsihle where dllh-r
--enl kind, ar - crown. Atlanta < institution pr<»-
nounees HRANCIIM MFljuXs finest Intlrenorld.
Packet I or. 15c. '.‘v.’. ;ie. quarter pound **•.
bait |«>aml *■••. oiw- |*»»n I <1.25 a*-'irvr**l. Hendt
by leg Meted let ter or money order. -M. I. BRANCH,
Rem-Ira. Odutulea County. <-a
SEED SS. FREE
see cote-MSta rat mr M-eds, twill nail try ISOO
Cataiogwe, e!U4 was r- wlraw tma r’»r *s4 • lOe Use
Bill r- ’ try the Werth el Weeds trtsl nhsolstrly
free. A t‘.« BcM *■ cd», Halbs, i’lswta, Etw, Farm
heeds. Potatoes, ete., at teord anna Ntoo Great
N’t ell lea -t»l- -tswwa Iw.lfs 150. FOR A
NAME trws- . Pscystter wshas efirrel. U-.'st try *.la
awm'at too loeaMAVrrwdnsa offered. IbaXctwrew
Usj I*-.,- r* *. r- r jssr - *-*• sa a pslal l.» cautogw le
It Is FRE Eta all. Tdl tmwls osckS uo.
V. B. MILLS. IsaalOOlieseblil rntapU., N. T.
Strawberries Through June.
a w variety; j»r» 1 the froft
iM'astV’i three to f .r v*-k& A few brant?
turkeys for Fale. Write f- r prices to J. 8.
CtN<c* plant* f<»r «Now rra<fr for shipment.
WakeflHJ pt han* • • ltrs *t and t»»*r known
I
mb. I o\»-r |l. Th*v an* trow’i In <»prn air; will
Man-1 b>*evy freeze. or»h r* address to <*. F. But-
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descriptive of Fl- rida fruit*. * nd your address
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CMr.mirsl.mer of It • grali n. Macon. Ga.
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I ~!PHEEDLE
ld>«t <•' • i • !cfi Tr*--i* «r»-a. ClrctH
Arrest
disease by t’ x -» timfly use of
Tutt’s Liver ! ’ s. an old and
favorite rear ’y of inrr asing
popularity. / ’ •ays ciu as
SICK H LWACHE,
sourstomach. ’ \ , -l ;ria, indiges
?on, torpid I ■ r, constipation
and aD biff >di ases.
TUTT’S PILLS
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Restored.
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mercury, i-*: |--t . ind still have aches
and istln.*. Mu-u* Dateh- s In Mouth. Soro
TbroS'. l*impi- a. Cupper t’olnrrd Spots. Ulcers
on any part of Um L»dy. Hair or Kyel-ruwa
falling out. write
COOK REMEDY CO.,
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of cures Crpltal 15CQ.000 We solicit tbh
mo<r abattaata c.-m - We bara cured :h«
worst cases In 15 to 35 day*. 100 t age book
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THE CONSTITUTION.
( F. and F Department)
-
The Judicious Use of Fertilizers.
In last wn It’s l«sne hit article on the
above toj-ir was halfwa.- promised. Jn
that eiliiorial Hie general exp<‘ li- nay -if
buying and using fertilizers, with espe-lal
rt-gard to thv niivlto often given Io farm
ers to "quit buy ing” fertilizers, was dis
cussed at short lentil'-, anil the reader of
this is r«-<|iee' fully r« ferred to that.
I have lieen using cotnmeri ail f« rtiilzers,
more or since the year I*-' 4 -, and have
p.ild as high as TIW per ton. in gold for
■ Peruvian guano, and s>>• a ton for "am
moniated sii|-> rpbospnate.” that were no
iretter t.ian fertilizers that ••an now be
(•ought for to T-’ii per ton. During this
long |H-riod all sorts and kinds were used
tnono •••luring the war”). Some of the
biumls us-sl paid very handsomely, nearly
all of them gave good dividends, and a
very few were frauds and cheats. The
farmers -f thirty to forty years ago knew
. pr.e-lous little aiioiit the sel.-ms* of making
and using these concentrated manures. In
truth. <li--re were very few even of the
scientists of tha.' f--riod that knew mm h
ulMHi'. them. The knowledge that has
bet n gained in the last thirty- years, the
summing up of the results of scientific* in-
■ x.—tlf ition. actual eXl*‘riein-«i and wis
<l >m learned by hard knocks, compared
with the n of the averaa » farm
er of IM". Is like «-omparing the stature
and know! -due of u. fullgrown man with
that of his ten-year-old child.
What 's memt ly iho "judicious use”
of fertilizers is the s-.me as using these
aids to farming wisely und well. In some
inifiortant lesjievis the idmtlcaj precau
tions used and the same conditions oi>-
servid in the uso of commercial fertili- I
y, rs. apply as well also to ordinary’ i.crm
yard m it.ores. Indeed, the man who has
i -.al •■••tnmervfal fertilizers judiciously, so
far as their actual handling nn-l applicn.- !
tion to the soil is concerned, really knows
I w • , '..indie and eppiy farm
manures than the man who has never ;
used !• rtibzers.
1. First and foremost in lmi»ortance
ttmong tho requirements is that the use
of commercial fertilizers should be consid
« red us sti-ib incut ary to a careful system
ot sav.ng und utilizing every* ji-une-m.mu
rial resource to the utmost. The farm* r
who i-ey s fertilizers und lets his stable '
and bumyard manure's go to waste, is but
little wiser than the fa.iner who uses |
neither fertilizers nor homo manures.
2. The next ie«|iilreineiß ts a regular ro
tation system, by which is meant a regu
lar sUitwtston Os dill-rent crops on the
same fields so that no land shall <*• plant
ed twice in success on tn tiie same crop.
Almost any rotation Is I* iter than none I
at ail. but the tliree-ye.tr system is found
to b-i «xcellent and convenient us lot- :
lows; First year, small grain, well fertil-
| u -. ..Wed by <-owp. tno Vile s
to be converted into hay; second y ear,
cutton or i<d»a«xo, well fertilized, ami
s>>wti down In September or Uctolwr In
same caver cop, such us rye or vetches,
or crimson clover, third year, corn witn
cow|was put in at last plowing, the corn
to be moderately fertilized, the ,-rop har
vested by cutting and shocking and final- i
ly shrdding the mover. This brings the
rotation to small grain agaun, for which |
the corn land can Le prepared in October, .
- r early in November.
;• \V hat should be tho composition of !
(ertillzeis that are to be bought. The
answer to this question deixmds nrst, on I
the crop u|>on which it is io be used and '
...•nd on the character ami condition ol
• la- pi.mod A !• ril ::• r well
pr-.j. •rtioiied for cotton would not answer
.>«• well lor • urn or Wheat; .uid one that
is w.-ll suited lor a stiff, clay soil, would
1,.,: h- .l ist the thing for a light, sandy
. ul. So a fertilizer for uid. worn uplands
wot. d not be at all suited to u In Id of
In -tt land, «;r low ground. Tin-.-e points
should all be considered, uiid information
from every availalge source should be |
-ought for. • arefuily digested and applied. .
The experiment stations of each state are
as- a rme prepared to give s »umi advice i
on Ulis line.
4. As a rule the mixed fertilizers on the |
market are rather sltort In nitrogen <um
tnunia) and |H»;:i'U. and lint v.i l, prop »r
Honed, artlamgh generally goal. Coni
ano wheat, oaiM :<nd rye, grass and gar
den truck, require more nitrogen—even
twice or tnr. •• times us much ‘n some
case.- as would be sulileient for cotton,
•tut the commericial L-i imls rar.-ly con- I
tain even enough «ii n»gen for cotton.
a. Tile int«-lligei»., reading tanner should 1
buy th— standard ingredients, such as acid
plmsphate, mt riaie of potash (or Kanil),
• -lion m>-al, dried blool, etc., und mix
it em at h<>me in such proportions us will
lest sint tiie lands ano ttie crops iie ex*
pe.-is ■•» cultivate. For all practical pur- t
;H-ses he mix imiu just as wll us
•an th-- manufa-Hirer and at a cost of
|e-< inun r ents a ton. Iztst year there
t ul) *r- . ~f tliousatius •>! toll, ol
t- r i izers solo at fls to S3O a ton and up
ward. <>n a <-ash basis, the ingredients of !
wtii"-li would t ol have cost the cash buyer :
•-xix-rtiing JI3 to sl7 a t«m.
•;. .low t» apply fertilizers is not so
im|>urtant as mmy think. Old David
usid to sny that he didn't care
- , they were “not put in a hole of water,
or on a rm k or a stump." Bui even tins
question h<s been a-k-d and satisfactor
ily answered. Kvery inner, in every
state, shout* aval’, nlmself of the help
that is afTon ed by his suite experiin--iit
station.
All ol the foregoing points have been
more or less lh->ro*i -•tily inv«-siiqat< d by
• very station, and the results printed a.id
lre< ly distributed to every ix-rson a- tu.il
ly engag**d in f irming who may ask for
the bulletins. Moreovet. the dirc-'tors and '
otl.i-r oflhs rs of the stations are ready and
willing to give all information m their I
possession to every Inquirer.
R. J. It,
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
Corn Stubble. Cotton Seed on Cab
bage, Etc.
TV. S Ealwards. Branchville. S. C.—
Would it pay to remove cornstalks ahead
••f plow, where fifteen to twenty bushels
••f corn was grown, land to be planted in
corn?
2. Would cotton seed sown broadcast
pnv under cabbage? If so, at -what rate?
i Would like to know where I could i
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY. JANUARY 15, 1900.
j pet a book on Irish potatoes and cab
bage, to grow them, or whetv I could get
bulletin of some experiment station.
4. Would It pay to sow amber seed
broadcast for wtock to graze on?
Answer—l. If you inlend planting the
corn friubble land in cotton it would be
advisable to gather the cornstalks in
piles and burn them. But It would have
been the proper thing to have harvested
your corn by the method described in
last -week's Issue under the head of
•■Harvesting Corn and Shredding the
Stalks.” But if the land Is to be planted
| In corn, it is doubtful if the gtalks would
be sufficiently troublesome to justify the
labor of heaping and burning and the
loss of the vegetable matter to the soil.
2. Cotton seed sown broadcast ivou.il do
Very well for cabbage, but better still of
some acid phosphate and potash tie added,
say to every » bushels of seed add 6<Hi
pounds of katnit, or 15b pounds of muriate
of potash and is** pounds of acid phos
phate. The loregoing amounts would do
very well for om-naif to one acre of
pretty rich soil. The kainit and cotton
seed could be applied at once and the
ai-iu phosphate when planting the garden,
but you should have some more active
form pt mllogenous matter than cotton
see l to apply m tin- drlil,-under tile seeds
or pi. mts, at planting.
3. Write to lTofes-or I’. H. Itl'fs, Clem
son Coliege, S. C., for a copy of h.s work
|on gardening, inclosing $1.23. Your own
slate experiment station is located at
< lenisoti College, S. C. The Georgia ex-
I (•eriment station, of which this edijor lis
•lire, tor, is located at Experiment, Ga
Send <; cents iu stamps to the last named
lor a copy of bulletin No 2!», on "Irish
I’otato Culture.” The North ina ex
periment station is at Raleigh N. C.
4. Not so well adapted for grazing as
1 for soiling.
Retting- Cotton. Seed—Cockle Burrs.
W. I*. Watts, Burnsville. Ala. I have
bushels of cotton seed ill a shedroom
, adjoining my ginhouse, which 1 wish io
heat Im fore putting on land. Is there
any danger of lire by running water in
1 ; :>d heating them in the room? My farm
land on the river yields such a crop of
• oekleburrs in the fall it’s very trouible
, some to gather the. cr> p. Is there any
w.ay to get rid of tiie burrs? Do tiie seed
all come up the first year, or do some Ho
in the ground until the second y. ar? You
i will ••outer a favor by answering.
■ Answ< r —l have never heard ot' a case
lof spontaneous combustion of cotton
i seed, but It might possibly occur if the
s<-ed are not sufficiently wet. But you
I w.ll find it very difficult to wet the seed
, in the qiass. Better build a close pen
outside a'.id wet a large place in the cen
ter of tho mass of seed as they are tilled
| in, using rakes and hoes, if you are not
I more than ■ten or twelve miles from a
cotton oil mill, or a station on a rail
road leading to such a mill, it would be
a great deal belter to exchange your seed
for cotton meal, on the basis of I.lob to
Laub pounds of m« al for one ion of seed.
The mills in Georg.a are giving 1,-i<b
pounds of nival for each ton ot seeu; SW
p .umls . f meal Is th !■ rlilizitlg equiva
lent • 'foiio ton of '-.■•!. So you will get,
• n this basis. 4'*i pounds of meal as a
| bonus on each ton of seed. That amount
of meal is worth about sl. How tar can
■ you haul a ton of seed to -the mill or
railroad or river h utlon, and pounds
i of meal on the return trip, for $1? An
il w.r Ino q ' I ■’ 1 ■ youi M ■ •
over, the nieal s a valuable cattle food,
I and vields a very valuable manure when
fed to cattle.
The only way to get rid of cockle burrs
. Is «to destroy the p.ants before tiie seeds
form. This can lie done, by dean cultiva
tion of the < >HI. CU I ng and shocking
;he t orn when the ears begin tn br iwn
and turn down. When the oern Is cured
and ready for tho .barn und tlm stalks
for •the shredder, turn over the land,
; weeds anti all. and harrow until the
weeds are all killed. Then sow in oats
for a chance. Sotii" of the . ds may bo
I burled so deeply th-' the.' will m>t come
up ’lie first vear but all of them will
come lip the t.rwi. >pr ng after they ripen
if not buried too deeply in the soil.
Lumpy Jaw.
W. A. Helm. Decatur, Tex.-I have a
Jersey cow about four years old and
' about two months ago I noticed a small
knot on her use. or about -three indies
Ih-low the . ve, and that time it has
I been growing ail the time and is now as
I big as yoUT two lists, does not Seem to be
•o.re or to cause her any i’aln. I told a
e..w man about it today and he said it
was lumpy jaw: if this be true, is there
any remedy lor it?
Answer—Give the animal one dram of
lodide of potassium morning and evening
In a fi an mash for three w eeks. If her
eyes should get watery and considerable
saliva run from her mouth as a eonse-
I queue.* of the medic.ne. hold up for a
I!• w days and commence again Rub the
bump once a w.-. k with Imbed de d mer
. urv one dram, lard one 1 ontmue
for’s.-v ral months and the lump will
| gradually disappear.
"Gravel.”
L. B Hodge. Magenta. Ln. I ’ iavP ll n
has b>en sick with something UK" gravel,
md sufft • - t good d
stantlv pawmg and •tretehmg like he
wanted to make water. As soon as h s
u : •• . i 't li»‘ Is J *Li Yi«»t
sw' ll.' What can 1 do to keep oft those
attacks, or to eiiie him. Please answer
the alnivi- and oblige.
Answer It ■- probable that your horse
his "calculus.’’ or stone in the bladder,
which can only be removed by a» «P
--: eration and by a skilltnl surgeon. In the
I meantime feed < n soft, sloppy food * s
mm ii as possible- green food, bran mash
t‘S, etc.
Bloody Milk.
! r W Byrd. Ozark. Ala. I have a cow
. I!!;:'
ot Novemlier Hid in three days a t-i
her milk be. ame bloody and ine b ■>■•■
*i .I*2 i’l that i» at ; th<* otlv i t* <ts ? K
i ','iural It is the front t. ai on t ll,>
sale. Any information will bt i
! a Tess bloody milk
quirt.-r of the bag from which the, bloody
milk proceeds, or from small sores in lie
mIK I ,ro ' j ltl „. th e teat and
111 ten or fifteen minutes with Cohl
v"n r" l l’tei -acn niil’tiim and rub on a
1 in ■ • ' nnhor ite liniment. Continue this
■ l ;:be
in tiie drinking water i.
several weeks.
Farcy.
n X* M Gi<mr. Ga.—l have a mare
ve-irs old that eats heartily
and is full of >' r, b I,ul tl ,S . Si '‘ me
a.id i tun ,ialr • omes <>H beiv.een
! ‘•i 111 Cnr' l'e’es and -id. s, anil on th > bin I
, .... I I'l l ' ■ small b mins *
htd- bumvs come, the
bite herself where there is a bump. ,
•J. Is there su-h n thin.? «is fan > .
;• Can it be cured.’
4 What is the. remedy.
1 think -l e is wormy; she rubs her tall
. ""TOMATO'-
z A .LIVINGSTON'S MAGNUS.
/i* •■'SSL’Sva \ Tlib very .IlHtlnct hii.l miwt pronMng new .
/ ’ \ variety, of the color ofnKAVTV mul acmk, !h
/(V rtsfcfliW'w'yll the latest addition by I.lylngaton to the Tomato
- !' 'Xlb'tßfVxfiv-’ family. It is thicker, heavier, and mure solid
,v’ -W'i.'Mir! than either ot the alaive. making tt easily the
■'I, t most handaome sort in cultivation. The form Is
•\ 'Wh l I perfect, uniform, large and mtracllve. Flesh
; '•“lilllTijiTOk'i■' 1 verv llrm. It is a robust grower, with short
{•■*•- .•!I/ Joints. Sitting its fruit clusters closer togetlier
:.| il' V : th ““ " ,, ' M varieties, an.l is then-lot ea heavy
V >"'itl'.'l'iM 1 1 1 'l ! l|'i!ii irvtii'l'iwiycroi.per. It Is ••s|s'cinlly a'lufted for shipping.
VLj?j'-4.'tL<r ' 'l'jEjbL 1111,1 is rem;u kill'll tine for lorcing Indoors and
tCX' V. out. Order at once.
‘>' • V''. /Mm 3pkts.,soc; ZpktsSl.
Elegantly lilustrated Seed Annual Free
-JR with all orders.
The LIVINGSTON SEED CO-, Columbus. 0-
at the root and hind parts. Please re P\ y
immediately and give all information pos
sible and oblige a reader of the paper.
Answer—There is a very well recognized
disease known as glanders, one form ot
which Is known as ‘‘farcy.’’ It Ls a I
deadly and entirely incurable and con
tagious disease. If satisfied that your
mule has farcy, you should kill him at
erne, or separite him a considerable dis
tance from other mules and horses, (mt
1 do not think lie has farcy at all, becausj
In farcy the bumps break out Into r.iw,
running sores. More likely your mule Ih
both wormy anil lousy. Examine caotfui
ly for lice. They may be chicken lice,. it
chickens are permitted to roost in
stable. You think he has worms; if so
treat as follows: Give as ono J
dram each of tartar l ’ m ® tlc , l an< l.®h? P *
and 2 dramn of linseed oil, .’’J l *. ‘L.'V.p
morning for one week; then give a pi b
of 1 ounce of turpentine and 1 pint 11
nmeed oil. In tnree wefcks from the
time you crave the first dose, repeat
entire treatment in order to
worms that may have hatched out during
the time.
Bermuda Sod. to the Acre.
F. Y. Hicks. I,awr.dole. N.
much borintlda soil to plant a acre ,
has It for sale? At what P r “ I
find It In any of the :ecd annuals that
have seen.
Answer—Bermuda "sod’’ is not sola 1
transplanting by anybody, but the idean
. (1 (of dirt) roots are occasionally offered
bv see.Fmen at from $1 to $2 for a three
bushel Lag or Ixirrel of them. About three
-mshels of the clean and unmixed locts
will be Mitheient to get your half acre
start, d. The seeds (imported) are aiso >■ 1
bv seedsmen, at about $1 to $1.2.« a pound,
and about six pounds are required. lor
.me acre. Let some one Who will bUPI> V
Mr. Hicks with bermtida roots, writ.
•I. i.-et to him, stating price, etc. }‘
and April are the best months In which
•to b'et betn.uda.
Sowing Grass Seed with Oats.
T 1.. Svla. auga, Ala.- Having just come
in P .-session of a forty-acre tract of land
-it is pretty well covered with umber
md \< rv lulling-I propose making a
pasture of It. as it Is well watered; but
n ore thaa. twenty acres could b e im
tiv ited. Some people tell me to sow aals
first and sow trass seed with the oa s.
Please give me yot-r advice on the matter.
What 1 wish to know Is, after I get it
cb .ir.u, leaving some good-sized trees for
shade, what Is the best wav mid what Is
ill., best seed to sow to make a M>o *
pa me? I don’t know anything about
tarniiiig. and thought my best plan would
Ih- to get the advice of one that am
sure does know.
Answer It is not good practice to sow
grass with oats or other grain. The grain
will lie cut off and removed just at the
time when the young glass most needs
I totec. ion. The practice Is not uncom
mon in the north, but is condemned by
• some good an: hot ities even In that sec
t'i n. Sow y< ur grass seeds In September
i.r X ' dier and give the grass sole pos-
i ion. If your land is a good clay soil,
■nd especially if it has abundance 'd
lime, a inlx'ture of orchard grass, 1!-;
I ushels; re 1 clover, 10 pounds, tall oat,
1 buslul, ami red vq», 1 bushel; whlto
clover, 3 pounds, would bo good. If not
clay or lime soil, you n ay leave off the
r I clover. Send 1- to D. Phares,
M nlison Station, Miss., for copy of
"Phares' Farmers' Book of Grasses.”
Weight of Peanuts—Cultivating.
Wiglesworth. Mt. Meigs, Ala-—l.
What is the .* andard weight of ground
peas per bushel?
2. How should grape vines be plowed.'
As tiie roots are very shalljw, is It In
jurious to break : he roots while plowing’’
tt. Is it injurious to cult the tap root of
pecan tre • ; In resetting them, us the tap
root is very long—longer than the top
above gortn.d?
Answer- 1. The standard weight of pea
nut in Gi* rgla is 25 pounds to the bushel.
J do not know what is the Alabama law.
Ci nsuit the Alabama code.
2. I’low shallow with a cultivator. It is I
impossible to avid breaking some roots, I
but grapes iM'lng heavily top-pruned, can :
stand the loss of a few roots without 1
serious injury.
3. No. Jt does not hurt them at all.
Maturity of Notes.
J F. Grimsley, Alexandria City, Ala.—
For many years before tho -war Decem
: debts. Now
it is v. ry differ.-nt. They begin to waive, i
and they waive all lands, stock, corn,
cotton and everything that a man has
and many times more and the notes are
made payable October 15th. What js
tho cam® us this difference? Is it that
ih re are mor® dishonest men than
formerly ?
Answer It Is <iup to several causes, the
chief among them being the destruction
of our labor system ati<E the Impoverish
ment of the people of our section as the !
re nit of tiie civil war. In those times
the real wealth of this southern country
vv .s not In the ••itlee, but In the country,
and it was a very prevailing custom for
bm in. ss men In ‘he cities to borrow
money from the well-to-do farmers.
Another cause Js the degenerate sys
tem of farming under which the farmers
have been speculative farmers, practicing t
the folly of making all the cotton they !
pi>- bly can and buying corn, bacon, Hour
and other things that they ought to pro- i
•In . and did formerly produce In plenty. 1
Another cause Is the heavy weight ,
and burden of taxation in the form of ;
tariff and internal revenue charges, to ’
make up the immense pension expenses
of the governm.nt, etc. All these and J
<dh>r •aus.-s tin I to make and keep our
people poor. 'lh, '’ompetition of the I
I). ::io. .vho wants but little in the way of I
• om'orts and luxuries and .an, therefore, ■
live on cotton at 5 e< nts, while the white j
num would starve or live like a peas- I
ant.
To tin s,- causes may be added the great i
craze for getting r:< h on the one hand, i
or to keep Horn going to the poor house i
on the other hand, has dried up in great .
measure the milk of human kindness j
and darkened the spirit ol generosity and
. ol lh< . gisliition of
• •ur congress is in the interest of the
nionopol.st, tie bondho!<b-r, the money
kings of the country. There is a great i
I . :• /
masses i f the people and occasionally !
t'ny get a crust of legislation and great
b isk.'iful of prom , s for the future, I
which are never forthcoming.
The development of errors that are
fundamental in our economic and indus
tr.al conditions has also greatly inagnitied
the difficulties that embarress the masses
of Hie pc-... especially the farmers and
the wagq earners.
Peavine Hay.
J. F. Grimsley, Alexander City, Ala.—
My plan of planting cowpeas and making
hay of the vines is as follows: 1 manure
my wheat land with cotton seed und fol
low the wh it with peas, some in three
foot row:, dropping ten peas in a place
• very two feet, and cover with my corn
over, r, which straddles the furrow and
leaves a small ridge. 1 plant from the
loth to the 25th id' June. When the peas
are up and have four to nix leaves, 1 run
around them and dirt them all they will
bear, in two or three weeks I plow them
out with three furrows of a small shovel, i
Afterwards crab grass will come, but It
is line with the
I pick otf the tn.-l crop of peas and!
then with hand blades cut and throw the!
vim s of three rows together. Lq them i
remain so until late in the evening, then
throw into small cocks. The second morn
ing spread them an dtake them to the
barn, where I put down a layer of clean
straw (wheat or oats), then peavines,
and so mi, and you will have as line hay I
Grade Fertilizers. I
use Oulu me Best.
on & Addison's Commercial Ouano Co.'s
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rie & Whittle’s Edisto Phosphate Co.’s
Brand Guano. Edisto Soluble Guano. $
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fin Fertilizer Co.’s Chicora Fertilizer Co.’s
le Grange Fertilizer. Chicora Compound Guano. $
jrn Fertilizer Co.’s Durham Fertilizer Co.’s
$ ouuit s uussypium Phospho. Bone and Peruvian Guano. b
| Georgia State Standard. i m co.-,
i CottonßolKuano. g| ue Soluble Guano.
$ Wando Phosphate Work,* < v
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AND POTASH GOODS and GERMAN KAINIT, and all kinds &
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g It pays the farmer to use the highest grade Fertilizer.
S If your dealer does not handle what you want, write us.
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L. A. CARR, Durham, N. C M JOHN W. ROGER, Atlanta, Ga
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as I ever saw. By this plan I save all the
leaves anil much labor.
<'.iinment—l cannot permit the above to
pas® without a mild dissent from the
plan outlined by Mr. Grimsley. If the
vines aro permitted to stand until a fair
crop of peas shall have matured, the
vines will have become woody and much
less nutritious. By this time, as a rule,
the ground will be covered with the yel
low leaves. You cannot get a crop of
peas and still make "the finest hay 1 ever
saw” of the vines.
An All the Year Pasture.
John A. Kendrick, Roberta, Ga.—l have
twenty acres of fresh land that is very
rolling, which grows cotton six feet hign
without the ai 1 of fertilizer. 1 expect to
make a permanent pasture of ibis land.
Jt will be planted in corn the coming
spring and tietween each hill of corn a
sprig of Bermuda grass will be planted,
which will afford a late fall pasture, when
sodded.
1. I desire to plant a winter grass that
will spring up when the Bermuda is
killed down by frost. Will vetch answer
the best for tills purpose?
2. When and how should I plant?
X What, is 'the difference between hectic
grass and vetch? How will Texas Blue
grass do? Will vetch thrive sufficient on
tile described land to furnish pasture for
e lives during winter and early spring
without the aid of fertilizer?
Answer—l. 1 advise you to try both
vetch and burr clover, both being well
suited for growing in winter and early
spring on Bermuda sod. They are also
both annuals, but will re-seed the land
voluntarily if stock Is taken off about the
iirst of April, when the vetclies and burr
clover will commence to bloom, and will
ripen and shed their seed early in May,
then dviug root and branch. Ihe seeus
thus self-sown will not come up until
in September or October, or atter Hie
iirst wi‘t spi'll In the tall. '1 ho seeds
should be sown, in order to get a star:,
any time In July or August, simply broad
casting on the surface of the. sod. A light
seratehing with u cutaway harrow is an
advantage, but Is not absolutely necessa
r> - About live to six pecks of vetch seed
aro tequired tor art acre when sown by
iliemseives, and three io four bushels oi
tho burrs of the burr clover ~,.•„
3 Arctic grass is broinus unlololdes.
while vetch is vicia (either vleia saliva
or vicia villosa). The one is a grass and
tiie other is a legume.
1 have never been much stuck on
Texau 'bluegrass, h lie Bermuda will whip
R mn entirely in a few years. Such au.i
as you describe would produce
luxuriantly, but Bermuda sti l bett r_
Buppose you try all -iuee t • • * .
clover and Texas bluegrass and Kt t n
"llttest survive.”
Horse Bean.
To J. C. H.. Bill Arp. Ga.—The bean fs
vicia faba, or horse bean. It has been
cultivated to some extent as a
plant, but seems not to have met with
much favor, it is valued in England as a
grain food for horses. It has ixeq ex
ploited to some extent in th l is . l ’ o '" , . t ‘g
a good subslit Ute tor coffee. 1 do not tliinK
it really ot’ much utility, but it is a m>v -
ehv to many, tiie pods being :l loot lon,
and verv thick and tough and the beans
very ivorylike in whiteness.
Spasmodic Colic.
C. B. Price, Hansonville, Va.-I have a
horse eight years >hl in-l, ami he ijs
h.-eii h iving sick spells for over two years.
Tho first time that 1 found that he was
sick 1 thought he had colic, but he did
not swell any. He has been hating tins.-
<i.ells every month or two sinie the la.l
of ISU7, but the Spells does not come on
Firn regular. The first sign that 1 cm
him going to !>•• sick is *hat he
refuses to drink hit usual amount of wa
ter and in a short tine lie begins to look
back at his Hanks, first on one side and
tin n on the oth r, as if the suffering ».:>
there and frequently laying down and
stretching himself out. sometimes swal
lowing a little, and also will stretch him
self up as high as he can when standing.
This continues from ono to four hours at
a time. Tho spells generally come on him
al cut night, sometimes in the middle af
ternoon, and from that to night. Imme
diately after these spells he is ready for
his food and will then eat as hearty as
ever If I will let him have It. He does not
seem stupid after those spells, and also
looks well and holds very good Hesh.
These spells are very severe. it
makes no diff r -nee w hat kind of food he
has. 1 have used different foods. Please
tell what is the matter and a remedy.
Answer—lt Is tin ioubtedly a ease of
spasmodic colic which you dcsiffibc so
well. This Is produced by so many caus -s
that I can only enumerate some of them,
that von mav be able to surmise which
one is the active agent in the ease. They
are indigestion produced by drinking cold
water when h-ated, or eating Indigestible
substances, inflammation, disease of liver,
pancreas, stone or hair-ball in the intes
tines. In certain susceptible states of
the animal’s system (which may be con
stitutional) a slight indigestion, or a'
draught of coll water alter eating, or
while heated frvrn work, will cause spas
modic colic. More rarely, but not alto
gether improbable In your case, there is
an obstruction in tho bowels in the shape
of a dust-ball, or hair-bill, or concretion
of stone, that caus *s the trouble.
The treatment consists in giving a purge
at the very outset, say v drams of aloes
and 1 ounce ginger. For the spasms noth
ing is better than chloral hydrate, 1
ounce in pint of water as a drench. A
good remedv is 2 ounces each of sulphuric
ether and laudanum in pint of sweet
oil. If nothing else Is handy, give pint
of whisky in hot water.
Lolling the Tongue.
Mrs. M. I*. Whiteside. Keysville, Vn —T
have a horse I bought from a horse trader
last June. He is a large horse and works
well anywhere he is put, single <r • ou
ble, but his tongue hangs out and a white
foam runs out of his mouth like lie had
been eating green clover. 1 would like to
krow the cause and If there is any cur -.
He eats well and works well, but keeps in
low order. I feed him enough t<> l>e vary
fat all the time. He has never been sick
since 1 had him but once. Then 1 doc
tored him for bots. l.et'ing his tongue
hang out may not hurt him. but it mak- s
me real sick to see htm. Then, we get our
clothes soiled wh-rn we unhitch aim. He
onlv lets liis tongue bant >ut when the
bridle is In his mouth. He was sold to
ii. e for nine years oi l. but I ion t Kn
as I am told horse traders don t alwiys
tell the truth, and being a woman I am a
poor judge of horses.
Answer—lt is merely a bad habit, al
most amounting to a vice. Some years
:i°*o a corespondent gave a cure for toe
habit, but 1 do not recall what it con
sisted in. Will the same gentleman, or
some one who knows, give a remedy tor
the benefit of this lady.
Sprain of Fetlock Joint.
To R. E. Jones, Albany. Tex.-In the
first place, do not require any work of
the two animals so long as they are lame
at all. Bill he the swollen and tender
parts with hot water, half hour at a
■time, 'three times a day. followed each
tin e by rubbing in a lotion composed of
’._. op nee acct at•*of! • • " 1. -’ 1,1 1 ! ’• : ■ ’ '
of opium, 1 quart of water After a week
or two if n > decided improvement, ruo
In a little of drams of canthandes and 1
otnc,* of vaseline Ut remain 21 hours,
’hen wash off and grease with swe.q lard.
Repeat every se-.ond week. Keep lead
tied up and the animals in a. stall during
the time the Ili ter ointment is taking
effect.
Remedy for Hog Lice.
G. W. Harrison. Skippers. Va.—Reply to
E. M. Favor. Oakdale. Ark.: 1 have been
a farmer since boyhood; had good suc
cess with hogs; will say pine tar mid
grease mixed is ’he best and only in
fallible remedy I have ever km wn tried
for lice- To each talf gallon tar add one
largo teacup soft grease; mix well and
tub it on bog with corncob. Be sure to
put it on the lousy parts of body. You
inuy tar him from nose to tail, it will <1 >
him good: no danger of putting vn ■
much, it wil no* hurt hint. After which
set a rough post in hog lot, and keen
that well eiated with same mixture, and
every hog will go there to rub himself. |
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;.n<l in two days’ time every louse will l>o
< ead. never to return as long as you
keep tar on post. It is also the best rem
' edy I have ever known tried for down in
the loins, which is generally caused from
worms in 1 a-k and kidneys. A !’. vy
I coat of same mixture applied on ek,
over kidneys, will destroy worms and
I cure hog. ’rite above treatment has !1
' our remedy for generations past. Tar
Is instant death to lice and is one i.f :'ie
hcalthast things for hogs that is known
: of. So you can put this in your paper far
the benefit of farmers.
‘‘Warbles” in Horse.
W. E :< ■ > 1
' horse colt that v ill be two years obi
1 about tile Ist of April that is troubled
with what is commonly term 'd waive- a
cows. These wolves are in iiis hack j st
as they infect cattle. and their api»earaneo
i in colts" backs is something new in this
’ community. During the day the colt runs
• out in the plantation with the other stock
and is stalled at night and fed principally
lon oats. 1 first noticed the wolves about
la. month ago. and since then the l»oys
would occasionally mash them out. but
they continue to come in quantities. If
you can tell me what caused them to ap
i pear, and ho.y to destroy them, you will
l greatly oblige a subscriber.
I Answer—The grub that is found under
the skin of horses and mules in some sec-
i tions of the south, very similar to the ox
warble (wolft is the larva of a fly similar
to the gad fly, and known as hyitoderma,
silenus. Th- fly deposits its embryo on
or under the skin in the fall and the
■ young grub bores through the skin ami
grows to maturity by spring. It then es
capes through the opening and changes to
a fly. Hitle r squeeze the grubs out w ell
the thumb and finger, enlarging the op' :i
--ing if necessary. < r rub mercurial oint
ment on tlie place, or inject a little chlo
roform into the o|H-ning, or rub with salt.
t The best remedy is p. get th grub o:t
and kill it. This particular species of fly
that attacks the horse kind seems to bo
, confined to certain sections. If every far
mer would destroy all the grubs in his
| horses ami mules about this tit » th. ro
anj of the flies
next summer ami fail.
Fertilizers Left Over.
W. D. Rogers. Monticello. Ark—l have
I two tons of fertilizers left over from l ist
I season. The sa< ks rotted and I packed it
in boxes last July, it is composed of
j acid phosphate, tankage and kainit. Hat
. .t lost any of its valu,» by evaporation?
j If so. how much? It has been kept dry.
Answer—ls tt has not undergone any
I change in appearance, it is probably just
i as t.ood as ever.
Barren Cow.
i F. C. C< "k. Winterville. X. C.—T have
a. young cow that had her first calf about
three years ago. and sin.,, that time al
though she has been in heat, and has’had
, a I all with her nearly ill he time she
dies not vet with calf again. 1 hate •..»
10.-e lur t >r a milk <nw v.rv l»ad. n-. -ha
, gave over five gallons oaily with her first
!calf. If she would Jest have another calf
would try and keep her t< milk. Any in
formation that you will kindly give me
as to the best course to pursue, or any
medicine th it would overcome the trouble
would be highly appreciated.
Answer—Try n young, vigorous bull, but
don’t let him run with her after service,
if failure results, send to Moore Bros..
Albany. X. Y.. for some of their "inject®
vr pi no ”
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Opium, Morphine, Whisky
habits cured at home painlessly in short
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