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I Liih
ON THE RIGHT LINE.
I received a letter the other day from
•which the following is extracted:
‘■Thanks for your suggestions regard
ing the different grasses and forage
crops. I hope within the next year or
two to make a better showing on my
farm, and to produce some heavy crops.
I now have considerable stock on the
place and am MAKING WHAT LAND I
CULTIVATE PRETTY RICH. In this
way I make it pay to farm. I have now i
225 head of sheep, twenty-nine head of I
Angora goats, about fifty head of pure !
bred and grade Jerseys, besides my herd
of Berkshlres. These, you see, give me
a great d*>al of manure. Besides, all my
corn and wheat stubble is turned over
and put in cowpeas, thus helping to en
rich the soil."
The letter was not sent to me for pub
lication; indeed, I doubt if the writer of
it is a subscriber to The Weekly Consti- :
tution, but he is in touch with the work ,
of the experiment station, and is pur- i
suing the policy that has long been ad
vised and emphasized by the best agri- 1
cultural authorities, ami by none more ‘
persistently than the editor of this de- |
partment. it is a simple, modest state- i
merit, in a few lines, of the general plan J
on which lie is conducting his farm.
My reply was, in part, as follows: ;
"I congratulate you upon the line of
farm work that you have inaugurated on j
your farm lam especially pleased witii
your appreciation of the importance of I
live stock. 1 see no reason why you may ;
not succeed in highly improving your .
coil and at the same time make money i
by the sale of high-bred animals for ■
breeding purposes and by supplying the ]
wants of the butcher. The general prin- I
ciple that underlies all good farming is •
that nothing should be sold from the |
farm in its crude state. This rule applies j
especially to grain and grass. Every- i
thing of this sort should be fed to live :
stock and by this means put on the I
n. irket in a highly developed form thus i
securing a far better price for the small j
quantity of plant food that is contained ■
in the bodies of the live stock products, ■
while retaining and returning to the soli, I
in the form of the manure, very much j
the larger part of the plant food that !
was temporarily removed from the soil, i
and in addition a large amount of valua- |
hie material that was not supplied by i
the soil—to wit. the vegetable matter
ihnmus) that came mainly from the ;
air.”
The above extract, fully amplified,
would Include a very large part of the I
theory and practice of successful farm- I
Ing. How long will It be before every '
farmer finds out that he cannot get rich i
by an endless succession of corn and cot- j
ton—in broad fields, with only a corner :
here and there In small grain—the first .
two, particularly the cotton, fertilized i
exclusively with bought fertilizers, and '
on his whole farm no more horses and >
mules than are absolutely necessary to I
do the farm work (no colts), no more. |
cows than enough to supply the family i
with a little milk and butter, and not !
all the time at that?
I .wish I could impress the Idea that a I
farm cannot be built up to a high de- I
gree of productiveness by the system j
that has prevailed in the past, viz. run- .
■ ning the land in cotton, year after year, i
relying almost entirely on "corn and j
fodder." buying bacon, lard and flour. ■
and "doing without” many things that I
should be either produced on the farm ;
or easily bought with money obtained |
from the sale of other surplus products. '
But the central Idea here sought to be |
Impressed is the Importance of live stock *
as a factor in successful and prosperous !
farming. We do not have enough cows I
and sheep and goats and hogs and |
chickens. All these should be consld- j
ered as working together with the farmer j
to improve and enrich his farm.
V farmer, by favor of a good Provi
der, a In the form of good seasons and I
oilier favorable conditions makes a few ,
hundred bushels of grain and a few tons
of hay, or other cured forage, more than
tui present live stock require. What does
la- do with ft : In .four cases out of five j
he will haul it "to town" and sell it ;
for what he can get for It, and haul i
home the receipts in the form of bacon, ;
lard, sirup, etc. What should he have ,
<1 ne with it? Buy up a few --year- I
; oliis” r attle), or a few healthy shoals, :
some sows ami :t good boar, a pure bred i
bull. !<• p It on the farm and convert
it into something that can be sold to :
’ better advantage. Return the manure i
; to the s il and make it richer.
A ton of cowpea hay is worth sls. It j
has removed from the air and the soil I
about s‘i or $7 .worth of plant food. Will
the farmer sell the ton of hay, or will ho
feed it to a steer or to a cow and realize
the sls in the increase in beef or butter,
1. sides returning to the soil the $6 or $7
worth of plant food which the hay con
tained, to say nothing of the vegetable
n.atter of the manure that was supplied ]
I by the air?
i J saw a farmer hauling hairy vetch
hay 3 miles to market and getting sls
: per ton for It. In away he was doing
i very well. He probably needed a little
: ready cash. Rut would it not have been
better to feed it to cows next winter and
sell at least S2O worth of butter or other
products from the ton of hay and yet
make the soil richer by returning the
plp.nr fond it had supplied to produce the
hay? Yea, verily. R. J. REDDING.
' FARM CORRESPONDENCE,
LAME MULE.
"Subscriber," Sa.ge, Miss.—l have a
lame mule and want you to tell me what
to do for it. She Is lame in her left fore
j foot. It Is sprained, I reckon. She won't
I Stand on that foot. She rests that foot
all the time when she Is standing still.
I It. is in the Joint next to the foot or
■ ankle.
Answer—ln all cases of lameness It is
Important that the seat of the pain be
■ located. It is also necessary that com
plete rest be enjoined until some days
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, after the lameness has disappeared. In
this case It may be a sprain of the fet
lock joint, or a sprain of the suspensory
ligament Just back of the same joint. Or
It may be a ringbone forming. Bathe the
ankle or fetlock joint with cold water
for half hour and apply a lotion composed
of one-half ounce of acetate of lead and 2
ounces of laudanum dissolved In one
quart of water. Do this three times ft
day. Give complete rest until the an
ima! Is better. If the case Is now chronic,
or becomes so, try blistering. Mix 2
drams of cantharldes with 1 ounce of ■
lard. Rub In a little of this, let It re
main on twenty-four hours, then wash It ■
off. Keep Its head tied up during the |
twenty-four hours. Repeat the blister I
Cvery two weeks.
RECLAIMING THE WORNOUT LAND -
(Tie TTIE SOUTH
Any one who travels over the south-
• efn states will be forcibly Impressed with
the extent and sad condition of' much
of the farming lands. It has long been
the practice among southern farmers to
clear off the forest and work the land
so long as It will yield profitable crops,
and in many cas-'s long after that time,
when It Is turned over to the tender
mercies of mothvr nature. It wears full
| of gullies. If It. is sloping, until covered
J with growth that stops this process of
i destruction of the soil. Much of this lan I
' can be bought for almost nothing, and
I some of the farms have good buildings
'on them which also sell for a trifle.
I It may be thought that those wornout
i lands arc not worth having, but this is
j far from true. There are some that
i no-,-or were worth mm h and cannot R
! profitably brought to a shite of fertility,
j but tile majority are not so. The rod
■ lands are marly all capable of being
■ quickly restored and even made more
i fertile than when first cleared. They
■ lavo a goo 1 proportion of some of the
elements of plant food in thorn, but very
I largely In unavailoble forms. The hu
! mus. and with it the nitrogen, has been
I worn out by .rapping until almost none
|is left. To manage in some cheap way
i to restore the humus and make available
I the plant food In the soil and air is
' the problem that confronts the farmer
I who undertakes to make profitable what
is now practically worthless.
The first thing t-, do Is to stop all
i washing away of the soil Brush and
! stone will stop the wash in the gullies
I and soon fill them with the earth they
' will catch. A system of terraces will
i prove of the greatest value whore the
; land is at all Inclined to wash. They
• should be made in such away ns not
I to allow any water to flow over them,
J but follow the contour of th- slope with
la very slight inclination toward their
I ends to certain main diteb->s where the
flood waters can escape in case of ex-
■ cesstve rains. These terra<» a may be
i made entirely of earth, and the best and
: most, serviceable ones I have seen were
I made with the plow and scraper and so
: high and yet with such gradual banks
1 that they were plowed over and cropped
I the same as any other part of the land.
I The> requiri 1 clean - out tcaslonally
■ to prevent the wash from filling the de
| pressions above the banks. The steeper
I the hill the nearer together the terraces
' will need to be made.
I If th" land lies too nearly level It may
1 be necessary to do some underdraining,
I which is often one of the wisest ways
I in which to spend money on land. Stand-
■ ing water Is an Injury to any kind of
I cro »-
I Tlie best of all crops to grow on land
| in the south that is to be brought to
i a profitable condition is the cowpea, it
I is the salvation of southern agriculture
; and horticulture. But it is very unwise
i to put on a crop of this or any other
I crop that improves the. lan 1 without the
I use of mineral fertilizer with 11. While
: the crop will grow and in time will Im
| prove the land materially even if no
• such help is given it. it will do it much
I more quickly and profitably to the fann
ler who will manure it. A liberal supply
I of muriate or sulphate of potash, per-
I haps 20') pounds per acre, and twice a-'i
I much phosphate rock will make the crop
| grow far better. This will enable it to
gather more nitrogen from the air ah I
: save time by hastening the v.b ’ niat
' ter of increasing the fortuity of the land.
I Time is worfh something In this as in
| nther things, and the fertilizers are not
I lost. They are on the land ami in the
, best possible forms to serve the suc
' coecllng crops. The cowpea crop is best
! fed off by hogs on the land, thus leav
ing the tops to be plowed under. A crop
, of crimson clover, ve;.-h or rye should
i Immediately follow the pen crop so ns tn
occupy the land during the winter.
i Something shoulj be growing on it both
■ slimmer, and winter. All those things
I add humus to tin- :’■!! a: I give it. ih.it
1 ilark color that Is always a sign of goal
i land The crops should be fed on the
i farm and the manure at once spread
!on the lan I. Its virtue will soak into
j the soil and the plow will turn under
I the coarse part in due time. The more
' t and p! nt food put
soiling crops the sooner they will bring
the land to a. profitable condition. ‘There
is no need to expect much return for
several years, but a little can be had
almost from the start, and after a few
years of such treatment as has been
suggested there will boa wonderful
| change. Most of the old, wornout farms
I of the south can thus be made to be
: as good or better than when first cleared.
| I have seen a few of them treated in
this way that wore more than doubled
in productive value in two years, and
in five years were fully restored, and at
small cost.
H. E. MAN DOMAN.
A PRECIOUS COCKLE-BUR.
“Farmer," Hogansville, G i. - Inclosed 1
sent! you a cockle-bur weed with one
matured burr and several that are noar'y
matured, it was brought in by Mr. L. T.
Wood ami is something not se'ni here be
fore at Illis time of year. Some of our
old citizens predict frost In Juno, because
the burrs have matured ," uly - llas
this ever occurred before, and if so, when
and was there any frost after they ma
tured?
Answer -I have never known the
cockle-bur to mature seed (burs) so early,
but, In accordance with the Old saying,
"there’s nothing nev. under the sun. ' I
presume this is not “something new "
For the first time In my knowledge the
beautiful cosmos flowers are in full
bloom, when It is well known as a “fall
bloomer." It is not. to be believed, how
ever, that, plants or flov. • i s or even brute
animals posses the gift of prophecy or
foreknowledge. The cause of Buch
abnormal development must be looked for
m the weather conditions or other circum
stances that may have environed the
plant during the past sprlngi I have
often heard It sold the frost never catches
a. cockle-bur plant before it can mature a
few seeds. Something that we sometimes
call “plant instinct" (for went of a better
name) induces a very rapid development
of flowers and seeds In the fall, in the
case of plants that have had a late start.
The unusually coq ] May that has just
passed may Imvn Impressed on those
plents in Homo way that winter was com
ing even when summer had Iffit yet ar
rived.
PRESERVING FENCE POSTS.
1. D. W., Crumptonia. Ala.—l send reci
pe from u receipt book that may be of
use to farmers:
“Everlasting Fence Posts’’—Take boiled
linseed oil and stir In pulverized charcoal
to consistency o f paint. Put a coat of
this over the ttrnber and “no man will
live to see It rot? Time and weather ha ■
no effect. Timber used Is popular, bass
wood or quaklpg ash. Other kinds may
answer. Said to cost about 2 cents each
for preparing.
Comment—At the Georgia experiment
station gas tar and creosote baa been used
for coating fen.- • posts with satisfaction ]
for a dozen years. The stuff costs $8
per 50 gallon barrel or 40 cents per gallon I
and is put on hot
“COW-COCKLE."
L. P. K., Maxwell, Ga.—Herewith I send ’
a very peculiar weed. You will notice |
some brown .-y ts on the top branches
which contain ■ gum or glue, sufficient !
in strength to bold y.mng chickens. My j
attention was e d to this fact not long'
since. I was . itt -,g on my front porch,
wh <u I heard .i little chicken holler as
if something fl.'i.l it; the old hen cut up so
I ran out, exp ting to find a snake or
semething oi '.he kind; when, to my sur
prise-. I found two little chicks caught
on this weed b> this glue or gum and it
was with sons' effort and much pain to
the little chief: : Hat I finally released
him, with the i of some of Its down,
as you will by examination of this
weed. Can you t I me what, it Is? Is it
Answer Our bi . ogist and horticultur
ist. I’rofessor 11. \ Starnes, to whom the
matter was f l : cl, says that the plant
is s.iponaria via : ;,-i, or cow-cockle. The
small grains the seeds of the plant
itself that hav " ;< n and become fasten-
ed to the glue This gummy substance
exude:- from 11 particular plant. I do
not know that weed has ever been
put to any economic use.
(1) APPLE BLb IT. (2) GRAPE CUL
TURE. p.) O'WPEAS IN CORN,
(Il FERRY CULTIVATOR.
G. A. J. P., 'I Miss.—l wish to say
tb.at I am la . several agricultural
papers and who; r you are the smartest
man I read a!' r or not your advice on
matters suits m ■ letter than any of them
lyou just sim . have good judgment
about things) yo ; answer questions with
judgment ;nd a Just to make a fellow
i •.•] good, as s .io seem to do. Some
i ditors’ advl ■■ ■ ■ ;ls a figure 2 run through
: it.
i 1 Now to the , mstlons: My apple or
chard is almost r Ined with blight; what
c; if s It, and what will cure it; or will
: It be best to <■ . them down?
2. In my garden I have a row of grape
vines, which a •- very fine looking, but
shed m>of iho grape bunches; what
causes it and what, do for lhem? I fer-
I tilize garden v. 'i stable manure and
i plow up to viu S in early spring; fitter
i that work with hoe.
3 I have re ■ ::tly planted peas (whlp-
I powlll) on the row between my corn
hills. They are up at this writing. Can
I plant, a rw la the middle when Hay by
com and m ik- the two crops? I want
to plant unkri' ;> n peas In middles, my
rows are 4 1 feet wide. The corn Is
fertilized very highly; will pens >n the
row injure the orn In any way? Do you
think breaking land 8 10 Inches deep
any advantage or sufficient to justify the
i labor for breaking?
4 Also what do you think of the D. M.
! Ferry Riding Cultivator? I want to
plant, next year. 2 acres of level piny
w. >ls land. In ribo n ca.ne. Want to pre
pare land In fall, i -'se suggest the prep
aration and give formula for cane.
A'.swers: Thank yon hr your express-
I lons of appreciation. Possibly I agree
with your opinions ofiener than do oth
ers. Is why my advl-e suits you better.
1 am not afraid to s ,y or to write what
I think 1- the truth, whether or not it
a.gr'-es with the popular notion, or with
other writers. Moreover. I have had quite
a long experienc- In practical farming
ida: Ing back to 1355 i including twenty
eight years of department and station
work.
1 The bllcht affecting your spple trees
!:■ : io same (zymotic) that Is so fatal to
fu.ir trees, am! Is om 1 only called "pear
bllgh .” or “fire-blight The disease does
i. -t often kill an apple tree if any degree
of attention is -'V'm to arrest it. AH
thru can be eff< , tlv lv done is to cut
off the affected -an- es some distance—
s•:3 to 10 inches—l . ; ■ w the lowest dis
(i-'d point. Tc.es "xclsed branches
i .should be burned.
Toe conduct of v ir grape vines Is
pr/.iably entirelj d to their location
~'ir treatn it. Heavy application
■.I stable manure imli. e an overproduc
tion of wo-.d a too rapid growth. The
• i.'.p plowing “up t the vines" tn the
spring is aiiotht r cause.
A< id phosphate, or ;■ mnd rawbone, and
ashes or kainlt, or . :Her form of potash
are the fertilizer ingredients that are re
quired by bearing grape vines.
3 The question whether the planting of
cowpea in corn at the second plowing—
especially when plant -1 on the rows, be
tween the hills of e?rn—has been more
iti. -i once a.-ked thi question. My opln
. ..| on . principles—ls that
| th- peas will !>'■ -vit.< ■ injure the corn to
1 some extent, but pro tbly much less than
| the value of the pea crop.
1 have sometimes planted peas Just as
yo I propose, or m :!y as you propose.
i That is I have plann d a row of early
I p-.-is In each "middle” of a 5 or 6-foot
corn row at the stu-ond plowing and sub
: sequently sow.-.l 1- bushel, or more,
' broadcast at th. J. • t plowing. 1 have.
I been of the Opinion that the first, plant
; ing was more detrimental to the corn and
I less profitable on the whole, than the
I broadcast sowing at laying-by time.
4. 1 know nothing of that make of
i ridir.g cultivator.
| 5. The best previous treatment of the
1 land for sugar c -m next year would be
to sow It now fn cowpeas and fertilize
' with 200 pounds of acid and 100 pounds
lof kainlt. Make hay of the vines, or
: pasture the crop with hogs and cattle.
I The land, “level piny woods" (presuma-
I bly sandy soil) n- -d not be plowed In the
I fall, unless for the purpose of turning
under a considerable coating of vegetable
j matter, such as pea stubble, etc. A
j mixture of 600 pounds each of acid phos
■ phate. cotton seed meal and kainlt (or
150 pounds muriate of potash) would do
well for one acre. After the cane comes
up apply about 450 pounds per acres of
nitrate of soda, scattering it along the
rows. In three or live weeks apply 7.>
■pounds more, and in three or four weeks
100 pounds—provided the soil is in good
moist condition from a recent rain.
ASPARAGI'S.
i W. A. Meyers, Meyers Mills. S. C._l. 1
, have finished cutting grass for this sea
son. and now have i otnrnenced to culti
' vale. How long should I keep up this
I work? After the asparagus lias grown to
be three or four feet high, and blown
over by the winds or weighted down by
the fruit or berries, will it injure the
plant by cutting off, say, half of Its
growth, In order that you might culti
vate without breaking down the bush.
2. How will It do to sow peas broad
cast In the asparagus? If so, when?
AVJII It Injure the asparagus In any way?
Can I mow this down, asparagus and
peavlneß, about time for cutting hay.
without Injury to the asparagus the next
spring? 1 know that once you cut a
young shoot you destroy It, but how
with nn old plant when ent down wfiile
green after ft has obtained Its full
growth ?
3. What fa the best fertilizer, and when :
should it be applied? I am thinking of ■
sowing entton seed, fifty bushels or more
to the acre, also stable manure, when 1
have cut the hay. How Is kainlt or dirty
salt? Lost season I put one ton of guano
and what stable manure I had per acre,
but <lld not get good results. My grass
this spring should have doubled last
year, but only made me a profit of $5
over and above last year’s proceeds. The
grass should have been much larger,
and the yield better, but only a little
above first year’s cutting. Any light on
the subject, will be appreciated.
Answer —The weeds should be kept down I
and not permitted to mature seeds, if
necessary, the cultivation should be con- I
tlnued as long as weeds continue to I
germinate their seeds. ‘The tops should
not be cut off until they have turned
yellow In the fall, which Indicates entire
cessation of growth. If done too early,
new shoots from the crowns may start
forth and greatly Injure the next crop. :
Hand hoeing and picking should be re
sorted to In order to get rid of the weeds.
2. I do not think It advisable to sow I
peas on an asparagus bed; that it would
not work conveniently and satlsTactorlly,
and would, to some extent, Interfere with
the full growth and develcppient of the
asparagus stalks, which ase necessary
to a good crop next year. The larger and
more vigorous the summer shyots (or de
veloping stems) the better the crop will
be the following year. About one ton of
a mixture of equal parts of acid phos
phate, kainlt and cotton seed meal would
be an excellent fertilizer for an acre of
asparagus. Nothing Is better than stable
manure, of which you may apply fifty
tons or more per acre, In the fall. Don’t
use cotton seed, but exchange them for
cotton meal. You cannot afford to ap
ply cotton seed. The essentials to suc
cess in asparagus culture are plenty o'
manure and plenty of humus.
(1) DAMAGED COTTON SEED ON
IRISH J’O 1 A TOES. (2) D YSPEPSIA
OF COWS.
G. R. G., Cartersville, Ga.—T have some
damaged cotton seed, which got wet. and
I li.i ve had on hand some time. Would
they bo good to put under to fertilize
Irish potatoes? Please write me.
2. 1 have a cow and a heifer which are
eating rocks. One has shed off, but the
other Ims not. and their mouths look
red. What is the matter with them, and
what is good for them?
Answer—l. The damaged cotton seed,
will answer well as an Ingredient of a
mixture for Irish potatoes, but will not
act very promptly If applied dry at the
time the potatoes shall be planted. They
should he put In the ground and listed
on some weeks In advance of planting.
A mixture of 500 pounds each of high
grade acid and kalnet and 1,200 pounds
of the seed would be a balanced formula
for potatoes.
2. Your cow and heifer probably have a
form of dyspepsia called "pica." The
causes are bad food, especially moldy or
otherwise damaged grain or hay, unnu
trltlous pastorage, such as low, swampy
land. A cow that Is In calf and young
cattle are specially liable to It. The alm
should be to improve the digestion. Treat
as follows: Mix 4 ounces each of car
bonate of Iron, powdered gentian, com
mon salt and powdered femeogreek. Give
a heaping tablespoonful to each animal
three times a day. Two or three tables
poonfuls of powdered charcoal mixed
with each feed would also be good. Also
keep ti piece of rock salt whore the cattle
can get to il and lick as often as they
pleas*.
BEP BUGS.
Mrs. H. W. G., Cleveland, Tenn.—Soma
one asked for n remedy for bed bugs. I
will give my remedy, which I have al
ways found infallible. Get 5 cents' worth
of quicksilver for each bed to be treated,
and the white of nn egg to each. Put
same in a bottle and shake till quicksilver
and eggs are thoroughly mixed. Apply
to all cracks and crevices with a feather.
Two applications faithfully applied, a
week apart, and the bug is no more.
Answer—The quicksilver and egg Is nn
old and approved “buglclde." It was.used
In the writer’s house over forty years
ago. A solution of corrosive sublimate 'in
water) is still better, and more conve
nient; and gasoline still more convenient
and very, effective.
1 (1). TIMOTHY GRASS IN ALABAMA.
(2). "SPOTTING” STRAWBERRY
PLANTS.
1. D. Weeks, Crumptonia, Ala. —(1).
Will timothy hay grow in this lati
tude? Will seed two or three years old
germinate? If not, where can seed bo
■ obtained? "When and - how sown? Will
1 stable manure make complete fertilizer?
Can it be cut more than once during
la. seaiOn? About, how many hundred
pounds should two acres yi-ld? II ive 2
! acres in tall oats that 1 intended for
' cotton, and. as the season is s') far ad
vanced, concluded to try timothy, pro-
: viding it will pay me to .do so. (2). I
notic'd your suggestions on “Strawberry
I Culture." in which you said, "Spot the
: runners." Please give definition of ’ spot.”
Will stable manure alone for
fertilizer? I noticed mention m de of
I other fertilizers in your advice, b it .is It
is only a garden patch I have, .iiid for
home consumption. 1 don't care t • incur
expense in buying high priced fertilizer.
I have two fall hearing pe.aehtrocs '
tober—that are Imperfect and hard; don't
ripen. Give Instructions on grafting and
budding. Can scuppernong gx’apovines be
: pruned? When? Should runners on
strawberries be taken up and put on 1h !
i same as large plants, ami leave water
i furrow free, so plants can be cultivated .’
! In mulching, how would It do to put in
furrows a heavy coat of stable or cow
; manure and cover with pine straw?
i Answer— 1. Timothy will grow fairly
; well in favorable locations In the south.
' a rich, somewhat moist soil. But it Is
not among the grasses that are consider
ed best adapted to southern conditions of
soil and climate and the hay—although
a standard of comparison—is Inferior to
bermuda., cowpea., crabgrass, crow foot
and other southotji summer grasses. In
deed, timothy hay is but. little superior to
a good article of shredded corn stalks.
S”'<s can bo obtained of any largo dealer
in seeds, or through such a dealer, if he
has none himself. I would not care to risk
3-year-old. seed. Sow in October, on w-11
plowed and thoroughly and freshly har
rowed soil and let the rains cover tlie
seed. There is no fertilizer for grass that
is better than rotted stable, manure. It
may be cut two or three times. Not a
good pasture grass. Yield 2 to 4 tons per
acre on good, suitable soil. You njry
also sow In February or March, but not
between March and September, with safe
ty.
2. To "spot” strawberry runner
plant Is to placo It where It Is wanted,
and, If necessary, confine It to the spot by
laying a clod or stone on the runner
stem. Os course. It should be dontf be
fore the plants emits roots and takes hold
of the j?oll.
For a small area in strawb- rries. noth
ing is better than well rotted stable
manure, but you will find a. top-dressing
or two ol nitrate of r.oda very satisfying.
Apply not less than a good two-horse
wagon load of good stable manure (wclk
' decomposed) to two square rods <l6 by 32
feet).
i Nothing can bo done to Induce the Im
i perfect peachtree to ripen its fruit. It
:is wh.at is called a “never-get-rlpe." L
| can not give Instructions for grafting and
budding without the use of illustrations.
Send to Orange Judd Company, New
York, for a copy of Bailey's "Nursery
Book ”
Scuppernongs may bo safely pruned any
Known the World Over.
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THE EDITOR WAS "CAUGHT N AF-
FING THAT TIME.”
IMrs. S. AV. G., Cleveland, Tenn. —In a
recent Issue of The Constitution, “Old
Horse Jukey” proposed to sen 1 several
recipe- t«o nil who would wtjto for same.
I answered It and sent a 2-cent stamp
; for reply and tlie Inclosed letter and
' seed (sent sealed with a 1-cent stamp,
' thus violating the postal laws), was w.iat
1 received, which explains itself. I think
; such unscrupulous people should be ex-
I posed.
Ar.-'wer- In the same Inclosure with the
' above was a reply to our present Inquirer
from the Mrs. 13. Nance, who wrote the
i original letter referring to the valuable
1 recipes that would be sent by “Old Horse
Jockey" on application. It does not ap
; pear that Mrs. Nance was guilty of any
i fraud or <!' • • ption in the matter. She did
not state that “Old Horse Jockey" would
part with his stored-up knowledge with
out charge, or that she was acting as bls
I agent in thus securing a free advertise-
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: pressed by the style of her letter that she
: intended only to benefit the readers of
The AVeekly, and was not seeking to reach
the public by means of a surreptitious ad
! vertisement. Editor.
MOON BLINDNESS.
J. L. D., Eliza.b'eth, Miss.—l have a mare
' about 8 years "Id that has very weak
' eyes, ami sometimes, say about every
two or three months, her eyes get bo In
flamed that, she can hardly see. 1 bathe
them with salt and water but ft doesn't
seem to d" any good. Kindly give some
, remedy in your columns.
1 Answer- (am surprised that you do not
‘ recognize so plain a case of ordinary
j moon-blindness, for which prescriptions
I have very often be< n given in this
department. The marked peculiarity of
j this disease Is its periodical attacks, va
rying In different animals from three or
Cour weeks tn as many months. Between
these attack.s the eye 'or both eyes) seem
to get well. But each recurring attack
; leaves the eye in a more deranged condl
: lion and the sight will finally be destrny-
I ed if the anima! does not die of some
i other disease. There is no cure for It;
| but proper attention will be helpful in
’ postponing the entire loss of sight. When
an attack Is seen to be coming on keep
the animal in a moderately dark place and
bathe the eyes with cold water for ten
or fifteen minutes three times a day. As-
i ter each bathing apply In the eye a few
' drops of a mixture of 10 grains of acetate
I of lead, 10 drops of laudanum and 1 1-2
■ ounces of water. Also give one dram of
; iodide of potash in a bran mash twice a
1 (lay. The effect of this treatment will be
I t.> leave the eye as clear as before the at
tack, tint it will not prevent a return of
j the attack.
REMIT Y FOR I.K E ON DOGS,
HORSES AND FOWLS.
Mrs. W R. 11.. Crystal Springs. Miss.—
. If vou will allow space I will give your
I readers a good remedy for lice. For
horses and hogs, t . 1 gallon of water add
1 teac'ipful <■: Gold Dust washing pow
der. Wash them over well. For chick
ens. 1 use 1 tcacupful of Gold Dust to
3 gallons of warm waler. Select a warm,
bright dav and dip the fowls all but the
eyes in the suds. It takes only a min
ute to wet them thoroughly and that is
sufficient. Tn a few days their combs
Trill be red and feathers nice and fluffy.
Comment—No remedy for lice on juil-
mals !s complete that does not include
a thorough cleaning up of tha fowl house,
stable, kennel, etc.
CHRONIC FOUND3IR.
H. H. S., Kestler, Ga.—l have a mare
12 or 14 years obi that was foundered
about twelve months ago and had ap
parently been cirri until a few weeks
ago she began to get stiff and could not
travel with ease, until she is almost past
traveling at all. When she first began to
show sfgns of lameness I had her shod,
and she did not improve in the least,
■ grew worse fc '' foundered agalnl
given her liMn pound of alum In
Jw 1
as to give n■••> a .- I w-'t thank ,oj
very much. She 1s a splendid animal and
I don't like to have to give her up. Any
remedy you may suggest will be tried
and highly appreciated.
Answer In the absence
description of the present condition of the
" ' ' Il
ster that contractod a bad e of
founder. It slowly became chronic, but
with one or two acute a a ks ex
year. He was quite t>k i—tween
these attacks, but hi- forefi-t were evr-r
in bad shape and tender. The best "• ou
can do is tn reduce him to the grade
of a plow horse. Even If y u hr-r-c to
cure him It would -be the best co irse to
pursue. Let him go barefoot.
“•BLIND” TEETH.
E. A. B, Oplee, Ala
old colt that has blind teeth One camo
■ hrough the gums last fall and
it out. The other has never come through
yet and has no appearance <-f c
mean coming out ns the other did ;
the mouth). But there Is a knot I
ing between the nostril and «•.•••■. It '<
not sore yet, but is growing I want
you to toll me v. hat t- d> to : a
that tooth, or if the tooth cam -. t 1" re
moved, please tell m< what ' > do to
save my colt. The same colt, got Its
ankle of the right hind 1. ar «tril: In
some way and is swollen it will
move the swelling?
Answer—“ Blind teeth.' or “wolf !' i'l.”
are, by many, supposed to cam-- bad
ness; but it is not true. Thor is -■ !y
no harm in them. Occasional!'' tl ■■■ “may
cause some laceration of th-- II when
the latter is caught between '* a-r.i
the. tooth. However, a blind i
no use and may be pulled or pun ■ -I 't.t
if desired. During th .- I ;.. ■ '■ " '
cuts about twelve teeth ind - I<c
able irritation and fever are often -aused.
In the fourth year its cuts slxt-'v- ter:h
—four front, eight back and four t .she’.
Frequently no blind teeth appear j>r all
Sometimes only one. I-'.ath. the leg In
cold water thirty minutes at a time,
three times a day. After each bathing
apply a little of a lotion made by dis
solving one-half ounce of acetate of lead
in one quart of water.
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