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12 CONSTIPATION, Head rd A^l 1 1 '; S ’ Fullnc »s of the Blood In th® burn th -2 ♦°* the Stomach. Nausea, Heart in th a 5? USt Fullnecs or Weight or ach ' Sour Eructations, Sinking - Dimno®! when in a lying posture, denlv rv2 r vision. Dizziness on raising sud and n-m V'T Web ’ th * R1 * ht - Fcver PercTMT* * aln in tlie Head. Deficiency of Ev’e? p l ,° n ’ . Yellowness of the Skin and Sudden ™ l n the Chest, Limbs and Fle«h I'laches of Heat, Burning in tho A lew doses of Dad way’s « Pills *‘ ' reo the system of all the above named ■ Frif * 25 cents per box. Sold by all drug se nt by mail on receipt of price. fiADWAY & CO.. 55 Elm St.. N. Y. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'S CLUBBING LIST. e present herewith our offers to suberrib- , *' '■ giving the best values in reading matter for SIOO. and above that sum, that ? ,J ’i can possibly buy. Send your guess in v-, h your subscription. Order your premium | now, too. It causes delay and vexation to ' -i and makes a hea.p of useless, extra work f" r us. if you wait until afterwards to order j D'lir premiums. Finish it up all at ono time, file premiums are offered in good faith; if ‘ ili'vy are not wanted, the price of The Consti- ' tutivn is not reduced thereby. The SI.OO Combination Offers a wide field of selections, and the club- ■ paptr. furnished with Trie conHLtutiun ithout additional charge, represents a splen did one of its class. These are the great corn- j binations that cannot fail t > please. Take ur cnoice of one from among them. Ihe HOME and FARM 11 Louisville, the favorite semi-monthly agricultural I 1 i °r cf the whole south. ’HE SOUTHERN Ri RADIST. of Atlanta. ' monthly, r< cendy enlarg' I and improved. Its editor i- actively engage! in farming. ' • ■ . radical va I;;.-- tn th* reader. General farming, stock i racing, dairying, fruit, vegetable? and poul- ! t’ all find a pli'e in the pa >*r in its THE FARM AND HOME nf Springfield, an excellent e-niL:/.' nt’ ■'. furnishing agricultural topics of s cithern Inter- ; that would vary’ our product from the “aT cotton” A subscription to this pa- T ' inrlu-b's also tho subscriber's choice of 1 on» f •' foi’.-.wing book®: ''Profits !n Po*il - ” • yy.,, JJ S h dma'A “Se- crets nf Health.’’ or nn*» of these beautiful gr.a; :cd pictures. “Tee Tug f W?r.” or "The Horse Fair “ Rosa Bonheur’s master- ; p|r..-0 This combination covers the only of fnr south f .!• the lid premiums THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. of N -w \ nrk. a grecit weekly farm p.’i:>'r. This I the only weekly »gricu;-ur »■ ;• ■ tcation, F-1 per year, that can b*> secure! at this phe t menal price. A straight "tw > f one" cf- THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR f Atlan ta over fift\’ years of clear re< rd the hc.'-t > cithern agricultural paper. H.- -'.igges ti-r.s are timely and suitable ' >r : cotton Fhn.tos, and it stands ns the farmers* home p'-per tn the manor biro: The effi-r greatly i reduces the price to put it in tho dodar list. 1 •'’TATE FARMER, of C’ attanooga. ’iin., a monthly farm paper to the Interest* ot cutie, she*“n r,rd h raising, the rare and of r.- rag- . r truck farming an i ad vantage,-, us marketing and oth- ’ great and valua.ble fields fore farmers* ce reful thought I iA M AND FIRESIDE. >f Springfield. Dhio, p -pluabD somi-nicnthiy f,.. r rural '■ -mo. 1 nous.-nds of southern readers • a u« its w.l ed.ted columns for splendid articles »h.at b-a.l tr m into now fields <>f experiment toward di versity in their annual crops. THE AMERICAN SWINEHERD, of Chi rrro. His. a month’’.- j*’- iv, • ... interests I r- s’winc-brc.-.iing and keeping, with practical rv i helpful suggestions along Its spoof bn*', i ’k’' ' FDt’LTRV, * (Tiieago, a r”'P r ’ : <t vp'uo advocating "more and ■' ' ‘ 1 »' ’’’t".”. an gjv ng columns of Infor- • matinn and Hr-r*- ns to enable one tn tuk* • in “tho helpful Tirr.." raise feed and market . *'■ and h*» t - pro- uot~ into go. ’ r..’,:nd delin’'? HDME aXT . IT..IWEII?, of Springfield, •' o, a fi r.'i’ rnoto-. ■■ >„ *"U This luv'-r z udy up * <r . name and 1 c special arti.',.y experts up n home and r! us bulbs ar. i >’.ai.--. ndd greatly r . the home nrs, arcnmpanv • aoh sub-r Tb’s is the flora! cff .. r ... ,, 1( . yf . nT ’ THE GENTLEWOMAN, of New Tn r k. a h.gh claw; month’:- f>r the home, artich-s nn home '’•■• or- ,t; .-n and arrangement fashion, clothing, the hous.-hold, fancy work and select flc:Dn. all w,-T idus’ratc 1. •mb Ip <t« r nt.htv Th: • alme is- $1 0-0, *x- erpt ip ♦’:!? combination. 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The editor In y** hand In his copy a week before ma Taper 1» published. . ddreß'4 all 1 iqu‘rk-3 and communto*- lions for this department to THE CONSTITUTION, F. nnd F. SOWING OATS IN OPEN FURROWS. - From the number of letters reeeived I risking for <1- tailed information in r*'ga: -.l : to sowing fall oats, anil 1 artieula-rly about sowing in “open furrows, 1 am I satisfied that i coiisill- ruble degree of ■ int< rest has been aroused in the subject of oat cult ire, in general, ami the “open ! furrow’’ system In particular. It will not be amiss, therefor’ , to ii-p<at what | has already more than once been pub- I lishe i on the subject. To this end I I t ,j 0 n better s< rvice th m to qu >te from Bull-tin No. It. prep.>r<’l by ii'iysel j and published by the Georgia experiment . I station in September, 1529, as follows: “On the .station farm wo have found, even when the drills were laid one ami a half or two f et apart, using a. com ' mon scooter plow, or better, a single tow fertilizer end seed distributor—that I i oats so sown always produce a larger I ■’ yield than when sown broadcast and I ; harrowed in. But a much more irnpor- I tant discovery is the fact that when the ■ seed are sown in open furrows and bare ly covered, leaving the furrows open or unfilled, tho oat plants are very m ich ■ less liable to be kill d by a severe fr- >-z ■ The idea was conceived several years we have s ft: ■ the larger portion of the fall sown oat:- in furrows IS to 21 inches apart, latterly ' using a Gantt fertilizer distributor. This i sows but one row at a time, has no . covering attacl ment. but simply ' pens a small furrow and sows the seed, th>- i .single wheel following in the furrow an I . 1 arely cov.-ring the seed. The result is 1 the plants come up one and a half to ; two inches below the general surface, and the "crown” of each plant Is formed i and established say two to two and a half inches below the general surface. The winter rains, light freezes and thaws gradually, but only partly, till m ’he open furrow; arid the more \it.<! aaa I sensitive parts of the plants are left at j the original depth, below th- reach of : even very severe freezes. ! “The long anticipated freeze at last ! r3 me and our theory was put to a < ru eial t-st. On February S, 1599. 'he t»’T mometor sank to 11 degrees. ’ dlav.’.l on suc<-essive mornings by readings o. 1. ■ml 17 degrees, nn the 1-th 't was down t-, 11 decrees and on the mo-ntng of 13th Ft stood at 7 degr- ■ s below zo o .the “C - 'lay Since February s. 1< ■ The result was that fall sown oits am .L-muari sown oats v--ere -pretty iy Jestroye.i everywhere. But our open fur- 1 row drill-d oats, ex’-epting wo a .. the test r< markably well, ami al- Enoiv’h seriously Injured, made 10 jusn- , els per acre. • In order to make sure of the cn,.e<.t ness of tho preconceived theory that t:i-- open furrows would secure the oats from fatal freezing, on two 1-aere se | tions that were sown in open furrows running east and west, on ev-- y alter nate tenth-acre the furrows were filled flush b-,- running over them ■ - fi nisher ami smooini 1'1“ result w' ■’ that the oats on thes-' ait ‘ t-nths ' were almost entirely de-troyed. not one plant in ten surviving the seven freeze, and the plots w.T.. resown In the siring with Burt oats. But the other tenths, of will'll the furrows were left open, r rodiieed It bushels per acr°. or more than half of the expected full -.-op." It is will to add that the open furrow method of sowing oats lias been contin ually practic' d since D9H and the cerre.'t m ss of the theory upon which it is based has been more than om-c confirmed. Very many farmers throughout the south, and as far west as Arkansas ami Texas, have been led to try the plan and the results secured by many of these have added confirmation, w-r<- any needed, of the gu’at value of the dis covery. During the first three or four years * xp< limeni.ition in this line the Georgia ! station used an ordinary short, -l or 5 .nch scooter, or small shovel, in opening ' ’he furrows forth- se- j oats, the latter i being sown by hand through a "guano i trumpet,” ami this plan may be yet adopted in the absen< e of “something better.” But we soon adopted the Gantt I fertilizer distributor, a simple machine ’ made for distributing fertilizers only, as ilt was found that the machine would sow oats ns well as fertilizers. Buying ■ two of the machines. on-> wa.- cd :< t • sowing th? fertilizer and the other for : sowing tho se< d oats, running the fertil ' izer machine first and following with the seed machine, the furrow of th i latter being laid close beside the first, : tile latter being filled up by the soil ■ thrown out from the se p d furrow. ; Here was the evidence of the nei -1 for a double spout machlm-, one that would i sow both the fertilizer and the oats, ami i at my sugg- stlon this need was imine i dlately supplied by J. T. Gantt, of Ma ; con. Ga.. who made and pul on tho . market such, a machine. Pretty soon : other machines, such the ('.irmichael. made by’ th? Southern -Agricultural Works, Atlanta, Ga., were offered for 1 the same purpose. It is now In order for some enterprlz ' Ing manufacturer to supply a. nriehim? that will sow not less than two Pl-inch funows, both seed and fertilizer, at one time. To give further details: The land should first he well broken with a two-horse plow and then harrow’d smooth, when ilt will be ready to sow. Lay the fur- I tows according t i the ”l’v” of the land, 116 to IS inches apart. It will not be necessary’ to or ver the seed oats. Let these be sown through the front spout MALLORY’S ALL STEEL ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PLOW. Si’s a Perfect Clay ft Slouster ff and a Great Labor Saver. ,■<£> —'/ With this s»'t nf plows, by Mode, la nd can '' T I nZ* b’ prepared to t<> 12 inches <h»p and have the rows laid /■' 13/ oil m least inie than it would take to turn it broad cast Jk or \\z nt » /r/VXVvT’rt KM-p Land trom Wanting rhe Doublo Tur- SUSSO/LIH /A/ XJ JU £N r K! / \lf\ I/ r S’.t nT I'or hill-siding ban no equal. Write V** W I—'.l (A for catalogue and learn all about it. w MALLORY PLOW CO., East Chattanooga, Tenn. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1903. i and the fertilizer through the roar spout, 1 and the loose soil falling tn will cover j the <ats sufficiently. The following fertilizer formula Is rec omnxnded: Acid phosphate, jno pounds; muriate of potash. 50 pounds; cotton meal. 250 pounds, to be supplemented In March by a top dressing of 50 to 75 I rounds of nitrate of soda to each acre. ■ Wh“n carefully drilled, one and a half to two bushels of oats are. sufficient for an acre; when sown broadcast from three to four bushels of the same oats are required for one acre. October is tho best month for sowing fail oats, but | latitude should be regarded. The fur : ther north the earlier they should bo • sown, ami the further south tho later. ! The Georgia experiment station has sold its surplus of Appier oats and can not nil any more orders On receipt of an inquiry, inclosing a postal card for reply. I will give the address of farmers who have Ajpler oats for sale. K. .L REDDING. j SOWING OATS IN COTTON FIELD. Where a farmer prefers to sow oats In ■ the cotton field there Is .no objection to , Ihe plan. There Is no better place to - sow them, and the open furrow, 'drill 11 in comes In quite handy. Let a suf ’ tieient number of cotton pickers b i em i ployiil to just keep cut of tile way of the I -at sowing. Sow two rows of oats in 1 each cotton middle. Knock down the | cotton stalks in February and the stub ; 110 will be but little In the way of a i mower, or cradle. R. j. r. FARM CORRESPONDENCE. SAVING RYE AND CLOVER IN COT TON FIELD. <* XV. Ault, M-'itae, Via. I very much | dislike to trouble you with questions, but 1 have not had a great deal of experience i ami being desirous of making two blades I of grass grow where one has grown before ■ 1 come to you for advice. I want to sow my cotton land in rye and crimson clover to turn under next spring to improve t)i“ land ami think it would be too late to wait til! the cotton conies off to sow. byt some tell me if l run through the cotton even with a light one-horse harrow as f light as it can be run it will cause it to shed. Now 1 don t think so, as there Is a I good reason in the ground. I also want t" sow live or six acres in Johnson grass; i and want to know if you do not think ! that I can control it by being sure of : cutting in bioom before any of the seed I matures? I have 20 acres under fence and ; suo aer-'S in all and want to, as fast as I i <-an. get my farm in hay and stop .so much cotton. Any advice as to the best ; hay and forage crops will be thankfully ; received. .Aurwer-There would be no danger of ' atjsing your cotton to shed by running ‘ a cultivator or harrow lightly through ] the. middles for the purpose stated at any : time, wh- tlier dry or not. The problem of : controlling Johnson grass is largely one : of the “personal equation. " Some farm n s j let crab grass run away with their crops, others have their fields Infested with eoekl-- bur. horse and bull nettle, dock, j etc. So, I repeat, whether Johnson gr.-ms : shall he kept under control depends veiy i largely on the man who has control of ' tin- land on which it is to be grown. It is true it oireads quite slowly from tne ■ roots alone, but it spreads very surely unl’-ss i.no be taken not to permit a j plow to be pulled through it on to other . djoining land. On th<- whole I do not ; advise a farin’ r whose habits I do not know to introduce tin grass on his farm. 1 it is altogether different with Bermuda I grass, which Is the best pasture grass in ; the south and does not make, seed in this country. Send 30 cents to Alexander Seed | Company Augusta, tor a copy of i’hares “|--i;i”--:-‘ Hook of Grasses.’- which is the ■ best book on grass culture in the south ■ that I know of. CI'TTINC l-TREVVOi;D BY THE MOON. Wil.iam Sherrill. D'-n' er, N. C. in last ive.’k's Gonsiitution I read the following inquiry in regard to cutting wood for tad ami vour reply to the same.: a: 1., it. < Ilierrv viii- N» C-AVhen is th- bo.-t tirri' to out p<«ple.r. sweet gum, i'lai-k gum and maple? Some or my : neighbors say there is a certain time < 1 the moon to out any timber lo make good, dry firewood. I have some to cut iun.' 1 want to use it all for firewood.” i Your reply was as follows: isw-r I know of no specially 'best I tine ' to cut • -it.her of the kinds of tini ; : *r for fuel purposis. 1 would - 'it them ' ;.t s i'-ii time as suited my eopvt uii-m-e. ’ 1 < - If your neighbors say tliat ■ there is a T-rt.-iin time of the moon' lo Cat fuel, they should sat what tfr.ic. I I think veg’ tation would not suffer in any i respect If Hie moon wore removed fr' iu : the heavens, or it a thick blarket were j heid over il perpetual! Don't :■ ■ f .. I v I: tientio.’i to sveh none tie a an.j vet you;- fir-wood wii- :’. your ax is sl' irp." Will v>u kindly ••• n ' lo s ■ a i very few words in regard to the matte.’ ■ It i. first to be said that the writer does I i: t, ii.’S not, .in i nevi-r .viii .•• i’in "•■!. or led. oi gn! b i by th- hun ir d and one i noi’j. a 1 and worse th in foolish I ‘-signs ' -iml sin” /srilions so many people ! swear by ind iir>- t- illy raised up to go ; by ami bolls- e in. i it is ndly to be said that firewood ( i:t I i <i certain time of tie- moon (the | “light”) will burn well, am' the same 'cut in anotl: r phase (the “.lark”) will I rot bul l well- will sizzle and sog. as | lious-wivc-: speak of it. Ami further that j when c--.it in th-? “wrong" time it is hard to .’.it. belli:- tough and wiry-like, it is be said. 1 say that it is a biological Tl.et. The write- has tiled it for more i than six vears. 1 may say that prior to ’ this trial I myself hooted at and scorned : the very idea of such a thing as old i time superstition and nonsense. | Now. ,'.gai». if is a physiological fact I th it fl..- pluses of the moon affect per j sons of unsnimd mimi iu a mor- or less . . \t certain “times” of th.' m-Ai I -ii“h persons are far more intractable i than at other times. And, again, the ' icon, we know a’ld do n >1 gainsay. ml.-A : tides. VVliy. I lo not know. In the [ease of in.-.iniiy the s-ame Inter! oga tive i may b sprung: why ' I do not know— ’ ni ’:.'- knows, 'only that fm t is fact, and xoerience is experience, iml quite good jeu -ugh t> ache:- and d. monstrator for me. II! ' . ■ lusion i m.iv t’.E-t I am no fa.-nic lint try to dabble at writing s,. m e- but living in tho country an . deal in- with colored men and whites w,. . “go : this rule lias led me to investigate with the >““>.111 stated. As t.> whether the point of Tittle moon, shown in the almanac, is “up” or “down wli ■■■ best to cut WOO<I, I do not rememt" r. but T i eli, v“ the darkies around me say when “up.” and in the "light” of the moon. Answer -Mr. Sherrill sets out by say ing- that lie “does h”t, has not. and never will be. biased, or led. or guided by the hutijred and one nonsensical and worse I than foo!i«h ‘signs’ and superstitions,” ! ami then immediately ami most dogmat l ji .-Uy asserts his belief in one or more •of those “signs” that have no mors f’-undatiou in reason and common sense Ilian the "hundred ami one” which he emphatically denounces as “nonsensical ami worse th: n foolish’ Ho says “it is a biological!?) fact” that wood cut in the wrong time of the moon (the ’ilnrk’i will not burn w -11- will siz zle ami sag" ami wiil also t.? hard to tut. being tough and .viryllke.” Let’s see what an absurdity this leads Mm to: dh’i. are about twenty-nine days from Lie beginning of one series of "light'’ nights, or "dark” nights, to the begin ning of another series of the same, in otlier words, every- phase of the moon occurs in twentv-nine (lays. Are we to believe that the'trees of the forest will cut ami split easily ami burn well when cut during two weeks (light nights) ami tl'at when ent during the following two weeks (“dark” nights) it will all at once, become tough am! wiry and “bard to cut;” and that, these changes in the con dition of the timbe: occurs twelve times ■a year? That ’s what it amounts to. Do you believe In such "nonsense” as that. Mr. Sherrill? ■You say jt. }s a “biological fact.” I have several elaborate works on plant physiology, but have never seen any "bi ological f let.” stated in any of th-m. and I dare say Mr. S. never did. But Mr. S. says "It is a physiologyfal | fact that the phases of the moc« i -iX.» t persons of unsound mind." etc. This is but a restatement of the old supersti tion that led to calling a. f-rta!n kind of crazy people “lunatics,” from "Luna,” the I-rttin for moon. But no physician of any Intelligence nowadays believe,- any such tiling, and it is utterly scouted or entirely ignored in every modern work on animal physiology. But the moon "rules the tides.” 1 siy that the moon (also the sun) causes the titles and th? "why” is well understood by’ scientists, and tiie explanation of how Tt does it Is simple and undisputed. Mr. S. more, than once says he "inves tig; ted” and "with the result stated.” But he does not give a single detail of bis "investigations” whereby oj>g might judge of the accuracy of his work ami the value of his conclusions. He evident ly r-eTs much of hlg moonology (to coin r. word!, from the “colored men and whites- who ’go by’” a. verv poor source of truth, ami a most prolific and peren nitil fount iln of Ignorance nt.J superstl tic n. PLOWING I’NDER VEGETATION IN AL’GUST. E. L. 1... Plum Branch. S. <’. l hope it will please you to answer the following questions. I have n. lot of land that T want to row hi oats; it is full of vegeta tion, clover, grass and weeds a. foot, liign. Some tells me It will kill the litnd to turn* it this time of the year. Will it hurt the land to turn with n two-horse plow then h. rrow? Answer—The turning under of the vege tation al tins time will not injure the land in the least, but it would put it out of condition for a crop to be immediately’ planted, especially’ a crop of wheat. But tho best plan would be to mow the "clover, grass and weeds." and convert the same Into hay. It never pays to turn under anything that can be made into palatable hay. But you (io not want to sow the oats before the middle of Septem ber to middle of October. But 1 would greatly prefer to mow off the vegetation now occupying the land. WINTER PASTr-RR GRASSES. E. J. Kleckiy. Oglethorpe, G-i—Will you please advise me what will make the best winter pasture and of whom I can get seed? 1 think 1 will try hairy vetch. What other grasses or clovers would you advise me to sow? Please give me all the information you can 1 learn that I < in sow vetch on Ber muda sod and it will grow. .Answer—ln reply to. yours of the 224 I will say that on ordinary soils it is hardly worth while to sow the improved perennial grasses. Rye an-d wheal anti oats will Jo better. On soil of better character, or that shall be well fertilized, good results may be expected from sow ings of orchard grass, tall oat grass, red-top grass. Perhaps it would be safer for you to s-xw Reacue grass, as it Is a strong growing winter grass. Sow about 30 pounds .of seeds I»er acre as soon as you please, the earlier the bel ter. The seed will come up after the first good rain, the weather being cooi. Hairy vetch is also good and may be sown with the Rescue. It makes a good pasture plant, but is really- better adopt ed to green soiling- The only objection 1 find to it is the very’ high price ot the seed’ and the difficulty in saving seed. It. blooms and matures «•'•<( albundantly last of April and early in May and then dies down, root and branch, the seeds cominig- up freely tho next fall. Hairy vetch also makes a.t excellent hay’, but for tills -purpose >3 little oat seed should be sown with it In order to furnish some thing to hold lip the vetch vines, ('rim so’n clover is also highly* esteemed by some farmers. It also grows during the winters, blooms in April, seeds an I dies down in May. reseeding the ground is Permitt<'tl to <ln so. Yos. you may vetch seed on Bermuda sod, very sne oessfully. ah'- time from now until Oc tober 1. no plowing on will be necessary. asking qfestton* of the props ANO SOILS. L A. Dean. „ me. Gn.- Yours of August 19 re.-eivt 7 **’ Yon sav the idea, of anfilvzing soils is not pra.-::-tical. Kirid ’’ advise mo how to toll the kind of fer tilizer to be used upon a given piece of ground for a given crop. Answer—AV e arrive at conclusions in rogird to the proper > ’imposition of fer tilizers for a given crop ami a. given soil chief! v through empirical methods. Hence the necessity for experiment sta t'ons. We ask a glve.n crop, or a given soil, the question to winch we desire an answer. Jjy applying variously propor tioriwl formulas. The crop, or the soli answers the question when we come to harvest the yield. 'tilts constitutes a verv kirge part of field experimental W'-rit <-u yours-, we -"'e 'vty mucii -• ■ : m - luting »y 'me 1 ’ uts o pieviotis ex, ermi': iton the .-vim* tme. For instance, when we find out Hr.- i. .-I ImmUi-a. tor inUlan c-.um »•' -‘ given ■soil nt may be justified in aosJmiiig tm t any plant, say sorghum, or one -. tiie common grasses, belonging to the •sum family (grass taniSly'. wiit requiie a pin-oxiiiia.tely the same tormuli. ts-o, In Hi.’ caso of legumes, which includes all the real clovers, cow'pfeas, vetches, b' ins, and many- other wild and culti vated' plants. The formula that suits oik- will wry likely suit another of the same family. So, likewise. In the case of soils, when we find that a soil belonging to a par ticular class of soils, for instance a. sandy', plney woods, soil, requires a. for mula of a particular construction, wy can safely assume (tentatively, at least) that oth-T soils of the same character will respond best to the s'ume formula. I may add that the needs of a par ticular crop. or plant. Is matter of much more practical Importance than the ne-ds of the noil- especially when the pmrpose is to fertilize liberally. A largo part, of our field work for tho past four teen y’ears has been to determine by oft repeated experiments the Very questions vou ask; and the results are annually nu’lilislul.' Seo Bulletin No. 50. and other bulletins on corn, cotton, oats, cowpeas, potatoes. etN PERFVIAN V DOMESTIC GU.ANO. li M. Anderson. Moore, S An agent came around a feqy days ago, selling genuine Feruvlan guano, which analyses as follows; Av. phos. acid -0 per cent. Potash. e.85 per cent Ammonia dki per cent He offers to deliver in January or Feib rua.rv next nt $."2.35 cash. Will it pay me. to bn yit instead of the ordinary 9-2:2 jie.s'sr Answer— According to my valuation of tile valuable elements and assuming that the entire ?0 per cent of phosphoric acid cc ntainc-d in the Peruvian to be "avtiH a.ble" one ton of it would be worth J3O-07; while one ton of the home guano would be worth, at same valuations, .$14.30. On this basis one ton of the Peruvian would be worth SIW more than two tons of the home guard, but would: not cost as much by 0.85 • 1 think you may make those calcula tions yourself by the following rule: Mul tiply- the ■■■■per eent of av. phos. 'acid by SO cents; multiply the per cent of potash by S 5 -ents. anil multiply the per cent of ammonia by 2.70 (dollars). Add the three products together and you have tiie value of one ton of the guano or other fertilizing mixture. SOD IN APPLE ORCHARD. J. D. W., Seneca, S. C-—I come .seeking information in r’gard to sodding an appm orchard. The trees are full grown and in bearing, and as I do not wish to cul tivate theland, T want to sod It to some kind of grass or clover that will make a permanent sod or cover. Please sug gest the best grass or clover for the pur- pose, You understand the land will be partly shaded. Answer—ls you insist on putting your apple orchard in permanent sod (which 1 do not aprove), perhaps nothing wouid be better than orchard grass, tall oat grass and red and white clover. Say l.u bushels each of the two grasses, 10 pounds of red clover and 3 pounds of white clover. PARIS GRI»EN ON CABBAGE. George H. Pergersoi., Franklinton. N. C.. asks "if parts green is poison to cab bage?” He says he mixed 1 ounce of Paris gre >n with 20 ounces of flour and ."pplled about half teaspoonful .to each cabbage in the bud. the plants having just commenced to head up. If he w,*\ turn to the issue of July 27, 1902, hr will find the subject pretty thoroughly discussed in a reply to a query under the head of "Paris Green and Cabbage." Why is it that some of our readers so often fall io read what appears in their paper. It is not at all probable that It will be dangerous to eat the cabbage after they bead up In October. PRESERVING EGGS WITH SODIUM SILICATE. Thomas Irwin, Sylacauga, Ala.-I no ticed in a late copy of the Weekly an ai tiel.i taken from Lancet (I suppose the English medical paper) about silicate of soda as an egg preservative. Do you think it is a fact that <-hicks were hatched from eggs a year old? I asked a drug gist if the Silicate is i.i liquid or powder ti rm. He says it is a powder. Now, t would like- to try it. but don't know how to make a W per cent solution. Will you I lease explain how it is done? It may interest a good many of your readers bc s'-le me. Will the eggs have to be dipped er kept in the solution? Answer—l did not see the article re ferred to. lint had T real! I? 'Tie staTe n'-.’nt that eggs a year old, having been subjected to Ihe treatment with solution cf silicate of s >da, had then hatched out chickens, 1 would not have believed any statement made in the article unless sat isfied of its truth from other evidence. A "10 pet cent solution" of anything Is ten parts m a hundred; that Is, in this . iso, I pound of the sllicat • of soda dissolved in 10 pounds, or about 5 quarts, of water; or 10 pounds in 1W pounds of water. Tiie silicate of soda, under the name of "soluble glass'." has been long used for preserving eggs. It effects the object by forming a thin coat of glass oxer the surface of io egg* thus ex elud ing the air entirely. GOSHEN BI'TTER. Alex Wise. Chester. S. C.—Through the medium of your paper of education, please let ni" know the origin of gosher, butter and how it got its name. The question has been raised ami can find nene to give a definite answer. Therefore apply to your paper of such vast infor mation. Answer—The name "Goshen" as applied to butter comes from the name of tiie county site of orange county, Now York. Orange county has iong been famous for its firkin butter and "Goshen" is the name > f its county site. (D FERTILIZERS FOR COTTON ON CREEK BOTTOM (2) FORMULA FOR OATS-(3) SECRETION OF MILK. C. E. Curtiss. Huffins, Texas.--! What kind of fertilizer should I use on creek bottom to make it mature cotton? 2. How will an S-2-2 superphosphate (Meridian blood and bone) do for fall oats, and how much per acre. Costs $22.50 per ton. 1. If cows are fed at night when do they’ return the milk for that feed? My cows inn on good range. I feed well. At eve ning milking get I’7 gallons from each cow and we gel about half a gallon each in the morning. Answer—l. The failure ot such lands to mature a crop of bolls is usually due to the presence of too much available nitro gen and an abundance of moisture, which jointly- have the effect to encourage the large development of "weed. It is usual io recommend tho use of a fertilizer containing no nitrogen. Often a simple acid phosphate, without potash or nitro gen, is advisable. 2. It ’is not rich enough in potash and nitrogen. Buy raw materials and do your own mixing. For 1 acre of old upland I recommend 200 pounds of acid phos phate, 25 to 50 pounds of muriate of pot ash. 250 pounds of cotton seed meal. The above amount to be applied at the time the seed are sown. In March apply 50 to 7.) pounds of nitre le of soda as a top dressing. 3. The milk is secreted from the blood, and the blood is assimilated from tiie food, the process in each case going on (•’.nlinuoiisly. Tiie milk that tjiay be <h awn In the morning will have ?>ee:i se creted from the general volume of the blood, some of it from the food of the p r evious day. some from the night feed. You probably do not milk your cows at regular, equidistant periods, and this may account. iu some measure, fo r the great inequality in the quantity given night and morning. RINGING H()GP L. B. Phillips. Flournoy. La.- I would lie glad to know whether rings In a. hog’s nose would prevent them from rooting up sweet potatoes. Please state, also, wli’ re I could tiuy rings in case 1 should need them. Ynswei Yes. a ring in n hog's snout will prevent Its rooting potatoes or any thing else. Rings are usually sold by dealers in agri.mltnral implements You <-nn use ,i long horse-shoe nail instead of a ring. Push the point through ami twist it in a loop around th" shank, or. bettor still, a pi”- ■■ of No. !•' soft steel wire. I’HAVINES AND Pf'A ROOT? W II Full'’ 1 want to know if ir is the roots of the peas that fertl!iz’-s tie: ground, oi is it the vines; ami will it do to int the vines for buy after they have been killed by Host, or would it lie best to ut them before the' frost kill* them? Answer—Both Hie roots and the tines, every part of tiie plant, contribute to ward- fertilizing tiie soil, but the vines much more than tho roots, because the weight of the vines is much greater than the weight of tiie roots. I Imagine that vine would make a very poor hay indeed, and 1 would not like to feed valuable ani mals on such feed. REMEDY FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA. "Subscriber,” Etowah. Ga—l see that there Is many questions asked and answer ed in your valuable paper, so I thought that I would answer a question that I see asked by Mrs. C. C. Head, of Richmond. 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ESTABLISHED so years. sterling, ill. K —■—nß—.n mi miiiiih in ■( chicken cholera, asked August to. I giv>’ tin- receipt that I have used to .-lire my j chickens of cholera ami prevent the | chickens from having il. Remedy: 'Take | water pepper, or "smartweed." i» it is : generally known, a good quantity of ii. | and boll it and make a strong tea of it. ‘ and take tho ten and make up tiie corn I meal dough with it and feed the chickens, laige and small, with the dough: and also put the t- a in their water trough and let t hem drink it instead of water, and it will prevent and cure the disease.. | and my wife have taken sick hens tliat could not stand i:;i and push the- dough down tlieir throats and they gbt woll. Ao have used tiie remedy witli success for twenty years. 'Try it. ami I think tliat you wiil ■ be pleased with tile results. I have never j sei'n tiie remedy published in vai I liable paper yet. so please publish it for ! Mrs. Head's benefit and others- tliat will j try it. I know that it will do what I I claim for it. indigestion of mule tv. I'. Raines, Griers, S. (.'. 1 have a ■ mult- tliat is appai-ently in good health. | as long as fed on • ora and fodder; but if I she gets any green food or drinks a little i too much water, she holds head to ground 1 and coughs and voniits large quantities of ! grr-en-ioc’king substance about every t-.-n : minute.-. Please lei me know cause and 1 remedy. Answer l am at a loss for a name that ; will describe this peculiar form of indi gestion, for so I eonsider it. Give the mule one pint of raw linseed oil as a I P’lige. When it has op rated, mix up Hie I following: hour ounces each of pure cop . peias and pure saltpeter; pulverize ami j mix well, and divide into 21 powders, (live I one powder jn a small bran mash, night ■ and inorning tor two or three weeks, j Water befoie feeding and see that none ■ but pure watet is given. nettlerash, or surfeit. z. )>., Jr.. Opie. V.a.—t have a horse; that nroke out in small plmpies aooui i six weeks ago. '1 ney were about as j large i-s the end of your timmb anti cov- j ere., her body almcst completely. I did ' not think they were anything sericu» at j the time, so 1 kept working her, and as a c suit all of them went away in a day or two, carrying t?.e hair v.’itn tnem, ex cept four or rive on her shoulder, where the collar worked, and the more I work ed her the larger they got, until 1 final ly' had to sop working her. They are haul and seem to be >.t a standstill since I stopped working her. Atr-w r-The ailm nt is called nettle rash, or surfeit. Giv>' about 5 drams of Ba.rba’loos aloes or one pound of Glau ber's salts, and follow tiie operation with daily doses of one-half ounce, of powder ed gentian and one ounce of Gl-über s facts. You may apply a weak solution of alvm to tli- swellings. KNU( KLING OF COLT'S FEET. J R. Yorkville S. C.—l have a mule six v. Its old that is beginning to walk up<n its to-; front foot what, we cal! club foot, if yon one give me a remedy, ple:ii-o do so and oblige. Ans wer-This is < ’ibid "knuckling." and as a rale no treatment is required in the case of young colts, since th - straighten up n 'lie course of a few- weeks. If thought nee-ssar? - on may put on shoes 'Trim tiio toe r f l hoof as m-’.eh as it will l» u have : too of th shoe made vc:v thin nd '■ l- ’cls thick. PARAPLEGIA OF DOG. Mrs. A I-.. I-. Torr: Miss. What ■ the matter will my dog. ami what mn ‘ I do for him" H-- is a s “-I'li-wd and on'.’ about seven months .id. Ho seems to be weak m the brick and lame in right hi 1 No app'-'tite and running :>t mm:- Hr- is better at times. Answer —It i.s paralysis (p.irai ’eg ”> the hind parts, aver; ommo of young dogs. 1 ip oft th” hair oi--r a - and apply the f.blowing the iia.k along the spine: One stick oi lun-.ir can-- ti”, 1 teaspoontul •'*. watir; mix and ap ple with a -am I' i tin hru. n • iiv ternall’- the following, a-- dir’. tel; O: ’ (ir.im of powdei-d mix w.ii’'< i. drams of gentian. 2 drams of iodidr of potash, simple sirup enough to mi-.; main into thirty ptils.’ Give oue-qi’arier of a i.-iil ninrning ami night foi thr»-c days, than liaif a pill i wi.-- •■ ■!ior th--.- ■ day - . then t'irrr -qinirtei - < : a pib f '.' like t" - ’•iod. ..nd tiniiiy a whole pili. Uo'-.tn.u-- .. t •me »i!I Lwiei ■ ■■•' : '' ilefinltr tion of the remedy noticed, such M BASH Saia- PR,CE I HWILLPAYniIte H OB WWW top” $33.50 H CREDIT \WI» FBcE. ruryu-t gwß v —‘ Factory to Consumers at Factory Prices. jt/Jj RSh x. °r Easy Monthly Payments. 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Smith, Bill Arp's widow, in her declining years. If you are already a subscriber to The Weekly Constitution and wish the' book alone. IT WILL EE MAILED TO YOU UPON RE CEIPT OF THE PUBLISHER'S PRICE. $1.25. THIS IS YOUR’ OPPORTUNITY. Address all orders, with remittance, by safe methods, to The Atlanta Constitution, - - - Atlanta, Ga II iiih ■inihi ■■ »111 !■ I Ii gidity of the muscles and s'tiffneSs of ti legs- tln-ii stop giving the remedy. In th.'care of an old or a large dog In crease th<- los” as above directed up to i two pills a. day and it (hat until syniF to-ns ihovr- lescribeil are noticed. Then I stop giving remedy. B- very careful not I „nit ■■ d-x- afl-r rea-hlng the larger ”>zr l d "”c- l'hd next dose might kill R.-ncA Hi - blister ”n back if nec- J, rx ’B-” n-m. hUg. light food and keen ■ oowr-is open with castor oil. Do m„ ullov. him to w.'iik about much whiH SOR'- MOUTH OF DOGS ' w )-. Glenmora. La.-I notice . / , ) H live ria.. In regard iu |iury of L n < .liaise ar t t - <>:•(• mouth <■- ‘ ' ki ’rd ■-ering the -’-eriptmn ? ven simhariy ' his monih rn three nays. Uhlot-am of potassium I" good for <■'•■( mouth of man. so I Rm-1 <’ on a doe. It proved good. It tm information i< >f any snrvi -e plea.se nuo ii'-h. A ROl'S’l’Eß Wi-’ibiUT A "CRAM " (• \ i Norw.’V. S. ‘‘ I have a. tn -,■. '■ ’ ■ -■’ . from which i moved ’he ent're crop ci c.-aw and which r< ■..-■ ■ i • > nnd is doing ■ Ihe operation. Fi-ase I ’ 'i- h •' from you >n the matter through f!li= ” pa.-tm'-r t of the paper from the .stand point 'of tli- n.U'irallst. An rwer—J >f courst you joined t >g* er with stitc'.iq 1 ■ tw ■ ■ g-.illet after .eiering it ajKl removing ti craw. 1 consider that you displayed ■< eon-iderable degree of surgical skill in performing such an operation. 1 h.’.-a h-ard of an Instance ->r two in which man’s stomach was successfully remove ~ the nitient living afterward, but f d.i no; believe i.. A fowl, oi other less higl ly organized animal, will .ften endm riiost remarkable mutllati -n without mu. h incon ven iem <■ ; onizing. for instance. "TICK” FEVER. D. I. S.. Jack.sonvido. Ala -Please stats through The ,Constitution what was tho matter with my cow and give me remedy She would not oat. ami while standing would hold her h-rd low down, her breathing was a little hard. After twen ty-four hours she grew worse, was tot weak to stand, but very restless and in pain. I gave her slsrn<‘ Whisky and d■ -e of calomel. She was bettor or easy for three hours, when she became woise. dying in four hours. There, were no visi ble signs of poisoning. Answer—The holding of the head low down, the high fever and the quick death indicate the disease variously known as “southern cattle fever,” "Texas fever,” ‘tick fever." If she had not in prev: ■is years any ticks on Tier and had been ex posed t i ticks the present s< asdn. It Is almost certain tliat she <jted of tick fever Young calves, as a rule, do not die of i this fever. Hence, the majority of south ; ern cattle become immune whila in calf ho.’d by getting licks on them at that j stage. € f nhe Pleasure of Hunting) is ruined unless good ammunition I is used. PETERS 1 FACTORY LOADED SHELLS will insure a full game bag. | ‘'League." "Referee,” "Hew Victor," "Ideal," "Premier," "High Gun. i ALL GRADES TO SUIT ALL PURSES Each the Best of its kind t USE PETERS METALLIC CARTRIDGES j ; Your Dealer Sells Them