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12 A NEW MAN. 9 - s^al ly. of 75 Naesau St.. N'-w ? ays: "For years I have been troubled rheum&ttom and dywpe-psia, and I caxne L * , c ® to try your I tame - . in, * OUI, d rr*-at relief from their iwe I . _ a new mnn s,nce 1 wnunjnced ta\- » K and would not now be without J. Tn> The drowsy, sleepy feeling I used to . entirely disappeared. The dyspep- I«ft me, and my rheumatism la gone •nurely lam satisfied if any one bo afflict will give Radway’ 6 Pills a trial they will eurejy cure them, for I believe It all comes * r^ m ttie system being out of order—the liver Ret dola< its work.” Dad way’s 11 Pilis trY* of the Stomach. Bowels. Kidney*. Bladder, Dizziness. Cost i ven ess, File®, SICK HEADACHE. FFJMAJaE COM PLAINT, BILIOUBXKSS, indigestion, CONSTIPATION AND AJ J. DISORDERS OF THE LIVER. 25c PER BOX. AT DRUG GISTS, OR BY MAIL. RADWAY & CO., 53 Elm St.. New York. O I II fi PER ACRE PROFIT. tL I fa l| II Send for illustrated pain vlu V U te.,." Tru, k F “ rn ” n * ” W. L. G LESSNER. 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Ga monthly, recently enlarg-l ..ml ii.i;i Its editor is actively eng.,--1 m farming, which rnak-s what he ha t-> e : : r.i ■ti--al value to the reader. General farming, stock rai.tnc. dairying, fruit, veg.t., : - ami 1 •”>!• tri all find a place in' the |.a| ■ - in Its “'«• f ,rm. THE FARM ANP HOME. of Springfield. Stass.. an excellent s.-• ; -»..nt’ :••• furni hng agricultural topics rs special «- >'.ith«-rn int** r pst that would vary our products fr« m the ••all c dton” idea \ n to per includes also the subseri' • r's • dr" -f on? of ’fop following bo>k’ Profits ‘n !’• try.” “The Hoosier ' or 'S- C-P'ts nf Hea::i,” .T on* •' V.e‘' ■ Pitiful dthngrapbed pb-turr* “The Tmr . f War.” or I •’The Ih-so Fair.” R-.i n '.hevr’s This comblnatl c • • the m y of fer south f «r thn .♦• plend Lt ■? v **hs THE AMERICAN UH; ” ?.Ti RTST. of New York, a gr-.-.t -,v. .-k’v •’urn paper. ThD 1“ the only w. kA a~- at; SI per year, that -an b* < r dat t' - pb«'- ncmenal price x straight "•wo for on* ■’ of fer the SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, of Atlan- • i •; • Fta.tes, and it stands is tho f .-ri' ■«• h<-«mA pnp> r to manor b rn •■rt. • gro.'itly rpd!i , '*rf fhp nr!'- - ’ to put It In t ’!-r ’ t THE TRI-STATE FARMER of Chattanooga. Tenn., a monthly fan Jntorrs'ts f if’r -hrep ar.: ‘ -g r ’.<ing, th« cam and < irtivat n -f f•• r- ■ • i •-k farming in d .. ! ir.-ae- • • :, < : .. ln ’ ■‘h pr gre-at and valuable fir ;, f « farrnrrs’ careful thought. FARM AND FIRESIDE of 5>.-Ohio, p ■ ■ ■ • ■ ... * • ' ’f * -;m<nt tow-jrd dt- . -.s- o* and v!?h prnotl. d and h*h.r •» . ns .’ ng -’•*■ t is Hn- m. ’ t fi-r n- .;.. •, . ~S " I'’ . •' vs l . ... r . ( _ b'-rr./' ■ n .i ........ •■!... fi' "'- .- np ' 1 •■ ’*■ 1 . f ' ■ v ' ar ‘ s ‘ p " * umn <n Th- W* *. ’ r* f . -■->♦! :• ! < w-P vrdum*' ».’! !r g • • rr- • • * . t v ’ ' T ;’' ■ - h'-v T . 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There are about 900 local : .ip-rs (almost ail the first-class weckif-p, dubbing with The Constitution. Orders for these are expected to com.- through the papers making th- offer Remit to them their full advertised price. Ag-nts get no commission thereon Address all orders to The Constitution, never to an individual. Send your SI.OO direct, or through the local agent. Remit by postal money order, express or registered letter, wherein we assume all risk THE CONSTITUTION. Atlanta. G>_ J •’ *f‘" 3 -». n ..jb Notice to Inquirers. |. Write jl’ Inly dto the point, Ing only que.. s-ns to which are dfbired. t Confine inqutr l ** strictly to matters concern!:*, the farm. 8. Never «ak for answer* by mall. 4. Never a*fc where an article osn be had. nor the price, | « Always g’.v? your ful! name *ll4 aft- I dress If you do n»>t wish your name published, say ao, ana initial* only will be printed. «. Carefully file Gi.s page for future reference and before writing examine your tile to «. • If it n ot bss " glreedy answered T Xxwk aheed and eend In your tnquip»« earl". Do not expert no to answer In r.'Xt paper.** The editor mm-t hand In h>» copy a week before ta» paper I, published. a Addrr,-3 all Inquiries and oommunMOe tlona for this department to THE CONSTITUTION, . I-. ami F. ItrpartmetK., A LOAD OF HAY. At this soison <>f the year it is an overy-tlav sight to see loads of hay pass :,4 tlong th- fngl-.'viy to mark, t. On inquiry the fact vv.-is developed that the. iiv< rv'stable mon. who are th ( print ipal buyers, give -Titty cents a hundred." or $lO per ton, lor this rew sweet-smelling, ,-l(Sn crowfoot, trr cowpea l,.iy. It is probable that the farmer;- who are rolling hay ar- a littj. "hard up" for <asb and are thus iking out their re sru. . ' S in ,v .-r to m- t the home de n >nu fur various little comforts, to pay cotton picker,-., and other extra labor. A ,milling that sm-b a P".l>'y is justilied by the exigencies ol the farmers’ linan- • al condition, yet it can be shown that the practice is contrary to sound farm • . onomi. ... l/-t us look into the mibtter a little: t .-lime Cor conv< niene. sake dial a good load of hay weighs one ton. tak one ir-n as the b.-'.s of ■ alcula tion Now lira to a table of analyses ~f hay. grain and other farm products, V.hi.-h gives (ISO the commercial value es t)i. plant food constituents of a ton of tach land ol product. The most im- • •riant of these plant food constituents (f thr o in ifumber. t’o-wit; I’nosplioric ;(. iI. potash and nitrogen. Th, re are n, than twie, as many other ( ■:>- slitucnts, but (lies,■ thi are the only ones that need to lat consider.-,1, because th,", ar" the tl rec that are so scare in the soil and which we so largely buy it the form of fort.lizers. The cost of • ;e-h of th, se constituents is that which a farmer mt , t pat to the guano dealers (* /-n hbuys bis fertiliz is, or fertilizer material: Phosphoric .a,-|,i is put at 5 . nts. potash at 5 its, an I nitrogen at 14 cents per pound. So the amount of each constituent in a ton of each kind ol product is multiplied into the st. or m.-K-ket price, of such constituent, tin- products are added together, and rlac d in the column headed I in one t >n pounds. I [1 |IT i c c j: m o Kind of Hay. < ’ a | c£ J1 £! 1 £ Crab cr hay . . 26.8 13.8 30.0 $5 94 B.ann.da hav ... 210 8 7 32.0 5.40 .oditison Gr hav 32 4 9 6 35.7 6.79 r.if-it, 1 corn ttoyor . . 27.4 7 6 36 0 6.02 He i clover hav . . 41.4 7.6 44 0 833 i. 1 --tote ( Allalfai hav . ... 43 8 10 2 33. G 8.32 I'owpea hav . . . 39.0 10.4 29.4 7.45 ' (hart) hav 45.4 214 56 6 10 25 W at .-t'aw . . . 118 2.4 10.2 2.28 '■it straw .... 12.4 4.0 24.8 3.18 ’ommer .al Valui s " Th. pl )in mean . g is : .it v.-bett a ton of eith- r one < f : pint-,lets Is rer.ievod from the soil It remov :, uith it the value . f plant food Y-.r.ss, i in that column. lor irgstamc, : >n of crab grass hay contains $5 94 yorth of the valuable elements; on. ton f , ,"pc.( hay contains $7.45 worth >f <: a-ints. To express :t a little Tffor.ntly. a tor. of crab grass hay ■ real , n Ibo ground and plowed iimbT . dd ,iv.- to thr sod an amount of plant I .! . 'll’!. *ls tb.-it would cost 35.94 . • ::■ I . ,’d in th ■ m rip t in the ; t m of fertilizit- Tlti;- amount, liowcv r. b -i ,t f illy cxpr, ”s th ’ tnlue to the of .a ton of crab grass 1-ay. It takes arge amount of . ,ni- matt, r of th. haj . exclusive of the three valued ’meats (phosphoric acid, : •i-i.-li and nitr .-unoun'li.v. in the . .iso of crab crass hay. t , not less than 1.600 pounds per *rn. This is organic vegetable t. sue which form humus, or l. eay. d vi rot.tl.l, matter, so important to the productiveness of the soil Now suppose, instead of selling the ton e.ab crass hay, the farmer st ill fe d t to cattle, or hors-s and carefully save ;;ll th-, llitiid and solid manures result ing. It is a we t rta‘n<'d fact that the man ire thus carefully saved and re turned to the soil whence the hay was . I ,ve.j. to some oth r soil, will carry wdl it not kss than 80 per cent of the I taut to . ’, nr manorial values, that were 1 resent In the hay before feeding it, as v. ■ 1 ts the _r a t, 1 r rt of t h>• organic vegeiable, humus forming matters. This is. parti ’.ilaiTj tru, in regard to cowpea bay, elover hav. veteh hay, and other 1< guminous plant haus The appliet ii.’n of the principles and f...-t- st.tt-d is probably plain to any thinking 1 r-i "f. Ti c -tn tai" Is to !” d to on own farm animal.-, al! ti"> hay, grain and other food products of thj farm, save tlte manure earefully an 1 re turn it to th.- soil, and --1 I lhe .-ininia’s that l ave cor sum,‘d It (or their products, I’-ef, mutton, pork, butter, etc.). In thus doing the farmer first g> ts the animal fool value of the hav In t.i-e form of animal produces, or ability to work (in the cast of horses and mules) and at the same time be returns to the soil the plant food values and the or ganic veg.-t ible matter. 'fhe principles involved are fundamental SAW MILLS, 4 H. HP cuts 2,000 feet p*r dty—-All Sir.en Plan ers, Bh;ugle Mills and Edgers with Patent Variable friction Feed- Portable Grind ing Mills. Water Wheels. Lath Mills. lieLo&ch Mill Mtg. 00. Dss 701 Atlanta. Ga. 114 Libertv 3t., N. Y. MALLORY’S ALL STEEL ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PLOW. Sf’s a Petlsct Clay “Rouster” attti a Croat Labor Saver. V— y \\ jth this set of PlowH, by Mallory’* Mode. I'tnd can -5 : 'v- j,.. jjrepnrctl 10 to 12 inrhcK deep and have the rows laid - -i{J£ IM off in lOHri time lhan it would take t<» turn it broad east. sror v/ew or ) l/z'CV V « P vAVy v I to inches deop. It will ABSOLUTELY sroerf WITH J /‘f’ / - SUffSOHEfit X Ci / \ 1 /*)' '• ner for hill-sidiYig hn« no equal. Write A) '* ** r for catalogue and learn All about it. MALLORY PLOW CO., Box 110, Eist Chattanooga, Tenn. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1903. |I ) successful farming’. They underlie all I real and i iotitable soil improvement. The I argument applies with eciual force against | ihe unwise practice e 4 ’ turning under any kind of vegetable growth from the soil Hint could be saved and utilized as ani n»al food, R- J. REDDING. FARM CORRESPONDENCE. (I) TIMBER VALUES. (2) PINE ASHES. (3 and 4) CRAWFISH. (5) MAKING "LIGHTWOOD.” (6) BEST VARIETIES OF CORN AND COTTON. W. G. M-. Ncwburn. Ala.—Having been a constant subscriber to The Constitution end an interested reader of your depart ment for some years past, 1 take the liberty of asking you several questions. 1. Where can I get the correct value of the differert timber indigenous to o ir latitude and how can I get in touch with men handling same? 2. What could I afford to pay for un leached scrub pin? wood ashes and haul 3 mdi s over good roads? 3. Is there any way to exterminate or subdue crawfish? 4. What crops are they least Injuri ous to? 5. (live me the name of some good pa per dev.itid to cattle and swine raising under southern conditions. 6. I've hoard it stated that if you were to strip a pine sapling 7 inches in diame ter ~f all the bark except a strip about 4 inches wide that all the peeled part would in two tears turn to lightwood, making a splittdid fence post. Is that true? 7. Whn.t variety of cotton ind corn do you deem best adapted to heavy prairie soils? Answer—l do not know of any one person who can give you the "correct value” of alt the timber lndlg"nr.us to your latitude. The general lumber deal ers in 1 lirtnlngh.. tn nd Montgomery can infi rm you in regard to the lumber that Hie." I'andle. 3nu might get some val uable information on this lino by ad dressing an inquiry to "Chief ol For tstry Division, Department of Agricul ture. Washington, D. C. 2. You . ould not afford to pay anything f ,1- ’.itch ashes and haul them 3 miles. Pin- ashes contain a very low percentage of potash. 3. I know of no way to exterminate crawfish except by thoroughly under (ii.tining the sail. 4. I wav not aware that they are In jurious to any crops whatever. Try pouring an ounce of bi sulphide of carbon tn 'toll hole an 1 slopping the opening (h sely. 5. lh e, tit : and Horseman, a weekly, N.t. du 111?. Tenn.; Texas Stock and Farm .lo’.irnt I. I’allas, Tex.; Southern F.-itni Gazette. Starkville, Miss. 6. 1 have sc-n such result on turpen tine farms. 7. I cannot say. It can only ho dc tern ined by actual experiment. l. KAFIR CORN 2 SOWING WHEAT ON CLOVER AND GRASS SOD. .1 K . Carrollton. Ga. 1 write to ask '"n to kindlj post me as to how I should m. katir corn. It is my first ex perience with it ,<nd no one b.-re lias ever raised any that I am aware of. I have also a field -own in wheat and Clover p-tt the sant" timet last October. I got a pt "tty goo,; stand of . lover and cut a Cl-”P a little Wille after cutting my whc.H. There 1s now on the land a pretty fall- stand of clover, second crop, which is almost fully ripe and about a h. a Stand of , rtb grass with the most of it. I thought of turning It under with a large two-horse plow in the near fil ter- and sowing In wheat again in Oc tober. thinking the clover will come again aft -r the wheat is cut next year and I will benefit my land by turning under wit it is now on it. Would like your opinion about it and also as to the time to turn the land now. while the grass Is gr,, n. or aft, r it dies. 1 could get a mod’-ratn crop of hay by mowing it, but not a larg" ct.’P and I am already well supplied with hay and thought it would bo be t tn turn ft under to help the land. Answer I have ha.l tin personal experi ence In curing "kafir corn." although I b;v grown It to a limited extent for fif teen years past. It Is, however, quit: sitnil.tr to sorghum. In fact. It Is a spe cies of sorghum of Hie non-saccharlne l.tmilv. W, it down an a. re of sorghum and p, i. last week These were sown broad, ast at the rate of I bushel of ■ Fltatn and it, binhe! of pens to the aero We used an ordinary mower and .'ftcr it had lain two days on the grout’d wo put tt in cocks, and after two or three <t.'.yi these cocks wore doubled and trebl’d, and It 1> still in the field tn these largo c'( ks, ( .tch containing about 20G pounds of hay But I suspect that your kafir Is grown In rows and not so thick, then it should be cut when the seeds are th ■ if you desir, to save the seeils, and shock by hands Cut just as you would wheat and o.ats. and the shocks may he ■ app'd over with straw or hay or a few bundles lain ci' swlse. as oats are often capped. Hay e.tps, however, would be better than at.(tiling. It will require from lour t" ten days, according to tlto weath er. to ct:r>- safely for the barn. In fact i. ; ni.ide perfectly dry in the field jt should not be put in close bulk In the In regard to the. win .t, if you expect to sow wheat on tha* th hi In October 1 would at once mow the grass and clover and Immediately turn under the sod. If you should turn under the grass and ■ lover now it i- too near wheat sowing time to do tin- win-at much good. In fact, it. will do it harm. Wheal does not like tn grow on a loose roll tilled with unde cay nd vegetable matter I would not think of waiting until the glass and clover had long past the haying stage. It does not pay t,, turn under a er(Tp that will mak" hay simply to benefit the land. T, do so would be to commit tin error. In my judgment, one which I have for jears combatted. I nd, r no ordinary clr . Uin.-’aiie. ; would I turn under a crop of grass, poavlnos or clover, from which 1 . ould mow as much as half a ton of good hay to the acre. It docs not pay to turn under a food crop for animals, and t is not practiced by any good farmer, nor in any good farming country. The Engll: It and tin- eastern and western f .’(tiers use clover largely as a renovat ing crop, hut they never turn under the first crop, but always what they call ti. afterma ill, or second growth, and Its sod. Whethet the clover seed will give a good stand next year will depend largely upon the. amount of seed that they will produce and what will be turned under. 1 would at once mow the land. Immedi ately turn it over as completely as pos sible, and then wait, until time to sow wheat. Then I would harrow it until smooth and mellow on top, then roll it and then sow the wheat. You say as an apology for not mowing the hay that you have a good supply of hay. If you have more hay than your stock will consume then you have not enough stock, although I know you are a stock man. At any rate I would not make dirt or soil out of hay, because it will not pay. If you do not wish to buy more stock in order to consume your hay, then I would send the hay to some man who has more stock than hay. The bet ter plan, however, is to increase your stock temporarily for the sole purpose of consuming your hay crop and convert it into a form (beef) in which it will command a higher price tn market and at the same time the manure will be re turned to the soil. RESTORING WORN LANDS. W. B. J., Etowah, Ga.—l see a great, deal written in your paper by different parties in regard to preserving our for ests, but nothing, according 'io my views, yf establishing a forest for future gen erations. As yqjt know, and I do, too, there ,are thousands of acres of worn out land in Georgia—old red hills growing up in broomsedge and being washed into gul lies. It they will plans th? gullies with plum seed, the bushes, getting a hold, will stop the washing: and plow up the old red hills and broomsedge fields, and then sow them with acorns, hickory nuts, walnuts or anything that will make a bush of the hardwood variety, either broadcast or in rows, as suits the fancy, and get them started, in one hundred years there will be plenty of timber for our grandchildren, which will boa bless , ing Ip them. And then let our legislators 1 pass .stringent laws to protect these for ests from any kjnd of depredations and put the laws in force not allowing them to be burned at all. In that length of time there would be forests all over old Georgia, and every other state that would adopt that law. As it will be easier to plant the nuts and acorns than it would be 'to set out the bushes, for they can be planted with a plow or harrow after the land has been broken. I hope to hear of some one taking up mv sugges tion. I am n subscriber to The Con stitution and throw in my mite. Maybe it will benefit, some one. Answer- Your suggestions are good. In the main; but. whit is most needed Is to restore what you call "worn out” soils to their original and even to a much higher degree of productiveness. This object can be secured in a vastly short er period than bv waiting on the slow growth of forept trees on such soils. Bet ter restore for productiveness of the soil first and then plant forest trees In a systematic and proper manner, using the best kinds only. 1 suggest that you study up on tip. subject of reforesting. Note the book referred to in last week's Constitution. This is only one of many books that hav? liven published of late years on the subj< . (. C A NTA LOI *P E CI ’ LTIJ RE. J. B. 11.. 11 avnesville. La.—Please give me instructions how to prepare land tor and plant cantaloupes. What distance apart should the rows be. and how far apart, should they be left to grow on the drill? What size crate- should be used for shipping them? How many crates per acre would bp a fair yield? Also, what de early cantaloupes generally sell at per crate In large cities? About how many crates will make t car load? One other question T had forgotten. At what stage of growth should they be taken from vine for shipping? Answer—ln Georgia the usual distance for cantaloupes Is 6 by 4 foot. The best soil is a warm sandy loam. Plow such land to a depth of 5 or 6 inches with a two-horse turn plow a month before planting lay off the rows 6 foot wide, running twice in tin same furrow with a largo shovel. S attor 600 to 800 pounds of the following fertilizer to th” acre in these furrows and mix well with the soli. Then throw two tnrn-nlow fur rows on the center furrow and board off. A good formula for fertilizer is arid phosphate, 14 per cent, 1,000 pounds; mu riate of potash. 160 pounds; cotton s cd moal, 840 pounds; t’Olal. 2.000 pounds. I The above would analyze about 8-5-2.8: and any ready mixed fertilizer having the same relative analysis would do about ns well, although costing more per ton. Plant ten or twelve s>ods In a place every 4 feet, covering about I inch deep and thin to one in a place when in 'the fourth leaf. Apply a little nitrate of soda around each hill at this time, say one teaspoon ful. and repent in two op three weeks. Stir the surf.n-e soil every ten or fifteen days, until the vines interfere with the work. Get sed of th" Rocky Ford va riety. When commencing to ripen the fields should be gone <jy. r. at least, once < a day. The standard .-rate is 12 by 12 j by 22 Inches in size, and holds forty-five perfect melons. It Is very important to 1 pick the melons at exactly the right stage ] of ripeness, pack very e’;"se and tight in the crates, selecting melons of uniform size for c.-i’-Ji crate, and shipped imme- ; diately. The yield of cantaloupes varies I greatly, say from 40 to 200 crates per i ax-re. A good yield is 80 to 100 crates i of marketable melons. A good packer , will pack 200 crates per day. Smaller I ntelons- than standard, or larger, are put • in th- same sized .rat’, jhe number of . melons in a crate varying from 36 to 64 ■ and even higher. All imperfect, underripe ' or overripe and “slick" (not netted) must be r-_’’--ted. Tin market varies very greatly say, from 50 cents to $1.50 per crate. An ordinary ear load is 400 crates. ■ A Rocky Ford cantaloupe, when ready j for picking, has a pc ".ili.'.r grayish-green ; color, which contrasted wRh the light colored netting gives the melon a brown- ' Ish cast. TJte stem will part easily and clean from lhe melon. A melon must not | show the slightest ting" of yellow at the lime of picking. THE STORY’ OF A ONE AND A HALF AICRE FAT" *H. W S. Ij.. Thomaston, Ga..—l'lease ex cuse me for taxing your patience wltn lais epistle, bat according to a promise watch I made myself a year or more ;,-■> ; am now fulfilling it by giving you nr.ielail the experience, of one who knows V,■, y lit tle about the “profession of Cain” onl'ywhat 1 have learned by reading as- i I had a patch of an acre and a half which 1 used for a pasture three years. If January. 1902, 1 turned under the Bermuda with a one-horse turner; on the 20lh of March Os the same j ear I bedded It in 4 ft" t rows; on April 15 I put. 800 pounds of cotton seed meal and a-’id pet acre. This was put. in water furrow. The 23th of April I planted it in cotton, of G. W. Truitt's big prolific. September 14 (oj. near that date) 1 sold my entire output, 337 pounds lint, at 8 1-2 cents. About September 18 I broke it well with a one-horse turner; between October 15 and 20 I took my one-horse turn plow ami listed it in rows as close as I possi bly could g‘ t them, about. 18 or 20 inches apart. I then sowed 2 1-2 bushels Texas rust proof oat.s per acre (broad cast), brushing them in w<*U with a brash, run ning the brush with my rows. I grazed these down three different times. On February 26, 1903. (took my cows "ft* my oats. June 9 or 10 I had them cut with a cradle and shocked, making in all seventy-nine shocks, twelve bundles each, about 65 bushels of oats. From June’ 10 to 12 sowed it in unknown peas and early amber sorghum cane; mowed it about the 14th or 15th of September and now have three large stacks of as line hay as anybody. September 24 1 hauled out barnyard manure, broadcasting it on tlie Land and turning it under with a two-horse plow this time. But I expect to sow. as I did last year, with the ex ception I shall sow the. Appier oat.s and only tike 2 bushels per acre instead of 2 1-2. 1 want to put about 200 pounds of guana per acre in the drill when I go to sow. and as this manure which I have hauled out is from the cowpen where cows have been fed on cotton seed meal 1 thought I would use a guano that con tained a large per cent of potash. I want to sow my outs about the 15th or 20th of October. Answer —I congratulate you upon your fair degree of success in the cultivation of your I 1-2 acres. You state that you applied 800 pounds of cotton meal and | l acid per acre. This statement does not- I indicate the proportions of meal and acid. and it indicates that you applied no pot ash at all. It occurs to me that the land should have made nearly one bale to the acre with a properly compounded ferti lizer. to the amount of 800 pounds. The yield of oats was fairly good, better per haps than the yield of cotton. 1 think you will do well to sow the Appier oats and 2 bushels to the acre Is sufficient, it you will put them in with a Gantt or Car mlcal fertilizer and grain drill. 1 would not put too large a proportion of potash and 1 would use some ammoniating mate rial. The removal of the pea crop and sorghum will leave the land not so very much improved, and the oats will require a good fertilizer, such as will be made by mixing 200 pounds of acid phosphate, 50 pounds of muriate of potash and pos ; sibly no cotton seed meal will 'be needed ■at the time of sowing. In March you i can determine whether an application of nitrate soda is needed by tne color of the blades of oats, if dark colored and vigorous lhe nitrate may be uispeused. with; if light colored or yellowish, 1 would apply 75 pounds to the acre. CURING PEAVINES. Gilliam Bros., Abbeville, S. C.—We will give a tried plan for putting up peavine hay, which is not new to a great manj, as we got. it from Tile Constitution five or six years ago. it is this: Get a good hard seasoned piece ot wood 3 feet tong and 4 or inches square; round it oft* at top and taper it to a sharp point and put a heavy iron band on lop- J his peg is to make, holes to put poles in. Get a good heavy maul to drive with, have poles : cut 9 feet long, 3ji to 5 inches at butt j and sharpened to nt in ho.es. Nail on • two cross pieces 4 feet long 15 or IS I inches above ground at right angle la ' each other and two more 18 or 20 inches from the top. Nail on and have poles rcauy before starling to pul up. Njw ! vvinn the dew in oil suirt inovver and I raxe and put up as last as cut; me vines snould not even wilt. Pack around poles us close as can be done with a fork, but don t tramp. Top off to a point and it properly done me vines will cute ninny and of the same color as wlien cut. 1 .vo years ago we put up 1,100 bales and never lost 200 pounds. Tne idea is when the vines are put up green tney admit 111 c air and as tiiey ury out settle down, so the upper cross pieces act as a shelter. There should be put on lower cross pic'-’.s so as lew will touch lhe ground as pos sible. \\ <■ always pull Horn under wii-n stack is finished, so as to admit the air; have pul so three ot these stacks would make a tour-horse load. 'I here are plenty of people who never know ho>v a thing looks until it is done, but if tne pea.vitte hay makers will adopt this plan our word for it they never wi.i have an> trouble. They might not do everything right, the first year, but would know tty the next. APPLER OATS, ETC. James J. IL, Elm City, N. C. I have read a good, deal in lllte Constitution about, tile Appier oat. \\ hat is there about the Appier oat that makes them bitter than any other good oat? About sixteen or eighteen years ago 1 saw the advertisement ot .t Ge.u-gla farmer sav ing he had an oat which he had been planting twelve years, and .1 had never ueen winter killed. I sent and bought ore bushel. They bad a large grain (with a beard), were very yellow, did. not grow* tali, and did not have a large head, but were really a v-.ry good oat. There were with these oats a very few that were nearly black, grew a little taller than the others, heads a little longer and had more grains in number, but tlte grains were not so large and had no beard. Nearly all these o 1 is now are ot the latter kind. 1 have sown them in fall and in spring. .1 find them equally adapted to either winter or spring sowing. 1 don’t think so much as one stalk or bunch has ever been winter killed. Whin I sow peas after the cats they come up and will make a good volunteer crop. I had 15 acres this year that came up last tall. There has never been one particle of rust in them until this year. This year I had two fields in volunteer oat.s and two sown in the spring, ttnd tiiey all had the rust badly, nearly ruined. I had one piece In Burl oats and they did not have tlte rust at all. But I have never been able to make as heavy a crop ot my oats as 1 see you make with the Appier. You advo cate the sowing of fall oats in open fur rows. 1 am satisfied this is a good method, but it appears to me tills is a very tedious way. To go all over a field with a single plow making a furro.v every 16 or 18 Inches would be a tedi ous job. Then go over It again with a sl id and fertilizer distributor would bo another tedious job, as 1 understand the rows have to b? opened for the Gantt distributor. I have an Iron Age culti vator with one set of teeth that would make furrows about 4 Inches deep and 4 inches wide. With this I could run five furrows at a time, but I think they would be so small they would—with a few raii.f.--fill up and be about level. j had read so much about grain drills I bought one this summer for the pur pose of sowing peas and small grain. I seeded down about 15 acres In rows 2 feet apart and plowed them. These were for peas for hogs. 1 now hive my hogs on them. Then I broadcasted a field io make hay for stock. lam well pleased with the machine. But this machine (pens with a disc and don't leave but v’-rv little furrow behind it. 1 have Icon thinking about ordering enough Appier oats to seed down 5 act s, but if 1 can't sow them witli my so ’»-r, a: t have io send and buy me a Gantt seed er, then ibis sets me back again. 1 send you herein a few grains of my Oats, grown this year and .-'lined by the rust. You will sei’ file grains are very small. Can't you send me a few grains of Ap pier cats and let me see them? Now, this Is not for the paper, but just an swer me and unhitch me about the sow ing of oats this fall. It Is now nearly sowing time, so I have to hurry up. Have had a long, dry spell hero. Fine ■ rain last night. Will commence break ing my oat land today. Want to sow al.out Ist of October. I live 50 miles cast of Raleigh. Please tell tne from whom 1 can get the genuine Appier oats and how many should I sow to the acre? Answer—The Appier oat Is a close se lection made twenty years ago by a very . intelligent farmer from the original Texas rustproof cat. The Georgia experiment ■ station got seed of Mr. Appier, the origi- ■ ral selector, about thirteen years ago, and has made careful selections and kept them pure since, that. time. I’rrhaps the oat that the Georgia farm er bii'l and of whom you bought a. bushel is what is known as the Irwin county rustproof oat, which I used to grow thirty or forty years ago. and you have described it very well. This cannot be the same oat as the Appier, because the latter has a long awn preceding from the back of each grain of oats. 1 will s; y, however, that wc nave a. few of the back er brown oats In our Appier oats, , and we are uncertain how they got into ! them, and our agriculturist has expt ess -d a partial belief that they are a still : farther evolution; but I do not think so. j t think they are what is called tlte tall I lack oat and Is a variety of itself and I got into our oats one year when we I were thrashing them with a traveling thrasher. I think It a good variety and I am selecting it out with a view of de veloping it. I cannot say, however, that this black oat Is rustproof. I nave never sown it to itself. I have never seen any rest on our Appier oats qor on the Burt oa ts. You say you have never been abb to make as Ir'iiv.v a crop of your oa.s :.s we have made of" the Appier. This suggests that possibly your varb ty is not as good a one ns ours; but I think the true rea- j son is you do not sow as we do. nor f- r- : tilize as liberally. In regard to the open furrow method, ■ the only objection I find to it is the one ’ that you urge—that it is rather tedious; but this will not '.ong continue, in my ; judgment, because some ont will invent ’ a machine tbat will sow two or three i PETERS “ Factory: Loaded Shells The Best Ammunition for Field or Trap Shooting “LEAGUE"—BIackPov.-der “IDEAL”—Smokelesj "PREMlEß”—DeruaSmokeless “REFEREE”—SemI-Smokolos» “NEW VlCTOß”—Smokeless "HIGH GUM”—Dense Smokeless Used by Millions Sold Everywhere Z HAVE YOU EVER TRIED PETERS METALLIC CARTRIDGES? If NOT. ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUT THEM furrows nt once, something like the large grain drills wc have been using so long. Moreover, in comparison with the old rr.cthod of plowing or harrowing in seed cats, the raving of seed, amounting to fully one-halt', will fully pay for the ex tta labor of sowing in open furrows. For Instance, wc find that we can get a» good a stand when sowing in open fur rows with I 1-2 to 2 bushels of seed per acre as we can get with 4 bushels of seed per acre harrowed in with a cut-a-way harrow, or plowed in with a scooter. The rows do not have to be opened In order to use the Gantt distributor, it opens, sows and covers sufficiently, al! at one operation, and the double spout distributor sows both fertilizer an.l grain at the same time. One hand and one b.orse can sow 3 or 4 acres a day. The open furrow plan requires that the fur rows be not less than 16 inches apart. Therefore, you cc uld not sow five fur rows at a time with your Iron Age cul tivator, lading the furrows 4 inches fifari. because there would not be room between the furrows for the earth to st;, nd. The disc machine does not leave a suf ficiently open furrow to meet the re quirements of the open furrow system; but they do betti-r sown with any grain drill than if sown and harrowed, or plowed in. The grains of oat sent resemble very ranch the brown oats that are slightly Intermixed with our Appier oats. I send you a few grains of Appier oats, such as we have been selling all sum na r. We have now exhausted our sup ply and cannot fin any more orders, but 1 can give names and addresses of par ties who can supply genuine seeds on postpaid reply card. I advise that you sow two bushels to the acre if sown in open furrows or with y ur disc drill, and that you fertilize with the following amount per acre; Two hundred pounds acid phosphate, 250 pounds cotton seed meal and 50 povnds of potash. In the spring apply E0 to 75 pounds of nitrate of soda as a tip dressing. STOCKING AND ELEPHANT LEG. F. H. G.. Jalapa, Tenn I have a young ma.ro that I rode to town Monday and on going to her to start home I noticed her hind l"gs were swelled about the posture joint extending up some, and every (lay since they are swelled worse. It can't be a strain; she is not with foal. I remember a horse being described to you the same way after he had been affected about three months., and you said at that stage the disease had be come chronic, and told what to do at that stage, and you called it elephant leg. I believe this mare Is affected the same way. and I would like very much to know what to do in the beginning of the disease. Please let me know through your department at your earliest con venience and oblige a subscriber. Answer—The characteristic symptom of stocking Is the fact that the leg will swell during the night, or when stand ing idle, and the swelling will subside when the animal goes to work. It is due to ct lymphjatic constitution, a weak circulation, standing in filth or wet, etc., and may be brought on by want of ex erclse and too much food or too much work and insufficient food. Give a dose of I ounce each of aloes, ginger and soda. Dissolve In half pint of boiling water, add half pint of cold water and give at one dose. After this has operated commence giving I ounce each of tincture of chloride of Iron, tincture of gentian at a dose In a pint of water three times a day. Bandage the legs tightly at night, or when not at work, remove the bandages when going to work or exer cise. and rub the legs- briskly with the hands. Give good hay and oats. If the above should fall give I ounce of Fowler's Solution once a day In a bran mash for a month, and rub the logs twice a week with an ointment of 2 drams of iodine and 2 ounces of vase line. BLIND STALLION. W. D. Dennis, Billie, Tex.--1 have a tine stallion that went blind about a year ago; his eyes look all right, only a little clouded on the sight. I do not know any cause of his blindness. You will very much oblige me If there is a cure by writing me. Answer —You do not give a single detail of the period during which he was losing his eyesight, or the time from the first attack of inflammation until the sight was lost. Probably the case Is similar to the one about which "IV. M R..“ in quired in the article Just preceding this. CHRONIC FOUNDER. 1,. B E., Russellville, Ark.—Please toll mo what is the matter with my horse. He is lame in all feet, the inside of hoofs have a chalky appearance apd are soft, can easily be dug out w«th a knife or chisel; the frogs are diminished in size, and are very hard, ami from the center of frog to the top of the back part of hoof in the dividing "crack" seems In flamed and discharges a very b.-ul smell ing puss or matter. In traveling he takes very short steps, and when stand ing rests first on one foot and then an other. The muscles of his shoulders ami hips seem drawn, but are not sore He has boon In this condition for sev eral months. i treated him as follows, which did no good: Soaked feet for three consecutive nights in a poultice of wheat bran and lye. then blistered with lini ment composed of I ounce each of corro sive sublimate, alcohol and gum cam phor and one-half pint of turpentine. Ho eats heartily, but does not gain any flesh, although he is in very good con dition. He is 9 years old. Answer It Is difficult, without a per sonal examination, to say what is the matter with yoijr horse; but I am in clined to the opinion that It Is a case of "chronic" founder, complicated with contracted feet and thrush. Chronic found' r does not necessarily Imply that It first existed in acute form. It may be th result ot bad shoeing. The poul ticing was all right, but the blister olnt- i ment you used was not the proper one. Use the following: Two drams of can- I Ij q fes feak “I have suffered with piles for thirty-six year*. Ono year ago last April I began taking Cmu-ar-ts for constipation. In the course of a week I noticed the piles began to disappear and at the end of six weeks they did not trouble me at all. Cascarf ts have done wonders for me. I am entirely cured and feel like a new man.” George Krydor. Napoleon. O. CANDY cathahtic Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good, Do Good, ‘ Nover Sicken, Weaken or Gripe, 10c. 25c. 50c. Never sold in bulk. The genuine tablet stamped CC C. i Guaranteed to cure or your money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 593 TEN MItUON BOXES 1 Itharldes and I ounce of lead. Rub a little around the coronets. In twenty four hours wash it off and turn to pas- I ture or put him In a loose box with soft I bedding of sawdust or short shavings. | I doubt if you can cure it. For the I thrush: Clean ont the feet (clefts) well j after the poulticing, and when dry press I a little calomel Into all the cracks amt ■ crevices and stop it in with soft paper i or rags to keep in the calomel and keep I out the dirt. Clean out and renew tha calomel every second day until the dis charge and the bad odor disappear. An all s :tficient reason for moon blindness is the inflammation which precedes it. periodically, finally and inevitably ending in blindness unless carefully treated at every recurring attack. It is a blood disease, based on heredity, and Is in curable. according to all the authorities. But proper treatment, as already Indi cated, may often preserve the sight until old age and death, the attacks continu ing every month or two. Os course there are other causes of blindness, but as you do not mention any in the life of the horse I am loft only to conjecture that It was “moon blindness,” or recurrent ophthatima. I have not heard of a single case ot restoration of sight after the lat ter was entirely lost and the recurring inflammation had long ceased. BLIND HORSE. W. M R.. Johns. Miss I have a horse that cannot see real wll; his eyes has a blue glossy color; ho is 5 or 6 years old; has been worked but very little; his eyes haw been failing for some time; he is sound and hearty otherwise. Answer—You do not sufficiently ae- Bcribo the case. If the horse has had periodical attacks of Inflammation—from one to two or three months apart—lt is probable that It is a case of "moon blindness," and 1 judge that he is now stone blind, and there is no help tor 1L Give a. better and more detailed history o£ the case. SAVE TRAYLOR, SPENCER & CO.'S TAGS. Subscriptions fcr Tobacco Tags. Subscriptions to Weekly Constitution will be. accepted paid by tobacco tags from the following brands: Plumb Good, Gold Basis, High Life, Right of Way, Rob White. Spem er s Special. Good Will, Natural Leaf, Anglo Saxon and Patrick Henry, manufactured by Travior, Spencer & Co., of Danville. Va. 50 tags for a six months' subscription to Th. Atlanta Weekly Constitution 100 tags for one year's subscription to The Atlanta Weekly Constitution. This makes these tags practically worth 1 cent each. 100 of them pays for Thu Constitution one year, which costs JI 01. The biggest, brightest and best weekly newspaper in the United States. Send your tags fully prepaid and use none bitt the brands namerj above The offer Is good from January 10, 1903, to January in. 1964. Address them plainly to Th? Constitution. Atlanta, Ga. GRAFTERS ON EVERY HANI). Mayor Harrison Talks of Corruption in the Windy City. Chicago. September 30.—"1f I raratd firs | al! the men I suspect of 'grafting’ they i would be jumping out of every window iin the city hall. This hall 1« full of 1 'graft, big and little —you know It, and can't prove It. I "I've got eighteen months' left and I’ll I get some of them yet." With those and other frank declarations Mayor H.irri; >n has expressed himself Or. the subject of municipal servteo. He asserted that his hands were tied; that conclusive proof could not bo secured of such guilt, but during the remaining months of his administration means will be employed to clean out a number of departments. But the proofs are mwes sary to discharge the man, the mayor said, under civil service laws. The may or declared It to bo an impossibility to get sufficient evidence in many known cases. Free Booklet On Nervous Debility, written by the ■ leading specialist in this country. Ad dress Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 42 In man building. Atlanta, Ga. » STEEL SYNDICATE EXTENDED. Five Millions Paid to Morgan as Manager. New York, October !.—The syndicate organized to convert $200,000,000 ot United States Steel 7 per cent preferred! stock into 5 per cent sunking fund bonds expired today, according to the original terms, but by consent of a great majority of its members has "been extended till July I, 1904. Withdrawals from the syn dicate, according to a leading member of the steel corporation, have been small. The terms of the agreement between the steel corporation and the syndicate call for a distribution of between $35,000,000 and $40,000,000 of bonds to members ot the syndicate. This distribution was made in large part today. It is probable that some statement concerning the pro portion of withdrawals will be made in a few days. The sum of $5,000,000 was paid to J. F. Morgan & Co. today as syndicate managers. This represents a call for 25 per cent of the. 520.000.000 cash to be paid for a like sum of bonds taken by the syndicate at par. NEW ORLEANS LOSING COTTON. Owing to the Demands Made by the Screwmen. Now Orleans. October I— All the steamship agents here today joined In an address to the general public througa the ir ayor and newspapers calling atten tion to the fact that every avenue of trade is suffering through the unwar ianted demands made by the screwmen; that cotton is being diverted from this port and shippers of cotton and other c.-rgo are. afraid to route their cotton through New Orleans owing to the pres ent levee tie-up. The public is asked to take a hand in the situation and compel a settlement of the contro-ersy by arbi tration or othi rwire. The screwmen six w no sign today of recession from tho position they have taken. TO BE SETTLED BY THE JEW£. Immigrants from Russia To Settle in Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.. October I -(Special.)- Dr. Louis Edolman has returned from Mobile, where he met some of the offi cials of the Southern railroad and in spected lands placed at his disposal for settlement by Jewish immigrants from Russia. Thy land is adapted to fruit growing, and is just wfiat the immigrants desire. Dr. Edolman will go to New ' ork at once to arrange for transporta tion of his immigrants 'to the south.— > Miser's Gold Is Found. Fergus Falls. Minn.. September 29 F. W. Trombler. aged 70 years, a miser, who has been living alone in a miserable nut, died today in a hospital. Neighbor! who searched his house found $2,300 »e --creted.