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I , J
HOLDING COTTON.
The Independent Farmer.
It en’s that the prevailing opinion
throindiout tie country is that Iho crop
of cotton notv beinig harvested will lull
short o. tit'- <!■ minds for inanuiacture
and consuniptimi. It is ,-d.lom that, a
.. ntrm opinion is expr 1. nd yet itt
f.H-e of this apparent consensus of jntig
tnent the price has dr'»)<:. od to 9 cents m
our inland southern markets and seems
wavering, nndctermm-d wnet 'r to :*■
cover the early season's figure or go still
lower. The farmers’ advisers, s >me "I
whom are themselves < "t.ton gritveis,
sist on • m irketing cotton slowly." just,
enough to l.oop t:p the price. They tire
advised to sell so much each month and
not to thr >w the entire crop on the mar
ket in the of. of a. fiiW months. One.
writ.i- argues that ns it tike-- twelve
months to produce a . rop of cotton and
the cotton i.iilir must run twelve month,
in the year, that, therefore the farmers
should take iw>lw months to dispose <;l
their -.locusts, instead of erowdiin; it
Into market in one-third < f that period.
It is hard for a farmer to decided wliet!i--i
tt would Is Wise to ’’hold” his cotton tor
bettor price, or sell it as fast as as ean
get it ready. If all. or ma’!.- all. could
br induced IO .tel. as one many—to act
in coneert-it might bo well to put mi
"up. t-l" price on the cotton crop anil s- H
JS F at price, »•:’ •' 'ni«‘i I ! ing
shall be offered.
t'oticertod u -!io-.i is greatly to he de
sired in a matter of this -it. it would
seem. Wouldn’t it be a monster ’’strike '
if all th- foi-n ' is. or as largo a proper,
tion of them as the percentage of miners,
railway workers, etc., that m sa.ly
into a. strike, should agree to pat t.lieit
interests in the hands of a president, or
master farmer ami 1‘ t hint say when and
at what price to sell?
This editor has never had any too much
confidence in tile feasibility of organizing
and maintaining su-h a riurp-s '- f -
did once unite long enough to break the
bagging trust, but their success in main
taining their refusal to hue bagging was
essentially aided by the fact that, they
had a mticklj provided substitute al
hand in the form of cotton bagging.
But it the farmers or a large majority
of them could be organized, h.trd an 1
fast into such a. combination how long
could they hold out, and how long a
period wail’ he required to :• nsildy ci
te,-t pre s if a third or such of otbe
large p-.-'.portions of tk . x> s'-m. i ■ • ’
to "striko" and c-mtimi.- to market tis
, t ton ft ■ at sustai I fall
\ .i.iirl th. farmers <l<> without rnoii- ;
long as the factories could do with au
cotton? It. is doubtful. To hold our
length of time the producers of th • eotta i
would have to either stand oft their er.
itors or rely (?) on the banks tor suppli. t
of money. Suppose the factories shou-I
unite in a "lock out,’ or stop their m i
chinery? Would not th-.- operatives in a
very short time <",b r upon an era o.
privation and suffering?
It has always seemed most logical and
reasonnbb- and jus’Hlablo to <-onvim-'.- the
individual farmer of la - indivi lual duty
his duty to ’lini-e'f, ilia family ami his
credito.'s. t Him nut r. fuse to act in
thus aid in any r. asonnble and jm-T ami
organized effort to scare th, good of
all. But while holding this position of
run liness to C-,operate, it is the bounden
duty ami ummsailabb- right <■: iwry in
dividual farmer to look out for himself,
and to take <-ar ■ of his own interests
while not j.-op irdizit g the iniorost -. m- de
nying or postponing his obligations to
others.
Just at this point is developed the weak
place in the farmers’ condition: He is
‘not prepar. d to act for his best interests
while at the same time taking care to
meet obligations he has incurr. d during
the time Ito was making his crop. the
farmer has not a good bank account to
fall back upon. lie is not independent.
He cannot hold his cotton long eii mgh t >
effe-t tie- object in vs. w without ignoring
the just claims of othei -. in a word th
t'armer i oil! • r more or bss »n <l< ot or
Ids cash has just given out and he must
buy n.-e-.ed supples and make :'.<?■ dvd
improvements on a credit basis. This
ought not so to be. Os all men in tie
i world, of till proses.-ions, the fartm-r
' may be. and sliomd -. im-.-j-emient. lb’
! should prodm,. ali staple supplies for
I farm ami family so far as hi, sod and
' climate arc r. asonai.-l. .'z;ipt'-d to their
■ production—in plenty and to spare. ll
should have smnetltimr else to sell besides
cotton. Hi- cotton rop should be the
measure of the char profit of a year's
operations Jt may bo made so; it should
be the "title of faith nd practice." Sis-'.i
a position of advantage may bo attain 1
| bv any intelligent farmer who shall mar..
age his farm mid al] bis business as th v
i should be min ig> d. Such a
' pears to some as an unattninablo ideal
not to be realized except by a tew. But
if the exception be admitted then the
Ideal may become the real, to many, it
not all.
There are thousands of farmers (not
hundreds of thousands, it may lie feared)
who have attained to this imtepend'-nt
position. There are liundio.ls of t.l-ou
-1 amis who may also attain it and r. Hiz.
' its advantages. It is to be done by: (li
i Producing all needed supples, to the pro-
MIORY’S ALL STEEL ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PLOW.
ZD j't’s a Perfect Ciay ,t !Soustes‘ ,, ansi a Greai Lalsnr Savei*.
With thi;4 s»‘t nf Plows, by Mallory’s ! i <1 ( in
Fl7 b,. nn-pared 10 t<> 12 inHif's deep ari'l have tl-.u r<>w-I > i<i -- ilF*"*
u)/ otr Hl ictis tint., tli.'in it wouid take to turn it ’u-.i i .-a-1 y/f \ V
iw. m.-b- P. it .lit ABSo„ttwn
Jrf / VbVr7e K«n Land IromW?.Thing. Th< Double Tur-
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V-M r 1 I j for catalogue and learn al. about it. . -■- b-
MM 8 nr»Y r-i un . i-v.x HO Fist chatlanoooa, Tenn.
TILE WEEKLY WNmmWj GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER- 19, 190.1.
l duction of which his soil and climate are
fairly well suited, and one or more of
these In .such a’ undance that the sur
plus may secure, by sale and purchase, or
iiy exchange, other supplies not conve
nient to produce, besides new implements,
machinery, furnitpre, clothing, etc., i'-oy
doctor's bills and oth.-i- outside expenses; I
(2) Always pay cash for everything
i bought (exe.-pting- pos ibly land), even if ■
! you ha.v.- to "borrow the money- to do
it." (3) Reduce the area in cotton, corm l
tobacco and oilier crops requiring a. max- !
imuni amount of epensive labor, and ex- •
tend the area in crops, oats, grasses, 1
forag’c crops, .pastures. (4) Concentrate I
efforts on the much smaller -eultivaled 1
area and make three blades of grass i
or 3 bushels of corn or three bales of
cotton grow where but one grew before, i
(5) Keep plenty of well bred live stock '
to consume all forage and grain crops
that can be produced on the •farm.
R. J. REDDING.
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FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
A LETTER FROM VIRGINIA.
I W. tV. Rain.y.—About twenty-five
i y-urs ba k 1 began tin- practice of slep
: piiig off a. eeriain number of s:o|’.i in ,
, many different piaees in my cotton lot |
land cimntii'.g boll: just before picking, :
i . 1... rving size of bolls ami getting .-m I
I average r.f whole lot I can eomc pretty ;
: close to what it will pick per acre. ( '
I find from long observation that twenty
■ bolls per square yard for this .e-.-tion -
1 is an a-verage crop, and when I count .
| if it goes over twenty bolls to square
! y ard it i- over an av. rage, and when b’sa
i. less than an average crop. Now :
: twenty bolls to th. square yard of my i
i Kind of cotton will pick about 750 pounds
s ‘i ]>••!' hci*. ,X'f»w sonit' figuring I'-i’ow ■
• will take this id<'a and tr? i” improve
lit le. .-.lying 4,840 ire yard.; to
ai-:e and twenty bolls to squall yard I
I will lie 100.000 bolls to acre; ami as he
: h.-!.. a large boll variety-say fifty-six
to ; amt iie is going to get a
to acre, but don’t fool yoursel f.
' In the iirst place yoq are going to cli ir
: a lull- m .-.ceiling, y m will emml
I best plm-.-s and all sorts of boi.s .-i.el
ill--.-' will got s.rnri" that you think are
safe. 1 plant Russell's big boll prolific
and Igi'-y’s big boll mix-d ami they
. can’t 1... 1..-. it in ,-ize nt bolls, arid yet
iit takes jest tw-’itx boils t" tip -quare
! vard to irin out hnll ■> bale per acre,
itiur rows ar. just 3 feet wide h-".c. so
1 win nwe si 1 '.) off ten steps and tied two
| Imndr. .1 bolls it is easy to .-ome at it.
; ; mat: my report t'- the government
i monthly, bit when the time comes to
; cut i find I have . ithcr overrated or
I ccinn greatly un-b-r ’--.'hat the . ye would
. l! .\-e put the crop from looking at the
| wei-.ls I attended a farmers' institute
l not long since, hoping to gain som - in
| formation that would be useful.
1 So f fired aw:, y to asking
1 cuestions of the professor on the
I stand. Th" first one I asked him
!w is ' I .-ottou was late an.l we wore
anxious to know) hop long from : bloom
until It would 1,0 an open boll of cotton,
and what was tin- diff- r.-m-e in length
of time between a bloom that came on
th.-’ 4lh of .Tulv and one that bl-’iinv’il
on th, 4ih of Sep) ember, b.-foro m-iking
an op.-n I: -!’. Tfe thought, as tin- weather
| " ->s warmer , t nd more suit.nl>!-- for mn
| turing "ottom that the early bloom
• wo'i’d d.-volop iu a iiss number of decs,
i I fold him 1 had ti--1 red calien strings
i md the blooms and noticed it on
.-e; n oceasimm. A bloom on the 4lh
1 f-ilv i.n.-u.-d in sixlv days, and nn the
i P.-pD-mber from t hirtv-fivo to
t ■ \ -five da vs. .-i-’d th« cooh-r the nights
f rav'd 1 fie <l - - v.lopm> it. directly
I iie to what ( > vpccted. Recently I
! i strings aronnd eleven different
,i '.rmis c.n’-ly in S> utembor in dlffeient
i ..f the lie).' to t> -I what per < ■ nt
J shodili-ie As alt f. 11 off. guess Hie
J . n’ w.r ,b "if 100 Tim mxt rfims
■l . pi'oT’nur.iled was. had hi rvcp taken
" oo'-r p- f l.'iml and plowed it with
! ■ ’m!| Vi -.i' • motif 2 1-2 inch: ■ -Imp
I a n...- Pixie p|..-v. bed 1-.’ ami bared
I -f -mill I'm -am-, and then .'•■'ded up n:ma
I ’very thr ’ v ..■■!« hiring plow -=■-■' >n
utd ' I’-oti.-1 100 potimls of a fertilizer
umly/me S\2-<2, and could tel! n« if
I 0..-C ..f fm-tilizeim in this wa v hl wb- ”
i oimhl ■: credit ■ t S? 5 m-:' ton. li
on! 1 m.l ’.-'1 me. 1 "dd lam tlmr" was
I more u •■.] this w.iv than anv other in
: f,i. a -li.m. -.ml -f In w mt. d t" help
| m.-ik- :ml !--.'i>nrt mmn r- sull ■-.
Comm ’-.t Tim mfiy r-. t-mii'lc ! will make
| m tlm: Mr. Rnim-v -ill imt u .vc -o
i "lak n the advantage" of tile institute
R ■ , , mly
| km-w. If ;.- iike hi tting on the height
I of a g.ite pm: i.-r the weight of a p inip
i kin, after Im i t - ■ cretly nie.i-m.< d the
■ -.to- and w.-miimi the otn r. A man at
i an institute should ask questions in or
-1 dor to gain infornmGon that was not .i. -
i for.- in Ids pi-s-. .'.-don, ami not for the
i purpose of giving information himself,
i Th. old proverb say.-, ’ Any fool can ask
: <;u stions that a wi.-o man cannot an
!: w r" (no relic, ;ion int< ndehi. A highly
' mlm. i.teii anil thoroug'niy well inform, d
' nr a may not Im abb :o answer offhand
.- i.minot at ali) mitiy qmslions that
| might l-e put to him. lie does not neecs-
■ car de stiffer in reputation, in the opinion
• of • uupm.nl jud;;- ... on account of such
! imil'llity. It is a hmidred times easier
! ~ ask qm.tions’ ihan it is to answer
Iqi siions. A really well informed man
I ,vil! often Hankly say "I do not know."
(I) LI’.TTU ’E CULTI'RI-l (2) FERTIL
IZER FOR COTTON.
i "Sul..- rib, Elm ' 'iiy. N. C -Will
you kindly answer I’ei me the following
' ' I. Is it now too late to sow lettuce
! seeds for qn'iug crop'.’
i 2. What v. ill be a good fertilizer for
: land sown in p.-im f "in whi‘ 11 vines have
; noc-i mowed? land a light or gray
i loan with el -v subsoil will produce 1.000
: pound;-, sei d cot ton per acre.
1 3. How should 'mu! Im ] re-pared and
cultivated? 1 have 100 I ushols cot ton
-. and perhaps 300 bushels good stable
m-i-a:-:-. . whi h 1 t to bradc i .
! !Te,w mti’-h and what amo-int of guano,
say 8-2 ami 2. ami how much nitrate of
I so,ha in addition to c?tton seed ami stable
manure : Im ill be ,-ipp'i. 1 per acre? Will
I use tlm cotton seed instead of cotton
! seed meal.
; Answer—!. 11 is rather early, than late,
! to s-,w 1-ttmc seeds for spring crop.
You should inform -. ourself on all points
| r-. filling to gardening, ".y getting one or
i more :-,p-to-(’ate works on gardening and
’*• . -1: f; rming. 1 .-.dvi“e you to gel a.
r,mpy of White's Gi-idening for tin- South,
■ i new edition price $1.50. I’. H. Mell,
. Clcmsem College, S. ('.
i 2. .1 send you several bulletins which
t. ruts 2.000 feet per
Fr,isht
brl.Oilrh Mill Mtg. Co.
Bex 701 Atlants, Gil
1H Liberty Bt.. N. Y.
will answer your questi m.; in regard to
fertilizing lands of diffm-. nt character
and comiitimis. L'lease icier to the lat
ter part oi bulletin No. 59 tor a forniuta
lor cotton.
3. I would turn the innd o\ about
the first of November with two-horse
plows. Harrow it two or three times,
If needed, during the winter, so as to
get the surface in tim- mellow condition.
I-\i not use yo m cotton seed directly as a
fertilizer, but exchange them for cotton
seed meal. If you use 8:2:2 guano, ap
ply not bss than 500 pound: to the acre,
and at the time of planting, distribute
about 30 to 40 pounds of nitrate, of soda
in the furrows with the .- .-ed.
I note that you express your purpose
to use ths cation -seed instead of cotton
seed meal. This is contrary to my per
sistent advice frequently given in these
columns. If you have coarse stable
manure, that is to say if it is not .■•ottcil,
it would be sv< 11 to broa least it; but as ■
a rule, 1 prefer to concentra.'m the fer
tilizer apqilicd to cotton in the opening;
or bedding furrow and the two listing
furrows, t am on re.-ord as opposed to -
broad,msting fertilizer, except wl’.en large j
quantities are to bo used.
HORSE CHESTNUTS.
Z. T G . lx. y ville. Ga. l.’nder separate
cover I . .-ml you two chestnuts; I have a
tr.-o of tin- kind, and it is a very heavy
be.ii r. Some of my neighbors say they ,
ate the horse chestnut. Please say tn i
your -eip. r o what genus of plants they i
belong.
Answer The "separate cover' contain- I
Ing tin Iwo che. Hints did not reach mo
al all. The nuts must, have miscarried
tn the mail or hern appropriated by th"
th< of lice of The Constitution
at Allantm The ordinary nut called
- inns.- chestnut" is really not a chestnut
at ali, and belongs to an entirely diflereut
order of plants. Horse chestnut is an
other mine- for buckeye, the botanical
name of whi-ii is m-si-ulus, and there arc
qiiiic a number of species unit varieties
sonn of them edible, and some poisonous
tin. plant; biaring them varying in height
from .mall bushes to large trees. The
nuts are not inclosed in prickly burs. Ihe
ordinary chestnut is botanieally known a
c.isianea. The native species of castane i.
an onlv two—the ordinary chestnut
(eastama v. seal and the elituquapui
(mi: tali' i piiiiiil.il. But there arc sev'-tal
foreign .-peei'-s and varietii . from bpain,
Italy, Japan, etc. Some ot the trees ato
qi'ite' l:.rm- (Spanish), while others are
\<-ry small (Japanese!. The foreign va
li. i'ws h ive also generally very large
nuts, but they are not so sweet as our
THREE ACRES OF GRASS LAND.
.1. \V. IL, Social Circle, Ga.—l have 3
acres of ; olid year fori st land now tn
I - astiirn ■ There are but few stumps
on it. ami it is very eioddy in places, on
account of being a flat, ind 1 have not
worked it enough to pulverize it. But I
want to mike a permanent seeding on
tins to ra. ’ calves on. This land will
make a bale of cotton per acre or 15
bushels of corn. It is rather dark and
stiff land, not over 8 feet to water at
the nearest point. What would you ml
vi.e nn- to ;-’.int mi this land to make
the most profitable crops? [ am now
sowing 10 s ; s of thin cotton land in
rya . Would you advise me to sow dwarf
Essex rape <-i this also for pasture?
I x -o< t to sow a few acre.- of good land
in rape for -alves I am now trying to
raise all of ft ed at home and ex
pe.-t to carrv thirty head of cows, heif
ers and cal. through this winter.
Answer—lt , a difficult matter to ad
vise in regard to details and in the ab
s enee of more perfect knowledge of the
conditions. I think, however, you could
utilize the 3 acres of second year land
t i a good advantage as follows: Get it in
fine condition at once and sow it in I
bushel of hairy vetch to tile acre, and
half a bushel of oats or I peek of rye.
This will afford you good cuttings of
vetch ami t'ne ry. or oats along through
February, March and April. Vetch for
age is a very nutritious and palpable food
for milch c >ws ami for all other animals.
1 would then, about the Ist of May or
a little later turn over the land and
harr iw the surfa- e smoothly. This may
be -nt as soon a., it becomes large enough
or it may be mown for hay. We have
just weighed up the product from I acre,
amounting to 0v.3 tons of cured sor
ghum and c.own.-i vines. Tie’- 10 acres
of thin cotton land in rye will furnish a
scant pastureage, uot amounting to much.
ut will beneiit tlm land by taking up
the soluablc plant food left bv th. cot
ton crop, and in preventing it from wash
ing-. 1 would nut sow Essex rape on
smalt land, either for pasture or for any
< tie r purpose, es it will not amount to
aiivthing. e.-pc-ially when sown so late
;m'this. The good land that you speak
of, sowing rap. may possibly m.ike a
"Ood yield, .but 1 doubt it if sown as
late as tlm pre.-ent date. Rape should
be sown in tlm '"I -- ml as late as tut
nins are usually '-iwn. but not 1-iter.
it would be wei| lor you to try a variety’
~f crops ami im-lo- selection according
to voqi- ohs-vva' ion ami your experi
ence wlii h you will gain.
I’.EHMI’DA RYE. RESCT'I’ GRASS
AND HAIRY VETCH PASTURE.
\\ . S. R-. Bambi rg. S. ( ’.— Last April,
according to din elions in Atlanta. Con
siitution. 1 planie-I four acres bermmla
t "on rye. I laid off rows with leill
loiis-uc all,mt 2' f> ■■ t 'vide, dropped a.
pie,.-,. Os root f very 2 feet, and pressed
down with hii-1 of shoe. I have a good
stand, bunch. .: from size of your hand
10 size of hat. Some of it has runners
2 feet Jong. The latter part of August I
! cut a crop of native grass, weeds, etc..
, off of it; about two week’s later 1 com
menced 'to pasture it with cows ami
horses. Tiiire was not much bermmla.
for the stock t<> get. but plenty of crab
and crow-foot grass. This tour acres Ims
been in rye for grazing for past twenty
five ye-trs. 1 alivays sow peas alter rye,
gtazc or mow and then rye again. This
1 land will produce -'i bale, of cotton per
.u’l'e with 300 pounds of your cotton for
mula. ! want to put on it for benefit of
bermmla 200 pounds cotton seed meal.
200 13 p. :■ cent acid and 50 pounds mu
riate potash per a -r*’. My object in writ
- : Will it pay best to put on
and harrow in. or will it .njuro bermuda
to sow ferlilizi r. also - , bushel of rye
:e. acre and b. <k in with two-horse or
6-ineh half shovel plows? If it will not
kill mt bermmla, I would like to have.
11 in rve agaiu for gr.tz until bermmla
covers the land, which I think it will do
bv another season; but if plowing the
hind now will injure Bermuda. 1 do not.
wish to plant. Im-lose |.lease find stamp
for roiilv. aS I would like to hear from
yon before your reply can come cut in
The Constitution.
I ’A ',--- anxious to meet yo i at Clem
son, and had many questions to ask you.
but was disar-pointed ami could not got
oft’. If vou have :t ‘‘bulletin on grasses,
pleas,? 'semi: am receiving tlm others
from your station regularly.
Answer—Were the land now well sod
ded in bermmla grass 1 would not lie
afraid to turn it over with 2-horso plow,
if done right away. Rut I am doubtful of
the expedience of doing so at the present
stage of t'he sod. It would perhaps bo bet
ter to sow something like rescue grass or
hairv vetch, which would not require
an V more than hat rowing. Or simply har
row in the iyc -cd and not risk tlm
nulling over with a 2-horso plow. Ihe
h rrv Vetch would be worth much more
■.a' grazing than would the rye, and the
onlv objection is tile c isl ot the Seed (S 6
or $7 o’er bushel). Moreover, it is rathe,-
I ite to .‘-ov' vetch. But it is getting
r-’tber lai' to sow anything intended for
"i- izing. If you can g' t an alternating
pa: Hire suoh as would be supplied by
rescue gra- ' or hairy vetch it would be
the id> :il pasture.
VICIX FABA (ENGLISH HORSE
BEAN).
II M C. Belton. S. *•—l em-lose you
bean 1 suppose it is. It came up i,i
111’- cotton field and I want you to name
it and tell me if it is worth anything for
| i,..a- f.,. ,| . iftle or horses. Should it be
; them, also will it do for people? The pod
: grows about 8 or 10 inches long. It
' glows up with a stout stalk, something
; like cotton. Please give me all lhe infor
i motion you can concerning it.
i Answer—The bean, of which you semi
' specimens, is botanieally known as vlci.-i
■ faba. The common name is ‘Torso-
' I.can." Ii has be n grown in Englanl
i for many years, but to a limited extent,
as food for horses. I have grown it
my'elf a good many "cars ago. but never
found any use for it other than that of
a novelty. The roasted and giound
beans are said to make a fair substitute
for coffee, perhaps as good for that pur
pose as okra seed. It Is quite a novelty
to most purposes. The beans are very
large and beautifully white and alwavs
smooth am! sound. I have often had the
pods more than a fool long and over one
inch wide.
GOATS AND SNEEZE WEED.
J. R. ('.. Pleasant Hill. Ala.- I liave m
old pasture I have bei 11 using Jar twenty
y -ars. I has some broom ,-ilge. carpet,
grass. Bermuda grass, wild clover and
thousands of various kinds of weeds in
it. There was a perfect thicket of eoffeo
weeds for two or throe years on a cer
tain piece of land; now they have gone
I and another wood, just as thick, lias
| taken its place. I send you a sample of
i this weed. What is it? 1 have been rais
| ing goats am! sheep for years in tills
; pasture and they are beginning to die
i very rapidly. Some people to!' mo this
weed is the cause. The goats die. young
and old; they fall off, have the scours and
i sometimes look as though they were
| drunk. I have kept the pine bushes cut
all over this pasture all these y-.-irs.
' Would you advise mo to plow up ad of
this old pasture and set it out in b- rmtiri.-i
grass or just lot come whai may, or let
it remain as it is? Some of my neighbors
say it is best, as it is with all of there
various kinds of grass, that 1 will ruin tho
. sc.d by plowing it.
Answer—Tlio plant of which yon send a
I specimen is commonly known as "sneez.c
--: weed.” Its botanical name is helenium
: autumnale, a close cousin to another
i species of tho same mis and having
' almost identically tho same kind of tlow-
I ers, the so-called “bitterweed" or hele
i nitim tenulfolium. The helenium autum-
I nale has the reputation 'if being poisonous
! to animals when oaten by them. 1 have
; written about it in this department quite
; recently. I do not personally know about
I its poisonous qualities, nor have 1 seen
: any mention of such qualities in any book
in my library. But thei ■ seems to be no
1 doubt about it. Since the weed is perennial
j (or come from the root every year) the
only way to dostr-iy it would be to dig
or plow up tile roots. J sugg'-st that yon
‘destroy it by bringing the land into cui
tivation- preff-rably in corn, for at least
one year, giving the corn clean culturv
so as to destroy all weeds that may come
g of the land for the •
crop should be done in March aft't- most
us the other weed sends have gei minuted
So that these may b- destroyed in the
plowing. It would" not be necessary to
bring .ill of the pasture into cultivation
at onee, but on that portion not brought
in tin- weeds should be mown down as
1 soon as they commence to bloom in order
to ]irevent. their maturing and restocking
with seeds the portion under treatment.
If thus ployed and cultivated in corn for
cotton) one year the Bermuda grass would
by no means be kill'd out and tin-
ture. being tints renovated, will bo greatly
improved in future. 1 think every b,-r
--miid-i pasture should be renovated ever,y
live to ten years, according to the extent
to which it may become infested with un
desirable weeds.
I GRAIN IN YOUNG ORCHARD. 3.
ROW MARKER
E II D.. Ridgeway. S. 0.- Although a.
new subscriber to The C'onstit üßon, 1
have already dei iv-'-d v, :-. ni ■-h 'i-nefit
and pleasure from it. W-- consider tho
F irm and Farmers' Depirtment li ■■ most
charming feature of th- papi-t. ' '
vice given therein is always very educ
ing and has nroven of inestimable ben
efit to thousands of farmers throughout
lour southland. The article in the last
issue ol The Constitution, "Danger of 10-
Cont Cotton," was a most timely One. T
'trust that all who rend It. will heed the
good advice given therein. The condi
tion of the farmers will never be nta
teriallv bettered until they raise their
jsur’Plies at home. Whejl this is done
: they will be a. prosperous and an inde
- pendent people.
I. I have a field containing about 5
I acres, about half of which has been set
io-.it in fruit tines in practicing the rota-
Ition system advocated by you. This laud
1 should bo planted to oats or wheat this
i fall. Do you think tho solving of ji is
'land to grain would be very injurious
: 1 he trees? Am aware that it is in-
I juriotis, but don’t know to what extent.
, And 1 want your advice as to whotje r tc
i i sow ft to grain or not. Will state that 1
. Hrit.-nd to plant it to corn as soon as
1 grain is harvested.
t ; " 2. In what way does grain injure fruit
- 'frees?
3. Please de;t'libf* li'"v to iii iiw x a r°v.
> • marker.
Answer I. 1 d<"> not know of any crop
'that would be more damaging 1-» ynung
‘ : fruit trees than small grain of any kind.
, 'I ho I '-ason is obvious to me: Tlm small
grain makes its principal draft on the
plant food and moisture of the soil in
.April and May. just at the time that the
! - young trees are making their r-rincipal
1 : growth. I have had an orchard of young
, poach trees so ruined by a crop ol oats
■ ! planted the previous fall that I dug them
■ 'up and planted fresh tre-s tho next smi-
• son If vou will take tie trouble to
'strike a circle of. say 8 or 10 feet in diam-
■ e i ( .r around each In - and .< < that
I 'oats or whatever grain be sown, are pel
to grow within such < ire;*',
, Lees would not probably be seriously
lurid Nor would 1 pant the 0r.,.n0
i'n corn, but preferably in cotton, tobae-
• <o. sweet potatoes, or .-'oni'- crop tli.i I
'makes its principle growth tn early and
I midwinter.
i , 2 (Answered unib-r No. i.)
3 1 bav.- described how to m."k'- a row
'rr-'ilio- mor- than onoe and will try to
’ find copy of paper containing .-m'.-li de
' scriptiun aaid send it to you.
WHEAT (.’t.'LTURE.
' W F. P-. Rockpile. Ga.-I have twenty
, acres of brush land which I want to
; sow in wheat tin ’ Uis ' gray J
■ surface with a red clay Ttbs.nl \Wnt
i kind of wheat would bo best to sow on
' ' tins land and what would bo the b, st
’ | fertilizer and haw much to use per :!<•!>•.
; i Tlm land has a crop of cotton on it. this
I y , ar - ■ .
• I Answer—l know of no Imilor \ artel y
• wheat for mid He and north (b orgia than
' | the old "pur; lestraw, ’ or “blueston. ."
1 probably the most popular variety s -i.il
■ in Georgia. A good formula for wheat
is as !nil-■«.■: A id phosphate (.14 I 1 r
| . . iiti 200 pounds; muiiate <U i.otaslt. 50
' I p inds: cotton sc. 1 meal. 350 piuml-.
’ I All to be applied at sowing time. In
’ M uch a.fiily 50 to 75 pounds of nit:::l ■
of s >da as a top-dressing. Tic- fo’.’i-g.'i.’g
, amoimis fur one acre.
RANK BUT UNPRODUCTIVE COTTON
STALKS.
W. B. ('., ■Wa.lesboro, N. C. I have
a. pi< co of upland in cotton that was
sowed in peas last year and tlm stalks
are from 3 to 7 foot high with limbs to
match, but I will not get over one thou
sand pounds of seed cotton to the acre.
Pleas,- tell mo what ails it.
Answer—You da not .mate what dis
position you made of the pea crop; nor
what kind and how much fertilizer you
applied to the cotton crop. If you plowed
under tho pea vines, .and e-tecially if
you applied a highly .ammoniated fer
tilizer to tho cotton, tlio probable causo
of the rank growth of tim "weed” an.l
tlie unproductive results in crop was
that two nuicb nitrogen (ammonia) ami
two little phosphoric acid .vu-,. used on
tlm cotton.
UOWPEAS AS A SOIL IMPROVER.
I . I-'.. Duke. Miss.—Wil! land im
prove by sowing I'c.'is broadi-ast and tliei.
cutting them for hay?
Answer )'■ s. but not so rapidly us
I some imagine, nor nearly so rapidly as it
; tlie vines Im turned under, or pastured
I off. Y<’t it is rarely adniissablo to turn
I undet a crop of p.-a vines, as I have very
i often urged, for tho simple reason that
I the pi a vines made into ha.v will be
; worth tv.-ie- as much as foo.| for live
stock as they would be worth to the land
I ff all the manure resulting from the
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| KLIHE4)RO?nHD MEBC GO. 19th and Pine Sk, SI l-OmS, MO.
~ Hl”—
feeding of the hay bo returned to the
soil that pmduced the hay (or some other |
.-ml) quite 30 per cent of its manuria.l I
value would bo carried back to the soil.
d you will have gotten the animal food
value out of it, equal to at least sls a
ton.
BERMUDA GRASS.
E. R.. Kincheon, Ala.* 1. How many
a -res of poor piney woods lands will it
take iu bermttda grass to sufficient |
pasturage for five head of grown cattle :
•md t< n b> ad of hogs? Said land will
m ike a bale of cotton to three acres.
2. What is best time of year to set out ,
Imrrnuda. ami how, and will it do to ■
I'asturo on it the fust year?
3. Where erm I get the pure cotton
Answer —I Rather difficult to answer;
probably ten acres would do. depending
n how much grain and other dry food .
vou expect to feed the. same animals.
2. March arid April are the best months.
N d mmb pasturage will t'-sulL the first
summer, the amount depending very
hirgcly on how thickly you saall plant
3. Capers Dickson. Oxford. Ga.
MEXICAN COTTON BOLL WEEVIL.
' To IL .1 ('.. Gabis Mills, La.-The life
history of the Mexican boll weevil is
now well understood by scientific ento
mologists. many of whom have studied
it, and several of whom have been en
gaged > n observations of its habits with
■i view to discovering some means to
Tieck its advance and to minimize its
depredations. You are wrong in your
theory of tho boll worm; it is never a.
bug. nor a beetle, at any stage of its
history. A moth lays the eggs, the egg
hatches into a caterpillar, the ('aterpidat
transforms into a moth. Tlie same is
•rue Os th-' cotton caterpillar or nutin
Tin- caterpillar that eats into the cotton
bolls is precisely the same as the one
Hint gets into tlie roasting ears and
I' ires into the tomato fruit. V rite m
the director of Texas experiment station,
nt collegt Station. Tex., or the dk ctor
of vour own station at Raton Rouge,
md'vou will get reliable information <m
subject of the boil weevil, includ
ing the present territory infested by tt.
TUBERCULOSIS. MAYBE, OF COW.
K A A . Yazoo City. Miss.—Please tcß
me what i- the matter with my cow. Her
■ alf is 7 W Cks old and large for his age
I4he seemed to do all right at calx i.,-,-
\bout two weeks ago her appetite began
t fail and now she eats scarcely any
thing and has failed in her milk I
have" been feeding on hulls, cotton seed
lo'-al. oats and hay. Sh'- doos not seem
to be Fick, hut has a slight cough I
keep her confined in th'* yard and turn
her in our neighbor’s yard about one
d.iv in the week to get grass. She gets
r.lentv of fresh water and salt. I lease
give me a rem-'ly as soon as you can.
and oblige a subscriber.
Answer-I cannot diagnose the case on
the symptoms as given. They are not.
sufficiont I v full I somewhat suspect
that the cow is developing tuberculosis
(or consumption), which is an incurable
disease. I do not wish to alarm you.
Tint I would not use her milk without
first heating it to 180 degrees for ten
minutes, until s'liisfied that it is not
Hibereulosis. Cli;i this out and send >t m
a letter to Dr. J. C. Robert, veterinary
-•■ir-'-'m of vour state experiment station.
.!• 'Agricultural College. Miss., and ask
hi« ad'-iee In the meantime charge her
i,,d bv leaving off both cotton meal and
hulls (do it gradually) and substituting
bran, corn meal and good hay.
"CTTAMITNG" THE BIT.
Subscriber. Massy. S. c —Please t- I me
what to 'io for re?? mare. She is con
titmallv mping." as though she was
..... _■ _ She doc:■ si■ when
at wort mor than at other times, and
it causes her t’> foam at th" mouth a
great d< :il. She is in good e -mlition
and I e.in't -ay that it does her any
liarm as y'-f A mill- that has been
with tlie mare is afUeied the sam- way.
Tl-.ev ha-.-e so for over a month.
Kindly give name of trouble and rem-
■ dy for same and greatly oblige* me.
Vn.-v-.-.-r ■! t’.i’ov.’ ,>f no -',■■■■■l:ll name for
tie. vie.’ 'for snail 1 consider it), n r any
.- for it. If any one ean E,r.,w any
light on tin- question, please let him do
C) <■ \RGET OR AIAMMITIS OF COWS
UDDER—(2) RHEUMATISM OF
HEIFER.
\V. A. W, Tampa. Fl.i.-I W.- have
a tin-' jersey cow and three months bo
' Mie went dry one udder became i::-
tlam. J and all w- , mil.! milk from R
would I"- bloo.lv corriijition and stringy
irdled milk. We would milk it out each
i time, but it remained that way until
I she went dry. The other three are .ail
■ right. Wa will begin tn milk her again
soon l‘i'-is. tell us trouble and how
;.. doctor it when we begin milking her
! again. , r
I 2. We also have a iii.-' Jersey inner
I 2 y. ar.-’ <dd that is <-ffect'-d more like a.
' nerson with rheumatism. Sic- seems to -
j stiff and hates to move. Her joints have
■ in.' urged to double their natural size.
: ey,. ,-,'f.jvos to eat her bran A■! sho ts
i,i::-h. I'll! will oaf all the dish watoi
and table scraps. I also make hay t a
,n,| out in her food and give. Mans
ip I,l’w m:'.-vie food once a day. Sac lias
CT'ii off" until very thin, bin hope to
keep If- alive until I hear from you
tiii-'.’jgh you'.' generous paper.
Answ r— I. The trouble is called "gar
get." or "mammiiis" of the udder. It
is an inflammation of the glands (or
quarters) and may be caused by a blow
on the udder, or by being horned by
-.noth.. r cow, a kick from the milker, and
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I when it occurs at calving it is due to
I overdistension of the udder with milk
' it is not probable that it. will occur dur
ing her next milking period unless sub
jected to one or the other of the above
causes. To guard against, it, let the ra
tton be rather scant and dry for two or
three weeks before calving. If udder
bo gi’-iily distended before milking >
would tie well to r'-li've it by milking
I her. even before calving. H It should
occur again in spite ol preventive ■I ■
; forts give I 1 - tablespoonfuls of epsom
| salts in half gallon of water, with I
! ounce of pulverized ginger. After the
Lilt? have op'-rated give a ta ■■• spoont ,1
I of saltpeter twice a day in drinking wa
ter for three or four days, if neces
sary. From the first bathe tlie udder
well for one hour three times a day with
hot water, and after each bathing apply
some of a lotion made by mixing half
; ounce acetate of lead, half ounce of sul
phate Os zinc. I quart of water. Draw
th'- milk frequently or let the .-alf su .c
las nerdnl. .
i 2. I do not think it is rheumatism, al
I though the sw Hing of the joints would
‘ seem to indicate that it i~. But rheum.t
--• t'sm do'-s not so impair the digestion and
I r-iuse such loss of flash. I tiling tt would
I be well for yon to have a veterinary sur
; geon to examine her ,'iii'i prescribe treat
j ment.
PARAPLEGIA (PA R A LYSIS) OF HOG
E W. B, Horn Lake. Miss.—l have
■ a hog th.-iR when I first discovered . .
I was reeling in his hind [tarts. He final-
I I)’ got down, and can t get up at a".
| H<- oats heartily. I have another ono
I that seems to be . light ,v affected in the
, same wav So'-ms to bo weak in tho
loins, but has not. gotten down yet. Wliat
’ treatment iq best.
| Answer—lt is what is called paraplegia,
, or paralysis, of tin- hind parts—generally
called "down in the loins." and is quite
a common ailment of hogs. Give tlio
; hog one ounce of castor oil and one drop
lof erpton oil at a dose. Follow this up
j by giving 3 to 10 grains of iodide, of pe
i f issium twice a day in tho drinking wa-
I ter, or food, for a vv- - It. At the end -t
i tlie week, if not better, give 20 to 25
, drops qf ’.ii:- t iro of mix vomica In a.
■ little Witter twice a day for two or three
I weeks, if necessary. Rub the back atij,
loins once a day witli compound soap
Jiniment. Tlie trouble is sometimes caus
ed by a blow on the spine causing pres
sure on tho spinal '-ord. It is then
rather a hopeless case.
Some Little “Cuss” Words.
With Apoligies to R—y— d K-p—ling
If a. poet would rise in the public’s favor,
He should use dam and hell as a spl.a
and a flavor.
For tho general cussedness, nothing so
well
Is as uited to us as the little word
"hell
And when things go contrary, hopes fall
with, a slam,
Then Is naught s i expressive as simply
a ’‘dam.”
In this strenuous age there’s no time we
can spare
For the mere sentimental; just work, "nd
to swear. —(?)
Seeks Information.
(From The Now York Weekly.)
Traveler (from Podunk) -Is this here
th’ bureau of information?
Railroad Clerk- -It is.
Traveler—Well, about six hours ago a
i feller took my watch an’ satchel around
I th' corner to git my name engraved m
('em so they vv uldn't. get lost, .in' I wan
: tei know if th- engraV'-is of this 'ere
I town are ail out on striko.
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