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10 “COLDS.” Radway's Readr Relief cures prevent" Colds. Ccusbs. Sore Throat. Influenxa, &on ehltle. Pneumonia. Swelllnt of the Joints, lanatefn, Inflammation. Rheumatism. >eu . ralcia. llMdacbe, Toothache, Asthma. D-ffl- I cult Breathing. Radway’s Ready Relief Is a ’ Bure Cure -for Every Pain, Sprain. Bruises, V Paine In the Back. <3w=t or Umbs. It naa the first and only J’atn Remedy that instantly 1 stops the most excruciating paints, a.lays ln- * BammaUona and cures congestion. whether '« the iunire. stomach, bowels, or other glanla or organa, by one application. gjgffrfa FOR INTERNAL AMD EXTERNAL USE- A half to a traapoonful In bals a tunib*«r of water wii! in a few- minutes cure cramps, spasm?, sour stomach, heartburn, nervousness, sJeeplesaness. sick headache, diarrhoea dys entery. colie, flatulency, and all internal rains „ . .*■ol4 by druggists. RADWAY < CL-., J* Y ark. g>Bg B CftCA! xQw k. aa. v/oollsv. st* . HR. Atlanta, a*- THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION’S CLUBBING LIST. We present he. with cur offers to sutecrlb ers, giving lilt? b‘*. v1 value* In reading matter Xor SI.CO. aid slightly *b that sum. that you can po->ibiy hr..,. S 'lid your gu< ss in with ; our subs, rip 1 .... ‘'rder your premium now. too. It causes de'.ey and vexation to ><>u ami UJiLc.-- a :p of useless. - xtra work , for us, if you waft until afterwards to order your preniiur .. Fin'-h it up all a’ one time • • ■ red 1 n I they are n t wanted, the -.n o >f The Consti tution is not reduced thereby. The SI.OO Combination Offers Cox'T a uide lie kJ of selection.’, and th« club bug rare. ’-urn:-i ’ vlt'. the v.;'.i,out .i-i .;: 4 . 1; , trj;gp, re present* a splen did «n< of its class 'f • are tie great com blnatiow •„>;■ -t . I- T “« your ch-'i -of on- from among them. iIILJ z\N’i» EAE?J. "I Lou’svilie Ky„ the tat ri‘- nion’.': : j agi i'Llturax paper cf the w'-cr-’ south. :'KE SOUTHERN Ili’llA , of Atlanta, <Ja., monthly, recently enlarg- 1 and imi roved- JU xvhl. ii makes v .at h. to . of practical value to t’ »-■ reader. tier, rai farming, stock raising, d.uirving. fruit. v'W’tfibies and pou.- tr- al! fr ' p!ao in paper in new f f m. THE FARM AND ROME, of Snr’rgflcld. Mass., an -client t• • u. ..nthl--, 4 or: . - ng wgri -ulturai ’ pi s f sp f uthern Inter est tha* * v ■ f’-r-m th-' ' '•‘all cotton’’ 7‘- • '■ •'■■■ ■ to ‘ i-- per Inchi ’• s .’ -o • • ’ r'r ;• on* of th* fr' - • ’.*• I'r “ts ‘n T‘ u try,” --T- h- IT . e> r • dn crMs of JTcnl'h.” ■■ • * beautiful .!*hograr>h*’l pb iuros ' r “. Tug • ' or r This < 'D ■ !?■ ■ c ’•<T ' v THE AMERP’AN A- i 1 ’I i.H'RTST. j-f New York, i v. ■■ ’ . t jki;- ’. This the only w- k’.y ngrii ultural publication. ; $ I per year, th -f can ‘ at th ?■’ ** nrice. A s*’‘3 i;h* ”tv ■ for oio ” of fcr THE SOT’THERN OI'I.TIVATOR. of Atlan- * a Cra , o ,’cr sis ‘ ’ -<< - : f .■.< rr> ■ ! at; ’“ be«st Fouthem agrlcudural j<;• r. Its surges- j tier? ar* timely nr. ‘-.dtal.'.e f?r th* cotton ; Btates, and it stands as tre farm- rs’ homo paper to ‘he man” N T ; - • - ;'.r rrreatly reduces tho r>rt t - ‘ '■ ■; ’’ r list. THE TRESTATE FARMER, of Chattanooga. ■ Tenn , a iuuiyry j aj>*r <| to tha dntere-’ts of car:;.- Op and t e raising, tha : rare and r-ri’v fv.'.gc . r-i;>.. truck j farming and ad; • - jy- : m:ckeHng and oth er great er.<: .-.n’ : ;b* f ‘ ' - 'lie farmers' careful thought FARM \N!> FIRE-IDE - f 5 mir.rfb •'. Ohl?, ® s« n-t m- • •■■dy t .”:tl home Tho edited • dumne for • ba! their mm r -’v f- A- ■’ toward m verity !n t *r cnr.'i?.! crops TH.E AMERICAN I.Xf.'HERn of Ch!- c. go. 11l . a -v j. ] ■ . , interest ; cf swine-hre* liner .?• ' >'• . ”.y. wi'h practical ! B' d rg ' ?s »»•'■ . Hnr EOMMFRCTAL PGT’T,TbY, CJ ? uro, a monthly of great va .ilw aung "more and ; . z . ' •,- In “th* b-Tfu’ *!■ r ” raise. f< : .-rd market Pa- an<T - - ;>r )d j- 4 . ’r ♦ » gn : rv ? • 1■!• •liars HOME ANT» FE< -'. '. ES, of Springfield, t o ?<>, a e -n- r fl - -v • .. • • . ... tr.E T:.: - . J:s I.; me and l‘s spei'la! art;. , ,y. ••. y . no Rn | j !<- rjs bulh.s and ’’v. ■ .' 1 1 .. ‘he home ors, nr cott . any <■ •> -h ■ t’u-' ; on. This Is th* *f: ” • • •• tr * Tlir: OCX <A'>'■ • M '\. X..W Y rk. a hig month!’.- - 4 ■ ’ • • ■• t, |.60, <*x- cen* In :ld- --■"•r •• In-- ■ r fLrxKrrn-s/’i.:' ix croiMiv ff F-'U.* d •’ • ‘ . .. time, fn 3‘ • W< ‘ * ’ • • . y c , wr .p ■ ■ 1 lliu • :i b••.•!■;■ .• ~T ..,k v ■rm: Ton. ‘ ; SI.GO. ' aluable •’ ; 1 ~us ’ n ’‘ ’ *■’■ Fiv* 4 valuable «»ti- ns. i <' 'V -• • 1 . . j..,. n ’d ■- ' .' L m '■ ' 1 ' T'Mth irbbh ■;. ■ - :m.7v > har- ' . ' : ’ iir Kpe ■* ' Tn ’ •'■ •' ' ' ’ ■ ' livnr. |" ;’ r 6 ,L ", .’ . ■ ppr - "rbiish'-d y yy; •• n.oo''fj‘i> we'.kih The 51.25 Offers. ■ . ■ ' ■ . ■ < , y.‘ r r ; K I'FEevr - J - i: - * •••■; f‘>-- i vim -T* n b*2t ' ''■i'-ti’ut lon. ' ,7?i -v.» a!n« 1 'C .- ' x ; tl- ial j n ? ?s 7* ' ' . ’ :i ! ’ : '*7 leading ‘ J.?” ■" :: '‘ 4 ‘rcst. The- ’; \ '>• •' • , 7’ S c jsmopol- Other Offers—Our $1.40 Atlas Offer. . ' .” ' - THEEE s A ’ • ' ’’ ,r : <*ar. $ I .40 Hou- hl* jag* mn,s * S’-i-'-rr c -at»-s- Th- V .E 50 .. - - 7m-yhodr Any One cf These with the Papei for 51.50. BXRprn-s c . x . ; , Vork An pi cEFnt ]-is:u"r monthly. RT’R \E NEV. Y<*F’EF.R. r.f bfew York- The tE TEXAS EAHM F\.VH. , ls n ;., aq S ' 1 adapt*: Its Fpecial s’ib ST ' Xl> ' T;r> ,• Xpw y ork ■ ■'■dri 1 " ,TTl ° ara <?ng our laJi- sub- Any One of These with the Paper for 82.50 to Subscribers. T ' p T » ;fV- EK s’ bible. No. so IAI .11.1.5 J RAZO,, ami Xo 6 Br.rbor Strop I '® 11 IJ - : RAZOR, Aluminum of preTnintim alone to a subscriber SI .50- The Sewing 1 Machine Offers All Freight Charges Prepaid. N■> I,r ' ■I -' l ' l ■ t Sewing Machine In oak only, with » <-••!> v one y, lr , $20.00 No. 4 Dr. I -Head Cabin, t S. wins Ma< hlne 1-. oak cnly. .> th V.'- k’y one year, $lB 00. There ar. abv SOO '... al papers (almost *ll th : rst- lirs weekli'*) <)nbblns with The * •or-.'-tloition. Or a-r.- for these are expected to . ne throusb the papers making the offer. Remit to them their full advertised price. A-e'O -e. u" oemmls i -n thereon. Address all o-ders to The Con -Illation, never to ■ Indi liual Send your SI.OO direct, or throtieh the P-cal acmt Remit hr P '’al money order, express or rof‘a<-ed letter, wherein we assume al! risk. THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga. Farms and Farmers Nollgb to inquirers. |. Write plainly and to the point, Ing only questions to which aniweo are desired. fl. Confine Ir.qulrtee ft Hotly to rnottar* * concerning the farm. S. Never atk for anewera by mail. Never Mit where an article cMn Be bed, nor the price. 5. Always give your full name, end <4- drestf. If you do not with yottt Ban*.* pnbUfllied, nay no, and Initials only will be printed. f Carefully file this page for future reference and before writing examtn# your file to If It hae not been ; already anerwered. 7. Xjcok ahead and vend In your Inquires early. Do not expect uo to ‘■answer I in next paper.” The editor must hand In hie copy e week before the Taper la published. ddrens al! Inquiries an-1 comtnunisa* j tlone for this department to THE CONSTITUTION, iF. nnd V. Bepnrtni«B»» ) FARM CORRESPONDENCE. I. OPEN I'l’liltOW SOWING OF OATS. 2. BEST VARIETY OF COWPEAS. 3 VELVET BEANS. •I. M. T., Spring ('ity. Tenn.—l. I wish b> know if th" '‘open furrow system of > owing; oats -vill incr.yise tile ability Os the crop to withstand dry weather in the J spring If so, can you give nu- an idea, of ■ how niueli more of it they will stand and ] rodne.. a. good crop. Spring droughts I ii. the home of eats, both spring- and I winter, in this section. 2 What variety of cowpeas do yon eon- | sid.-r best for hay. and how will they 1 compare in yield with the whipporwill? I ' 3 Have you any reports onthe velvet ■ I- ins offered through these columns by , dine &Vorne. of Fort Meade, I li.st spring and recommended by him Io 1 mature seed as far north as tile state of ' ( Ohio? What was the results? 1 , A::swe> I. My experience lias led me to 1). lb \. that oats sown according to the | ' •’op- n furrow" plan will withstand ' ' drought in the spring better, but how I ' much 1 cannot say, as I do not know j 1 how to definitely expr. ss degrees of I 1 drought. The explanation Is this: The 1 , land being Hrst well and d< epty broken i • with a turnplow and the oats s’own- in | open furrows-, the plants will form their ' crown two or thret? inches lower down t 1 than Alien covered in the olu way and | : the root sys-tem will not develop so near t ' the surface. But spring sown oats will ' ■ soon give avv.-iy entirely to fall sown, j ] wlien th. open furrow system shall cotne I ‘ to be well understood. 1 2 I consider the ‘ I’nknown" (sold by » dent r tie nun.. 'Wonder- ' fttl 'i and the whipporwill. the be. t I twe ■ ar: :i's far haj. planting the latt r lor the first '.op and tin- former for the 1 . later. i ■ 0 m Mr. V - ■ diio-a i-own v' lvet Ih uus i ilid not ' plant any myself. I : PATENT FORM I I.AS. Mi gi>od friend. (’. II <'olmer, Ilatties -1 ai.a. Miss., gently chides me for the • pit iot expressed in regard to "Lipps ( 1 Tmi: : in my reply to an inquiry from W. M. ('. In The Wi' kly for October 23, ultimo. .Mi. Uolmer s.nys In bought a i.mu right'' to use said t 'trntil.a and that 1- applied L2OO pounds to Irish . , pota.toes on an acre of "old. gray sandj’ ' . loam land that had been in cultivation | J 14 or 15 year : tti.it the yield was ent I ; off by severe drought in April (not a. i ii'-op of rain during the month), ai.d > ‘ t j he made 31 barreis of merchantable pota- , lo' s (about 70 or 75 bush -Is) on the i j acre. Mr. .seems to think that this i , result proves that the formula was- all : I right a:-'l ’ i Godsend m the farmers who . : have poor land." II.• asks that 1 shall i ' "no: indemn a thing" before | try It. I ’ In epiy. I an only say that (lure are ‘ a good ni.-iuv things that ar.- offered to | ; th. public that I do not need to try, and , . this is .in.' of (hem. Possibly i lose some ( 'good things," but I far more than make : it up by not trying a great many things. 1 . Witli all dm respi ct to my friend's j skill and .judgment as a tracker, j do i I vt consider his test as .-it al] satisfac- ; tor? , and by no means-''oneiitsivo. In the ■ i hist it does not appear that lie ! made any eonipetiv.- lest by using some ' . standard potato 1 rtiliz'-r, or by leaving i i .-m-- of imfei tilized t ows. In the s.conrt I \ place, it o -curs to me that a yie 70 or 75 bu; h< Is of potatoes is ?i v< t y | < poor yi-dd on any land lit lo cultivate ; in iris! potato's. The materials requic- : cd t<> make a tori of manure, according to ; t1.,. forma: : in aitstion would cost about i 53.5 C or $4 tn-'wi. Twelv. hundred : ; potiruL of tin top would cost from $2.10 I \ to $2.40 J will venture to sax that $2.40 ! 1 wot tii of a mixtin e of equal parts of i blgii-gtade acid jiliosphate, kaintt and j ' cotton ■a-'-d meal, and a half t"n oi more ; ; of st >!'!'• manure would have given better ; results. | 1 (if course every man lias a right to ills j ovt; opinions and to draw his own con- .- i im-iotis from file results of an experi ment; lint I reaffirm, with increased em- j I’hasis. . vorything 1 wide in reply to ' V\ .it '. ‘ October 26. and in replv to ' M L. I-... 'in Weekly of Xpril 14. 1902. GINSENG fTLTURE. T. M. ' ’handler. Ox erland. Va. Indo i find letter, . t-e.. from a ginseng farm. Will you kindly answer through The I Constitution, oi otherwise, if if is what it I , claims to be. i.-r is it a. humbug, and do I you think it would pay to cultivate it in I tins state (near North Carolina line, I Mecklenburg county, Virginia 1? Ai.sw.-r-- 1 have told what I know and , given ni - opinion about ginseng culture I XAW MILLS. * H. B 1 '—'yy.! >' "n'l ?.000 fret p«r All Si7.«« Flan t'rR > Shingle Thills and Edger, with Patent Variable Friction • PnrtableGrind ,n« Water J tV**' Wheels, Lath Milin, 01 " Bond fcr lirge Catalogue Freight) A don,t roall t DeLoach Mill Mfg. Co. frf mt TF-nffitv Box 701 At’-Antn. Ga. 114 Liberty St., 1< T. 510 Gun FerS7.Bo L»m!r.at*4 steel : barrels, rebounding locka, pt«’o! grip, CIXOKK for close, Lard shO'. 'iug. extension rib. S&l/'X in fait tbs best and cheapest ?omplete gun ever offered. or 16 gauge, 3U or 3x inch barrels. Sent, on receipt of prieu, j 5? . 80, ~r send ?' ami we »:.) apnl by expre«e C. O. D. for i ’ aiauce, with prir!) <e to «<ia.-nii;e ar your expreM ofllcs aud ; if no 4 , esac'iv as represented, reriru the gun aud we win refund ’ th * J dheil loaning set. complete wita cleaning rod aud a!! I l- cf»«arr to Os for h ading, price 70 cents Bend Jc. stsru’> I fir Gnu Catalog tie. BOURNE 4 BOND. 319 W. Market St.. Louisville, Ky. 'll>e;:r.’lt‘':i'>neyinnker--in ' aXSELSIOiI STRAWBERRIES. I The rariic'ste.-rv ;.d n and Th* Bost Early Market Berry* ] • ;m*r; r • irrv . 4 (p'.ffliti*'. an : beautiful rad color uiai e ■ 11 very p"r’.’.ar in all ti,® I.lti markets I Lave . illiui.n es plauta <-f th'.e a-t d w. F. ALLEN, Salisbury, Md. ’ MALLORY’S ALL STEEL ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PLOW, o^H’s a Perfect Ci.iy ants a Great Labor Saver. j With this spt of Plows, by Mallory*lan<! ean .-**.<£[ 7.s7’7*>» !>■> prepared loti 12 inches drop and havo th* rows In id U“'.' oft'in less time than it would take to turn it broad cast JT \ z'CtVe 0 V I (...-, meh,'b'lc.-l, It will ABSOLUTELY (o) Ai /\ 'K VvNZ Keep Land from Wath’.ng. I’hc Double Tur- SUBSOILt# /& .•('> flOz#?*’ fi j /_ \ll \ T /eV! ner fni liill-widinß li»H no equal. Write ! H-j f"\ for catalogue and learn all about It. —dOwx V i ' MALLORY PLOW CO., Box 110, East Chattanoooa, Tenn THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1903. |in this department several times There I is "money in it" to the right man. of I .course, else nobody would follow the j business. But. as 1 have often syld. I ! think that much, If not all, that you i read about it In the papers is written by men who have planted roots and seeds of ginseng to sell, and that the ac counts of possible profits are rather high colored. The following Is a paragraph copied from Bulletin No. 16. revised edition, from the division of botany, department of agriculture, Washington, D. c.; "The ginseng industry seems to be a. promising- one, but it must bo borne in mind that it may Ina easily overdone. 'The consumption of glpselig, though large, is al best limited, and the mar ket may ;be easily glutted, as, indeed, it sometimes has been already. On the other hand, the cultivated beds ate not being extended fast enough to supply the deficiency in the wild root. The crop is one which can be grown incidentally to general fainting, without any great outlay of capital, and further, If there should be a .temporary decline in prb-e. the grower can I-.nve his roots In the ground, knowing that they are improv ing in quality. It is to be <-onsldet;ed. too, that the novel and still somewhat experimental character of ginseng cul ture will tend to prevent any general rush Into it. while many who under take It without sufficient care and pa tien'-e will fall." Write to Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, Washington, T>, C., for a free copy of the above bulletin. "SURE CURE” FOR. SWEENY. N J. If , Blythewood, S. <*.- Take four oi- five toad frogs, kill and open, fry in a little lard or butter, rub the shoulder v."ll with the ointment. You need not stop working your horse, i have never seen it fail to make a. cure. I hav.- tried it repeatedly. Jl is a. certain and sure cure. (I). GRASS FOR LOW BOTTOM. <2>. JOHNSON GRASS. (3). HAY PRESS. J. W. V., Gra ngc ville I.a I. 1 have a. piece of river bottom, light, loamy, 1.1. ek. sandy land, v.-rv loose, subject to ox erflow at <1 wat.-r remains o.ver it from one to throe days. .1 want to sow it in th., best grass or mixture of grass for hay, and write for advice. 1 have thought of sowing in Johnson grass. The field contains about 40 nares. (’oi-kle burrs and other weeds grow on it tail enough to hide a man or a. large horse. 2. If sowed in Johnson grass and kept mowed nt. proper time is there any dan ger of the grass spreading to other fields one-fourth of a mile distant? At what stage of growth, and h"W often can It. be mowed during the season, and tile probable yield per a,•) •? Th'- land I intend to sow to grass will produce In favorable season 25 to 30 bit.-di- Is of corn i"T non without fertili zers. Give me all necessary informa tion. 3 '?el! we the qiti'kest and best hay press io buy Don't give •• long list. I want tii' best and the price of same. Answer-- 1. Y a do not state ,-it what seasons the land is usually ovorflowed. if covered with watq- from one to three days no very s'-Hcus iniury would re sulf to the grass, excif.t when approach ing llie limo for mowing. I mean that, lie- vitality of the grass roofs would not be seriously impaired. But the hay crop might be ruined by b“lng press d down and covered with sand or mud. It would certainty be an ideal place for a Johnson glass meadow; but xou must make up . ir mind to give it a; to that gras...- (in such a location; if you desidc to plant it. But. ;• irgbnm would make a great <-iop of hay on such a rich, moist soli, sowing- 3 or 4 -bushels of seal per 2. The danger of the Johns.cn grass spreadin;; from a field kept mown before seeding would be reduced to a minimum. But you would have to lie very particular to i.r. vent even a stray la-ad ripening ••• I for >l)e biros to transport tn other fields. Johnson gruss should be cut just as it e.imo, into idoom. or when 24 to 30 i-iehos. high. If left to grow larger the grass b'-.-imes woody and not ,-o good for hay. S"w 40 pounds- of good seed per aert in Sepr.-mber or Oct .tier, If i good -’n ill li"- gr niiui at the time of .- 'Wing; or ;n early ting. It may be cut In:- liay as often as four or five tim-s during the si-:i<"n after the first 3- 1 can not a K a rule express r.n opin ion in regard to the compar.-itiv* merits ot agricultural ma.chiner.\ in these col. limns. it w mid be giving free advertis ing. so Io speak, at least, so far as my "Pinion might be valued. Moreov'-r, you d.i .not say whether you wish a steam power, hoi.--.- po-.v.-r hand pr (1) COTTON FORMULA (2) RYE AND CRIMSON CLOVER- 13) TER RACING. Subscriber, Yorkville, S. c. |. j used your formula for cotton—l,ooo acid 14 I -"F cent, 700 nie.-G and 300 kainit and was pleased with the result and would like to know if 1 should make any e-i.-mges in it for another year on light, sandy land; been in cultivation for years and lias xer.v little vegetable matter on it and rot badly? 2. How would it do to sow rye or crim son clow r and plow under in spring on this land? 3. Should hilly land be terraced or dil-.-bed: if terraced, should the; be high or low and wide? W oitld be glad to ha ve all the Infor mation you will give on terracing. Answer—l. You might get better re sults on the "light, sandy land” by In creasing th-’ quantity of kainit to 400 or 500 pounds. Try different proportions of kainit on test plants and note results carefully, 2. 1 do not think It would produce much of a crop of crimson clover at best, and certainly not bo good sown so lite as this. Crimson clover ought to be well up and growing by this time (No vember sj. 3 I prefer terracing to ditching. I prefer no bank at all, after the first year. The correct, idea is not to at tempt to hold the waiter by means of a iliteh the hank (like a line of rifle pits!, but by deep plowing, level rows and a fine terrace slope, 1 published a full and detailed account ot terracing fn the VVeeklj- of January 13, 1902. Did you not see and read it? if a number of farmers desire It I will reprint it soon. ROOT ROT OP COTTON-CORN "FAR ING." A. H. Olds. Zeigler. Ala. —I. 1 live on a 40-acre farm down near a creek, it is of a deep, sandy nature, foundation yel low sand, makes good corn, cane, ground pens and fieldpeas, but won’t make cot ton successfully. 1 have 16 acres in cotton this year. I used sixteen sacks guano and I will get four bales of cot ton. Now last year 1 got six bales off the same land, but it was the dryest year 1 evil saw, and that Just suits my land. I have several places in my cotton field that a person couldn't tell that a cotton planter ever went along there and a bet ter stand of cotton I never saw when it | came up, but it died out with what is [ known her" as black root; oven the stalks | will exhaust. Now 1 come to what; I i want you to toll mo. What kind of chem ! irals could bo supplied to prevent black ' root, or whatever you term the trouble. | f have been thinking o f using a high grade phosphate and cotton seed or I meal ami kainit and potash and apply i about 400 pounds to the acre for my cot | ton. If you think that will do. how would you proportion it? 1 want to use ' all the potash nr.v land will bejtr, or any thing you will sugg.pn f ()r black root and rust. 2. Also give .tne a p ] an to manure my ' ''fit with coinmereiai fertilizers and not tire Ute corn, I plant every third row lln my corn tielil in groundpeas. Now I I want to know if 1 manure them (ground peas) with say 100 or 150 pounds of guano to tii". :i.er, will the -corn derive much benefit from said guano. If so, bow would it do to pul all the guano that I usually put to my corn and groundpeas all nnde r my groundpeas? It don't seem that the coni would me as 'bad. I will (hank von very much for any suggestion you make on the sub ject. Answer—So far as yet discovered there is no fertilizer or '-Imrnical or particular treatment that, win prevent root rot or black rot in cotton. The only remedy, and It is In the nature of a preventive is not to plant that land in cottnn for at least two years. It is a disease or fun gous affection, that soon fills the soil with Its spores (or germs), and these germs will survive a year or two, waiting for another crop of cotton. H >9 one of the blessed advantages of rotation of crops that we max thereby get rid of fun gous diseases and also insects that may attack one crop and not attack a dif ferent kind of crop Evidently the land in question is not adapted to cotton. Pos sibly it is too wet down deep in the soil and should be timlcrdrained. It. is the place for corn, cane, cowpeas and flold peas. In all probability it would pro duce oats finely. I "ant these crops and put your cotton on your higher, thin ner, dryer soil. (jite bale to 4 acres, with 200 pounds of guano to the acre, indicates either very poor land or a soil radically unsuited to cotton. Isn't It a mucky, black soil, with a good deal ot [ white sand it it? 2. 1 know' of no plan to manure your corn and not fire- I; ( suspect that It is not the manure that fires it, but the wet ness and excess of sour vegetable mat ter. I nderdralning and heavy lining would cure it of these defects. In regard to the peanuts you should nol manure them with a complete guano, but simply acid phosphate and potash. 1 would not be afraid to apply 200 to 300 pounds of formula N ■. 1 in the bedding furrow, mixing it well in that furrow’, then bedding on it, throwing out a good, vid" water furroxx- -I planting the corn on the beds. If you plant peanuts In vour corn xviiv not plant between all the corn rows? The corn fas yon propose to manure the peanut- only) would get. wmc portion of the mpmire; but. that is not the way to manur- nn. Put the manure where Lie corn plants can get. It as soon as they come up. Formula No. I is: one thousand pounds of 14 jasr cent a id phosphate, 30 pounds of muriate ot pot :,sli (or 125 pound:-of kainit). and 1.250 pounds of cotton me-.i). Apply not oxet 300 pounds per :c:-. Do you g"t tne bulletins of your cite experiment sta tion at Auburn .Ala.? SEEDING PEACHES. George I' Jack.on. ('alera, Aia. I wish you would d'-<-id. a question for mu, knowing that your many years' experi ence and vour knowledge, of o:ners ex pel i.-nee, will be OI gr.-at benefit to me, a. -,-oung farmer, and to other:-, who, like myself, have alw.cs believed that a. jn-.'. -li s--ed from : tiling tree will re produce itself, or to lie p.ainer, a seed from a seedling tt"- will bring torth the sun" fruit as Hint of the seedling tree, whether pea-eh, plum, or other stone fruit ' . . 1 date no ref' to budded trees that we get fn lie urst men, as we all know how new varieties are propa gated. Now 1 w.-:t:t t" •• tltn- some yea t s ago. In tin town of Birmingliani. .Ala., 1 bought from a I ' . - ■' lew of the finest P'-p.-ii. S- I eve) sav Tlu Dago said they wre ('a lifornia T'ney wee mag- nificent peaches - :ze. color and some thing nnusiml in California peach, th- finest 11: vor an< peach I ever tasted. I p’anti-'i ’:i few of the sc- .Is U-om these 'peach, -a and only succeeded in getting one tr. That one has made splendid growth, and now eight years old. has born Ir I th" ms-f three years, and each x oar the fruit is the same in . :;'o, '-ol's- and f! I am told by my neighbors and ot :• a .-' who pretend to be thoroughly posted, that seeds front the fruit from this tr • .a: ot bo r-'ll.a] upon to bring forth tl’. -un- variety of fruit. I do not see wli.v. as we all know that like prod it. < s 111;- . and ,i does s"cnt to me thni these seed.- from n seedling tn-M certainly siioulrl pr ahi ■ (lie same fruit as that of the parent tree. Yon may sav that the parent t- e was a budded tr.-e, and that t! ■ soc.is from ft cannot be r lied on. Be: '.l: - • .'ds from this tree are from a reed "IO be original tree. It may be a complicated matter, hut ■ coms - ■ ■ has had ex- perience on ibis . üb.j'-c and that I ought ■to lie able to get a deimite answer, as I want to plant . ox < al : .wir' d seeds from tris tree xxito tl Id' that 1 will get tie «.im» kind of a. : s as that of the seedling tree. Answ. r L'-t us f t understand clearly what a "seedling” t. is. A seedling ; r <ie is a tree that res s from a planted se.'d. A tree mown < .ect from a seel picked from .a brnbled tree will’therefore 'no .a seedling tree .-:1s . as it falls within lie definition. But the seedling tree from a. sed grown on budded tree may or may not. produce 1 Ko its parent tree, and in most cas. s it will not. The term ".seedling” is often j pularly applied to a good variety of pr-aeh that has come from seeds planted : -cessfullx- through many generation, ar - which uniformly prodimes the same ebwacter and quality of fruit, but the eo-'.-ct application of the term Is to am tree that has been produced from th ■ ■ 1 There are quit" a number of "o!d-f; aioned x’ariety oi poach that have lx - n propagated by planting the seed' antnemorially, and they ar.'- highly esteeined by many, large ly because they jir -luce like," almost invaiial.lv. They l.u ong mainly to the old Indian type and tho English (Heath) type. Some of th'-s*- ■ '-n vary as to time of ripening, but In th- main they come. true. But nearly if not ..11, of the Im proved. modern varl- lx will fall to "pro duce like" when the trees are planted for another gent :-icon of trees. As a rule the progeny of nch seedlings pro duce utter!) wort Id varieties; but oc casionally one will apl'ear that will regu larly produce fruit ’■ a quality superior to the fruit from xvhieh tile seed was taken, and in this way new- varieties are d. V' li'ped. The ] ante-1 seeds from such m-w variety maj or may not "produce like." rareiy doing so; but if it shall "produce like" then It is probable that II will continue ;o do so through sue- : cessive propagation from seeds. This disposition to "snoit." as it is called, is - one of tin- result, of domesticating fruits. | and it may lie wll to say that very few I . ultivated fruits will uniformly produce - like from plant-d seed. Apples, pears, ' peaches, plums i- xcept the original ('hick- , asaw), cherries, gra: etc., are all under the rule. It is generally (not always) a variety that has ?-een long cultivat'd from seeds and usually not very far re moved from the original will type that will “produce Ik'" when seeds are planted. There is always evident a ten dency to "go h i k" to the original typo, or io deteriorate fn all improved, cul tivated plants end also animals. Ti-.v planting your <'alifoi iila seedling. It may prove to be an established seedling \-a riety. Possibl.x tie "Dago" sold you a peach from wh. ■ m popularly known ns established sc.-dlim-- and tint a Cali fornia peach. PEANUTS FOR HOGS. OR FOR MA R KET. AV. AV I’..' Louvale, G.i.—Which, in your Judgm. at. would be most profitable, to raise ground p< as on an extensive scale for mark t or far bogs? Could they bo readily sold? If so, at about what prices'.’ By answering these questions yon will very much oblige. Answer- If it were not a paying busi ness to grow ground peas for sale, and for bog feeding, ir would not be dope by any one. Therefore, the best proof that it will pay is the fact that num bers of farmers have long practiced that policy. AVhether it will pay you Is a SEND FOR OUR f ATAI.O6UE J***?" AND BUYER’S GUIDE. i ' Why Not Save Money on the Things You Eat and Wear andl Use ? H||| 1® arty LOOT page' ’ w?th thousands of rn’oTunstanees than i ALL AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE TOIO.NB}' , n th ‘ South , West or Southwest, if- the retailor pays for the same class of good®’ If > [ vonr citVl than from any other point, SsS® f- lb” freight or express rates are lower from St. Loniaro of > hese low rates? I A ’ It is the handsomest, book of Its kind ever publUhed tS H tlally pa _ postage, v* '"A V -A "' *nd if yon have not one in yonr family, and will SEND I S wIH re?und the 15 cents kjs 4. A.* Will present you with a copy and pay all the postage oursmx BmawW SEE US WHEN yOU ARE,, IN ST. LOUIS. ‘W Wo are now locato<l In °“ p . nc .'l <,n ‘ r ! e l? mA 9 ! !o find In thoLity. and wo Invite you to visit north from union Station the easiest place to And Jn E\tS us when you oome to St. Louis. We want to get ***}’* „• our prices with the prices you’ve A1... ' JOI immense stock of goods we have; we want yon to c IjOn)Ri to make your bead- g W ® iili'Su any nt the following SPECML MWtOBUES Btt Upon Jejnest. \ '' We i9?ue a J r . oal » ma ? : prices to you, we guarantee • Ushed way ot doing business—that li, wi make w t n j, e satisfied with what you cet SF-.V ( goods to reach you safely, we guarantee^,, b if von do not feel so. then the N" ’f‘S//77/ and that you will feel that you have had ) our “’"HP* { _ n a tn' o amount of freight or expressage you paid to get them, and will also refund to you the amount of money yon paid to us. Ait or our <1 » square deal on everything you of doing unto others as we would expect they would do unto us. Therefore, yon can be assurea . your money back »s soon as you purchase from us. Wo will leave you to be the sole judge, and if dissatisfied, we are the loser and you win gm. y ask it. Below is a list of.the specfal catalogue, we issue. | S(J clothing ß h’URNiRiiiNG KLINE-DRUMMOND MERCANTILE COMPANY, HARDWARE STOVES AND RANGES I\UBL unUIHHIVIiu munvre AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS ST. LOUIS. MU. ; DRY GOODS, MILLINERY. ETC. , r SEWING .MACHINES AND BICYCLES Enclo.ed find 18c » n I’"? r ’ n GEAHRAL. VEHICLES. HARNESS AND SADDLES (• TA I (>GI’E ns ndvertifed in The Atlanta Cnm-t!tution Kline-Drummond Mercantile Co. —•- Nineteenth and Pine Streets, Post Office — 2 BLOCKS NORTH OF Cf I OTTRC UNION STATION. vis IU/VUi«, IV4V. County..- state fl .puL<'A»wuuu3i«.r'.T-j , LA' , .BJt«.w.MakkLiMaPJKKPMaw»wa«ManOTi i i n Hi—OTawu*«kkufMiiiiaiini , different question, and one which I can not answer. It pays some men to raise cotton, and it does not pay a great many says: "There is more in the man than there b- io land” In large sections men. II depends as much upon the man as It does mi the land, and Sydney iztriiei of North Carolina, and to a h-ss extent in south Georgia, peanut crop is a good paying mark* t crop, and in the'- a-- grown quite extensively for tat tening hogs. There is no difficult) what ever in marketing well prepared peanuts; but I cannot t'-ll you what prices you will get foi them a year hence, as the market varies according ’m “iPI'Iy ati'l demand. Nm can 1 so;, xvlimher it will prove more prolitable to raise peanuts ti i th- market or for Imm Ti at will brmg up the whole question ot hog raising, ami rhe profit of growing peanuts t.T bogs would (imiend largely upon the g.-n --,-ral management of the hog crop. On th" wbol". | think it would depend upon the conditions prevaihrA- nt th time the crop becomes nvamibb'. I h' mn-ket fm p.-:ts is iov . and the market for pork products is hi "h. tl" 11 . vo " "'imd find it. better to f. .1 to hogs and xiee BEACH LANDS AT $7 TO $lO AN ACRE. "Subs, rilier,” Scott-i. -ro. AT t\ "'ml It Pax- 1., buy land at $7 to $lO p. • an- '-x --m. -"lx- -.o set out In poach tiT'-s? l/tnil is high ami gr.i’.-ely with, y lb>w S'.q V ill pro.l ice 250 to "00 frn * Is s' ■ ‘ cotton o r “r- Wmil-l E’ber'.as be most profitable on such land in t lutila-ie— nmth Alabama 0 How m.ieh wo-ibl the value Os land be raised ay i tint.’ bearing of trees where th'’)' had been well cared for? . V.'onlil ft be well to have a late varietx of nrnc’i.'s also, where one “ gr.lng to set out 20 or 30 acres, say one-third m late variety? Answ r—Yes. Indeed. Beach land in toe best peach growing section.' of Gemcia fet'-h S2O to S3O per a. re Elberlns may be x-rmr main crop .and yon may plant one or two oth -r varieties, but don’t, make the mistake of planting so imi.all an ar-’a "f aux- on.- variety that you i-annot fill a car with om variety at a time A variety that will follow closely on Elberta warn Id be best. Much later varieties would come in competition with Elbertas grown far iher north. . I should say that the land with pp-’i di tnin good condition and full bearing would fct<‘h from S3O to S4O p r *r acre. APPLE CULTURE. A CERTAIN I'OT TON. j M., Armueli e. Ga. —How wide apart should apple trees be sei on oral nary land'? What would bp a. good fer tiliznr fur them, a.nd how much to ot h tree and how applied? I hav.- a p'Mash plmsphate 8 and 4 per Imxv mu- :> meal would h.'ix'e to b added to make i. right? Answer-I. Twenty-five to 30 feet apart would be wide enough. For the first tour or five years and until they commence b- -:ring nothing is better for apple ti-os than a liberal quantity of well rotted stable manure. Say first year two shovel fuls; second year, three shovel fulls, ami so on. Tile first year mix the manure and Th.- soil from the 1ml". Subsequently spread on tl» surface around the tree in a circle 3 or more feet in diameter If no stable manure, cotton seed meal alone will answer very well for say three years. Firs; xear about 2 pounds j- r tree in a. circle *(if 3 or 4 feet. Second ' ear 3 pounds; third year 4 pound". Continue at. the last rat- until the trees are about to comment-' bearing. Then mix tip for • ■mb tree 3 pounds of II G. acid phos phate I pound e.-icii of muriaie ot pot ash and cotton seed men! You do not need to use your potash phosphate for ,-wo or three years. 2. 1 tri'-d to get s-ed of the variety in question for the purpose of testing it on the experiment station, but failed I" get any. I put no faith in the claims made in the. advertisements of that variet;.. FATTENING- 8 MONTHS PIGS. i; x. Cochran, Fairburn, Ga. I xxas reading an article wrltt'-n by Mi \> . 1.1“ F Brow’n. of Ohio, for Home and barm, giving bis plan of fattening pigs at 8 months old. so f thought it might be in teresting to some one to know t lie ie sults "f a Georgia pig 8 months and 14 davs old which I have just dr. ss,-d. On the 7tii 01’ la-d MaiAh I weighed ibis pig ami put it up. At that lime its weight was li pounds; on the last day of March It weighed 23 pounds; on the last of April it weighed 59 pounds; on the last day of May it weigh- d 129 pounds; today, the 6th November, it weigh. <l. gross, 455 pounds, net 410 : t/muls. I would liax e . ontinued to weigh it al the close m . .. - month but I did no* have a- suitable plac Tile pig eoM $17.40 for feed during this time besides the scraps from the table of a small family, it was fed on a mix ture of white short-' ami wh'.-it bran eight or ten times each day. 1 som-:times had to use brown shorts for ’cant of th, other. You will notice that it n;ade a gain of 70 pounds for the month of May. 1 think it did as well forth" next four months, but 1 do not think it gained ov.-r 40 pounds for October. The most of the feed was made up long enough to begin to ferment. If Mr. Brown has done bet ter 1 would like to know it. Comment- 1 ftiblish tile above vary gk-idlv, especially following my article of last week, in which 1 advocated, as 1 had often done for thirty years, the fat tening of pork hogs at 3 to 10 months old. COTTON DOES NOT OPEN WELL. )>. fl. 0.. Rash. Al'.—l have> about 30 acres of good se'-ond bottom land; favora ble tear make 40 bushels of corn pin acre' without fertilizing. It has been sown three years and is now stubbie. 1 want to plant it in cotton, bat I am as surt d by those who know the land tbat it will not open. Cotton in adjoining field has bolls enough to make a bale per acre, but only about, one-fourth of them are open mid t'ie rest s- cm rotten and no probability of opening. The land is near a mountain in a “cave.’ Please give me direetiorv for (D preparing; (2) ferti lizing; (31 kind of seed, and <4.1 mode of cultivating; (5) width of rows; (6> dis tance in the drill. if I can raise cotton successfully on this land it wiiT"be worth a great, deal to a large area, as there Is much of the same kind of land in this section. Cotton grows rank till frost. It Is often injured by "bla-k rust” In the spring. Answer -I am afraid that the laud in question is not naturally adapted to cot ton. the local conditions being unfavor able. But I think ti<<* cotton might bo induced to open b" the following plan; ‘ Being now in stubble I would turn it over to fl moderate <!epih. sc. 5 or 6 inches, in March or early in April opeir furrows 3 I 2 feet Hfiart and bed on 300 or 400 pounds of a highly phosphor! and potassic fertilizer, say a 10:4 potash phosphate. J would not apply an." nitro gen. Throw up pretty high beds and I board off lightly before planting. (lei. j the earliest variety of cotton you can ] (King's improv'd or Greer’s improved. | 1,. I-’. Greer. Choccolocco. Ala.) Apply ‘ about 30 pounds of nitrate of so''.-i in ti • 1 furrow with the planting ser-d or aloug ! on top of the seed row. Pv; to ,-i stand 1 when it attains the fourth and fifth 1" f. i I say one plant ev-ry 12 or 15 in 'm's. Cul tivate lapidly with shallow running i-rltl v.'.itors. !’■'• careful not to cultivate deep ly and stop plowing by J-uly I. rtepoi't results next fall. Tie- nil.ate of :■ ->d.-i :s advisc-d -imply to get the clanty to grow off qui -kly and vigorously. ANALYSTS Ob' PERT’AMAN* GUANO ] J. R. H., Hopkins. S. C. I. Give th-- ’ analysis of Peruvian guano. : 2. When is the best time to put It down. | and how much per acre? | 3. I - P- r txinn guano better aril civ’.ip- l e; in i'..-- on.l than your cotton mixture I of mid phosphate, ca'to.i seed meal and | kainit? : I’li--.. give al! the information about 1 Peruvian guano you "in. I want tn use [ it, but have hud no '■xperienco with Aii."wer—P.-yuvian guano is suii.iect to i inspe tion and analysis just as are other ; ' fertilizers and you should ask the dealer j I for the analysis when you ask fm- the I price, n varies considerably between tne ■ hig'-est and lo.v:st gra les. say as follows: ! (II Peruvian guano H. G.. arid pims j l>h.nte. 12 per ec-nt; potash, 2 per cent; nitrogen, 15 per cent. (2) Peruvian guano L. G.. acid pi.os i ph.-ite 15 per cent: potash. 1.50 per eent; ! nitrog, n. 7 per cnt The high grade (11. G.) is what we used ■ | to get twenty-liv.- to t’ui ty-ti.e y.nrs ago. I I ami more. The low grad" (L. G i is font i I which is now sold. I would not advise j t th’ I( f either the high grades or low ' ifl‘-s for coiton and corp alone it would mill m-id phosphate and poia-'- enough to bring the malyHs into pr-'-." '■ proportion tor the crop to xx c.i h it is to j be applied. PROBABLY RO-I F Mrs f.rturri Bell. ?»L Raven, M \Vi:i j : you pl.-us" tell mo what is th-- matter j Ia nd give mo i cure for my chlr-kens. I • have one which has something the mat ter with its month. It is .swollen very inu-ch and has gotten sore in its i-m -th and on its tongue nnd ean hardly ge: its breath. Please tell me what to do r or it and oblige. Answer It is ptobabb lb it your • bi'-k --ens have t’.e distressing ami i-s-iial fatal j disease known as roup, which is caifu-.i I by one of several species of h-s-toria ami i is most likely to oci -ir as an epidemic I when the onditions ai " mm.-imt y. : all th. surroundings arc elf 'n and i whole *ome the fowls well housc-d in eoi'l. j wet woathor. an outbreak or even a sin gle ease is not likely to occur. The treat- j merit recommended is to touch the dis- j cased tiss.i" with lunar cansti -. or with . 60 o:- 75 per cent solution of muriatic acid. Wash the exes and nose with 1-2 per cent soluuon of corrosive sublimate (I scruple of corrosive subiimate in 8 ounces of water). A 2 per cent solution of boracic add jn a decoction of chamo mile flowers is a. good antiseptic wash. Another method, especially in the earlier stages of an outbreak of roup is the use of a I to 2 per cent, solution of per- ! manganate of potash. Mash or squeeze the beak between the nostrils ami ev.-s, : so as to OTosen the pus: then plunge th-.- j fowl's head into rhe solution of pertnan- : gannte fur 20 or 30 seconds, or a.- : long as the fowl can stand it. Repent twice a. day. But »m-b IndTvidtml treatment is very troublesome in a large outbreak. Si-parate tl:f well from the sick nt once, t’lean im and disinfect the promises. If a fowl gets bad off destroy it and burn or but y deeply. ‘•WOOD TICKS" ON HEI l-'l'.i:. Subscriber. St. Elmo. Ala.- - Will you please answer tiio following questions; I have i voung- heifer. 3 years old m-xt February. Had a calf Juno 28. last. She seems to fall off lat ly; don't seem to be sick; feed her two quarts bran a.nd | mi' -balf pint cotton meal night and morn- | ing. ami she grazes during the day. Every morning she is alive wilii weed ticks. Is there anything that will keep them off? I have rubbed her with coal oil, mixed with linseed oil. but don't seem to do any good. One other question: I had six Wyan dotte chickens; when about two months old one began to droop and mope around. I examined it; could find nothing the matter: only a hard lump in the craw. I gave ir a little Mustang Liniment; - also, rubbed it; seemed to get better: I used to put ii in a. box and cover it . ■ ■■■■ I ■■■ .' ~ . »!H3i 'W. W. J. TUCKER, TREATS B DISEASES OF THE DIVER AND DIGESTIVE ORGANS, producing such symp toms as sallow skin, colit, pains and sore ness through the bowels, rush of blood to the head, with symp toms of apoplexy, constipation. diarrhoea, .‘■•canty and hig'- colored urine with gravelly deposits, often leading to chronic diarrhoea, dropsy and Flight's disease. DISEASES OF WOMEN". such as prolapsus, ).r regularities, leucorrho a, depression of spirits, etc. DISEASES OF THE RECTUM, such as piles, fistula, etc., cured without the knife. DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URtNARY ORGANS. all successfully treated. Have been right here in Atlanta 25 years. Free pamphlet and question list. Patients treated bv correspondence. W. J. TUCKER, M. D., Atlanta. Ga- Mentlon The Constitution. . i EXCEL GRINDING MILLS. Th. Mitt tl.it 'l.m •" !>•« ' b>|- f >•« tft: . . <.ri cc brj.» ’• ; /Ji I*l I- r• ‘ "'•’•> " r Rrat ' > » vW/Vpk k!t <l,l"tflAr .••!,»>■ ■ -< ' r " ‘ “ "* 4 »<•».; f t. • IMJT tA V. '■ ! r yZr Wu * '\\’ \ *' *: v ! ’’fT' ''■ v - 1 A K ff 7 NV. _ ■ v.> ji- -1 Fie* 4 ) Ma nil { uriii*; ( *»., 116 Liberty Street. -w up tn k< t‘P it v irrn. rnd ti ’ it was all rich', again J found it dead the next morning. Answer- I. 1 ■ gh r '- t :rg v:. h coal oil. mixed wi'.h li:’. 1 ii. • ’ w. n I any kind of cheap oil gr -ase, will ' < r- i tainly kih all the t - tl ;t m b" on I a cow at a .ime, 1: t l:h' - ise th® ; heifer gets a fre. '. - : pl.- c ’ I day in the pa st ure K cep her out of the I iufosJed pasture and I horo-.ign; ■ -lean ] th’- lot in w’" -A xi'i lean m- . I Ticks do not h-it.-h -n th- cat tie. They hatch from eggs laid on tae ground by the fully grown :: As. the 1.-pter fa’’- ing to the gt ■ - "■ ■■ and full ‘ ’ nqp.s’. You ran g'”' 4 ri I u - ■ entirely in a given r.-a«•: 'jyn • t’c ’nsr”! > m two way . (I). Inspe-t I ' least, twice a v. ek. and <!• ”-roy .'ll ti'-l s found on them thr.,ugliest the sunmi'-r and fall. <2l ■' ■ ' such prist nm later than Senteml" ’ I. All eggs laid before tict I’m- wiu hatch out before cold weal: < r. .--ml, iin . Ing- no ■ attle to - on. ' :■■ -■■i tg ticks will die of .-old a.J st ’cx aiior befor® .p-: Are ■ ■ ware -attle tick . c.'use Texas : (or ti li !< v--r>. - ! very deadly rliseac to al! but xo:i: g (0 - tie? I 2. Can't s.-iy what was the matt;r With : the chii-l:. Possibly, it. had a t rum: ' the crop. Possibly, '-t was "crop I-."-;-id." WAGES AND CROPPING. AVHOLE COT'i'ON SEED V. MEM.. PEA VINES. ETC. The following is r. "atl’T !■ : -; answer to a still longer letter. The reply wi'-I sufficiently indicate the -b.-• -■■ r■ ‘ :h* i questions, etc., and tim iaiter is ,-u.npi'f-ss ' ed in the interests of e. I To Ta (i. 8.. Wa- ni'C,oro. Ga if. at I the end of 1901, you found :hat yu ; were out S I .000 aS t -s-t!t " j lions that year on the wages piau (at ! lenr’, for plowir.gi. nnd you sm’-oeded ' mm-h better in 1902. wheji you ran • “:r : business on the : i-iug p'r.:.. t'ac-n one : m- two things must bo true, the s .-m-ons ! being equally goc.i for ei; :i year. viz.. : that you bore the loss ymic -If ’-.-m-n you ! rim mi the wage.'- plan in 1901, nnd that j the laborers or .-coppers '..ore l-.ss i when run on the cropping pla:-. m 1902. • So then, it amounts to a qw-rt ■ :: of ii-- tails of th. contract, or amount paid for wage"; or mi tie other irind, the proportion allowed to cropj -'.-s. There are a great many farmers who fail to make money on the wag's pl";., he-'ause I they do not manage according to s< ien j title and business methods, a: J the -< I farmer" make som" money mi t’; ot mr | plan, because they r nt their land f-w so | much, and they get their rent, tilth ntgh ■ th<? c-rcpper himself may i'.ive nothing to ■ "go on" for another xear. In other ' words, the cropper bears the Ims. In regard to tin poli--. of exchanging I cotton seed far cottonseed meal, or sell ing one and buying the other. I can only say that it is a policy that is indicated by scientific considerations, as wel; as by a- t'lai practice in my own experieiu-o. 1 The oil of the cottonseed is actually "uo good" as a fertilizer—not worth it- weight in pine straw for that p .rpose: The only difference then between the cotton seed and its equivalent in < ottonse'd rner.l is the -presence of the cottonseed hull-, and these .-ire wr.rtii v> ry little as a. fertilizer, sax about $3 p r ton. <“ course, there is no objection to a man exchanging his cottonseed for- . mu. h meal and so much hulls; but if h‘- does he can nol afford to use his hulls m a fertilize;-, -because they are w. rth twi -e as much as a food for animals. Tim question is w 1 settled b th :l.e -reti,-al ly and practically. in regard to the iarnier in your countx- who runs fifty plows am! who always use" his c-'tton see.l on his cotton crop. I max say th-'t ft probably paid him to use the -’ ttonsw-1 on it. rather than not use anything; but I have no doubt whatever that 1. would have gotten better results if he li.: I ex changed his cottonseed for cottonseed ni-i-.'il mi a fair basis. It is a very com mon tiling fcr a. farmer who has been successful to attribute his success to something that lie invariably does. when, in truth, that "something" had nothing to do with it. and lie might have suc ceeded even better if he had not done tbat "something.” For instance, some mm are very suc cessful in growing Irish potatoes, and at tribute their success to the fact, that Continued on Pag-e Eleven.