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10 '* RotlGGjoJjigiiirers. |. Wriie plainly ar. J to tho point* ftf* fng only questions to which anrwofW are detired. < Confine Inquiries strictly to mattm concerning the ftxia. t Nover ask for ax ewers by mfilL Never ae’x where in article can w had* nor the price. a. Always gl ’t your ft;” name and ad drees If you do :»ot wM‘ ' same published, say f.o, ana irritiaiw , only y»!U be printed. <, Carefully file this page t<x future j yeferer.ee end before writing examine ; your file to if It b*« not <*•* 1 already ar.zwerad. . . • Xrfck aheal and n-?nd in your j early. Do net -x?'. tus to answer | In next paj «?- ' 7he ' hand tn toe copy a week brfore tne j ■pap’r l» pub’,l.Yi«<!. g, Ad«ie6S ~ a<r?'rt‘‘’: on ‘' ■•' ntn Uori* ter tMs aspirin ent to THE CONSTITUTION, ' F. anil F. Drp«rtn>e»fej . i ■ ■■ ■ HOW TO TERRACE LANDS, | ’Quit? a number of readers have re- 1 •{jested the r-nubilc.iti in of the follow- i Ing article on terracing, which originally , br.peared in this <!• paitment n•■■ ir’.y two I years ago, and it Is, therefore. presented I si gain. it. .1 R.) j In the first place. It Is w-.il to unfi> r- I stand what t macing is intendeu to ae- | comphsh. Ihr common Idea is that the | svstem is to be . 1 >nt- -i for tin sola , purpose of preventing the soil from be- j 'ae wash'd away. Indeed, this is the principal and most important service th.it j the terran.- is intended •,.> perform, But ' ilte Im-iu a tai purpose I- to conserve (er - <v«) in< w. ■■;• e. the ■ • ni'iy rains" for ; •he use of the cops il'ji:;" t:.e growing season, in -as,: tin ” tier rains" should ; '.ill short. rote, believe that this last , <»bj"-t Is the pr.'teitxil If not the essen- I ml or." At ary rate, the one practically ! ."icludec- flu C't'ii r, if the terrace. doer its j vork properly. A DEAD T.HVEI, An essentiil i'■ n in terra <ng Is the j ocatJon of the lines on :<■ perfect level , and not op a grade, however small. • But there tr. y he sotii" eo...Elions which | •,v;U justify giving 1 little fall on the | ides of the tic 1. so , < t<> make sure i . : getting the water out of th" field by J ■-’■■•- n-: ■ os! ’. 'a:.- to ti e woods, or to a ! public roadside ditch, wlwr. it an net be : ofhervise cmtrolh..; | Th" theory "f the v»rr:i.'c system Is . , i prevent the rain wot'r from a< ■::• I mulMlng in any •-. ■ ' in swh volume ; :».i<i with such tot ls - a- to wtush the land ; >• t . gullies tv farcing th- wnt.-r as it i f ills to remain t.-.ii s-cik into the ■.'■‘ i i’. I if rah -a. >n| i tai. p rapidly th in | ••it toil t>. take it in, it w.il roll' t - . ■ w: euiiiv.iiid rows, and if til. cmnpclb-ii to ■■spread itsol'.'.” I wil o - . in a broa 1 thin she et. daw- I 'ng « .<-r ard u c.vn I th nev t-rr.f' - j DEEP PIXJWI.XtI. I: Is .nt. th-.n. that de- •■ md thor- ' o.ua piowmg, U>mg .»• tmr.'Ws pare ;| t the t. ’.rav.- lim •: and throwing the ’ i arrow Pliers down lb<-. bill. Is •;,-i< t':- il- ' ty also an < -sential ' ar. r- of th" b.i i •I. «= T ■..• deep, r the soil is broken ni'd I -in more tlmr ioi;‘,iy if is d• -,utc;t d< ■' th. more 1 i'n water it wdl In id and t m I c.'nger it will : '■■"’ ■ th" w .t<’r wilt i P’ll 1 by th" law of grrvity to flow ’.o ' .he Sow. st point u: 1. n -- 1 f fight an- ' g to ttv o-rr. “ Hr.;-'. I wot Id stress 1 llio import..n. ■ "f ,at. 1 thorough Viewing. ■,vit:">i!t -a . • - m. u. ae.'ti- j ■ t. instr ... • o-i ' r ‘Utally ■ ‘ • O •.. ■ ■■ • will r. t 10 I EEV El J NG INS IRi’MEN'l' t rum-nt. • :>"’■. smti'u' ■■■.•.'. the ■ y :>r.’ .'in: m it.-■ mir.-’i: t it must !••- I ■ -. .j . ■ ■ t . jo ot 15 1- ■ i then tl » . ■ ' will be i r .- ■ i ■ st reliable, i well ■..■•• r i • p -de di . . .".t n-.\ •-•• h •■ • -t- ■■■: ■; at ;■ ma ■ . ■ ;; ■ -n- ; - ghttrr ;-t .. ■ , i. ■ :. n ’ -; t : v ;r, :.s- ■ • ■ points I <- as far apart. " .- in.-- y ■■ ■ r. I ’■ iti tn. .i. ■ • a i: tm. .'. r.; t| iff in ■ ■■ ■ • .-■ •■. is too ; - ii co i I- ' .- . '■-.1.;, m, ■ • .-a pr I ■ ■'•!. .r -■ : ■ -....-,. I .... " ■ i ' . p ■ The > ! ••.-. • •_.» • r ’ ■ > ” 5: ■'■•• I ’s • ' .. ! : • ‘ . < yo. ,«.!'<} ?■ <1 . >. : mor. .n ; i ’ It b , I Because r -y’t..-y. " "-7FI £2 l ••t '■tw >’ g - >*xr’ <‘ r r■:t ) < ’ M Hr A I P'»ni»rf.—• w'.ti i P»t- ■ M *»; V»- srt.« ~r - tt ’0 *- • • « •, >* k’-r W • e. g, H ■ :■- B V « ♦»<- ' -» » If 'iU ’ Treats E g Loach M’.'t Wiq, Co., Bo . AUnnta, Gr.< ® flM— 114 Liberty N- w f orfc . EXCEL 6BIMIHB MILLS. j'3- -. ‘ "E ' 1 ’7 V «■-...• -i f Exe< I llarufavturing Co.. JZ lie Liberty Street New York . MALLORY’S ALL STEEL ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PLOW. ft Z* ft’s a Perfect Clay , Kounter ,r a threat Lahnr Saver. P e .■: s set ’t PI ws.bj Mallory’S vtoile. land can N ncliiw deep and liave the rows laid <??■•»>» ,ff in ’ tne th?in it u-»uhj take to mm it - \ 1 «’ "•■■■■• >• s.b-p. i’ win ABtott-irtv ' /'K 7‘ 1 ! \ TiVb-VtTi ; '"C t*»4 •'•-'"a W»»hing. The »W :• Tnr- 7 / <5 U / , . • ! n-r for hill-siding fins no , pin!, '. ’rite fiTUCHta ■ P t • ; ”‘1 ' for catategue ami learn nil about t. sfas p MALLORY PLOW CO., Rox lit). E«»t Chattanooga, lenn essential requisite wf terrace-miking Is that the lines be run on an exrc.t level, the importance of a perfect leveling in strument will be at once recognized. With each instrument is supplied a leveling staff, with a. target which is movable up and down, and the st iff is graduated in feet and in ltes (better feet, tenths and hundredths). With good telescopic leveling Instrument these feet and inch marks and figures may be rend 100 to 150 feet away, and which will be found very convenient in running grade • ditches. TO UAV OFF THE TERRAi'ES. I Set the leveling instrument at the hiffh ! est point in the Held, or portion of the i field, to be terraced, and as far from I where life first terrace line will com mence as the operator can see t ie target | distinctly through the sights. By means i of the leveling screws (or other appli | ance for leveling the sighting tube) ad just to a perfect level. Bring the staff to the side of the instrument and slide i the target until Its center i« exactly on ! a line with the sights. Thon slide it | up just throe feet higher and secure it j that, position. Th" assistant now goes i directly down the slope until he Judges that he has reached a point, about thr*e 1 feet lower than that at which the in ' strum tit is located. Ho faces the oper jator and at signals from (he latter moves j the staff up and down tbc hill, till tho I target is in level line with the sights ■of the Instrument, when th" operator will cry, "Th-it’s right.” (The commands, ; and "down'” mean that the staff i must he moved up or down the slop*). I The assistant now stick? n twelve Inch peg at the foot of tin* staff, and im mcdlat'ly moves the latter about 15 fret ■ ;.iong th; level line toward the beginning ! ;■ ace of the terrace line, anil repeifs the ■ op rution just described as directed bv I th" operator, and “o on till lie reaches I 1 .i<‘ beginning end. He then goes back I under the direction of th operator to I :h>. next. 15-foot st:.'Jon l>- on 1 ! the, first !j. .-atio"., th" operator turn? bls sights or the staff ag'-ln, and so on until the ' siaff gets .is far : ~ th< operntnr can |; c the targe dMliictly. Wm n this I hist point I r - rr-tchd the assistant hold 1 I the staff in its position, the. operator ' maven his Instrument along I■> the diroc ; lion of th. other '-nd of tha projected i ■'■'i-.ic- line a? far as ho c-nn look back j and .;<•• the tnrifft. Ho now :;i-ts up the I tril-.'-.i, levels hl» instrument accurate;.-., 1 1 oks through the sights nt the static, I direct? the as.:. t;.ni to .hi the target : ;p or down until !( coincld ■ with the i sights; th- u. sisti;nt sets ’.lie peg. re ! I'v.'ves !::■■- stuff to anoth' T 15-foot s‘:>-, I tion, and so on tv before. Whi-'i tin- farther cad of tho te-rnce j .‘ir.L I" ;"""he‘J by ti : :’"sistant th" tai ' g-.-t ntai be 'ild up Bfe t higher. If ! i.i" .ah be long r.ieitglr. and drop down I th- slope to b’gm ‘.be next t- rrace line, i if tiie .-lair shot.l Ib" too short to admit ' "f moving th" tary-t ’ foot higher, th n ill" assistant should b" dire : -■! to hold I' i<- staff in the i'i‘t posiU'iti of the line I just run, ti:" operator n.oves his level-. :-u- instrum at dow:; th" slope tn about I whoi'- ti; •r- '.t terrac. line will nm. ad ! j >■-{:-• th" sighting fi’tp, firns it to the I stair diteci:- ti." target to b” slid down 1 tinui ■. 1 a bvel line with the sights, : Is-" diri- -t - It to b" sll'l up 3 feet | j :,.i- ’ "••<--.r.<-d. The assistant then ■ xtOV ’.op'.; (•? tin sup- ■p.- id k- iiTn of tin next t rr.i'-. Ur? land the work go s on as des riicxi until ; tie lowest point in the thid. Or por ■ tion of ill- llehi is reached. 1: is v-w. II : n.••«, to m':rk the ’ tir. • I'ti'i .a t poi» ion > ' 'h'- ■ ■ 'IT <m 1 t.-rr.-iee line b' driving a stake : setting . . tl-.at th ■ ,:. stone, sh lib» ‘ -,r Jt.rtt (he same iv-I ut which the ‘ KE<'Tt:-'Y (N<? TE il TKHRACt: HINE. At ■;::■■■ time the .'p-fmay quit m tr ■meat and d’"'”.-i ’::>■ permanent -. ~ .iis.m mt of lite' • m.ir>t''d th- )s•:<«. Sn••': .-< line will ’’■■ m.-rc ■ r I -s >'f • /.tc;’ :., '.o.tour, and will r- ••'■:',! to h tv.- : t? " ii'l''.- r '.mdc'l Into . m. •■’• - . Seine do It is ov I'.n_>!v i .i- ■■ . liulgment ■: thi plow■ man who runs th- tlrst furrow in throw ( lug ir> -he t'-tvai iin-.'k; bIK I think ' .i ■ ign ■•■;: of the m >r■ ! iliv •■x--r.:'.~e' 1 . tin- ', nm” 1> .iono ! with -i retT.it tory male •■ l 'l un. Killed plowman, is het ■ i-allwi "■« piny. !l« I s -.oui !go nio'.’g t). ■ "n- . moving u’e- or nv:-' a :i’.t'." up t' ■■ -l-u'". so a? : > form :. ’.- t-i • "f gimdiini vmi graC' - ... m■. H . li.mlti forth, -.- ; .i'. tin -■■. until ■'>U; 1 ■’ « i: li :h- a.: in 1 •nn i ■.'■.•■ e :-gultrill"'’ In ‘ of rg.s nr-- <ar..w<l by j'i'lelng 'th,- ".'.ft' .. •■ iii'llm : in a Utt''' d"’ '• -'*>n , ... -.!>• or ■> ; a slight elova.t’Oti. Th ' 1- : ■:'. ■: I ;i .-tstiir.t will ii'ii'.'n to avot i ; .t : mnfl tb.rt w.m th ■ !>."1!- ... .- ■ m It' Ipient -.-■ > .- ./.i ".'■ I tin gully i’ wlh i .. -■■-;!■ ■ . hi". This -.ho-.'.ld b.' ... . ■ . the . t :■- I P'l'f ■/ ■HE • •>: ■■ BANK- ; ■.: ■is bw-i dem- w(b •- two-ho so tt rn ’ >v ■">!'/ ti-i i c ' b<»v»‘ ? • I'.iio i ' i T.'.-tv,' ■/. : ‘ trmw !' !• ‘.lii. It ' 1;, ' '>!»< ;■• -■'’•le ■ of .... fir.-i fpi.cw Imow the s<."..id ’■ ’ ’.-1./ ;i bmad j list. Run ."round, on fm -v , .■.. -- . ,r...1:1ni- a b a'l W macs fl det ill my ex a: riene<- .V- .1 n to in:'!?* upon, a.lth'.'ilgh I ImV" File loot ■ . •iiotild .'-mootb'd over from cml ■ er-d v.i't’. *i h "rev. and tb'.m a ,:>!!"r. ■■ ; he: v.- dt' y. so :- to compact the .i ..- n." -'1 poss'bl-?. T’n*' le-. i ling . r: m*-nl h -id *" used ; J !-<1 the stall .• hr to d'-teet ?.\ high or I:>W ; 'ace, ... l.i-t'-:. Th< high places. ■ 1 ' ■ nd . Ilow places ... ilt UP c Itli ■ -■■'- ■ I ore •■"' and well t. .lov.Ti r ..naie.’l witii a sod -.1 :•«!. I imi.st wr going over amt •.,-if; : 'g the !■■■-. •! 0 Ein f: : '■ of If i o ■ I ■ There will be !..■■; .< A'lis Wt;. plow wit! riot throw up much soil tnd the bank will i. ■ ' i •-. . ... will „• lat 'Jdt- ! ;:- :<ons !:; tl e- <ri c- of th ■ field .chore .■-.••• I- ’.: Ihi-d to i>::th‘.r into volume ■ id y . '.■ Tie. .'l»'.'."t "heuid be built •'> f ' '.'.■ i’.i 'I:- ■ il' . - ill'll; tl. ■ :r: ' leV'-l i.f ills i-.'ink and well rammed down. It ■ is w.-i; it' g.ill.er tie? loos-. : tor.,-:’ r.'.ar by THE WEEKLY OOMSTATimONt <HaAJ9T4L. MO.PAX. DECEMBER 14, 1903. and cover them up into the bank at these threatened places. After the terrace hank Is finished It need not stand more than a few Inches 1 higher than the general surface. I do not like the idea of building up a huge bank or dam, or permitting such a dam to grow higher from the effects of the annual turning of the furrows down the hill In breaking the land. PIZ>WING ON TERRACED BAND. The annual breaking should be done 1 with a hillside or reversible plow, turn ing all the furrows down the hill. It will be necessary to put In short furrows In finishing the upper edges of the ter races in the wider places. After plowing out a terrace the loose, plowed soil, ibank <m! up Just above each terrace bank, may be raked over the bank onto the next terrace below, and so avoid making the bank so high as to prevent the water i from running over. You don't want, the terrace bank to become a datn to accu mulate a tiond or a long iniddle of water. If the bank is made a< i-nrately as dlrcet ed and after It has settled and become firm, and especially after’ grass roots shall have bound it together, the surface water that may not. sink readily into the soil will flow over to a thin sheet and do little or no injury. T.AYING OFF ROWS. ' Commence at: either edge of a terrace > and lay off until the center is reached In ' the narrowest place. Then move the 1 plow to the opposite edge and lay off i until the rows touch at the narrow place. : Then lay off one row above, the next ’ below, rind so on. filling in somewhat like the shade lines, on a lake or other body of water are drawn on a map. By all means use a row gauge or row* marker when tlrst laying off rows for bedding or for any purpose. R. J. REDDING. FARM CORRESPONDENCE. TEXAS BOLL WEEVIL. Mr. R. B. Rhodi's, Crawford'ille. (la., says In regard to the weevil. "It is i -i --tainly disastrous and should be clie'.'k' d as soon as possibl*-. It can bo done. 1 do not know how long It will take. I s.-c rome one wants to i|uar.intine against Texas cotton seed ami hay. I hat is ’ll foolishmss. 1 would just as soon plant * Texas seed as any. The idea ot the I mother weevil depositing on tin- cotton | after It opens is foolish. She deposits some time after th bloom drops, just Under the shuck on the boll, between April and July, owing to seasons. We might as well quarantine against I’.un ■ nnii.ni cabbage .seed as Texas cotton i:- ed. Jt is a tl” that deposits the < gg and there is a oiffe-rent fly for every different i plant and at different seasons ot tin* year I they make their deposit. The potato bug. th, tomato, the cabbage bug; in tact all garden vegetables are dani'x ' 1 more or I:- is < , e;y year by such Ins'-et'i I s:ty 1 can catch them. They do their work at night, they hate the light .b bad ns a roglsh n- gro does. Anything that travels at r.lglr: Is troublesome.” Comment—l thought on reading the first few lines of Mr. R.’s letter that he was going to tell us something ;Sbout the habits and life history of the Texas boll weevil, from actual ixperlenee and ob servation. But It seems that lie never saw one and has never b?<?n in a hundred miles of one. unless he has- b- en in Texas sir- e tho weevil put in its appearance ! there, in the first place tho weevil Is j not a fly at all. but is a beetle, and Is .about aa much like - fly as a jaybird Is i like a spring vhieken. ('lie I’nlted Suites department of agri- I culture has had expert men In lite field. In Texas and in Cuba, for a year or more and Is ;-p-tiding and preparing to s:*end many thousands of dollars in the effort to discover some me:,ns <»' eheek ing the advance of this terrible pest. The ] ;iresilient in his late message to • ongr-" : | lias called attention to the evil. The ! Lnited States depariimfa n,> issu'd a I bulletin on the subject in which I: Is sa.iu: ! "Although the Im-'el does not. except neeldentally, hibernal- within th" Irill of | the seed, every seed house atlaehed to a I gin in tile Infested territory harbors any j that nr, brought tn from tne Helds in th» I seed cotton. They crawl into the seed bins as they would , ra.wl anywhere for protection. All danger would be ivolded by fumigating the seed or by leaving it f.icki'd in storag rooms isolated from mw cotton for a year previous to ship ment ’ in another j.di.e thi bulletin says. "The I w .sll !■; remarkably free from parisites land diseases, ....mnpi s but ! ertven days I from egg to adult, and the progeny of a I single pair In a season may reach 134,- I 000.000 o." we \ ils.” j 1 lik .about ill"!-" l'|i: gno danger 'rom ' :t prolUß u:iu <h*s(’ d<-:ivt i-cat as ■ I i;d\lse tlios- who :ire ,nt"r-sled In tin subject to appl.' to H'-n, .1 nm Wilson, !se. i"‘.aiy >t agriealture. \\ a<l.:ngton, D. .-op., ot that bulletin on Texas I t-dl weevil. 1 One more extract from th.: bulletin ; shows v.nat tne Louisiana exp rinicnt. , si.ui'm thinks of th" past, how ;lioiouglily : and regatcl.-ss of its director (took measures for its ties'.’•action, as fo.l- | "The wrevll has nd. bt n found mishit ■ that state except in the instance wliich ■:: d in August at tho Lo t a sugar exprriment station at Xu-lttiiop. i park in the environs oi New Or: in .. In - tha-t <■:’?o tho circumstances ha !•'! the Louisiana, authorities to th.- conviction h, pests wore pi: p"""ly placed In |t:.<- cotton plots by sr>m,- ait'-rested jvr son. Tho .station authorities promptly dr ist;o\ -d al! Hi.’ cotton nl the exnori : lU'.'ii'l 1 plots by picking th" fallen fruit. | uprooting and burning the 01.-mts, and ■ Mii) :i"|ii"n: 1 y jilowed nnd (load' d the land oft. r ii l ad l>-“!i taorpuglilj y"'l with - crude petroleum. As there are no cotton I field- within 10 mti'-s of Audubon park, and " ’eral •.-xaniinations- b;. tin «..p"ii •• it emo legist failed tn r"' oal any weevils. |i is . i" ’'robable th, it ih? colony was v'HHpl'.tfcly exieiniinnt *». IRISH I'i>T\|-'i tTI/L-KI-:. I <5. urge -M. Smith. Laur.-l, M.ss.—Will I • .-j nlo-isn I'lvise mo through Th, <‘*or -1 stitution how a beginner . '" Irish j petal ics Th< kind, of soil b- st to 'lien:, qm, ntit.'. ,n<! kind 1 -’t:liZ'.-r io I :;c. . time to plant and ga’in-r? : A.'dW'.T-As a rule it is itnpr.o-ip-p.bl" in a I't.'p!'. wfii-.in roasonabb limits to say al! th >t :■ ' !>■ :.iinv. i" should knew about : the cuituie of Irish potato. Iyou ox , peel to plant on a nsiilcraii! ■ scale for : market it would lie well to vi.-it -' "ni" I expt rieneotl and sue •« isf il truck r in : your .section of ."o.ir s.:i.-<- and * g t onto” ; his methods. I In the sot.th the best soil for the Irish i potato is -'t light, sandy loam, with a good i clay subsoil and of as good quality lit- io ’ prod > 'tiveness -is c. a lie had. This soil i should be deeply plow'd in (lie early win i ter and subsoil If practicable, specially in the rows in which th" seed potatoes ,e <• t , be pic -t/d. A goon '. i tlljZ'-r :a:.y •w prepared as follow.”: High grade acid pbosj'hate. 600 pounds; c otton se- d meal. 1500 pounds; muriate ol potash, 150 , jiutmus, in all 1.250 pounds, would not be to.) ranch lor one acre ot fairly good ' soli. The land being first wi U iilidt. a i tl..sli. an dll' -I' d. lav off row. 3 feet 'apart with .: big liau.l, sealti".- 'he fer ■ tli’.z : In these rows and run a long ' s-'odt'? (subsoller) in them 2 or 3 limes to mix the. fertilizer with the soil. Cut : the seed po .itocs in pieces of 4 to I ! oidi-. e.- in wi.'iglit. taking c.ir ■ tha • a !i i pi- .-" shall have al least one ”eye.” Drop la pi- ce every 12 indies and cover wiili : loose, mellow soil about 3 inches deep. It I is ti-n.il to plant about three wccjt.s be ! fore tlio pr ; ailing time of planting field i corn. Cultivate shallow every ten days land do not throw t bed or ri.lg,- to tp. 'rows of pl-ints. jii.-.t as the Plant” emn menee- to come up It is good practice to ! scatter along the rows about 50 to 75 • pounds of nitrate of soda per acne. The j fertilizer should have liven pot In a week j or so before planting and a fresh scooter ; furrow run in th" open furrow just a - . | j'lantlng time. It you purpose marketing the fresh potatoes If m»y prove profitable j to commence digging and shipping as Cotton Must Have Potash Potash is an essential plant food which must be added as a fertilizer or the soil will become exhausted, as is true of so many cotton fields. M e have books giving valuable details about fertilizers We will send them free to any far mer who asks us for them. OIIKMAN RA».I WOKKS. New York- t»S X.srhii street, or Atiiinto. Cn.-SS'-; So. Broad St. soon as the tubers arc as largo as hen's eggs. This is a matter of expert judg ment. If you prefer not to ship until matured then wait until the vines com m-nee to turn brown or yellow and then dig all iogethr. Plant Early Rose, Prido of tile South. Early Puritan, etc. T.Mt'ROVINJ }><>(>!’ SAN.DY LAND. H. C L.. Luray. S. C—l wish you wen’ll giv,- me, v’our opinion and advi"o concerning my lands and their culti vation, "te. These lands arc light sandy sol! and very poor, and t desire to im pi ve them, ns rapidly a.s I can with my limited means. I have bi n nl-’nling lii'-m in corn -ml cowpeas first, followed by oats, and. after oats, cowpeas, always making hay out of the latter crop. Alt crops i.rc fairly wi ll fertilized, but while some iinprovem. tit Is n'.'tcd the result Is not satisfactory. My plan of preparation h i.- been to break up these lands 6 to 3 Inches dee; , tiurniiig up the villow .subsoil until the surfa-'" is all yellow. Cultiva tion always shallow. Have I erred in tinning up tins yellow subsoil, as some of my old farmer friends think? Tho fact is this yellow s il is right at the surface, and, to reach it, you would only have to go about 2 inches down. Is my rotation of cropa correct? I don't plant cotton, and do you think lime broadcasted on tlieae lands would help any? Answer—l think It imquiestlonablc that yon err In plowing uch land "6 to 8 inches deep” and turning up so much of the poor yellow sand to the surface. I do not sea what possible good it can do. Corn and cowpeas, followed the next year by oat;- and cowp- is. should bring up such land quite rapidly provided you will fertilize the oats lib. illy and sow them in tiie fall (October and November) and a’ o fertilize the evw, as after the oats, it is not. safe to apply more, than 200 to 300 pounds of commercial fertilizer to corn, but you can apply 500 pounds per acre to o.ats with reasonable prospects of good i<-sult.s. To the • ’rn apply, say 125 pounds 14 per c-nt id plio.splia.t- . 10 pounds of murlat" 1 potash (or 40 jiouiids kainit) and 150 pounds of cotton seed meal. To tiie oats apply 200 jionnds 14 pe.r cent acid. 50 pounds muriate, 250 pounds of cotton s- ed meal, at sowing limo (sow by the ''open furrow plan”) and top-dres.'- in Marc i with 75 pounds nitrate, of soda. To th- peas 200 pounds or 14 per cent acid nd 25 pounds of muriate (or 100 pm’nch kainit). Cut'ami shock your orn .. ,m anted the stover. Make liuy of tin: cowpea vines. Don’t sell any hay oi grain, but :"ed to horses ami cattle and return manure to the land. I would not dare to apply lime to such a soil. WHY H. \V. M<-\V.'S SVBSOILTNH DID NOT BAY. T, L , Spurt:niaurg. S. C.--I have just rend 11 \V. M '.V.'s Kirillin. Ga.) i-xpc- rieii •’? in subs-iiling. <!■ -p plowing, etc., and I think 1 n c.- very plainly the i':i:i; , ot hi" laibu" to raise a bale or more cf cotton to th" acre. He did not use guano e. nigh If he will repeat Ills pre;>.ll uion in 1901. nd apply from 800 lo 1.200 p-ounds ’f high grad - guano in the acre, -mil cultivate shallow and often. Have his row: I !• "t wiiic.. and Ic-ive liis laud Ic-v.-i la ying by he will mak? his bale or more • ry acn so planted. In plowing land very de»p and mixing ■lay with topsoil, It , quires more fertil izer to warm up ■ "lay that I.’ so mixed ami cause ■<> produce a fall crop. The <!■ p plowin'.; enables (be soil to .stand i drought better A large quan tity of gunno In shallinv plowed land a.uld : ,t do .' ill. ii -.H' e u would burn up Hie '.lop In time of drought. This is my experience, and I give it for wlrat it is worth. I hope other.-, will reply. Answer I feel constrained to remark that T L. s explanation <l'r s not seem to explain tie cause of H. \V. MeW.'S failure, at least, not .-ati'factorlly. The th ory e; deep subsolliug is certainly han dieai'P'il if in prai-tice it then becomes ii""< .-?;■'■ t-j apply 800 to 1,200 pounds of legli-gradu guano to mak" one bale to the a- re. It. would seem to be "paying ton dear for tit whlsth " 1 opine that the land in qm l i m. with ordinary good prep aration, pl.’Wi:i, to the depth of 6 or 8 ir,'. in-;, aii't apply ini; 200 pounds <if the proper fertilizer, .nigiit to have yielded not 1- -s than a I.- I Isi ■ to th" aere— without any sub. olli-ig. Vol If tfure be merit in sn depth th" nsil: should ha V be l:. at least, 200 or 300 ’■< .'s mor". Wh.it our cor- r.-sp nii' iit in".i . ”v. "ming up" the H''fi For Internal and External Use Cures find Prevent* Co1«1h. Couruk. Sore Throat, InfliK-ri/a. Bronchitis. Pneumonia, r'wr’Hn.’,*; - f fh*' Joint*’. Lumbago. Jnffarnina tlon-* Bheunuitls’ii. Xnuralgia, Headache, Tootharh.-, A'thma THtJicult Lrcathlng. lla<hv.ry’H li«* t . !!<•!’ t* .a Sure Cure* for Every l‘<«in, S ; r i.n< Bruises, Faln« hi Baek. Ch-:,! or .L n l> A half to .« t- it tn ha.lf a tumbler r.f ’v.. »r wi;: n a few minutes cure c’ramps. Siabn.?, S< uu Si :na h, Ib-arthum, »rvous - *i!4, s pit?.-• r t« ? , Sb k f B Inch* , Diarrhoea, Dx. rntexy, Flatulency ?iml all internal ]>a n:. j. There •< ’ »t n ■.»n,i».• j in tl ’i Woubl that v.ill cun .rvl and all <>thor ni;< bx. !•>'.!'. r>i.!- i ti, j .'.ihj T'ever.ft, aMed by P'*.DV.-.\ V’S ]•!;.. ; .. I il. klv AY'S RHADY HELTEI- Sold by Druggists. RADWAY & CO., 55 J-.’kn St . New York. WOOL ■”' ■' w w giiihuHyour wool.’te- mar an tee *uif : ? I’a.'i <’<>N< Oiu> U <><>!,E\ M I I 1.. X ivka iiiuk. 4.. i. STEEL ROOFIWG too soy/iffF feet sz.on * H g i fiS Pchn.-d two *ide*j nnlf* Included. 4 ? 8 1 ' v Su:ni-Ha j <’.'.-JiPd Slot 1 5 ft i r ' k ' t "ng- The- br«i *Kil H' ss*hlh:rr ur < you <nn a*o. .'**> ♦ * I'3"-" foe.—»'T F lay »’ .A:»or.h lft ry fi i Bife m ■ <>r tuCchet the oniy foolb you ’tlj E iBS S ' ll '-.bi ’t hat, vorr’ifated or l> V ” ’"elSiS’ r *'‘ to for our Free Cafaloßue ■ ”. . fer’.fl-*’'- ■ Supplies. . '•iraitLin'. etc. • ’ ’<<<’{ bl- »)... j». , 'V. X. Iron S.'M., t'hicu(fo Farmers Save and Improvs Your Farms ’ .—y Tl." l-’iu imu's A'.it'ijiiaiii' " I'. .-racing an 'I I'iteliiiig •gi- IHHia-uimml is the "nlys.-l:- siftte :1.(|IIHI 'ng le •■''! Hi.'Kle and s's W e" l .'' I’ari'i 1-e-el :lui' Il * (i as an adjust uient Cur f L 1 ilitclnng as we!: as terrae- // I H imr ItitclK’s can be sur // I V, vevcil le nn.i required full. A A,i, person <•! .r<l:i;::i .>- m- H S M ti-lligmiee can "p'-rnie it. I I U X , tlounl’-serews >" iiiiin- /' 9 V. iymlat" or eemplicnted di- // jl i.wtions u t'fllov.’. simple. // I \ accurate, reliable anddu- /' f ’ i abb . Built iri four grades with, and without Tule- i ■jcodos. r.". (ii pi'b’o from -SJ-Oo tn Wri:” for -p •.’jih axu ns and price-* J. W. BELYEU. Manufacturer. Alexander City, Aid. WANTED. - Position at? overseer or manatjer of farm. Veltri of experience. 1 iiduMri-’U- and Gc,n;.< tcnl. \ddre-?!-, L E • Haymond, i’oute 2, She! yvilJc, Ky, clay dues not. clearly appear, but the necessity for applying more fertiliser where stibsoillng has been practiced Is rather heavy on subsoiling. The extreme advocates of the practice, as I under stand them, do not admit such a prac tice renders necessary a heavier applica tion of fertilizers, but that it simply makes it safer to do so. COMPOST FOR CANTALOUPE. Belcher Bros., Bainbridge, Ga.—We have several tons of stable fertili zer anil have It In pens out of the weath er. one. ton in each pen. Quality ot fer tilizer good. Now what we want to know Is this: Wo want to compost it :md want to know what chemicals to put in same that will give us the best result for fertilizing cantaloupes, I. e.. what to mix with each ton and how many pounds to put to each ton after composted. How many pounds per acre. We have the stable fertilizer, and of course, want to use ft, and want to know what chemicals to use with each pen of a ton of s ’le fertilizer to get the best results. Will say we also Jiave on hand cotton seed meal and hulls, acid phosphate 14 per cen: k.anit and nitrate of soda, but don't know that ft would be good, and if It was good, don’t know how many pounds to mix with each ton of stab’.'* fertilizer to g"t best results. Answer—T have yours of tho 3rd In regard to composting stable manure with chemicals for uso on cantaloupes. If you have not received the bulletins of the Georgia Experiment Station, especially No. 57. allow me lo express my surprise, that you have not availed yourself of thefr help. No. 57 covers the subjeet r.f fertilizing mixtures for anything tn je gard to the use of stable manure, for the simple reason that most farmers find it impracticable to secure enough stable manure for their purposes. There is no doubt, how ever. that a well prepared compost, based up"ri stable manure, cannot be ex celled as a fertilizer of cantaloupes. Then to page. 174 of Bulletin 57. ami you will find that we recommend a fertilizer which shall contain 8:7:3. This can be secured bv using the formula described, to-wlt: .Add iiho.' pbat" <l4 per cert) 1.000 lbs. Muriate of potash 250 " Cotton seed meal 1.000 Now you can consider that a. ton of well prepared stable manure Is equiva lent to about 100 lbs. of cotton seed mcai. containing, as it does, about the same quantity of nitrogen. Now then. you have only to put in as many pounds of stable manure to tht 1.000 pounds of aclii phosphate as may be convenient, and then) deduct from the amount of cotton seed meal 100 pounds, for every ton of stable manure. Thus: Acid phosphate 1.000 lbs. Muriate of potash 250 Stable m.'wure 4,000 Cotton heed meal 600 But if you propose to use nitrate of soda (and I would advise you to do so), you may reduc< L .. 400 pounds, and substitute 250 pounds of nitrate of soda, to be used partly at planting time and partly subsequently. I’l'rhaps even a larger quantity of nitrate of soda might be use,) to advantag* . say as much as 250 pounds. In which ease you would I'.-av. off 500 pounds of cotton seed rm al; I pound of nitrate of so la being about equivalent to 2 pouu Is, in which eas- you would leave, off 500 pounds, of cotton seed tn'al, I pound, of nltrat" of soda b'-ing about equivalent to 2 pounds of cotton seed meal So then, a good formula would be as follows: Add phosphate (14 per emit).. ..1.000 lbs. Muriate of potash 250 '' Cotton seed meal.. . 300 to be composted .a month or two before planting time, ar 1 put In the hills or rows not less tl'.'i: 'wo weeks before planting time. At the time, of planting I would apply anout a '"a spoonful or so of nitrate of soda to each hill, and subsequently, ray at intervals of two or three weeks, tho remainder of th" 250 pounds of nitrate of soda. If von will bear in mind that thlrtj heaping tvaspoonfuls of nltrat'- of soda equals 1 pound, and knowing the number of hills and vines per acre, you will have no dif ficulty in applying the requisite amount to each hill. 1 would advise that you lay off your mw- live im six feet apart, open out i broad deep furrow, scatter the compost nil along this furrow, mixing it well wttn tho soil of the furrow by one or two small scooter furrows, and then make a broad, flat bed and plant the cantaloupe seed not 1. . than a dozen seeds in a lilac?, ever? 4 f. ot. The above formula is based, as you will see. on 1.000 jioumlH of acid phos phate and the whole amount is about sutli'-ient for thret or four acres of canta loupes. Von may find it desirable to make fresh applications of nitrate ,»f soda. In addition to th" amount of 250 pounds In the formula, which allow:: for only about 80 pounds of nltrat" of soda per acre, the vvhol amount being di vided among the three acre:-. Bear in mind also that the formulas above given assume that the stable ma nure is all first-class quality. The hulls ir-- not worth any tiling to the current « top of cantaloupes as. they will not de < omo'isK with sufficient promptness. Bet te use t.ln-m a:-: feed or bedding for your cat He. If you ar" not receiving th" bulletins >t the station. I will take pleasure In send ing tiiern t.o you on request as per notice card. CORN AND FEAS ON Lt'i’ETtNE ! LAND. W .1 L Luxord, Ark.-T have , .: piece of land I would 'ike to i plant in corn In March about the 25th. \ ami I want to plant stock peas in tho , corn. Tin- I.'in.l is now sown in alfalfa. : ’ would like to have the advice of the ■ )' ami F department ns to how and ' when to plant. Answer. lit does nos clearly appear I .j st what, the conditions ami your pur- I pose ar.; Do you want to destroy the i .ilfalfa and then plant corn? If so turn ’ under the alfalfa the latter part of Feb- j usry or v-:y early in March, using a i ;..:ge two-horse plow, or a disc plow. ‘ Harrow once or twice ami plant at the ■ time you indicate. Von say you want ! to plant the corn about March 25. and -. i you ask ’'how and when t” plant.” ! I do nut see the point you arc after. ' I'lunt tiie peas eitln.-r at s.-. ond plowing of th ■ coin, or sow broadcast at laying by. i NITRATE Ul' SODA ON STRAWBER RIES AND APPLE TREES C. T. ¥.. Jackson, Tenn.—l de- : site to use some nitrate of soda : o strawb-irios the corning Spring. Will '■■il pleiis" inform me through F and !■' department how much to uso per acre. | is hen ami how to apply same to best ; advantage. : Would also like to know how much . to ns.- per tree on bearing apple am) ■ plum trees. t Answer. Nitrate of soda should not he applied to plants except when they are In a growing condition. The proper lime is just before the blooms commence to appear freely. Then apply about, fifty pounds to the acre, or one pound to every fifty <>r seventy feet of row, scat- . b.'iing it along among the plants. In two weeks, or more apply sevonty-livo pounds more in the same way and ro jH-.-it In ten days, or two weeks If thought necessary. I would not apply nitrate of soda to bearing apple or other fruit trees. What thev want more than anything vise Is plenty ot' acid phostihate- and potash, guy turn pounds of high-grade acid phosphate and one pound of muriate of potash (or four pounds of kanit) ami one pound of C S. meal around each tree in a circle six •>:■ eight, fi-ei in diameter ami lightly i t.o: Red in with a pronged hoe. This i should be done early in Fe.bruarv. < ’ i BEST VARIETY OF COTTON I J. D. Mi l<„ Traveler" Rest. S. C.—} 1 want to toll you that 1 get some goo,’, from .'-our advice to farmers through The ; Atlanta Constitution. I would not take! the paper if it was not for the farmers : d -partmenL 1 have drilled a few oats ! after your plan. If they prove a sue- i cess here 1 will plant no other way. I j enjoy.-d your talk at Clemson college. I I want your advice about the different ■ kinds of cotton, which is the best for th" south. Which has proved the best kind at the experiment station in Geer- I KBMI y 1../ uYn; MEDicist tl L om woo ewf JwT J2J J-? that [ay xJU MiLK. B mnv times ovct by curing a sick cow and making her a nood nulker, K| 0 ii aX CM will be sent yom g ' iJTfiSrS’I I W ’ndPo’ll?” '^ O i“ ff X&lm : a handsome <*ow that got nick and I thought «he Jwu mA die. your Black-Oraus'u: Stock Medicine jSBSb • ?.’•? jj«r ft ten •j’oonful in her eiop every t ven in?.- * 9 IffiPflifii, rood health and gi re* more mi’k than an.v of the others. AUGVST Hor.M.<TG. AP.ard. Minn. gla. I would like to see a brother tell ing about th" different varieties for the. last season as the frost was about a month earlier than last. y,ar. 1 hart tho cotton planted and 'lid not mak" much over half a. crop. A great deal of it was frost bit. I don't think I will like it is well .is some others I I’.'ve pl-intn-.i Last year the spring was • arly and frost was lot" anil I made a fa!:- crop of It, htlf with a. tatc spring ami arly frost it wont do hole as well as some other cotton I have tried. I write to got your ndvic, tie best cotton, taking one year with another. Answer—l am glad to learn that yon have ventured to "?,>w a. few oats after your (my) plan. If von h'iv" follow I directions In th" manner of sowing and j fertilized liberally It will be no fault i of the plan if you shall not succeed. 1 I have little doubt the late hard freezes j have much damaged, If not killed oats, sown in the old fashioned way. If not, their safety was probably due to the ' dryness of the soil. I send you bulletin of cotton expert- ; ments of last year (1902). This year’s, results of the variety tests have not yet j been worked up, but I have gone suffi- ! clently far to learn the standing of th" twenty-one varieties tested as regards total yield of seed cotton per acre The i indications ar" unmlstakabh that th ! early varieties hav- done best this j “ar. , while last year th" reverse was true. I think I stated in my lectn:,- on cot- ! ton at Clemson college- If m :. 1 have ' often so stated in this department--that j | tho best variety Cot a f irmer to p.ant i ‘ ! one tint' uniformly proiliie, s a .‘ -iti.-i- I i factory yield in value of lint and s -"'i. [taking a nurnber of years t'lgeth'T. Such i la variety may vary, and po ib icvur, I stand at tin very head of a consider- | i able list of good v iri' lb a . 1 yet will generally b- found among tin. ’»■ s'. Some varieties will st:i".d tlrst on< • ear ami "go foot" the ver’, next i-,-.u. This was the case with the "A:.lean Limb less”—so call'd. In the middle' part, of the cotton belt the best v.irh l.y will generally be one that is neither very early or very late, but what is called I medium. Preferably ii. . honl.i Im'." large I bolls, should nut be clustered, and they should open well. Some (at b-ast one) I ot th" best, varieties for tniddl ■ Georgia ; and farther south, are too late for j North Georgia, amt the corr rin Log I region <.'f South Carolina. The variety: you me'itlon (T h ive suppi. s.scd tho ' j name) Is such a one. I should a) that I in th" section °f South t’arolinn lying , north of the line of the South- rn Rail- ’ waj leading from Atlanta to Charlotte i N. C.. and for orm distance . outh of ! said lino, early v>:.rl'-l! s of cotton "honld , planted, in narrow rows and close in , the drill. I It is my convictinn. based on several I years' actual experiment, that i mixtii’e of seeds of two vorietios, one an , Hy and the other a l iter, would give larger yields as a role, in the middle and south ern portions of the cotton bolt, than either variety planted alone. (' :» : ■ each of such two varieties should bo the most productive of its class. SOWING WHEAT. J. D. McKinney. Trav- lit . Rest. S. C. j 1 am -owing some wheat b' plowing ft . in with small shovets. sowing my for- j tilizer on the surface and running a L heavy brush owr it to cover it. 1 have ‘ ! never tried it that v.nv. but it oecnr>e.l to mo It would bl- a good nay win 't ■ 'does not grow verv •!• •■:> in the ground.. > | and the rains wi" arry the strength lof the fertilizer down as the wheat ' I comes on. Have 1 mado a mistake or ‘ i not? I would be glad to get - our ad- I 1 I vice on any line. Answer. Tt is w. 11 settled that wheat I will do b"ti'T when sown with a res ,lar | grain drill thn;. when sown broadcast ! I nnd plowed in. The next host wav won’d | i be tn first break the ;an,l well and then • : harrow it smooth and level. Then "rib” , : I the surface by running furrows with a j . I small, short plow as close together as J ■ ! possible—not to fill the furrows Just i previously opened. Then sow the grain ! 1 ; ami fertilizers broadcai-t am! cover by |. ! ! means of a heavy brir-h o. a light. ' ■ slant toothed harrow, rim crosswise the , I "ribbing" furrows. Nearly all of the 1 seed ami f- rtlllzer will cither full ini” j . tie- open furrow.'- or b i-rush'-d in’" : them, when you go cover ■ suggest- j i ed. ami the w’e :,t will ip,>. .<•• in pretty j . : v.-e’l delined rows. : When small grain -ed fi">i sown ~ ‘ broadcast and th n ri.n’-veil in. the ( : will be cover'd at deoth- ranging from;. I nothing (n"t covei' ,1 at :'H' to thr.o or , ■ fo-’j- im-be.< : Th" riT'bing mav b, .va i, ois! ■ dor , I t.v rm-nns of ' double shc-v- L or b«»tlor. ' by using a Planet. Jr . Mtivatm wif'i | ’ ; a four-inch schooler on c-.i- , ol r.i-. I side nml the cent r standard, adj : >("■!, a : properly. ! 1 SUGAR-MAK ING AT HOME ‘C. B. T.. Watts. S. C i Please. an SWer through your pnoor if there :.- a 1 reliable place of m iking crude sugar i , from sugar, or ribbon. . .-im . with ' m , K-ommon country outfit, emisisting. ol < io . ( horse mill and boiler to suit. If ifier .please give description and any otb."- 1 .. formation you can. 2. How wo-ilo P ■ : do to separate ymtr cane roots ami x in deep furrier about 2 ■"■■( upai, nml . cover with turn plow now r or next ye ir 4 . cane crop? | Answer.- t. There is no insupe.r.'ihle ; • diffieulty in making sugar on tho farm IS with the ordinary appliances to will, it ! ; you refer, and nuniy farmers, ' dining the- | ' war.” made till the sugar required '.or i their own use, ami some of them made I it t" sell. This wis continued lor some j ’ i years after the close of the war. The ; . I sugar thus made, however, was usually j ' :i very fine grained, more or less dark j : ■ . ii - ■ When you want GARDEN SEEDS that will f-oduce Finest Specimens of Vegetables sow RITIQT’C: prize medal DUIijI 3 GARDEN SEEDS Descriptive Garden Guide, with prices, FREE. ROBERT BUBST COMPAMY, SEED GROWERS, Philadelphia. brown sugar. It answered the ord purpose, but was satisfactory onl long as it was impracticable to gs fined sugar. I made considerable ■ myself, during wartimes, and endea to bleach it by the use of clay, without satisfactory results. f a you not to attempt sugar-making confine your efforts to the product!' a fine quality of sirup, seal it up hot in bottles, jugs and (Ins. sell er of your sirup io buy your white s The making of white sugar <r< sugar) is strictly a manufacturing cess and cannot be profitably com! on a small scale. 2. I have tried the plan without cess. The. roots will not germinal llablv. I CONTRACTED HEEi,S AND BAH WIRE WOUND. ■ Subscriber, Marl. Ok'u. I have a 8 .rears old. Vfiout one xear age got le r fore font cut on a. barbed ;Ju?t at the "!ge of tiie hoot | the hoof was b.'.diy ent also. Last nur she got tin same foot hurt ; I right in the old scar, and her in: | b.-'illy contra ted Please let me | if her re'-l can be widened to Its )■ I width and give remedy. There is ! :i.n enlargement caused by the win ; which has left a very ugly scar. I , let me know if it can be remov.d | out tlw knife. Some say causti hr j will take it away. Is this true; if , give remedy, if any. The enlarge ! seems to have some puss tn it. but | more of a grisly nature, it being c: < fore foot, right at the edge of the ■ and where it Is ■ asily buri, and I [ to remove if i, it can be done : mi'Heino without any gri at im-oi i tence. Pb'ise a, a■ r j Answer:- i 1-,av<- hear.l that causti, ; :®tn Is V --’.- ,'ff 'tii-,' in such ei:'" i In case it fails try bi -liloride of moi applying a little <iv:-r the surfa-c o < xci eseence by m -,:ns of •’ smooth ev. ry third <ia. . m ver ::Pi lying at time more than would lie on a 1 Continue to use it until the proud (hardi is burned liown to below the rounding' surface. Thon bathe it 1 I twenty-four hour- with a cofution of I (wo ounc,. of tiii.'tii.’e of ernlc.i am quart of water. | The contraction of the foot is th suit of not being able to use il. ;on a bar shoe with rather high I calks at first. Wh- n the diseased dltion at tho top of th, hoof is rcl and slio cm bear bor w< tglit freely o foot. It fs probable then the so- ' gradually specie). It is Well to po. the foot. LUMPY JAW. To H. 11. Donal,! on. Eowßown. < Th" following Is a reply mad" to a ilar Inquiry tn th' Issue ol Augiu-1 last: An: W'-r Th"re i n » doubt tli.it. th" case is "hat; is commonly called ‘‘Ju ja w ” but more correctly m-tinomyi ft is v.-ry nood pcaeti-e In the e stag'."’, am! win ti the tumor !s.:i‘'t t.'iehod to the bom', lo cut out and move it entirely; but when atrar'iei the bone, and < "p< cia.lly when in a r :i'l::n'■«! sia.gr, th proper tfe.itrii and Li<- o’i'? t at has in all cas''s g the best, insults, is il.e, adniinlstratlo iodide of potassium In on* 'lrani d every morning and night for flirei In a b’-.-iu masli. Jf during thi ■ time animal's e> • s .-liould get watery an good ,1 :,i of saliva run from the mo stop tip- lodid" for a 1. w days and 1 commince again. Also rub' tic ii once a. week with a little ol' an olntn composed of one dram of biniodidi meremy ar.d one oun of lard. Cont tills ointment for sev.-rnl months the tumor will gradually disappear. BLOODY URINE OF MARE (HE. TURTA.) J. W. G.. Pleasant Ridge, Ala.--' you be so kind as- to give mo a 1‘ information through your paper? I it a mate ,ib -lit nine y. old. that h: urln.-try troubl -, her urine look:- ns re, i’lcml. ami she makes considerable cf It-fore getting through pith o:p.-1: piss 1 don’l. know exactly bow long s’n. been In tl running in th pasture all summer early part of fall. The tir.-t know!' I had of it was about live weeks • She Is v -i fat. am) eats hearty. I hl r very little » mtetimt s drive hot my siurey. Sh. is in foil, about >ix seven month: gone. Any inform.<■ yon may give me will be gi'- atly ap; ciat d. 1 have not given h, ; - ~t.yil except Lit’ ina ional st..ok food, wlc * oniniene, ,) as, w days ago, but can no ciiangc ye:. Answer It is probably a. mild 1: -inntur.a, wl ieh is sometimes cans 1 , :r.lng some a. id plau:. am! sone li: "Ci’iirs wiiho'i; any apparent eau.--. a rule, whop an animal seems to hearty and otherwi>, in good health, notice should be taken of th urine, you may give her one oum " each of a amt pulveriz'd ginger, dissolv’d tn water and given m- a drench with ab half a gallon ~f cold water iin all’, i tow tin- c,p. i-.'.tleu of the purge bv gix on.’ ounce e.-u-h of tincture of chloride '.’■'■n. tincture of gentian and tinctur.- ginger at a dose three times a dav. half pint, of water. Give plenty of’ waior n ,|. v.boL.some. food. "DOWN IN THE LOINS." W. IT. L.. Luverne. Ala. i have a ■ is. (what, i call) down in the lo She has pro, ;i -ailv u () -,-. s r. o f ; I( . r i.indp: She -at - hearty , ? r finders, wui. h sli, ’ turned tn ott t., fatten. Ph ms- glv m remedy that will cure her. Answer it is a case of paraplegia, patalysls of tiie liim'.ports. eotnmo called “down in the loins." and has b Continued on Pag? Eleven.