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Agricultural D< Shall I Plant Cotton in Drills?' wepds this should From Southern Cultivator. horse | Wiil you please give me infor if the matiou concerning the method of able, t planting cottonseed in bills in- to thei stead of in the drill. The plantar tivatio which I contemplate using can red by be so adjusted to drop any desir- ; cultivi ed amount of seed to each hill, with d also any distance aDart. The ma-1 Nea A t rt /v /-. a r, 4 U a * aa<1 s, ' c K / .II 1/1 ^uiuc kiuc' uui 'ii'jp iuc rtrtru ?ij j -uvuiu close buDches, but deposits each especi hill on an acre of about 4 square as pea iteches; and it does the work with cabbaj considerable accuracy, without? ach. 1 crushing or breaking any seed. raised 1. Now, the information which plante I <i~sire, is, will seed planted by days ii thi= method come up, as readily stand < as planted in the drill ? ting ol 2 Will there be any saving in * cost of chopping and cultivating f>ver' 1 and buw much? vas c< 3. Bow much seed will it re- ROD^1 quire to plant an acre, with 4 . 8 8' aeed to the hill, hills 20 inches ?u apart, rows 3j ft. wide? ana 4. Would it be advisable to plant less than 3 or 4 seed to the hil, Ti?n 90:1 h > good state of cultivation ? 5. What i9 the average number of cottonseed in one bushel? This . , growt planter In question, is of entirely new design and promises so far to be one of considerable advantage and any information that you, . ^ ^ or the readers of the Cultivator, ,r. " hi t >at have had experience in this . . r i n litten method of planting will be very ? J It ii much appreciated. . siod t Ke?pectfully yours, Subscriber. . . in thi K iwman, ba. , . have I A g comment by the editor: ment 1. Yes, if the land is well pre- i ^ pared, and you wait until the , ' A to far ground is warm. | . 2. Certainly, it ought to save a'\^^ in the chopping, we should say at least one-fourth. 11 n m p 3. One peck, would answer, or ? * , row in 30,000 seed. j 4 No. we think not, unless you j ^ have verv costly ?eed, then you ! . t . each i might cut down to two. 1 5. 125,000. So you see that one ? 1 6 bushel will plant 4 acres. The I ^9U average amount used is one bush :Jecle(l el or more; and you can easily , see the great amount of saving it jother would be in Dlantintr a cotton I As crop. farm M< thus i at ihe Gardens and Vegetables. (iro ration Southern Farm Magazine. ian. 01 an i ma Irish potatoes should be plan-| Air ted in all the border states in | good c M arch. The best early varieties, j be use or at least those which have given spring the best satisfaction, are the quart* Iriumph. Early Hebron aud It is Early Rose, preference being boar f generally given to the first named, month So stable manure should be plan ingly, ted, as it induces scab and makes and pf the potatoes waxy. With land It is well prepared and enriched in warm the preceding fall or winter two sow as irfififl u.' nr tr 1 >. u- u/lll nana ll? .. I ; -. .. " u tuuiij man r ;t yield of potatoes. They are to get usually cut and dropped in rows As s three and one-half feet apart at rowini intervals of 10 inches in the rows, she wi They are then covered by throw- three I ing the dirt with a single horse ever, s plow over them, making a flat ing kit ridge. Just as the potato sprouts W'he begin to break through the over- sowss* lying ridge, a harrow should be dams run over the land, breaking down selves the ridges and destroying all Do r apartment ? a I and grass. Two weeks after a barroiwng the potatoes be "sided oat" with a one- ci plow, and two weeks later, o weather h<*a been season ei ho flirt shnnlfl h? thrown O! ro. This completes the cul- c? > . Level culture is prefer many grower*, and the o' ition in that c-??e is done p oubie shovel plow?. it rly all garden vegetable? w 1 be planted in March, aud ft ally the hardier kinds, such ?, onions, salsify, parsnips, *| ze,carrots, lettuce and spin- tc ornato plan!? should be 01 in a hotbed, but not trans ?< d until the warm, moist cl q April. Snap beans cannot L cold weather, and the plan f these should be deferred he danger from frosts is inless protected by a cankering. In the extreme all kind? of garden vegeta jould be in good headway tl rcb, and will need active j equeut cultivation. si Hog Notes. i n By Shepherd. t ti h pigs any set-back in b is a total loss. ' i steful feeding may meao t uch or too little, the sows run out until aji ays before farrowing. F ere two sows have small; t !, one sow may rear both, s easily possible to make|c oo rich for young pigs. ! a least until settled weather 1 e spring, the pigs should bedding. j t ood growth and develop 8 of bone is essential in a 'd ept for breeding. i 1 od sows that are expected f row soon should have warm, f uarters. en corn ha? been the lead- v t i ? I - i am iuuuf Kive nran and L d meal ten days before far- j1 K; advantage in a flat bot- * I trough is that it enables, e iig to secure a better share j L feed. ally the 'jog market is sub- v to less protracted periods c ireesion than that of anv,c stock. a machine for converting f products into meat and ? nto money, the hog stands a head of all farm animals. P wing pig* need a richer in winter than in summer ! le that will supply more a 1 heat. ? slacked lime is a cheap w lisinfectant, and can often id to a good advantage by d ling over the sleeping p ?rs. a best not to use a young or ?erviee until he is nine g is old, and then only spar- jg turning the sows into him k rmitting of out one service. | b a good plan to have some ; thin plop ready to give a d noon as phe is through far g ? and showB an inclination rr up. o i rule, ten days after far- o i a sow can be fed all that II readily eat up clean |0 time-a day Her food,how r? hould be of a milk produc- tt ad. rr n neceRsary to discard old nect the young ones from ei that have proved them- q good animals. la iot be hasty in shifting bi om one kind of stock to anoth- s= r. The man who sticks to bogs, I leep or cattle through thick I d thin, will generally get out II right. ? When sows farrow early, ^ ire must be taken to keep the ig? warm. It is c ?mparatively asy to stunt the early pig?, and ce stunted they never fully reaver from the effects. w Figs that have been wintered . ver should have their growth 1 ushed as ramdlv as r><?ssible uo* , i order to tattea before hot eather sets in. It rarely pays to ttten hogs in summer. ^ One of the best plans of mangement, when it can be done, i) give the pigs the run of the rchard duriug the growing sea >n. and especially so if the orbard is well seeded to clover.? ive Stock Journal. I ^ ??? :S Sheep Notes. I T By Shepherd. m Sheep need good care to give ^ he best results ^ Both wool and mutton will ^ oon show the effects of neglect. M Better buy a few good cheep W ban many culls. it is tne quality or the ttocfc f sore than its size upon which ^ he profits will depend. ^ Usually sheep oannot be kept J u large flocks and limited quar ? ers without breeding diseaee. m A very important item in rais- C ng strong lambs is to have the parents as strong and full of vi W allty as possible. m The ewe suffering from wet. M old feet, will generally contract W i cold and the young lambs will 9 nvariablv catch the cold. 9 in nearly all cases whatever A he breed of sheep, the costlies1 ^ mil finest wool lies on the shuol lers. 0 he best time to apply remedies ^ or scab in sheep is when the 4 leece has been removed. W The fewer hand* through which j? rool passes before it reaches the ? nanufacturer, the more profit A tiere should be for the grower. a I'nequal feeding, reducing the a lesh of the sheep, makes an uu ven cloth as well as injurious to ? nanufacture. ^ There is practica'ly no reason ^ rhy heavy fleeces of good wool ^ annotcbe grown upon large car K asses of excellent mutton. a Practically all sheep are grown * or wool and mutton ; the differ nee is that some possesses one ^ nd some the other in a greater W roportion. M The man who buys sheep when a hey are at bed rock prices stand1better show for profit than the tie who bought them when the\ m rere very high. M With sheep, regularity in the \ istribution of food is very ini M ortant; faults in this matter K ffect the quality of the wool. J A sheep has a low nervous or m animation, and once neglected ^ ive9 un without anv effort. Rut M ept in thrift by good care it will 1 e as hardy as any other animal. J The aheep farmer who puts hia m ependence in the beat breed and ^ oea ahead to produce a valuable m lutton carcass and a good fleece B f vool ia pretty aure to come J ut all righ t. m 1 he feeding to fatten aheep ih m ne of the fineat operationa, and m squires the beat judgment ol K i? most careful farmera to do it J tost successfully. M Small boned animals mature m arlier, fatten younger, and re- M uire less food per pound than m irge boned animals of the same E reed.?Live Stock Journal. 9* SAINIT is considered by the highest authorities in the country to e the best-known preventive of otton blight. "Yellow Leaf Blight" and "Red >eaf Blight" are the result of impovrished soil, which Kainit cures. Our 90-page book, "Cotton-Culare," is full of practical cotton inforlation, and is free for the asking. Addreaa. GERMAN KALI WORKS, Tork?OS Kumo or Atlanta. Ok.?39 S So. Broad 8tr?L UAVIV vllllkl 1V1V11U I Hi V lillkl 1 ? FOR ? t lTJLoiiey opeuaers j Our entire line of Shoes at old prices. 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