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ANTHRACNOSE IN COTTON.
The cotton plant is developing in Geor
gia a new disease, named by the depart
ment of agricv’ ure at Washington. D. C-.
as Anthracnose. Whether the name Im
plies the disease to be the work of insects
or fungi, the department leaves us In
doubt. the explanation of the new dis
ease is somewhat vssue. and no remedy
or specific Is suggested to prevent its fu
ture appearance tn our fields. Whether
the disease be from the sting of Insects up
on the bloom or the boll, certain It Is that
Infected cotton plants are now present'ng
a bad ♦light.
I have recently seen infected stalks of
cotton with from 30 to W bolls and
, squares absolutely destroyed by the pres
‘ ence of this new disease. Tne squares
and young bolls were dying. wh..e the
• matured bolls had rotted and the unde
veloped locks were falling out of the de
caying hulls. Nothing heretofore coming
• under my obse-vaxior. has been so disas
trous to the cotton* plant, as in those lo
calities where the disease has made its
appearance this falL A farmer last week
brought to me for inspection a box full
of bolls gathered from his field, and which
• presented the deadly work of the disease
in all stages of its infection.
Upon careful examination I found some
bolls with merely a small speck of rot,
rear the end. showing the commencement
of the disease. In others the stages of
d sease had advanced until the entire boll
had been converted into a soft mass of
black rot. 1 had at first thought this new
Infection of the bolls to be the work of the
■mall •'sharpshooter.” but since the eto
ynologist of the United States agricultural
department has given his opinion I of
course admit my error. From quite a
number of counties we have had com
plaint. and the disease seems to be al
most general especially in gray sandy
lands. I have seen and heard but little
■bout the appearance of anthracnose in
cotton planted on the stiff red clay lands
of middle Georgia.
The worst infected stalks seen were
brought into Madison while I was there on
the day of the organisation of a branch
of the Cotton Growers' association by the
producers of Madison county. The owner
of the field from which the infected stalks
were gathered had expected up to a few
weeks ago to make ■ bale per acre on the
tu»rty-acre field. The infected stalks indi
cated a reduction tn the yield of from 50
to 75 per cent. If the disease spreads a
remedy must be found to check it. or un
der favorable conditions the entire crop
on a farm will be lost. We as yet know
but little about it. what causes the dis
' ease, what conditions are most favorable
to its spread, or what remedy to employ
to check it.
One thing Is certain, a new disease,
called aifthracnose Is present in many of
our cotton fields and its attack on every
boll means certain and quick destruction.
Wo might naturally presume rtiat a
damp. w«t summer, such as has prevailed
In this state during the past few months,
would be favorable to its development.
On the other hand, we are told by the
etomologist at Washington that it can
; be propagated from one year to another
by planting seeds saved from infected
fields. We are put upon notice that
planting seed saved from even the sound
bolls on Infected stalks will disseminate
• the disease another year. This piece of
Information is highly valuable. It should
receive the serious attention of the far
mers in all Infected districts during the
gathering of the crop this fall. 1 do not
think it would be advisable to plant the
seed from any field where the disease has
been noted. It would be better to rot
the seed taken from such fields for fertil
ising purposes or let the nil mills have
them to be crushed. In this way there
would be no danger of perpetuating or
spreading the disease In neighborhoods
1 affected this year. Os course if great
care is exercised and planting seed pre
served only from such plants as are
free from the presence of anthracnose
then no risk will be run. But this will re
quire the closest kind of inspection and
unless the cotton affected is a valuable
I variety it would be safest to destroy all
•sed and buy others.
Great Care Needed.
The eotton plant all over the south has
i been attacked during its different stages
of growth by varieties of insects and
fungi diseases this year. All during the
spring and early summer the farmers
♦ in the Brazos river country of south
• western Texas had to dally fight the
dreaded boll weevil with a poisonous In
. •ecticide. The boll weevil, if allowed to
gradually spread over the cotton belt,
which must eventually happen on ac
count of its migratory habits unless
checked, will prove the most destructive
' insect with which the producers have
DISEASE IS AJBURDEN!
It Is a Handicap Which Unfits Men and Women
for Business or Pleasure—Only the Proper
Treatment Will Cure.
t Thousands of people are handicapped by a stubborn
chronic disease, which unfits them for business or
pleasure, without completely disabling them. Many a
man or woman, while not sick in bed. have not known
a well day In years, but are burdened down with some
obstinate chronic disease, which takes away al! the
pleasure of living.
As In all other professions, no one man is able to
master the science of medicine in all its branches. Dif
ferent forms of disease demand special study and re
search, and the specialist In different branches of med
icine is now indispensable. The busy, practicing phy
sician is now never called upon to treat diseases of the
eye. but the oculist is promptly consulted. Chronic dis
eases are so complicated in their nature that it is im
possible for the average physician to devote the careful
study necessary to treat them intelligently.
MY LIFE WORK.
In my extensive practice I find hundreds of cases
Which have been treated by physicians who were completely in the dark as to
their proper treatment. Buch cases are always subjected to a series of experi
ments to the detriment of the patient. I have devoted 20 years to the study and
treatment of chronic diseases of both men and women, and my experience with
these diseases is not equalled by any other physician in the Unted States. I keep
j constantly tn touch with the latest up-to-date methods in curing my patients.
I My wide experience has given me a perfect knowledge of chronic diseases, and
’ those who avail themselves of my services may know that they are being treated
by a physician who understands their case perfectly. My original method of treat
ment has been perfected by myself and can be obtained from no one else. My
I * specialty includes
- Diseases of the Nervous System, Loss of Vitality, Varicocele, Stricture,
F Blood and Skin Diseases, Biadder and Kidney Complaints, Rneu
i matlsm, Catarrh, Female Weakness, Etc., Etc.
and one reason why I have such a large record of cures is that each case is given
my close, careful study and treated in a skillful manner.
It is seldom that two cases are alike, hence those who rely upon a patent med
icine can expect nothing but failure. My original method of treatment has been
l given every possible test and has proven highly successful in all of the above
i mentioned diseases, even after other treatment had failed.
NO CHARCE FOR CONSULTATION.
I extend a cordial invitation to every one to consult me without cost. I will take
pleasure tn making a careful diagnosis of every case, giving my expert opinion
and advice. For those who cannot see me in person I have perfected a system of
home treatment which enables me to cure any case at the home of the patient.
Bend for symptom blanks and U-page book, mailed free in plain envelope. Corre
a spondence strictly confidential.
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. .
Suite 38 inmen Building, 22.'■> S. Broad Bt., Atlanta* da.
ever had to contend. The boll weevil
begins its ravages on the young plant
during first week in May and re
mains in the field with the crop until
the earl} - fall. The merchants in the
Brasos river country grew so uneasy
about the presence of the boll weevil on
the farms there this year that they of
fered as a bonus 5 cents for every hun
dred squares which had been punctured
by the weevil that were brought in to
them. These infected squares when gath
ered up were put into big piles and burn
ed. It helped the farmers to fight the
enemy and the business of gathering
squares and selling them to the mer
chants was a big business for a time.
The larger planters burned the squares
on their farms and kept their cotton
fields constantly sprayed with insecti
cides. This active method of warfare,
backed by the hot dry weather which
was unfavorable to the development of
the young weevils, is all that saved the
crops in the Brasos bottoms this year.
Just how the conditions will be in that
section of the country next season can
not be foretold, but the farmers out there
are uneasy about, the suture, as they
ought to be. *
Through the purchase of seed for plant
ing purposes from the infested boll weevil
section of Texas that insect could be easi
ly brought into Georgia or any of the other
states next year. No seed for planting
purposes should be shipped out of that
section into any other portion of Texas. I
apprehend that the boll weevil will get
among us soon enough anyway. If we
will watch diseased plants and preserve
our planting seeding only from such stalks
as are known to be healthy and vigorous
we may ward off many of the Insect evils
with which our great money stable is now
threatened. The wide distribution of
planting seed from numerous improved
responsible for some of the new’ crop dis
eases noted in different sections of the
country heretofore free from disease.
Farmers are warned against the gradual
encroachment and wide distribution of
these diseases about which we are now so
uneasy. The boll weevil may be checked
by poisonous insecticides, though that has
not yet been definitely decided. There Is
no remedy yet known for this new disease
anthracnose. Whether it will he more ex
tensive in our fields next year or not, we
cannot, of course, foretell. It is to be
hoped that the acreage next year will be
curtailed, while close and careful atten
tion is given to the proper development of
sound and vigorous plants.
HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
Subscriber, Locust Grove, Ga.—Please
inform me where I can get Rescue grass
seed. When shqUld It be sown and how
cultivated? What profit should it yield?
Answer—write to Hasting’s Seed Store,
Atlanta, Ga.. for prices and seed. Sow
the seed on nicely prepared, fertile soli
during August or September. It will re
quire about 40 pounds of seed broadcast
per acre, and cover with light roller or
brush. If the land is rich good grazing
should be had in December; if the weather
is dry graxlng may be delayed until Feb
ruary. In the spring a good crop of hay
can be cut off and if another crop is want
ed the grass can be allowed to go to seed
as a second crop; then turned under,
planting a crop of peas, which, when cut
on in September, will give the grass an op
portunity to grow out again. The profit
will depend upon fertility of soil and the
manner of preparation. This grass is also
known by the name of Arctic grass, Aus
tralian oats and Australian brome. It
makes both good graxing and hay.
J. P. D., Honea Path, S. C.—Will you
please give antidote for weevil in wheat.
My wheat was, as I thought, dry when
threshed, but on examination I find weev
ils. Please give remedy in your columns,
i Answer—The egg of the weevil is always
present on wheat when threshed. They
are often killed by sunning the wheat
on hot days, and keeping the wheat in
tightly closed boxes or rooms.* Use bysul
phide of carbon In same way as I suggest
ed for treatment of weevil in peas in last
week's issue. Place the pans containing
the liquid about over the wheat. The li
quid will rapidly evaporate and sink down
ward through the grain, killing all the in
sects in its path. Use one ounce of the
liquid to every 10 bushels of grain. Keep
the room or box tightly closed for 24 hours
after application. It will not injure the
grain in any way. Never have fire of any
kind about where bi ulphide of carbon is
being used.
EXCHANGES.
Save the Manure.
Exchange.
'the first problem is to make as much
manure as possible. Keep a flock of
sheep. Every farm, no matter where,
ought to have sheep. Forty to 60 sheep
can live on a farm of 160 acres and eat
very little that is available for other farm
animals. The manure from sheep is finely
divided and of very high quality. It will
be well distributed and made use of by
the plants to the fullest extent. Then be
side the manure sheep are very desirable.
The wool comes in at a time when but
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, 1 RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1901.
little ready money is available. The crop
of lambs can be assorted and a part of
them sold. These, with the sale of mature
sheep each fall at culling time, will sup
ply a fund of pocket money not to be de
spised even by the large farmer.
In the corn belt hogs should always be
kept. They consume the corn and thus
return to the soil much of the phosphorus
and potash and some of the nitrogen tak
en up by the corn plant. Swine manure
is also of the very’ best quality and is es
pecially fine for gardening, trucking and
the like. It must always be cared for in
telligently. It ferments readily and must
be applied to the soil as made or mixed
with some absorbent which will retain
the nitrogen and the soluble ingredients.
Dry earth is probably the best absorbent,
but any thing that will fix the odors and
the elements that are likely to be washed
out will answer. The matter of hog chol
era must of course be taken into consid
eration. A farmer must not invest so
heavily that he cannot carry on business
if he loses a portion or even all of his
herd.
Probably the most valuable source of
fertility is in the raising and feeding of
cattle. This business appeals to the mid
dle western farmer as never before from
the fact that prices are good, and accord
ing to those best informed on the sub
ject. are likely to remain good for many
years to come. Then the changed condi
tion of the feeding industry gives the mod
ern farmer the opportunity of turning his
crops into bee/ and thus keep the greater
part of the fertility that has been taken
out of the ground by the crop at home
where it will do the most good. The cus
tom of bringing the cattle from the west
ern ranges and putting them into feed lots
In Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, lowa and
even Illinois, has passed the experimental
stage and seems to be the practice that
will endure. Large quantities of manure
will be available each year and the quan
tity Is on the increase.
Os course the horse stable will continue
to be the source of barnyard manure for
the garden truck patch and fields upon
which the most attention is lavished. It
is probably the most satisfactory for early
crops, as it tends to warm the soil, at
the same time supplying a large amount
of plant food. Because of its heating qual
ities It is a little more difficult to control
and handle, but amply repays for the
trouble expended.
Pure Food and Water.
Exchange.
The healthy condition of the animal
kingdom depends very much upon the
food and water which it consumes. The
quality has as much bearing upon the
healthiness as the amount consumed. The
germs of disease are very often found in
the food and water. Great care should be
exercised in storing any kind of product
intended for consumption, as hay, oats,
corn, ensilage, etc. Disease germs are
frequently found in musty hay, corn and
stover.
The conditions which attend the feeding
of corn and cob meal require careful
thought and attention. The stomach Is
taxed heavily to digest the woody prod
uct from the cob, and with the very best
grinding is none too easily assimilated.
The method of scalding or soaking is a
practice thought to help in this particu
lar, but infrequently does little but retard
it, the stomach being rather enervated
than strengthened. The regrinding or
chewing the cud is an essential to the
health of animal nature and must not be
Ignored. While one animal may be bene
fited by warming the drinking water an
other may be as much benefited by drink
ing it cold. The constitutions must decide
as to results.
The practice of cutting grass or any
other crop before it comes to full matur
ity is very questionable. The acids pre
dominate and the consumption of enough
to satisfy the appetite is likely to weigh
down heavily on the general health of ani
mals. The chemical changes which take
place from green to cured food should be
so thoroughly studied as not to leave a
doubt in their results. The draft upon
the system In its consumption must not
be ignored, as it is a conceded fact that
overeating or drinking is detrimental to
good health. Feed thoroughly cured food
and give pure water. 1
Bad Drinking Water.— Every one suf
fers greatly from the different kinds of
water he is compelled to drink, and noth
ing is so likely to bring on an attack of
diarrhoea. Perry Davis' Pain-Killer is the
only safe, quick and sure cure for it,
cramps and cholera morbus. Avoid sub
stitutes, there Is but one Pain-Killer, Per
ry Davis'. Price 25c and 50c.
MR.JAMEsYIELDS.
Remarkable Old Gentleman Who Is
Honored By Hia Neighbors.
. Jesse Fields was born June 14, 1812, in
Pickens county. South Carolina. His
father’s name was Abner Fields and his
mother’s name before marriage was Olive
Wharton. Farming has been his vocation,
although he has held some positions of
trust and honor.
He reared ten children, all of whom are
now alive but one. He has 70 grandchil
dren. 120 great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren, making in all
202 descendants, thus seeing his posterity
down to the fourth generation. He has
buried three wives.
He can walk a mile to church and back.
One of the marvelous traits In this old
man's character is that he can read with
out spectacles, and he often challenges
the young men for a shooting match with
a rifle. His strength and health are re
markably good for his age.
He has been a strict, orderly member
of the Baptist church more than 45 ytars.
He says he is ready when the Master
shall call. When he was 45 years old he
had a revelation which told him his time
was just half gone. If this be true he
will live till next June, which event seems
to be quite probable, judging from his
present good condition.
He has been a law-abiding man all his
life. He never had a case In any court
nor ever served as a'witness in any suit.
He has been strictly temperate all his
life. If our young men would model some
of their habits after his perhaps many
would live longer and more useful lives.
Any relatives or friends seeing this can
send communications to the Atlanta Jour
nal. or write to him in person at Blairs
ville, Ga.
a tokTnof appreciation.
A Medal With Thanks for Mr. H. H.
Cabaniss.
One of the prettiest incidents connected
with the entire Labor Day proceedings
took place at the meeting of the general
Labor day committee Friday night just
before that committee adjourned sine die.
Hon. H. H. Cabaniss was the recipient
from the union labor members of the gen
eral committee of a handsome medal,
bearing from the labor men their appre
ciation of the efforts of Mr. Cabaniss in
furthering the success of the day and
for his valuable service In every way as
chairman of the finance committee.
The committee met that night to close
the business for which It was organised.
The final work of the committee was to
be concluded and the report of the finance
committee was made.
A detailed account of the work of the
sub-committees was made, and all mat
ters of the general committee were finally
closed.
A motion to adjourn was made, when
Mr. Jerome Jones said that the union
members of the committee had some fur
ther business with Mr. Cabaniss.
The latter was surprised and
unaware of what was coming. He waited,
however. Mr. Jones began by expressing
the appreciation all classes of organised
labor of Atlanta felt toward Mr. Cabaniss
for his valuable services and his senti
ments were approved of by all the mem
bers of the committee.
Mr. Cabaniss thanked the members of
the committee for this beautiful token of
their appreciation of his humble efforts
to maxe Labor Day a success. That It
was such a magnificent success was full
compensation for any work he had done.
“It Is peculiarly gratifying,’’ said he,
"to observe the friendly relations among
all classes of Atlanta’s population. All
men are born free and equal says the
declaration of independence. Atlanta
practices this doctrine and the people of
this city respect ability, merit and hones
ty in the child of the humblest cottage
as much as in the scion of the most pa
latial home. If a man would win In this
community he must have character and
ability.
"I rejoice as labor becomes more and
more thoroughly organized. It is a dull
man who sees only strikes and trouble
In organized labor. The Intention is to
prevent trouble—to have Individual resist-
IB
Smg; COMMITTEE,
The Medal Presented to Hon, H. H.
Cabaniss by Union Labor Men Last
Night For His Services as Chair
man of Finance Committee of Labor
Day.
ance to supposed oppression duly and
calmly considered by a vast organization
conservatively administered.
“I have always worked union labor and
never had any trouble on this score.
“That a body of union men sflioulfl re
member me thus kindly and generously
is appreciated as much ai any honor ever
bestowed upon me, an<f this token coming
from men who are organized for the im
provement of the wage earners of this
city, as an expression of their regard,
will be always preserved and be regarded
as above all value.”
The medal Is a very handsome one. The
Idea of the union labor men showing some
appreciation for the services of Mr. Caba
niss originated w'ith Mr. Jones, and the
entire subscription was taken up Fri
day to pay for the pretty token of appre
ciation.
Mr. Cabaniss Is one ofjthe most popu
lar business men In Atlanta with the la
bor people. He has always been fore
most in assisting them in every way pos
sible whenever there was a popular move
ment in their behalf. His services have
been recognized and appreciated by the
labor men as evidenced in the presenta
tion of lust night.
CHINESE LOOT BUILDINGS.
Many Are Killed in Fights For Booty
at Great Foo Chow Fire.
VANCOUVER, B. C.. Sept. 9.-The
steamer Tartar, of the Canadian Pacific
fleet, has arrived from the Orient with
news of the burning of < the business por
tion of the city of Foo Chow, China.
Over one million dollars damage was
.done and many people are said.to have
been killed In fights over the loot.
The crew of the steamer Belgiak, of
Manila, mutinied last month at Cebu.
They killed Captain Velasco and the
other officers and several sailors and then
cast the vessel adrift. The boat was ta
ken in tow by an American gunboat and
brought to Cebu.
The great fire in Foo Chow occurred on
August 20 and was caused by the over
turning of a lamp in a native undertaking
establishment.
Hundreds of acres of business houses
were destroyed and many people perished
in the fire, which burned the greater part
of two days.
European proprietors of business houses
and large Chinese merchants were the
heaviest sufferers.
The natives at. once commenced looting
the half burned buildings. The Chinese
police under the European officers were
unable to prevent the looting except in
a small degtee and before the second
evening had passed a large number of
regular soldiers were called out. At that
time many people had been killed In a
fight and there were dead bodies in every
street. Five men were killed by the fall
ing of a three- story building.
The carnage on the streets was awful.
The soldiers, mounted, dashed up the
main thoroughfares, stabbing or tramp
ing under horses’ feet the robbers who
were carrying away goods in every direc
tion. Even though knocked down the
natives who were running away with
stolen goods held on to their bundles. The
horsemen thrust them through the legs
or arms with swords to make them drop
these and even then some of the coolies
clung with such desperation that they
were put to death where they had been
knocked over. Many of the injured were
taken away in ambulances and were be
ing treated in the hospitals when the
Tartar sailed from China.
ERWINONSTILL HUNT.
MACON, Sept. 9.—Special Assistant At
torney General Marion Erwin is out after
some more of the ill-gotten gains of Cap
tain Oberlin M. Carter, and he expects
to locate an« put Into receiver’s hands
before he returns to Macon fully SIOO,OOO of
securities supposed to have been pur
chased with the money stolen from the
government through the Savannah harbor
contract.
Mr. Erwin has already secured receivers
for two and a quarter million dollars’
worth of property which he charges was
wrongfully secured with the government’s
money through Carter, and he is of the
opinion that SIOO,OOO more will be about alt
that he can hope for, because the other
million or more seems to him to have
been purchased by innocent parties with
out notice of the fraud.
Mr. Erwin’s address Is not known to
anybody here, and he will move incog un
til he locates what he has gone after.
EASE AND DISEASE
A Short Lesson on the Meaning of a
Familiar Word.
Disease is the opposite of ease. Web
ster defines disease as “lack of ease, un
easiness, trouble, vexation, disquiet." It
is a condition due to some derangement
of the physical organism. A vast ma
jority of the “dis-ease” from Which people
suffer is due to impure blood. Disease of
this kind is cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
which purifies, enriches and vitalizes the
blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures scrof
ula, salt rheum, pimples and all erup
tions. It tones the stomach and creates
a good appetite and it gives vigor and
vitality to the whole body. It reverses
the condition of things, giving health,
comfort and “ease” in place of “dis
ease.”
Dairying and Live Stock
Conducted By B. IV. Hunt
$ Readers of the Semi-Weekly i
♦ Journal are invited to send en- ♦
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4 and veterinary matters to B. W. 4
4 Hunt, Editor of this department, at 4
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• Shorter Trotting Races.
No proprietor of a house of amusement
would continue an unpopular play
stage, yet our trotting races are managed
In such away as to draw much smaller
audiences than the sport, justifies.
The chief reason Is In the long-drawn
out contests In the heat races, “best three
In five,” as these races are called.
The remedy Is to shorten the contests
to best two In three. A three-ln-five race
is frequently won by a shrewd driver tak
ing advantage of the fatigue of the two
best horses In the contest, consequent up
on their racing against each other. The
third horse has but to drop Inside the
distance flag In the first heat won by A,
who has raced against B from wire to
wire. In the second heat A wins again,
but in distress. The third heat results in
a victory for B, but B is very tired from
the three hard driven miles.
If the horses have been trotting In 2:10,
2:11 and 2:121-2, It Is quite likely 2:15 will
win the fourth heat, which Is the limit of
C*s speed.
The driver of C has observed the physi
cal condition of the heat winning horses
with the scientific diagnosis of a skillful
physician. Now is his chance with the
slower horse and he can win the fourth,
fifth and sixth heats in slow time. He
not only wins the three heats out of five,
but has the only horse that has not been
distressed. The two better horses will
necessarily become discouraged. The dri
vers of the better horses realize that the
best horse is not winning. The audience
has seen but three real contests between
horses anywhere near matched in speed.
The best three so-called heats were not
races in the true sense at all. Just exhi
bitions of comparatively slow miles in
which a slower rested horse won easily
from two better but fatigued animals.
What aggravates the offense to the au
dience is the delayed starts. The driver
of C, knowing the tired condition of the
other horses, does all In his power, yet
not to too seriously offend the Judges, to
prolong the sparring for position. Every
false start benefits his chances of winning
from the already tired first-heat winners.
While all this Is being done the interest
ed parties In C are taking advantage of
the pool selling, profiting financially by
the waste of time In false starts, tired
horses, impatient audience. Business
men who are accustomed to economizing
in time, lose Interest in what they ex
pected to afford entertainment in reasona
bly prompt and expeditious manner. La
dies get tired sitting on the hard benches
waiting for the Jockies to play the pool
box. all this because in old times
there were not enough trotting horses to
fill numerous purses, hence an afternoon’s
racing had to be drawn out to entertain
the crowd with long contests between the
horses of that day, when 2:30 wag fast.
Indeed, there were no colt races what
ever. The original turf trotter was made
by man’s slow training, not born capable
of showing speed itr one, two or three year
old form as now.
If any one answers my presentation of
the case by saying the rules of trotting
require every driver to strive to win
every heat—ls so, of what benefit is the
rule to the audience, when it cannot in
the nature of things be enforced? To Il
lustrate, take the 2:08 class at Brighton,
N. Y., August 17, 1901. The following is
the summary:
Driver.
Dan Patch, b a (McHenry) 4 111
Major Muscovite, b a.. ..(McMahon) 1 3 4 Z
George, br g.......... (McKenny) 7 3 3 ro
The Bishop » • 5 ro
Paul Revere ® 6 ar
Patsy K ••• ••• •
Time—2:o4. 2:04H. 2:07H. 2:0544.
Does any one familiar with racing en
tertain a suspicion that Dan Patch was
driven by McHenry to win the first heat,
and yet did not force out the winner
better than 2:09? A horse that won the
fourth heat In 2:05 3-4!
This Brighton meeting put In force a
most salutary and unusual safeguard
against laying up heats in that all horses
not winning a heat in the first three were
ruled off, abbreviated above as r. o.
Even this needed reform, beneficial as
it is, does not get to the very root of the
trouble as would the abolishment of the
three In five system to be replaced by
best two In three heat races.
At the risk of taxing the patience of
readers I will mention one other recent
event, the 2:12 class, purse of SIO,OOO,
Readvllle, Mass., August 20:
Driver.
Onward Sliver, ch s (Geers) 7 3 11 1
Eleata, blk m (Marsh) 112*2
Cornelia Bel, b m (Kirby) 3 4 5 2 3
May Allen 2 2 8 ° ls
Time—2:o944, 2:09. 2:08, 2:W4. 2:1144.
In this race Onward Silver was but con
ditioned in the driving of the first heat,
Geers contenting himself with seventh
place, while May Allen and Eleata were
expending vital energy trying to win,
Eleata actually trotting the mile out in
2:09 3-4, three lengths in advance of May
Allen. Onward Silver trotted this first
mile in about 2:15. The second heat Ele
ata, the fast 4-year-old filly, lead all the
way winning in 2:09 with no horses lap
ped on her sulky, May Allen being near
est to her.
I contend that then and there the best
horse for the amusement of the people
had won and under the rules I advocate
the race would have ended and not have
been for the benefit of a horse
who had easily saved his strength on the
first’mile by coming in more than five
seconds slower than the winner of the
first heat.
If the rjiles I advocate had have been
enforced by the summary presented May
Allen, that had done her best to win,
would have had second money out of the
big purse instead of nothing. Yet, look
ing at it another way, the summary
would never have read the way it appears
in the turf papers with Geers driving
Onward Silver a best two in three heat
race. The first heat would have been a
horse race from wire to wire between
Eleata and Onward Silver. This was
what the audience paid for and what
they had a right to expect.
I am aware that personality of a writer
affects his point of view. I write from
the viewpoint of a breeder of trotting
horses, as an of trotting horses,
and as an American who enjoys a trot
ting race intelligently, I hope, understand
Ing the very contesting animals them
selves. B. K. HUNT.
Some Parasites in the Skin.
I have a mule that breaks out in lumps
and scales that seem to itch. The hair
comes out where each lump Is and leaves
the place naked. He gnaws his legs and
points of his shoulders; rubs his neck
against posts or crib. Can you give me a
permanent remedy? Is Jt blood poison or
skin disease? Trouble worse in summer.
Answer in Journal. A. S. M.
Davis. Ga.
Answer.—l presume this horse is suffer
ing with some parasitic disease of the
skin.
First wash the horse in warm soapy
water, thoroughly cleaning the sores,
take of tobacco 3 ounces, water 2 quarts;
boil. Apply every two weeks three times
to the affected parts and parts adjacent
thereto. Wash harness and all things in
contact with the animal in this tobacco
water. Whitewash stables and posts.
You may give the horse treatment con
sisting of tablespoonful doses sulphur.
B. W. H.
Butter, Cattle Raising and Bea-Keep
ing.
Being somewhat Interested in the pro
duction of butter, I would like to ask in
regard to selling butter: Is there always
a market for this product*? Here in the
neighboring towns often (as the towns are
small) there Is almost nt> market at all.
Could it be shipped to, say Macon or
Americus, with profit to the producer In
ten to twelve pound packages? I will
say, In passing, that as a general thing It
costs very little to raise butter and oeef,
as the woods in summer and spring are a
natural producer tn Wilcox county.
Please give me the name of the best
southern Journal devoted to cattle raising
and the dairy, also some periodicals or
good book on bee-keeping and poultry—
these separate or all included-
Abbevllle, Ga. W. H. J.
Answer: Butter should be marketed In
larger quantities than ten pounds, owing
to the express charges being greater per
pound on small than on large packages.
There Is a constant market for butter
In the cities named. The demand appears
greater than the supply in south Georgia
towns and cities, where there are fewer
improved dairy cows per capita.
A firm recently wrote to me from Way
cross, Ga., asking If I could recommend
some dairyman who could supply 50
pounds of butter per week at 20 cents
per pound delivered at the express office.
2. I do not know of any southern Journal
devoted to live stock raising containing
reading matter on beef cattle. The Breed
ers’ Gazette, of Chicago, Hl., is an ex
cellent publication.
For Jersey breeders the Jersey Bulle
tin, of Indianapolis, Ind. For general
dairy industry and similar matters
Hoard’s Dairyman, Fort Atkinson, Wls.
3. For poultry experiments write to the
North Carolina College of Agriculture and
Mechanical Arts, Agricultural Experiment
Station, Raleigh, N. C. Ask for .their
bulletin and information as to what you
want.
4. As to bee-keeping write to Mr. Reubln
Miller, Madison, Ga., who Is one of the
most successful of bee-keepers. He will
save you .many mistakes likely to be
made by book followers.
His knowledge is based on southern ob
servation of the methods, breeds and man
agement of these honey gatherers.
Enclose stamps for reply and he will
cheerfully do all he can to advance this
industry In the south.
A recent publication of a translation on
the habits of bees by a European scien
tist has appeared from the press of one of
the large publishers—MacMillan, New
York, I think. But this book is more of
a Itierary treatise than a guide In fur
nishing practical Illustrations of economic
bee-keeping.
Wart
I have a valuable young mule that has
a bloody wart on right side of back about
five Inches below centre of back. I have
been applying castor oil to wart for about
six or eight weeks. Have applied con
centrated lye twice. Did not let lye re
main on the wart but a few minutes be
fore I washed it off and applied castor
oil. Lye seems to have eaten it off to a
level or below. Wart does not look so
raw since applying lye but seems to have
formed a kind of scab. It Is a small wart
about the size of a quarter dollar.
Please advise me through Journal what
to do for same and oblige. B. H. M.
Homer, La.
Answer: If the wart grows again try
blue stone instead of lye.
I like to mix with the castor oil or
glycerine, whichever you prefer to use,
10 per cent of its bulk In carbolic acid.
I anticipate you will have very little
further trouble, If any, with this wart.
Many prefer touching the neck of the
wart with lunar caustic, which you can
confine to the place you desire to cauter
ize.
Displacement of Joint} Crab Grass
Hay, Value of Feeding Stuff*.
HUNTERSVILLE, S. C.. Sept* 4,190 L
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen: Please give me all the in
formation you can, through your paper
on the following questions:
1. I have a mule whose hind foot is
drawn up on the toe. Has been so about
two years. Could It be brought back to
natural position by shoeing, and then use
some liniment? Suppose it was caused by
heavy hauling.
2. What is the feeding preparation of
crab grown hay as compared with cew
fodder?
3. Could mill feed in mixture ot bran
and shorts be used to feed mules on, and
how much should be fed? Would it be
cheaper than corn at 80 cents per bushel;
feed S2O per ton?
Please give me a short way of tanning
small dry salted calf skins? J. B.
Answer: Ist. I presume your mule has
a dislocated Joint, for which nothing can
now be done.
2. The analysis of the family of grass
es to which crab grass belongs shows a
very good feeding value. In practical re
sults, I know of no variety of southern
cured hay worth as much pound for
pound as southern corn fodder. This high
value of corn fodder blades Is largely
chargeable to the fact that southern plan
ters never neglect to “pull” the fodder
at the precise right stage of ripeness,
while they almost never cut grass at its
best stage for hay.
3. Yes, a mixture of wheat bran and
shorts is an excellent feed for mules,
either fed dry, or mixed with moistened
rough feed.
Compared with corn wheat bran home
ground, mixed half and half with wheat
shorts, or as the northern writers- call
the food, “wheat middlings.” would make
a feed judged by the German standards
of food values worth one cent a pound.
Maise by the same authorities is valued
at 1 11-100 cents a pound.
Now as your corn costs 80 cents for 56
pounds or 1 43-100 cents per pound, you
would feed a ration costing 33-luO of a cent
a pound more than its estimated value
should you feed on corn. If you feed on
the mixed food, at S2O per. ton its cost is
just its estimated food value, i. e*. 1 cent
a pound.
4. Consult some neighbor for informa
tion who has tanned skins of animals.
B. W. H.
Warts.
I am a reader of the Semi-Weekly Jour
nal. I have a mule five years old, has
some small warts on him. and they bleed
at times. They have been on him about
six months. WUI you please give me a
remedy for them? Answer through The
Journal at your earliest convenience.
H. M. 8.
Answer: See answer on warts in this
paper. If you prefer to try another reme
dy, take yellow orpiment, wet with little
water, rub the warts with a stiff brush
dipped in this mixture. The warts should
first be picked off as much as possible by
hand.
Demand For Heavy Horses.
(The Breeder’s Gazette.)
The demand for finished draft horses of
weight and quality never was in a more
healthy condition. Prices up to S3OO. as re
ported last week In this Journal, have
been willingly paid, and hardly any of the
principal buyers, on the Chicago market,
for instance, have been able to secure as
many animals as they desired to buy..
Feeders are eagerly paying from $l6O to
S3OO for thin draft horses of the right
sort, and hardly one of toe men engaged
in the business of conditioning drafters
admits that he can find enough to sat
isfy him. These facts show plainly that
the supply, finished and crude, Is short.
In the opinion of all the greatest men of
the day. the United States is just entering
the most prosperous period of its national
existence. If that is true, and all the
signs point that way, the demand for
heavy draft horses must remain as keen
as It now Is or Increase, and the proba
bility Is that it will grow larger for some
time to come. That means still higher
prices for drafters and they are now as
high as they ever were. The draft horse
Is distinctly the farmer’s horse. He is
reared on the farm, and for one, two or
three seasons does his share of the farm
work. Taken as a whole the drafter has
made more money for the farmer than
any other horse. Therefore It stands the
farmer In hand to keep In as close touch
with the market as possible and so know
that which’ it will pay him best to breed.
As a rule it may be said that the geld
ings sell best that resemble most closely
the great draft stallions which win the
prizes at the state fairs and other great
shows and expositions. The closer the re
semblance In stature, form, weight, action
and quality, the higher will be the price
paid. Therefore the farmer may st this
season of the year easily post himself in
the best possible way. He has only to at
tend these fairs and shows and he will
learn exactly what he ought to strive to
breed to bring him the most money. Never
was there a time in the history ot Ameri
can horse breeding when it would pay
farmers better to attend the state fairs
and other shows and close.y examine the
draft horses exhibited there.
The English find the Americans In evi
dence these days. Carnegie, the American
Scottsman. surpasses all history with the
gift of $10,900,000 to the educational insti
tutions of Scotland, the largest endow
ment ever made by a living man.
Mr. Whitney, a New Yorker, has just
won the most coveted race on the run
ning turf in the world, with an English
bred horse, it is true, but the feat is most
highly prised in Europe, the present king
winning a recent Derby while his title was
Prince of Wales.
Last to attract attention to American
enterprise is the winning of the event
next in importance to the Derby, the race
called “the Oaks.” James R. Keen and his
son, Foxall Keen, are the fortunate win
ners of this classic event, with the Amer
ican-bred daughter of Domino. The filly’s
name tn America was Cap and Bells, but
the English rules debarred the entry of a
name already in use on the turf there,
and the cable tells of the great Oaks of
1901 won by Keen’s Cap and Be.ls 11. The
winner’s dam is Ben-My-Chree, by the
great English sire, Galopin, and Is an
English-bred mare Imported by the Keens
some years back.
All American race-goers remember Dom
ino’s large winnings a few years ago on
the turf in this country. The winner was
foaled and raised near Lexington, Ky..
on the best blue grass pastures with lime
stone formation. In no other part of the
worla has nature furnished in greater sup
p.y all the requisites for perfect animal
development. B. W. H.
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SCHLEY COURT MEETS SOON.
Admiral* D*wey and B*nham Arrive
In Washington and Confer.
WASHINGTON,Sept. 10—Two members
of the Schley court of inquiry were at the
navy department yesterday, namely
Admiral Dewey, president of the court,
and Admiral Benham.
Admiral Dewey was in conference with
Judge Advocate Lemley for some time re
specting the arrangements which Captain
Lemley has made as to certain details.
If the president’s condition should not
change materially for the worse the court
will maet on Thursday next, exactly as
ordered In the precept, and the Inquiry
will begin at once. The determination of
th* court is to settle down to work Imme
diately.
It objection is made to any members of
the court, that objection probably will be
disposed of by the court itself in short or
der. It certainly will not be allowed to
delay the beginning of the inquiry many
hours, much less days, according to the
present temper of the court.
JUST AS MOTHER USED TO DO.
He criticised her puddings, and he didn’t like
He wished she’d make the biscuit that his
mother used to make!
She didn’t wash the dishes, and she dldn t
And she didn't mend his stockings as his
mother used to do. .
Ah, well, she wasn’t perfect, though she tried
to do her best, . , .
Until at length she thought her time had come
to have a rest;
So, when one day he went the same old rigma
role all through.
She turned and boxed his ears, just as his
mother used to do.
—New York Evening Sun.
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