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[tIMEL r TALKS WITH wl Conducted By C. H. Jordan ♦ f ♦ Subscribers are requested to ad- 4 ♦ dress all Inquiries for information 4 ♦ on subjects relating to ths farm. 4 ♦ field. garden and poultry to the ♦ ♦ Agricultural Editor. All Inquiries 4 4 will receive prompt and careful at- 4 ♦ tention. No inquiries answered by 4 ♦ mail Please address Harris Jordan. 4 4 Agrictt tural Editor, Monticello. Ga 4 ihiuhh . RAISING BEEF CATTLE. Emigration is pushing westward so rap idly. adding to the natural increase in population already in that section and cut ting up the lands into farms, that western • cattle ranges are rapidly becoming things of the past. A large proportion of the western beef is already being raised on small pastures, while the big ranges, with thousands of, heads of cattle herded by cowboys, are becoming a tradition. The Mg cattie kings whose herds roamed the free government lands are being pushed out of their lucrative business by the rapid of civilization and the opening up pf the'~brf*W*‘prairie lands to settle ment. The cattle of the future must be largely raised by. a multitude of small fanners. ! . With the passing away of free pastur age on the prairies and reducing the cat tle business to small herds southern farm ers will once more be enabled to engage in the business with every opportunity pre sented for building it up to a highly pro fitable industry. For thp past two years there has been noted a’decided Interest in the cattle business among Georgia farmers. Last fall several hundred head of young thoroughbred beef cattle were purchased by Georgia farmers from near ly everv section of the state. These cat tle. direct descendants from some of the best varieties of beef cattle in the whole country, will be utilised In grading up to a higher standard of excellence our cat tle by crossing on our present undesir able natives. The introduction of the Jersey bull and cow into Georgia, which developed into such a erase a few years ago. has well n«gh ruined what strains of beef cattle we had in the state prior to the coming of the Jersey. As a beef cow the Jersey is an absolute failure, and about as poor an apology for that purpose as the farmer can find. when the Jersey is fat and possessing good weight it does not dress for beef in comparison wtth the beef steer of same weight and order. The Jersey will take on a preponderance of tallow which sells for only 4 cents per pound, while the we 11 bred beef strains give in their perfect development the highest quality of steak, which commands a big price in the market. Thirty or forty years ago the cattle in Georgia were largely descended from what was then known as the English Durham. This breed of cattle grew to enormous size and the cows were splen did milkers and gave the richest kind of butter. Our grandfathers raised steers equal in size and value to the largest steers raised In the west. But the Jer sey erase has resulted in the ruin of our beef cattle, and now we will be forced to start all over again. The Jersey fills the place they are intended for and for dairy ing purposes they have no equal. I would not have them displaced on the dairy " farm, but I do object to seeing them -take entire possession of the cattle industry of the state and ruining our prospect for the development of a beef cattle business. What is Needed. Everything should be developed tor the purposes intended. The Jersev is just about as much fitted for the beef industry as the highly mettled race horse is for the drudgery of field work in the hands .of the average negro wage hand. I can present no better illustration of what is required than what I saw actually take place at the Atlanta Interstate fair last October. Mr. Sawtell. who runs a slaugh ter bouse at Atlanta, two years prior to the fair, bought a bunch of graded calves in Tennessee, had them shipped down to his yards and undertook the experiment of feeding them on cotton seed meal and hulls. His pasturage was limited, and the feeding was done almost entirely in the lot. He exhibited the bunch, then 3 years old. in a pen at the stock department of the fair. The bunch consisted of 40 or 50 head, and presented as fine an appearance as any cattle I ever saw in the big stock yards at Chicago. His heaviest steer weighed, gross. 2.*W pounds, and the lightest 1.488. Mr. Armour's agent from Chicago Inspected these cattle and offer ed Mr. Sawtell c cents per pound on their feet in the pen. and wanted to ship them to Chicago to Armour's big packing houses. This price would have paid 3144 for the heaviest an-> for the lightest steer. These price* naturally created sur prise when it was well known that fat Geqrgut-raised cattle were only command ing from 2 1-3 to 3 cents per pound, deliv ered at Atlanta or other markets. It was stated that our cattle were not considered good beef * cattle; that a large bulk of their weight was made up of tallow, mus cle and bone. Mr. Sawtell stated that he would net » per cent of the value of his herd, notwithstanding his steers had been for two years principally fed on cotton seed meal and hulls. While investigating the cattle industry of Texas during my recent visit to that state. I found that the Texas farmers were growing a good grade of beef cattie, and mat the average weight of a Red Poll. Durham or Heres ford at 12 months was from *8 to 900 pounds, and at two years old a young steer should easily sell on the farm at from 330 to 340 per head. Here we find the difference between the value of pure blooded or graded beef cattle and the smhll. flat-legged natives, the descendants from the Jersey, and knowing wherein the trouble Hes, we can proceed to make the right kind of changes tn the future. This can be • done by purchasing pure blooded sires of the best beef strains and DRUG ADDICTIONS CURED. Opium, Morphine, Laudanum, Cocaine. A PERMANENT CURE Made for SIO.OO Persona addicted to the exceeetve use of Morphine. Cocaine. Laudanum, Opium and other narcotic drugs, in cluding habits for "remeaies.” con tracted While taking advertized drug "cures. ' can be permanently relieved at their homes by a scientific treat ment. Relief immediate—no detention: from business—no pain. Appetite and slumber normal from the Start. Each patient accepted receives private ad vice and special treatment from a successful specialist. Our treatment positively effects 1 eURE-Nst i Sabstititi. We urgently request users of nar cotic drugs and interested friends io write to us for proposition and our personal and financial references, etc. Address The Dr LONG CO., ■ P. o. Bex 537. Atlanta. Ga. gradually grading up our depleted stock. A farmer who is not engaged in the dairy business has no need of the Jersey variety. Cows of the large heavy beef strains make good milkers and will supply the double purpose of furnishing his fam ily wtth an abundance of good milk and butter, while at the same time giving good returns by producing calves which can be converted Into the best class of beef, and the mothers will sell for good money when their days of usefulness as milkers have ended. When we begin to more fully appreciate the many advan tages the south has over all other sections of the country for raising the best qual ity of beef we will begin to rapidly de velop a paying industry as an adjunct to our present farming interests. Then it will come to pass that our people will more highly appreciate the value of their cotton seed and will introduce the sys tem of exchanging their seed for meal and hulls. With the meal and hulls these gra ded cattle can be fattened for market, a few on each farm, and 80 per cent, of the value of the meal and hulls will be re covered in the manure which can be spread on our lands and the soil built up to a high state of productiveness. Instead of parting with a ton of seed at 314. the farmers will be able to use that product of the cotton Industry In the double purpose of converting it into high priced beef and valuable barnyard manure. Then will a ton of cotton seed be worth 350 instead of 314 to the produ cer. Good beef always comamnds a high price. The world will eat. even though clothing may be at a discount. We pos sess a magnificent climate, it is easy to have green pasturage the year round, and being the producers of the finest feed stuff meal and hulls for fattening pur poses. there is every incentive for our people to rapidly branch out in the beef industry, and make of it the most profi table of all others to southern farmers. That a decidedly noticeable interest Is being manifested there can be no deny ing at the present time. That the question of improving our present breed of beef cattle is being look ed into by the farmers, is the highest evi dence that the future looks bright and encouraging. We must diversify more, and there is no more paying Industry on the farm than that of raising and selling a few fine young beeves each year at profitable prices. HARVIE JORDAN. EXCHANGES? Killing Ants. An Exchange. Ants may be easily killed by pouring a tablespoonful of bisulphide of carbon into a small hole opened in the center of the anthill and then quickly and tight ly closing all openings into the nest. The deadly vapor of this volatile liquid will spread through all the galleries and tun nels and kill the ants by the wholesale. Treating a Cow’s Teat. An Exchange. I had a cow that had a hole cut In her teat. I took a quill from the wing of a chicken cut off both ends, took the pith out and craped the outside. I left the small end tapering and inserted it In the teat to a point above the hole. I was very careful, and worked the quill in like a screw. After a few times the eat got tender, then I left it in and kept calf from sucking. The m*-k leaked out and the teat got well tn a few days. Any small tube will do. Would not let tube stay in teat longer than necessary, as the orifice In the teat might become so dilated that it would continue to leak. A Simple Remedy. An Exchange. To keep rabbits from gnawing fruit trees, first kill a rabbit, cut It In two. take the flesh or entrals and rub the trees with it. so that other rabbits can smell the blood' on the trees, and they won't bother your orchard. One appli cation in the fall will keep them away all winter: simple and cheap, but a sure remedy. Try It Subsoiling. • An Exchange. Subsoiling, which constats in stirring the sol! below the depth usually plowed, acts differently in different soils and different seasons. It makes more room for develop ment and enables the plant to extract food and moisture from a greater area. By loosening up more of the soil, its ca pacity for absorbing and retaining mois ture is increased. By absorbing greater amounts of moisture in winter and spring, provision is made against summer d rout a. The effects of subsoiling last from two to three years and are more marked on the growth of root crops, such as turnips, beets, carrots potatoes and parsnips than upon others. The best test as to profit in subsoiling is to try it upon an acre and note carefully the yield and result as compared with a given area not subsoil ed. Value of Cow Peas. From an exchange we reproduce the fol lowing comparisons of values of stock feed: 1. The relative value of certain forage plants for pasturage by milch cows. X The values of certain of these forage plants for soiling milch cows. X The values of certain of these crops for milk and butter fat production when pastured as compared with the value of the same crop when soiled. Among the most interesting conclusions is the fact that cowpeas, even as far north as Nebraska, gave better results in milk and butter fats than any other crop. The pasturage test of a number of an nual forage crops made tn 1898 were with a few exceptions duplicated in 1900, the in tention being to note such variation as might be induced by a difference In cli matic conditions or in the individual pref erence or aversion of animals for a certain feed. , The crops tested were rye. oats and peas, Indian corn, millet, sorghum, kafir com and cowpeas, as representing the annuals, also alfalfa and awnless brome grass. Records were kept for the amount of pasturage afforded, and the effect of the feed upon the production of milk and but ter fat. The following are some average results for two years: The crops giving the largest amount of pasturage were rye and sorghum. Indian com and millet gave less annual forage plants, although alfalfa and awnlesa brome grass gave the least pasturage of any. the former affording considerably more than the latter. It must be borne in mind, however, that the annuals may be pastured only a certain period of each season, while the alfalfa and brome grass furnish feed early and late. Cowpeas and alfalfa increased most largely the yield of milk and butter fat. Next to these came rye, oats and peas, sorghum, kafir com and awnless brome grass. «■ •' , Cowpeas produce an actually greater quantity of milk and butter fat when cer tain crops were pastured and when they were cut and fed. The crops so tested were alfalfa, sorghum and Indian corn. In the case of each of these from two to three times as much feed was procured from a given area of land when the crop was cut and fed as when it was pastured. The same tests indicated that the aver age daily production of milk and butter fat was greater for the same feed when it was pastured than when cut and fed. This on an average amounted to 1.17 times greater fat production from the pastured than from the soiled crop. * , THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1901. PEARL DIVERS. Interesting Occupation of the Inhab itants of Thursday Island. . Bombay Gazette. t Thursday Island is one of the most curious and interesting bits of land on the globe. It is the commercial center of a race of people who live practically in the sea. They are the pearl divers of the Pacific •ocean. Thursday Island is one of the little group of coral formation lying between Australia and New Guinea. Taken to gether, the largest of these islands con stitute a calendar, with an island for every day in the week, beginning with Sunday Island. Thursday Island com mands Torres Strait. Representatives of nearly all the nations of the far east may be seen any day along its shores, disporting themselves in the water—Filipinos. Japanese, Chinese, East Indians, Fijians and Papauans. To the right of the island, running 1,200 miles down the Australian coast, is a stretch of waving green vegetation, ap parently afloat upon the surface of the placid ocean. This is the top of the Great Barrier reef, the most notable coral reef in the world. Throughout its- length its banks are lined with pearl oysters. Thursday Island forms the great market for these oysters. About >1,000,000 worth of shells are raised annually along the reef and on the western coast of Aus- I tralia. The business of pearl fishing is conducted on the basis of the profit from the oyster shells. The pearls are clear gain, the value varying a great deal. One pearl found in 1890 sold for 310.000, another for 37.500. Pearls worth 3100 are quite common. The shells of pearl oysters are of enor mous size, measuring frequently eighteen Inches across. The oysters lie in the sea fastened to rocks, especially coral rocks, and quite away from sand and dirt. They hang by thread like filaments, about a dozen in a bunch. The business of the diver is to cut this thread and bring up the oysters. The shells are worth from 3600 to 31.000 a ton for the best, the poorest from 375 to 3300 a ton. The natives trade them for merchandise and realize about 375 a ton on the. aver age - A Fishing is done In small boats or lug gers. Each boat has a pumping apparatus to force air to the divers under water. The smallest boat, with apparatus, is worth 33.000. The business is very dangerous. Poison ous fish, sharks and squid abound. Sharks rarely attack divers, but contribute im mensely to their nervousness. Squids exude a quantity of inky black liquid, which dangerously clouds the water. Japanese are the best divers. They stay under water longer, dare more and can be relied upon better than any of the other types. Among the Malay natives women are successful divers. They go down without diving fastening stones to their feet to help them sink. Natives and divers are not allowed to open the oysters. A careful watc<h is kept to prevent the theft of gems, under the eye of an experienced foreman. A good operator can open a ton of shells in one day. It is supposed that a grain of sand get ting underneath an oyster shell irritates the bivalve and causes it te exude a carbor ate of lime, which gradually coats the ob struction until a pearl is formed. Attempts to obtain pearls artificially by slipping sand or rflasa under oyster shells *have been but partially success ful. The greatest pearl fisheries of the world are in the Indian ocean. The product there is but one-tenth the amount of former years. Find Bostrom's Improved Farm Level advertisement, and see what you get free. THE WISDOMOFTHE SERPENT. New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat. “Whenever the dog days roll around I always think of a snake story I heard in Arkansas some years ago.” said a man woo lives in this city now, “and while I will not vouch for the accuracy of, the tale. It has become a part of the history of the county In which it was said to have happened. I-ee is the name of the county and the story developed about the time the'county came into existence, about the time it was carved out of sections of St. Francis and PhHltps counties. Crowley’s ridge, a chain of hills which break off at the foet of the Ozarks and slope down windingly through Arkansas until they touch the Mississippi river at Old Town, some distance below Helena, runs through these counties. “This chain of hills passes through the centre of Lee county, following the line of the St. Francis river. On top of this ridge, at a very high point, midway be tween Helena, in St. Francis county, and Marianna, the county seat of Lee county, there is a very’ large pond, and it never went dry but once tn Its history. But during a very dry spell In 1880 the water in this pond disappeared. Farmers for miles around had watered their stock there when other places failed. It was nearer to some of them than the river. When it went dry they were forced to go to the river. “The pond was a perfect Mecca for the snakes in the hills, and in the summer evenings It would Income a seething mass of snakes: dry land moccasins, copper bellies, adders and rattlers would gather around the pond, swim across it, wallow In it, dive in it and cool themselves off. When the water gave out they were in a dilemma. What I have said I vouch for, but now cometh the point of this yarn. It was In the dog days when the water gave out. The snakes were shedding and their cast-off coverings could be found scat tered all through the hills. They hit upon a plan. “Down In a deep hollow on one side of the ridge they found a concealed spring. No living man knew it was there. They wanted to get water from this spring to fill the pond, which had gone dry. They constructed a hose, which ran from the spring to the pond at the top of the hill in this wise: They stretched out In an un broken line from the spring to the pond, and the hindmost snake let his tall drop over into the spring; then they swallowed each other’s tails and began to cfkwl slowly through the chain of sheddings to the top of the hill, and the water followed them up the hill through the Improvised hose and trickled out into the pond, and so there you are. It's not my story. I’m simply telling it, that's all." BOSTROM’S IMPROVED FARM LEVEL Is not ■ makeshift, but the best one made for Ter -3k racing, Ditching and Drain- age. Price 55.00, including wV? Tripod and Sliding Target sS ■ w Roa. Send for descriptive xJIX circular and Illustrated Treatise on Terracing, free. J. M. ALEXANDER 4 CO., 56 & 58 S. Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga. NO CURE. NO PAY. BIN—If you have .Bail, weak I organ., lost pow.r ar weakening ■S aaj drain.. our Vacuum Organ Developer Jf» |P( will restore you without drua* or H" j I electricity; Stricture and Varicocele pa permanently cured la 1 to * weeks; 1 14,Sat in use; not one failures not _»/ OM returned; effect Its media to; no 0.0. D. fraud; write for free partioa- Un, rent sealed ia plain envelope. LOCAL APPLIANCE CO. lOOTbsrp Ilk., Indlanapnlin, Ind. BOOTH'S CRIME RECALLED BY AN EYE-WITNESS MAN WHO PLAYED IN THE ORCHESTRA AT FORD’S THEATRE THE NIGHT LINCOLN WAS SHOT TELLS OF THAT AWFUL TRAGEDY. In the village of Wakefield, N. Y., there is an old man to whom the shooting of President McKinley comes home with es pecial force. He i« William Withers, and he was ones' the leader of the orchestra in Ford’s theatre, Washington, and while there he was an eyewitness of the shooting of President Lincoln on the night of April 14, 1865. “In a life of 65 years, almost 50 of which have been spent as an orchestra leader, I have seen many strange things,” he said to a New York Sun reporter on the night Os the shooting of President McKinley, “and I have traveled all over this conti nent and Europe; but of all the things that I recall none remains so indelibly stamped upon the tablets of my memory as the scenes of that terrible night. It seems but yesterday since Lincoln died. “Laura Keene's company was at Ford's theatre, and on that particular night—it was Good Friday—the play was the 'American Cousin,’ with Laura Keene as the star. I was young and enthusiastic then, and very much wrapped up in my work. I had written and composed a song which I called ‘Honor to Our Soldiers.’ I had engaged a quartet and we practiced time and again. Miss Keene had promised me that it should be sung between the acts that night. “The entrance of the presidential party, which was entirely unexpected, very ef fectually put an end to our plan. The party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln, Major Rathbone and the two boys, ‘Tad’ and Robert Lincoln. They proceeded to a box to the right of the stage, and four teen feet above Its level. As the party walked along the passage the vast audi ence cheered enthusiastically, while the orchestra struck up ’Hall to the Chief.’ I had heard that played often at the en trance of a president t,o some public gath ering. and had frequently noted that the chief executive Ignored It and failed to acknowledge that he understood Its Im port. Not so with Lincoln. He smiled and bowed politely to orchestra and audience; then with characteristic modesty, he with drew to a far corner of the box, so that his face was shaded by the curtain. He did not sit In front, as has been erroneous ly stated. DRANK WITH BOOTH. “Before the overture Wilkes Booth and I had a drink together, and now that the president was seated, I saw him moving down the passageway leading to the box. He seemed to be intently watching the plays " ‘What has come over Booth tonight, I wonder, that he follows the play so closely?’ I remarked to a member of the orchestra. “This was near the conclusion of the first act. Just as the curtain was about to be rung down,' J. B. Wright, the prompter. sent word to me that it would be impossible to produce my song that night, because Miss Keene was nervous over the unexpected arrival of the presi dent, and was fearful lest something would occur to mar the play. I was angry at this, as Miss Keene had given me a positive promise, and had said, more over, that she would aid me as much as she could. I was naturally eager to see how the song would take as I was some what proud of it. I made up my mind, therefore, to go to t'fie rear of the stage and remonstrate with Wright.; “Just inside the door leading to the point I wished to reach, the box contain ing the governor which controlled the gas jets of the, entire building was placed. Leaning over this box was Spangler, a scene shifter, apparently watching the play. “ Get out of my we#7 I exclaimed. “ ‘What business bave you here?’ he de manded. ■ ■ “ ‘I am going to see Mr. Wright,’ I re joined. ‘get out.’ “The fellow moved away, and before he had time to return to the box the whistle blew and he had to make the changes for the dairy scene. , “I talked with Wright and left him in disgust, as the Vest he could do was to promise that. If possible, the song would be sung after the closing act, when I knew well that no one .would stay to lis ten to it. I had stepped down one step of the stairs on my way back to the or chestra when suddenly a pistol shot rang out. I stopped, wheeled about and saw the dark figure of a man flying through the air from the president’s box to the stage. Half way his foot caught In the flag and he fell to the floor. He was up again in an Instant and rushing In my direction. He held a dagger In his right hand. RECOGNIZES BOOTH. “As he approached to my horror I recog nized Wilkes Boot!).. His face was a ter rible sight. It was drawn and white and his black eyes blazed like fire and seemed to protrude from his head. His long, black hair seemed to stand on end. "Let me pass! Let me pass!” he said. “I stood stupidly staring at him and said not a word. All at once he crouched low and sprang at me. lunging with the dag ger as he came. It cut through my dress BWL S 1 uA® j®’ --.I .. “Great Scott! That last bunch of excelsior had thistles in It!” (V; WITH HER LITTLE HATCHET. Manager-"! don’t intend to Jtave any wrangling or disputing over the um pire's decision during the rest of the season." Captain—" How you goin’ to stop it ?” Manager—" Going to engage Mrs. Nation for umpire. coat, waistcoat and two shirks, but did not graze the skin. He sprang again, this time high in the air and struck me from above downward. The point of the wea pon buried itself in the back of my neck after passing through the coat just below the collar and I fell to the floor with my face to the rear door. Booth leaped over me, swung the door wide and dashed through, slamming it behind him. As the shaft of light from the stage pierced the gloom outside I had a momentary view of the picture framed by the aarkness. I recognized the head and hand of “Pea nut” John, and the heads of the two horses he was holding. I did not know at that time that Booth had broken his an kle when he fell. He moved with remark able activity. < "I was dragged to my feet by a detec tive whose name I no longer remember, and led to the front of the stage. There was great confusion and the stage wax crowded with people who shouted for vengeance, screaming, ‘Shoot him! Kill him!’ “‘What is it?’ I asked. THE STRICKEN PRESIDENT. “ ‘Look.’ replied the detective, pointing to the president's box. I did look and saw the president’s head hanging over the rail. His face was very white. Mrs. Lincoln was wiping bls forehead with a handkerchief, while Laura Keene stood beside her holding a pitcher of water. “ ‘Has Mr. Lincoln been shot?’ I In quired. “ ‘He has,’ replied the detective, ’and you are under arrest.’ “I was taken to the police station. There I told my story and assured the authorities that it was Wilkes Booth who had escaped. I was wounded, and when the dagger was found an hour later in front of the patent office I was dis charged. Spangler subsequently confess ed to his share in the t>lot. At the sound of the pistol shot he was to turn out the lights. Had it not been for me, he de clared, no one could ever have identified the assassin, as he would have escaped in the darkness.” Mr. Withers has been to Europe twice under Sothern and was leader in a San Francisco orchestra for five years. His last engagement was under Daly, as late as when "The Geisha" was produced. Since then Mr. Withers has suffered from an abscess of the ear and on that ac count has been compelled to retire. He looks much younger than 66. SAVE TRAYLOR, SPENCER & CO.’S TOBACCO TAGS. The following brands of tobaccos man ufactured by Traylor, Spencer & Co., of Danville, Va., “Ballot Box,” “Maybelle, “Plumb Good,” “High Life,” "Right of Way,” “No. 1,” ’Tob White,” “Natural Leaf,” Spencer’s Special” and “Good Will.” By saving tl.o tags of the above brands (containing the name of Traylor, Spencer & Co.), and sending them direct to The Journal, Atlanta. Ga.. you can realize two-thirds of one cent for each tag in subscription to The Semi-Weekly Journal, as follows: 75 tags will pay for six months’ subscription to The Semi-Weekly Journal. ' This amounts to 6 cents per pound on tobaccos containing nine tags to the pound, in payment subscription to The Semi-Weekly Journal. Traylor, Spencer & Co.’s tobaccos are sold direct from factory to best merchants in all southern states. Bundle the tags carefully and send by mail with your name to The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga. *** MAY OPPOSE JELKS. la Not Averse to Use of His Name For Governor of Alabama. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Oct. X—lt is stated in news articles that come from the home of Dr. R. M. Cunningham, who resides at Ensley, that he is not opposed to the mention of his name as a possible candidate for governor of Alabama at the next eltection for that office. Dr. Cunningham was former state sen ator from this county and made an envi able reputation in the general assembly for his eloquence and power at debate. While Dr. Cunningham is said not to be —averse to the probability of his becom ing a candidate for gubernatorial honors. General George P. Harrison, of Opelika, states that the use of his name in this connection has been absolutely without his authority. It is, of course, understood that Gov ernor Jelks is a candidate. Dairying and Live Stock Conducted By B. W. Hunt 4 Readers of the Semi-Weekly 4 4 Journal are invited to send en- 4 ♦ quiries about dairying, live stock 4 ♦ and veterinary matters to B. W. 4 4 Hunt. Edito? of this department, at 4 4 Eatonton. Ga. No questions an- 4 4 swered by mall, but caroful atten- 4 4 tion will be given to inquiries and 4 4 answers will be printed In thia de- 4 4 pertinent. 4 ?44444< IIIJ I 1 1 »> I!I I I 3444? Angora Goats. Will you please give me the names of some parties who raise goats in your county. I want to buy some. Also would you advise one to raise Angoras? Is the hair or wool valuable and are they as hardy and prolific as the others? Thanking you in advance, J. E. L. Covington. Raising Angora goats will likely be a profitable Industry in Georgia, some time In the future. Whether It will be profitable right now I could not answer, at least I could not say It would be more profitable than other live stock raising. The Angora goat like our sheep, furnish two sources of income, one through the sale of fleece, the other of animals as meat. Mohair is high, compared with wool, but the high priced fleece is the fleece of a thorough bred. well cared for. Compared with the common goats of the south, Angoras are not prolific. They will not raise several at a litter, and several times a year as do other goats. They are about as prolific as sheep under similar care. Angora men of the west claim the meat Is better than other goat meat.,My neighbors, who have raised them, do not agree with this statement. I do not think they are as hardy as common goats; yet they are not delicate or hard to raise here. The Angora goat Industry to be successful and profitable. In my judgment, would require many nearby farmers to engage In raising them, thereby being enabled to combine their yield and eel 5 the mohair in larger quan tities at better prices than could one man alone. Mohair In manufacturing has to go in with the class of fiber to which it belong!, and the differences of the grades in length of fiber, fineness, etc., varies so that I do not think one farmer from a small flock of goats .could possibly obtain a good price for his clip of mohair. It is likely there may come with in crease of manufacturing in the United States a greater and greater demand for fine fibers, in which case the mohair would not only bring better returns to the farmer, but the demand for Angora goats would of itself make the industry profita ble. B. W. HUNT. HEAD’S STATION, Miss.. Sept. 26, 1901. The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: Gentlemen—l would like to know what blind staggers is; also the cause and treat ment. If you will give me the above in formation I will appreciate it. Have lost two young mules with it this week. I am a subscriber to your paper. Yours truly, J. A. CROOK. Answer: Several different diseases are called blind staggers. Spinal meningitis is one well marked disease called mad staggers." and "blind staggers.” The trouble in spinal meningitis becomes so diffused, paralyzing the kidneys, bladder, etc. that It would be hard indeed to differentiate the affected from th® normal organs of the horse attacked. It any known medicine would cure horses would not die of the disease in veterinary hos pitals. The best thing to do Is to bleed copiously when the horse is first attacked. Take enough blood to feel a change or softening In the pulse, then stop the flow of blood. . Then give in one dose: Barbadoes aloes, 7 drachms; calomel, 3 drachms; powdered ginger, 1 drachm; tincture of aconite, 20 drops. When the animal will drink of his own will give him in the drinking water half ounce saltpetre. Injections per rectum of warm water are beneficial. It Is advised by Dr. Trumbower to give every hour 1 drachm of Norwood's tinc ture of veratrpm viride, 20 drops at dose, and every four hours 1 drachm solid ex tract belladonna. Sometimes staggers attack a horse that has been over fed, coming on from indi gestion or engorgement of the stomach. In this case it is best to give oil, castor oil or raw linseed oil a full quart at a dose, to which may be added ten drops of Croton oil to be well mixed wittf the quart of other oil. Do not allow the horse to drink water. If the oil does not act as a physic re peat in about four hours. Are you feeding sorghum? Better change your feed and manner of feeding. If you are trusting a negro to feed change and attend to it personally. See if any ergot in the hay or rough feed. B. W. H. Lump on Shoulder. As I am one of the many readers to the Atlanta Journal I would like to ask a few questions. 1. I have a young mare that has got a hump op her shoulder as big as a man’s fist. It was soft at first, but it seems to get harder, caused by the collar. Please give me some remedy that will take it away. 2. How can I kill buttonwood bushes in a meadow? Wishing you and the many readers of The Journal a prosperous year. . A. J.B. Statesville, N. C. Answer: If the hump referred to is high up on the shoulder of the horse it will likely develop into a festulous sore if not properly treated. All such sores or fistulas can be easily cured provided an outlet be made for the discharge of pus, so that the sore may empty itself by gravity, 1. e.. run down hill. The outlet is the one thing needful, and only needs to be large enough to flow freely and be kept open by the finger until the sore shall have recovered and become sound in the center. The natural way, If left alone. Is for such sores to close up at the outlet before the center heals. Hence the pus goes bur rowing downward through the tissues and so results the seriousness of fistulous sores. As soon as a soft place shall be formed in the swelling push a small trocar to its center. When you get a discharge of pus, then cut from below upward a channel big enough to insert the finger. Wash out the sore with a solution of carbolic acid 10 parts, water 90 parts, which pump in the sore with a syringe. Wash off with soap and water all pus and carbolic acid that comes from the sore. Every three or four days run your finger in the outlet and tear it open as it commences to heal and not allow the outlet to close. I have never yet known of a fistula so situated that it could be drained that did not heal promptly when treated as above. Buttonwood bushes. I fear, will finally have to be grubbed up, roots and all, to clear the ground.- I have heard that such plants will die if cut in August, I believe the month is, but generally I have gone on cutting bushes year after year, when the added expense may come to more than the great initial expense of digging up the w’hole plant. I do not feel as competent to advise as farmers’ who have given more attention to getting rid of bushes. Will not some of our readers give their experience on this line? B. W. H. Oedematous Legs. Will you please tell me through the col umns of The Journal what to do for my mule? When he stands in the stable his hind legs swell almost to his baek; worse in his fetlock. After I use him a short while all swelling disappears. I feed him corn add hay.' He weighs 1.000 pounds. Any information you may give me will be greatly appreciated. . Murphy. N. C. A SUBSCRIBER. Answer: Oedema of the legs is one of the most common ailments among horses and mules. More frequently the hind legs swell than the fore. Some writers think it is caused'by a deficient action on the part of the kidneys. Horses that have run at pasture,* as far as my obser vation goes, always have swollen legs when brought .to the barn and confined in stables without exercise. A run in a pasture lot will soon take out all the swelling. I -have never specially treated the trouble, always depending upon the general health of the horse to bring about clean legs, rather than medicine. In your case I would fence a lot that the mule could move about in and furnish him a variety of food. Including home ground wheat bran and home raised oats. Al low the mule to graze in a. pasture where he can obtain a variety of plants, almost equal to a drug store collection and na ture will prompt- him to. eat those he needs. If you really want to treat the legs I prefer apple vinegar to any liniment I know. I do not mean by apple vinegar the composition sold in the stores called vinegar, which is only a cheap axid and water. I mean the, pure juice of the apple, home made and unadulterated. Some people add water to the vinegar and some add to the gallon 2 ounces ni trate of potassa. If you cannot procure apple vinegar a fairly good preparation can be mads of gum camphor, 3 ounces: tincture aconite, 2 fluid ounces; tincture arnica, 4 fluid ounces; alcohol. 1 pint; mix and apply. If you feel that you ought to give medicine give onca a day one drachm of sulphate of Iron to the mule. B. W. H. A Winter Crop. I want to ask a question or two. I have an acre of dark sandy land with mullat to colored subsoil by my barn very rich, and I put eight or ten two-horse loads of manure on it every year and plant in corn for forage. 'lt Is bare from October Ist to May Ist. Can’t sow lij oats or rye on account of chickens. I want. some thing for a winter crop that will come off in time for corn; something if poasi-, ble, that will help Improve the land. The land is rather rocky for clover. Will be glad of any advice you can give. Would appreciate a reply by mail as early as possible. 8. T. Yachln, S. C. Answer—Rescue grass or Bur clover, either of these crops I think will please you. They are annuals that come on and are gone by the Ist of June. The bur clover can be pastured all wint er, stock learning to eat It. Rescue grass like oats is a crop that affords the best returns if mowed and fed to stock rather than grazed. ' • All grazing animals are exceedingly fond of the green feed that Rescue grass furnishes. Either of these two forage crops will perfect seed enough to make a volunteer crop every year. If the plow ing for corn be delayed until the seed ripens sufficiently. The rescue grass will run up short seed stems near the ground when mown, sufficient to reseed the laud, and bur clover will send out enough low creeping seed pods tQ IpxiJtzh jecd for the ensuing crop. . ? . If you prefer vetch- t crimson clover they will do very well for the season you name, but each of these necessitates re seeding every year, which means a great deal of plowing, harrowing and the pur chase of expensive seed, all of which you escape in the two crops first mentioned. B. W. H. The Cross Saddle In Boston. Whether women shall ride astride or in the old way has been agitated to such an extent the past season that not long ago I called upon Professor Clasen, in structor in the Brookline Riding Academy and chief advocate of the new method about Boston, to hear what he had to say on the subject. Naturally like all refonns. it is meeting with a good deal of oppo sition In Boston as well as in other cities, although the cross-saddle, from news paper reports. Is the only one used by Boston women of the twentieth, century. Whether it is to be universally adopted or not one cannot at present say. but the fact remains that the cross-saddle is with us, that it has come to stay, and that it has a most enthusiastic follow ing. even though that following Is as yet in the minority. I will admit that ! have been slow to conviction, having personally a strong preference for the old-fashioned way. but this summer while in New Hampshire and southern Massachusetts I saw so many young ladies riding astride appar ently with perfect comfort, and looking very attractive in the exercise, that I felt it must have good points worth con sidering. and gave Professor Clasen an opportunity to add one more to his al ready large following. Professor Clasen is a man of education and long experience, having been twelve years reltmelster In the German army be fore coming to this country, since when he has taught in Brookline ten years. When asked how many pupils h« had taught to ride cross-saddle he replied'over, four hundred, some of these being con verts from the side-saddle. “I have r<ev er known a pupil to abandon the cross saddle for the old way, and all who learn this method prefer It,” he said. Profes sor Clasen heartily approves the cross saddle as healthful for women, which af ter all is the chief bone of contention be tween the followers of the old and of the new. However, nothing but a fair test and time will settle this point. Again, many women by thinking- any sort of garb would do for have called down criticism on their ap pearance; Professor Clasen gave me a number of photographs, one of which I send you. which prove a woman may look very chic riding astride. The exhibition which was given at the Boston Horse Bhow- last April under the direction of Mr. Clasen excited widespread Interest, altnough the exhibitors were girls, not women. Taking into considera tion that no one of them had taken more than twenty lessons they semed wonder fully at home in the saddle, walking, trot ting and cantering at given signals, and forming various figures with ease. 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