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Talks With Farmers
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SOOD ROADS FOR FARMERS.
The greatest drawback to rural life Is
the absence of good roads. Farmers suffer
from the lack of go.'d roads more than
any other class, because people who live
In towns and cities have other facilities
for traveling which the people of the
rural districts do not have. In cities the
question of highest Importance and a
■tatter upon which most money Is expend
ed is that of placing the thoroughfares
under control of the municipal govern
ment tn first-class condition and keeping
them so. Generally speaking, tn the coun
try the public highways, until within
quite recent years, have received but little
or no attention from the very people who
are moot dependent upon them for travel.
As an Illustration of what improved
roadways will do for the territory trav
ersed by them it is only necessary to
visit those localities In this and other
states where good roads have been built
to find that owners tn such sec
tions are growing richer each year, and
social relations are broadening and be
coming more inviting. Communities pos
sessing the advantages of good roads are
becoming more thick!y populated, while
sections which do not possess such ad
vantages are either at a standstill or are
becoming annually poorer and more thin
ly settled. Bad roads tend to check ambi
tion, weaken energy and paralyze Indus
try. Rich lands will be allowed to go to
waste, fruitful farms will be abandoned
and the social pleasures and enjoyments
of country Mfe suffer untold disadvan
tages when the public highways are in
had or almost Impassable condition the
year round.
From a business standpoint, we may
well compare the difference between good
and bad roads to the dluerence between
profit and loss. A good road in a commu
nity has a money value to the people own
ing property along its Mne of right of
way. just the same as it develops a so
cial value. Locking at the matter solely
from a business standpoint, it must be
conceded by all investigators as well as
those who have tried the experiment that
good roads always and under all condi
tions pay a handsome dividend each year.
From the old farcial plan of patching the
roads each year, according to the will of
different communities, our people are re
alising that road building is a public mat
ter. and that the best interests of agri
culture and the rural people demand the
construction of first-class highways, and
that money so expended Is sure to return
large profits.
Work Broadening.
The work which is now being done
throughout the south by the National
Good Roads association, under the auspi
ces of the Southern Railway company
which Is furnishing all necessary trans
portation. will be far reaching in its ef
fect upon the minds of our people and
lay the foundation for arousing an ex
tensive Interest in good road building
which will rapidly develop permanent con
struction of our public highways as the
years roll by.
The business of the Good Roads asso
ciation as It is now being conducted is
to effect permanent organisation of a
branch of the association in each state,
and present an object lesson of first-class
road work at three or more principal
points in each state. The convention of
road workers held in Atlatna last week
was largely attended by farmers and oth
ers Interested from all parts of the state.
Several hundred delegates were present
at the practical road work which was
done on a piece of roadway near Atlanta,
and at which all the new and up-to-date
road machinery was used. At the two or
three meetings held in the larger banquet
hall of the Kimball house the visiting del
egates were prompt in attendance and
took a deep interest in the proceedings.
Permanent organization was perfected,
and aside from the state officers, a vice
president of the association was named
from each county in the state.
Construction of Good Roads.
It is neither my object or desire in an
article such as the length of this must
be to attempt to describe the improved
methods of constructing good roads. There
are many plans by which good perma
nent roads may be built and the work
can only be perfected by practice, ex
perience and labor. There are certain gen
eral principles which must be employed in
the art of road building, and success will
largely depend in making those principles
properly conform with the conditions
which surround the communities or sec
tions through which the road or roads
are to be built, in some sections a hard
level road bed can be secured at compara
tively little cost, while in others a ma
cadam foundation will have to be laid
to secure permanent smoothness after
grading has been completed.
A good narrow stone ballasted road to
suit the needs of the farmers should not
bo too costly. In the state of New Jersey
a stone ballasted road eight feet wide and
nine inches deep, rolled down smooth and
compact is not costing more than $2,300
per thila. The most expensive and unsat
isfactory road is the earth road, while the
most economical and satisfactory is the
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and ebarm for selling our rvmedy. We have a repvtai.< n f.r mMMMb
dw cTiJrVX. honest dealing and to prove It every penon who eclla six boxes
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stone road. While the initial cost of con
structing the stone road is greater, they
can. nevertheless, be kept in perfect con
dition at but little cost, and the facili
ties which they present to the farmer are
far superior to the dirt road, no matter
in what section of the country they may
bo built. Road building, like a great many
other things, is largely a matter of edu
cation. The people who live in the rural
districts and are most deeply interested in
good roads should be taught the value of
better highways both from a business
and social standpoint. For several years
I have contended that the state convicts
should be put to work on the public high
ways in Georgia and kept there until
every roadway in the state is put in first
class traveling condition. This would be
the best investment which could be made
of the convict labor of the state, and
within a few years a tremendous profit
would be annually returned to the state
and her citizens. Convicts should be work
ed on public Improvements which are
most beneficial to the people at large,
and the system of selling the labor of a
convict to the highest bidder from the
ranks of private enterprises I believe to be
wrong both in principle and for the best
Interests of the public good. I think the
states should work their convicts on the
public roads and the national government
should aid the work by annual appropria
tion, just as it appropriates money to con
struct magnificent federal buildings in
cities and for maintaining our harbors
and river navigation.
HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
Mrs. L. L. K.. Rex.. Ga.—As 1 ain a con
stant reader of The Journal, please tell
me where I can sell some strawberry
plants? I have some nice hardy ones of
the finest strains.
Answer —Tour best plan would be to in
sert a short advertisement in the Semi-
Weekly, giving number of plants you
have for sale, the variety and price per
thousand. Address Advertising depart
ment of the Semi-Weekly Journal, if you
desire to pursue that course. I do not
know of any person who wants plants
at this time, but a short advertisement
would probably sell them for you at
once.
Some Timely Advice.
For a long time it has been supposed
that mosquitoes were the agents by which
the malarial parasite was carried and
transferred from one being to another.
This hypothesis has been recently proved
a fact, and experiments conducted by an
English surgeon in southern India, and
by eminent Italian Investigators show con
clusively that certain species of mosqui
toes are responsible for the spread of ma
larial fever. Persons suffering from ma
larial fever were permitted to be bitten
by mosquitoes belonging to the genus an
opheles. These mosquitoes were then al
lowed to bite persons In whose blood no
malarial organisms had been found, and In
a few days the Individuals bitten came
down with the true malarial fever. It is,
therefore, of the utmost importance that
farmers and others should take every pre
caution In preventing the breeding of mos
quitoes in their immediate vicinity. Spe
cial attention should be given to rain
barrels, tubs, cisterns, vaults, ponds and
other places where mosquitoes breed.
Small quantities of kerosene distributed
over the surface of the water will destroy
the larvae and In many instances epidem
ics of malarial fever can be avoided. This
timely topic Is treated fully in a detailed
article in the May number of Good House
keeping. advertised In this paper, and we
advise our readers to secure a copy and
thoroughly post themselves about this
Important matter.
PARK AND WRIGHT
ARE HIGHLY PRAISED
The treasure department and the comp
troller genera?; office were highly praised
by the legislative committee which made
investigations last week. The report
the investigations wss filed just befoß
the close of the session. No other state
house offices were examined. The follow
ing is the report of the committee:
"To the General Assembly:
"The sub-committee of the joint finance
committee, after a most careful exami
nation of the offices of Comptroller Gen
eral W. A. Wright and Treasurer R. E.
Park submit the following report:
"The undersigned, constitutir/g the sub
committee from the joint standing com
mittee on finance have examined the ac
counts, vouchers and books of the comp
troller general and treasurer, as required
by the code, and respectfully submit that
the books of these officers are models of
neatness and accuracy.
“The books of the treasurer at the close
of the day of the 9th of December, 1901,
showed on hand $1,067,432.18 and said
amount corresponds with the books of the
comptroller general's office. Y sur com
mittee verified the truth of the balance
shown by the books by actually counting
the cash in the vault, and examining the
statements of the different state deposi
tories as to the balance on hand with
them.
“In the opinion of your committee the
treasurer and comptroller general deserve
the gratitude of the people of this com
monwealth for the accurate, plain, sys
tematic method In which they keep the
business of their offices. In a moment's
time the condition of any matter can be
ascertained, and with the one a check
upon the other the most perfect harmony
prevails tn matters of fact and figures.
Respectfully submitted,
“J. E. HATS,
“Committee on part of Senate.
P. M. MVLHERIN.
“R. A. S. FREEMAN,
”E. H. GEORGE.
“Committee on part of the House of Rep
resentatives.”
Funny Kindergarten Tale.
A kindergartner tells a story of a man
who appeared and asked to speak with his
child. "What name?" asked the teacher,
and upon the man's replying “Ikey
Cohen" she smiled and said that as there
were no less than seven pupils of that
name the father would have to repair to
the school room and pick his child out
for himself. “But he isn't one of the
seven,’* cried the teacher as the father
pointed to one of the children as his son.
“That child's name Isn't Ikey Cohen; it's
Ikey Gowash.” The father insisted that
the name was Ikey Cohen. Mystified be
yond measure, the teacher brought out
her books. There, sure enough, the child
was duly registered as Ikey Gowash. The
boy admitted having given that name and,
evidently as mystified as the teacher, he
added that he supposed it to be his. it
transpired that the child, like so many
little eastslders actually didn’t know his
surname. When asked upon entering the
school what he was called besides “Ikey”
he volunteered “Gowash.” "De fust t'ing
me mudder sex ter me in de mornin' is
'lkey, go wash!' ” he said.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901.
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Southern Trucking.
Southern Farm Magazine.
The causes of the rapid growth in the
raising of truck in the south are more
than anything else the convenient and
rapid transportation facilities which
have been afforded by the various trans
portation lines traversing that section.
The suitability of the soil and climate
has also been another important element.
The soil conditions of the various truck
centers are very diverse. However, the
industry is confined generally around
well-defined centers, the particular loca
tion of which seems to have been deter
mined by the fact that some pioneer in
tne business located there and succeded
so well as to be copied by his neighbors.
Controlling the Cantaloupe Louse.
Prof. W. G. Johnson.
Replying to inquiries from R. E. W.,
Mo., A. C. P., Md., and W. H. S„ Ct„
would say the green aphis or plant louse
a hich attacks cucumbers and cantaloupes
is not an easy pest to combat. It makes
It* appearance early in the season and it
confines its attacks particularly to the
underside of the leaves, causing them to
curl and eventually fall off. Vines should
be watched carefully and upon the first
Indications that the pests are. present the
leave* should be plucked and destroyed
and the under side of the vines thoroughly
sprayed with a 10 to 12 per cent solution
of kerosene emulsion. Tobacco decoction
has also been found very effective, de
peeiuing somewhat upon - the tobacco
used. The percent of nicotine present in
tobacco stems is small, and as it is very
soluble, much of it may be lost providing
the tobacco has been left In an exposed
place. One pound of good tobacco stems
in two gallons of hot water ought to de
stroy this pest, If the material is prop
erly applied.
A spray nozxle with a bent neck exten
sion will be necessary to reach the under
surface of the leaves. A knapsack spray
er or a bucket sprayer should be used,
as It is difficult to get into a field with a
barrel sprayer after the vines are any
considerable size. The pest usually ap
pears in spots and such places should be
carefully watched, sprayed and treated
to keep it from spreading to other pla
ces. Growers who have followed these
methods carefully have little difficulty
with the pest.
Sign* of Winter Often Conflict.
Evansville Courier.
According to most signs, the coming
winter will be a hard one. The first “sure
sign” Is the thick onion skins.
But if there is any truth in the say
ing accepted by many, “If November 21
be cold, so will the winter be," then a
pleasant season is ahead.
Another forecasting saying Is, "If flow
ers are blooming out of doors in Novem
ber prepare f<#r a cold winter.”
Still another is, "Warm October, cold
February."
An old negro Is supposed to have in
sight if not prophetic vision as to the
weather.
“How do Ah know it's gwan to be a
ha'd winter?" said an old-time negro with
white wool, a bent back and uncertain
legs. "Why, de signs all p’int dat erway.
De hawg's melts is big, de cats is cyain'
dey tails high, hey hair Is full of ’lestrls
ity an' dey Is a sneezin'. Cats is de know
inest beasts what Is. De rats an’ de mice
is squealin’ an’ scurryin' at nights, an'
dat’s a sure sign of a ha'd winter.
"De fur on de rabbits is thick, an’ I
hea’d a mole cry. Dere is snowflakes on
de goose bone an’ de skin on de cat fish
belly is thick. De goose bone an’ de cat
fish never lies about de wedder. It’s go
in’ ter be a rich man’s winter. Cullud
folks, git in yo’re hawg meat an’ yo’re
fiah wood!"
The river man looked out through the
mist on the river and pulled two doleful
blasts from the steamboat’s whistle. It
was damp and cheerless and a musty
smell arose from the water. The river
man's voice was raw and rough. "This
yere fog is makin’ snow right now," he
said oracularly. “I never see it fall. Jest
as many fogs as we git In October an’
November jest so many snow storms will
we git in winter. Any ole river pilot will
tell you that. This yere fog means two
inches of snow sometime in January or
February.
It take; a country boy to know the
weather signs thoroughly. Out near
West Terre Haute a small boy with a
rusty shotgun was slouching along the
road.
“Gee whiz!” exclaimed a young Vigo
county rube, “but this is goin' to be a
hard winter. How do I know? Huh, look
at the signs! They’s lots of chipmunks
this year an’ they’re glttln’ Into their holes
early. They've been mighty busy since
the middle of September. An’, then, the
hickry nuts has got thick shells an’ hard
to crack. The moles is diggin’ deep, an’
the muskrat is buildin’ high an' warm.
The squirrels is carryin’ nuts all day long.
Crawdads an’ turkles Is glttln' scarce an’
goin’ down deep into the mud. The ants is
pilin’ dirt around their holes an’ she bees
hev had a busy summer. The hornet's
nest is neur the ground. Spiders is crawl
in’ into cracks in the wall an' under
stones, an’ there is lots of loose cobwebs
floatin’ around. There ain’t no gnats qr
small flies in the air. The apples this fall
growed lopsided an’ are thick-skinned.
Snakes has all hunted their holes. Logs is
splittln' easy, an’ the smoke rises from
the bottoms an’ climbs the hills. Every
one of them Is a sure sign. My grandpa
says so, an’ I guess he knows, an’ so
do I.’
"All signs point to a cold winter," said
a Vigo county farmer with a wagon load
of hay. "The mules have been a holler
in’ a lot lately, an’ that's a sure sign. I
heard a fox bark out my way one night
last week, an’ I told my woman to look
out for lots of snow this winter. I hear
a grouse drum one night’ an that's a sign.
But the best sign Is to look for the first
snow. There will be as many snowstorms
during the winters the moon is days old
during the first snow storm.
"But about the best sign Is the strong,
thick husks on the corn, an’ it’s hard to
husk this year; besides there’s been lots
of grass seed. I noticed that the coals in
the fire is covered with white ash this fall
—that’s a sign of snow. Ropes are hard
to untwist, an’ the trees are snappin* an’
crackin’ a good deal.
"Now, I’ll tell you the surest sign of all,
and the one that made me go and bank up
my house good an’ pile the wood close to
the back door. I’ve got a log smokehouse
on my place that was built the year before
the war. This fall the bark on the logs on
the north side Is two inches thicker than
it was this summer. Jest gettin’ ready
for a hard winter."
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Here is another phase of the vexed ques-
• tion: Shall we say "the Philippines is?”
4* THINGS SEEN AND HEARD. ♦
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♦ By Tho*. W. Loyless. ♦
The New Depot Commission.
Now that the Atlanta depot bill Is a
law, the next step is to put In operation
the machinery for carrying out this im
portant undertaking. The main thing at
tho outset, of course it the selection of
the commission which is to have charge
of the construction of the depot, and thl*
the entire public will watch with no lit
tle interest.
Among the first names prominently
mentioned in connection with the new
depot commleslon is that of Hon. W. A.
Knowles, of Floyd, one of the ablest and
most active members of the last house.
Mr. Knowles was one of the warm ad
vocates of the depot bill and to him, as
much as to almost any other man, Is due
the passage of the bill.
Mr. Knowles served on several of the
most Important committees of the house,
among them being the appropriations,
railroad, manufacturing, printing and
Western and Atlantic committees, and he
was justly considered one of the most
valued and energetic members of each.
Besides being thoroughly conversant
with the state’s affairs, Mr. Knowles, as
is shown by his splendid success in life,
is one of the best business men in Geor
gia. As editor and owner of The Rome
Tribune he is a leader in his own section
and thoroughly enjoys the confidence of
his people.
Mr. Knowles will, In all probability re
turn to the house from Floyd, so that as
a member of the depot commission he
would have the double advantage of hav
ing served ip the legislature which passed
the depot measure as well as in the one
under whose direction the work is to be
carried out.
Smith May Not Run After All.
The latest political rumor going the
rounds is to the effect that the Hon. Jim
Smith may conclude, after all, not to
enter the gubernatorial race.
There is a definiteness about this ru
m4r that causes it to attract more than
ordinary attention. Indeed, it is freely
talked by some of Mr. Smith’s close per
sonal and political friends, who give as
a reason for his probable decision not to
enter the race, tho condition of his health.
While It was well known several weeks
ago that Mr. Smith had fully made up his
mind to try for the governorship and had
so notified his friends, it appears that a'
temporary spell of sickness which follow
ed this announcement caused him to re
consider the matter, with the result that
he may conclude to keep out of the race.
At any rate, the opinion is forming
among the best posted politicians that
Mr. Smith cannot any longer' be consid
ered a factor in the coming fight, al
though, of course, his own announcement
to that effect must be awaited before it
is accepted, as a fact.
Representative Tumlln’s Valedictory.
Hon. N. J. Tumlin, the able and hand
some member from the county of Carroll,
was called upon at the very close of the
session of the house of representatives,
on last Friday evening, to speak a few
words byway of farewell. Mr. Tumlin
has been a leader of his people for a long
time, and among other valuable services
rendered them for many years past has
been in the ministry. While this has not
been his regular calling, yet he ha* ever
stood ready to speak from the pulpit in
the interest of morals and religion. It was
thought, therefore, fit and appropriate
that he should deliver the valedictory, as
it were, to the members of the legislature,
the session of which was to be dissolved
In a few moments, the members to return
to their homes. He spoke substantially as
follows:
“My Dear Fellow Brothers:-1 thank you
for the honor you have given me to speak
the last words of farewell. It pains my
heart to see this goodly company dissolve.
We have mingled together for two ses
sions—loo days in all—and have become
well acquainted, and now in the hush
which precedes the storm of the break-up,
I want to emphasize the fact that we all
feel brotherly and neighborly to each
other, and no matter what may happen
in the future, the fraternal spirit which
has been engendered here will remain and
we will ever and always have each other’s
Interest at heart. If any one of this good
ly company aspires to higher office the
others must wish him well and assist
him to obtain the prize. In this house is
material for the making of governors and
senators. Let us all help one another to
obtain the promotion which we all so
richly deserve. And we wish each and
every one for the other the greatest hap
piness and prosperity at home; that those
who are lawyers may find clients and fees
plentiful; that those who are doctors may
be successful In curing all the ills that
come under their care; that those who
are merchants may have large sales and
handsome profits, and that the great body
of us who are farmers may have abun
dant crops, goodly seasons and much in
crease in our flocks and herds.
"It is altogether probable that we will
all never meet again. Some of us are old
from old age and our time nearly run
out. Some of us are broken down com
pletely from the terrible fights made on
the depot bill, and it is altogether possi
ble that it will be out of the power of
nature to bring back the health and
strength to which we are accustomed.
And some of us are so broken in spirit at
the failure of the dispensary bill that life
will never look as rosy-hued as before.
“But whatever may befall us; If we
should never meet again on earth, I most
sincerely hope that we will all meet to
gether in the bright land beyond this,
where sorrow and trouble can never come;
where it is recorded that the filibuster
cannot enter; where there Is no desire to
leave and break a quorum; where it is
not necessary to lock the doors to keep
the members in, and where the ayes and
nays are never called, because there is
always a unanimity of sentiment that
fills the heart with love for the Maker
and gratitude that we have been redeem
ed from the sins of the world and made
to sit together in the general assembly of
the saved and will worship forever around
the throne of Him who hath made us and
saved us by His own great power.”
Open the Textile Doors to Girl*.
Information comes from a source which
admits of no misunderstanding or mistake,
to the effect that if the legislature will
allow girls and young women the benefit
of textile education at the Technological
Institute in Atlanta there will be "some
substantial as well as moral support” in
providing a separate building for the girls.
Something ought to be done in this di
rection by the present legislature before it
adjourns.
Will not the legislature give permission
for girls to enjoy the lectures and studies
in the Tech school, if they can board out
of the grounds?
In the name of honest dealing, gentle
men of the legislature, either forbid the
employment of women and girls in cotton
mills or give them a living chance in this
business!
The bare statement of the proposition
carries conviction on the face of it. Th*
noble-hearted gentleman who “pledge*
substantial and moral support," asks:
“Can’t you take a hand in persuading the
present legislators’” to me.
Give cotton mill girls an opportunity a*
well as cotton mill boys.
Are not these children of equal value to
a community?
How many girls do you suppose ar* now
employed in cotton mills?
If there are as many as seven-tenths,
does not the opportunity for textile educa
tion commend itself to you?
Don’t adjourn without this permission.
Act like fathers ought to act to these cot
ton mill girls!
MRS. W. H. FELTON.
In no other country in the world is the cigar
bo popular as in Germany, so much so that
it is Imposible to raise enough tobacco in the
empire to supply the domestic demand. Last
vear Germany Imported nearly $22,000,000 worth
of tobacco, a little more than a third of it
coming from the United States. The use of
the cigarette is rapidly spreading in Germany.
Last year 388 tons of cigarettes were consumed,
at least five times as many as were needed
ten years ago.
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Inoculation Experiment.
Mis* Emma King, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
was inoculated on November 12th with the
virus taken from a cow alleged to be suf
fering from tuberculosis. Dr. Barney, also,
of Brooklyn, injected the virus in the
young lady’s neck twice. It is stated that
all the conditions of the experiment was
very satisfactory and results will go far
toward proving or disproving’ Professor
Koch’s statement that human and bovine
tuberculosis are not intercommunicable.
Corn, Cornmeal and Corn-and-CobMeal
for Hogs.
"Which is the cheaper feed for spring
pigs, ear corn, corn meal or corn and cob
meal?”
After conducting experiments on this
subject for several years the writer is
forced to say that the benefits from grind
ing corn are far less than he expected
they would be. In some of our experi
ments pigs have actually made more gain
from a given weight of shelled corn than
from the same weight of corn reduced to
meal. Generally there has been a saving
of 6 or 8 per cent made by feeding corn
meal to fattening hogs instead of giving
whole corn. Farmers are often quite
strongly of the opinion that corn meal is
much better for fattening hogs than
shelled corn. They declare that hogs get
ting corn meal fatton faster, and often
assert that they make their gains on less
feed. Our experiments at the Wisconsin
station show most plainly that hogs get
ting cornmeal do fatten more rapidly than
hogs getting shelled corn, but the surpris
ing part is that they also eat more feed
in a given time than the hogs getting
shelled corn. Consequently, when we di
vide the feed eaten by the gains made we
find the difference in favor of corn meal
over whole corn Is far less than Is usually
supposed.
Shelton’s experiments in Kansas showed
that a pound of corn and cob meal went
as far as a pound of pure corn meal. From
this our correspondent can judge whether
or not he wishes to feed ground corn and
cob. W. A. HENRY.
Immunized Bulla Best for the South.
From the Breeder’s Gazette.
Quite recently there has been some cor
respondence in your journal relative to
the advisability oi organizing sales in the
south of northern animals, principally
bulls, of the beef breeds for the conven
ience of southern buyers who heretofore
have had some difficulty in knowing just
where to go and of whom to secure what
they might desire In this class of stock.
The idea seems rather a good one and
could in time be made to subserve the
Interests both of the raiser and seller on
the one hand and the buyer on the other.
Our southern people are beginning to open
their eyes to the importance of beef rais
ing in Dixie, and although numbers of
pure bred and high grade animals are
annually coming south it will yet be a
considerable length of time before our
southern country can raise sufficient im
mune animals to supply Its own demand,
and importations of susceptible cattle
from above the “fever line” will -have to
continue so long as the demand cannot be
supplied by Immune “southerners.” So
long, then, as this condition exists and
for the convenience of our buyers we be
lieve that sales such as those above men
tioned would considerably aid them in
knowing where to go and In making their
selections of the kind of stock wanted.
Os course. If such sales were organized
for the disposal In the south of suscepti
ble bulls they would have to be extremely
carefully handled to prevent them becom
ing tlck-lnfested when coming Into the
southern cattle fever belt.
If it were possible for northern animals
(for breeding purposes)) to be artificially
Immunized .against the fever before ex
posing them at such sales, it would b*
more of an incentive for southern buy
ers to purchase, rather than taking the
risk of having to immunize the cattle af
ter buying, although that now is hardly
worth considering, when the operation is
properly carried out. This, of , course,
would necessitate southern immune and
probably ticky cattle being kept In non
immune districts as supply animals, which
might not be relished either by the fed
eral authorities or by northern cattle own
ers themselves. Still it might be feasible
for the experiment stations of those states
in which beef producing stock raising is
an important industry to make arrange
ments to immunize those animals that are
Intended for the southern trade. The ex
periment station of Missouri has done a
great deal of work along this line, which
seems to have beeii much appreciated and
there may be other stations north of the
federal quarantine line that have been
similarly engaged.
There is of course the question of price,
which comes in. It is more than probable
that more money would be asked for im
munized bulls than for susceptible ones,
where the buyer assumed the risk of im
munization. I do not see, however, that
this should now make much difference in
price, as the results for the past two or
three years have shown that the risk is
practically nil. In Louisiana, Texas and
Mississippi the experiment stations have
immunized large numbers of susceptible
cattle imported from the north and west
and are continuing to do this work; the
operation is performed by competent vet
erinarians in these states; and besides
the graduates of our southern agricul
tural colleges, where Immunization has
been practiced, are perfectly qualified to
undertake the operation in the various
sections in which they live. So that there
Is no difficulty whatever In having cattle
Immunized after being brought south.
Yet, the idea of risk attached to bringing
northern animals Into the south clings
very tenaciously to the minds of many,
and perhaps is the means of preventing
them importing, who otherwise would,
notwithstanding the successful results ob
tained by several of the southern sta
tions. All things considered, I am In
clined to the opinion that importations
would be stimulated and the beef cattle
Industry In the south more encouraged
and facilitated If sales could be organized
at southern points for the disposal of
beef bulls from above the “fever line,”
and more especially If such animals were
immunized previous to their coming south.
W. H.DALRYMPLE, M. R. C. V. S.
Louisiana Experiment Station.
About the Word Christmas.
Mrs. Mary Trammell Scott has the fol
lowing timely suggestion as to the popu
lar manner of writing Christmas:
“Let no thoughtless paragrapher write
It Xmas,” she protests, and continuing
says further:
“I’ve often been tempted to make this
abrevlatlon, but have always been pre
vented by a feeling that has never been
analyzed until now. The custom of mak
ing this sign for Christmas Is becoming so
universal that It Is destroying the beauty
of one of the most beautiful words in
written English. Even on calendars and
dainty Christmas cards we see this, gro
tesque word. The day that celebrates the
dearest, tenderest and most Important
event of all history is year after year be
ing desecrated in the way it is being spent
and now must we have the word itself
shorn of its beauty by a lazy abbreviation.
“The cross is a symbol of humanity, but
not of the living Christ whom Christians
commemorate. Christmas is not a cross
festival nor cross mass, but a ‘church
festival,’ according to Webster; a loving
tribute paid to One who bore but laid
aside the cross for a crown.
“Writers who would never think of
marring their manuscript with a slang ex
pression do not hesitate to take an un
lawful liberty with this word. No lexico
grapher has licensed it yet, so far as I
know; then, according to good English, it
is Incorrect, and, when we stop to think
about it, it is Irreverent.
“We may not be able to stop the boist
erous. unchristian manner of some In
their attempt to celebrate the day, but we
can check this piece of thoughtlessness
and preserve the word Christmas sacred,
Dairying and Live Stock |
Conducted By B. IV. Hunt
t Reader* of th* Semi-Weekly i
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Sprained Ligament*.
Plea** advise me throught The Seml-
Weekly Journal as to the trouble and
treatment of my horse.
About two month; book my saddle
horse began to get lam* in the right front
foot or leg. This took place after a hard
siege under th* saddle over very rocky
and stumpy roads. The horse at first
began to limp a little as he was taken
from th* stable, and after standing for a
while hitched, the limping would clear up
after a little traveling. These conditions
grew rapidly worse, so that In ten or
twelve days after the first symptoms I
had to cease using him. The pastern
joint has sw'ollen to almost twice the
size of that of the sound leg, the swelling
also extending almost up to knee joint.
The swelling seemed to have been very
painful as the horse would kick the sides
of the stable frequently while lying down
at night, and in the morning could scarce
ly get up at all on account of the stiff
and painful leg. The painful condition
now Is almost, past but the swelling con
tinues; it has subsided but a little.
I have measured the horses’ hoofs with
a tape, the foot on affected side meas
ures from 1-8 to 1-4 inch less in diameter
than the opposite, the measurements be
ing taken at several different places on
each hoof. I notice you advise this when
suspecting contracted hoof. Could a dif
erence of 1-8 to 1-4 of an Inch amount to
contracted hoof? I have discovered that
foot on affected side Is warmer than the
other. . x
The horse is looking much better now
than when the painful condition of swell
ing was on, I mean that he has gained
considerable flesh. He is gay and play
fully enough when turned out.
Please tell me What is the matter with
the horse and give treatment. A. J. 8.
Answer—The swelling of the pattern
joint indicates sprains of th* ligaments
there. .
It is Impossible to know how much
tearing loose or lacesation there ha* been.
Hand rubbing with alcohol, spirit* of
camphor, etc., is about all you can now
do to benefit the injury. I am a flrm be
liever In the efficiency of apple vinegar as
compared with other medicines for extern
al use In embrocation*.
I would keep the swollen leg wet with
a sponge soaked In vinhgar and bandaged
over the swollen part of the leg.
The heat In the ankle, caused by the
fever, would reduce the size of the hoof,
so It would measure the difference you
found In the feet.
A real case of contracted foot will show
quite a difference when measured as care
fully have done.
I once had a fast trotter with a sprained
ligament In the hind ankle that practical
ly fully recovered.
Still a sprained leg Is always a care to
tne skillful horse owner. It remains weak
er than its mate that has never been
lacerated. B &
Swollen Ankle.
Please Inform me what to do for my
mule. I think she ha* something like ring
bone. She limps a little when *he first
comes out of the stable. Her ankle swells.
When she works the swelling disappears.
Please answer at once. J. E. D -
Hartwell. Ga.
Answer —Ringbone does not show more
swelling at one time than at another. It
is a growth of bone on the ankle, and Is
constant. If it grows, it is so slow as to
be only noticed as larger after possibly a
year’s growth of the bony deposit. Hence
the swelling that you say disappears is
not ringbone. If you have a case of ring
bone, you have also some other trouble
in the mule’s ankle that causes the swell
ing. I recommend wetting a sponge in
pure apple vinegar and applying it over
the swollen ankle. Bandage this wet
sponge at night on the ankle and let it
stay until morning. You might commence
with the wet bandage as low down as the
top of the hoof and wrap upward until
you cover the entire swelling. Elastic
flannel cut In strips 3 1-2 inches wide, 7
feet long will make a good horse leg
bandage.
Died From Eating Sorghum.
Will you please tell me what was the
matter with my Jersey bulb I have been
feeding him on sorghum about two
months. I commenced feeding him as
soon as It was headed out and have fed
him all the time preparatory to put him
on the market. After I cut it I have been
feeding cured sorghum and sorghum ana
pea vines. He has had the run of a good
bermuda pasture, well watered with a
large branch, and seemed to be In perfect
health *ll the while.
On November 30 I fed him *■ usual and
when I went to feed the next morning
found him dead In his stall. He was on
his haunches a* if he had been struck a
deadly blow on the head and seemed to
have died without a struggle. He was
also badly swollen and after he wa* car
ried off you could plainly see him swel
ling. He at* all his feed and w«* in fine
order. SUBSCRIBER.
Newnan, Ga.
I think the bull died of asphyxiation.
Whether he was over fed, or what first
Induced the flatulency of course I can not
say.
Personally, I do not like sorghum, owing
to its hard cutting bark. I tried It faith
fully for ensilage and was always afraid
of the sharp bark even after It was run
through a cutter and preserved In a silo
which has a softening effect on most food
plants. The fault belongs to all the can*
family.
Besides this the experiment stations of
the western states have issued bulletin*
on the occasional death of stock fed on
sorghum. .......
We can raise so many safe food fodder
plants, that It Is better policy not to raise
those that unexpectedly cause loss.
I will also reprint a press bulletin on
corn stalk disease from Puddue experi
ment station:
This term Is applied to a disease er pos
sibly several diseases occasioned a* a re
sult of pasturing cattle In stalk field*
late tn the fall or early in the winter. An
outbreak, if one should occur, usually
takes place in from two to fourteen day*
after the animals are turned upon the
stalks. The great majority of cases oc
cur between the fifth and the eighth days.
It is also observed that all animals that
do become affected, die within two or
three days of each other. There is noth
ing in the appearance of the fodder to
Indicate that it may cause trouble. Cat
tle may graze and do well on one field
and from 10 to 50 per cent be lost on
changing to another field separated from
the first by a fence. It makes no differ
ence whether the cattle are allowed to
graze for only a few hours or left in all
day. After one outbreak has occurred. It
is rarely the case that a second will fol
low. The disease has never been reported
from feeding cut fodder, even when taken
from the same field as that In Which dis
ease has occurred from grazing. The
cause has never been determined, but It
is most often observed after a dry season.
The general symptoms are that the ani
mal appears dull,
one place, or If he moves It is with a no
ticably jerky gait. There Is marked prp»-
tration; the animal will fall on the knee*
and It may require several attempts to ;
arise. Some act as though they were ,
crazy, but the majority are stupid. There .
is more or less frothing at the mouth and
almost constant swinging as the head
from side to side, whether in standing po
sition or lylpg down. The movements are
Indicative of pain. The course Is of very
short duration, from two to 30 hours, th*
majority living less than six hours. Too
often the history is that the cattle were
all right In the evening and from one to
eight found dead In the morning. As the
cause Is not known, and a successful •
treatment has not been discovered, the
prevention or means of relief can not be
prescribed except by using cut fodder.
Several outbreaks have been reported
in the past two weeks, and In a number
of outbreaks of supposed blackleg. Dr. '
Craig, assistant state veterinarian. has
found this to be present instead. The dis- ,
ease is not contagious and can not spread ■
from one farm to another. The occur
rence of a few cases in a community
should not frighten others to discard the
use of the field for feeding.
. A. W. BITTING,
Veterinarian.
Book for Reference.
Will you kindly give me the name and
price of a book which treats of stock,
cows particularly? I am altogether igno
rant on the subject and want to begin at
the beginning. I want something that
will tell about milk cows, milking and
breeding, but not too expensive. W.
Covington, Ga.
I use as a book of reference regarding ,
cow diseases. Bovine Medicine and Sur
gery. by J. Woodruff Hill, price 36 or $6. |
While this is an English book, it is the
fullest I know. This and all other work*
on veterinary subjects should be filled by ’
notes of the advance made in scientifi® '
discovery.
For illustration, no published work car
rying the weight of authority gives th® '
discovery of Dr. J. Schmidt, of Denmark. !
a* to successful treatment of milk fever |
by injecting solution of lodide of potas
sium into the udder through the teatsi ■
Nor would any such work now In print bo
safe on cattle fever or give any direction ;
for safely making cattle immune to tick |
fever.
A valuable work will be found in the >
publication of the United State* depart- •
ment of agriculture, entitled, “Disease*
of Cattle and Cattle Feeding,” 1892.
This, if not out of print, can be ob-.
talned through your member of congreed ’
or through one of the Georgia {
If out of print it can be bought cheaply
of one of the second-hand book store® la ;
Washington.
"Feeding Animals,” by Elliott W. Stenr- •
art, devotes attention to the rearing andt
feeding of horses, cattle, dairy cows,.
sheep and swine. Stewart does not fill
his pages print without saying some- ;
thing valuable on every paga. I think 1
the book costs $1.50 to $2.
The United States department of egri
cultnre ha* published annual reports of;
the bureau of animal industry that should >
be in the library of every stock raiser.
The breeding of cattle is fuller treated
through the different periodicals. For in- |
stance, regarding Jersey cattle breeding
much valuable information appear®
through the Jersey Bulletin, published in
Indianapolis, Ind. On beef cattle th®
Breeder’s Gazette, Chicago, 111., 1* an au
thority, and they are publishers of the
best work on short horn cattle.
Mrs. Jones, of Canada, wrote a book of
dairying highly spoken of at time of pub
lication. Dairying north and in Georgia,
however, are very different things.
Hoard's Dairyman, published at Fort
Atkinson, Wls., has the largest clrcula- (
tlon of any exclusive dairy paper. Mr. V.
E. Fuller, who made famous the Saint
Lambert cattle, also publishes a practical
dairy paper In Buffalo, N. Y. A letter to
V. E. Fuller, care Jersey Advocate, Buf
falo, N. Y.. wl|l, I think, reach him.
An application for the bulletins a* is
sued bi’ the department of agriculture at
Washington, will obtain those publica
tions relating to animal industry. If I •
have not quite caught th* spirit of your
inquiry, please write again.
When Your Joint* Are Stiff
and your muscles sore from cold or rheu
matism. when you slip and sprain a
strain your Mde or bruise youraelf. Pain
killer will take out the soreness and fix you
right in a jiffy. Always have it with you, (
and use it freely. Avoid substitute*, there
is but one Painkiller, Perry Davis'. Priee
!sc. and 50c.
SO.ME AGED ANIMALS.
Those Who Have an Easy Life Llvg
Long.
New York Herald. >
In the vicinity of Paris a home for
domestic animals was established som* •
time ago, and among the present inmat®*
are a mule seventy-two years old, a coy
thirty-six and a pig twenty-five years old.
It is claimed that domestic animal*
which lead an easy life are likely to llv® <
far beyond the average age If properly •
cared for. Many birds certainly attain an ‘
extraordinary age. Eagles, ravens and.
parrots frequently live a hundred year*, ;
and pelicans probably live as long, for U (
Is recorded that one of these birds wa* .
placed In the Amsterdam zoological gar- ;
den some time before 1792 and was still
there in 1870. This pelican, too. was at
least four or five years old when it wa* •
placed In the garden.
Eels are also long lived. Professor Buchw [
ner tells of one which was kept for twen«
ty-slx years In a pond at Thlengen, in
which It was placed at the age of eight I
years. It attained a length of nearly five
feet and Its favorite haunt was in ths !
current that flowed into the pond. All I
authorities agree that domestic animal* j
which ar* obliged to do a good deal of
work do not live so long as those which 1
lead a placid life.
STAR PEA HULLERS
10 to 15 bushels per hour. Write for circular*
and prices to the Star Pea Machine Co., Chatta
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ough and cures the disease* to stay Bereag ;
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