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FARMS AND FARMERS.
SUORT TALKS WITH THE MEN WHO
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Many Questions About the Farm zlnswered
by the Agricultural Editor of The
Weekly Constitution.
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early—ordinarily an answer may not be ex
pected under three weeks. Never request
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Questions of any character concerning the
farm will be cheerfully answered by the
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please make th<*ir questions clear and to the
point. Th« editor of this department
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tained on all questions propounded.
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(Farm ami Farmers’ Dept.) Atlanta. <*a.
The Next (Olton (fop.
We frequently receive requests from
farmers and others to urge upon the south
ern farmers to reduce the aria of the cot
ton crop. They say that all the indica
tions point to a low price lor the staple
next fall. The increased production amt
improved quality of the crops of Egypt,
India, China, and other Asiatic regions are
given as causes of present and prospective
low prices. The great and annually in
creasing crop ot Texas is also an
taut factor in general production. Atter
allowing the full effect of the increased
er >p in prices there are yet other consideia
tions that have their weight and lor " hlc “
the producers of cotton are in no v
responsible. The general so-called d< pu -
sion in all lines of production, including
manufactures and mining, call for some
additional explanation which is foreign to
our present purpose to . onsider. Suffice it to
Bay tiiat the most of it due to the miserable,
not to say barbarous, oppressive and un
j, ;st system of finance that prevails in
England and the United States, Politics is
not our field of discussion. Whatever of
a Wantage or benefit there may be m leg
islative reform, it is more or less remote
tend uncertain of attainment. The- farmers
ar, now confronted, as they have been
every year for twenty years past, with
the problem of immediate lit ing- They can
not wait on the “slowest of slow move
ments of congress. What is to be dohe
about it'.’ Everybody says “plant less cot
ton—reduc- the area in cotton—diminish
tie production.” Hut alas nearly every
body waits on everybody else to do the
••reducing.” Every farmer wishes that ev
ery otlu r farmer would wisely stop and
consider, and “plant less cotton.” But,
al. is! Every farmer is hopeful es a- gener
al rediu tioil of area by all tile other farm
ers. while lie will plant the same or a little
niof... and he alone, or with a few equally
as shrewd as himselt, will get the benefit
. I the higher prices, resultant from a
smile r general crop, without reducing his
viva crop.”
We know it is Either late now either to
urge a. general reduction or to appeal to
the individual farmer to contract his area,
'i o crop will generally have been planted
before tiiis article reaches the readeis lor
vthom it is intended. But still it is not too
late in the upper part of the cotton belt;
and it is not too late to impress the general
idea at any time. We have repeatedly urged
that the remedy for this state of things
j, an individual one. calling tor individual,
indopi ndent action. Fast history proves
tb.it conventions and resolutions to reduce
di,, . at i aria" are practically worthless
and ineffective. The true argument is to
s’low that it will be to the advantage of
ev ry farmer to make less cotton whatever
■ ma y do. As w e ha t <
ii tcd a farmer cannot control the market
priei. The effort to do so by resolutions
in < inveuti' n to n-dU' c the area and thus
diminish production, have uniformly tailed.
It would seem inde, 1, the conclusion is
fail ■ I that uno farmer cannot rely on the
w. lor promise of an" tier farmer—certain
ly not on the promises of all other fann
ers Nor can all th< other fai mers rely on
the OU. farmer. We are mistrustful of each
other. Yes, and it will always be so, in
. lt ters of this sort. Os course, there are
jj ura< ... . xceptions, bright examples ot
. ut their pledges
and wiio do themselves as they believe all
others should do. “But what are these
among so many ."’ In whatever way we
, I «ome to the
same conclusion. Old Joshua said, As
for me anil my house, we will serve the
Lord.” it is folly to plant and cultivate,
harvest and prepare, and haul to market a
bale of cotton that lias cost $35, and sell it
Snr $36. That is simple arithmetic, in
deed it is as simple as counting the lingers
ot each hand to see if there is an equal
number on the right and left. M hat then .’
The fault, or folly, does not consist in
s. Hing the bale of cotton lor s3a. Tiiat is
M.IIH l.odv el- s fault, or it is the luult
< 1 all combined. The folly for that is the
name for it lies in permitting the bale of
c „ lt „ n $35! There is the fatal error
of all tanning tiiat docs not succeed. We
wi.di wi could emphasize it —tiiat we could
burn it into every farmer’s consciousness
a with a hot non. The remedy- we have
given it often in these columns —is inten
sive farming—high farming -<
farming- business farming. To make a
lug. r vieid per acre, without a eorre
si'.oeiiiig in 'reuse in the e< st. We* will not
1 peat details, Our readers are familiar
with the argument. They only need ex
nortation. Ail that has been said applies
■with e-sential force to every cr«ij tiiat a
farmer produces corn, small grain, peas,
potatoes. Every thing should be grown on
the intensive plan, which is nothing but
the common-sense plan. There is just as
much folly in growing corn at a cost ot
6u cents, when it can be bought for 60 cents,
and so on through the whole list, and the
»-.liy is repeated just as often and just as
extensively. The fault is not with tne
ciop, or the market, or the seasons —it is
with tile prevailing mode of farming.
11. J. BEDDING.
FARM AND yUESIION BOX.
Various Subjects on W hich the Farmers
Ask Information.
To J. B. McD., "Waresboro, Ga.—The
case of your horse is beyond our diagnostic
skill.
To R. A. 8., Butler, Ga.—We have no
practical experience in celery culture. Send
to Vaughn A Co., Chicago, for a copy of
their manual of celery culture.
W. W. S„ Mayfield, Ga., sends a dipping
from the issue of The Constitution of Sep
tember 1, ISSS, about the “nut grass worm,”
and asks “What about it’.'” We remember
lh< interest excited at the time, and while
our r< collection is not true as to details,
it was soon found to be nothing but -a
“fake.”
S. If. 8., Caledonia, Tex.—We should say
that “Jack” was an epileptic, although ep
ilepsy is not a common disease of swine.
Your treatment was very good, and should
have been followed with bromide of potas
sium until the purging commenced. Castor
oil would have been the better dose. The
chip manure has very little strength and
would mt pay to haul it far. The ashes are
of some value, and the mixture of the chip
i . an 1 ashes would be very proper,
th' proportion is not material, but say two
thirds ehip and one-third ashes, and sev
eral wagon loads of the mixture per acre,
put in furrows and bedded on. it would
have no specific effect in preventing shed
ding. (We are aware that this will be too
late lor you, but we cannot help it.)
J. R. T., Ansley, Ala.—l have a mare
seven years old this spring. 1 purchased
her this last winter; she was shipped here
from Tennessee. She is very heavy set and
1n go.nl order. Her udders are very full
of milk all the time—as much so as if she
had a young colt. I don’t know tiiat she
ever dropped a colt. She perspires very
freely with very moderate exercise. She
gets quite wet with perspiration. Any in
formation you can give me will be thank
fully received and appreciated.
We hadly know what to call the affec
tion, but the symptoms indicate a general
want of tone of the glandular system. Sup
pose you give her about one quart of timo
thy seed and one tablespoonful of strawo-
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. APRIL 10, 1894.
nium (jimson weed) seed per day. Give the
timothy seed every day, but the stramoni
um should be given daily for four days,
then stop four days, and so on.
J. B. H„ Girard, Ga.—l. Is not acid phos
phate the best fertilizer for first-year new
ground, planted in cotton?
2. Will 200 pounds per acre be sufficient,
and will this amount put with the seed
when planted, destroy them? The acid has
no potash in it. .. ,
3. How many bushels green cotton seed
will supply sufficient ammonia for one acre
ot’ cotton? , , , ... ,
■l. Are the cinders from a blacksmiths
forge of any value when applied to peach
and apple trees? if so, how and when to
apply? I have heard that the cinders were
good, but have never tried them.
5. Has your potato house at the experi
ment station proven to be better than the
old plan of banking?
1. If very moderate fertilizing and only
one element is to be applied acid phosphate
is undoubtedly to be preferred, because
most soils are more deficient in phosphoric
acid than in either of the other valuable
elements of plant food.
2. We would not apply exceeding 200
pounds per acre, unless other ingredients
be used. Acid phosphate does not appear to
have any deleterious effect on the plant
seed, unless in very large quantity.
3. It depends entirely on the land. It
would l>e less difficult to say how many
bushels of seed would supply the ammonia
necessary to produce one bale of cotton,
and tiiat would not be any easy question;
but we should say thirty bushels, at least,
would be required to produce one bale of
cotton, over and above the unaided product
of the soil.
4. Wo have often heard that the scales
from the blacksmiths’ anvil were good to
apply to fruit trees, but not the cinders,
which are good for nothing.
5. The death of the station horticulturist
about one year ago interrupted the experi
ment with tlie potato house, and the new
horticulturist discontinued it, and is operat
ing on a different line, but without valuable
results so tar.
(’. E. (’., Detroit, Ala.—l. I noticed list
spring in an editorial in Southern I 1 arm in
which the writer said that “a horizontal
clevis could be arranged so that your horse
may walk on side of row and your cultiva
tor, or 'double foot,’ straddle the row. I
tried all sorts of devices, but failed of any
thing satisfactory and wrote to the editor
of Southern Earm for information as to
the arrangement of such a clevis as he
proposed, but he only published my re
quest without a reply. If you can tell me
if there can be such an arrangement and
how to make and adjust such a tiling you
will oblige me in more ways than one, be
sides saving me many hard licks, you will
enable me to get back a part of the time
lost in trying to rig up such a machine.
2. You spoke last year of trying a new
plan to keep sweet potatoes. Did you try
it, and how did you succeed? I am think
ing of trying two new’ plans this fall for
experiment. First plan: Flow up every
alternate row and rake the dirt from
plowed row onto row left. 1 can house or
dinarily and use dug potatoes before the
winter comes on and can get from rows in
soring. Second plan: Dig a ditch (up and
down a hillside) twelve inches wide and
fourteen inches deep, put a two-inch scant
ling in bottom on each side and up and
down the ditch and put plunk twelve inches
wide down on top, leaving room under
the plank and between the scantling for
drainage; fill ditch with potatoes and cover
with boards, tlat down across the ditch and
dirt on boards, covering this with boards
on each side set up rafter fashion. Stop
mouth of ditch with hay. Have you or
any of the renders of The Constitution tried
either of these plans? if so would like to
know Jour opinion of them.
1. We presume the (.Mor of Southern
Farm meant the ordinary horizontal clevis
that has a number of holes so that the
singletree may be moved from right to left
several inches. Such an adjustment might ;
.do for a plow that has a long point and a i
landslide-, whfe'li would cause .the plow to '
run in the direction of the landslide and
point; but w e are very confident‘that it
would not control a cultivator or other
plows that runs very shallow’, and without
a landside. The landside acts as a rudder
does to a boat.
2. Circumstances prevented us from try
ing the plan. We have never seen the
plan of keeping potatoes proposed tried.
F T>. S., Woodville, Ky.—Will some one
suggest away to kill silver poplars that,
have gained 15 to 20 years’ growth.
Eternal vigilance and a good, sharp grub
bing hoe is the only prescription we can
give. Never let a sprout open a leaf.
A. B. S., Holland's Store, S. C.—l have i
a pig three months old that 1 think is
choked. About five weeks ago it drank
some slop witli some small, sharp bones i
that had been broken, and I suppose from ;
the way he is affected he swallowed a. piece ,
which lodged in its throat. 1 have tried in |
vain to see down his throat. Sometimes 1 ■
thing I am mistaken in regard to its being i
choked. Perhaps it is some disease. It’s !
appetite is good. It roots around but gets
weaker and thinner every day. it will
drink buttermilk, slop, etc., eat corn, but
immediately vomits it up, slobbers and
runs at the nose. Please* answer and oblige.
Take a piece of stiff, new half-inch rope,
eighteen inches or two feet long. Wrap a
strip of thin cloth .around it tightly so as ;
to make it smooth. Greas” it well and push
one end of the rope (protang) down the |
throat and dislodge the obstruction. It may |
not, as you suggest, he a ease of choking, ,
after all, but a coid, or “rising of the ,
lights.” Give a teaspoonful of tar twice a j
day, placing It well back on the tongue. < >r I
it may be a ease of quinny, or inllammation
oft he tonsils.
F. G. T., San Diego, Texas.—ls hard wood
allies (nu-sqiiit. tree ashes) good fertilizer
lor cotton. -My cotton is about 3 inches
high now, and I wisli to know how much
•ashes to use per acre broadcast to make a
heavy crop. Land is sandy and black,
mixed.
Hard wood ashes are good for almost any
crip. It is much better to apply them in
tlie drill and bed on them. The next best
way, the cotton being already planted, ,
would be to side tile cotton, strew the ashes '
in the siding furrow at the rate ol -<>o to ;
4o(l pounds per acre. But ashes alone is not ■■
a sufficient fertilizer, as they contain very
little phosphorus and no nitrogen at at all.
The tendency would De to produce a large
growth of weed and not much fruit. It
would have been well to bed on the ashes
and then add some acid phosphate.
J O. 8., Bloxom, Va.-1 have a. mare
four years old this spring whi< ii jumps out
and in stall; also pulls back when hitched
with halter. You will please give me rem
edy that will stop her from tlie habits, in
your valuable paper.
Such vicious habits are generally hard to
correct. The most effective plan would be
to fix her so that she cannot pull back, or
so that she will punish herself when she
makes the effort. Run a small plowline
f rom the ring or hitching place through the
halter and under the tail, like a crupper,
so that when she pulls back the pull wiil
be against her tail.
The cow probably has chronic inflamma
tion of the parotid glands, tlie result of
cold settling in them. Bathe with hot water
and apply linseed or boiled turnip poultices,
give internally every two or three hours,
or until all soreness lias been removed, a
tablespoonful of the following mixture: One
drachm tincture aconite root, two drachms
fluid extract belladona, two ounces sweet
spirits of niter, one ounce carbonate of
ammonia, one ounce saltpeter, water to
make one pint. Continue the poultices and
if the swelling conies to a point or seems
to be thin and tender, open and discharge
it, and continue the poultices. It is not
tuberculosis.
W. G. S., Osmond, N. C.—l have a fine
cow (high-grade Jersey) that, when taking
any exercise, seems to have great difficulty
in breathing; has been_this way for more
than a. year, and is growing worse. Upon
examining her, I find there is an enlarged
place on eaeli side of the head, extending
from just below the ear to about the :
throat. The cow is' very sensitive about
it, won’t even let it be touched without ■
evidence of great pain. Would be glad to
know what is the trouble, and the remedy (
for it, if any. Any one would not be apt i
to notice anything the matter with the
cow, except upon examination. The cow
seems to be in perfect health, and has
given milk all the time. If this should be •
tuberculosis, would the milk be injurious
to the calf, and would the trouble be likely |
to be imparted by inheritance to the off
spring of the cow, as 1 have several of ,
her calves, and would like to keep then! for
milking qualities.
Subscriber.—How many tons of hay will i
peas broadcasted make to the acre mi j
land that will make twenty or twenty-five <
bushels of corn? 2. Can two crops be made
in one year in this latitude (north Ala
bama)? 3. l-o ehw.'kß on national banks
cost you anything for collection?
1. If sown in April or May, one and a
half tons would be a fair yield. The later
sowing—after May—the lighter the yield.
2. No. 3. A bank with which a man keeps
his account will not charge for collecting
a cheek on another bank. There is no
difference in customs between state and
national banks.
To J. B. McJ., Penton, Ala.—The best
hobble we ever tried for a breechy hog or
a chicken-eating sow is to tie together one
forefoot and one hindfoot on the same side
with a small plow line. In other words,
“side line,” as jumping goats are some
times treated. The rope should lie of such
length tiiat the hog" can stand with all his
legs in a natural position when the rope
is tight. He cannot possibly rear up or
jump when harnessed in this way.
T. L. McC., Falkner, Aliss.—l have a piece
of land, about four acres, that has lain out
three years. I broke it; want to plant in
cotton. I want to cheek it feet. Please
inform me how to manure; would it do to
put manure in the check and plant cotton?
Don't want to bed; want tin* cotton on a
level. Please give me best rule.
If you propose to fertilize the land lib
erally, say 300 to 500 pounds per acre, we
would suggest that it would be better to
lay off tlie three-foot rows, strew the fer
tilizers all along in these furrows rfnd list
on it, or cover it with a forked plow. Now
check off the other way. The quickest way
to do this would be to make a “marker.”
Take a piece of 3x3 scantling five and a
half feet long; put a short one-inch pin in
the middle and one near each end for mark
ers. Put a couple of small poles in for
shafts. This enables you to lay off three
mark rows at one trip. If you propose to
put 200 pounds or less per acre you may
put it in tlie cheek, without danger; cover
it and then open, drop seed and cover.
H. M. J., South Riverside, Cal.—l have a
lot of pigs troubled with a mange or scab,
it being mostly confined to white skin.
They are very bad, some having lost their
i.irs and perhaps their eyes. Can you tell
what it is. giving remedy.' 'I ie y have
a large run with fine allilarilla and clover.
You will see that I am a subscriber and a
yankee, but enjoy The Constitution.
Give each adult hog (younger ones in less
quantity) at once half an ounce of flowers
of sulphur and cne drachm of saltpetre,
mixed with tlie food. Rub each with soft
soap (Tye soap) and after an hour wash
clean witli warm rain water. When dry
rub in tiie following ointment: One pint of
train oil, two drachms oil of tar, one
drachrn of petroleum and flowers of sul
phur to form a thick paste. Let it remain
three days, then wash thoroughly with
warm soapsuds. If the difficulty is not re
moved rvp< at the entire treatment. Give
tin- first prescription dose once a day for
two wet=?ts.
Subscriber, Attalla, Ala.—l would like to
kt.i w how to destroy grub worms from the
g.irdcn. Tin y work up the ground until It
is like an anthill. They ruined about halt
my strawberries last year, and are eating
them again. They work down very deep
adn at night eat tlie vines and young Int
lii-s. Large, soft snails are very numerous,
too, and quite destructive. Can’t keep any
thing down in the cellar from them. 1
would like a remedy to destroy both.
The grub worm, or white grub, is the lar
va of the May bug, which is often so an
noying by flying into the house at night
during warm spring nights in May. The
grub hatches from an egg laid in the
ground by the female bug and lives three
years in tiiat stage. "We know of no reme
dy for tills pest in the grub state, except to
destroy as many as can be found when
plowing and spading tlie soil. Tlie war
should te made on the beetles. These do
not fly in the day time. "When the trees are
found on which they feed during the night
many may be caught on a sheet spread be
neath the threes and by vigorously shaking
tiie latter early in the morning. We know
of no remedy for snails except to have a
barrier that they cannot surmount.
Subscriber, T’alos, Ala.—On '/i-esh,*
land that will produce about fifteen bushels
of corn per acre, 1 wish to make a. summer
and winter pasture for hogs and cows.
W hat will make the best pasture on such
land, and when should it be sowed? How
should tiie land be prepared for sowing?
How much seed per acre, and how much
laud should I sow for each head of stock to
be pastured?
You will not succeed in getting moss to
grow’ with much vigor and profit, without a
good dose of manure on such land. For
summer pasture, bermuda grass is. without
doubt, the best grass for the south. Those
who have tried the experiment say that
Burr clover sown on same land with ber
muda will make a good winter pasture.
Our experiment with Burr (lover Js but
limited, and not altogether satisfactory.
"We have found tiiat it will not amount
to anything except on good productive
laud. We would advise you to set the field
in bermuda, and now is the time to do it.
Next September or October, sow one bushel
orchard, one bushel red top, one bushel tall
oat and eight pounds red clover, and apply
at least 200 pounds of ammoniated guano
per acre. Three acres to each cow and a,
half acre to each hog.
W. T. I’., Perryville, Ala.-1. 1 have a
mare that iias a sure on her side, just un
der the saddle skirt, behind the girth, which
has been there for mure than a year. It
runs pus all tlie time. The cavity seems to
be about tlie size of a small reed and about
one and a hall inches deep, ranging back
toward the shoulder; doesn’t seem to get
any better or worse. Had a. doctor to probe
and open it about a year ago. He says
thet'i is no snag or foreign substance of any
kind in it. Can you advise a remedy; if so,
w hat ?
1 have a. large bull about four years
old. which is mischievous, and, I think, a
little dangerous. Have been thinking of
dehorning b in. Is there any danger i:.
doing so? I low short should the horns be
cut, when is tlie best time and what is best
to apply to heal and keep off flies?
3. Do you know of a factory tiiat will
take wool and make it into blankets and
coverlids? If so, give me the address of
one or more.
I. The sore is what is called a. “fistulous”
sore. The sinus (tube) should be freely
•opened to the bottom. Wash it out thor
oughly witli warm water and Soap and in
ject into it a wash of one part of carbolic
acid and thirty parts of water twice a day.
Apply a linseed poultice until the hole fills
up will, healthy granulations. Then apply,
three times a day, a lotion as follows; Six
draehms of sulphate of zinc, one ounce of
sugar of lead, one pint of water, if proud
llisli springs up keep it down witli pow
dered bluestone.
2. Saw off his horns close enough to cut
away a ring of skin one-fourth of an inch
in width. Apply an ointment of tar and
grease and cover witli a bandage to keep
flics off. There is almost no danger at all,
not one in a hundred suffering any falling
off or other trouble. Cool weather is the
best time.
3. We do not, but doubtless there are
plenty of them.
Remedy for .Melon Bugs.
I see many inquiries as to how to keep
bigs and insects from destroying melon
vines, garden vegetables, etc. Hard wood
coals or charcoal, mashed up and sprinkled
on while the dew is on the vines, so it will
stick, or water can be sprayed on them
late in the evening and the powdered coal
sprinkled or dusted over them, is a sure
remedy for such things. Put this in your
farmers’ column fur their benefit.
IL I’. E.
Rosemark, Tenn.
A. IE, East Bend, N. C.—Will you please
inform us through your paper something
on the culture ot the second potato crop?
We are told by T. W. Wood, of Richmond,
that by planting ar. early potato early, and
then plant from the new crop, that we can
raise a liner seed potato south than is raised
north. Now, what we are most anxious
to know is how the potato should be man
aged when the first crop is dug in order to
get tlie eyes to show signs of sprouting so
they will be sure to come up, as that is the
only trouble we have in raising two crops
on our piece of ground. We southern far
mers need ail the hints on farming we can
get, as we are compelled to spend annu
ally considerable sums witli the north
which should lie kept in the south. Can
you also give us some means of destroying
the beetle, that is so fatal to potatoes? I
believe The Constitution is the favorite of
the south. Piease give us this information
at an early a date as possible.
Tlie raising of a second crop of Irish
potatoes is a very uncertain and unsatis
factory business. There is no doubt ot
tlie fact that the tubers of the second crop
make better seed for northern use, and
they keep better for winter table use. But
tin* difficulty lies in securing a stand We
have tried often, and failed much oftener
than we succeeded. We have been most
successful by the following plan: Save the
culls, or small potatoes', along during the
digging of the early crop, in a dry airy
place. About, the middle to last of July,
bed these potatoes as you would sweet
potatoes, selecting a. rather shaded, cool
spot, and covering the bed with a thin
layer of leaves or straw. Water every day
or two. and examine Irequently. Have the
ground prepared by very deep plowing, in
tlie meantime. When the potatoes in the.
bed have commenced to sprout freely, take
up the sprouted ones and plant in deep,
fresh furrows, and cover several inches
deep, or witli two furrows. In eight or
ten days, strike off the earth if it appears
to be too deep. Continue to remove the
potatoes from the bed as they sprout, and
plant them. If the rains come in August
and September, you will make a good
crop: if it should be dry, tlie yield will be
small, unless you mulch them heavily. We
don't think it pays'—one year witli another.
For potato bugs, sprinkle the plants when
wet with dew with London purple, or Faris
green, one pound to twenty-five pounds of
cheap flour. Or, you ma.y spray with a.
solution of either, at the rate of one pound
of the poison to 100 gallons of water. Hunt
for the eggs of the early borer, and fight
the first that appear with every means at
command.
Subscriber, Palmer, Tex.—l have a mule
that has been lame three or four weeks.
When standing he stretches out with his
back a little bowed, lifting his right hind
leg tip often and when working limps on
his right hind leg and when stopped he
rests his right hind leg. lifting if often.
He eats regular, but not hearty; looks thin
in order. I have poured turpentine in his
foot and burned if with lire. Please give
name of disease and give treatment.
It is simply impracticable to tell the
cause of the lameness front your descrip
tion. It may be a strain of the stiple joint
or it may be due to a splint or corns in
the foot or any one of half dozen causes.
Examine carefully, tapping the foot in
every part with a light hammer
or the handle of your knife, squeezing the
joints, etc., in order to locate the soreness.
If In the foot it is probably a corn. It may
be lameness of the hip. All lamenesses
may bo safely treated with hot water and
gentle rubbing twice or three times a day
and frequently no other theatment will
be required
D. H... Pollocksville. N. C.—l have a
horse colt fifteen months old; eats hearty;
has no pasture, yet I cannot fatten him
on corn and fodder. One hip bone seems
to be lower than the other. Piease. give
cause and treatment if you can give a
tried and sure receipt.
You do not say whether the colt's hip
has been down from foaling. If so, it is a
congenital defect, for which there is no
remedy. If it has been caused by a blow or
strain, it may be relieved by general consti
tutional treatment. The first thing to do is
to get the colt in good healthy condition.
Change his food, withholding corn entirely,
and substituting oats. Give green food,
a few potatoes occasionally, collard or cab
bage leaves. Scald his oats, and change to
bran mashes occasionally. Pasturing is
very desirable. If his dung is particularly
offensive to tlie smell, give a purge of three
drams of aloes, one-dram of ginger, one-half
dram of gentian, syrup or soap to form a
ball, and place it on the back of his tongue,
the latter being drawn out and held until
administered. After purging is over, make
up and give the following tonic: One ounce
copperas, one-half ounce saltpeter, one dram
foeimgreek seed; powder and mix’ and give
one teaspoonful night and morning in his
feed.
To Destroy Moles.
Mr. Fl. A. Butler, Terry. Miss., says:
“Tlie molo feeds twice a day—about mid
night and from 10 o’clock a. tn. to 2 o’clock
p. rn.” His> plan is to observe and mark
each morning the ends of the runs, and
then return about. 10:30 or 11 o'clock a. m.,
treading very noiselessly, and watch the
movement. If the mole is observed to be
.. ... -work, ho steps up quickly and sinks
"ird Aeel ifown firmly about one foot behind
the mole, and immediately digs for tlie
rascal. Mr. Butler says he has completely
exterminated the moles on his farm of
eighty acres.
For Exelinnge.
J. W. Williams, Morton, Miss., wishes
some one to inform him where to get a
young thoroughbred Jersey cow with young
calf. Has line Essex-Berkshire pigs for ex
change.
(Comm unicated.)
Some Food for Farmers.
The great problem for every farmer to
work at and solve as best he can is: How
PAINT cracks.—lt often costs more to pre- |
pare a house for repainting; that has been painted in the first
place with cheap ready-mixed paints, than it would to have
painted it twice with strictly pure wiiite lead, ground in pure linseed oil,
Strictly Pure White Lead
forms a permanent base for repainting and never has to be burned or
scraped off on account of scaling or cracking. It is always smooth
and dean. To be sure of getting strictly pure white lead, purchase
any of the following brands ;
“ANCHOR” (Cincinnati). “RED SEAL” (St Louis).
“ECKSTEIN” (Cincinnati). “KENTUCKY” (Louisville).
“ SOUTHERN ” (St. Louis and Chicago). “ATLANTIC” (New York).
“ COLLIER ” (St. Louis). “JEWETT ” (New York).
For Color*:.—National Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors, a onc-potin I can tn *
jS-nouii'l keg of Lead, and mix your own paints. Saves time and annoyance in matching shades,
and insures the best paint that it is possible to put on wood. .
Send us a postal card and get our book on paints and color-card, free; it will probably
save >uti a good many dollars.
seventh NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. |
JJcst Fence and Gates lor all purposes. "Write for catalogue giving
full particulars. THE SEDGWICK BROS. CO. Richmond. Ind.
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BO WEAK WAN i! WKS' t
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Why waste time, money and health with “doctors’ wonderful “cure* E
/ alls, specifics,etc.,when* l will send yon FREE the prescription®
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POTENCY in old or young men. Cures in TWO WEEKS. Iscud M
Uiis information and prescription absolutely FREE, and there is non
Baronis. Ajrsu.. humbug nor advertising catch about it. Any druggist can pul it up for ra
E- —i as everything is plain and simple. All I ask in return is that you will buy a small quantity of the Sa
aedv itself of me, ail ready for use, but may do ns you please about this. All letters sent sealed. R
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THE WONDERFUL CHINESE '
Orange tree is the m<>st remarkable and attractive plan- known. It is particularly well adapted and *-a«istm ton i •: poi-mturo
in the house, as it stands the dry atmosphere well and requires no more carethan a Geranium. It begins to produce its dell
< ioutly scented blossoms when less than twelve im hes high, and bears medium sized, fragrant and highly cob red eatable or
anges in great abundance, which remain on th<- plant the entire sea-m and are admired by every spe tator. We control the
largest stock of this orange in the country, sold o\er esevo last season ami in 20 Choice Monthly or leu lior.cw, or
order to introduce our splendid and marvelous cheap plant collections t<» every 20 “ GeraitluEUH. or
lover of of < hoice Howers, we will send TREE OF CHARfiE-°ne plant ot the (hi- 20 •* Punalc*. or
nese Dwarf i‘range with every tloliar<<>!><• turn <>f plants as offered opposite.Q j' 20 ** Verbena*, or
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to produce the greatest amount on the
smallest space with the least labor?
He that owns an acre more of land than
he can use is a loser. Did you ever try to
figure up the cost price of all tiie acres
of land which you possess and which yield
you no profit? A man buys a farm at $lO
per acre, and after twenty years every acre
of it which has been idle and useless should
stand upon his books as follows;
original cost
BIX per cent on $lO for twenty years... 12
Taxes (moderate estimate) 1
Total
And if we make a similar calculation 10l
fifty years we find that many men are now
living in possession ot land which has
cost them or their fathers more Ilian S4O
per acre, and from w’hieh they have gotten
no appreciable benefit. And yet, this same
land could not now be sold for more than
the original cost price of $lO per acre, the
moral is: Own no land from which you can
get no income. . , .
Again, he that works an acre more ot land
than is necessary to produce a given result
is a loser. Suppose it costs $lO, everything
told, to work an acre of land in corn; and
you wisli to produce 100 bushels, one liun
ured bushels al 50 cents per bushels, s a o.
Then if you cun make it on four acres you
clear $lO. If you have to work live acres to
make it you’ clear tlie shucks. Tlie moral
is: Quit fooling and go to making manure.
Again, he tiiat works a day longer than is
necessary to produce a given result is a
loser. Suppose it costs sa, everything told,
to get ten bushels of wheat oft an acre ot
lanu. But you, lor some reason, have taken
on.' day mor" time with a horse and a nand,
than was necessary. It does not matter
Whether ilu extra, day was taken m go.ng
after the seed or in going after harvesters,
the day lias been spent and instead ot bal
ancing up as follows;
Ten bushels of wheat at 60 cents per bu.s6
Cost of production 5
Cleared
you have to add in that extra day with a
iiorse as a pant of the cost of production,
mid again, tnere is nothing left you but the
chaff.
The nlbra.l is: Be careful of the time spent
in producing every given result. Right here
may He all the difference between making
and losing.
We simply go back and set our original
problem before every farmer; How can i
produce tlie greatest amount on tlie smallest
space with tlie least labor"; To have worked
this one problem is to have been successful.
K. V. LANCASTER,
Harrisburg, N. C.
IMPROVEMEATS IX THE SOUTH.
New Enterprises Noted by tlie Manu
facturers’ Keecrd.
Baltimore, April s.—Tiie Manufacturers’
Record m us weekly review ul tlie business
situation ol tiie south says: The total lia
bilities ol tlie failures m rue whole coun
try lor the first tiiree months ol ISMI were
I SIv,OUO,v()U more than lor me first quarter ot
| lt>yj, but in tiie south, there was a decrease
1 ot s<l,uvu, indicating tne steady financial im
provement in me south ahead ul me rest
' ut" the coutry. A reauction has been made
in Height rates on southern iron to western
points, which President Baxter, ut tiie len
nessee Coal, Iron and Rilroad Company,
says will oe ot paramount importance to
Alabama and Tennessee non makers. Mr.
Baxter says: “It tne prediction hud been
made live, yes, tiiree years ago tiiat pig
iron coula be made, ana at a profit, at 1.50
, a ton nt Birmingham, or anywhere else,
the prophecy would have been deemed the
idle emanation ot a disordered mind. And
yet, tiie dream of a lew years since has
become tlie reality of today.”
Railroad affairs are much brighter, and
the alliance ot the Erlanger and Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton systems promises to
be ot great value to the south. The sale of
1 tlie Atlantic ana Danville is the first step
toward reorganizing that property, and
' this road will probably be extended to the
coal fields ot southwest Virginia.
i Several important railroad enterprises are
; getting in shape for active construction
work. A number of electric roads are to be
built, including one line of about forty or
fifty miles to connect several small towns
in Maryland, which will be constructed by
: leading Baltimore capitalists. A very no
ticeable interest in mining property is be
ing aroused in the south, and several large
' companies have been organized recently.
" The number of outside capatilists prospect
-1 ing in the south continues to increase and
several extensive land sales have been
made for raising fruit and grain crops.
. Among the important enterprises noted in
. The Manufacturers’ Record during the week
are a $30,000 ice making company, a $50,000
lumber plant and a. $30,000 wood working
enterprise in West Virginia; a 20,000 spindle
cotton mill, an electric light works, lumber
’ plant and an organ factory in North Caro
lina; a wood working factory in Tennessee;
seven large cigar factories and a phosphate
plant in Florula; railroad repair shops in
Mississippi; a SIOO,OOO coal mining company,
a SIOO,OOO land company, two cotton coin
presses, a $25,000 wood working company
and $50,000 agricultural implement factory
in Texas; an electric railroad in Arkansas; a
harness factory, a sawmill plant and a
$50,000 mercantile company in Georgia; a
$50,000 land company and a sawmill in
Kentucky; a brick making plant, a mica
mine, an ice factory and an investment
' company in Virginia, and a number of
smaller industries in the several states.
fnSS w B cured by our
MAGIC CYPIIIUENE. K|l
Werrivealegal Bond or Guaranty Mhffll
2@£itocurc or refund money. Tn atment bjrjrrW
jPH at home an well an here-—same price,
same guaranty. With those who pre- HaM
t' come here, tvo will contract to
n-i’und their railroad fare and hotel
SHflSbilL if we fail to cure.
Magic Cyphilene
years of rigid experimental te.*ts gjd g®
with the most obstinate and hopeless ■ ■ "fl
D.xs.-J that could be found, we placed WMBI
* I *' lin l r ». If j s Uh*
rXLfl|on!y known remedy that will cure EjyreM
Syphilis. Wecha enge the world for
ca f ’ w 0 cannot cure, and solicit. HEI 9
kJ *2/3 stubborn, abandoned and
hopeless case s. $500,000
rczzji capital back of our Cuar-K@M
L anty- I,l ‘* proofs, and |OO fX -ffl
v bock, illustrated from
ft'wW li'*, of patients cured, fr» by Ifg>bi
jxpfaf riail.seeurel v sealed from observation.
(> ra isvase has al w ays bailed the skill BSMM
X ra "/ uifst •'miut'nt physicians. BSMTH
GUARANTEE A CURE.
COCK CO.,
K' 307 MasonF Temple, Chicago, ills. nLLIJ|
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i 1 L Self Cocker. 3? or .IS Cali'.'T, Center
rfy'l Fire. Willi 2>4 inch octagon barrel,
long fluted cylinder, five Shooter. St nt C. ( > b.
B&iiiJion approva’ for W HILL
SO7 State Htrcct, € hie ago, 111.
Mciil.vh tue const.tuGon.
1894 ade BUGLES
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sower has no
jWJZzz second chance. -'
f///// vou would ut first
ceed be sure and start, v. Ith vX.’Nk
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STRONG Het« l!< I HU Jr >»• m—e.
X’o Ru.it nor Rnltle. Applied by Patent met!
A Uvijish.":- Substitute for Planter on walls.
V'at’T Proof .ihonthinii of ennie material, th.
r>eit and ebenpeet in the market VV: ire forMmpb’i c.
TireFAl MANILLA KOOI’ING UO.,€AMI>LN,N J.
Monti in The Constitut n. «*-o-w
'• The Greatest Medical
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An infallible <'ar<* within tho reach of < \ --ry
asthmatic. Asthma that for years has withstood
<• v cry noMlici in*, i nhalant and ch male, yields to a
few weeks’ treatment. One trial bottle will be
sent free to nn\ asthmatic who will pay express
charges A vaiualde pamphlet on Asllnna. P.ron
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desired, hi coflee. tea or articles of fo«d. Curea
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“ROSsM A N N’S Cl RE"" is mil ailing in Heiiii.g
Blind and Bleeding Piles, l i tnla ami Skin
Diseaees. Successfully used 3" yi its l!j i al
50c. All druggists. A. MC'KINs I’ltV" <y < 'X.
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jS'S-,'** 2 druggist for a bettie ot
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without the aid or rmblitity of a
doctor. Non-noisonon’’ and.
raft ©'al guaranteed not to etricture.
wLagKfi&a The Universal American Cure.
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CINCINNATI, O.
vKi' 3 ’-.-TK, u.s.a.
t-fhnarv. aeeondary, tertiary Syphilis permanently
■|3 euredin 20t°‘.‘OdtoB. Ltvul guaranty to cure or no
lIISYPHILISffI
tri never regret it. GFXR? STEE KEMH > < <>-.
Meutiou The UoßStllutioiL „
SEXUAL POWER
Positively and per n inentlyrest. >r '’l lll - f ’J ’
Sealed book free, giving l iili l> trt i<’’il 11 ‘
San Mateo Uim.Co, I’. O. Bix IM,St. bouts, ttk
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- - _ < viti r. rn Restor-
TO MEN
for abuse. I'n'iissions. \ o ieoccle. Debilty, etc.,
free. Acton Med. Co W ishmglon. I). < •
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WEAK MEN.
INSTANT RELIEF.—Cure m la days.
Never returns. I will -end to anj sufferer
full particulars how to strengthen weak
organs, ami a sure cure for lost vitality, nil.
potency, nervous debility, etc.
G B WRIGHT Music Dealer,
Box 1507, Marshall, Mich.
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