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No. 3 Van Ness Fla.-*. New York.
Dr. Radway—AVtth m- Jour Relief has work*
e.l wonders. For the last three years I have
had frequent are I severe attacks of sciatica,
■one tlms-s extending from the luruler regions
to my ankle, and at limes to both lower
finch*.
Oa.lM the time I have l«een afflicted I have
M<*t alm< st all th* remedies recommended by
wise m-> ;:•*! fools. le>|dnK to find relief, but
all i-rvewd t« be failures.
fjtst Pert* tuber, at th* urgent request of a
*-l*nd lab ha I been afflicted a- myself! I wa >
■ nuurr.l •.» try yrntr remedy. I was then suffer
u,g fearfully with one of my **l*l turns. T.>
my surprise and delight the first application
rave roe ease, after lothing rind rubbing lire
tarts aff*'*t*'l. leaving the limits in a warm
alow ereaterl by the Itelief. In a short time
the pain passed entirely away. Although I
have ePtcht periodical attacks, approaching a
t hanite ot weather. I km w now bow to cure
royselt an.l feel ult* ms-ter of the situation.
RAI'WAVS REAI’V RELIEF Is my friend.
1 never travel without a bottle In my ' alise.
T.sirs truly. CFO. STARK.
Emigrant • ■■mmlssioner.
RAOWAVS RKADT RELIEF. Sold by
Itruaf'ets.
HOLMES- farm level
“ECLIPSE.”
N-*ne s»> Flmpl*. n«WM» so
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amtfttr, n«»n*‘ Ix tl* r
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FLORIDA FRUITS
If I OU want a handsom. ly illUStr.lt.-d booklet
3*<rriptive of Florida fruits, send your address
and a 2<* postage stamp to
AV. I. GLKSSNER.
ii-nimi-- oner *-f Immigratton. M.i --n. Ga.
SHo£ “'S’i POULTRY
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ratalecae. fitet sUk i *■< binni ttera eter —A « to- Use
Hill C”' r« l»r worth «r Seeds f » met tW~>lutely
tr*e. Al R.-st Seed*. Itelt*. Plant*, Kos*. I arw
IWeds. ruttea, etc., a* teem'- toe. Nine t.reul
N'xrltle* -.*- tatas. 1-01 ray SSO. FOR A
NAME trox Mssj nosrims «•*»■«. is* t.-rl.la.
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zen. tett<»® In cash peestlaata offered. P—thclee pas
sz.t* yea •* tks at■< esu-w. V os’ll be »u rprfaed
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Jt Is FltEKta all. Aril jsi tea*la aaww* t*x
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SELL FRUIT TREES.
W vast mlranra the Mate* to
•eil Fru.t Tn**, line M«* k. bln-rai trnu* and tot*t
hn**t< r>«»« I rait* r xer ortvr*>L
SMITH BROS.. Concord, 61.
Branch's Genuine Rattlesnake Water
melon Seed.
far* full* s. . ted k«:t ITRE thirty years.
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better than rurr. Tutt’s Livei
Pills will not only cure, but it
taken in time will prevent
Sick Headache,
dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria
constipation, jaundice, torpid
liver and kindred diseases.
TUTT'S Liver PILLS
ABSOLUTELY CURE.
Perfect
Manhood
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Restored. / ?
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heat >R9Uto« rn literature. Ite < over mu*
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THE CONSTITUTION
ATLANTA. GA.
Primary. S* • ■■.- T. rtlury li|.~,| l*.>i*on
IVrmam Ml, fur* I. V- r can !■* treat.-*! at
h>*mc uml.-r -mi - guaranty. If y..u have taken
tnercur-. l-.ii.l- |»lash. and Mill have aches
ami pain-. Jlr-j* Is«t*-he* in Mouth. :*->r<»
-nir*«»t. I’lmpfc ,--. f .pt- r f*dnr**l Spots. L'lcers
~n any part «•! tn* holy. Hair »r Kjebrvws
ralliiut «»ut. writ*
COOK REMEDY CO..
219 Ma*wM’-* T* *.••!•. t’he-ag.*. 111. f.*r pr. if.*
es rur* ■ fypltal -500.000 W* solicit th*
n-.cM «*t-Minaie * a«. >. IV— hav* cured th**
worst vas*a In 15 io 35 days. lOOffiage book
tkee
Farms and Farmers
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Notice lo Inquirers.
1. Write plainly and to the point, giving only
qiitwtioii* tn which wn«wrr«Hrr deelred.
X Confine inqulr.*-* wtrlctly to matters con
cerning tb* farm.
«. Never ask for answers bj mall.
X Never ask wliers an article can be bad,
nor the price. .
». Al*.-ava give yonr full name and address.
II you do n-1 wt«b your name published,
■av M, and Initials only wIU te printed
X CaiWu lv file thia peg* for future refer
ence and tefore writing examine your
III* to me If It lias not teen already an
swered,
T. look ahead and eend tn your Inquiries
eai ly. Do not expect ue to -anawer in
next paper." The editor mini band In
hie <-opy a week lief ore the paper la pub-
X Addrera all Inquiries and communication*
for this department to
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NEW
flirisiniris has **<**,nie nn<l gotu- uga.n.
I would that every one has had at lea-l
a happy if not a merry time. M did not
occur to lhe writer to send Rood wlahee
and the "compliments of the season ’ in
advance of the date, until It was t<»»
late for. alas, the inexorable rules id the
primer r.-qu re that "copy - ' for the Week
ly mint lie In hand at leant live or six
days lief.rre the day of publication.
Hut I am in linn- for the next Issue,
our New Ye ar's paper; and here's to lhe
health, happim -s and pros|M-rity of every
reader of The Weekly t’onstitutlon.
I really fed sorry forth.- poor fellows
wiio only read the Hally, for although
It is a very gn at paper it is not. In some
»>s;>eets. half as great as the Weekly,
with its four or five hundred thousand
readers, anil its continental territory!
I feel , ven mare sorry for the thoua
.ituls of liresid.s to which the wvvkl/
has not yet gained adn'.htfitO*i.
For th* last six years and more lhe
writ-r has etnleavond faithfully to i-oun
sel. adv sc and Instruct our n-ad.-rs, not
I by his own writings alone |1 would not
I lie s-> vain). Imt by giving the thoughts
an-t > \i>. ri«n<es of otheis who are able
to Instruct and inform. I t has been a
pleasant anil longi-nlal work, and thi-se
I efforts will be more than repaid by the
: eonsi-ioii-iu-ss of tin- good that has lic -ti
' done. Very often letters of Inquiry
either commence or end with expressions
<»i appri-eiatlon of the work that I have
1..5-U doing- These •omplimentary ex
pn -lons are accepted as sincere and
hearty, but I have generally dun the
iHMidl through them, o'*'- ”f sheer Innate
mod' sty. The truth is I do not alto
gether approve the practice of "blowing
..ins own horn," or permitting otlu-rs to
do t for us—ln our own columns.
For several years past not a line has
come to my notice that breathed any
thing but kindness, goodwill and the
lilgli. st res|H ct. and I ani profoundly
grateful, and if at any time the editor
has api«-::red impatient, or has seemed
tin critical, or in any degree cinsor
'ous. I trust that he will not be too harsh
ly judged. He did not Intend to go an
inch Is-yond the limits of propriety and
J'-corum.
1900.
Now then, what of tin- year !»•. the
first time in the century the number
has occurred 111 tile four figures—exci pt
ing the year IMS. and th.- last lime it will
oc-ur. all hough We have bi-en in the
nineteenth cciiturv ever since midnight
«.f the night preceiiing '.he sunrise ol
.lannary 1. V»1. Th., nervous render n< ed
not aiqirehend that I am alnuit to illscuss
th., question wheih.-r Decetnlier 31. IMW.
was lhe dose of the nineteenth century,
•file reader* of Tile Weekly Constitution
air.-a.lv know that one more year is nec
essary to C imidete the nl’let.-enth century,
•nd that it Will at nndniglit at De
cember 31. is**. ■» plainly as tin-
fact that a man must live out tin- last
day of the one hun.lre.lth year of his
life iH-fore he can be truly called a
. .-nt. nariau. Ix-fs -alk als.ut farming,
this last year of the century. Has the
f .rm.-r learned anything by Hie experi
ence of the past year, and the years be
fore? I; was the eloquent i’atri. k Henry
who .- ild:
”1 have but on.- lamp by which my feet
are guided, and that is th,, lamp of ex
perience.- I pr.-sum.- the old patriot did
not intend to I<• luk.-n too lit. rally, for
he certainly had the light of common
S'-nse sound ju.igm. nt and tile power . f
r. .isoii. Ih-s d« s pome go>*d Iwtok- and sen
sible neighbors, and he use.l these addi
tional lights to good purpose. He meant
that in the policy hr was th.-Il advocating
he n» • .i.sl no strong.-r or t»ett.-r light
than the «-xp.-rlrn.-e of the past.
im looking back over th.- past year
does Hie r.-ading farmer discover no inis-
I ik«*-'. .imissl.ois or derelictions? Has
any «>nc gone contrary to advice urgently,
almost tearfully. glv< n. and reallxed be
f..r til.- dos.- of th.- season that he acted
verv unwisely? Keareh car* fully the
r.*.-.*rd of tin* y**ar and .io not be 100
ready io »-x.-us.-, condone or explain away
th.* <l. Ilnqo* nc .-s of which you may ha' e
Ih*.-u guilty, and for which you would
condemn another if on trial liefor.* you.
II Is a good lim<- for a retrosp< --l. a good
time for a farm.-r to -.-. it liim.-slf on the
|.,-n> 11 as judge and .-all the docket for
. ases against hims. If. I read of a
fr.dl.-s-.me but rets-ntaut judge who on
Monday morning, in open court, solemnly
im|H>s< .1 a iiio* of sl<) on himself for be
ing drunk on Saturday night, and im
mediately paid ov< r tin* amount of the
sclf-im|M.M-.l tin.* to th.* clerk of his court.
Suppose every farmer, and for the mat
ter of that, every man. should thus cal!
Ih.. d.H k.*t for .ases against himself, for
.I. relictions, omissions, failures, laxlness.
thought fulness, etc., etc., not to name of
fenses of higher grade—what a day of
r.s koning It would lie this January* the
j lirst. Itsw.
But It might to <*e <ione. and there
1 ..tight to l>«* confessions, atonements, and
j fair promises and a gr. al |.*vival of g«*ti
uine farming. la*t's every one of us do
th s in a proper wav, if not literally,
and try to satisfy our consciences and
atone for tin* ugly fact by doing better
next year.
Ther«-'s plenty of too n for Improvement
1..r doing liettcr. There is not a man
who reads tiles.* Iln.-s who may not do
* better, so far as effort and faithfulness
’ la con.eined. next year Ilian he did last
y.ar He may welt and confidently bare
ill.* ie-ult- the harvests of the year r»'<i
with Him "wliodoctli all things well" pro
vd.d the farniei docs Ills le-st.
It. J. It.
I FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
Harvesting' Corn and Shredding the
Stover.
W. J. Fowler. Elmondorf. Tex.-In ad
dition to the great variety of valuable
information sen: out from week to week
through The Weekly Uonstitutlon by
Mr. R*.hiiiig. he advises us to harvest
and utilize our constalks. Now. Mr. R* d
, .ling, will you please give us a chapter
on shredding cornfitalks?
Tell us Hie pr.M-ess of gathering ami
shredding. At what age. or what stage,
should th.* stalks Ih* cut? What are the
shredded stalks worth as an'mal food?
What are they generally worth on the
market?
i What would be th« probable cost ot
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1900.
machinery or appliances to do the shred
ding? and about what the eofil of slireu
dlnn?
Please give us all the Information nec
essary from start <o finish.
Until late years a rigid economy hns
not been considered necessary in this
portion of the country, but republicanism
and low* prices on farm products demand
a change. We highly appreciate tin* good
work of The Constitution on all lines
Answer—A “chapter," nor .-ven a col
umn, on the subject of shredding corn
stalks is necessary fit this time. Indeed,
It would hardly be expedient to go into
details so far in advance of the next
season. In ISM the Georgia experiment
stagion, of which the writer is director,
commenced to experiment In harvesting
corn by cutting and shocking the stalks —
ears, tdadi-s and stalks—ami shredding
the "stover"—which means everything
hut the ears. The cutting and shocking
litis long Ih-cii practiced in the north and
west. I wished to thoroughly test -the
feasibility of adopting the same practice
In the south, ami was led to do so by
lhe fact than machines for shredding '’he
stover had but a short time before bfen
invented ami isuccessfully introduced. The
experiments commenced In JSM resulted
so favorably that they were repeated in
IkS*s. and In the wiii'ter following I pie
pared and published a bulletin (No. 3>>)
[ containing the results. In I'-'.ki-, 189?, isns
and ivyli lhe practice became thoroughly
established on the station farm at lixpe
-1 riment. Bulletin 30 was soon exhausted,
i so greait was the d>-niand for it by farm-
■ t-r*. The plan has been adopted by thou
, sands ot Georgia, farmers, tentatively, at
, i lirst, and permanently I believe.
The cornstalks will cure ami th'- ears
will become dr. ami remain sound just
as well and even better than in th ■ north
: and West.
The lietails are quite simple. Os course
"fodder pulling* is done away with itt
. tirely. Wh- ii the corn grain- eomim nce
to •*dent" ami the shuck la-gins to fade
ami dry. or üboiit one week later than
tin- stage at wit ■ li a good farmer of lhe
I old school would pull fodder, the stalks
t art* cut down just aiiove tile surface
. and about lai) to stalks are put in a
shock rather open at the lias.* and closely
I tied at the top with a good twine string.
In four to eight weeks, the time .ang-
Ing a<*«*ording to the weather, the talks
and ears will be dry enough lo shred
r i the former miml sAu.-a out, at>U c>!b th, lat-
. , I here are s< vernl styles of shredders
and s.-veral different inaniifaeturers, ; ml
’ also s. i era I different sizes. i <m* style
takes the dry stalks, blades and shucks,
t after shucking out the corn by Imml.
s Another will .take th.- entire stalks, snip
• off ami partly shuck the ears before the
i latter get into the knives. Prices range
, from $45 ami freight up to s2ttO and over,
according to capacity. The smallest : iz--.
requiring aliout two horse-power. will
> shred a half tto three-qiiart-is of .t ton
an hour. One that will cost about Si"
will re<|tiire four horse-power ami will
. shred one to one ami a quarter tons |er
hour. The machine is very much like a
' I large power feed < utter, imt the . orn
-1 stalks are not cut off square into Gtort
* bits, but slit and shredded so as to e
t l semble coarse hay iti texture.
. j The shredded stuff, corn liav is it -nay
, be .-ailed, blit "shredded <■ rnstul.*
More coMMon, Is liked by hoi ■ • u .
‘ and cattle, it is fully twice as valuable
for feeding as are cutton hulls, ani
probably equal to average grass hay such
as Is shipp.*d south.
. The quality ami weight of 'the ears. <>•
. grain, are not materially impaired tn al
a ill l»v culling and shocking. This '.’.ill
■ stiffle,* for the present. ><- J- *<•
Moonblindness.
•I. E. Powell. Pittsboro. Miss.- I have i
i horse which has something like mm>n-
I blindness. He is aliout 11 years old; his
eyes seem to be good until about a year
ago wh«-n they liecame watery ami. 1
sutux's. ,| them to b* hurt ett tlu-y
' Soon ire I > > and .1 part rent !y scenic I
1 well, tint i n. 'week ot i .vo v.• n- .t t‘.«-
’same lix. Sometimes they will be ei.-ar
for a month and then get cloudy ag.i.ii.
usually one at a time. Wi I vou p.- t -•*
give me a <-nre tor him through your
p:i|M*r? I have lieett using ''or.* ' act).
Answer; Inquiries a's. it imt in-bi'.lld
ness have frequently i> t inibtismd ami
in the replies I have generally stated
that the disease Is const it Utlonal and in
curable. Hut 'by careful treatment the
loss of sight m*iy be lung postnonrd and
may lie until old ag»* takes off the pa
tient. As often tale.| the attacks conn*
on periodically ami suddenly. When an
attack u<<'urs keen the aiiiin.il in a inmi
erately dark place and bathe tin* eyes
with .-old water lor !•• or !-• minutes and
use as an <-y«- water I" grains ac.-t ite of
had. !•• drojis o. tincture of opium. I*_>
ounces of water. I>o this three times a '
day. Also give one dram ot iodide ot
potassium twice a day for I days in bran
• mash. By this treatrm nt of every at
tack you may prey, nt 'he >y< s from
I going blind, but vou cannot prevent the
( attacks.
Probably Corns.
J. P. Finch. Glover, N. ('. I have a
horse that when I work him very hard
he stops. He will set iris fore foot out
ami keep placing it as long as he stands
there. I have had some b laeksmlths t.t
shoe him and they s ly it is a corn in his
foot. You will please give rm- retmdy In
your paper.
Answer. It is probably a corn on the
foot that he points. Corns are often
.aiisol by bad shoeing. Have his foot
trimmed H-u 'nd more at the heel than
the toe. atgi put on a shoe that is tlii k
er at the loe than at lite I,eels. I'on t
i.-t him pare away the frog. As a pri -
VellliVe tom* up the walls of the hoofs
by anointing them dai > with ointment
made !>y mixing whale oil and tar, halt
, and half.
Warts Again.
.1, S.. Rockdale, Texas I have a mule
five y.-ars old that lias a wart just under
her left ear. Il is as large as a man s
1 i tist and h ra-.v in places. I t has been <ut
off twice hut is still growing. Can you
p.icmtHh* a r»-ni.-dy for it?
i Answer: Cut it off again ami then ap
, plv a little butter of antimony,, or a little
powder.*<l blueston.*, or touch with lunar
caustic the roots. In three days scrape
off the scab that will form and apply the
caustic (either of them! again, ami so
on until the roots are burned down be
low- the general surface. Then grease
with clean lard every day until well.
Bnrbed Wire Wound.
11. M. M.-Guire, Sweet, iter. Tenn -I
. have a nice young horse that got badly
cut on a barbed wire fence. The cm is
iM-twe.-n the hoof and .angle joint, the
gash runs from the center of th.* hoof l>e
hind around nearly lo Hi - front of h|s
ParsonS
pills
- Best Liver Pili Made.
t
.* purities from th.*
Mreat relict from ti'4i»K them. In *’
Sve fVOO. 1. b. JOIISbON Jt C(l. Boston. Mass.
cXhH SO Li a n n iment
Relieve* Every Form of Inflammation;
5 INTERNAL as much as EXTERNAL.
It acts promptly. It I* always ready for use.
Ilroppeil on sugar suffering children love It.
Every Mother should have it in the house for
<* colic croup, cholera inorlui*. pain in the stomach,
k bowels or kidnevs. For ldt<-», burns, bnitses, sun-
I- burn, sprains or strains, it is the sovereign cure.
1 It Is aliout slxt wears since I first learned "f this
celebrated medicine, Johnson’s Anodyne I.lin
r ment. and for more than fori) year* I have Used
it In my family. I think It is due the public for
,1 me tosavthat I n-gir.l it one of the best and
safest remedies that <-an be used internally or
externally. <•- H. INGALI.S. llaiigor. Me,
? Our Book on INFLAMMATION sent free,
e The Ikx*t<»r’i« ftitrnaturu an<i direetiona on every botr
tie. Sold by all druggists. l*ri<x> Zb and to cent*
f . Lfi.Jebnsoii*Co.,nCu*teuiHuuset>t,Boston.Maas.
I leg. It has been done a little over two
months and has never healed yet. I first
use.l lard and turpentine. The tiles got to
it twice and tlx- ereep.-rs got in it. but I
got them all out. His leg is a little swol
len up to the hock |oint. I have kept it
bound up all the time. T have used sev
eral different medicines on it. First laid
and turpentine, then mixed a little eur-
I Isdi,- add with the lard ami greased witli
it; ami have used red oak and mullen
ooze, bathed with it and also burnt aluhi.
I am now using nitric add about three
days. I want something to heal It. It
don’t seem to hurt him very much, as h“
is fat and nl -e. and will run and play.
Any Information will bo gladly received.
I have been a reader of The Constitution
for tifte.m years* or more.
Answer—Tn such cases, when the wound
is fresh, all that can be done or that
should lie don.-, is to apply cold or hot
water to stop the bleeding and clean it by
the free use of water. Then nppiy every
half hour, for the lirst twenty-four hours,
a lotion made by .llssolving half ounce ot
, acetate of lead, half ounce sulphate of
zine, two ounces of tincture of arnica, in
one quart of water. After twenty-four
hours, bathe it well three times a day
until it lu-als. If proud flesh should rise
iu the wounds higher than the surface of
the skin, apply a v< ry little bichloride of
mer.'urv with a stick about every third
day until the proud flesh is burned down,
applying the healing lotion as before. It
will not be necessary to put more than a
i light clotii around it to keep out dirt and
■ flies, 'file foregoing suggestions are for
: vour guidance in future cases ot this
sort. I think the healing lotion should be
applied now. Handage the swollen leg
above the wound tightly .luring the night
<T when standing idle, but r.-tm ve Un
bandage when going out to work or exer-
I else, ami rub lite swollen legs well with
lhe liaml.
. Stocking- Leg-s.
A Farmer, yuinerlv, N. C. —horse
was sick with a very bad cold about a
month tigo from getting hot and cooling
too rapidly. But app.-ars to l><- well now,
but hi.< I -RS a;, swollen nearly round in
the inornltiL, when taken from the Htables.
He is -even years old. <'an you give pre
scription and course?
Answer It t probably a case of ‘‘stock
ing." o* swelled leg. caused by a Weakness
of (he tissues of the legs from impovcrisli
.-d blood. Mix up tin- fallowing lonic; urn
i and a half o-.mces pur* eopp.*ras. two
ouie es pur.- saltpet.". Powder :t id tn.x
1 and divide into twelve powders and give
on.- pow.l. r night and morning. Give gen-
I tie eX’-rcise or light Work to reduce th.
swelling and before putting him in Iris
stale.- bandage tile legs tightly witli flan
nel bamlag.-e. Remove lhe bandages wh'-n
going out to work and give the legs a
vigorous ham! rubbing.
Horse Jnbbed with a Nail.
I To 11. H. .\b Daniel. Sulphur Rock, Ark.
It is dillieult to determine, without a
' p.rwumxl exanuuaUoii. just what would
' ijs t.’.e jn*»r*r rreatKirnt. Probably the
i l>. ,-t thing would la o ' ITj'.er the place
by rubbing on a little ointment tna.le by
mixing 2 dratns of mercury
with 4 <>un< <-s of lard, l-.-t it stay on 21
limits, keeping the animal's Ip-ad tied up
so dial he cannot rem h it with Ins mouth,
and then wash off and grease with lard.
Repeat every sound wo k until the lame
ness disappears. '1 lie mistake you proba
bly made in llie lirst treatment was in
not. applying a di.-lufeetant. such us a
■ per o nt solution of carbolic acid.
Remedy for Blind Staggers.
“A Friend." Osag.-. Tex.—Please print
for lite benefit of those having horses
suffering from blind staggers.
Blind staggers is, I thing, a congestion
of the head and brains caused by expos
ure, rotten I. etc. My treatrm nt is to
t .nt the under portion of nasal veins
which lie under \mmr. l>-t him bleed
Iro-ly; no danger bleeding too much.
Give a good purgative ami light food tor
a few days and your horse will soon lie
all right.
At’riwer— "Blind staggers.” or "mad
staggers," is not simply a "congestion of
tile head and brain." but i- an Intlam
inatlon of the envt lopes of the brain, and
is more properly called cerebral menin
gitis. Simple congestion of the brain is
.ail'd •■megrims. Autlmritles differ in re
gard to the treatment of blind staggers,
some advising bleeding <trom tm- jugular
i vein), wiith* others uo not indorse tins
treatment. The cutting of mie m the nasal
Veins as advised ■ Friend" is simp.y
lihedili;;. and i the ■ more e-lteetivm)
. done l>> op. ol 14 <' t .- .ular, followed in
an hour or iwo by .* .lose of '< .Iranis ot
aloes, 2 drams of calomel, 1 dram of pow
m r.-.i ginger ami to drops ot tincture ol
aeoiuit. i.ut tile blood-iet. ing must be
non.- in trie v -r> cart)' stage to lie effec*
live. There are nut lew complete recover
ies from this dis. use.
Terracing Oats—Mixing Sorghum
Hay.
J, M. Jackson, Ragan, Ahi.- 1 have a
fresh iati.l mid I wish to terrace. There
is a strip of woodland above it with a
fall of live to six feet in sixty yards
average width. Will it he necessary to
dear ami terrace this strip of womilaml
or will tin- upper t.-rraee on present clear
will now irom above?
ing be sultl. i'-nt l" add th" water that
in .me bottom tan.l t.- l*l I plained Rud
' I root oats in October and will plant more
in c< bruar> . also soln Burt oats. Will
tin- two v.irivlies mix? If so, how far
apart must ttiey be to prevent it?
.1. I generally plant a nay crop after tny
oats on bitt.,in land, wtudi is budly in
t' ■ e.i willi coffee weeds, using about
lour pounds peas aid one. or two pounds
sorghum set <1 per a re.but peas ar. scarce
lor m-.xi .'.al, while sorghum seed are
plentiful. Would you advise me to us.
ics* peas and mote sorghum and In wliat
proportion? If 1 use sorghum seed entire
ly, bow mu< .i will he required i«-r acre?
1. I sone times plant a row ol' corn ami
a row ol p is on tins stubbio and it makes
tw-nty bushels ot corn and a good lot ot
p. as p r a-re, leaving a row of vim s
about every seven leet to rot on land
Some say it strains the land. Does it
strain it any mure than cutting of the
hay. I’-a ving not! ; but the >i übbie
root. .' WHen I plant eotn this way I us--
ISO pounds fertilizer to mike it hurry,
because it is planted so late.
Answer I. 1 think it would in* sutll
cietit to make tin- upp.-r terrace about
halt tn.* wnttii you wool ! have it if there
wei.- another 'terrace above u in tm*
woods. It I* an easy matter to try it
amt remedy the mistake it found to oe a
mistake.
f. Two varieties of oats will not readily
mix ev.-n if sown together on tin- same
giouml. I nave sown lexas oats and Burt
oats on adjoining acres lor years with
out anv > v id.-nee ol mixing.
3. Broadcast about three lo four pecks
of sorghum seed are sown to the acre, or
lour ... .:x p. 'ks ol cowp.as. If you
mix them rs.j about one and one-halt to
lwo peeks of sorghum and two to three
peeks of pea-, if you will sow your |M?as
in thro-ioot rows one-half bushel of
s.ed will do as well-as one bush.-l sown
broadcast.
4. There is no such thing as "straining"
I tin* land. Make as h* avy < Tops on every
acre every year as you can. being care
lul to adopt n good system of rotation,
and also to carefully save and return to
■tors. Don't turn under peavines, but eithe
the soil all manure and waste matters.
! Don't turn mid r peavines. Imt either
| make hay of them or gather the ripe
pea<. or pasture off with cows and hogs.
Os course your land would Im* left in
l.et-i. r condition after a full crop of peas
than after .i part corn and part pea crop.
Lice on Hogs—Ground Feed for Hogs.
E M. Favor. Oakdale. Ark.—l. Will yoif
pleas.- give im' treatment through your
valuable columns tha-' will take lice off
of hogs? I httve been told that coal oil
would take I hem off but it has faib-d
witli mine.
2. is it be.-t to grind corn into chops
and soak it in water over night to feed '
i hoes, or feed on the ear?
\tisw. r I. K' l' -'Si.- oil .same as . ..al I
oil) is r. ally a good remedy for lice. It
1s prob;ti*l<- that you did not clean tip
and burn the old beds that usually be
come badly infested; and you did not
continue the use of th-’ oil long enough
(at intervals of a week or ten days) to
destroy the ii'-wly hatched out lice. But
if you wisli to try something else, try
these two remedies: First clean up'thor
oughly the sleeping places and pens. Tn
fact, give them new quarters for a good
while. The lirst ami best remedy, if j oil
can get tlie stuff, is to boil one pound of
stavesacre seeds in two gallons of water
. one hour ami let it simmer another
hour. When cold add water to make up
for wli.it boiled away. Wet each hog all
over with a I ttl. of this, rubbing it in
well so as to wet every hair ami the
entire surface of the skin. It will kill
both lie.- ami nHs. Another is to step
one pound ol strong tobacco two or three
I hours in a bucket fill of boiling hot wa'cr
ami rub it over lhe entire body, but not
I too liberally. . , ,
2. Experiments In feeding hogs on whole
| cum and cornmeal are somewhat conflict-
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It pays the farmer to use the highest grade Fertilizer.
S if your dealer does not handle what you want, write us.
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ing in result's, but the weight of tcsii
niuny is rather against grinding the eurn.
If there is anything gained by feeling a
given weight of eurnm al is compare!
well the same weight of wh.de <■••rn. it
tlo'-s m-t amount to .-nougli to fitly f* r
grinding.
The Use of Lime To Rot Leaves.
11. (’. Head. (—?).—The cost of <om
iiii-i nil fertilizers h.-ing s<j great, I have
decid' d to start a home factory by gath
ering leav*s ami vegetable matter from
(he woods. Knowing tha : should be
thoroughly decomposed. I hav<* thr’ded
upon the use of quiek lime. Please tel!
me which would l>** the better plan- to
apply the leaves in a twelve-inch furrow
six inches deep, list upon th*-m and app'y
the lime witli a cotton planter on the
haves through the Ils', or put them in
pens mixing witli lam ’ Wliat quantity
of I m.- is ne.’essarv to decompose a ton
of 1.-aves, making dm.- allowance for wa
ter?
Answer—l doubt if you will find it to
pay to rely solely on l.aves an.l other
mat tel* from the woods to be composted
with lime. It. would depend largely oil
the cost of the lime. I do not think you
could afford to pay m .rc than $4 or $5 a
ton for lime for such use. You speak
of using quicklime, but 1 presume you
mean I nu* tiiat Is either water or air
slaked lime. You could not apply the
quicklime witli a cotton planter, rs it is
largely eomposed of bard luiap* I do
m t know what quantity of lin • should
be used per ton of leaves 'to give best
economic results, having had no experi
ence In using it iu that way.
\ou Speak of th** "eoSt of comm, real
fertilizers being so gr - it" and 1 ial r
thut you prop.is** to abandon their use.
I advise you to consider the matter very
ca’efully before you act. Are fertilizers
anv higher in proportion than th.- pri*.
of cot ton eoinpared to last year.' h you
will buy the raw materials tot* eash ami
mix ut h«»m»' yoi> may sa\»* much on
the cost as the amount vs the advance.
New Ground Corn as a Feed.
W. M. Martin. Mableton, (ij.-l wisli to
I. I>ly to S. T. Hale, of Halesburg. Ala.,
in regard to feeding stock on new ground
, urn" in Constitution of Nov.-rnber 2<th.
I have fed new ground corn, roasting
ears, sorghum eane fodder, sorghum seed,
and most everything else that many con
sider Injurious or dangerous to stock
without ill eff.-. t-
My rule in sib h cases is to begin with
a small quantity, say. one ear per day
for two days, then two ears per day for
two more ’lays, and so on bj .iegrees to
reach the full feed.
if at anv time you smell a strong sour
coming from th. wind or dung ot an
animal, shorten th ’ grain feed one-fourth
or one-fifth; after you give the following
treatment to cure or prevent colie:
For h's supper give him a pint of
wheat bran and the same puantity of
,orn meal without wetting. 1 teaspooiiful
of salt and 1 tablespoonful of baking
soda all well mixed; also all the good hay
h. will »‘at. dean Give all the fresh
cold u iter he will drink ni«ht .ind day.
I have found it a great advantage to
throw a handful of wood ashes into the
mules woter tub twice a week.
Long Teeth.
Subscriber, Catchall. S. ( - Mv mine is
t« or 12 years old and has go; two teetli
in the tipsier end of the upper j.e.v that
are a little larger than the others and
seem t" pr. vent him from chewing his
food properly. Whole grains ol corn can
be seen in iris droppings at times. I lease
give a remedy through your valuable
paper.
Answer: There is a snecial tool or in
strument made for leveling, or "floating
the uneven teeth of a horse called a
•float." It is somewhat similar to an
old fashioned peg cutter for cutting the
pegs out of a shoe. If you cannot get
one perhaps you can rasp down the pro
jecting tooth with the smooth side ot a
horseshoer's rasp. CutUuM Lbem down is
the only remedy.
"Sleepy Staggers.**
A Newman. Phoenix, Miss.—l have a
tine saddle horse brought albout four
months ago from Kentucky or Missouri.
He is very spirited while you ride or keep
him moving. l»jjt when hitched or still
tris ears flop down ami he seems to be
sleepy. Shortly after I got him I turned
him into the cornfield -.vhere he had a
chance to get plenty of cveryt ling ap
parently necessary to eat such as peas,
grass, i’tc.. usually found in a field after
corn is gathered. She. however, cats very
'little corn and is evidently out of tlx.
Ills hair seems all right and he rides all
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right, but when still he s*-ems' droo-y
I thought roughing it would bring n:m
around all right but he needs somethin'-’,
suggest it for me. He is a tin*
' young horse, only six years Kidn -ys
an i bowels s*- ni al! right.
Answer: I will not -ay positively, but
1 th** symptoms indicate that the horse
jliis an attack of “sleepy staggers, winch
mptom of serious • ffusion on Ihe
! bra:nt or a brain tumor: or it may Ih*
j due to some derangement of the kldimys.
I is is suppos***! to be due to ov.-r-eating
; of coarse footl and want of exercise. The
treatment is bleeding, -ay 1 gallon ot
i l.loo*!, followed immediately by a eatn.ir-
I tic of 1 drams of aloes. *. drops croton
I <*il and 1 dram of .-apslcum ma.!.* into a
'ball with soap or -reed .ruin't and giv n
at one dose. After the physic lias n-t.-.i
giv.- 1 larg,- t■* .>h-sp ■ 'Ut 11. t .vb *■ a .1 iv.
, of ilris mixture; 4 oun. - s of * a h of uy
drastis. ginger, carbonate of soda: pow
der ami mix.
Blue Grass.
W X It.. Calukoun. ' la. I l ave • ***r< -of
slate land tim’ I wish .. s.- in something
for a pasture, but 1 don't w n: Bermuda.
How Would blue gras- .to and how often
I would it have to be res*-. .' Soin -a*, that
I bl. ■ grass won't gr**w in this *-oiintrv.
if |t will, when Is the best t tn- to sow
|it? If blue grass won t do. pleas** name
s*. tn.-thing that would mak.- a perma
nent pasture ami give instructions as t .
' sow ing ami oblige a subscril* r.
i Answer Blue grass succeeds very well
1 as a pasture and lawn grass in al! parts
of north Georgia, but .specially on the
I lime soils of northwest Georgia, hut th *
'soil must be rich for it to <1" w* 11. Sep
temlM-r ami Cctober ar.- the la st months
in which to sow but 1 have known it
to sue* v.rv well sown early in No
veni .. r . \ ven sex re • -id snap v. II
I often Kill it w*"'» i ,lst s " “ ls
' not a.lvisable to s**w In ikvember or
■ J inttiirv but it tnay be sown in Febru
, ary or March Prepare the land as thor
oughly as possible by plowing ami har
rowing g (ting all trash ami litter un
ri< r or *>ut ’d ~1, ‘ way. Sow 2 bushels
of seed OU freshly harrow.-*! surface an.l
brush in lightly, so as just barely to
hide th** see<l. I have seen good blue
grass in Bartow. Floyd and Polk, ami
Atlanta ami Rom.- ami Dalton have many
i , autiful blue grass lawns. But H will
n**t succeed on poor land.
Down in the Loins.
AY. A. Clark. Jacksonville. Ga.— I have
us* d poke root for “down in the loins"
with perfect success for both hogs and
dogs. For a hog I lioil a pi.*ee about,
sav one inch in .liaim-t.-r ami six inch- s
long, in some slop or water and then
tli ’ke;. i..'..! corn meal. Slice root thin
before boiling. Iteia-at dos.- every other
day till well. For a dog fry about half
' of above amount of root -n grease and let
him tat it. it is a line remedy. I think.
Comment—l have no doubt the above
treatment i" good. The turpentine appli
cation is standard treatment.
Dyspepsia of Horse.
i A. V. White, Watkinsville, Ga.—Please
: give me a remedy for my mare six
vears old. She is hidebound and poor.
\\'as very hearty until eight or ten days
ago. I be.hin to f.-.-d her on magic stock
food witli her grain. She ate it a few
days. now she will leave part of food
rath.-r than eat the powders. She stands
in stable and lot with head down. If
I feed her without any medicine in her
food she will eat all of it.
Answer You do not describe the symp
toms as fully as could be desired, but I
judge that your mare has dyspepsia or
indigestion and she may also be affected
with intestinal worms, 'live one to one
I and one-half pints of raw iins.-ed il a-
I a U' •*•■. AVI - . ed to operate
boil a tea*-upfiil of linseed into a pulp
I with a gallon or so of water, and win'*-
hot pour it ov*r half pint of bran ar 1
make a mash ».f it. Powder and mix four
ounce:; of saltpeter and four ounces o’
’ copperas and divide into twenty-fc r
doses. Put one p w<!*-r in the bran ma-a
and give <»ne.- d.iiix ami continue for sc -
oral weeks if n. < e-sar\. See If she
lousy or worn l ' a: *! rem 1 ’ ■ if ->un I.
Also give a change of say tv.
thirds .gits. om--tl,ird corn ::nd g •*! -w. '
, hay <*r corn fodder. ;rud pur,- water. A
- Witter I.* * >r. feciir g . nd not il’l
‘ mediately after.
Lame Hcrse.
J. B. C.. Tryus. Miss. I h*v* n you'.g
hors.- that is lain*- in his I*!' hind b-g:
has been so since late in tin s; mni.-r; I
lind m> swelling **r s*»r*-n s.- I think it is
a strain, but seems to g-*i no better
Please tell m. .-.hat i g’>*’*l for him
through your pap r.
say wliat is th*- cause *-f i.he lameness <-r
where it is l*H-ateri on .-; «-l: .* scant de-
J scription. if it is a -t- *i.t. the .irst thing
|to <io is to give entire r* s:. Locate tit *
] sea' of the s r.-m-s if p. If a sprrv
I apply hot water luiii hour a‘ a tirr. ■ tv. *
or three tim* s a day followed . o-h tin.
by a lotion of one-hall ounc • *>f acetate
of I*-.i*l lilss-dv*-*! in on.- quart **f wale-.
It may Ih- corns i.i his feet, but not like
- ly. as it Is a hind leg * >r f rot *.
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