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Liver Ills.
t>R UAtIW AT A CO.. New York:
Ix-ar Sir*: I hare been rick for nearly two
year*, an.| have l"* n doetortn* with s- me of
the nu*t vx'wrt •!<x*t»*r* of the Unite*! Slater.
I have !«een lathing an I drinking hot water at
the Hot S|-rlnr«. Ark., but It eectnel every
thin* falle-l to do me *»«xl. After I raw
jrour advertisement I tb»u*ht I wool! try your
tall*, an.! have nearly uwd two boseo: l*e,-n
takin* two at be»itime and one after breakfast,
ami they have .Dm- me ro*re *n.xl than any
thin* el«e I have ever user!. My trouble haa
been with the liver. My rkln ami eyes were
all yellow; I ha-! rleepy. drowsy feelings; Mt
Itke a drunken man: t*tn right above the navel,
like as if It was Idle --n top .-f the stomach. My
Iw.wels were costive. My m. u:h an-l t-.n*ue
sere tm*t of the time. Appetite fair, but find
*>mM net -IS*-at. bet settle heavy on my
stomach, ami some f. w m-aithfuls of fra*l come
t.p i*atn. I could tally eat liehl f.*d that di
gests vastly. I’leese send "IV-k of Advice.”
Respectfully. REX ZYUGG.
Hot Spring*. Ark.
Badway’s
A Pills
Price 25c a bos. Fold by Drugs IM* or sent
by MalL
S.n-1 to nit RADWAT ff CO.. 55 Elm St..
New York. for Rook .< Advice.
yUKEEPBEES?
Nountlcr mr M-pore Bee Hook
TULIA now.
Itwtlli tereat an-t p case y»w 1 know H will. It*
frr*. Write relay- the honey aeaaoa's e-unine.
J ■ JiAM W! II 'il hi 11.1
re are TC We publish a book on we, aeloc-
PMV I O ti<>n and application of i>runt.
...Z H K of great value to any ona
ABOUT having raid*t>K todo. Send a
i ii two cent stamp and ask for
PAINT Book No. 5A Addteim
rMII 1 •_ saunsrc & C... Lewisville. Ky.
8.3 y hsse bicycle
, :,e-f«»u« :h price.
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Th, Weekly O-nstitution. II; American Ag
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family purer. It *uk>r price f bvth S -
W » sen I Kuh one year f r 11.
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a is • k • ( bsJ i-agess. Uraerttan* over I 000
bami- ai-;-lUncvs and labor-savin* device*
fez the farm, garden. dairy and wcwksiiop.
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W rffer The Southern Cultivator ami l»lxlv
Fam. r with The VumAiluu<-n one year fur
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Th- Naticnal Watchman. Senator Slew
art's xrvat silver rarer, with The Weekly
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Waa’her i--- > t fur IBM. iswu i quarterly
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Tb- V. man - f.-ne -anion, so Inn* of.
sere.! at 11, »th W- !y Constitute n -no
year w-l be pm* nv. s r f! 25. Ihit-lishers
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a-rlne sa-t to p-»rtf.-» destrtn* to in-peet it
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a.- • ' II-
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Fante. map. with map of ft- wnrl I < n m-r-.
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The H*nty Bcoks. anv otm r-h-m. of forty
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nt I- « ««r.e» yvnr.
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dial ree -ter f r farm acc-,.nt« receipt* aIH
expen lltures. herd, jmiltry .nd va-|n- bock
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Matta zine
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THE COKSTTn’TTON.
Atlanta, 'la.
rasa El.r<Tk«B<>lE «**• !*•»•"*
■J I J C v rel-el. Final cure -n a l-w dais.
r I I ; never returns: nop-ure. no aa.re,
■ IUW noto-fr H- nier.r rat-.e.! tree
Adureas J- IL HIAVM. bus uA bew lark. b. »■
i
Notice to Inquirers.
L Wrtr plainly and to the |>olnt. giving only
qnsurona to whlc*- answer* are deetrel.
X t ontine laquir-un driotly to matters oun
ce mi ng U>e farm
X Revar ark t >r answer* by mall,
g Never ask where »o article owe tw bad.
nor lhe price
K Alrravs give vaur full name ard addrraa.
II rou <to n<« wish your aiuuo yub-'ielird.
ear So an 1 In'llals only will te printed
«. Careta ly die thia psre for future refer
ence. aa-1 before writing examine poor
to are if It has not been already an
swered.
1. Is-Uk ahead and arnd In your laqulrtau
eativ. IK, nut eipect ■« tn -answer In
reri paper.'* The editor must band tn
bls copy a week before the paper la puk-
k Ald?wwelllnqoirleenndaomniunlcaMan»
lor this depart rose l L-
THE CONSTITUTION.
,F and F. I* part meat)
DON’T FORGET THE CHEAT.
I bpff that such readers as may be In
terested in the cheat question wlr. not
forget to send specimens of cheat that
they- be.feve to have sprung from wheat,
oats or other cereal grain. Os course. I
do not si|>rei specimen* from any except
those who believe that wheat, oats. etc.,
will actually turn to cheat. Send a full
head or two of the cheat that the sender
i-elieves l » have come from one of the
above grains.
The cheat is already showing heads
about in ot»r uat crops, and especially
along the outer edges, where the ground
is hard and poor, an-l V h tve already
made some interesting notes and am
tl.tliy watching for new developments. As
already stated. 1 do not e*|M*ct to he able
to prove that either of our cerea. grains
will, under any circumstances or condi
tions whatever, turn to cheat. The ob
ject of the Investigation is to discover a
reasonable if not an abs lutely satisfac
tory explanation of the apparent trans
mutation. for candor compels the admis
sion tii.it appearances are something
very much in favor of the comm 11 no
tion. If 1 can succeed in so explaining
the* appearances that any one who is
aftt r the truth only, and is willing to be
convinciil of error, can verify my ex
planation I will be satisfied, and will feel
that I have accotnp ished some good in
rein vrng error and making manifest lire
■-ruth. In the mean time if my investi
gation-; shall result in shaking and even
upsetting mv own convictions 1 think I
will Ih- frank enough to "acknowledge
■ . . m” and Join hands with thoso who
Iwiieve ia th* transmutation theory.
FARMERS BELATED.
From almost every quarter news cornea
that farmers have been very much hin
d- red and delayed in the work • f plant
ing Imth corn and cotton bv the exces
sive rains of February ami April. Even
May. usually a dry month, set in with
heavy downpours of water In many
places. I learned fr->m a farmer yester
day t.May 21) that some of his neighbors
had not then finished corn planting and
had not planted a seed of catl »n. Ac
counts from the best cotton regions of
the Mississippi are very unfavorable.
Even that go •<! oil state, once the ban
ner cotton state of the south, has been
delayed with water from the heavens
ab >ve. instead of from the head water
streams further north. I can hardly real
ise that that stale can lie oversuppllcd
with water (except along Its great water
course), because I campaigned with Gen
eral Johnston during May. June and July,
in IS6S. from Jackson to Canton, from
Canton to Yaxoo City, down the Big
filack t ’ within easy hearing of I’emlrer
ton’s and Grant’s guns, and back to Jack
son ami Morton ami Meridian. The sol
dier boys thought It was a "mighty dry"
country in mnr* respects than one.
In view of the lateness of planting, cs
p. -lallv of cotton. It beho -ves the farmer
to give prompt and rapid cultivation. Cot
ton should he put to a stand as soon as
the plants show the fourth leaf. 1 ilrtnly
Im* leve. however, in the plan of going
over the first time with tire hoes very
rapidly, "blocking out.” as It is called,
and when over commencing again imme
diately an-l put to .. ti-.al H-n'i
these hnelncs should l-e done trefore th-*
first of June, or say within thirty days
tn forty days after the seed were
planted.
Where a heavy rain or rains have fallen
on the colton lields. the ground should be
stirred by the plow as quickly as possible
and l-efofe a hard crust shall have
formed. Be "plow” I mean that the work
shou d Ih* done by horseplow, whether by
means of a harr >vr. sweep or cultivator.
Broadcast harrowing, under su< It condi
tion*. I- th.* x’ery best working that can
be given. f»n fairly well lying, smooth
land. .1 two-horse smoothing harrow,
having a spread <<( eight feet, can easily
g > over sixteen to eighteen acres a day.
T
- in!: :<• force its say through the pack
re! surfac-*.
I have often wondered why every far
mer cannot be induced to see the great
advantage of using soim- one of the
several kinds of « ultivatuis. A fanner
alio pu * two furr w* in a row with sweep
r scrape, when one furro*- (or
•'through”) with a good cultivator would
do tire work equally well, is "behiml th-*
Hint s.” A rich man. who has money in
I-ink. or Investments paying good divi
dend . may afl rd to run a r and
a mule” with a sixteen-lnch scrape, or
ssfeep. twice to th** row. thr ugh the sea
son. But a farmer who depends so eiy
nn farming r>r a living cannot afford
siirh exir.iv; ganee. A farmer told ine
nnce that f.-- -uld not afford” to buy <
one-horse, flvc-h *ed cultivator. My reply
ws< "y- 11 hav« got the p*opositlon and
th" argument • timed the wrong way.
Toil cannot afford to do without the cul
tivator.” I proved to him that by run
ning sjch an Implement ..ne time to the
row In rows three to four feet wide, as
compared with running the sixteen or
eighteen Inch scane. or sweep, twice to
the row. he could save enough to pay
the cost of the cultivator in six davs.'
R. J. R
DEFERRED REPLIES.
We hive several letters either asking
for infemiutlon or giving Information, th.*
answers to which are d *f< rred to a more
season.<l»l-* time. For Instnnce. articles
on hay making, keeping potatoes, etc.
They will apis-ar in due time.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
Vapor Bath.
To K J. McCrtry. XV no. Tex.—l know
nothing ab >ut the vapor liath advertised.
Coffin Joint Disease.
T.» S. C. 8.. Freedom. Miss.—l think it
is qulto rtobable that your mule has
what is called “eoffin-Joint disease.”
Treatment of this affection t« usually un
satisfactory except in a recent case. It
consists in giving a purge (seven drams
of aloest. remove the shoes, shorten the
toes and keep standing from morning till
night in a ytsldle of wet clay, xvithout
stones or gravel. At niyht place In a
comfortable stall with poultices o.t each
ass, cted ti-ot. Apply a blister 10 the
tront ami sides of the pastern, and repeat
eveiv :w« "• ks. It he above falls pass
a- ton through the frog and let her run
for a month or two in a damp pasture,
fire from stones.
The trouble iwith the colts is called
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 7, 1900.
"knuckling” and Is common. Blister the
pt.stern joints with two drains of canth'tri
ties and one and a half ounces of lard.
I.ct it stay twenty-four hours, then wash
01T and grease with lard. Repeat th e
blistering every two weeks for several
months. Give each one teasjwionfi*l of
phosphate of lime etch morning and one
teasp-onl'ul of copperas every evening for
a month.
Cure for “Down in the Loins.”
Mr. Flavius E. Young. Quitman, Ga.,
says he had a Jersey two-year-old sow
that got "down In the loins” and that he
cured her completely by making a daily
application of chamber lye to her spine
anti hips from nose to ta! anti also giving
her every morning a teacupful of the
same internally in a little slop. !!•■ says
that this mak**s the second attack and
both times she was cured by the above
treatment. For anv further particulars
he Invites Inquiries, inclosing stamped
addressed envelopes.
Whitewash for Outdoor Work.
To J. H. Sh*'ppard. Longdale. Ala--
Take a watertight vessel, put In half
bush"! of good quick lime. Slake It by
pouring over It boiling water enough to
cover jt live inches deep, stir'lng it brisk
ly till thoroughly s'.tk- d. Tlvn di: so ve
in water two pounds of sulphate of zinc
and one pound of common salt and add .t
to the wash.
Haematuria or Bloody Urine.
To C. Perry. Armuchee. Ga.—Your mare
probably had an attack of haematuria.
or bliHidy urine, for which there are .1
variety of causes, viz: Sprains of the loins,
or a blow on lhe Joins, stone in the kid
neys. urinary passages or bladder. Eat
ing acid plants will also cause It. Re
m**x'<* the cause, if found, give flaxseed or
slippery e m tea. tincture of chloride of
Iron, buttermilk, oak bark tea. etc. App y
cold water cloths to the loins.
Stifle Lameness.
To W. R. Rhodes. Morton. Miss.—You
advise Mr. JI. M<-Me« kin to treat h’s
mule for dislocation of the stifle joint.
But his tiescription does not suggest any
such serious lesion as a dial 'cation. In
deed he seemed not to be certain that the
trouble was In the stifle Joint. There are
diseases of the stifle which do not amount
to a dislocation. When the latter is the
cause there can be no doubt about it 'll
the mind of any one wlio ever saw a
h -rse <>r mule with a disloc.it* d still.*.
(You should make your request for
change of address to the mailing depart
ment or subscription department.)
Grass Staggers in Calf.
T-> -I. 11. Rutland. Mt. Vernon. Tex.
The lady’s ca f probably had what Is
various y called “grass staggers,”
“sleepy stags ts,” "st >mach staggers. ’
It is usually an alTectlon of the stomach
and finally goes to the brain and is cum
in mly caused by eating some poisonous
plant or fungus. su< >1 as a poisonous
toadstood or a plant called stagger grass.
Treatment is rarely eflieaceous and It B
not worth while to give the same.
A Weed.
*r-> Mrs. J. J. Bunch. Poverty Hill. S.
C. Wil’ von kindly sen* another speci
men of the plant (in flower or fruit) re
cently sent in a •■tier. It s >mehow lie
catne mixed with other specimens and 1
could not identify it.
Fire Burns of Cow.
To S. Bostwick, Marcus, x. (*.—l am not
able to advise you in regard to the bur.l
on y ur cow. espe< ially .1 month after
the accident occurred. Such burns re
quire skillful management. Keep the
pare covered with a greased doth and
tre.it the wound once or twice a day with
spirits of turpentine.
Black Ants.
J. 11. Sheppard. Isingdale, A a.. Is much
annoyed bv myriads of black tuns that
infest his house ami wants to know how
to destroy them. First plan: Find their
nests (out of doors) and carefully pour
into each hole a little ca.bon bl-sulplilde.
stopping the holes when this is done. Be
careful alviut the stuff, as it is very
volatile ami Inflammable—worse than
gasoline. S- e<-ml plan; Have two good
gfxed sponges. !>!p one in sweetened
waiter and press out enough .if the water
so that it will not drip. Pare it where
the ants most y run. When it becomes
tilled with ants remove it and dip it into
boiling water, replacing witli the oilier
sponge prepared in the same way Alt r
• agh time squeeze <iut tile sponge. By
this plan many thousands of the insects
will tie destroyed an<l the remainder will
become panic-stricken at d vacate th •
premises.
Plants from Texas.
To R I». Mayo. Paris. Tex.—The plant
■ f which you sent a specimen is lathyrus
pusiltus. I ,|o not know if it has a com
mon name. It Is very similar and Is
closely r<-!ated to tire vetch genus. I do
not know if it has received any attention
I will Ire ob lv*’<l If you will send me a
f**w dozen ripened seeds <<f it. It Is not a
"partridgi* .pe.i” t i.r of the samegenus.
It Is an annual.
Garget of Sow’s Udder.
To Irwin Miller. Nut Bush. Tenn.—lt Is
probably a case of garget, such as II
common in th • cow. Draw as much milk
with the bands as possible from the in
flamed udder. I.ct the pigs suck as much
as they will. Foni« nt the bag with hot
water: then use a lotion of ounce ace
tate <>f lead. 2 ounces tincture of arnica,
1 quart of water. Do this three times a
day. Give the sow from 1 to 2 oiinc< s
of Epsom salts and after it has operated
give 10 grains of saltpeter In a little water
three times a day. I am not certain that
you m* ant your “sow." <>r your "cow,”
but you certainly wrote jt “s-o-w.”
Drying Fruit.
To D. E. Starr. Sherman. Tex.—x am
not prepared to give Information th it
would aid you in constructing an artificial
fruit dryer. The Iron rooting would not bo
objectionable so far as I know. Will
some one who knows give the desired in
formation?
A Mixed Lot of Seed.
W. Mel’alkin, Boom. Ala., accidental
ly g'lTmlxed together seeds of amber sor
ghum. orange sorghum. Japanese buck
wheat. kalllr corn, milo maize, p- arl mil
let and broom corn and wants to know
how It will do to sow all together for
green food, and at what stage should
each be cut.
Answer—All of tire dlffcent plants are
good for forage excepting the buckwheat.
It Is best to cut for soiling when the
plants get two or three feet high. I would
give the mixture to the hogs and get un
mixed seed.
Bermuda and Wire Grass.
M. S. Carroll. Carp. S. C. To settle a
dispute please tell mo what the inclosed
grass Is. I claim It Is wire grass; others
s-ty It is bermuda.
Answer—The specimen of grass sent Is
not in bloom or in seed ami therefore I
cannot be absolutely certain, but there Is
little doubt that It is bermuda c-ynedon
dactylon): and since termuda Is often
called "wire grass” 1 might decide that
both of you are right. Send me 5. 11 n,. o f
the heads, either old or fresh ones, and
I can then determine with certainty.
There is another species of grass th it Is
perhaps more generally known as "wire
grass" than is Bermuda, viz. Paspalum
dfstinctum. or "Twine paspalum." hav
ing only two short seed spikes on each
stem. But the specimen is not a paspa
lum.
Sick Calf—“ Losing the Cud.”
To W. F. Taylor. Tom. Ga.—From your
meager description 1 cannot say what
is the matter with your <alf. Yon do not
any whether it has fever. whi« h is very
probably the case. It may be i mild at
tack of Texas fever, or southern < attle
fever, a c'isease which is communicated
bv cattle licks. This tllsease rarely ever
kills a calf and the calf Is ever after im-
mune to the disease. See if there are any
young ticks on the calf.
Again it may lx* black tongue, or black
quarter, a very fatal disease. There is no
such dis '.’re, or accident, as “losing the
cud." The cow <>r calf, or other rumi
nating '.imd-chewlng) animal eats an hour
ur two. >r longer, but swallows the food
without much chewing. \\ hen she stops
grazing, or has finished eating rough food,
it then "belches” up little wads of the
previously eaten food and chews it thor
oughly. and wli.-n swallowed it goes on to
another < oinpartmen’ of the stomach.
Tills leeluwing, or remastfeating, is called
''• hewing the ■ nd.” Xne one who doubts
can satisfy himself v**ry easily. Finiply
Mat’d n. ai a eow that is quietly "chewing
th" cud" and when sh > is seen to belch
up a tresh wad of food catch her by 'he
throat so as io prevent her swallowing,
open her ini nth and you will find the wad
of food as .Inscribed. The practice of
supplying an artificial "<■ id” is ridiculous.
Now when a cow loses I.er appetite or
quits i.iting for any cause (rough foil)
she quits inastk'ating. or "cl’.'Wing th'
cud." lx*< ause there is no food In h.*r
itomach to requir • chewing. “That's all
there Is in it.”
Elbow Sprain.
To L. F. I’., Maben. Miss. —I would call
It an elbow sprain. I. e., the joint just
below the 1 oily. If there Is heat and swell
ing foment the swollen parts with hot
water, 'i hour at a time 3 times a day.
anil follow each time with a lotion of ’4
ounce of acetate'' of lead dissolved In 1
quart of water. If very sore add - ounces
of laudanum to the solution. If the heat
in.l swelling have subsided rub the part
three times a day with soap liniment or
camphorated Hnlmenl. It is important to
give compi'** rest until no longer lame.
Cowpea Culture.
Wade Hunt Front Roval. Va.—When do
you plant cowpeas and how do you plant
them? I want to raise them for seed.
Hope to hear from you through The Con
stitution.
Answer—Plant any time after all dan
ger <»f frost is gone, or about time you
would plant butter !•• ans or pole snap
beans. I’lant as you would corn, in three
foot rows, dropping x to l’> peas every
step.
“Exchange Column.”
Will correspondents please take notice
that we do not have an “exchange col
umn" In this department, ami never have
had sine I have had charge of it. Every
now ami then some one sends a note of
fering to < xchange something and asks
that tire offer be published In the “ex
change column.”
Abortion of Cow.
To I* I. G.. Walhalla. S. C. The causes
of abortion tire so many and varied tn
character that I canm.c say what was the
cause in the case of your cow. r»T give
an opinion as to whether "it will likely oc
cur again. 1 think not. It is possible that
vonr cow has tuberculosis, which xviil
sometimes cause abortion.
Warts on Mule’s Eyelid.
.1. A. Jarrett. Manstield. La.—l have a
mule with what I term a bloixl wart on
the upper corner of the eyelid. Flease
let me Know' how to remove it without in
jt rv to the eye. It is growing very fast
ami raw but does not bleed much.
Answer—ls the wart extends out from
the skin so as to per mit of it. the best
treatment is to tie a small coni (fishing
line) around it close to the skin. The
wart will slough off in a few days when
the place should be touched with lunar
caustic (nitrate of silver) onee or twice a
day for .1 day or two to destroy the roots.
If Hat on the skin so that it cannot be
ligated, scrape off the surf; with a
blunt knife and apply a little strong
acetic acid, taking care that none of it
gets into the eye.
Hog Cholera Remedy.
Mr. W. It. Ward, Blountsville, Ala.,
says: For years I have cured my hogs
of < holera by giving each one a dose of
ealom. 1 the size for a man in a small
piece of biscuit. I commence before they
get down with the disease.
Comment—How do you know It Is chol
era if they don’t "get down with It?”
(The note about potatoes will be de
ferred until next fail)
Grass and Clover for Winter Pasture.
To W. R. Ward. Blountsville, Ala.—ln
the lirst idaee you may not reasonably
expei t poor land to produce a good pas
ture of any kind of cultivated grasses, in
the next place it is now entirely too late
to sow grass seed (except Bermuda.) A
mlxtui. of grasses of different species is
always best for a pasture. I’lant the land
in cowpeas between now ami June Ist,
aoplyim; '-’o pounds acid phosphate to the
;o ie. Mow the vines lor hay in August
or turn stock on them in September. Thes
preraf' the ground by thorough plowing
and harrowing by the l.’itli of September
to lath of (►■•tober. sow say 1 bushel of
orchard grass seed, one bushel of tall
oat grass 1 bushel Italian rye grass, 3
pounds white clover, 6 pounds of red
clover.
I <l<» n<»t know whore you can get polled
Durham cattle. Will some one write .Mr.
Ward the information?
Rising in Dog’s Ear.
To O. W. T., Sartartir. Tex.—l am not
able to say what is the matter with your
dog and cannot advise treatment.
Sorghum Hay.
To It. B. Johnson. Wynn's Mill. S. C.—
Sorghum gown broadcast nt the rate of
one t' two bushels of seed |xt acre makes
,ii; excellent and nutritions hay. Somj
sow as ini.eh as four bu-h"ls of seed per
are ind ci i n t in Texan
sowed eight bushels. But two bushels is
p;-'.bab)v enough. From two to four tons
ami upw trd of cured hav in iv b • • xpect
ed. according to land and seasons.
Knee Sprung.
To I*. B. Day Trenton, S. C.—lt does
not appear conclusively from your de
scription that’ your horse's knee is
seprnng. The resting of the knee when
standing is not characteristic of a knee
sprung, but rather of some disease of the
foot. If the knee is sprung it will
knuckle forward even when the oth< r
toot Is lifted up. In fact, it is Impossible
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CONSTIPATION.
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the bowcE. They also mean the general health is below
P ar an d disease is seeking to obtain control.
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for him to straighten his leg at the knee
perfectly if the joint is sprung If not
sprung, however, it will soon become so
If the trouble is not relieved. Examine
the course of the back tendon from the
rear of the knee down to the ankle to
see if there is any thickening, sweeting
or soreness. If such condition be found,
including soreness, shower the leg with
eo)<l water several times a day for two
or three days, followed each time with a
lotion of half an ounce acetate nf lead
dissolved in a quart of water, until the
soreness disappears. Then blister by
rubbing well In a little ointment com
posed of half an ounce of cantharides and
two ounces of lard. Remove the shoe,
pare down the feet and open the neels.
Tie up his head for twenty-four hours, so
that he cannot bite the blister, then
wash off the blister, grease it once a day
until nearly healed and turn him into
the pasture. If not improved in three or
four weeks repi-at the blister. A conflrm
ed (chronic) case of nkee sprung is us
ually incurable.
Brain Disease, Probably.
To W. Ji. Bennett, Double Branches,
Ga.—The turning up of the upper lip
of a horse is it characteristic symptom of
stomach worms, but the other symptoms
Indicate some affection of the brain. 1
cannot diagnose the case any further.
Suppression of Milk.
To W. 8., S. C.—See article under head
of “Suppression of Milk." in issue ot
April 23d. Change the feed from cot
ton hulls and cotton meal to good hay,
or corn fodder, wheat bran and green
food, and rub the udder with linimenl.t
as presented in the above, and give anise
seed, i tc.
Salivation or Slobbering.
To Thomas J. Butler, Floyd, Tex.—The
slubbering of your horse may be due to
some irritating plant that he gets in the
pasture, or to irregular teeth. But you
say she has always been that way” a.:d
that the dam and two of her colts were
similarly affected. I do not know what
it is. I'would not care to breed her.
Transplanting Onions.
To Will N. Koon. Fort White, Fla.—
When onion plants are grown from the
seed f< r tran-planting the young plants
slioiiid be transplanted when tne bulb
is no larger tl.au t smad p» r; In fact
before there is any indication ot a bulb.
Madstone.
To Will N. Koon. Feit White. Fla.—
Cannot say wjiqt th.* stone may be that
you suppose *io boa "muitslone.” Send
it to your state geologist, or th • director
of your experanent station (Ixtke City).
The real, 10-cidled "madstone.” is a cal
culus taken front the stomach of a deer.
I think It Is usual to boil the stone in
milk and then apply it to the snake wound
or dog bite. I d > not know the vain.* of
a madstone. It depends on the credulity
or faith of the man who wants to Niy
one.
“Bedbug or Beetle” on Irish Potatoes
•I. E. Dupree, Pisgah. S. C. What w'l!
destroy the red bug. or beetle, on Irish
jxitatois. Also chi. ken mites?
Answer—l do not know what insect you
mean by "red bug. or beetle;” but I pre
sume you refer to the Colorado potato
beetle. If so you have probably already
read Professor Quaintance's ninth paper
on "Insects Injurious to Plants” in last
week s issue. 11 not, turn to it. Mites
may lx* destroyed by the free use of ker
osene all about and over the timbers and
boards infested with them. If house is
close, fumigation with burning sulphur is
good. On the fowls dust into the feath
< rs Persian Insect powder, or snuff. Wal
nut leaf tea Is also good. Clean out all
roosting places and whitewash with lime
made tip with lime and water containing
5 per cent of carbolic acid.
Fatal Effect of Green Sorghum.
Stockmen frequently suffer losses of
cattle from pasturing them on sorghum.
In a few herds In the state the losses
last year were heavy, but the total num
ber of fatalities was not alarmingly
large. An unusually large acreage of
cane was pastured ast season, so that
the loss sustained was relatively .small,
judging from reports received.
Just what th<* cause of the trouble :s
has never been ascertained. The prevail
ing opinion is that a virulently pois nous
substance is sometimes developtd by the
growing plant. Many symptoms shown
by the afflicted cattle tend to sustain
such u'> opinion. The animals bloat but
little. They apparently suffer terrib y
and die very suddenly. Post mortem
examinations are reported to show lesi ins
in tho stomach, the membranes turning
black.
A sample of cane that had produced
fatal results was obtained and subjected
to a careful chemical analysis. AU ef
forts. however, to isolate and identify
poisonous matter fail'd utter y. Al'.h ugli
an effort was made to detect the pres
ence of toxic substances in small quan
tities, it was assumed that relined deli
cate tests for traces of such poison were
really unnecessary, from the nature of
the case. A poison that will kil. a full
grown animal in ten or fifteen minutes
must ne essarily be present in relatively
large proportions. Tne ana ysls showed
only a trace of potassium nitrate. Cul
tures made to develop toxic bacteria from
the sample gave negative results. The
leaves.and stems of tne material seemed
to be free from parasitic growth. No
poisonous matter, that might have been
applied purpose. y to the leaves, was de
tected.
All lhe data c 'ilected indicates plainly
that lirst growth sorghum may prove, at
times, to be just as fata, as second
growth. Tills controverts the prevailing
popular impression but facts at hand
nevertheless corroborate such a view, jt
is in harmony with w hat is known of the
chemistry of all plants. The chemical
substances found In plant tissues are
characteristic of the plant and are found
In it in its various stages of growth.
The results of the investigation Indi
cate then, first, that jt; sorghum there is
no inherent ciientieal pois it. and second,
that second growth cane, of itself, is no
more injurious titan tlrst growth. The
tact that so many fatalities .'CCitr prove
that there is an element of danger in
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using sorghum for pasturage, and that
cf nshlortiblc c<irp should ho
feeding it. Stockmen general y arc
1 that hungry cattle should not ire
turned on to sorghum pasture, even for
a short time. R. S. HILTNER.
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion.
The Feeding Value of Sorghum.
Chemical axrilyses show that the feed
ing value of sorgi.um is greatest
the plant Is young. When two feet high
it contains thrci times as much nitt ■-
genous matter, twice as much fat*, and
only two-tklnki as much fb. r or woody
materia) as it does when it has attained
its growth and formed s-x-ds. Y »ung sor
ghum is an almost perfec t stock f<» >1
since it contains flesh forming materials
and fat forming materials in the ratio »>t
1 to 7. When nearly mature this ratio is
1 to 23, the lat-fctming materia!;', being
very excessive. The.refore the crop should
be used fol pasturing at leasi beiore the
seeds form, it would be rroiitalzle to be
gin to pasture the sorghum when it !.-' n"t
morn th tn two feel high, since lhe stalks
flrat eaten off will usua.ly produce a sec
ond grow h of young cane, which will
balance the increasing tat-formiug prop
erties of lhe oilier crop.
Young sorghum is a very succulent too I.
It contains altout Ma per cent of water, or
onlj 15 pet cent of dry matter. Uv.-r —'
pounds per day of the greet, fodder woo. .
tw required to furnish sufficient load . >r
growing tattle or milch cows ot I.'*"’
pounds weight. Th • best results are ob
tained by using some dry fe-ed along with
sorghum pasturage.
A.s compared with forage plants which
are available for late summer pastutase.
voung sorghum is soincwnat <l> lent in
flesh-forming material, containing less
than blue grass or bromus inermi;-. aremt
tho same ;.s timothy, and u little more
than Indian corn.
Sorghum should be cut for fodder at as
early a stage us ii can b* well cured.
Analyses ih"W that alter (he period of
flowering the sorghum .stalk rapidly be
comes mere tibrous or woody ar. 1 the
pro|H>rtion of the more valuable food prin
ciples is correspondingly de-Te.reo 1. Sor
ghum fodder does not possess any grea.
feeding value. Even if -Ut while h- uimg
out it will have a s< mewhat smad.-r
amount of flesh-forming material lhan
most hay erops, and less than corn fodder,
but more than straw of the small grains.
The fondness livestock hive for this bid
der Is doubtless du - to the sugars (prob
ably ehi-Ily glucose) which it cont Hire. Its
relatively high percentage, of heat and
energy producing materials makes it es
pecially ad; pt able for cold weather feed
ing. R. W. r HATCH ER.
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion.
Bad Milk.
1,. C. Nix. (Kone* Co.. S. C-. says the
milk from his cow "will clabber ar.J stay
in a sweet state and when churned u I
turn to whey with a haul lump in th
- o' the churn. .Milk good except
on full of the moon.” What must he do
to the cow?
Answer—Every one who owns a cow
should know something < f the bacteria
that cause different changes or different
kinds of fermentations in milk. In this
| case I have no doubt a bad spec.es of
j b.p'ti num has got the upjier hand about
1 your stable- or milking j lace, or in the
watei* that the cow is permitted *>r forced
to drink. Clean up everything thoroughly,
esp.. iallv lemove all manure- from the
vicinity of the eow. if you will clean off
the cow thoroughly and give her new
quarters In a clean place, clean ami s aid
the pl ice and vessels in which you have
kept the milk, and give the eow inly pure
well w i er. a few lays will determine
! whether the infection is In the cow her-
I self >r in the stable or milk Vessels, or
' place where, the milk is kept. If the-"
I changes no not remove th< trouble give
the co.v two drains of l»'-sulphit<* of soda
dailv. The germs of the bacteria :hct
I produce the kind of ch enge in the milk
j you describe are usually found in in.i-
I nure and stagnant water. Tile moon has
, nothing to do with it.
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Your druggist will refund your money
If Pazo Ointment fails to cure you. iOcts.
SESAME SEED FOR FARMERS.
Valuable Plant Seed Can Be Secured
at the Agricultural De
partment.
The state department of agriculture has
secured from the I'nited States b tan.st
at Washington a supply of sesame plant
seed, a plant very little grown in the
United States, but one of more than or
dinary value to the farmer. The sesame
seed has been examined fully by the statu
chemist, who is satisfied that tne plant
can be produced with success in Georgia.
The principal product is the oil taken
from the* seed. This is known In the mar
ket as sesame oil. used largely in cooking
and for pharmaceutical purposes.
The United States botanical department
lues placed at the disp .-ai of th* state
chemist. John M. McCandless, forty pint
puckages of the seed recently imported
from Itu'siat. Turkestan, and already a
numb *r of requests c.ave l.eer. made for
samples. It has been fount ’hat th.*
sesame plent cannot grow well north of
Virginia, lut in lhe warm soil •■’ tr>"
south, and particularly of Georgia, it will
thrive.
The tune remaining for planting tuc
s"<*d Is short, and for that reason al! who
wish to receive samples should apply at
the* state department of agricultu'e at
once. .
Full B.uby Jeweled Elgin Watches
have genuine* ruby hearings—their other
J xdnts of superiority can be told by any
eweler—ask him about the Elgin.
HAVE TROUBLE OVER THE ROAD
Appeal Dismissed in the “Swamp '
Rabbit” Case.
Columbia. S. C.. May 3.—(Special.)—
Greenville,Anderson. Greenwood and other
counties in the Piedmont are greatly in
terested in the possible and honed for re
vival of the Carolina. Knoxville and West
ern railroad, more commonly known in
this statu as the "Swamp Rabbit.” From
time to time there has been a renewal of
j hope that something would be done to
continue the enterprise, which contem
plates a great road fr< m the west through
to I’ort Royal.
Judge Brawley signed nn order last
winter to allow cit'Z. ire owning property
along the line of the Carolina. Knoxville
and Western to interven ■ in the nume of
the state, and in addition his order re
quired lhe owners ->i the raicroad to file
a bond far 325.000 conditic ned up -n carry
ing out whatever orders might be issued
by the court in fu’ure. which meant re
placing the rails and putting the track in
order if th; court so decreed. The owners
ot the road appealed fe m the order to
' give bond i eforc the d;.y set tor filing
’ and this j oint went up to the circuit court
| of appeals at Richmond, which has dis
missal the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Attorney Heyward, representing the citi
zens in this action, thinks the owners of
the raid will have to file tne bond, sine.*
the appeal is .lismis ,-d. said he regards
this as a victory for the citizens.
Th-- litigation over the "Swamp Rabbit”
Is not - ndre! by any means, and it would
r« quire nr<<phetic knowledge to say what
wiil be the result.
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Dr. Hathaway's New Serum and Anti
septic Treatment for Cancer am) other
malignant growths ures all forms of x
these dangerous diseases without the
knife or any operation. Eight years of
success and tile verdi t of the whole m'fl
leal prof.-ssfon have demonstrated this.
Write so- his new l.ook on "Can* . r iml
Its Cure.” J Newton Hathaway. M. D„
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NEW YORK IS INTERESTED.
Business Men Want To Hold South
ern Exposition There.
Chattanooga. Tenn.. May- 3.—A delega
tion of prominent business men ~f New
York citv will attend the Southern in
j dustrial convention in this city May
15-lXth for th** purpose of presenting the
■ claims of that city for the location of a
southern exposition, and this will be ..ne
of the leading features on the programme
i of the convention.
It has been given out to the Associated
Press by the officials of the convention
'.hat New York parties wil. make a prop
osition to the industrial convention to
furnish a suitable site and erect proper
buildings for the holding of an exposition
in that city of southern products in 1902.
The objects of such an exposition being
to bring directly- before capitalists the ad
vantages the south possesses for oroiit
ablo investments and thus furnish an
object lesson that cannot fail in pro
ducing beneficial results.
The officials of the convention aak the
Associated Press to more fully explain
that all who are interested in the conven
tion. or any- of the subjects to be brought
before it, wi 1 be given a cordial greeting
and will be entitled to participate in the
proceedings of lhe convention. The con
vention is an open organization. It has
no revenues, the expense being borne by
the commercial bodies at the places
wher** its sessions are held, hence no in
dividuals are reaping, or expecting to
reap, any personal advantage or profit
from it.
The secretary of the convention said:
"The approaching session has many
features that should appeal strongly- to
the business men of the south so- a large
attendance. Especially should this be the
case when there will be s> many north
ern cities represented.”
Ths Modern Mother
I Has found that her little ones are tm
i proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
Figs, when in need of the laxative effect
I of a gentle remedy than by any other.
' Children enjoy it. ami it benefits them.
: The true r*-i*'edy. Sy rnp of Figs, is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only.
THEY PRAYED FOR PERKINS
Because He Attempted To Take His
Life by Taking- Morphine.
Birmingham. Ala.. May 3.—(Special.t—
At the conclusion of services at the Bap
tist church at Bratt City last night the
congregation yvas startled to hear a re
quest made by the pastor. J. D. Dick
enson. that a short prayer Im- had for a
member of the church who had some
time before attempted to commit suicide.
At the conclusion of the prayer it was
stated that William Perkins, a prominent
citizen of Pratt City, was the would-be
suicide in question, and that he had taken
half the contents of a ten-cent bottle of
laudanum in an effort to end bis life.
The timely arrival of physicians sav-d
him. Despondency was the cause of the
deed.
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Opium and Liquor Habit Cured.
Book free. B. M. Woolley. M.D.. Atlanta,
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MET IN ROAD AND FOUGHT
Abe Jenkins Killed and Jack Carver
Eadly Wounded.
Welch. N. C.. May 2. —(Special.)—On
Sunday night near this place, a fight
occurred in which one man yvas killed,
another probably fatally wounded and a
third one had his clothing cut by bullets.
The dlfticultv was between Abe Jenkins,
Jack Carver and Andrew Carver and it
is thought that the parties quarreled over
a woman. The parties met about a mile
below town and after a few words be
tween tne Carvers and Jenkins all three
pulled pistols and fired.
Jenkins was shot near the center of the
In* ast and lived but a few minutes.
Jack Carver was hit just above the
shoulder blade and the wound may prove
fatal.
Andrew Carver's clothing was cut by
several bullets, but he escaped injury.
The affairs caused great excitement and
officers are Investigating.
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