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12 Rheumatism SEW ORLEANS, April 10. 1897. IK RAT'WAY * CO.— 1 have been a »u:»er»r from Rheumatism for mere tian six maatte. I coJll tea raise my han's Io my head or put my hands behind tne. ot even take off my own shirt. Before I had' finished three-fwrths of a »t»le of Radway’s R<ady Relief I o.uli my arms as well as ever. You can see why I ha.e ouch great faith in your RcMeC Your* truly. W. C. BAKER. I tgir«-er at A JI ’nt !mo’s Root and Shoe Fac tory. 939 Julia St- _____ RMNb . . •; i .» itel-.-C is a owe cure («r ev <ry I’.i.n. . praias. l;ral*s. Fains In the Back, c l <»i an.l IJmt- Tik n inwardly th re is rot a remedial agent in the world th it will cure Fever and A*u-- and al: other ma»~."tous. bilious and other fevers, aided bv RAI»XV.xVS PILLS so quickly as RAlrtl XT’S READY REIJEF. Radix AT A- CO-. 55 Elm Street. \>w Yarfc. Mnil BAB and Whhkrr B'*s 9 fl 8 H R euro! at noinr wiih ■ K v ■P■ nH <” ,t rain. Book of par ti ■ 9 Ivlvfl tientarssrnt I IDK asa» HBmyyigrxap n u wool ley. m.d. Allot'**- «••»- <J®ck I'd N. Pryor SL Nemaltrr mr M pave B-y Hook TEl.lz* now. ft wfilleterewt ar.d pease row I know It win. It'S tree. Write t .Uy- the h :e-y aennoa's earning. J. M. JEMiDn wfti vipm a. ai.a- WANTED. Scap Iron. Dry Dones. Rajcs, Old Brass. Copper. Zinc. Pewter, I.cad. Etc., Hides, Tallow and Feathers. !r .c I imished upon application* Refer to this paper or any bank or whole'.lie house in Atlanta. EDW. 0. MILES & CO.. 27M0 _’ x MARIETI \ >T»EET. Zt - ’ hu lincmlMm.l- DoMandHUver ata. >• !• nn !N« • sr-miar-c •*?«'«!*. li. <i. Slautffer I 1* jnartm*-n: A. Hsrrt»Mir£. I*m THE WEEKLY CONST’T’JTION’S CLUBBING LIST. We pr» n: : -r» Uth our «4Ter to rntwrl- -e th- 1 value in reading matter f r |l 00. «£ I ’ - • .ts ? *j n f - !•»•>. .< n-! your ru«*a In >!th y« ur -.K' .iptit.n. On!-r >■ nr premium, I • • 1 a n.i r »fc -a heap <f ntra work fcr I u If j . V • i nft-r-A.ird>- to onkr y««ur [ j r*rlum. Finish It up all *t one time. The | I. . . : . : ;tion | T> • U«»a? •*.uti<n. fl: American Ac- , r« tiiri. w** kly. Th»‘ IJ< -il farm an«l : * beta papers. 12. We eer. 1 . r SI. • F* r n.lSb la .vilt « n io American Akrlrut* turahM. » • • ~d ll* m* ww ** <’un!rtvanc*«. | el kef |a -. d- r..;ris - ver 1.000 • for .h* I arm. rar I- n, dairy an I workshop. I ’h . ap.vie y .«r ant the Imm k delivered. ’ n«.. c . laid, f r only 11.18. *A’a etTvr Th. Sunny South with The Ccn »t;t-iM- • r.r . ... year, for f 1.25. W vC r The S. utb-rr. Cultivator and Dixl' 1 Farmer *l:s T«.e Cvt»titrtiun one year for The 7..11--vl Watrbrrjin. Fenatnr Ftew art er-.«t Ml. er paper, ullh The Weekly C. -ttut.n. ». th on. year. 11 25. T In- : ite f'. -Itryr an piibll.hed | R r.thb- at Ttftin. Ohio, with Weekly Cvn- | •tiiun.fi <«e y..,r only JI.OO. The Farm and Fin-sl le *lth The CtonaUt*. I I. r fl, tc.'tu IP's the ’'FtsTdnrd Co3k I !• k." or It. L. :: C-us,*. or "I'llcrim’s ! I’ .-rr-*'* <-»! •b>.k »:th each sub-crlp- ! t>. < . take >< or rb-dee. I! : .i Furm <f Ix-uisvtlle Ky , with The v.na, - . ~;y j|. T - *<•.: • nslitucvn. with box of «M t . : i «T.ly (I. n .nr year Sly »l. I T; V kly C.h tltuii.n wtfh The Rural l K. « V.r.-r Noth year. 11.85. The v-* • • I.il-X’;eal an! Week* I I •’ ■ ■ ' - lie yer. 11.25. Tie V. klv « net.tilth n ».:th The Trl-Stat* • F».n • . only 81. Tl.r A:.<.:.< C-i iltml'm Alnurwc nnd V .ait. I I t f-r 1899. la- -t quarterly fikrinx J .i-uarv iiun-t r 25 cent* durtnr the s-. r. Fri--e S 5 eent« by the year. Immary muaber 25 rent- .xi •- i : ■ , vr’ut. • of 50C |-: <es «f vrrfe ;ltur..l. . fllctal. »:- • ■ :. • ■ 11. p. Iltiral ar I fieneral 1 Infin-AU -a. r r i il-.l t - th- everyday use of every-day . . |d-. Th- January Almana - and Tlj- Weeary r n-Uti.U. t one year for fl. Ti- •> r-l-v man. .a ex--Uent b-ene ri. nth ly. r-üblo’—l In N- r.-rk. with The XVeeMy ■ - ■ I. ft ’’r . t at 11. w 'h Weekly Cnni-tlt a ■ n ore fear «:l t. - nw- for 1125. >’.tdiehem • "nt* v I- r 1 rre -.tly. iNu liooka ft- ! ’ v . • : rauf y ‘ m 'r'V 12 oj’ :h ' V>Tk, y Con- Crsnwpilltan Mi- r-. with W—klr r»m atltnlbn • .» year. ,rtv fl 25. This is th- new rlfer. an! ar: • - --ntr tn eubeertberw e—nd!n< a-.ne » nt f ) .rM- d-Mrln* to* ' f Fasht-n. Fen~y • * , |“ > ‘*~ gT *?ir I MHI I The F If-Fr -net-e Teaebera- Its hl- Tie W- k V I- ttutbn -- year, f’ 50 Weekly < --.tltutkm rue ’ x.po- •a » air r . a- -me br-.-livre wr ‘' " 1 .T,7” ,’”rT’ innc.rate.f 'f i ’ A “'* rt •** > rr! M. famt- I M. M-NC • O's n-w ipeq t n| , M F> • r-’ ».th mar. of th, r -I ( .. n r ,l I- . at-f .Hr ■ " 45x66 It I«* d-Hvvrel ? n _ c yT" \’r ! i .’.•c.' 1 ”’ w ** k,y n - r ‘- , 2C s >*r.' I t ’ - *«, 125 fKie*-9 i-q.-h t3-.»5\ I’ - ». ’ I rl.-f written . n h e7|.n ?h. r. with We. kly < . vnt -ti. n I! yea/ n’y 11. The FatSn Jwnilii |y t«P" f RrAk a- f.«C ! fr-.m-n l/ «.r-’- I x wfTh V «T^v~ r for A '££*To - i . V r • elpts anq expn> •- 1 - T r Y •• t <wlne hrw»w I <<vmt>ln*«la with V ■ «k«r 'U::.'* q cne % ir j ! ertnx f •• - ’ .<:•», • •- r •’ * V~«r, r» y y?_ The Whip, a pHlt* I l*nth«r whi » t<n f**< * caannte~l In all A beauty. w „ rt J 12 50 anywhere . • apl-dld whip. w|r 2 Weekly CTne'i’"' rr * T'ar. only '? jo Weeklv C. ..tltmlrn ■ y-ar. wtth ’Vomea On* with * F '-X. I mrx Stant.,-,** i nf , an ! IT. -t il poema. n -est edition, posj! ’ -ve »t’--s- rremlnnw Dr-p Heat en- Illrh Arm ****** '* *!'»*:th ( ‘!-?• I 9 pn»mium 7 atH No. 8 u Cf OV •D - Week'-- • ’ . n ‘ ’■• -r "Uy >l3 o.- I r-ust • s Inst as thee '• •* 25 ,r X24da!-An rr-mt-ims are handled ens. .. . K -n*. 5 j -n ref » nr ’ frr- by Vnr In rhihe r.f j;?-. ?- rn two t« one huMr-d. Writ, n f ' , ... ''..l ▼.'* Will t»-!l VU th* fife n . •;..l w •! Bin bav* to ■O-lIFO. Wm buy n 2» r ► iF*al* rrtre» ran b*ar th* J*w« ' W- w«I rive you the advat.,-," * ,? r rv bartr.tn we • or cm alt i reml-itrs < "-red above arents retain , ,T'“«m»Wnn except CoamopoSSS -T-I-tm rntaheve «e nil oq r etabbfn* •dfers an I premiums wl.l - free on «p. I anew as it I • • Adlr » «” •" Th - r .-r-’ltntloti, n-ver to an in 1.-.l■*•'■»!. * ’ Y'-* I* directly, or •br-irh th* l"-al •<»"»- , Remit by r tai norey order, expor iwiumd I.tter. wl-r-'-i v aj*nw» -il risk, res.s.. raw THE CONSTrrttTtnN. Atlanta, Qa. I Farms and Farmers Notice to Inquirers. L wrt- pla'nly and to the point, <lvin« only question* to which answer* ar* desired. X Confine Inq .dries strictly to matters con eernlnq the farm. » H.-ver a«k for answers by mall. < Never ask where »n artlcl* can b* bad. nor th® prkv. a a Ai*rayt <tve your full name an«l aflareaa. If you do n» • wlah your name published, sav 80. and IntlixU only will he printed a. Carefudv file till* par. for future refer ence and hehre wrltln« examln* your file to see If It has not twen already an awered. f Look abend and a*nd In your Inqulrlaa early. Do not expe.-t a' to an»wer In pexi paper " Th* editor must hand tn his copy a week tiefote the |bper Is pub lished. .. k, A’idrv-* all lnq-drie*andcotnmunlcatlona for this department to THE CONSTITUTION. (F. and F. Department.) FERTILIZING COWPEAS. In Inst week’s article tinder the hc.ul ••f “Plant Cowpeas,” nothing was snl<! alto’ll fertilizin", and I was r. in!n<le<l of the emission on readlnif ihe cycel’ent arti cle elsewhere front the pen of Professor Mass. y. to which the careful attention of r. a.lers is directed. Many farmers ara p-.'idv to express surprise at the sugfics tion that the cowp'-i may he profitably fertiliz'd. This surprise is probably due to the fact that It has lieen considered i that the c< wp< i Is a poor land plant. The saying "too poor to sprout cowpeas" ha»- b.-. n |on< used as expressively de- I scriptlve of a poor s■»!!. the Idea conveyed Iw-lng that the cowpea will grow In the very p • >r. st soil. The necessary Infer ence Is that It would be f 11 v to fertilize a plant that will grow on the poorest soil. Hut the cuwpea is by no means the only plant that will gr ixv on a very poor soil. On nearly « very farm In the uplands of the sotfih mav be found wheat, pats, corn. iton. potatoes, etc., growing on Very poor soil. The teal and tieculfar fact about the co-.vp._-a Is that It can procure from the atmosphere one of the most , exp-nsive as well as most Indispensable j e!< r-.ents of plant food. viz. nitrogen. This i P -wer of extracting nitr -gen from the air is not tiossessed at all. or In only a ■lml'.cd dt-ftree, by the other crops of the farm. On a poor soil the most important element of plant food required bv cotton, c Tn. or small grain Is phosphoric add. It is tiie dominant for nearly’every spe cies of plants. The next tn importance is nitrogen; and the last is potash, the I last two changing plans In the order of j importance In the case of sonic crops and j on some soils. \\ hen we f< rtilize those other crops we think of acid ph sphste. I the first thing, as supplying phosphoric i acid. Next we add nitrogen, sav in the ' form of cotton meal, or Uriel blood, or I tankage, and this is the most expensive fertilizing element that th- farmer buys. Hut the cowpea does not r«<iuire the ] application f nitrogen, it can help Itself I from tlie air that surrounds its foliage and that circulates through the soil. This Is. therefore, the reason why the cowpea thrives better on a poor soil than does corn, cotton nr portatoes. It is not l> -eaus« the cowpea does not just as imperatively require nitrogen in the formation of its j tissues as corn or cotton, but because I It i an forage ui the air for tills elenient. I Corn and evtton cannot secure the needed nitrogen from the air. Hence we are forced t > supplv it !>v the application of a 1 fertilizer containing it. So far from not requiring nitrogen in ' priHiucing its vines anu fruit, tne cowjiea i re.tu.res even more than is needful tor I . rn and evttoo, as hi fully nr ven by the anaiys.-s of the respective crops. The I cowp-a. both in vine and fruit. Is esp.vlal !v rich in nitrogen. it is this very faculty <>f tlv cowpea— j I«.s— ’.d in comm-'ii with the < ’overs. • i w ■ • d. velvei vet. hi-s and other leguminous plants—that i luakis it such a valuable plant, that gives j tie chief value of ail these legumes, I have sa.’d th it phosphoric acid is the ’’dominant" for most plants. *t is •-specially to in th.- case of the cowpva. C..l.'fully conducted experiments have ii.n made and the results show that on < in st clay soils, or o:tk and h'ckory soils, phosphoric ac'.i !< all that is needed. On sandy and plney woods soil a variable proportion of potash may be necessary is generally ne’essary. <»n ordinary up lands m’xed clay and gray soils I would ! apply ?•’ t-» 2S>* pounds jn-r acre of any | high grade acid phosphate. I’robably ; |h:uu<l* per 3‘Tc would too much i for pr.eit.ilde results. On sandy plney • w ...I - aoiht, -X'ld on verj von licht soils | ill the oak and hickory regions. I would i add about twenty-live pounds of muriate of i...t;ish. <.r W» pounds of kainlt. Every | tarni.T max determine by actual .Xpert- i ment whether il would pay to apply pot ash In any form on his particular soil. * No "fnr.. r should li.-slt ite in regard to the expedb ncy of applying acid phosphate j to th s crop. If an acre of thin land wiki t produce »n-h ilf ton of avlne hay . without fertilizer, and the application of _••• ;-.und~ of acid phosphate, would in erva-c tiie yield to one ton of hay, no furth.-r •■ali'iilating would be necessary. And I Isdiev. that such a difference not an unrc.tsonable improbable r. 'u.t. Morcox. r in addition to the value of the extra half’ton of hay the soil itself will I* In a bctt.-r condition for a following crop of wheal, or cotton —possibly enough ’.-iter to nay for the 81.59 worth of acid •sidiate! il. J. REODINU. CHEAT. I have received quite n number of spec imens of grrrine ••cheat” from readers in r.*sponso to my request. In only on« Blood Troubles? “ As the blood contains all the elements necessary to snstain life, it is impor- it it l»e kept free of all u i;hi. ities, or it becomes a aouive of disease, Ma® r r ...m:.!- instead of nourishing the hotly, and loss of health is sure to follow. . ions enter the blood from without, through the skin by absorption, or inoculation : ethers from within, as when waste products accumulate in the „ st item and torment, allowing disease genus to develop and be taken into the circulation. While all blood troubles have one common origin, each has some h ' 1 ilinritv to distinguish it from the other. Contagious Blood Poison. Scrofula, RE fl fl* Cancer. Rheumatism, Eczema and other blood diseases can be distinguished by S3S<.9 a certain *ore, ulcer, eruption or inflammation appearing on the skin. Every , . . . rcs i stance . disease *iiows sooner or later on the outside and on the weakest part oV the body, mwhere ,t finds Many mistake the sore or outward sign for the real disease, and attempt a cure by the use • external applications. Valuable time is lost and no permanent Ikuiefit derived from such treatm . BLOOD TROUBLES REQUIRE BLOOD REMEDIES; the poison must »* nentlv eradicated the blood reinforced, purified and cleansed, or the disease goes deeper and ..J - ’. * • sma ij potash and arsenic, the treatment usually prescribed in this class of d seases, are violent P o **™*''J« en taken la SmaU ES“- .ever cure, but.!« much Wn. b,- .be a iS ca» in X”’ the Wood, antidotes and forces out all impurities, makes weak thin blood J and healthy, and at the same time builds un the general h ;. alt t h ’ n S r^’ ® -4 V purely vegetable blood purifier known, and the only one that can reach 1 p’• blood troubles. A recoM of 5« vears of successful cures proves it to be a reliable, . unfailing specific for all blood and skin troubles. r.fzx- Frao Medical Treatment. Department is; in c ’’ ar ßs°* & y 7 skilled physicians, who have made blood and skin diseases .1 life study, . Contagious Blood Poison, Cancer, Scrofula, Rheumatism, Eczema, an Old bore or Ulcer, or any similar blood trouble, write them fully for advice about your case. All cotTespon' erne ’ gpr'e'icin 1 co” Atlanta. Ga. deuce. We make uo charge for this service. Book on blood and skin diseases free. SWIFT SrtLlr IL LU., Atlanta, ms. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, G-A., MONDAY, »TUNE 4, 1900. or two cases is the belief expressed that the cheat sprang from wheat or oat see.l. Hut not a specimen so fir was ripe enough for the seed to germinate. But never mind. lam finding plenty of cheat in our oats and will save seed with which to experiment next year, and expect some interesting results. I am saving letters for future use and consideration. Meanwhile, will some toll me how to prepare the land or what treatment to subject the seed or the plants to. In order to cause wheat or oat seed to produce cheat? R. J- R- FARM CORRESPONDENCE. Cough and “Humor” in the Blood. To J. F. Betsill, Cross Keys, 8. C. I I do not now recall the ease of the mare. Rub the stiff and sore parts with a lo tion of one-half ounce of acetate of lead dissolved in one quart of water. Hold tile nose of the young horse over a pall of boiling water on the surface of which you have placed one ounce of spirits of turpentine, tiftcen minutes at a time three or four tlni' s a day, wrapping a cloth around the pail and tiie nose to keep in the vapors. The itching is probably caused by mange or by lice. Moles, Peas After Oats. Allen Reid. Temple. Miss.—i wish to knoxx - what will destroy moles in a gar den. 1 wish to also know which would lie the b’-st way to plant peas alter oats on good loam l»ottoin land; whether to ' plant them in rows or broadcast. Answer—Traps are good for catching moles, the kind called ••deadfall," or a thick board with long sharp steel spikes projecting four or live inches, and set over the run. Press the foot down In one place so as to close tin’ runway, set ! the trap so that the long trigger will j He just over the pressed place, and so that the spikes will penetrate the run ' way. <’r poison some corn, first soaking it In water to soften it, then raise a little tlap on the heart side of cnch grain and Insert a little arsenic. Prop a grain iiere and there in the runway through a hole made with a smooth stick. Castration —A Bad Job. J. T. Means, Ida, La.- I had a horse affected a 1 follov, ; Was thr'e years old, trated thre< «■■■•.■ n■• . u M w• h for one week afterwards; no swelling at all Five or six days later was swelled in an awful shape about flanks and belly. I Swelling kept getting worse and going t forward till large lumps come over each , I eve and under lireast. Horse tiled sliort- I ly after swelling r< ach' d ids head. Can i you tell me what the trouble was and what could have saved him? Was in , this condition about one week. Answer—l think it altogetlu r probable ; that the cause of the failure of the oper ation was due to unclean hands and in struments, tilth' stable or unskillful ma nipulation. resulting in blood poisoning. It may also lie caused by an unhealthy j state of tiie system. Spasmodic Colic. . To J. T. Means, Ida. I .a. I I think it I probable that tiie mare had spadsniodto I colic, in which there is no sweling, end- j . Ing In tympanitic colic. Stand of Cotton. | To B. A. Morris. Monticello, Fla.: I j I think it probable that the land you <le- | I scribe needs to be underdrained. You j I say you now have It jilant' jl in cotton I two rows ami pindars one row, and the cotton Is fertilized with 150 pounds of add phosphate and kainlt per three quarters acre. You ask if it would be best to leave two stalks in a hill every twelve or fourteen Inches, or thin to I' one stalk, or chop out every other hill. By preference 1 would have only one . .•■■talk in a place every ten or twelve in- | dies. One stalk every txvelve inches will i I produce more than two stalks •■very twi-n- I ty-four inches. Rut you have not indicated how much 1 each of add phosphate ami kainlt are loiitafned in the !.>• pounds; and where I I is your nitrogen to come from the soil? j i’avld Dickson was a good farmer but , he was not always right in practice, and . it was a big mistake to plant ids cotton in wide four toot rows and crowd it in , the drill. Cotton 3x2 xvili make more j than it planted Cultivate shallow , all the time. Leucorrhea of Mare. L. it i;. ri. . Red Hill, Ala. I have a ; mare about twelve years old; she has j s unething like a female disease. I put i tier to jack this spring, but quit putting. | She h'is discharged from vagina at times i Ilk • uuttermllk of a bad smell; makes water often like In heat; she gets weak I in spills; ajipetd" very good, in g oil or der She has ft by sj>el|s Sometimes her water wi'l run from her without aid. Never brought a colt as known. Owned her three years. Answer —It Is quite evident that v"ur | ; mare has the dls< ise known as leueor- 1 rhea, or "whites.” due to any one of . several causes, old age being one. Inject ] I into the vaginal canal warm water to : : cleanse it. Thea Inject a little of u solu- | t.on y f half ounce of sulphate of zinc. I ; half ounce of carbolic acid, one quart of I i water. Repeat the cleansing and the lo- ( I tion once a day. if there are ulcers they | I should b'- t >uched with nitrate of silver 1 ■ every second da.\ until healthy. If th'- lo- i j tion at» .ve described does not prove | promptly effective change to a solution ot i two ounces of peroxide of hydrogen in four ounces of water. Inject at onee and repeat every day. Oive her twice a day in a bran mash two drams of copperas and J half dram of nux vomica for two or three ! weeks. Sorghum Hay. John Nicholes.—l notice in The Consti tution of recent issue that you recom mend only two bushels of sorghum seed Iter acre for hay. I have found that amount to be sufficient unless the hay Is to l>" baled. In w hich case 1 do not believe that four bushels is too much. Last sea son I sowed that amount and the straw was small and pliant and no trouble to ml] up ami fe< d to the press. Around the edges of the patch the stalks grew so large that it was tr ’tblesome to feed. I | cannot understand how sorghum can be j of more feeding value when young than after it heads and the sugar begins to form in the stalk I have fed sorghum for a number of years and have always I b'-en. and am still, under the impression | that the sugar in the stalk was the most • valuable food element. But 1 see that Hon. R. W. Thatcher, of the Nebraska experiment station shows by analyses that the feeding value Is greater when the sorghum ts only two feet high. Does he mean by this that it would be more valuable at that stage for work stock and hogs? Answer—T gave the average amount of sorghum used for seeding. I have little doubt that your idea is more nearly cor rect. A recent Texas correspondent sow ed as much as eight bushels ot seed per acre. When sown thickly the develop ment of sugar is very inconsiderable In the early stages and the starch content is fully equal in nutritive value to the su gar into which it is later converted, the chemical constitution being very nearly identical, while the protein forms of food elements are present in greater ue.rcent age in the earlier stage. Mind you. the comparison <>f Professor Thatcher is be tween the younger stage and the stage in which the seeds .are ripe. Spavined Mule. J. J. M., Blount. Ga.—l have a mule that has a spavin knot on her left leg; Is there anything that will move it? It has been there al»otit two or three years; does n t bother about work, only when she Is worked verv hard. She is a little lame next morning. Answer—Assuming that it is a spavin (for you do not describe it) 1 will say that a number of eases of bone spavin can te cured if taken in hand In time, especially if the enlargement is low down and not immediately.on the hock joint. Give com plete rest until soreness has subsided; tiii’n make a blister ointment by mixing together two mams of canthai’ides, one dram of binlodide of mercury and two of lard. Rub in a little with the ling< rs; let it remain twenty-four hours and then w ish off ami grease with a little lard. Repeat every second week until three or tour blisters have been raised. Give al least three months’ rest. If the above treatment does not cure resort may be had to tiring it with a hot Iron, which will be describ'd when desired. Gangrenous Quinsy. L. D. Mcßrayer, Decora, Ga. —Please tell mo wh.it is tiie matter wjtli my pigs ami all the pigs In this .■■• et on. Pigs.from two to three months old are nearly all slek and a good many of them have died. I tliought at the star? mine had cholera. We give them bluestone, turpentine and lye soap. Some of them have got better ami some have died. They would take something like a bad cold In a person. They would cough ami xvheezo. Their < yes Would close Up HRo a person with tiie sore eyes. Before they die you could hear them getting their breath for some distance and pant like a lizard In the hot sunshine, ami their ears would begin to I»mi1 off. What Is the disease? and what is tin r> tm ly? Tl .!! ■ tse seema to ii» more prevalent among small pigs. Answer—lt Is probable that the disease Is a malignant form of quinsy, called gangrenous quinsy. In the early stage give to each Log t grains potasso-tartrate of antimony, li grains of white hellebore, mix and give in food, or throw it into Hi back part of the mouth. For pigs two to four months old use half the stnove. Put 1 drain of chlorate of potash in the water onee a day for each ani mal. Separate the well lings and give etch one-half dram of hyposulphite of soda once a ilny lor a week In drinking water. Grass Staggers. To 1,. D. Meßrt! er. Decora. Ga.—l think It j s possible that your cow had an at tack of indigestion of tiie form called "grass staggers. ’ whereby the brain was somewhat affected by reflex action. The treatment Is aromatic and demulcent drenches, such a ginger and flaxseed tea: :,l<o I.oil 2 ounc of chamomile llowe’-s 2’l minutes in a quart of water, and when cool gix'en at one dose thr*e times a day. !•' constipated give i pound salts, *4 ounce aloes, 1 ounce ginger, 1 dram powdered nuxvomiea, ounce fluid extract beila donna. Eight Questions. "W.” N< wIH-rry County, S. C. —1. Will cheat’, mowed down ami cured, do to feed a milch cow. I have been told it would kill them. <1 mean, to cut the cheat while it is green.) I have a cow that eats well and bow els net regiibtr, but she seems to drtig her hirnl legs when walking, and when lying down do’S not want t > get up. Seems to have a pain in the thigh. Do you think it rheumatism? She seems to iiave symp toms of it. 3 is Paris green injurious to put it on potato vim s to kill th ■ Colorado beetle; that is. will it penetrate to th'- potato in the ground and poi n the potato. I have tried lime, but it does not have the ' 'j '[ have seen several horses lately with n disease that is calle 1 pink eye. Is It. contagious ami does it prove gene rally? . . 5 I notice a great many apple trees that the leaves are all turning a yellow cast and upon examination they qj-e to tally' cover' ■! over with small yellow spots or bumps. Is it blight, rust or an insect Dial causes it and will those leaves fall off ami new ones come? G Will pasturing a falla or lucerne kill it. , , , 7 Is there such a thing as male and female trees? 1 have I Jap persimmon. It Is t. n or twelve years old. and has never had any fruit on it. Some parties claim ft is a male tree, and say that is tiie cause. s’ 1 had a patch of two acres that was full of wl’il onions anil I could not get rid of them, and 1 plowed it up In the winter with : Dixie Boy plow and sowed it heavy in oats, put six or «• ven bushels ot seed on it. and the onions disappeared. Did the oats crowd them out ami kill them or | lowing up the land in cohl weather do Answer 1. Yes. cheat Is a grass, and makes a tolerable hay. There is no harm in it. 2. 1 do not think It is rheumatism, but rather a mlltl attack of paraplegia, or paralysis of the hit. 1 parts. It may be caused by moldy so • 1. indigestion being heavy with calf. In the latter case It is due to compression of the nerves ami us ually disappears afier calving. It may also be occasioned by ergot poisoning, by u blow on the spine. 3. I'aris green applied to the foliage of potato plants will n t be absorbed at all ami there will not be the slightest danger from using the potatoes. After one good rainfall there would be no harm in us ing the tops for salad. 4. Pink eye is one of the names of spinal meningitis, or eplzooty. a contagious and infectious specific fever. It is also called influenza and dost ly corresponds to la grippe In man. It is generally fatal. it is a species of leaf blight of which there are several kinds. It Is not caused by an insect. Inti by a fungus. The twigs do not die as a rule. fi. Lucerne does not bear close pasturing. Indeed, it is better not to pasture it at all. 7. Yes, some species of plants have the Chill rg / AKES A S?Z3®3e? and adui.tsJ ■ * n °adults ASFATASJ BAS FAT as THE BEST PRESCRIPTIOH IS Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle—hence you know just what you are taking when you take Grove s. Imitators do not advertise their formula knowing that you would not buy their medicine it you knew what it contained. Grove s contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct proportions and is in a form. The Iron acts as a tonic while the* Quinine drives the malaria out of the system. Any reliable druggist will tell you that Grove’s IS the Original and that all other so-called Tasteless Chill Tonics are imitations. An analysis of other chill tonics shows that Grove’s is superior to all others in every respect. are- not experimenting when you take Grove s its superiority and excellence having long been established. . Grove s is the only Chill Cure sold throughout the entire malarial sections of the United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 50c. male flowers only on one tree, or plant, and the female Hower on another. Such plants are called diaeeiaus. Other spe cies of plants have male flowers and J’e male flowers on the same plant, as melons, cucumbers, squashes, corn, etc., and these are called monaecious Still others have perfect Howers, eaeli flower containing both the male an»l female or gans, such as cotton, beans ami peas, peaches and other orchard fruits. rhe persimmon is dlayclous. 8. It was doubtless the oats that xJkd out tiie xvild onions. t\Vhv not give your name and ad<lr» ss. See rule 5, at head of this dep’v.’im m’). Plants for Name. To W. C. Wheeley, Txiws. N. C.—The plant is p'tnpernella integerrlma. It be loiil's to the parsley family, which fur nishes sexetal medicinal plants, vis. an irelfi i button snakeroot, carrot, etc., but 1 am not aware that th' genus punper nella contains uny spec-es of economi value. Butterweed. To D. Wheeler, Summerville, Ga. -The plant of which you send a specimen i: senecio iobatus, or butterweed. So fir as I know it is good for nothing, being noth ing but a weed. Corn and Cotton in the Same Row. The plan advised by "I.” Maysville. Ga (he Goes not /<tve his nanx*;. o. planting a hill of corn "every eight or ten feet m each cotton row'’ is as "old as the hills" and in my opinion has no merit whatever. The belief that the corn would not injur * the I'otton is cont iarx l•> ica.-oii ami contrary to my experience ot more thin thirty years ago. it was an old dodge of the farmer who either had not planted enough corn or hoped to make a fe.x extra busli’l.t without injiux to his cotton, but 1 have not seen a held of cotton so planted In many rears. It w >um 1.0 much bvltfr to plow up a portion of tiie cotton crop ami plant it in corn ami pi as, or corn alone. (\<mr name next time.) A New Cure For Cancer. Dr Hathaway’s New Serum and Anti septic Treatment for Cancer and other malignant growths mires all forms ot these dangerous diseases without the knife or any operation. Eight years of success ami the verdict of the whole med ical profession have demonstrated this. Write for his new book <.n an< er and Its (’uro.” J Newton Hathaway. M. L>„ 22'0 bl South Hroad street, Atlanta, Ga. THE SOUTHERN COW PEA. w F. Massey. In Farm and Record. The* observant student of agricultural progress cannot have failed to note the advance that has bi.m made In recent venrs in the cultivation of leguminous plants for the feeding of cattle and the hnprov. mint of the s-H. The il.’t.nmr.; - tion of th.* agency which these plants have in the fixation of " l,r, ’ k ' n J". form of organic matter In th. sod, L •one of the greatest aeeomp I-brn ’t- J modern biological study. The fa. t th. clover and some other plants did exert a great Influence In Improving f'Ttil itv of the soil was long known, but ho they did It was a matter about wh eh nothing wns knownunt XnfTo V’ez™' ss by w.’ieh legumes do acquire the n ° air through the ag< ney of micr.bis ffig on thHr roots. But for the pracDeal f irmer it is enough to know’ that th J do Tt. Knowing the great good to th soil which has been done In the north through the use of clover, man) south ern farmers have tried clover /rowing with more or less success. lor ® ” generally than success haxi ... with elover In the south, particularly in the cotton lands of the coast region prop er And right there was where the ben ellts of such a plant was most needed, for the long, constant and clean culture of cotton had so reduced the humus In the soil that commercial fertilizers tali' d to have the effect desired In their u.*e and the soil suffered more seriously from the effects of drought than when fresh and fertile. For generations the southern field or cowpeas have grown In a desultory man ner in the south, usually among corn merely for the purpose of getting the peas or for feeding hogs on the land after the corn was off. Only In recent years have the southern farmers begun to wake up to the knowledge of the wonderful value of the pea both as a forage plant and as a soil Improver. Farmers who formerly thought they were doing a good thing for their land by letting it lie a year be tween crops of cotton, growing up in all manner of wee.ls and grass, have found out that the most profitable way to rest their land Is to cover it with peas Instead of weeds, and thus get a valuable feed crop when cured as hay. while the land is improved In productive capacity for the following crop. We are beginning to learn that there Is no reason to regret the fact that clover Is not a success in the south, for we have at hand a plant fully adapted to our climate, which will do all that clo ver ran do for us, ami do In sixty to ninety days what clover takes two years to ac complish. It has fallen to my lot to take an active part tn the battle for the pea, and In urging on the southern farmer the practicability, with Its aid. of Increasing the fertility of his soil to the highest point of productiveness without the purchase of an ounce of nitrogenous fertilizers. The cotton lands of the south, in the sandy sections at least, need good supplies of nitrogen, and this Is the most costly thing to buy when bought in a commercial fer tilizer. But the pea gives them this In abundance, at the same time it is gixing them the most valuable of stock foods. , The agitation that has been going on in regard to the southern pea has attracted ns much attention among the wide-awake farmers in the northern states as in the south. The introduction of early ma turing varieties has enabled the northern farmer to experiment with tiie southern pea, and he, too, has found it is of Ines- timable value, and that the "Clover of the South” can well supplement the clover In •ho north. Years ago It was thought that the pea could not be made a success north of Maryland and Delaware. But we have I letters from farmers who have found it I invaluable as far north as southern Ver mont, northern Indiana and southern . Michigan. Seed taken gradually from south to north, as they will mature, have enabled the plant to become acclimatized much further north than was thought possible a few years ago. Os course, it reaches its greatest value and develop ment in a warm climate and a sandy soil. Few farmers supposed a few venrs ago that the farmers of Illinois anil Mis souri would be growing cow peas for forage, and finding them a success. A feeder of beef cattle for the export trade In Missouri says that no food ho can got will finish off a beef like the hay of the cow poa. Another mnn In Missouri whose business is the raiclnp of thoroughbred horses. ! says there is no feed equal to cow’ pen hay for finishing up a colt. From extensive experiments at the station and among farmers In the vicinity of the station, the Mi sourl station advises the farmers of i the state to grow cow peas for hay rather than timothy. And yet the southern far- ■ mor has for years and generations been regretting that he cannot grow hay in the south as they do in the north, and lias ' accepted it as a faet that he cannot feed cattle 1 cause of the lack of bay. With the cow pea. which he can grow better 1 than it can be grown anywhere else, he j can compete xvlth any part of the coun i try in feeding cattle. If the Missouri 1 farmers find it mon 1 profitable to grow row pea hay than timothy, it should be ■ found still more profitable to grow it in 1 the south where the pea is more at home. ' Our farmers have for years been exjier- I imenting with various kinds of forage riant-, such as eat tail millet. German millet, teosinte. and ail the wee i that have of late bfen sent out as forage plants, while all the while they have had in the pea a plant of surpassing excellence for all the purposes of forage, while a the same time it returns to the land more than it takes away from it. The wonder is t ot that the pea Is being more extensively grown in the sou.h. but that 11 has ever been neglect'd. But it xvili not do to assume that the pea wt. make any soil permanently fertile It gives nitrogen-making humus, but in or -1 der to do tills It needs feeding, for it • Is a greedy consumer of phosphoric acid I ami jHitash. We have for years urged I upon the’ farmer the fact that by feed- I ing the pea we can more rapidly increase , the productiveness of our land than by the short-sighted policy of applying fer tilizers to the sale crop direct, ami buy- I ing the nitrogen we could have gotten j without cost and even at a profit. Appiy ! ing the cheaper forms of plant food to the , pea crop we get a large increase in the ’ forage crop that is going to stay on tne farm to be fed to animals. The more stuck we feed and feed well the more manure wo make at home and make t,i< need for nitrogenous fertilizers still less. Raising the richest of forage and feeding it we will constantly be Increasing our ability to fed as the productiveness ot | the soil increases. An increase in the pea crop must in . variably be followed by an Increase in j the crop that succeeds it, whither It be I wheat, corn or cotton. Hence the feeding of the pea and the increase of the for age crop starts the Increase all around, from tiie manure pile to the granary or store houses, anil year by year it will go on in an increasing ratio simply because you feed the crop that feeds the land. There has been a notion that it Is nec essary to go to a great deal of trouble to cure peas Into hay. The fact Is that there is no hav more easily cured. Then when the first pods turn yellow mow the peas and after they have wilted during the day rake them into windrows before night. Turn the windrows over tiie next day. The next day if you take a bunch of the hay and give It a hard twist and can see no sap run to the twist put the hay away under shelter. A close barn is best, but it will cure well enough under shelter, or even in a stack. If the stack Is capped by straw or grass that will shed the rain. The wilted vines will heat after storing and If you go to opening them to cool them off you will certainly make mouldy hay. but if left strictly alone they will cure'into beautiful hay. Seme have failed in this curing, but hun dreds have succeeded. Where the hay is very heavy it will have to be left out a little longer than where light, but get it in while the leaves are still limp or you may lose the best part of the hay B* ji the ,n ‘d foil Hate Alwavs Bought ——— ♦ 1 PRIME ON THE CROPS. Season for Corn Has Been Very Dis couraging. New York Stockholder: Chicago. May 26. The country has not experienced since the Ist of Marell, 1900. a stngie consecutive week of normal conditions. We hnve had a great deal of cold, dry, as well as wet, backward weather. Nearly everything we have done has been per formed under great dtsadvantagss. Hence It Is no wonder that the month of May came to us with very little growth In anything ex cept winter wheat and with crop prospects generally not up to an average for the time of the year. We ought at this season of the year to be able to have some little idea of what the country is going to get out ot its grow ing season. There Is one thing, however, which is abso lutely certain, and that is that the prospects for the winter wheat crop have run down very decidedly during the month of May. This situation has arisen almost entirely from the development and ravages of the Hes sian fly. The fly never’can be eradicated when It has once found lodgment In the wheat ex cept by change of crop. The present week has witnesses a widespread development of the Hessian fly very destructive in its effects. This increases the area of damage very decidedly from what it was thirty days ago. In the southwest rains have been so genera! during this month that the wheat has grown very rank, which means a great deal of straw, a light yield and poor quality of crop. In the northwest we have been contending greatly with dry weather. We can hardly call it a drought yet, but unless we get rains next week we shall see crop prospects running down very penreptlhly in that area. There is no part of the country where a surplus crop <f grain is made where it is more difficult to get at the real facts in the situation than in the spring wheat belt. The corn crop of the country Is not ail planted. The season has l<een very discourag ing and backward for getting the crop into th. ground. In the most southern of th" corn le-lt corn is being worked, but the ground is generally so wet and weedy that the crop Is npt showing up very well at the present time. I look, how-ver. to aee tl cnq> in tbe ground by the l«t of June, provided we have no further setback or delas. There are a good many points in the present season similar to those in 1899 and if we can make nny comparison and judge of final re sults the prospects now, on practically the Ist of June, would hardly Indicate an average crop, except with very favorable condtti'ns from now <n to the cb.se of the growing season. As 1 have said recently, and repeat it now. we are almost certain to have light receipts of grain from now on until harvest. At harvest I look for a free movement of new winter wheat and at prices much better than are ruling at the present time. St <s of old winter wheat are so nearly exhaust- d that a large percentage of the new crop wilt go Into consumption at once and never reach the Atlantic ports. Fntil we know something more definite with regard to the stand of corn and the growing prospects for the eooatag erofk the m ment of corn will be very light all summer. Prices f- r e rn at home stii’. keep above thoee at pr i . centers. STOCKS GETTING SMALLER. Likely To Continue So for Balance of Season. The IJ verpool correspondent of Th" Manches ter Times, under date of May 12th. says: "One of the points which Is coming into vi"w Is that a fair proportion of the Liverpool stock must now be owne-i by spinners. Merchants have sob! cotton for forward delivery in very many cases, and the result is that In many grades and descriptions the available supply offering is steadily diminishing. And as the season advances this process Is likely to con tinue as tiie stock gets smaller. Indeed, the shipments from America to Great Britain are still so very small as to show that an early reduction in the Liverpool stock must be look’ d for as an approaching certainty. What the con sequences of such a reduction are likely to be is another matter, and Is looked at in various ways. The natural inference is that It mast be in favor of higher prices, but there are con siderations on Hie other side which should n : he Ignored. F r instance, it Is certain that the pr .spel ts of business for the autumn b. i in Manchester and in New England have un dergone a chang’* of late, and that the future is overcloud'd. Already 10-,nis are stripping in some Lincashir" distriets. Si indies l ive st ped or an on halt Um- in Wigan and here an’ there in other quarters. Some mills are al" ;r to make stoppages at Whitsuntide for repair-' and there is r< a.- n to suppose that those st pag->s may be prolonged ni-ire than usual. \i; these things are Indications that old orders are running out in many cases and new ones diffi cult or Inq- ssibie to get at pres nt prices The situation ..f c -urs. n:ay improve, but present api-earances are rather that it is likely to sc worse than t~-ttcr. or worse before It is better Then there is th.- cnsid. ration that rhe chan ■ = are in favor of good news of the new er t. clear up to midsummer, and while distant cot ton is selling at a set re discount, speculati -n is natuar..y shy of buying the near, r month at ■■ ■ ■nt raiw -. it is pt the effect of a diminishing stock to a great-: or lesser extent, hut whether they will b’> strong enough to overt- wer them is atet’- matter. Bulls say no. They insist that t! .t will be no dlminuti'di or c nsumption suffi. ; it to offset the small shipments. Then mav > some short time, say the bulls, but when th-’ Shipments in a w.-k only replace two dav. takings rt th" trade It is useless to argue t I-.int. The stock will have to decline rn - faster than any short time will extend a the end will l,e a s ramble and higher o r i,..s To all this bears r. pie- that the market con’ ’ not possibly look 1. ■ • like a scramble than doea no*. Every merchant is not only willing but anxious to sell all th. cotton he has T ! " public will not touch cotton at these price and there is no bear interest t > frighten in: >’■'> taw !; •••■' ”. ffect, ''e' the i l""ks much more as If the price had disc.-m:■■ i the situation than as if there was any s -am ble to come off later.” OLD FOES WORK IN HARMONY. Chattnnooga. Tenn., May 31.—(Special.)— The Spanish-A mor lean War Veterans’ As sociation of this city, at their meeting last night, elected the members of the Grand Army of the Republic posts and of N. B. 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