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MADE BY
COUCH BROS. A J. J. EftGAN CO
ATLANT*. GA.
LANKFORDS' Anti-Chafing Horse Col
lar. Pat. I>B6. is the most human* collar
In the world. Made expressly for written
and plowing use. The collar *'aae m ide
of heavy army duck, leather bearing.
Huffed with cotton. opn at boctom.
iruarante-'ii to cure or prevent gaD* or
H>r” shoulders and requires no p-ids.
l<ook out for Imitations.
Notice to Farmers.
We are informed there are particss try
ing to Imitate our collar and using cheap'
labor and material; and knowing
where imitations are used Instead
of the LANKFORD that It will
cause considerable dissatisfaction
among the consumers. w* have
adopt'd a trade mark and each cotton
collar made bv us will bear the above
cut and our name stamped on ieath-r
tugs. Imitations are worthless compar
ed to the LANKFORD, so don'V be de
ceived. There Is only one way to make
perfect cotton collars and we have that
wav patented.
ln«!-t on .ettlng the LANKFORD. take
fto o:h*r claimed to be "just :is good .”
see that the collar baa our name and
trade mark on it. Any offer of this
standard- collar in any oth> r manner is
fraudulent.
COUCH BROS. A- J. J EAGAN CO..
Atlanta. Ga.
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THE CONSTITUTION,
,F and F. Department)
SMALL GRAIN SOILING CROP.
Every farmer knows how desirable It
is to have ometbing green" on which
to feed Ills live stock during the Winter
a-.d spring. The usual resort Is to sow
rjv or barley to tie pastured off. but not
very satisfactory results are obtained
on ry-t farms and there are serious Oh
io f| p| b I" Uh Dr~t i>l.i«’-
rve and barb v are generally sown too
late for the plants to K et a good foothold
’a fore cold weather sets In. In the next
place poor land without manure wilt not
pr.ait’i-.. enough growth to afford much
crazing. Th.- ..bj.-ctlon to the plan Is the
dancer of injuring the soil by the Iranip
. - No boot
>|.-mid l»e permitted on cultivated land
when the soil Is too wet to plow, and
we know that this condition exists dur
ing half tie time between December Ist
and Avril Ist.
I have had fairly coed and satisfactory
r.-sults from grazing Helds of oats sown
in < I-toiler. If well manured and well
• l.d an oat crop will furnish consid
erable grazing during January and Feb
ruary without very great Injury. 1 have
graz<*d an October sown oat Held during
dry times to as late as Februarv l.’>th.
and tl B >’■!'> ot twcnty-Hve to
thirty bushels of grain to the acre. But
the vl< I I would proliaidy have been sev
eral busheis larger if no grazing had been
tx rmhted. I am inclined to think that
the chief bencHt resulting from sowing
ttOB ii. I.ls In r>v or stiMT winter
growing crop is the fact that th* plants
take up the surplus soluble plant food
|.-ft by the cotton crop and carry It over
to th* Is-nefit of the next corn crop. I
I Isdieve that this Idea of planting "cover" |
crop’ for the above purpose is going to I
lie a practical feature of our farming
in th.- future. It Is based on the idea
that the preceding cotton crop, during the I
u* ually dry months of September and
OctoUr. has not appropriated and con
sumed the available plant food—especial
ly the nitron, n—and that such soluble
food would b* leached out of the soli by :
th* winter and spring rains. Another ad- |
vantage of such a “cover'’ crop following -
cotton f-n«-ciaUv °n broken land, is that ■
the roots of the plants bind the soil to- |
t- h. r and also catch th* leaves and I
other v -.'.-lalde matter that cover the sur
face and prevent the rains from wash
ing th.m away to th* swamps and river*. I
Winter Soiling Crop.
But I am convinced that the live stock .
will receive a much greater benefit from |
paiches of rich or highly fertilized soil I
sown thicLlv in barley or rye or oats 1
to lie cut bv scythe or mower and fed to I
the st.M k In the stable or lot. This Is i
wliat Is called "soiling.’* as most of our '
r id. rs und.-rs’and. For this purpose |
barl« v h i- long lie.-n esteemed as the best i
i f the -mall grain, because it is not only j
as hardv as rye but Is also much mor* ;
i ’-' ■ Bild !-• ’ '.-r r- I'-’li.-l !->' stock. 1
I hive for y.-ars occasionally preached ,
•he plan of sowing a mixture of barley
and rve on the same soil and with very .
satisfactory results. About one and one
h.ilf bushels of barley and two to three
inc h. is of rye are enough for a rich j
acre, r.nd an* time In September will i
do to sow. The ground should he quite
r .di and should be deeply plowed. The
barley may be harrowed In with a cut
away harrow, or plowed |n with a small
Plow of any kind. Then sow the rye and
harrow In lightly with a smoothing har
row. List v«-ar we had an acre sown to
liarl.'v ...nd rve tn September as above de
ser l-.-d. Cutting and feeding commenced
alsiut November 15th and It required six
w. *ks to get over It one time, feeding
lift.-, n head of cattle a good f.-ed daily
during that time. The acre was gone i
over twice again before May and then
turn.il over at d planted in corn, and
th.- i ron now safe, promises a yield of
tiftv bu.-hels of shelh-d corn.
Katry Vetch.
I have had some experience with this I
n.-w v.-teh and am favorably Impressed l
External
Symptoms,
The blood may be in had condition,
yet with no external signs, no skin
eruption or sores to indicate it. The
svmptoms in such cases being a variable
appetite, poor digestion, an indescribable
weakness and nervousness, loss of flesh i
and a general run-down condition of the '
system—clearly sliowing the blood has
lost its nutritive qualities, has become thin
and watery. It is in just such cases that
S. S. S. has’done some of its quickest and
most effective work by building up the
blood and supplying the elements lacking
to make it strong and vigorous.
“ My wife ’.;scd sev
eral Ixdtks of S. S. S.
os a bloxl purifier and
to tone up a weak and
emaciated FvstcTn,with Y
v< rv marked effect by jkA'.’i j
wav of improvcuient. WmLWImRMB
”We regard it A
gnat tonic an I
purifier. ” —J. F. DUFF,
Princeton, Mo.
CP tonics, and you will
lhe a Pl* titc ,m '
provesatonce.strength
returns, an<l nervousness vanishes as ucw
rich pure blood once more circulates
through all parts of the system.
S. S. 6. is the only purely vegetable
bl<>od purifier known. It contains no min
erals v.’iatever. Bend for our free book
oil blood and skin diseases anil write our
physicians for any information or advice
wanted No charge for medical advice.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC C 0„ ATLANTA. OA.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1900.
with it as a valuable soiling and pasture
plant for winter and early spring. It
does not require so rich a soil as other
legumes, and the yield on good land .s
enormous and the vines are an exceed
ingly nutritious fooil for all kinds of
stock. A small patch of rich soil that
had been In heavy Bermuda sod for sev
eral years, was sown in October to hairy
vetch, the seed being simply sown over
the bermuda sod and no effort made to
cover them. The plant was not pas
tured or used in any way until the last
week.in April, when a measured plat of
it was closely mown and weighed. The
result was at the rate of 29.5H0 pounds,
or fourteen and three-quarter tons of rl -h,
green food per acre. Had this been cured
Into hay ft would have amounted to about
three or four tons of hay. But. mind you,
the ground was very rich! I think this
same hairy vetch will prove a good
"cover” crop to sow in our cotton Helds
In September and October. The only
drawback Is the high price of the seed
some $3 to |3.50 per bushel of sixty pounds.
Lucerne.
On a suitable soil a deep, well-drained,
rich sandy loam, there Is no crop In my
knowledge that can beat lucerne—or al
falfa. It acqures a rfch soil and It must
be soft and mellow, and no stagnant wa
ter within three or four feet of the sur
face. It Is a perennial and will last for
years. October is the best month In which
to sow the seed, but the work may also
lie done In February or March.
R. J. REDDING.
The fifth edition of Dr. Hathaway’s
new book. "Manliness, Vigor, Health,” Is
now in press. A copy will be sent you
free If you write for It to ,1. Newton Hath
away. M D., 22’,i K South Broad street,
Atlanta. Ga.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
Gargel or Congestion of Udder.
Thomas W. Haynes, Bedford City, Va.—
I have a Jersey heifer that dropped her
first calf last May. She was then Just
two y< ars old. About a month after caiv
ihg her udder became diseased. I !’• re
arc sort- hard places where the teats join
the bag riease give a remedy through
the columns of The Constitution.
Answer—l have often prescribed 'or
such cases. It Is the result of an att.i< k
of garget Mix together two drams of
lodine and two ounces pure lard Mix
well and rub some of it on the hard places
every second day until they become soft.
Rat Tail Horse.
J. W. Sandlin. McKinley, Ala.—l have
a horse six years old which had a nice,
long tall lasi spring, but the hair began
to break off an.l continues to do so. Ill
is in a thriving condition. What can 1 do
to aid growth of tail?
Answer—l know of no remedy for the
I loss of the hair of the tall.
Weevils or Other Insects in Grain.
1 A W McNeal Silverhill. Ga.- What
. will kill the black weevil In wheat and
i prevent their return?
Answer- All weevils nnd other Insects
In grain may be entirely destroyed by the
use of carbon bl-sulphfd< -as I has*
s< vi ral times stated. The grain should
i Im- In a close bln, boxes or barrels. Pour
' about one ti-asjs»onliil of the stufl lor
J each bushel of grain, over the top. and
i spread a cloth or old sacks over the
I surface. In about thlrtycslN hour.-, the
Insects win have all been killed and th
grain should be aired by simply shitting
from one bln to another, lie caretui to
i have no fire, not even a cigar or I’ll’*.
I iilmut, as the vapor Is very Inllamtnabie
| and explosive.
Vomiting- Dog.
' 11. E. Reese. Kershaw, S. C.-Wlll you
i kindly give me a remedy for my sick
setter puppy, nine months old? bin
will vomit soon after •■titlng tor several
I days at a time and gets very poor, but
do. s not appetir to lie sick otherwise. She
: then will go probably a week <>r t-n
I days when she will comtn-nce vomiting
again She eats heartily all the tlm* and
fattens while she is not vomiting These
sl.-k periods vary as to Intervals and
' duration.
Answer— Possibly your dog Is Infested
w'.th worms. Give the following every
morning for a week on an empty stotn-
I ach: Four grains sautdtlne. two grains
! sulphur’d of Iron, twenty grains milk
' sugar. Powder and mix. At the end of
1 the week give a dose of two tablespoon
futs of oil and ten drops of turpentine.
Repeat th* whole treatment at the end
of three weeks.
Stomach Staggers.
J W Thompson, Newsvllle, Ga.—Your
neighbor's horse probably had Impaction
of the stomach, or "stomach staggers.”
from over eating—possibly th y got to the
oats at th** same time and gorged them
selves Vottr neighbor should subserllic
for the Weekly if he wishes to avail
himself of its benefits and advice.
Mole Cricket.
J. M. Canada. Iron City. Ala.—Please
inform me through your paper what the
Inclosed specimen is and if poisonous and
what it do*s. etc.
Answer—The insect is what is com
monly known us a "mole cricket,” In
! allusion to the large and strong fore
i legs, which somewhat resemble those
1 of a ground mole. It is not poisonous or
i in any wav harmful except that II occa
sionally is abundant enough to injure the
roots of garden crops. It is nocturnal in
I habits an<l is rarely seen in the day tune
It feeds on soft insects, grubs, etc., and
tender roots.
Mole Cricket.
W L. Jenkins. Pecan. Ga.—l Inclose a
very peculiar looking bug caught by the
lamp last night Would be very glad to
know through the paper what it is.
Answer—lt Is a mole cricket. Sec pre
ceding answer.
Sowing Wheat.
11. A. C., Yorkville, Tenn.—Would it
pav no- to buy fertilizers to use on my
wheat field this fan? My hind Is clay
upland; it math- ten bushels per acre
this year. What kind and how much to
use per acre and how to put it In In
form in* all you can on growing wheat.
I have about twenty acres of pea stub
bie that I lilt the vines from and made
into hay. I wall sow it In wheat this
fall. 1 Would like som* reading on the
subject, how to grow wheat for profit.
Answer Foon as you ran.
Answer—lt will certainly pay to buy
fertilizer to go on your wheat and get
a larger yield than ten bushels per acre,
provided you get the fertilizer at a fair
and reasonable price. Ihe pea stubble
Is the very place for a fall crop of wheat.
Break close and deep at once, so as to
give time for all litter to decay and the
soil to iH-come firm. Sow about the usual
time of first k’lllng frost, say one bttshi J
of purple straw wheat per acre, using a
grain drill. Mix a fertilizer as follows:
Jxi tioiinds acid phosphate. 2.. to 50 pounds
muriate of potash. 350 pounds cotton meal,
applied at the time of sowing seed. Ap
ply 73 p< unds of nitrate of soda In the
spring, say about middle of March to
April Ist. Bulletin sent you.
Bermuda Pasture.
L. A. Phlllins. Springfield. S. C.—l have
a four-acre field that I wish to set with
Bermuda uraaa for permanent pasture.
How iH'st and quickest can I accomplish
this? Can I get seed and al what cost?
Ilow many per acre’ This land Is deep,
sandv leant of good quality, lying on
cr< < k swamn. Will It suit B-rmtida?
Answer—ls the sod is conveniently near
It is advisable to rely n it rather than
on seeding. But now that the price of
the seed Is very much'lower than form
erly I believe you would find it as cheap
In the end to rely on the seed. These
have l»e. n offend the past spring season
as low *s 65 cents per pound. Whether
you use the roots or the seed. March
and April are the two best months In
which to plant. The land should be thor
oughly plowed and harrowed, just as if
you were to sow any other tine seeds.
If seeding is to be practiced sow X to 10
pounds of seed per acre on a freshly har
rowed surface and do not cover at till
or with a very light brush. If you prefer
to rely on tin- roots open shallow fur
rows two feet apart and drop a bunch of
the jointed roots i very foot or two and
stei> on it. Then narrow or roil the field
level and smooth. Yixu will probably
bo able to get the seeds at about 75 cents.
Try T. W. Wood & Sons. Richmond, Va.
TeZas Fever.
T. J. Knight, Nathan, Tex.—l lost a
cow last week. I am afraid she had
Texas fever. She was sick four days:
was two years old; her calf is six weeks
"Id. The first sign of anything wrong
she ceased to give any milk; became stu
pid, would not eat or drink tiny to amount
to anything. Her ears drooix’d anil she
beettine . ;l k jn the loins; was Inclined
to lie down most of the time; the last
two days her pulse was very fast and
fever high. ’<er urine was dark at first,
changing eddish brown; her breath
I at the la , t , .une fast, ending in a grunt
; <>r groan, j would like to know what
was the matter, cause and the treatment.
Several yearlings have died lately with a
similar disease.
. Answer—Your description of the symp-
| toms answers very well to those of Tex
as fever, except that the urine does not
ehang,, color until near the fatal end of
the disease. The fever is high from the
| first and continuous until death, rising to
; 101 to 107 degrees. Calves under one year
| old are Hable to attacks <>f this disease,
but they usually survive. If your cow
! had ticks on her shortly before the attack
! and never had any before, the fact would
ho strong evidence that It was Texas
. fever. Xu treatment his yet been found
that is effective in curing Texas fever.
Sunburns and the Trees.
i B. F. Jones, Beauregard. Miss. —It is the
j hot sunshine that kills the bark on the
southwest side of peach trees. Have been
a close observer for more than fifty years,
besides had considerable experience with
peach trees. To prevent bark from dying
plant the trees close together, say not
more than twelve feet apart in poor land
and about eighteen feet in goial land;
never trim or prune them at a'.l unless a
limb <>r branch should break. the
tree grow as nature blds and the foliage
will protect the body from the rays of the
sun and prevent de ay. Always prune
the tT'O when the old branches become
callous and not before, and prune it as
soon as the crop of fruit falls off In sum
mer. thus giving the cut branches oppor
tunity to put forth new sprouts In the
tai’, to bear fruit the next year, as it is
the sprout that grows one year that bears
the next year.
Getting Rid of Ants.
John S. Riehanlson. Sumter, S. C.—
! Since writing you about ants I have
found away to get rid of them. Bore
some holes in the sides of a box. Put In
the box a mixture of a largo spoonful < f
lard, sugar and meal. Then stir In one
teaspootiftil of rough on rats. Nall down
a cover on th* box to keep out childr. ti
and pets. Put th* box near the tints and
In a few days you will nut see any. It
I will also kill flies, mosquitoes and bed
' bugs.
A Few Words About Fowls.
By John S. Richardson. Sumter. S. C-—I
keep tw*nt,v hens and two roosters,
i Plymouth :.'•!< Coop '•x >3 f *t.
yard tf.x.’t feet. I k -ep the Coop well
i whitewashed. Inside and out. twice a
tear, putting one pint of kerosene in the
1 cash. Clean out the coop every two
weeks; keep the nests and roosts greased
with kerosene oil. I use Woodward’s
1 medicated nest eggs. I also use a tea
spoonful of sulphur and snuff when I set
a hen .and have not seen a mite or jigger
in two years. I give my fowls one and a
half quarts of mixed corn and oats every
morning and In cold weather one quart
of raided wheat bran in the evening, tit
would be (>ett< r to give the grain at night
’ and the bran tn the morning—Editor). 1
| g y. ni\ young chicks grits three times a
’ <t v and slice -I tn raising nearly all
that ar« hatcl ' Ftzun January Ist to
August 11 1 got X 69 eggs from my twenty
hens.
A quick shade for a poultry yard may
h id bv planting castor beans around
the > ir l alioiit six feet from th* fence,
as the plants glow very f ist if kept free
front weeds and well nrmured. Mine are
now eight or ulnn feet high and full of
seed, of which fowls ar* very fond.
Fistula of Neck.
XV. P. Stedman, Sturgis, Miss.—Tell me
what to do for ny four-year-old mare.
Al out three months ag > she had an .at
tack of strangl 'S. or distempe-. and the
1< ft gland of her throat rose and has
been running ev r since .
Answer—l wottl 1 now call It a fistula.
It wilt be ne-’ess.t.-y to ojen tlie swelling
so that th > matter will run out freely as
last as form-1, making the Incision at
Its lowest point. Inject Into it dally a
little of the following lotion: One-half
< i.nee of acetate of lead and one-half
ounce of sulphite of zinc dissolved In one
qi art of water.
Making Manure Out of Straw.
E A. B . Adams. G< o- gla I wish to
make rnanur- ftom now intil the coming
spring from mv hi.r-e and cow lot on an
K.t.n ic.il plan with »ak leaves, pine
tti.aw and si ch. by hauling in my lots and
I • lining at intervals. whi*h of ’oarse will
hi.it. First, what per eent of plant food
w ll be b -t by heating. If any. do you
think? See nd. how would ne the best
plan t > m ike this manure? 1 have a nlot
of i lttv land that wh at was -ut from this
jt ar which is thick with cockiebur and
ci ffee weeds. Third, would it leprcciate
the strength of la id to mow ’hern down
to prevent sc* 1 fr tin maturing. This land
will grow a ha’.o to the n*ro with moder
ate fertilizing.
Answer Tlie chief exp-use of m iking
n nitre by hauling and bed ling of straw
nnd leaves Is the latter. 1. I cannot say
what per centum of plant food vould be
lost, anil the amount would va - v between
very wide limits, according to the vio
lence of th* heating. 2. Litter your stalls
and th* open lot with th straw and
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leaves, and when well filled with manure
end while in a wet condition, put it into
large hops, preferably under shelter.
If it becomes very hot, cut it down and
wet end reheap Th t main object p-r
--toimed by the straw and leaves is to ab
sorb the plant food ot the manure and to
add vegetable matter to ti" - soil. It
would not seriously depreciate the
strength of the land to mow down the
welds. If the latter lie permitted to lie oa
the surface to be plowed under later.
There should have been no cccltleburs and
weeds on that land it this time. It should
have been sown to cowpetn to make hay.
A Strange Disease of a Dog.
A. Evins Browne, Denver. 8. C.—l sec In
last Issue of Th* Weekly Constitution a
ecu mualcatlon from R. V. Fulton, Chest
nut. La., describing disease from which
his dog had recently recovered, which cor
responds precisely with a disease which
prcied fatal to tw > fine setter dogs of
mine, one dying this year and the other
thiae yeirs old. My son carried
one of ours to a veterinary surgeon at
Clemson eolleg.i for ex imin ition. who
kll.-iliy prescribe 1 for nlm, out without
any seeming beneficial est-ct. Should we
have another like affected we will try
Mr. Fulton's remedy and would advisa
others to do likewise.
Green Rye and Sweet Potatoes.
J. R. G., Webster, Fla.—l have a piece
of land that was planted In cow peas
In the spring of IXSX. In October of the
same year was sown in rye for pasture
during winter and planted In sweet po
tatoes in the spring of 1X99. The crop of
sweet potatoes was very small. Did the
rye prevent them from making? A lot
of it was plowed in green before the
pot.atoes were planted. Some say the
green rye was the cause. 1 planted beans
this last spring and It is growing in grass
n<>w. 1 wish to sow In rye again this
coming OetolM-r and j.lant in sweet po
tatoes next spring. I‘lease let me know
what fertilizer will lie best for sweet
potatoes on the ground. Will sweet po
tatoes yield well after rye?
Answer—Not knowing other conditions
that existed, I am not prepared to at
tribute the failure of the sweet potato
crop to the lhet that you turned under
i a crop of green rye stubble. 1 do not
I think it Is probable that enough green
rye was present to produce tiny dele
-1 terious effect on the potatoes, although
!it is possible. A more or less heavj'
I green crop of tiny kind turned under
1 is not a favorable preceding condition
I for a crop that is to follow immediately.
Let the ground be turned over earlier
or plant tin- potatoes later, thus giving
time for the soil to become more com
pact and for tlie sour grasses to dissi
pate.
“Sugaring” <•' Sirup.
“Subscriber,” Leavitt, N. C. —Being a
subscriber of The Constitution and feeling
that I should give some return for the
many good things I have received, will
say in. reply to inquiry as to how to
prevent sugaring of sirup In number of
August 13th: Whetj living tn Pennsylva
nia we used to use a small piece of
alum about five-eighths of an Inch tn
diameter in each gallon of ntaple sirup
when done ready to seal up. which al
ways prevented it from candying or turn
ing to sugar, and m.v impression Is It will
do the same with sugar cane sirup.
Culberson Oats.
B D.. Clanton. Ala.—Will you be so
I kind as to answer th* following ques
tions through the Farms and Farmers'
Department and oblige a well-wisher of
The Constitution?
Will the Culberson winter oat do well
In central Alabama, and will thej' rust
or lie injured by cold? Also what time
should tin v be sowed and how manv to
the acre? How is the easiest or best
way of destroying the so-called “crow
foot” grass?
Answer—l regret to say that I do not
know anything whatever about the "Cul
berson" oat.
"Crowfoot” grass, as I know It (Dacty
loctcniuni Egyptiacum), is an annual
summer grass, growing mainly on the
soils of the lower half of the cotton
belt. It can be destroyed by late culti
vation. as it comes up in June, July and
August.
Going 1 Down Behind.
A very common trouble with swine Is
that of which th* principal symptom
Is a total or partial loss of {the use and
control of the hind parts.
The principal cause of this difficulty Is
paralysis, although the pigs sometimes
lose actual control of the hind legs to a
greater or less extent in rheumatism,
■j h) . cau *. however, maj i J »erally be
distinguished by the fact tliui in hand
ling, the animal, suffers great pain in
rheumatism, while in paralysis there is
little or none. Tlie difficulty is also some
times ascribed to the kidney worm, but
we doubt seriously whether tiie ktdne)
worm will produce it, or at least whether
it irequeiitij produces it. At all events,
ii\t* iltivv bwn ioUD’i in the Kid-
Heys ot both the pig and the dog the
kidneys being penectly healthy and tile
animals not seeming to be In any way af
fected by the worms.
In most cases tlie paralysis which
causes the. weakness and going down of
the hinder parts Is a symptom of some
difficulty located in some other part than
tlial wtueh appears to lie atteeieu. ft may
d.q*nd upon a disease of the nervous
centers or in tile conducting filament, or
it may be strictly local and depend upon
an altered state ot tlie terminal nerves.
The true sent ot the disease therefore
may be in tlie brain, the spinal marrow,
tlie conducting nerves or ti.e nerve ram
ifications of the affect'i d parts. I’ost
mortem examinations in these eases have
often shown file spinal cord and main
nerves to be enlarged and softened, in
otlu-r cases th<y are atrophied and hard
ened.
The paralysis may conic on suddenly or
gradually. I stmlly the first thing noticed
will be stiffness, wltii some aching ot the
back and a knuckling forward on the
ankles of tile hind legs. If lite pig can
rise it may be aide to stand, in some
i ts. s titer are evidences ot pain, and if
the animal moves it will drag its hind
I
ease at least the ajipitite is not usually
impair’d, lint as it advances tlie pigs
eat less and the pulse becomes faster and
weaker. Somi times paralysis is com
bined with rheumatism, and it becomes
hard to tell how much of the leading
symptom is due to the one or the other
disease.
In tlie early stages of this trouble th*
pig should be given an ounce of castor oil
containing one or two drops of croton oil.
As soon as tlie physic operates give eight
or ten grains of lodide of potassium
three tlm s a day In the drinking water,
or if the animal will not drink water,
give in a spoon. If In three days there Is
no improvement give from two to three
drops of nux vomica and from ten to
fifteen drops of oil of gaullherla In a
tablespoonlul of sweet oil three times a
day. Rub the back, loins and hips with
compound soap linlm- nt, feed soft feed
and see that the animal is sheltered from
the sun, rain and cold.
Sore Eyes jn Cattle.
Specific ophthalmia In an enzootic form j
la appearing this season In a number of
localities, and we make th* following in- I
qttiry received from a reader the occasion
for some suggestions In regard to it:
Our cattle linvc a disease of the *vo
which puts them blind in one eve. The
ej-f. seems to swell and run a watery fluid
f.ir about thro* d.avs. when .a white scum
covers th* ev* and runs water and mat
ter from it. which lasts about six w**ks,
then th*y co totally blind In som*
c.nses it Is the right eye nnd In som* tit*
left. Gan von give us any .advice on the
subject? Ts so, please do It. for one of
my neighbors has -attle that .are also af
fected.
Answer—This disease ts commonly
known among veterinarians as catarrhal
conjunctivitis. Th* outbreaks that occur
are usually .attributed to some Irritant ma
terial carried In the atmosphere or ema
nating from the soil. Tt is most prevalent
on low greunds .and Is seldom seen in the
winter. It affects old and young cattle
alike. Tit* symptoms usually ar > a dis
charge from th* eye, much inflammation
of the mucous membrane, a swelling of
the eyelids .and an early appearance of
opacity of the cornea. The flow of tears
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bobbins, t package needles, t gauge. I oil ean flit, d with oil. and a com- TIO< dves you an
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becomes mixed with pus. some
times streaked with blood, which
gathers in masses on th® cheek.
The eyes are usually kept closed,
an«l blindness of one or both eyes
commonly occurs. Constitutionally there
is high fever, loss of appetite, a falling
off of the milk flow in cows, a "loss of
cud,” etc. The principal changes take
place within a week, but the disease re
quires about six weeks to run its course.
When this trouble appears in a herd the
first thing to be done is to remove the
unaffected animals to another locality;
that is. to fields of a different character,
both in soil and In the feed they contain.
The water should also be changed, espe
cially if they have been getting drinking
water from a running stream or a stag
nant pond.
In treating the animals attacked they
should first he housed in a cool, dark
stable and supplied wltn fresh water and
given soft, succulent food. The medica
tion should be both internal and lo- al.
Give from a pound to a pound and a half
of Epsom salts dissolved in two or three
pints of water, and follow with tincture
of veratruni vtride every two hours In
thirty-drop doses and give half an ounce
ot" saltpeter three times a day. Various
local applications are used. The simplest,
is borncic acid, one drachm, on which
four ounces of boiling water has been
poured, and use as a wash directly on the
eye as often as convenient. Dr. Bitting
found a saturated solution of boraclc acid
of som* value, lint preferred as a local ap
plication a 1 per cent solution of atropine
twice a day and dusting the eyeball with
calomel once a day. using a small
insect powder bellows for the purpose. If
treatment Is undertaken promptly and the
animals unaffected removed to new pas
tures, Improvement will be noticed In a
few days, and there w-ill not only be a res
toration of the general health, but none
of the animals will become blind.
This Is the season when a blood purify
ing medlcln* like Hood’s Sarsaparilla will
do vou much good. The blood ne< ds puri
fying and tlie system a toning up. Hood’s
Sarsaparilla will do it,
WEEK OF EXCESSIVE HEAT
As a Whole Has Been Very Favora
ble for Corn.
Wnshtngton. Aiig-t’t 28. —The wvatber bu
rerat’s weekly summary of crop coalitions gays
in part:
"Except in Alabama, whfre an improvement
in condition of cotton ’s reported, the general
ccr dltton of this crop over he central ani
eastern portions of th* cot'on belt has fur
ther d-terloratid. rust, ehadllng and ir*-
n nture opening l>*l,:g generally reported, while
the boil worm has be<-r. d-stru'.-tive in the cen
tral and western portions. In Texas cotton
has generally Iniprov- d In the southern por
tion, but in come localities in lhe northern
{Kitlo-i it was Injiircd by the hot winds.”
The w<-k ending August 27th Is the fourth
week of excessive heat in the districts east
of the Ro:kv mountains, and while it was dry
o\er the gi citer part of the southern states,
lertlons of New England, and the Ohio val
it ys. there were in itiese districts good rains
ov< i’ load ar- as and very f- n.-ral rams over
tlie northern isirtlons of the central valleys,
sovtt.ern half of the ups>er lake region and in
the mi l 11.- Atlantic states.
'lhe t-mp-laturo con 'itiona for the pa-t week,
as in the proceeding we«k of August, have been
highly favorable for the rapid development of
ci. vn.
As a while, the week has been very favor
able for corn over .he greater part <>t tho prln
cli al corn states, more particularly the central
und north. r i dtstrt -ts. but over the northern
portions of the gulf uni south Atlantic states
1 w*s until.' irabl*.
In western Kentucky, the Carolinas and por
tiins ot Virginia and Maryland, tobacco has
suffi red from irnught. but in the two last
named states rains of the past week have ma
terially improved Its condition. In the other
tetacco states the crop has male very favorable
progress.
in the southern states tho conditions have
not been favorable for fall plowing.
ra
TO TEST STRENGTH OF LAWS.
Boston, August 2S.—Giles Jackson, a ne
gro lawyer, of Richmond. Va„ acting for
the national council of th* Constitutional
Rights’ Association, haw employed ex-
Attorney General A. B. Hlllsbury, of this
city, and Hon. W. C. P. Breckinridge, of
Lexington, Ky., as hls counsel In proceed
ings which will be Instituted for the pur
pose of bringing before tho supremo court
of th* I’nited States test of the locality
of th* recently enacted statutes, laws and
constitutional amendments In some of
the southern states which it ts claimed
tend toward tho disfranchisement of the
negro.
Tile case will probably ho brought be
fore the courts of Massa.'hits. tts. and will
be carried to the supreme court of that
state.
11 ■ > — - 1 ■ ■
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From The Philadelphia Press.
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ALABAMA IS QUEEN OF NAVY
NEW BATTLESHIP MADE A FINE
SPEED RECORD.
Trial Was Held Off Boston. Last
Tuesday Morning and Was
Highly Satisfactory.
Boston, August 28. —There Is a new
queen of the American navy, the United
States battleship Alabama, which today
won the title in one of tho most magnifi
cent speed trials yet held in the history
of the navy. Her average speed for four
hours’ continuous steaming was seven
teen knots, a figure not quite as high as
that made by the low;* but notable from
tlie fact that it gave an idea of the yet
undeveloped power in this latest product
of American ship builders.
The Alabama was built by the Cramps
at Philadelphia, and while of the first
class, she Is unlike any of the earlier
creations both architecturally and as a
lighting machine. Built under a contract
that required at least an average speed
of sixteen knots per hour, she has been
turned out to do seventeen knots, or bet
ter. under conditions that will not be
termed extra.
The lowa, when she left her builders’
hands in 1897, was officially recorded at
17.01. Her speed trial was made under
the very best possible conditions. After
a lapse of more than two years the
K*ntucky, on September 24th, and the
Kearsarge, two months later, came to
the New England coast and under favor
able. but not extraordinary conditions,
made figures of 16.81 and 16.89 knots, re
spectively. Those figures have now been
beaten, and the Alabama ran little faster
than her mean speed. An interesting feat
ure was the use of sister battleships as
stake boats, five of them being lined up.
There was the Texas. Massachusetts, In
diana, Kentucky and Kearsarge.
Cheered from Kearsarga.
The Alabama came down to the start
ing lino about 10:30 under fair headway,
and went by tbe first stake boat, the
Texas, and then the I’nited States steam
ship Osceola, tho second mark. The
tiitrd leg was marked by the Kearsarge,
nnd as the Alabama went by, now at
great speed, Captain Folger had his
Jackies lined ui> and cheered her ahd a
cheer went back.
Th* fourth mark was the Kentucky,
the fifth the Indiana and tha outmark
was the Massachusetts.
Tho Alabama crossed the finish line
about 3:30, with a blast from her own
whistle and a like answer from the Texas
and a fleet of tugs gathered there with
excursionists. Afterwards the ship was
again circled at full speed with the
Texas as the c*nt*r until she was cleav
ing a wake whb h in diameter was not
over twice h*r length. Fifteen minutes
later the Alabama was headed for Bost*p
light, tke r. .1 flag of the trial r ■
by tho Cramps house flag and a broom
had been sent aloft.
Only a Fair Day’s Work.
The trial throughout, to use E. S.
Cramp’s own words, was a success In
every particular. For nearly three legs
of the outward run the boilers made
steam so fast that the surplus was al
lowed to blow off. Th* maximum revolu
tions of the engines were 118, and this
figure was only for a half hour, the mean
being much below this. Tho highest
steam pressure was 180 pounds, or nine
under the limit. The horse power devel
oped was supposed to b* 11,500, although
this figure. like those for th* speed, will
be officially given tit Washington. Mr.
Cramp said that th* run, in his opinion,
in wiiieh manj of the naval men abroad
agreed, was not a forced trial, but a
fair day’s work, which, he «-laim*d. can
b* equaled nt any time under ordinary
conditions. The Alabama will be ready
for delivery to the government In six
weeks, when she will go into *ommlsslon
under Captain W. 11. Brownson.
YELLOW JACK IN ABUNDANCE.
Cuba Has a Number of Very Light
Cases To Contend With.
Washington. August 28. The surgeon
general of th* marine hospital service to
1' ■ 1 • • I tel<!' im :■■ im th• < !::ef
quarantine <<tli -er of Cuba at Havana stat
ing that during the month of August, up
to the .■. there have teen 2M cases of
yel aw f. ver reported nt Havana, und
thirty-four deaths. Manv of the casts
v er* mild. There were eleven new cases
on the 27th.
On account of the mildness of the cases
nn.i tlieir duration, the surgeon gcne-al
has wired the various quarantine stations
on. th* Atlantic and gulf coast to use
particular care to detect such cases.