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THE CONSTITUTION.
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Farms and Farmers
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already answered . . _
• *y tYavA ahead and eend In your tnqulr**
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in next paper Th- editor «■«■*
hand tn Jiie copy a week before tne
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via, Address al. Inquiries snd eommunson-
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THf CONSTITUTION,
F. and F.
“ONE HUNDRED AND ONE ”
lVh«*n the eye of the rentier is arrest
ed by the above caption he will probably
wonder if the article it heads is in com
memoration of somebody’s birthday an
niversary or whether the caption itself
indicates the number of times the writer
has atldrvss. d Ills nailers through this
column. Hut it is neither the one nor
the other The editor is not yet so old ns
that. and he has written more
than 45t» editorials for the Farm and
Farmers’ Department sine. February 3.
lk!B. No. *‘One Hundred and One" Is the
degree of heat indicated by the shaded
thermometer at noon July 2. as I endeavor
to push my languid pencil across the
page. One hundr<*d and one! Isn't It
hot? Why the very pencil In my hand
feels like i lady's curling tongs; the touch
of the desk top is hot; the wry air that
one breathes almost sissies as it is drawn
into the lungs, and— but, hark! The
sound of •'heaven’s artillery" is in the
air. The clouds are actually forming as
If to tight, and the cooling breese Is
already commencing to rippl** th*' haves
•*f the grand old sycamore that shad**s
th*’ western door of my office.
Can a man write with the temperature
at I**l degrees? But It Isn't th* re now,
as it w.ts a few minutes ago. 1 can. as 1
l.H»k toward th** southwest, even discern
what appears to be the skirmish Jin** of
th** army of raindrops coming to our re
lief. 1 listen for the ra.tle of battle, the
first big drops that fall on th** tlnd**r-dry
roof of th** veranda. Well, five minutes
have |»assed and we are all waiting and
watching, with bated breath and sw**at
ls*grim*d brow for the rain that <-om*-s
not yet.
While waiting for th** cloud to get ready
for business let's talk about heat and
cold and how to keep cool when it's hot
and tv k -*p warm when it Is cold. That
word ’"cold" sounds “away off." as if
we had long. I**ng ago parted company
with It forever. When the mercury
r**aeh* « 1«W **r over, that being above
the natural temperature of the body tin
health! everything one touches feels hot.
excepting ic*. of course. If the mercury
remains a short time at that point, of
course, everything exposed to such a
temperature must assume the same, ex
cepting ice and the living body. The
body t**m|H-rattlre Js !*v 1-2 degrees. The
question at once occurs. Why dm*.’ not
the t«Ady also rise Io !<«•? We know that
i**e wil! grad tally in* It into water and
the water will then gradually ris** from
32 d- grees to up near 10»; and if kept in
a stopjsT*d jug or bottle it sill go to the
same temperature as indicated by tn
thermometer. But the body r**niafns at
Its normal temperature of !*S 1-2 degr***s.
It Is iH-eause of the evaporation of moist
ure that is constantly going on from the
surface of the body. The sweat issues
through millions of the por**s of the skin
and if th.- air is hot and dry, as It has
is • n for the past ten days, it is rapidly ;
eonv**rt*d into vapor, th** air furnishing I
part of the necessary heat and the body
another part. In this way the body is
kept cool; that is. it is kept at its normal
temperature.
• •••«•
By this time you may imagine that
the rain is falling fast. But it is not
s>* 1 wish it wer». 1 would quit writ-
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THJE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONi ATLANTA. »Aw MON DA > JULY 7, 1909.
ing. There now; the dusty yard is be
ginning to look spattered and spotted,
those first big drops—as big as a small
boy's marbles! Weil, it it does rain 1 will
quit and if it doesn't rain 1 will quit—
wilting. For tin* joy of the one and tile
chagrin of the other would !><• too over
powering.
If it does rain, however, 1 will open
the containing envelope and add a post
script.
A half hour later:
it did raiti, but not much. Only one-fifth
of hii Inch, ur about one-tenth ns much
as we ought to have in several hours,
with as much more within a week. But
the air is cooler and everything already
looks Istter and every one feels better
and more hopeful. The clouds have not
entirely disappeared and the bow of prom
ise Is displayed in the east as the thunder
is quieting In th*' north. The drought is
broken J verily believe, and we will have
rain in plenty In a few days. But it is
too late to revive and redeem th** early
planted corn.
The cotton crop even has rea<*h**d a
crucial point and must shed some of its
■ leaves and some of its fruit and com
mence another stage of growth.
K. J. K.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
COTTON EICK.
B. XV. <’.. <rosh**n. I,a. We are troubled
verv much with cotton lice. Is there any
thing to be don** to kill them out; if so,
what is it? How do they first origi
nate?
Answer —Cotton lice belong to one of the
large number of species of “aphides.”
pin nt lice. As a rule, plant lice winter in
th** egg stage. Early in spring these eggs
hatch an*] the young insect is without
wings and usually r< mains so. It lives by
sucking the Juices of plants and soon
l><*gins to bring forth living young. All
these young are without sex; that Is,
thex ar** neither males nor sexually de
veloped femal**s. As many as eight living
young have l»een observed on a sp**<*imen
in twenty-four hours, and it Is not unus
ual *-urly in th,* season to find a single
large louse surround- t l by a gqpd group
of a dox* n to twenty or even more sin.ill
ll«*e. These Indiv'duals of the first blood
are ready to bring forth young in live or
six days. This method of reproduction
goes on s > long as food is plentiful and
th*- weather is mild- But the lice in
their younger stages ar,| very susceptible
to sudden changes of t,*inperatur<*, and
at almost any time in th** Beason a
sudd,*n fall of 15 or ?'1 degrees, accom
panied by a rain, will destroy a great
m tn) of them At times, after the first
generation, sp*»cimens mav b-*conn wing
ed. and these fiy away to otlu-r loc.tlilhs,
forming new colonics wherever suitable
plants max be found. Exactly what de
termines the formatl *n ,*f wings in some
Individual line and not in others we do
not know. We d*> know, however, that
the prog,*ny of a single individual is va
riable some with wings and some with
out. In ether <*as»* th* specimens are
without s,x nnd all ar,* viviparous, or
bring forth living young. As summer
advances reproduction is less rapid. The
tlow of sap is not so abundant and their
numerous enemies m *re abundant. On
th** approach of c->ld weather a most re
markable change occurs. It be<-oni*-s
t*< cesMtry now to provide for tiding ov**r
th** wlnt* r. and sexual forms are de
v*-lu|H*d. The nr, tire ar. wing* *! and
usually appear a short time before the
females which ar.* wingless and usually
small* r than the preceding sexless form.
Pairing takes pla, •* almost immediately,
liecausr* the female is sexually mature
when born, ami v* ry soon eggs are laid,
usually a very small number, maybe only
on,* ,gg. These eggs ar* laid in crevices,
or shelter***! plH<**-s, ami in the case of
orchard trees and cotton plants in the
buds or scabs Some species live dur
i ’t,g th-* winter on some hardy plant until
th** appropriati- plant puts forth in the
spring. It is generally easy to kill the
ll* •• by spraying w ith kerosene emul
sion. or with whale oil soapsuds, but il is
hard!) pr.-i<-tieabl<* to treat them in this
or anv other way on cotton plants.
Among the natural en.-tnlos of plant lice,
the most destructive an* most of the
: several species of th.- so-called "lady
I bug"— mor*' properly, "lady bird." These
lady birds, both in their mature and im
mature stag*s. destroy inniiens*' numbers
of plant Hee. Ants ar,* found, almost al
ways, when lice ar,* abundant, as the
[ former are attracted by the sweet liquid
exude*! from two little tubes that proceed
front the hacks of th.* lie**. The ants pet
and take care of the lice, and milk them
when so in,-lined. Hence, plant lice are
suim times called “ants' cows.”
The above account I have adapted from
I "Smith's E**onomle Entomology,” a book
of which every reading farmer should
I have a copy.
| To return to the cotton lice: It has
| teen m, practice for many years to in
| crease th*' vigor and hasten the growth of
the young cotton plants by applying a
small quantity of immediately soluble
feltllixer. such as nitrate of soda, in the
si'i-il furrow, and give prompt cultivation,
with the view to force th** plants forward
to th*- stage at which they can resist or
sustain th*- attacks of lice. etc. it Is a
1 common idea that very hot weather will
d. stray lice. It is probable that it Is the
ranlilen drop in the temperatur,* that fre
quently- follows a rain which destroys
the lice.
CATTLE TICKS.
W A H. IMg-<li*'ld. S. 'I have a
lot of cattle infested with ticks; they are
running at large in a pasture ami are in
good condition. I wish to know if the
ticks an- allow,*d to remain on them will
they <lo any material harm? If so. please
give me a r,'iiiedy by which they can be
removed.
Answer—Then* Is no doubt of the fact
that cattle ticks materially, injure their
unwilling, helpless victims, hut it would
be impracticable to say Just how much.
<»f course the injurious effects will be
somewhat in proportion to the number of
ticks. In the i-ase of milch cows, the
nervous irritation, together with the ac
tual loss of blood, should be consider* d
as more than sufficient to justify a p. rsis
t**nt, determine 1 effort to rid the cattle
and the pastures of these nestlferous and
tormenting lrs**< ts. Add to these th*
consideration of the loathsome, disgust
ing character of the parasites, and it is
hard to r**aliz** that any cattle owner
would stop to consider the question as to
how much harm they do. Happily there
is no difficulty in permanently ridding
any hiclos* d fi**lds or pastures of the
p«sts. When cattle are permitted to run
“on the rang,*" tnot inclosodl, it ts prac
tically impossible to get rid of the ticks
without the cooperation of every owner
of cattle that uses the range.
Have all your cattle brought up at
least once a week. Scrape or pick off all
the larger ticks mid either mash them
t ndt-r foot or drop into a vessel con
taining water cowered with kerosene.
Where the smaller ticks are very thick,
grease the parts so infest *d with any
kind of cheap grease. Four parts axle
i grease stirred up with one part of kero
' sene oil is a good mixture. Every day
1 the cattle will get a fresh supply of
I young ticks from the pasture, and as yon
will destroy them before they mature In n
few months the supply of ticks will be ex
hausted. The cattle tick wil! come to ma
turity only on cattle. When the female
tall th** large ticks are females) becomes
full grown it drops off and lays one or
i two thousand eggs on the ground. These
eggs hatch in ten days or two weeks and
I the young ticks crawl up on spears of
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Atlanta, Ca.
grass, weeds or bushes, ready to cling
to any passing animal.
Another way to clear a particular pas
ture of ticks is to let no cattle on it. for
twelve months. The young ticks can
live two or three months without food
in the summer time, and a good deal
longer in cool weather, but they will
eventually all starve and die. <1 send
you a bulletin containing an article on the
subject.)
ONIt»NS A.X'll CIDEH.
H. As.. Hillsboro. N. ('. Will you please
tell me through your paper how to keep
onions from decaying after digging; also
how to preserve cider to keep it sweet?
Answer- Pull the onions when the tops
commence to fall down. Let them sun for
a we k or ten days. Then put them in a
dry shed until th*- tops are thoroughly
dry, whi< h should th* n be removed and
the bulbs stored in a cool, airy dry place
until wanted.
Bring the sweet cider nearly to a boil
ing tamp* rature. skim well, holding at
that temperature for t*n minutes; then
pour Into bottles un*l jugs and seal tight
while hut.
SASSAFRAS SPRUI TS.
H. H Turner, Sp irtanbiirg. S. —I
hav,' a piece of land that th** sassafras
I.as taken possession of. How will I get
rid of it. It nas In *-n coming for three
or four years. I have dug it up in Au
gust and hav, cut it ilown in August,
but it comes mote and more. Hou would
turning tin- field Into a pasture do, an<l
h**w long would it take to kill them, or
would it kill them?
Answer I think if you will d up th*'
stools of sassafras in August, below the
reach of the ordinary plow, ami culti
vate tin* land in cotton the following
year, and keep it clean until July, you
will get rid of the sassafras. But merely
chopping off the sprouts at the surface
as they may appear next spring would
not be effective. Cut th* m off deep tn
th** ground, either with hoe or plow
Pasturing th*' land heavily will destroy
the sassafras utterly In two seasons.
\!y observalion Is tl t cattle arc toad of
sassafras sprouts ami always "go for
them." But the field should first be Well
grubbed th*' year tafore.
ill BltiHiM CIiRN. <2> FALL-BRI',AK
-IN<; PASTI'R!•>” ' > COWPEAS AS A
SOIL IMPROVER.
Subscriber 1. At what stage should
broom <<»rn bo cut to make tne
brooms? .
2 Would it lM‘.iotit :< T»;u«ture to plow
ft or break it up in th- winter when* it
h is been grazed on with cattle five or
six v. irs. Tin si dg- gr *s« is about de
s'rovotl by wliai? is enllF'l 4bo bittor wecil
and'a small clover the people here call
Japan ,'lov. r Should I break tip the
land next winter'’ Wha.t would o*me
tie r*' next rear? The laml l« nine woods.
3. Would i crop of pea vines be any
benefit winterer to * piece of land If
thev should be cut with a mower and
raked up clean? If *' ’. to what extent
would thev b<n*flt?
\ns\v<T 1. t’ut b*O' n corn when trm
"bloom" commence* to fall* ° r J”*'* «« tH, ‘
seed commence to form.
•2. Yes. decidedly. If you break up land
now In s* *lge grass, bitter weed ami Ja
pan .'lover, so late as aft* r the first frost.
It will come up next year in young sedge.
Japan clover ami bitter weed, because
the seeds of all of these (if p emitted to
ripen) will have tn itun’d and fallen to th**
ground. You should go rid of the “bit
ter weed" by mowing it down three or
four times during the summer, ea.'h time
before the seed have rip' ned. If you are
k.oping the land closely pastur.sl this
summer there will b,* but little sedge
plants conic next year. The Japan clover
ri|*cns its seed In Oetolier.
3. Yes. A crop of )>*■ i vinos on land
would benefit even If the vims be cut
off for hay, probably one-third or one
fourth as much a-s would result from
turning under the entire crop. Th** stub
ble. roots and fallen leaves are about as
valuable, w* igl't for w ight, as the vines
of whi.h the hay Is made. (Can rarely
ever "answer in next Issue." Lton't ex
pect it)
LATE CABBAGE.
J. J L., Andrew. Miss Please toll me
the best variety <*f c&bbaffe to sow for
fall ami winter heading; want to sow
1 1-2 .acres of laml What amount of seed
It will take ami th*' price of seed at the
best seed market
Answer—l sugge-t Premium Flat Dutch.
Charleston Wakefield, Ixiulsvllle Drum
head, for late sowing. Five ounces of
seed sh.mid produce prints enough for
1 acre Do .mt recoil the price of seed,
hut it is a matt' r of n > importance the
cost is s*> little. Send to any good seed
man.
IRRIGATION.
S. A. Myers. Lintly, l*a.. Is advised to
ask for tne information desired Dr. W.
C. Stubbs, diii.-tor experiment station,
Baton Roiig* L'a.
SQL ASH RI’OS
Mrs. R. O. W., Aila, Ind. T.—You give
such valua-ble information, certainly you
are doing a good work Will you please
t 11 through columns h*>w to get ri*i of
squash or pumpkin bugs? This may
have been answer**,]. I ait I have only
been t .king Th.* Constitution this year.
Thanking you in advance for the kind-
Answ.*r —Poisons apiilied to the plants
on which the bugs are found are not ef
f*a'tivo because tin's.* bugs insert their
hills into tin* plant loaves nml stems ami
suck the Juices from the interior. The
most practi al method is to look out for
the first that appear and destroy them,
nml also their eggs, in the early spring.
So soon as th** squash plants have <•■ ased
to b, ar they should be pulled up ami
piled in a ho ip ami burned. Clean cul
ture is important throughout the year,
so as to leave no hiding place for the
adult bugs, a few of which hybernate
during the winter.
(11 SHEEP SORREL. (2) JOHNSON
C. J. F.. Faulkner. Ga. Pb-ase examine
th** specimen of grass ami th*' weed which
we send you herewith ami give rhe name
of e.acn and inform us of the good ’and
th* !ad *>f the same. They are both new
comers in this section, or at least we have
not noticed them till recently. Hoping
to receive an answer soon, ether througa
your department in The Constitution or
by letter
.»nsw* r—The "weed" is the comm*>n
sheep or field sorrel. Very common in
most parts of the country. It is of no
value, although it is consumed by sheep.
It is quite a pest on some farms.
The specimen of grass is Johnson grass,
of which you have doubtless heard. I
am somewhat surpris-’u that a grass that
has lieconie so notorious is not generally
known on sight by the farmers of the
country.
HORN FLIES.
W. H. C., Summerland. Miss.—Wo are
troubled with a small fly called the "horn
tlv.” They are so bail on cattle as to
reduce the flow of milk. Pl*use give us
a remedy and oblige.
Answer—The horn fly has never given
much trouble In Georgia. Indeed. I have
never seen one in this state. The direc-
tor of your experiment station. Dr. W.
L. Hutchins, Agricultural College, Miss.,
will doubtless take pleasure in giving you
tihe results of experiments that have be- n
made in your state. Any offensive, greasy
ointment, such as "Flylene,” axle grease,
fish oil. curbolized oil, will keep them
away several days. The tli,-s are propa
gated from eggs laid in the droppings of
cattle by the female flies. Thus a new
generation of tlh-s is produced about * v
ery two weeks. Dr. C. V. Riley Recom
mended that a thick coating of lime be
dropped on each dropping of the cattle
In the field to destroy tne larvae after
the eggs hatch. This should be done twice
a week.
STRIPED Ct'CL'MBER BEETLE.
G. H. R., Orysa, Tenn.—l. Inclosed you
will find specimens of a "bug" that is a
terror to watermelon plants. They come
in gnat numbers very early in tne spring
ond can In a very short lime completely
destroy all the young plants. They eo:n
inence on thcni even before they are well
out *»f th.* ground, eating the stem in two
or covering the leaves an.i sucking every
particle of sap, leaving , bly th** sk* l**t*»n.
I lost my two first plantii gs of melons by
■these pests this spring and only succeed
ed in saving the third by sprinkling over
the plants every other < veiling a mixture
tt wood ashes, snuff, sulphur and turpen
tine. 1 would be glad to learn through
your paper the name of this "bug." in
what way it comes into existence, and
how to destroy it. if ah* re is any way.
2. I read in your paper Ibis week an an
swer to an inquiry about th,* "tomato
worm," and note that you state that the
egg which hatches the worm is deposited
by a bug that also deposits Its eggs in
the end. of young ears of corn. I have
notiecl the specimen that I tend in great
numbers cn my corn this spring. Is it th**
same that lays the eggs which hatch the
"tomalo worm?”
1 lead with interest every week the
Field and Fann j*age In your paper, and
think th.at page alon-* should bo suf'i
rfent to in,bice every farmer to subscribe
to The Constitution.
Answer—l. The insect is known ns the
‘ stripe,l cncnnlier beetle" (<lialwotlca vit
tat.a). Tt Is the first insect to attack c*t
curbits (melons. cur*imb*rs. squashes,
etc.) in the spring ami is frequently very
destructive and very hard to control. No
entirely satisfactory method has yet boon
four I for combating nn l destroying them.
They arc not bad every year, but there
are .always more or less e.f them. I send
you a bulletin (No. 45). which gives the
ictrst information in regard to the pest.
2. T’h** specimens of beetles sent are not
of the species that lay the <*ggs that pro
duce the tomato worm <a: <1 corn worms.
This latter worm is fr >rn eggs laid bi a
moth I may add that it Is th** same
moth th.at lavs the eggs that jrod.ico the
well-known cotton Irill worms. S>, thc.i,
the corn worm, the tomato worm (the
one that bores Into th" fruit of the to
mato), .and th,' cotton b< II worm are all
the same si*ecies and th,’ eggs are laid
by a moth somewhat ssimllnr to the moth
that lays tlic eggs that ptedtice t'he cotton
caterpillars." A similar lieetle to hli*’
striped cucumber beetle, viz. the p*Tf****t
form of the corn root-worm may oft-n
be seen in the corn after It 'has com
menced to silk, but without doing ma
terial damage.
ANALYZING FERTILIZERS.
M *■. i'.. Woodruff, 8 C I .*■ In
your paper you will analyze guanos fr,.*'
If you will write me how to send It and
how much 1 will send you some each of
acid and ammoniated goods. I feel sure
they are not up to analysis.
Answer—You are in error in saying that
I have promised to "analyze guanos free"
or on any other terms. 1 am not pre
pared to analyze anything (except to
name plants) and certainly could not af
ford to do so free. Do you know that it
costs from $5 to I'J‘ to analyze a sample of
guano? Why not send to your state fertil
izer chemist or inspector?
SICK COWS.
J N S. McC . Andivrson. S. C.—A few
d.nvs ago I had a cow to take sick. She
*’id not S'< m to suffer, but had high fever
and would not eait. Since then I nave had
three t • take sick, aff* etc I the sam* w ty.
J drenched them with salts, but seem, i
to do n*» good I cannot clve any reasor
for the trouble unless the cotton s**'d
in* al Is ftnni.iged. Som** of it is very dari;
All of niv cows are milkers and are t.■•!
r.n meal and hulls, with shredded corn
stalks mixed together. They run in pas
tor.' that has good mining water to
drink. What lowland th, tc Is in the pas
ture is well drained. I st* pped feeling the
meal yesterda? and use wheat brr n. with
the hulls «*nd stower. If you could give
me any advice what to do y.*u wnil 1
oblige an admirer of yov.r paj.cr. I In
close 3 cents in stamps for an answer by
mail, as I am very anxious al»a:**t my
cattle. I have Court *cn. trn of them
milking. T will give the entire herd one
pound of salts each this evening. Pleas.*
answer by return mall.
Answv- Your description of the symp
toms is not sufficiently explicit and com
prehensive to enable m>* to say just whit
is the matter. Th,* fact that so many of
your cows are similarly afficted may be
considered as strong presumptive evi
dence that it is som*' dcrangem, nt of food
to which they are all equally subjected.
Your suggestion that it is a damag.-i
cotton seed meal is v,*.-y reasonable, and
it Is probably the case.
A dairyman should by no means give
to his cattle indiscriminately any food <*l
which he is at all suspicious; but it is
better to try It on one arirnal that is not
of much value, rattier than to give too
indiscriminately to an entire herd. C./tton
seed meal that Is of a darker brownish
yellow color than usual, may be cons!,*'
,*re*i as suspicious, indicating that I* is
made from damaged cotton seed. But
there is on the mark**- a kind of cutton
,1 m,-al that is pert 'Ctly sound, but :s
made of sea island cotton seed, and the
hulls are ground in wi ll the meal.
Your tr* *tment in giving them salts is
alout the best that can be done, togetlv ;•
with your withholding the d meal.
Whenever a 'h, r<l of cattle or one cow is
affect 'd in such mann *r. or sick in in v
way, it is well to change th*' food, fir
mo«t of their diseases are due to improper
food.
J. P. 8.. Hodg s. S. -.—l have a young
cow that got one teat rut in wire about
a month ago. It has a!>out healed up
now. I-vt there Is an opening alseit half
an inch from the end anil all the milk
seems to waste out as fast as* ft is secre
ted. It drips contlniio’isly through th*'
dr.v ami at milking time th.it t*at has
r.o milk, thus incurring a loss of .ibout
<n*'-for*th of the milk. It seems she has
no power to hold it. Gan anything ne
done for her? If so. please l**t me know
through Field nnd Farm departmenf.
Answer—You may be able t*i prevent the
loss of the milk from that quarter of the
nd lor by means of a bread rubber band,
jest largo enough to clasp t'he t<‘a*t snug
ly al*ovrt th*’ opening made or left by the
wound. A large, soft, elastic string wound
sei oral times around tile teat and tied
might serve in the absence of anything
else. But the rubber band would be bet
ter. G t one port half an inch wide, cut
it and cement or stitch it together, so as
to clasp the teat somewhat firmly. You
can tell by trying it how tight to make it.
When the cow goes dry you may close
Ihe orifice by scarifying its inner surface.
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so that the sid**s will glow together in I
healing, it is i>**sstl»l*' that the circular i
rr.tisi'lf that close-*! the teat naturally has
lei'cn severed and not included in the j
healing. In which case ton may not be |
aide to reertablisb th.* ,riginal. natural
orifice.
<1). CHINCH BI'GH ON CORN. (2).
FERTILIZER FOR CORN.
M. M. P., Chestnut. S. C.— 1 write ask
ing of the nature of the chinch bug. its *
habits, etc. Whether they will kill or I
ruin fields* of corn or not. Wil) they live
all summer on the coin or will they
leave il later? How can they la* gotten
rid of? What is the best plan to adopt
to keep them from ap)*earing another
year, etc? 1 never saw one until lately ■
and now tltey are killing the corn. I saw |
several stalks about S inches high yes- j
terday that was entirely dead with I i
supis.se nearly a teaspuonful of the pest :
on the stalk. People in this county or I
sectV'H of it are b* coming alarmed for *
fear the bugs will destroy the corn crops. ;
How much cotton in»*al, acid phosphate j
and kainit mixed as you recommend will
it take to make good *Tii|» and improve ;
the land, making it better each year?
Answer During the winter the chinch'
bugs hybernate in clumps of grass and
under boards and rubbish. With the first i
warm days of spring they come forth
and spread about among the wheat tielus.
but as yet do little harm. Very soon they
pair and the females, each of which is
capable of laying about 150 eggs, com
mence to deposit them on the roots or
bases of the wheat stalks, from the middle
of April until the middle of June, accord
ing to the latitude and weather. The eggs
hatch in two or three weeks. The
"nymphs" (imp-rfiitly developed bugs;
often severely injure wheat and oats and
are full grown about harvest time. I’ney
then spread to corn fields, traveling on
foot, instead of flying. The females soon
lay another l**t of eggs under the un
folding leaves of the corn and the young
"nymphs" appear in about. t**n days. This
brood lives on the torn and when full
grown hyl.vrnates over winter.
Just before wheat or oat harvest a nar
row strip should be plowed around the
corn field and this strip should be very
finely pulverized by repeated harrowing,
rolling and brushing, so as to reduce it
to a bed of dust Then draw along the
cent* r of th** strip a log or block so shap
ed as to form a deep furrow or ditch, with
the side next tile corn as steep as pos
sible. In attempting to cross this furrow
the buys will fail back to the bottom. Re
drag or recpen the furrow as often as |
may be necessary. You may also sink a '
hole about a foot deep every 10 or 12 feet ;
along the furrow with a p**st hole digger. (
lairg ' numlH'rs will I**' trapi>**d in these I
holes, where they may be killed by mash- i
Ing or sprinkling with kerosene oil. A 1
strip of coal tar. about the size of your I
finger run around the field, inside the
line of ditch, will stop them, if a sudden
rainfall should spoil the effectiveness of
the ditch.
I.ADY BIRD AND LARVAE.
F B \V.. Aquilla. Ala.—lnclosed find
bugs or lie. which please name and tell
in** how to .lestroy them and what extent
d* the.v damags cotton. Thes. Insects are
thick >n th** cotton here ami are supposed
to be the Texas weevil. They stick hard to
the plant and seems to suck the forms *
and leaves, and the bug is hard to pull
*>fi. Please answer in next week's Con
stitution if possible.
Answer -The Insects sent arc the larvae
of a species of lady bird, there being a
number of species All of them, except
ing two or thr* e species, are not only
I* rmless to vegetation but are friends to
the farmer, because they feed
exclusively on plant lice and do n<d tn
iur*. th*' plant on which they are found,
b ing there for the 1 urpose of I
th,* lie *. These young slogs <
their -kins once or twice and tinalli _b*-
c, me fully developed spotted la, y birds. t
or "ladv bugs." But they are not hugs (
a tall, but "beetles.”
(1) RFNNING S<*RE. (2) SWOLLEN •
ANKLE.
"A Subscriber," Bell. Ala.—l have a |
ni*ire 8 years old that has a runn.ng *
sore about 4 or 5 Inches below her eye. ,
It has been there about five months. *
Please give me a remedy to cure it. I
She got her ankle snagged In the spring. !
which i« well now. but larger than the ;
other one, but not stiff. Please give
remedy through your valuable paper to I
relieve it.
Answer (1). It may be that your mare I
has big head. You do not say whether j
th*- bone is affected or not. If it is. it is !
quite likely that it is big head. Possibly |
it is caused by a decayed tooth, and. if .
so, the tooth should be removed. It is .
one of those cases that cannot well be 1
pi * scribed for without a personal exami- |
nation. , , , <
(21. Mix up on.' dram of binloaide or
mercury and on,* ounce of lard and rub j
a little on the swollen ankle. Keep her I
head tied up for 21 hours, so that she |
cannot reach the place with her mouth. ,
Then wash off and grease with a little |
clean lard. R* P* at the application every
week or so. often as the blister heals up. '
and keep it up two or three months, if '
necessary.
RYE IN COTTON.
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■of land In cotton, which is near my
house and fenced to itself. I propose to
' sow it in rye for winter pasture. Kind
i l.v inform me whether to sow it w*hen I
I "lay bv" the cotton, say l’>th or 15th of
July, or wait until later, and sow it and
run a side harrow through to cover It.
The land i.i upland, some of it capable of
making nearly ■ bale per acre under fa
vorable conditions, and part of It quite
thin and a small part—say ha'f acre—
san.lv Ail a clay subsoil. Or would you
advise som*' other grain instead of rje?
Kindly advise me through next issue of
The <'onstitution and oblige. About
how much )**t acre’
Answer—My experience leads me to ad
vise that you wait until about the latter
half of August or early in September,
■ and then sow the ry*' ,nd cover in with
j any convenient implement. If sown as
early as July, unless the seasons prove
verv seasonable, much of the rye will
perish. If the seasons be good the rye
will "go to seed” before you can harvest
1 the cotton.
On th** land described rye would give
i a better growth than any other grass or
grain Some have had success with crlm-
I son clover sown in August or September.
Others advise hairy vetch, but vetch
seed cost too much to be used in that
. way. Two to three jiecks of rye seed
per acre will give a fair stand.
PT'FF ON ANKLE.
A. n. R.. charlotte. N. C.—My horse
has something similar to a wen on the
front of her fore leg at the ankle. It
hasn't caused anv lameness but mars
her looks. I have tried iodine without
effect. It is about the size of an egg
and soft Please prescribe a remedy.
Answer—Such puffs on the front of the
knee or ankle are often caused by the
i animal stamping and thus striking the
part ag:Unst the manger or other ob
struction. The swelling usually contains
a jellylike substance, which accumulates
under the cartliege from the constant
striking. It Is rather difficult to remove
such a puff. I would by no means cut
into it, ?s that would make matters
worse. Try this: Mix one dram of binio
dlde of mercury with one ounce of lard.
Rub on a little and repeat as soon as
the blister that will be produced gets well
an*l continue for several months. Mean
while endeavor to find out and remove
the cause. If some timber or other ob
struction is in front of the animal eith
er remove it or pad it.
A NEW REMEDY FOR PEAR BLIGHT.
I I notice that in Sumter county, Geor-
I gia, the pear crop will be a failure this
< year owing to blight. I desire to give t*»
* th*- world a r* m- dy tried by nijs. il With
I l»erfe<*t success. Dtp a circular holo
around each tree, let the outer edge .*f
! each hole be 2 feet from the base of the
' tree: dig dep enough to get to the roots
of the tree, then carefully remove all dirt
from the roots to the outer edge of the
hole. Now till this hole with unleach* >1
oak or hickory ashes to sufficient depth
to cover all exposed roots and apply to
this one or two buckets (2 to 4 gallons* of
boiling water, to which has been added
while boiling two balls of Sterling potash
and 3 pounds of unsiaked lime to every
30 gallons of water; pour the mixture on
hot; In fact, at boiling temperature; pour
slowly an.] cover the places while wot,
t that is. immediately, with the loose dirt
thrown from the hole. I have La Conta
ami Belle pears; they blighted very bad
ly until I tried this remedy. I raise. l a
full crop last year and this year will do
the same. If you will stop to consider
the efficacy of this plan of treatment you
will at once see the virtue thereof. Pot
ash Is the main life and strength of ill
trees and for the want of potash the tree
gets sick and as the leaves are the lungs
of trees th-' disease affects them first,
i hence to relieve same the most efficient
. way I have found is In the above remedy.
Don't be afraid to try this, for the boil
-1 ing hot mixture will at once show its
I beneficial effect In two days from first
I application the leaves will turn dark, be
; come vigorous an*i all blight will cease.
DR. LI KE ROBINSON.
Walnut Grove, Ga.
P. S.—Be sure to cover roots well with
' the ashes and while one pours the het
; mixture slowly let another person rapld-
* iv pull in the dirt to hold the steam.
L. R.
I Comment—lt does not appear clearly
j that the tr*. « tr, ited by Dr. R. were as-
I fected with pear blight. This disease
. kills the twigs and leaves as it goes.
’ causing them to become of an inky
; black color and this is usually the first
I evidence of the presence of blight- To
I restore these dead twigs and leaves to a
naturally healthy green color would be
!as miraculous as the “budding of
j Aaron's rod.” Possibly the trees which
* were revived by the application of a
* bushel or two of “oak or hickory ns'nes ’
were simply suffering fr**ni poverty of the
soil. The “Sterling potash" an.i lime, in
the very small quantities named would
* hardly have any effect and the 3 gallons
of boiling water nil. The so-called “Sterl-
1 ing potash" is probably not potash at all,
! but only carbonate of soda. The one
‘ tenth of a pound of lime would not be es
! foctive for any purpose. Every cubic foot
| of ordinary soil already contains more
1 than five times that much lime. I think
I Dr. R. has made some mistake and has
drawn an erroneous conclusion.