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COWPEAS, LUCERNE (ALFALFA),
MILLET (PEARL).
It would seotn unne essary. at this lal<*
day to urge upon farmers to plant plenty
of cowpeas. It is one of those crops about
which there Is almost unanimity of ap
proval. It Is rarely, if ever, that one is
found who Is opposed to cowpeas, except
among those who are endeavoring to <x
ploit some presumptive rival crop (seed
for sale) or their converts. Yet a pretty
long experience as a writer has taught
the lesson that a really good crop, or
excellent method, or a decidedly bettor
practice, or other really good thing, is n t
dkely to be too much spoken and written
about Even the "oldtinters,” who have
“known all the time” that the cowpea
Is one cf the best plants that grow on
the farm, and altogether the best reno
vating plant for our worn and partially
exhausted soils.
A very good test of the general excel
lence of a crop, espeeialli one of south
ern origin, or one that ha 1. previously,
only a record In the south, is tire way
our friends north and west take hold
of it and adopt It. They are not only
good farmers, but they are good judges i
of what Is a profitable farm crop. They j
“know- a good tiling when they see it" I
and while cautious they never fail to i
tecognize the business points of an.-, new i
crop, new implement, n- w machine, or :
new idea, and they do a good dial in the
way of Inventing and di‘-.'overai f . r new
things. Some of their ideas are “very, I
very good,” and the southern farmers ,
are slowly adopting and putting them to I
practical use. Sene 011-.cr ideas we I
thought, were altogether wrong, about '
forty-odd years ago. .ind we ipiarrele I
and fought about >l. Hit all is peace I
and so-called prosperity now.
Among the ciops that have found
their way fr'm south to n ria. and r I
ceived the appr. val of our friends are i
the so-called ''a I fa.’f ' and tie, I i
“pearl millet. ' ' 0.l I ni- inion • .use tw > i
in passing simp.lt to <-tii• r a tniid an I ;
friendly protest .ag.i inst the ;c .-o-t i of i
discarding the i i-res under vli b. tie e ,
two valuable soiling plants have b'-en j
so long known and cultivated In the I
south. The name 'al i a !fa” is but the ■
Spanish name o:' tl. riant so ion: and •
favorably known in the south unil-r Its ’
French name, “lucerne. ' For more than i
seventy years lucerne has b en cultivated :
to a limited extent in the gulf states. I
This is no hearsay, so far as at baa .
fifty-five years are concerned (ab.i.it is
far back as this writer eta r 'i.ihly >•••■ i
ceil agricultural events and p’ac’lcesi; I
for I well remember that my father cul- <
tivated it at that time. In those days ,
and up to the commencement of the I
civil war the wide-awake seedsmen I
(mostly tile druggists, of the south regu- |
iarly bought rnd sold lucerne seed- -,;n- I
ported from Europe, mainly front France. |
lint in Id'ir-lXfiO. or a few years later, i
when It was found 11i.it California soil ;
would produin? something else than gold
and silver, “alfalfa" cultur, was deyci- .
op d .the se ds coming from one of the. ,
western republic.’ of South America, prob- |
ably Chile, wher ■ it had long before been ■
implant'd from Spain, undep its Spanish ,
name -“alfalfa."
That, was all right and fair, and our I
wost-rn friends a fed and are now acting :
in good faith. Tliev think they “found ;
it first” and do nd. as a general rule, i
know any better We of the south, how- i
ever, without any ... dre to go to war i
about it. ought to hold on to the good old
name “hieerno," and write it “lucerne I
(alfalfa)” instead of “alfalfa (lucor-ic).”
Not so fairly, however, was the good old .
homely but expressive name “cat tail'' '
milb t. suppress'd (if ever known I by i
seed-men. dealers', cultivators and writers |
of tiio north and west, and the now and I
more euphonious but less expressive name :
"pearl” millet, generally received and ’
adopted. Th' inilefatigable Peter 1 lender- ;
son was the godfather of "pearl” mil- ;
let. He got l(.old of some “eat tai!” mil- i
let se.'d about thirty years .ago (from
Georgia), and soon finding it to bo an ex
cellent plant, made arrangements with
our lamont-d good friend. Dr. W, It.
Jones, <»f Burke county. Georgia. to
grow- large iiuantitios of the seed an
nually. and those wore exploited :I nd sold
by Peter Head., on A- Sons, under a
new- baptism as “pe.irl" millet. .They
did not claim that it was a new plant,
"just iiitroducod’’ front Borin- ~ or Aus
tralia. or Kamseiiatka, or other far-away
region, and wore guilt t of only the mild
est and most, pions kind of fraud, if. in
deed. th“y were guilty at ail. I have
al wavs considered them as really bene-
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! laetors. even to the southern farmers, tn
| introducing to the latter a well known old
I resident under a pew name.
1 But we of the south purpose to draw
I the line at the cowpea... We certainly
! “found it first," if we did not originfile It;
1 and notice is hereby given to our bean
[ eating friends <if the north that we will
! not accept and adopt any new or fanci
; ful name for our old friend and standby.
| Although more a "bean” than a "pea,”
I it lias been too long and favorably known
I as “cowpea" to justify or permij a
: change. Possibly, however, there may be
found some fgw farmers who would think
I something more of the cowpea if ex
! ploited under a new name, and as a
! new plant; but I think it would be
hard to find oiy> who would not recog
nize his old friend as soon as seen. Cer
tainly none who would not recognize its
appearance and flavor as ft comes from
tlie pot with its centerpiece of "streak
of lean and streak of fat.” Now is the
time to plant cowpeas. Plant them in the
corn nt second plowing and at “laying
bj. ’ or in the missing places; plant them
after wheat and after oats; plant them
after melons and after Irish potatoes;
plant them any and everywhere other
wise unoccupied. Plant peas!
R. J. REDDING.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
SOME HE!.PIT I. EXPEDIENTS.
S. T. 8.. Hazle Grove, Ala. With your
p. emission, 1 will tell the brother lai tri
ces iiow to save a few nickels and lots
of time, for often time lost while gone
to a s-hop is worth several nickels. First,
If the hole in a piece of Iron or cast iron
be too small for the bolt you want to
use. learn it out on a steel harrow tooth
or pick.
Se, >nd. When tooth is wanted out of
h. : row. place a plow (sweep or shovel)
o\. r point of tooth, drive it out by ham
mering on the plow. This prevents bat
tering tooth.
Third. Alter using Oliver chilled plow
two or three years the points lean off
at top, causing them to break. To pre
vent this take off the barrow (land
side). put point on. then put. barrow back
on. The point will lit up nice again and
not break as before.
Fourth. One pair grass or cotton plow
lines will last two or three years by
them well greased with lard.
Fifth. Some horses go too last when
plowing small truck. Io prevent this
take something like baseball bat. lie one
end to bottom of collar, let it swing,
bumping hi kiic-s. He will slow up.
(Let us hear aaout the erows.)
IHi JOHNSON CRASS (2) A NEW
KIND OF WINDS! CKEK.
I W A. J.. Pink Hill, N. ('.—l have two
ons I wish you would answer.
1 What is the name of weed or grass
in ibis leitcr? Il first started in a 26-
i. -e field about fifty years ago a small
j •-I about vards square and plow
in- (Trough it and getting on the plow
! i, h now nearly all over the field. It is
u-d to tear up first plowing, the roots
up like re.-d roots. It is hard to
: k>!' glows fast; cattle like to eat it.
I',, 'ise give me the name, if any good or
.not. , „
I have a milch cow about S years
~’d acd her (.i f is now 4 months old.
. u ,.|, wind from behind. Appetite is
' gets poorer all th.- time. She
n to -nek the wind in. Please give
. me ,i remedy.
Answe’- 1. It is perhaps unnecessary to
so anvthi'ig more than to inform our
ci, spondent that the grass sent is the
(■rated (or notorious) Johnson grass.
. f wliic every farmer has heard and
re (d.
_• The ailment of year cow is entirely
new to HH Sil. probably has a form of
iniie.eslion. Give her 1 1-2 pounds of
E ..a; sails and 1 ounce of pulverized
giug r in one-half gallon of water as a
drench. After the salts have operated
! mix 1 ouiK sof saltpeter and copperas,
dviide it.t" twenty-four powders and give
one powder daily in a bran wash.
; MiXI-.D GRASSES FOR 40-ACRE
M I . A I >OW.
.■'l. 11. I'. ITirace. Ark. I wish to sot
|i .. s to permanent hay crop. Johnson
I grass would be profitable, but my land
IS not alto. J the- suitable, being low, level
; buck .-not. elo.ee natured Makes fairly
; gooj cotton and when planted late will
; grow vrv good corn. oats. etc. 1 have
een thinking <>f mixing seed and sowing
I it. How would Joiili. on. bermuda, alfalfa,
I rod top. Texas blue grass and the clover
do? lb d top grows well oii part of the
! land: ai-o Johnson grass; and red and
white ' .ver on a part of it. Bermuda
o ■ we ; on niov| of it What I want if
: I mix the seed is to get a mixture of
■ .; that will be ready to mow at the
.me time Would yo"u advise fall or
(■ring seeding down? I’le.iso advise what
;. hi think most, suitable and oblige.
Ai w< r The mixture yon propose would
(mi do w- 11 for a meadow because they
■ are “incompatible’' in their ba eta of
. growth ami time of maturity. For mea
i dow purpo: es only lucerne (alfalfa)
should lie sown by itself on very rich
lined. It will git an earlier cutting than
i “Th. r of the others and may be cut
I two to four times- (and some times of.
|t mr> in tin.' course of the season. John
-'■n grass might be sown to advantage
. with one of the vetches, the latter giv
> oi ; one catling in May. along with the
i til. t growth, of the Johnson grass, and
(ben dis.-i spearing enotirely until n-xt fall
.“.ml wint. r. when it will come up again
il stiff! (.mt seed have been permitted
to mature and fall to the ground. T un
derstand that Captain W. H. Warren,
a noted hay raiser of Augusta. Ga.,
grows Johnson grass and vetch together
! X’ery : (|.’.’. ssfull.' The Texas blue grass
wo ild noi amount to much as a meadow
gra -s. On the whole, 1 think It would
be wall to rely on a mixture of rod top,
in- hard ami red clover, say 5 pounds of
red top. 12 pounds of rod clover and IS
poumis of orchard grass would be suf
ficient for an acre. But I wisli to sug
gest that .you may not reasonably ex
pect a good growth for mowing unless
the soil is capable of producing one
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bale of cotton or 25 bushels of corn per
acre. If not capable of producing that
much unaided you should apply enough
highly ammoniated fertilizers to bring
it up. The best r...,- -able preparation would
be to sow th.’ land in cowpeas at once,
applying 200 pounds of acid phosphite
and probably some muriate of jjptash
to the acre, in order to induce a luxuri
ant growth of peavines. Make hay of
the cowpea vims in September and im
mediately turn under the pea stu 'ble and
get the land into good, mellow, fine
condition and sow the grass seeds about
tl>e last of that month or early in Oc
tober, with AM to ;',(M pounds of atuniont
t'ted guano per cere. You may postpone
sowing until m et .March, but the chances
will be in lav .i of the fall sown.
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R. L. Stover. Kershaw, S. c.—l have
an acre of thin sandy land planted In
corn that will not in.ike more than 10
bushels without tnanur.x Could i with
advantage, put l.mM pounds of good gu
ano on it now at second plowing and
plant peas in it? When fodder is ripe
cut corn and p i.<. then put S'D pounds
more guano and plant turnips for stock.
Would that be the best way to prepare
for the turnips.
Answer—l do not think It would be
expedient to appiv 1.000 pounds of ferti
lizer (per acre) to corn on such land,
especially now. It certainly would not
pay you in the In reused yield of corn,
and It is rather too long in advance to
apply it now f-.r tile benefit of a crop
of turnips to be grown next fall. It
might be well io apply 200 pounds per
acre at once for tile benefit of the corn,
riant peas If yo i like and when the corn
is cut and removed prepare it for tur
nips by sowing 1.000 to 1.500 pounds of
fertilizer per a-re for the good of the
turnip ;rop Mj exp ri t has been
together unfav rabie to t ie plan of apply-
’ ■ i ■; ■ ”■( ■
during the growing peri id. 1 think you
would get more clean profit by sowing
the land blond as: and 'el hogs pi lure
them.
REMOVING BARB'iD WIRE.
c J S., Plumerville, Ark. Please pub
lish best means of removing barbed wire
Teuce and how to <-mi truct good sim
ple device for winding on spool old
barbed wire.
Answer I cannot say that 1 know the
best moans of "remo ,ng barbed wire
fenvo." etc. I have o erved that it is
usual to draw the staples with a good
claw-hammer and pun- h, then roll each
strand separately on ■ ie of the spools
which originally carrle It. or on a nail
keg. or a small barrel I’< rhaps. some one
who has hit upon some onvenient meth
od will kindly give It fc publication.
(I). HOLLOW HORN PLANT FOOD
IN EARTH AND IN THE AIR.
J. T S.. Simsvlllo. A I have a
cow that suffers with tier ey. s running
water, and she also loops thorn closed.
She seemed weak and leepy and 1 doc
tored her with stock powders and put
turpentine on the b,■ of her bead and
loins for a week or iu ce and she seemed
to got worse. At !i-t. I bored both
horns and found ti hollow, and I
pushed a straw thr the hole to th,,
other side of horn without any sign of
blood on the straw. Sc; e then the cow is
improving getting w What was the
matter'’ What was tin’ disease? (2).
Whore is the most plant food, in the earth
or in the air?
Answer—(D. I enn n 't say what was
the matter with yom cow. tint probably
she had an attack of .-old or catarrh. If
you will bore into the horns (tho large
part) of any cow la votir herd you will
find them In tho same condition. The
bony “core.’' as It 1 sometimes called,
is not solid bone, as it appears to bo on
an old weatherbeaten skull, but simply a
thin lining to tho Inner surface of the
horn and serves the purpose of supplying
room for the nerves and blood vessels
that food the horn. Therefore, every
healthy adult cow’s horns are “hollow.”
in the sense that lhe core Is not solid
but hollow.
(2>. I suppose you wish to know what
proportion of the dry matter of a plant
conies front the earth and what propor
tion comes from the soil. With this un
derstanding. I answer that very much the
larger pajX of the dry matter of plants
comes from tho air. For Instance, the
amount taken from an acre of soil by a
crop (including every part of the plants)
of cotton yielding 200 pounds of lint would
be not more than 161 pounds. It would
consist of tho following ingredients: Ni
trogen. 35 pounds; potash. 32 pounds; limo,
40 pounds; magnesia, 12 pounds; phos
phoric acid, 17 pounds; other mineral mat
ter (iron, pllfcla. sulphur, sodium, etc ),
K pounds. The remaining portions, which
are supplied by; the air. are carbon, oxy
gen and hydrogen. In other words, about
3 per cent (average) of the dry matter
in plants is furnished by the soil. The
remaining 97 per cent comes from the
air.
LICE IN STABLES AND BARNS.
W. W. Watkins, Aberdeen, Miss.—l
have two large barns In which 1 keep
about 100 head of stock. Every year lice
get on my stock and give me consider
able trouble. Can you suggest some w t.v
to get rid of them - ' 1 think the lice
must be m tho walls. The barns have
been built about ten years.
Answer—’When a. large, stable becomes
thoroughly infested with lice it is no easy
matter to get rid of them. Take ad
vantage of a time when the building is
as nearly empty as possible, ('lean out
very thoroughly every nook and corner.
Scrape a.way the ground, take up all
flooring. Spray every/ part of the wood
work with kerosene emulsion or a mixture
of 10 per cent kerosene by means of a
kero-water sprayer. V hitewash thor
oughly’ with a. lime wash made of good
lime and water containing 5 per cent of
carbolic acid. Thorough cleaning up and
the use of plenty of kerosene and car
bolic acid repeated as often as may be
found necessary. The work must not be
half-way done, but in the most complete
and thorough manner.
(Your question about a European trip
I cannot answer.)
RABBITS IN THE TRUCK GARDEN.
I*. It., Southwood, N. (!.—Can The Con
stitution or any of its readers tell how to
prevent, the depredations of rabbits on
truck crops? I had a fine stand of snap
beans in a field under fence and the rao
bits have stripped the rows from end to
end, although the rows are 150 yards
long. I have patrolled tho field al night
and at dawn and can't see one of them.
They won’t look at a trap.
Answer—l frankly' confess that I know
of no “royal" method or means of pre
venting depredations of rabbits in truck
gardens. 1 think it would bo wise to
clean up and destroy tho brush and
briars, broomsedge and such other means
of hiding in the day time. I think I
would poison the plants themselves, so
far as practicable and expedient, spraying
xvith a solution of parts green in water.
Will be glad to hear from those who
have succeeded in circumventing “Brer
Rabbit."
COMMENCING THE NURSERY BUSI
NESS.
J. C. Whitaker, Weatherford, 0k1a.,, is
hereby Informed that probably the best
course to pursue in order to get informa
tion about “tile nursery business" would
be to furnish the necessary land and cap
ital and secure as a foreman, manager
or partner a man who thoroughly under
stands the business in all its details. Such
a man may be found by advertising in
horticultural journal®. Also bay and
study' books on the subject, such as Bai
ley’s Nursery I look, published by Orange
Judd < 0.. New' York. It would pay you
to visit, the grounds of some large nur
sery at various times along during the
different seasons, so as to S“e with your
own eyes the different nursery w.irk per
formed From Jun? to Auausl is the time
lor budding most trees. You do not stale
what kind of plants, etc., you wish to
grow, but 1 frankly' suggist that if you
know nothing of botany, florieultui e, hor
ticulture. etc., you are poorly equipp"!
for carrying on a general nursei’y busi
ness, involving the propagation, cultiva
tion and • xplorati m of hundreds of dif
ferent kinds of fruits, flower.-’, ornament
al plants, etc. It rsi|iiiii s a n:nn who h is
been brought up to tlie business.
FERTI LIZING ( '(IW I’EAS.
T. M. R., Riley. Ala. I want to follow
my oat crop with i.eas in drill or rows
.and have a lot of < otton seed meal on
hand. Will it pay to fertilize with the
meal? Haya- been rising 11. O. acid pltos
ph.'ite. Ihii haWn't tlie phosphate and
have tlie meal on hand and paid for. if
tlie meal can be used profitably or ad
vantageously, bow much should 1 apply
to the acre in say 3 to 3 1< (? ■ t rows? An
early reply will ty? grat -fiiily a ■it a ■ -iu ted.
Answer Doubtless’ the e.i'ion meal
would cause a vigoroii- growth of cow
pea. vines, but it would 1 ardly prove a
profitable application because tlie meal
contains 2 1-2 -1 1-2 7, which (the 7 per
cent) would be altogethi i too inndi ni
trogen; 2UO ibs. of acid phosphate and 20
or 25 pounds of muriate of potash, cost
ing about $1.75. wo'tld give a hotter ' i.’ld
o!’ peas than IP - same value of cotton
meal (about 160 U.S).
CONSTIPATION OU SOW AND I’IGS.
Thomas Irwin. Sylacauga. Ala -I come
to you for advice as to how to treat a
brood sow and pigs. Tlie sow has been
constipated since before she turd th., pigs.
Is now, and also the pigs are that way.
I feed her I.ran. corn meal and a hand
ful of cotton meal with salt regularly.
The pigs are fed separate on about the
same radon except tlie cotton meal. They
have had plenty of green stuff between
meals, rye and oats The pigs are nine
weeks old and have fall libertv of the
place. The sow is confined in a good
sized lot. They are Roland Chinas.
Answer I have little doubt that the
constipation is due to too high feeding
on train and insufficient exercise. 1
would .if necessary) give the sow 1 1-2
to ozs. of l.’psoni salts, also change the
food, for a time, to soft, easily-digested
food, such as hot bran mashes mixed witli
flaxseed tea. In case of severe constipa
tion it may be necessary to give the sow
injections of warm soap suds. Itoib'd flax
seed mixed Witli skimmed milk is very
nutritious and will prevent constipation
in tho pig . Give the sow m -’e iil.ertv.
Also place charcoal where she can got
11. or put. it in her food Ilogs require an
occasional change of diet.
ANTHRAX OF CATTLE.
S. R. Smaller. Kingston. Te.nn. 1 have
lost thr. e tin.' s'e.-rs of some disease in
tiie last week. Will you please name ds
easo and give remedy, it you know of
a.iv. through your paper and oblige your
siilwrifiorCattle 'rim on pasture , ~m-posed
posed of .lover, retitop and timothv. Has
nloi.lv shade and also 1..e a fine creek
of pure water running through it. No
poison vegetation in pasture as far as I
know. I have lost several cattle in the
last year on different parts of farm. They
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py!| In tho langnwee of the In/Hnn. after which onr
\W\ great American crop was named, corn is hing. The
grain value of th© corn crop is approximately
31,000,000,000. It is estimated that tho stalks and
P’uaA- fodder aro worth as much more. Think, then, ol the
i.ij N' amount yon can make by saving all of yostr corn crop. 1
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corn hinder and busker and shredder enables yon to i
eave this part of the corn crop that has in past years
gone to waste. /jf
C. HJUNES, Atlanta, Ga., H
General (igent tor McCormick Machines.
take sick and die sometimes in less than
tw.-r.tv-fotir hours; others will linger
along for fit" or three days and then die.
1 have never known but one to ever re
cov- r from the disease. They do not
swell particularly; do not froth at mouth.
Bowels ate in good condition. After they
a:,, dea.i a l'.-w hours a bloody water
ton..? through the skin, and is deposited
on hair like a very heavy dew. Those
w!ii< h 1 have skinned are very much
til. odshot under tlie hide, especially in
lie: region of the heart. Their shoulders
;i’,- like jolly almost. Forelegs are very
badly' bloodshot; also their hips.
Answer—l think it quite certain that t
your cattle are affected with anthrax, a |
very d. .idly di .ease, and that your pas
tures h ive become infwted by the germs.
It is generally considered that it is prac
tically useless to treat tlie disease, as no
rem" iv has yet been discovered. All that
, an 1,, done is t . thoroughly' disinfect the
pastures in which the cattle were feeding
when the disease appeared, or cease to
u . th ti) for two or three years. Tho
,-.-.r”:i--'.-’ of animals- that have died of
the dis .a ■ > should be entirely burned up or
I'Hie I v< : v deep. Animals that have been
. ; to infection but not yet attacked
i.v the dis iso mav be rendered immuno
by inocu! ition with one of the several
< accines made and sold for that purpose
< Vaccine Virus Company, Chicago. Ills.). ;
Not onlv is the entire carcass infested I
witli spores, or germs, of the disease, but I
I gt "U d’ over which they may have ■
t een dragged will also become the -source ;
~f ,|.|, The disease is also communi- ,
/•ated to man. It is also liable to attack j
: iiecp and g' its. and s imetimes horses. I
ZEMA F MULE.
J. R. Dillon. S. C.--I have a mule that j
sonic kind of humor In her blood I
■ Sin' lire iks out in bumps as large
as' peas or larger in the spring and n- i
mains s.g ail summer. This seems to itch 1
Hid te:r' ; . I’.cr She will bite herself at I
> against trees when loose. I
’l’fie bump are on her sides and neck*
me. ■ I , Vl . ;,nd they feel hard and |
rough. Wh.it would be best to give her ■
or rub 1 ■ r with to relieve or cure her ;
and v.-hat do y m call ibis disease?
Answ< r The disease Js doubtless a form I
C recurrent < cz. ma. tlie treatment for I
which lias often been given in these col- ■
umns. In the early- stage give a physic,
say 1 ounce <M barbadoes aloes and I j
oun :e of ground ginger dissolved in I 2 ‘
point of l olling water, then add 1-2 pint I
of cold water and give at one dose. When
the plnsic lias operated commence giv
... : u following: Pulverize and mix'
... -i' . pi. , - each of saltpeter and cop- |
divide into twenty-four powders
\.,; i-ivc one powder (wier daily in I
tliru.‘ if ne» ’ssar>". W’.ish the skin [
the aff..:.<l parts with a solution of
1 ounce of carbonate of potash in 1 quart
Os water. Rub this well in. then wash It
off with warm water and keep the ani
ma! warm, or out of a draft, until dry.
For allaying the itch, make a solution
of 1-2 ounce of acetate of lead in 1 quart
of water, add 1 ounce of laudanum and
wash tlie itchy places with it. For a
chronic case give 1 ounce ol Fowler s so
lution of arseni< once a day for a month
ami use the wash as above prescribed
(carbonate of potash).
OBSTRUCTED TEATS OF COW.
“Enq tiror.” Forreston. Tex. —What Is
the matter with my cow-? Calf is 6 weeks
old. th rd calf; gives six gallons milk per
day; can’t milk but one teat with my
hand, neither can the calf get milk from
but ore teat: been milking her witli milk
ers. littb silver tubes in bulber. Can I
give her any kind of medicine that would
make hei get all right? Too, fine a milch
cow for beef. Let me hear from you soon.
Answer—The three teats are probably
obstructed by small, hard bodies, sup
posed to be small glands hardened, which
have found their wiy- down into the
teats. They are not easily removed, and
the only' safe remedy is to continue to
use the milking tube untd she goes dry.
When she "comes tn” again it is quite
probable that her teats will be all right.
TROOPS TO PROTECT NEGRO.
Kaufman. Tex.. May 26.—Two compa
nies of militia, from Terrell and Dallaa
have been ordered here to protect a ne
gro who is charged with criminally as
saulting a white woman. This afternoon
a mob form''.! with the avowed purpose
of burning the negro. but the
arrival of troops will doubtless allay the
exeitemer. t
r—: A Great Di.covwry
DROPSY
' :? 'U < TR ED xvith vegetable
remedies, ♦ ntlrely bsrn>
* less: removes all sytnp*
tom« cf dropsy 1n 8 to a)
I 't&S 5 Cays; to -0 <‘»ys »f-
fe.'ts r permanent cur a.
t Trial treatment fur-
l Dished irro to every
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