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JULY PLANTINGS.
It has usually been considered that
July is not a favorable month for plant
ing. owing to the hot and dry weather
that is suppos'd to be associated with
its period of thirty-one days. But an
appeal to the record shows that July Is
not such an extraordinary month in these
respects, after .ill. At Experiment, Ga„
the following are the mean temperatures
and rainfalls for the summer months for
a period of fourteen years: May, mean
temperature 71.7 degrees, rainfall 3.17
inches; June, mean temperature 78.1 de
grees, rainfall 4.22 Inches; July, mean
temperature 79.6 degrees, rainfall i>..d
inches; August, mean temperature 78.2
degrees, rainfall 6.05 inches. So, it ap
pears, that July heat is but l.a degrees
greater than that of June, while the July
rainfall is greater by 1.30 inches. Com
pared witlt August the mean temperature
of July is cmly 1.4 degrees higher, but its
rainfall is 0.53 inch less. There is a
regular increase in file temperature until
July, and then a regular falling off in
temperature as the summer advances and
the fall comes on. But the Increase In
the rainfall commences from the dry
month of May and continues Into August.
So we have in August a dimunition of
heat as well as an increase In the rain
fall—a conjuncture of two favorable eon- i
ditlons, which, in the long run, gives the ;
advantage to August as a planting and i
growing month.
It is usual, however, when the moisture
conditions of the latter part of July are.
favorable, to commence planting fall
crops, in anticipation of the still more
favorable conditions of August. It is
like "taking a running start.” Hence,
August has sometimes been likened to
springtime, and called "second spring,
because of Its unusually favorable con
ditions for planting seeds of several kinds
of garden vegetables as well as some va
rieties of field seeds.
As a matter of fact It Is the practice
of tl e best gard ners to clear away the
remains of the first crops of garden peas, |
beets, onions, squash, etc., as soon as '
they have been gathered, or have ma- i
tured, and immediately prepare the ■
ground for now plantings The writer
now has bunch beans and squash—nearly
blooming—growing where the crops of
garden peas, spring turnips and onions
matured; young corn where tho Irish po
tatoes grew; young tomatoes whore the [
early corn was. Professional gardeners j
make it a rule to keep all ot their highly j
improved soils occupied as nearly all j
the time as possible. They rake off ami j
burn the old squash and bean vines and ,
other remains of early crops and either |
work them into a compost heap or place ,
them under foot of animals that will i
make the best use of them, while de- ;
stroying the maturing insects that preyed
on the first crop.
It is best to commence to plant tur
nips, especially rutabagas, during the ’
last week of July, and also such other j
crops as may be endanger.-d al their most
valuable stage of growth bj an early
frost. The ordinary rough leaved tur
nips will have an abundance of time if
sown any time in August and even as
late as the middle of September.
Continued plantings, even into August,
may y<t be made of sorghum, cat-tail
millet and cowpeas, and (pin k-maturing
varieties of "roasting ear" corn.
The ground should be prepared for
these late plantings just as soon as pos
.-'iblv. The plowing should be deep, and
th.-n the harrow should be used to bring
the soil Into as line condition as possi
ble. It Is then ready and able to absorb
the rains that may fall before and after
the seeds of the new crop are planted.
I have known good crops of turnips and
Irish potatoes to be made with but one
good shower of rain after planting, the
ground having been well prepared some
weeks In advance of planting.
When showers are scanty al and fol
lowing planting there will be difficulty
someti/nes in getting seeds to germinate.
In view of this It is important that tho
soil be made fine, and pressed firmly
over the seeds. It Is also very helpful
to cover the rows of seeds just sown
with almost any sort of temporary cover
ing. in order to keep off to some extent
the fierce heat of the sun, and to pre
vent too rapid evaporation of moisture
from the soil. In small garden operations
newspapers may often be used to ad
vantage as a screen or covering to newly
planted seeds, and it might pay to keep
a L w hundred feet of cheap sleazy cloth,
such as cheesecloth, for this purpose.
For these late crops coarse manures
are not suitable, but only such as are
quickly soluble and immediately avail
able. Thoroughly well rotted and thor
oughly screened compost will answer a •
good purpose, and Is particularly desir
able as a covering for garden seeds of
all kinds. R. J. REDDING.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
TOMATO BLIGHT.
AT. S W., North, S. C. —I have several
acres of tomatoes. In the center of one
patch I find my tomatoes are dying.
They seem to commence to wilt at the
j top, but soon the whole vine is dead.
The stem is hollow. They are just full
I of green tomatoes, some beginning to
BA (> rent Diarovery
DROPSY
<’l’REl> with vegetable
remedies. entirely harm
less; remove* all symp
toms of dropsy in B to 20
days; 8‘» to 60 days ef
fects a permanent cure.
Trial treatment fur
nished ire* to every
surer; nothing fairer.
i or circulars, teetimon
;alt, etc., apply to
Dr-H.H.Green's Sons,
floi A. Atlanta, Ga
THE WEEKLY ATLAKTA. GA., MONDAY, JULY 13,1903.
ripen. I have used several applications
of nitrate of soda according to your
direction in The Constitution.
About two weeks ago I ■ used Paris
green on them for worms. I used It last
year without any bad effects.
’ Will you please be kind enough to
tell me what is the cause of this blight
and what will cure it, if anything.
Answer—You have exactly described tbo
symptoms of the bacterial blight ot tho
tomato—a disease which of late years Is
becoming quite prevalent at the south,
and affects the Irish potato as well as
the tomato. The bacterium In question
follows the Inroads previously made by
a fungus—tho macrosporiuna solani—after
tho vitality of the plant has been lowered
by the latter’s attack. It Is productive,
in some sections of a great deal of dam
age, and is quite persistent, it is liable
to increase for some time unless remedial
measures are universally adopted, for the
simple reason that both tomato and po
tato growing is largely on the increase in
all parts of the south.
On account of its persistency rotation
should be strictly observed, and as far
as possible neither tomatoes nor potatoes
should be planted either on the same spot,
as a succession, nor in close proximity.
The writer believes that he has also dis
covered the bacterium in question on
chrysanthemums planted this year on the
spot occupied ‘by tomatoes last year,
showing that the malady may in future
extend to other plants.
Wherever there are any indications ot
the blight the plants should be taken up
and burned, and the plat for the next
season located as far oft as possible.
Spraying with Bordeaux mixture will
also prove effective. Make th'* solution
rather weak -in the proportion of *1 pounds
bluestone and 5 pounds lime to 50 gallons
Ol' water.
The application you used would do no
good bee iuse t hey are all insecticides, 1
not fungicides.
The Bordeaux mixture Is made as fol
lows:
Copper sulphate (blue stone).. .. 4 pounds
Quick limes pounds
Waterso gallons
Dissolve the bluestone In 2 gallons ot
hot water, strain through the copper sieve
of tin* sprayer or through a gunny sack
into a 50-gallon barrel. Slake the limo
slowly in a wooden bucket. When ebuli
tion is over till the bucket witli water,
thus diluting to a thick white.wa li. Strain
slowly into the bluestone In the barrel,
stirring thoroughly. Fill th" barrel with
water. Always stir thoroughly before till
ing the sprayer.
FORMULA FOR COTTON ON LOAMY
LA.NI).
F. S., Church Point I.a —(1) Please say
if the following Is good for corn and
c 'tton on loamy land.
(2.) How would it do for peanirts and
watermelons?
(3.) AVhat Is meant by "total 14 to IS
i per cent, equal to 30. 5". 40."
| The fertilizer Is called ‘'The Black
i Diamond" and is made in New Orleans.
AN ALY V SIS.
Water solublelo to 12 per cent.
Nitrate soluble 2 to 3 per cent.
Acid soluble.. ..*2 to 3 per cent.
Totall4 to D per cent.
Equal to bone phosphate. 14-56-40
Answer—(l and 2.) I cannot answer
these questions, bee ,'is“ J do not know
what is meant by "nitrate soluble." It
Is rather a meaningless expression, not
known to the trade nor to the nomen
clature of ofl'i' ial Inspection and analysis. .
Asi le from th.- "nitrite soluble,” what- |
cv-r that is. the fertilizer is a simple
"Id phosphate, containing I'* P'T cent
i soluble (in water) and 2 per cent re-
■ verted (soluble in acid), or a total of 12
i per cent available phosphoric add. Alone
I it is not a suitable fertilizer for either
corn or cotton and should have some I
potash to fit it for peanuts. , t
I do not know what Is meant, by "H- I
56-I f '.” It is not uncommon for some
manufacturer to stat.' Hie percentage of
i lune phosphate, but for no good r.*ason,
] since tho bone phosphate is simply the
sum total of the different percentages of
phosphoric acid together with th- limo
' which it is in . homies! union. 1
! have always suspected that it is a lorn)
of mild fraud Intended to mislead the
I purchaser to the conclusion that the
I |r : •' :;l Igo nf bone phosphate is somo
-1 thin.; additional to the phosphoric acid.
■ which is not the fact.
SECOND FROP IRISH POTATOES.
I J. 1: I’owlor. Oak Grove, La.-Please
| a.Lise tm- in next issue when and how
1 e l 'o,!s a '.’>n "gr.m'nd. "l’ have" Um
; Triumph. II"W to manage to get them
■ up. I’m informed by some to dig and
lot them dry about a week and plant.
Pleas.* advise a sure plan. My potatoes
are ready for digging now.
Answer-I cannot add anything to i
what. 1 wrote in reply to similar in- i
qiilries from "W J. H.” and "\V. H.
H ■■ in The Wecklv of July 6. Please,
r.fer to that issue if you have not al
ready tend 11.
COWPEAS FOP. HOGS.
J B. C., Pickens, S. <’.—At the present
price "f meat which will pa.V better, to
soli pegs at 65 cents per bushel or feed
them to pigs or hogs? Il peas are fed
to hogs or pigs li<)/ shall they be led
to get the best results? Do pigs do
better on dirt or wood floors?
Answer—lt Is difficult to say. Under
favorable conditions you may count on
producing about one pound of pork for
• very five pounds of chan peas fed to
hogs. The pes.s should lie ground if con
venient and fed with some cure to avoid
overfeeding. But 65 cents at present is
a very low price for seed peas. I think
they are selling at from $1 to $1.25 per
bushel. Pigs do not do well in a close
pen, whether dirt or plank floor, except |
for a few weeks at fattening time. A
reasonable range of pasture Is highly
important, and it is very doubtful if
you can profitably feed pigs kept closely
confined.
DRY WE LI,.
N. C. P., Grovrt Hillj N. C.— I am
thinking of digging what wo call a dry
Well to keep milk, fruit, etc.. In. My
idea Is to dig it 10 feet deep and 12 feet
wide. When ready for the top, was
thinking of laying a rock wall 12 Indies
high for the framing sills. Please give
Instructions from beginning to ending to
build it. Shall I put In windows? The
ground Is level where I expect to dig
i the pit.
Answer There is no special rule for
digging a "dry well.” Tim deeper you
make it the lower the temperature you
will secure. I think the best plan is to
dig a square hole io or 12 feet deep ami
10 by 10, or as much larger as you may
require, and dig a "wet” well in the
center, or at one side, to supplj- plenty
of cool water. Put a pump In the well
with a delivery spout below and one
above (if you expect to utilize the space
above). It depends on the use you ex
pect to make of the dry well (or cellar)
i to what extent you will finish it off.
A brick, cemented floor and cemented
walls would be in order if for keeping
butterand milk, churning, etc. It should
I have one or mor" windows just, above
i the surface of the earth, mainly for
light, rather than ventilation.
PRESERVING (JED CORN FROM
WEEVILS.
T. W. S., Holly Hill, S. (.'. I have a lot
> of good corn of last year which i wish to
carry over for next year, and there is
some weevils getting in it and 1 wish to
treat it with bisulphide of carbon. ..at
I wish to know from you is will it hurt
stock or people to eat the corn when
treated. Aly corn is not shucked but was
slipslmcked in field when gathercll last
fall. Will the shucks that came in di
rect contact with the bisulphide do to
feed the mules and cattle? .Also, how
would you apply the bisulphide? Is it a
liquid and must I sprinkle It over pile of
corn’ My corn crib is 16 feet by 20 and Is
reasonably tighta weather-boa.rded
house without any cracks and but one
door. Corn is about 8 feet deep in 16
foot square of house. How much bisul
phide will It take to thoroughly do the
job and will the dose have to bo re
peated later? Please give mo full in
structions by lpf?z. r jf this is too fbng for
publication.
Answer—The use of bisulphide of carbon
will not injure the grain treated with it
either for man o r animal. The liquid is
very volatile and of a most disgusting
odor. So volatile f s it that grain or any
thing else ti*<* ited with It will be entirely
free from it. in a few hours, if exposed to
the air, or If i n a vessel not absolutely
air tight. The chief danger is of injury to
the germinating principle of seed. It is
claimed that twenty-six hours' exposure
of seed to the vapor of the liquid will
not result in Injury. Nor will the shucks
be injured.
The bisulphide of carbon, ns already in
timated, Is a heavy liquid of a very foul
smelling quality ft volatilizes very quick
ly, and Ils vapor, being heavier than air,
will sink down In the mass of corn or
other grain. It i s necessary that the room
or vessel containing the grain be sub
stantially tight and close. Pour the liquid
Into shallow pans or plates and set these
about over tho grain. Or you may just
sprinkle it about over the grain and get
away promptly. Re careful to have no
fire about the building for twenty-four or
thirty-six hours For a bulk of corn 16
by 20 by 8 so, t. from 5 to 8 pounds of the
bisulphide will be sufficient. The rule is
to use one ponad for 250 cubic feet of
space, or *1 pounds for a crib or bln 10 by
10 by 10. It mav be necessary to repeat
the treatment, which can be determined
by careful examination, because the moths
may get in from without and lay more
eggs
SIGN'S OF THE ZODIAC.
R. D. W.. Tyro, Miss.—What Is the
consensus of opi: on among farmers as
to the moon's inl'aenee on animals? The
"Signs of dltiF.* ahrdlti afwy trdluyp
"signs,” as set forth in almanacs, when
and how did tl.* signs originate; how
long ago?
Lost two 11 -year-old bulls by loss
of blood a l'"W days since from castra
tion, and am ' bl by some "the sign
was wrong.” W is greatly astonished, .as
never lost one before. What per cent
thus die?
Answer -I hi, no means of ascertain
ing what proportion of all the farmers
Tielieve in the ioiluence of the moon on
animals. The "Signs of the Zodiac" are
names of cerf.iin animals applied to an
imaginary b It (*f the heavens, within
which all the pianets of the solar system
appear to move. This belt is arbitrarily
divided Into twi '*." equal parts, to each
of which is a -i pied one of the names,
or signs, of th' Z "line. This division and
the names an opposed to have origi
nated with th ancient Egyptians at
least, as far btu it as the building of the
great pyramids Thes" people were the
earliest astronomers of the world and
were careful rvers, in their way,
and with the limicd appliances (no tele
scope) at their command. They found
out some thing that are true and im
agined a lot. >f others that were not
true, but simple * reations of their fancy.
The beliefs that certain surgical opera
tions are more successful when perform
ed at a certain stage of the moon, or
when tho mo Is in a certain “sign"
and that cert; mould be planted
on the "full” ai;'l others should be plant
ed on the •u'w” "light” nights and
“dark” nights, etc., are based upon noth
ing but super.-iii ions tradition. No edu
cated, seientili'* m in— > far as I know
believes any su< ; things.
Tin almana. xve ah the “signs." and
the picture of ton* man with his entrails
exposed simple because there are still a
goo.l mailt who believe in the signs. You
will not find a man who is capable of
making the *b. ulati' ' necessary for
an tl >t has 'be -lightest faith
in those “influences.” it is greatly to
lie hoped that all b*'liefs will soon go
the wa.v of til old .*■ iiefs in sorcery
and witchcraft ’mi P’ "I in the days
: grandfat hers.
Tl bulls di ' >me want of
: .- kill in perfm ig the operation,
or from lilooil poisoie tg. tho result of
usin' non-stei ili'zed -truments. None
over (lie becuisc the ' gn Is not. right..'
COMBINED TT'RNE AND
ER.
H C R and G V 8.. Pavo, Ga.—
Bin iking land: one m doing two men’s
work. A iJow that 1 ins thd soil over
and rips up the el:*' and leaving clay
mid *r the <oil. Is I’:..* what we need?
Would like i“ know e opinion of tho
public on this matte*.
Answer—What you w.nt to know, prob
ably. is not. so much the "opinion of the
public" the opinion of those who have
tried the combined : n-plow and sub-
S’dlcr. Various types ’id styles of such
plows have long ag been patented and
some of them have '■ on used more or
icss. I have never used one myself, as
I have always found good two-horse
plow gave two mub- (bout as much as
they could do. and m ferred to run a
separate subsoil plow Any one who has
ibid experience in ■ ng such combined
pI"W. whether satis: "iy or otherwise.
I*, invited to give m : two inquirers and
(.'.hois r.advrs the I* etit of it.
BUTTER AVILL A"T "GATHER."
M. P. 8., Campoll* a, S. C.—What is
the cause of milk I '-mg so that butter
will not gather as ; It is churned?
Cows have been e'ing sweet apples.
Any light will bo appreciated.
Answer—l suggest i'nat the temperature
at. which the milk churned was too
high. Docs the but >r actually "come"
and then refuse t, "gather”? 1 am
not aware that appb tel to cows tends
to Interfere with the churning in any
way. Take up tile (ttcr with a cul
lender. or other.strai.a-r. AVhen milk (or
vre.ani) Is properly churned, at tlio
proper temperature L'bouit 62 degrees, In
summer and 65 degrees in winter), the
(butter will bo ready to "take up" when
it appears in distil ; . separate grains
about the size of a g;ain of wheat. It
should never be permitted to run to
gether into a pasty m * s, but always be
taken up in granules, or grains, using
a cullender for the i rpose.
"GLEETY" S I’AGGERS.
J. C. 8., Delight, Ark.-I had two mules
that had gleet) staggers. One got well
and one died. Will you please give me
a cure for staggers through your paper?
The one that is lit ng still has a dis
charge from one nostril. Can you tell me.
what will cure it up" 1 will tell you
how they were est ..'ted. They would
stand around for a W’" k or so and sleep
and eat and seemingly in no pain. By’
smoking them great -lugs of membranes
would come from the nostril, tough as
whitle:*ther. The one that died lived two
weeks after it commenced rising. I cut
its bead open and from its eye down it
was rotten. There was not any matter
around the brain, but quite a lot of
blood. They were fat and in fine fix
when taken. I have described it the best
1 c an. If 't is not staggers, ph'.ase tell
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me what it Is, and what to do for It,
and if it is contageous. Is it safe to
bore the bead, and put medicine in? If
so, what must I put in. is there a hard
rubber syringe to use in the mouth for
putting medicine into the brain. If so,
please Inform me where it can be gotten.
Also a gag as that is necessary. Is
there no preventive against this disease?
If so, what are liable to have it again
in the future, or is it safe to keep them
where they have had it once?
Answer —Your description does not in
dicate staggers at all, nor any other
disease of the brain. I would conclude
that it was "nasal gleet” were it not
for the fact that one of your mules died,
which is not a, usual result. So far os
I have ever heard there is no such
disease as "gleety” staggers. The dis
charge from the nostrils, which is about
the only diagnostic sympton you give,
suggests very strongly that the disease
of which your mule died atnd with which
the remaining one is suffering is glandeis.
which is incurable and nearly always
fatal. A horse or mule affected with
an undoubted case of glanders should
be killed at once, and its carcass either
burned to ashes or burled b feet deep in
the earth. There are instruments ot
various sorts for injecting remedies into
the circulation, but I know nothing ot
any for injecting into the brain. It is a
very dangerous thing to endeavor to reach
the brain by means of a surgical instru
ment, and 1 advise you not to <’«empt
it. There is no such practice a.mon„
veterinary surgeons as Injecting anything
into the brain.
(1) LOUSY CALVES—(2) FROSTED
EARS.
F. M. 8.. Marietta, Ga.—l. I have a
call 4 months old that I noticed has not
been doing well lately; hair rough and
falling oft in flesh. Upon close examina
tion this afternoon 1 find it is lousy.
They seem to be only on throat, face
and’ flanks to forelegs; none on head
back of horns. The varmints are black,
long*bodied and nearly as large as an
ordinary flea, and held on like grim
death when I tried to pull some off for
examination.
2. Now 1 have several remedies for
lousy calves preserved from Farm and
Farmers’ department of The Constitution,
but there is another trouble that 1 do
not understand nor can I account for.
The. tips of its ears and underside have
dried up and would break about like a
Saratoga chip should I attempt to bend
them; this drying up of ears extending
and apparently will cover whole ear.
Please name tins disease; also prescribe
treatment. Calf has been living on grass
—plenty of it—with a little cotton seed
meal and hulls at night.
Answer—l. The louse Infesting your
calves is probably what Is known as the
"long-nosed ox louse." You do not ask
for a remedy for this trouble, but state
that you have several remedies from the
Farm and Farmers’ department." In ad
dition to these, I suggest the trial of
zenolium, a new insecticide. Also this:
For each animal (grown) take half a
pound of cocculus indicus. or "fish ber
ries." pound them tine, put In 2 quarts
of vinegar and let simmer on the stoxe
for an hour. When cool apply thorough
ly bv rubbing into the hair over the in
fected places.
2 The ear trouble is due to one ot
two causes: (1) Ergotism, which is tho
result of eating ergot of rye or other
grasses, which is often present on grasses
growing on damp, rich soils in hot sea
son. or (2) it is the result of exposure
to edd whereby the thin cartilaginous
ears have been frost 'bitten and the tis
tties are dead. 1 know of no remedy that
will do any good at this stage.
A "FAILING COW."
W. K. AlcElwee, Oho, Miss. —I have
a line cow that i« very poor which is
unusual; has a slight cough at times; no
lice; has the best of pasture and good
creek water. She. is not milking. She
seems to want to lay down the most of
her time. She can hardly get about. What
lv the cause and what Is the remedy?
Please answer through your valuable pa
per and you will confer a great, favor
by S.I doing. I must say that your
paper has been a help to me in many
V, < ) V*s,
Answer—lt Is rather close nkin to guess
ing to attempt a diagnosis on such a
meager description of tho symptoms, but
I venture to say that the symptoms, so
tar as described, very strongly indicate
that* your cow has tuberculosis (consump
tion), for which no treatment yet discov
ered will avail toward a cure. If she has
tiie disease she will grow weaker and
weaker and finally die in spite of all you
can do.
KNOT ON HORSE’S LEG.
T B. 11., Aspon Hill, Tenn.—l have a
horse with a bunch on the back of his leg
between hock ami ankle vet’)* nearly as
large as a goose egg. caused by a
cut from a plow. It is hard like
gristle to the feel: gives no pain, entirely
healed: in fact ’tis only unsightly. He is
a fine saddle horse and I wish to know if
there is any treatment that will cause its
absorption. It is of a year’s standing and
the hair has not grown yet on the face
of it.
Answer —The "bunch" or knot on the
horse’s leg is the result of the tendon
having been cut or lacerated by the plow
and tho wound not being properly treated.
Such "granulation,” as they are called, of
tendonous tissue are difficult to remove.
The usual process is to apply a strong
caustic, even a hot iron, in order to de
stroy the proud growth. "Gumbault’s
caustic balsam” Is a good stuff and has
been expensively advertised. Try your
druggist for it or make him get you some.
Butter of antimony is also good, io use
the latter the bum'll should be pared until
it shows a fresh, live surface. Then spread
on a coat of the antimony. In three days
scrape down to a fresh surface and so on
every three days until the excrescence be
reduced to the skin surface and a little
below.
CAN'T "NAME THE DISEASE."
M. G., Cohasset, Ala.—l have a line mare
mule; her eyes run water; she seems to be
almost blind at times and they seem to
be worse In warm weather or when she
gets warm. She snorts almost continually
at night and a watery substance runs
from her nose. I feed on oats; she. is in
good condition and never refused to eat. I
plow her regularly; she is about 9 years
old. Please name disease and give a
remedy as early as possible.
Answer—l am not able to diagnose the
case without a better description of the
symptoms. Does the inflammation of eyes
occur periodically, or at intervals of a
month or more, and lasting a week or ten
days? If so, it is probably a case of moon
blindness. Tiie snorting and running from
the nose may mean glanders or it may be
only catarrh or nasal gleet. As she is a
tine mule 1 advise you to take her to a
competent veterinary surgeon.
KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROUBLE.
H. L. 8., Poverty Hill, S. C.—Aly horse
I think has gravel. Will you please pre
scribe for him and oblige an appreciative
subscriber of your paper?
Symptoms—Dull, drowsy look out of
ev*s; poor appetite part of the time;
great trouble about making water, while
plowing will stop half dozen times before
lie succeeds, then very often will start to
move off before he lias finished; seems
to burn or cause pain in voiding; water
generally of a dark lye color, but sorne-
I times milky white. This afternoon he
had a spell of what I think was kidney
colic. Got very wet with sweat very
suddenly, walked at a double-quick to
the plow for about ten minutes, back
slightly arched; very suddenly at end of
row lay down, rump first. 1 gave him
20 drops of aconite and belladonna which
seemed to relieve him to a great extent
in ten minutes. T then gave two tea
spoonsful of nitre in twice that amount
of water. I let him rest one hour and lie
ate grass very heartily all the while.
Tut him to plowing again and in half
an hour he began to stop about every
twenty yards as if to make water and
could not succeed. I had him taken from
plow and turned loose; he soon passed
very freely. The horse is 9 years old,
home raised; has never been in tills fix
before. He has been fed on good, whole
some feed all the spring, but has been
looking badly for two months and has
been worked very hard all the time. Fed
on cracked corn and good fodder and
hay; a change from one to the other
every few days until oats began to turn.
Since then sheaf oats as forage and
some corn evers- few days. I inclose an
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while the sun shines now to kill grass.
Answer—l think your horse has Inflam
mation of the kidneys, which may be
caused by some form of calculus (which
includes “gravel”), or it. may be in
flammation of tile bladder. Both of these
diseases are of too serious nature to be
neglected or triflej with and I advise
you to procure, if possible, the services
(personal) of a skilled V. S. The aconite
was very good to reduce fever and the
belladonna to quiet the pain. In the mean
time give a dose of 1 1-2 to 2 pints of
raw linseed oil as a. purge. Give him as
much water as he will drink. Dissolve 1-2
oz. of gum arable in each pail of water.
Apply hot fomentations over the region
of the kidneys and down on the sides in
front of the flanks. If much fever give
20 drop doses of tincture of aconite every
2 hours, one dram doses of powdered
opium every 3 hours when in great pain.
Don’t attempt to work it.
RINGBONE REMEDY.
T. L. 8.. Thomasville. Ala.—Can yon
advise me what will cure a ringbone on
a horse? I have a fine horse that has
a ringbone on his foot just above the
hoof. AViU appreciate your kindness to In
form me what will remove It
Answer—ls th" hard swelling which yon
call a ringbone is low down (just above
the hoof) and on the side only. It Is more
commonly called "sidebbne." Give the an
imal complete rest, and If h» rests the
affected leg on the toe of the foot bene
fit will result from putting a high-heeled
shoe on that foot. But if he. holds the
foot up off the ground a shoe would add
extra weight and. should not be worn. In
stages of the trouble bathe the
foot two or three times a day with cold
water, follow'd by a lotion of one-half
ounce of acetate ol lead, dissolved In ono
quart qf water. In tiie second stage (per
haps, now), hot water is best, followed by
a lotion of 2 ounces each oj tincture of
arnica and laudanum, 1 ounce of fluid
extract of belladonna, 4 ounces of water.
After all swelling and heat are removed
and the horse is still layne, mix 2 drams of
cantharidc.s with 1 ounce of lard, and rub
a little of it well in. Let it remain twen
ty-four hours, then wash off and grease
with lard. Repeat in two or three weeks.
If necessary. The horse should not be put
to work for some time after ail
disappears.
BLOAT.
Alex V., Delk, N. C.— J. G. Haynes lost
a fine yearling a few days ago. It was
i grazing on clover, and died in a few
| minutes after it tta.s discovered to bo ail
ing. I thought it was choked when it
; was found, lull an examination proved
j such not ip be the case. IL was fit to
| burst from being swollen. A few days
I later he found his two fine miich cows in
I the same condition. It seemed that they
i got in this condition in a few minutes,
ißy some means, they gqt all right. I
| helped work with them myself, AVe rub
j bed them, and gashed their hides with a
knife. Please give me. through the col
-1 umns of your paper, the cause of such
i and remedy for Jhz; same.
I Answer- The affection is very common
: and is called “bloat.” or "hoven,” and Is
i usually caused by eating w«t grass, clov
er, sorghum, etc., especially when the
animal is very hungry when turned into
the pasture. Treatment: If no medicine
is aLhand. and while some one goes for
it, throw bucket fills. pf cold water over the
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back and loins, which sometimes proves
effective. A handful of cotwmon salt dis
solved in one quart of water and given as
a drench Is also useful. But the best
remedy, and It should be given as soon
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ammonia in 2 ounce doses in 1 pint of
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quart of water and repeated in half an
hour, if necessary. If time will allow a
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dissolved in one-half gallon of water and
given at ono dose if the case was not
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R. TV. H.. Egypt. Alias. I have a mart
troubled very much with a cough, seems
to be dry and hacking: don’t know what
could have caused it. I have* been feeding
her on shell corn, oats, wheat bran and
fodder, but dampen it before feeding. Her
appetite is good, in good condition. Please
give treatment through your most val
uable paper. Have given her tar by the
mouth; also put tar in her throat, and
neither seem to benefit her as yet.
Answer- \ cough is not of itself a dis
ease. but a symptom of some irritation
about the lungs, wind pipe or stomach. I
fear your mare is threatened with broken
( wind, which is always preceded and a
-by a peculiar cough and dif
ficult breathing. The air is easily drawn
into the lungs, but there seems to be a
difficulty in expelling it, and it require*
a double effort to do it. causing the ani
mal to "heave," hence one name of the
disease is "heaves.” Please refer to let
ter ami reply (2) in issue of June 15 under
the head of "Broken Wind.”
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