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12 CONSTIPATION, Inward Piles. Fullness ot the Blood in the Head, Acidity of the Stomach. Nausea, Heart- ? urn ’ Disgust of Food, Fullness or Weight ,n Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or Suf f* eating Sensations when in a lying posture. Dimness of Vision, Dizziness on raining sud denly, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of 1 ersplratlon. Yellowness of the Skin and es. Pain in the Side, Chest, Limbs and Sudden Flashes of Heat, Burning in the r lesh. A few doses of Dad way’s ft Pills will free the system of all the above named disorders. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by all drug gists. or sent by mail on receipt of price. BADWAY & CO., 55 Elm St., N. Y. ODIUM of roferonoM. % years a •©•olalty. Book oa Homa Treatment *ant FREK. Addroaa B. M. WOOLLEY, M. D. t Atianta. Ojk- THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION’S CLUBBING LIST. 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Mir ing only Queetlone to which anowera are desired, , .. t Confine Inqulriee etrlctly to matter* concerning the farm. * Never a«k for anewerg by mall. a, Never »«k where an article oka had. nor tho price. g, 4iway> give your full name, and *A dreea. It you t* l ' w * ,h . name published, say no, *nd Initial* Only will be printed. a. Carefully file this page for future reference end before writing you.- file to see If It has not t>®«» already answered. W Look ahead and send In your '"’"‘n** F early Do not expect us to answer h nil! paper." The editor nrart hand in his copy a week before tha a. JGdXs , *all >U |n<|ulries and communla*- Hone for this department to THE CONSTITUTION, (F. and F. 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 SAW MILLS, 4 H. np. cut« 2,000 feet r*T day All Bize» PUn era, Shingle Milla and Edgers with Patent Variable Friction Feed Portable Grind ing Milla, Water Wheels, Lath Milla, etc. Send for Urge Catalogue, Freight don’t count. DeLoach Mill Mfg Co Box 701 Atlanta, Ga. 114 Liberty St., N. Y. S SOUTH OKOHGIA farm For Sale. Address ’ IV. A' ARI>, Owner. Pouglnw, (4a. lAOR SALE iso gentle bred mares, weight 900 to 1800 pounds. EP. Dl’l’ltEE. Colorado, Tex. 1 PAY SPOT CASH FOR mil,takv hoI>tv 1 >tv LAND warrants issued to soldiers o: anv war. Also Soldiers’ Addi tional Homestead iUrhts. Write m« at once. J FRANK H. KEGER, P. O. Box l-W. Denver. Colo. A S FREIGHT PAID ■fa ViH ■ nEsT quality I ■ Ik W." LOWEST PRICE Ykß - ' ■» ■ W® ON TRIAL. ALL 1 W■k.Ba fl ■ Uw SIZES. FREELIST. i 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 Klvvv lumber WE MAKE SAW MILLS that cut accurate lumberand plenty of it. ft to 30 horse power. Capacity 4,000 to 20,000 feet of lumber per day. Prices from $l6O to S7OO Reasonable in price, economical to maintain, greatest capacity. Every || Mill is a Money Maker. Write H for large free Catalog No. S 36. H envelope for reply. If it wiki not be ask ing too much of you to reply by mall. I would like to treat him at once, as I need every hour of Ills time to the plow 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 —" ■j-•-i-•-j-O’j<» +•%-• -s*® • •f’4* ••& » » i b • ! All Summer j I 9 * [ For a Quarter. • I 1 !- 4 » ’ • The Weekly Constitution Until Octo- • !- her 1 For Only 25 Cents. : -J* > The Summer Campaign for Subscriptions Opens ’ • i' With This Splendid Offer— -Only 25 Cents v i Th e Weelily Constitution Until » October 1. ® • ® ’ The feature of the summer issues will be, firs* of all, •:■ > the NEWS. | » Send your name at once and get on the list in time ; • to start the great Watson Historical Serial. The Life « | and Times of Thomas Jefferson, by Hon. Thos. E. 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If time will allow a good remedy is I's pounds of Epsom salts dissolved in one-half gallon of water and given at ono dose if the case was not promptly discovered and treated and It is a desperate case, tapping should be re sorted to iU once by means of a trocar and cannla, or with a simple pocket i knife. AIARE HAS HACKING COUGH 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. 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