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PULLING FODDER, SHOCKING ;
AND SHREDDING CORN.
Before two weeks shall have passed by {
the old-fashioned "fodder pullfny" will j
bo under way Jn a large part of the ter- i
rltory reached by The Weekly Const it u- ■
tion. Tho work will roll northward like :
a huge wave, extending from North Caro
lina to the western limits of the arabie
region of Texas. It will roll on until It
reaches the Ohio river, broken here and
there by a few farmers who have re- I
solved not to "pull fodder any more, i
Why does tho practice prevail almost tint- |
versally in the south, while it is but :
rarely practiced east of North Carolina
and Virginia and north of the Ohio? I
suppose there are more than one reason
for the prevalence of the practice in the
cotton states. Perhaps the first reason is
because this has never been a stock
growing region and with our mild, short
winters and a pood “range" the old time
farmer could easily supply what amount
of cured forage he needed from other
sources. The second reason, maybe, is
that the idea has long prevailed that we
of the south cannot cure our large stalked
and corn by cutting and
shocking the crop. The first of these rea
sons, if it ever had any real consistency,
is no longer true and has not been true,
as proven by tho many thousands' of car
loajs of bay that have been nought from
the west to snnply our lack and the >
thousands of half-famished cattle whose
pounches eannot be tilled and kept filled j
with shucks -nd straw.
In ISGu a severe and ruinous drougb/ .
struck the southwestern part of Georgia,
(where I was then engaged in farming)
and very few "flat grains" of corn were
made that year. I cut and shocked my
entire crop. True the stalks were small
and the ears were mostly "nubbins,” but I
the large supply of goon forage thus se- I
cured saved the necessity of buying (or i
doing without) hay the next spring and |
summer, I "had to buy" only WO bushels I
of corn. Tho experience of that one year j
convinced me that there was no real ;
difficulty In thoroughly curing our corn in |
that wav. Subsequent experience and oh- I
servation prove that our southern condi- |
tions are even more favorable for harvest- I
ing In this manner than they are at the I
north.
Our corn is ready Io be cut and shock - i
ed from one to two months earlier than;
in the north, while our fall season is not I
only later, but drier.
But since the invention of the cornstalk j
shredder there is no longer a shadow of a <
reason why tin southern farmer slioidd
permit to’ go to waste so large and valu- I
able portion of his corn crop, unless it be
the shadow of our father’s memory
they did not "do It that way." Peace to
their memories and honor to their no
bility of soul and integrity of character'
But we will honor them the more l>y im
proving on their methods—as they would
have done had they lived and retained
their physical activities until now.
Assuming that not a farmer in Georgia, i
will cut and shock bls corn this year, but ■
that it is going to be a good year for ■
corn (I fear it will not, however) and I
ever-, farmer is going to leave bls corn- I
stalks in the field as "of old time," what I
do you suppose the Joss would amount 1
to? Or w< will suppose a crop of 35,0(X),000.
bushels of corn is now hastening on to |
maturity. How many tons of dry coin-!
st "Iks (exclusive of the blades) would!
there b ■? Here are the proportions:
OH one acre of land yielding 20 bushels |
of shelled corn, there would also be pro- j
duced as follows:
Shelled corn (20 bushels) 1.120 lbs.
Cobs 280 tt,S.
Stalks (dry);
Butts 697
Tops .. -.198 — 895 lbs
Blades (dry);
From butts 178
From tops 106— 284 tbs.
Shucks ... 321 tbs.
Tassels 37 lbs.
In the above tne 895 pounds represents :
the total dry weight of the naked, dry
stalks that would be left In the field. It I
is 895 divided by 20—45 pounds (nearly). I
say 40 pounds of dry stalks to each bushel
i f corn. Now multiply the 35.000,000 bush
els of corn that we have assumed as the
amount of a full crop of corn in Georgia
by 40 pounds, and we get as a result no
less than 1.100,000,000 pounds, or 700,iM0
tons!
Now bow much cured "fodder" (corn
blades) would be gathered if every 'blade
be carefully "pulled?” The comparatively
Inslgniti. ant amount of 290,000,000 pounds,
or 245,t0n5. Let a farmer calculate
on his own crop. Say he has 100 acres in
corn and that he expects a yield of 15
bushels per acre, or 1,500 bushels. 11 is
"fodder" would not exceed 21,000 pounds,
or 10 1-2 tons. But the dry stalks would
amount to 60.000 pounds, or 30 tons.
Jn regard to the substantial value •»’
the cured and shredded cornstalks (h.
eluding the blades, of course) there re
mains no question among those who have
dried and shredded them properly. The
shredded stover is relished fairly well by
cattle, mules and horses. Analysis shows
it to l>e little inferior to Timothy hay
and better than cotton seed hulls or dry
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wheat or oat straw. It will fill a long
felt want in many a poor cow's haver
sack and stop the whinneying of many
a horse and mule the coming winter.
It is to be wished that every farmer in
the south will do away with the time
honored but wasteful and laborious prac
tice of pulling fodder. This writer 19
no stranger to the manual labor, having
"pulled" many a long row of corn and
trampecT ground the fodder stack pole
many a night in August. It's a miserably
poor business at the best, and but one
thing can be said in its favor, viz, that
there is no more desirable forage among
the grasses than bright, cured corn
blades. _ K _.J.:_ REDDINa -
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH OF
KNOWLEDGE.
W. A. W., CelesHa. S. C.-Being a
young man (farmer), am greatly inter
ested in agriculture and hope some day
to make a success of this line work, a,lt ‘
this is my reason 'or writing you this.
I wish to ask you some questions and
hope you will answer !>' letter if it "ill
not take too much of your lime.
1. Are there any good agricultural books
to be obtained for a young farmer, es-
I pecially a southern farmer? I have read
I some few books from the department
of agriculture. I wish to read some
I good agricultural books. lam very anx
ious to know something of tho science
l of agriculture, for 1 believe the success
ful farmer of today must desert the old
! time ways and methods. I have living
i very near me old men who hardly miike
: a living on the farm and have been in
i that business all their lives.
2 Would it pay a young man to attend
some good agricultural college in order
to know something of tho science, or
could he do or learn as well by staying
on tho farm learning whatever knowl
i edge ho can pick up? It Is claimed by
I some th.Tt we have a poor boy's college
' hero in South Carolina. 1 refer to Clom-
I son Agricultural college. But T have
' never known any poor boy to ho bene
fited by that institution. T do not know,
but I doubt very much If a. poor boy
could work himself through Clemson
college. I am 20 years of ago. Am think
ing of bijylng a tract of land (wood land
excent 6 or 8 acres), and going In the
woods and clearing a one-horse farm or
more. It will bo very hard I suppose
at first. Imt it's vorv rich soli and after
a year or two In cultivation It will pro
duce one bale of cotton per acre.
T road Tho Conslltutlon .and enjoy your
articles very much.
Answer—Although not Intended for
publication, the above Is so well written
and is of such a representative character
that T think it well to publish It. Please
refer to the editorial in Tho Weekly
of July 6. which Is in line with the letter
of our young friend.
1.1 have several times published a good
| list of agricultural books. publishers'
i names and addresses an 1 prices of tho
! same (and I semi a copy of the list to this
| Inquirer).
I 2. 1 do not hesitate to express the opin
ion that you would bo very greatly bene
fited by a course in a good agricultural
filed by a course In a good agricultural
college. If you cannot take a regular,
or full term course, take a "short.
1 course.” .Most agricultural colleges now
offer such a course at no expense to the
I student except actual living expenses
I and tho cost of a few books. Ts you
! cannot attend college, or school, the next
I best plan is to undertake a course of
! study (reading, under the advice and
I direction of the professor of agriculture
I of your state agricultural college, who
; is tto my personal knowledge) a most
! competent gentleman as we ll as an cx
-1 perienced farmer. From all that I can
I learn your state agricultural college is a
i most excellent Institution and is dojng
' good work. What you have heard
against it was probably urged by mej*
who eithe r know nothing about the col
| lege, or they are not capable judges of
'"ha; such an institution should be and
| what it should accomplish. 1 suggest
that you attend the "General Farmers'
Institute'" to be held August 10 to It at
Clemson college. (I expect to be there
myself and to aid in the work.) If you
are determined to be a farmer ami you
earnestly desire to be a. good and suc
cessful one, it would be greatly to your
advantage to avail yourself of all the
opportunities offer"t at your college.
The above remarks and advice are more
|or less applicable to any earnest, arnbi
: tious young man in any of the southern
states.
SECOND CROP POTATOES.
; (By .1. j’. Baskin, Abbeville, S. C.)
i Break hind shallow, nevi i penetrate
the subsoil, but made -the top soil very
I tin" dust mulch. Lay off rows 24 to 36
I meh. -. H ated cotton s"ed and unleached
hard wood aslu-s best fertilizer. Use.
■ Ix-okout .Mountain potatoes cut; witli left
i hand mow fine dirt; with right .hand lay
I potato on the elay, where capillary at-
I traction will reach it, and cover only 3
I inches deep. Never plant tills potato
I earlier than July 25 and up to September
1. if weather is very hot and dry albout
tile time Hie sprouts neatly reach the
surface partially shade by laying a few
bushes along urill till sprouts turn green.
Then remove anil plow deeper, .after
wards cultivate shallow till vines cover
ground. 1 find this Lookout Mountain re
liable to come up. Seven successful fall
crops and not, a single failure on above
plan. Does much better cultivated than
mulched. Keep like rocks; even cut ones
,do not rot. I made and dug 64 bushels
I from a quarter of an acre last fall be
! sides what a family of twelve used. A
I neighbor made 35 bushels on a tenth of
i ati acre, I send you a peck by express,
j 'fry above plan and report results in
I I<’arm and Farmers’ department.
I Answer—Much obliged for the peck of
i Lookout Mountain potatoes, which have
■ reached me <1 paid 55 cents express on
I them). 1 already had 1 bushel of this
I variety, as stated in the issue of July
6, in reply to the inquiry of "W, 11. H."
This Lookout Mountain potato was first
exploited by the Georgia experiment sta
tion in a bulletin (No. 29), published in
18H4. and 1 have planted it "off and on"
I since that year.
I
I SECOND CROP IRISH POTATOES
AGAIN.
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: Irish potatoes. I have been working at
, second crop Irish potatoes for about Ilf-
■ ben yeirs 4 and will give plan that has
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wheat or oats and get good crop of grain.
Soon as grain is taken off first season
plow with good turn plow; will have an
abundant stubble to cover up: harrow
well; plow two or Hire; times before
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planting. Bed out high, deep middle fur
row; put in from 600 to 1,000 pounds of
fertilizer in alley furrow; run 5-foot cul
tivator or scooter once or twice; leave
aione until have fair season. Then plant
the potatoes between the beds; reverse
Gio beds with one-horse turnplow or 6-
inch twister, covering potatoes as deep
as possible. You will have them down in
the moisture and out of tlie heat. In ten
days or two weeks Tiarrow beds flat and
you will soon have stand of potatoes. To
prepare the potato for planting, dig as
soon as vines turn brown. Spread out
on a floor where they can got plenty of
air and light and same morning and
evening sun on them. Better have them
out of the ground throe or four weeks,
thoroughly dried. Cut every potato, no
matter how small; chip a piece off it. A
cut or bruised potato will sprout quicker
than a whole one. Nature causes it to re
produce before decay I have been plant
ing the same potato for eleven years.
Twice a year I plant enough spring po
tatoes for fall seed. Sell none of early
planting. A few years ago I made a
complete failure from drought in my
corn. I bad SO acres and did not make
40 bushels. I had I acres of fall potatoes
that I sold for enough to buy corn and
bread to run ten horse farm next year.
Tho same land in corn would have made
nothing. I got from 40 to 60 bushels oats
and 100 bushels potatoes. Planting twice
a year habituates the potato to quick
growth. The fall potato planted in
spring does not come up as early as
northern seed, but Is more vigorous and
makes potatoes two weeks earlier. I
plant tho second crop from last of July
In last of August. Plant, thicker than
fust planting. Cure all small ones and
chip and plant. Us. for fertilizer equal
parts cotton seed meal, kafnlt and dis
solved hone. Don’t plant over twice In
same land in succession nor use rough
manure In drill or you have scabby po
tatoes.
Comment—lt seems pertinent to remark
that It is not convenient for everyone to
plant wheat or oat- as a preparatory or
preceding crop. Nor has everyone a
sandy soil.
APPLE TREF BLIGHT.
J. T. Sims, Simsville. Ala.—Apple trees
arc blighting. Some time It commences
on end of limbs, sometimes two or three
feet from end. It will begin to shrivel and
then dies from there to the end. Have
" been cutting It out; seems to help a little.
Is there a spray or manure, that will
prevent It? My peaches arc also rotting
badly. What can be done to prevent
this disaster?
Answer—lt Is called aoplc twig blight
i and is tho same z\ nr :lc disease as the
j pear tree blight. Th.-re kn no euro for it,
1 but It rarely kills an apple tree. Cutting
out and burning the blighted branches Is
' the proper treatment, and these branches
| should be burned up, as they contain the
spores of the fungus. The. peaches have
what, is called "brown rot ' The remedy
Is spraying with Bordeaux mixture, com
mencing Just before the buds swell and
repeating three or four times up to the
time the fruit commences "to color. There
Is no cure for the rot after it commences
to appear
CHRONIC RHEI MATISM.
G. 1,. D., Goethite, Ala f have a mule
■about 15 years old I have owned two
years. Last summer, after I got through
work, he was turned in the lot, as I have
no pasture. I noticed in a short time
that when he would move after standing
both hind legs seemed to be stiff or
drawn. Ho raised them up very slowly
until ho walks a short distance. Now
his left leg is worse than his right. When
bridled in the morning, if pushed back
wards he drags his foot fla t on the ground
iwo or three feet. When raised up to
walk you can hear a pop In one of his
• joint. I think In hip joint He is not lame
at all in five or ton mlnut-s after caught
ami ho is all right. He walks very wide
legged behind. This m. be natural. Is
it stringhalt? If so, or not, please give
treatment.
Answer—Your mule probably lias chron
ic rheumatism —if It has any disease nt
all—due to exposure and old age. Give
It a comfortable stable to stand In at
night and in bad weather. It. has no
symptoms of stringhalt, but Is simply
stiff in his joints, and will probably be
so as long ns It lives.
BRIARS.
A. N. McLeod, Nealton. Ala.—Will you
please give through the columns of your
department a method by which 1 can de
stroy briars on old land. The briars in
question are running briars, a specie of
the briar known ns the "bamboo" blar
In this country. My land has been In cul
tivation many years and 1 would like to
have some method of getting rid of them
besides the “move off and leave them"
method.
2. Please state whether or not there Is
any sale for young masn°l' a t’tishes
and where I may find sale for same;
bushes from 6 to 18 Inches high.
Ivong life to you and your good work.
Answer—l have several times been ask
ed the same question, but have not been
able to give a better reply t ' inn the sug
gestion to plow tho briars with a deep
running plow that will cut the roots off
ns deep in the soil as possible without
covering the vines. Then drag out the
plants, roots and all, pile in the sun and
burn them when dry. riant the land in
cotton and cultivate late, being careful to
destroy any briars that come up without
I delay. If any one can give a better meth
> od let us have it.
PASTURE FOR HOGS.
J. J. 11.. Jellico. Ala.-I write you in
regard to a pasture for hogs. I ell me
which is tho most profitable. Alfalfa or
Bermuda grass and ho"' "’hen to
plant? Should it be fertilized? Where
can 1 get the seed, and what price? I
want the best quality.' How much to
the acre.
(2) I would like to know how to get
rid of Johnson grass in small patches.
'it is scattered in small places
Answer—(l) For a summer pasture I
know of nothing so well suited as Ber
muda for hog.s, cattle, etc. Alfalfa
’ (Lucerne) is not advised as a pasture
plant. It does not ib<*a r c l° se grazing
1 and will not grow on any l> u t rich soils,
of course, you know that Bermuda grass
i is almost universally propagated bj; plant-
Ir. ; the roots and the work may be done
in any convenient way. preferably in
March or April, buit it may be done as
hit? as August 1. Alfal | ’ a ' as already
slated, succeeds only on very rich soils
and is recommended for green feeding
and for making hay. You can get seeds
of any seed dealer. Fifteen pounds of
seed will be sufficient for an acre. Pre
| pare the soil thoroughly! by deep plow-
ing aaid harrowing, and sow last of Sep
tember, or early in March, In rows 24
Inches apart, just as you would sow tur
nips. No (thinning will be required. Keep
clean of weeds and grass until the young
plants become well established.
GINSENG CULTURE.
J. A. W., Quincy, Fla.—l see adver
tised in The Delineator and other papers
ginseng roots and seed by the Chinese-
American Genslng Company. Scranton.
Pa. He claims wonderful things for it.
Can you tell me if its reliable or not.
Where can ginseng be sold In United
States? Is there not several species of It
Answer—l have not observed the ad
vertisements to which you refer, and
therefore do not know what are the
"wonderful things" claimed for ginseng.
Os course, I cannot say whether the ad
vertisers are relable or not.
The following are dealers in medicinal
roots and herbs: Sabel Bros., 92 Gold
street. New York; Higgins & Waters.
Baltimore. Md.; WbJlace Bro.’s Com
pany, Statesville, N. C. So far as I
know there is but one species of ginseng—
panax qujnquefollum, that is dug in the
woods, or cultivated for its roots. It Is
not probable that this species grows
naitura.lly In Florida. Most of the roots
gathered" in this country are dug by
Chinese in the western states. Efforts
are being made to cultlva'te the above
species and several parties are engaged
in selling roots and seeds for planting.
The merchantable roots are all exported
to China.
HEN HAS ""CROP-BOUND.'’
J. T. S., Clear Water, Fla. —I have a
hen thalt gets her crop tilled so it nearly
touches the ground when she stands
straight. Her comb Is red. but Is thin,
and she walks rather droopy. She gets
plenty of grit. Has been so for about
live months. What atles her and what
will cure her.
Answer—lt is called “crop-bound, but
I have not before heard of a case last
in- five months. The only remedy likely
»o”prove effective is to cut an opening
into the skin and through the crop at
its upper part about one Inch long and
remove the contents with the handle of a
teaspoon or with the loop of a. long
hairpin. Thon wash out the crop thor
oughly and sew up the openings separate
ly as carefully as possible. I think I
would have killed the hen long ago.
SPRAIN OF BACK TENDONS.
J T Truesdell, Westville, S. C.—L have
a lame mule with sprung knee caused bj
straining the back tendons ot the knee,
which causes her lameness; has been
lame about six months; I work her to the
plow. Can you give mo any remedy to
cure her? Any information as to her
case will lie thankfully received through
your columns.
" Answer—The treatment of sprain of the
back tendon recommended Is ns follows:
In severe cases put on a high-heeled shoe.
Bathe the part with cold or hot water
for half hour, and apply a lotion com
posed of 1-2 ounce of acetate of lead, 2
ounces laudanum and 1 quart of water.
Do this three times a day and give com
plete rest until the animal is bettor. In
a chronic case (of long standing) mix 2
drams of cantharides with 1 ounce of vas
eline; rub In a little; let It remain on
24 hours, then wash off and grease with
lard. Repeat every second week until
cured. The head should be tied up while
the blister is drawing. Turn In the pas
ture until the two weeks are up and so
on.
HOW TO LOCATE A LAMENESS.
J C. Clayton. Beaver Meadow, Ala.—
I see that some of tho brethren ask what
alls t'hefr lame horses or mules. 1 wish
to tell them how to locate an ailment.
Say you have a lame horse. Move him
about and watch him how ho carries his
lame limb. If he swings It to one side it
is low down In his leg, either in the ankle
or In the pastern joint. If he swings It in
a semicircle it Is In the point of the shoul
der. What ts ft be a hind log? Editor.
If hr hops on It like you would with
something In your foot then it is In his
foot. Watch him carefully how ho laandles
his lame leg, for that has all to dq with
locating tho ailment. Ho may hop on his
lame leg like you do and the ailment be
the swlnney. In that case he will, when
standing, rest, the lame limb by placing
that foot forward.
I don’t know everything, but T am a
professional man. I am a farrier and un
derstand the anatomy of a horse pretty
well. I will say to that has a colt with
blind tooth that the Editor is right about
their having nothing to do with tho
eyes. Hut a blind tooth does have some
thing to do with those ridges on his nose.
It is eas-y cured. Pull the tooth with r.
pair of forceps and rub the ridges onco
a day thoroughly and hard with a corn
cob or a hard stick. You can rub them off
In a short while. That is all I do and I
never fail to cure them.
I see one brother said lie had a horse
that oat hearty yet he would give out on
him. and it was difficult for his kidneys
to act. In that case (If ho gave tho right
symptoms (ho needs to wash out and
grease his horse's sheath, and take the
bean (?) off of its neck.
Mr. Editor, you must be a tine "Rob.”
It doos me good to read your editorials.
Long live tho Editor!
(The editor Is very thankful for your
good wishes and assures you that he in
tends to "live as long as bo can.")
SICK COWS AND PIGS.
W. B. Tye. Georgetown. Ga —l. Can you
or some of the readers of The Constitu
tion tell mo what is the matter with my
cow ami give me a cure for her? The
knees of her fore logs began to swell
several days ago. making Ivr hop slight
ly. Now the swelling has extended to the
joints above.
2. I had ten pigs shut up fn a pen to
prevent them from sucking the cows and
two of them have died without showing
any sign of being sick. What might, be
the cause of their death? They have been
fed on cabbage uncooked for more than
a month. Some of our neighbors have lost
hogs In the same manner.
Answer—l. Tho symptoms Indicate rheu
matism, but the description Is not suffi
ciently explicit.
2. I cannot say what killed the pigs, in
the absence of any symptoms whatever.
BLIND STAGGERS.
J. B. It., Woodford, S. C.—l have a
sick cow. She calved two years ago ami
was sick then; would not eat and walked
like she wanted to get her feet all to
gether. She had a calf two weeks ago
and she has been sick ever since the calf
was 5 days old. Something like cramp.
When she walks at times the le K she
tries to step with will get behind the
other and stumbles her. This takes place
In her hind legs. She has some kinds of
nervous spells, it seems. When first
taken she would go blind. When those
spells were on her they would last about
five or ten minutes. Yesterday 14 lasted
her half the day. She seems to bo per
fectly blind. I thought she had the hol
low horn and bored her horns and cut the
end of her tail off. Please give me the
rernrdy at once. By so doing you will
oblige me very much.
Answer—l see little reason to doubt tli.it
your cow has encephalitis, commonly
called "blind staggers," the causes of
which are several, the most common be
ing defective or unwholesome food, usual
ly obtained in a pasture. Treatment is
usually unsatisfactory, especially if not
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undertaken quite early In the progress of
the disease. It is an inflammation ot the
brain and treatment, to be of any use,
must be prompt and begin with the early
symptoms. In the early stages the pulse
is large and if the animal is of full habit
bleeding is indicated to the amount of
8 or 9 quarts ot blood from the jugular
vein. Then give a purgative, the follow
ing for a cow of average size; Epsom
salts, 24 ounces; pulverized gamboge, 1-2
ounce; croton oil, 20 drops; warm water, 3
quarts. Mix all together and give as one
drench. Also inject into the rectum about
"2 quarts of warm soapsuds every three or
four hours. Keep her In a cool, sheltered,
quiet place and give her all tho cold water
she will dring, but withhold food, ex
cepting bran slops occasional!}' in small
quantities, or cut green grass and carry
to her manger.
PRURIGO OF MULE.
J. E. S., Sycamore. Ala.—l wish to ask
one question._as I am a reader of your pa
per and like, it very much. The question
is. What is the matter with my horse?
About three weeks ago he broke out
with small bumps most all over him. i
gave him two small doses of salts and
began giving him International Stock
Food, amj he gets weaker and more
bumps come on lUpt every day. He is
now as thick ns he can be with them. I
can’t work him. lie is so weak I hope
you will please fell me what it is and
what to do for him. He is still hearty
ns he can be. Your answer will be gladly
received. I will give you my name and
address. I hopb you will not advertise
my name.
Answer-Von will find a quite similar
case described I res ibeii for in the
weakly of Jul;. 6. under tho head of
"Eczema of Mule." Please refer to It.
It. the treatment, is as follows:
"This Is a form of eczema called pruri
go. First, give I’6 plots of raw linseed
oil. When the oil has operated commence
giving half ounce dosi's of saltpeter In
bran mashes twice a day for a week.
Wash the affected parts of the body
with a solution of 1 ounce of sulphuric
acid in one quart of water."
SICK PUPPY.
C. B Price. Hansonville, Va.—l have a
fine Shepherd puppy, about 2 months old.
It was taken from its mother a_t 4 weeks
old and did fine for two weeks, then in
the space of one or two days it got so it
could not walk. Tho trouble seemed to
bo in Its (oreparts. It has been in this
shape for two weekp. It did not eat right
when first taken sick, but after three
nr four days it has oqten a. plenty and
seems playful most of the time. Don't
think it was ever hurt. Please toll me
what to do for it.
Answer—l regret to say that I am not
able to say what is tho matter. You do
not say what its food is. It should have
cow’s milk.
Al I.ING COW.
D. K. Holt, Fruit Hili. S. I.’.- I have a
young heifer that just dropped her first
calf. In a few days afterwards she. began
to swell under "her lower jaws. Her neck
and head both swelled and she went al
most blind for a few days. 1 was told
that she had murrian, and if I would cut
her under the neck and put. a little piece
of polk root it would disappear. This I
did. It seemed to do good for a few
days, but soon began to swell again. I
cut her the second time, put tobacco in
the hole, and no good seems to be done,
as she is not well and her eyes seem to
bo affected. She eats very little, getting
thinner every day. Please give me a rem
edy. as it seems that she would make
quite a valuable cow.
Answer—The description of symptoms is
not sufficiently full to enable mo to diag
nose the case. It may be a case of lump
jaw, or it may be anthrax, most likely the
latter, which is a very rapidly fatal dis
ease, and practically incurable.
COTTON SEED OIL MILE
Subscriber, —? Will a cotton seed oil
mill pay in a good cotton district 12 miles
from a railroad?
Many farmers haul their cotton seed
to town during the fall and sell for cash.
Then in the spring buy meal for fertil
izers and meal anil hulls for cattle feed
on a credit. Can't we keep the profit
in the country?
Hauling the oil to town would be an
item. Teams can be hired at $2 per day.
Would the hauling of the oil exceed the
profit ?
Any information gladly received.
Answer—l have no doubt that a cotton
seed oil mill will pay good dividends, al
though situated 12 miles from a railroad
station. You can much better afford to
haul the oil to the railroad than the
farmers can affoM to haul their seed that
distance. There are only about 400
pounds of oil in a ton of seed. Os course,
tho farmers must he made to understand
that it will be to their advantage to ex
change their seed for meal, and they
should be willing to exchange on terms
a little more favorable to the mill than
they would get from a mill located 12
miles away. For use as a fertilizer SOO
pounds of meal are the equivalent of
one ton of seed. You could probably af
ford to give 1,000. pounds of meal fn ex
change for a ton of seed, and it would
seem that It would be bett r for a farmer i
to make such an exchange rather than I
haul his seed 12 miles. If the mill be I
located on the railroad It copld give 1.200
pounds of meal for one ton of seed. Then |
the value of 200 pounds of meal would i
be more than equal to the cost of haul- I
ing 100 pounds of oil to the railroad. i
FISTULA OF WITHERS.
J. A. Jones. Vernon, La.—l have a horse I
that has a swelling on both sides of his
wethers between the seat of the collar
and that of the saddle. Neither one sems j
to give him any pain when using him. It
seras to be very sore or touchous to mash
it or rub it. I call It fistula. It has been
there four weeks. Can The Constitution
or any of the readers give a recipe that
will cure It. I am a reader of The Consti
tution.
Answer—The proper treatment for fistula
(not fistulow) has been given very many
times in these columns. It is as follows;
In the ease of your horse the fistula has
not yet been established. It is not a fis
tula until It bursts (or is opcFmß? and com
mences to discharge matter. Bathe the
swollen places three times a day, for
twenty minutes at a time, with cold wa
ter. After each bathing lay over the
swelling a woolen cloth saturated with a
solution of one-half ounce of sugar of lead
In one quart of water. Continue the, above
until the heat and soreness be removed.
Then rub on some of the following: Two
drams of cantharides and one ounce ot
lard. Rub it in well with the fingers. In
two weeks repeat the blister. The effect
of this will be either to "scatter" it or to
hasten the formation of matter.
If a part of the swelling becomes very
soft and the hair drops out, it is in con
dition to open "lt>h a knife and let out
the matter. Then wash it out thoroughly
with tepid water by means of a syringe.
Then probe the opening to find out the
depth and direction and to remove any
foreign substance, such as a fragment ot
bone (which must be removed). Now take
a strip of soft cotton goods and dip it In
terchloride of antimony (butter of anti
mony) and press it into the opening and
then draw it out and put in another strip
similarly treated. Ijet this last remain
several hours, then draw it .out and let
the sore alone for three days, then repeat
the process, and so on, every third or
fourth day until the unhealthy tissue is al)
destroyed, which is known by tile* mouth
of the opening sinking and the swelling
going down. Besides this you should rub
a little of the blister ointment already
described on the swelling, repeating in
two weeks. Jn a week or two after stop
ping the use of the antimony, if the open
ings should show signs of bulgmg, use ths
antimony again for a few timOs.
Shredded Fodder.
About one-half the feed value of the
corn crop is in the stalks, and wherevei
this fact is thoroughly understood the
corn grower considers It just as Impor
tant to shred the fodder as to husk tha
ears. If the stalks are allowed to stand
in the field until after the corn is husk
ed. tile fodder lias little ui no value as
feed stuff, and this explains much of th',
misinformation that l.s still extant rela
tive to shredded fodder. Neith'-r timothy
nor clover would make good fetal if al-
I lowed to stand too long before ("rain;..
I If. however, the corn is cut at the right
i time, the fodder when shredded mak-s
I excellent feed, which analysis shows 1
I be fully as nutritious as timothy ha?
The Mel mick h
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Time Well Earned.
I New York Times: it is related of \V. P.
. Clough that he was once the object of -I.
i.l. Hill's wrath because he was generally
engaged in reading French novels wm n
I Mr. Hill happened around the Great
i Northern railway office.
i "Do you think 1 pay you J20.0W a year
to read French novels?" asked the mag
n.a t o.
“Well, you pay me for keeping Hi"'
Great Northern o
swered the lawyer. "If I have time to
read French novels I'm pretty near earn
ing my salary."
Mr. ’Jill promptly saw the point, and to
tills day there is generally a French
novel on Mr. Clough’s desk.
An Expensive Illness.
New York Times: J Arthur JosepFl,
who conducts a. news bureau in Wall
street, has had to stand much Chaffing
from his acquaintances because during
the recent weeks of a declining stink
market he has been an insistent and per
sistent bull.
A friend of his met him on the street
the other day and asked him how t!:“
market was. Joseph looked very tired,
and simply coughed in reply.
"What's the matter?" asked bls friend:
"have you caught cold?”
"No.’ replied Joseph; "that’s a habit.
I’ve acquited it by coughing up margins
for two months."
Young Man
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