Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

12 Summer Complaints, DYSENTERY, DIARRHOEA, CHOLERA MORBUS. Taking: the Radway’s Ready Relief In water will in a few momenta cure Cramps, Spasms, sour Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Malarial Fevers, Sick Headache, Colic, Flatulency and all Internal Pains. Internally for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sci atica, Sprains, Bruises, Mosquito Bites, S*tjngs of Insects. Sunburns, Burns. Toothache. Head- Ache, Paint* in the Back, the application of Fbfrfr to the part or parts affected will instantly relieve and soon cure the sufferer of these complaints. Sold by all druggists. RADWAY & CO., NEW YORK. OOIBIM COCAINE*" WHISKY ■ Him -’"tfssx of references. 25 run a specialtr. Book o» Hom. Treat-meat rent FREER. Addrra. 1. M. WOOLLBV. M. D., Atlanta, Oa. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION’S CLUBBING LIST. We present herewith our offers to subscrib ers, giving the best values in reading matter for SI.OO, and slightly above that sum, that . you can possibly buy. Send your guess in i with your subscription. Order your premium j now, too. It causes delay and vexation to I you and makes a heap of useless, extra work j Cor us. If you wait until afterwards to order 1 your premiums. Finish it up all at one time. I Ihe premiums are ottered in good faith; if I they are not wanted, the price of The Const!- | tut ion is not reduced thereby. The SI.OO Combination Offers C< v-r a wide field of selections, and the club- < bing papt r. f urnished with The Constitution ' without additional charge, represents a splen- ■ did one of its class. These are the great com binations that cannot fail to please. Take your rnoice of one from among them. THH HOME AND FARM, of Louisville, Ky., the favorite .semi-monthly agricultural paper cf the whole south. THE SOUTHERN RURALTST, of Atlanta. <J.i . monthly, devoted especially to vegetables and market gardening. THE FARM AND HOME, of Springfield, Mass., an excellent eemi-monthly, furnishing agricultural topics of special southern inter est that would vary our products from the ’ all cotton” idea. A subscription to this pa- • per includes also the subscriber’© choice of •ne of the following book?: “Profits in Poul t’y, “The Hoosier Schoolmaster,” or ”Se cic-ts of Health.” or one of these beautiful !;• ’ingraphed pictures, “The Tug of War” or Ihe Horse Fair,” Rosa Bonheur’s master piece. This combination covers the only of fer south for the splendid premiums. THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. of New York, a great weekly farm paper. This Is the only weekly agricultural publication, SI per year, that can be secured at this phe ri' menal price. A straight "two for one” of- THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, of Atlan ta, Ga., over fifty years of clear record a© the best southern agricultural paper. Its sugges tions are timely and suitable for the cotton states, nn<l it stands as the farmers’ home jKipcr to the manor born. The offer greatly reduce© the price to put it in the dollar list j THE TRT-STATE FARMER, of Chattanooga. Tenn , a monthly farm paper devoted to the interests of cattle, sheep and hog raising the care and cultivation of forage .-ro;>s. truck ' farming and advantageous marketing and oth er great and valuable fields for the farmers’ caroful thought. !• A R M AND FIRESIDE, of Springfield, Ohio, e. valuable semi-monthly for the rural home. Thousands of southern readers value its well i rdited column© for splendid articles that load t . ni mtn new fields of experiment toward ai vrrsi’y in their annual crops THE AMERICAN SWINEHERD, of Chi- • ergo. Ills., a monthly devoted to the interests ! of swine-breeding and keeping, with practical ■ and heipful suggestions along its speci.i - ! line. • COMMERCIAL POULTRY, of Chicago, a monthly of great value advocating “more and ( better poultry.” ar I giving columns of infor mation and direct.on? to enable one to take in “the helpful hen,” raise, feed and market her and her products into good round dollars. HOME AND FLOWERS, of Springfield, i Ohio’, a floral monthly edited by the best tai ent. This paper lives fully up to its name and ’ Its special articles by experts upon home and 1 village improvement and the culture of va- ' •-ions bulbs and plants a Id greatly tn the home thought of all our people. Six splendid rose plant©, rioted and well selected, assorted col crs. accompany each sub rription This is the floral offer nf the year. THE GENTLEWOMAN, of New York, a , high class monthly for the home, articles nn home decoration and arrangement, fashion, ?h»th!ng. the household, fancy work and select Action, all well illustrated, make up <t« monthly treat. Th!? paper alone is S I 00, ex cept in this combination. CONKEY’S HOME JOURNAL, of Chicago. Tils., a musical monthly containing each month two new nieces of music lessons on piano playing and voice culture, and '.er kindred topics. PLUNKETT'S OLD TIMES TN GEORGIA, g.nd times and bad times, a paper-covr copy of aom* of the best productions of the home spun philisopher. Surge Plunkett, whose col umn in The Weekly Constitution 1s so well read in everv HENRY GRADY’S SPEECHES, a handy volume giving the great speeches of the s mth’s illustrious ornt >r and a short biography. THE TOILET AND MEDICAL PREMIUM, with Weekly Constitution year, only $ I 00. Th- new package. -»no of ’he most valuab’e e 1 lit ions to the dollar list Five valuable articles: I. < 'ours« ?’s <*amr»h r Ice. 2 May’* Toothache Gum. 3 Myrrh and Roses Tooth • Cream. 4 Jacob’ Cathartic Dovers-Quinine ■ Tablets. 5 Jacobs' Dyspepsia Tablets. Sam- • pie b x. These g f will ill h- s-nt nicely boxr i. postage prepaid from f.i - is' Phar m cy. where they all are prepare J fop our spo il • i premium use. THE IT ENT Y ROOKS Any <rne volume of forty books for young people, writt-n by G. A. H*mty. Order by numb-r <>nl “Hentv |“ < r “Henty 6.” etc. List has lx»en published frequently. One book with -ich subscription, r.n other premium, only SI 00 with Weekly Constitution one year The $1.25 Offers. THE SUNNY SOUTH with W»»k!y Consti tution one year, only $1.25 The best offer ’woman’s HOME COMPA NTOK-One of th „ beet of all homn monthlies, hltrh elnas In nil respects, n xreat favorite, with Weekly c on . .tltutlon one year, only $1.25. frank i.esi.ie’s pripri.Ai: montih.y— Greatly Improve-:!, ever- e.Rtlon a p-m of t’-o printer’s art and well fill. 1 with the b-st current literature, with eekly < 'otistltu’lon. onlv $1.25. This offer Is exceptional In Its sT.lendia value. THE COSMOPOEITA N MAGAZINE The 1-. t of the regular monthly mapazlnre, h-sdlnp In f., monthly features .f .■moclal Interest. The ..’,~st of this Is such that no aacnt’s commis sion can Pc - von on It. Son 1 the full price. ?’ 25. fr- Weekly Constl-ut! :n an! Cosmopol- Other Offers —Our $1.40 Atlas Offer. CONSTITUTION ATT.AS of SOUTHERN CTATE? with Weekly one year. 51.40. Dou ble page maps of Southern State?. The Atlas alone 50 cent? net to everybody. Any One of These with the Paper for $1.50. HARPKR'S BAZAR, of New York—An ex cellent fashion monthly. RURAL NEW YORKER, of New York—The weekly agricultural paper publlshsrf. TEXAS FARM AND RANCH, r.f Dallas. Toxas—SP‘ en ' ildly a<Ja P teJ to I,s special sub- STANDARD DESIGNER, nf New York X long-time favorite among our lady sub- Fcrlbens- Any One of These with the Paper for $2.50 to Subscribers. n-> « celf-Pronounclns TEACHERS’ BIBLE. Xo 35 FAULTLESS P.AZOK and No. 6 I Fo r °FAULTLESS RAZOR, Aluminum at premlnum alone to a subscriber. The° Sewing Machine Offers—All Freight Charges Prepaid. Drop-Head Cabinet Sewlnp Machine ,/jL]v with Weekly one year, $20.00. jn y®* ° T )r ’ o n-Head Cabinet Sewing Machine. N' l . with Weekly one year. $lB 00. In ■'■nk l ?‘7” x^)oU t 900 local papers (almost dll class weeklies) clubhlmr with The th'’ ' Orders for the'e are expected to Constitute m th< , papers making the offer come th r ° y hem their full adv-rtlee 1 price Remit commission thereon Ag'U’-' g orders to The Constitution, nev r Address jin t gpnd vour $| .oo direct, or 1O an indl” ]n<?a] as through !*.' postal money order, express or Remit , |»tter 'wherein we assume all risk. »* rlsler the constitution. Atlanta, Ga. 113 Wk ibfr t w NOVIG6to Jnqulrcrs. I. Writ# plainly and to tha point, ftr- Ins only quoatlona to which anawat* are desired. *. Confine Inquiries strictly to mattar* concerning the farm. fl. Never aek for answers by mall. 4, Never aek where an article can bad. nor the price. g. Always give your full name, and ad* dreec. If you do not with your name published, eay so, and Initials Only will be printed. fl. Carefully file this page for futur* reference and before writing examine your file to see If It has not bee* already answered. 7. Look ahead and send In your inquire* aarly. Do not expect us to "answer In next paper." The "dl’or hand tn his copy a week before tn* neper is published. fl Address al! inquiries and comntumoae tlons for this department to the constitution, (F. still F. Dcpartmonfc, t . 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 B f° r over 40 years hav been the recog- li Trfl mzed SI AN DA RD in in Cane Mill construction, '(’hey are imitated, || of course, but they stand alone and supreme [ I' these essential points: rERFFC T ;O.’? OF DETAIL STRENGTH B IN F.Vlirr POINT.—SAVING IN REPAIRS.—SIMPLIC- r- : - ITT.—COVERED OIL CHANNELS IN P.OTTOH PLATE. < ” —PATENT REVERSIF.LE FEED fiVIDE. ENCASED GEARINGS.—DO HOST WORK WITH LEAST POWER. i There is metal where metal is needed, together with skilled workmanship and practical knowledge of synip makers’ requirements. Write for complete Cane Mill and Evaporator Catalog, S-66. AMERICAN StfßlHfi MACHINE (0.. EOUISVIIEE, KI. THE WEEKLY CONSOTTUTIONfI ATLANTA, GMU MONDAY. JULY 20, 1903. 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. I "Subscriber." Blackstock, S. C. —1 see inquiry in Farm ami Farmers’ depart , ni"-nl in The ('onslitiilion on second crop : Irish potatoes. I have been working at , second crop Irish potatoes for about Ilf- ■ ben yeirs 4 and will give plan that has ■ ; proved most successful. First select a i sandy loam; fertilize thoroughly, plant in 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 $ A QQ buys THIS new, fine £JSi K? an 2l’ on >e all-wool OMSlmero mRSWP Suiti.No. WBS«, Is made of medium 3 «*j| don Pl« twist caSßlmere, in kJV J, s "< P'aid effect, mercertxed lined, superbly tailored. Purchased ojyour local dealer, it would coat as R'ast J 7.00. We guarantee to feEWNSUMWcBMI y°n and will refund money 'fault, when received, Isfound ■Kaßjajsinßl am unsa tißf ao tory. Bite* 34 to ’ SteflA £3 tra »lze <8 cheat measure, , t° 60 waist) measure. Blzoh 'gSf larger than 42 cheat and 40 STL. y? al °t measure, SI.OO extra WWMBOYS'“>hSUIT.S2.SO I® HwSa Tl ' ls beautiful double breasted H U it, W 904, Is made In the latest style Medium (JrayNgf Fn 11 cy Stripped MMKfnWjl Worsted, well XaWM’ifiWm llno(1 "'th Italian BKgl K 3 Cloth. Sizes 7to aflffljsffiSsY® ■BJ ft®} 14 years, oo a t ■SB IKff has two ent stile CdjgaWQUwW ■rn pockets, panto row tta hare one hip and wiaMßr 'y ES °‘ ,le pockets. WkWttaaf W T ? ls snlt '» w«“ WMWM fi| w adapted to Spring iCWwwN 'Q wear, being of WHaQ medium weight and ÜBN IQB pcanonsing exceptional wearing HW M qualities. It seldom retails for less KW tSf than $4.50. Wo can furnish this suit ® in long pants, coat single breasted JH ■ military cut, price J 4.98, sizes 14 to H 20 years. Catalogue No.yjgm. We®*’ » will send onr handsomely Illustrated w CATALOGUE FREE upon roquent. It contains samploa of our com ploto line of Men*a. Boye» and Children’ll ready to wear garments, listed at prices one-third less than those of your bom© merchant. Address Kline-Drummond Merc. Co., St. Louis, Mo. 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 SAW MILES. 4 H. BE] P. cuts 2,000 feet per i» day--All Sizes—Plan |i ers. Shingle Mills and |i Edgers with Patent l| Variable Friction |i Feed—Portable Orind |i ing Mills, Water j} Wheels, Lath Mills, S etc. Bend for large & Catalogue. Freight S don’t count. K DeLoach Mill Mfg. Co. Box 701 Atlanta. Ga. 114 Liberty Bt.. N.Y. CURES WHEnt ALL ELbE FAILS. gl LJ Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use gj| E| in time* Sold by druggists. gq | husker and shredder is a “ Little Giant ” when it | comes to considering the amount of work it will do | in a day. Every corn grower can well afford to own | the McCormick “ Little Giant ” husker and shredder. J The machine has capacity enough for several farms ! where two or more want to join together in the f 3 H purchase. The stover from the McCormick is relished by the stock. t •’ --tK ■M" '* TSB 'J* T&X VH j* General Agent For r ■ MS? McCormick Machines, J Atlanta, Ga. J ''l - ”>✓ r s 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 enables the farmer to husk and shiv i I his corn at one operation, thus saving ■ I I practically doubling the value of tha I crop. 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 Xs'°» THE chines. They are great money makers! Think it over and write for catalogue. LOOMIS MACHINE CO.. Tiffin. Ohio. n X jfi 0 ML LOWEST PRICE ■ MB ■ 1H ON TRIAL. ALL übflLLuss i l Cap Sell Your Farm no matter where it is. Send descrijAion, state price and learn how. F.st.’96. Highest references. Offices in 14 cities. I W. M. Ostrander, 1265 N. A. Bldcr., Philadelphia I PAY SPOT CASH FOR I M,MTA,tv noi xTY LAND WARRANTS 1 Issued to sole if'is o’ any war. Also soldiers’ Add!* I tional Homestead Rtgnts. Write me at once FRANK H. REGER. I*. O. Lox 148. Denver, Colo. I QOFTH GEORGIA FARM For Sale. Ad*R*« © W. P. W ARD, Owner, Douglas, Gb.