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THE FARM AND HOME, of Springfield, Mass., an excellent Hemi-monthly, furnishing agricultural topics of special southern inter rsi that would vary our products from the “all cotton" * \ subscription to this pa- per include.’- also too subscriber’s choice of on<* of the following book?: “Profits In Poul try.*’ “Th<- Hoor-’er Schoolmaster ’’ or “Se .•rotc of Hea.lt: or one o' these beautiful lithographed pictures. “The Tup o' War.’’ or “The Horse Fair,” Rosa Bonh'-ur’s master pie, e. This combination < vers the only of fer south forth.- splendid premiums. THE AMERICAN AGKI< ’ULTURTST. of New York, a greet • weekly farm paper. This 1." the only weekly agricultural publication, SI per year, that can he secured at this phe nomenal price. A straight “two for ore’’ of fer. THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, of Atlan ♦a. Ga., over fifty years of ch ar recorl a« the best southern agricultural paper. I's sugges tfens are timely and suitable for th* cotton states, and It stands as th- farmers* home paper to the manor born. The offer greatly reduces the price to put 1t in the dollar list ' .‘HL TRT-STATE FARMER, of ( ’he *' a r-oega,. I T< nn., a m y farm papei lex t* d to the : Interests of ea?rb\ sheep and hog raising, the care and cultivation of forag“ crops. truck I n’miine and advantageous marketing ay<l oth er great an.* valuable fields for ' farmers* CPrefu] thought FARM ANU FIRESIDE, of Springfield. Ohio, ; F vnluah’- s. nil-monthly for the ural home I Thousands of sfu*herri r»-a.lers value its well | edited columns for -pUndld articles that lead ; ’.‘m-m mtn new *!•?! u •* experiment toward <ll - In their annual crops THE AMERICAN" SWINEHERD, rs Ch!- | orgo. Els., a monthly devoted to the Interests ' of swir.p-breed Ing and keeping, with practical j n;:d helpful suggc--fiims along Its line. 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CONSTITTTION ATLAS GF SOUTHERN i STATES with Weok'y on- '-.-ar, SI 40 Pou bin page mars < f SwtL-rn States. Thn A* las alone 50 rents m-t t,> everybody. Any On? of These with the Paper for $1.50. HARPER’S BAZAR, of New York-An »x- I celknt fashion monthly. RURAL NEW YORKER, of New York-The best weekly agricultural paper published TEXAS FARM AND RANCH, of Dallas. T f xas—Splendidly adapted to Its special sub- J THE STANDARD DESIGNER, of Nnw York —A l-.ng-time favorite among our la lj’ sub ecrlbers. Any One of These with the Paper for $2.50 to Subscribers. The S If-Pronouncing TEACHERS' BIBLE. No. 35 FAULTLESS RAZOK and No. 0 Barber Strop X„. 110. FAULTLESS RAZOR. Aluminum handles. Price of preminum alone to a sobam-lber. SI 50. The Sewing- Machine Offers—All Freight Charges Prepaid. No. 7 1 ■ Drop-IL ad Cabinet Sowing Machine In oak only, with Week y one year. 520.C0. 4 Drop-3 I< ;:d • binet S.-winy ?.!: bine. P,' oak only, with Weekly one year. SIB.OO There ” about 9CO local ; ;-pers (almost M’l p 1( . y --.'bit's w< klics) olubbirg with The ■ ' 4 ->me through th-' pap“’’ s making the offer. Remit to U •'■m their f ill advertised price. Aeont- g n * m? .nmi; • m th- reon. Addres-' all nr Prs to The C.institution, never to an Individ ml r<nl your SI.OO direct, or through the b il ag A nt. Remit tv io -.'il m- ri.w < rd. r. nr letter, wherein we a sum® all risk. THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga. Farms and Farmers NotlGitoJniiiilrers. |. Writ# plainly and tu th» point, <IT» ing only questions to which aitswst* *re desired. f. Conf.no inquiries strictly to mnttaiW concerning the form. a. Nover oek for answers by mall. 4 Never ask whsr, an article on* had, nor the price, *. Always sl v * your full name, ana M drees. If you do i»t wish yOHt name published, s»-y <ud Initial* only will be printed. a Carefully file this rage for futur* reference and before writing examino your die to see If U has not been already answered. W IjCvli cheat and send In your inq<Un»S early. Do not expect u« to ' answer In next paper." The editor hand in his copy a week before ths » and liana for this department to THE CONSTITUTION, (F. u9(i F. b TEN CENTC COTTON. At last the "good time” so many poor farmers have lop? hoped for and prayed for has come. For some months cotton has been fetching ten cents and upward, and it is now (September 10) worth close on to 1 I cents in the interior home mar kets. I congratulate the farmers on this happy fruition of their hopes. I was not one of those who "knew it was com ing.*' nor am 1 one of those who now say "I told you so.” It Is true that last winter I expressed th? conviction that had 1 col ion of my own to market I would hold it for ten cents, but 1 dared not advise any one to do so. There are those who now deprecate the price that cotton is fetching In Zie mar ket. Evon the Hon. James Wilson, sec retary of agriculture. Is represented as deploring the recent "rise" and the pres, ent high price of cotton. It. seems like, a dream, as If It wore "too good to be true." Some are afraid that the price is too high, and that a reaction will occur; others are afraid that a great enlarge ment of the cotton area will result, next year, causing overproduction. Some oracularly say "the day of low priced cotton has passed away;” that “pro duction will never overtake consumption." A few years ago the cry was—by per haps some of the same prophets—“ We’ll never see cotton go to ten cents any more.'' The truth is. nobody knows what facts and conditions the future will develop. It is about as easy to euess right, and just ap easy to guess wrong as it is to guess whether a chip tossed in the air will shpw "W' t or di'i'” when it falls to the earth. It Is about "six of one and half dozrjn of the other." Os course, everybody, or nearly everybody, is now believing that “the day of low priced cotton is past and gone," and perhaps it would gr.at'. harshly upon the ear for any one to strike a. note of discordant dissent to the general tone of sentiment. But there are "several of us” who do not take much stock in tile proposition that the day of cheap cotton is past and gone. J hope, at least I wish, that the market, for "good middlings” may not fall be low ten cents for ten years to come. 1 believe that sc much is due the farmers who have "borne the burden and heat of the day.” who have struggled along with 4. 5 and 6 cents cotton for so many years, that they shall have ten cents a pound for their product for the next ten wars to come. f’lie news]>aner H and public speakers are pleased to insist that the farmers of th<? south are in the high tide of prosperity; that the "country was n'-ver more prosperoyis." and a lot more of such "rot." it is cheerfully admitted that ten cents a pound for one crop of cotton ta rather poor one) will start tho farmers on the road to prosperity; but the Idea of calling it a "flood tide of prosperity,” when it is only the first ripple of the returning waters, is sim ,,;y prep'.sb roti-. As it is six hours from "Ebb" to "Flood" tide, so it may not be less than six years from the ebb to th,- Hood tide of prosperity. Ten veers would be a safer estimate, and one that more nearly accords with the his tory of the past The long depression of prices und'-r. which 'he farmers have labored has left indelible marks of Its effects. There have been lost oppor tunities. privations, neglect of education, that a score of years of "ten cent cot ton" cannot ntoip for. But we will mak< the most of it. The farmer, will doubtless adopt a cautious policy in regard to the future, it would be folly to suddenly enlarge operations, by increasing the areti in cotton next; year, t.if co.urse, a great many will do that very thing. Already there is a cry raised by some big farmers for an "opsn door" to the Chinese, so that he* who is now producing 300 bales may spread out his ;ua-a so as to produce another ICO bales. It is even claimed that the old plantation system should be again inaugurated. Perhaps it would be better to call it the syndicate system of manipulating Labor, forbid! What we want is not more big farms, but a great many more well-worked, small farms. It. was the "plantation system” that w?re out the lands of the south. The south wants no more of It, but. wants every head of a family to have a fixed home of liis own. Remember that a very large proportion of the farm laborer.-; of the t-pnlh, if not. a majority, are whi? men. They med opportunity, education, homes, development. These will not .come with the revival of the plantation system. But the Chinese! It were better to reopen the doors of immigration to Africa and have but one homogeneous race of Africans, instead of two inferior races. Better «?t rid of what we have and make room and opportunity for an I influx of the races of northern Europe. I But our topic that we set out to dis- |sc> with a machine built especially for $ I iK.E\U<LJ„ sou ther n trade. Built for the pur- g g K pose. The only machine of g I the kind. Shreds fine, I I \ does not husk. Price J I a 7 \ thirds that of buskers. A g |Wu V ton Keystone fodder is BUsTd Kl - worth a ton oi the best hay. the largest line of Buskers and Shredders of any manufacturer, also a | full line of Horse Powers, Jacks, Corn Shelters, Hay Balers, Mowers, I Seeders, ~ Rakes, Loaders and Disc Harrows. I Send for Catalogue and Prices. THE KE's STONE CO. I ESTABLISHED SO YEARS. STERLIAG, ILL. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1903. ' cuss Is about to be lost sight of. For some years past the cry that "cotton is king” has had but feeblg expression. In deed, the king was becomjng so poor that almost "nong could be found to do him reverence." It was the slogan of many a speech and editorial —“Quit Planting Cotton." Many farmers did actually quit. But these same writers who have been abiding the old monarch, or preaching funeral orations over hist fall, are pow either silent or they are congratulating the farmers on his resto ration. A few ygfirs since it was freely stated that Texas could supply thoi world’s demand for cotton. Now it is claimed that lhe south itself cannot do It. 1 bellevq? that if the price is main tained at 10 cents and above, that the south can and will respond to an annual demand for 20 millions of bales, within the next ten or fifteen years. R. J. REDDING. FARM CORRESPONDENCE. DRAW ING A MUCK-BED. S. M. C., Rehobeth, Ala.—l have on mv farm a reed or cane brake of several acres that 1 want to put in cultivation to grow corn on. The soil is black muck, full mi' water from springs. Can it be drained effectively with open .*<K Iles? The 11.11 is 3 feet, to every 100 running feet. Do you think sucii soil can be made profitable to grow corn on? Answer—ls the soil in question is a veritable muck bed or peat bog, 1 am in doubt just how to answer. I know such a place where the soil is composed en iii'eiy of muck Io the depth of 3 feet or more, tine may stand, as 1 did, in one place and by a. little effort be able to shake the ground around for 10 or 15 feet. This had been ditched wjth open ditches, but was still wet ano (oTaily un productive. The muck was Just like a spang-- and would suck up the wat. r and lu-.-p the soil (or muck) wet and cold to within 2 or 3 inches of 11)-' surface. I. was inclined to belie'.*-, arid so advised tie owfi-T. that it could not be made to pi-oluee crops profitably, and that the b> St use to make of it would be to lift out the muck into heaps, let it drain and sweeten for several months and then stratify it with lime and use it freely on adjoining land, it would make an ex celient mat* rial for b- dding horse and cattle stalls. THE MEXICAN CO’ITON BOLL WEE VIL. F. M T.. Eleberton. Ga. I see there is -an offer of---. 000 for a certain way to eradicate the boll weevil, that so seriously < ■ n in somt» localities. I am not competing tor that prize, but if I can sugge-a anything to assist in the work. I hall be glad. 1 had a 10-aere field that it seemed the cutworms would entirely ruin, and they did much daniag--. Next fall I barred off the stalks very closely and deeply. In due time, when winter had frozen the roots of the stalks, I plow. •I th.-m up, and the next year I did not see a single stalk the worms had cut. The same process might go far to . exterminate r.otlt the boll weevil and cat eipillar. No doubt they deposit their eggs lir the old stalks and roots ami the I frosts ami winb r rains would go far to ’ ward destroying them. Frierojs. try 1 jo; 2 acres in this way. It will met take I much labor ami might result in much i good. Als-' 1 would sow a bushel or two I <>f salt to the acre and break it up well. I turnin- under all the litter before bar- ; ring off. Lastly, e irefully get up all the I stalks and limbs, pi!-’ ami burn them very I carefully I.- t the r - be several lights from dusk, for an hour or two. to burn up the moth that lays the caterpillar egg. Trv an acre or two this way and 1 think it will be beneficial. At any rate, It .-annot do any harm, for even Hi" plowing will do good. Answer * has already been discovered that an early *!es’:-i.-t ion of th? growing i plants by cutting them down and burn I ing greatly less.-ns the depredations of j th*- boll w -.'vil. Tho planting of an early ; variety that will mature its crop in Au- > gust and September anil thus permit the j early d- struction of the plants. The boll I 1 weevil hibernates in the beetie stage and I not in the egg After burning the stalks j I ihe land is to be at once turned over j to the depth m' C or 3 inches, the effect of which will bi t-> destroy ninny of tTlh weevils ami all of th-- larvae ami pupae. A "bushel or two of salt to the acre” would be * ntircly inad* .junto to effect any good whatever; better say a ton or I two if tho object be to kill larvae and I gru)>s in the soil. So, you see, what you suggest has long since been recom j mended and practiced, but still the boll i weevils are extending their occupation of | tiie cotton-growing territory. SAI' IX TREES. I K I- It. Kirkwood. Fla in the An- I i gust 17 Issue 1 notice, under the head, i ' "A Reviewer R< vh wed,” on the subje< t, I ■ "Sap in Trees." which suggests, or re- I minds rm.. that 1 would like to ask a i question on the circulation of the sat» ■in in-. . I will illustrate the question: Will, by b-»ring a is.Jc in the tnee, and tilling the hole with. say. bin** stone, sulphur or other material, he taken Into the cli- Illation of th-- tree to the detri ment of the fruit or insect life. Ansv. * r -< inly a very small quantity of blue stone, sulphur or other sub , star,*'’.-; would )>•■ absorbetl Into the cir culation: not. enough to produce any ef fect "one vty or Hie other." It certainly would not affect the fruit, nor would it keep away insects. FLANTING OATS. J. W (1.. Schuster. Ala.—Allow me to ask a few ques.tions in regard to planting oats in drill or open furrow; 1. How to prepare land? 2. How to plant? 3. How miii.’h per acre? 4 How io gather? 5. The advantages of this mode of planting? 6. Would it be advisable to plant on flat swamp? Answer—Your questions I. 2. 3 and 5 I were anticipated in my editorial of last week. To No. 4 I answer, reap when ripe, thresh and feed the clean grain. Bale the straw an-1 either sell it for $8 or $lO a ton. or feed it to stock in the 6. It is r-tther risky planting oats in "il.-it swamp" Have not tried the "open furrow" plan, on swamp land. DURABLE AV II IT EAV ASH. Put a half bushel quicklime in a barrel i and add boiling water until it is covered j nearly 6 inches deep; cover the barrel to | keep the steam in, and when tho violent j ebullition Is over, add water enough to ! bring it to the consistency of cream, al -1 lowing 4 pounds of rice flour to each half bushel of lime, or the rice flour may be mixed with the water for slaking, mixing the flour carefully in cold water before putting it in tho hot water. Stir constant ly in the hot. water until thoroughly set. and then pour it all over the lime, as directed. To improve the above add 2 pounds of sulphate of zinc and I pound of salt. To change the color, add yellow ochre for cream tints, and umber, red and lampblack for fawn tints. The permanence of whitewash thus prepared is remarkable, and, when once tried, will be used to the exclusion of the ordinary mixture. TO STOP RUST IN COTTON AND WEEVILS IN PEAS. W. M. McC.. Oakland. Fla.—To J. R. Withers, Barksdale, S. (’., I will send you my remedy for stopping rust In cotton. I have tried it for live or six years and it has never failed. Take green willow bushes and scatter them all through your cotton patch where tho rust has broke out and tuck them and bind leaves around the places that has the rust and it will keep ft from spreading. Will some render qf The Atlanta Constitution give me a remedy for bone spavin on a horse for thre<s or four years’ standing? I will tell the good farmers how to Keep weevils out of their field peas: Thrash them out as soon as you have them picked and put them in your smoke bouse in barrels and you will not. be bothered witn the weevils. You can keep them until picking time in tho summer or fall. RENOVATING BERMUDA PASTURE. F. M. I-L, Atmore, Ala.—l have a ber irnda pasture that is eat very close at tliis lime. Please tell me what time I should plow it to give it a new start lor next year's pasture, or can T sow ive in It this fall for winter pasture and not injure the bermuda? I want it for a dairy pasture and wish to make it as good as I can How many bushels of butter beans ean be raised on an acre of land (in the hull green)? How many bushels of okra to the acre green for market? ritase !<-t me know where I can get a reliable dairy book for be gir.rer? Also book on truck farming? Answer—March is the proper month in which to renovate your brnnuda pasture. The plowing should bo done preferably with a. narrow coulter plow, one that will go down and stir the soli underneath without upheaving the sad too much. \t this time it would be well to scatter over the surface about 200 to 300 pounds of a mixture of equal putts of acid phosphate, muriate of pot ;.'.-li ami c >tton s.-i-.l meal. The surface should then be harrowed, and if conve nient rolled, so as to give a smooth, level Rescue grass, in my judgment, would give you better results than rye Hairy v< t* h is .’lso reeommen led. Either or be th of these should be sown as soon es possible, a slight harrowing in being all that will be necessary. About 40 pounds of the rescue grass seed or 60 pounds of the vetch seed would be enough. I cannot answer your question about butter beans and okra. Probably the 1 .’st book on dairying is "Gurler’s Amer ican Dairying.” sold by Orange Judd Co., New York I suggest that you put yot.rself in (communication with your state agri cultural experiment station at Auburn, Ala. That station has a well equipped dairy and doubtless is prepared to give practical advice in dairy matters. "Oetnler’s I'rvtk Inarming In the South" is an excellent work, and Is sold by the above firm. "White's Gardening lor tiie South." in new and enlarged edi tion, is sold by Mrs. P. 11. Mell. Clemson College, S. C. GRASSES FOR MEADOW. Charles R. 11., Rockmart, Ga.—l wish to put some 10 acres or more in grass for permanent, hay crop, if I can. Land is level valley grayish clay, of average fer tility, was excellent land, but has been tenanted and run too bard in cotton. I can arrange to irrigate it at moderate expense Is there any grass that Is as good as Johnson g'ra. s for my purpose, j and if land is well prepared before it is j sown, will it. with moderate top; dress i ings, continue to produ-C goo>T crops in ' definitely, or will ft run out so as not to I ;>e profitable for hay. and just continue ns a nuisance? If ent before any seeds ripen is there any danger of It spreading unduly? If you advise against this grass is there any that will answer my pur pose? I know that you feed your stock largely on pea. vine nay Do you sow or drill the peas, and alone or with something else, and what variety do you find best? Thanking you in advance for the information that I hope to receive. Answer -I have made It a rule not to - advise any farmer to sow Johnson grass unless he has first made up his mind to i devote the land to it in perpeTuity. It Is i very liable to spread on the farm of a careless farmer; there can be no doubt iof that. There are farmers, however, ' who are not afraid of It, and there are farmers who have succeeded in so sub duing it as to grow fine cotton on the land before thoroughly set in Johnson grass. I rode through a field so sub dued only a few days ago, and Judged that the cotton would easily produce one bale per acre. But there were stray bunches of the grass all about over the o*l*l. and the outside margins were quite thick with It. I will say, however, that this is not considered a good pasture grass In fact heavv pasturing is one of the meth j ods 'advised for subduing and destroying j it. But you wish it for meadow. For j this purpose I know of nothing that I would probably succeed better than Johnson, barring the drawback men tioned. , . . Among th? meadow grasses none is bet ter known than orchard, tall oat and red top. These mixed together and also with I'o*l clover should malto you a good meadow and one that would never give .-iry trouble. But ft would bo necessary t*> inplv about 200 «o 250 pounds of a highly ammoniated fertiliser par acre to give it a good start. tVe find the un known. whippoorwill and clav to be the best varieties of cowpeas for hay. WINTER GPAZ'NG FDP TTDGS O. I. R . Brent, Fla..—l wish to plant something for winter grazing for hogs. Our land is new sandy soil near the Es cambia bav. M'ill it pay to grow rape here? Which is best to sow for grazing, oats rye or barlev? Ry giving me an early reply through your paper will very - much oblige. Answer—l doubt If rape would succeed on the average sandy soils of Florida un less ' well fertilized. Rape Is very much Tike rutabaga turnips In appearance and belongs to the same genus—brassica. Oats and rye would probably give better re sults ' Mso trv rescue grass, bur clover and hafrv vetch. These will all grow well ‘throughout the winter in your climate Now is the time to sow all of them, and and I'would try all and learn from ex ; perlence which is best suited for your I purpose. AN ERROR CORRECTED. Mrs L. Blandenburg, Carrollton. Ga — Dl'onsd correct a mistake made in last week’s paper. It stated that the cancer in horse was “22 inches in diameter, when It should have been 2 1-2 inches in i diameter. Glad to soy the horse is now well. . Answer-I noticed the error when read ing the printed page, but the error was « Obvious that It did not appear neces- make a formal correction. It woidd have been more to thn purpose had vou stated what remedy you employed to effect a cure of the sore. NUT-GRASS SEEDS p M Hodgson. Stockton, Ala.—lnclosed vou will And a s'alk of nutgrass with I seed on it. I never knew before last ve-ir that nutgrass produced any seed. It might be opportune tc. cal! hay .linkers’ attention to this. Answer— My attention has before been vail'd to the fact that coco or nut brass produces seeds, and that the pest 7s pi'coaagted as well I y seeds as by nuts. *But I have not found that the seeds are abujidyn*tly produced, and have been somewhat in doubt whether the plant is propagated Jo any extent by seeds. In the specimen you sent me I have not found a" single mature or perfect seed. The husks of the seed are easily found, but they are empty and flaccid and certainly would not "come up.” I have thought that if nutgrass does, in fact, produce perfect seed abundantly, it would long since have spread broadcast over the country, as ertibgrass and other grasses have done. Bermuda grass oc casionally produces a few seed in this country. I once found a uczen seeds in a bunch of as many heads- I sewed these seeds and they germinated quite read ily ami developed into tb? well known bermuda grass plants. Has any one ever sown the seeds of nutgrass and suc ceeded in getting them to germinate? BANANA CULTURE. A. AV. Marshall. Mayson, Mo.—l see in Tho Weekly Constitution you answer all questions of an agricultural nature, and as I have never been south, would like to ask a question and (have it answered: We wish to know how the banana is raised and cultivated; Its na ture; whether a plant or a tree, and if it can be given, a. true description of its nature? Answer—The botannical name of the bananas is Musa Sapientium, and there aro several varieties. It is a herb, or herbaceous plant, but sometimes growing tall enough tc be called a tree. The plant is somewhat similar ir. appear ance to the Caladium. or "Elephant’s Ear;" but the banana pjant puts up sev eral distinct stems successively, each pro ducing one bunch of bananas and then dying down to the ground. These stems have no branches, but produce a num ber es Immense leaves- 6 or 8 feet in length, and 2 feet In width. The new plants are propagated by shoots that spring up from tho perennial root of the old plant. These are. planted about 10 feet apart each way and produce each a singjp bunch of bananas ripening in about ten months. CURING PEAVINES. H. D. Lindsay, Rockford. N. C.— Al though rather late, or perhaps rather early, I will give you what lias been found in tliis section "the" way to cure pea vine hay, and the only way. Cut stack poles with a view to ns many limbs as possible, leaving them about 2 to 3 feet long sharpened at ends so hay will slip on easily; also sharpen top end of pole. Stack vines when perfectly green, putting all possible on stack. In few hours vines will settle and let air all through, but not enough to admit rain. Result—nice green hay; no mould. Have Hied all the vari ous ways suggested and failed in'all but above. CURING PEAVINES. J. AV. Brown, Coleman. Fla.—lt seems that the all absorbing and all importtint topic among we farmers Is the hay prob lem and I thought as 1 see so many ar ticles on the curing of the peavine for hay that 1 would give mine, which if not the easiest, is surely 'ho safest. I cut tne vines as soon as Hie dew Is off. Cut two or three bunches at a. time pull them back, roll them t.nd tie as you would fod der, throw these rolls in piles so they can be handled easily. After first day turn them over. See that both sides are dry, then they may be hauled In and stor d away, not packed. It is so miserably mean to handle In the ordinary way. This way you may use the pltchf' rk. otherwise It cannot be handled without quite a lot of exertion. I am feeding hay that 1 cured lasi summer and the inside of these bundles is as nice and green as when they were housed. If thrown in loose pile In loft it will not pack down or heat and you do not lose the leaves in feeding or handling. Two days' sunning is a plenty. THE COTTON CROP IN TEXAS. G. L. Gunter, Emberson, Texas.—l live in a very fine farming section for corn, cotton and everything else that is adapted to tills climate and soil. Corn is very fine by reason of .so much and constant rains, and for the same reason cotton lias gone too much to weed, which forms such u. dense shade, causing the bottom bolls to begin to rot. Cotton is from three to four weeks later than usual. AVe are of the opinion that what, is usually termed the first crop is virtually lost. The boll worm is playing havoc with some fields, while others they have struck only in spots, but widening very rapidly, while in others they have done but little dam age. The oldest and most experienced farm ers seem to Iw puzzled about the result. But taking all together any of them would be willing to take half of an aver age crop for the one on hand, and gather It. The present prospect is quite gloomy. SPRAIN OF BACK TENDON. H. L. Comer, Social Circle, Ga. —I write you again in regard to my horse's foot. He is a very large horse, weighs about I 000 pounds when good and fat. He is about ten years old The lameness seems to be in the. leader behind amt just be low the knee in the right forefoot, ami he is inclined to walk on the toe. His knee amt ankle are a little swollen. He thick wind, as he makes no noise, it is thick wind, as he made* no noise; it is just last breathing. I will appreciate any advice you may give me. Answer—This seems to be a case of sprain of the hack tendon. In severe cases of this kind it is advised to put a high-heeled shoe on the foot of the affected leg. If tender and sore to the touch bathe the part in cold water for half hou; and then apply a lotion made by dissolving half an ounce of sugar of lead and 2 ounces of laudanum in I quart of water. Do this three times a day and give complete rest until Hie ani mal is better. In chronic cases apply t blister as follows: Mix 2 drams of. can tharides and I ounce of vaseline. Rub in a little of this; let Is remain tw-nty-four hours and then wash off and grease with lard. Repeat this every second week un til a cure is effected. You might let her run in pasture during the int'*rvai s '>•- tween the blisters. PARTIAL PARALYSIS OF MARE. E. A. White. Kent’s Store, Ga. I have a. mare that dropped a foal on tile 6tii of this month that has become wak ir her back or hind parts. She stands cn first one loot an.l then the other. 1 have not used her since the colt came, fiiie runs on a. good jiastur.' ami I feed her twice a day on corn. What Is the cause of this weakness and what is tiie remedy? Mare is a good sitiker and colt Is vigortits. She was that way on") before ana I saturated her back with turpentine and she soon recov :reu, but this time it don’t seem to do any good. Answer —It Is probable that the weak ness Is caused by a partial paralysis of the hind parts, which is not a rare occurrence following foaling and calving The turpentine liniment on tiie small of the back was a very proper treat ment, but not sufficient. Give her ona dram of powdered nux vomica, or two grains of strychnine twice a day until yc-u notice a sudden twitching or jerking of some of the muscles. Tm n discon tinue it for several days, after which commence again with a smaller dose, gradually increasing il until Hie twitch ing again recurs. I would feed her on clean shelled oats and thebest hay. Give good ventilation, a clean stable, good grooming and moderate exercise. (Your inquiry was anticipated by reply in issue ot August 24 under nead of "Paraplegia ol Mure.") SICK CALVES. John T. Granger, Gantt, S. C.—l have two calves that are sick; taken like dys entery. and feverish; seem dull and sleepy; oars drop down, and linger about six weeks and die. Please tell cause through your valuable paper. They were treated for dysentery. Answer —Your description of the symp toms Is not sufficiently full to enable me to diagnose with confidence. Vou do not state the character of the discharge from the rectum, etc. If it is dysentery the attack may be attributed to exposure to cold, coarse. Innutritive food and other debilitating influences. The remedy is a dose of one-half pint to one and one half pints of raw linseed oil and one-haif to two ounzes of laudanum, the larger doses for a grown anlml. Follow this with one-half to one ounce of turpentine, one-half to one ounce of Tincture of chloride of iron and boiled flax seed one to two pints. Give a dose three times a day. Also clean out the bowels with warm water Injections. Then inject the following three times a day: Acetate of lead, one to two drams, carbolic acid one serupl" to one and one-half scruples, laudanum one-third to one ounce. PARTIAL PARALYSIS. C. G. T.. Edward, N. (’.—l have a male eolt, about fifteen months "Id. which is stiff in his bind legs. Seems to be worse in the right leg. Does not limp, but seems very stiff when first taken out in thg morning. He lifts bis feet Jr A xSC >. TMSOroaoi J|l fiACK-DMWIff! LJ * IP***t/I iuJ* 51 \ II vi IWT M mJ \Jva\v\ Zaa \ v ((HM) 27/ Wetmore. Golo., April 9, 1902. B g J have been using | H yS E o 1 Sve heVyoSUck-Draught Stock Medicine and che hasn't had an attack ■ I I I gssll m an occasional dose of M I BIM-ftMDGfITSriEMCinE I I I S ing them this mild laxative, Black-Draught Stock Medicine, which invigorates the ■ B animal digestion, frees the constipated bowels and stirs up the liver and Kidneys. K M It is easv to keep a horse’s or a mule’s bowels open with Black-Draught Stock and | M Poultry Medicine. That is almost, sure to keep it healthy and fit for work. K ■ Ask your dealer for a can of Black-Draught Stock Medicine. n r ,he does not keep M H it send 25 cents to the laboratory of The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, |g H Tenn., and a half-pound air-tight can will be mailed you. M B Clarence. Mo., March 22. 1901. M n B’ark-Draiicht S’ock Medicine saved the life of a fine four year cld horse for me some weeks 5| jfl ago and J lamnot giving the Stock Medicine to all my horses. C. H. RICKEY. | like a horse with the string-halt. IV'- has been this way about three months. AVhen I let him g.o in the pasture, if he runs and jumps much he is worse in the morning. He has not been hi', iu'd nor strained In any w_<iy J.hat I know of. His mother was only 5 years old. Do you think his trouble is due to his be ing so young? He also has lampas. I. have rubbed his legs with Mustang Lini ment, but it did not seem to do any good. Please answer through The Con stitution. and give j. remedy for stiff legs and lampas. Answer —The. condition in a colt only fifteen months old Is quite, an unusual one. It is certainly not due to the fact (hat H’.e dam is no Older than, five years. ; It may be a form of paralysis called | paraplegia. Have you observ< ,;1 whether the colt uses his tall freely? This con- I dition may be due t > a iilow on the i spine or to. a sew re fall. 1 advise that < you rub Hie spine in the region of the j ioins with any strong, irritating liniment. Also, give him one-third of a. dram < f I nux vomica twice a day, until twitching of some of the muscles is observed. Then ' stop it for several days, and then com mence giving it. again in smaller doses, I gradually increasing until twitching of the | muscles occurs. Apply a little strong i alum water to the bat's of the upper jaw. You may also cut them very shallow witn ' the sharp pqjnt of a knife. . PROBABLY POLL EVIL. AV. R. P.. Newberne. N. <’• I hare a' mare that has a swollen sore spot, aboui 3 ; inches back of her ears on top of her • neck; has been there about eight months; does not set ;n to bother her about eating or working, but her neck is stiff and hurts , her to bend it. I am not certain about the duration of this trouble, as I have only; known her about three weeks. It from . this description, you can say what the ; trouble is and can give a remedy please j publish It in your department of The At-, lanta Constitution and oblige- Answer —it is probable that it is what, is commonly called "poll evil ami wi>l ■ be likely to become fistulous. The object . in treating it as follows will be to induce it to "come to a head;" Bathe the swollen . place for half hour at a time with col.l ■ water three times a day and after each . bathing apply a . loth wet with a of naif ounce ot sugar of lead in I -)U_ t , of water. Aft.r three or lour days rub well m on th. swollen place a little of | an ointment made by mixing 2 'lramt, ot * canHiarides with I ounce of lard. 1 las* wul | causf a blister. Repeat the cnnthari'l ( ointment e\< rv two weeks for se\ui.it i months if nee.'ssiuy. In th,* majority ot * cases the swelling will disappear un.i. r the above treatment, but m some matter will form and come to a head *" i Hi, swelling should be well opened and ,1| special treatment g ven. PARTIAL PARALYSIS OF MARE. J. M. Morgan. Gainesuoro. 1 du el re a cure for a. fine young male v old. She was plowed a little th: ® Si > ,i ; ln ® by the side of a g" ntle - s,ro "",?“‘ se ,J" a turning plow—only worked half th d. y I at a time-alternating tyith another young animal. She worked kind!? and was ... abused at. all, unless .iverstralned, as sue pulled freely and 1 do not know of 1 r j receiving arc, lick or blow. She was tak-n with a stretching or strammg like s " was trying to pass her uime. but th, urine failed to come only ivpt in a scanty dribbling way or manner. 1 no- | tired'she did not raise her t ill ala l It has all the time seemed to be. compl't"l> | paralyzed ihe tail is as limber as a w. t , rag. She does not even try to light fli"s . wl"li it but turns her head around and • bites them off her hind part.- Bettye -i ; the point of her left hip and spine th* re , is a considerable depression, while the j right is full and round. She sometimes . runs a little and the urine flies from li ■' j but’ ordin.lt ily it dribbles down her hind i parts and scalds th* surface t tou There seems to be no force to eject the * urine. 1 believe her bladder is paralyzed. She eats hearty and holds her flesh very well She has been affected as describ' d about two months—can't sec that she gets better or worse. 1 hope your vete rinary physician will give me a success ful remedy at an early date. Answer —Your mare has what is called •paraplegia," or partial paralysis ot the hind extremities. The depression on the hip was probably caused by a severe blow nt that point amounting to a fracture, ot to a partial dislocation of the joint, which has caused the paralysis. This latter ex tends to the bladder and affects the tail also, and probably the muscles of the rectum. Very probably the paralysis will gradually grow worse until finally the mare will not be able to rise when down. In tiie first place. I advise that you have a surgeon to see her as there may be a necessity for a. surgical operation to re duce the dislocation or remove ih*> pres sure on the spinal cord, which is the im- I mediate cans.' of the paralysis. In the < meantime mix together two ounces of | pulverized mix vomica and four ounces | of pure copperas, divide into twenty-ion; ; doses and give her a dose twice a day. ; It will also be helpful to rub the loins j twice a-day with a strong liniment, such I as Sloan's Nerve and Bone Liniment. TUMOR OF UDDER. Subscriber, Grove Hill, N. U.—l have a I fine milch cow, calf three months old. j has given a nice quantity of milk and j butter all the while; milked h* r one { morning and she was all right; that night she had a hard lump just over one of her back teats about the size of a small biscuit.; seemed to be very to’.ieh otts. She could not stand for calf to suck and had considerable fever. It was as largo as a cup by the next day and more fever. 1 rubbed with paregoric and lard. Now the lump has split, one on one side of teat and one on the other; fever seems to bo nearly gone, but lump stays the same; don't, seem to be near so touch ous; gives about, the same quantity of milk; seems to be in good condition in I every way; eats hearty. Please say I through your Farm Department what is j MALLORY’S ALL STEEL ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PLOW. ft H’s a Perfect Clay ‘‘Rouster” anti a Great Labor Saver. Y— y iVith this set of Plows, by Mallory’* Mode, land can vrw h ‘‘ P r ‘‘P ,,red 10 to 12 inch*'- 5 * deep and have the rows laid : Wf off in less time than it would take to turn it broait cast Jif ’u--"' \\ jiMr 4to 5 inches deci). It will ABSOLUTELY or )L' . pIX O a JET / XbVT'Zfft Keep land from W».hing. The Double Tnr- /Y/%\ ft / ml »«r for hill-siding hns no equal. Write >V- jib,? so Q• Q for catalogue and learn all about it. fir MALLORY PLOW CO., East Chattanooga, Tenn. the cause and give a remedy. Milk looks all right. Been in this, fix for four days. Answer As I iln b'rsi an.l you the open ing woulds have Ju al'd up and Hie hard lump still remains. if this be correct and the cow having no fever, j advise you to get from lhe drug store some iodine and rtib some of '■) on and around the lumj. once aday. This will proba'idj" cause absorption and thus remove the lump PEACH 1.1 'E. A. .M. S.. Kingstree. S. C. Ive mailed you this uav the end of a plum limb of this y.-ar's growth that is covered wi:a a little brown louse that seems to f. i I upon and suck lhe sap out of the tender i‘ shoots, also the tender leaves. They j have attacked my j.lu;i s, g apes and s-up ; pernongs -*v-rn! tlni'-.- this year. Ive { been (lestroyiug th'm by rubbing or wash ing them. What are th y and what will , best destroy them without injuring the I tender limb 1 -? j Answer The package containing the ' twig and insects has not com*? to haul, i hut I have no doubt the insect is what Is : known as th*’ peach or plum louse. The j proper trea.tment is to spray Hie inf. stvi j portion of the tro'-s with a somtion "t j soapsuds, made of 1 pound of whale oil soap to 4 gallons of water. This should j lie done as early in the spring as the ■ insects, ap; ear. The lice hatch out about ' the time Hie first buds put forth in tho I spring from eggs laid by the mature female lice tiie preceding fall. SOWING OATS. ; Farmer. Dallas, Ga. -We wish to sow wheat and oats in furrows and fertilize ai wording t H Sept'm ’ latest we have. I 1. Will you please give us information ! as to what time and how said fertilizers * are to lie applied? I 2. Gould we not protect fall sown oats | from cold by covering the jan'd with i pine straw? If so, when and how should I said straw bo applied and in what quan i tity? Have plenty near by Ans-w” 1. The fertilizer is formulated | in bulletin No. 44 should be applied in I the fall at the same time and in the same furrow with the seed oats. The for mula is as follows: Avid phosphate, (14 per cent)..2oo lbs. * Muriate of potash 50 lbs. ’ Cotton seed meal 250 lbs. uOOlbs. | The above amount should he applied ‘ with Hie fertilizer dV-ributor at the I s im> time and in the same open furrows is Hie ■ *i "its The Gunnt fertilizer dis tributor and the Carmi-hael distributor. Hie former made by J T. Gannt. Macon, 'Go and the latter by the Southern Ag j ricultura; Works, East Point. Ga. Each ! of tli-■■■• is made in double form, sowing j both fertilizer and seed oats at the same j time. ; 1 do not advise sowing wheat in open , furrow ', but prefer to sow it with a : standard grain drill such as is commonly I used. 1 T do r-i think it would be practicable : to eov'-r an oat field with pine straw as ' a protection agai ist cold. If sown in lhe open furr w- and fertilized is direct ’d there will be no noeessi'.y for any cov- * ering like pine straw. In your see.ion I ' would sow from the 10th to the 20th of ; October and row 1.5 bushels of seed per j A CASE OF CARTILAGINOUS QUIT TOR. To J. H DiiPr.se. Huguenot. Ga.—The j anima! has what is . ailed a quitter, a di c ' as.’ that is somnwi'.i-.t difficult to cure. I 'i ne simplest treatment is to inje. ' a I stror’g solution of bluestone. 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