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SUBSOILING.
In n recent Issue of a notable agrfcul- |
ur.i! journal the editor. In discussing the '
nportance 01 referring all "controver- j
ics .ci agri ultural possibilities to some [
' -nd.ird authority from whose decision .
m're is no appeal" acknowledges that i
he earth’s laboratory is such a standard, J
nd that "by its decisions we are i
rilling at all times to abide." Hi- then, 1
little furth-r on, says: "A scientific i
ivostigaTor recently stood before a i
trg. audience of farmers and deliberate- i
.■ read from a more deliberately writ •
•a and printed essay, that subsoiling J
nd deep plowing did not. pay. » * » • .
ueh assertions from such sources do |
arm They should never lie made tin- ■
il every known method of test has been I
d.’ In th above quoted extraets I
ie . .liter of s.nd journal was evidently
cferring to an address on “Corn Culture” I
-iil.--.-r- d by me at Clemson college. '
. <’., a few weeks ago. I am satisfied j
<’-., a few weeks ago. lam glad that •
rhat. I said was "written and published." '
.. t us see what it was and then the >
■ ail.-r i in judge how accurately J I
,-as quoted. From the address refered >
> I take- the following: "1 have not i
oun<] - libs,.iling to pay on any soils ,
a,liable on the Georgia Experiment. I
tation farm The experiment has been !
rleil on sandy gray soils; underlaid by
ellow clay and on so-called red, or ;
hocolate colored soils, underlaid by red |
lay. In these trials we have usually [
tw ioi ■ turn p.low to thi i
epth of eight or ten inches and then
subsoil plow in th.- bottom of the fur- t
ow first opened, to a. depth of from i
we've to sixteen Inches in ill I have ■
o doubt sn'.isoilfng might pay if the [
aitial turn plow furrow shall he no more s
han tiit-e or four In -hes in depth. Ihi; |
>hei-e is the necessity of making two |
,!tr-s at one ch< rty. If a depth of eight or 1
en in-:; - may in- r-arited with a turn ]
■low, why reduce this depth to three i
four Inch' - in order t > vindicate tic- ’’
.'lllty of subsoiling to a depth of no more ,
han '■ r o> twelve inches But I will :
;ot argue the question, frankly admit- .
Ing. as I do. that somehow or other
t ought to pay to subsoil. I used to think |
o and trie,! thirty five years ago to ;
irove its utility. j
' Sorely there are soils in which the
•raetiee ought to prove effective, but
’nave not myself met with any of that I
on • * • There i- a largo number of |
grienltural writers and speakers whose ■
l-.gan is '.siibsolling.- It was exceeding- I
. popu.tr about thirty years ago and I
o'. . .m.l there w, re almost as many j
in- rent patents of subsoil plows as ,
tier, w'-r-e churns and eh trn-dash' rs "
Mow let. the reader compare th. above
.notations which covet* what I did s<t>
nth what tin- aforesaid editor says that
-. bi. I.»r. I. I‘. Roberts, who is eou
id red about the highest authority in
he I’ntted shates on practical farm
ip.-ritions. a man who was born and l
■ ’ought tip on a farm, who worked on I
h- form, who worked his way through ;
who was professor of agri- ;
■it'.tui'e al Cornell. New York for many '
•.-.:rs, in his admirable book "The I'er- I
ility of th- I.'-’.d,'’ writes as follows (
"While sub--oiling may clearly assist '
b. a .'.v’lward pa-sage O! water, th. t
■xp. use is so great, and the work has I
, a.- so :>. .p.ently repeated that it i
■as nearly gone out of practice. If the ,
lepth .if the furrow were increased a !
l-t . fro-n year to year, changing It i
;. : :iii" from lx to ten Inches, percola- ‘
i<> . wo ihl not only be increased, but i
•.or 0.-nef.eial results would follow. If '
... ■ littb plow, turning a furrow of only i
. o t n iiu-hes in width and six inches '
n ib pth could 1.. exchange.! for a plow
1. of handling a furrow sixteen I
tea inches, and the two 900 pound
lors.'S r< piae. d by three horses of 1,200 :
...nods each, tile necessity for siibsolling I
a .uld be largely obviated and the cost
C p .'.wing would b" diminished rather .
ii.nn increased wherever the Helds are .
urge and fairly level.”
Tn.- above .-overs ail that Dr. Roberts j
>ays rd.out subsoiling and it plainly i
caches that the better plan is to use ■
.i’-ge turn plows pulled by heavy teams ■
itui gradually increasing the depth of 1
:i. furrow from year to yt >r. "changing
t In time from six to ten Inches." That :
is just what I have advocated and prac- 1
tic- ■! for thirty-live years. It is, in
•ssenee. what many farmers arc doing
when th. t bn:- .nd it.-- a rotary disc
plow. ' r a large two-horse plow. But
the editor under mild review Insists on
referring such eonti ovt-rsies to "earth’s
'aboratory" as rm authoritative standard.
By this, I prisutne In- means tlio practi
cal th hi t st This 1 did. and upon the
results of this practical field test, often
r I. I based the remarks made In
my essay at Clemson college. I believe
in subsoiling until 1 tested it in the
field repeatedly. But. these tests, those
appeals to earth’s laboraterry" as the
infallible judge, resulted in a verdict
against me, which I accepted in good
faith, although milelly protesting "that
.- .rneliow or other it ought to pay to
subsoil. I used to think so anti trieel
thirty-live y.-ars ago to prove its utility."
1 will add that this is not the only in
stance in which my preconceived belief,
founded on somebody’s theory, or on
hoary tradition, has been controverted
and elisproven by the results of actual
and accurate experiment. A teacher, or
investigator, who persistently adheres to
traditions atul is not willing to yield to
the demonstrations of moden scientific
LORY’S ALL STEEL ADJUSTABLE COMBINATION PLOW.
IV a Clay ' t ßouster ,, and a Groat Lahar Saver. -a.
' 7 >l> (ins s.-t ”f I'lc.w-. l.y AS allory'*; Alod<‘. land can
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LZ' in less time than it w mid take tn turn it broad cant ncr or \L <&•
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1903.
investigation and experiment will inev
itably befog instead of enlighten his i
readers with a tangled mixture of truth j
and error.
It. J. BEDDING.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
fertilizing wheat and peas
(I. F. A.. Catawba, N. ('. Seeing much
of your valuable advice given to farmers
in The Constitution I have come to y ”.t
for advice. 1 have a piece of land that
was in cotton last year. When the cotton
was gathered I seeded down in wheat
When wheat was harvested I had the land
turned with a two-horso plow, harrowed
and then drilled in peas, using I’- inislicls
per acre nnd 200 pounds 14 per cent a-’id
mixed w'th 60 pounds of strong wood
ashes. 1 want to follow my pea crop with .
wheat again this fall. Would yon advise
using guano under the wheat? it so. what
kind and how much? 1 want to follow
the second crop of wheat with peas again
rind will it do to fertilize the peas as
much or more another year than I did
this? Will want to plant tiiis land in cot
ton in 1905, and as cotton does not open,
well In this part of North Carolina (Ca
tawba county > without manure or fer
tilizer uniler it. would like to know what.:
kind of fertilizer to use under ft and
how much Wil] want to mow my pen-i
vfnos tin- latter part of this month. Tit's I
land has a. red clay subsoil and by using:
200 pounds of guano to the acre will maki
from 500 to 700 pounds of seed cotton to
the acre.
Answer--! advise that you apply a. good
dose of concentrated fertilizer to the
wheat, say- as follows;
Add phosphate (14 per cent) .. . 200 lbs
Muriate of potash 50 lbs.
I Cotton seed menl 300 lbs
Total 550 lbs. i
Ye:: mav profitably apply the whole of
the above per ai-ro. Imt if yon prefer you
can n due the quantity ns you like. In
March if the wheat does not have a dark
green color top dress with 50 to 75 pounds I
of nitrate of soda.
Fertilize the peas to be sown after:
Wheat harvest as tins year oi use 200
pounds of aeid phosphate and 25 pounds.
us muriate of potash. In 1905. on cotton,:
vmt may apply 200 pounds of acid phos
phato. 15 p..muls of muriate and 100
pounds of cotton sbi-d meal, or preferably
50 pet- cent more of each Cotton and
small grain are flic crops that may be
I safely fertilized liberally.
'O\TS IN ODEN FURROWS AND COT-i
TON MEAD.
' T- G B . Kos.-insko, Miss.—Tn Scptcm- '
! tier 7 issue- of The Constitution, under
I head nf “Sowing (tats, in op-ti Furrows,"
i -..in r, i mmii-nd the ii-of 200 pounds oi
; phosphate and 250 pounds of cotton m-al .
i per acre in drill with reed. Iton’t v.- u
I think there would be danger of killing'
I tiie germ of tin oats with ’hat amount i
: .d* cotton peed meal in drill? I have been
' usiuc Gantt’s drill for two years, but 1
lain afraid to v,:..- that much cotton t <_• I
: tne.'il Jess I kill th- germ of oats seed if
you have had experience wllli that much
! cotton seed meal In drill with_o a ts s- >d
I would I’o glad if yon would give us th"
• iK’nefit of ’.mi' in The <-.>nstitutioii 1
I admire votir deptiftmcm and take 'l’nc .
; Const it ui ion for tiie benefit I derive from
i your <loj-artni' nt.
i Answer—For five or six years past, in
| fact ever since I have been sowing oats
i according to tiie "open furrow" plan. t’ie
I oats have either been sown in the furrow ■
l and the fertilizer sown immediately with i
j anotiu-r maehin. of a double spout nw
! chine has been used the forward spoilt ■
owing the o>t and tl - ■ <r spout the
: u-rUliZi I, the latter containing not less;
l than 250 pounds of cotton -1 meal per
,'ii-re. In each case the seed and f< : - i
; u’.izer wet-, separated from ea.-h ! " r
’ ~nlv verv Him layer of son. I li<- re-:
i -Hit has alw-itys been snti f.-u-tory- no ap-,
Iparmt damn;, to the oats result n,g ; 1
am well aware ■■; tl-’ dang> r "t mix!....
ottmi seed meal with planting si ds as
i would occur whet, both at'" sown I i
i gctiiev, or through the - ini" at t hi
I same tmi-. Ind>-. <i J tlmk i was the fi"-l
iio call 11i-iitoii to tilt- fact that cotton
| t' .’i tn. a! is d' It in-live 1” the gerrninat
-1 ing principle Ol’ small >oeds. having m.t.io
j the discovery nearly thirty years ago.
DEEP BLOWING HERMIT I ’'
II it.. Covington. I-’ 1 1"’ M"” indiorsi
tiie art: l ‘I:• -'. i.i*' Soutlit■ r ti I* a1 m M.i i.tt-
Z ’ ns ( ~,pied in The Constitution of .August
24 viz.: I’hilos->rihy oi Deep Flowing.
i ■ - ■
-,.iil is otilv frmn 4t05 mt )>'■•' d---p witn
a V. How ’.'lay I’cni .itii? W-nibt it hol
inii-re tit? sail to mix the clay with It.
,2, \V!- : ,| the. eh< apt st w a to de
! etr.iv Bermuda (or wire grass, as it is
,a-’. i Stock will not eat It in
; tiiis section of country if they can get
I any tiling els p -
I Answer I. T Indorse the article, re
i forred to in the main, but do not hold
! so c-xr ravage nt views when It -omes to
... -. >■ actrial practice. 1 would plow
| the land you d. .•'<.'ribo to 'he- depth of
|tiie top soil and about one inch de-per.
, th" IP I ’ • \’ -V- y- r I w’ bl g '
'..a ha-h deope", .mu so on. an inch, or
! two d'-eper ■ a-'.t stlecee’’.ug year. I'his
j Mlpp«»b''S th;iL y<i i • -lopt < "f
: Toi.-ition, say: corn :e«i cowp-as, first
1 year: small grain and cowp. Kooi-nd
' 'rear- e.-tton. t’liiri’i year. Then eoni
; trail.-e with corn and cowpeas again. 1
i w.iiiid ferti :■/" tin- corn wry m iderate-
- . tnial! grain • ■' ' 'n liber illy,
. .mpi.A lav ; uitabi.v I’m mt::i ti-’l t-rtilizr
I for oieli. \ft r you v-'t to plowing to
I tli>- depth of 8 to IC inches, which may
I be don.- with an ordinary 2-ltorse plow,
vou v. ill ! ahi" to s.-. ure good yields
. of corn, oats and cotton.
2. l: I'rn-ida gr.t ;s sol may be plowed
; ap ii: the e.it-lv winter, just ife p enough
ii- Invert the si'il. Then harrow r< poat-
I the' jclnteii reels to tlw surface and
1 dragging them "ff with a spring tooth
I harrow or a, strong hay rak--. In April
i plant in cotton In rows 3 feet ap irt. fer
: ti'ize well in the drill and cultivate thor
' .-r.iliTy .'itiu often. I ; t- 't tiiat what Is
i lalu’f "witi grass” with you is not Ber
i truda- or vom cows "don’t know a good
| thing' vhen they it." It is the great
i pi sture grass of Georgia.
P.’l'i; V WB- 'L-RT CD r.TFRR.
= . TT. Cook, R. F. D. 2.- Will you
pie. iso mswer the fe'lowing qu.siions:
Can str.iwbc-rrii !■ stieces-wily raised
cn sandy land? Will they :' m? tiie hot
summer i.m’itht’ with ait dryi’-g up?
What would be the liest way 1. fertilize'’
With commiTCial fertilizer or tough com
post. Ahcut how mucli per a ■■•••. and
i when should i'm plant i.*- d "nt? When
shoulu they be fertilized, when first set
out or some time after thev are put out?
The l.iml i wish tn put them out cn is a
very free land and makes good cotton.
At’.swer-'J'ho best reply to your first
question would le to say that straw
berry culture is very extensively and suc
(er.'i'ully carried on ail along the coast
reg-ion from Florida to Norfolk. Va., and
cn northward. You do not give your
pesfoitice, and 1 titer., son can only as
sume that y.’u p:i-i-alilare b rated sonie
wliori in the niney winds r-gi<m of tiie
smith; but in this I may b.- wrong, since
there are more "f :. . s sandy soils in
ev. ry section and in ev ry slate. I* you
are >:nt sefficlently posted tn regard to
straw berries to know whether . r no
thev will succeed on your soil. ( advise
you to study the llieory and art b. fore
embarking cxp-t sivdy ip tn.-, busin-ss.
H SAW MILLS. *H.
P. outs 3, 000 fnat per
’ day—All Sizee- PUn
ere, Shingle Milin and
Edgore wlHi Patent
' Variable Friction
Peed- -Portable Grind
ing Mille, Water
Wheals, Lath Milla,
etc. Bend tor large
Catalogue. Freight
don't count.
, DeLoai’h MlllMfg. 0,.
Box 701 Atlanta. Ga.
lid Libertv Rt.. N. T.
This necessary information can be best
.'l'-mi-i by getting books on strawberry
cultuii: and liv visiting and inspecting the
grelfdrt of i ucees.-l’ul growers. There is
no better manure for .strawberries than
plenty of thoroughly rmt. I stable ma
nure. Indeed, it is almost indlspei-s.'ihie
to l ave a good supnlv of vegetable Imm.'S
in the soil. You would ll.'trdlv suceei-d
on ordinary, unimprvei soils, in any
.section, the first yi-av or two- A good
pre] .-.ration, m sin h soils is the growing
of one or two crops of i-owpei’S, making
liay us th- lines and turning mmer the
stubble. Fifty to one hmidroil tons m.
g< od stable manure to the acre wound
md be thought an excessive application.
Evin this am innt sltoiihi he suppl■’mi nted
by FOO to 1.000 pounds of a good com
plete fertilizer.
In the e'.ist region, where the rains
are more bountiful tn tiie fall, and tiie
tiier milder in the winter, it I -a com
non practie. to put out the plants in
Ai gi.'s! or September, force their growth
through the fall and winter, produce a
good crop th'-’ following April and tli-n
destroy the plantation Higher up this
plan lines no; - imee. T so well ami it
is isual to transplant in the last of
(.('teller, g"t a very light crop the fol
lowing spring, keep the plantation well
cultivated the following surnmer and
gather a full crop th,, se • >a i spring.
SNEEZE WEED IN HAY.
T B. If.. Agn-s. Ga. I have a fine
bottom of I;ay. I waiit. to cut for win
ter use. but it has a. great deal of sneeze
we< -I m it Please tell me in your col
umns whether stoek will eat it in hay?
Also, flu- hest way to get riij of it? Do
you think it will be safe for hay as it
is now?
Answer—l can not answer this ques
tion because I do not know whether slock 1
will eat tiie cured sneeze weed along with
tiie bay. I -o fl>ly. you mistake some
thing else for siieeze yvecd. Send me a
specimen of il i' llowcr and I will Identi
fy it. It nmy lie “bitter weed,” or Hel
i.nimn t.-nnil'.'llurn. am.l.not 1-lelenium au
tumnale, or sneeze weed. Possibly some
of our readers can give you the desired
information.
PARALYSIS OF DOG’S HIND KARTS,
AV. B. S., Mullins, S. C. As 1 am >
subscriber and have never written
lett.-r to he dear old Constitution. I will
kindly ask one question: I have a poin'
i-r dog about twelve months old. He
seems to »».• weak In his hind parts. It
seems to bo in his hips or small of his
back, and lie reels in his walk. He
I'cin dull and sl./epy nr sluggish and has
no appt-lite; buries his food. He has
been this way for about one month.
Any remedy you will give will lie highly
appreciated by me.
Answer- In the weekly of September 7.
1903. tin- following answer to a similar
inquiry was given. Treat your dog in the
same way:
"It is paralysis (paraplegia) of the hind
parts, a very common disease of young
’logs, ("lip off tiie hair over the loins
uni apply tli. following to the back along
the spine: One stick of lunar caustic, I
:• aspi.onfqi of water, mix and apply with
a I'.’iniij’s hair brusli. Give internally the
following, as direct’ d: One dram of pow
dered mix vomica, 2 drams of gentian. 2
drains oi' iod!d. ol potash, simple sirup
enough to mix: make into thirty pills.
Glv- one-quarter of >i. pi'.l morning and
night for three days; then half a pill twice
i. day for three days; ’hen three-quarters
of a pill for a. like period, and, finally,
a wtroh pill <'ontimi£ at one pill twice a
day unt.il definite action of the remedy is
noticed, such as rigidity of the muscles
and stfff’iiss of the legs: then stop giving
tin: lemedy. in th" ease, ot an old or a
large dog. increase the dose as above
dlr. ■ up to tw . pills a. day and at that
mull symptoms .above d. ■ • rlbed are no
lle. I. Tin n stop giving remedy Be
v< ry e.ii” till not to omli a dose after
reaching tli. larger sized d. .■ s. else the
nex 11 the
■n back if necessary. Give nourishing,
light food, and keep bowels open witli
’■astor oiE Do not al! w him to walk
about ni'i.jt while convalescing.”
PROBABLY I. u. K-JAAV OF DOG.
AV. ('. Hadaway. .Acworth. Ga—Please
tel; tm what is the matter with m.v dog.
H. got to jvliere h cQitld not eat. It
:.’-enied like 1d... Jaw- were stiff and he
could not open his mouth. He could
not get his tongue o .- to drink water.
His lips were sore all around the edge.
He slobbered ail tin thich sl<ibber
He was that way al.-ut ten days, and
: then died. This is two T havo lost in
thi.-- way. Answer and oblig".
. Answer—l judge, from your descrip
i -ion of the symptoms, that your dog had
tetanus, coiyrponly known "lock-jaw.”
It is usually fatqj in the case of a dog.
and 1 kno.w of no remedy for it.
LICE ON GOATS.
J. S. 8., Lexington. Ga. —Please let
me know what T can do to kill lice on
my goats. I have about, thirty. Can’t
j make a dip for them that will kill tiie
lice? Tim lie" are long and nearly gray—
not tho lice like the ones that get on
: cows.
Au W' r Thor, are several remedies for
: goat 11. eillu r of which may be em-
ployed, viz:
I. Thoroughly sprinkle them and rub
i:;:o the hair film, dr. unlcaehcd wood
(isfios. 2. Smear lightly wit: sulphur and
. J.ird mix.'d, 3. Sp. ink ■ well with kero
emulsion. 4. Dissolve 4 ounces of
’ulphide ot porass’um or sulphide of llim
in I gallon of wat» :■ and wet them. The
places or shelter where tli" goats congre
. gate must lie thoroughly cleaned up and
' disinfeitt'-'d.
WORMY JIA RE.
F. B. G., Sumter, S. <"•—I have a 7
year-old mar. very wormy. Please tell
m.. :hrough your columns of tli- Farm
■nd Farmers’ department what will clear
her .a ilmm and fatten her. Answer In
next week’s paper.
Ai o', r I sometimes think it would be
w . " . ■ keep the remedy for worms and
two or three others as standing matter,
th’ - • so often wanted. The following
I s tn. standard treatment for worms in
l)oi md mub’s: I dram of pure cop-
per.>>. I dram of tartar emetic, 2 drams
of cotton seed meal. Mix and give as one
: d< se, right an i morning, for one week.
■|’!i. n give a purge of I ounce, of turpen
tine and I pint of raw lins. "d oil. Repeat
I the i ntire treatment at the end of three
I weeks.
' For a tonic: Mix together 4 ounces
each of well pulverized pure copperas and
i.i.ii,' saltpct. r; divide into twcnly-fom
powders and give one every night in a
bran mash. Please do not ask me to
“answer In in xt week's paper." This
can never bo done. 1 did not receive your
inquiry until after “next week’s paper"
was pui’lish'd and I am required to send
all matter to the printer one week before
il. can appear.
SOWING BERMUDA GRASS SEED.
AV. W. R. Crystal Springs, Miss.—Toil
ni<- through your paper when is tiie best
time to sow bermuda seed and how much
to the acre?
Answer—The proper season for sowing
bermuda grass seed is in spring atm
early summer, probably in —pri!. Prepare
tie land by thorough plowing; then har
row perfectly smooth and sow the seed at
the rate of 5 or 6 pounds per acre. It
will ii"i bi necessary to cover them in
any way, since the first rain will do that
more effectively than can be done with
any implement, provided they be sown on
a freshly harrowed surface. If bermuda
grass be sown in tiie fail tiie young and
ti nd'.-r plants will very probably be killed,
root and branches, by tiie first severe
ft ost.
ANTHRA% of coavs
It. E. N . Jackson's Gap. Ala.—Please
give us a remedy for our cattle. At
first appearance they are nervous and
dull, head down, almost to tiie grom. 1.
Slightly vii'iiius. Seine claim the hide
grown to i.iack. Yellow spots under the
skin eiear through the fiesli. Every one
I has died that lias taken the disease.
; Answer I have no doubt that the dis
ease is anthrax, a (badly and incura
ble disease. I base my diagnosis mi the
symptoms as described by you, viz. ner
vousness. dullness.' the head hanging
down, and particularly, the yellow spots
under the skin. Later in the disease
tiie dullness may give way to great, mt
easincss. champing of tiie jaws, spasms
of Ihe iirnlis. kicking and pawing. I in
visible mucous membrane becomes blu
ish. In some • uses there will be .-’Well
ings underneath the skin and these,
when cut oxien, will be found (tiled with
a peculiar Jelly-like mass of a > llowish
color and somewhat .stained with blood.
These swellings, or earbm’.cie.--. may also
appear in the mouth, pharynx, larynx,
tongue .".nd rectum.
Tiie carcass of an animal th.it has died
: of anthrax soon loses its rigidity J’ 11 '!
becomes idoateJ. because deeomp .sltio.i
' sets in very rapidly. From ta. mouth.
: nose and ears lilood-stained fluid flows
lin small quantities. The spleen will be
! found very greatly enlarged, the puli'
' blackish nnd soft.
Treatment is ordinarily useless. Inoc
ula.t.ion nnd sanitary measures should lie
relied on as preventives, ’’’be imiliis nf
those that die should be at one; buried
ver.v deeply at some place not freq icntcd
by other animals. Report the outbreak
to Dr. Chas. A. ("ary. V. S. of yemr
state experiment station, at Auburn, Al::
CORN-STALK HAY.
Tn bulletin No. 30, * containing tho re
sults of experiments I'll corn culture made
In 1895. tho attention of farmers was
especially called to the advantages of
lite method of utilizing tho corn stalks for
stock food. It is the almost universal
I practice in the south to gather and cure
the blades, ami harvest tho ears of corn,
leaving the entire stalks in tiie field to
prove an almost unmitigated nuisance and
obstruction in tiie preparation and cultiva
tion of the land in the succeeding crop,
and winter homes and hibernating re
treats lor insects that will be ready to
attack such crops, '-specially if it shall
lie anoili.-r crop of corn. Farmers have
habitually considered this large part ot
thu crop as ot no j>ra< tiual value. Ind'-ed,
corn-stalks, especially of the large tynes
of corn planted in the south, arc ot little
available food value because of their me
(hanieal condition. I'lv. ti in tli* iior'.li the
old method of feeding the stalks (‘sto
ver"! without any mechanical prepara-
J tion was but. little less wa.stetul al.d slov
i only than leaving them in the fields. But
the us" of ma< hinery for preparing tiie
corn-stalks, shredding them into a coarse
hay. is rapidly extending. A numbi r of
very effective machines may now be hud
at moderate prices, that will convert the
hard, flinty stalks Into a soft, easilj ma
ticated substance, very similar In me-
■ ohanieal condition to coarse hay, that is
I readily—even greedily eaten by horses,
! mules and cattle. .
i In bulletin No. 30. • already relerred to,
i th" whole subject was discussed at some
| length, showing by experiments made,
! and liv analysis that, tiie value o,’ tiie
! naked‘stalks tiiat arc generally left in
i tiie field, after harvesting the ears,
shucks and blades, amounts to fully onc
: sixtli of the total value of the crop.
• No longer available.
HOG t'HOLERA.
(Press Bulletin No. 40, Georgia Experi
ment Station.)
TREATMENT FOR HOG CHOLERA.
There is no certain cure for the disease
■ after ft. once sets Ln, h it there are several
medical remedies which will give eonsld ■
. erablo help, curing some of the mildest
j cases and aiding in preventing healthy
hogs from getting sick by keeping the
■bowels clear and strong-tbening t.he s.,s
i tern. The best g"Tn ral remedy for this
■purpose is that recommended after many
trials by tile Cnited States government,
I whicli is composed as follows:
Wood or cob charcoal I lb
Sulphur " 2 J' ,s
S'iTiitm chloride (common salt'.. ...2 lbs
Sodium bicarbonate (baiting soda) .2 lbs
■ Sodium hyposulphite "2 lbs
Glauber salts I
(Or Epsom salts, 2 lbs).
Antimony sulphide.. -I lb
Pulverize each of the ineTo.dlents well
and mix them together thoroughly.
The dose is a tabh-spoonfhl for each 200
pounds weight of the hogs, giv”n twice a
day in shorts or bran slop feed.
Another remedy somewhat, less compli
cated, which has been U"eu -with good
snc.'. ss by the Indiana experiment sta-
! tion is:
I’lorat,. of potash 1
Bi :i.rr>"nate of soda. I *■'
Nitrate of potash 2 lbs
The dose is the same as tho government
formula, a tablespoon fill twice daily in
slop feed, with the addition of 5 grains
calomel to each does if constipation is
present.
The government formula can be mixed
bv every farmer at home, as most of the
ingredients ar*- usually on hand in the
house or can be easily bought at any drug
store. Tho mixture will not. cost •■' er 10
cents a pound, and it is lully equal if not
superior to till the patent hog cholera
' remedies tiiat arc ••onst.nitiy advertise<i
and sold at 75 cent:- to $1.50 pe.r pound.
' Most ol such remedies arc eit’m r money
making fakes, made of salt., ashes -and
dirt or else they contain practically the
same medicines as are found in t ■■■ go'- -
: ernment formula given .ibove, at .m
ten times th.' market price. I'-vt: ady
everv rem-d-.' on tile market has been
tested repeatedly at various ex;.' rim-nt
stations, without finding an Infallible
:-m'c. or on- bi tter than those just given.
It is’iit'-my thrown away to invest m any
eostlv ri'n’iedics when they can '”• Pre
pared so cheaply nt home. .Many r-.-. d
< ■ : have had better success by leeding a
pint, of ordinary kerosene in eocJi 5 gil
iuiis of slop feed t'lis'n by using the pat-
I ent nostrums.
1 SANITARY MEASURES—As soon as an
outbr -ilk of cholera is recognized,
, all the hogs should be Immediately
moved away from the location where
Hie disease occurs. The sick hogs
' should be put in a small lot Ty themselves
for treatment, and the he.iltny on. s In
r-nctlu'T lot some distance away. Keep
Hie sick hogs supplied with pure water
and sufficient shade, and give two heavy
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No need of cutting off a woman’s broast, or a
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. and torturing already wi’aic from suffering.
Tbousanda of persons successfuliy treated. Tbi<
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for tumors, catarrh, ugly ulcers, piles, fictvla snd
all skiu and blood diseases. Write today for free
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The Innocent
The Guilty
The world to-day is full of innocent sufferers from that most loathsome
disease. Contagious Blood Poison. People knotv in a general Avaytha i is
a bad disease, but if all its horrors could be brought before them ,e V
would shun it as they do the Leprosy. Not only the person \vno contrac s 1
suffers, but the awful taint is transmitted to children, and the fearful sores
and eruptions, Aveak eyes, Catarrh, and other evidences of poisoned blood
shoAA'these little innocents are suffering the awful consequencesol soi'nc
body’s sin. So highly contagions is this form of blood pois-m that one may
be contaminated by handling the clothing or other articles in use by a
person afflicted Avitii this miserable disease. There is danger even in drink
ing from the same vessel or eating out of the same tableware, as many pure
and innocent men and Avonien have found to their sorroAv. ohe virus of
Contagious Blood Poison is so _
powerful and penetrating that I? I fl fl H PH IS OH IS NO
within a short time after the OLUVU TUMPVI*
first little sore appears the whole nnokio
is infected and every RESPECTER OF PERSONS
drop of blood in the body is -
tainted with the poison, and the . -
skin is soon covered with a red rash, ulcers break out in the mouth ami
throat, swellings appear in the groins, the hair and eyebrows fall ou ,
and unless tiie ravages of the disease are checked at this s^ a
violent and dangerous symptoms appear in the form of deep and offensiAe
sores, copper colored splotches, terrible pains in bones and muscles, and
general breaking down of the system.
S. S. S. is a specific for Contagious Blood Poison and the only remedy
that antidotes this peculiar virus an 1 makes a radical and complete cure of
the disease. Mercury and Potash hold it in check so long as the system is
under their influence, but when the medicine is left oft the poison breaks out
again as bad or worse than eA’er. Besides, the use of these minerals bring
on Rheumatism and stomach troubles of the Avorst kind, and frequently pro
duce bleeding and sponginess of the gums and decay of the teeth. S. S. S.
cures Blood Poison in ail stages and even reaches down to hereditary taints
and removes all traces of the poison and
saves the victim from the pitiable conse
g g B qf quences of this monster scourge. As long
as a drop of the virus is left in the blood
fl it is liable to break out, and there is danger
L of transmitting the disease to others.
S. S. S. is guaranteed purely A-egetable and
can be taken without any injurious effects to health, and an experience oi
nearly fifty years proves beyond doubt that it cures Contagions Blood Poison
completely and permanently. Write for our “Home Treatment Book,
which describes fully the different stages and symptoms of the disease.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA,
Joses per day of one of the above rente- |
dies, ns lin s:'as th' > uro able to e;it or j
i"A;:Il' w. At itnals that are too s ck to eat .
I'.v.sii fe'.'.l v< nttiinlng the medical mix
tures. will usually die In spite of all treat- ■
ni'.-nt, t.'id it is often mere economical to
kill such hogs than allow them to linger I
a T.-I -k Os two.
Keep the healthy hogs remaining on :
tin' farm .'tw.iy from any possibility of I
cr-ntamlnation from the disettsed ones. I
either fr-nn n t iling str-aras of wat.r, i
bits of diseased. <!<■:- h, dung, feed, etc. It
would be -. f'.’t to have one attendant
le-1 the sick !:■ •«.«, cid anotln r tho
healthy on ■• Keep tho pens away from
the public road. Give the W'll hogn and
(specially any that have been exposed
ti. the disease one or two doses daily of
th" government formula until all danger
is past. When any of them sicki a. move
th an at one* to tiie < .’■ I; pen. Keep the
: . ns sririnkh'.l with ph t.ty air .-Inked
lime, and du not. permit piles of litter
an.! l. dding that c’uld harbor germs.
DISINFECTION—AH places whore
cholera has occurred or where
si-k hog ; : have been kept for
treatment, .should bo thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected before being used again ,
for healthy hogs. All the litter, bedding,
dung, etc . should b" scraped up and
burned or buried, and the ground thor- '
ougliiy sprinkled with air-slaked lime or I
sprayed with a strong solution of carbolic |
acid, or any other good disinfecting liquid.
All i'enees, posts, pens or buildings on
tiie premises wher hogs were kept ‘
should bo thoroughly whitewashed with
lime containing half pint oi carbolic
acid to the two-gailon bin'ket of white
wash. This wash may be applied witli a
brush, or with a good spra w pump, bj
one who owns such a machine.
There are several good coal-tar, disln- .
fectants offered on the market, which are i
useful in spraying diseased ground find ■
p. ns, such as chloro-nuptholi-um, zeno
leum, Lincoln disinfectant, ct".
No exact rule can be laid down as to
wiien It would be safe ’■» use the pens
where hogs have died, "ven after disin
fection. Seme cases have been reported
where well hogs w-n- put in disiin.c.t<-il
pons withi-n two weeks, without further
trouble: other instances show second on’ ;
br.-aks of disease from disinfect, d pens ■
after the lapse, of several months. It is
alwavs safest to wait at least a month or :
six weeks before using the pens again. ;
and if possible wait until the next season.
!'■ ERTTI.IZ JNG "R("11A IT.DS.
G H. N.. Augusta, Ga.—Will you please ■
write m ■ the best fertilizer for peach I
trees, pears, etc., (stable manure not bo :
Ing Availa'iile’i and how to apply it?
Answer—For orchatxls in their first-year |
a highly nitrogenous fertiliz.". is advisa
ble in o.lor to stimulate vigorous growth
of wood. For this purpose nothing f" ■
better (Or cheaper) than cotton nt* i
which contains suin'' 7 per i "nt of nitro- :
gon (ammonia e.inivai' n; to 8.4 per ceint
2.5 per cent phusi’hori ■ u"id and Isr- i ,
c< nt potash. Apple aroun 1 the tro.- in J
two coiii.iitri. cirel.s the th.-t with a
.. about 3 f> ■i. and the second
with a radio" of 4 fe t. I- / poumu ■
per tree and harrow in or work in w th
nrouged hoes in early spring. Iwo in- I
tercuitura.l applications of I i’""'-' 1 -;!
tree in. -. I- give:'. H' r “U. it th' :
s.Ason is f.'-.-oralib '3mlt these, how- .
. vi-r, if tin- s-'.isnn is too <ln • ;
tilization should seciira a ’• •ry vtS'»rous ■
urowth the first veitr. Ihe S" Oml ve.it ,
anv good standard, complete commercial
f"’'tilizer analyzing sav, 3 ner cent am- ,
monia 3 per cent phosphoric a.ei.i and 2
per cent potash may "e used to advan
tage—3 pounds per tree ,
When the trees come Into bearing >t b
doubtiul ii it. will pay to feed them
nitrogen, exeei't indirectly by tho i ulti
■ b.-'two. n till rows of leguminous
, s the cow pea. They will need,
liowi'-ve:’ a liberal allowance ot phos
phoric acid and potash. Perhaps a very
I’ll!" nitrog'.iii, especially il the soi. is
naturally as Is the e.,s.' with most
, ii orchards, will be beneficta .
' U n,... for a permanent fertilizer for;
bo'ring-tre.ls, (o' ■.- i.-d.lh" third and :
subs.-quent v-ars. the following is sttg.
high ermfi- acid phosphate. |
I pounds muriate of potash.
I piitni I cotton trn ii.
Five pounds per tree. ,
Alix md ipplv broadcast in i.m.
ha’rrowing in. This formula will aiiabz" ,
~i H1 ,i n r pent ot phosphoric acid. <0 ;
;X”‘,’ ent potash and 1.4 per nt ’>•
nitroiten It is Intended specially sot !
.., P hp.= Apples could stand anotl
of . >ttoii meal. Pears, howeye:'. i
~o,ping into bearing at wh eh time
they begin to b. I- uliariy subject io
idiel’t should be feltihz"d as mill as;
is bje iH-ceiallv with nitrogenous com
:.n(| hence for them it would oe
La- to '-se the acid phosphate and murt- j
■uo Ot potash only, oml'ting the cotton
nx-a I.
MOON-BLINDNESS, “HOOKS" :
j y Tom-’ Simsboro. La. 1 have a I
in - , ro I wish vou would give me some ad- |
vi,'., in regard to. Her right ev- ii £ <.re <
and iudatni'd. it has been getting sore
f thro- or four years. it would get
S o?e and run matter for about a week,
and '.lien get well and stay so for >wo
or three iw»nths. juhl n<>v> f«n tin p.ix.
t’m’i e "f four months it lias been sore all
the time. I have boon told that it was
"hooks" that was the matter with it.
J do not know anything about the
"books." I do not believe in them. Now.
can you give me a remedy for it and
oblige a subscriber. Is there any such
disease as the “hooks?"
Answer— Your mare, probably, has been
suffering witli what i ' generally called
“moon-blindness," 4 disease that causes
Iso many blind horses. You have descrlbt -i
j the disease very well when you stated
i that she lias had one eye affected for
' about a. W' "k at a time every tew months
‘ That Is just tin. way it does, until finally
I the eyesight i.- lost. Then, usually, the
' other eve becomes affected and goes the
I same wav. Th" dl-ease is incurable, but
I blindness may I"' indv.limtely pustp»neii.
' if not averted ei’.tireiy. by proper treat
i ment. as follow”: Wh n an attack comes
on. put the animal in a nu'derateiv
dark place. Bathe tiie •>•;.” with
cold water fifteen minutes a: a :ime three
times a day, and. after < ich b ing, a.j
ply to the cye-liall an oy.-water m.i.de e.
dissolving' l-> grains of sugar of lead and
10 drops of laudanum in 1.” ounces of
water. Also give 1 dram of iodide of
potash twice a day fur four days in bran
mash. From your description. I suspect
that she has already lost the sight of. one
eye. You liiiv< a chance to other
if you will adopt the above treatment.
There is no such disease as "hooks.”
OCGI'LT TT MOR.
AV. W. AVailace. Salem, Ala.—AVlil you
■ be so kind ns to tell me what to do for
i rny mule’.’ 1 bought him a year ago; ha
had a small lump or swollen place on his
left iiip, near bis flank; It commenced
• growing tills .’'imrner until it was as large
i as a half-gallon measure, but the shape
of a hat crown. Two weeks ago It c.om
| menced spreading and it now extends
| from his Up t • the middle of his storti
-1 ach; it Is .very Ca ’t bear 1 t little
; w-iglit on ills foot.
1 Wher. it (list came Is a. very small
i opening and i little blood commenced
' oozing out a v.rc'. .(go. 1 am almost sure
i it is water and blood In the place ana
l that there is a : . gallon In ft now
\ imt 1 do not know WDother io lance It
I or not
Ho eats heartily, 'mu continues to fall
: off.
i Please tell mo what It Is .■’•«* what to
j do for it. Kour kindtu ss will be highly
• appreciated >a; a r-i.1.-'r of your valuable
paper.
Answer—T f--ar that I do not get a clear
idea of th( character of the tumor: Its
exact location, . > . and prefer to advise
you to have an expert veterinarian to ex
; amino and prescriiie the proper treatment,
i Had you taken it in hand at the first ap
, pearaneo of (tie and cut it out with
; a knife it is probable tiiat j'bu would
I have sticeeded in extirpating it. T think
I it should bn opened by a free incision so
as to permit tho contents to run, or
; be squeezed out. Then wash out the cav
: ity with tepid water containing 5 per
i cent of carbolic aid. Thon once a day
I inject. Into It a preparation of ueroxlrle
of hydrogen, which is a very effective
. disinfectant. If the tumor is located a
j mass of muscles It may have been caused
i 1.0 a punottire with the end of a rai
I something of the sori, whoreliy a piece
I of wood may be fastened in the tissues.
I forming or causing a body fistula.
i WORLD’S FAIR T.IVE STOCK NEWS
i Ostriches have been given a classifi-
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I shows.
The X itional Polled H'-r- :.’rd Breeders’
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The Ameri- an Assoclat/on of Live Stock
; Herd Book Secretaries will hold Its
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, and at the Southern hotel, St. Louis, Au
| gust 12 and T 3.
The National White Wyandotte Club
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will make liberal provision fur world's
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riety.
The Kentucky Exhibit Association,
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pertaining to that state, has sent noti. s
to Kentucky breeders n.,i f .(. j.-s t . iT
the association will pay the entire ex
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; next year. L. T>. Dorsey, a. prnmineni
breeder, has been given chargt M t e
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