The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-25

mission of rlnCworm from n hrfse to-
q man, as follows:
A recently purchased charger at /.
Chatham, belonging to heuteaant in
the Royal Engineers, was nd af-
fected with riugworm on 'tfe right
side of the Group and quarter" The
rse was isolated, and instructions
given for its treatment, viz: the
washing Of the skin with warm water
and soft soap, using brush to the af-
;cCiei portions, which were afterwards
to be dressed with Stockholm tar,
Some time after, the groom who at
tended the horse since its arrival in
the barracks wen: 10 the well known
veterinary surgeon, Mr.. George Flemi
ing-who is also editor OF the IstCr-
mary IouruGi-to know whether
sore place on his arm was due to the
disease which Affected the animals
skin. Mr.. Fleming found an unmjs-
taxable patch of Tina c.rc.Edtd, ness
urlug one and y half inches IN diane
ter, ON the Inner aspect of the right
arm, a little above the wis. The
patch was regularly circular II outline,
.he margin being we'll defined; the
base was much lutamed, particularly
~ the circumference; there were no
vesicles, these having in all probability
been TupturCd 10y the bauduge hichN
had been wrapped round the arm. The&
irritation had been su great rs IL Z
cite postu alton III the center Of III
patch, where, AS well MS the border,
there was SO much iudltrauou as TO
raise the diseased portion ot the skin
above the surrounding level; here and
there were whiush scales covering the
iutiltrated surface. This pathological
condition of the CUTS had ouly been
4 IN existence for two or three days; and
+ the growth Of the fungus had been So
rapid that the groom himself was
astOuished ut the speed with which q
little red spot had become "a large sore
place. The patient, We are told, was
sent to be treated 10y the 7cgimental
surgeon, and, We presume, Was speed
iy cured.
/ II have four head Of mules and six
head of cattle, with any quantity of
old leaves near ~ hand, with lime and
plaster cheap, and cotton seed at tif-
teen cents per bushcl; how shall |
make compost heap, with these adj
vantages, that will pay me best r.
The question is more easily asked
than answered. We advise, however,
ii you have shelter (and if you have
not, You should havc), stall your cows
as well as your mules, and litter the
stall once week, turning the litter,
as far as practicable, every day, so AS
to thoroughly incorporate it with the
droppings OF the animals. Once
week empty or clean out the stable
aud compost the manure under shelter.
Use neither lime nor plaster on tho
heap until II is to be C;.rtcd to the land,
then sprinkle each load with plaster.
Sprinkle the lime broa least on tho
land; it should never he used on tho
compost heap. The effect of the lime
will he to set free from the heap many
elements that are contained in and re-
tanned by the compost. The plaster
has an opposite tendency. When It Is
sprlnkled upon the CARLOAD of manure
II absorbs the escaping gases and car
rics them with the cart to the field.
The lime will disengage them, and let
them loose in the air.
Leaves spread broadcast over the
land and sprinklcd with lime, and then
DAiNt'l ulhtI, VIII ull NtHtlhDiO
mould to the earth, but it Is "A very
slow and almost impcrccp:ible manure.
The lime in this instance hastens the
decay of the leaves, and sets free the
gases created in the process of dccOm-
pOsiuOC, which are III turn again read
lily absorbed 10y mother earth and held
in that peculiar state that makes them
fit for plant food.
We question the economy of trying
cotton seed at ii teen cents per bushel
when cotton is only worth nine cents
per pound. In practice, We have usu-
ally found thirty pounds Of cotton seed
to be worth about rs much as a pound
of cotton. And yet we have often
found them rcmuGcrauye ut twenty
five cents per 6ushcl.
We would not recommend compost
irg cotton seed with stable manure,
simply because they, Ike the stable
manure, contain II sultiaiency of one
ingredient and not enough Of the other
to constitute perfect plant food. Cot
ton seed applied alone will furnish all
the ammonia necessary for any crop,
but the phosphonc acid is lacking.
Hence, we prefer to compost seed with
acid phosphate IN about equal weight,
and in doing so we have never failed
to get plant food that would produce
good crop, other things being equals
And these other things needed are dry,
wcll-drained soil, frequent showers ut
the proper time, and elbow grease
enough to keep the crops clear.
The Mobile Register man says ~
houa ho 81
: escutentuS) through pretty thorough
/ test and the result has shown it TO be
, decided success as a hog feed. What
, | have seen Of it tins year has entirely
satisfied me that ii is the coming saliva
ton Of the South, SO far as relates to
the pork question; and | am by no
7 means certain that 1t Is not going to re-
verse the present order Of things some
e. what by converting the Southern
e States into pork-supplyng region for
| the North. | am perfectly convinced
s that we can raise pork here cheaper on
. chufas than it can be raised On corn
z above the Ohio river, aud the only
. thing that appears to rise In the way Of
/ our putting our product in the place OF
L the Northern product is the unfavora.
= bic character Of our winter climate for
: packing on large scale. But the
mlldness of our climate does not inter
ierc with our packing on a small scale
we can always catch II suitable time
for that-hence, if we have found in
, the chufa means Of producing pork
at extremely easy figures, We can Ger
talnly raise our own supplies at great
profit over what they now cost us, and
l. that Will, Of itself, open up adecidedlS
new era for the SOUTH
> This year have several acres in chu
tas on my farm near Mobile. An %
= usually severe drought in the lAttel
b: part of the season cut short the crOl
j eomewhati still, for all that, | find III,
5 yield, as far a. have harvested, 10 b,
5 not less than two hundred bushels Il
y the acre. Ny hogs have done extreme
j. ~ well on them, gathering their OWE
supplies and becoming as fat as corr
= would have made them, without any
e additional feed. 50 far my tests hay,
not been sufficiently thorough to strict
It ly settle the point as 20 how much pork
bushel of cHuias will make, but rough
n estimates have established me ia the
0 opinion that bushel and q half Of
chu!as in the ground will make iully
i as much pork as one bushel Of corr
Z fed in the usual way. ! iud the pork
=, to be Of very good quality - not quite