The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-05-29

Ahls usually cures the swelling, 1t is not nee
essary to burn with iron, though if the heat is
great enough and the iron drawn over the gum
lghtly and rapidly it does the work very well.
would not purge mare, it might do harm.
z. 10 all you can with fire: burn all old
material In nests; then whitewash the whole
interior OF house with whitewash impregnated
with crude carbolic acid See that it gets into
every Joint and crevice. Repeat after an in
ternal of two weeks.
H. s. W, Nottingham, Ala: l. Have YOU anv
knowiedge of or experience with Guinea grass? Is
none OF the cultivated grasses? II SO, when is the
proper time to NOV?
.. Al what stage do you cut sorghum sown for
ioiasel and is it good food for mules and cows?
l. lhe true guinea grass Panicum jumento-
RUM is a tropical plant which grows well
enough IN the southern states, but does not
mature seeds. But we infer that you mean
what is sometimes called johnson grass, Means
grass etc, Sorghum halapluse). This should
De cut by the time the heads begin to appear
II cut later. it is hard and woody, and of no
value as forage. 1t is cultivated quite exten-
sNeiy IN middle Alabama, and is valuable
pant, but pest when it gets in cultivated
helds, being very difficult to eradicate.
z. Sorghum is most nutritious when the seeds
to form seeds, cut after the stalk becomes APP
preciably sweet. We have found it good, when
lea green or incurred; do not like it much
when cured,
b. W. b., Cuthbert, Ga: have very valuable
morse, said to be swuneyed Please advise u cure
for the disease
Sweeny is many-headed disease, and I'M
less one knows just what the trouble is in any
particular case, it is impossible to prescribe
lntelligently. Trouble in the interior of the
foot, i'll the knee joint, in tho shoulder joint
and rheumatic affection of the muscles in the
forelimb, each and all produce symptoms
which would ordinarily be called sweeny.
G. H. NJ, Colqutt. Ga: Please tell the cause
and give remedy for horse that is called stump.
sucker The hose presses his front teeth on the
trough while eating and grunts and sucks until he
is full of wind
The cause of stump sucking is not known.
For remedy see answer to another inquiry in
this issue.
J. E. B., Cross Roads, Navarro Co, Texas: have
a morse that has a very bad cough; has had it six
months. Please tell me what to do for him.
Try mixing wine glass full of linseed oil
with his feed, night and morning Dampen
all the food given.
j. W. H., Hillsboro, Jasper county, Georgia: Will
the stalks of kair corn make syrup? If so, at what
time should it be cut?
Never heard of syrup being made from
kafhr corn. The stalks are not specially
sWeet-much less so than those of regular
syrup cane.
4. s. N, Calhoun: ]. have about sixteen acres
upon which have put two hundred pounds of cot
ton seed meal and phosphate. Now, wish to ap.
ply one hundred pounds more to the acre. What
time is best to apply and how should it be done?
The first put in furrow and bedded on it. The land
is sandy with sui soil and o great many large iron
rocks.
2 Will red clover make good winter or fall pas
ture if sown the last blowing ofcotton?
g. Would it not enrich the land to pillow it in be-
fore frost?
4. How many pounds of seed to the acre?
/. You do not state whether you put the 200
pounds on the whole sixteen acres or on one
acre, nor do you tell what crop is on the land.
We infer you mean 200 pounds per acre, and
that the land is planted in cotton. Apply the
additional manure the first of june in siding
furrow and cover with another furrow
2. No, it will not make much growth before
the next spring, unless the ground is excessive
ly rich.
8. Yes.
4. From ten to fifteen pounds. Heavy seed
ing generally pays best.
j. F. H., Sails, Miss: have mule that gets full
of bos all over, especially on shoulders and breast,
and last year they ran into charbon. What causes
the bos and what will prevent them? Mule 9th:
erwise healthy.
1t is difficult to explain cause of bo;ls. 1t is
fashionable now to say that there is some
poison in the blood. If the kidneys, for in
stance, do not perform their work properly,
something IS left in the blood which should
have been separated from it, and this acts as a
poison. To counterfeit such things, the best
remedy we know is sulphite of soda. Give
half an ounce to one ounce twice day, and
keep it up for some time.
s.D.H., Brick, Ala: Land plaster is said to be
beneficial sown on young oats, wheat and clover Is
it SO? Would it be profitable TO use it on corr cot
ton and vegetables? And if so, how should it be
applied, and how much to the acre, corn cotton?
The action Of plaster is very uncertain.
Sometimes it acts like charm on clover,
sown broadcast when the leaves are damp;
sometimes it has no effect whatever. On other
crops it is placed around the hills and worked
into the soil. Would not advise trial on a
large scale at first One or two hundred
pounds per acre is the quantity us ually APP
piled.
G. T. B., Jackson, s. c.: have field of spring
oats which cannot cut, as they too short
ruin ID on account of drought They are just com
mencing to head. Advise me as to what time would
be Lest to pasture horses and mules
Do not let animals eat much. Oats are dis
posed to scour stock. They should be well be-
yond the dough state before they are pastured.
j. NJ H.. Alvord, Tex: We have considerable
controversy as to whether sweet potato vines bloom
OF not. Can you settle the controversy?
Yes, they not infrequenty do, in the lower
tountry along the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
We have also seen the potato bloom in this re-
gion CLARK county, Ga.). Occasionally, but
very rarely, seed are produced.
n B. D., Conetoe, N. C.: What is the value of
value of horse stable manure when there is much
pine straw and hay or grass mixed in itafter it has
been thrown in a bi pie under shelter, exposed
somewhat to rain, and has been very hot and lwhat
we called fire fanged? It's now very damp and hot
and some of it dry and hot, Please state also the
best and most economical method Of keeping stable
manure from snow 10 lie used for the next years
crop.
The value of such manure as you describe is
not more than half that of fresh or properly
fermented manure. The less litter the more
valuable it is, if it is not frcfanged. the mix