The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-19
as possible that it may yield to the swelling Of
the iniiamed parts and relieve the pain.

the in!lamed parts and relieve the pain.
W. ii. H.. Yorkville, s. c.: /. What effect does
repeated sowing of oats have on land that is ma.
hure1 every year with either stable or lot manure
or cotton seed twenty to twenty-five bushels to the
acre! Do oats have tendency to exhaust land that
is manfred as above and the stubble and grass that
grow on it turned under, say in August and sown in
oats IN September, manure put on and turned under
with the stubble? 9. Would it ray to sow such land
III peas this month and turn peas and stubble under
IN August and sow oats in October, when there is
plenty ofmanure to put on the land2
If the land was deficient in humus success
sive crops of oats would at first very decidedly
| improve it. If continued long time they
would probably exhaust it to some extent, if
no more manure is applied than you mention.
Every crop is eXhausting, and oats, in virtue
OF its great power of getting food from the soil
Shown by its ability to grow on poor land) is
not behind in this respect. But it would not
be more exhausting to our worn soils than other
crops like corn or cotton. 1t will pay well to
make a crop of peavines intervene between
two crops of oats.
J. R. A., Pine Log, Ca: have a COW seven years
old, In spring of 1887 she had the appearance of
having been scalded her back over the region OF
the kidneys, as large as two hands; skin and haii
came off and left scar. About the same time in
same way. Each time she was hearty and failed
very little in her milk. Please give cause and
remedy
Eruptions in the spring are not uncommon,
but are not well understood. Sometimes they
come from poisoning of the skin. Persons
poisoned with rhus or poison oak often break
out each successive spring. Battle with solu-
ton of sugar of lead.
J. Z. c., Heidelburg Miss, has fine young mare
that was mated to the jack last August Symptoms
are hardly satisfactory for being with fonl; the
swelling OF udders in the morning the only indica
tion Last December she had slight cough which
gradually increased till April and LIST of May. She
would almost fall while coughing-a dry, harsh
cough, and breathing very hard and when exer-
csed could be heard to breathe thirty forty yards
distant. She coughs very little at present, but
there is gurglng noise in the breast and at times
in her lungs If she is pushed out of walk she
throws her head down and humps her shoulders
and stops Some of the time there was watery dis
charge at nose. She looks well, only little lean;
hair glossy and eye bright and eats all she get,
but after running in pasture short while her
breathing is more difficult will state that at in
tervals she appears much better. l have not been
| able to plow her more than six weeks this year.
| She puzzles all who sec her. Some say 1t was
caused by reaching after fodder overhead in loft,
| and others say she has something lodged in wind
think it is the foaling. Please give your opinion
and remedy.
A cough may be produced by so many causes
| that it is difficult to decide. Tubercles in the
lungs Consumption, bronchitis, swelling of
| glands under the throat distemper, foreign
| bodies lodged somewhere in the respiratory
| organs, and disease of the main nerve to the
| lungs (par vacum), may any Of them produce a
cough. We should say that your mare has not
distemper; the discharge from the nose does
not indicate it. We rather suspect something
lodged in her windpipe or lungs, but are not
prepared to offer any suggestions.
Nv w, Summerville, Co.: In last weeks Con-
sTITUTIoN you described q simple contriyance for
the siding of young plants. Although the season
| is about over for such work, would like to send
description of the kindwe use here which is simple
| and yet proves satisfactory in every respect. We
| take piece of plank one inch thick, six inches
| wide and about one foot long. To this we nail al
right angles thin board six inches wide and two
| feet long, making it have the appearance of car
| penter's square. We tack the short plank to the
beam of plow-stock the front end, letting the
long piece almost horizontal and parallel to the
| ground and very near to ii, being inclined upward
| from back to front There should be O creYice left
| between the pillow hoe and the board Of about one
| half inch, and the board should be trimmed round
| ing to fit the curve in the pillow hoe With this rude
| continuance person can go at very rapid rate
| and side young plants as close as desirable. The
elasticity of the board together with the crevice in
front of the ploW hoe will allow all distractions to
| passsthrough readily "Unce Peters" article on
sweet potato culture, storing etc., calls to mind the
fact that the style of farming which would prove
successful in one section of the country might be
disastrous in another. Now In north Georgia, If we
| covered our potatoes with few sappy vines and
| one and half inches of dirt, he suggests, we
| In
| We do not wait for killing frosts to dig them.