The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-19


| appearance is the only remedy where the land
| Is occupied by permanent crop. Planting
| iahu III cultivated crops for two or three years
IN succession will keep it down.
subscriber, stockbridge Ga: have mule that
mas Knot on his side some say it is wen. Has
peen tAere twelve months. l think it was made by
the Dackband hook. 1t is the size of hens egg
ana very hard; slips around under the skin; it is
moi sore at ALL Please tell me what it is and how to
| cure it,
1t Is wen, or what surgeons call tumor.
II may be either mass Of fat or sack filled
wlthIluld' If the latter, cut into it and inject
INTO the cavity several times a spoonful of
uhcture OF iodine. If fatty tumor, cut
through the skin and it can be taken out
readily with the fingers. Any physician can
do this for you.
| u NJ. H., Antioch, Ga: l. I have scuppernong
| vine that is badly damaged bya small insect that
LOOKS like flea, only it is fiat Please tell what
can 90 to stop them. @ have mare that can
| eat up Creation and drink Jordan dry and yet she
Is not able to work any. She seems to be weak all
over. what remedy will benefit her? l can't fatten
| her in any way.
l. Your vine is infested with aphis or plant
louse' belonging to the same family of insects
that mfest cotton sometimes, also cabbages,
and the young Shoots of cherry and other fruit
| trees. They may be destroyed by Swinging
them with a strong decoction of tobacco water.
1t is probable, also, that the kerosene emul-
sion, which we have described in previous
numbers of THE CONSTITUTION, would kill
them. 2. Give five grains of arsenic once
! DAY Tor two weeks, then give a teaspoonful of
| equal parts of sulphur, copperas and saltpetre
three times week. Change feed frequently.
NJ. w. Nc, LAGRANGE, Ga: Enclosed you will find
some bugs that sucking my cabbage, which are
whitening and dying. Can you tell me what will
| kill them? want to plant largely of fall cabbage
and fear these bugs will destroy my crop.
Harlequin, or as it is sometimes called,
Lincoln bug. 1t is sucker, not gnawer,,
and cannot be reached by poison. We have
been greatly troubled by them. This year we
have so far made successful fight The insect
passes through the winter in its full grown
state; in the early spring it comes out from its
hiding place and congregates on turnips, rad
lshes, cabbages, and other plants of the same
order. This spring we had good many tur-
nlps and they appeared on these in large
| numbers. AS soon as seen they were picked
off by hand and killed. This was repeated as
| often as they were seen, the numbers con-
stantly decreasing. No opportunity was given
them to mate and lay eggs, and the result is
we have not seen bug for more than month.
A. G. O., Center Grove, Tenn: have mule four
years old that has bad wart on hind leg on first
joint above the hoof Has been there ever since it
was six weeks old. Let me know anything that can
| be done for it.
| You might try arsenic ointment; one drachm
of arsenic to four drachms of lard. Rub on,
and repeat if necessary.
c. S. P. smithfeld, N. c. Are well rolled I'M
| DOtatOnS?
How many bushels could be safely used per acre on
| wheat subble land for potatoes?
Excellent especially if diluted with rich
| earth, wood mold or something of the kind.
You could safely use five to six bushels per
acre, without admixture, and as much as eight
| bushels if diluted. We mean in the drill, of
course; if broadcasted, twenty to thirty bushels
might be applied to an acre.
! Nc, Cottage Hill, Ala: have young horse,
three years old asst November, which was casterated
in March, 1887 and few months after 1 noticed
| something like testicle in the parts and it has
| been growing ever since, almost doubling In size
| the past month. The tumor is hard as griste and
OF an oval shape with top end slightly largest Is
about seven inches long and the top end has the
appearance of being grown fast to left thigh. Don't
| seem to cause any pain or inconvenience. Have
worked the horse very hard this year. Can you tell
me the cause of the tumor and how to treat it?
| Would it be safe to cut it out?
Would advise you to have veterinary sur
| geon see the animal. If one is not accessible
| get physician or surgeon to examine. We
| could not advise without seeing animal.
| P. II. r. Courtney, Tex: I have Herbemont
grape vine that is four years old, trained arbor
and this spring it has turned very Yellow has done
SO since the vine blossomed and looks like it would
die but is full of grapes The other vines all look
| green and healthy and are full of grapes. Can you
tell me the of its turning yellow and what to
do for it? The vine is in rich dry upland and has
never been fertlized with anything.
We should suspect the presence of borer
| in the vine an insect like "wood sawyer"
is sometimes quite destructive to grapes
Enters the vine just below the surface of the
ground and eats out the wood leaving only
the bark.
B. K, seney, Ca: have several chickens whose
droppings began to be coated with yelowish white
substance, and in twenty-four to thiIty,six hours
they began to get lame, but ate all right and do not
appear to be sick for several days then get droopy
refuse to eat much and die in about week. Please
| give the cause and remedy
Whenever the exceement of chickens is
| yellow 1t is very sure sign of incipient
| cholera. Your fowls are suffering from that
disease. Take sulphite of soda, a half pound !;
powdered ginger, four ounces; powdered cay
enne pepper, two ounces Mix an ounce of
above mixture with pint of meal and feed to
dozen chickens once a day. Do this when
ever there are any indications of cholera in the
flock. 1t is hard to cure case when once
established. The following is sometimes sue
cessful: Give teaspoonful three times a day
of a saturated solution of sulphite of soda
Three doses enough. 1t will purge, but change
character of discharges. Give no food for
three days, but give water freely. 1t is a good
plan to add what is known as Douglass mixture
to drinking water as preventive of cholera.
1t is as follows: One pound of copperas, one
ounce of oil of yitriol, in two-gallon Jug half
| filled with hot water; after twenty-four hours
| fill up jug with water, cork and keep on hand.
Add a tablespoonful to each quart Of drinking
water every day.
| L. T., Big Cave: !. planted Japan clover in
| March. When can pasture it without injury to
clover? q Is there any market for mullen. If So
what is itworth pound? 3. Do you think it would
| pay to raise the common plum for market?
! 1. Japan clover is an annual; comes up from
| seed in early spring, natures seed in autumn,
and is killed by frost, root and all. If you wish