The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16

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and she has something like the big head,
but it is too low down for that; and she
has the big jaw and that is down just above
the fork of the. jaw bone. This enlarge
ment OF the head and jaw was first notlced
about eight or ten months ago. Please adj
wise and prescribe remedy.
Your account of the symptoms is not
such as to enable us to judge the case with
any certainty; but it is probable that your
mule has chronic rheumatism which would
account for the stiffness and lamenesS. Give
the following: One ounce calchicum seed
powderedD, one ounce saltpeter, two drains
foenugreek seed. Mix and divide into
twelve powders and give one night and
morning in soft food. Foment the affected
parts-the fetlocks, knees, hips and should
ers-with hot water three times a day.
Then wipe dry and apply this as a liri-
ment: One and half ounces tincture ar
MICA, one ounce tincture of opium, one and
a half ounces liquor ammonia, water to
make one pint. Mix and rub we'll twice a
day.
Subscriber, Barnwell, G. H., S. CT. If
a mule is wormy will it make him over-anX-
ious to eat?
2. VIII they make his hair long?
5. VIII it swell his belly?
5. What is good for indigestion?
6. What is good for worms?
Z. Which of the three is best for hogs
peanuts potatoes or chufas-to plant in
small quantity and do the most good?
l.. Z. j.
tive of worms. An animal affected with
worms will have a capricious appetite, US
ually a ravenouS one; emaciation, coarse,
dry, 5tarVinS coat and q pOt-belly. Often
a whitsh yellow mould will be seen around
the anus and more or less Of the worms VIII
be seen in the dung. When the worms get
into the stomach the horse will turn up his
upper lip, and will rub his lips against the
wall Of his manger or will lick the wall,
and sometimes lick the hair off himself, and
often viii persstently rub his tail or keep
switching it around.
4. Yes, but it is produced by worms anu
oVer-eating.
5. See reply to "a Subscriber, Laurel
Hill, N. c., Just preceding.
G. Give for worms: 1 drachm copperaS, /
dracnm tartar emetic, d17chms llnseed
meal, Mix and give as one dose, repeating
it morning and night for one week, then
give the following purgatlVe: ounce Splt-
It's of turpentine and ! pint raw ilnSeed OH
Mix and give as one dose. After TN &c
weeks repeat the entire treatment to eaten
the young worms that may nave halcheu
since the first treatment.
To Mrs DR.. McCown, Greenville, Ky
We do not know OF whom you can get the
'GlIinea gOaI;'' never before heard of Such
a breed VIII refer your letter to sarge
Plunkett.
The Pork Question.
G u. owen. Dundee, Miss, writes-Ay
brother and / started January ISL VITA
sixteen head, valued as below, and aiSo
''ie ieS0'''' JANUARY /, 1893.
Eight sows.. .'S 20 W
Three barrens.. - '' % - - ~ nv
Two bOars.. =. - - ~ w
Total. =. :. ..A10 ~
FED 100 bushels corn. =. :. 50 90
Total investment. ..$loo %
The following is the account JANUARY l.
Sod Sod fourteen sows, gifts and pigs. IS 80 50
Sold 40 pounds of pork. -, - ~ ~ ~ ~
Have on hand 2,300 pounds of pork. j. %
Have on hand $50 pounds OF latd - w
HIVE on hand seven head OF hogs. 62 W
Less first first cost and feed. :. 15o 90
..Sl54 50
,rI Ga,n ho.s were fed on clover, wind and
water. until fattening time. Elshteen he ea,a
were fattened; some very small. LOS III
fine SOW by an ACCIDENT; You 90 yTith
It,irntv-four he'll. This was The result on
pasturing our soW5 on tloNcI, IN ~ , 4 ~
3.ience thus teaching that IL Wll NJ -
~ let so>ys in pig run on clover, as At
c ~ l,s abortion. we did not have a pig
though some were far adyanceG; we gle ~
Ell 2-nu will notice, $l54.50. We start tlS
1,na,; with seven head, valued at $6Z. WI
report success with these. ~,
iHuU YOU shOuld have cnafSe0 up 'lS
value of the pastura9e.-hdIlor)
Thomas =. Mcguire, Iittleton, n. +.-Iln
,eI,iy to mo questions in me Constitution
of 18Th ultimo: l. [ have twelve hosS 10
~ NJ, ~ VII average about 125 pounds.
> They ran in a pasture of twenty acres
in low ground and twenty acres IN Wllle
o%AS rI %oi'i aTe be3g f&ttened on corn homi
nv. wheat bran and middlngs and little
corn. TN ,,,+ ,v,, ohou+