The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-17


In the present condition OF the land you
could not make a successful pasture. Ber-
muda grass will not thrive under trees
and amidst briars. Clean up the land, sow
in oats. or plant in cotton and cultivate
one year. Then set in Bermuda,
To w. II. H., Brinkleyville. N. Give
have not before heard of such a habit, for
IL must be a mere habit, If he has been adj
dcted 60 it a long time. II recent. it may
be due TO toothache. Your letter is so
'carelessly written that we are not certain
that we understand clearly what the move
ment is.
Subscriber. Cleopus, Va.-Your mule has
what is called a "spllnt" Apply hot water
an hour at a time, three times n day, fol-
lowed when dry by bathing the place with
cooling lotion, one ounce muriate of am
monia, one ounce saltpeter, one quart Of
water. Do this for two three days, or
until soreness is gone Then rub we'll in a
blister ointment. composed OF one-quarter
ounce cantharides, one drachm biniodide
OF mercury, two ounces of lard. Give two
weeks rest and feed on light, soft food.
L. S. D., McGregor. Tex.-Please answer
the following questions for an old sub
scriber; ]. have mare ten years Old that
has a dry. hacking cough. She does not
some all the time IL does not bother her
except between midnight and daylight. then
she coughs continually until daylight.
What causes il and what can / do for her?
Nobody here can tell and nothing / do
helps her. ?. have been milking Durham
cow three years without breeding her How
long viii they milk without breeding and
IS IL advisable to breed her now?
i. cough is not n disease Itself but is
generally a symptom of disease. and is fire.
quently the sequel OF a disease. Sometimes
cough is n symptom of worms. and il is
not altogether improbable tat this is what
Is the matter. she seems to be most
troubled when her stomach is nearly or
entirely empty. Have you noticed that she
ceases to cough after giving her the morn
ing feed? Try first for worms. by giving
as one dose, morning and night for one
week. the Following mixture: One drachm of
copperas, one drachm of tartar emetic, two
drachms linseed meal Tor bran). After a
week give dose of one ounce spirits of
turpentine and one pint OF raw linseed oil.
After three weeks repeat the entire treat
ment. If the cough seems to come from
some irritation in the throat give, internally
the following: One ana a half ounces gurl
camphor. one ounce digitalis, two ounces
linseed meal Cor bren). Powder. mix and
divide into twelve powders and give one
powder night and morning in soft food.
Repeat, il necessary. BE careful that her
fodder or hay is Tree from mold or dust.
1t would be better 10 sprinkle it with
water
L
10 you for information and by answering
The following questions YOU Will greatly
Obige an old subscriber that has not asked
a question before. My land is a dark soil.
looks black when il is wet; is siX eight
inches deep. uuderlaid with poo--looking
yellow clay, with "A soft black gravel mixed
with il; il is very wet land in the spring.
and when IL gets dry IL is 50 loose that
turnplow VIII not turn IL, and so hard be-
low where il was broken that the plow win
rot so in. 1t grows weeds Of all descrp-
lions, crabgrass and cockleburs; makes
tCterably good corn only and a very good
cotton weed, but the forms viii not stick.
Peas start on like they were on manure
pile until they get six 10 ten inches high,
and then grow very slowly. Corn and cot
ton both grow slow in the spring, but
grow splendidiy in the early part OF the
summer. The dry weather seems TO have
no effect on the crop when the Land is
broken six to eight inches deep.
Now, | wish TO know how TO make
paying crop OF corn and cotton-say TWEEN
ty-:iye bushels corn and half bale cotton
per acre. / have been here but two years
and have used no commercial fertilizers.
L also wish to know what i the best breed
n hogs FOR this countrv. If You can tell me
what my Land needs by my description
please answer through the farm depart
mleut OF The Weekly Constitution.
Your land needs undertaking and it will
doubtless pay you to DO the work. Dig
bitches three feet deep and thirty feet
apart, with q good grade, and put in either
drain tiles or boxes made OF pianks, 50 con-
structed that the water can get into them,
and run into main ditch. on such land
YOU should be able TO make one bale OF cot
Ton or thirty TO forty bushels OF corn per
acre, by Judicious manurinS.
To W. l.. W, Stephens City. Va.-It is
impossible to diagnose with any certainty
from your description. You do not state
whether your pigs have fever or the condi-
ton OF their bowels. 1t il very probable
that the disease is one CT the two or three
kinds, edch of which is commonly called
'hog cholera" We think it likely that it is
epizootic catarrh, a disease that is apt TO
develop when hogs are kept in filthy yards
or pens. As a rule very little can be done
in the way of treating n sick hog. Proven
ton must Re the main reliance. and separa-
ton Of the well from the sick is the first
thing to do. Then commence at once to
doctor the well ones. As soon rs one shows
the slightest ailment give il 10 to 70 grains
OF powdered white helebore in cne-half
pint of milk. II it viii not drink 1t pour
il down from a horn. If the bowels are
affected give two TO three grains OF calo-
: mel. These are about all the suggestions
we can make without knowing certainly
what is the matter.
CHM. Lovelady, Tex.-we are not GER
tain but think the plant sent is a species
of Galactia- You should have stated wheth-
or it is wild or cultivated, whether the
stem is twining or climbing, or tralllhS'
and should have sent seed pods and more
5sta-unine the genus and species. 1t blonS5
To the leguminOsae family.
/ II w I.avonia, Ga.-Please answer ti'e
following questions through The CpnStiu-
tion and oblige subscriber: w nat lsru-
Her. il best adapted TO the growing ol To-
bacco2 p Give brief description OF the
Process of curing tobacco for home con-
sumution. 8 Give receipt Tor haNoIlhs
Z Tobacco requires fertilizer containing
n high percentage Of potash; and IL LOT
ci,sars or smoking tobacco the potash
ebould not be in the form OF muriate OF
chloride. For this reason kainit nor murlate
Of uotash is suitable. and the sulphate o.
uotasn should be used or cotton nun ASH
n is also believed that organic nitrogen y
hotter than Inorganic; therefore, ottoh seCd
y,ooI or dried blood, or well-rotted staDlc
manure is better than nitrate OF SODA =
,,oJ nropo-tion of the three elements IS
,bce,bate acid three parts, potash three
nsrts nitrogen two parts rms would pS
f,,rnisbed 10y a fertilizer containing; Ac.u
,,bosnbate. $50 pounds; sulphate OF potash
IN rnunds. ana cotton meal. 400 pounds
Instead Of the sulphate of potash you may
substitute 200 pounds of hull ash.
> II but a small quantity gather the
leaves OF the tobacco as they rlpeh anu