The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-20


| etc.
We thought corn forage, i. e., thick-sown
| corn. cut and cured. had grown out OF date.
| Twenty years ago it was "all the go'' with
some farmers, but our own experience
| that thick corn. cut and cured made but
| poor forage, and was difficult to cure, and
| we soon gave it up. We think it is better
| to give reasonable distance, so that the
| stalks will have good ears The forage,
| aside from the ears, will be much more nu-
! tr1tious than when crowded together and
forced into an unnatural and immature
mass of spindlng stalks. But there may
be some farmers who still follow the prac-
tice, and they are invited give their
experience and deails Of how TO do it.
To 3. w. E. Isom, Gait is very proba-
bly, a case of thrush, characteristic symp-
| toms of which are the rotting away of the
frog, the discharge of very offensive matter,
| the deep cleft between the heels and the
| closing in of the latter Trim off all dead
| and ragged portions of the frog, clean out
| all the holes and crevices with q knife
| Then apply a linseed or a boiled turnip
! poultice with fresh burned charcoal, pow
| dered, over the surface. After twenty-four
| hours clean I: an off ana dress all the ali
| fected parts with caomel well introduced
| into every crack and crevce with a case
| knife. Repeat this twice, letting a
day intervene. When it is all dried up dress
| with tar. Keep the horse clean, firm
floor, with clean straw under his feet.
To c. E. B., Erin Ala-This is another
and wel-marked case of thrush. Use the
| same treatment recommended for the mule
| of b. w. E. fSom, Ga, above. Mare mules
! generally have thrush worse in hind feet;
horse mules worse in fore feet, for obvious
reasons. Standing in filth is the cause of
| thrush.
d. II. c., Lakeland, Fla. also has a
| case of thrush, and he says it is very COM
mon in his section. He is also referred to
treatment given in reply to 3. W. e.
| lsom Ga, above.
Reader, Gainesville, Ca, and C. p. S.
| Basil Springs, Tex, do not give their names
Our columns too crowded to give place
| to inquiries without name, but open to
| those who comply with the rule. (See head
| of this department.) The name will not be
| published unless the inquiry invites cor
| reSpOndence.
j. N. Borum, Lockesburg, Ark, wants
| some one to inform him where he can find
| some thoroughbred Essex hogs for sale.
| To f. f. H., Brooklyn, Walt is a case of
| shoulder lameness Foment the joint OF
| the shoulder three times a day with hot
| salt water, half hour at time. When it
! has dried rub well in "a Eminent made as
| follows ounce each of liquor ammonia,
| tincture arnca, tincture opium, turpentne
| and alcohol, and water to make pint.
| Do this morning and night
e. r. H.. C)-Wood ashes are rich in
| lime and potash, and also contain some
phosphoric acid. 1t is best to bed on them,
| say 10 or 20 bushels per acre You should
| also some cotton seed meal say 200
| pounds to every 200 of the ashes.
T.. J. Standifer, Chapel HILL, Ala, is af-
| fiCted with letter which causes his hand
| to chap very badly in winter. To any onS
| who will send him recipe to cure the tets
| ter, he will send d recipe for enlarged ton
| sis and other diseases that has been WORTH
500 to him. (The editors better half re
commends Cuticura Resolvent, Cuticura
Salve and Cuticura Soap.
To w. 7. II, Scuppernong, n. CT. w
cannot tell you the value. You may COM
post or mix with acid phosphate 200 pounds,
| kanit 100 pounds with 1000 to 1000 pounds
| of the fish, or you may put all into thu
furrow and bed on it at once.
2. We cannot say what is the matt
with your pigs. but it may 2so-.4~
are infested with trichna spiralis..
3. See that every part of the pillow gear
fits properly. 1t is often bad habit and
difficult to account for.
r. NJ K, Neva, S. C.-Your description
Of the symptoms is quite meager but
suspect that your SOW had what is common
ly called staggers. Cold water poured on
the head from considerable height is the
first remedy. If this does not relieve bleed
ing must be resorted to--bleed from the
jugular vein. At the same time give an in
lection of four ounces EPSON salts, two
drachms spirits turpentne and half pint of
soapsuds.
Tim. Dud. Fla-I have a mare twelve
years old that has a swelling of her
hind legs just above her hOof. 1t is SWoi-
len now all the way up to the stife Joint.
She has good of the leg, and the swell
ing reduces some when she is used, but
swells up again at night. Her leg seems to
be hard all the time. Her hoof on that leg
is wrinkled and seems to grow slow. Her
leg is swollen more at her knee than any
where else She eats hearty, and it does
not seem to give her any pain. Her moth
er had the same kind of swelling in one
of her hind legs, and, after some tine it
sWelled to conslderab BILE size and killed her
Can you tell me her disease? Can she be
cured. and what will cure her?
Your mare has the ailment called 'stock-
ings'' a characteristic symptom of which
is that the swelling comes at night, or
when standing idle and goes away when
the animal Us put to work or exercise. It
is due to impoverished condition of the
blood Give the following tonic. powder
night and morning: IL ounces pure copper
as; , ounces saltpeter. Powder and mix and
divide into y powders. Shower fine leg with
cold water in hot weather, but omit if
weather is cold. When the swelling goes
down after work or exercise bandage the
leg tightly, using cotton bandagcs in sum
mer and wooden in winter Remove the
bandage when going out to work or exer-
else, and give the leg a vigorous hand rub
bling. If necessary repeat the course OF
powders.
To T.. w. c., st. Adams, w. Walt is
very probable that the horse was injured
by severe kick, ard that the bone (shoul-
der blade) has become diseased and 1stu-
lous. Open the wound from below and To-
cate the spot where the bone is carried and
SWab the diseased bone with II ounce mur-
attic acid iii l pint of water twice a day
Dress the flesh portion of the wound with
lotion of: drachms sulphate of zinc /
ounce sugar of lead, pint OF water, shake
well and apply twice u day.
Subscriber, Turpin, La, violates the rule
in Withholding his name.
To J. 7. c., Pamco. N. Cit is probable
that your horse has phlebitis, or int1amma-
ton of one of the large Veins of the neck
Your treatment was very good, and should
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