The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-17

blespoonful of the following in the feed,
three times a day: Equal parts, by weight
of cream of tartar sulphur and saltpeter.
Also you may give once day in his drink
ing water one tablespoonful of Fowler S
solution of arsenic. The flies have nothing
| to do with it, except to annoy.
A. W. A. Tupelo Miss.-1. | have Bur
muda meadow of fifteen acres, creek bot
tom land 1t has not been plowed in four
| or five years, and it is getting a good deal
| of sedge on it. L will not nave time to
| plow it this spring. Can kill out the sedge
by narrowing thoroughly wi,n a good disc
harrow? | have been cutting about two
tons of hay per acre each year without any
! fertilizer but it is beginning to fail lit
| tie. What kind of fertilizer ought L to use !:
| Low much per acre, and when to apply !!
| Would cotton seed meal applied just at
ter narrowing pay this season, applied, say
y ~ nave We grow Of four acres in front of
my house-natural growth oak and hickory:
and the soil is what call post oak
Clay predominates. / want 10 clear off the
! timber and plant in Bermuda grass, and
set out some kind of tres that VII pay me
how long before they would bear? Or would
it be better to set in muberries for poul-
! try and hogsf
3. | have five acres sowed in oats for my
pigs When ought the pigs to be turned
! on to get the best results.
Please give best and cheapest remedy for
| destroying mites on poultry ana IN poultry
| house.
l. We think not. Broomsedge is the bane
| of our permanent pastures. and when the
! land is badly infested with it we know OF
| no remedy but cultivation in some other
crop. The preventive, which is generally
| cheaper than a remedy, is to permit no
| broomSedge to go TO seed near the pasture,
| as far as practicable; and then so over the
| field occasionally and dig ~ every bunch
of it. If the land is not too stiff and the
| turf too strong, you may destroy most u
the sedge by disc narrowing two or three
| times, about ten days apart, during this
| and next month COtton-seed meal would
! be u good fertilizer. Apply about $50 pounds
| per acre Immediately before narrowing. Nj
| trate of soda, 100 pounds per acre. is still
| better, but a II tie more costly. Fertll1or-
! for grass should be applied after The growth
| commences in the spring, and at any time
| until midsummer. When you cut OIL a crop
| of hay, then apply a dose OF fertilizer to
| the stubble, except after the last moving
for the season
2. Pecans might do, but we have no great
| faIth in them. The pecan makes Il very
pretty tree, but grows very slowly, and VIII
commence to bear at eight or ten years Of
| age Mulberries (everpearng) would give
much quicker growth ana quicker retains.
You might set in pecans fifty feet apart
each way and mulberry between each
pair of pecans each way. Then cut out the
mulEerries in eight or ten years Turn the
pigs ON the oats when the tops commence
to turn brown.
For mites in poultry house-Thoroughly
soak every part Of it with kerosene oil,
and then whiewash with lime wash CON
tanning sulphur and carbolisc acid Dust
| Hour of sulphur into The feathers of cecn
fowl. Clean out all trash and burn it,
Strong walnut leaf tea is an excellent wash
for mites.
j. NJ. p, Mascot, Ala have a mule that
! has been lame eleven months in his front
| foot or leg. He can't press his heel to the
ground. His shoulder has persisted some from
not using il; small lump on back par Oh
| leg just below the knee: walks on hi, toes
all the time; don't pain him any: havr been
using the best of liniments, but he does not
improve, ] use him some but not aII me
time. | will e glad of any ntorma ton.
1t is very difficult to say just what is the
cause of the ''knuckling' Of the fetlock
from your description Most probably,
judging from the fact that there is a lump
on the back part of the leg below the knee
| 1t is caused by a sprain of the back tendon
such sprain sometimes causes what is
called knee-Sprung. But corns in the feet
VIII also cause the ankles to bend forward
| in the effort to relieve the pressure on the
sole of the foot 1t is also true that
| sprain of the shoulder viii sometimes cause
! the symptom you have described. Every
| thing depends first on locating the cause
! Examine the foot carefully. Pare down the
| quarters and trim out the sole in the cor
| ners, or quarters, meanwhile tapping smart
| ly with light hammer to find where the
| pain is. If there is no evidence of pain in
the foot, try the shoulder, especially the
point. Apply close pressure of the thumb
| and finger to the swelling. Whea the sore
| spot is located. if not in the foot, battle with
! hot salt water as continually as possible
| at least three times day, an hour at a
| time. Between times battle with a lotion of
! one pint Of vinegar one handful of common
| salt and one pint of water. immediately
! after using the lotion bandage, if the leg
| as tightly as the soreness viii allow with
| cloth bandage. When the soreness seems
nearly gone apply the following iniment
! well rubbed in after bathing with hot wa
! ter twice a day, and Increase the tightness
! of the bandaSe from day to day: One ounce
| each of tincture of arnica, laudanum, tur-
| pentine, alcohol, liquor ammonia and one
| pint of water, If this treatment does not
| cure, then resort must be had to clustering,
and even to the firing iron. Ia case Of so
| long standing it is probable that the firing
| iron viii be the only hope. Put high
| hecled shoe the foot. Absolute rest is
indispensable to a cure, and a cure is very
| uncertain
shepherd dog that will be a year old in
July next that has lion distemper very bad
He is a fine dog and a good worker
>. | also have fine jack that is fifteen
hands nlGh VIII be three years Old IN June,
of Samson ard Mammoth stock, that /
cannot get to work. What must | do for
him?
/. There is no remedy, in the sense OF
cure for distcmper in dogs 1t is a cOnta-
gious blood disease that must run its
course You DO not indicate the particular
organs that seem most affected If the
lungs, apply mustard paste to the sides
opposite the lungs, well rubbed in, and
cover with a blanket to keep the fumes in.
If still badly affected after an hour wash
off the mustard and apply it fresh again,
and give the following: Thirty drops tinct-
ure of aconite, one and a half ounces sweet
spirits of inter, one-half ounce of tincture
of gentian, two ounces syrup OF tOlu, water
TO make four ounces. Give teaSp0Ontul cV-
ery two hours. Feed on beef, raw eggs,
bread and milk, etc. If the bowels are al
fected give a tablespoonful Of syrup of
buckthorn, supplemented by the following:
Two drains prepared chalk one dram aro-
matte CONNECTION, one-half ounce tincture
of opium, two drains gum arabic, water TO
make eight ounces. Give one and half
tablespOOnfulS three or four times Il cay,