The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-04-18

-maggot. Each tumor, if closely ex'
/ 1mined. will show a small pore through
which the maggOt obtains air.
When full grown the maggot
enlarges this pore and through
it comes out and drops to the ground
into which it enters and remains dor
mant as pupa for about six weeks. Ii
then comes forth as perfect fly to lay
it's eggs as before.
REMEDIES the period OF halr
shedding. horned cattle should have
the tail, belly and legs-especlally the
parts lust above the hoofs-rubbed two
or three times week with mixture
} of kerosene or fish oil and powdered
sulphur In January and February
the backs of cattle should be carefully
p xamined for the tumOrs which are
eadily seen or felt just beneath the
Kin and the enclosed maggot squeezed
but and killed. little crude carbolic
held or mercurial ointment should be
&hen rubbed on the spot. IL the mag
got can not be squeezed out the Oil OF
ointment should be well rubbed in sc
us to close up the breaking pore IN the
ttumor thus smothering the maggot
The MARBLE fly is not a great traveller
kand if all the naggots infesting cattle
on anv farm are killed in January OF
FEBRUARY that farm will be nearly OIL
quite free from the parasite for some
] years unless introduced with new stock
killing the maggots in the tumors il
the easiest and surest way of getting rlt
of this expensive intruder. Gerald Nc
{Carthy, n. C. Experiment Station.
.How Relative Values Per Ton are Cslcu
lated for Fertilizers and How They
Can Be Utilized by Farmers.
1t may be of interest to some to know
hcw tea values are calculated ~ 81
he seabcard valuations for the unuI.>
ed constituents of fertilizer. III;
amount OF percentage OF either OF th''a'
constituents present in the fertilizers il
given by the analysis. This represent
parts per 100. The percentage is &C
.prdingly multiplied by the valuation
er pound to get value per 100 pounds
his is now multiplied by 90 to deter
inc the value per ton (2,0O0 pounds
II his is done for all three constituents
and the three amounts are added to
gether to arrive at the value per ton.
The following is an example:
Percentage or lbs per 100 Per 100 lbs. Per tol
s.6i Available PhOs. Acid at.
IIsc per ID ..................$0 30. 1898 $50
30 Ammonia at lac per lb.... .3346 60
BOO Potash al sc per Id. .1325 81
Total value ....... so9sO9 sls.4
The value per ton as here given rep
resents the market price per ton at the
seaboard of the unmixed ingredients
For interior points, railroad freights tt
thOSc points must be added.
The values per ton represent unmixet
ingredients. They show what would b,
the approximate cost of the ingredients
to farmer in case lie bought then
/ himself for mixing. The cost is, a:
stated. ON the basis of cash in small lot
Qess than five tons in bags. at the sea
: board. by a comparison of these values
as given by the Experiment Station, ;
-farmer can see how much he i, being
charged over and above the actual cos
of the raw materials. The manufac
turer in addition has to allow for mix
ing the ingredients, branding the bags
handling, fixed charges, agents com
freight to the interior point. The COS
of mixing, sacking and branding the
bags will not vary greatly from S2.6'
per ton.
Considering all items, the price of ;
mixel ammoniated fertilizer at an in
terror town, ought not to be more thar
- to 33M per cent. greater than thu
relative sea board value per ton of in
gradients as given in the tables fount
by analysis, with. of course, the freigh
from the sea board to the interior poin
added.-II. Il, Battle, N. c. Experiment
Station.
Cotton Seed Feed.
A correspondent (R n. P.-Reidsville
\. c. writes: VIII you kindly write IN,
your opinion in regard to the value O.
cotton seed feed as prepared at the
mills as an economical food compared
with other foods raised on the farm
| Do you think it will do to feed it t.
horses and mules?
Cotton seed meal is one of the mos
| valua bic and cheapest foods for stool
we have on the market. 1t is now be
| ing fed in small quantities to the Sta
tons mules but is uot being relishet
| by them.
Cotton seed hulls are a course food con
tanning little digestible matter. They
are, however, an excellent medium fol-
| dividing fine meal in the ANNA
| stomach. Please note pages 423 to 42'
| of Bulletin 1909 which bears directly OF
| your question.
See also articles II to v in Bullet,
81. The digestibility of cotton seet
| hulls as laid down in the latter ha
| been reduced by later work "Cotto1
seed feed of the mills correspond
nearly to rations numbered and 4
page 42l of Bulletin 100 approximately
5 lbs. hulls to l ID meaD
Their use for stock depends on pric,
of straw and its preparation. Will
straw or corn stalks on hand no on,
can afford to waste either to buy hull!
ready mixed with meal. 1t will pa,
farmers as well to follow Bulletin 10
in saving stalks and thus mix their owl
feed as cotton seed feed" pays the OF
mill men.
Our cotton seed feed rations contained
the following amounts of digestibl
nutrients per ton Of food: