The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-02-28
February 1898.


February 1905.
The Experiment Station Bulletins.
The standing offer is made to send
the bulletins of the station TO all in the
state who really desire to receive them.
They are specially prepared to be SER
viceable as far as possible to the prac-
teal farmer. Thousands of farmers
have already taken advantage of this
offer. Unless you really want to be
benefited please do not apply for them
as we(haye none to throw away. If you
desire to read them, write on postal
, card to DIR. II. 3. Battle, Director,
Raleigh, n. c.
Fertilizer Analysis for 1898.
A bulletin has already been issued by
the experiment station no. I'D which
gives in detail the standing of all fer
tilizer brands on sale in North Carolina
in 1894, as determined by analyses of
samples taken by official inspectors.
This bulletin is issued in advance of the
new analyses which are issued every
two weeks during the season of 1895.
The first of these bi-weekly analyses
will appear on Feb. IS, 1895. A special
application is needed for this series.
Apply to DR.. Fl. Z. Battle, Director,
Raleigh, n. O.
The valuations Of the unmixed in
gradients at the seaboard have been
fixed at AZ cents per pound for avaIla-
BILE phosphoric acid, Il cents per
pound for ammonia. and cents per
pound for potash. The phosphoric acid
is rated one-half cent lower and
ammonia one cent per pound lower
than for past seasons The reprint
ed analyses of 1894 are calculated on
the new basis of valuations.
Hog Cholera.
A correspondent writes: Gould you
give me anything that Will prevent hog
cholera, or that we could use cure
Great numbers of hogs are dying here
with it daily. Please tell me If there is
any remedy or even a preventive" The
answer to this in substance was:
There are preventive measures which
may be used and which may ward off
the disease in a large number of cases.
Indeed, some breeders claim to be able
to cure cholera if they can get to the
animals before the appetite is gone, but
not after food is refused. This remedy
or preventive is carbolic acid How little
will protect, or how much the patient
can bear l am not informed, but about
10 drops would be dose for an adult
and less for younger swine.
The better way to feed and admins
ter medicine with food would be to pre-
pare all food Immediately before feed
ing, stir in as much medicine as needed
for the pigs being fed. Then clean up
and disinfect afterward. Clean up all
foul places to which pigs have access.
Keep sleeping places warm and dry.
Try to prevent buzzards from visiting
pig runs and feeding places. Bury the
dead. or better cremate dead bodies, and
disinfect with carbolic or bichloride So
buttons or with a cheap solution made
by suspending a coarse bag containing
20 pounds copperas, tsulphate of from
in barrel of soft water. After a little
time the solution can be used as wanted
and more water added until the cop
peras is gone from the bag.
The health of the pig may be pro-
NOTED by keeping a mixture, made as
follows, where the pigs can get iG at
will: l peck hard wood ashes; 1 pint
salt, peck charcoal. This recipe might
he extended by adding q Id. sulphur,
a 10. black antimo1Iy and lbs. sui
phate of iron, pulveriZed.
Great dependence should be placed
on prompt destruction of dead bodies
and proper disinfection Immediately
afterward, accompanied by the admin
istratlon of carbolic acid with this mix
ture kept where pigs can eat it if theT
are inclined to do so.-F. Z. Emery.
Agriculturist, N. c. Experiment Sta
ton.
The Ox-warble or Heel Fly.
One of the most destructive pests of
domestic animals is the ox-warble or
bot fly, hgpOdernld IiHedtd. This para
site, while probably not very painful to
the animal infested, is expensive to the
owner of the animal since hides or
skins showing MARBLE holes are locked
one-third of their value. The presence
of the maggots further decreases the
amount and quality of the animals
flesh so that on the average, for two
year-old steer, the loss is apt to be
above SO or Sl2.
The fly which causes this damage is
about the size of and very much re-
sembles honey bee. 1t deposits its
eggs in spring, during the period of
shedding of hair, on the legs, tail and
belly of cattle, preferably yearlings. BY
licking these parts the eggs are taken
into the animals gullet where the mag
got matches and clings to the walls. It
soon bores into the tissues and eventu-
aily-during the succeeding fall or
winter-fnds its way to the animals
back where it forms tumor just be-
meath the skin. Here il rests for some
time and completes its growth as a
maggot. Each tumor, if closely ex-
amined, will show 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 a pupG for about six weeks 1t
then comes forth as perfect fly to lay
it's eggs as before.
shedding, horned cattle should have
the tail, belly and legs-especially the
parts Just 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
examined for the tumors which are
readily seen or felt just beneath the
skin and the enclosed maggot squeezed
out and killed. A little crude carbolic
acid or mercurial ointment should be
then rubbed on the spot. If the mag
got can not be squeezed out the oil or
ointment should be well rubbed in SO
as to close up the breaking pore in the
tumor thus smothering the maggot.
The MARBLE fly is not great traveller
and if all the maggots infesting cattle
on any farm are killed in January or
February that farm will be nearly or
quite free from the parasite for some
wears unless introduced with new stock.
killing the maggots in the tumors is
the easiest and surest way of getting rid
of this expensive intruder. Gerald Nc
earthly, n. C. Experiment Station.
lated for Fertilizers and How They
Can Be Utilized by Farmers.
It may be of interest to some to know
how ton values are calculated, using
the seaboard valuations for the unmix-
amount or percentage of either of these
constituents present in the fertilizers is
given by the analysis. This represents
parts per 100. The percentage is &C
cordingly multiplied by the valuation
per pound to get value per 100 pounds.
This is now multiplied by 90 to deter
mine the value per ton 1900 poundsl.