The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-04-18
At RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA
Fertilizer Analysis for IS95-Hog Cholera,
Cotton Seed Feed, Ok Marble Fly.
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Fertilizer Analysis for 1895.
A bulletin has already been issued by
the experiment station (No. lid 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 DIR. Ii. b. Battle, Director,
Raleigh, n. G.
The valuations of the unmixed in
gradients at the seabOard have been
fixed at ~ cents per pound for avalla-
BILE phOsphoric acid, ii cents per
pound for ammonia, and cents per
pound for potash. The phosphoric acid
is rated onc-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 va kIations.
Hog Cholera.
A correspondent writes: Gould you
give me anything that will prevent hog
cholera, or that we could use as Il cure
Great numbers of hogs are dying here
with it daily. Please tell me if there is
any remedy or even preventive" The
answer to this in substance was:
There are preventive measures which
NAV be used and which may ward off
the disease in 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.preventivc is carbolic acid. How little
will protect, or how much the patient
can bear | 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 rs 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
lutions or with a cheap solution made
by suspending coarse bag containing
% pounds copperas, (sulphate of from
in a 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 n mixture, made as
follows, where the pigs can get il at
salt. peck charcoal. This recipe might
he extended by adding ! 10. sulphur,
Il 10. black antimony 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 ! they
are inclined to do SOL. f. Emery,
Agriculturist, \. 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. hVpodc,nG lincdtd. 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 a two
year-old steer, the loss is apt to be
above $40 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, preferabl yearlings BY
licking these parts the eggs are taken
into the animals gullet where the mag.
got matches and clings to the walls. II,
soon bores into the tissues and eventu-
aily-during the succeeding fall or.
winter-tinds its way to the animals
back where it forms tumor just be-
meath The skin. Here ii rests for some
time and completes its growth as