The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-07-18

If you, from my description, wish to
send veterinary surgeon to examine
my stock and prescribe for them if
CHAMBERS.
Now, l don't want TO put the state tc
any unnecessary expense, but as l have
over s., 900 worth of stock on the place.
and not knowing what to do myself,
would like TO be assisted in getting at
the trouble and save the loss of all If
possible. If the symptoms in the mule
grow worse can get aid in the above
direction from you? Please write me
the law and plan to be pursued in such
cases and oblige.
ANSWER l0.-Pronounced by the vet.
Urinary surgeons, Carnes & Carnes, to
be strangles or distemper, which is con-
tagious, but not necessarily fatal.
Recommended holding head over steam,
covering with bag to cause free dis
charge. Also to rest from work, pro-
tect from the weather, pasture and give
easily digested food.
QUESTION I'll have a mule with
stif1e lameness. He was lame to some
extent all of last winter, but got past
work this spring His stifle joint is
swollen and has the appearance of en-
largement of the bone ut present, but
walks better and we pillow him some
now. Please refer it to DIR. Cook and
let him answer it, as l am anxious to
cure him. No one here seems to under
stand the case. / will say his hip is
perishing away. He is about or 9
old vVonln If
do anything for him l will appreciate it
very much. had to give up part Of
my crop.
ANSWER 11.-Blister and report re.
suits. Shrinking of the hip from
atrophy. from want of use of muscles.
Cure the lameness and the atrophy will
be at an end.
QUESTION 10. - Can individual ex-
hibits for the Georgia state building at
the Cotton States and International ex-
position be entered as late as Sept To-?
ANSWER l2-Yes. And / would
urge upon every community in the
state the Importance of getting up these
individual and collective displays The
Importance of fully representing every
section of our state cannot be over
estimated.
CUTTING CORN FODDER.
QUESTION 13-Is it best to feed corn
fodder cut or uncut!
ANSWER 13.-Professor Henry, of the
experiment station at Washington,
tested the value of cutting corn fodder
by feeding one lot of cows upon whole
fodder, bright and sweet. Another lot
of equal milking qualities had fodder
from the same NOW, cut into pieces a
half inch long. He found that he OBJ.
tanned as much milk from 72l pounds
of cut fodder as from 1888 pounds of
uncut fodder. Two tons of cut would
would be worth more than three tons
of uncut.
ENsILAGE
QUESTION 14.-Please tell me some
in stock raising, but have little expert.
OAOC ALI GAO AA&46kOAAChb VA OnhA1&kS
which is said by those who have trieG
it to be first class dairy stock food.
ANSWER 14.-Ensilage has already
passed its experimental stage, and has
been accepted and adopted by many
| dairymen and farmers, says an ex
change: "It provides succulent food
great necessity. especially for dairy
stock-during the long winter, cheaper
than can be provided in any other way.
1t is also of great Importance in the
fall, as one of the laws to successful
feeding is not to make sudden changes
from green, succulent feed to dry feed
when cattle are taken from pastures.
"Ensilage bears the same relation to
dry fodder that canned fruit does to the
dried. Is it any wonder that cows pre-.
fer the succulent article, or that the
latter is the better substitute for juicy
food and will produce more milk than
an equal amount of dried cornstalks
Any one who has tried it knows the
difficulty of keeping up the flow of milk
on dry feed. Good care, with early
cut, we'll cured hay and corn fodder,
and liberal grain ration will do good
deal, but as the winter advances the
cows will surely, though slowly, shrink
in their flow, while they lay on flesh
instead. The use of roots will prevent
this shrinkage of the milk flow, but the
cost Of raising such food for stock is too
great. We must either go on in the
old way, drying off our cows in the
most important season, or else we must
make ensilage.
"The only bar to the universal use of
succulent food is prejudice The odor
from ensilage has caused many to de.
clare that it tainted the milk, thereby
affecting the flavor of the butter. So
widespread is this belief that many of
the large milk dealers still stipulate in
their contracts with the farmers that
no ensilage shall be fed This idea
doubtless arose from the fact that when