The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-05-27

gall. Let her rest for a while. Apply cold
water frequently for two or three days,
then rub In twice a day the following lini-
ment: ozs tincture of iodine. 1 OF aqua
ammonia l OF spirits of turpentine and ]
OF. gycerin. Bandage tightly over the
place and repeat the rniment twice day
until well blstered. Then omit the lini-
ment but continue the bandage, greasing
the skin. and give the puff or lump all the
direct pressure possible-piece of cork laid
over the Fluff and then apply the bandage
is effectual. This treatment will remove
the wlndgall, but 1t will come back again
when the animal is put to hard work.
Pear blight.
TO ]. w. W., Jr., Recovery, Ga.-There
are at least three kinds of pear blight"
The fire" blight has not yet yielded TO
any treatment and the only available rem
edy is to cut off every affected limb or
twig about foot below the lowest diseased
portion. The pear scab and the leaf blight
may be prevented by spraying with the
bordeaux mixturea solution OF bluestone
in lime water But it is too late In the
season To do anything now. The spraying
Should commence when the trees first come
in bloom.
Mrs. A. NJ. X, Pear Simpson. Tex.--I
am subscriber to your valuable paper
ana wish you would answer n question. l
Is puffcd all around and is soft-Just one
ankle swollen. He was driven very hard
one day to buggy, about six months ago,
and it. ] suppose, started from that hard
drive Please give me remedy.
There has been spran of one of the
tendons of the leg. Apply hot lamentations
an hour, or longer. at a time, three four
times a day, and continue until all sore
ness seems to have gone. Between the hot
lamentations battle the leg with one pint of
strong vinegar, one handful of common
salt one pint of water. After applying
the liniment each time bandage the leg
as tightly as can be endured with a cotton
cloth bandage. When the soreness is near
~ gone apply the following hniment well
rubbed In, after bathing with hot water
twice a day. and increase the tightness Of
the bandage from day to day: One ounce
each of tincture OF arnica, tincture of
opium turpentine, alcohol, liquor ammonia,
and water TO make one pint If the Iini-
ment seems to irritate the skin too much
suspend it for lew days and grease with
fresh lard until healed, then continue the
liniment OF course the animal must have
complete rest.
Subscriber, Guford College. N. C.-PIcase
give me remedy for COW which is troubled
with thick or lumpy milk i'm udder-some.-
times bloodX-looking. | have two. One
had been milking about two months before
there was anything wrong and the other
about four months. 1t is only in one teat
II is probably mild form of garget Ccur-
died MILK which may be caused by not
stripping the teats clean at milking Give
each of the afflicted COWS a tablespoonful
of saltpeter night and morning i'm a bran
mash and milk with special care to make
sure of getting all the milk away.
A. c. Rainwater. Powelton. Cal herein
inclose you "A stalk of grass taken from my
farm, which came there in some Texas
"A
1t grows well on red lands 1t grows
several feet high on good land. Horses
and COWS are very fond of It. Please let
me know through the Farmers column
the name of the grass. Should il be Sown
broadcaSt or IN drills and cultivated? Any
Information concerning it will be greatly
appreciated.
As a general rule we cannot name a plant
unless a specimen in bloom or in seed be
sent for examination, but in this case we
have little doubt that the grass you sent
is the notorious Johnson grass, so dreaded
by many. 1t IS a very productive hay
grass, but is very difficult to get rid of
II should be sown broadcast at the rate
of one bushel of seed to the acre in Oc-
tober or March. Seedmen keep the seed
for sale.
p. II. s., Sanford, S. C.-NIy horse was
taken about three months ago with lame
ness and since his ankles are swollen and
become raw TO his hoofs. 1t is called by
some greasy heel" Please give me
The disease is more properly known as
grease" so called from the nature of tho
discharge. which is profuse and greasy in
appearance. 1t is not an affection of the
heels or of the hoof but of the ankles and
lower parts Of the legs First give the
horse a pursative: Five drachms of aloes.
one drachm Of ginger, one drachm of gen
tain ana srup, or soap, enough to form
into a ball. Give as one dose. Feed on
bran mashes for a few days. When the
purging is over give a teaspoOnful OF
saltpeter i'm the feed, night and morning,
for three or four days. Apply hot mashed
tUrnip poultices. with powdered charcoal
sprinked over the surface, to the legs,
changing once a day. Continue the pOul-
tees until active Inflammation has sub
sided; then leave them off and apply three
times a day lotion of one ounce of sugar
Of lead dissolved in one pint of water.
Wash the parts often enough TO keep them
clean and poultice them occasionally to
keep the Inflammation down. While using
the lead lotion give one teaspoonful OF
EPSON salts in the food once day.
John w. Quinn. ChorryvilIc. n. CT have
q mule three years old and sic is lame in
her hind legs. She only limps when going
~ hill and when she stands her foot IS
placed under her or the pasture lolnt IS
pitched forward H1e lamencSS seems TO
be in her foot. When first attacked it had
a bad odor and the frog has come out once
through your important paper the name or
tie disease and the remedy. When pulling
she walks on her toes.
This is a simply u bad case of thrush
which is a disease of the frog of the loot
usually caused by the animal standing in
filthy stall especially when the NTH con-
sists mainly of the dung and miro. Horses
ard horse mules generally are affected in
the fore feet, while mares and mare mules
have it in the hind feet-for obvious rea-
sons. First have a clean stall and Keep IL
so. Pare away all diseased and ragged
portions of the frog and keep the foot in a
mashed turnp poultice for day adding
70 tho surface Of the poultice q handful OF
powdered fresh charcoal. Then temoVe
the poultice cleanse the foot WELL scrap
ing out all the crevices and filing them
with calomel. Repeat the scraping out and
the calcmel :. day or two, then dress the
foot with pine tar.
w O. H. HARRISON. Cal have a sub
scriher. MIR j. ID. Wood. He has a sick
mule Can YOU name the disease and give
directions for treatment? The mule is COM
paratiVcly young and in good condition. 1t
seemed to be rs well as ever within two or
three before it got so bad off. 1t first APP
peared to be sweating quite freely and then
IL seemed to tremble considerably and IN
twenty-four hours after being taken SICK II