The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-03
Bots in HOrses-COIic; Treatment
PInnfing EnrIy Crops.


/. Please tell me what will take worms
or grubbs out of a horse.
2. What is best and surest cure for
horse with severe collie, and how is best
way to tell when he has collie?
8. lost a very fine mare few days ago.
Some said she had collie, some said she had
grubbs and others said she had collie.
Her actions were as follows: She broke
out of her stall, frantic, foaming at her
mouth. snapping her teeth and stretching
violently at p. m, and died at a. m. she
had only been down south a short while,
and had not entirely recovered from dis
temper, otherwise she was not ailing any
4. What is best time to plant for early
market, the following: Butter beans,
sweet and Irish potatoes, green garden
what varieties are most prohtable TO
plant, how to plant, how to fertilize and
how to cultivate each?
8. How is best way TO compact COTTON
seed and how much would you advise to
put per acre to above crops, including su-
6, What is best veterinary book or books
1 can buy on the horse and hog, and where
can l get them? j. ,. I.
There are very few horses that are not
/, 2 and 8. There are a very few
horses that are not infested
with the bot, and it is rarely the
You may set this down as true, that any
animal that is alleged to have died OF bots
died of the collie. The very best groomed
horse has bot grubs every year. Their
presence in the stomach may sometimes
cause collie in a horse, but as a pure and
simple cause of collie or death it is very
rare You need not concern yourself
about their presence in your horses stom-
ach. They will be expelled in due time.
We could give you the usual remedy for
their expulsion, but really 1t is not nee
But if your horse should have
the collie, it is another thing, whether the
result of bots or something else, and he
must be treated for that.
A horse affected with collie shows it by
being unesay, hangs his head and turns
il around to his flank. Sometimes he
makes an effort to urinate, but cannot;
is apt to paw the ground, and as the pain
increases will lie down and turn over or
attempt to do it. The abdomen VIII en-
large more or less generally. Sometimes
he will break into a cold sweat. He will
raise his foot up to his side ottener than
not, and keep turning his head to his
side right side usually. The symptoms
are unmistakable. As soon as the symp-
toms are observed give twenty-five to
forty drops tincture of aconite, twenty
five for a small animal forty for large
one If in course of twenty minutes, the
horse is not relieved, give twenty-five
drops more. In nine out of ten cases the
one dose win relieve. If it does not it
shows a very bad condition, and some
thing further must be done. If practical
BILE get a horse syringe and give large
enema of warm soap SudS and proceed
to rub the abdomen vigorously with Spir-
its of turpentine. When all this is DONE
you have done pretty near everything
YOU can, though there are other remedies
that may be tried. If the first injection
should not act satisfactorily, repeat, US
ing still warmer, almost hot, water. We
have no hesitation in Affirming that this
treatment will cure ninety-tive cases in
100 AS last heroic remedy tapping may
be resorted, though this will require an
% do 400 70 to
is the great specific for collie. We have
used it ourselves for collie on several occa-
siOns and with perfect results, taking as
high as ten drops in one instance. 1t is
a deady poison and must be so labelled
and kept under key, but every horse own
err should keep a half-ounce ready to
hand Rarely does it fail
Butter beans as soon as severe froStS
are over with you, say LIST April, as a
rule; Irish potatoes, January early Feb
ruary; sweet potatoes, bed 18th of Feb
mary: English peas, Overwhelmingly;
sugar cane March Ills; early corn, Feb.
1-15 We prefer dwarf butter beans (Hen-
derson's) that require no stakes. OF Irish
pota we like Burbanks and Goodrich
and st. Patrick and Elephant. As with
butter beans, we prefer the dwarf kinds
of English peas, Tom Ih9 i ana won
sowed in rows two feet apart. OF corn
we prefer Adams Early and Blount's
Prolific. OF sugar cane 1 use the Kino your
neighbors are most pleased win.
You should procure and study Oelmer's
Truck Gardening.
As TO fertilizers Of a commercial kind
use from 500 to 1900 pounds of any COM
piete fertilizer. that is, one containing
about or per cent. nitrogen, per cent
notash and to per cent. of phosphoric
acid. Spread broadcast. Your stable ma
nure ad libitum. -...
& Cannot answer all your questions at
once Continue to make them, and make
distinct and not over three at one time.
&. There are a number of good veteri-
nary works. The government has issued
an excellent work (free) of - pages.
@Disease of the Horse" the American
Farmers Horse Book 600 pages is good;
r,rice- 81 These two would qualify you for
practicing the art of healing-your own
horses, at any rate.
Destroying Bermuda Grass.
1t is frequently the case that it be-
comes desirable to destroy bermuda grass.
- -. he hat some snecial money crop