The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-13
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Farmers
My hogs have got lice on them Please
give some remedy for taking them off,
Can IT be done by feeding any kind OF
medicine have too many to catch thcm
and rub on W. u. Harry, nuffalo, Texas.
Some hog rnisets say that sulphur. II
takon frequently with the feed or with
salt win produce condition of the skin
offensive TO lice and thus keep them of,
! There is also prevalent opinion that
/ sulphur water VIII accomplish the de-
sired result If the animals have free
access to ". but we hnvo not much faith
In these internal remedies. If you rub
the unimals with kerosene emulsion, any
good sheen dip. or weak detection OF
tobacco II win XIII the lice. In the Sent
Weekly Post of November 81 you win see
the result of an experiment made at the
Texas Agricultural station FOR destroying
TICKS on n large scale, which could also
be applied 10 lice.
Give me good remedy for spawn IN
hnrScs ler and ohlige James T., Booth.
Webster, Texas,
Dogs lard. one half pint; best oil mr.
gauum, one aud ouc-hnlf ounce. oil cafe
put. two ounces; pulverized canthprdos.
ono-half ounce Mix md apply each morn
ing for four mornings; then discontinue
It's usr for three DAYS after which use
n before for i've mornings. Wait about
eigh, OF ten days and If not gone repeat
as before.
what are the possibilities with alfalfa
or other tame grasaes in the prairie coast
rnuutry' Docs the continued wet not in
| Jurc n by Hunrtng ~" soil, causing 1t 10
die? II Is claimed IN Nebraska It can ens-
lily be too wot fnr alfalfa, Would llkc nc
/ az 90 pariuasptu1 lnnkyio1f-r THIS 11lPN-
ton Ohlirinp inquirinE minds of the
North and South. \. II. Lichty, Carleton,
ThaYer county. Mob
A pccullari,v OF alfalfa IL that 1t can be
roiscd on nearly every kind az soil. Owing
10 this quality It has brought Into active
service thousands of acres Of otherwise
ueelcss land Moro alfalfa can he raised
on the same amount Of land than any
other grass II yields three crops yenr.
or one OF hay md one Of seed It's hay
tx profitable crop. II produces from
ten to thirty bushels per mere. Alfalfa
has n wonderful effect on climate. II
grows 40 depsc that the rays Of tho sun
seldom strike tho earth at it's roots Thus
the surrounding atmosphere IS cooled TO
"a certain extent, and thousands 81 TONS
of water nrc drawn out of the ground
aud iven on. making the air fresh aud
hcnltnful cut u spear OF alfalfa, or tie n
string around II no tightly that no moist
urc can come from It's roots. In few
hours Won VIII lind II wlthered and dried.
nv this means you may form some ihoa
Of the amount Of moisture coming from
the thousands Of acres Of this grass
II IL true that too much rain IL bad
feature In It's cultivation. because II tho
work of harvesting tx delayed by rains
II is impossible to get the crop on the
ground fast enough to be out OF the way
OF the next one. Alfalfa makes lis best
Weld under irrigation. Under the most
4 all mr. n Ia
"A day IN this locality and can be cut for
hay every fve or six weeks during tho
season.
A. How much IL generally paid for
picIlur Sen Island cotton, and how much
can an average picker pick in day. 2.
How much Will an outfit. 10 properly gin
Sea Island cotton cost to fix the same
ON "A common gin2 3. Is there IA gin for
Sea Island cotton in Houston2 =. *
market for the above cotton IN Houston
or Galveston or any other city IN TeNasP
O., Tell me the average price paid for
Sea Island cotton IN the last five years.
H. Kane some of the uses for this class
of cotton. II. j. Klorres
J. A man who averages go pounds OF
ordinary cotton u day can pick about Ks
pounds of Sea Island. Accordingly he
should he paid from onc-third to one
fourth more per 100 pounds than Tor pick
ing tho ordinary staple.
2 The Mccarthy & English gin IRE
used for ginning out INC cotton from tho
seed.
g. No, but the einners here will secure
tho necessary outfits whenever sufficient
Sea Island cotton Ia planted TO justify
them
4. Houston and Galveston both have
cotton merchants who purchase Sea is-
land cotton. Next scnson 1t ia intended
to establish a regular market for the
long staple ut Houston. with daily quo
tationE.
g. The range OF prices varies 50 that
II would be difficult to give you figures;
30 much depends on staple, preparation.
etc The longer the staple and whittier the
cotton. the better the prices. Strength or
staple IL tho most important factor In It's
sale. Prices have ranged In Georgia and
Florida from IL to ~ cents: Sea islands
South Carolina. from 10 to 20 cents.
G. The principal users are Northern
and foreign spinners. The uses TO which
Il Is put are too numerous to mention
Among them. however ia the making or
threads. yarns, lacea, handkerchief BIZ
cycle tires. n few OF the articles manu-
featured.