Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-14
TIMELY INFORMATION.
Answers to Pertinent Questions Put ny
Farmers.


Farmers.
My hogs have got lice on them. Please
rive some remedy for taking them off
Can II he done by feeding amy kind Of
medlelne7 have too many TO catch them
and rub on W. u, Harry. Bufaio, Texas.
Some hog raiatrp say that sulphur. u
taken frequently with the feed or with
snlt. VIII produce condition Of tho skin
offensive TO Ice and thus Keep them on
There Ia also prevalent opinion that
sulphur water Will accomplish the de-
sired result " the animals have free
access to Il, but We have not much faith
In these Internal remedies. n you rub
tho animals with kerosene emulsion, any
good sheep dip, or a weak dococilon of
tobacco, II will kill the lice. In the SEMI
Weekly rost OF November 81 yon will ser
the result OF an experiment made al the
Texas Agricultural station for destroying
ticks on n large scale. which could also
be applied to lice,
Give me good remedy for SPAWN In q
horse's lee and obige James r. Booth.
Webster Texas,
Dogs lard. one half mint; best oil mr.
rnuutn. one and une-half ounce; oil Gale
put. two ounces pulycrlaed cauthnrldea,
oue.hnlf ounce Mix and apply e1ch m1tn-
Ing for four mornings: then discontinue
It's use for three days, after which i've
ns before for I'VE merninFs wait ahou,
einht or ten days and n not gone repeat
as before.
what are the ncsrihliitrs with alfalfa
or other tame grasses IN the prairie coast
country Docs thc continued wet not In
jurc u by souring the soil causing It TO
dir1 II ~ claimed IN Nebraska II can cus-
NY be too wet fer alfalfa Would ike nc
tuni experimental knowledge on this 1ues-
tion. Ohliciug iuduirlng minds OF the
North aud South. !. u, Lchty, Carleton,
Thaycr county, Neh.
A peculiarly OF alfalfa - that u enn b.
raised on nearly every kind Of soil, Owins
to this quality II has brought into active
service thousands q acres u otherwise
useless land, More alfalfa can he ralicd
on the same amount OF land than any
other rrnss II yields three crops year,
or one N hny aud one Of seed It's hay
Is profitable crop II produces from
ton 70 thirty bushels per acre. AlfllfA
has u WONDERFUL effect on climate, II
grows 30 dense that the rays NJ the sun
seldom strike the earth al It's roots. Thus
the surrounding ntmornhere II cooled %
a certain extent. and thousands 81 tons
" winter are drawn out OF tho ground
and given on, making the air fresh and
Z hralthful Cut q spear OF alfalfa, or 10
tt'irr around II On tightly that no mos
tire can come from It's roots, In u few
hours you viii md II witherfd ana dried.
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the Thousands Of acres OF 'hls grass
IL 10 true ihhi ,to nueh ran ~"
l feature In rs cultivation, because " the
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hay every hNo OF Hh -"0'A' "'''"F WV
SEASON.
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..t.,,t,,. eon isiard oeiton and how much
a,"rars ricpcr nirl, In n dave
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