The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-14
TIMELY INFORMATION.
Answers to rcr.,ncnt Question. ru.

by Farmers.
What Is the best fertilizer for ground
peas on sandy land, RIA *.
Ground peas or peanuts require n soii
with plenty OF lime IN At. or there win bo
many pops" They also require phos.
phoric acid and potash In about equal
quantities.. but little or no nitrogen
mixture Of cauai parts OF acid phosphate
and katnlt, 100 TO SEQ pounds to the acre.
would be good.
Many people are under the Impression
hat the sofa bean makes stock go blind.
no you know, or have you cvI heard of
II doing eof B.W.S.
We have never heard such a cparso
ogatnst sofa beans Tho beans arc a very
concentrated heterogeneous food and 1t IN
posahle when fed IN undue quantities to
weak eyed animals that the effect mlgM
be deloterious. We do not boliove 1t is
correct. as stated.
] have a large quantity OF cotton seed
which wish 20 use as a fertilizer. Is II
necessary 70 KIN them heforc they ara
put on tho land7 II so. what is the best
wayf A.H.l., louisiana
II the seed had boon put on tho ground
carly la February IT would not have boon
| necessary to Kill qhem. as AT that season
they viii soon decay an the ground. If
they art not to be put on tho ground until
tho soil becomes warm enough 10 sprout
them ahen II viii be better to KIN them
before using. as they will thon decay more
quickly, aud 10 furnish food for the grow
tng crop earlier In tho scaaon They can
he killed easily by piling them out OF
doors or, II convenient under a shed, and
voting them thoroughly. IL you can do
40 mix stable manure with them In tho
PIE. ae y VIII make them heat more
promptly. In ten days or two weeks after
the pile IL mnde q viii have heated 30
that all the seed except that on the out
side WI have been Killed. and the pile
should then be shovocd over so ns to put
those seed on the outside into the middle
III tnc pie Another week Will have heat
Cd and KILLED these. and the seed can then
he spread on the ground, where they wtli
decay and act almost ais quickly as cotton
seed meal.
! have a mule four years old that has
got sort Jumps on tho knee joint OF the
left hand leg They arc not sore. They
are growing and are about the siEe OF
guinea egg. Please tell mo what those
CROWNS are and give me remedy.
They are either hog spavins or thor
oughpIns. Your description does not make
1t possible to tell which. Tho dsast has
been called ''w.nd gals Of tho hook, caused
usually by strain or overwork. but prtn-
cipaily by lunging backward upon ths
hind legs When tho swelling Is inside
and In front OF tho hook II Is called a hog
or blood spawn. This Is caused by a dis
tension or rupturng Of tho membranes
which cover the synovial cavity OF the
Joint. Tho swelling is soft and yields TO
The pressure Of the finger Thoronghp.n
differs from bog spawn by being an en-
largernert on the back and inside the up
per part OF the Joint. where in .ts natural
condition IL hollow. This swelling OK
tends across under the tendon, forming
iumor between tho calcis and thigh bone.
BY pressure upon one side the swelling 10
pushed through TO che other side; ana
sometimes there Is connection with swell
Ing IN front. These enlargements rarely
cause lainoness. though sometimes they
cause inflammation OF the parts involved
Blsering and the hot Iron are brought
TO bear on these troubles and sometimes
with success during the ecufe stages: but
otherwise there Is no satisfactory treaa-
ment for them.