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Poll Evil.

T. s. G., Pilot Point, Texas-Please tell
me what to do for my mare. she has
knot or swelling behind each ear caused
from carrying q chain around her neck
| noticed II about two weeks ago. am
afraid II is Poll evil. Please tell me what
to do for her.
Answer: Such a case requires quick
and energetic treatment or n hstula VIII
result. which will be difficult to cure. III
is true. however, that sometimes 1t comes
on very gradually. If .he Jumps are not
and tender. bathe for half hour with coid
water three times a day, and after each
bathing apply lotion made by dis5oiV-
ing half ounce of acetate of lead In one
quart of water. If there be TO heat or
tenderness, or such has been relieved py
the above treatment rub the Jumps Wen
with little of mixture of two drains
Of cantila rides and one ounce of lard. Ike
peat this every two weeks and continue
for several months. If necessary. Do not
uSe the bearing rein when driving her.
If matter forms, the Jumps Will have TO
be opened and the treatment changed ac-
cordinglv. Clean out with water and then
take n strip of soft muslin and dip 1t in
terchlcride (tutter OF antmOny, end
press II into the orening, draw IL out and
put in another and let this remain for
some hours Then draw it out, and let
II alone for three DAYS; then repeat and
so on every third or fourth day. Treat all
openings I'm the same way. and continue
until all the unhealthy flesh is DESTROYED.
Then dress as a simple sore until 1t fully
heals up.
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Arsenic Poisoning.

A. w. G.. Jeh T. o.. S. CT have a good
young mule that has n large wart on in
side of left hind leg some twelve or four
teen inches above hook. 7 put arsenic on
Il two years ago. that eat the wart OFT,
and tho skin healed over the sore: but
Cne wear age n lump formed under tho
skin. I had the skin split and took out
some Jumps that looked something like
n pig or shoat's kidneys. and one or two
about as large rs kidney, others smaller
down to n partridge egg. Now the knots
are coming back. and over a broader sur
face. Please tell me what to do for the
mule. ] viii look for an answer In the
Constitution. as ! am a subscriber.
Answer: am not prepared 10 say
just what treatment would be likely TO
prevent the formation of the lump. nor
am / certain that they are the result OF
the treatment of the warts with arsenic.
Try blistering, applying once in ten days
or two weeks an ointment Of onc-ndlt
dram of binioGide of mercury and hall
ounce of cantharides with two ounces OF
lard.
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Asparagus Culture.

Mrs II A. steele Guntersville. Ala.-
7 wish 10 reset an old asparagus oed.
VIII Won please tell me through the col
unps Of YOUR valuable paper now ana
when to do II, kind OF manure 10 uSe'
etc?
Answer-You do not indicate whether
Il IS a small bed for family use only or
an acre or so for market supply. The
soil for asparagus should be exceedingly
rich deeo and well drained. Prepare the
land bv plowing or spading in not less
than 100 tons of stable manure TO the
acre. 1t would perhaps be better TO scat
tor about two-thlrds of the amount on
tba surface and then plow It in and at
the same time subsoil the land as deeply
ae possible. Is inches If you can. Then
scatter the remainder of the stable ma
nure and harrow II in and narrow the
soil until fine and mellow. This may be
dome in the early winter. or at any rate,
bafore February 1st. About the latter
late Law off the rows three to four feet
anart and open them out, deep and wide,
cen to twenty-four inches apart and deep
enough to bring the crowns about two
inches beneath the surface when the fur
rows are flied up. After the plants have
started to grow apply as a top dressing
inst before n cultivation Il mixture of 100
hounds of cotton seed meal. 400 pounds
Of acid phosphate and 400 pounds of kainit
Der acre or more of each In proportim
as YOU may have failed to apply the
amount of stable manure suggested. 1t
is not practicable TO make the land too
rich for asparagus Buy your one or two
year old roots from a reliable nursery
man who grows them for sale. and YOU
will save from one TO two years as COM
pared with sowing the seed and growing
your seedlings.
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THEY CALL COMPANY a TRUST.
Suit Is Brought Against the Vir-
g;nia-Carolina Combine.

Knoxville, Tenn. October 23.-(Special)
a sensa tionaI litigation has just begun
in Hawkins county, Tennessee. against
the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company,
of Richmond. Va 1t IS alleged by RO-
gan. Nice & Smith, of RoEersville. Tenn,
that this company IS a fertilizer trust,
and has secured almost all the fertilizer
industries In Virginia. South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. and has
caused other to act with it IN raising the
price of fertilizer from $50 to s. per ton.
The bill seeks TO regulate the price OF
fertilizer and relieve the trust slrua-
ton. Il possible. and also TO recover 5000
as damaCes. II bids fair to be a hotly
contested case. involving the trust laws
OF Tennessee.
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Peavinns-WaShed Soil.

w. b. f. Lewis, Lewiston, La.-Please
answer the folIwing questions In The
Constitutions
1: Have you ever made the experiment
to determine how much more can be
made per acre by fall plowing under
fair growth of pea vines after killing
frost or any time in the fall over where
1t is not plowed In the fall or before
Christmas for either corn or cotton?
2 After the top soil has been washed
off by floods or hard rains, can the clay
be made to produce as good crop or does
the clay. or hardpan. as 1t is called. CON
tain as much plant food in an unsoiuble
state as the top soil, ana Will frequent
stirring cause II TO be as productive az
the top soil?
g. I have read in an agricultural paper
that bone dust was much the best as
source of acid phosphate than rock acid
phosphate. claiming the rock acid phos-
phate to be insOluble and therefore
would not do Its full part in producing
plant growth and fruitage. In
your experiments which 90 You you
of each, and how much would each nave
to cost to make each equal ton Tor ton!
4. Please give me the address oil the
North Carolina experiment station.
Answer. No. I have never made ex-
actlv that experiment. but i have made
n much more practical series Of expert
ments in regard TO the proper and most
profitable disposition of crop of cow
peas, covering period of two years. The
results showed that the most profitable
disposition of a crop of cowpeas Is ID
to make hay of the vines at the proper
stage, 60 to let the peas ripen and gather
them and turn under the vines early In
November, go to NOW the vines and let
them lie on the surface and turn them
under early in November, and (D the
least profitable method was to turn under
the vines when at the proper stage to
mow for hay. These experiments arc
detailed IN bulletins q and II or the
Georgia experiment station.
. Just as good and productive n SOIL
can be made Of and on the clay after the
top soil has been washed away as inc
original top soil was.
3 Bone dust is not much the best
source of acid phosphate as compared
with rock phosphate. because when mace
soluble by dissolving In sulphuric acid
the soluble phOsphoric acid is subStan-
tally and chemically the same. II raw
bone be the source il contains nitrogen
and for that reason is more valuable.
have thoroughly tested the value of un-
dissolved raw bone as compared with acid
nbosDhate as a source of available phoS-
phoric acid and found that the raw bone
1whcn not treated with Sulphurlc acld)
has very little effect-eXcept Tor the nj
trogen il supplies. But have never tried
a dissolved raw bone in competition WIN
a dissolved rock phosphate. The ecld
that is present in the insoluble form IN
an acid phosphate made Of rock Is prac-
ticaIlv Worthless So also the undis-
solved phosphoric acid that IS present
In an acid phosphate made of animal
bone is practically worthless.
Raleigh. y. g.
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Teosinte.

]. NJ. Warner, Belaeld. Va--IIow Go
you pronounce the world "teosinte
same. I planted a lot OF this for fodder
and it beat anything in the line of raising
cheap feed l ever saw. But the edges
are ike a tina saw. I never fed any to
stock. and do you think 1t safe 10 feed
green or dry fodder? 1t is highly recon-
mended by the seedman for feed. What
result viii the rough edges have on stock
VIII the saw edge irritate the mouth.
threat and stomach, and finally kill the
stock that eat 1t or do you think II IS
safe to feed. If the general opinion IS safe
on the Endorsement Of feeding the teo-
sinte? I Will grow IL extensively.
Answer: l have usually heard II pro-
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Pecan Culture.

G.. w. Sledge, Duck Iiill. Miss.-1 see
several inquiries about pecan culture, dis
tance. Please let me give my experience
in moving them. ] moved one while
Young soon after the war and ii never has
borne anything but faulty pecans. |
have three that were never moved and
they bear nearly every year. l believe
they should be planted right where you
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Callicarpa American. or "French
Mulberry"

Mrs. J. J. Bunch, Poverty Hlr, S. c.
Last fall | sent to you a sample OF plant
and asked for the name of il. You lost
1t and did not reply for some time. Then
you asked through your columns for an
other piece of plant. As it was impos-
sible to send II ,hen. the birds having
eaten the berries. i D4a not trouble you
with a letter. Now l send you another
piece of the plant and desire the name of
il. II grows from four to eight feet
high: has spikes like this with berries.
Birds and chickens are very fond Of
them. Some persons call K wild null
berry. Most every one -DowS II, but all
say they now no name for 1t. / have
curiosit, know II II mas any medicinal
value. ell as its name.
Answer-The berries sent are those of
calncarpa Americana, or French null
berry" the latter being the common
name, although II is not at all nearly
related 10 the mulberry. 1t belongs TO
the verbena family Strange as II may
SEEM. L am not aware that IL has any
medicinal or economic value
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from your druggist two drains Of binio-
dide of mercury and mix 1t well with )
ounces of vaseline. Rub little OF this
ointment on the different parts. After
twenty-fOur hours wash 1t off and rub
on little sweet lard. In a week, or
when 1t is well of the effects of the tirst
rub on a little more, and so
on for two months. BY that time the
ointment will have absorbed the thicken-
ed skin, leaving Il soft, pliable, healthy
skin. that Will not crack. II usually re-
quires two or three months to effect
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Fertilizer Formula for Wheat.

G.. T. Brown. Grovanla. Cal see In
the serial No. 36 for commercial fertilizers
and chemicals the following formula for
wheat: One hundred and thirty pounds
sulphate of ammonia. $50 pounds OF acid
phosphate and ninety pounds of muriate
Of potash Isn't this too much potash for
anything? What is the difference be-
tween sulphate Of ammonia and cotton
seed meal?
Answer-The mixture you refer 10 was
recommended by the experiment station
at Beauregard. France. IL would analyze
about: Phosphate acid, per cent; pot
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Two-Year-Old Peanut Seed.

II. T. Hewell. Shellman. Cal noticed
few weeks ago some one wrote you 10
know If two-year-old peanuts would do
for seed. l have waited for some one else
to answer, but as there have been three
answers, one positive and two negatives,
I've decided TO tell you my experience
In 1896 / raised a large crop of Spanish
peanuts. saved a great many, thinking
| would sell what I did not plant the next
year bur there was no demand for them.
so | kept them over until the year OF
1893. not saving any seed from my crop Of
1897. l had no hesitancy in doing so as
had seen my father do the same. 80 an
1898 l planted my crop Of peanuts with
seed raised in 1896 and never had n bet
ter stand at any time than | did IN lS9'.
/ will state, however. that in 1895 / plant
ed about one gallon Of saelled peanuts
that / had left over from planting ny
crop OF 1897 anu only two out Of the gal
Ion came up or gerrninated. SO YOU see
II will not do to shell them before you
are ready TO plant them.
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OA 81 II @ II e As
rn. The ElH8 Yen Has kssys Bsssts
s''7s'''' 4 &<XAzzezS3
MAY BECOME A TRUST FINALLY
Cotton Seed Oil Mill Men in Carolina
Hold Conference

Columbia. S. c. October 24-(Special.)
The cotton seed oil mill men Of South
Carolina held q quiet meeting here and
formed a combina ton Tor their mutual
benefit. The business has grown Cuor-
mously in the last ten years Nineteen
years ago the first small Lllll was estao-
}Shed now there are nlty-seEen mills
and many Of them are large. They crush
annually 23JC0j tons of seed, and t. IS TO
get the seed that the mills are conccrned-
They have buyers on the road getting
seed at stations all over the state. IN
many instances mills have been forced
90 buy seed q hundred miles away and
from the territory Of other mills freight
charges and prices have gone UP. The
result Of the conference is that the mills
Will all buy on uniform basis getting
the use Of established warehouses and
scales. and that the territory adjacent
mills VIII not be invaded by buyers from
more distant mills This wiil tend to
drown competition and keep down prices.
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ncunced "te-o-sint." with main accent on

ncunced "te-o-sInt,' with main accent on
the first syllable.
| have not heard Of any evil results
from feeding teosinte 10 i've stock Ihe
edsfs of the blades are certainly not
rougher than those of the ordinary
swamp cane, Of which | have not heard
any complaint TeOSiGte has been cui1-
waited. to q limited extent. long time
1t produces a very large quantity of nu-
tritiOus forage and the only serious OBJ
stacle to IT'S culture S the
fact that II does not mature seed IN
this country excepting in the coast re-
gicu. I made experiments with II eight
or nine years ago and the yield Of for
age was enormous.
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want them to stay. 1 now have ninety
seven trees from six to eight years old.
planted on a branch bottom. Only one
bore this year. | put them thirty feet
apart and there made a mistake. | should
have put them forty feet apart / am
cultivating the land and expect to plant
1t in Hurds grass and clover as soon as
Ii fails to make corn and cotton
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Diodia Teres, or Rough Button
Weed"

John Williamson, Midway. Ala.-Please
give me name for inclosed specimen and
oblige
Answer-The plant sent Is Diodla Teres.
the common name of which is Rough
Button Weed" 1t is vile and useless
weed
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Chronic SyInphangitis.

Subscriber" Gravella, Ala.-I have
horse that was kicked about year ago
bv a mule. once on the knee and once on
the fetlock joint of his rig' hind leg.
1t is swollen nearly the size Of an ele-
pnants leg, but seems to be going down
some lie IS not lame at all. and ii does
not Interfere with his work or travel,
but is very unsightly. Please give remedy,
if any. and oblige an old subscriber.
Answcr-It IS not probable that you
can reduce the size OF the leg after so
long waiting. II tne swelling goes down
when the horse is at work there is some
chance TO relieve. II should be smooth
~ bandaged when the animal is put in the
stable for the night, the bandage extend
ing from the foot up as high as the hook.
Remove the bandage when he goes out
10 work Every fourth day rub the leg
with tincture of iodine. The disease is
sometimes called elephant leg"
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Bad Teeth-Maybe Bighead.

T. NJ p, Opelousas. La have a
mare three and 0ne-half wears old. Last
winter she began to cough. I considered
it distcmper. She still coughs little At
times and has "a lump under her throat
When she goes to chew corn she turns
her head to one side as If Il hurt her
I'm The spring ! put her on good pasture.
she began to lose flesh. | had the lam
pas cut out ana began to feed her corn
twice per day. She improved for a few
weeks I pat her under the saddle for a
month. she began to fall off. quit using
her and have been giving her the best q t.
tentiou for the past two months, but She
does not improve. I had to have the lam
pas cut ont few days ago. IIeaSe give
me your advice.
Answer our description IS too incom-
p'cte TO enable me to say what is the mat
ter. 4 cough IS nothing more than a
symptom ana which may be due to any
one OF several causes The turning Of the
head 10 one side when grinding corn sug
lrests the possibility OF a deCayed tooth,
or worse stfll bighead. a disease that IS
not uncommon in the Mississippi valley.
Examine her teeth and possibly you may
ind out what IS the matter. If It is
bighead the only hope is 10 improve the
general health by administering tonics,
such as CinchOna. nuXVomfca, bOneSet,
oxide Of iron, etc, ana carminatives such
as ginger. fOcnugrek, pepsn, etc, and
sound nutritious food. Try the follow
ing. One dram Of nuXvomiCa one dram
III copperas; one dram Of foenugrek seed;
two drains of gentian (powderedl. Give
as one dose night and marning for four
davs Then give once day for four
.6ays one tablespoonful of ground timson
weed seed. Then give the other ana 50
on, alternating.
or course YOU should stop feeding corn
and substitute scaldod oats. wheat bran,
corn meal and good fodder or hay
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Georgia Dairyman's Association

VIII hold its annual session at Griffin
Ga. October 3ist and November lst. Ex-
Governor W. -. Hoard. editor Of Hoard.s
Dsiryman. probably the best and most
widely circulated dairy paper in the
world, Will attend and deliver an address
other distinguished speakers from home
and abroad VIII also be on hand.
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Structure Cured Painlesslv.

MY home cure for structure g. nositi,.o
ana painless. Write mo fully about vour
case. J. Newton Hathaway. Al b.. 22ia
l.. Broad St, Atlanta, Ga.
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Chronic Scratches,

c. r. Price. HansCnviile. Val nave
n fno mare seven years old, which has
bo,. hind +, et since last April ] first
noticed a small spot about the size of the
thumb nail aad it soon began to spread
rapidly on the back part OF foot between
b.af and anllIe ioint ! at once began to
treat for scratches and thought | had it
about healed over when she hurt i one
dav while ! was blowing her SO 1t began
to- Get worse again. So ! began TO treat
II again by using different remedies end
got il about wen again. as | thought.
and quit using her very much and turned
her out and would doctor it occasionally,
but il is not well yet and the skin seems
drv and hard and does not hair over.
When | keep her up of q night her ankle
swclls. Sometimes it gets raw and
cracks.
Answer: IT IS n chronic form of
scratches. which sometimes succeeds a
successful treatment Of the acute form
and requires n srecial treatment Get
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Do you not receive the bulletin of Geor-
gia experiment station?



i. A. s., Guntersville, Aia.-I have
sown sixty acres of bottom land-in places
white pipe clay, other portions mulat.o
clay. other portions fairly good soil: Ii
seasons suit and properly cultivated from
twenty to thirty-fivc bushels of corn are
made per acre. If the season is either
too wet or too dry the crop is almost
a failure. 1t dries off, an average spring.
in April for corn planting, but II not
broken at night time breaks In large
clods. and heavy rain Will run II to-
gether as hard as before breaking. While
the land is wet in spring, If the summer
is dry the land becomes very dry. Inc
land does not seem to have the capacity
to retain moisture in dry weather. L
have been thinking of sowing the land or
a portion of ii in Johnson grass. but am
fearful the seeds will get across creek
bodering the land. whore / have some inc
Tennessee river bottom land that is very
valuable Please advise me.
Answer.--I think It quite probable that
the best treatment for the land described
would be to tile drain 1t, laying the tlles
not less than three feet deep. Then cul-
tivatc the land i'm rotation; corn ana peas,
oats and wheat, and wheat, peas, cotton,
fertiliZing the oats and wheat ana cotton
literally and the corn moderately.
Whether to plant in Johnson grass or
no Is a question you must determine Tor
yourself. / would not do II unless hdl
a good. assured market for the nay. IL
YOU will relgi0usly prevent IT from go
ing TO seed II will not spread other"lse'
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Opium. F1orphine Frae Treatment

Cure guara nteed at homo without pain.
Trial free. DR.. Tucker. IS and % Broad
St. Atlanta, Ca
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ASH s per cent; nitrogen, per cent. ]

ash. per cent; nitrogen, 4 per cent. 1
think 1t has toe much potash
On the very page of serial No. 80 on
which you saw the formula above occurs
the composition of sulphate of ammonia,
monia contains about 10 to 81 per cent
of nitrogen, and nothing else of value
as 4 fertilizer. Cotton seed meal con-
tains: Available phosphoric acid, 21s per
cent; potash, I1s per cent; nitrogen. per
cent.
The formula for wheat recommended
i'm bulletin A. Georgia experiment sta
tion. Is as follows:
Acid phosphate "a per cent? ...... 200 10
Muriate of potash :. :. =. :. so 10
Cotton meal ...... .... ............ 5OO 10
750 10
Do Won NOT rccetve tho bulletin of Geor-