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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
spraIned Llqaments.

Please advise me through The Semi
Weekly Journal as to the trouble and
treatment Of my horse.
About two months back my saddle
horse began to get lame in the right front
foot or leg. This took place after hard
siege under the saddle over very rocky
and stumpy roads. The horse at first
began to limp a little as he was taken
from the stable, and after standing for
while hitched, the limping would clear up
after a little travelling. These conditions
grew rapidly worse, so that in ten or
twelve days after the first symptoms 1
had to cease using him. The pasrern
Joint has swollen to almost twice the
size of that of the sound leg, the swelling
also extending Almost up 10 knee JOINT.
The swelling seemed to have been very
painful as the horse would kick the sides
of the stable frequently while lying down
at night, and in the morning could scarce
~ get up at all on account Of the stin
and painful leg The painful condition
now is almost, past but the swelling con-
tinues; it has subsidized but a little.
/ have measured the horses HOOKS with
a. tape. the foot on affected side meas
ures from is to IA inch less in diameter
than the opposite. the measurements be-
ing taken at several different places on
each hoof notice you advise this when
suspecting contracted hoof. Gould a dill
erence of Is to Ia OF an inch amount 10
contracted hoof7 I have discovered unat
foot on affected side is warmer than the
other.
The horse is looking much better now
than when the painful condition OF swell
ing was on. / mean that he has gained
considerable flesh. He is gay ana play
fully enough when turned out.
Please tell me what is the matter with
the horse and give treatment. A. j. s.
Answer-The swelling Of the. pastern
Joint indicates sprains OF the hgamehts
there.
1t is impossible to know how mucn
tearing loose or lacesation there has been
Hand rubbing with alcohol spirlus OF
camphor. etc. is about all you can now
do to benefit the injury. I am a nrm De-
lever in the efficiency Of apple vinegar as
compared with other medicines Tor extern
al use in embrocations.
I would keep the swollen leg wet Win
a sponge soaked in vinegar and Danoaseo
over the swollen part OF the leg:
The heat in the ankle, caused oy the
fever. would reduce the size OF the moor,
so it would measure the difference you
found in the feet.
A real case Of contracted foot VIII snow
quite a difference when measured as care
fully as you have done.
I once had fast trotter with a spralneo
liqament in the hind ankle that practical
ly fully recovered.
still a sprained leg Is always care 70
toe skiIlful horse owner. 1t remains weak
er than its mate that has never been
ia'eiS'eu' B.. W. h
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
Book for Reference.

VIII you kindly give me the name and
price Of a book which treats Of stock,
COWS particularly? I am altogether igno-
rant on the subject and want to begin at
the beginning. 1 want something that
Will tell about milk cows, milking and
breeding, but not too expensive. w.
Covington, Ga.
use as a book OF reference regarding
cow diseases, Bovine Medicine and Sur
gerry. by j. Woodruff Hill, price IS or So.
While this is an English book. 1t is the
fullest know. This and all other works
on veterinary subjects should be filled by
notes Of the advance made in scientific
discovery.
For illustration, no published work car
rying the weight OF authority gives the
discovery OF DR.. ]. Schmidt, Of Denmark.
as TO successful treatment of milk fever
by injecting solution Of iodide Of potas-
stun into the udder through the teatR
Nor would any such work now in print be
safe on cattle fever or give any direction
for safely making cattle immune to tick
fever.
A valuable work will be found In the
publication Of the United States depart
ment OF agriculture, entitled. Diseases
of Cattle and Cattle Feeding 1Ss2.
This. IL not out OF print, can be OBJ
tanned through your member Of congress-
or through one OF the Georgia senator's
II out of print IL can be bought cheaply
of one Of the secondhand book stores In
Washington.
Feeding Animals" by Elliott w. Stew
art, devotes attention to the rearing and
feeding OF horses, cattle, dairy cows,
sheep and swine. Stewart does not Ill
his pages with print without saying some
thing valuable on every page. I think
the book costs $50 to 81.
The United States department Of agri-
culture has published annual reports Of
the bureau OF animal industry that should
be in the library OF every stock raiser.
The breeding OF cattle is fuller treated
through the different periodicals. For In
stance, regarding Jersey cattle breeding
much valuable information appears
through the Jersey Bulletin. published In
indianapolis. Ind On beef cattle the
Breeders Gazette, Chicago, Ill, Is an ar-
thority, and they are publishers OF the
best work on short horn cattle.
Mrs. Jones, OF Canada, wrote a book OF
dairying highly spoken OF at time OF pub
lication. Dairying north and in Georgia
however. are very different things.
Hoard's Dalryman. published at Fort
Atkinson, Wis, has the largest circula-
ton OF any exclusive dairy paper. Mr.. v.
z. Fuller who made famous the Saint
Lambert cattle, also publishes a practical
dairy paper in Buffalo, n. 7. A letter 70
" E. Fuller, care Jersey Advocate, Bur
falo. n. Y, will, I think, reach HIM
An application for the bulletins as Is
sued By the department Of agriculture at
washington, will obtain those publica-
lions relating to animal industry. II
have not quite caught the spirit OF your
inquiry, please write again
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
Some Timely Advice.

For a long time IL has been supposed
that mosquitoes were the agents by which
the malarial parasite was carried and
transferred from one being to another.
This hypothesis has been recently proved
a fact, and experiments conducted by an
English surgeon in southern India, and
by eminent Italian investigators show con-
clusively that certain species of mosqui-
toes are responsible for the spread OF ma
larial fever. Persons suffering from ma
larial fever were permitted to be bitten
by mosquitoes belonging to the genus an
opheles. These mosquitoes were then al
lowed TO bite persons in whose blood no
malarial organisms had been found, and I'm
a few days the individuals bitten came
down with the true malarial fever. 1t is,
therefore. Of the utmost Importance that
farmers and others should take every pre-
caution in preventing the breeding of mos
quitoes in their immediate vicinity. Spe-
cial attention should be given TO rain
barrels. tubs, cisterns, vaults, ponds and
other places where mosquitoes breed
Small quantities Of kerosene distributed
over the surface OF the water viii destroy
the larvae and in many instances epidem-
les of malarial fever can be avoided. This
timely topic is treated fully in a detailed
article in the May number OF Good House
keeping. advertised In this paper. and we
advise our readers to secure a copy and
thoroughly post themselves about this
important matter.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
Swollen Ankle.

Please inform me what to do for my
mule. think she has something like ring
hone She limps a little when she first
comes out of the stable. Her ankle swells.
When she works the swelling disappears
Please answer at once. D. h u
Hartwell. Ga.
Answer-Ringbone does not show more
swelling at one time than at another: ~
is a growth of bone on the ankle ana j.
constant If ii grows. 1t is so SLOW as 10
be only noticed as larger after possibly
years growth of the bony deposit. Hence
the swelling that you say disappears Is
not ringbone. If you have case OF ring
bone you have also some other trouDle
in the mules ankle that causes the swell
ing. 1 recommend wetting sponge In
pure apple vinegar and applying 1t over
the swollen ankle. Bandage this wet
sponge at night on the ankle ana let II
stay until morning. You might commence
with the wet bandage as low down as the
TOP Of the hoof and wrap upward untl
Won cover the entire swelling. Elasuc
flannel cut in strips IL inches wide.
feet long will make good horse leg
bandage. d w. IL
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19

one place, or If he moves It Is with q no.
tieably jerky gait. There is marked pros
tration; the animal will fall on the knees
and II may require several attempts TO
arise. Some act as though they were
crazy, but the majority are stupid There
Is more or less frothing at the mouth and
almost constant swinging af the head
from side to side, whether In standing po-
sition or lying down. The movements are
indicative OF pain. The course is Of very
short duration, from two to 80 hours, the
majority living less than six hours Too
often the history is that the cattle were
all right In the evening and from one to
eight found dead in the morning. AS the
cause is not known, and a successful
treatment has not been discovered, the
prevention or means Of relief can not be
prescribed except by using cut fodder.
Several outbreaks have been reported
in the past two weeks, and in a number
of outbreaks OF supposed blackleg. DR..
Craig, assistant state veterinarian, has
found this to be present instead. The dis
ease is not contagious and can not spread
from one farm to another. The occur
renee OF a few cases in a community
should not brighten others 20 discard the
use OF the field for feeding
A. w. BITING,
Veterinarian.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
About the Word Christmas.

Mrs. Mary Trammell Scott has the fol-
lowing timely suggestion as to the popu-
lar manner of writing Christmas:
Let no thoughtless Photographer write
it Xmas" she protests, and continuing
says further:
1--WE often been tempted to make this
abreviation, but have always been pre-
vented by a feeling that has never been
analyzed until now. The custom of max
ing this sign for Christmas is becoming so
universal that II is destroying the beauty
of one of the most beautiful words in
written English. Even on calendars and
dainty Christmas cards we see this, gro
tesque word. The day that celebrates the
dearest, tenderest and most important
event of all history is year after year be-
ing desecrated in the way 1t is being spent
and now must we have the word itself
shorn of its beauty by lazy abbreviation.
1.-THE cross is a symbol of humanity, but
not of the living Christ whom Christians
commemorate. Christmas is not a cross
festival nor cross mass, but church
festival according to Webster; a loving
tribute paid to One who bore but laid
aside the cross for crown.
writers who would never think OF
marring their manuscript with slang ex-
preston do not hesitate to take an I'M
lawful liberty with this word. No lexico-
grapher has licensed it yet, so far as
know; then, according to good English, it
is incorrect and, when we stop to think
about it, IT is irreverent.
I'VE may not be able to stop the boist-
erous, unchristian manner OF some in
their attempt to celebrate the day, but we
can check this piece of thoughtlessness
and preserve the word Christmas sacred
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
Died From Eating Sorghum.

win Won please tell me what was the
matter with my Jersey bull. nave Deeh
feeding him on sorghum about TWO
months. commenced feeding MIN as
soon as it was headed out ana nave Leo
him all the time preparatory to put MIN
on the market After I cut 1t have been
feeding cured sorghum and sorghum and
neavines. He has had the run OF GOOD
bermuda pasture, well Watereo Win
large branch, and seemed to be In perfect
health all the while.
ON November 30 fed him as usual ana
when 1 went to feed the next morning
found him dead in his stall. He was on
his launches as " he had been struck a
deadly blow on the head and seemed TO
have died without a struggle. He was
also badly swollen and after he was car
RED off YOU could plainly see him swell
ling. He ate all his feed and was in fne
order. SODSOH'AoG hS
Newman. Ca
think the bull died OF asphyxiatlon.
whether he was over fed, or what nrst
induced the fatulency OF course can not
say.
Personally. do not like sorghum, owing
IN its hard cutting bark. I tried it faith
fully for ensilage and was always AFRAID
~ the sharp bark even after it was run
through a cutter and preserved IN sllo,
which has a softening effect on most 1000
plants. The fault belongs to All the cane
family. 1870. -,
Besides this the experiment stations OF
the western states have issued bulletins
on the occasional death OF stock fed on
we can raise so many safe food fodder
nlan+s that II is better policy not TO raise
those that Unexpectedly cause loss.
will also reprint q press bulletln on
corn stalk disease from Pudoue expert
ment station:
This term is applied to a disease or pos
sibly several diseases occasioned as re-
s,,lt ~ nasturing cattle In stalk fields
late In the fall or early in the winter. An
outbreak. il one should occur, usually
takes place In from two to fourteen days
after the animals are turned upon the
stalks. The great majority OF cases &C.
cur between the fifth and the eighth days.
It is also observed that all animals that
do become affected, die within TWO or
three days Of each other. There is MOTH
ing in the appearance Of the fodder to
Indicate that 1t may cause trouble. Cat
tle NAV Craze and do well on one held
and from 10 to so per cent be lost on
changing to another field separated from
the first by a fence. 1t makes no differ
ence whether the cattle are allowed TO
O-razA for only a few hours or left in all
dav. After one outbreak has occurred, 1t
Is rarely the case that a second will fol-
low. The disease has never been reported
from feeding cut fodder, even when taken
from the same field as that in which dis
ease has occurred from grazing. The
cause has never been determined, but II
Is most often observed after dry season.
The general symptoms are that the ami
NAL appears dull, persists in standing In
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.

Mrs. L. L. X, Rex. 'Ga.-As am con-
slant reader OF The Journal, please tell
me where I can sell some strawberry
plants2 have some nice hardy ones Of
the finest strains.
Answer-Your best plan would be to in
sert a short advertisement in the Semi
Weekly, giving number Of plants you
have for sale, the variety and price per
thousand. Address Advertising depart
ment OF the Semi-Weekly Journal, If you
desire 10 pursue that course. I do not
know OF any person who wants plants
at this time, but a short advertisement
Ouce
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
PARK AND WRIGHT
ARE HIGHLY PRAISED

The treasury department and the comp
troller generals office were highly praised
by the legislative committee which made
investigations last week. The report Of
the Investigations was filed just before
the close OF the session. No other state
house Offices were examined. The follow
ing is the report OF the committee:
ITO the General Assembly:
The subcommittee of the joint finance
committee. after a most careful exami-
nation OF the Offices Of Comptroller Cen
eral W A. Wright and Treasurer r. =.
Park submit the following report:
The undersigned, constituting the sub
committee from the joint standing com
mittee on finance have examined the &C
counts. vouchers and books OF the comp
troller general and treasurer, as required
BY the code. and respectfully submit that
the books OF these officers are models Of
neatness and accuracy.
The books OF the treasurer at the close
OF the day OF the eth OF December, 1901,
showed on hand S1,0S7. 1918 and said
amount corresponds with the books of the
comptroller generals Office. Your COM
mittee verified the truth Of the balance
shown by the books by actually counting
the cash in the vault, and examining the
statements OF the different state deposit
tories as 10 the balance on hand with
them.
in the opinion Of your committee the
treasurer and comptroller general deserve
the gratitude OF the people OF this COM
monwealth for the accurate. plain. sys-
tematic method in which they keep the
business OF their offices. In a moments
time the condition OF any matter can be
ascertsined. and with the one a check
upon the other the most perfect harmony
prevails in matters OF fact and figures.
Respectfully submitted,
~. E. HAYS,
Committee on part OF Senate.
p. NJ MULHERIN.
"R. A. S. FREEMAN.
"E. H. GEORGE,
"Committee on part OF the House Of Rep
resentatiyes"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
Corn, CornmeaI and corn-and-cob Meal
for Hogs.

TOT rtO9Ss
(which is the cheaper feed for spring
pigs, ear corn, corn meal or corn and cob
mealP'
After conducting experiments on this
subject for several years the writer Is
forced to say that the benefits from grind
ing corn are far less than he expected
they would be. In some of our expert
ments pigs have actually made more gain
from a given weight Of shelled corn than
from the same weight Of corn reduced to
meal. Generally there has been a saving
of or per cent made by feeding corn
meal to fattening hogs instead of giving
whole corn. Farmers are often quite
strongly of the opinion that corn meal is
much better for fattening hogs than
shelled corn. They declare that hogs get
ting corn meal fatten faster and often
assert that they make their gains on less
feed. Our experiments at the Wisconsin
station show most plainly that hogs get
ting cornmeal do fatten more rapidly than
hogs getting shelled corn, but the surpris-
ing part is that they also eat more feed
in a given time than the hogs getting
shelled corn. Consequently, when we d.
vide the feed eaten by the gains made we
find the difference in favor of corn meal
over whole corn is far less than is usually
supposed.
Shelton's experiments in Kansas showed
that pound Of corn and cob meal went
as far as pound Of pure corn meal. From
this our correspondent can judge whether
or not he wishes to feed ground corn and
cob. w. A. HENRY.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD.
BY Thos. w. LoyIess.
The New Depot Commission.

ne NC" GCHOl SOUitili66lOts
Now that the Atlanta depot bill is
law, the next step is to put in operation
the machinery for carrying out this i'm
pOrtant undertaking. The main thing at
the outset Of course it the selection OF
the commission which is to have charge
of the construction Of the depot, and this
the entire public will watch with no lit
tie interest.
Among the first names prominently
mentioned in connection with the new
depot commission is that of Hon. w. A.
Knowles, of Floyd, one of the ablest and
most active members Of the last house.
Mr. Knowles was one of the warm adj
vocates OF the depot bill and to him, as
much as to almost any other man, Is due
the passage Of the bill.
Mr. Knowles served on several of the
most important committees Of the house,
among them being the appropriations,
railroad, manufacturing, printing and
Western and Atlantic committees, and he
was Justly considered one Of the most
valued and energetic members of each.
Besides being thoroughly conversant
with the states affairs, Mr.. Knowles, as
is shown by his splendid success In life,
is one of the best business men in Geor-
gia. AS editor and owner of The Rome
Tribune he is a leader in his own section
and thoroughly enjoys the confidence Of
his people.
Mr.. Knowles will, in all probability re-
turn to the house from Floyd, so that as
a member of the depot commission he
would have the double advantage of hav-
ing served in the legislature which passed
the depot measure as well as in the one
under whose direction the work is to be
carried out.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
SOME AGED ANIMALS.
Those Who Have an Easy Life Live
Long.
New York Herald.


In the vicinity of Paris a home for ola
domestic animals was established soma
time ago, and among the present inmates
are a mule seventy-two years old, COW
thirty-six and a pig twenty-five years OLD
It is claimed that domestic animals
which lead an easy life are likely to 1--we
far beyond the average age If properly
cared for Many birds certainly attain an
extraordinary age. Eagles, ravens and
parrots frequently live hundred years.
and pelicans probably live as long, for -
is recorded that one Of these birds was
placed in the Amsterdam geological gar
den some time before 1882 and was sun
there in 1870. This pelican, too. was at
least four or five years old when II was
placed in the garden.
Eels are also long lived. Professor Buchs
ner tells Of one which was kept for twen~
ty-six years in a pond at Thiensen, In
which It was placed at the age of eighf
years. It attained a length of nearly five
feet and its favorite haunt was in the
current that flowed into the pond All
authorities agree that domestic animals
which are obliged to do good deal OF
work do not live so long as those which
lead a placid life
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19

Readers Of the ssmi-Weekly
Journal are invited to send en-
quiries about dairying. live stock
} and veterinary matters to 3. W.
} Hunt. Editor OF this department. at
, Eatonton. Ga No questions an
} swered by mall. but careful atten-
} ton win be given TO inquiries and
answers will be printed In this de-
partment.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-19

In no other country in the world is the cigar
so popular as in Germany, so much so that
II Is impossible to raise enough tobacco in the
empire to supply the domestic demand. Last
year Germany imported nearly S22 000, 900 worth
az tobacco a little more than a third of IT
coming from the United States. The use OF
the cigarette is rapidly spreading in Germany.
Last year 3s6 tons of cigarettes were consumed,
at least five times as many as were needed
ten years ago.