Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-17
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.

c. ]. Med, Yatesville, Ca, July Z, 1902:
have a mule three years old, who for
the last six or seven days has been lame
I'm his back. When he lies down he can
not get up without help. The affection is
across his back Immediately above his
TANKS. He had the distemper very badly
when bought him in January, and some
weeks after his throat rose and burst.
Since then he has never been perfectly
healthy or even shed of his old hair.
Please answer as soon as possible
through the columns of The Semi-Weekly
Journal. to which i am a subscriber
Answer: Your mule has doubtless kid
ney trouble, brought about through the
disease he had In the spring. The best To-
cal remedy is to apply hot cloths to his
back over the part affected, and keep 1t up
daily until he is better. If the trouble in
creases and 1t becomes painful, give
twenty grains of powdered opium and fif-
teen grains of calomel sprinlled on his
tongue, and repeat every two hours dur
ing the acute stage of the disease.
J. H, Collins. Ca, July 7. 1902:
I am a subscriber to The Semi-Weekly
Journal. One of my tenants has a horse
which Is I'm bad condition. He first swell
ed under the throat at the root of the
tongue, and that place inflamed and burst
on the inside and discharged a great
ing has extended down his neck and be-
tween his front legs and back into his hind
legs Now il Is changing from one of
the above named places to the other, and
last week extended down into his lips.
That also infiamed. was cut and discharg-
ed corruption. The horse is about or
years old and a bad dirt eater at present.
Please tell me what is the matter with
the horse and what treatment to give
him. Can you tell me where a chemistry
school is taught?
Answer-Your tenants horse has been
affected was either a form of distemper
or epizootic. The following mixture is
highly recommended in the treatment of
the disease:
Take OF pulverized hcorice pound, cleo
ampane pound. pulverized fenugrek 1-2
pounds, pulverized gentian liz pound, pull
verified anise seed Ia pound, ginger IA
pound, black anthony "a pound, pulver-
ICED saltpetre IL pound, sulphur 1-2 pound,
epson salts pound pulverized resin Ia
pound, hard wood ashes 1-2 pound, cop
peras Ia pound; mix well and give Ia
blespoonful three times day at first and
then twice a day.
You can procure this mixture at the
drug store. Chemistry is taught in the
agricultural department OF the state uni
versity at Athens, Ga.
y. IL a
land that was sowed in rye last fall. In
June / planted same in early corn, rows
feet wide. Between the LIST and 18th of
August I will lay by same, and at the
same time / wish to SOW rye and barley
and clover. How much should use Of the
three? Il see that burr clover is recon-
mended for thin land) VIII the corn
draw too much moisture from the land
for the other to do we'll? Would 1t be adj
visable TO SOW about one-third of bushel
of peas on the same to protect the rye in
winter. ANY ADVICE viii be appreciated.
Answer-Mix one bushel each of the rye
and barley and SOW broadcast, then sow
broadcast 20 pounds OF clean burr clover
seed. Try and SOW after a shower and
harrow in with seven-tooth harrow. The
rye, barley or clover need no winter pro-
lection, as they are all winter plants. You
can begin pasturing in early December
and continue until about the middle of
March. If your land is thin the barley
and clover will not do well unless you
fertilize heavily. The rye will grow and
make good grazing on thin land. The corn
will not interfere with the growth of the
small grain.
]. B. J., Trickum, Ga.-win you be so
kind as to answer the following through
your valuable paper, which l prize above
all other weeklies? have some Indian
relics. I would like to know where I can
sell them. One stone club, one tomahawk
several arrow points, also one petriied
tooth Ia inches long by broad. have
one U. S. buckle worn by union soldiers
in time of civil war. find many Indian
arrow points here. l would like to know
how they Clipped those flints into the
proper shape.
Answer-I do not know to whom you
could sell the relics named. There are
many seekers for Indian relics and per-
haps some reader of our paper may like
to get your possessions. I do not know
how the Indians managed to make their
implements OF warfare but presume their
hints were shaped by patient and labo-
rious grinding or rubbing the stones
against harder fiints.