Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-12
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.

A Reader. L-mpkin. Ca
I am a constant reader OF the Journal
and notice a great many inquiries are
made. / thought I would make one. Please
give me a remedy for chicken cholera and
its preventive.
Answer.-Fowls with cholera are intense
" thirsty and want water all the time.
The following mixture is one OF the best TO
cure or check the disease;
Laudanum. 1 ounce; tincture capsicum.
1 ounce; tincture camphor. i ounce; pure
chloroform. drachms; alcohol. drachms.
Mix and shake well. Add 2 teaspoonfuls
Of this TO each quart of drinking water
and allow no other kind of water until
the fowls are cured The diseased chick
ems should be isolated from the rest OF
the flock until cured. A strong tea made
from white oak bark and add half pint of
II TO each quart Of drinking water is also
good. Force the liquid down the chickens
throat, II Il Is too weak to stand. A great
many so-called cases OF cholera is moth
ing hut indigestion, lice and filthy sur
roundings. II 1.-THE poultry houses and
yards are kept In nice clean condition the
poultry are not likely TO be afflicted with
any kind OF serious or contagious dis
eases.
wso H, Red Level. Ga
would be glad to know what 10 do for
my hogs. They are dying every day.
go pounds pork each. Afterward I lost
another that would have made go had
a fine SOW that brought u pigs in March.
A few days ago I found her sick and
within a few hours she was dead. They
were In good order. Some of them were
fat enough for fresh eating. I notice
that their mouths seem to be sore. as IL
troubles them TO bite corn OF cob. but
II Il is shelled they can eat better. but
soon get so they won't eat at all. I also
notice their stools look black and tarry
and are very offensive. Urine is bloody.
I had TO take my colts OF pasture on ac-
| count OF a clover-loOking weed that made
their mouths sore anu caused saliva. I
| have an idea that this weed has something
70 do with my hogs. Horses. cows and
/ hogs all relish Il and eat ~ with 'rapidity.
enclose a sample and will be glad TO
have your idea as 70 what Il is and what
effect IL has, IL any. Any information you
can give will be gladly received. If 1t Is
too late to do me any good perhaps it may
benefit some one else.
Answer.-Your hogs died with cholera
the most deadly and most contagious dis
ease that preys upon PORK. All the dead
animals should have been burned up at
once, and the well animals changed to
other quarters. The old beds. fence cor
ners. etc. about the premises ought TO be
/ cleaned up, destroyed and lime freely
scattered about. The following formula,
II prepared and kept on hand. is the best
known remedy for checking this fatal
disease:
Wood charcoal, 1 pound. sulphur.
pounds: sodium chloride (salt), pounds;
sodium bicarbonate (soda) pounds; so
dunn hypOsulphite pounds: sodium sui
phate (Glauber salts), / pound: anthony
sulphide. pound. Mix and give a table
spoonful for each 20O-pound weight of
hogs once or twice a day. It IS best given
in slops. This remedy viii cost about ten
cents per pound. and IS the one so much
initiated and sold under different names
by patent medicine dealers at 50 cents per
pound.
is what Is known as ''old field clover" It
has small white bloom and grows quite
extensively all over middle and north
/ Georgia. While II salivates stock badly
at this period OF the year, have never
known any harmful effects to come from
IL. II the horses were given salt twice a
week IL Is easily destroyed II plowed
up before II seeds. This clover had moth
ing to do with killing your hogs, though
1t win salivate your horses at this period
OF the year.
Mrs. ]. T.. Pendleton, s. c.
4 am a subscriber to the Semi-Weekly
Journal. and would like information
through It's columns as to the best way
| OF cultivating the strawberry. The beds
have been planted four years and were
nearly failure this year Could they be
plOwed up and reset In June or July and
| make a profitable crop next spring; or
could the tops be cut on and then ground
burnt on? have read Of IL being done
that way. Should they be Uttered or not
in fall? Please give me full instructions.
| Should keep runners pulled of to make
fine fruit? Any information will be thank
fully received.
Answer.-The strawberry bed ought to
be reset every year. or two years. Your
best plan would be TO take up your sets
about the first Of September, replow the
beds thoroughly. broadcast on your man
ure. harrow II. lay of the rows and reset
the beds again. IL is all right to keep the
runners pulled of. The idea OF burning
of the bed is not a good one. Any time
| between July and October is a good period
for transplanting. though the work can be
done in early spring.
The fall settings get firmer hold In the
soil and will produce better crops than the
| spring paintings I'm the south. It is not
| absolutely necessary 70 mulch strawber-
| ries in the south during winter to protect
/ the vines from cold. but Il is beneficial
| 70 the beds to mulch mem in November
or at time Of transplanting, with pine
| straw 10 a depth OF about three inches,
rows and middles. In the spring the mulch
keeps the berries free from sand and dirt,
rendering them much more acceptable
] for the table or the market.
= The mulch also conserves moisture,