Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-24

ply your wants at any Of the leading
hardware houses in Albany. or you can
write to the Dunlap Hardware Co., at
Macon, or Beck & Gregg Hardware COM
pany, at Atlanta. These firms can supply
you with catalogues to choose designs
from and can doubtless fill your order as
cheaply as you could buy direct from the
manufacturers.
Farmer" Demorest, Ga.-Kindly an
swer the following in columns of Semi
Weekly Journal: have a ''moon-eyed"
mare, that is, she goes blind about every
six weeks. Her eyes will turn white and
she will be entirely blind for several days,
when her eyes will gradually assume their
normal state and sight return. She is
years old and a splendid animal. Have
had her only a short while. Will she
eventually lose her sight? Please give
remedy, If any.
Answer-The trouble indicated will
probably require a surgical operation to
relieve the eyes Of your animal as per-
manent relief is not likely to be secured
by external remedies. A good veterinary
surgeon may remove the trouble II he
knows his business. If not attended to
promptly your horse may eventually lose
his eyesight I would advise the prompt
services of a reliable veterinary surgeon.
me the following information through the
columns of the Seni-Weekly Journal: My
mule gets sick off and on every year from
March 18th TO June LIST, and seems to be
in great misery, rolling and falling about.
She does not swell any and eats heartily
all the time when well, and is as good a
mule as was ever hitched up. After two
or three hours of sickness she becomes
very gaunt. Don't you think 1t is gravel?
And If so, what will give immediate relief?
She is taken about once every ten days.
Any information you can give me as to
how to effect cure will be highly appre-
GATED. My wife says please tell her
through your columns what will destroy
mites on chickens.
Answer-If there is any disorder of the
kidneys or bladder, it should be indicated
by a wide, straddling gait of the hind
legs, or tenderness over the kidneys I'M
der pressure of the hands or under the
TANKS. For calculi, stony or gritty matter
forming in the kidneys and passing off
in the urine, which causes irregularity in
making water. give IS drops of muriatic
acid in a pailful Of water, to drink twice
a week. think. however, from the symp-
toms described that your mule is either
troubled with bots or constipation. Bots
or grubs would cause the trouble referred
to- or constipation either. In either event,
you can give the following spring tonic
with good results: Pulverized gentian
- pound. pulverized copperas, IA pound.
pulverized fenugreek 1-2 pound, pulverized
elecampane Il pound: mix them well and
give a large tablespoonful once day. The
ingredients can be bought at any drug
store. The best spring tonic is patch of
green rye. barley or wheat, cut and fed
to your stock daily.
For the destruction Of mites. begin first
with a thorough renovation Of the poultry
house and hens nests. Take all the boxes
out. burn up the nests and whitewash
them inside and out with a whitewash into
which is mixed IL pint Of kerosene oil TO
the gallon of whitewash. Clean out the
poultry house. sweeping eff the sides and
floors. Whitewash inside and out. also the
roost poles with same mixture. sprinkling
the floor good. Mites and lice will not re-
main where everything is kept clean and
nicely whitewashed. Make new nests out
Of clean. fresh straw. The mites originated
from bad eggs left too long in the nest
while the good eggs were Matching, or
from decayed broken eggs left in the
nests. Whenever a hen matches burn up
all Of the old nest and whitewash the
box Dust the fowls that already have
mites on them with snuff or Death to
Lice powders. If everything about the
poultry yards and nests is kept clean and
fresh. there viii never be any mites to
disturb the hens or little chicks
w. A B., Guysie. Ga:
VIII you please answer the following
questions through The Journal
!. When is the proper time to plant car
rots TO feed hogs to get best results.
2 had a SOW pig that died suddenly;
had her on rye feed them, one and all,
i'm the morning and she looked as we'll as
any. there being no signs Of sickness, but
before night she died. What was the
cause. and do you think there is any dan
ger Of It being contagious The others
seem perfectly healthy. Have divided
them.
ease that takes the feathers off their
threats What is IT? And remedy for It,
4. / have five tons Of shredded cornstalks
and my commission merchant will not
handle it for me, says it is unknown in