The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-27

trees winch Will ItSuil III Vic rlu'ip's
will rot out" Immediately. The stumps
of nearly oil mature trees die at once.
would prefer the month OF August.
PECANS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
D. 2. CaOe. Otto. N. C.-Will YOU or
some Of the subscribers to The Consti-
tuition give me some information on the
culture OF pecans? VIII they grow in this
climate (western North Carolina? This
Is the home Of the walnut and hickory
I planted some nuts the last or March
and about fourth are up the lst or
July. When is the proper time to plantI
How Is the best way to plant, in beds
or boxes or where they are intended to
stand? Is there different varieties? II
so. what Is best for this climate? Would
like to have the address of some one
who owns a pecan grove. Any 1nlorma~
ton on this subject Will be appreciated.
. What kind Of grass would be best
to set a grove where 1t IS shaded. An
swer through The Constitution and obllge
q. subscriber.
Answer-,Full Information in regard to
the culture of the pecan may be had from
books or bulletins and Journals devoted to
1t. Send to Orange Judd & Co. for a
book entitled Nut Culture" TO D. M.
Bacon. Dewitt, Ga. for his pamphlet
on pecan culture Us centsl and to j. w.
Wilson for sample copies Of his month
ly Journal, The Nut Grower.
The nuts for planting should be buried
In q box containing wet sand as soon as
they drop from the tree Cor at least
early in tho falD and kept there until
about middle of February. Then plant
in 3-foot rows or S inches apart in
rich garden soil. Do not plant where the
trees are to grow. The trees grown from
nuts do not, as q rule, come true to Va
riety. You should either buy Studded or
would thrive on suitable soils In western
North Carolina
q Kentucky blue grass. orchard grass.
MALIGNANT CATARRH OF HOGS.
W. 3. Hicks, Barnardsville, Tenn.-l
have bunch Of hogs that will weigh
from 50 to $50 pounds and they are dying
with some strange disease. I will give
you the symptoms they have and ask
YOU to name the disease and give me
remedy for same. They are running out
side. but have access to an old field which
has a growth Of Japan clover and they
seem to BE fond Of 1t and 1t slobbers them
very bad. OPlease state If this Is Injurious
to them.) They are in good condition and
eat hearty | feed them corn twice a
day. also plenty of slop and some milk,
When they first take sick they Will walk
backwards, jerking their nose down and
backward with the same motion they
would If you was punching them on the
troubled with this for two or three weeks,
while others are troubled for only two or
three days, when they take very severe
cough. After they commence coughing
eats anything. They viii stand and
cough until they become almost entirely
exhausted, Some vomit little when
they cough. others do not. Their breath
Is very offensive After they commence
coughing they live from four to eight
days; one lived eight days after it COM
menced TO cough, but never did eat any.
We drenched it frequetly. but 1t would
vomit up anything we gave II. II you can
give me a successful remedy I will be
glad to hear from you as early as pos
sible.
please publish my full name, that l
may receive information from any per-
son having a remedy for hogs dieing from
the above cause IL you are not certain
of this disease.
Answer-The symptoms a. described by
you corresponds with those of a rather
uncommon swine disease. known and
described in the books malignant ca
tarrh." The up-and-down motion Of the
head, however, as noted by you. l have
not found The treatment recommended
il as follows Give each animal or
ounces OF castor oil. Follow this by. giving
5 to drops of nitro-muratc acid three
\mes day in oat meal Cruel. If the
cough is very excessive give Is to 20
drops of laudanum in q spoonful OF water
and rub the neck with mustard made up
with hot water. Their disease is de-
scribed as contagious and 1t is advised
to separate the sick from those not at
fected. will add that ! am not by any
means certain that this diagnosis Is cor
rect.
PROBABLY STAGGERS OF COW.
S. II. L., McConnellsville, S. CT have
a sick COW. On Friday night there was
a decrease In flow of milk Saturday
morning refused to eat. Would open
mouth or gap every minute, especially
when trying to eat and when driven from
pasture later in day seem inclined to run
other cows. Had her penned and watched
developments. Sunday ate a small guam
ttty Of oats. but drank no water; seemed
to be hungry and ate a little more Mon
DAY. Often throwing head up and hold
ing 1t erect. Nothing unusual about the
expression of eyes. Monday she began
lowing at lntervak, after lowing she
seemed weak and sometimes would fall
and stretch out limbs. After few min
utes would rise and seem stronger. This
last symptom tof falling) seems to Sc on
the increase. Lost bull one month aso
with similar symptoms, COW last fall
with same symptoms, except she was not
vicious and would stagger instead OF
falling.
Can you give me diagnosis and