The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-05

burrows at once, something like the large
grain drills we have been using so long.
Moreover, in comparison with the old
method Of blowing or narrowing in seed
cats, the saving of seed, amounting to
fully one-half, will fully pay for the ex-
TIA labor Of sowing in open burrows. For
Instance, we find that we can get
good a stand when sowing in open fur
rows with -2 to bushels of seed
per acre we car get with 4 bushels
OF seed per acre narrowed in with 81
cut-a way harrow, or plowed in with a
scooter
The rows do not have to be opened
In order TO use the CAN'T distributor. 1t
opens. sows and covers sufficiently, all
at one operation, and the double spout
distributor sows both fertilizer ana grain
at the same time One hand and one
horse can SOW 8 or acres day. The
open furrow plan requires that the fur
rows be not less than is inches apart.
Therefore. you culd not SOW five fur
rows at 2 time with your Iron Age cui-
tiva tor laying the burrows inches
APART. because there would not be room
between the burrows for the earth to
stand.
The disc machine does not leave guf-
ficlently open furrow to meet the re-
ouremeuts Of the open furrow system
but they do better sown with any grain
drill than If sown and narrowed. or
piowed in
The grains of oat sent resemble very
much the brown oats that are slightly
intermixed with orr A2pler oats. I
send you a few grains of Appier oats,
such as We have been selling all sum
n.er. We have now exhausted our sup
ply and cannot fill any moro orders. but
l can give names and addresses of par
ties who can supply genuire seeds on
postpaid reply card.
| advise that you SOW two bushels to
the acre IL sown in open burrows or with
" ur disc drill and that you fertilize with
the following amount per acre:
TWO hundred pounds acid phosphate,
$50 pounds cotton seed meal and SO
2ornds Of potash. In the spring apply
60 to IS pounds of nitrate of soda as
top dressing
STOCKING AND ELEPHANT LEG.
f. n G.. Jalapa, Tenn have a young
mare that rode to town Monday and on
gong to her to start home | noticed her
mind legs were swelled about the posture
Joint extending up some and every day
since they are sweled worse. 1t can't
be a strain; she is not with foal
[ remember horse being described
to you the same way after he had been
affected about three months. and you
said at that stage the disease had be
come chronic, and told what to do at
that stage, and you called it elephant
leg. l believe this mare is affected the
same way, and / would like very much
to know what TO do in the beginning Of
the disease. Please let me know through
your department al your earliest CON
Venlence and oblfGe q subscriber.
Answer-The characteristic symptom Of
stocking is the fact that the leg will
swell during the night, or when stand
when the animal goes TO work 1t is due
TO Il Emphatic constitution, a weak
circulation. standing in filth or wet, etc.
and may be brought on by want of ex-
ercise and too much food or too much
work and insufficient food Give a dose
of ounce each OF aloes. ginger and
soda Dissolve In half pint Of boiling
water, add half pint Of cold water and
give at one dose. After this has operated
commence giving I ounce each of tincture
OF chloride of iron. tincture OF genuan
d q dose In a pint of water three times
a day. Bandage the legs tightly at
night or when not at work. remove the
bandages when going to work or exer-
else. and rub the legs briskly with the
hands. Give good hay and oats
II the above should fail give | ounce
of Fowler's Solution once a day in
bran mash for a month, and rub the
legs twice q week with an ointment of
drains of iodine and 2 ounces of vase
line.