The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-27

powders. Give one of these powders i'll
small bran mash every night. Before
commencing the above course give him
ounces of aloes made up with strip, or
soap into bolus and wait until it has
moved his bowels freely.
WHEAT BRAN AND COTTON SEED
HUII-S FOR MULES
S. Rowan, Benton. Ala am feeding
my mules on cotton seed hulls. with
which | mix a little wheat bran and
danpen with sWeetened water They are
very fond of il. viii it injure them in
any way? | have been told that it would
make them go blind reply by maii
viii ohlige subscriber.
Answer know of no reason why either
Of the feeds named should injure mules
in any way and the suggestion that either
of them, or mixture Of ALL would cause
blindness is without any foundation in
fact so far as I know or have heard.
Cotton seed meal fed to mules in undue
quantity and for q considerable period
might have that effect, it does on cat
tie sometimes. But | think that merely
a little wheat bran dampened with
sweetencd water and mixed with cotton
seed hulls would not keep mule in
good working order. Each i,0O0-pound
mule should have not less than Z or
pounds OF bran per day. The cotton seed
hulls are not very nutritious.
CORN V. "sOURED" MEAL FOR PIGS.
W. H. Qualls. Qualls, Tenn.-Wil grow
ing Shoats grow better on the same
amount of soured meal than they viii
on corn2
Answer-Rcpeated and carefully CON
quoted feeding experiments have shown
that 451 pounds OF corn meal soaked IN
water (between feedings) are equal for
fattening purposes to 4S3 pounds of dry
meal-a difference of about Z per cent III
favor of the soaked meal. The advan-
tage in favor of feeding dry meal rather
tnan the whole grains of corn is about
per cent, or Just enough to pay the usual
toll for grinding | judge it would not
pay to haul corn to the mill and the meal
back home. for fatteninG hogs | know OF
lilo experiments made on growing pigs, as
40 up-to-date hog raiser will rely on corn
Tor growing animals Of any kind.
%. BrDWORNfS IN CORN. (2). "EX-
HAUSTED' SOIL.
j. W. s., Lumberton, Va-Wnl YOU
kindly answer through the columns of
your valuable paper the following ques-
lions:
/. Is there any chemical or drug that
| can soak seed corn in that will prevent
bndworms from cutting it down as il
comes up?
?. | have a lot OF 21-2 acres, on which
cotton has been planted for the last
twelve years. Some portions of it will
not make cotton. although manure and
good fertilizer are both used freely. There
Is some mineral product that has been
exhausted. | think. VIII YOU kindly tell
me what this is that is exhausted and
what crop TO plant this year to repro
duce this product? How would it do to
subsoil and plant in corn or cow peas?
Soil 5 very shallow.
-,ls Her-(D. / know Of no chemical,
the soaking of seed corn III which will
prevent the attacks of what you call
budworms, Is il not cutworm, instead of
budworm? Cutworms may be destroyed
by scattering small pellets or balls of
green clover or lucerne along the rows of
corn before the plants come mp, first
spraying or sprinkling the green stuff with
q solution Of pound of paris green in 100
gallons of water. The cutworm will come
up out of the ground in search of the
green food. and will be destroyed by cat
ing the poisoned clover or lucerne.
2. 1t is most likely that the soil in
question has been chiefly exhausted by
the loss of its humus. or vegetable mat
ter. as well as the reduction of its avail
able supply Of all three of the valuable
eiementS-phosphoric acid, potash and nj
trogen. # by manure you mean stable
manure. then l will say that a plentiful
application repeated. may appear nee
essary, would supply the needed humus.
But humus may be supplied much more
cheaply by adopting a system of rotation
say a three-year shift. viz. First year,
corn and cow peas, moderately fortified
often directed in these columns; second
year, oats and wheat, literally fortified
with complete fertilizer. and followed
immediately by crop of cow peas fertil-
potash. and converted into hay; third
year, cotton. literally fortified with for
mula No ,. so often given. Then com
mence again with corn, and repeat the
rota alton.
Subsoilng may answer good purpose,
but it will not supply the elements that
the soil needs A little dab" or hand fun
OF lot manure to the hill of corn, or two
or three wagon loads to the acre Of cotton
don amount to much IN The way of keep
ing up on in restoring the fertility Of
land.
Plant cow peas on that land this year
and fertilize with 200 pounds Of acid phos-
phata ana 50 pounds of muriate of pot
ash per acre. Make hay of the vines, feed
the hay 10 the horses and cattle and re-
turn the manure carefully to the same
land next spring, and you may then ex-
peNl 2Qou results. rant IN cotton next
year, and so ON.
IfESSfAN FLY
Laura Clinkssales, Lowndesvllle. S. c.
| inclose YOU sample Of wheat. which you
Will please examine near the root and
tell your readers what kind OF egg or
borer is deposited there. 1t seemed to
have killed the origiual stalk and is only
to be found i'm the December sowing
4Answer-rhe insect infesting Your wheat
is undoubtedly The notorious Hessian fly,
that has frequently inflicted so much
damage to wheat in the north and west
In the specimen of wheat plants sent the
flv is now in what Is called the flax
seed" stage (because 1t looks like flax