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gredients) and simply mix them together
according to formulas so repeatedly given.
The same concern that makes acid pho5-
plate can OF 1t wild sell you muriate Of
potash, nitrate Of soda. etc.
The formula that you propose OeavIng
out the dirt. or body" as you call IT.
would make 1850 pounds and it would
analyze 1898. which Is just right for
cotton. ! cannot see any good reason for
adding GO pounds OF dirt. 1t IS like one
making for his own use $50 pounds Of
sugar and then adding 60 pounds of
sand in order to- don't know what. I'M
less it be to make 1t weigh a ton. 1t
seems to me pit would terve just as
good purpose to put about a 60 pound
stone in each bag of 1873 pounds Of the
mixture. Indeed it would be better. he
cause in that case YOU could throw the
stone to one side. after getting the bags
to the field and save any further trouble
OF handling. Don't mix your dirt with
your fertilizer, but mix your fertilizer
with the soil of the field and furrow.
8. You have already stated that your
acid phosphate cost you SIP. Nitrate Of
soda will cost you about $50 or $50 and
muriate Of potash about S45
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INSTITUTE AT AMERICUs
Good Speeches Heard by Farmers OF
Thirteenth District.

Aner,cus. ca. May 22-(Special) -Sev-
erel hundred OF the prominent and pro-
eressive planters Of this section attended
here today the farmers institute for the
thirteenth senatorial district.
president Harvle Jordan, Hon Dudley
Hueches and Hon. Z. a. Ross delivered
addresses upon pertinent subjects, their
arguments arousing enthusiasm which
will be productive of great good.
President Jordan spoke at great length
upon the use OF commercial fertilizers
and the raising Of meat, with good advice
upon each topic
President Hughes of the State Agricul-
tural Society, urged organization among
the farmers an. cited the state fair as an
object OF success lie urged higher edu-
cation for the farmer and the improve
ment Of the farm.
Mrs Ross addressed the assembly upon
the cultivation of corn. sugar cane, fruits
and berries the latter as successful
wealth producers.
A permanent institute for tn thirteenth
district was organized with Hon. John 4.
cobb. Of Sumter, as president and with
a vice president and secretary for each
county.
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RoUss CALLED THIS LAD SON.
Sensational Testimony in Suit
Against Estate of Dead Man.

AGAINST Estate of Dead Man.
New York. May 19.-(speciai) Baby
biography" the diary of 1o-year-old
Charles r. Rosseau, today was Exhibit
A" In the lads suit for 100000 against
the estate of the late Charles Broadway
Rouss, the blind millionaire merchant.
1t set forth also that Little Stranger
was "a son unto Mr.. and Mrs. Char,ea
A Rousseau"
Then followed autographs Of the ply
scan, w. Travers Gabb and the parents.
Carlos Rousseau and Eva S. f. Rous-
seau
Virginia Robb Emerson. Of Baltimore,
testified that she frequently saw MT.
Rousseau. and saw him carry the baby.
tut it was not until much later that she
learned that Mr.. Rousseau was really
Charles Broadway Rouss. Lizzie Carey.
the child's nurse; Nellie Logan. cook for
Charles Broadway Rouss and Dr. GibDs
gave corroborative testimony.
Mary Robinson, colored testified that
she was Mr.. Rouss' nurse during the last
four years OF his life, and she was Win
him constantly, day and night.
Mrs. Rousseau and her boy Challea
would come to see NJ. Rouss a mis- home
every night" She said. IIe and sir.
Rouss often went out driving together.
"Mr. Rouss used to call him very often
son and darling and ny prince and
was very fond of him. Once he asked mo
bow the boy favored him and l said hs
looked like him Mr.. Rouss said. Ia, ha,
ma, l pleased to death"
Mrs Rousseau's testimony was that
she had FIRST met Mr.. Rouss in 1887 in thls
city.
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DYSPEPSIA OF HORSE.

A. Farmer. Blackvllle, S. CT have 2
mare She was In very good order last
fall, but she got the diStemper or cold
last winter and got very poor. She got
better and now only coughs now and
then.
/ feed her well, but It looks Ike she
can't get enough. She eats all the corn
cobs nd pine straw she can get hold OF
and also eats her own dung. l keep
rock salt In the trough all the time and
give her horse powder twice a day and
don't work her very hard but she gets
poorer and weaker She is q fine brood
give remedy II you know any to make
her quit eating her own dung and pine
straw and to fatten her and oblge.
Answer-Your mare has dyspepsia as
evidenced by her eating dirt, manure,
etc. She may also be troubled with
worms especially If she is permitted to
drink stagnant water. I advise tho fol-
lowing treatment: Give her al one dose
/ 1-2 pints of raw linseed oil. After the
oil has operated boil a teacupful of fax
seed into q pulp with a gallon or two
OF water. pour it while hot over half pail
full OF wheat bran and make mash of
1t. When cool put In one Of the follow
ing powders: Four ounces each Of pure
salt peter and pure copperas. well pull
verified. ara devfde the whole into TWEEN
ty-fOur powders. Give one powder,
above directed. every night for several
weeks. Replace half Of the usual allow
ance OF corn with shclIed oats, q feed
OF Green food at least once a day.
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after a fun meal. A confirmed broken
wnded horse is fit only FOR slow, light
work
Treatmcnt-F so as not to overload
the stomach; give little hay. then water
and then the oats. Let the feed consist
mostly of shelled oats with but a small
allowance of the best hay. Keep the bow
els regular. Boiled faxseed mixed with
little vinegar might we'll accomplish
the purpose
Tonic: Mix ounces each OF pulverized
saltpeter, copperas and 2 ounces of pull
verified nux vomica Divide into twenty
four doses and give one every night in
bran mash
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MORGAN TRICKS UNCLE SAM.
WilI Gel Art Treasures Into Unttad
States Duty Free.


New York May 2l.-Under ths designs-
ton "household effects" J Pierpont
Morgan Will be able to bring into this
country most Of his art treasures that
are now scattered through the museums
Of Europe or are IN his London house.
Mr.. Morgan has ordered his agents to
gather together all his paintings, hric-a-
brac and antiques, and 1t IL believed
Americans Will have an opportunity OF
seeing one Of tho finest private collec-
lions in the world.
These objects Of art are appraised az
not less than 5000 900 and had Mr. Nor
gan imported them year ago be would
have been obliged to pay almost $3.oo1
as duty. Many ot the paintings and
smaller antiques have been u Mr. Nor
gans Park Lane house for more than
a year. and therefore come under tho
head OF household effects which ars
not duttablo. 1t Is said Mr. Morgan
lease OF q hno home tn Park Lane was
made moro with a view to Obtaining
q legal residence for his valuable are
treasures than TO have d dwelling house
in London's famous avenue
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NOtjO6 10 InQulr6rS.

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fnr only questions TO which answers
arc desired
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concerning the form.
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e Never ask where article can %
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Z Alwaya give your full name ana ~
dress II you d. rot wish yo1Y
name published. say 30, ana inioos
only will be printed.
n Carefully ole tnis page FOR futufe
reference and before writing examins
your file TO see II 1t has not oa"A
already answered.
?. Look ahead and send in your fnauitlss
early. Do not expect US to en r'.,.t
in next paper" The eollot n' ,ns
hand In h!s copy week eefoFS 'n'
paper 10 published. ur,.n.
4 Address all inquiries and comr'unAs
t,ons for this department TO
THE CONSTITUTION.
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Young Rouss Wins Suit.

Chicago, May 21-The jury IN the euit
Of Charles Broadway Rouss. who was
suing the Charles Broadway Rouss estate
for 100000 for maintenance aud support.
returned a verdict for tho fun amount
today, with 1916 interest. The hoy. in SUI
Ing. claimed to be tbs son Of Charles
Broadway Rouss
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Do You Suffer with Pi1eap

Do they protrude?
DO they bleed7
Do they pain you?
Do you have mucous or bloody Dis
charges?
can certainly cure you. Write no
fully. Advice perfectly free Or.
Tucker. 10 Broad street. Atlanta, Gs.
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be Of the best quality. oats (shelled) and
corn, half and half, good, sweet hay
and an allowance Of green food. SEQ
II she is wormy or lousy.
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r, J. Hooks. Lamar, Cal have
young mule years Old first year worked,
and ! have just discovered that she has
several warts the size of small marbles
on her. Condition of mule all O. X with
exception of warts. The warts grow very
fast and if you will give me a remedy |
will thank YOU so much.
Answer-Cne OF the simplest remedies
for warts IS to grease the surface every
Gay with almost any kind Of grease; cas-
tor oil is said to be the best. This rem
edy is not always effective, but is so
simple that It is well 10 try 1t before re-
sorting to any other treatment. Anoth-
or. and more generally effective. is the
following: Scrape the surface of the wart
until It bleeds freely. When the bleed
Ing stops touch the raw surface with
little butter Of antimony. In about three
days rub off the sca5 that will have
formed and apply the antimony again.
and SO on until the wart is burned down
below the general surface OF tho skin
Pulverized bluestone, touching the
raw surface with nitric acid. or with
lunar caustic IS also effective.
If the wart has a neck Ito n small
strong cord (say q fish line) tightly
around it as close as possible to the sur
face OF the body Tighten the cord every
day or two and in q, short time the wart
will drop off Then grease it Il few times
with lard
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to do to kill 1t. ! have been watching
Your paper for something similar TO this,
but failed to find 1t.
Answer-The foliage sent indicates
that your rose bushes infected with
what is commonly known as mildew
the scientific name of which Is sphae-
rotheca panosa. The remedy IS to spray
the bushes and foliage on its very frst
appearance with Bordeaux mixture
which is made as follows: Dissolve IL
pounds Of blue stone in quarts of hot
water When completely dissolved, pour
/. into a half barrel tub and add about
5 gallons Of water. Stake / pound OIL
quick lime and dilute 1t to about gal
Ions and pour this milk of lime into the
bluestone solution through n wire strain
err Add water to make the whole about
10 or II gallons and stir well for a few
minutes Apply with spray pump or
sprinkler or a clothes broom. to al
parts of the foliage. 1t Is now too late
for the present crop of blooms. but may
prove effective in arresting the Fungus
so that you will have no trouble next
fall.
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OPERATING ON MULE CorTs

II. f. Nickerson. Jackson's Gap. Ala
Having been n reader and subscriber to
your paper for nineteen years, you will
please answer uhe following questions:
!. At what age should mule colts be
castrated7
2, How much rest does the marc need
q foaling?
again?
Answer-At one year old, provided that
1t should not be done in Fly time" MAX
ing 1t a little earlier or n little later,
according to whether 1t be spring or a
fall colt
The dam should have full months
complete rest from work. and only mod
crate work until tho colt commences to
eat grass and grain freely. She may be
served on the eighth day after foaling;
II not then. in about four weeks after
foaling.
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DYSPEPSIA OF MULE.

D A. B.. Big Hickory, Ark.--As I am
subscriber ! would like TO have some
Information in regard to puny mule
! have. She has puny spells. Her urine
a times is almost white / notice when
she hes down and goes 10 get up some
times drops back down. She viii eat
dry COW chips at times and will eat
scarcely any corn Her bowels seem to
be rather costiye most OF the time What
is the matter with her and what shall
/ do for her?
Answer Give her IL pints OF raw
lnsced oil. When IT has operated pull
verize and mix ounces of pure saltpetre
and pure copperas and . ounces Of pull
verified nuX vomica. Divide into "a
powders. Boil a teacupful of lnseed to
a pulp in a gallon or two of water
While hot pour it into half bucketful
of wheat bran, add one Of the powders
and give it to her. DO this every night
for weeks. if necessary. Let her food
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spAN1N OLE COLT

very much to bother any one with my
troubles, but this once I would like to
he advised I have colt only a week
old that has every indication Of spawn.
DO Young colts ever have spawn, II so,
win YOU nlease suggest treatment
am a subscriber to your paper and
read with more interest the veterinary
DEPARTMENT than any other
Answer While not impossible for colt
"a he sDavined 7 think It hardly possible
mat = wae1-old colt would develop case.
You saw that It has every indication OF
spavin. =" but you do not describe the
SYMPTOMS. and, therefore, ] cannot con
firm your diagnosis or question It's cor
rectness, except on general principles
A sDavin. YOU know. is manifested Gus
uaI1v) nv a protuberance on or below
the hook iolnt. nearly always on the In
eide R1It there are cases Of occult spa
vim Of which there is no outside indica-
ton 7 wish YOU had described the synp-
torns ana stated whether the colt was
lame Pl{sfering Is the standby remedy
so that It cannot get its mouth to H.
For q horse an ointment Of ] dram or
hfniodide OF mercury, . drains OF can
tbarfdas and . ounces Of lard IS the proper
s+rer,a+l, Tror 50 Young an animal mix but
dram of cantharides IL dram or binio-
aide NJ mercury and ounces OF lard
Mix and rub on a little with the fingers
In 20 hours wash off and grease with
little lard. Re careful not to have the oint-
ment to strong and be sure to tie up the
colts head while the blister is drawing
GIVE YOUR. NAME AND ADDRESS.
please do not fail 10 give your name
whom addressing this department; other
wise YOUR letter will not be noticed IT
Won do not wish your name published
simply say so. and IT will be 50.
EDITOR.
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CELEBRATION. OR TUMOR, Or THE
IIAW

llAW.
J. NJ f. River Fails, Ala have
1rsle about 10 years old. In the sum
mer season membrane. or gland, in
flames and sWclls on the inner side OF
eyelids, both lower and upper lids.
can You tell me the name, cause and
cure OF disease9
Answer-rhe disease ia probably what
is called ''tumor OF the haw." or carries
Of the cartilage" This may be con
hrmed by the appearance OF white
line or mass On the midst OF the In
famed membrane) formed by the
posed edge OF the membrane. The rem
edy is to excise (cut Off the haw. The
animal should first be thrown and care
fully secured against any struggling and
while an assistant holds the eyehds apart
the operator seizes the haw with a pair
Of blunt pointed scissors. The eye should
then be kept covered with a cloth wet
with lotion made by dlssolvng so grains
OF borax in one quart Of water. Better
get a Y. S. to operate.
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rsSPEc
'.WHIPPOORWILL" A-ID f'sPES
L L ND" PEAS.

Killed" PEAS.
y X H Relzona Miss.-Kindly an
sver through your columns tho follow
inf questions and oblge a subscriber:
! Is the whippoorwill and speckled pea
one and tine same?
>. Which is the best 10 plant In corn,
the above or clay peas?
g. Which OF the three will mature the
quickest
4 Which makes most vinesf
s. Which is the best for planting
meadow?
Answer The "wh:ppoorwill'' is iden-
teal with the old ttmo ''specsled'' pea.
But there are other varieties OF speckled
peas known under different names.
. On ordinary. or thin land, ! think
i; advisable to plant the whippoorwtll.
rather than the clay.
3. The whippoorwill natures much ear
Her than the clay. which IS really late
pea.
4. On good SOL the clay is probably
one-fourth moro productive both of vines
and peas, than tho whippoorwill. The
clay is very similar in habit or growth.
maturity and productiveness TO the I'M
known.
5. plant both the whippoorwill and
the unknown, according to circun-
stances. Whenever tho unknown does
well the clay win also succeed equally
well
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TURKEYS LEAVING NEST OR DY-
ING ON 1T.

L
Miss H A. Daniel. Clayton. lawn
you please tell me what Is the matter
and give me remedy? My turkey hens
seem to be perfectly healthy until they
begin to set: then they leave the nest
or die on 1t after setting two weeks or
more
Have fresh. clean nests and no mites
This IS the third year that this has hap
pened to me,
Answer-I regret that I cannot solve
the problem-the cause OF the behavior
OF your setting turkeys. If you had not
assured me that you provide ''clean nests
and have no mites"I would at once sug-
gcst these insects as the disturbing
cause Possibly there may be lice on
your turkeys. Possibly some one of the
readers Of this column can suggest the
cause OF the trouble and give a remedy.
IF so, let him write at once to Miss D..
and also 10 this department.
HEAYEs OR "BROKEN WIND"
IT, A. F. Hope Hull. Ala have g. mare
with foal viii find her foal sometime next
month Ounce She has a very bad cough
and gets her breath short and quick,
like a horse that had the thumps or
heaves. Have been blowing her all the
spring She eats hearty and seems to be-
all right with the exception Of the cough.
Please give me a remedy for her cough.
Will II inIure her to do light blowing?
If you can give me a remedy in the
4. and T. Department. I Will be under
many obligations,
Answer-In nearly every case OF heaves
or broken wind g. cough IS the fore
runner and 7 think that Is Just what Is
the matter with your mare The majority
OF the veterinary profession believe that
heaves IS due to deranged state Of tho
digestive organs. There Is n certain
amount Of heredity about 1t, to the ex-
tent that 1t is not considered advisable
to breed from an animal that is affected
with the disease. When SUCH Inherited
tendency is q factor the disease may
sometimes he brought on by feeding on
musty unnutritious, bulky, dusty food,
ana a fun allowance OF water given i'm
rnediatey after eating full meal, and
the animal put to work When a case OF
heaves Is fully developed it is easily rec
oguized and Is so well marked that 1t can
not be mistaken. The air is drawn into
the lungs easily, but there seems to be
difficulty in expeling It, and 1t requires
q double effort to do II, causing the ami
NAL to heaye The cough Is short and
suppressed and often accompanied by q
forctble expulsion or gas from the anus.
IT seems to follow on the slightest exer-
else, even tho act OF drinking water
bringing it on. and it IS more troublesome
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SAWED OFF HIS PEG HORNS.

J. F b. Springfield. s. CT have
bull calf with horns about IL inches
long, which [ sawed off, close, about
three weeks ago, and they stopped bleed
ing and seemed to be doing well But one
of them had big hole left in tho hollow
Of the head and I got uneasy that the fly
would get In and do some damage. So
I put a small tar plaster over the hole.
tust large enough to cover 1t. It did all
right until yesterday but now SEQ
tomethng running from beneath the
plaster: otherwise no is nll Q. K. What
must I do about TT
Answer-It IS hardly necessary to do
anything. You may remove tho plaster
and simply smear the place with tar and
grease half and half The wound Is ap-
parentIy healing naturally. We usually
apply nothing whatever, but always do
the dehorning in winter or early spring.
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m STRAWBERRY CULTURE {
Vibrating; OATS

II M. Grant. Bay Minette, Aa--D.
Can YOU. through Farm and Farmers,
tell me where 7 can get book on stray
berry culture treating the subject thor
oughly and giving directions for packing
and marketing
(2). I tried your idea OF top-dressins
blighted oats with nitrate Of soda and
II did the work finely, and I have hne
oats now.
Answered. FuIler's Small Fruit Gull
turist." Orange. Judd county. New York,
81. ] send you n bulletin on the subject
~ l am gratihed to learn that my
recommendation of top-dressing Of
nitrate Of soda on oats has been adopted
by yourself and many others with such
satisfactory results SIX or seven weeks
ago Tor about April y l thought our oat
crop would not produce more than 20
bushels of grain per acre They were
nitrated about April 10, and now we ex-
pect yield Of 20 to co bushels per acre.
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TT IS NOT JOHNSON GRASS SEED.

i y
J. j. B, Mangham, La.-lnclosed ma
sample grass seed. Please tell me
through your department what kinds or
variety. | am afraid to plant for fear
of Johnson grass have never seen
any OF that grass and do not want any
of it on my farm A friend gave me the
seed. He saw an advertisement In come
newspaper for firm in ST. Louis, Mo-,
calling them "Bilion-Dollar" grass,
rIaiming to be the farmers friend
Answer-It is generally impracticahle
to tell what variety Of grass by an In
spection of the seeds alone. I can often
er tell what 1t IS not than what 1T is
The seeds are certainly not those OF
Johnson grass. and think they belong
to a species of paspolum-probably T.
laeve. southern perennial grass, You
should plant few seeds of Johnson
grass in pots. grow few plants and
then you will know it when you see It.
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cApcrr or Jersey COW

w T. O.. Wautubbee. Miss.-Please
tell me what is the matter with my Jer-
sey cow and give remedy for same. About
q month ago her udder commenced TO
swell up right where the right front teat
Joins Il, and remained FOR several days
Since this the swelling has gone around
to her left side and remains the same
She IS I'm fun flow Of milk and not due
to Calve again until July.
Answer-Your COW seems TO have an or
binary case of garget, on the sub-acute
order First. give her - pounds or ZIP
som salts IN IL gallon OF water with l
ounce OF pulverlzed ginger, all st one
dose. After the salts have operated give
her IL ounce Of saltpeter twice day
in her drinking water, and continue for
three or four days. From the first bathe
the udder for 10 hour at time three
times a day. with hot water. After each
bathing rub in we'll a little OF the follow
ing lotion One-half ounce acetate OF lead.
10 ounce sulphate Of zinc, ! quart Of soft
water. Shake well before using Draw
the milk before bathing each tins.