The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-25

AAIUTH.
ally getting a larger yield.
The mineral elements, potash ana
phosphoric acid, are not taken from tne
air, but from the soil. If these eie-
ments are not already in the SOIL IN
sufficient quantities, they have to De
| supplied artificially to get the pest re.
suits from leguminous crops as Wen
as any other crop. This is one thing
we should bear in mind. If we expect
to retain or to increase the fertility OF
| our soil, we must add potash and phos-
phoric acid to 1t: and not expect the
| COW pea or any other leguminous crop
| to do this.
The amount Of potash and phospho-
| rfc acid that could be used to advan-
tage depends entirely upon the SOIL.
However, where the fertilizer Is TO De
i put in the drill, I would not advise the
use OF more than 800 pounds of acid
phosphate and rs or 100 pounds of mu-
riate of potash on any soil. Smaller
| quantities will give good results.
The COW pea is not only soil reno
water but 1t Is one Of the most valua-
BILE feed crops we have. 1t is one Of
the richest of grain foods. 1t is ex-
cellent for grazing and soiling. and Is
far superior to corn or sorghum Tor
ensilage. Pea vine hay, properly cured
| Is unexcelled.
J The food constituents of COW pea hay
Is as follows: Ash, rs per cent; pro-
| tein, 1913: carbohydrates, 1915; either
extract, Il; the nutritive ratio being
1888. This ratio Is little too mar
row but when the pea vines are mixed
with crab grass. water grass, ETC., the
ratio is pretty well balanced for horses
and cattle.
Plant COW peas on all of your oat
stubble and on any other land that you
can possibly spare for any two months
during the growing season.. T.
Rhodes in Southern Farm Gazette.
Poultry Topics.
| A. d. Burhans, in Farm and Ranch.
To get the chicks we'll started and
keep them growing is not the easiest
| thing in the world. We find that the
work Is compensated, however, in the
results that follow diligence. The
whole summers work is made up of
the small details. which taken as a
| whole go to make success and the
poultry work that is made up without
this part in 1t is generally quite cost
ly The work of getting the chicks
Matched and started is too hard to let
the vigilance lapse when the warm
days of summer come. One of the
most important parts of the warm
weather work is the care that prevents
crowding and sweating. thus start
ing colds which are sure to make trou-
BILE later. Too many chicks in one coop
always sweat more or less. This
| causes colds, for as the chicks come
out of their coops in the morning those
in the middle of the bunch are sure
| to be too warm. and then they catch
cold in the same manner that a man
does who gets too warm and then
takes his coat off to cool down. These
| had 70 md hn
night sweats continue, making them
very offensive to the breath. Roupe
sets sets in. This can only be pre-
vented by keeping the chicks from
crowding.
| Gap Worms.
Gap worms are a nuisance to many
fowl growers. A sure cure that kills
these worms is that of pure carbolic
acid in drinking water. Two or three
drops of 1t in the water will kill the
worms quickly. These pests are
caused by the filthy conditions of the
runs. They should be spaded up and
lime that has been air-slaked must
be cultivated into the ground to kill
the worms which exist. The filth
which is in the ground must be done
away with Where any great amount
of hen droppings accumulate in the
soil they must be titled into 1t to get
away with them. Through some pro-
cess OF nature the filth Is converted
into that which the soil demands.
Where lots of green stuff is grown
there will rot be any trouble of gap
worms. OF course, in damp, warm
soil the worms are much more prolif
ic and war of a harder kind must be
waged against them. Use four drops
of the acid to a quart of water and
keep other water out of the reach.
Lice ON Chicks.
small pinch of lard placed on the
head of chicks will knock lice stiff
and it will not hurt the chick. Lice
are the bane of fanciers who raise
pure bred fowls ind great many
ills can be traced to them. Bowel
trouble weakness of all kinds, going
light, choleIN, leg weakness in young
cockkrels, general debility and numer-
Gus others can all be credited to them.
Lice revel in filth, and there multiply
and take the flock down In a hurry.
The combs turn black and their bod
les get so light in weight that the
owners think they are really going
light" which Is but another name for
consumption. The only way to sue
| cessfully combat lice is to fight them
all the time.
Clean Water Essential.
Stagnant drinking water Is one of
the meanest causes of bowel trouble.
Every vessel that Is used for fount
should be rinsed when the watering is
done and If 1t needs 1t, wash 1t occa-
sionally. We have used n little per-
manganate of potash in the water with
good results This was used for an
antiseptic When one or two cases
of colds are in the flock, and the wa
ter is a means of spreading it to the
others, this permanganate will be
found of untold value. Use enough
of it to color the water we'll
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