Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-28

4 pounds Of mur1ate or potash. ana IA
pounds of nitrate of soda; or $50 pounds
of acid, % pounds Of muriate Of potash
and q pounds of nitrate Of soda.
The highest grade of cotton seed meal
will contain about per cent Of nitrogen.
As nearly as we can make out from the
tag sent us which is badly defaced and
worn, the sample you have contains els
per cent OF nitrogen. This a very good
\ grade of cotton seed meal but not the
highest grade. OF course, il is much bet
] ter than some which is sold since there
| is sonse on the market containing only BIS
| per cent of nitrogen, and the so-called
! feed meal probably contains considerably
less than this.
The prices of fertilizer as fixed by the
state department of agriculture for the
| year 1910 are not available as yet; there
| fore, I cannot say absolutely just which
one OF the formulas suggested would be
the cheapest. Personally. I believe if you
/ wish to make a 2-1O-4 fertilizer you might
proceed as follows with excellent results
and secure about as cheap a mixture as
you can obtain i'm any other way: Mix
! together 500 pounds of high grade cotton
4 seeI meal which should contain per
cent OF nitrogen. IS per cent of phosphor-
/ ic acid and is per cent of potash; 1.140
( pounds of Is per cent acid phosphate. and
/ so pounds OF high-grade muriate of pot
ash This mixture would contain per ton
approximately A. pounds of nitrogen, 1914
pounds Of phOsphoric acid and so pounds
of potash. I'm other words 1t would con
: tain virtually the percentages called for.
/ The cotton seed meal should furnish you
the nitrogen i'm about as cheap source
as YOU can purchase il, though the meal is
I unusually high this year, and there are
q few sources from which you can obtain
phosphoric acid cheaper than in. acid
phosphate II Is pretty generally recog-
nized that muriate of potash furnishes
potash i'm as cheap a form as it can be
purchased. We suggested the use Of cot
! ton seed meal for the reason that you
could not apply a mixture to the soil con-
! taining as much as 800 pounds of nitrate
OF soda which II would be necessary TO
use to obtain the percentage of that ele-
ment desired. Only comparatively small
amounts of nitrate OF soda should be put
In the soil. 1t should be used chiefly as
| top dressings after the crops are up and
growing.
There are an infinite number of ways i'm
which formulas for fertilizers may be pre-
pared. but we think the suggestions made
are as good as any you can follow, and
II we were desiring to prepare fertili-
ger for our own use and expecting to OBJ
/ tain il at a moderate cost, we would not
hesitate to follow this plan.
CURING A COUGH IN HORSES AND
/ MULES
| n w. Ball Ground. Ga. writes: I have
a mule about u years old that has a
cough. Can you tell me the cause and
give a remedy? II seems to be worse aft
or eating or when he begins to pull i'm
harness. He has been this way about
three months. He wants to eat dirt and
trash.
The coughing may be due to a variety
of causes. II may result from a cold or.
some irritation of the bronchial passages
or il may be due to a tight collar, or to
the feeding of musty or bad hay or fod-
der All these things should be examined
into II IL is due to a cold there will be
some discharge from the nostrils, some
evidence of congestion of the mucous
membrane, and more or less difficult
beathing through the nose will probably
be experienced. In that case the use of
a cough mixture will often relieve the
troubIes A good one may be prepared as
follows: Mix together 1-2 ounce of fluid
extract of belladonna, IL ounce of pulver-
lied opium, drains of molasses and flour
enough TO make eight ounces of paste.
with a small paddle daub teaspoonful
on the back teeth two or three times
daily.
IF the trouble is of more permanent
character as shown by its failure to yield
To treatment, it may be what is known
among horsemen as heaves. In that case
the food should be wet and only easily
digested material should be fed, such as
bran mashes Cut down the amount or
corn and do not use too much rough
bulky food. A tonic condition powder VIII
often help but careful feeding and diet
ing are among the most important agen-
cies in securing good results from the
treatment.
A, depraved appetite is generally due to
deficiency of mineral matter in the
food. II you have been feeding exclu-
sively on corn and 1t has not been prop
erIy salted, the use of little salt and
change in the ration will probably effect
cure.
TEMPORARY OR, HURDLE FENCES
FOR HOGS.
Al X, Littleton, n. c., writes: ] saw
your description of portable hog fence
but cannot exactly catch the idea. Would
like to see a picture of it.
Our CORRESPONDENT is unable to under
stand the description of the cheap and
convenient portable fence for combining
hogs which was recently published. The
accompanying photographs makes this
matter plain and shows the different sec
tions of the fence. 1t will be observed
that wire has been used in constructing
these hurdles. This will be found salts
factory. but the following description
which we reprint for the information of
all readers will malxe~it plain for those
who wish TO use 1x6s i'm the place of the
wire how to proceed:
A plain portable hurdle fence to confine
hogs may be made of 1x6s, II or Is feet
long. Four 1x6 pieces 10 feet long are re-
ouired for a single panel. Commencing at
the bottom, the first two are placed six
inches apart, while the third and top ones
are seven inches apart. The pieces are
held in place by 1x4-inch pieces, one plac-
ed six inches from either end, and the
other placed in the center. The bottom
piece OF the triangle, which forms the
support of the hurdle, is three feet six
inches long, and is made of Ike stuff In
the center of this piece a notch is cut
three inches deep and two inches wide
The sides of the triangle are made of 1X4
inch boards, four feet long, with a notch
corresponding to the one in the Dashboard
cut in the top.
ROUP IN FOWLS AND ITS CONTROL"