Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21

! TWO ounces nitrate OF potash, two ounces
gentian root, two ounces nux vomica
oughly pulverize and mix together and
give a heaping teaspoonfuI in the feed
three times daily.
REMOVING WARTS FROM LIVE
STOCK
l. c., Roopville. Ca, writes / have a
mule with a wart over it's left eye about
the size of a quarter of dollar. one small
one on the side and also one in the ear j
would like safe means of removing
| them.
Warts in the vicinity of the eye are
best removed by cutting off with a pair
| of sharp scissors and the part burned
with caustic to prevent bleeding and to
heal the wound Lunar caustic is the best
thing to use when the wart is removed
from near the eye. When the warts are on
other parts of the body, butter of anti
| mony, blue stone and chloride of zinc
may be used. Warts may also be removed
by tying thread or string tightly around
them at the place of attachment to the
skin. The string may have to be
frightened several times, but it will cause
the wart to slough off. Should a wound
remain it should be treated as an ordinary
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STRAIN OF THE MUSCLES.
A subscriber, FELTON,, Ca, writes: 1 have
a fine mule five years old / have just
bought and it seems to be weak in it's
loins. can detect it in it's walk, and by
placing my hands on its hips and bear.
ing it will give way. 1 would like to
have remedy for this trouble.
The trouble to which you refer may be
due to some strain or injury to the loins
through heavy pulling or from q blow
struck accidentally or on purpose We
would suggest that you give the ANNA
| rest for a little while and see If the
trouble does not disappear. We would
also advise that you examine the food
you are using. Musty hay, grain or feed
] Of any kind should not be given. You do
not state whether there is an excessive
secretion of urine or not. In case there
! is, you should examine into this matter
carefully because the loins are frequently
affected when this trouble appears An
excessive secretion of urine may be due
| to the use of bad food of any kind, OF
to the overuse of medicinal agents which
stimulate the kidneys.
Treatment for this trouble is quite sim
pie and effective in the early stages. First
OF all, do not use any faulty or undesir-
able drugs while supplying the best
food obtainable Decoctions of fax seed
should be used freely in the drinking
water, and to this should be added two
| drachms of phosphate of iron, drains of
Peruvian bark. and drains of iodde OF
potash daily. In case the kidneys do moi
seem affected, we would give a dose of
salts to thoroughly clean out the bowels
and then use tonic foods for a few days
and follow this treatment with a condi-
ton powder.
PREPARING TO RAISE A BALE PER
ACRE
H. L. P, Abbeville, S. c.. writes: have
six acres of land on which l am anxious
to make a bale per acre. Four acres Of
this land was sowed in peas this year,
and the balance in cotton. I am now
breaking 1t up with two-horse turning !
plow eight inches deep. expect to broad !
cast 20 loads of farmyard manure on the |
thinnest portions. would be glad for |
some suggestions in regard to the best |
fertilizer and method of cultivation t. |
pursue.
You are certainly acting wisely in plow- !
ing the land which you intend for cotton |
as deeply as possible. Break it UP thor |
oughly, turn it over and leave it in
rough condition so IT will hold water and |
be pulverized by the freezes of winter. |
Enriching your land with vegetable matter
is one of the best things you could do
We will never get the full benefit from
any commercial fertilizer used unless
there is a proper amount of humus in the
soil. This We can secure in two ways,
either by blowing under green crops, such
as peas or velvet beans, or by applying
farmyard manure. OF course. farmyard /
manure is the thing we should have for
this purpose. since it is a by-product of
the stock farm, but where we can not
have an adequate supply green legumi-
nous crops must be made to do their part |
A profit may be had from blowing undei
green crop by first grazing it off WITH
hogs or some other class of stock, and
then turning the refuse under to add
nitrogen and vegetable matter to the soil.
Probably the best way for you to use
your 20 loads Of COW manure would be to
compost 1t we'll, and put it in the drill
rows just before planting the cotton at
the rate of Is tons per acre In our ex-
perience with farmyard manure we are
inclined to think that better results have
come from more frequent applications of |
moderate amounts than excessive appl-
cations at<long periods of time We found |
last year that the use of farmyard ma
nure under our cotton rows was an ad-
mirable plan. This, Of course, was on land |
We would also advise the use of a high
grade fertilizer In liberal amounts for |
cotton. We do not say that the 3-10-4 is
the fertilizer to use under all circum-
stances, but we regard it with much IA
vor and think we have reason to from
the good results we have had from using
Il on the college farm. Five hundred |
pounds per acre is not too much to use.
Where there is an abundance Of nitrogen
In the soil, probably 1914 fertilizer will
answer very well. If your land is very
sandy we would use even a larger amount
of potash, as this will tend to prevent
cotton rust and furnishes one of the es-
sential elements of plant food as well
You may either buy the fertilizer sug-
gested, or purchase the raw ingredients
and mix them for yourself. Cotton-seed
meal, acid phosphate and muriate of pot
ash are good basic materials to use. To L
bring the nitrogen up to the percentage
suggested you will probably have to add
100 pounds of nitrate of soda to each ton
of the mixture
DEPRAVED APPETITE AND IT'S
CONTROL.
A correspondent writes: have a fine
mare that eats her manure and cannot