Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-24
EXTENSION TEACHING FOR WOMEN

f, vestigate the problem as they should.
Some think that any suggestions along
this line reflect on the quality OF our
! women as housekeepers, but they are en-
tirely wrong. The best Of US know
but little. Let US drink deep at the
Puritan springs that we may do our part
in maintaining in our beloved state
superior type OF manhood and woman
hood and protect our homes and our
people from the lurking dangers which
our increasingly complex civilization is
multiplying each day, and which will
presently exact a fearful toll unless we
proceed to combat them along the lines
which nature has indicated as advisa-
BILE.
CHRONIC INTESTINAL INDIGESTION
A subscriber, winterville, Ga, writes: I
have a young mule shipped from the
west last spring which has been all right
until three weeks ago. She seems to have
lot of gas which has run into scours.
She has actions when to the blow every
1--WE minutes, but does not bother her
when on the road. / feed her corn, oats.
wheat bran. hay and shucks. Keep salt
| in the stall at all times. Give her stock
powders twice a day at times and then
skip a few days. Please give a remedy
| for the trouble.
Your mule is evidently suffering from
chronic intestinal indigestion. The only
suggestion I would make in your way of
! feeding would be to leave of the bran
as a regular feed. Bran has decidedly
laxative action, and with your mule show
ing a tendency to securing the bran may
aggravate the condition II fed regularly.
A feed OF bran once or at most twice q
,.,nI
need of that kind of food. The stock
powder may be discontinued also, il you
like. Such powders have no more value
than any good feed and are very much
more costly. With abundance Of good
feed you are mourning needless expense
in buying stock powders. Now another
| precaution-do not overfeed. keep your
mule a little hungry rather than feed too
much. Have the following tonic made
up and give a tablespoonful either in
the feed or on the tongue before feeding
two or three times n day:
Powdered copper sulphate, 2 ounces.
Powdered gentian root, 2 ounces.
Powdered Iinseed meal, II ounces.
Mix and make into a powder.
TREATMENT FOR NANCE IN DOGS.
r. c. H. Buchanan, Ga, writes: I
Il ndNc a me uOE NAldN has Bdu ulhDEC SiuCc
last December, and have tried several
simple remedies. but have failed to cure
him. VIII you please give me a remedy
which will cure him?
A reliable remedy for mango is made
as follows:
Canada balsam, 5 drains
Creolin. / dram
Alcohol, 6 ounces.
Mix and make into a solution. Clip the
hair of affected parts and for some dis
lance around them wash with strong soap
suds. Dry thoroughly and apply a little
of the medicine to affected parts with a
soft brush twice a day.
USE OF EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF
POTASH
j. w. B., Tucker. Ga. writes: In mix
| ing our fertilizer by mistake we used mu-
riate in place of kainit, and so we have
16 per cent potash where we only wanted
, 4 per cent We want to know if that
amount of potash is liable TO injure our
crop Of cotton and corn.
You have undoubtedly used a tremend-
Gus amount of potash under your cotton
and corn. do not believe have known
Of such a heavy application being made
to these crops. You do not say I'm your
letter just what character of land you
applied this to, but If il was ordinary
upland red clay, you have probably used
three or four times as much potash as
was necessary, but the potash was no
doubt well distributed and mixed with
the soil and constitutes such a small per
cent OF the weight of an acre Of land.
IT will not exert any injurious effect on
the crop. The principal objection TO using
IL in such large amount was the extra
cost the application entailed on you.
There is this consolation, however, that
potash is not likely to be readily leached
from the land. and that only a moderate
amount need probably be used another
year. OF course. il land is allowed to
wash and gully badly. a part of the pot
ash may be lost. There is another posi-
bic objection to using such a large
amount Of potash in that il may overhaul
ance the food supply Of the soil in one
particular. In other words, IL throws
the ration of the plants out Of balance,
| and they are not likely to make quite
| as good a yield as where the elements
needed are in proportion more likely
TO suit the crop, but we do not ~
| there is any cause for worry In the mat
ter.
! BREAKING A COW FROM SUCKING
! HERSELF
| A subscriber. Sewanee, Tenn. writes:
I would like to know what to do to break
q COW from sucking herself. Her calf is
/ just two months old. She has MIXED
very well until lately when an investiga-
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