Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-20

A very good compost may be made
as follows: Mix together 100 pounds
of the material described in your let
ter, $50 pounds of high-grade acid phos-
phate and so pounds Of muriate of pot
ash. This mixture will contain about
the same amount of plant food per ton
as 500 TO 500 pounds of an S-2-2 fertil-
izer. 1t should be used under the drill
row at the rate of not less than one
ton per acre. In order TO secure tho
thorough breaking down of the COM
post, the pile should be made In hol-
low depression, say on clay knoll.
This Will prevent very much loss from
leacing 1t should be convenient to
water so it may be kept moist all the
time, and IL may be advisable to fork
il over once or twice at intervals or
30 days, so as to mix and fine 1t the
more completely. OF course, If you
could use two tons of this material,
go much the better. The compost will
not supply. as you see, large amount
Of plant food, but the vegetable matter
it contains WIN be of some service in
tiding over drought periods and in sup
plying the soil with the very valuable
and essential material known as humus
and in which they are so generally de-
ficient. We would prefer to apply this
compost in the spring of the year in
a wide, deep furrow and bed lightly over
1t. 1t may be mixed with the soil by
means Of a bull tongue. The deeper
and more thorough the soil is broken
up, especially underneath the drill row,
the better. Mixing the compost with
the soil is also an advantage, as it will
tend to spread the root system of the
plants.
OF CORNS IN HORSES
J. c. c., Townville S. c., writes: 1
have a horse seven years old that has
corns on his front feet near the heel
between the inside and outside wall that
bother him in travelling. Is there any
thing that can be done for him?
The treatment Of your horse with
corns will depend upon the nature of
the corn and what has produced 1t.
Improper shoeing, leaving the shoes on
too long, contracted heels and excess
sive hardness of the hoof are causes.
Corns may be either hard or soft In
shoeSng the sole and frog should not
be trimmed except just enough to re-
move the ragged parts. as excessive
trimming not only weakens the foot
but prevents the frog coming into con-
tact with the ground, thus preventing
the frog from performing it's function
of absorbing the shock of forcible con-
tact with the earth. Faulty construc-
ton of the shoe, /. e., high calks. thin
heels of heel calks set too far forward or
too light shoe is responsible for many
corns. Corns are seldom found in
horses accustomed to going without
shoes. In the dry corn there is the
formation Of hard plug which at each
step causes pain by pressure on the
surrounding sensitive tissue. In the
ie onrYfa fVaf loY "a M,
and frequently suppuration of pus for
nation. This Is the most serious form
and sometimes causes slouehing of the
surrounding parts of the foot.
The treatment consists in removing
the cause and assisting nature in, the
process of healing the affected parts.
No rules can be laid down that will suit
all cases. Keep the hoof moist and IL
the heels are contracted use tips for
the shoes. Be sure to have the frog
in contact with the ground If heels
are not contracted shoe with three-quar-
ter shoe or three-quarter bar shoe. The
wall may be trimmed away so as TO
keep the weight off the affected part
Hoof ointments or pine tar serve to
keep the horn tissue flexible. Soaking
the feet in water or poulticing secures
relief from pain by softening the hoof
If pus is present II must be allowed
free exit and ten per cent solution OF
creolin used as wash for the sore.
Follow this with the application of
solution Of copper sulphate. 1t may
he we'll TO protect the bottom of the
foot with a dressing Of oakum soaked
IN the copper sulphate solution and COW
cred nv leather ned.
SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO PUR-
CHASING COWS.
q NJ. s.. Pearson, Ga. writes: Several
weeks ago my husband bought a Jersey
COW from a man who had bought up a