Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-19

s. c. D., Screven, Ga, writes: l have
| fine COW which has her second calf
about two months old. She seemed to
be all right for eight or ten days and
| then she got sick and wouldn't eat
for several days and got thin. She seems
to be all right now except her eyes,
which are watering very badly, and she
can hardly see at times. Would like to
know what to do for her.
1t is impossible to say from the de-
scription given in your letter Just what
the trouble affecting your cow may be.
Moreover, you do not say just what
you have been feeding her. II you have
given her a heavy ration OF cotton-seed
meal or cotton-seed meal and hulls,
change II for a few days and give cool
ing laxative diet consisting, say of wheat
bran and an abundance of green feed. Put
your COW out on pasture. II she is at
all constipated give her a good dose or
EPSON salts, and follow this up with
some tonic such as small doses OF ia
maica ginger for a few days. Examine
her carefully to see If there are any
cattle ticks on her. You will need to look
closely under the TANKS or you may miss
them, though there may be a large
number attached to different parts or
the body. II you find any, grease her well
WITH COLIOn-Sccu IiledA Oh VI VI uuS oS~N-
mont oil. Do not put on too much but
cover all parts and wrinkles Of the skin
where ticks are likely to adhere. This
process closes up the pores and causes
them to drop off and die. Greasing the
cattle also makes II more difficult for
them to attach themselves to the legs
and tall means by which they generally
get on to the cattle. If you have further
trouble after following the suggestions
given, give us a careful outline of the
symptoms and we will try and give other
suggestions to aid you.
]. w. p, East Tallahassee, Ala, writes:
1 find The Journal very helpful, being a
young farmer and in need of advice In
many things. 1 would like for you to
write something pertaining to the oppor-
tunities on the farm, and the need OIL
owning your own home, IL 1t is only one
acre. 1 have a piece of dry bottom OF
about an acre and a half planted in corn
and the prospects are good for so bushels.
Which will pay me best for another crop,
TO SOW down in oats this fall and plant
in corn OF wait until spring and plant 1t
carly in corn, or would 1T pay best IN
cotton? l used 500 pounds of 10-2-2 guano
and 1914 phosphate mixed equally to the
acre. 1 purchased 1000 pounds of nitrate
Of soda to go on my corn and have ap-
piled IT according to your instructions,
and 1 find it perfectly worthless. Where
L did not apply the nitrate the corn is
doing as we'll as where 1t was applied.
have used IL at the rate of lb0 and 300
and 400 pounds and 1 can see no benefit
from any of 1t. Can 1 have the nitrate
analysed in Athens7
Undoubtedly farming offers many op-
)ortunities that are not appreciated. To
this end we are continually trying to em-
phasize the advantages Of an education
of the right type to the farmer. When
ever the boy appreciates the possibilities
Of the land and the extent to which he
can control crop production, ne will be-
come much more interested in the culti-
walton of the soil. No effort will be
spared, therefore, to emphasize these
matters, and to try and make The Jour
nal more and more efficient in serving
it's readers.
If you want 70 make a fine crop OF
corn or cotton next year on the land to
which you refer, 1t will be best not t.
seed it down to any crop this fall. Plow
1t early in the autumn very deeply and
thoroughly and let 1t absorb the winter
rains and be pulverized as much as pos
sible by the freezes. II it Is land that is
subject to washing, then 1t would be
better to put a cover crop on 1t. Under
covered as a rule. but our observation
indicates that land plowed in the fall
can often be seeded earlier IN the spring.
and that II is an advantage to be abe
to seed the crop just when seasonal
conditions are right OF course. we have
seen quite as good crops of corn raised
from late planting as from early plant-
ing, and If we we're to cover this land at
all would prefer to put crimson clover on
4 r,1A In
1t is turned under early enough It will
decay and improve the mechanical con-
dition of the soil and furnish the crop
with a considerable amount Of nitrogen.
If you use no cover crop, we would pre-
fer to put from two to four tons of COM
post on the land. This may be made from
the litter from the barnyard and from
forest mold and leaves. The more yard
manure it contains the better its quail
ity will be. In addition we would use
a fertilizer containing about per cent
of nitrogen, 10 per cent OF phosphoric
acid and 4 to per cent of potash, at
the rate OF at least 500 pounds per acre.
The compost and fertilizer should be
put under the drill row and mixed thor
oughly with the soil. We have found
this method of application to possess
great advantages in insuring large
yield Of both corn and cotton.
II we were 10 beeu Oats Oh the lduu
this fall we would use a 1914 fertilizer
at the rate of 200 to 800 pounds per acre
and then top-dress with nitrate Of soda
in the spring at the rate of 100 to l5c
pounds. 1t should be put on in two ap-
plications, one shortly after growth COM
mences and the second just about the
same time the oats are beginning Il
shoot into head. A 3-10-4 fertilizer will
cost probably SIS per ton.
You will probably secure as large
yield from some Of the prolific varie-
ties OF corn as from the large-earsd
sorts. Marlboro has given good results
on the college farm as well as Whatley's
Prolific. I am glad to see you making
good applications OF fertilizers, and hope
you will secure excellent results The
season has been so unfavorable, how
ever, that fertilizer is not going to have
as good an opportunity this year to
show its value as in a more favorable
season. 1 am surprised to hear you say
that you received no benefit from nitrate
of soda. II you had stated there was a
tendency TO produce too much stalk or