Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-03-01

DESTROYING WORMS IN HORSES.
S. E. B., Bessemer City, n. c., writes:
/ would like remedy to rid my horse of
worms which pass occasionally. They are
from two to three inches in length. The
horse is I'm rough condition. s.
Worms may be destroyed In horses as
follows: Feed the animal sparingly for
about As hours, as the medicine will be
most effective when given on an empty
stomach. Then give two ounces Of tur-.
pentine which should be well diluted with
milk or cotton-seed oil so as to prevent
its blistering the mouth and throat. Care
should be taken in administering the
drench to see that the head
danger of the mixture passing into the
longs This dose should be given daily
for two or three days in succession, and
should be followed each time with good
purgative, say one pound of EPSON salts.
This is probably the simplest and most
effective remedy which can be used.
good mixture to keep where your horse
can get IL at all times is two parts OF
common salt, two parts OF wood ashes
and two parts of sulphur. This is good
preventive, and is also an excellent tonic
treatment to keep the system in good
condition.
MANGELS AND SQUASH AS HOG
FOOD.
L. L. A, Woodstock, Ga, writes: want
to plant some mangel wurzels, and also
some Hubbard squash to fatten my hogs
this fall, and also to feed to a cow. My
land is gray sandy land and will produce
about one-half bale of cotton to the acre
with 200 pounds of fertilizer. 1t was plant
ed to corn last year. I want to know
how to prepare and fertilize the land for
l..l n
growing either, and would like all the
information you can give me.
Land for mangel wurzels should be pre-
pared the same as for any garden crop,
that is, il should be thoroughly plowed
and a fine surface prepared. Then the
seed may be planted In rows IL TO 81
feet apart. They are best drilled in I'M
less you wish to put in large area They
may be sown with a garden drill. Sow at
the rate OF six pounds per acre and culti-
vate much as for corn, that is, keep free
from weeds and trash. After the first
cultivation they should be hoed out to a
stand The mangels should not be left
thicker than six inches to one foot apart
In the drill row. 1t is very important that
this crop be planted early, any time after
the middle of March to the first of April
would be a good time in your locality. 1t
would be much better for you to grow
pumpkins than sugar beets TO feed your
cow These should be planted In hills s
to 10 feet apart early in May. From
to 10 seed should be put in each drill and
cultivation persisted in. They should
later be thinned out to two or three in
each hill. Pumpkins may be planted in
corn to good advantage. They should be
put in at the same time as the corn and
planted II feet apart I'm every fourth row.
Pumpkins make very fine food for
cows and do we'll in our climate, and IL
given proper cultivation and opportunity
will make a large yield. They can also
be kept easily until late fall, or In other
words, until very severe freezes occur.
Pumpkins and mangel wurzels would
make better feed for a cow than hogs,
however These crops will both respond
well to applications of yard manure I'M
der the drill row. When this is absent
they should be fertilized heavily with
fertilizer containing at least per cent
Of nitrogen, to 10 per cent Of phos-
phoric acid and to 6 per cent of potash.
We would advise the use Of from 400 to
500 pounds per acre of such a mixture
under these crops.
For hogs il will be more desirable to
grow soy beans and cowpeas in success
sion, that Is, plant early and late matur-
very fine as a grazing crop for hogs.
They make a rather soft pork, but II you
feed a little corn for about two weeks
before killing. fine firm flesh will be Sc
cured.
APPLYING KANT TO COTTON.
L. p, Collins, Ga, writes i want to
use some kainit on my cotton this year.
and want to mix some 1922 fertilizer with
it for a top dressing. How many sacks
OF s-2-2 should be mixed with five sacks
of kainit to make well. balanced fer
tilizer?
You would have to use at least 500 to
500 pounds of an s-2-2 fertilizer to secure
anything like an adequate supply of plant
food for a cotton crop where you antici-
pate a yield Of as much as one bale per
acre. Five hundred pounds of an s-2-9
fertilizer would carry ten pounds of nitro
gen. 20 pounds OF phosphoric acid and ten