Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-08
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w. A. 81. Gainesville, Ga writes l
have a sow that brought six pigs on
February IL She has had n good dry
pen ali winter and has had access to a
sec..s pasture She was In good order
bu. did not seem to relish ner corn up to
the time she brought the pigs, but wanted
TO root all the time. L housed her Tor
three or four DAYS but when turned cut
the desire to root was increased, and her
appetite decreased. 1t continued this way
for four weeks then she began to show
stiffness in her joints. until now she can
/ not go at all. She has completely lost the
use of her hind legs. Please tell me what
is the trouble and what to do for her.
Your sow has the disease known as
ricketts,. which is due to a lack of lime
salts in sufficient quantity in the food.
The great desire to root shown by the
SOW was The expression of this need OF
earthly or lime salts in her system. The
treatment she should have would con-
sist Of supplying the lime she needs. This
can be supplied by having the following
powder made up. Phosphate of lime Il
ounces: nux vomica, drachms Mix to-
gether and make "a powders, and give
one morning and night. You can also
meal, and to her drink or swill some lime
water The bone meal and the lime
water arc harmless and you can use
i, them without fear of bad results from
overdose Make the lime water by dis
solving a half pound Of quick lime in a
bucketful of cold water. Allow this to
stano l. hours; then pour off the clear
part of the mixture and use this as need
ed. The lime water should be kept bottled
or in a tight can or jug, as it turns
cloudy on exposure to the air.
THE CAD FLY OF CATTLE. -.
IN. B., Cedartown, Ca, writes: l am
sending you a fly of some kind that Is
very annoying to my cattle. When they
are about the cows get very excited, and
IL they arc battered up, they Will jump
as if bees were singing them. They
Will lick their feet as if the fly was be-
tween their toes and will lie down with
their feet under them. l would like TO
know what kind of fly this is, and what
can lie done TO keep them away from
tie COWS?
The specimen which you sent of a fly
which is worrying your cattle is the
Hypoderma Iineata, or CAD fly OF cat
tie. This is the fly which in one of the
I
Jumps or tumors in the backs of cattle
called MARBLES. The most important
means of Kidding cattle of these pests is to
lcok. over a. the cattle late in the win
ter or early i'm the spring, and squeeze
/ out ami crGSh the grubs so that they
will not later develop into flies. To keep
| the dies of the cattle smear some pine
| tar about the shoulders of the cows. This
acts very well in keeping the flies away
from the cows and is lasting so that IL
is only necessary TO make two or three
applications in a season.
| IMPROVING A WORKOUT FARM
:. ID. D., Cornelia Ga, writes: | have
! purchased an old WORKOUT farm, which
! consists mostly of old pine fields and
broom sedge. Judging from the growth
/ of timber. some parts have been thrown
out for 50 years, others for %, and Others
/ for five. Would like to know the bes
method for bringing this up to a high
state of cultivation. Some of the sol
is grayish with red subsoil Would il dc
Il to turn and subsoil the sedge part IN
August? / see the fields contain a large
amount OF star grass, and would like [,
know where | can find a market for it
4 How is the best way TO rot leaves fol
fertilizer?
IL the underlying rock is at a goOC
depth from the surface, there is practi-
cally no such thing as a WORKOUT soil
4 While soil to depth OF Is inches OF
two feet from the surface may not pro
duce crops as readily as top soil, il
brought to the surface. mixed with. veg
etable matter and exposed to the acton
OF the air ana the freezes a compare
lively short time. all things considered
1t is surprising how soon il will grow
profitable crops and become good soil
The first thing for you TO do is TO fiji
Hup the gullies and stop them as ef-
fectually as possible: then pillow the lano
sdeeply. BY this we mean go down to 1;
inches. OF course. you will not breat
the surface soil more than eight or ter
n inches, but you will subsoil TO a dept
of five inches more. You will need e
n secure some extra large and heavy
mules. and any type of pillow which vii
n 1--WE you the desired results should b.
.sed. We find the disk the turning pillow
4 the gang pillow and the Spalding tillin:
machine all helpful in our operations o
be farm. By using these large pillow:
ge economic the amount OF labor nee.
esssry, and multiply the mule power
We can control the mule mower and we