Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-26

the feet at least two hours daily. They
may then be wiped dry and oiled with
hoof dressing. Amy good oil or glycerine
may be used for this purpose. The fol-
lowing mixture may also be found help
full: Turpentine, l ounce; pine tar, ounce;
beeswax, ounces, and fish oil, ounces.
This should be brushed over all parts OF
the foot twice daily. Shooting with broad
web barred shoes with rubber heels and
pads beneath to lessen the jar will often
prove helpful.
SUCKERS AN INJURY TO CORN.
J.. D. NJ, Dovedale, Ca, writes: l have
q pet patch of corn which Is green ana
growing rapidly, and throwing out suck
ers. Should I take them off and apply
soda? II was planted May Is.
The great majority of suckers on corn
will fail to mature an ear, or II they oo'
II will only be a nubbin. They take away
much plant food and water from the
main stalk and tend to stunt 1t and
lessen it's perfection by reducing the
size and number of ears. This being
true, suckers had best be removed the
minute they begin to form. for the long
err they are allowed to grow the more
damage they will do. II one desired TO
use the corn only for forage, there
would probably be no objection TO leaV-
ing them on, but where you seek to
make a large yield of grain, 1t Is best
to remove them. II your corn Is Skiing
and tasseling now, 1t will hardly pay
you to put on nitrate OF soda, as
this material is chiefly valuable for slim
ulating growth and If applied now may
tend to produce leaf and stem at the
expense Of seed.
CURING SORE HEAD IN CHICKENS:
w c. Y, Centerville, Fla writes: l
have a very nice lot of chickens ana
when they get about half grown or
before, they begin to take the sore head.
Please give me a remedy for 1t.
Sore head is not a particularly diff
cult disease to treat II taken at the right
time. The chickens should be carefully
watched and treated as soon as the
first evidences of the disease appear.
There is nothing better for this purpose
than some Of the cold tar dips. They
should be diluted in the proportion OF
one part to 30 parts of water and the
chickens dipped in it. Where the case
is an aggravated one and matter forms
in the corner of the eyes, cloth sat-
urated with the disinfectant should be
used to remove 1t. Cleaning and dis
injecting the quarters and burning all
litter and looking after the sanitary
condition of the house are important
matters in fighting this and other dis
eases which attack poultry.
w. E. H, Brooksville. Fla, writes:
We have some land that is overgrown
with Bermuda grass. We have planted
corn, velvet beans, peanuts, etc, but so
far have not been able to make the place
self-supporting, and I want to plant
something now which will bring in quick
returns, and I think the best thing would
be peppers, egg-plants and onions. We
put in five acres Of tomatoes and fertiliz-
ed and worked them well, but the drouth
ruined all, so now we have put peanuts
on the same ground.
It occurs to me that you might plant
millet on a considerable area of your
land to good advantage. II so, broad
cast at the rate OF one bushel per acre
and cut just when the grain is in the
early dough stages. You can make a
most excellent quality Of hay and secure
very good yield per acre, provided you
fertilize fairly WELL You should use
about 500 pounds of fertilizer containing
2 to per cent Of nitrogen, to 8 per
cent of phosphoric acid and 6 to s per
cent of potash, on land such as de-
scribed in your letter. Millet will ma
ture in from 90 to so days, and you could
then take 1t off the land and sow to GRIM
son clover or some other soil-building
crop to cover the land until early in
the spring, when 1t might be plowed un-
der for the sake of improving the soil.
OF course, when II comes to truck crops,
second crop Irish potatoes should make
you a good profit. Fall-grown cabbage.
radishes and tomatoes should promise
we'll in your locality. Peanuts may be
grown with advantage and grazed down
by hogs, and they will also improve the
land.
To build up the soil II will be neces-
sary to institute a crop rotation, which
should be of one character IL you de-
sire to make 1t into a general farm, and
of another character If you desire to
grow truck. If you propose to follow
farming you might be able to grow Sea
Island or short staple cotton to good ad-
vantage When the cotton is gathered the
land should be seeded to oats in the
open furrow. These can be cut in the
spring, the ground planted to cowpeas
or velvet beans to be plowed under or
harvested for grain, depending on the
richness of the ground. Then sow to
winter vetch and oats for hay and plant
to corn as a second crop. In this way
you can establish a rotation which will
build up the soil, and enable you to
carry a considerable number of live
stock as well.