Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-18

ronaptholeum. or any of the cold tar
dips, to cleanse the wounds and induce
rapid healing. We have spayed and cas-
trated ANIMALS at all seasons of the year
without injurious results. OF course a
very cold, wet, blustery day might not be
an ideal time to choose for the work,
but 1t need not be put off for several
months, which we judge to be your plan
according to the suggestion made in
your letter.
DESTROYING WEEVILS IN GRAIN
E. A. D., Island Grove, Fla, writes
How is the best way to keep seed corn
so it will be safe from the corn weevil
which is a great pest here in Florida?
Seed corn may be effectively protect
ed from the ravages of the weevil If 1t
is taken Immediately on gathering and
placed in a tight box or bin and treated
with carbon bisulphide. 1t is desirable to
have the box lined with tin so as to
virtually make 1t air tight. The carbon
bisulphide should be used at the rate of
one pound to one ton of grain, or if the
treatment is given in an empty room,
one pound to 1000 cubic feet of air
space. The bisulphide should be placed in
a dish or other convenient container
and placed on top the grain since the
fumes are heavier than air. The liquid
changes into the gaseous form very
quickly. The box should be left tight
ly closed for several hours, and the treat
ment should be repeated at intervals Of
few days for two or three times to
make certain that all the weevils from
any eggs that may hatch out are COM
pletely destroyed. Since carbon bisul-
phide is very inflammable, care should
be exercised in handling it to keep lights
away from it.
EVIDENCES OF LUNG WORM
I. B. G., Buchanan, Ca, writes:
would like to know what to do for my
pigs; they appear to be run down and
exhausted and soon die. first thought
they had gotten cotton seed, but I have
my doubts about this being the trouble.
have lost three. They will try to ear
to within a short time of their death.
They have had good attention and good
quarters. Please give me your opinion
In the matter.
Your hogs are evidently infested with
lung worms; at least the symptoms CIV
en- in your letter would indicate this to
be the trouble. This IL a parasite which
attacks both lambs and pigs, but the
latter most frequently. and while a va
viety of worms may attack the lungs,
the strongylus filaria is probably the
most common. The parasite does i'm
mense damage in Georgia, and but little
attempt has ever been made to check
its ravages because its presence has
often remained undetected, and there
fore it has been allowed to infect vast
areas of land so completely that it will
take some time to get rid of It,
When this disease attacks hogs they
generally fall away rapidly, are subject
to fits of coughing, and sometimes raise
! mucus containing the threads. When
the coughing continues there is diff
cult breathing and the animals often die
rather quickly. Where the animals are
in good condition the best thing to do
is to sell them Immediately. All well
animals should then be isolated and put
on a piece of ground away from the in
tested quarters. Treatment for this
trouble is unsatisfactory. The best plan
is to put the animals in a close room
or tent and fumigate with sulphur. The
attendant should stay in the room with
head on a level with the hogs until he
can stand the fumes no longer, and then
| fresh air should be admitted. This
treatment should be given once daily for
three or four days. Another treatment
is to inject medicine into the windpipe
by means of a hypodermic syringe, but
1T is best TO have veterinarian do this
A good mixture to use is one part of
turpentine to two parts of cotton seed
| oil.
STRING HALT AND ITS TREATMENT
]. A. B., writes: 1 have a nice young
mule four years old that has string halt.
would like to know II there is any
cure for it? When work her hard and
let her stand she is string half first in
one hind leg and then another.
String halt is virtually an incurable
disease; in other words, medicinal treat
ment seldom proves successful 4 .4e first
thing to do is to look after the diet. Care
full feeding and tonics are sometimes
beneficial The food should be nutritious