Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-27

engine and look after the machine and
look after the machine and even assist
the apparatus is in good working order.
even assist some with the work If
If you expect to operate the machine
by steam the cost will not vary ma
terialy unless you supply the coal. 1t
will require more labor and effort to
operate a, steam outfit and there is much
greater danger of fire from a steam en-
CINE than from gasoline engine.
DANGER FROM FEEDING MoLDY
HAY.
j. N. w, Elberton, Ga, writes; 1 cut
quantity of peavine hay three weeks
ago. They were piled in small cocks and
seemed to begin to cure nicely. About
ten days ago we had a three days rain.
From the moisture within and the rain
without they seemed to get wet through
and through and turned dark and began
TO mold After the weather cleared they
began to dry and look brighter, but
did not tear them down. The rain is set
ting in again Is there danger in feed
ing these vines to horses and mules
There is a quantity OF peas on them.
| 1t is not advisable to feed moldy pea
vine hay to any class of live stock. Much
! sickness and death has peen caused
among animals from using peavine hay in
this condition. One season when located
/ in Virginia the weather for curing pea
vine hay was very bad indeed, and dur
ing that year the farmers were greatly
troubled with sickness among their ami
mails and lost many. Our veterinarian
who examined carefully into many oil
these cases advised the owners to aban-
don the use of moldy peavine hay, and In
most instances the animals made a quick
and complete recovery. If the peast
themselves have not been injured by
sprouting there is no reason why they
should not be threshed and used. While
ii is not advisable to feed badly moldee
peavine hay to any class of stock, there
would be less danger probably from feed
/ ing IL to cattle than to horses and mules
DESTROYING NUT GRASS.
w. t.. Monticello. Ga, writes:
would like to have a remedy for destroy.
ing nut grass.
| Nut grass is one of the most difficult
pests to eradicate, ana has never beer
successfully accomplished by any methoc
of cultivation with which the writer Is
| familiar The destruction of the grass
can be more nearly encompassed by the
use of smother crops, such as cowpeas
Hogs may also be penned on the land ane
once they acquire taste for the nut:
will clean them rather completely from
the land. Constant grazing is necessary
and enough animals must be kept OF
l the land to insure it's being worked ovel
dvery thoroughly. Where only limited
area is affected the nuts may be dug GU
and burned. This is laborious and ex
pensive method but is effective in tn,
L civ he ptffc n
idly one can afford to put some expense
and labor into their eradication.
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TREATMENT OF A CAKED UDDER
T. j. F., Wrightsville, Ga, writes:
have a COW that found twin calves on the
Sth of this month, and in her right for'
teat there seems to be growth tina
drops down from the bag that prevents
milk from coming through the udder
L would like to know what to do for her
From the description contained in your
letter ii would appear that a quarter o.
your cows udder has become caked and
linhamed. This trouble can best be re-
duced by extracting the milk very thor
oughly and stripping the udder out clear
several times daily. Frequently thi:
hardening Of a section of the udder may
be overcome by allowing hungry cali
to suckle the COW. The best treatment is
TO battle the udder thoroughly three times
a day with hot water for 20 minutes al
a time. Rub and knead the udder with 9
formula consisting of one teacupful OF
fresh melted Hard, two ounces of gum
camphor and one ounce of fluid extracl
of belladonna. This treatment when per-
sisted in should relieve the difficulty vi
course. 1t is possible that the udder may
have been injured in some way and a
permanent change in the character OF
the tissues has taken place. In that
event you can probably not restore -
milk-giving function to the affected
quarter; otherwise the treatment sug-
gested should prove effective.