Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-28
MEETINGS FOR GEORGIA FARMERS
SUCCESSFUL FARMING

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TREATMENT OF CATARRH IN
HORSES.
]. F. H., Royston, Ga, writes:
would like to know a remedy for ca
tarrh in horses and mules
There are two forms of catarrh in
horses, known as the acute and chronic
forms. Weather conditions have been
such this spring as to cause many ami
mails TO take cold by reason Of the sud-
den changes in temperature and expos
ure to drafts in the stable when over
heated. For an ordinary cold in the
head. which is form of the disease,
the best thing to do is to give the pa
tient comfortable quarters, blanket
warmly If il appears to be cold and
chilly, and supply with laxative easily
digested food. OF course, protecting
from drafts is an important matter. A
tablespoonful of saltpetre should be
, added to the drinking water once daily.
The horses head may be steamed by
placing a blanket over IL and setting
under this a pail Of boiling water con-
| tanning a tablespoonful of carbolic
acid. As the water cools more steam
can be generated by plunging hot
stones into the pail A good tonic con-
dition powder for you to use with your
horse is the following: Sulphate of
iron, 2 ounces; nuX vomica seed, 1
ounce; gentian root, ounces and nj
trate of potash, ounces. These in
gradients should be thoroughly pull
verified and mixed together and a tea
spoonful given in the feed three times
daily. You may also spray the nos
trils with a solution of boric acid in
the proportion Of two drains to one
quart OF water.
FERTILIZING FOR HIGH YIELDS.
c. v. B., Reynolds, Ga, writes: I
have eight acres OF land on which de-
sire to make six bales Of cotton. 1t is
gray gravelly soil with a clay sub-soil.
The land was well broken in April and
planted the 18th of May. 1 put 800
pounds Of $50 guanO per acre. Would
like to know what additional fertilizer
to use. What do you think Of the fol-
lowing for a side application: so
pounds OF 16 per cent acid, so pounds
Of kainit, 80 pounds of cotton seed meal
and 80 pounds of nitrate of soda, and
use the whole at the rate of 200 pounds
per acre.
have q 1.00O-pound mule six years
I
Her eyes run water every time I work
her hard. She seems to eat all right,
but is not in very good condition. VIII
cotton seed meal and bulls hurt my
mules2 1 also have fifteen acres OF
cotton on stin gray land with red clay
sub-soil. I bedded on $50 pounds of
an 1928, fertilizer and want to make
fifteen bales on this piece of land.
for you to apply 200 pounds of a 1914
as a side application to the cotton
growing,-ron your red land, and $50
pounds Of the same fertilizer to the
cotton growing on the gray land. Your
proposal to use so pounds of acid phos-
phate, so pounds of kainit. so pounds
Of cotton seed meal and so pounds of
nitrate Of soda, is fairly satisfactory
in our judgment. This mixture would
supply about 1O.5 pounds of nitrogen.
9.5 pounds of phosphoric acid and
pounds Of potash. This side APPLICATION
would contain considerable less phos-
phoric acid, but more nitrogen, and
about the same amount of potash as
the one We have suggested. We think
that the use of more phosphoric acid
on your land is probably desirable as
this will help TO hasten the maturity
or the cotton in a late season, and
will supply the crop with an essential
element needed to perfect the seed.
and hence develop a satisfactory quail
ity and character Of lint. If your crop
is very backward it is possible that it
would pay you TO use a little later an
application of so to 100 pounds of nj
trate of Soda as a second application.
This should be put on. however, be-
fore very long or it may tend to pro-
duce growth at the expense of fruit
and as the season is late. it will not
be good practice to use fertilizer cal
culated to prolong growth too late into
the fall Not being able to determine
what character Of fall we are likely to
have, il is, Of course. difficult to advise
Just what kind of fertilizer to use. In
very late season, the use of nitrate
as late as the 18th of July might often
prove profitable in your section Of the
state. but ordinarily the last applica-
ton had best be made about the first
OF July.
Your mule is probably suffering from
some form Of ophthalmia. This is
rather a common trouble in the south
where mules are fed almost exclusively
on corn and fodder. 1t is a fact that
the failure to provide them with a larg-
er per cent OF portein in the daily ra-
ton and the character Of roughness
used accounts in some measure for this
trouble. II is not likely that you can
do anything to prevent the blindness
coming on as troubles of this kind
are exceedingly difficult to treat and
are seldom cured after they become
at all chronic. This trouble is also
often hereditary. when an animal is
attacked it should be placed in a dark
ened stall Iodide Of potash may be
given in dram doses internally as a
drench once daily for four or FIVE days,
then withheld for the same length of
time. and repeated If necessary. Quin-
inc in dram doses twice daily is also
beneficial
PLANTING IRISH POTATOES AFTER
OATS.
J. d. T, Brewten, Ala, writes: have
a lot OF cat stubble land and wish to
put one or two acres IN irish potatoes as
a fall crop. Please let me know the man
ner OF preparation and fertilization for
this crop.
II will be best for you to break the
Y land intended for Irish potatoes at once
turning the stubble under deeply and
rolling il so as to compact the SOIL ana
draw the moisture Immediately to the
surface Then harrow and disk until
I fine friable seed bed has been pro-
duced. open burrows two and a half
TO three feet apart to a depth of six
inches. Mix with the subsoil a good