Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-16

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Separate the sick hogs from the herd,
feed them no corn. but provide a thin,
freshly made slop of middlings and, If
available. plenty of SKINNED milk or but
termilk. Provide plenty of fresh water,
shade and shelter.
All serum is tested on pigs inouclated
with hog cholera virus. and the potency
proven before sent out. The greatest care
is taken to prevent contemplation during
the process of manufacture, and the vet
Urinary department assumes no respon-
sibility for any bad results which may
follow its use.
Hog cholera serum must not be ex-
pected to prevent any disease except
cholera. nor should it be expected TO inn
prove the condition of hogs suffering
from worms or lice. 1t cannot replace
proper feed. care and shelter.
SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO cow
PEAS.
F. W. w. Fort Valley. Ca, writes:
would like all the information you
can give me in regard to cowpeas. as
to planting. cultivating. fertilizing and
making into hay.
Early maturing varieties of cowpeas
may be planted any time during this
month and still make a very good yield
OF hay and grain provided the weather
conditions late In the season are at all
favorable There is so much moisture
in the ground now that a crop well
established will shade the land suffi-
GENTLY to insure fairly vigorous
growth If a good stand is obtained.
Peas may be sown IN various ways,
either broadcast or in drills. In our
experience broadcasting has not been
satisfactory. 1t takes an unusual
amount Of seed and il is difficult to Sc
cure a good stand We prefer to use
a grain drill. stopping up two out of
every three tubes, or a single stalk
drill or two-horse corn planter may be
used with advantage. OF course, the
plates must be changed on the planter
so as to distribute the peas properly.
We prefer to SOW from four to I'VE
pecks per acre. After the peas are
sown.. the weeder should be run over
the ground to keep the surface crust
broken and enable the peas to break
through the top soil readily. Guilt
vate is such manner as will keep the
crust broken until the peas get large
enough to spread across the rows when
cultivation may be withheld.
Among the varieties of peas which
you can AFFORD to plant at this season
are the Whippoorwill, Warren's Extra
Early and New Era. Ane Clay and
Unknown are very late maturing va
rieties and may not develop as much
as is desirable, especially If an early
Irost falls in the autumn. In a late
season they are probably more salts
factory to grow than some of the va
rIeties suggested. You will find the
Iron cowpea peculiarly valuable on
soils where the crop is troubled with
root gail.
Peas should be cut for hay when the
lower leaves and tips Of the pods are
beginning to turn yellow. In curing
for hay, use three stakes driven into
the ground at an angle of about As
degrees. This makes a N-shaped base
on which TO stack the peas. Make the
stacks rather large and round them and
cap of with a bunch of straw or coarse
grass obtained from some low land, or
better still. cover with hay caps. The
hay caps are made of canvas. are not
expensive, and by all means the most
efficient cover which can be used over
pea vines. When the vines are suffi-
GENTLY dried so that a bunch twisted
in the hands shows no moisture, they
are ready to stack or store in the barn
without danger of fre-fang, mold or
spontaneous combustion.
PREPARING FOR A CROP OF FALL
CABBAGE.
w E. P. D.. Abel Ga, writes: 1
would like to know what time to bed
cabbage, and what time to reset them
for fall and winter market.
Cabbage seed should be sown at once
where you desire to mature a crop for
the late fall and early winter. Sow
them in a cold frame. or in any other
place where the soil is rich and can
be kept moist and somewhat shaded.
The bed in which the young plants are
started should be rich and well ferti
lized AS soon as the plants are of suf-
ficient size transplant to the open field.
This may be done any time from the
middle OF July on. Cabbage are gross
feeders and do best on mellow land. The
soil must also be well drained. The
plants before they are set in the field
should be hardened OF as much as pos
sible. Therefore they should not be
sown too thickly in the cold frame, and
any shade put over them at. first should
be removed as they develop. The trans
planting should be done on a cloudy
day or late in the evening, and it is
necessary that theer be sufficient mois-
ture in the ground to insure their MAX
ing a quick start The earth should be
pressed firmly around the roots. Shall
low cultivation should be given, the
earth being worked slightly toward the
cabbage as the season advances. The
frequent stirring of the top soil tends
to preserve a dust mulch and holds
all the moisture as falls as rain. A
good fertilizer for cabbage is 500 to
1000 pounds made up of 700 pounds Of
acid phosphate, 500 pounds of high
grade cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of
nitrate Of soda and 800 pounds Of mu-
rate of potash.
TREATMENT OF MILK FEVER.
r. n. B., Faircloth. Ga, writes I
have a COW which is sick. She calved
on June 20, and became sick week later.
When found her she was licking out her
tongue as fast as she could, and when
she quit licking herself she would put
her head to the ground and act like she
was drinking water, and 1 believe If you
would let her she would drink enough
TO kill herself. She acted like she had
a ft the other day. / have been feed
ing her on cotton seed hulls and cotton
seed meal all the year, and since I cut
oats have been giving her some of
them. and also some corn and fodder
along through the year. Would like to
know what TO do for her.
From the description given in your let
ter your COW is evidently suffering from
milk fever, and the treatment is COM
a. H..