Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-19

ing of the Soil for Profit and Pleasure 3"
and also 20 bulletins from the department
of agriculture, nicely bound, to the five
boys in each county along its lines
who make the largest yield of corn
from a single acre of land.
The book is we'll worth having con-
tanning 563 pages of interesting and in
structive reading matter and ilIustra-
tons. Every department of farming is
covered under a separate head, and live
stock raising is also gone into.
this material direct from the stables
without having it piled out and exposed
10 the weather for a long time, and can
place it under sheds provided with con-
crete floors and roof to protect it from
too much direct sun heat or where you
may spray il so as to keep it cool that
you can afford to handle it at the season
of the year mentioned with advantage
and profit.
VIRTUE OF DEEP FLOWING.
G. A. X, Kansas City, Mo-, writes: 1
would like your opinion in regard to the
Spalding deep tilling pillow. 1 do not
like to put so much money into a pillow
until l know it is a good thing.
We have used the Spalding deep tilling
machine on the col eye farm with sue
cess We have here a very heavy red
clay soil, and it is difficult to break it
to a desirable depth. OF course, the
Spalding pillow requires several large
mules because of the great draft but it
viii penetrate the suhsoil to an unusual
depth, and pulverize and mix the soil
from the bottom of the furrow with the
top soil in a most admirable manner. AS
a matter of fact, you can really subsoil
with this implement without the objection
of bringing a lot of fresh clay to the
surface which it may take a year or two
for the elements to work down and put
in the best condition for crop produc-
ton. You can use this pillow with great
success on land where a good deal of
scription are TO be turned under. We
have found this implement easy to main
tain, and for the purpos eof deep stirring
of the soil, we know of nothing supe-
: Tor to it.
DANGER IN GRAZING GREEN
SORGHUM
G. L. J., Collins, Ga, writes Have been
told that sorghum i n the green state
will kill cows if fed to them. l wish
to know if this is true, and if it will
udLudSG NDMS al OH.
Occasionally green sorghum will kill
cattle. This may be due to the fact
that it causes the animals eating it to
bloat, and they die from tn eaccumu-
lation of gas pressing against the lungs.
Trea tment with a trochar or canular VIII
generally relieve this trouble. Some
times sorghum develops the poison known
as prussic acid This is not often met
with in the southeastern section of the
United States. but is more or less COM
mon west of the Mississippi river. Prus-
sic acid is supposed to develop generally
in second crop sorghum, and in sections
where the seasons are usually very dry
certainly for periods of one or more
months. We have seen animals killed
from eating sorghum east of the Mis-
sissippi river on occasions, but we think
the trouble in this section is rather rare.
We have fed sorghum in large quantities
for many years to our dairy COWS as
soiling crop, and in only one instance
have we ever lost an animal where the
cause of death might be attributed to
poisoning but even in this instance II
was never clearly established that the
sorghum was responsible for the death
of the animal. We are disposed 10 thlIlh
that in most instances we would prefer
70 feed sorghum as a soiling crop, that
is cut green after it is vel headed out
rather tnan to turn the animals on 1t to
Craze We believe that poisoning is so
exceptional IN this section OF the Unlted
states that one should not be deferred
on this account from feeding sorghum
to beef and dairy cattle
KEEPING TICKS OFF CATTLE.
]. W. b., Columbus, Ga, writes:
have a COW that is troubled with ucKs'
| would like to have suggestions from
you as to the best method Of treating
the COW.
II is not a difficult matter to keep
the ticks off Of one COW where you con-
fine her in a yard or small pasture. AS
she is no doubt brought to the stable
every morning and evening for milking,
IL is an easy matter to examine her
and TO pick off the comparatively rev
ticks which will infest her if the work
of hand picking is followed with regu-
larity. When the ticks are picked off
they should be destroyed by dropping In
kerosene oil. There are other methods,
of course, of fighting this pest on a
large scale in which case it is best to
dip the animals. There are a number OF
materials on the market known as tich-
eide or disinfectant. These you can pur-
chase at a rea sonable price. You may
also use crude petroleum, cotton seed
oil or Kerosene and lard in equal parts.
The lower parts of the legs and tail and
the thighs should be well oiled. When
the engorged female drops from an ami
nal the young ticks hatch out and in
the course of time crawl up on the stems
of grass and attach themselves to the
animals as they pass. Greasing the lower
parts of the body makes IL much more
difficult for the ticks to attach them
selves. If you desire to rid your pasture
of ticks for good and all. fence 1t up very
tightly and keep your COW off of 1t for
a period of four to six weeks. Give her
green feed, especially during the winter
season. You may divide the pasture into
two parts and Craze her on one part for
several months, and then turn her into
the other section III hand picking and