Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-02

kind to any of the cities mentioned. and
can not give you the names of com
mission men with whom you might get
In touch. No doubt the secretary of the
| chamber Of commerce in the various
oenters mentioned will be glad to give
you the necessary information What
price this crop will command, am I'M
able to say, as that is entirely problem
atical, depending on the season, and the
supply and demand.
sUCKERING CORN AND ITS MAN
AGEMENT.
w. H. s., Crawford, Ca, writes: Should
the suckers be pulled off corn? 1t is be
ginning to tassel now, and is still grow
ing and looking green. 1 used between
500 and 600 pounds of 1884 guano on it.
Should 1 use nitrate of soda on this
corn?
Where one is seeking for the largest
yield of corn and wants good sized ears,
1t is probably best to remove most of
the suckers. This should be done rather
early in the season. While you did not
say so, we suppose you planted a pro-
life variety which suckers much more
freely than the single-eared sort. On this
account it is necessary to plant prolific
corn closer than the big-eared varie-
ties. The Importance of removing the
suckers at once is apparent, because the
longer you let them grow and develop,
the more plant food they will take away
from the main stalk and thus tend to
lessen the production of grain.
It is now too late to put nitrate of
soda on corn. 1t will simply stimulate
the plant at the expense of grain. If
your corn is in a green and vigorous
condition at this time, it would hardly
seem necessary to use nitrate under any
circumstances. The use of 500 pounds of
1884 under the circumstances men
toned in your letter If the land was at
all fertile and I'm good condition would
furnish the plant with a fair amount of
relatively speaking, quickly available
plant food.
NEED OF VARYING THE DIET.
o. p. NJ, Cordele Ga. writes: have
some pigs eight weeks old which run
in the woods and feed on corn and Stops
from the kitchen twice a day. They seem
TO be well until they are taken sick
suddenly and get weak in their hips and
their necks swell. and in less than "a
hours they are dead. Would like to
know what you think is the trouble
and what to do for them.
It is impossible to determine with any
degree of accuracy from the description
contained in your letter what the trou-
BILE affecting your hogs may be. The
chances are that it is due to some
thing contained I'm the slops you are
feeding them. No doubt you are using
Pearline or some other cleansing ma
terial in washing dishes. If so, these
will prove very irritating to the ali
mentary tract of hogs and other ami
mails consuming the Stops, and you
should therefore desist from their use
IL you intend giving the slops to the
pigs. IT may be that your hogs are de-
veloping cholera, as there is a good deal
of il in the state at the present time.
II this be true, the only remedy is to
inoculate them with the protective Sc
rum This you can secure on applica-
ton to Dr. P. f. Bahnsen, state vet
erinarian, capitol building, Atlanta, Ga.
DISTEMPER AND ITS TREATMENT.
J. NJ. d., Duke, Ala, writes: I have
young mule that has distemper. About
a month ago she took it, and / had a
veterinarian, and she got able to work
a few days, but she has gotten bad
again. She will not eat much except