Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-17
BOYS AND GIRLS INDUSTRIAL CLUBS

like to know what is the matter with
my hog. He seems TO be stiff in the
feet and shoulders. He is in a floored
pen and feed him on corn and slop.
I have a mule which is poor that 1
would like to get fat I feed him on
corn, fodder and hay. 1 think he has
indigestion or some other stomach
trouble
Your hog is no doubt suffering from
confinement in a floored pen which
prevents him from securing the mineral
matter needed to keep his system in
a healthy condition. The ration you are
feeding is deficient in protein and con-
tains an excessive amount of carbohy-
drates. The tendency of this ration
is to produce an excess of fat and to
lessen the production of lean meat
When a ration becomes extreme in char
acter as in this instance, the tendency
Is TO derange the digestive system Of
"a hog or any other animal consuming IL.
We would suggest that you place in
the pen at once a box containing the
following mixture so the hog can get
IL at will:
Wood charcoal. =. .....1 pound.
sulphur. ........1 pound.
Sodium chloride. =. =. 80 pounds.
Sodium hyposulphite. -. - pounds.
Sodium sulphate.. ....1 pound.
Anthony sulphide. I. III pound.
This we think will correct the trouble
from which your hog is suffering. but
il il does not. cut out the use Of the
slops, especially If the dishes are wash
ed with some Of the various soap COM
pounds now so commonly used by the
house wife and which are calculated
to irritate the digestive tract.
Your mule may be suffering from an
affection OF the respiratory organs, but
We rather think the trouble is due en-
tirely to indigestion. Be sure that the
feed you are using is clean and bright
and free from mold. Change the ration
as much as possible and cut down the
amount fed for a few days. Give
bran mashes in the place of corn. Pro-
vide green feed If possible. Pasturing
on cereals which have developed a good
top will often prove helpful. Give the
following. condition powder:
Sulphate of iron. =. - ounces
Nitrate Of potash (saltpetre). 2 ounces
Gentian root. pulverized - ounces
Nux vomica seed, pulverized. / ounce
Ginger toor, pulverized =. II ounce
Mix thoroughly and give a heaping
teaspoonful in the food three times
daily.
PLANTING COTTON AFTER CORN
]. c. w. Molena, Ga, writes: 1
have twelve acres of land dark in color.
clay and sand mixed that with unfa-
vorable conditions made about twelve
bushels of corn to the acre. 1 planted
peas in the middles at last blowing. and
made a lot OF corn stalks, grass pea
vines which I cut with a stalk cutter
and turned under about six to seven
inches. 1 want to plant cotton on this
land next year and want a good fertil-
iZer formula.
1 also have seven acres of gray land
with clay subsoil that made a half bale
Of cotton this year per acre that want
to put in corn next year, and want a
good fertilizer formula to use. What IL
your opinion as to planting in water
furrow and using no fertilizer until
corn is six to twelve inches high? In a
formula running 9-3-4 does it mean 3
per cent ammonia or nitrogen? Could
use a two-horse cultivator with
profit.
We think you are acting wisely in
conserving all the growth on top or
your land and turning 1t under. The
only error in your practice which we
think you made was I'm not breaking the
land to a depth of ten to twelve inches.
This could have been done with safety
unless there was such heavy clay with
in ten inches of the surface of the
ground. OF course, deep blowing is the
practice to follow on all heavy lands,
but the work should be done gradually
for several reasons, one being that it
is difficult to break land to a depth Of
ten TO twelve inches when it has pre-
viously been broken shallow, and anoth-
fa- -. Nas,
clay to the surface in a single season.
We believe under the circumstances
il would pay you to lay off your rows
and subsoil thoroughly with a middle
buster so as to leave a wide and deep
space underneath the bed on which you
expect TO plant your cotton. In our ex-
perience preparing land to a good
depth so the roats can strike deeply into
the soil has much to do with securing a
good yield Of cotton. We believe you
viii find a heavier application of fertil-
izer than you used last year profitable
on this land. We do not think II nee
essary to increase the nitrogen if this
soil produces a vigorous stalk. We
would be disposed, however. to increase
the phosphorus and potash. Suppose
you try a formula running 1885 and
put under te drill row about 400 popnds
at the time of planting the cotton. Then
IL the crop seems to need further slim
ulation, you may use 200 pounds as a
side application. Your judgment will
tell you wsther il is likely to pay you
20 use as much as 500 pounds per acre,
and by saving 200 pounds for a side ap-
plication you can economic in the use
Of fertilizers or increase the amount as
seasonal and crop conditions seem to in
dictate TO be the best policy.
Corn. as you no doubt know, makes
heavy draft on the essential elements
OF soil fertility, and we believe you will
find II well TO break this land as deep
~ as possible and subsoil it, and then
secure as much litter and leaf mold as
you possibly can for use under the drill
row or for brOadcasting on the land.