Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-27

feet should be kept in a tub of water
at temperature of 45 to so degrees.
The animal should have complete rest,
and careful tonic treatment as to
feeding. The shoes should be removed
and the feet protected from dirt and
injury.
COW WITH SORE TEATS.
c. p. c., Benaia, N. c., writes: I have
a young Jersey COW five years old
whose first calf is two years old. Sew
eral weeks ago l began to notice little
pimples coming on one of her front
teats, and it continued on all four until
the front side of all of them are in a
solid cake of sores so we can hardly
milk her. We do not use the milk, but
do not want her to go dry. Would be
glad to know how to treat her.
Various things may account for the
sore teats with which your COW is now,
afflicted. Trouble Of this kind is often
caused by the act of sucking. The
teats are subject to abrasions from vari-
Gus causes. often being scratched for i'm
stance by briars or thorns in the pas
ture These wounds often become i'm
fected, and if not cleansed and prompt
ly treated the trouble becomes more or
less chronic. The best which can be
done is to use some healing lotion.
For some teats an ointment consisting
of treatments have been suggested fer
balsam of tolu, and five grains of sui
phate of zinc is excellent. These ma
terials should be thoroughly mixed. The
teats should be washed thoroughly with
warm water and then the ointment
rubbed in. This treatment persisted in
should effect cure in short. time.
WHEN TO SUBSOIL.
ID. ]. W., Brentwood Ca, writes: I am
interested in subsoiling, and would like
to know If land that turn this fall to
be planted in corn and cotton in the
spring should be subsoiled this fall or
wait and subsoil it in the spring before
planting? To what depth should it be
subsolled? The land is red and gray
with a stiff red clay subsoil, and has
never been subsoiled
Subsoiling should by all means be
done in the fall Break the3 land as
deeply as possible with at least two
horse turning plow and then. subsoil
with one of the various standard makes
of subsoil plows now on the. market to
a depth of six or eight Inches deeper.
The best types Of subsoil plows do not
bring the lower strata to the surface.
but breaks up and loosens the subsoil,
thus enabling the roots of the plant to
penetrate II more readily, and insuring
a greater proportion of the winter rain
being caught and held as a reserve store
of moisture for use the next season dur
ing dry spells which occur practically ev-
cry season. Subsoiling in the spring is not
advisable because it is liable to puddle
the land; that is, the top soil may APP
IN bn rsraff 1-xv nd Frfo 10 fl,o
depth to which you turn IT, but the SUBJ
soir six or eight inches deeper may
be quite sticky and waxy. Moreover,
II is generally good practice to turn
land intended for corn and cotton i'm
the fall of the year and gives the
freezes an opportunity to act on it.
This tends to break down the cIods and
humps, and. the winter rains will be
more largely absorbed. and there is
less danger of washing than where the
ground is more compact and smooth on
the surface. You will find subsoiling
somewhat slow and tedious operation on
land which has never been so treated be-
fore. but we think you will profit by
the practice, and will be satisfied by the
results secured If YOU do the work thor
oughly. ,... s,-s
FERTILIZING FALL OATS.
]. p. ", Bowersville, Ca, writes: 1
have an acre and a half which ! want
to SOW TO oats this fall. 1t Is gray sandy
top soil and yellow subsoil. What for
mula would be best to use. I also have
some stable manure. Would 1t be a
good idea to broadcast 1t in the open
burrows after the oats have been sown.
l have three acres of reddish gravelly
land with red subsoil on which / can
grow no weed and NOT nuch frIIit II Ia,
in cotton this year. I broadcasted six
teen loads of stable manure on it this
year. Any suggestions in regard to these
matters will be appreciated.
A good formula to use on oats on the
character of land described in your let
ter would be 3 per cent of nitrogen, de-
rived from an organic source, such as
cotton seed meal, tankage, etc, per
cent of phosphoric acid and per cent of
potash. The fertilizer should be dis
tributed under the drill row at the time
the seeding is done. The manure may
be broadcasted along the drill rows after