Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-19

price. Peas, of course, may be planted UNI
til the middle of April in this latitude.
This crop would be classed as a truck
crop, and therefore requires liberal fertil-
ization. It is important to have guam
tity Of vegetable matter in the soil, and
to use under peas formula high in
phosphorus and potash. A 1925 used at
the rate of 500 to 500 pounds per acre will
answer well for this crop.
TREATMENT OF FARCY.
A. A P, Carrollton, Ga, writes: l
have a mule which has farcy every
spring and lasts through the summer
time. His appetite is also not very
good. Please tell me what to do for
him.
If your mule is really affected with
farcy as you seem to believe, it would
be well for you to communicate with
DR.. p. F. Bahnsen, state veterinarian,
Atlanta, Ga, and ask him TO visit you,
since farey and CHAMBERS are the same
disease, and, of course, those who have
seen CHAMBERS know what a malignant
and infectious disease it is. Farcy is
the type of CHAMBERS which attacks the
skin. The disease is most frequently
first appears as a small firm bunch or
several punches in the skin. These may
attain the size of a hickory nut, and
after a few days break and discharge
an amber-colored fluid mixed with pus
which afterwards dries about the sore.
These "farcy buds" as they are, called,
are very difficult to cure, and often
spread and become large raw sores.
The glands of the inside of the legs to-
gether with the ducts leading to them
become very tender and the hind legs
swell. Farcy may run into CHAMBERS,
or the mule may have both diseases at
once. The minute an animal is suspect
ed of having CHAMBERS or farcy il should
be isolated and carefully looked after
to prevent infection of persons and ami
mails. A rigid quarantine should be es-
tablished. Mallein offers an excellent
means of diagnosing this disease, and
may be used with no bad effects. Clan
ders is practically an incurable disease
and the animal should be killed and the
carcass burned as soon as the trouble
is recognized. Thorough disinfection of
the quarters is absolutely necessary.
Apply a solution of corrosive sublimate
part to 500 parts of water or some
thing equally strong, to the floors,
hangers feed boxes, etc. After this
is applied whitewash or paint should
be used. All equipment which has come
in contact with the animal should be
burned or disinfected by boiling for
more than an hour. Persons coming
in contact with glandered animals
should exercise the utmost caution.
GROWING CoTToH on RED PEBBLE
LAND.
w. ]. S., Eastman, Ga, writes: 1
HramwH Hr~Na#
BILE which was in cotton last year and
made bale and half per acre. I want
to plant it in corn this year. 1t has
rained so much that 1 have not been
able to break the land. 1t is my inten-
ton not to put any fertilizer in when
1 plant What do you think of this
method? How far apart shall / plant
the corn, and what kind of a corn drop
per is best? I have a COW about years
old that has wart on her leg which is
very sore and she can hardly get about
Would like to know what to do for it.
Land which produces a bale and a
half of cotton per acre must be in a
fairly good state of fertility, though the
fact that an extra large yield was OBJ
tanned last year would indicate the ad-
visibility Of preparing the land with
skill and care for a corn crop in 1912
The reason for this is not hard to UNI
derstand. because corn is a much more
exhausting crop to the land than cotton,
requiring more liberal fertilization on
that account and involving better prep
aration of the soil. Though the season
is late and the ground wet, do not at
tempt to plant until you have broken
the land with a two-horse pillow, stirring
IL as deeply as possible and filming it
by surface cultivation after breaking.