Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-01-14

! the success of the farmer. Quantity
and not quality as seemed to be the ideal
| kept in view with results too familiar
to need further elaboration. What is
needed now is a change of front and
the adoption of the slogan of diversifi-
cation and intensification of our farm
| practice.
BASIC Stag VERSUS ACID PHoS-
PLATES.
t. z. D., Millen, Ga, writes: By mix
ing 1900 pounds of basic Stag with 500
pounds Of cotton seed meal ! understand
we get a l2-2s-1 guano. Basic Stag is
cheaper than 16 per cent acid is why 1
wish 10 use IL. viii basic Stag answer In
place of acid phosphate as a fertiizer2
A ton of basic Stag should contain
about 800 pounds of phosphoric acid to
the ton. OF this amount about one-half
is supposed to be available. For quick
results acid phosphate will furnish phos-
phoric acid in a most desirable form.
For moderate availability basic Stag
might be used to some advantage. Rock
phosphate on the other hand, does not
afford the farmer immediate results ex-
cept under most favorable or extraordi-
nary conditions.
While ii is probably true that you can
buy basic Stag for less than acid phos-
phate remember that only one-half of
the phosphoric acidfit contains is avail
able and IL is probably not as cheap
relatively speaking as acid phosphate.
Unless you have low, moist, swampy
lands or soils which are exceptionally
well supplied with humus or vegetable
matter. we advise the use of acid phos-
phate with the cotton seed meal. This
would give you a very good fertilizer
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DESTROYING WARTS ON A cows
UDDER
II. L. c., Dyson, S. c., writes: I have
purchased a young and her udder and
teats covered with warts. Can not milk
her without making them bleed. Would
be glad IL could remove them without
having to stop milking her. Your assis-
lance in this matter will be appreciated.
The warts to which you refer as COW
ering the udder of your COW are a kind
Of skin tumor They are most common
ly observed on horses and cattle. No
one knows just what causes them. IN
doubtedly this trouble arises in most
instances from some abnormal condi-
tion of the skin.
Warts can be destroyed in various
ways unless they are too numerous.
Acetic acid may be used for this pur-
pose. 1t should be applied drop by drop
until the wart is saturated and soft. At
the end of ten days the war should come
off. If they have not been removed by
this treatment, however, another appli-
cation should be made. When warts
are large they are generally best cut
off with a knife and If the wound should
bleed scar with hot iron.
Another satisfactory method to re-
move warts is to tie a stout string
about them near the base. 1t may be
necessary to tighten the string several
times, but eventually it will cause the
wart to slough off.
1t might be difficult to use the acetic
acid on the udder when the COW is giving
milk, but you could remove the warts
unless they are very numerous or of an
aggravated type by any of the methods
suggested. OF course if the udder is
completely covered up it will be diff
ficult matter TO remove all the warts
satisfactorily, and in that event we
would advise you to dispose of the cow
and purchase another.
MANAGEMENT OF HOGS All
Tackled BY LUNG WORMS.
L. II. s., Cuthbert Ca, writes: I have
a pig three months old that has been sick
two weeks. / feed 1t mostly wheat bran
and shorts. In standing ii holds up first
foot and then another, and II breathes
IL coughs little. / would like TO know
what TO do Tor IL
boz
The chances are that your pig is suf-
fering from an attack of some sort of
parasite, probably lung worm as the
symptoms would seem to indicate the
presence of this pest 1t is difficult to
treat this trouble successfully. The best
thing you can do is to place the animal
in close room or tent and fumigate
with sulphur by spTinkling it on live
Goals. An attendant should remain in
the tent with the animal, keeping his
head on the same level as the animals
until he can stand the fumes no longer.
Then admit fresh air. This treatment
should be given once daily for three or
four days. Any other treatment which
might be of benefit is of a complicated
nature and could probably only be adj
ministered by a competent Veterinarian.
See that the food is of laxative na-
ture and OF sufficient variety to nour-
ish the body properly. Do not feed
kitchen Stops in which artificial soap
powders have been used. If you are
giving corn alone mix 1t with equal
parts of shorts and feed as a thin slop.
This mixture may be thinned with skim
milk. = good medicine for you to keep
in the lot where the animal can have
access to it is as follows: Wood char
COAL / pound; sulphur, ! pound; sodium
chloride, pounds; sodium bicarbonate,
2 pounds: sodium hyposulphite, 2
pounds; sodium sulphate, 1 pound, and
anthony sulphide, / pound. These in
gradients should be thoroughly pulver-
lied and mixed.
IMPROVING JERSEYS FOR BEEF.
NJ. r. D., RichIand, Ca, writes / have
a small herd OF Jersey cows that are splen
did mixers and also good butter pro-
ducers but on account of their size, are
very poor breed of cattle for beef Can
you suggest TO me a bull Of another breed
that 1 secure to cross with the cows
/ now have that will correct this deficiency
and at the same time maintain the milk
and butter qualities Of the cows | now
have?
1t will be very difficult to secure a
bull of any breed to cross with Jersey