Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-05


without legumeS. You can also make
valuable hay from cowpeas, soy beans
or combinations of these crops with
sorghum and millet. We believe YOU
can establish an area of alfalfa on your
farm successfully and that you viii find
this the most satisfactory of all crops
to grow for hay on dairy farm. You
should of course have a silo and depend
on it to provide the main part of your
winter ration of roughness. There is
nothing equal to silage for dairy cows.
We have found il desirable to plant Kaf-
fir corn and Sumac or red-head sorghum
I'm alternate rows for silage purposes.
We get a larger tonnage by this COM
bination than with corn and sorghum.
Moreover, the Kaffir corn is resistant to
drouths which is a considerable advan-
tage. BY this arrangement we save our
corn to feed as grain and shred the
stalks to use as dry roughage.
SUGGESTIONS on INDIGO CULTURE.
J. c. g.. Greenville. Ala, writes:
want some information in regard to indi-
GO WHAT sort OF land does it require2
Could / grow it with profit? What kind
of fertilizer should l useF I have some
fresh land that will make bale of cotton
10 the acre with 200 300 pounds of fer
tizer. Any information you can give me
on this subject will be appreciated
There are said to be something like
25O herbs or shrubs in the indigo fam
lily. This plant is of the order of le
gumes. The indigo of commerce is
mostly a product of what is known as
indigo tinctoria, supposedly a native of
Asia. 1t is also made to some extent
from the West Indian species, known as
indigo anil. Both species were early
introduced into southern states for indi-
go making and the product was once
manufactured to a considerable extent.
The indigo plant was said to have
been introduced into South Carolina
from the West Indies Island i'm 1742.
The British government offered a bounty
for its cultivation and in 1875 more
than one million pounds of indigo was
produced. The Revolutionary war inter-
fered with the cultivation of this crop.
The rising Importance of the cotton crop
also accounted probably for the aban-
donment of its cultivation.
Indigo, as you probably know. per-
sists in some places where it has es-
capped from cultivation. Indigo tinctorla
is perennial but is grown from seeds
and gives from two to four cuttings of
heritage the first year Indigo will prob
ably grow fairly well on any land where
cotton is raised successfully As a
legume, il should be able to gather nitro
gen from the air. 1t should be well
fertilized with phosphorus and in ordn-
airy times, with potash as we'll
Soils intended for indigo will no doubt
be benefited somewhat by lining Under
existing conditions the use of probably
zoo to 800 pounds of acid phosphate per
acre will be the most satisfactory treat
ment to accord the land. Naturally the
richer and better prepared and cultivated
the land on which it is planted, the
greater the Weld which may be antici-
pated.
MANAGING YOUNG HELPERS.
T. o. b.. Chipley. Ca. writes / have
two young hefers that will come in soon.
They seem to he stiff in the shoulders ana
are swollen mp under the throat and do
not have much appetite. I would like to
know what to do for them.
Ii is difficult to diagnose the trouble
affecting your cattle without more COM
plete details at hand. The swelling
under the jaw or throat would indica,e
the presence of the disease known as
"lumpy Jaw This IS due to a vegeta g..
BILE organism which gains admission to
the tissues through an injury generally
to the rnucus membranes of the mouth
At first there is a slight swelling on
the face of the jaw. Later this devel-
ops into an enlargement of considerable
size which bulges outward from the
hone This is due to the fungus having
gotten inside the bone through working
along the roots of the teeth. These tn
mors become larger and finally break,
discharging a thick. sticky pus Some
times they heal but soon break out
again.
You can tell from these descriptions
accurately whether your cattle are suf-
fering from this disease or not In the
event that they are, the tumor should
be removed from the bone with a knife
and treat the part as a simple wound
If it cannot be removed give iodide
of potash internally in doses of one to
three drains once daily. dissolved nv
half pint of water. Presently a con-
oition known as t'iodism" will set up.
This is shown by a discharge of mucTs
from the nose and eyes and there win
be a security condition of the skin. This
condition generally develops in about 4
week after the treatment begins. You
should stop giving the medicine imme-
diately when you observe this condi-
tion.
OF course il is possible that your
cattle ere suffering from some other
trouble. The stiffness may he due 20
cold and rheumatic condition and the
swelling of the throat may be attrib.
ul1blt 10 OAueI tduStS
If the digestion is i'm bad condition,
we advise that you give a purgative
and chen give tonic and easily digest
ed foods to build up the system. You
can quickly tell if the trouble is lumpN
Jaw, and in that event the animal
should be disposed of. Where the tumor
is not large or dischargfng so as 10
affect the general health of the animal,
the flesh is not considered dangerous
as food. Sometimes cattle which have
been attacked by ticks show many
symptoms not dissimilar to those men
toned in your letter.
GRAZING DAIRY COWS on OATS.
W. r. y. Elberton, Ca, writes: l have
four acres in oats standing more than six
inches high. ] have twenty COWS. twelve
giving milk and hardly decide whether
pasture the oats harvest them. |
have other pasture and you know,
feeds are high. The oats would probably
make forty bushels per acre. What would
he your advice in the matter?
No experiments have been conducted
to prove the specific value of oat pas
lures for dairy cows but according TO
their cOuOOSitiOn they should make a