Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-24

infection which has gotten into 1t. 1t
should be cleansed out very thoroughly
ana disinfected with the solution al
ready mentioned. Care and attention
to this trouble will relieve the trouble.
Ii you consider physic necessary there
is nothing better than a quarter or one
half pound of Glauber salts. Hold the
head high ard pour down through bot
tie.
TREATMENT OF CAKED UDDER.
j. r. NJ, Lawrenceville, Ga, writes:
Please tell me what to do for a cows
udder that is swollen and caked. She is
expected to come in within ten days and
her udder is badly swollen and caked in
hard Jumps. Please suggest remedy.
You should milk the cows udder out
very thorouGhly and completely. 1t may
be necessary to do this more than once
a day. Remember that all milking should
be done in a quiet and careful manner.
The COW should not be abused in other
words. The udder should be rubbed
and kneeded. Very gentle treatment is
necessary to begin with. Battle with
hot water for twenty minutes at a time
three times daily. Then wipe dry and
rub with two tablespoonfuls of gum
camphor dissolved in a teacupful of
melted fresh lard. An ounce of fiuid
extract of belladonna added is an i'm
provement.
This treatment, if properly carried
into effect and persisted in, should re-
lieve the trouble. The neglect of the
udder before calving is frequent cause
Of its becoming caked. Remember that
the COW requires careful and consider
ate treatment at all times and that she
should also be fed a laxative and easily
digested ration for the next few weeks.
CHRONIC INDIGESTION IN HORSES.
W. T. H., EastanOllee. Ca, writes: !
have horse that eats his dung. His
bowels too loose all the time and for
the last few days he will not eat well.
Please suggest a remedy.
There is a possibility that your horse
is suffering from an infestation of in
testinal worms. When the infestation
is bad there is often evidences of colicky
pains In any event there is almost
certain to be evidences of a depraved
appetite such as you describe in your
letter. The bowels are generally ir-
regular, diorrhea being common symp-
tom Of this trouble. The best method
of treating a case like this is as fol-
lows: Fast the horse for twenty-four
hours. Then give twice daily for three
or four days a drench composed of tur-
pentine or creolin one ounce and cotton
seed oil two or three ounces. On the
fourth day give a physic of Barbados
aloes one ounce, or If you prefer you
may give santonine 2 to 4 drains with 1
to 2 drains of calomel. Do not repeat
this latter dose. but in six hours after
its administration give quart of cot
ton or linseed oil.
FERTIIIZ1NG COTTON ON FRESH
LAND.
d. w. A., Spartanburg, S. c., writes:
Please recommend the guanO, mixture
you think best suited for fresh land to be
planted in cotton. This land was original
forest and has only been cultivated two
years one in corn and one in cotton. Dark
top soil aud red clay subsoil.
We doubt if you can use anything to
better advantage on the land described
in your letter than mixture of 500 to
1000 pounds of cotton seed meal and
coo to 1900 pounds of acid phosphate.
We would be inclined to advise that you
use about 500 pounds of meal and 1,2GO
pounds OF phosphoric acid. Apply at the
rate of 500 pounds per acre under the
drill row at the time of planting the
cotton. If you do not secure the growth
and development you think desirable,
use geo pounds of the above mixture as
side application shortly after you
have chopped the cotton the first time.