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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02

The only trouble with your hog ac-
cording to my judgment is due to the
fact that you have not been feeding it
a proper ration. In other words, being
confined in a pen with a plank floor he
has been unable to secure any mineral
matter from outside sources, and though
you do not say so. / imagine you have
been feeding him almost exclusively on
corn alone or corn and Stops. Posi-
bly, the Stops contain soap powders or
broken dishes from the kitchen. Stops
containing either one of these things
should not be fed to hogs. Moreover
corn by itself is very low in ash mat
ter and deficient in protein. Therefore,
your hog has not been securing the
amount of food or the kind necessary
to maintain the bones in healthy and
strong condition or to keep the muscles
in good condition. 1t is not surprising,
therefore, that he should break down in
the hindQuarters and be unable to walk
To overcome this difficulty, the best
thing you can do is to turn the hog
out where he can have a range. When
this is done he will gather up part of
the mineral elements needed. You
should then change the ration, making
it almost exclusively of shorts. Mix
the shorts with skim milk. Provide
your hog with a box containing the fol-
lowing materials: Wood ashes or char
coal, 1 IL pounds; common salt, )
pounds; slaked lime, pounds; sulphur.
IL pounds; copperas. 2 IL pounds
These ingredients should be thoroughly
mixed and kept in a dry place where
the hogs will have access to them at all
times.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02

A swelling such as you describe might
be due to one of several things, a severe
bruise in the deep seated tissues might
result in the formation of pus and the
development of a large sore which could
only be relieved by opening the infected
part and providing for thorough drain
age or disinfecting the same with creo-
lin or some other standard solution.
Swellings of this kind are often due to
what is known as actinomycosis and as
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
AGRICULTURAL
.AEDUCAT1oNl
1E-e SUCCESSION fASnNe Q
AlsED ANDREW N Sovlt-

Tia department. Information
should be addressed andrew M Soue
Calege Ca
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02

The velvet bean contains approx
mately 21.S per cent protein. $50 per
cent fat 2.40 per cent fibre and Sill
per cent carbohydrated. A ton of the
seed contains approximately so pounds
of nitrogen, 20 pounds of phosphoric
acid and 80 pounds of potash. 1t is
rather difficult to interpret just what
you mean by field pea. Some might
consider this related to the cowpea and
others to the Canada field pea. The Can
ada field pea for instance contains 1919
per cent protein, SO per cent fibre, SIS
per cent carbohydrates and IL per cent
of fat. ton of the seed contains 1872
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
VELVET BEANS AND FIELD PEAS
CNOMpA PED

W. A. g., Dublin, Ca. writes: Please
give me the comparativ food value Of the
velvet bean and field pea, also the differ
ence. IL any. between the various varieties
OF field peas
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
ASH NATTER IN THE RA-

PUTTING ASH MATTER IN THE RA-
TION.
r. o. B.. Chipey, Ga, writes: | have
a fattened hog that has been in a pen with
q plank floor for about three weeks.
few days ago he got down in his mind legs
ana now he not walk and at times he
squeals. Is there anything ! can do for
him
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02

TREATING A SWOLLEN THROAT.
f. Il. B., Wallace, Ala, writes: i have
a calf that has Just been weanesl, and IL
has a mighty bad swelling under its throat.
1t has also got the scours. / would like to
know what 10 do for il.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02


Soreness of the frog might be. due to
several causes. Possibly faulty shoe
ing has something to do with this
trouble. The feet of some animals are
much more subject TO diseases than 9TH
ers. Sometimes the feet are injured in
the case of young animals by driving on
hard roads without proper protection and
this may cause trouble for years. When
the frog seems to be the seat of the
trouble it is important to examine it
carefully and see if there is not evidence
of the development of thrush. General
ly when thrush develops there is a ifs
sue in the horny frog from which dis
charges a small amount of bad-smelling
pus This is generally aggravated by
keeping animals standing in manure and
filth, but sometimes it occurs without
apparent cause. When pus is present
the foot should be poulticed to soften the
parts and then the edges of the cleft
should be trimmed away so as to get the
seat of the disease. CauteriZe the cleft
with butter of anthony" and dust cal
omel in the cleft once daily. 1t is of the
utmost Importance that the foot be kept
clean. Where animals are delibitated
tonic powders can sometimes be used to
advantage. Pulling off the shoe and al
lowing the animal to run in pasture
will often affect a cure.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
HANDLING A MULE WITH SORE
FEET

c. c. r., whitmir, S. c.. writes:
would like to know what is the matter
with my mule She is sore in the frogs
OF her feet. The frog gets very hard and
corruption runs out Of it. She is seven
years old. Is there anything l can do for
her?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
ROCK PHOSPHATE FOR GEORGIA
SOILS

Presumably the material to which you
refer is made from grinding up a good
grade of rock phosphate. Probably the
material does contain a total of 80 per
cent Of phosphoric acid, but compare
lively little Of this would become avail
able to growing crops during the first
year. In fact, it might be two or three
years before they derived much benefit
from it, and especially is this true when
applied to soils which are low in or
ganic matter, and to which it is not pos
sible to supply large amounts of com.
post and. yard manure. We have con-
Quoted many times in various parts Of
the state in which acid phosphate
and rock phosphate were used in oppo-
sition, and in only one instance have we
obtained beneficial results from it's use
under such crops as corn and cotton and
that was on a soil where green crops had
been plowed under freely for a number
Of years past. We do not feel, therefore,
from the experience we have had that
we are justified in advising the farmers
TO use rock phosphate instead of acid
phosphate. We believe that under corn
and cotton in your section of the state
that you can afford to use from 300 to
500 pounds of acid phosphate per acre,
Under legumes 80 pounds will be enough
to use. Acid phosphate certainly does
hasten maturity of cotton and this is a
very important matter where one has
to contend with the boil weevil Acid
phosphate mixed in equal proportions
with cotton seed meal will make a very
good fertilizer to use the present year.
Velvet bean meal contains less than
half as much fertility as cotton seed
meal so one would need to buy it if used
for fertilizer for less than half the cost
of cotton seed meal. We believe that
both cotton seed meal and velvet bean
meal should first be fed to live stock
and the resulting manure saved and APP
piled to the land.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-20

Mrs. Morton is enjoying a honey
moon in the Orient with the multi
millionaire manufacturer and land
owner of Chicago.
She was Miss Margaret Gray of
Evansville, Ind, and met Morton
when she was nurse to his first wife.
She also cared for MOrton's 1900
acre estate with its 40-rOOm colonial
mansion and large retinue Of serv-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-20

GeaVenworth, Kan.-Wife of Rev.
Jas. Morrison Darnell, serving fed
eral pen term, sued him for divorce
and possession Of $4,000 worth Of
property in Illinois.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
''MARKING Time IN
SUGARMARkEl
Waiting For Congress To Decide
What Is To Be Done In
Way Of War Revenues

"Sinee our letter Of the nineteenth
instant this market has simply contin-
ned TO mark time, and today sugar
nearby OF In prompt positions means a
sacrifce,O writes the New York cor
respondent of local sugar firm under
date Of April 2S.
"RefnTs are we'll supplied with raw
sugar and'the storage conditions Of this
port seriously handicap sellers OF these
positions. The local demand for refined
sugar has slackened very materially,
and refiners prefer to wait the outcome
of the pow-wow in congress
quite number Of Legislators want
Uncle Sam to 60 int this war with one
hand tied behind his bnck-while un-
certainty us to war taxation yet TO be
decided upon is causing hesitation, but
Indications now peint to this taxation
being placed squarely on the consumer
instead Of, as was at one time feared,
entirely on the producer, which appears
to be a more equitable arrangement.
Options Tending Down
There are about 10000 bags Cubas
Offering today for prompt shipment and
ahoEt at SIZE q. & + for which refpers
will indicate no better than Sc. The
option market is tending downward,
but the forward positions Of May and
June shipment are being very sparing-
ly offered at 5'ke G. q F. and up. Some
Porto Rieos for prompt shipment are
offered at 6.l4c O. I. F. without inter.
esting buyers
The revolutionary movement in Cuba
is almost squelehed, but not without a
last kick, as IL is reported that Chap
ARA and Manati plantations have with
in the past two weeks lost 100000 tons
jcf cane by ineendiary hres. Reports,
4 too, from sections where there has been
no political disturbance Indicate that
, estimates Of last fall were much too
high. The British commission is be;
lieved to have continued its purchases
on q 4.s0e fab. basis almost daily since
the date of our last report, but this is
the only sustaining feature Of the mar
ket visible at the moment.
| Cuban figures Gin tcns) for six ports
TO the 2lst instant follow:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
WOOD-STAVE PIPE
BETTER THAN metal
Exhaustive Experiments Lead To
Some Conclusions Of Benefit A
To Island Planters

"Wood-stave pipe will carry about
fifteen per cent more water than a
ten.year old east iron pipe, or than a
new riveted pipe, and about twenty
five percent more than cast-iron pipe
twenty years old or rivefed pipe ten
years old. -
This is one Of the findings made by
the division Of irri CATION investigation
of the department Of agriculture at
Washington after sixty-four expert
ments ON the Flow Of water In sixteen
different wood.stave pipes. These pipes
ranged in diameter from eight inches
70 1875 feet.
In the experiments thirteen of the
pipes ranged from eight inches to four
feet in diameter; one was 6.5 feet;
one twelve feet; and, one 1875 feet in
diameter. Six pipes were Of the ma
chine.banded type put together in
lengths, and ten more were of the con
tinuous-staye type. Mean velocities
ranged from less than one foot to more
than eight feet per second.
+. G. Scobey, the author Of the hui
letin, makes an analysis Of ESQ expert.
ments. AS a result he discards the
Kutter formula as given IN the stand
ard engineering hand.books, and deyeE
ops q new formula which, he states,
gives a varient Of only one per cent in
the mean capacity Of all wood pipes.
Some Conclusions
General conclusions regarding the ca
pacity Of woodstave pipes are drawn
qs follows: FA very conservative fac.
tor of safety should be used where a
guaranteed capacity is to be obtained.
"The data now existing do not show
that the capacity Of woods tave pipe
either increases.of decreases with age
This statement does not consider sedi.
mentation, purely mechanical pro
cess If silted waters are TO be con
veyed, the pipe should be- designed foI
a working velocity Of from FIVE to ter
| feet per second. II sand is present in
the water, the design should be for 0
| velocity of about Ave feet per second
which will be high enough TO carry out
large part of the sand and at the
same time not 80 high as to seriously
erode the pipes.
| 1.-THE better method, seobey states
lnis to remove the sand by sumps OF
other means. Air should be removed
from the intake end of every pipt
line, especially when the capacity load
; is approached. y
4 These observations on the flow OF
( water in wood-stave pipes are OF
particular interest in Hawaii, nov
that iron and steel pipes have risen t.
abnormal vhlues. Apparently, if I
, wood-stave pipe is properly laid, II hai
carfain anoinaarino values mt preVi
ouslv recognized. That wooden pip
will carry more water than an iron pip
OF equal diameter is one Of the, dis
tputed points now authoritatively de
cided. Wy fst
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
GUARD IS WARNED .
CALL coming soon

First definite word concerning the
intentions of Washington as TO the
local units of the national guard was
received yesterday in the form of a
circular letter to the national guard
from the war department This dir
cular announces, Brighten. Samuel /,
johnson, adjutant general, instruets
the guards to prepare for mobilization
ut a near. date and 10 make such pre-
parations MS will effect mobilization at
the proper time in an orderly and efiiei'
INT manner. @ -g5} q. ~
"This circular was extremely wei
come" stated the adjutant,general,
yesterday, "inasmueh as it is the first
.ennite word we have received. We
have had lots Of rumors, and there has
been lots of guessing but none of 1t
helped show us where we we're at. This
at, least is some assurance that we will
be used"
The circular urges all guard officers
TO aequaint themselves with mobiliza.
ton requirements and be prepared 10
start the organization moving smooth
lily when the call comes. IA 4 5f.
.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
new TRACTOR PLOW
DEVELOPED NFRANCE

The extreme shortage OF agricultural
labor IN Europe has stimulated the in,
ventiOh of new labof-saving devices.
Among these Il new tractor drawn pillow
which cuts single furFow seven to
eight feet in width is described in
recent number of a French agricultural
journal
The four cylinder tractor weighs
about seven tons and is operated at q
speed of three miles per hour Two
tons of the weight Of the tractor is
on the front wheels. The pillow cut a
single furrOw six inches deep and
ninety inches wide at the rate Of two.
thirds Of an acre per hour with fuel
consumption of tweity-three pounds
per hour; and furrow seven inches
.deep, turning six-tenths acres per
hour, at fuel consumption of twenty,
nine pounds per hour, AZ
No data were mentioned as to the
quality of the work done. The trial.
We're IN light soil, level and free %
ok. Presumably a field, p|owel IL
this manner would be workable dust
bel requiring no farihar treatment
.eept tolliDg to make it ready for seed
ing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
BRITISH SUPPLY
OF SUGAR SCANT
Illegal To Possess More Than
q Two Weeks Supply At a,
Time, SaysNew Order

roznoN n
i.ot'h'o4Ni APrii o-Tioru i1sForpoit
has discussed the sugar question with
o large number OF members at the
house of commons and has announced
that the following drastic changes
would be madei
l. Inc 1000 eontrolier Will issue az
order at once making il an offense,
punishable by imprisonment, for any
retailer 70 sell more than fortnight = ,
supply TO any one customer.
z, IL Win likewise be made penal
ohense for any consumer 70 possess
more than q fortnlght's supply az any
time. ,.tf
-. The ponce are 70 have tue right
Of entry and inspection in suspected
cases.
=. An order IS issued making u an
Qiiense 70 INSIST upon the purchase OF
/ other goods as q condltion OF the saf
Of sugar. rus order IS 70 apply 70
4, other articles of food besides sugar.
Lord Deyonport dealt solely with inc
SUGAR question In bis speech. He en-
phasized that the country was passing
through a per1odsof abnormal seareity'
The margin OF sugar mad been danger.
opsly reduced as me department had
not been getting the amount OF shin-
ping necessary to Keep up the supply.
Lord Davenport, however, was able 20
state that he had now made such ar
rangements with the shipping control
Ter as would secure better supply m
future.
Leak Along the Line
At the same time, the food control,
Ter gave warning that the period OF
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
.PUNCHBOWL owners
I. TO GET MONEY BACK

The fifth measure since the legisla'
IRE ljourned Wednesday night of last
Seok was signed yesterday by the Cow
! rnor, this being s. b.. 10, introduced
BY Senator Paeheeo, which becomes Act
~ of the Session Laws of 1917.
Tho new law IS entitled: IAN Act
,ppropriat;ng the sum of $lO,022.29 for
he relief OF property owners in the
auwaiolimu Tract, Honolulu" 1t pro,
vides for the reimbursing of 'such of
ne property owners as have paid the
Sscssment or assessments made by the
GARD OF supervisors of the City and
1ounty of Honolulu for construction Of
oeds In said tract n
Tpaer. the terms of the new law the
owners, who will be REIN
hrrsed for the amount paid on account
of frontage Improvement, will also be
relieved from the necessity Of paying
any other.or further assessments.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
SUGAR is
MUCH BECLOUDED
Government. Controb Increased
Duty and Excise Duty Are
All Under Discussion

Chairman Hoover Of the national food
control bureau has recommended that
his bureau be made an independent
branch Of the government, diShssociat.
ed from the department of agriculture,
and that il be given supreme and abso.
luce control over the distribution and
marketing of the main food products,
particularly Of vheat and sugar. Pre-.
sumably the control win extend TO the
matter of price fixing.
This recommendation Is now before
the senate committee on agriculture
and win probably emerge in the way Of
report to the senate as soon as the
Emergency Revenue Bill is out of the
way and the vexed questions Of the
Espionage Bill is settled one way or
another. 1850 sf
The revenue proposals include one to
add ten percent TO all import duties.
This win affect the cost Of sugar to
the consumer TO the extent Of the ex-
ira duties and will add the same
amount 70 the prices 20 be received for
ing sales arrangements are to be con.
tinued. 1904 tsis D.. n
Excise TAX on Sugar ~.
According to wiIlett Gray plan
TO impose an internal revenue tax on
sugar is In favor among many at Wash.
ington. That sugar journal reports:
II appears more and more certain
that the United States government
viii assess an excise or consumption
tax on sugar. Although congress has
not yet acted on the matter Of the tax,
il Is generally accepted that the tax
WILDE one cent n pound.
"It appears to us that TO add tar
of one cent per pound, without reduc
ing the duty on sugar imported from
foreign countries, will make the price
Of refined sugars almost prohibitiye.
As the refined market stands today
some refiners are nominally quoting
B.25c to S.50c, aud TO add further
duty OF one cent TO this price will
make granulated sugars 9.25c to 9.50C
Wholesale, based on present nominal
prices, and lie to 12c per pound retail
AZ refinery eenters, and one to two
cents per pound higher insthe interior
The consumer will have TO pay tbs
excise tax as all refners have given no
tiee that any excise tax assessed By
the government will be charged and
invoiced to the buyer.
A fair and equable distribution Of
the duties and taxes would be to as
sess a duty ON Cuban raws Of one-hali
cent per pound, in place Of present
duty Of about one cent per pound, ant
an excise tax Of one cent per pound OF
all sugar consumed, in either raw OF
refined state.
The advantage Of this plan is tina
Il would tend to lower the cost of sugal
but would increase the revenues. Sucl
a combination of duties and excis,
wonld bring in a revenue Of $4,000, OO(
to $lOO,O00,00O. 4
1.-THE above plan is particularly ap
plicable in view Of the PRESIDENT
proclamation, appealing to the patriot
Ism Of the American people to keeI
the price of foodstuffs within reason
able limits and to prevent exeessiy,
profits, and such action by the govern
ment would be a move in this direc
tion. 80.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
WAR TAX PLAN
ON CUBAN SUGAR
President Menocal Suggests
Revenue Raising BY Internal
Tax On Principal Exports

To meet the cost of the revolution,
which appears 10 be far from over, ac.
e9rding to the latest Associated Press
dispatches, President Menocal of Cuba
proposes an internal revenue tax on
sugar. The effect Of this will be, nat
urally, to increase the selling cost Of
the Cuban product in the United States.
Havana correspondent of the
Louisiana Planter, under date of April
n, tells of President Menocal's sugges-
lion, as follows. 4 81.
..In q recent message to congress,
President Menocal states that Cuba is
no 'lukewarm ally but is ready TO
make sacrifices and all efforts possible
In war against Germany. He asks for
bond issue of thirty millions of dol.
lars, not only TO cover the expenses Of
a state of war with Germany, but TO
pay indemnities caused by the revolu-
tionary attempt; which will require no
ineonsiderable sum, II any current re-
ports can be relied upon. r.
stThe President proposes a long list
Of articles and actions upon which q
revenue stamp can be placed to pay
these bonds. He recommends tat be.
ginning from the first of November OF
this year special tax Of one cent for
each arroba Of sugar be imposed, this
tax 70 be paid by sugar estates or mills.
Also that tax be placed upon socie-
ties and business firms which handle OF
deal with sugar and tobacco.
The tax upon sugar alone, at the
suggested rate, would bring into the
treasury several millions Of dollars
yearly, even calculating the total out
put Of sugar At a very conservative
hgnre.'' ,.,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
COURT RESUMES
{ ITS IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS

The 'rHanau Court" which attends
to certificates Of. birth registration, is
again IN working order. During the
reign Of Wede Warren Thayer the
functions Of the court had been discon-
tinued, hut they were revived yester'
day by Col @. r. Ipukea, Secretary of
Hawaii, when. the fall court assembled,
there being present, in addition to
Colonel Iaukea, Eben =. Cushingham,
r.. $. Lono, James II. Hakuole and a
representative of The Advertiser 1t
is expected that trips 70 the outside
islands viii begin shortly. f.. ," g.