Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-03

placed in the rows about feet apart
and Is inches apart in the drill. Step
on the sod in passing to pack it.
1t Is good practice at this season Of
the year to SOW Bur clover seed along
in the drill with the Bermuda. After
the grass and clover get start you
can run a harrow over the land If
you like to fill up the furrow We
believe this is one of the best ways of
securing a Bermuda sod. We have
reclaimed much waste land by this
method and made ii into satisfactory
grazing areas
PREPARING IRISH POTATOES FOR
FALL PLANTING.
J. W. W. Swansboro y. G., writes: !
have some Irish cObbler potatoes dug about
two weeks ago. l would like to know the
best way TO prepare them for planting a
second crop about the first Of August.
Irish potatoes may be kept for sew
eral weeks, according to the following
plan: After they are dug they should
be freed Of DIRT Any bruised or cut
potatoes should then be picked out.
Next spread the potatoes out in very
thin layer. I put mine in that part Of
the cellar which has a dirt floor. This
cellar is we'll ventilated and cool and
dry. l cover the potatoes with paper
or something to exclude the light and
so prevent them from deteriorating m
color and quality. About a week be-
fore planting, If situated as you are,
I would take the small potatoes out
and plant them in a sand tray which
should Se kept in a cool place but we'll
mcistencd. AS soon as the eyes of the
potatoes start to sprout, they are ready
for planting. If you get a season put
n .,f
August. At this season of the year it
is important to plant potatoes deep and
get them well down into a bed of moist
earth. We would put under the drill
row a mixture consisting of equal parts
Of cotton seed meal and acid phosphate
This material should be used at the
rate of 500 pounds per acre, and should
be well mixed with the subsoil. When
the potatoes start to sprout knock off
the top Of the rows. If you can secure
several loads of partly decayed leaf
mold, 1t is fine to mulch the potatoes
with. 1t should be we'll filled in be-
tween the rows and even over the Top
of the rows where the potatoes stand.
There may be other ways of handling
potatoes equally satisfactory but this
practice has proven desirable with u.s.
TREATING A HOG SUFFERING FROM
NANCE.
A. l.. G., Cumming, Ca. writes I have
hog that has mango. l have used a stock
dip and I've soap, but they do not seem to
do any good. 1t seems to be healthy other
wise. would like to know what to do
for it,
Mango is a parasitic disease of the
skin and attacks all classes of domestic
animals, and even man himself is not
exempt from it. The trouble is caused
by mite which burrows into the skin
and is, therefore, very difficult to de-
stroy. Intense itching results from the
infestation and the animal scratches and
rubs the affected parts.
The first thing to do is to isolate an
animal which has been attacked. Then
secure some green soap and apply It,
and allow it to remain on the skin for
about five hours. Then wash it off
with warm water. When this is done
most of the scabs and scurf will be re-
moved. Then wipe the parts dry and
use the following remedy, which should
be applied by rubbing it thoroughly in
to the diseased skin: Creolin, one
ounce; oil of tar one ounce: flowers of
sulphur one ounce; lard or vaseline,
eight ounces. These materials should
be thoroughly mixed together. Treat
ment should be continued daily for.
three or four days, then withhold for
a week and repeat again.
HANDLING HOGS SUFFERING FROM
LUNG WORMS. .-,,f:.,.,ar
=. NJ. C., Admission Ala. writes. have
two large pigs that have had cough. 1t
mny be lung worms. They are fat and
all right otherwise Would be glad to have
your opinion In the matter.
While the cough affecting your hogs
may be due to several causes, the
chances are that they are infested by
what is known as lung worms. This
IS a very common parasite and attacks
large numbers of rogs throughout the
south. They take these parasites into
their systems in various ways, but hogs
are likely to become infected with them
If kept in the house or no pastures
where other animals are suffering from
this disease In fighting 1t the best
method of procedure is as follows:
Put the hCes in a tent or some very
close structure. Get a supply of Goals
and hurn sulphur thereon. Keep your
head on a level with that of the hogs.
and when you can stand the fumes no
longer open the door and let in fresh
air. This treatment should be repeated
several times. 1t is not very satisfac-
tory, but is probably the most helpful
method OF fsSEllng THIS disease Wnlcn
can be suggested for use on the aver
age farm. Hogs which are badly af-
fected with lung worms should be fat
tened as quickly as possible and slaugh-
tered for meat This parasite confin-
ing it's work entirely to the lungs, does
not initiate in any way against the
value of the meat for human food. You
should take precautions to prevent the
spread IF this disease by putting well
hogs on an area which has not been oc-
cupied by sick ones.
WHAT TO DO FOR AN INFLAMED
UDDER~
n. p. j., Searcy. Ark, writes: / have
fine Jersey COW five years old that gives
lumpy milk out OF two teats. She had a
recovered and seems all right in every
epect Her udder seems TO swell hard and
then II goes away In a few days. Would
like to know how to correct the trouble.
The lumpy milk about which you
complain may be due to one of several
causes. The chances are it results from
some infection of the udder or by bac-
terra which should not normally re-
side there, or possibly II may be due
to an injury. COW scraping over the
bars in coming from the pasture Will
often bruise a section Of the udder. If
your COW is confined in a close stable
or lot AT certain neriOds of the daV