Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23


menting food. An enema of warm soapy
water i'm which some glycerine is used
is valuable. Allow the mule TO roll.
Aromatic spirits of ammonia in ounce
doses will be found helpful. Cleansing
the alimentary tract with dose OF
oil or an aloes ball is helpful. A good
tonic mixture TO keep on hand and use
as directed is as follows: Choral hy-
drate, 2 ounces; laudanum, z ounces;
sulphuric ether, 1 ounce; aromatic splr-
It's of ammonia, ounces; essence or "a
maica ginger ounces; creolin, one-halt
ounce. Keep in a tightly corked bottle
and give two tablespoonfuls in one-halt
pint of water as a dose. Repeat In an
hour if necessary and then one hour
apart for several doses.
1 am not familiar with the feed III
question and, of course, do not know OF
what it is composed or what prlncl-
pies it might contain to produce the re-
suit indicated in your hogs. l am quite
sure that a mixture of good clean corn
and velvet bean meal, either with or
without the pods, fed in the form Oh a
thin STOP would prove an excellent ra-
ton for hogs. and If you are not obtain
ing satisfactory results from the present
mixture l would discontinue its use and
substitute the ration indicated above
Probably you can feed the food you have
on hand to some other class of animals
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ANOTHER CASE OF HOLLOW HORN.
W. J. B., Logan, Ala. writes: l have
fine that after calVing she taxes
the holowhorn. Can you give me remedy
without dehorning her?
Very often after cows calve they be-
come rundown in flesh or appear to be
in poor condition for time. Ths is
not surprising as the strain of parturi-
ton is very considerable and it often
takes an animal some time to recover.
Recovery is best assured by careful
feeding and handling. 1t is very i'm
portant to see that the afterbirth is
quickly and completely removed. Should
any part of it be retained there is al
most certain to develop some infection
which may easily kill or at least pro-
duce serious illness for some time.
Probably some such condition as this
arose in the case in question and &C
counts for the condition you describe
and which you have attributed to hol-
low horns. Naturally there is no such
disease though many people seem to
feel this to be absolutely true. Ample
investigations by veterinarians have
failed to show any relation between
the condition of the horns and disease.
The same is true of hollow tail
What we suggest and advise is that
well regulated and that her assimilative
condition is all right We suggest that
you feed her on easily digestible food
for a period of several weeks. If you
have been feeding hulls and meal alone,
cut this out and substitute bran and
shorts, together with clean bright hay.
Some grazing also should be available
for several weeks yet and this will help
to regulate the system and tone it up
as well. 1t may be necessary to feed
condition powder though as a rule
regular feeding and careful handling
and management constitute all that is
necessary to do in order to restore such
an animal as you describe to a condi-
tion of good health.
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FLOODING BOTTOM LANDS.
]. B. W., Cartecay, Ca, writes: I
have about u acres of bottom land which
has been overflown and settled with black
mountain dirt which makes from so to 100
bushels OF corn per acre. Would 1t In
lure the land to back the water over it
and let IL stand until April and then Guilt
vate it! Would it be necessary TO use fer
tilzcry
We hardly think it necessary for you
to go to the expense and labor of dam
ming up your bottom land so as to in
sure it's being overlooked this winter.
This, Of cburse. is one way of enrich
streams which carry the water down
from the uplands are loaded with the
right kind of material. In other words,
some food waters carry only sandy or
isilky material Others carry loamy ma
terial which is very finely subdtv7ded
and of a much richer character You
should therefore study the nature and
character of the deposit you are likely
to get. We are inclined to think that
bottom land which produces the yield
of corn indicated in your letter will
likely respond to liberal applications OF
phosphoric acid Ordinarily some pot
ash could be used to advantage. 1t Is
now not only very high priced, but is
difficult TO secure and it is therefore
hard to say whether one would be JUS
titled in applying it under existing con-
ditions In other words, you could af-
ford to use 200 to 500 pounds of phos-
phoric acid on this corn. If you have
some wood ashes you might scatter
them over the soil at the rate of 1000
to 1000 pounds per acre and harrow in.
Do not mix the ashes with the fertl-
lizer
THE AMOUNT OF GRAIN TO PLANT
PER ACRE.
L. j. w. Cusseta. Ca. writes: Please
inform me the number of bushels OF rye,
oats and wheat to plant per acre on up
iand which has been fairly well fortified
for several years. Also the number Of
pounds of crimson and bur clover to plant.
Will il be necessary to inoculate them!
We suggest that you plant. bushel
or rye. a bushel and a peck Of wheat
and six to eight pecks of oats. The best
time to SOW wheat in your section of the
state will be about the LIST to 18th of
November. Oats should also be planted
about the same time. Rye, if intended
| for grazing, should be planted immedi-
ately; if for grain it may be planted
from the 18th of November to the LIST
Of December. You will observe that we
suggest early seeding. Years of expert
ence and observation have confirmed
our opinion that early seeding is desir-
able in Georgia. When cereal crops be-