Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-22

fits a farmer would derive from an
ing velvet beans in the same by from
3S per cent to 100 per cent
We have a series of what we term
summer courses going on here during
the month Of July. There is not only
the course for students who desire to
get information about cotton grading
but for teachers and advanced students
as well. We have a ten days short
course for boys and girls. This begins
on July 10 and continues until the
gath. We believe you would enjoy be-
ing with us for this particular period,
and 1 think you would find the instruc-
ton extremely valuable. The cost will
be 81 for registration and your board
while in Athens. You could spend ten
days with us at a very modest outlay.
We feel sure 1t will pay you to at
tend a course of this character. There
is no school near you which affords
training of this nature.
ESTABLISHING A BERMUDA SOD.
@. NJ, Cuthbert. Ca, writes. How is
the best and quickest way to plant twenty
acres in Bermuda grass, and when is the
best time?
The best way to plant Bermuda grass
according to our experience, Is as fol.
lows: Secure a very considerable guam.
tity of sets and run them through q
cutting box so as to chop them up, OF
chop them up by hand into 2-inch
squares. A wagon bed may be filled
with sets and they may be scattered
over the surface of the ground. They
should be pressed into 1t with a roller
In a favorable season they will take
hAII ,E,Iy1
Another and better plan is to set In
rows from 10 inches to 8 feet apart
The sets may be carried in a gunny sack
and dropped by hand. say Q to 3 feet
apart in the drill. The man doing the
work should step on the sets in pass
ing and press them into the soil. II
the land can be plowed and a good seed
bed prepared the Bermuda will grow
more rapidly and better stand will be OBJ
tanned on that account. We have ham
died lands in the manner indicated and
have been able to develop a dense sod
from the time of planting in June to
the date of beginning the grazing of the
area in September.
Now is the best time to put out Ber-
muda sets. The work can, of course, be
continued as late in the season as there
is enough rainfall and moisture to in
sure the grass establishing itself in g
comparatively short time.
TREATING A SUPPOSED CASE OF
DISTEMPER.
L o. s., HonoraviIIs Ala. writes:
have a mare that think has distemper. She
has a bad cough and aer nostrils run at
times. ! would like TO know a treatment
that will cure her.
In treating a case Of distemper one
should proceed somewhat as follows:
Ordinarily these cases require the use
of but little. medicine. The first thing
IS to look into the diet and see that
moist, relaxing foods are fed. Moisten-
ed hay, which has been chopped UP, and
bran mashes. made by pouring boiling
water over wheat bran, are good laxa-
tive feeds TO use. The animal should,
of course, be kept we'll covered and pro-
tected from exposure to cold. If there
are evidences of excessive fever small
quantities of Glaubers salts, a handful
three times a day as a laxative will be
found helpful. Bicarbonate of soda or
nitre in small doses every few hours
will have a stimulating effect Streaming
the head with a vapor of hot water
poured over a bucket of bran and hay
is considered good practice. Belladonna
leaves or tar placed in this material is
sometimes Of advantage.
II there is swelling of the glands
treat by bathing with hot water and
using poultices. II there is evidence of
the formation OF pus the swelling
should be opened. Do not use irritating
lfniments or blisters, especially about
the throat Remember that when oon-
valescence sets in It is very important
not to expose the animal TO cold. as this
may bring on a relapse. An animal
suffering from distemper should not be
worked until II is we'll on the road TO
complete recovery.
SIDE APPLICATIONS FOR COTTON.
O. A. E.. Lafayette. Ca, writes. l have
six acres planted in cotton. II was plant
ed on MAY II and has Neen very slow about
terminating but ! have = good stand now.
/ have been thinking of putting 100 pounds
of nhosDhlse around IL. | have used 200