Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-12

be discouraged at time Wnen lne ma
ton faces the greatest crisis in its MS
tory Sometimes a farmer may Craze
his cotton fields to some advantage but
no matter how thoroughly the fields
may be cleaned up by this practice, a
large number of weevils will find cover
In a field so handled.
In destroying weevils, remember that
no matter what your friends or neigh
bors may do, you should take every pre-
caution yourself. On the other hand,
isolated action in fighting this pest is
to be deplored. There never was time
when the farmers needed to get togeth-
er and cooperate more than in those To-
calities which the weevil has invaded.
Concerted action on every farm and
plantation will materially reduce the
number of weevils available to damage
the crop next year. Naturally If only
few farmers pillow down the stalks, the
weevils will hibernate In neighboring
fields in very great numbers and be
ready to attack the adjoining farms in
the early spring.
Farmers, merchants and business men
everywhere must therefore. get behind
the movement to starve out the boil
weevil, and should insist through the
organization of community clubs, and
even larger organizations upon uniform
action looking to the early and complete
destruction of cotton stalks.
TREATING A CASE OF DISORDERED
DIGESTION.
W. ]. d., CedartOwn, Ca, writes: have
with young calf. When the calf
three weeks old her bowels got loose,
and then she got lump under her chin, and
her udder is swollen some. feed her on
cOttOnseed meal, corn meal, shorts, cotton
seed bulls and hay. | would like to have
q remedy for the trouble
Disorders of the blood and improper
feeding may account for the trouble you
are experiencing with your COW. We
suggest that the first thing you do is to
give her a good dose of opening medi-
cine and follow this up for two or
three days in succession. For this pur-
pose we think there is probably nothing
more satisfactory than EPSON salts in
/ and 1 1-2-pound doses. Dissolve In
war mwater and give as drench. You
should then use some sort of tonic pow
ders which will tend to build up the d.
gestive system. A great variety OF these
powders may be used. We suggest that
you try the following one for little
while:
Sulphate of iron, 4 ounces; nitrate of
potash, ounces: ginger root, ounces;
gentian root 2 ounces: nux vomica seed,
2 ounces
Pulverize these materials very thor
oughly and mix together. Give a small
heaping teaspoonful in the food two or
three times daily. Discontinue the use
of the cottonseed meal and hulls for
couple of weeks and feed in place bran
mashes made by pouring boiling water
over wheat bran Give only clean,
bright hay. Water and feed regularly.
The swollen bag should be bathed in
hot water three times daily and rubbed
say with camphorated vaseline there
after If this treatment does not eff
feet a cure the trouble is probably due
to some arrangement of the organic
system.
DESTROYING LICE ON MULE.
Z. Ii. j., Broxton, Ga, writes: What
viii take lice off a mule? l bought a
young mule out of a drove and did not know
that she had lice. Also what will take
ticks off a COW? What will make cow
fatten? I feed her meal and hulls and she
runs on beans and oats pasture.
Lice are no uncommonly met with on
mules, and when an animal once becomes
infested it is difficult to destroy these
parasites. The chances are that posts
where the animal rubs itself and the stall
where 1t stands will become infested,
hence the lice are liable to get on other
animals and it is hard to control the
spread of the pest as rule. The litter
in the stall should be removed and
burned The stall should then be white
washed and thoroughly disinfected. 1t
is important that the cracks be thor
oughly penetrated with a highly disinfec-
tant solution and that the rubbing posts
be similarly treated. The animal should