Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-25

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! efficient service in the directions indi-
Gated. both for The period which is now
upon us and that which will ensue upon
the conclusion of the war. should avail
herself of the great privilege which the
state and the nation are providing for
her to perform the important service
work and attain the leadership to which
she is entitled.
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Handling Cotton Infested with weevtl.
A. H. NJ, Waycross. Ga. writes: The
boil Weevil is now working in the cotton
bud. DO you think best to plow II up or
wait and lake a chance for a crop? What
do you think Of putting a Of peanuts
or chufas between the cotton rows, and IL
the cotton fails have these crops for profit?
Have thought of using 200 pounds OF fer
tilizer per acre. DO you think the chufas
would take the strength from the cotton
or that the cotton would shade the peanuts
too much and make a failure Of both?
You will have to make a most vigor-
Gus fight against the boil weevils if th3y
! have appeared in large numbers in your
cotton this early in the season. You
should gather up all punctured squares
and destroy them. 1t may cost some.
thing to do this, but by lighting vigor-
Ously along this line you may be able
to save a part of your crop. Clean and
/ persistent cultivation is very important.
( Do everything you can to hasten the
| development and maturity of the crop.
To this end the application of zoo
pounds of acid phosphate, which you
I propose to use under peanuts and CHI l.
! fas planted i'm the middle of the COT
! ton rows must be regarded as good
practice. You understand, of course,
that acid phosphate is the most impor-
tant and essential element to use for the
/ purpose of Fastening the maturity of
! our crops. Situated as you are, we do
not think we would hesitate to plant a
row of peanuts or chufas down the mid
/ die of the cotton rows. You can still
1 give shallow cultivation for some time
after the planting of this crop and by
adjusting the cultivation properly you
can work either side OF the drill row
up relatively close to the cotton with
out disturbing the chufas or the pea
nuts. Then in case you wish only a
moderate crop of cotton you will have
as you indicate in your letter, some
thing on the land to fall back on which
will at least pay you for the labor and
money invested. -
These two crops can be used to advan-
( age for grazing down by hogs. You
/ can harvest and sell the peanuts, to oil
mills to be crushed at a very good
profit.
OF course. if you expect to save your
cotton crop you must make a very vigor-
/ Gus and persistent fight. We are not
disposed to think. unless this land -
+ very rich. that the cotton will shade
the peanuts so effectively as to prevent
them from making a. reasonably fair
crop considering the Disadvantages
which you will have to meet at this
particular season of the year.
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Treating a Swollen Throat
I have young COW that has been sick
for three weeks. Her calf is four weeks
old. Her throat is swollen every night
but seems 70 be ali right in the morning.
! feed her beans may, cottonseed and
meal. / wound ike some advice
10 what 10 40 for her.
No doubt your COW is suffering from
4 indigestion and possibly from what may
/ later develop into actinomy COSTS, or
iumpy jaw. 1t will do no harm in any
event to give her purgative. For this
purpose LIS pounds of Epson salts given
ia the form of a drench dissolved In
warm water will be as satisfactory as
anything you can use. We would then
advise that you change the feed alto
gether for a short period of time. If
you can obtain a sack OF bran pour hot
water over, say or pounds of it and
then when it has cooled sufficiently let
in place OF the cotton seed, corn meal,
beans and hay you have been feeding.
Your COW will do better if she can have
4 the opportunity of running out at pas
/ ture for a few days. Green feed has
1 tonic effect on the system, particularly
at this season of the year. If no grass
4 is available perhaps you have some par
/ TALLY grown corn or other crop which
! you can use in the form of soiling feeds
. -
might be advisable also to use a tonic
condition powder for a few days. The
one suggested below when prepared
as described and given in the amounts
indicated should prove satisfactory:
/ Sulphate Of iron, 2 ounces; salt peter.
! 2 ounces; pulverized gentian root,
ounces; pulverized ginger root l ounce;
| pulverized nuX vomisa, l ounce. These
materials should be very thoroughly
mixed together and heaping teasponful
given in the food three times daily.
Remember that regularity in feeding
and watering is very important In the
course of a few days you may return
to a ration consisting of equal parts or
cottonseed meal and corn meal. Do not
allow your cow to eat to much, how
ever. of this concentrated mixture. You
should feed about pound and half of
this mixture a day in proportion to her
weight This is, provided she is giving
two or more gallons OF milk.
AS previously stated, the swelling
under the jaw may be an evidence of the
development of the disease known as
actinomycosis. The nrst symptoms of
this is a swelling of the character you
| have described. Then an enlargement
takes place, due to the bullying outward
of the bone. This is due to fungus
| getting into the bone and working it's
| way along the roots of the teeth. After
while as the tumor develops it breaks
and discharges a thick, sticky pus. Some
times it heals temporarily, but breaks
out a little later. The teeth often be-
come liberated and the jaw very sore.
| There is not much which can be done
| for this trouble. The best treatment
| is to give oidide of potash internally
in doses of one TO three drains daily in
| A half pint of water. In a few days,
certainly not more than a week, iodsm
sets up, shown by the mucus discharge
/ from the nose and eyes, and security
condition of the skin. especially of the
/ neck When this condition is noticed
/ the medicine should be stopped. In case
| the animal is in e healthy condition and
/ the tumor is not discharging so as to
affect the general health of the animal
/ tho meat is not considered dangerous
as food.
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