Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-12
PIGEON PEAS

PIGEON PEAS
l.. c. D., Cuba, writes: What is the food
valueof pigeon peas? Can they be treated
| to prevent weeyils from destroying them?
How long after planting sweet potatoes for
seed can the vines be used for propaga-
ton? What is the value for horses of
| sweet potato vines? How can | prevent
weevis from damaging grain?
I am not acquainted with the variety
of peas about which you inquire and
| therefore not in position to tell you of
their food value. If they belong to the
family of legumes, however, we would
expect them to be rather high in pro-
| TEN and valuable feed to use in associL-
ton with other cereals. There is no rea-
son why they should not be treated sue
cessfully to prevent their infestation
with weevils. Put in a tight box or bin
and treat with carbon-bisulphide at the
rate of one pound per ton of grain. The
carbon bisulphide should be poured out
in shallow dishes and placed on top of
the grain. Cover the whole with an old
carpet or tarpaulin and allow to stand
| for a few hours. Carbon-bisulphide is
inflammable in the presence OF lights
| and therefore should be handled with
! great care.,' The same treatment will
also prove effective for lima and other
beans. The cost of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in this country is so cents pound.
| Sweet potatoes can be propagated
from the vines when they attain a
length of one foot to eighteen inches.
We do not regard propagation from vines
anything like as satisfactory in this
! country as bedding out the potatoes and
! establishing them from slips. Sweet
potato vines contain about 66 per cent.
phosphoric acid, 1877 per cent. carbo-
hydrates and 1.6 per cent fat. In COM
position they should suit work STOCK
quite we'll. When the vines are fed to
work stock they should be moistened
with water containing little salt, there
bv preventing the dust from Irritating
the respiratory organs Of the animals
and at the same time adding to the
palatability of the vines. We think they
should be fed in combination with other
forms of roughage to work stock.
The only satisfactory means of pre-
venting weevils from injuring the grains
| about which you inquire is to treat -he
same with carbon-bisulphide This ma
terial has a very offensive odor but this
soon evaporates when placed in the open
and will not injure the food which you
mention for human consumption, provid-
ed it is exposed to the air soon after
treatment so the odor of the carbon-bi-
sulphide is thereby eliminated.
TREATING A CASE OF LUMPY
| JAW
T. Y b. Dawson, Ga, writes: i have
COW which has large lump n under r ner Jaw Wt
| ii did nothing but bleed, and it bleeds all
the time. she seems to be healthy other
! wise | am anious to know what to do for
her, as I want to make meat out Of her.
One can never determine accurately
what is the exact cause of trouble
such as you describe through informa-
ton contained in a letter. There is al
easily see as one might in describing
symptoms overlook certain important
and essential points. We believe. how
ever, from what you have said that
your animal is affected with what is
| known asc ''astinomycosis" or lumpy
jaw. This trouble always develops in
| the manner you describe. The first symp-
tom is a slight swelling due to the
| bullying outward Of the bone. The
fungus which causes this trouble gets
| into the bone by working into the roots
| of the teeth AS the disease develops
| the tumori becomes larger and finally
breaks, dischargine thick, sticky pus.
1t seldom diminishes in size, however
as a result of this discharge. The teeth
| in the affected part often become ulcer
ated and the jaw sore. so that the ami
NAL cannot chew properly.
! If drop of the pus from an acti-
| nomycosis tumor is spread out on a
piece of glass, minute yellow specks
| can be seen with the naked eye. If these
specks are placed under a microscope
and slightly fattened, they will be
found to be rosettes of club-shaped
fungi This fungi is the cause of the
| disease.
| Sometimes the tumor is free from
| the bone and in that event il may be
cut out and treated just as a simple
wound. 1t can sometimes be cured by
| giving iodide of potash in one to three
dram doses daily. This should be dis
solved in o half pint of water. At the
end of the week a condition known as
"iodism" is set up. This is shown by
a discharge of mucus from the nose
| and eyes, and security condition of the
skim especially of the neck, as If bran
| in the recorders court Saturday and held
were scattered at the roots of the hair.
| When this condition is noticed the
medicine should be stopped. The tumor
in most cases gradually disappears and
| the animal makes a recovery.
The animal about which you write
! should be confined to a lot where it
| will not come in contact with other
animals as il is likely to cause this
disease to spread if the tumor is dis
charging.