Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-26

Kitchen Stops are all right for
hogs provided you do not use the
| so-called Ives in washing the dishes
| or soap powders. When these are
used and the hog consumes the re-
sulting Stops digestive troubles are
bound to set up and conditions such
as you describe may easily develop
Instead of feeding corn alone feet
one-half or two-thirds corn and one
half or o1e-third shorts. Put IN
your hog lot box filled with mix
ture made up as follows Two
| pounds pulverized copperas, foul
pounds sulphur eight pounds COM
mon salt, one bUslel wood ashes, one
| busheI charcoal and eight pounds
air-slaked lime This should be kept
| where the hog can have free access
to it at all times.
The constipation about which you
complain should be relieved, This
can be accomplished quite easily by
the use of purgatives of oil or salts.
Where salts are used two to four
ounces will be about the right
amount to give dissolved in milk or
any Other liquid which che hog will
readily consume
Where there is a persistent cough
| q with eXpectoratIon of white mucus
there is reason to expect infestation
by lung worms. An examination OF
| the froth in question will generally
reveal the presence CT small, thread
like worms. When these are found
there is little you can do except to
place the. hog in a comparatively
tight room or tent aud burn sulphur
! over Goals. The attendant must stay
| in the tent and keep his head on a
| level with that of the. animal and
when he can no longer breathe admit
fresh air This operation should be
repeated several times. This is not
an especially effective method OF
| combating this disease but may af-
ford a some relief. Hogs infested
with lung worms. when in good con-
| dftion, should as rule be slaugh-
| erred. '
Grasses Sui1a1lo fcy Grazing l.
Georgia.
B. L. r., Madras, Ga, writes: am
starting in beef production on a large
scale, and. Of course, pasture and feel
| are very important. / have lS5 head.
Am using registered Aberdeen Angus
bulls On native COWS. I would like to
know what grasses you would recon-
mend for summer AMI winter grazing.
have good Bermuda IA and japan japan ei9yeE
and they are fine for COWS, but It is bad
on red land TO Craze them off. Your
advice will be appreciated.
1t is gratifying to know that you
have made such an excellent starr
with beef cattle and that you arc
specializing in the Improvement OF
the progeny of the native cows
through the use. of the Aberdeen
Angus breed. This is a very fine
hi eed of cattle and will give q good
account of itself in Georgia as ii
has done elsewhere. "
You are correct in your surnise
that the pasture problem is one
deserving our very best attention
and we are making efforts along
this line through the agency of the
| college to gather and disseminate
the best information obtainable Oh
:his. subject. To this end we are es
| .abl:Shing in co-opera ton with farm
ers many test areas throughout
tie state and we hope in this way
| to collect data which will not only
| be valuable to the landowners, but
| TO the state as Il whole. and which
| VIII inform US better as to the ma
Tire anu "a ZIG
best adapted for grazing purposes
in Georgia.
In your section OF the state We
do not believe you will find any
| erhss Offering a larger amount OF
| grazing for several months of the
year than Bermuda. Its combina
| lion with Japan clover, bur clover
md white and alsike clover is tt
| Ha commended. This is the mixture
| |-r excellence for the red clay
| 'nds of this state. There are other
| %rasses which will grow. we'll il
north Georgia. as for instance or
! chard grass, Italian Rye grass, tai
| meadow oat grass and Red Top
| These grasses we believe will de
fairly we'll on low, moist land sucf
| rs you describe. Orchard grass does
| hest in semi-shaded areas. 1t is E
| hardy grass and even on the up
lands here at the college farm, which
| nave been partly cleared out, j
| has done fairly vol. On moist bot
| toms we would expect it to do mucf
| Eettcr o.. .-~-
Red Top, of course. is the grass
| 1lr excellence for such LEGATIONS
| Gnd with it you might associate
| WILL oNSCOEoo anu IA OPAAC cA'S''N'
| clover, which is also a lover of low
| IaCist bottoms.
Tall meadow oat grass is a val
liable grass for grazing. It is a fine
| ,lrouth resister. It is more nutri
| ,iuus than Timothy and gives about
| twice as large yields. 1t natures
| aoCut the same time as orchaTi
| grass and red and alsilze clover and
| tI1arofnl.n IA hinQI yyitl
| item to very good advantage.
Any of these grasses might be
| seeded in the spring or the fall. We
| are certain that it is too late tc
| try to plant them now unless you
| could be assured beforehand of {
| very mild, open winter. Spring
| seeding, we believe. should be done
in March. Our experience has not
| confirmed us in the opinion, how.
| ever, that spring seeding is as de.
| sira BILE as fall seeding for any ri
| the grasses mentioned
With regard to carpet grass, this
| is G. native of the south and has
| been grazed to considerable extent
! in Texas, Louisiana, South Mis-
| Sissippi, Alabama and parts d
| Florida. 1t has quite an extensive
| dfstricu,iGn in south and southeast
| Georgia. 1t has a creeping habit OF
growth somewhat on the order Of
bermuda grass and hence its nama
Stock are very fond Of it. and il
| is highly priced wherever it grows
It does est on sandy lands which
are heavily grazed. Under such con
| ditions it will run out Bermud2
| grass. 1t does not produce seef
| freely, however and therefore i
VIII have to be re-seeded each year
This grass does not live we'll fal
| from the gulf coast and at ths
present time we, cannot recommend
| it for cultivation inland. 1t doc:
| not compare with Bermuda grass
iii the amount of forage it pro
| duces. >r
Large water grass is a native OF
| the south and has attracted mucl
| attention for pasture purposes. Il
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