Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-28
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW NJ SOULE

SOULE
/ In the course of a very little wnne
| 1t will be easy to determine whether
the grains of corn selected from
the different ears are Viable or not.
| Unless perfect stand is obtained un-
der such conditions it is doubtIul
if the grains on any ear should be
retained for planting. Certainly 1t
should be tested before it is kept
for planting purposes.
1t will be very simple natte'
to make a test of this character
not only with corn. but with cot
of crop which the farmer may wish
to plant, and the cost will amount
20 nothing. There will be, distinct
saving, however. to the land-oWhcl
| by following out this process in the
| better stands he will obtain through
the use of only viable seed. There
is plenty of time to do the worh.
and the cost involved cannot be
offered. as an excuse fol, the neg,
You cannot engage in a more inn
portant piece of work. BY doin2
so you will do much to help in
in the areas devoted to field crops
Some one will say that they have
tested seed and did not secure a
that if they had not tested the seed
and made allowance for it's iinfe-
| rior quality the stand would have
been much poorer than it actually
was. You can certainly add seY,
eral dollars to the. returns obtained
a perfect stand, therefore the care
| full testing of all seed before plant,
| ing should receive the earnest and
| careful attention of every land
| owner.
Treating az infected Wound
! G. II. w, Meriwether. Ga, writes:
My got her tail hurt about Sly
months ago and part of it has come off
and the other part is sore. she had
calf about two months ago. Do you
think it is safe to use her milk: Do
you think I should cut the tail off or
try to heal it up? Please tell me tie
best eatment to use as I want to get
it well before warm weather.
There is no reason why you should
| not be able to cure up the tail OF
your cow through simple process
of treatment, unless the injured part
has become infected with pUs or
proud flesh has DEVELOPED. We would
advise that the affected part be thor
oughly washed out and cleanSed I'M
mediately with lysol or some other
diSinfeCting solution used a the rate
of one part to fifty parts water. The
water should be thoroughly boiled
and then cooled and the suggested
medicine added in the proportion in
Dictated. We would then secure some
bandages and adhesive plaster and
cover the wound lightly so as to
This treatment if persisted in should
certainly affect cure at an early
date. we would dress the affected
part once daily with, a fresh solu-
ton, using fresh cloths and absorb
ant cotton for wrapping. Then the
dressing may be put off for q longer
period of time. AS soon as the heal
ing sets in it will not be necessary
to continue the suggested treatment
longer.
If the cow is healthy in all other
resp tie milk is normal we
see no objection to using it two
months after the calf is dropped.
TOP Dressing wheat With Nitrate
oS Soda
T. j. L.. MontCzuma, Ga. writes: I
haye four acres in wheat sown IN De
cefnher. How much nitrate of soda
should l put and when must apply
it?
r 1t is a good practice to use nj
wheat and You should apply It i'm
mediately. Scatter it over the sur
face of the ground at the rate of
100 pounds per acre. You do not
have to harrow nitrate of soda into
the land 1t will pc im nia Iftidyy
to the surface of the ground and alb
sorbing it. You will see it's effect
on the. crop in a few days. Select
the brightest day possible. When
you do this there is not much dam
ger of the soda burning the leaves.
Some damage might be done in this
manner if you put the soda on when
the plants are very wet.
Evidences of Milk Fever
A. W.. Fitzgerald, Ca, writes: /
Old Oh, that has had the he second attack If
something that causes her to draw
head around to her side and act like
eight or ten hours. The attacks Occur
when the calves are about two months
old. feed her on velvet beans pea
vine hay, meal, hulls and sweet po'a-
toes. Please advise me what is the
trouble and give me remedy.
letter have been accurately delinea-
ted your COW is evidently suffering
from an attack of milk fever. The
treatment of this trouble has been
completely reVolutioniZed in recent
duced When an attack of this kind
occurs the best policy is to distend
the udder with oxygen or filtered air.
Milk fever generally comes on a
few hours after carving and unless
treatment is promptly given death
may result in a comparatively short
while. One or two hours after an
injection of air has been made into
the udder cows that are violently III
often get UP. and move, about freely.
In the use Of air one should be care
full to see that it is properly filter
ed. There are SyringeS on the mar
ket which may be obtained and used
for this purpose. To the end of them
should be attached a rubber tube
ton. In the free end of the rubber
tube a milking tube should be in
serted or a glass tip. These can
generally be obtained at drug stores.
The apparatus used SHOULD be thor
ty minutes. If this treatment is
promptly given it is effective. In
conjunction Herewith it is good prac-
tice to give a purgative such as
Epson salts, say one and and a hall
be given in the early stages of the
trouble. however
DESTROYING CHICKEN MITES
ON CATTLE
A. c. c.. Partersville Ala, writes:
Our cattle eat ea,l hearty but ho will i not
there are chicken mites in the BARI.
Would they cause the trouble? Our
horses seem to be in about the same CON
dition. Would be glad to have any
suggestions on how to improve the con
dition of our stock.
Several conditions may be caus-
ing the trouble with your live stock
about which you complain. Usually
a rough and staring cost and inabil-
ity to fatten animals is associated
with worm infestation, or else the
ration is so entirely at variance with
the needs of the animal that it does
not meet the requirements of the
system. You do not state what you
are feeding, but we imagine you are
probably feeding pulled fodder and
corn. This does not constitute a