Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-14

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Treating a Caked Udder
D. S. s., Eastanolllee, Ga, writes; :!
have a fine youngg heifer with first calf
seven days old. In the front teat she
has a hard lump and blood comes with
the milk. She is in good condition i!, ex-
cept this trouble. Would like to
know how to remove the lump.
The lump in the teat to which you
refer may have arisen from various
causes. The thing for you to do is
to reduce the inflammation as com
pletely and quickly as possible. To
this end we suggest that you battle
the affected part very carefully for
test water your hands can bear.
These Concentrations should be car
ried out three. times daily. After
each fermentation we would gently
bloody matter or other material
therefrom as completely as possible.
You must use great care and pa
thence in this matter, because the
violent pressure of the skin may
cause congestion and result in the
ting up of further inflammation at
fecting other parts of the udder and
causing the permanent loss of func-
ton on the part of the teat. After
each AyOu SIAOulO L w I1lC
teat we'll with camphorated oil or a
mixture made up of lard and cam
phor, or any other soothing and
healing liniment which will tend to
lessen the Inflammation and prevent
the chatting of the teat. Do not use
liniment which will burn or bis
ter.
Suitable Plant Food Rations for
J. 7. o., Robinson, Ca, writes:
have red stiff land and made. eight
bales of cotton on ten acres of land
last year. 1 used 200 pounds each of
16 per cent acid and 90 guano. What
do you think of adding so pounds of
each to make bale per acre? The
cotton fruits we'll on my land but ma
lures late. Am going to plant 10 acre
in corn on land that rusts cotton. What
kind and how much fertilizer should
use on the corn?
/ I see no objection to your using
the mixture you used last year on
the basis suggested in your letter,
namely about 500 pounds per acre AS
L understand your proposition. You
may either do this or you may. nlane
Il mixture for yourself of say equal
parts of cottonseed meal and acid
phosphate. If you could secure a
grade of meal which contains not
5.76 per cent nitrogen and a grade of
acid phosphate containing 16 per
cent of available phosphoric acid, you
may be able, by mixing equal guam
titles of them, to secure a formula
Which would prove as SatisfaCt
as the one you used last year, though
it would differ somewhat from it in
composition. In the event you take
the suggestion indicated we would
advise that you make an application
300 pounds under the drill row at
the time of planting and zoo pounds
early in the season as side appl1Ca-
ton. You may, of course, use cot
tonseed meal or nitrate of soda as a
source of ammonia or any other car
we'll.
Judging from what you say, it is
all right to use phosphoric acid or
your land because your cotton APP
parently does not open early and
phosphoric acid is one of the best
suit about. On land where cotton
rusts badly potash is certainly a de-
sirable element. The mixture we
have suggested. would provide you
with a little potash, but not enough
probably, to be of much service. If
you have some wood ashes on hand
Which have not been exposed to
rain why, not Use them under tne
drill row before you bed your land
| for cotton, mixing well with the sub
soil. Do not mix with other fertiliz-
ers in any event. We would not ap
ply as much as 500 pounds per acre
Remember that leached wood ashes
would be of very little value. Il
there are some old stumps on your
| land you would like to get rid of you
| might burn them and use the ashes
in the manner indicated. We are
| disposed;cto think that unless your
! Land is" exceptionally rich your oorr
would respond to an application of al
least 300 pounds of the mixture we
have suggested. Prepare your land
as thoroughly as possible so as to
obtain a good seed bed and at the
same time insure the retention of
as much moisture as possible,