Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06

to be Sore and now they cannot stand
on them. What is the cause Of the dis
ease and remedy?
The trouble with your hogs is due
entirely to the fact that you have
confined them in close pen where
they cannot get a sufficient amount
of exercise, nor is it possible for
them under such conditions to Sc
cure the variety of mineral food
which is essential to their welfare.
When hogs are at liberty they eat a
great variety of material and root
freely in the ground. In this way
they obtain mineral elements neces-
sary to the we'll being Of their skele-
tons and bodies generally which they
cannot obtain when confined in
pen. Moreover, most hogs confined
as you have described are fed on a
narrow or limited ration. The idea
of most people is that hogs will fat
ten more quickly and economically on
corn alone than on a mixed concen-
trated diet This. however, is a grave
mistake, as hogs do not obtain from
corn alone as much ash matter or
protein as they need, hence the use
Of relatively large amounts of corn
in proportion to the gains they made.
| Moreover, it tends to produce the
condition which you have described.
This trouble may be overcome by
giving the hogs an opportunity to
secure at least a reasonable amount
of exercise. You should also prepare
and put in a box where the hogs can
have free access to it the following
mixture. This mixture should be
put under a roof so it will be kept
dry. Two pounds pulverized copper
as, eight pounds common salt, four
pounds sulphur eight pounds air
slaked lime, one bushel charcoal and
one bushel wood ashes. Mix these
materials thoroughly together and
let the hogs have free access to it.
Then change your ration by cutting
| out one-half of the corn and substi-
tuting therefor wheat shorts, Or you
may use corn with digester tankage.
| If the grain ration can be reduced to
relatively thin sIop with milk then
the corn may be used as the eXclu-
sive concentrate. In the absence of
milk we would use one of the COM
bined rations suggested and would
| moisten it with water so as to reduce
| it to a thin slop before feeding.
P. A. R., Aragon, Ca, writes: have
several spots of Bermuda grass on my
| farm that I would like to kill out. l
! would like to know the best method to
pursue to do this.
Bermuda grass is a right hard
grass to kill out when it has become
| we'll established. The best means Of
| fighting it with which we are ac-
quainted is to grow smother crops on
! the land for several years in success
sion. If it is effectively and persist
emily shaded it will eventually sue
cumb to this treatment. We sug-
gest that you pillow the land shallow
this fall and plant oats or rye there
on. Rye would be better, probably,
and it is harder plant than oats.
In the spring you may Craze the rye
down, cut it for hay or turn it un
| der to a good depth. Then plant
cowpeas, soy beans or velvet beans.
| If the one seasons shading, together
with shallow blowing both in the
| fall and later summer does not COM
plete the work satisfactorily then
continue the practice for another
year. We have seen very badly-in-
tested fields cleaned up in the man
ner indicated, while at the same time
| profitable crops have been produced
| from the land.
K. 3. s.. Gainesville, Ca, writes: I
have a considerable quantity of corn
that I want to keep until spring, when
| l will sell it. Will it be best to shuck
! it? We have had good deal Of trouble
from Teevils. Any suggestions will be
gladly received.
We believe it would be better to
shuck the corn which you wish to
| keep until next spring. Our reason
for advising this is because the
| treatment for destroying weevils can
| be more effectively and economically
given when the corn is shucked than
when it is not
/ Presumably this corn is in a crib
or bin of some kind. If you can move
J il to fairly tight structure it will
be great advantage in giving the
treatment prescribed below. If this
cannot be done you will simply have
to use more Of the material which
we advise you to use.
The best thing to destroy weevils
| is carbon bisulphide. This IS a COL
Orless liquid which you can usually
obtain without serious difficulty
through the agency of any good drug
store. 1t is very misunderstanding
material and readily changes from a
! liquid to a gaseous form. Since it
is heavier than air it is to be put
in shallow containers on top Of the
| grain and allowed to eVaDOrate This