Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-02
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR. ANDREW M. SOUlE

of damage done by the weevil to
the crop of the following following year aaror II
weeks in advance of cold weather
most of the weevils will starve be-
fore the time for them to hibernate.
The few that do hibernate Will go
in early and will not be very well
fed so that their chances of surviv-
where over 10000 weevils were op-
served, the following results were
obtained:
Of those alternating October 1,
only 0.3 per cent lived over winter:
of those alternating october 10, 80
alternating November 1, SO per cent
lived over, and of those hibernatlng
November Is, 14.5 per cent lived
over. In destroying the stalks by
October 1, instead Of waiting Tor
frost, we may decrease the NUMBER
going into winter quarters living
until spring. 49,
stalks would be to turn them unde9
the ground. They should be covered
completely and this is not done IN
the ordinary method of d pIowln ggit %l'a n
two-horse pillow. A two-horse turn
ing plow can be made to cover the
stalks by attaching one end OF a
heavy chain to the outer end OF the
singletree on the right, letting 1t
fall in a short loop and attaching
the other end to the beam IN IronL
of thewing,, The loop of chain n dt f,,s
row, 50 that they are covered;
disc pillow seems to cover the stalks
much better than mould-board
pillow and can be used on hard, dry
soil. The best work is done by the
heavy tractor-drawn disc ploWs:
This. is very important thing II
done thoroughly, and If communities
can organize to get all the stalks in
the community destroyed three or
four weeks before frost.
Tanning Leather on the Farm
E. S. M: Please tell me how
to tan cows hides for sole leath-
er as I am anxious to learn the
process.
In preparing hides for tanning the
first process they are put through IS
what is known as soaking and flesh
ing. This is done to soften them ana
remove the salt. blood and dirt. After
the hides have been thoroughly soft
ened and cleaned they must then be
fleshed This consists in removing
all fleshy and fatty matter from the
flesh side of the hide. This can be
knife if one exercises sufficient pa
thence. On a commercial scale this
work is now done by machinery.
The next process is to- put the
hide in q vat containing milk or lime
to loosen the hair and ep1dermls.
known as sweet pits or dark close
rooms where the air is stagnant.
This finally causes the hair to loosen
so it can be readily removed. Before
hides can be tanned they must be
put IN defining bath OF Tactic or
picked by padding them for about
an hour in a weak solution Of sui
phuric acid and salt. 49,.
Tanning is accomplished by the
use of vegetable tannins and mineral
salts such as alum and salts Of chro-
MUM. Vegetable tannin was for
merly used almost exclusively. Oak
bark provides much of the vegetable
tannage used. It is obtained largely
from the Blue Ridge regions Of the
Allegh eny mountains and from Cali
fornia.
After the process indicated has
been accomplished hides are hung
on sticks in oak liquor for about a
week and then taken out and laid
flat in large pits. Bark liquor is
then run over them until the whole
is covered. The hides are left in the
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cure them satisfactorily.
Congestion of the Udder and Its
Cure
have a cow with her second calf
three days old and she has
large lump in her udder. She
had the same thing with her
first calf but it got better. Can
you give me treatment that
will cure her?
In treating an udder which has be-
come infiamed proceed as follows:
First of all milk the udder out as
thoroughly and completely as you
possibly can several times a day.
This may be a rather difficult opera
ton to perform because OF the sore
ness and inflammation which has no
doubt developed. II you would el-
feet q cure, however, the end indl-
Gated must be accomplished. The ut
most gentleness must be exercised.
Do not bruise or injure the udder or
you are likely to set UP. a condition
which may produce the formation OF
assesses.
Next foment the udder not less
than three times a day with water
just as hot as the hands can bear.
These Concentrations should be kept
up for 20 minutes at time. Gunny
sacks wrung out of the water and
applied in several thicknesses would
be good for the purpose indicated.
By this means you can keep the heat
in, and it is the heat that will prove
so helupful in again restoring the
circulation and overcoming. the con-
gestion which has taken place.
In order to keep the udder from
becoming chafed rub it after each
treatment with vaseline, or camphor'
ated oil, or camphor and vaseline.
Other substances may be used, but
the camphorated oil will be found to
be one of the most soothing and heal
ing Of any which you can apply: ur
to inject disinfecting solution into
the udder. For this purpose you may
use various things, but there is prob
ably nothing better than a solution
of boric acid made up in the pro-
portion of ten grains to one ounce
Of water The solution. should be
allowed to stand in the udder while
and then MIXED out. You can inject
the same without much trouble by
means of a glass tip inserted in the
end of the teat. This should be con-
nected with a piece Of rubber tubing
and a large funnel. Any water in
dected into the udder should OF
course be thoroughly boiled ana
cooled before using:
It is sometimes desirable. to give
a cow suffering from an Unframed
udder good dose Of salts to cleanse
the alimentary canal. The treat
ment suggested should effect cure
if persistently followed out.
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