Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-10

| lie IlldSS. u6 meat W
weighted down so as to keep it al
under the brine. At this season o:
the year, the solution used SHOULD
be thoroughly boiled and then cool
| ed. Remember that the utmost clean
| illness is necessary in securing eff
! fectiVe results in corning beef BY
this method. One must watch the
brine from time to time, and if ii
shows any evidence of becoming soul
or ropy, remove it at once and pro
vide new brine. Corn beef should
be cured satisfactorily in twenty
eight to forty days by this method
Treating An Injured Knee
M. A., Lake Toxaway, N. c.,
writes: 1 have a young horse
that got kicked on the knee when
little and It caused a knot to
come on the knee cap and at
times it is as large as a hen
egg. Is there anything [ can do
to take it off or prevent it from
growing any larger?
Injuries of the character mention
ed are not uncommonly met with
We judge from the description con-
tanned in your letter that the young
horse about which you write is suf-
fering from what is known as cap
ped" knee. A condition Of this char
acter is very likely to arise from an
injury such as you describe, and
the swelling which you state has re-
suited may become more or less pro-
nounced especially if treatment is
not promptly applied to reduce or
assuage it, If this injury is of long
standing, it will be difficult to treat
it successfully. Various methods of
procedure may of course be follow
ed. You might try fomenting the
joint with hot water for twenty min
utes at a time two or three times
daily The use of bandages over the
knee will also often prove helpful
You may use some astringents in the
water used for bathing the affected
part. Goulard'S extract of alum or
sulphate Of zinc will be found bone
fetal. Warm poultices may be made
of flaxseed meal or oil meal and
applied effectively. Painting the af-
fected part with iodine may prove
beneficial. Only moderate applica-
lions should be made at any time
though a number of treatments will
be necessary. 1t is important to
confine the animal while under treat
ment and prevent injury to the af-
fected part. A trouble of this char
acter may produce a blemish, but no
further harmful results for an al
most indefinite period of time. In
some instances acute inflammation
may arise. In case you cannot re-
duce the swelling by the treatment
suggested and it should give evil
dences of proving troublesome, then
it will pay you to employ compe-
tent veterinarian as the only other
treatment we could suggest involves
special skill and knowledge which
tl1ka Low Il, o,-l1 INo
expected to possess.
A Satisfactory Hog Tonic
W. 4. s., Albany, Ga, writes:
Can you recommend a good hog
tonic-one that will remove
worms and act as a tonic also?
Also. how much carbon bisul-
phide is necessary to a certain
number of cubic feet of corn,
peas and beans to kill weevils
and worms?
A simple remedy for the destruc-
ton of worms is as follows:
Put one teaspoonful to one table,
spoonful of turpentine per hog in the
slop fed each day. The amount of
turpentine should be varied accord
ing to the size of the animals. The
treatment should be continued for
four or five days. The dosage sug-
gested above applies only to ami
mails which are at least partly grown.
Smaller animals should, be given less.
A good tonic powder for hogs is
as follows:
One bushel of hardwood ashes.
One bushel of charcoal.
Eight pounds Of common salt.
Four pounds of air-slaked lime.
Four pounds of sulphur.
Two pounds of pulverized cop
peras.
Mix these materials together ex-
cept the copperas which should be
dissolved in a quart of hot water
and sprinkled, or sprayed over the
balance of the mixture. Keep this
mixture in a dry place, but easily
accessible to the hogs at all times
Carbon bisulphide is the best sub
stance to use for the destruction
of the granary weevil. 1t is gener-
ally applied at the rate of two
pounds of the liquid for every 1000
cubic feet to be treated. Make the
grain container as tight as possible
and pour the carbon bisulphide out
in shallow pans and set on top OF
the bin, The carbon bisulphide Will
quickly evaporate. Being heavier
than air, it penetrates the mass read
ily and effectively destroys the wee
vii. 1t is best to keep the bins Gov
treatment should be repeated in the
course of few days so as to enec-
lively destroy any weeVlls when
NAV hatch out after the first treat
ment.
Growing Long staple Cotton in
North Georgia
B. B., Dewy Rose, Ca, writes:
We are thinking of getting some
long staple cotton to grow on