Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-05

| indigestion. This IS a very comman
| trouble at this season of the year
| and it is generally brought on from
| improper feeding. During the winter
| months we confine our animals to the
| stables for relatively long periods of
| time and we often feed them too
much. Sometimes we do not give them
enough. AS a rule we oVer-feed them
when they are idle. Moreover, we do
not give them well-balanced ration.
Frequently they are maintained
chiefly on corn and pulled fodder, and
sometimes both the corn and fodder
are moldy. Moldy feed of this
exerts a toxic effect on horses and
mules. 1t should not be fed under
any circumstances.
The first thing for you to do Is to
examine the feed andseeif it is of
it's use altogether and use only bright,
clean, sound corn and fodder which
is free from moulds. Under existing
conditions the use Of a purgative
will no doubt prove helpful. 1t will
tend to clean out the alimentary
tions therein. After the use Of the
purgative a good digestive tonic to
use is the following: Prepare and
administer, according to the direccc
lions indicated below, two ounces OF
sulphate of iron 2 ounceh of nitroate
70 potash (saltpeter), 2 ounces of ben
tian root (pulverized), 1 ounce of nux
vomica seed (pulverized), 1 ounce of
ginger root (pulverized). These are
to be thoroughly pulverized and
mixed and a heaping teaspoonful of
the mixture given in the food three
times daily. In case a horse will
not eat the powder, omit the gentian
root and add llnseed meal.
Crops Suited for si1age Production
In GEORGIA.
A. j. M, Griffin, Ga, writes:
have one 70 and one 100-ton
silo I want to fill the smaller
one with some early crop and the
larger one with a later crop.
What would you advise planting
for these purposes? L have plen-
ty of Mexican June corn seed.
In your situation we believe it is
better for you to depend on corn OF
corn and sorghum for furnishing
green food with which to fill your ~
ton silo. We believe these crops will
come to maturity about as early as
anything you could plant, and VIII
give you sufficient tonnage per acre
to Justify their cultivation as a sill
age crop. Our experience has tndl-
Gated that an early maturing variety
of corn will be ready for the sllo
considerably ahead of sorghum. we
have found red head sorghum to be
nrobably the most desirabl variety
sWer all right. 1t will give you a
large tonnage though it will proba-
bly, not mature as soon as some other
strains. If you expect to plant this
corn on upland soils probably some
of the prolific types like Hastings or
Whatleys would mature ABOUT as
soon as anything you could plant.
For seeding after the grain crop
we would prefer to use sorghum ana
Kaffir corn planted in alternate rows.
We would like to get these crops in
as soon as possible. On that account
the grain crop should be harvested
promptly and removed from the field
SO YOU can break up the land and
plant the sorghum and Kaftir cora.
We have secured the greatest tonnage
from these crops. The Katt1r corn is
more resistant to drought than sor--
ghum. We have had his crop stand
on the ground in a dry season Tor
thirty days or more and do practl-
cally nothing, yet in a wet season II
is surprising to see how the crop
develops and the amount of slla%e
which can be obtained theretrom.
Sorghum and Kaffir corn should not
be cut too soon for silage. Let them
mature as nearly as may be possible.
When this is done there will be less
likelihood Of the silage becoming
acid and containing a surplus of wa
ter. Some people object to the use OF
this crop on that account, and our
experience indicates that they gen
erally cur it and put it In the sHo
700 earlv in the season.