Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-01
AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING
Dr. AKDREWM eS0lZE

/ trouble may break out from time
| to time.
In the case Of young calves it is
| important that the naval string be
dropped. This means that it should
| be cut off, painted with odine or
some other good disinfectant, and
| tied. Certain kinds of scours appear
| to develop as a result of injection
getting into the naval string.
of formaldehyde in the proportion of
one part of the drug to 1000 parts
of milk. A mixture may be made
UP on the following basis: Take one
half ounce formalin and dilute it
in 1876 ounces of distilled water.
You can have this preparation MADE
without any difficulty at any drug
store. One teaspoonful Of this mix
ture should be added to each pint
or pound of milk to be fed to the
affected calf. In the course OF
short time, say two or three days,
or sometimes maybe as long as hve
days, a cure should be effected.
The trouble about which you write
may be due to what is known as
diarrhoea. In that event three ounces
of castor oil or one-half dram or
creolin may be given. Follow TINS
the next day with two drains each
of subnitrate of bismuth and pare
three hours until four doses have
been given. Continue the use of for
malin in the milk. This trouble has
been known to continue for three
days and then cure effected.
G. D. T., Corde1e. Ca, writes:
have small farm on which l
believe I can make hogs pay,
and wish to know the grazing
crops that can be arranged on
about thirty acres Of good land.
I wish to prepare for raising
hogs each year. What crops
would you recommend sowing
and how many acres to each
crop?
Where you wish to carry 100 hogs
we would suggest that you fence
off As acres Of land. A very SUBJ
stantial fence should be built. The
posts may be made of concrete.
Usage orange or locust They should
be set deeply into the ground. Heavy
wire. at, least 80 inches high, should
The posts should not be over a rod
apart The necessary gates and
lanes should be at least IL feet wide.
There should be at least one barbed
keep the hogs from roofing under
for the purpose Indicated with adj
vantage, one. of them being COM
pletely buried.
In raising hogs on the basis indi-
manent pasture, At least Is acres
of land extending along one side
Of the area selected should be set
aside for pasture purposes. II this
is partly shaded or connected with
woodland so much the better.
10 ie nf the hast
permanent pastures. for summer
grazing. You can of course seed
bur clover and vetch on this to ad-
vantage for use during the fall and
winter. Japan clover can also be
sown with good results.
The remainder of the land should
be divided into four plats of Z IL
acres each. For permanent pastures
you may employ oats or rye, rape,
millet or sorghum and peas, early
corn and peas or peanuts; sweet po-
grown together. The oats and rye
should be seeded October Is to 80,
the rape from October Is up to Feb
ruary Is, the millet, sorghum and
peas from April 1 to 49, the early
Is, the sweet potatoes any time dur
ing May or the early part Of June,
and the corn and velvet beans from
March Is to 80.
These crops may be broadcasted
or drilled. We prefer to put them
in with the drill, as we secure better
stands thereby. Seed about two
bushels of oats, one bushel of rye,
six pounds of rape, one-third bushel
of millet. one-half bushel Of sorghum
and one bushel of peas. Most of
these crops can not be turned on
until they are six to eight inches
high. In the case of corn and vel
vet beans the crop should be mature
before grazing begins. This gives
you q practical succession through
out the year and you can carry the
crops from one acre of land to an
other in succeeding years, thereby
establishing and maintaining a rota-
tion which helps to maintain the
fertility Of the land on satisfac-
tory basis. An acre OF land in the
crops mentioned should have a car
rYing capacitY of about ten hogs