Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-28

pen next summer and is there
anything l can do to prevent it?
have mule six years old that
is run down and has bots. He
Will eat corn but will not eat
fodder He is thin and soon tires
out at work. Any advice you
can give me will be appreciated
l presume your alfalfa was at.
tackled last $ear by the army worm.
This insect was very troublesome
during 1920. 1t attacked not only
alfalfa but almost every other kind
OF green crop which was growing at
the season of the year when it did
its greatest damage, which was for
the most part during the months of
July and August.
The army worm when full grown
is caterpillar about two inches long.
1t is of a dark gray or dingy black
color and has three narrow yellow
on each side. 1t resembles the ordi.
nary garden cut worm, and in fact
belongs to that family. There are
from two to three broods year. The
winter is passed in the larva stage.
The moths first appear in early
spring. The female lays 10 to Is eggs
at time near the base of leaves on
grass or clover. One female may
lay several hundred eggs. These
require about 10 days to hatch. In
three or four weeks the larva is ma
ture and then enters the ground. The
chances are, therefore, that there are
large number of these larvae in
the ground under you alfalfa plants.
The hes. method of fighting this
pest is to watch for its appearance
and at the very first evidence of this
spray your alfalfa with Paris green
or some other arsenical poison made
| up in the usual strength. OF course
if animals Craze on alfalfa or eat the
hay Immediately after it has been
sprayed with one of these poisons the
| chances are they might be injured or
killed. If the alfalfa is allowed to
stand for a little while, however
and heavy rain washes the poison
from the leaves, do not think there
would be any danger from making
the crop into hay. This is the most
| certain method of fighting this pest.
In fact, it is about the only practic,
| able one which can be used where it
has infested an alfalfa field.
presume that your. mule is SUI.
fering from Indigestion. The chances
being that you are feeding it too
one-sided dietary. Bots are found fire..
quently in the stomachs of horses
and mules, and they do not constitu ia
an unusual condition as many people
| seem to think. There Is no treat.
ment known that will remove all the
| bots, as they are resistant to sub
stances applied to their bodies. Des
stroyinr the flies which appear in
the summer time and lay the eggs
in the fetlock is the best method OF
fighting this pest. The giving OF
medicines to remove bots is not good
practice. On the other hand, we
think that if you would give your
mule a purgative Of EPSON salts
castor oil, aloes or any of the recog
nized standard medicines, it would
prove beneficial. We would then sug
| gest that you change the feed ma
terially, using only fodder which |.
! free from moulds aid dust and
which has been cut up into small
lengths. This should be moistenet
with water containing a little sal
and fed in association with brar
mashes, chopped oats or some Other
easily digested and assimilated con
centrate. The continuance OF thi;
practice for a few days will be found
helpful. You may also use, if vol
see proper, the following digestive
tonic: Sulfate Of iron, ounces; nj
trate of potash (saltpeter), . ounces
sentian root Oulverizedl, 2 ounces
nux vomica seed pulverizeD, 1 ounce
ginger root @alv@ixed), / ounce