Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-05
the other one? The COW seems
to be healthy and eats heartily.

There is no objection to using the
milk from the quarters of the uddeG
not affected. 1t is very important
| however, that you make an effort tC
preserve the function of the injured
quarter. This can be accomplished
in the manner indicated in my for
mer letter. Hot lamentations and
rubbing of the udder are good prac
tees to pursue. The use of salve
to prevent chatting is desirable. II
you abandon the injured quarter and
make no effort to preserve it, it
will certainly lose it's function and
be of no value in the future. You
may possibly overcome this diff
Guilty by handling the case in the
manner indicated. 1t is easily posi-
BILE for one quarter to be affected and
the other three quarters to maintain
their normal function and continue
to produce milk of perfectly first
class quality.
Treating Cough in Hogs
G.. B., Denver, N. c., writes:
I have two shoats that have had
cough for several months.
They are in a small lot and sleep
in a floored pen. They have
spells of coughing several times
during the day and night. DO
hogs have tuberculosis, or what
do you think is the cause of the
cough, and what treatment
should I give?
The trouble with your hogs could
possibly arise from three sources. 1t
might arise from tuberculosis. This
lis a disease to which hogs are more
or less subject. We do not expert
ence much trouble with tuberculosis
among hogs in the south, and it is
much less likely to occur when the
animals are kept in the open and
have a large range than when they
are confined in close pens. Dust
is also a frequent cause Of cough
ing in hogs. The pens should, there
fore, be kept clean and watered &C.
casionally to keep the dust under
control.
Lung worms also cause hogs to
cough frequently. This is a COM
mon trouble with hogs in the south,
and I am disposed to think from
what you say that your animals are
likely suffering from an infestation
by this parasite. We suggest, there
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Exa mine the froth or mucous very
carefully which the hogs will prob
ably raise during a paroxysm of
coughing. You can generally find
the worms in the mucus. They are
very small and white. When you
find an evidence of their presence,
place the hogs in a tent and funi-
gate with sulphur The person who
docs tho FIJI iy,er ,lo -; I.
his head on a level with those of the
hogs. When he can stand the
fumes of the sulphur no longer, an
opening may be made in the tent to
let in the fresh air. This treatment
should be continued once daily for
several days. This method of COM
batting lung worms is one of the
simplest we can offer. Hogs affect
ed with lung worms should be fat
tened and killed Immediately. There
is no objection to using the meat, as
the parasites only inrest the lungs.
Pastures Suited to Horses and
Hogs
E. NJ. T.. bonneville, Ca,
writes: I have a plot of rather
poor sandy loan land that I
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early spring pasture for one
horse, one brood sow, and a
dozen chickens. What crops
would you recommend for me to
use?
There is nothing you can plant in
your section Of the state for winter
pasture that will afford you more
grazing than combinations of cereals
and vetch or crimson clover. Rye
will make the most rapid growth and
furnishes excellent grazing when
cropped fairly closely. 1t would be a
good idea, in our judgment, to plant
a part Of this land to rye. Another
shection might be planted to rye
and crimson clover, and third sec.
ton to say oats and vetch. You
may make almost any sort of a COM
bination that appeals to your fancy
of these particular crops. We have
grown them in a variety of combi-
nations, but have found the plan
outlined the most satisfactory. 1t
furnishes a succession of grazing,
and provides green feed as soon as
anything we can advise you to plant.
If the crop is sown at the right
time, considerable grazing should be
obtained before Christmas, and you
should secure an abundance of it dur
ing January, February and March.
Chickens may be allowed to Craze
on these areas, or the green feed
may be cut and fed to them in the
lot in which they are confined.
Chickens should be supplied with an
abundance of green feed. Certainly
when it is withheld from them, they
do not prosper satisfactorily. The
non-laying winter hen is simply re-
belling because she has not been
supplied with the green food she de-
serves and must have in order to
function properly.