Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-04
Treating a Badly Inflamed Udder

- have a COW with q CALI Two
weeks old. Her udder swells up In
hard Jumps at times, and then
it seems to get better. She gives
only about teacuptui OF milk
She eats very well. [ feed her
on cottonseed meal and hulls
and timothy hay and shorts aoc
sweet feed. What do you think
is the trouble and what shall
/ do for her?'
A condition of the udder such as
you describe is more or less com
monty met with. At or shortly be-
fore the time OF partiurition the
udder is likely to become intlamed'
caked and hard. A wise dalryman
always watches for this condition
and bathes the udder in hot water
several times a day. He then gently
works and kneads the udder ana
sometimes strips out some or the
milk The udder should be rubbed
with a camphorated oil or lard so
as to prevent chatting after eacn
treatment with hot water. Inc
above is the practice you shou!o
institute and continue from now un.
til the Jumps entirely disappear ana
the udder regains its normal condl-
ton. This can easily be brought
of the udder at least three times
day. The bathing with hot water
should continue for twenty minutes
at a time and the water should be as
hot as the hand lean bear.
Next, we would change the ration,
cutting the cottonseed meal and hulls
altogether. Chop the timothy hay
up fine. Moisten it with water con-
tanning a little salt. Let it stand
a few hours to soften, then feed
your cow on bran alone for week
or ten days. You may give ten to
twelve pounds of bran a day, eQulVa'
lent to five or six pounds at a feed.
At the end of the period Indicated,
there should be a decided improve
ment in her appearance and In the
flow of milk. If she is at all con-
stipatedS give her a drench of EPSON
salts. At the end of the period IN
dicated, you may feed her on mix;
ture. of bran and. cottonseeds meal
made up in the proportion of two
parts of bran to one of cottonseed
meal. Regularity in feeding and
milking and caring for the COW are
essential parts of the program you
must follow out to correct the con-
dition described in your letter.
PurebredS Are the BEST Investment
NJ. D. M. Thomasville, Ga,
writes: I have ordered from dlt'
ferent states large type regis
tered hogs and wish to produce
new stock of large type. L
expect to cross the Tamworth
with the Hampshires, and the
White Chesters with the Durocs,
<and from these litters make a
second cross. Would this make
a fine hog? What shall 1 plant
for summer hog pasture and
for earliest hay crop?
1t would be rather a difficult and
expensive undertaking to develop a
new breed of hogs. 1t requires
years of patient effort and careful
selection to fix a definite type in
animals as well as plants. There
are many well esta blished breeds of
hogs which have. been in existence
for a long period of time in which
sports" appear from time to time.
In order to keep up the standard
of any breed, it is necessary to re-
iect a considerable number of ami
mals each year. [ tell you this not
to discourage or disappoint you, but
to let you see the problems in
volved in the task you propose to
undertake. 1t would take a good
deal of money to put new breed
on the market and establish it in
the favor of the public mind. BY
crossing the various breeds you
have mentioned, you would unfix
The type of all of them and secure
more or less conglomerate lot of
animals. In many instances they
may not even have as good quail
lies as the parent stock with which
bon St K-%N hYYr
financial proposition, therefore, /
would advise against the plan you
have in mind. 1t would be much
more desirable from every point of
view for you to select one of the
breeds mentioned and specialize in
Is breeding, handling and manage
hent. BY doing so, 1 am sure you
VIII win large measure of reward
from every point of view.
! There are a great many crops
Which can be planted for summer
. iorage in your section of Georgia.
| suggest that at. this season of the
tear you plant millet, or millet and
sowpeas or sorghum and cowpeas.
lou could also plant an early ma
Mring variety of corn and an early
maturing variety of cowpeas or soy
leans or peanuts. Sweet potatoes
all grazing. Corn and velvet beans
will also be valuable at that sea,
ION of the year. Millet and sorg-
lum sown with the peas should be
broadcast. The corn, peanuts and
Weet potatoes should be planted
the drills. You may Craze the.
INLET and sorghum when it is
rom eight to eighteen inches high.
the other crops should not be fed
IN until mature. The carrying ca.
pacity of the land will be about ten
= logs per acre.
low Much COttOnseed Meal Should
Mules Have
w. }. j., Americas, Ga. writes:
j nave been feeding my mules
recently on peanut bulls and
cottonseed meal. and they seem
TO like, it. How many pounds
OIL cottonseed meal is it safe to
feed a horse or mule?
Cottonseed meal as you know is
iery rich in nitrogen, especially if
is high grade product. Horses
Ind mules require a considera hIe
mount of this element, but not an
Excessive amount. If thew are fed
90 much nitrogen, they may develop
that is known as "aZoturia." This
troublesome disease and may
frequently produce death unless
ery prompt and effective treatment
given to any animals which NAV
e attacked. Any danger from this
ource can be avoided by feeding
nly moderate amounts of cotton
eed meal. per day. 1t is generally
bnsidered by those who have had
experience that two pounds can be
ised daily with satisfaction and with
lbsolute safety and highly beneficial
esults. A good practice is to mix
30 or 700 pounds of well-ground
Drn and cob meal with 100 pounds
& cottonseed meal. Feed this mix