1909. 
CLOVER IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
In Hits county strawberries grow wild 
and of fine flavor, and lots of them. Ap¬ 
ple trees grow wild in the woods, and 
some bear fruit, but not choice, and moss 
grows in many places. Chestnut, sugar 
maple and hemlock have been the main 
growth of timber, but it is not sandy 
land. I want to know what kind of fer¬ 
tilizer to use to raise clover, and what 
kind of clover would 1 best plant to get 
good returns. B. t. l. 
Crawford County, Pa. 
The fact of the location being in the 
glaciated section where there may be 
moraine material, of fine clay, or the 
bed rock near the surface, has much to 
do in securing a stand of clover. I have 
succeeded in growing very heavy crops 
upon shaly upland soil naturally noor 
by a rotation of crops, occasional man¬ 
uring and the application of a high grade 
fertilizer at the rate of 400 pounds on 
every crop, of corn, oats and Winter 
grain. A fertilizer carrying three per 
cent nitrogen, nine per cent phosphoric 
acid and 4 l / 2 per cent potash is often 
used ready prepared, while frequently, a 
compound of nitrate of soda, bone 
meal, muriate of potash and dis¬ 
solved S. C. rock is mixed to contain 
four per cent nitrogen, 10 per cent phos¬ 
phoric acid and 12 per cent potash. This 
invariably gives good results upon the 
shales and clays on the farm. The 
original forest growth of sugar maple, 
chestnut and hemlock would indicate 
that the soil is lacking potash, a very 
important element for the clover crop. 
Some writers contend that lime is essen¬ 
tial but in my practice I have used none 
for over 30 years, and this season we 
had such a heavy yield that many disin¬ 
terested persons estimated to average 
three tons of hay to the acre, of com¬ 
mon Red clover with a fair proportion 
of Alsikc clover mixed in. The success 
is attributed to use of the fertilizers 
mentioned rich in potash. The inquirer 
states that moss prevails on his soil, 
from which it is inferred that the soil 
is moist, and may need draining, and in 
that case the soil is not well suited 
for the clovers, the plant not being 
suited to grow upon heavy clay, being 
liable to injury in the Spring months, 
through alternate freezing and thawing 
throwing it out of the ground. 
w. H. s. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Horse With Heaves. 
What is (lie best treatment for a horse 
with heaves? B. s. 
New York. 
Heaves (emphysema of the lungs), starts 
from Indigestion, generally induced by feed¬ 
ing large quantities of coarse, bulky or 
dusty hay, and working the animal too 
soon after meals. Wet all feed; give half 
an ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic 
night and morning and allow twice the 
usual amount of rest after meals. See that 
the stable is kept clean and well venti¬ 
lated. Heaves is incurable, but may be 
alleviated by this treatment, and it also 
is well to feed affected horses grass in 
place of hay in Summer and wet. oat straw 
in place of hay in Winter. For cough, an 
ounce of glycohcroin given twice dally 
proves effective. 
Pus Infection. 
I would like a little advice how to treat 
my horse. He Is 10 years old, and worked 
In the lumber woods all Winter, and in 
the Spring was turned out on grass, doing 
no work. He got lame In the left front 
foot, and it broke around the hoof close 
to the hair and healed up. Then the right 
knee commenced to swell, and it broke In 
the under part of knee, ran badly and 
healed up, but the knee still kept swollen 
and now has broken again in the side of 
knee. Hair is coming out, nothing com¬ 
ing in, leaving skin bare. I have been bath¬ 
ing leg with beef brine and poulticing; 
seems to do no good. Can you tell me what 
<o do? j. n. F. 
Michigan. 
Hecf or pork brine applied freely after 
poulticing, and often where poulticing has 
not been done, will take the hair off “as 
clean as a whistle” and the chances are 
that It will not grow In again. In the tlrst 
place scratches, cuts or sores became in¬ 
fected, and pus formed and broke out. The 
proper treatment would have been to 
cleanse the sores, clip away the hair and 
then Inject peroxide of hydrogen two or 
three times daily until pus ceased to form 
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and flow ; after that oxide of zinc ointment 
applied twice dally would have completed 
the healing process. At the present stage 
apply vaseline to the denuded portions of 
the skin and if any parts are sore apply 
the zinc ointment as required. The swelling 
will subside partially after the cause of irri¬ 
tation subsides. 
Cow Pox. 
I have a cow that freshened about a 
month ago. She lias only three teats that 
give milk. When we began milking she 
seemed all right but. two of her teats got 
sore, and large black scabs came on them. 
It was almost impossible to milk her, as 
they would crack and bleed, and a sort of 
matter would come out of it. I have tried 
several ointments, but with no success, and 
it seems to be spreading. e. s. 
Massachusetts. 
The disease is “cow pox,” and it is con¬ 
tagious. and spreads from cow to cow by 
the milker’s hands. Isolate the cow first 
attacked and fatten her for slaughter, as 
she will never be tit for dairy purposes, see¬ 
ing that her udder has partially lost its 
function. It seldom pays to keep a cow 
that has lost one or more quarters from 
garget. Treat the other cows by wash¬ 
ing their udders twice dally with a solu¬ 
tion of half an ounce of granular hyposul¬ 
phite of soda in a pint of water, and use 
a similar solution in which to wash the 
hands before and after milking each cow. 
Apply glycerite of tannin to the sores as 
required. If any of them are obstinate in 
healing paint them three days running with 
a little tincture of Iodine and apply the 
glycerite of tannin after each painting. So 
long as it Is dilllcult to milk an affected 
cow use clean, sterilized milking tubes with 
which to draw off the milk. Unless care 
is taken to sterilize the tubes by boiling 
and baking they will, however, do mort 
harm than good. a. s. a. 
Millet Hay for Horses. 
Why Is millet, hay not. safe to feed 
horses If left till It heads out before cut¬ 
ting? I» that in the milk, or after the 
seeds are ripe? My horse likes it as well 
ns English hay. r. j. B . 
New Hampshire. 
It was found In experiments conducted 
at the North Dakota Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station, and proved by practical ex¬ 
perience on the part of veterinarians and 
farmers, that a well nigh exclusive ration 
of millet hay. made from the plants after 
the heads had formed or the seed become 
practically ripe, would Inevitably bring on 
a painful form of rheumatism chiefly affect¬ 
ing the hock joints of horses. The writer 
has seen some cases so induced, and found 
that the affected animals made a good re¬ 
covery when put on to other rations not 
containing millet hay. Medicines did little 
good while the millet hay was being used. 
Apart from this poisonous effect of late cut 
and cured millet hay the grass, when cut 
prior to head and seed formation, seems to 
have little value as feed, and also is 
difficult to cure unless the weather Is ex¬ 
ceptionally tine, sunny and dry. A noted 
writer on horse management nnd feeding 
calls millet In any form “an abomination” 
as a food for horses, and includes Hun¬ 
garian grass in tills remark. It is true 
that horses like the hay, and we see no 
reason why the food should be wholly 
omilted from the horse’s ration. If well 
made and from grass cut sufficiently early, 
millet hay may safely be fed as a part 
ration along with “tame" hay (Timothy 
nnd clover mixture, etc.) or with upland 
prairie hay and corn fodder. It cannot 
safely be fed in large quantities, or ns an 
exclusive ration, and especially if the grass 
was cut late after formation and partial or 
complete ripening of seeds. a. s. a. 
HOW THEY KILL RATS. 
Have any of the It. N.-Y. fntnlly a way 
of getting rid of rats in house and barn? 
Poison, if used, to be in such form as 
can be put out. without danger of being 
carried to stock—of course with all due 
care. Can give me any points as to poison 
or traps, or habits of brutes? G. E. w. 
Oxnard, Cal. 
It. N.-Y.—The Department of Agricul¬ 
ture has issued a pamphlet on rats. This 
pictures and describes a number of traps 
and methods of killing. We expect to get 
more practical information from our read¬ 
ers in reply to this question. On our own 
farm we keep a number of cats, and feed 
them but little. A cat that is fed all it 
needs is a nuisance except for those who 
want a lazy pet. A hungry cat kept at 
the barn and fed nothing but a little 
warm milk is the best rat-trap we know 
of. Care should be taken to plug up rat 
holes or scatter broken glass in them. Of 
course a new barn can be made nearly rat- 
proof by the use of concrete. Next, to a 
cat we consider a rat or ScotcU terrier 
dog best. When they are trained properly 
they make fierce hunters. Ferrets are use¬ 
ful in some situations and whore the 
farmer knovfs how to handle them. We 
have caught a number of rats in steel traps, 
but they may bite off a foot and escape. 
A large wire trap that, catches them alive 
is useful. So Is a barrel trap with a 
tilting top which lets a rat down Into wa¬ 
ter. As for poison, we have used a. paste 
of phosphorus smeared on bread. The rats 
and mice leave the house after tasting this 
stuff, apparently going after water. We 
should depend on cats or a rat terrier at 
the barn and this rat paste in the house?. 
Dot us hear from the rat killers. A virus 
which inoculates the rats with fatal dis¬ 
ease is now quite freely advertised, and 
one of our readers reports success with 
its use. 
Tub Root Crop. —I have just been read¬ 
ing “A Problem in Corn Feeding” on page 
H75, and it emphasizes an oft-recurring 
thought. Why are not more mangel wurzel 
beets grown for feeding in these cases? I 
have rend articles which gave them credit 
for exceptional yields and high feeding 
value. I am only a prospective farmer, but 
I am anxious to solve tin* problems of the 
future in advance as far as possible. 
W. H. .T. 
It. N.-Y.—Probably the chief objection to 
roots is the large amount, of hand labor 
required to keep them clean. 
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