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decay in the head, and appears to be from 

 the brain: it is pus; the horn becomes 

 hollow, and, when cut off, a stinking 

 purulent matter issues from it. This dis- 

 order affects the animal in severe wea- 

 ther ; and, in the opinion of many, it is for 

 want of food. The cow- itch is another 

 disorder, during the summer months, some- 

 thing like the foul in the cattle's feet in 

 England, 



The Hessian fly is a great calamity ; so 

 much so, that in many parts of the country 

 all ideas of growing wheat have been given 

 up. They are to be seen on the wheat when 

 young, then in embryo in the stubble, be- 

 twixt the lowest joint and the second joint, 

 in great numbers, exactly like flax-seed. 

 They are in that state during the winter, and 

 easy to be destroyed by burning the stubble. 

 And, as the corn-stalks lie hid in the fields 

 when the wheat is growing, I make no 

 doubt that these insects lay their eggs in 

 them. The flies come out in the spring, 

 in the same manner as the butterflies in 



