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all vegetables which root deeply in the ground. Nothing 

 further need be said, with regard to the kitchen-garden, 

 than that a loose mellow soil, with a southerly exposure, is 

 the best; that it ought to be kept rich; that, as fast as 

 weeds rise, they ought to be extirpated ; and that no weeds 

 ought to be suffered to go to seed within the garden 



If the garden be of a wetish or stiff soil, it will be greatly 

 benefited by being thrown up into high ridges in the Full: 

 At the same time, this will assist in destroying the seeds 

 of weeds; but particularly in destroying insects which may 

 be breeding in the soil. 



GARGET. See NEAT CATTLE. 



GIGS Little tumors, or bladders, filled with matter, 

 found in the mouths of Horses. The cure is t ffVcted by 

 sliting them open, and then washing them with salt and 

 vinegar. 



GLANDERS. Commonly called the Horse-distemfier. 

 It is always accompanied with a discharge of matter from 

 the nostrils, and a swelling of the glands "under the throat 

 and tongue. When the bones in that part become carious, 

 it is generally incurable ; and this may be known by the bad 

 smell which is produced in such cases. The treatment 

 recommended in Gibson's Farriery, for this disease, while 

 in iis first and second stages, is to make use of purges, 

 diaphoretics, and roweling in the hinder parts. We imagine, 

 that roweling in the breast will answer the same purpose. 

 See ROWELING 



To clear the nostrils, Gibson recommends passing the 

 fumes of burnt brimstone, or burnt leather, into the nose 

 of the Horse, and, after the matter has been discharged, to 

 syringe his nostrils with brandy or red- wine. Afterwards, 

 he says, a small quantity of Unquentum Egyfitianum, dis- 

 solved in oil of turpentine, may be injected through a large 

 pipe, for the purpose of cleansing the ulcerated parts. 



GOATS. These animals are hardy, and rather more 

 prolific than Sheep The Kids are apt to poison themselves 

 by eaiing the evergreen shrub, called laurel (laurus) if 

 they can find it. These are excelent for the table ; and 

 even the old ones are tolerably good eating, and are gene- 

 rally well filled with tallow. The milk of the Goat, of 

 which they give a greater quantity than any other animal 

 of their size, is good to mix with that of Cows, in making 

 cheese. It is also much esteemed in consumptive cases. 

 Their skins are much more valuable than those of Sheep, 

 being nearly as strong as that of the Deer. 



