FARMER'S ASSISTANT. ass 



Stables should be kept clean and well littered, to keep 

 the beasts comfortable when they lie down. Some advise 

 boring holes through the floor, to let off the sule more 

 readily. For Horses, there should be sufficient room in the 

 stalls to turn their heads to every part ol their bodies, and 

 to raise them as high as they please. 



STAGGERS. A disease in some kinds of cattle. If the 

 staggering ot a Horse be owing to hard usage, Gibson di- 

 rects u> take a pint of blood Irom his neck, and thcu a quart 

 from some vein in his hinder pans, and that he be ihen kupt 

 on moderate cleansing diet. 



When the disease arises from an apoplectic disorder, he 

 must be treated as before, and exercised every ( &&y with 

 chewing assafoetida, savin, and ail other noisome things, 

 which will keep him in constant action, and forward me 

 circulation of the blood in the small vessels. Afitr wards, 

 recourse must be had to clysters, strong purgatives, rubing, 

 and exercise. 



When it arises from a swiming of the head, the animal 

 reels, turns round, and falls. For this, take an ounce of 

 senna, boiled in five pints of water, with four ounces of 

 common treacle, and the usual quantity of oils or lard, to 

 throw in as a clyster; and repeat this for two or three days. 

 After this he may have a drench of beer, in which the roots 

 of poeny, angelica, rue, rosemary, and flowers of lavender 

 have been steeped. If the disease continue obstinate, balls 

 of cinnibar, and assafoetida, with bay berries, will be proper 

 here, as in apoplectic cases. 



Mr. Gibson condemns the practice of puting ginger and 

 other stimulating things into the ear, as dangerous, though 

 it may sometimes prove beneficial. 



STEAMBOILER. This is an implement that no Farmer 

 or Planter should be without, as potatoes, particularly, are 

 nearly doubled in value, for feeding and fating, when boiled. 

 Turnips arid other roots, and pumpkins, are also much im- 

 proved, as food for cattle, by a similar process. 



Boiled clover- hay is found very good for keeping Swine, 

 during Winter; and we are of opinion, that it ted to Mhch- 

 cows, during that season, it would greatly improve the 

 quantity of their milk, and keep them in better order, than 

 when fed dry to them. We believe this to be well worthy 

 of a fair experiment, by having a vat, or box, to hold the 

 hay, sufficiently large for the purpose. 



A steamboiler is commonly made by seting a kettle, hold- 

 ing twelve gallons or more, in a furnace, of brick or stone, 

 and over this a hogshead, with one head taken out, and the 

 other bored full of holes, is set so close that the steam of 



