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that rye, or Indian corn, may be cultivated with great ad- 

 vantage, immediately after applying this manure. 



He has made trials of the Jerusalem wheat, and finds it 

 more abundant in product, and less liable to lodge. The 

 bread made of it he finds to be as well tasted as that of any 

 other wheat ; but it is considerably darker in color. 



The Spanish Spring-wheat, lately brought to this Country 

 from England, is said to yield an eighth more than any 

 other wheat, and appears to be of good quality. 



WHEEZING. A disease of Horses, commonly called 

 broken wind ; caused by surfeits, violent exercise when the 

 belly is full; by being rode into cold water when very warm; 

 or, from obstinate colds not cured. 



For the cure, Dr Bracken advises, that the Horse should 

 have good nourishment, much grain, and little hay ; and 

 that the water given him to drink daily have a solution of 

 half an ounce of saltpetre, and two drachms of sal ammo- 

 niac. It is said that the hay made of while-weed will cure 

 this disorder. 



WHEY. This liquor may be applied to many valuable 

 uses. 



See VINEGAR, for making that liquid out of this article. 



It is good for [ceding and fating Swine, and particularly 

 excelent for Sows with sucking Pigs. Mr. Deane observes, 

 however, that care should be taken not to overfeed Swine 

 with this liquor; for it has often happened that after drink- 

 ing plentifully of it, especially in hot weather, they will 

 swell up and die.' 



The Tartars make ardent spirits, and vinegar, from the 

 whey of the milk of their Mares ; and Mr. Genet says the 

 Cowherds on the Alps, and in some parts of France, ex- 

 tract from the whey of the milk of their Cows a salt called 

 sugar of milk, * which the Swiss Doctors consider as the 

 best detergent to purify the blood, and cure radically the 

 most inteterate cutaneous complaints. For this purpose, 

 the whey is clarified and boiled until reduced to one-fourth 

 part of the whole, which is deposited in wooden or earthen 

 pans in a cool place. In a short time, the saccharine parti- 

 cles are chrystalized, and the phlegmatic part is then de- 

 canted slowly, and the sugar is dried on pieces of gray 

 paper.' 



Mr. Genet supposes that, for curing cutaneous disor- 

 ders among cattle of every kind, it would be sufficient t 

 boil the whey down to sugar at once; though this, by being 

 colored by the kettle, might not be so fit for pharmaceutical 

 purposes. Probably whey itself, when given to such cattle as 

 will drink it, will answer a similar purpose ; and this seems 



