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FARMERS' REGISTER— COTTON SEED OIL. 



and every man's hand against him." This dis- 

 ease is not very uncommon to cows. A few years 

 past one of the finest cows upon my iarm (a half 

 Durham) became diseased in one quarter of her 

 udder, and not knowing at that time the cause or 

 remedy, that quarter gradually perished away, and 

 has never since produced milk. To show the 

 cause, the symptoms, and cure of this disease, I 

 will make an extract from a treatise on stock, 

 which was published in England, by J. B. Law- 

 rence, and which has recently been republished in 

 this country. 



^'Downfall, udder-ill, inflammation of the \iMcr, ^c. 

 — From what we hav^e said of the digestive pro- 

 cess of the cow, and the intimate connection be- 

 tween the Iburth stomach and the udder, the 

 reader will be at no loss to understand that when 

 that is out of order, the udder, and consequently 

 the quality and quantity of the milk, must be ma- 

 terially affected. These, or rather this complaint, 

 for they are all one, or ditlerent stages of the same 

 disease, of which the predisposing cause was 

 bad feeding, and the exciting cause, a cold or in- 

 flammation of the udder, is essential to be taken 

 in time, and of the utmost consequence to the 

 owners of young cattle, which are very liable to 

 its attack, especially at the time of calving." 



^^ Cause. — This disease may not only proceed 

 from the above causes, but may also be induced 

 by the animal drinking freely of cold water, when 

 heated by exercise, or by cold exposure and lying 

 down in cold and damp grass at the latter end of 

 the year, Avhen the nights are cold and foggy, and 

 at a time when the stomach is loaded witli food, 

 and the blood plentiful." 



^^ Symptoms. — One or more quarters of the udder 

 becoroes swollen, hardened, hotter than common, 

 find painflil when pressed; the milk is reduced in 

 quantity,, and changed to a ragged, or bloody, or 

 corrupt appearance. At other times, the secretion 

 of milk is stopped, and the tumefied quarter pro- 

 .ceeds to a state of suppuration." 



" Cure. — As soon as the disease is discovered, 

 remove the animal from the pasture, and take 

 from her from three to five quarts of blood; espe- 

 cially if the cow be in good condition, and breathes 

 quickly, and appears stupid." ■"If the weather 

 be damp and cold, keep her under shelter, and 

 feed her moderately with nourishing food; but if 

 the weather be fine, turn her into a bare pasture, 

 where she will be obliged to exert herself for her 

 food. The swollen udder, or rather that part of 

 it which is aflected (for there is seldom more than 

 one part or quarter affected at a time) should have 

 the bad milk drawn from it three or four times a 

 day; for if sufiered to remain in it, it will irritate 

 and increase the inflammation. Bathe it also after 

 milking with olive oil, or elder ointment." 



The same writer recommends medicine to be 

 given internally. His doses are compounds, and 

 the ingredients are not generally kept by farmers, 

 but as epsom salts enter largely into some of them, 

 I imagine they would answer alone. My own 

 impression is, that the best care would be, to let 

 the calf run with the mother during the continu- 

 ance of the inflammation, provided, it would suck 

 all the teats. 



Extract from the same writer. 

 " Sore teats. — Some cows are very subject to sore 

 teats, particularly such as have newly calved; if 



this be the case in summer, they often become 

 ulcerated, and the flies j)lague them to a dem-ee 

 which renders them extremely difficult to milk: it 

 is also a great nuisance at the time of milking, as 

 blood and corrupt matter are apt to pass between 

 the fingers into the milk. The following liniment 

 is very useful for anointing sore teats, and should 

 always be kept in readiness for use: 



Ointment of elder four ounces, yellow basilicon 

 ointment four ounces, spirits of turpentine one 

 ounce, mix and well incorporate them together on 

 a slab, and it is fit for use. 



With this ointment you may weU rub the cows 

 teats every night and morning after milking, if in 

 the summer assafoetida or aloes in powder, and 

 dissolve it along with the ointment. This wiU 

 prevent the flies from teasing the animal. If the 

 teats be tender only, and not sore, a little gentle 

 rubbing with weak salt and water Avill in general 

 be sufficient." Finding it inconvenient to prepare 

 the ointment exactly as directed in the foregoing 

 receij)t, a hancflul of the inner bark of the elder 

 was taken and simmered in hogs lard. Six ounces 

 of the elder ointment was then taken and while it 

 was warm, one ounce of bees wax and one ounce 

 of turpentine were added, and melted together. 

 After being stirred awhile, the turpentine mostly 

 sunk to the bottom and was thrown out: one ounce 

 of spirits of turpentine was then added, and the 

 whole stirred as long as it was in a liquid state. 

 After the ointment was made, a little boy that had 

 fallen to sleep in the room was waked up to go to 

 bed, he was found unable to walk without assis- 

 tance, in consequence of his feet being so much 

 chopped and inflamed; they were rubbexl with the 

 ointment, and by the morning there was no ap- 

 pearance of inflammation, and the skin was soft 

 and supple and they soon got well. Though this 

 ointment is not prepared in the way directed, the 

 same ingredients are used and almost exactly in 

 the same proportions. It is an excellent ointment 

 for man or beast, and should be kept in every 

 family. edmund f. noel. 



COTTOIV SEED OIL. 



From the Petersburg Intelligencer. 



Our enterprising fellow-citizen, Jabez Smith, 

 Esq. has succeeded in bringing to perfection the 

 manufacture of cotton seed oil for the use of lamps. 

 After a fair trial, we have given it the preference 

 over any sperm oil we have seen for many years. 

 It burns Avith a beautiful and clear light, without 

 smoke and entirely free from any offensive smefl. 

 We congratulate tlie southern countrj^ on the 

 succesefiil eflbrt which has thus been made to give 

 increased value to one of its staple products. The 

 time is not far distant, when the oil from cotton 

 seed, entering as it will into competition with sperm 

 and linseed oil in the various uses to which they 

 are applied, will become an important item in the 

 exports of the southern and south-western states. 



When the experiment was first made, to burn 

 this oil in lamps, an opinion was entertained by 

 some, that the glutinous matter could never be 

 sufficiently extracted to answer so desirable a 

 purpose. The recent improvements of Mr. Smith 

 have removed every doubt upon that subject; and 

 he now offers to the public an oil, which is 

 unsurpassed by any other article of that description. 



