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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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little pride of vocation, is indispensable. Homer 

 inlbrnis us that much of the sucress oC Ulysses in 

 rearino- his fine ho^s, was to be attributed to his 

 faithful Euma?us, whom the old soldier syled "god- 

 like swine leeder." 



The annexed is a rough plan, which may serve 

 to 'i-ive you an idea of the compact manner in 

 wnTch my hogs are kept. It is intended lor a plan 

 of the upiier story and one end. The lower siory 

 corresponds with the upper, except that tlie prom- 

 enade is extended out about six feet from the line 

 of the upper outside promemade line. 



pen being on ground which is a little liigher at the 

 end where the boilers are placed than at the other, 

 the floor of the boiler room is on a level with the 

 paspage-way of the upper story, where tiie pigs 

 kept in this part of the building are taken in and 

 out. At the other end of the building, the floor of 

 the passage-way in the lower story is on a level 

 with the natural surface of the ground; and by a 

 door at that end of the passage way, the hogs in 

 the lower story arc taken in and out. You will 

 perceive that a pen 100 leet long and 34 wide, with 

 3 in a pen, will -furnish ample accommodation for 

 120 hogs, A passage-way for the leeder is made 

 from tlic cooking room to the passage-way in the 

 lower story, 



Very respectfully yours, 



E. Phinney. 



Dormito 



ry 5 feei 

 square. 



Promenafl:', 10 ft 

 square. 



Eatiiis 



partment' 



5 ft. sqr. ^ 



J'lan of the floor of the upper story. 



End View. 



The roof covers the passage-way and eating 

 and «leepino- apartments on each side, and is made 

 sufficiently liigii to enable the leeder to pass be- 

 tween the pens. The floors ofthe eating and sleep- 

 ino- apartments are made perfectly tight— the floor 

 of'^the promenade in the upper story is laid witii 

 narrow plank, placed about one uich apart, so that 

 whatever is dropped by the pigs, falls through on 

 the compost beneath. The promenade of the low- 

 er story has no floor. The only passage for pass- 

 in^ the pigs out and in, is by a slide door between 

 each dormilorv and the main passage-way. I he 

 Vol. VI 1—72 



REMARKS ON THE " DISTEMPER" OF CAT- 

 TLE. 



To tlie Editor of tlie Farmers' Register. 



1 have often been surprised that our agricultural 

 periodicals shoulil contain so little on one branch 

 of liushandry, which appears to mc to claim more 

 importance than many others which are so zeal- 

 ously discussed, i would attach no blame to the 

 editors of such papers, because they are dependent 

 upon others for contributions of that sort. Among 

 the numerous communications to agricultural pe- 

 riodicals, we look in vain for the remedies by wliich 

 to preserve the li'e of a valuable horse, or [lerhaps 

 a still more valuable cow, or a faithful and favor- 

 ite dog. 



Since the improvement of our domestic animals, 

 particularly "neat cattle," (which from their great 

 value, are commanding very high prices,) it is of 

 no trifling moment to the fiirmer that he should 

 have hisllock swept ofl' without the means of re- 

 lief. It is al.most impossible to put too higb a va- 

 lue upon a good cow. For my own part were I 

 an idolater, there is no created being better de- 

 serving my homage than the cow, a worship infi- 

 nitely more merilonousthan that so often bestowed 

 on some church or political demaizogue. 



For many years, cattle in middle and lower Vir- 

 o-inia have been subject to a disease familiarly 

 called '-'distemper," or more technically, what I 

 understand to be the same disease, the "murrain." 

 Being ignorant myself of the nature of this dis- 

 ease 1 will neither undertake to describe its symp- 

 toms, or suggest a remedy. The object of these 

 remarks is t'cTelicit from some of your subscribers, 

 or any others who possess information on the sub- 

 ject, whatever they can contribute lor the public 

 good. Each one may be in possesion of some 

 ficts, which, when combined or compared, may 

 throw some light on the subject, and lead to some 

 remedy, in which all are more or less interested. 



Various opinions have been entertained of the 

 jirobable cause as wel! as tlie nature of this dis- 

 ease. But to my mind there has been no plaiisi- 

 ble solution of it; but, on the contrary, much which 

 is unsatisfactory, and even contradictory. 'Ihere 

 are some who maintain that it is owing entirely to 

 promiscuous and indiscriminate herding on the 

 commons. This, however, is at variance with the 

 experience of many whose cattle rove at lai-ge, 

 and mix with other flocks with impunity ; whi.e 

 others contined within euciosuies wiihoui oppoE^ 



