1839] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



679 



oftener than once traversed the principal agricul- 1 t'ofthe Farmers' Register, 



tural dislricts of Scotland south of the Grampian I the weather in tropical Florida, du-p 



hills, and in which I have seen many well and 

 neady conducted farms, but none equal to this in 

 magnitude, or surpassing it in neatness. The 

 change of occupants had also made some altera- 

 tion in its management. Naked fallows had been 

 nearly if not altogether abandoned. Turnip hus- 

 bandry had been greatly increased ; and these con- 

 sumed on the land by sheep. Every ihing how- 

 ever evinced the best of management. The same 

 bell summoned the laborers to their work; and 

 all the minuiiffi of good management and di- 

 vision of labor appeared to be as strictly attended 

 to as in the time of its ibrmer systematic occupant. 

 Akdrevs^ Nicol. 

 Coggin's Point, Nov. Stk., 1839. 



RING THE SEMINOLE WAR. 



Abstract from the Meteorological Register, kept at In- 

 dian Key, Tropical Florida, by Cliarles Howe, esq., 

 P. M., and inspector of the Fort. Thermometrical ob- 

 servations made at sunrise and 2 P. 31., each day. 



IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. 



From tlie Sangamo Journal. 



There are few of our farmers who have not 

 witnessed the etiects among cattle of a disease 

 known as [he mad itch. It has sometimes carried 

 oft' the most valuable slock : and all efforts to ar- 

 rest the disease appeared to be useless. We think 

 we can now lay betbre our stock raisers a remedy lor 

 this disease. It was discovered by Mr. David 

 Simms, a farmer, living on Lake Fork. Consi- 

 dering it valuable to the public, he has handed us 

 the anne.xed notice of it for publication. We would 

 suggest to our farmers to preserve it, as it may 

 prove of more value to them than the amount they 

 would be required to pay lor a dozen volumes ol 

 the Journal : 



To the Editor of the Sangamo Journal — 



The undersigned takes this method to inform 

 the farmers and all those who raise cattle, that he 

 has discovered a cure for the mad itch, a disease 

 which is ofien fatally destructive to that species of 

 stock. Last winter was two j'ears. when I had 

 four cows attacked with the above complaint, and 

 I tried every thinu I could think or hear o\', to cure 

 them, but with no good effect. This winter another 

 of my cows took the same disease, which I discov- 

 ered early one morning ; and as soon as I discov- 

 ered it, I gave her as much soot and salt as she 

 would lick, and in a i'ew hours afier, I irave her 

 from three quarters of a pound to a pound of pul- 

 verized brimstone. In the morning following, I 

 gave her as much salts. The cow is now well, 

 and is as hearty as any of my cattle. It is my 

 opinion that sulphur itseVrwill cure, or sulphur and 

 salts given in the way prescribed. The cure was 

 effected in about a week. The remedy operates 

 severely for two or three days as a purge. 



To those who are not acquainted with this dis- 

 order I will inlbrm them that it first comes on with 

 a kind ofhiccoushs or jerks at every breaih. The 

 brute jerks itself full of wind; frequenily licking 

 their sides and back; occasionally rubbing their 

 heads; and if not stopped, in five or six hours'they 

 rub with apparent madness, and continue to swell 

 until death takes place which will be within about 

 ten or twelve hours after the attack. 



This cure is from experience, and I give it for 

 the good of my fellow-citizens. 



David Siimms. 



Logan Co., I5th March. 1839. 



