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without admixture, it will not re- 

 pay the cost of cultivation. — 

 Peaty soil may, however, be very 

 usefully transplanted in considera- 

 ble quantities into the dung heap, 

 where it will prove a most admira- 

 ble aid in the composition ; itbeing 

 known that a proportion of peat 

 facilitates and encourages the 

 growth of all plants; and for some 

 plants it is of inestimable value. 



BOTTS, are a peculiar kind of 

 grubs, found in the stomach of the 

 horse, of a cylindrical figure, point- 

 ed at one extremity and obtuse at 

 the other, and beset every where 

 with numerous spines. There are 

 several kinds, all belonging to the 

 same family. Some live in the 

 grub state under the skin of the 

 backs of oxen, the deer and rein- 

 deer ; and others take their abode 

 in the frontal cavities of the sheep, 

 and the deer, and cells at the base 

 of the horns. 



Volumes have been written on 

 the natural history of these insects, 

 but we have only room for stating 

 some remedies, which experience 

 has proved to be useful against that 

 species of this insect which so oft- 

 en proves fatal to the horse. 



Scrape otf the eggs of the horse 

 bee, when laid on the horse, every 

 eight or ten days with a sharp 

 knife. This practice must be con- 

 tinued during the season of them. 

 The eggs should not be scraped 

 off where the horse can feed, as in 

 that case the young botts may be 

 taken in. It is difficult to remove 

 those eggs which are laid under 

 the throat, with a knife, but they 

 may be destroyed with a hot iron 

 made for the purpose. 



Blood letting, and the copious 

 use of mild oils will always palliate, 

 and sometimes cure the disorder. 



The following remedies have 

 been recommended. Take a ta- 

 ble spoonful of unslacked lime,and 

 let it be given with the water or 

 feed of a horse at night and morn- 

 ing for three or four days. Or, 

 take of copperas two table spoon- 

 fuls : water, milk warm, one pint : 

 dissolve the copperas, and give it 

 as a drench. If tlie horse is not re- 

 lieved in fifteen minutes, repeat 

 the dose. Molasses and milk, of 

 each a pint, are likewise recom- 

 mended, to be given as a drench. 

 An active purge should follow 

 either of the last mentioned reme- 

 dies. But the remedy which ex- 

 perience has tested as most effica- 

 cious is the following : 



Apply spirits of turpentine to the 

 outside of the breast and stomach 

 of a horse, and the botts will im- 

 mediately let go their hold, and 

 will soon be expelled. My in- 

 formant assures me that he has seen 

 horses, which seemed to be in the 

 last agonies with this complaint, re- 

 lieved instantly, and apparently 

 restored to full health in five mi- 

 nutes by this remedy. Spirits of 

 turpentine are sometimes poured 

 down the throats of horses, suffer- 

 ing by botts, but the external ap- 

 plication of this pungent substance 

 is more safe, easy, and at least 

 equally efficacious. 



BROWSE, young sprouts from 

 wood, twigs of trees, and bushes. 

 In a new country, browsing is a 

 considerable part of the food of 

 cattle. They will eat browse all 

 parts of the year, unless when the 



