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and thicker the bag is, the longer 

 and better the hops will keep. 



A small manuring of hop ground 

 every second year is suliicient. — 

 Dung was formerly more in use 

 than at present, experience having 

 shewn that lime, sea sand, marie, 

 ashes, &c. answer the end better, 

 and last longer. But hog dung 

 prevents mildew from taking hops. 

 Each pole, according to Dr. 

 Hales, has three vines,which makes 

 six vines to a hill. All the sprouts 

 above this number, should be bro- 

 ken off in the spring. 



" Method of extracting the virtue 

 of Hops in Brezoing. The usual 

 method is to put in hops without 

 any preparation into the strong 

 beer, or alewort ; the consequence 

 is, the richer and better the wort 

 is, the less it will partake of the es- 

 sence of hops. The rich fast wort 

 Bheathes up the pores of the hop, 

 and as it were embalms the leaves, 

 so that the beer or alewort can ex- 

 tract scarcely any part of the ne- 

 cessary quality of the hop ; but 

 when it is put into the small beer 

 wort, a fluid of a more thin nature, 

 there the pores are unsheathed, 

 and the small beer is rendered too 

 bitter : therefore the hops, before 

 they are put into the strong drink, 

 should be previously soaked in a 

 pail of hot water." Domestic En- 

 cyclopa.dia. 



HORN DISTEMPER, a disease 

 of neat cattle, the seat of which is 

 in their horns. Cows are more 

 subject to it than oxen. It does 

 not attack bulls ; and steers and 

 beifers, under three years old, 

 bave not been known to have 



% The distemper gradually con- 



sumes the pith of the horn. Some- 

 times it is in both horns at once, 

 but more usually in one only. 



The disease is discoverable by 

 the coldness, or loss of the natural 

 warmth of the horn ; by dulnessof 

 the eyes, sluggishness, loss of ap- 

 petite, and a disposition to lie 

 down. When the brain is atfect- 

 ed, cattle will toss their heads and 

 groan much as if in great pain. 



To eii'ect the cure, the horn 

 should be perlbiated with a nail 

 gimblet,through which the corrupt- 

 ed thin matter will be discharged, 

 if care be taken to keep it open. 

 By this bornig, which should be 

 nearly horizontal,or in the depend- 

 ing part of the horn, and two or 

 three inches from the head of the 

 animal, the cure sometimes is com- 

 pleted. When it proves other- 

 wise, a mixture of rum and honey 

 with myrrh and aloes, should be 

 thrown into the horn with a syringe ; 

 and be several times repeated, if 

 the disease continue. For a more 

 particular account, see a letter 

 from the Hon. C. Tufts, Esq. in 

 the 1st vol. of the Memoirs of the 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



HORSE, one of the most useful 

 of tame quadrupeds. The marks 

 or evidences of a good one are 

 these, a high neck, a full breast, a 

 lively eye, a strong back, a stifT 

 dock, full buttocks, ribs reaching 

 near to the hips, well made hoofs, 

 rather large, and a good gait. 



The size of a horse should be in 

 proportion to the work in which he 

 is chiefly to be employed. Small 

 sized ones often prove good in the 

 saddle. They are apt to be hardy, 

 and in proportion to their sizCjand 



