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one quart of boiling sassafras tea, 

 and an eighth of an ounce of assa- 

 foetida, not permitting the horse to 

 drink cold water for six hours af- 

 terwards. Should he be much 

 mended by this treatment, nothing 

 more will be necessary, except 

 feeding him on bran or light food 

 of any kind ; but should he appear 

 to receive no benefit from these 

 attentions in four or five days, take 

 of calomel twenty-five grains, of 

 opium two drachms, powdered fen- 

 nel seed one drachm, of syrup of 

 any kind a sufiicient quantity to 

 make the ingredients into a ball, 

 which may be given every morn- 

 ing for four or five days, by which 

 time the horse will get well if his 

 disease will admit of a cure. 



" Horses that are confined in a 

 stable never have the staggers ; 

 conseqiiently it would be advisable 

 for every person, whose situation 

 will admit of it, to confine their hor- 

 ses, particularly at night, during 

 the spring and fall months." 



A gentleman in North Carolina 

 asserts, that the following recipe 

 has been found, after repeated 

 trials, to be effectual. 



Take of the expressed juice of 

 garlic six spoonfuls, which pour 

 down the horse's throat by means 

 of a horn, or give it to him in a 

 drench. If the first dose should 

 not relieve him, or he should ap- 

 pear to be maze-headed, repeat it 

 after an intermedium of two or 

 three hours. The juice of the 

 leek or onion, given in rather a 

 greater quantity, will produce 

 nearly the same eflfect. 



STALE, the urine of animals. 

 The urines of different animals are 



said to possess the same properties 

 as their dungs. They are of more 

 importance as manures than far- 

 mers in general are aware of, 

 I'hey may easily convince them- 

 selves of this, if they will only con- 

 sider how much more a piece of 

 ground is enriched by folding than 

 o.)e of the same size would be. by 

 laying the same dung, or an equal 

 quantity, upon it, that is dropped 

 on it by folding. 



If the stale of a farmer's stock 

 were all saved, and well applied, 

 it might perhaps be of near as much 

 advantage as their dung. Every 

 possible method should therefore 

 be taken to prevent the loss or 

 wasting of it. Floors where beasts 

 are lodged, should be perfectly 

 tight ; and they should be con- 

 stantly well littered with substances 

 that will absorb and retain the 

 stale ; even with common earth, 

 when nothing else is at hand. Pens 

 in which beasts are kept should 

 have a layer of mulch : Or else the 

 surface of the ground should be 

 taken up, and used as a manure. 

 Otherwise the urine is lost. 



Mr. Hartlib praises the Dutch 

 for saving the urine of cattle as 

 carefully as the dung, to enrich 

 their lands. The older it is, the 

 better it is for this purpose. When 

 it is deprived of its fiery hot parti- 

 cles by time, it will be a great fer- 

 tilizer of every kind of soil. Co- 

 lumella recommends old urine as 

 an excellent application to the 

 roots of trees. But care should be 

 taken not to apply too much of it. 

 For trees have been sometimes 

 killed by urine. 



STALLION, a stone horse. 



