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WHEEZING, or PURSIVE- 

 NESS, a distemper in horses, other- 

 wise called Broken Wind, in which 

 ihe horse makes a hissing or whist- 

 ling sound in his throat in breathing, 

 and has a greater heaving in the 

 danks than in common colds. 



This disorder is commonly caus- 

 ed by surfeiting, violent exercise 

 when the belly is full, or by being 

 ridden or driven itito the water when 

 he is hot and sweaty, or from an ob- 

 stinate cold not well cured. 



For the cure of this disorder, Dr. 

 Braken advises, ' that the horse 

 should have good nourishment, 

 much corn and little hay, and that 

 every day the water given him be 

 impregnated with half an ounce of 

 salt petre, and two drams of sal 

 ammoniac' Some say the hay 

 made of white weed will cure this 

 <iistemper. 



WHEY, the serous part of milk, 

 or that which remains fluid when 

 the curd is taken for cheese. 



Whey is an important liquor for 

 swine. They are extremely fond 

 of it, and it conduces much to their 

 growth and fattening. It is parti- 

 cularly proper for sows that suckle 

 pigs, as it greatly increases their 

 milk. But care should be taken 

 not to overfeed swine with this li- 

 quor ; for it has often happened, 

 that after drinking plentifully of it, 

 especially in very hot weather, they 

 swell up and die. 



For a method of making vinegar 

 from whey, see vinegar. 



WHITE SCOUR, a disease with 

 which sheep are often aifected, and 

 is fatal to them in other countries, 

 though I have not known it to be so 

 in this. 



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" The following medicine has 

 been often given with success, pro- 

 vided the sheep are at the same 

 time removed into a dry pasture. 

 Take a pint of old verjuice, half 

 a pound of common or bay salt, 

 dried well before the fire, pound- 

 ed, and sifted through a sieve. 

 Then mix the verjuice with the 

 salt by degrees ; and add half o. 

 pint of common gin, and bottle 

 it up for use. When any of 

 your sheep are seized with this 

 disorder, separate them from the 

 flock, and give each of theni 

 three large table spoonfuls of the 

 mixture for a dose, repeating it 

 two days after, if they are not 

 better," — Complete Fanner. 

 WHITE WEED, has a five cor- 

 nered stalk. The leaves are jag- 

 ged and embrace the stalk. Tlse 

 flowers are discous, large and ra- 

 diated. The ray is white, and the 

 disk yellow ; the seeds have no 

 down. It flowers in June, and is 

 perennial in the roots. 



When this weed has got posses- 

 sion of the ground, no good grassv's 

 grow with it ; because, pcrhapf-, the 

 roots bind the soil in such a man- 

 ner as to cramp other roots. Or, 

 being a strong feeder, it deprives 

 other roots of their food. 



When it is in its green state, 

 neither neat cattle nor horses will 

 eat it. But if it be cut while in 

 blossom, and well dried for hay, the 

 cattle will eat it freely in winter, 

 and live well on it. The crop 

 however is always thin and light. 

 If it is mowed late, or not well cur- 

 ed and preserved, the hay will be 

 of very little value. 



Dunging the ground is an enemy 



