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in the hands, and its contents in the head, of every farmer. There 

 is not its equal to be found ; and, if carefully studied from the be- 

 ginning, there is no reason why the whole should not be under- 

 stood. The author has conferred a lasting blessing upon his race. 



INJECTION OF WARM WATER INTO THE UTERUS OF THE COW AS A 

 MEANS OF EXPEDITING DELIVERY. 



This method of promoting delivery in lingering cases was by 

 Dr, Dick, an eminent veterinary surgeon of Edinburgh. Having 

 been consulted by a person in the neighborhood, w^hose cow was 

 in great distress with a prospect of an unfavorable issue in her ac- 

 couchment, six or eight quarts of warm water were injected into 

 the uterus after elevating the animal's hind quarters by a bundle of 

 straw. Within five minutes the calf was safely expelled by the 

 natural efforts. The instrument employed was a common syringe, 

 fitted wnth a large flexible pipe of gum elastic. The liquor 

 amnii had escaped at an early stage, and the animal had become 

 nearly exhausted. After the water was injected the calf floated 

 in the uterus freely. It is unquestionably an important method, 

 and one which m&y be resorted to again under similar circum- 

 stances, and should be remembered by the person who may have 

 a valuable animal suffering and in danger of losing her life. 



NECESSITY OF AIR, MOISTURE AND WARMTH. 



For the successful culture of all crops it is necessary that the 

 roots should be supplied with air, moisture and warmth. The 

 condition necessary to supply air and warmth are the same. Firsts 

 looseness of soil. Second, a proper depth beneath the surface. 

 Whatever may be said of the carbonic acid in the atmosphere, as 

 the food of plants, farmers certainly wall not infer from it that it 

 is no matter how the roots are served. As no seed will germinate 

 without air, so plants \\U\ not thrive if their roots are deprived of 

 it. Too much moisture in the soil prevents the access of air as 

 perfectly as a dense or compact soil from any other cause. Hence 

 the necessity of providing passages and ways by which water may 



