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ccpt from poisonoui? herbs, or dnigs, we know 

 little. It rarely occurs. It can with difhculty be 

 distinguished from inflammation of the bowels; and 

 in either case the assiatance of the Teterinary sur- 

 geon is required." 



Tlie English remedy for colic, is turpentine, 

 02>ium,. and aloes, given in warm strong beer — 

 4 drams of aloes, 1 oz. of turpentine, 1 oz. lauda- 

 num, in 1 pint of beer. Youatt says this will 

 generally cause the disease to cease almost as sud- 

 denly as it appeared. If the disease should not 

 yield speedily, he recommends bleeding to prevent 

 inflammation. The belly should be well rubbed 

 with a brush or warm cloth, and clysters of warm 

 water should be injected. We have already de- 

 Toted so much space to this article, that we can 

 not say more of the colic in this number, but may 

 in our next. 



Pkbpaking Bones for Mantjee. — I wish to gain infor- 

 mation tliroufih the columns of your excellent paper, as to 

 the best mode of using bones as a manure ; also of preparing 

 Uiera fur use. By doing so, you will oblige A Suisscbibek. 

 — Adams Center, N. T., 1851. 



We have on file several inquiries similar to the 

 above. We shall endeavor to answer one and all. 

 Bones should be crushed to fragments before being 

 applied to the land, otherwise they decay very 

 slowly. Ten bushels of crushed bones will show 

 a better effect, for many years, than one hundred 

 bushels uncrushed. It is no uncommon thing in 

 England to see a doiible crop of turnips as the 

 effect of the application of bone dust^ even twelve 

 years after its application. Bones, if well seasoned, 

 can be ground in a plaster mill. We have known 

 them to be kiln-dried for this purpose. If they 

 are fresh, the work of crushing can better be done 

 at an oil mill. 



Another mode of preparation is to boil the bones 

 in a strong lye until they fall to a powder, then 

 mix the lye and bones with fine dry loam. After 

 tlie water has evaporated, the mixture may be 

 drilled in with wheat, turnips, and other crops; or 

 sown broadcast. A small quantity of bones applied 

 in this way, produces surprising effects. 



Still another method of preparing bones is to 

 dissolve them in a solution of oil of vitriol. Two 

 bushels of bpne dust dissolved in vitriol, will pro- 

 duce a greater effect the first year than twelve 

 applied as dust. Sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol) 

 costs but from 2^ to 3 cents per pound. We give 

 the process in detail, in the words of Professor 

 Norton: — "To every 100 lbs. of bones, about 50 

 to 60 of acid are taken ; if bone dust is used, from 

 25 to 45 lbs. of acid is sufficient Tlie acid must 

 be mixed with two or three times its bulk of wa- 

 ter, because if applied strong it would only burn 

 and blacken the bones without dissolving them. 



" 1. Tlie bones are placed in a tub, and a por- 

 tion of the previously diluted acid poured upon 

 them. After standing a day, another portion of 

 acid maybe poured on; and finally the last on 

 the third day, if they are not already dissolved. 

 The maas should be often stirred. 



"2. Another good way is to place the bones in 

 a heap upon any convenient floor, and pour a por- 

 tion of the acid upon them. After standing half a 

 day, the heap should be thoroughly mixed, and a 

 little more acid added; this to be continued so 

 long as necessary. It is a method which I liuve 

 known to prove very successful. 



"In either case the bones will ultimately soften 

 and disolve to a kind of paste; this may be mixed 

 with twenty or thirty times ita bulk of water, and 

 applied to the land by means of an ordinary water 

 cart. Used in this way, it produces a wonderful 

 effect upon nearly all crops. 



"A more convenient method in most cases is to 

 thoroughly mix the pasty mass of dissolved bones 

 with a quantity of ashes, peat earth, sawdust, or 

 charcoal dust. It can then be sown by hand, or 

 dropped from a drill machine. Two or three 

 bushels of these dissolved bones, with half the 

 usual quantity of yard manure, are sufficient for 

 an acre. This is therefore an exceedingly power- 

 ful fertilizer. One reason for its powerful eflect 

 is, that the bones are, by dissolving, brought into 

 a state of such minute division, that they are easily 

 and at once available for the plant. A peculiar 

 phosphate of lime is formed, called by chemists a 

 stiperphosphate, which is very soluble; and in ad- 

 dition to this we have the sulphuric acid, of itself 

 an excellent application to most soils." 



To Peetext IIogs EooxrNG. — I saw in a number of the 

 Prairie Farmer, a short time ago, an article stating tiiat 

 liy cutting the tendons (or some other term.) that supports 

 tlie rim of a hogs nose, it destroys tlieir properties of rooting, 

 without injuring the hog. If this is the case, and you could 

 and would ]ft me know how it can bo done, you would 

 oblige me. and probably a good many of the readers of the 

 Genesee Farmer. II. Jennings. — Wi/ocena, Wis., 1851. 



We have never seen the experiment tried of 

 cutting the nasal tendon, or stout muscle on the 

 top of a pig's nose, to prevent his rooting. The 

 probability is that the remedy will prove success- 

 ful. It operates on the principle of "ham-string- 

 ing." Cut square across the top of the nose a 

 little back of the rim. 



Weevil. — ^Tlie insect contained in a letter from 

 J. D. Davis, of Reading Center, N. Y., was so 

 compressed and broken, that all we cnn say is that 

 it was a fly and not a weevil. We will give some 

 account of this insect soon. 



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