THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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will upbraid you, bylheir noifiluntr?, and lovvintrs, Icholic, though I am not posiiively certain ihatil 

 and biealings, and squeakiiiijs ; until you are, I is. 1 doubt il I did not save two valuable horses 

 wont to stop your ears — yea, even thorns and j of n)y own wiih tar, that were extremely ill with 

 thistles will rise up in your fields and laiiyh yon i the cliolic. ; but am not certain, as other "remediea 

 to scorn ; so that you shall desire not only to liide i were used previous to the tar. 

 your liii'e /'rom man and beast, hut even Irom na- ! Recipe for the cure of sweeny in horses, ivhich 

 ture iierselC. is also excellent for wounds, hrvises and sprains 



I had intended to slop this dissertation at {W\s in liorses. — 'I'o 1 iiint of unboiled flaxseed od, add 

 period, but considerinir it imprudent to leave you ; hall a pint of spirits turpentine, 12^ cents worth 

 in the briers, I will attempt to show you the way \ ol oil oC auiiier, 12^- cents worth oifoi' spike, 12i 

 clearly out. Il you determine; to l)i'come neat j do. oil of stone, 12| do. camphor — mix them all 

 farmers, and valuat)le memners ol' the linminir ! together — anonit the diseased part ol' your horse 

 fraternity — and why should I doubt it — then s;ive ! wuh the litnment made as above stated, nine 



the prool'at once, by be^innin>r a ihoion^'h course 

 of business, and perseverin<i indusiry. Il" briers 

 and thistles, stones and slumps, stand in thick ar- 

 ray, ready to assail you at every step, you are to 



lays, observinir to anoint three days in succession, 

 and then miss three days, luimediately afier 

 anointinii, heat the liniment in well with a hot 

 iron. The several three days that you omit 



gather up your forces, with their tools, and charire I anointing your horse with the liniment, his dis 

 destruction upon them ; never iayinn; aside your eased part should be well anointed wi'h fresh but- 

 arms, till every enemy is vanquished, both head j ler ; though this maybe dispensed with. Pre- 

 and heels, root and branch. j vious to anoiniinrr your horse wiih the hniment 



Alter having cleared the citadel, it is yet ne- I the second and third times of three days, the 

 cessary that you keep a watch over liie pre- I whole mass of accumulated grease should be 

 mises; fori tell you, that many of the minute men ! washed off with warm soap suds, and then dried 

 of this pestilijrous order, will slily come back lo I belbre applying the limment. The above men- 

 their old haunts ; and if suffered lo propagate, i tioned manner of applying the liniment is intend- 

 you will be compelled to expend more blood and j ed particularly for the sweeny. For bruises 

 grease, belbre you can say, my premises are my ! sprains and wounds, it may be ap|)lied in the sftime 



My sons, take care of your domestic animals 

 this winter; so that when I come the rounds 

 next sprinir, I have not the mortificaiion of look- 

 ing on moving skeletons. Give ihem enough to 

 eat, but bewdre of waste ; and remember that 

 there is nothing equal to the master eye. 



Keep your yards pleniifully liHered, so that 

 your corn field may be thoroughly manured. 

 When the ground is in order, make your ploughs 

 move. Finally, take care of yourselves till you 

 hear from me atjain ; and don't let me hear you 

 Bay, why I don't know, or I reckoned, or I ihought, 

 or 'lis time enough; lor you know not what an 

 hour may bring about." 



Amherst Mountaineer. 



January, 184 L 



DISEASES OP CATTLE ANI> HORSES. 



From- the American Farmer. 



Sir — I send you two invaKiable recipes — I sav 

 invaluable, because they have never failed in 

 efJecfing a cure with me, and have saved me coii- 

 Ifeiderable firopcrty. 



Recipe fir the cure of bloated or sivollen cat- 

 tle, when occasioned by too free w-e of green vege- 

 tation, or too fall use vf water after having eaten 

 grai;i.— Give the animal 'hus affected, from hall 

 a pint to a pint of tar, accordmo: to iis size and 



manner that you would use other linimenis in like 

 cases. The above mentioned liniment has effec- 

 tually cured every case of' the sweeny in which 

 I have known it applied. T. T. GoRSCCH. 

 Baltimore Co., March2d, 1341. 



HORSE DISTEMPER. 



FroHi tlie Kentucky Farmer. 

 Ft is an inflammatory disease,»and shows itself 

 in youniT horses by the want of appetite, the dull 

 Inng-uid look of the animal, his coiifrh. and then 

 a runnins at the nose. This disorder always 

 affects Ihe head more or less ; It ig disiinijuished 

 into the false or genuine, and the malicnant — the 

 first is less a disorder than a purifvino-of the hu- 

 mors, necessary to all young horfes. "When 

 ihe running of the nostrils is not abundant, a 

 tumor is formed under the lower jaw that oneng, 

 sooner or later, and discharnres a great quantity 

 of ma'ter. iThal is the (renulne or beniTn dis- 

 temper—the false or maliirnant is derived from the 

 first, when it hfls no' been well cured, and re-ap- 

 pears, and is a maladv of ihe same kind, with 

 'he snme eymptnms ; if" it is not cured thoroughly, 

 il turns infillibly into the slanders, very seldom 

 cured, and devnfps the animal to a certain death. 

 The maliirnant distemper is accompanied with a 

 hif?h fever, a swellinorof ihe head, hard breathing, 

 and the runnincr nt the nose is so thick that it 

 comes with difRculty; the animal must imme- 



consiilution ; and you will soon have the sati 



faction of seeing the animal entirely relieved. | HiateH^ be bled.'inordeV to abate ili'e inTamma'tion. 

 Ihe most convenient way that Ih.ve Immd 'n The nostrils must be injected with muHen orfl^x- 

 give the tar IS as follows : Elevate the animal's ' pp,, ,ef,. or both combined ; it prevents the ulcer- 

 head, (when lying down i. most convenient,) „pen [,„on of the inside of the nose, and faciHiafee the 

 iismouth, and put the tar as low down in ils runninnrof the matter, particularlv if a fumi'^ation 



mouth as possible, with a small paddle rounded 

 at the end; then let the animal close its mouth, 

 keeping its head moderately elevated till it swal- 

 lows the far. 



I believe tar to be excellent for horses with the 

 Vol. IX.-18 



isadded'to the above. If is made in the fol'ow-. 

 insr manner; bcil oats in (he mullen tea, or flax- 

 seed, or bran or any other substance which, when 

 thick enough, • retains long a sufficient degree 

 of tieat; put a small quantity of this wash into 



