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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



MORN-AIL. 



From the Farmers' Cabinet. 



3Ir. Editor, — Having persuaded myself that 

 the practice of borintr the horns and applying 

 spirits oi turpentine, &c., in the disease called 

 horn-ail, (which is so very prevalent in Ameri- 

 ca,) is entirely wrong in principle, and has the most 

 pernicious consequences in practice, I deem it not 

 improper to recommend, by the means of your 

 valuable periodical, a system of cure by which, 

 during a long veterinary practice, both in France 

 and in Philadelphia, New York and Harrisburg, 

 I have been successful in most cases ; while by 

 the common way of proceeding no animal is saved, 

 Bome either not having been attacked by that 

 disease, or getting cured by nature itself. 



This disease is also called the " red water," 

 or blood in the bark or loins, and arises principal- 

 ly from the cattle being at grass during the sum- 

 mer on lots which are very dry and without shade, 

 and from their being exposed to excessive heat ol 

 the sun, and to great cold in winter time ; there 

 are various other causes, as moory pastures, moist 

 weather, &c., to all which cattle in this country 

 are generally exposed ; sour and mouldy hay, 

 the exclusive feeding on corn-stalks, also contribute 

 a good deal to this disorder. 



As this disease is of an inflammatory character, 

 the application ol spirits of turpentine and the 

 like, which produce inflammation, is entirely 

 wrong. This is shown by the strong throbbing ol 

 the heart, the mixture of the urine with blood ; if 

 you stir with the fore-finger in the mostrils of the 

 animal, a good deal of blood will be discharged 

 from them, and if you insert your hand into the 

 Btraight-gut, you may bring out whole lumps of 

 blood. Boring the horns is at most curing symp- 

 toms and not the disease ; the farmer is unfor- 

 tunately confirmed in this proceeding by the fact, 

 that matter sometimes is discharged from the 

 bored horns ; but it is neither recommended by 

 any experienced veterinarian, nor mentioned in 

 any scientific work on the veterinaryart. I ihere- 

 fore feel myself bound to recommend to every 

 owner of cattle the following mode of cure, tried 

 by me a good many times with success : 



When an animal is observed to be suflering 

 from this disorder, one or two quarts of blood, ac- 

 cording to the size of the animal, are to be drawn 

 immediately from a neck-vein ; then two table- 

 spoonfuls of the following powder ate to be given 

 three times every day, the powder being previ- 

 ously dissolved in a pint of lukewarm water ; this 

 is to be continued until the animal recovers. 



Glauber's salts - - - 6 ounces. 



Cream of tartar - . 2 " 



Purified saltpetre - - 2 " 



Powdered root of alihese - IJ " 



It ie necessary besides, to rub the animal fre- 

 quently during the disease, principally on the 

 back. But if the animal should be costive, either 

 of the tbilowing clysters is to be given: 



Take a handful of camomile flowers, two hand- 

 fuls of flaxseed ; boil them in two quarts of water, 

 strain them, and add eight ounces of linseed oil 

 and three table-spoonliils of common salt. This 

 clyster is to be applied by the means of a 

 syringe. 



Should these articles Dot be at hand, take one 



quart of wheat bran, pour two quarts of boiling 

 water on it, sirain, and add eight ounces of flax- 

 seed oil and two ounces of common safl. Thia 

 clyster is lo he lukewarm when a()plied to the rec- 

 tum, or sir;iighl-gut, by the means of a syringe 

 or a fit funnel. 



N. B. The above cure is described in a small 

 work, published by me last year, in the English 

 and German languages, entitled, " A short Gene- 

 ral Adviser in the most common Diseases of 

 Horses and Cdtile, &c." — which may be obtained 

 at ihe corner of CallowhiU and Second streets, 

 Philadelphia, price 50 cts. 



Joseph Fiehker, 



Veterinary Surgeon. 



Harrisburg, Oct. 6,1841. 



A DAY AT RIDGEMONT. 



By Matheio Marmaduke Milburn, Assistant Se- 

 cretary iu ihe Yorkshire ylgriculiural Society. 



From tike London Farmers' Magazine. 

 Few things, perhaps, afford better opportunities 

 for the agriculturist to improve his knowledge of 

 the practice of his employment, than visiting 

 and inspecting the systems of cultivation, im- 

 provemeniSj and practices of other farmers, in 

 different districts of the country. And I know of 

 no recreation which so relieves the application re- 

 quired in the close supervision of the cultivation 

 of a farm, as a visit to a scientifically managed 

 estate, whether we agree with, or dissent from, 

 the plans of the cultivator. It was with uncom- 

 mon pleasure that I had an opportunity, recently, 

 of riding over that model of careful and excel- 

 lent cultivation — the farm of Williatn Stickney, 

 Esq., of Kidgemont, in Holderness. To a light 

 land farmer many things were necessarily new ; 

 and had I gone over a farm h.iving in general, 

 with a lew exceptions, abundant crops, stock of 

 good quality, and well ordered fences, doubtless 

 the reflections would have been delightful ; but it 

 was not the abundant crops of waving corn — not 

 too heavy lo lodge, and still not an)' thing want- 

 ing — that I lound to admire, but it was the mani- 

 fest spirit of inifirovement in the direction of the 

 whole — the i eriect system, order, and uniformity 

 which prevailed, and which reminded me, not of 

 improvements rapidly, and extensively, and fit- 

 fully commenced — not of rash experiments made 

 without judgment, which clearly must fail— not of 

 absurd theoretical views attempted lo be forced 

 into practice — but an extensive view of what is 

 excellent in cultivation, carefully adopted, and 

 carried out in its details with all the regularity 

 and care of well ordered machinery. 



It is not my intention to give a report of Mr. 

 Stickney's general mode of culture, which would 

 be quite out of place, alter the lucid and interest- 

 ing report of the cultivation of this farm, publish- 

 ed by Charles Howard, esq., but simply to com- 

 mit to paper, lor the benefit of your agricultural 

 readers, what I saw going on in June last, the 

 period of my visit. The road to Ridgemont is 

 somewhat winding, and passes through a consi- 

 derable portion of the farm : the sides of the car- 

 riage road, carefully mown, clearly indicated that 

 while nothing was wasted that could supply food 



