VOL. "ilX NO. 4*. 



AND HOR^'fCULTURAL REGISTER 



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relief was instantaneous. I continued my former 

 treatment till tlio seventh, when tlie su'ellinrr, at 

 first hard and painful to the touch, had become soft 

 and elastic. I then made an opening four inches 

 in length, and let off about five quarts of unhealthy 

 matter. On e.tamining- the tumor, I found a num- 

 ber of small sinuses or tubes, which I at first 

 tho ight would protract the cure and increase the 

 difllculty of the case; but on the morning of the 

 8th, 1 found my patient looking well ; — Dth, lOth 

 and 11th, fast improving: on the 12th, I withdrew 

 the tube through which respiration had been per- 

 forjiied for twelve days, cleansed the parts, brought 

 the divided edges of the orifice together, and left 

 nature to complete the cure. The horse is now 

 fully recovered, in health, spirits and condition, 

 and is able to perform the or<linnry duties assigned 

 him. CHARLES M. WOOD, 



Veterinary Surgeon, 7 Sudbury st., Boston. 



We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that 

 Charles M. Wood, Veterinary Surgeon, of this 

 city, attended the above mentioned horse in man- 

 ner and form as described, and has been very s.ic- 

 cessful ; and we cordially recommend him to tlie 

 public as an attentive and skilful practitioner of 

 veterinary science. 



(Signed) CHAS. &. F. A. HEATH. 



Boston, March }2lh, 1841. 



For tlie New England Farmer. 



COI,. JAQUKS' REMARKS ON THE HORSE. 

 Mr Editor — Fastidious must be that reader in- 

 teresting himself in the welfare of horses, who is 

 not amused by the late remarks of Col. Jaques on 

 the pruniinent points of this most useful animal, or 

 those I oints to be observed in the selection of a 

 roadster. Now his description, I must confess, I 

 cannot understand ; particularly where he says the 

 shoulder should be something like a shoulder of 

 mutton. Now the shoulder of the sheep is gene- 

 rally upright and the withers are broad and flat on 

 the to ). Such shoulders in the horse are called 

 by horsemen, muttony ; and such horse, the gentle- 

 man states, would be likely to plunge to the ground, 

 and when fatigued would stumble and fall ; this is 

 one of the extremes of which Col. F. speaks. Again 

 he says, if the withers are too high, he will appear 

 as if on stilts; and that both extremes are serious 

 impedi nents to safe and fine action. The gentle- 

 man here prefers the medium of the two, but gives 

 you no reason why his hobby should not plunge 

 and fall to the ground. Those two e.\tremes, the 

 gentleman tells you, affect the regular clips and 

 action; and then, to make a long story short, says 

 the whole machine should be of good proportion : 

 the feet, he observes, should be round and steep ; 

 heels broad and flat ; now steep feet are generally 

 predisposed to contraction, whilst those hoofs which 

 come nearest the standard of excellence in youth, 

 viz: an angle of about 45 degrees, retain the same 

 form, as nearly as the injuries ot shoeing will ad- 

 mit of, to an extreme old age. The gentleman 

 here says, the shank or cannon should be short, 

 broad and flat Now the cannon, or os metacarpi 

 magnum, is in form cylindrical, and flattened, pos- 

 terioily, into body and two divisions. The coronets 

 and ]iosterns the gentleman prefers of medium 

 length. Now the posterns are divided into long 

 and short, and the coronet, or coronary ring, is noth- 

 ing short of the bond of union o^lhe shoit posterior 

 and the hoof — round and not long, as described. 



Much, the gentleman says, also depends on the 

 hind leg, as regards strength and speed ; the form 

 he likes when in motion, he says, will operate like 

 " a plank sprung edgewise and then let fly." I 

 am pretty conversant with the structure of the horse, 

 but not with the springing of a plank as described. 

 Now in Col. J.'s description of the fore extremity, 

 he has omitted the mo.st essential point, viz: the 

 fetlock ; for on ibis point depends the elasticity of 

 the horse and the safety of the rider. Again— the 

 gentleman has said something about a large cavity 

 under the dock : such a horse, he observes, would 

 be likely to scour, and is, probably, only a door-yard 

 horse. Now suppose there is such a cavity as the 

 gentleman mentions, it does not follow that the 

 horse should scour — nature having made provision 

 against such inconvenience. But it does follow, 

 that if the horse is perfect in this particular point, 

 that improper feeding, labor, or want of care would 

 so disorganize the whole intestinal canal, as to ren- 

 der the animal permanently unsound, loose-bodied, 



and what Col. Jaques calls a scouring horse 



Again, the gentleman observes, " the dock should 

 be strong and well covered with hair:"— I suppose 

 he intended the whole surface should be so pro- 

 tected. But horses intended for the road, should 



MODE OF GUARDING PEACH TREES FROM 

 THE WORM. 



Tollic Eilitnrof the Farmer's Ile^'ister : 



Although my name is nut on the list of your sub- 

 scribers, I have had the satisfaction of rcadin<' 

 some of the valuable urticles which appear in your 

 journal. Though unacquainted with you personal- 

 ly, as I feel some interest in your periodical, I will 

 take the liberty of introducing myself, by giving a 

 brief sketcli of an experiment I have made, with 

 success, on the peach tree ; and if you deem it of 

 any importance, or worthy the notice of your fead- 

 ere, you can give publicity to it. 



As I consider the peach the most delicious fruit 

 of our latitude, I have long since thought it a de- 

 sideratum that it should be made independent of 

 the destructive worm which kills the tree. I 

 thought it practicable; and it occurred ts me that 

 there was in reach an antidote for the enemy to 

 that luxurious growth. Having observed, in the 

 practice of medicine, that the cedar berry was a 

 powerful vermifuge, I transplanted cedar scions 

 and peach scions together, six years since, in the 

 following manner: 1 set one of each in a hole, with 

 the roots entangled, and set close together, believ- 

 ing that the strong odor peculiar to the cedar, would 



not have too much, as an inordinate growth of hair I prove offensive and sickening to the worm and 

 must be of considerable expense to the economy of I thereby prevent its approach to the peach tree.— 



Every circumstance seemed to conspire in favor of 



itself and have a debilitating effect. 



1 am compelled, through urgent business, ab- 

 ruptly to desert my subject, but hope to be able to 

 resume it again at no very distant day. 



CHARLES M. WOOD, 

 Veterinary Surgeon, 7 Sudbury si., Boston. 



These communications from .Mr Wood, we re- 

 ceived through the hands of the Agricultural Com- 

 missioner, for whose use they were written. For 

 this attention we thank Mr Colman ; and add, that 

 our invitation privately given to him, when*ve as- 

 sumed the charge of the paper, to furnish us, at 

 his convenience, with matter for our columns, was 

 uttered in good faith. 



The case of surgical operation is interesting, 

 and the report of it may be serviceable to the pub- 

 lic. 



The strictures upon Col. Jaques' description of a 

 good horse, are less clear and instructive than is 

 desirable, where one claiming to be " pretty con- 

 versant with the structureof the horse," undertakes 

 to guard the public against errors into which he 

 apprehends that people may be led by perusing the 

 statements of another whose skill and judgment 

 upon the subject in questiim have been both long 

 and widely acknowledged. If Mr Wood will in- 

 form us as 1 1 his opinions upon the desirable points 

 in a horse, we can better understand wherein he 

 differs from Col. Jaques. We willingly insert the 

 communication, and invite a friendly discussion in 

 our columns. Our request to Mr Wood is, that he 

 shall tell us what the points are mhich he himself 

 prefers in the horse, as well as what he objects to, 

 in the preferences of other writers. — Ed. N. E. Far. 



the experiment; there was no danger of the peach 

 tree being choked by the cedar, because the for- 

 mer is a rapid, whilst the latter is of very slow 

 growth. The peach scions bore the second year, 

 and have put forth their leaves as black as a cloud 

 every season, and bore most luxuriantly every sea- 

 son, until the last, which was the sixth year. I 

 have set out a number since, in the same way, 

 which are all flourishing. I think a soil should be 

 selected much mixed with sand, in order to prove 

 successful. Wm. N. Anderson. 



JS/'incaatle, Va. 



If hypocrites go to hell by the road to heaven, we 

 may carry on the metaphor, and add, that as all the 

 virtues demand their respective tolls, the hypocrite 

 has a by way to avoid them, and to get into the 

 main road again. And all would be well, if he 

 could escape the last turnpike in the journey of 

 life, where all must pay, where there is no by-path, 

 and where the toll is death Lacon. 



Economy in Candles — If you are without a rush- 

 light, and would burn a candle all night, unless 

 you use the following precaution, it is ten to one 

 an ordinary candle will gutter away in an hour or 

 two, sometimes to iho endangering the safjety of 

 the house. This may be avoided by placino- as 

 much common salt, finely powdered, as will reach 

 from the tallow to the bottom ot the black part of 

 tlie wick of a partly burnt candle, when, if the 

 same be lit, it will burn very slowly, yieldinir suf- 

 ficient light for a bedchamber ; the salt will gradu- 

 ally sink as the tallow is consumed, the melted tal- 

 low being drawn through the salt, and consumed 

 in the wick. — Economist. 



Many a man may justly thank his talent for his 

 rank, but no man has ever yet been able to return 

 the compliment, by thanking his rank for his talent. 

 * * Those who value themselves merely on 



their ancestry, have been compared to potatoes 



all that is good of them is under ground. Lacon. 



The triumphs of truth are the most glorious, be- 

 cause they are the most bloodless of all victories, 

 deriving their highest lustre from the number of 

 the saved, not of the slain. — 76. 



Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a 

 heaven, and hell a fable. — lb. 



