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carelessly, it is not probable that he would 

 have recovered. 



In another instance, a horse by hard usage 

 had a bad attack of sweeney. A "horse-doc- 

 tor'" (so called) offered to cure him for $20, 

 by some cutting and slashing process. The 

 offer was declined. He finally reduced his 

 proposed charge to only $3. Had he offered 

 $3U for the privilege of experimenting on the 

 animal, the offer would have been as promptly 

 refused. A new Dutch collar was procured, 

 and only moderate labor permitted. In a year 

 the sweeney bad nearly or entirely disappeared. 



When animals are violently and suddenly 

 attacked, it may be best to administer power- 

 ful medicines ; but they will rarely if ever be 

 thus attacked unless through hard usage. In 

 chronic cases take good care and attend to 

 general comfort, and nature will in time effect 

 a cure. Be very careful to avoid those pre- 

 tenders known commonly as liorse doctors. 



There is one simple remedy which may be 

 at all times used with safety. This is fresh 

 pulverized charcoal. It can never do any 

 harm, and nothing restores sooner any de- 

 rangement of the digestive system. Take red 

 burning coals from any wood fire, pulverize 

 them at once in a mortar, and the powder will 

 be ready for use. Mix a teacupful of this 

 powder with a junk bottle of cold water, and 

 pour it down. Horses, cattle, and other ani- 

 mals, which may have been injured by over- 

 eating, or by swallowing bad food, may be 

 readily cured by this remedy. 



There is another very safe remedy for all 

 diseases which affect the skin, or begin on the 

 outside, such as scratches in horses, and foul 

 foot in cattle. This remedy is cleanliness. 

 Use cold water, or tepid water, according to 

 circumstances, adding soap if necessary. It 

 will have an excellent effect. 



Freventlces are better than cures ; therefore 

 keep all animals in dry clean pastures, or in 

 dry, well littered, well ventilated stables. 

 Never over-work or over-feed. Attend to 

 general comfort in all particulars — protect 

 from cold — I'eed regularly, and never make 

 sudden changes of food, and you will very 

 rarely have a sick animal. 



KEMEDY FOS INTESTIUAL "WOKMS. 

 The Boston Journal of Chemistry states on 

 the authority of Mr. E. C. Haserick, of Lake 

 Village, N. H.— a chemist of some note and 

 a gentleman who has spent considerable time 

 in investigating the habits of intestinal worms 

 in animals — that worms in horses may be cured 

 by simply keeping the external orifice thor- 

 oughly anointed with lard, and that this rem- 

 edy will completely cure every case of worms 

 in the intestines in one week. From his ob- 

 servation he is satisfied that worms in the in- 

 testinal canal cannot pro{)agate their species 

 without access to light and au% and he believes 

 the prevalent idea that the parasitic ovum is 



deposited in the mucous follicles of the stom- 

 ach and intestines, and is there developed and 

 matured, is entirely incorrect. The intestinal 

 cavities are not the natural breeding places 

 for any varietyor species, and the instinct of 

 the worm leads it to crawl to the exterior ori- 

 fice, and there outside the folds of the sphinc- 

 ter muscle the eggs are deposited and hatched. 

 The process is a rapid one, the egg requiring 

 but five or six hours after it is deposited to 

 germinate and produce a new animil which at 

 once enters the canal as its natural feeding 

 ground and home. As the life of the worm 

 does not exceed six days, Mr. Haserick claims 

 that if the eggs deposited at the anus can be 

 destroyed so as to prevent a repetition of life, 

 the animal in one week will be entirely free of 

 the trouble, the dead worms passing away in 

 the fa3ces. 



In pursuing his investigations regarding the 

 habits of these worms, Mr. Haserick tried nu- 

 merous agencies for an external application 

 before becoming sure of the virtue of lard for 

 the purpose. He says he has observed the 

 worms approach the ori6ce, move about, and 

 return to die, being unable to lay their eggs 

 upon the oily surface. No internal medicine 

 of any kind is necessary. Mr. Haserick also 

 asserts that children can be relieved of worms 

 in the same way by the application of lard to 

 the anus. The severe itching in that locality 

 is caused by the irritation of the parasites 

 crawling to the surface to deposit the egg, and 

 if this can be prevented so that no new fami- 

 lies may hatch and colonize, the old ones soop 

 die out and relief is given. 



We regard this discovery as one of much 

 importance, and although it is in complete va- 

 riance with all our heretofore received author- 

 ities as to the habits and method of propaga- 

 tion of these worms, yet we are not the less 

 disposed to believe it on this account, espe- 

 cially as the statements of Mr. Haserick are 

 attested by many responsible parlies, and his 

 remedy has been practically tested throughout 

 an extended neighborhood. The parasites 

 alluded are probably those known as Stronguli 

 and Ascarides, the tbrmer about an inch, and 

 the latter an inch and a half in length, although 

 the latter make the most ravages and cause 

 the greatest irritation in the parts alluded to. 

 'I'he former produce extraorduiary ravages in 

 the larger intestines, and sometimes eat 

 through important structures, though they do 

 not produce that violent iiching posterioly, 

 that the Ascarides do. When this symtom 

 with horses is noticed, we would advise an ap- 

 plication of Mr. Ilaserick's remedy. Should 

 our readers try it, we hope they will acquaint 

 us with the result. — Maine Fanner. 



— At the adjourned meeting of the Trustees of 

 the Worcester North Agricultural Society, held in 

 Fitchbtirg on the IGth, Samuel Osgood, of Sterling, 

 was elected President for the ensuing year. 



