1869. 



NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



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sections of Maine, considerable experience has 

 already been had with the Herefords, — I think 

 they have generally done well. Indeed, it ap- 

 pears to me that their characteristics ren- 

 der them specially adapted to the purposes for 

 which cattle are largely used in the State. 

 For working oxen, they stand in the first class, 

 possessing nearly the activity of the Devon, 

 with at least as good hardiness, and with weight 

 enough for any kind of labor. When they 

 have served their time at the yoke, they will 

 fatten very easily, and produce the first quality 

 of beef. If not wanted for work, they will 

 fatten at as early an age as any cattle, if 

 reared and treated in the same way. For 

 milk, they are as good in point of quantity, as 

 any breed having an equal tendency to fatten, 

 and their milk is of extra richness. 



Mr. Cochrane's stock, through the herd of 

 Fred Wm. Stone, Esq., of Guelph, Ontario, 

 traces to the herds of those eminent English 

 breeders, the late Lord Berwick and Lord 

 Bateman, and thence to herds which were fa- 

 mous more than a hundi-ed years ago. Before 

 Lord Berwick's death I spent a day with much 

 satisfaction, in examining his three hundred 

 Herefords, 



The bull Compton Lad is an animal of ex- 

 traordinary symmetry, very heavy in propor- 

 tion to his bulk, having very thick flesh of ex- 

 cellent quality, laid evenly over his franie, 

 forming such a carcase of beef as butchers 

 who cater to epicurean palates like to obtain. 

 At the same time, all his points indicate health, 

 a strong constitution, and great muscular 

 strength. I shall expect that oxen bred from 

 him and the right kind of cows, will be able to 

 perform as much work, either in the plough- 

 tield or "logging swamp," as has ever been 

 done by any cattle. 



Many of the cows and heifers of the herd 

 are very fine, and those who see them in the 

 condition in which they left Mr. Cochrane's 

 farm, must be satisfied that they a'^e able to 

 carry weight on their hacks to a remarkable 

 degree. 



SCAB IN SHEEP. 



In connection with our remarks last week 

 in reply to an inquiry by Mr. Jetter of Brad- 

 ford, Mass., for a remedy for the Scab in 

 sheep, we copy the following from the re- 

 cently published book on "The Diseases of 

 Sheep," by Dr. H. Clok :— 



Six pounds of burnt, unslacked lime must 

 be slacked by sprinkling water upon it in a 

 proper vessel, to which six pounds of potash 

 and ten quarts of water are to be added ; this 

 mixture must be boiled and well stirred for 

 about an hour. When this lye has been 

 boiled sufficiently, eight pounds of pine oil 

 and two quarts of tar must be added and well 

 stirred into the same. In another and larger 

 vessel twenty pounds of tobacco-leaves must 



be boiled in one hundred and thirty quarts of 

 water for two or three hours, after which this 

 decoction is to be thrown into a large tub 

 (the tobacco-leaves are thrown away as 

 worthless). To this decoction the above- 

 described lye is to be added, and both must 

 be well stiiTcd and mixed together. The 

 remedy is then ready, the quantity being suf- 

 ficient for one hundred sheep. 



It must be applied in the following manner : 

 The sheep must be laid sideways upon a 

 board of sufficient size, (Jne assistant holding 

 all four legs of the animal, another assistant 

 pressing its head down and parting the wool 

 lengthwise from the ear to the upper part of 

 the hind leg, the parting line remaining about 

 three or four inches cistant along the middle 

 of the back. Another assistant applies the 

 lye or wash (which must be of a temperature 

 of about 110° or 120° Farenheit, or warm 

 enough to suffer the hand to touch the same) 

 by means of a sponge or bottle along the 

 parting line, so that the fluid will flow into 

 the separated fleece. The animal must then 

 be turned over and the l}e applied in the 

 same manner upon the other side. After this 

 the animal mi^st be put upon its feet, the v/ooi 

 parted straight along the middle of the back, 

 beginning at the neck and ending at the tail. 



A quart of lye is sufficient for each unshorn 

 sheep. The part of the skin covered with 

 scurf is to be cleaned by means of a dull knifie 

 or by the finger nails, and separately sup- 

 plied with said lye. As the wash or bath 

 adheres to the skin in a uniform manner, 

 there is no necessity of further rubbing the 

 same into the fleece. 



In case the disease is of an obstinate char- 

 acter, the remedy must be applied again in 

 the same manner in about eight or ten days, 

 whereby a greater security against further 

 damage is obtained. 



Such a treatment requires very little time ; 

 from five hundred to six hundred animals can 

 be washed in one of the shortest winter days. 

 The lye should be kept sufficiently warm dur- 

 ing the operation. This lye recommends 

 itself not only by its efficiency, but also by its 

 cheapness, the outlay being very small in 

 comparison with the value of its benefits, r 



SANBOBN BIIiL. 



Some of our readers may perhaps remember 

 a suggestion made last year by Mr. John L. 

 Sanborn that the name of this locality, in 

 West Springfield, N. H., be changed to Sugar 

 Hill. The reasons assigned, were the fact that 

 most of the Sanborns by whom the hill was 

 first settled had left, and that five of the 

 eleven families that now occupy the old farms 

 made last year 80,154 pounds of sugar. Be- 

 lieving that the process of manufacture adopted 

 by the experienced sugar makers of "Sugar" 



