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AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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farm have notliing but ordinary pasture, but we 

 tjike Care to keep salt always within their reach for 

 which purpose we invariably put some in conve- 

 nient places in the barn yard, every alternate day, 

 and this whether the previous supply has been ex- 

 hausted or not, (that the rule may not be broken 

 by forgctt'iilness.) It was feared that they would 

 eat too much, but experience proves that they will 

 only take the proper quantity however umch may 

 be laid before them. The effect is visible to eve- 

 ry eye, in the high condition of all the animals, 

 and particularly in the quantity and quality of the 

 milk and butter of the milch cows. The salt gives 

 tone to the iligestive organs, and consequently in- 

 sures a good appetite, and a uniformly healthful 

 state of the bowels. The result is a high and 

 healthful condition of the young stock ; and an in- 

 creased quantity of rich milk from the milkers. 

 The good ap[ietite induced by it has another im- 

 portant advantage : it induces the cattle to eat much 

 of the rank grass and hei-bage of the pasture, which 

 would Ikj passed over by more dehcate appetites. 

 We often see cattle in pastures far superior to 

 ourfi, in very low condition ; but in every case the 

 answer to our inquiry, " do you give salt plenti- 

 fully and regularly," is " Yes, I give them salt 

 once in a while," or words to that effect. Now, 

 this " once-in-a-while" practice won't do. They 

 must have salt, regular and plentifully. 



Water must also be within the reach of all an- 

 imals at all times, and that of the purest quality. 

 Some farmers, have no running water in their pas- 

 tures, give their cattle water twice or thrice a day, 

 by driving them to a spring, or pump, or stream. 

 They may want water at these times, and may not, 

 just as it happens ; but they certainly do not get it 1 

 at all times when they do want it. Of this we 

 can judge by ourselves. Who could possibly do 

 with water only at certain times and these times 

 always the same ? With the huinan species this 

 would be insupportable. It is the same with all 

 animals, and the whole benefit of water depends 

 upon its being taken when the stomach calls for 

 it. Water, of all substances that contribute to the 

 support and nurture of animal life and health, is 

 least capable of being regulated in its admiuislra- 

 tions by times and seasons. Animals that have 

 free access to salt require water oftener than those 

 that have no salt; but those that are salted irreg- 

 ularly require constant access to water more than 

 any others, as their thirst is fitful in proportion to 

 the irregularity of their salting. 



Let those who have been careless in this mat- 

 ter, try the experiment of giving salt regularly and 

 plentifully every other day, with constant access 

 to pure water, and the improved condition of their 

 stock in one month, will induce them to continue 

 the practice hereafter. They will never again see 

 their cattle licking one another, and filling their 

 stomachs with " witch balls." 



ing, it is well: if not, it is the easiest thing in the 

 world to throw this in the fire. 



Some time ago I bought a very good horse at 

 till bazaar, for which I paid nine hundred pias- 

 tres, or fifty dollars. Some thought he was dear 

 at that price, as you may for five hundred or six 

 hinulred piastres, buy here such a horse as no 

 geitlcraan need be ashamed to mount: howev- 

 er I was much pleased with my bargain. On my 

 renoval from Buyurdine to this place, the horse 

 WIS rode very hard, and on his arrival at Top 

 Tiana, a distance of fourteen or fifteen miles, was 

 painitted to stand in a cold rain two hours, with- 

 oit being rubbed down or walked about; conse- 

 qiently he became foundered in the right fore leg, 

 so that he could scarcely walk. 



I sent for a Turkish farrier, the one who at- 

 teids the sultan's horses. He immediately pro- 

 nainced the horse foundered, and said he must be 

 bl'd in the inside of the diseased leg. He put n 

 niiper on his nose to keeji him steady, then took up 

 tic left fore leg, and crossing it over the right, gave 

 it :o an attendant ; he then struck his lancet into the 

 V(in a little above the fetlock joint, and took from 

 itabout three and half pounds of blood — thevein 

 li'cd very freely. He now said, he had taken 

 enough ; he then went to the very opposite side of 

 tlie leg, and striking his lancet into a vein above the 

 kace joint, a single drop of blood exuded, and 

 biith that and the first opened vein ceased bleed- 

 ing. There may be no novelty in this, but it certain- 

 1} astonished me to find, that opening two veins in 

 tie same limb would stop both from bleeding ; 

 such, however, is the fact, for I witnessed it. 



He desired that the horse should rest the next 

 (liiy, that he should then be rode with great viru- 

 lence until he was in a profuse perspiration, the 

 diseased limb then to be rubbed with wet salt, (to 

 vrhich I added a ])int of hot brandy) then rubbed 

 dry, and walked about until cool and covered with 

 blankets ; the same process to be repeated next 

 day, which was done, and all lameness from that 

 tipie disappeared — the horse the third day after 

 tlje first rubbing was perfectly well. 



Management of Swine at the South. — An ex- 

 tensive farmer in Twiggs county, has given us 

 sonic additional particulars on this subject. He 

 makes from 40 to 50,000 weight of bacon annually. 

 His hogs roam at large till late in the summer. 

 When his sweet potatoes and peas begin to get 

 ripe, he has his hogs turned in upon them, one field 

 at a time, and allowed to remain until pretty well 

 cleared. They are then turned into another field, 

 and so on. He never loses^any of his hogs by 

 this course — as often happens when fed upon peas 

 alone — he thinks potatoes and jieas preferable to 

 either separate. -A short time before killing, he 

 puts them in pens and gives thein corn. His hogs 

 are the common breed. Has at this time about 

 350 head. He plants potatoes and peas in every 

 field especially for this ^wposb.— Southern Planter. 



TURKISH CURE FOR FOUNDER IN 

 HORSES. 



Letter from Com. Porter, American Charge des Affaires 



at Constantinople, to the Editor of the Sporting Maga- 



azine — on the curious treatment of Founder in Horses, 



by Turkish Veterinary Surgeons. 



Ancient Cbalerdon, Kadi Rinny, ) 

 April 21, 1832. j 



Dear Sir — There are few sailors who arc 

 "judges of horse flesh," and I make no pretensions 

 to that sort of knowledge. I am going, however, 

 to relate what I have seen ; if it is worth know- 



, WHEAT. 



, Winter wheat has, in a great measure, ceased 

 to be a subject of culture in New Hampshire. — 

 Why it should be so we know not. It is allowed 

 t() be a hardier plant and less liable to the ravages 

 of insects, than spring wheat; and we know not, 

 that it is more liable than that, to rust or mildew. 

 The last crop of winter wheat noticed by us in this 

 ^tate, (and that was several years ago) was more 

 promising than any wheat we have since seen. 



If then, there be any sufficient reason why the 

 winter wheat has, to such an extent, gone out of 

 culture, we hope some intelligent farmer to whom 

 this reason is known, will communicate it to the 

 public. 



Would not some fair experiments, made in the 

 culture of winter wheat in this vicinity, again 

 bring it into favor? The great success attending 

 its culture in Massachusetts, and in the State of 

 New York, would seem to warrant our enterprising 

 farmers to give it a trial, on a small scale, at least. 



We have never understood that wheat was 

 more liable to be destroyed by the frosts of winter 

 than rye ; and in the case detailed by Mr John 

 Wilson, and copied into this number of our paper, 

 the wheat produced double the quantity of the 

 rye sown on the same quality of soil.— -Woj-^/iern 

 Farmer. 



Influence of Horticulture. — In all parts of our 

 country, where Horticultural Societies have been 

 formed, and a taste for gardening, as a necessary 

 consequence, improved ; new capabilities both of 

 soil and climate, have been suddenly developed ■ 

 and fruits and other horticultural productions, be- 

 lieved to be exclusively the growth of more men- 

 ial climes, have been reared in abundance, and 

 great perfection. 



We would suggest to gentlemen of taste, and 

 enterprise, that it is within their influence, to pro- 

 mote the formation of County Horticultural Soci- 

 eties ; and would submit to them, whether by so 

 doing, they might not greatly promote practical 

 horticulture, and consequently the health, morals 

 and comforts of the community. — JVorthern Far- 

 mer. 



Silk.— There may be seen at the Town Hall 

 today, among the articles of American Manufac- 

 ture, Silk in all its various stages of prej)aration 

 from the looms of Mrs Shaw in Belchertown.' 

 There are 1900 skeins of Sewing Silk of all col- 

 ors and beauty ; .350 sticks of Silk braid ; 66 

 skeins of Silk from the floss or tow as it is called • 

 10 hanks of silk reeled upon the Italian reel, and 

 many bundles reeled upon the American one ; the 

 difference is striking. There are also silk hose 

 made from raw silk and the tow also, a very firm 

 and neat article. Mrs Starkweather of Northaiiip- 

 ton, also has some beautiful specimens of silk hose 

 wove in this town and bundles of raw silk for ex- 

 hibition. The cocoons in their various stages 

 may be seen there also. We rejoice to see pub- 

 attention turning to this practically useful 

 branch of business. — JVorthampton Courier. 



Cranherrij Fair. — The common lands on 

 Sandy Neck in Barnstable, were lately opened 

 to the inhabiants of the town for gathering cran- 

 berries. It is estimated by the Journal that as 

 many as 200 men, women and children, were as- 

 sembled in the bogs, and that on Monday and 

 Tuesday not less than than 250 bushels of this 

 agreeable fruit were gathered. By a judicious 

 regulation the picking of the berries is prohibited 

 until they are ripe, and until a day is appointed 

 for the purpose by the selectmen. 



American nankeens are manufactured at Pat- 

 erson, N. J. from the nankeen colored cotton, 

 raised by Hon. J. Forsyth, of Georgia, a Senator 

 in Congress. The cloth sells at Baltimore for 

 two dollars per piece, and it is said to be finer than 

 the India nankeen, and to grow darker and richer 

 by washing. 



