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THE FARMERS CABINET. 



VOL. I. 



at that season you have so many things to do 

 at once. Besides you cannot sow the very 

 instant the frost breaks up, for the ground is 

 wet ami clammy, unfit to be dug or trodden 

 upon, so that here are ten days lost. But 

 the seed, that has lain in the ground all the 

 winter is ready to start the moment the earth 

 is clear of the winter frost, and it is up by 

 the time you can get other seed into the 

 ground in a good state. 



Fall of the year. In a country where the 

 springs are backward as in the northern parts 

 of New England, farmers should do all they 

 <!an in autumn, to diminish or lighten the la- 

 bors of the following spring, when they will 

 have much work to perform in a short time. 

 Summer dung and oomposts should be carted 

 out at this season. Fences should be built 

 or repaired, not only to prevent having them 

 to do in the spring, but to prevent cattle from 

 injuring the land with their feet. All the 

 ground should be ploughed in the fall, that 

 is to be seeded in the following spring. 

 Ploughing in autumn is saving labor at a 

 time when teams are most apt to be faint and 

 feeble, and when there is to often a scarcity 

 of food for them. Ploughing in autumn is 

 of great importance in a clay soil, as by ex- 

 posing it to the frost, the cohesion of the 

 parts is much broken — Deane. 



Butalthough fall ploughing may be recom- 

 mended as a general rule, we believe that in 

 some soils it ought not to be practised. A 

 light, sandy soil, which is naturally too loose 

 for vigorous vegetation, is injured by late 

 ploughing. The frost destroys what little 

 tenacity the land possesses, and reduces it 

 to such a state that many of its most fertile 

 particles are either swept away by winds or 

 washed away by floods. Such soils should 

 be kept coated and bound together by vege- 

 tation as much as possible. No farmer 

 should suffer such land to lie in a bare and 

 finely pulverized state either in summer or in 

 winter. — N. E. larmer. 



I>iseases of §heep. 



[Conchidoil.] 



stoppages in tlie Throat. 



Sheep affected with stoppages in the throat, 

 wheeze and breath with difficulty. It is 

 commonly occasioned! by bad pasturage and 

 colds. The remedy is to put tliem on higher 

 ground, keep them warm and give them the 

 following medi(nne. Brui«e a good quantity 

 of penny-roya], and squeeze out the juice. 

 Put to a quart of it, a pound of honey, and 

 half a pint of sharp vinegar. Give half a 

 pint of this, blood warm, every night. 



Stnrdiness. 



This is a giddiness in the head. — It is 

 owing principally to rich feeding. The reme- 

 dy is as follows: 



Bleed profusely and give the following 

 medicine. Bruise some roots of wild vale- 

 rian, squeeze out the juice, heat it, and give a 

 quarter of a pint. Repeat the dose every 

 four hours. When the sheep is recovered, 

 turn it upon the common, or into some bar- 

 ren hilly pasture. It will be kept from 

 relapses by having but little food, and that 

 perfectly wholesome. If the disease returns 

 it is commonly fatal. 



Wood Evil. 



This disorder is a kind of cramp. It siezes 

 the legs and will often attack a whole flock 

 at once. The cause is cold and wet. Lay- 

 ing under the drip of trees in raining seasons 

 has often occasioned it, and hence its name. 



In order to effect a cure the sheep must be 

 removed to a dry pasture and then proper 

 remedies may take effect. The following 

 medicine is recommended. — Boil in a large 

 quantity of ale as much cinquefoil and hedge 

 mustard as can be well stirred into it. When 

 the liquor is very strong, strain it off, and 

 add a pint of juice of valerian root to every 

 gallon. Give half a pint of this, morning 

 and evening. Boil in vinegar a large quan- 

 tity of the leaves of hedge mustard, and 

 with the liquor hot rub the legs. 



Staggers. 



Sheep as well as horses, are sometimes 

 afflicted with the staggers. It is occasioned 

 by improper food. Oak leaves and buds are 

 particularly prejudicial. They bind the 

 bowels and staggers frequently follow. The 

 symptoms are the same as in sturdiness, but 

 more violent; and there is generally a trem- 

 bling, at the same time, in all the limbs. 



To cure this disorder dissolve an ounce of 

 assafcetida in two quarts of water. Give a 

 quarter of a pint, warm, every three hours. 

 It commonly opens the bowels at the same 

 time that it takes immediate effect on the 

 nervous system, and thus performs a cure. 

 When the sheep are recovered, let them be 

 kept out of the way of a return to the same 

 food, and they will be in no danger of a re- 

 lapse. 



Scab. j 



This is a disorder to which sheep are very 

 liable. When they are kept in dry whole- 

 some pastures they are but seldom afflicted 

 with the scab; but when they are on low wet 

 ^grounds, or get under the drippings of trees 

 ! In bad seasons they are freiiuently affected by 

 it, in the severest manner. — The symptoms 

 |are scurfy skins, which in a little time rise 



