No. 12. 



Patent Elastic Cattle Tubes. 



187 



Patent Elastic Cattle Tulies. 



In consequence of negligence or accident, 

 cattle or sheep are choked or blown, or the 

 stomach is rendered incapable of discharging 

 its cpntents; a remedy must be speedily ap- 

 plied, or the animal is lost. The usual rem- 

 edy for this disorder, has been to stab the ani- 

 mal with a penknife, or other sharp instru- 

 ment, which is both cruel and dangerous, and 

 attended with fatal consequences in a majori- 

 ty of cases. 



To relieve cattle thus affected, effectually, 

 it is not only necessary (o free the gullet of all 

 matter which may settle in it, and the stom- 

 ach from the gasses which accumulate there, 

 but also, to destroy the action of the ferment- 

 ing mixture^ which is their generating cause ; 

 this can be effected by the application of this 

 simple and useful instrument, in the following 

 manner. 



The mouth piece, which accompanies the 

 tube, is placed between the jaws of the ani- 



mal, and buckled on firmly, after which, ihe- 

 tube is introduced through the aperture intc 

 the gullet, when by a slight pressure, the of- 

 fending matter (if a solid) is forced down- 

 wards, (if a gas) it is inmiediately discharged' 

 through the hollow of the tube. 



The introduction of tliis instrument, may 

 be effected by the help of an assistant, whc 

 should hold the horns of tlie animal while the- 

 operator is skilfully employed in introducing 

 the tube, the assistant bringing the head and 

 neck into such an attitude as to make the 

 passage nearly straight, which will facilitate 

 the operation, and render relief immediately. 



These tubes are for sale by the manufactu- 

 rers, Messrs. Fitnam & Muuphy, No. 48^ 

 North Sixth Street. They are made in a 

 neat and substantial manner, price three dol- 

 lars and fifty cents. Every farmer should' 

 possess one : and we would urge those whO' 

 have not already furnished themselves with' 

 so valuable an instrument, to call on the man- 

 ufacturers and examine for themselves. 



An Essay on Indian Corn, 



Delivered by Peter A. Browne, Esq., L. L 



D., before the Cabinet of Natural Science 



of Chester county, Pa. 



Concluded from page 159. 



VIII. Is the Indian corn capable of being 

 improved by culture? 



Thomas N. Baden, Esq. who resides near 

 Nottingham, Prince George County, Mary- 

 land, haa demonstrated that the Indian corn* 

 can be greatly improved, both in quality and 



quantity, by cultivation, 

 his own words. 



I will firm give you; 



Near Nottingham, Prince George's Cb. 

 .huuiary 2ij, 1S37. 



Sir — I received yours of the 14th, making 

 enquiry respecting the "Maryland corn,"" 

 which you understood I had raised. I have 

 the pleasure to say, that I have brought this 

 corn to its high state of perfection, by careful- 

 ly selecting the best seed in the field for a 

 long course of years, having special reference 

 to those stalks which produced tlie most ears. 



