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TmiUrij — Veterinarian, JVo. 4. 



Vol. IL 



mould, with which lime or calcareous earth 

 has been well mixed. Tlie old folks under- 

 stood well the advantage of this treatment, 

 for at the 7th verse of the 13tli chapter of 

 Luke, we find the dresser of a vineyard pe- 

 titioning the ov/ner to let the fruitless fig tree 

 stand anotiier year " till I shall dig about it 

 and dung.it;" and I knew an excellent farmer, 

 who, at the time of killing his hogs, reserved 

 the blood, with which to dress his fruit trees; 

 and this he did, by opening the ground about 

 the roots, and pourmg it upon them, closing 

 the earth over it. And when, through age 

 or infirmity, he found it necessary to remove 

 a tree, he was careful to take away the eartn 

 in which it had grown, to a considerable depth, 

 and replace it with the best mould he could 

 procure, always mixing lime v.'ith it, and in- 

 to this the young tree was planted. I have 

 even known him to lay a pavement in the 

 bottom of the hole before filling, if he found 

 that the roots of the old tree had penetrated 

 to a wet and sterile subsoil, to prevent the 

 young tree from throwing its roots so deep. 

 And for this man also, as well as for Mr. J. 

 Eeeves (see p. 297) peaches would always 

 groio. His trees were so strong and healthy, 

 and full of foliage, that they could bear a little 

 frost, and throw off an attack of blight, which 

 would be sutRcient to prostrate the hopes of 

 his neighbors for tiie whole year. The dis- 

 ea.se called the "yellows," I am confident, 

 arises from the cause above mentioned. 



An old Farmer. 



For tlie Farmers" C.ibintt. 



"She that woirt stoop to pick a pm, 

 Slian't stoop tci pick a bipg^cr thmg." 



For many years past, there has been a 

 ."i^reat demand for poultry and eggs, at high 

 prices, and it seems likely to continue ; for 

 the causes which produced it are still in oper- 

 ation and are lik^y to continue and increase. 

 The increase of steamboat and rail-road tra- 

 veling in our country has produced an in- 

 crea-sed demand for all the luxuries of the 

 table, beyond the current means of supply at 

 moderate prices; it therefore becomes the 

 interest of farmers to devote a little more at- 

 tention to producing those articles which al- 

 always sell readily and at a good price ; par- 

 ticularly as the labor connected with the 

 iiearing of poultry, if labor it can be called, is 

 ] ight, and can be performed by the younger 

 members of a family, without infringing on 

 the time devoted to the more important labor 

 of the farm. It is an agreeable relaxation if 

 engaged in, in a right spirit, and has connect- 

 eil with it many pleasant associations. 



It sliould be the care of those w"ho engage 

 m the business of rearing poultry on a large 

 Gcaile. to study sound ecoaomy in feeding 



them, otherwise they may be disappointed in 

 the expected profit. With some tiiere is great 

 carelessness and waste apparent, particularly 

 in feeding with food of a more expensive 

 character than is necessary. Having seen 

 large quantities of poultry raised and fattened 

 lor market principally on boiled potatoes, I 

 take the liberty of directing the girls, who 

 are your readers, to it; hoping that daily, 

 when they boil potatoes for family use, they 

 will put enough in the pot, over and above 

 what may be necessary for the family, to feed 

 the chickens till the next day, and so con- 

 tinue it from day to day, occasionally alterna- 

 ting it with other kinds of food for a relish, 

 and depend upon it you will find, 



" That a penny saved, is two pence earned." 



Q. 



For the Farmer's Cabinet. , 



Veterinarian.— l¥o. 4. 



3. Stone in thk vrethra. 



I have adverted to the tact, that small cal- 

 culi may,. and probably very often do, pass 

 away from thebladder, through the urethra. 

 But such is the length, narrowness, and cur- 

 vature, of the passage, in the ox, that we 

 might a priori expect that they would sonie^- 

 times become obstructed — and such is found 

 to be the fact. 



1'he general signs which denote the lodg- 

 ment of a stone in the urethra, are somewhat 

 similar to those we have before enumerated. 

 The retention of urine is more complete — 

 the obstructing body can otlen be felt in the 

 trach of the urethra — and the canal, above 

 the obstruction, will feel full and present, an 

 elastic and fluctuating sensation. 



When the stone can be felt, it may be 

 forthwith removed, by a longitudinal incision. 

 It may be proper to mention, that there are 

 l\wa I'ctroctor 7nusclcs, which originate from 

 the pubic bone, and run downwards to be in- 

 serted into the middle of the penis. Their 

 office is, to retract that organ within its 

 sheath. This retraction causes it to bend 

 upon itself; so as to form a double curve; 

 opposite the scrotum. An obstruction at this 

 curvature, is not so easy of detection — nor 

 can it be directly operated upon. If there is 

 reason to believe the mischief seated at this 

 part a longitudinal incision must be made in- 

 to the sheath just before the scroium. The 

 operator will then grasp the penis, and draw 

 it forwards, so as to obliterate the curve. He 

 will then be able to discover,:and remove, . 

 the obstruction. The external wound may 

 be closed with stitches. 



This is, probably the most frequently fatal 

 form of stone, among cattle. Many oxen are 

 believed to die, of this cause when a little 

 skill would have saved their lives. A neigh- - 

 bor of mine had.a fiit.9 cwt. ox with symp->- 



