1868. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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I also had the chamber-lye emptied into their swill 

 tub. I let the pigs run out into the brush, and in 

 a few davs their amendment was quite visible. 

 Just for the experiment, I washed one of tlie pigs 

 after the household washing was done, and it was 

 so clean and free from scurf that the other pigs 

 did not know it, and beat it awaj^ from the trough. 

 I have long used and known that the chamber-lye 

 is an exceUent preventive and cure of the itch and 

 other diseases to which the pig is subject. 



John Whatmore. 

 Bridgenorth Farm, } 



Dunleith, III., Jan. 15, 1868. S 



Remakks. — We should have much confidence in 

 the efficacy of the sulphur, the ointment and the 

 wash, without the latter part of our correspon- 

 dent's prescription. 



RED AVATER IN COAVS. 



Some ten years ago I had a cow attacked with 

 the red water, about eight days after calving, and 

 not knowing of any remedy I lost the cow in 

 about two weeks. Since that time I have had sev- 

 eral cases, and found the following to be a sure 

 cure, if administered in the first stages of the dis- 

 ease. Two ounces sweet spirits of nitre, one ounce 

 balsam copaiva, diluted in one pint of water, ad- 

 ministered morning and evening until the water as- 

 sumes to its natural color. If the animal is cos- 

 tive, give Epsom salts until the desired eflfect is 

 produced. If the disease has had ten or twelve 

 days standing without any remedy the better way 

 is to knock the animal in head and save the hide. 

 Leander Taplin. 



Chelsea, Vt., Jan. 27, 1868. 



BRONZE TURKEYS. 



In the Monthly Farmer of March, 1868, there 

 is an inquiry from friend Charles W. Griest, York 

 Sulphur Springs, Pa., to this effect :— "Where did 

 the bronze turkeys originate, and where can they 

 be obtained, weighing forty pounds ?" 



To his first inquiry I will answer :— They origi- 

 nated, with a race of turkeys of large frame, on a 

 good sized farm, with its "three bams," with 

 plenty of grasshoppers, for dessert, and three 

 regular feedings per day of shelled corn for one 

 or two years. This is the whole secret of "bronz- 

 ing." And to the next inquiry, where he can get 

 these forty-pounders ? If he will allow a "fowl- 

 fancier" to guess at the weight, he can obtain them 

 in the vicinity of Boston, for twenty guineas, the 

 gold to precede the delivery of the turkeys. 



Taunton, Mass., March, 1868. A. Baylies. 



"WORMS IN horses. 



For this trouble, I have found the best cure to 

 be a plenty of grain. If the horses are young, a 

 good quantity of fine feed and but little meal, or, 

 if fine feed cannot be had, plenty of oats, feeding 

 at proper times is sufficient. Oats seem to be the 

 natural food for horses. A good Condition Pow- 

 der for horses can be prepared by any one, from 

 the following articles : four ounces, each, or equal 

 quantities of Black Antimony, Common Sulphur, 

 Cream of Tartar, Epsom Salts and Saltpetre. Mix 

 them well together. Dose a common table-spoon- 

 ful once a day, given in the grain. The above is a 

 good alterative for a horse a little off his feed ; is 

 also good for worms. z. 



Reading, ALass., Feb. 8, 1868. 



A GOOD HEIFER. 



Enclosed, I send you a statement of the amount 

 of milk given by my heifer during the year 1867. 



The heifer I raised. She was two years old the 

 first day of May, 1866; dropped her first calf on 

 the 26th day of Dec, 1866, and is to calve again 

 July 4, 1868. I weighed her milk for ten days, 

 (from The 10th to the 20th) of each month in the 

 year 1867, with the following result:— The whole 

 amount given in the 120 days, on which I weighed 

 her milk, was 2405 pounds, making an aggregate 

 of 7315 pounds in 365 days, or an average of a frac- 

 tion over 20 pounds per day for the entire year. 

 Francis W. Hayden. 

 Souihborough, Mass., Feb. 7, 1868. 



SPRUNG KNEES OR CONTRACTED CORDS. 



I have a very valuable horse that has got his knees 

 sprung. Can you, or any of your numerous read- 

 ers of the Farmer, tell me of anything that I can 

 do to straighten them up in their place again. I 

 have read almost everything under the head "Ex- 

 tracts and Replies," but have not seen anything 

 touching this point. J. M. Canney. 



Ossipee Centre, N. H., Feb., 1868. 



Remarks. — We do not think there is any reme- 

 dy for sprung knees in a 'horse; we have never 

 known a cure attempted. 



Having had an ox with similar symptoms as 

 those described by "A Subscriber," of Ripton, Vt., 

 in a late number of the Farmer, I doctored him 

 for horn ail, by putting a table spoonful of spirits 

 of turpentine on the top of his head between his 

 horns, repeating it two or three times, at intervals 

 of two days, which cured him. If it is not horn 

 ail, the application will not prove injurious. 



Practical Farmer. 



East Corinth, Vt., fan. 28, 1868. 



SORE NOSES IN SHEEP. 



I have seen an inquiry in your paper several 

 times as to the cause of sore noses on sheep. 

 Most of the common cases are caused by eating the 

 droppings of poultry. I have known several cases 

 to be cured by removing hens and turkeys from 

 the sheep shed. l. "W. b. 



Brookjield, Vt.,Feb., 1868. 



holdfast on a coav's ja-w. 

 T. C* Pearson, of Newburyport, Mass., is in- 

 formed that the advice of his neighbor to fatten 

 and kill a cow afflicted with a "set" or "holdfast" 

 on the jaw, is probably the best that can be given. 

 A surgical operation, which consists in sawing 

 into the jaw above and below the "bunch," and re- 

 moving the portion of jaw to which it is attached, 

 is the only remedy. If the jaw bone is not dis- 

 eased, this will be effectual. By means of chloro- 

 form, such operations may be readily done. 



unguentum for lice. 



I have used unguentum on my caj;tle with good 

 effect, for three years, and have been in the habit 

 of putting it on almost every part of them. I have 

 known them to lick the parts to which it was ap- 

 plied, but none have been injured by it. My rule 

 has been to take a piece as large as a small pea, 

 and rub it thoroughly into the hair. That quan- 

 tity applied in three or four places will destroy 

 them. Be careful not to use too much. "W. M. 



Cli?iton, Me., Feb. 16, 1868. • 



