1868. 



NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



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ing the original wound, or make an opening in 

 another more depending situation, that it may run 

 oflF freely. It may be requisite to apply at this 

 period, the following ointment: common turpen- 

 tine, six ounces; hog's lard, eight ounces; bees- 

 wax, one ounce ; melted together. 



When taken from the fire, one ounce of pow- 

 dered verdigris may be added ; and the mixture 

 must be constantly stirred until it is cold. Should 

 a lotion be preferred, the following stimulating so- 

 lution will be found useful : sublimate, twelve 

 grains ; tincture of myrrh, two ounces ; mixed. 

 One pmt of oil of turpentine, to two quarts of 

 sweet oil with good digestive." 



SCOURS IN A COW. 



I have a cow that scours badly, and I do not 

 know what to do for her. She is an oldish cow, 

 and is thin of flesh, but she eats and drinks well, 

 and chews her cud. I have tried a great many 

 remedies but without success. Now if you or any 

 of your correspondents will inform me what to do 

 for her I will Ije greatly obliijed. l. k. 



Fitchburg, Mass., May 3, 1868. 



Remarks. — ^We regret that this letter, which we 

 intended to have answered at once, unfortunately 

 got at the bottom of the draw, and has been over- 

 looked. Many cases of this kind will yield to a 

 judicious change of diet, such as hay for grass, or 

 a daily mess of dry oats, boiled potatoes, gruel, 

 &c. Dr. Dadd says that this is not a disease, but 

 only a symptom of a loss of equilibrium, which 

 jnay proceed from improper food, exposure to the 

 cold and rain, — resulting in "a cold." There is no 

 general remedy, or one more effectual in the out- 

 set than mucilaginous drinks composed of slippery 

 elm, combined with injections of the same. 

 Warmth and moisture to the surface, with spear- 

 mint, or any of the mints, combined with astrin- 

 gents — Imrberry bark being among the best. 



In bad cases, Mr. Youatt, the great English cat- 

 tle man, says some purgative drink, such as one 

 pound of epsom salts, and half an ounce of pow- 

 dered caraway seeds, dissolved in a quart of warm 

 gruel, should precede any other medicine. 



With cattle, as with the human subject, careful 

 nursing, proper food, rest, warmth and comfort, 

 will do much, and should be tried faithfully before 

 resorting to violent medicmes. 



A CONTENTED FAEMER IN SHREWSBURY, MASS. 



There has been so much published lately in re- 

 spect to uneasy, discontented farmers, both old and 

 young, male and female, that we hope to be ex- 

 cused for making an "extract" from a letter 

 addressed to a person connected with this office. 

 The writer kept a gun store at No 15 Washington 

 street, Boston, for a long time, but as will be seen, 

 he never sufficiently appreciated the gi-eat advan- 

 tages which a city life affords to one's wife and 

 children, to remove them from the country. He 

 says : — 



_ In 1864 I sold out iry Boston business and re- 

 tired to my place in Shrewsbury, which I built in 



1834, and where my family resided during all the 

 time I was in business in Boston. I would here 

 say, for the benefit of anybody desiring a home in 

 the country, that Shrewsbury is one of the prettiest 

 villages in all the country around. My farm is 

 located one-fourth of a mile from the village on 

 the main road through Worcester to Boston. I 

 have an orchard of 150 apple trees in prime bearing 

 age, and a row of Rock Maple trees on the street 

 along the whole front of my farm, now grown to a 

 size which makes a rich and beautiful shade in 

 summer for near half a mile in extent. All these 

 trees were planted and the improvements made on 

 this place by myself, for which it a pleasure to re- 

 ceive the commendations of my many friends. I 

 have two acres in market vegetables ; one acre in 

 corn, which yielded me last year, though not a 

 favorable season for corn, sixty'bushelstotheacre, 

 — I have raised eightly bushcLs ; one acre in small 

 grains, and six acres in hay and fruit. My crops 

 last year were 150 bushels cucumbers, 1300 pounds 

 squashes, GOOO of caltbage, plenty of hay, corn, bar- 

 ley, &c., M'hich I value at ^800. When my im- 

 provements are completed and fruit grows again, 

 I intend to make my ten acres bring mc an in- 

 come of $1200 to #1500. JoAB Hapgood. 

 Shrewsbury, Mass., 1868. 



COTTON-SEED MEAL FOR Ho8s. 



I would like to inquire if cottonseed meal is 

 considered a good and profitable feed for hogs ? 

 I should think that it might be from what I hear 

 of its effect where used for cattle. But I have 

 never heard of any one using it for hogs, and as I 

 am considerably interested in feeding such ani- 

 mals, I ask the above. Reader. 



Taunton, Mass., June 22, 1868. 



Remarks. — We know as little of the value ol 

 cotton-seed meal for hogs as our correspondent 

 does, and shall be glad to receive an answer to his 

 inquiry. Linseed cake, which is largely used in 

 England, in the fattening of horned cattle, is but 

 little used for hogs, as we infer from the remark 

 of Mr. Youatt, who says it is not very cleat 

 whether it Is as good for hogs as cattle, though it 

 is occasionally given to swine, in small quantities, 

 in connection with food destitute of oil, as pota- 

 toes, pea-meal, &c. But as the hog is an omnivo- 

 rous animal he will eat and thrive on almost every- 

 thing from hay to butchers' ofilil. 



A YOUNG farmer— DR. MAYHEW'S HORSE BOOK. 



While remitting payment for the Farmer, 

 another year, I will say that the market reports, 

 including that on wool, has more than paid me for 

 the paper. I often see inquiries and remarks in it 

 that I would respond to, if I was competent ; but I 

 am a young farmer and I feel more and more 

 every year the need of a better knowledge of the 

 scientific principles of my business as well as of 

 other knowledge. But with a single inquiry I 

 close. Where can I obtain a volume of "Dr. May- 

 hew's Illustrated Horse Doctor, and Management 

 of Horses," and at what price ? b. b. s. 



Dover, Me., Feb. 25, 1868. 



Remarks. — Not being able to answer the above 

 inquiry at the time the letter was receive'd, we laid 

 it aside for a more convenient season, and hence 

 the delay in publication. The Horse Doctor and 

 the Horse Management are distinct books, with 

 400 illustrations each, and cost $3.50 each. Her- 

 bert's Hints to Horsekeepers, at $1.75, is well 



