1868. 



NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



469 



SEIiMONT ECIiIFSE. 



This cut represents the horse that took 

 the first premium on Thoroughbreds at the 

 Exhibition of the New England Agricultural 

 Society at Concord, N. H., three years ago. 

 He stands sixteen hands high, and weighs 

 1075 pounds. He was bred, and is still owned 

 by Winthrop W. Chenery, Esq., of Belmont, 

 Mass. His color is a rich golden chestnut ; 

 he has a clean, neat head ; strong, oblique 

 shoulders ; short, strong back and loins ; very 

 long hind quarters ; powerful, well-let-down 

 hocks ; flat, wide sinewy legs ; faultless feet ; 

 and throughout a full share of bone and muscle. 

 He is good-tempered, tractable, and possessed 

 of remarkable speed and endurance. Four 

 first prizes have been awarded to him by dif- 

 ferent New England Agricultural Societies. 

 His pedigree shows that he was got by im- 

 ported Balrownie, out of Meg Merrilies by 

 Leroy, dam by Black Snake, and he by Lee 

 Boo, &c., from which it will be seen by those 

 familiar with the stud history of England, that 

 Belmont Eclipse unites the blood of some of 

 the best races of the English horse. 



EXTRACTS AJSD BEPLIBS. 



COLTS RUBBING THBIR TAILS. 



I have previously had some trouble with itchi- 

 ness in my horses, and now have a colt, worth five 

 or six hundred dollars, that has rubbed most of 

 the hair from his tail. If yoa can prescribe some- 

 thing to remove the difficulty and to restore the 

 hair, it will be worth much to me and to others 

 whose horses are similarly afllicted. s. f. 



Ripton, Vt., Aug. 7, 1868. 



Remarks. — After speaking of the mange, Mr. 

 Youatt remarks that every case of itchiness of the 

 skin should be regarded with suspicion. When a 

 horse is seen to rub the root of his tail, or his head, 

 or neck, the parts should be carefully examined. 

 If tl)e roots of the hair wh*e it has been rubbed 

 off remain, and there is only redness and notscurf- 

 iness of the skin, it probably is not mange but 

 only the effect of lice, or inflammation, or other 

 unhealthiness of the skin. 



But as our correspondent says nothing about the 

 state of the skin of his colt, or of its rubbing any 

 other part of its body, we are inclined to the opin- 

 ion that the rubbing of his colt is caused by worms 

 in the rectum and not by lice or disease in the 

 cuticle. This point, however, should be decided 

 before any medical treatment is attempted. 



An inquiry, similar to that of our correspondent 

 was made in the Country Gentleman some two or 

 three years ago, which lead to the expression of 

 the opinion of several horsemen on the Bubject, 

 most of whom ascribed the difflcnlty to worms. 

 The efiect of Ascarides in children and adults is 



well known, and it is believed the horse is simi- 

 larly afflicted. An Illinois horseman replied that 

 he would warrant a cure by a daily rubbing with 

 the stable rubbing cloth, with greasing or oiling 

 with the finger or swab the seat of the disease. 

 He also recommended giving a few clean wood 

 ashes, some salt and a teaspoonful of rosin in the 

 oats three times a week for one or two weeks. 



A New York horseman recommended the fol- 

 lowing, — to be administered once a day, on an 

 empty stomach, to be followed by a mash of shorts 

 well seasoned with salt, — 



Castor Oil • • 12 ounceB, 



Oil of Wormseed 1 ounce. 



Oil of Taney 8 drachms. 



After giving the above for two or three days, or 

 until the worms come away, give the animal one 

 ounce, night and morning, in his feed, until the 

 itching disappears, of the following preparation : 



Popular Bark 1 pound. 



White Mustard Seed, (whole,) Powdered 

 Mandrake, Sulphur, Salt, Ginger, and 

 Charcoal, of each 2 outacea. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



The first of our glorious harvests, the great, in- 

 dispensable hay crop, is now secured, to the joy of 

 the husbandman, in better condition than is usual. 

 It is to be feared that spring wheat and other smaU 

 grains may be a partial failure from the abundant 

 early rains and the late pinching drought. But 

 such failure should not discourage us so far as to 

 induce us not to try again another spring. We 

 must fall back on our main chance, — winter wheat, 

 which is far superior in quality, quantity and safety 

 as a crop. It is gratifying to know that more at- 

 tention is given to this crop by New England far- 

 mers than formerly. The time is sure to come 

 when there shall be a wheat field on every farm, 

 as there is now a cornfield and an orchard, and 

 when the money now paid for our barrels of flour 

 shall remain in our pockets, to pay a debt, or buy 

 some needed implepient that shall lighten our 

 hard, daily labors in the field. 



The New England States, one and all, lie on the 

 bosom of this great planet a waste, and almost a 

 desert, as regards the production of wheat, while 

 thousands of acres are raised in latitudes both 

 north and south of us. Even in cold Russia and 

 Lapland this cereal is their main stay. Through 

 the influence of a recommendation of the Gover- 

 nor of Maine, in his message to the Legislature of 

 that State, an act was passed giving a bounty on 

 its growth, and the result will be an immense rev- 

 enue to the State in a very few years. It is to be 

 regretted that the Govenors of the other New Eng- 

 land States have not followed the example of Gov. 

 Chamberlin. Eventually they will do so, and 

 wheat growing will become one of the most profit- 

 able and important features of New England 

 farming. If any crop is worth raising in the old 

 States, it is this. We ask the farmer to be up and 

 doing without waiting for legislative encourage- 

 ment. 



Though I may repeat my former advice, permit 

 me to say t^ new beginners, plough a piece of your 

 mowing field or pasture immediately. A good 

 second crop with the stubble, is almost equal to a 

 clover fallow, or a fair dressing of manure. Har- 

 row and mellow the sod, and get in the seed three 

 inches deep if possible. Soak the seed, and be 

 sure it is the winter variety, in brine by dissolving 

 half a peck of salt in four or five pails of water, 

 ten or twelve hours, and rake it in ashes or slaked 

 lime. This is death to the weevil fly. Sow one 



