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NEW KNCLAND FARMER, 



Dec. 18, 18:29. 



nil 



but are often inarched or budded on magnolia obo- 

 Tata, which takes rua>lily. 



\To be continued.] 



CAMELLIAS. 

 Mr Ri'ssF.Li. — After rending, with much inte- 

 rest, tlie oornmunication on the culture of Camel- 

 lias, published in the New KD|.-land Farmer of 

 Nov. 2(lth, 1 went directly to exnuiiuc some plants , ,,„^ ^^,|,q practised among 



previous. At first I thought little of it, presuming that by a singular circumstance the offender I 

 that he had given the horse too much ; but on pcned to be suspected, and by a proper man: 

 examination I found tlint he was sick; refusing'' meatt a niirnber of facts in tlie course of a 

 every kind of hay and grain, " heaviness about his cnonths ili;\ilupL-d themselves, by which 1 hac 

 eyes," no disposition to move about, and did not strongest presumptive evidence in my own n 

 discover any symptoms of pain, except occasion- and determined to pursue the perpetrator wii 

 ally lying down a few minutes. He would now f.'ul vengeance, and expose his turpitude, 

 and then receive a little water. I sent for a neigh- knew not that he was suspected until he was 

 k cattle, to whom vately informed of my determination — on v. 



•which I had recently purchased. At first glance, i j.^^!, ,,u^;„e^g properly belongs. He examined 

 I discovered the " scaly insect," perhaps a fourth U.^ ^ase, and declared hi.s ignorance of the dis- 

 part the size of a grain of flax seed, but not soLusg and method of cure, but thought his pulse a 

 dark colored. It adhered closely to the bud. I 

 removed it (without the least injury to the bud,) 

 with the point of my penknife. On the inside, or 

 side of the scale next to the bud, there was sufli- 

 cient evidence of animal lite. I continued my rc- 

 aearches, and found them indiscriminately on the 

 leaf and flo^ver buds. Some of tliom had se- 

 creted llieiMselves between two contiguous buds. 

 None of the buds have yet fallen. 



Shoulil you not receive something more in 

 point, this is humbly offered as & partial relief to 

 your fair inquirer of the 11th instant 



Respectfully yours, O. P. 



•Ven'/on, Dec. 14. 



FOR THE SEW ENGLAND rAR)l£n. 



DISEASE IN CATTLE. 

 Mr Fessendf.n — In the N. E. Farmer of li^st 

 week, page 147, is a statement of a disease in cat 

 tie, belonging to Robert Patte.v, Esq. and in- 

 formation on the subject is requested. The dis- 

 ease, as there stated, appears new, and it is some- 

 what singular lliat it sliould affect hotli oxen and 

 horses alike. It is said, page 139, that it destroys 

 the life of the animal in IS hours, and sometimes 

 sooner, which shows the existence of some power- 

 ful cause, "Symptoms, lionvincss uboot the eyes. 



ittle accelerated. I told the man to take blood 

 freely ; and this was done, but without any appa- 

 rent cfl'ect. On the next morning, .\pril 20th, ray 

 cow, a fine animal, in high order, and expected to 

 have a calf in a few days, was found laboring un- 

 der the same synq)toms. Again the neighbor was 

 called. lie made liis examination, and again con- 

 fessed his total ignorance of the cause, diseas •, 

 and mode of cure. I advised to the same reme- 

 dy, blood letting ; and it was done without any ap- 

 parent benefit. The horse remained about the 

 same. 



April 21. Symptoms the same in both the ■an- 

 imals. I then sent some distance for a farrier, 

 who was highly approved in his profession. He 

 examined both cases with attention, and declared 

 that they were unknown to him. From several 



he threw himself on my mercy, and made a 

 confession of his guilt. 



Dec. 3, 1829. VERIT.\! 



From the Gvdeucr** Magjiiiue. 



HEATING BY HOT WATER. 



Mr Weekes, manufacturer of horticultural hi 

 ings in the King's Road, has made one of 

 greatest improvements which have been act 

 plished in this mode of heating since its app 

 tion to gardening purposes. One of the few 

 jections to the system has hitherto been, that, 



circumstances, not necessary to name, I appre- , ^„,j ^„,.„i„ ,,g ,g,„ ^,„rg ofaforcing-h 



bended a partial stoppage in the intestines of the 

 cow, hut not a total obstruction ; therefore I di- 

 rected him to make use of his laxative medicines ; 

 all which he did, giving his undivided attention to 

 his business, both day and night ; but without any 

 apparent effect. 



April 22. The horse the same, but the cow- 

 worse ; she became weak, and did not like to 

 move, refused everything but a little water, and 

 and loss of appetite, without much apparent pain, 1 when down it was with some difficulty to rise, 

 until shortly before death, when the agony be- On the morning of the next day, April 23d, the 

 came extreme. On opening the bodies, the in- 1 horse begun to mend, and to show signs of return- 



tcstincs were found in a healthy state, the vital 

 parts not disordered, and no appearance of disease, 

 save in the spleen, which was enlarged to twice 

 its usual size, and looked mortified." 



In all such cases, the bodies should be in.spect- 

 eil by some one that has aknowlcdgn of the struc- 

 ture of the various organs, and the changes which 

 take phire in consequence of disease. Every or- 

 gan should he carefully examined, and every mor- 

 bid appearance delineated. Husty and superficial 

 examinations often lead into error. In the pre- 

 sent case, we are told, that the spleen " looked 

 mortified," but nothing is said of any marks of in- 

 flamtnatioii ; and we cannot suppose that organ 

 was " mortified" without such marks about the 

 part affected. Perhaps, after all, the immediate 

 cause of death was not detected. The erdarge- 

 ment of the spleen is gradual, and in the present 

 case, it is presumed, that merely the enlargement 

 of that organ was not the inmiediate cause of 

 death. 



The symptoms of the di.scase, as stated idiove, 

 are so similar to those in n case of poison, that I 

 will give you the whole story, so far at least, as is 

 necessary to he kiKiwn ; although I do it with the 

 mingled feelings of i)ity and regret. It m:iy he 

 useful. 



In the morning of the 19th of April, , my 



young man, who hud the care of my creatuns, 

 Informed me that my Imr.sc was unwell, and had 

 not eaten the hay which hu gave him the CTcning 



ing appetite, but the cow died in agony. 



At that time, from all the circumstances now de- 

 tailed, I suspected the cause to be poison ; and 

 from the circumstance, that no poisonous weed 

 grew on my land, I suspected that the poisoning 

 was intentional, and that it was effected by arsenic. 

 This conjecture was strengthened by knowing that 

 it required a large quantity of that poison to de- 

 stroy a horse. 



Before the body was inspected, I stated to the 

 farrier, and a. few others who happened to be 

 present, that I .suspected that the cause of death 

 was i)oison, probably by arsenic, and delineated 

 the appearances on cWssection, should that he the 

 case. On opening the first stomach, no disi'ase 

 appeared, except a few light marks of inflanmiation. 

 In the next apartment, the manyfolds, these marks 

 were more prominent, and in some places there 

 were spots approaching to a gangrenous state. 

 In the true stomach, there wore the greatest marks 

 of inflammation, extending over one third of that 

 organ and three or four inches below the pylorus 

 Such was the inflannnation, that the pylorus, at 

 that time, was completely obstructed. .\ small 

 part of the stomach was gangrenous. These 

 were the only marks of the disease ob.served. 



Notwithstanding the appearances were exactly 

 as I ha<l delineated ; yet, neither the farrier nor 

 the bystanders believed that the cans* was poi- 

 son : but now to put the cpiestion of poisoning 

 beyond all possible doubt, I will observe further, 



cannot be so suddenly raised, and in foggy wei 

 the damp in a green-house cannot be so sudd 

 dried up, as by fire flues. Mr Weekes has i 

 pletely removed this ditlicully, by circulating 

 water along a bo.x or tube, 12 or IS inches In 

 and only | inches deep, inside measure, 

 boiler being small, and exposing a long surfai 

 the fire, on Mr Cottam and Mr Fowler's print 

 the water is soon heated, and passes rapidly c 

 the broad tube, (a, a) which exposing so large a 

 face, quickly gives out its heat. At the furthei 

 of the house this broad plate is connected witl 

 returning jupes: one ofa very small diameter, b 

 sufficient to carry back the water sent forwa 

 the broad tube (4), and the other of 6 in. or a 

 in diameter (c), to serve as a reservoir of he 

 the night-time, or to be employed instead ol 

 small returning pipe, when the house is once 1 

 ed to the jiroper degree. The returning | 

 open into a small cistern (rf), fonned in ilir 

 of the broad tube, and the opening tocjich 

 is stopped by a |)lug ; the one or the otli 

 which is taken out, according to the tnlw tin 

 tcr is meant to return by. Nothing can i" 

 heautifid, simple, ami eflectual, of which nii\ 

 may he convinceil, by inspecting the appar 

 placed in a house 60 feet long, on .Mr Weekes' 

 mises. Of course, the ilircction of the pii" - 

 be varied at pleasure, to suit every form of ! 

 and instead ofa returning pipe of large li: 

 sions, a second one of small diameter, miglit 

 through a .scries of cisterns, of such dinu-nsioi 

 would retain the heat for any term considered 

 ccssary. To retain a layer of water on the u 

 surface of the broad tubes, for the purposes of 

 poration, it is only necessary to raise two Ic 

 on their outer edges. Mr Weekes has taker 

 a patent for his improvement, but we hope he 

 soon make some arrangement by which his b: 

 tube, whether set on edge, or kept flat, will b» 

 nerally adopted as the going pipe by the nume 

 jK-rsons throughout the country now heating 

 bouses by hut water. 



