Vol. VIII. —No 52. 



AND HORTICULTURAT. JOURNAL. 



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ed another when he was in the act of snorting, 

 and has become glandered. Some fillies have 

 received the infection, from the matter blown by 

 the wind across a lane, when a glandered horse, 

 in the opposite field, has claimed acquaintance by 

 neighing or snorting. It is almost inii>ossible for 

 an infected horse to remain long in a stable with 

 others, without irreparable mischief. 



Supposing that glanders have made their ap- 

 pearance ill the stables of a fanner, is there any 

 danger after he has removed or destroyed the in- 

 fected horse .' — certainly there is, but not to the 

 extent that is commonly sui)posed. There is no 

 necessity for pulling down the racks and inan- 

 gers, or even the stable itself, as some have done. 

 The poison resides not in the breath of the ani- 

 mal, but in the nasal discharge, and that can only 

 reach certain parts of the stable; and if the man- 

 gers, and racks, and bales, and partitions, are first 

 well scraped, and next scoured with soap and wa- 

 ter, and then thoroughly washed with a solution 

 of the chloride of lime, (one pint of the chloride 

 to a pailful of water,) and the walls are lime-wash- 

 ed, and the head-gear burned, and the clothing 

 baked and washed, and the pails new painted, and 

 the iron-work exposed to a red heat, all danger 

 II cease. 



The tricks which some dealers resort to at fairs 

 and markets, in order to conceal the existence of 

 glanders, are most infamous, and should be visited 

 with the severest penalty of the law. Having 

 ven the horse a brushing gallop, that he may 

 thoroughly clear the nose, some of them blow 

 powdered alum up the nostrils a little while before 

 he is shewn; others use white vitriol; and al- 

 though the horse may be sadly tortured, about 

 which they care nothing, the discharge is for some 

 hours stayed. Others roll up a pledget of tow, 

 and introduce it into the nostril, sufficiently high 

 to escape isoinmon observation. Both these tricks 

 may be discovered by the uneasiness of the an- 

 imal, and his repeated eflbrts to sneeze, as well 

 as by his general appearance, and if the disease 

 be far advanced, most assuredly by the red or raw 

 appearance of the nose, and by the stinking breath. 

 With regard to the prevention of glanders, we 

 should be happy if we could say anything satis- 

 factory, a proper ventilation of stables is all im- 

 portant. Next to ventilation stands cleanliness, 

 for the foul air from the fermenting litter, 

 uid urine and dung, must not only be highly in- 

 urious to health generally, but irritate and predis- 

 )Ose to inflammation that delicate membrane, 

 vhich is the primary seat of the disease. If to 

 his be added regular exercise, and occasional 

 ;reen meat during the summer, and carrots in the 

 vinter, we shall have stated all that can be done 

 Q the way of prevention. The farmer's horse 

 n his cool or cold stable, and during the greater 

 (art of the year running loose when not at work 

 vould be exempt from glanders, if, at the market 

 nd the fair, he were not so much exposed to con- 

 igion. In truth, glanders may be considered as 

 (le consequence of the stabling of the horse. In 

 louth America and in Arabia they are unknown ; 

 ut wherever the European plan of stabling has 

 een introduced, glanders have followed in its 

 •ain : and therefore if any means are resorted to 

 )rthe cure of glanders, the first, and perhaps the 

 nly effectual one would be to remove every ex- 

 iting cause of the disease ; to restore the horse 

 most to a state of nature; to turn him out for a 

 ng time, or at least to throw open his stable as 

 uch as the season and the weather will permit. 



Ex|)erience, however, tells us, that, although the 

 symptoms have disappeared when the exciting 

 causes of disease have been removed, and the 

 horse has returned to his stable after a twelve 

 months' run apparently sound, every symptom 

 has gradually shewn itself again when these 

 causes have been once more called into action. 



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BOSTON, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1830. 



ANACONDA, &c. 



The serpent is in all countries held in such ab- 

 horrence, that few persotis woidd think hiin an ob. 

 ject of beauty. The idea of terror predoimnates 

 in the mind, and our dread invests him with a re- 

 pidsive ajipearanoe that j'erhaps docs not justly 

 belong to him. From the operation of another 

 principle akin to this, what we love seems to us 

 more amiable than it always appears to others. It 

 is in the mind and not in the object — 



' Of its own beauty is the mind diseased.' 



The latter principle was carried a great way 

 when it made one of John Wilkes' admirers think 

 him a handsome man. 



All the instincts of the serpent are evil. Among 

 men, ingratitude is so odious, that it is said to in- 

 clude all other crimes — for a crime it is : yet the 

 first instinct of the serpent is to bite the hand 

 that feeds him, as one assailed the hospitable coun- 

 tryman that revived him when frozen. He is not 

 sensible to kindness, and can be governed only by 

 fear. Those who attempt to domesticate liitn, 

 never trust him till they have extracted his fangs. 



There is a mystery, too, about the serpent, that 

 by raising our wonder increases our dread — 

 though enough is known of him to exclude him 

 from favor. He is supposed to possess the power 

 of fiiscination — he moves swiftly, as in defiance of 

 the usual principles of motion, without either feet 

 or wings. He ascends trees and performs his rapid 

 and graceful movements with no aid from the 

 general means bestowed upon other animals. 

 What he cannot a';complish by force he succeeds 

 in by cunning ; and he has furnished in all lan- 

 guages the proverb to express subtlety and treach- 

 ery. The abhorrence, therefore, that men feel 

 towards him is too general not to have a good 

 fomidation. 



There are now at Peale's Museum (New York) 

 two snakes, one a Boa Constrictor and the other 

 an Anaconda. The latter we may not call beau- 

 tiful, but his hue is glossy and splendid beyond 

 all comparison, but of a peacock's neck. His 

 head and neck are small, but his body is large and 

 hard, giving an idea of great muscular force. His 

 length is nearly fourteen feet. The two snakes lie 

 entwined together, and may be handled with per- 

 fect safety bv all who have the desire. — Tribune. 



In Connecticut, the Legislature have passed a law 

 fixing the penalty of raising a dead body from the 

 grave for surgical purposes, at a fine of $'2000. They 

 have, however, ordained, that the bodies of all prison- 

 ers who may die in the State Prison, and remain un- 

 claimed by their friends, be given to the medical in- 

 stitution of the State. 



Alehouses were established in England as early 

 as the year 721, and are mentioned in the laws of 

 Ina, king of VVessex. Public houses were first 

 licensed m 1G21. authority being granted for that pur- 

 pose to Sir Giles Montpessan and Sir Francis 

 Michel, for their own einolument. In 1553, the num- 

 ber of taverns in London was limited to forty. 



A vessel has arrived at Havre from Manilla. Up- 

 wards of 2000 rats were found on board. The sailors 

 ate a great number of them during the voyage. — 

 French paper. 



BARNS. 



[Concluded from page 40C.] 



' A writer for the New England Farmer, whosa 

 commuiucation was published vol. iii. page 81, 

 describes a " barn of ordinary size and the main 

 part of it was built in the usual shape, but a good 

 deal neater and tighter. The bays were u|)on each 

 side of the floor, and the bottoms of them were 

 sunk eight feet below it. This gave room for a 

 large quantity of hay below the floor. The large 

 doors were towards the south, to admit the sun, 

 when necessary, with a small door in one of the 

 large ones to enter at when the weather was windy, 

 and made it dangerous to open the large doors. 

 Earns ought always to have a small door to use in 

 the winter, when you nmst often be in and out. 

 There were twelve s(piares of glass arranged over 

 the door to admit the light when the large doors 

 were shut; besides a small window in eachof tho 

 gable ends, very near the ridge, for the same purpose. 

 Under the floor was a convenient cellar, in which 

 were kept potatoes and all kinds of green vegetables 

 for green fodder in the winter. The cellar was a 

 very warm one, and well lighted with two windows. 

 This cellar struck me as being the most useful 

 apartment in the whole establishment, and I wonder 

 that all farmers do not have one. There you may 

 keep as many turnijjs, cabbages, potatoes, &c, as 

 you please, and they are always handy to fodder 

 out in the stable to your cattle ; and the cattle 

 need scarcely go out of the stable in a month. 



' " The yard was well watered by an aqueduct, 

 and a (rough on tho south side of tho barn was 

 liept always full. Upon tlie north, or back side of 

 the barn, were the stables ; they were built in ono 

 building, and joined to the main part about 25 feet 

 in width, 30 feet long, and 12 or 14 feet high, 

 A door led. from the barn into it, besides another 

 from without upon the east side, where the cattle 

 were admitted from the yard. A floor was laid 

 over head, at the distance of seven feet from the 

 lower one. The stalls were arranged on each 

 side of the building, so that the cattle stood with 

 their heads towards the outside of the building, 

 leaving a space in the middle to pass. 



' " In foddering, the hay was pitched from the 

 bay in the barn through a window, over the stables, 

 and then put down into racks ; very little hay could 

 he wasted in thi.s way, and the bays could be trusted 

 with the foddering. The manure maile in the 

 stable v/as put ilown through the floor into another 

 cellar, large enough to admit of a cart and team to 

 take it away." 



' Such is the construction and situation of the 

 barn, and I think it the most convenient of any I 

 ever saw. Though the barn was not large, the 

 cellar which extended the whole dimensions of it, 

 gave large receptacles of hay, and the apartments 

 under the floor and stable gave spacious vaults 

 for the reception of the farmer's green fodder and 

 manm-e ; and preserved the former from the frost, 

 and the latter from the sun, wliich would soon 

 evaporate its strength and nourishment. 



' Most fanners I saw had two or three smaii 

 barns, and some two or three large ones, Nothing 

 appears more detrimental to their interests. Su- 

 perfluous buildings are nothing but a tax upon 

 farmers, the cost of repairs being very great. I had 

 rather see the stacks stand thick round the barn, 

 than to see more than one barn ; and am convinced 



