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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Stephens, in his Booh of the Farm, says: 

 •' Anotber disease to wliich sheep are subject on 

 passing from a state of poverty to improved condi- 

 tion, is the scab, and hogs are most susceptible of 

 it. This dis^ease indicates its existence by causing 

 sheep to appear uneasy, and wander about without 

 any apparent object; to draw out locks of wool 

 with its mouth from the affected parts, as the dis- 

 ease increases ; and lastly, to rub its sides and but- 

 tocks against every prominent object it can find, 

 such as a stone, a tree, a gate post, the nets, and 

 such like. Mr. Youatt says that it arises from an 

 insect, a species of acarus; and mercurial oint- 

 ment is ft sure remedy ; a weak compound of 1 

 part of the ointment with 5 of lard for the first 

 stage, and another, a stronger, of 1 part of oint- 

 ment and 3 of lard for an aggravated case. The 

 ichorous matter from the pustules adheres to and 

 dries upon the wool, and gets the name of scurf, 

 which should first be washed off with soap and 

 water before applying the ointment. The scab is a 

 very infectous disease, the whole flock soon be- 

 coming contaminated ; but the infection seems to 

 spread, not so much by direct contact, as by toucli- 

 ing the objects the animals infected have rubbed 

 against. Its direct effects are deterioration of con- 

 dition, arising from a restlessness preventing the 

 animal feeding, and loss of wool — large portions 

 not only falling off, but the remainder of the bro- 

 ken fleece becoming almost valueless ; and its indi- 

 rect effects are propagation of the disease constitu- 

 tionally, and hence the loss to the owner in having 

 a scabbed flock, for no one will purchase from ono 

 to breed from that is known to be, or to have been, 

 affected by scab." 



"W. C. Spooner, a well known English Veterinary 

 Surgeon, recommends tobacco water, or in more 

 severe cases mercurial ointment, (the common un- 

 guintum of the shops,) diluted with lard and 

 rubbed on the skin in lines about four inches apart. 

 The following mixture, he says, forms a very effec- 

 tual and powerful application, but should be used 

 cautiously : 



While hellfbore 12 oiinceg. 



Bichloride of mercury, (corrosive Bublimate,) 8 ounces. 



Eeein 1 pound. 



Bulph ur, 1 pound. 



Tiniow, 2 pounds. 



Whale oil, 6 gallons. 



The two first ingredients should be mixed witli a 

 little oil, and the remainder being melted, the whole 

 should bo mixed together. 



ALLsaf, in his Diseases of Domestic Animals, 

 says: 



"An effectual remedy is prepared by taking one 

 pound of tobacco, which add to 12 quarts ot ley 

 from woo<l ashes of suflScieut strength for wnsliing, 

 -and four quarts urine ; to this add another mixture 

 of a gill high- wines, i oz. camphor, \ oz. Span- 

 ish brown, and \ gill spirits of turpentine. A 

 quantity of thit applied to the sore will never fail. 



" IiTimediately sifter shearing, scab may readily 

 he cured by immersing the sheep, (excepting the 

 head,) in a strong decoction of tobacco liquor, add- 

 ing a gill of spirits of turpentine for the first, and 

 making a slight addition of fresli li(|uid for each 

 sheep, enough to keep up the streuglh of the to- 



bacco and turpentine, and taking care to rub the 

 affected part thoroughly. For lambs this liquid 

 should be diluted, and yet left strong enongli to 

 kill ticks in one or two minutes, which may be as- 

 certained by experiment." 



Prof. SiMONDS, the most recent writer on the 

 subject, recommends a liquid prepared as follows: 

 Take two ounces of arsenic and two ounces car- 

 bonate of potash, and boil in a quart of water till 

 dissolved, and then add water enough to make a 

 gallon of the solution. To this, add a gallon of veg- 

 etable infusion, made by pouring a gallon of water 

 over four ounces of fox-glove leaves, (digitalis,) 

 and allowing the infusion to remain till cold, when 

 it is poured off. "These two gallons of liquid," 

 he says, "constitute a safe agent, and one of the 

 most potent remedies for scab. Half a pint of it, 

 at intervals of a few days, should be sprinkled, 

 (from a bottle with a quill in the cork,) on the skin 

 at the back and sides of the sheep. Two or three 

 dressings will be found suflBcient to cure the most 

 inveterate cases of scab in sheep." The digil'dia 

 leaves can be obtained at any drug store. 



F£A BEAKS. 



Eds. Genbsbk Fabaier : In the February nna 

 ber, page sixty-six, of your valuable journal, Mr 

 Si D. Redman asks for information concerning the 

 Pea Bean. This, as it were, being the land of pea 

 beans, as well as other choice varieties, and as. no 

 one has given any notice in the Farmer, of late, of 

 them, this is intended to give such information as 

 will aid the readers to judge whether they will be 

 a desirable bean for them to cultivate. 



They are a small, white and nearly round bush 

 bean; in length ab()ut three-eights of an inch, a 

 little oval, or a little wider than thick, which is 

 about one-quarter of an inch, very liandsome, and 

 by most people considered very profitable; not 

 having near so beany a taste as the marrowfat 

 when cooked. In fact, I know of but one variety 

 superior to them in this respect — the blue pod. 



They are planted from the 25th of May to the 10th 

 of June, in Maine, up to 44° to 45° North, four to 

 six in the hill, between corn and potatoes, not often 

 alone ; are not an early bean, nor a very late one ; 

 five beans to the pod are tlie average; grow from 

 fifteen incliesto twenty-four inches, but on heavy 

 rich soil ar<#apt to vine some ; are not large yield- 

 ers because they are so small, and not bearing high 

 manuring, but pod well, and yield well according 

 to the stock or bulk of vines. They are easily 

 cured, and command the highest prices, generally, 

 in M.aine and Boston markets, the latter obtaining 

 all that dealers will send there. 



Any one can receive a few to plant, /ree, by ad- 

 dressing Dr. O. W. Tri-k, Phillips, Maine, and en- 

 closing PosJtotfice stam[)s to jmy exfiense of sending. 



It will be seen from the above that liiey are well 

 adapted to planting between the hill of corn, and 

 also for filling up where hills are missing after it is 

 too late to rei)liuit with corn. 0. W. True. 



Elm Trt* Farm, Maine. 



