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NEW ENiiLAM) FARMER, 



FOR THE NEW ENGI,; 



I BOTTS IN HORSBS. 



A writer in llie American Fanner states tlie fil- 



IIAPPINESS THE RESULT OF INDUSTRr. j lowing as tv sure remedy for tlie bolts in lior.s,;.«, 



The wealtli wliich a man acquires by his lion- i^,,,! gy^.g ,t was practised by a veterinary s-urgcon 



est industry affords liini greater pleasure in tlie ^^.|,„ tame to tliis country during tlie revohitiori, 



enjoyment, than when acquired in any otiier way; ^yjti, ]{aron Steuben: — First drench the horse 



lid men who by personal bibor have obtained a 

 coinpelency, know its value better than those 

 who have liad it sliowered upon them without 

 any efforts of their own. Idleness engenders dis- 

 ease, while exercise is the great prop of health, 

 and health is the greatest blessing of life. Which 

 consideration alone oi:ght to stimulate men to pur- 

 sue some useful employment ; and among the al- 

 most endless number o'f those to which good laws 

 and well organized society give birth and eucour- 

 -agemeut, there are none equal to the culture of 

 the earth, none which yield a more grateful return. 

 The pleasures derived both from agriculture, and 

 horticulture, are so various, so delightful, aiul so 

 natin-al to man, that they are not easily to be de- 

 scribed, and never to be excelled : for in what- 

 ever way they are pursued the mind may he con- 

 stantly entertained with the wonderful economy 

 of the vegetable world ; the nerves are invigor- 

 ated and kept in proper tone by the freshness uf 

 the earth, and (he fragrancy of the air, which 

 flush the countenance with health, and fiive a 

 relish to every meal. NORTH WOOD. 



PEACH TREES. 



The following communication, from a practical 

 aTiCulturist, contains a valuable suggestion. — 

 The specimens referred to, are in our possession, 

 and may be examined by the curious in these 

 matters. To the unpractised eye, the covering in 

 which these worms wind themselves, would pass 

 for particles of earth and water, accidentally col- 

 lected around the root. It would be well for 

 .every owner of a i)each tree, to set about ex- 

 amining the roots, and ridding them of this ene- 

 my. It is strange that more attention is not paiil 

 to this valuable fruit. A farmer near Philadel- 

 phia, the last year, sold 813,000 worth of peaches, 

 from a spot of ground that would not have yield- 

 ed two thousand dollars, with grain crops.] 



Mr Hallett — If you are a lover of fine peach- 

 es it may not be amiss, to remind the owners of 

 the few remaining peach trees, that the wonns 

 infesting the roots of these trees, are now about 

 assuming their wings. In a few weeks, they will 

 be inhabitants of the air, ready to lay the founda- 

 tion of a new colony of worms, to prose, ute 

 their work of destruction the ensuing year. The 

 observation of a minute is sufficient to determine 

 whether a tree is infested by them. A mass of 

 gum mixed with particles of wood, much rcsiun- 

 bling saw dust, attached to the root at the surface 

 of the ground, or within an inch or two below is a 

 certain indication ef the presence of the worm. 

 The greater part of these insects, according to my 

 observation, are already enclosed in their cocoon, 

 tmdergoing their transformation into the Nymphal 



with a (piart of new pnilk saturated wilh honey, 

 molasses or sugar, (to be preferred in the order in 

 which they are named ;) h-ave him two hours, at 

 rest ; drench him ag:iiu witli a pint of strong brine, 

 previously made by ilissolving in boiling water as 

 much common salt as it will hold, and leave the 

 horse undisturbed two hours more. Then ad- 

 minister Jijilf a pint of linseed oil, and the treat- 

 ment is complete. 



The rationale of this course, .according to the 

 writer, is as follows : Botts destroy horses by 

 feeding upon and i)erforating the integuments of 

 the stomach ; but, ])reierring sweetened milk to a 

 ticsh diet, they leave the substance of the stomach 

 and glut on the milk, of which they partake so' 

 much that they, are greatly distended, exposing a 

 thin skin to the action of the brine when adminis- 

 tered, which easily destroys them. Oil is after- 

 wards given to heal the wounds in the stomach 

 made by the worms. 



John Hinds, in his Treatise on F irriery. (a work 

 which should be in the haiwls of every man who 

 has the charge of horses,) aitributed the genera- 

 tion of worms to irregular feeding, and to feed- 

 ing upon indigestible substances, musty hay, grain, 

 &c, and in .some aged horses to imperfect masti- 

 cation. These causes produce indigestion, and 

 ultimately worms. Mr Hinds recommends, that, 

 when it is certainly ascertained the horse is at- 

 tacked by worms, the following bolus or ball be 

 administered: Calomel, IJ drachms; Annis 

 seed, 5 drachms, mixed with treacie into n paste 

 for two doses, to be given on two successive nights, 

 the first dose to be preceded by water gruel, and 

 the last one to be followed, the next day, by a pur- 

 gative compound of, Barhadoes aloes 4 drachms, 

 Gandioge l.J drachms, prepared kali 2 dr. ginger 

 1 dr. od of amber a teaspoonful, syrup of buck- 

 thorn sufficient to form the whole into a ball for 

 one dose. Shoidd the horse be weakly the first 

 mixture may be divided into three doses for as 

 many s\iccessive days, to be followed on the fourth 

 morning by the purgative. The horse in the mean 

 while should be led with fresh gra.ss, cracked corn, 

 mashed potatoes or oiher fooil easilj' digestible : 

 accompanied occasionally with salt. As the dis- 

 ease is produced by impaired digestive organs, it 

 must be cured by res'oring to those organs their 

 Iipalthful tone towards which the medicine 

 commended have a favorable tendency. 



August 20, 1830. 



them and affect the vermin to such a degree that 

 in ten minutes thereafter they will be completely 

 destroyed. With one gill of tliis spirit, we were 

 enabled to cleanse five trees of these destructive 

 vermin. Our author says trees do not re(;eive the 

 slightest injury by using this remedy. — Reading 

 Journal. 



From the Middletown Sentinel. 



WATER. 



Clear water is the best drink to preserve health. 

 It ought not, however, in hot weather, to be drank 

 very cold, as it will prove injurious — although that 

 is the time when nmst people prefer to have it the 

 coldest. Some will put ice in it, which helps the 

 doctois, and enables tavern-keepers to sell more of 

 their rK|Uors. Spring or well water shouhl stand 



Preserving Vegetables Green for the Winter. — 

 Take green ccrn either on the ears, or carefidly 

 shelled, peas, beans in pods, and dip them into 

 boiling water, and then carefully dry them in a 

 room where there is a free, circid.uion of air. 



awliile before a person that is warm drinks freely 

 ofit. 



Horses and cattle will not drink water that is 

 verv cold, when they can obtain that which is 

 warmer. They will, in warm weather, drink wa- 

 ter from a brook, or at .some distance below aspring, 

 latlier than froiti ihe head of a sjiring, because it ia 

 too cold; but in winter, they prefer water near the 

 head of the spring, because it is then not so cold 

 as that in the brook. 



It seems as though mankind might know as 

 much as horses and catlle ; yet it appears they are 

 not so prudent about their drink. 



Cold water is good for a bruise or wound, when 

 used inunediately — no matter, in this case, how 

 cold. Snow may also be used in lieu of it, when 

 most convenient, though 1 should rather prefer |j 

 water ; lor it wets the flesh socmer : but either will 

 reDc! the lilood, and help to heal the wound. 



My first information of the utility of cold water 

 for curing wounds, was from General Sullivan, 

 of New Ham|ishire, who learned it from the In- 

 dians dming the revolulioncry war. 



Alter he returned home fioin the army, his wife 

 hurt her arm very badly, just as he was about to 

 leave home : he poured on cold water until lint was 

 prepared, which he applied, and put a bandage 

 loimd the arm, telling her to keep it on until his 

 retmii, whii'h he expected would be in two or three 

 days— directing her to wet it occasionally with 

 water coutaiiung a little spirit, (though no spirit 

 was used at first.) — She fiillowed his directions, 

 hut he did not return under a week. He asked 

 her how her arm did ? She said she had not ta- 

 ken off the bandage, for it did not pain her. On 

 removing the bandage and dressings, he found it 

 was completely well. 



Gen. Sullivan said he had cured many wound- 

 ed men, by the application of cold water, after- 

 wanls putting on something to keep the air from 

 the wounds, which, in the common mode of dres- 

 sings would probably have proved fatal. 1 have 

 used it and seen it tried for about fifty years — ma- 

 ny times with wondcrfiil success. 



If a finger, toe, hauil or foot should be mr.shcd. 



or Chrysalis state. The covering is 



somewhat j Thus preserved they will keej) until winter, and ! .„,( jt jmo a pail or br )ok of svater, squeeze it to 



less than an inch in length, and one third of an retain all their freshness and agreeable flavor. 



inch in diameter, as you will sec by the three spe- ^- Y. Farmer. 



cimcns enclosed. They are easily fomid in the 



gummy mass above mentioned. — Hut the worms | Happening to look o 



not yet enclosed, will be Co 



r an Almanac, ptddished 

 in the cavity which j in 1802, we found a receipt for the destruction of 

 they have formed between the liark and wood of 1 caterpillars. We tried it, and, we are happy to 

 the root, and generally near the bottom of it. If say, with complete success. It is briefly this, 

 the root of the tree appear fair and sound to the Take a long reed or pole, and tie a pi-ce of sponge 

 depth of two or three inches no further search is j at the end— dip this inspirits of turpentine, and 

 necessary. — R. I. American of July 22. 



its place, and put the bones right— it will general- 

 ly get vyell without much else being done to it. 

 A FARMER. 



By late foreign medical journals we learn that 

 M. Coster, a French surgeon of great eminence, 

 has devoted his attention to the subject of animal 

 jioisons. He has discovered that chlorine has the 

 wonderful power of decomposing and destroying 

 conduct it to the nests— the spirits will penetrate | poison of the most deadly kind. The saliva of » 



