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that. " the resin of the Cannabis Indica is in general use as an intoxicating 

 agent, from the farthermost confines of India to Algiers. If this resin be swal- 

 lowed, almost invariably the inebriation is of the most cheerful kind, causing the 

 person to sing and dance, to eat food with great relish, and to seek aphrodisiac 

 enjoyment. The intoxication lasts about three hours, when sleep supervenes ; 

 it is not followed by nausea or sickness, nor by any symptoms, except slight gid- 

 diness, worth recording. These effects are much modified in this country, and 

 much less marked, possibly from the length of the voyage rendering the article 

 deteriorated in value. The subsequent effects are depression of spirits, and re- 

 laxation of the muscles in a marked degree ; yet the lightness attending that re- 

 laxation, the free perspiration on the skin, and the increase of appetite, have 

 made some old rheumatic persons speak of it as the elasticity of youth." 



In taking space to record these curious facts, besides the amusement they may 

 afford, it is confessed that the principal motive is to suggest that in these drugs 

 maybe found the means of relieving our domestic animals, especially those faith- 

 ful ones the horse and the dog, in critical cases of illness. Gratitude, nay com- 

 mon humanity, invites us to diffuse a knowledge of every means that may save 

 not only their lives, but even a moment of speechless suffering — instead whereof 

 how many such do men wantonly inflict ? 



LYFORD'S PRICE CURRENT. 



PRACTICAL HINTS TO GROWERS OF INDIAN CORN. 



We. heartily welcome the return to our desk of an old and familiar friend, 

 under the above title. If any man has a tact for the office of gathering up and 

 arranging statistics — agricultural and commercial — with judgment and perspicu- 

 ity, Mr. Lyford has, either by nature or education or both. To this expression 

 of our poor opinion we are prompted no less by good will for the man than the 

 thanks we have often owed to the editor for articles like the following. Thor- 

 ough cleaning and thorough drying, such as is afforded by the use of the Staf- 

 ford Rotary Dryer, will go far toward substituting our Indian corn, in England, 

 for their oil-cake and oatmeal, and thus may be opened a new, improving and 

 permanent market for the plant which should take, on our arms, the place of 

 the ravenous and plundering bird of prey, and, more than the sword, be esteem- 

 ed the glory of America. The following, among his notices to correspondents, 

 by the learned editor of the London Gardener's Chronicle, is extracted only to 

 show how familiar they are getting with the use of our Corn Meal : 



Management of Cattle — F P B M — You can feed joux cattle perfectly on hay, Lin- 

 seed, Maize, and water, and litter them comfortably with Fern and leaves ; and we should 

 prefer doing so and obtaining the manure for oar tui-nips, to buying guano at £11 lis. per ton. 

 You can probably buy oat^sti-avv cheaper than hay : given as chaff soaked in hot linseed 

 soup, and sprinkled with Indian corn meal, it will feed well. 



Among the same notices Professor Lindley, who seems to be extensively en- 

 gaged in practical farming, says : 



Farm Horses — Our horses are now eating about one cwt. of hay and nearly 2^ bushels 

 of oats apiece weekly. 



This goes to show, as we have often insisted, what an enormously expensive 

 agricultural machine a live horse is. Say for the year, 21 tons of hay and 125 

 bushels of oats. Now we turn to two papers on our table for the price of these 



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