354 MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



HovEN OR Blasting in Sheep and Cattle.'— A late Mark-Lane Express has 

 the following : 



Lord Portman is desirons of making known the following simple remedy for hoven or 

 blasting in cattle. It is taken from Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry : " Give two or three 

 table-spoonsfnll of liquid ammonia {i. e. hartshorn) diluted with water, as soon as the ani- 

 mal shows any symptoms of the disorder, and drive it off the field where the attack has 

 been produced. The quantity of water must depend on the strength of the hartshorn. A 

 bottle of hartshorn should always be at hand where sheep are feeding on rape, &c., as deaths 

 follo\v very rapidly \vlien this disorder is unchecked. The swelling is due to fermentation 

 in the stomach, and the consequent formation of carbonic acid, and some hydro-sulphuric 

 acid gas — with both of these ammonia combines, and puts an end to fermentation." 



What HAS BEEN DONE CAN BE DONE again. — The object in going back to see 

 what has been done, is to bring us to the resolution of excelling in that which is 

 good. When Agricultural Societies offer premiums for large crops, as such 

 merely, they ought at least to require that they should exceed what their award 

 lists already show what has been done. We find the following in a late number 

 of the Mark-Lane Express. Multiply the quarters by 8, and it will be found 

 that 60, 70, and even upward of 80 bushels of wheat on an acre may be made : 



Faversham. — So bountiful have been the crops of wheat in this neighborhood from the 

 late hai-vest, that in many instances as much as 8 quarters an acre have been reaped ; and 

 the respected vicar, Rev. Mr. Collins, in a very eloquent discourse on Sunday se'nnight, 

 stated that as much as 10 quarters of wheat had been grown on a single acre of land, and 

 14 quarters of barley on a like portion. That the above are not solitary instances may be 

 known by the fact that on a single acre selected from a field of wheat on the fann of Mr. 

 Collard, of Reculver, 10 quarters and 3 bushels was the amazing produce, which was proved 

 with great caie for the purpose of deciding a considerable wager. [ Kentish Observer. 



Agricultural Clubs — their Utility. — To how many counties besides the 

 one for which it was issued, would not the following Prospectus apply ? 



"At a time like the present, when the necessity for increased knowledge, industry, and 

 economy is urged upon the Maryland farmer by so many considerations, which not merely 

 involve the question of his continuing to enjoy undiminished the comforts to which he has 

 hitherto been accustomed, but which plainly prove that he cannot maintain anything hke 

 his foi-mer position unless by adopting a better system of farming, by which he can so in- 

 crease the productive powers of his land as to be able to meet the increased demands upon 

 him and the increased competition against him ; and when we take into consideration the 

 power of association and the strength derived from union, it cannot escape the notice of 

 sensible men both how much tliis district wants, and how greatly it is likely to be benefited 

 by, a Farmers' Club." 



To MAKE a Ewe adopt a strange Lamb — Deterioration of Domestic Ani- 

 mals IN America. — The usual practice is, when a ewe loses her lamb, to place 

 its skin on the lamb which it is desired she shall nurse in place of it. This is 

 usually attended with success, but, says the author 'of a Prize Essay on Sheep, 

 in case of difficulty, a little gin rubbed upon the skin of the lamb [meaning, it is 

 presumed, the skin of the lamb to be foisted on her in place of her own] and nose 

 of the ewe, at once effects the desired object. This expedient is so easily adopt- 

 ed that it was thought best to give it a place in The Farmers' Library. We 

 take the occasion to say that we believe American Farmers generally have no 

 idea of the great and unwearied care taken in England by breeders of improved 

 stock of every sort, to keep it up to the mark of highest excellence. Those who 

 are aware of it cease to wonder at the deterioration which generally ensues after 

 a few generations in this country, with stock from high-priced imported ancestors. 

 We have not the practiced skill in breeding nor the latitude of choice which are 

 necessary for the selection of breeders. 



An ox that is in good condition in the spring, will perform more labor, and stand the 

 heat of summer much belter than one that is poor. 

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