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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



through each cubic foot of its bulk ; and this rare- 

 fied water no more wets the air than the solidified 

 water wets the solid material on which it is ab- 

 sorbed. — Daguerrian Journal. 



MANGE IN KORSBS. 



This is a pimpled or lumpy eruption. After a 

 while the vesicle breaks, the cuticle and the hair 

 fall off, and there is, as in obstinate surfeit, a bare 

 spot left covered with scurf; but some fluid oozes 

 from the skin beneath, and this scurfiness changes 

 to a scab, which likewise soon peals off and leaves 

 a wider spot; sometimes another scab succeeds to 

 the first, but oftener a mere scaly, greasy-feelinir, 

 bare spot remains. This is attended with consider- 

 able itchintr and tenderness, and thickening: of the 

 skin, which soon becomes more or less folded or 

 puckered. The mange generally first appears on 

 the neck, at the root of the mane, and its existence 

 may be pretty truly ascertained, even before the 

 blotches appear, and when there is only considera- 

 ble itchiness of the part, by the ease with which 

 the short hair at the root of the mane is plucked 

 out. From the neck it spreads upwards to the 

 head or downwards to the withers and back, and 

 occasionally extends over the whole carcase of the 

 horse. 



One cause of it is neglected or inveterate surfeit; 

 the more common cause is contagion. No disease 

 is more contagious than this. The same brush or 

 curry comb used on all horses will propagate it. 



The propi'iety of bleeding in cases of mange must 

 depend on the condition of the patient. If it be 

 the result of poverty and the animal is much debil- 

 itated, bleeding will be adding power to tiie cause of 

 the disease. Physic, however, is indispensable. 

 It is the first step in the progress towards cure. A 

 mercurial ball will be preferable to a common 

 aloetic one, as more certain and effectual in its 

 operation. In this, however, mange in the horse 

 resembles itch in the human being — that medicine 

 alone will never effect a cure. There must be 

 some local application. There is in it this further 

 similarity, that that which is most effectual in cur- 

 ing itch, must form the basis of every local appli- 

 cation as it regards the horse. Sulphur is indis- 

 pensable in every unguent for mange. 



In an early and very acute state of mange, one 

 ounce of the flour of sulphur should be well rubbed 

 down with an equal quantity of train oil, and half 

 an ounce of common turpentine. A tolerably stout 

 brush or even a curry comb, lightly applied, should 

 be used whenever there is any appearance of mange, 

 to remove the dandiiff or scurf. After that, the 

 horse should be washed with strong soap and water 

 as fur as the disease has extended; and w-hen he 

 has been thoroughly dried, the ointment should be 

 well rubbed in with the naked hand or with a piece 

 of flannel. More good will be done by a little of 

 the ointment being rubbed in, than by a great deal 

 being merely smeared over the part. The rubbing 

 should be daily repeated. During the application 

 of the ointment, and as soon as the physic has set, 

 an alterative ball or powder similar to those re- 

 commended for the other affections of the skin, 

 should be daily given. If after some days have 

 passed and no progress should appear to have been 

 made, half a pound of sulphur may be well mixed 

 with a pint of oil of tar, or, if that is not to be ob- 

 tained, a pint of Barbadoes tar, and the affected 

 parts rubbed as before. On every fifth and sixth 



day, the ointment should be washed out with warm 

 soap and water. The progress towards cure will 

 will be ascertained; the skin will be cleaned, and 

 its pores opened for the more effectual application 

 of the ointment. 



The horse should be well supplied with nourish- 

 ing, but not stimulating food. 



FARMING IN INDIANA. 



Henry L. Ellsworth, Esq., Indiana, (formerly of 

 Hartford,) recently delivered a lecture in that city, 

 on "Agriculture at the West," which shows the 

 surprising fertility of the soil in Indiana. 



He spoke of the large amount of agricultural 

 products raised in Indiana, and the low prices of 

 produce. Butter there sells for 4 and 6 cents per 

 pound, such as would bring 25 in New York city; 

 chickens 75 cents per dozen; turkies 25 cents each. 

 He spoke of the vai'ious kinds of fences used, and 

 showed a model of one which he considered best, 

 which cost but $110 per mile, and it could be 

 taken up and easily moved at pleasure. Houses 

 two stories high 18 by 20 feet, were put up there 

 on contract for $110 each, and painted with a cheap 

 paint made of tallow, lime, &c., for 22 dollars. 

 He could raise corn in Indiana for five cents a 

 bushel, and a smart young man could cultivate and 

 take care of 40 acres alone. In ploughing, they 

 do not hold the plough, but set it in the soil and 

 draw it along from two wheels. Farms are rented 

 out for one-third of their produce. No manure is 

 used on the soil — it would not pay the trouble of 

 carting it. He said that cows were worked there 

 as well as oxen, to good advantage; although they 

 would not give quite as large a quantity of milk, 

 when worked. He raised hay and pressed it for 

 exportation for $1,75 per ton. He spoke of the 

 railroads and canals that were in progress in the 

 western country, which would be of great advan- 

 tage in getting their produce to the eastern cities. 

 Plank roads were much used, and built for $1500 

 per mile — paying 30 to40 percent, interest. 



SUGGESTIONS. 



When I see ploughing done, year after year, in 

 the same track, beside a fence or a gully, till a 

 dyke of considerable height is thrown up, and of 

 course a corresponding leanness in the interior, 

 thinks I to myself there is a want of good hus- 

 bandry. 



When I see a stone wall topped out with a sttx- 

 gle tier of round stone, thinks I to myself the up- 

 per foot in the height of such walls ought never to 

 have been put on, and look out for dull sythes and 

 loss of hay. 



When I see a fruit tree loaded with twice the 

 top necessary for bearing well; and this perhaps 

 partly dead, thereby keeping the rays of the sun 

 from the under crop, thinks I to myself, there is an 

 indication of bad husbandry. 



When I see a total failure of a crop of Indian 

 corn, thinks I to myself, if that man had bestowed 

 all the manure and perhaps two-thirds the labor on 

 half the ground, he would have had a fair crop of 

 ruta baga the following year. 



When I see a farmer selling his ashes for ten 

 cents per bushel, thinks I to myself, that farmer 

 had better given his purchaser ten cents to leave 

 tliem to his corn and grain. — Maine Farmer. 



