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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



We hope he will find opportunity to write again 

 on this important subject. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 REMEDY FOR BLOODY MILK. 



Gentlemen : — I noticed in the Nov. number of 

 your paper an inquiry from J. E. Upham in regard 

 to the cause and cure of cows giving bloody milk; 

 and you close your remarks by requesting some one 

 acquainted with the physiology of the cow to en- 

 ligiiten you on the subject. I do not profess to be 

 much acquainted with the physiology of the cow, 

 but have had two cases of cows giving bloody 

 milk, both of which (I think) were caused by ex- 

 ternal injury, and were cured by the following 

 means ; bleeding about four inches forward of tiie 

 udder in thi large vein on that side of the belly 

 where the milk is most affected, (as it is frequent- 

 ly confined to one quarter of the udder) and giving 

 one ounce of saltpetre thoroughly pulverised. — 

 Wash the bag carefully with salt and water, and 

 extract the milk as clean as possible twice a day 

 at this season of the year, or three times in the hot 

 part of the season. 



Very respectfully youis, 



Horace Carpenter. 



Worcester, Vl., Nov. 15, 1851. 



Remarks. — Since the recent discussion of this 

 subject in our columns we have made numerous in- 

 quiries, and find that the disease constantly prevails 

 to a considerable extent, and consequently there 

 must be in the aggregate a very serious loss. In 

 conversation with a distinguished physician yester- 

 day from New York, who passed his youth in ac- 

 tual operations on the farm, he informed us that 

 the "garget root" is a specific in the disease in 

 question, but that if used at all it must be with 

 great discretion. He also stated that some reme- 

 dies having a powerful influence on men, were 

 innoxious upon animals, as for instance : — arsenic 

 taken into the stomach of a dog proves harmless, 

 while it would readily destroy human life. This 

 may be the case in some measure with garget. 

 Saltpetre is sometimes used in small portions with 

 good effect, as a medicme for horses ; we know 

 nothing of its effects upon cattle. 



If these discussions lead to greater care and 

 kindness in the treatment of diseased animals we 

 shall consider the space devoted to them well occu- 

 pied. 



USES OF CORN— HUSK BEDS, &C. 



Messrs. Editors: — The value of that king of 

 cereals — Indian Corn — has scarcely begun to bt 

 appreciated. Not only is its grain the most whole- 

 some and nutritive food for man and beast, and its 

 stalks excellent forage for stock, but its husks 

 make fiist-rate beds for the tired husbandman and 

 his family. Let the inner husks be saved by the 

 farmer, and his wife and daughters can manufac- 

 ture them into most healthy and agreeable couches. 

 The hard ends of the husks should be clipped off 

 with a pair of shears, and they may be put in the 

 ticks whole, or what is better, split in shreds with 



a haichell. Such a bed is soft and pleasant, with- 

 out the enervating effects of feathers, and far less 

 expensive than mattrasses. They are also very 

 durable, (a.) 



By the way, the cheapest and most economical 

 way of keeping horses through the winter season, 

 where the work is not heavy, is to cut corn stalks 

 and mix them with a little mill-feed. They can 

 be kept in this way with but little hay or grain, 

 which at the present prices of these articles is an 

 item worthy of consideration. 



Speaking of cheap feed for horses reminds me of 

 the way a friend of mine kept his horse last winter. 

 He is a clergyman, and using his horse only about 

 once a week, thought it best to be as saving of ex- 

 pense in keeping him as possible. Having no pig, 

 he gave him the slops of the kitchen, which he 

 soon seemed to relish, and kept him on these and 

 a "jag" of straw which a friend gave him, all 

 winter, and kept him in good order with little or 

 no expense for fodder. If this should meet the eye 

 of my reverend friend, I trust he will pardon me 

 for making it public, for in this day of economy I 

 think he deserves a special premium. — Rural Neiv- 

 Yorher. 



Remarks. — {a.) We are assured by those who 

 have used husks for under beds for years, that 

 they are much better without splitting, as they do 

 not mat together so soon. — Ed. N. E. F. 



How TO Measure an Acre. — The American 

 Farmer gives the following direction for measuring 

 an acre of land. The information will not only be 

 valuable to farmers, but to the reader generally. 



Land — 30^ square rods make a square rood; 4 

 square roods make 1 acre; G40 acres make one 

 square mile; 4819 square yards or 157 rods make 

 one acre. In measuring an acre by yards, the 

 usual practice is to trace off 79 yards in length 

 and 79 yards in vvidtli; this in a rough way may be 

 consideied near enough for practical purposes, but 

 as 79 yards either way make 4999 square yards, it 

 exceeds one acre by 69 square yards. To deter- 

 mine an accurate acre, it should be measured 78 

 yards in length by 66 1-7 yards in breadth. The 

 same result may be arrived at by measuring 229 

 feet in length and 196 feet in wadth, or by measur- 

 ing 78J yards in length by 66 yards in breadth. 



Popular Relicion. — He that breaks off the 

 yoke of obedience, and unties the bands of disci- 

 pline, and preaches a cheap religion, and presents 

 heaven in the midst of flowers, and strews carpets 

 softer than the Asian luxury in the way, and sets 

 the songs of Sion to the tunes of the Persian and 

 lighter airs, and offers great liberty of living, and 

 reconciles eternity with present enjoyment, — he 

 shall have his schools filled with disciples: but he 

 that preaches the Cross and the severities of 

 Christianity, and the strictnesses of a holy life, 

 shall have the lot of his blessed Lord ; he shall be 

 thought ill of, and deserted. — Taylor. 



[I^ "There is nothing, said Sir Samuel Romilly, 

 "by which I have through life more profited than by 

 the just observations, the good opinion, and the sin- 

 cere and gentle encouragement of an amiable and 

 sensible woman." 



