1S53. 



NEW ENGLAND EARMRR. 



415 



from the seed to the height of ten feet in as manj 

 years, and to a si/.e profitable for firewood m twen- 

 ty years 



and of course much sooner %yhen trans- 



For the New Ens^land Farmer. 



GARGET IN COWS. 



ty years ; ana ot cuuisc mv^v.. """"-, ; , .,, i Mk. Editor :— Seeing in one of the late numbers 



planted; and these may be planned and w, ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ 



Lurish in the poorest soil; that which 18 fat ior^^^^^^^^ . .1 ... _... .u. „.,. 



nothing else. Between here and Plum Island 

 with a'small outlay, pine trees might be set ou 

 and pine trees line the road side on land which 

 now yields little or nothing, which would furnisl 

 timber for spars and many other purposes, in the 



have taken the first opportunity while the rain is 

 wetting our hay, to reply to the inquiry. 



Mr. Cole, in his "Diseases of Animals, page 

 239 says, "This disorder attacks the udders of 

 cow's, particularly young ones, after their first 

 calving— or cows in high condition. Ihe internal 



course of a few years ; before the present genera- ^| ^^^ ^^^^^ becomes inflamed, generally in 

 tion of ship-builders and mast-makers have given ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ relieved, it often ex- 

 „i„^« ^•,^ fiini'r nntnr.il HuccessoTS. L_ j.i.. j.i ,1,^1^ K.:,n. Tf, hofmnes tender, much 



Dlace to their natural successors- 



Every one that plants a tree invests its value in 



tends to the whole bag. It becomes tender ,_much 



Every one that plants a tree invests its value in ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^_ T^e milk co- 

 bank which never breaks, and which pays g«o«L<,^iat(.g ^ud is drawn oflF in thick masses, often 



interest; while it lives it is grateful to the eye, 

 and if cut down will always bring more than the 

 orK^inal cost. Let every one that can, plantatruit 

 tree in his garden, and a shade tree on the way- 

 side, and another on any spare spot for tuture use, 

 and we shall not in future years, have to goto 

 Maine or Georgia for fuel and ship timber or de- 

 pend on imported and half decayed fruit, from 

 Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.— iVeioiwri/- 



port Herald. 



Fur the New Eii^unid Fanner. 

 THE WEATHER. 

 Mr. Editor :— I see by your paper, and by oth' 



ao-ulates, and is drawn oflF in thick masses, often 

 bFoody. The causes are too high feeding ; allow- 

 ing the cows to go dry too long ; not drawing off 

 the milk when the bag becomes full before calving, 

 humors in the system that collect at this tender 

 place; and taking cold." "For remedy," he says, 

 "bleed, physic, give garget root either in their 

 food, or use as a seton. Saltpetre, tobacco and 

 urine, and vinegar or spirits as a wash." 

 I I find that all farmers who feed high and de- 

 pend principally on grain or green food for keep- 

 - lieir cows, aie most troubled with this disease. 



ling then v^uvro, i">j "^-^"^ ^ , 



I It does not seem to be very dangerous to the gen- 

 leral health of the cow but only injures or spoils 

 . Editor :— 1 see by your paper, auu uy «..i.- ,^^^ ^-^^^ vessels. V,'Wi\6 visiting the farm o. Hon. 

 ers that you have had severe drought in the last Ug y French, last winter, his foreman showed me 

 six'weeks. I do not remember a season when veg- 1 g^^^ ^^^^^^ cow that bad brought three calves 



o-et a pineh of drought in the next six weeks here, 

 i shall be mistaken. Yours, &o., 



L. DURANT. 



Derby, Ct., July 1^, 1853. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 PEAS— AN EXPERIMENT. 



Mr. Editor :— Being a genuine Yankee, and pos- 

 sessincr that spirit of inquiry which, to so great a 

 degree, characterizes them as a people, I was in- 

 duced to try the following experiment with peas. 

 I planted in drills 2 f(*t apart, on land that was 

 in corn the year previous, manuring one-third with 

 decoiiiposed stable manure, one-third with chip- 

 manure and planted the other third without any. 

 Those, where the chip manure was used, were 



since her udder had been destroyed by garget, so 

 jthat not a single gill of milk could be drawn away. 

 Yet the cow enjoyed good health otherwise. A 

 ereat many fine cows lose part of the bag, gener- 

 tuy one quarter at a time. Now I should say that 

 the target is nothing more than long continued 

 inflammation of the udder, caused by too great a 

 flow of milk— for it.is our best cows only, that are 

 troubled in this way. A fat cow, or one that in- 

 clines more to take on fat than to "run to milk, 

 seldom has this disease, except immediately after 

 calving. A sudden change from poor to good teed- 

 in- while the cow is thin of flesh, is generally the 

 immediate cause of garget. Cows that are poor 

 should be brought up to good feeding very gradu- 

 ally If you feed fast you will soon be warned ot 

 dant'er, by fever in one or more parts of the udder, 

 thick, and perhaps bloody milk. The first thing 

 to do, is to take away all extra feed, draw oflfall 

 the milk, and wash the fevered parts in cold spring 

 or well water. You cannot wash or shower too 

 much as long as the fever remains. Mr. French 

 uses a small force pump. The amount of washing 

 or showering, depends entirely on the severity _o 

 the case. If the cow has only just calved, it will 

 often be brought down soft by the bunting of the 

 calf, if you keep him a little hungry W ashmg 

 every morning and night will generally bring out 

 the fever, but if a very bad case, wash twenty 

 times if necessary. , 



We once stufted cold wet moss all around the 

 udder, and confined it by tying a banket over the 



etation of all kinds has continued to grow and 

 flourish as it has here, thus far the present season. 

 We had a fruitful rain here on Saturday, tne 10th 

 inst., from twelve till half past one o'clock. The 

 streets and low grounds were completely flooded, 

 ^.nother fine shower we had on Wednesday raorn- 

 ino- the 20th, and still another fine rain on Satur- 

 day the 23d. This morning, the 26th, another 

 iieavy shower of some two hours in length. V\ e 

 had in the two first weeks in the present month, 

 ten days of as good hay weather as any farmer 

 need ask for. So that haying and harvest have been 



but little retarded by rain. We think the grass ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ 



crop is rather large in this section, while grain o jj^^^g^jate cause of garget. Cows that are poor 

 all kinds has come In well. Corn never looked , _,^ x.. 

 better at this season than now. But if we do not 



-""- - - --i^ . '^^Kock and letting the cow remain in that fax o\er 



one-third heavier than those were where no ma- '^i^ck anu i«i, g 

 nure was used; and those where the stable manure p'gn^_ .^ ^^^^ condition, feed regular- 



was used, were twice as heavy ; or i" o^^'^/o"^."' W milk dean akd use cold water in cases of fever 

 where no manure was used they produced 3 parts, >y. Thllvev is -one I think we need be troubled 

 where the chip manure was used -i parts, where tmtne^^^^ ^ith'cows having the garget, 

 the stable manure was used 6 parts. | J/^,^^,^,,;/,, Mass, 



Lewistvn Falls, Me. o- lENNE-i. 



A. W. C. 



