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We learn by materia medica that tobacco has eight medical qualities, viz : emetic, cathartic, sudo- 

 rific, expectorant, narcotic, sialagogue, diuretic, and anti-spasmodic. Besides these, there is a volatile 

 poisonous base, called nicotine, one drop of -which is said to kill a large dog. And it may be that 

 Mr. McS. has found a new and more speedy remedy in tobacco for the cure of strangles, which he 

 deserves credit for. Mr. Youatt says that tobacco in the hands of a skillful veterinarian may be 

 advantageously employed in civses of extreme costiveness or dangerous cholic, but should nerer be 

 permitted to be used as an external application for the cure of mange, or an internal medicine to 

 promote a fine coat Men who undertake to do any thing with a glandered horse, should be veiy 

 careful to examine their hands and face, to see that there are no cuts or sores on them, for the glan- 

 ders have in this way been innoculated into the human system, causing soma of the most horrible 

 and frightful deaths. It would be well, however, to state that tobacco fermentation should not be 

 used in strangles after pus is formed, or suppuration taken place, or after the abscess has broken, 

 which would only have a tendency to aggravate the disease, instead of doing any good. 



It appears tliat the first stage of glanders is confined for a length of time to the pituitary mem- 

 brane of the nose, and is characterized by a thin, watery discharge. Then t])e second stage begins: 

 the glands begin to get afi"ected, the discharge becomes more and thicker, the glands enlarge, and 

 so on to the third stage, when the swelling of the glands begins to subside, farcy sets in, the nasal 

 discharge becomes darker, ulcerations show themselves along the veins absorbent and large lympha- 

 tives, and perhaps extend on to the lungs, and entirely obliterate them. The horse dies, as it were, 

 almost a decomposed mass. In Mr. Youati's concluding remarks he says : " Worse than all, the 

 man who attends on that horse is in danger. The cases are now becoming far too niimerous in 

 which the groom or the veterinary surgeon attending on g'andered horses becomes infected, and in 

 the majority of cases dies." S. A. Ellis. — Roscoe, Coshocton County, Ohio. 



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Frauds in Woolen Cloth. — It is not generally known that hundreds, and I might say thousands, 

 of bales of the cast off rags of paupers have been imported and worked up in woolen cloth to sell 

 to the American people. These rags, as you told us not long since, were formerly used as manure. 

 Imported rags, all wool, bring seven cents per pound in New York market ; rags half cotton and 

 half wool, three to four cents per pound. Now, who among your readers, if they knew it, would 

 wear a garment made in part of wool of the worst description, and part of the lousy rags of beg- 

 gars? Who would, if they knew it, wear woolen clothes fit only for manure ? All the low priced 

 men's wear is of this description of cloth, and may be easily detected by putting one's hand upon 

 it ; it feels a? rough as a horse-card. There is no occasion for manufacturers to work up old rags 

 in this country, where wool is so plenty ; but they will continue to make it as long as they can 

 humbug, sell, and fleece the people out of their money. This counterfeit cloth is made of imported 

 rags, and imported wool that cost but little more than the rags. The frauds the manufiicturers 

 commit upon the unsuspecting laboring men throws the sheep speculation entirely in the shade. 



I reluctantly acknowledge the general laxity of trading morals, and the little value set upon vir- 

 tous actions ; and it is astonishing how few persons among the laboring classes deeply interested in 

 agricultural prosperity, take the trouble to read, think, and act upon broad and sound principlea 

 A Michigan Farmer. 



Burning Limk — A new mode of burning lime appeared in your September number. With us it 

 is not a new thing ; it ha^ been thoroughly tried and found to be a failure. By the time Mr. Hale 

 has used his lime kiln one season, he will change his mind as to its utility. It will do all that he 

 says as long as the arch will stand. The difficulty is, that as soon as the stone in the kiln is heated 

 it expands with a force that can not be restrained. The arch, or roof, resting upon the top of the 

 kiln, must by the expansion and contraction of the heated stones very soon " cave in." The arch, 

 with its necessary chimneys, is very heavy, and like all arches needs and must have a good founda- 

 tion ; and a lime kiln is any thing but a good foundation. I write this as a caution to the unex- 

 perienced. C. W. — Lake Grove. 



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To Clean Chess keom Wheat. — Take all the screens out, except the lower one ; let the wheat fall 

 pretty well back ; blow hard, and if the wheat goes over too much, elevate the hind end of the 

 mill a little, and it may be entirely cleaned without difficulty, no matter how foul. R. Willet. — 

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