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GARGET CAN BE CURED. 



drop their lambs in March, I likewise ^ve rape-cake. 

 I coiniuence this practice during the winter, and con- 

 tinue it throughout the season. At the commence- 

 ment I supply it in small quantities, with a sprinkling 

 of oats; now and then an ewe is seen to nibble by 

 degrees, and after a lapse of some weeks they also 

 get a^'customed to it, and eat to the extent of J to | 

 of u pound per day each. As the composition of 

 shee|)'s milk resembles that of the cow, I need not 

 remark on its adaptation to the purpose. 



Being engaged in the business of keeping cows for 

 dairy purposes, and likewise for fattening, of which 

 latter I send out 50 to CO per year, the comparative 

 effect of the two processes on the fertility of the land 

 in my occupation has engaged much of my attention. 

 On the rich feeding pastures of this district, cattle 

 graze from year to year, and for a long series of 

 years, without any perceptil)le diminution of their 

 fertility. Tlie cattle for this purpose being well- 

 grown animals, their increase will be to flesh and fat; 

 and, reckoning the same rate of increase aa above 

 noticed, each beast will carry off in flesh the nitrogen 

 equal to what will be supplied by 3 cwt. of oil-cake 

 or beans. This appears to be fully restored through 

 the agency of the atmosphere. The effisct of dairy 

 produce is known to be very different. In Cheshire 

 and other cheese-making and diary districts it is found 

 necessary, with a view of maintaining the fertility of 

 the pastures, to apply a top-dressing of bones, rich in 

 gelatine and phosphate of lime, every 6 or 7 years. 

 It has been shown that, in a full yield of milk, more 

 than three times the quantity of nitrogenous matter 

 is contained than can be assimilated in the increase 

 of beef; besides which, milk carries off a considerable 

 quantity of phosphate of lime and other mineral 

 matters. The amount of nitrogen removed by a 

 cow giving 3 J gallons per day carries off the nitro- 

 gen of 5.70 tbs., or for the half year 9 cwt. rape- 

 cake; 2 gallons per day carries off the nitrogen of 

 3.25tbs., or for the half year 5 J cwt. rape-cake; while 

 the nitrogen assimilated by a fattening beast requires 

 only 1.76 lbs per day, or 3 cwt. per year to replace 

 it. It is to be observed that a cow on rich pasture, 

 giving only 4 quarts per day, will gain flesh likewise, 

 and carry off nitrogen in addition. The analysis of 

 rape-cake show about 4 per cent, of phosphate of 

 lime and phosphoric acid. A full yield of milk will 

 require 2lbs yer day, or 3 cwt. 36 lbs for the season, 

 to restore this element of fertility. It will be re- 

 marked that no part of this is supplied by the 

 atmosphere. 



I have shown by the treatment of milch cows that 

 1 am alile with a full yield of milk to maintain their 

 condition. I hold it equally desirable to keep up the 

 fertility of my pastures. Since I began the use of 

 rape-cake, I am effecting more than this — they are 

 gaining from year to year in productiveness. 



In the woolen manufacture, shoddy or refuse wool, 

 which was formerly sent to Kent as manure, is now 

 sorted over and a great proportion of it is retained 

 for again working up into new materials. In the 

 cotton trade, what was formerly looked upon, and 

 termed waste, is now cleaned from its filth and mauu- 

 liictured into stout cloths for export, some of them 

 probably to the very remote countries in which the 

 cotton was produced. Agriculture i.s, in this respect, 



far in arrear; a great waste, not only of material of 

 food but likewise of material to produce that food, 

 is daily occuring. — Y., in the Lon. Jig. Gazette. 



GARGET. CAN BE CUBED. 



It has lieen ascertained that hydriodate of potash 

 will cure the worst cases of this disea,se. Twelve 

 grains, dissolved in a table-spoonful of water, may 

 be given at a dose, and three doses given each day 

 till the cure is perfected. Three or four weeks are 

 usually sufficient for the purpose. If it is inconven- 

 ient to give a dose at noon, let the morning and night 

 doses contain eighteen grains each; though three of 

 twelve grains each are probably better. 



The matter is very easily managed. Get at an 

 apothecary's store an ounce and a half of the medi- 

 cine; which at 440 grains to the ounce will contain 

 660 grains. This will make fifty-five doses of twelve 

 grains each. Put the whole into a glass bottle of 

 sufficient capacity, with fifty-five table-spoonsful of 

 cold water. Shake briskly, and it will be thoroughly 

 dissolved in a few moments; and every table-spoon- 

 ful will contain the requisite quantify of twelve grains. 

 Wet a little Indian meal or shorts with water enough 

 to make a stiff paste, and stir in the dose. 



The above remedy was substantially communica- 

 ted, not long since, to the JVew England Farmer, 

 by the gentleman who discovered it, and who had 

 tried it in repeated instances with uniform success. 



Hydriodate of potash is much used by physicians, 

 and is well known to act directly upon the mammary 



This remedy, for the odious disease of garget, 

 ought to be universally known, as it might be the 

 means of saving, annually, many valuable animaJa. 



The best cows — those giving the richest milk, and 

 the greatest quantity — are the ones oftenest attacked. 



The Kev. Daniel C. Weston, of this city, to whom 

 we are permitted to rel'er, has recently tried this 

 method of cure with entire success. He has a valu- 

 alile cow that was badly attacked with garget soon 

 after calving last spring. One of the hinder quarters 

 of the bag was so caked and inflamed, that, though 

 ordinarily perfectly gentle, she would kick at the 

 lea.st motion to touch it. The milk was of a reddish 

 color, and left in the pan a bloody sediment. No 

 portion of the milk can be relied on, as the milk from 

 those teats that gave no external marks of disease, 

 left in the pan a bloody deposit. 



Every remedy, known to the wiseacres hereabouts, 

 was faithfully tried without effect. Garget root, salt- 

 petre, glauber salts, sulphur, given in the most ap- 

 proved quantities, (to say nothing of various outward 

 applications,) each and all absolutely failed to afford 

 any relief. There was every probability that the cow 

 was ruined, and Mr. Weston was strongly advised te 

 give her up and fat her for the butcher. 



At this point a copy of the JVew England Far- 

 mer, containing the above recipe, was put into his 

 hands by a friend, and he immediately proceeded to 

 test its qualities. When he began to give it, the bag 

 was almost one solid cake. In three or four days the 

 bag began to soften. In seven days there was a de- 

 cided improvement. In two weeks there was no 

 bloody sediment in the milk. In three weeks the 



