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THE GENESEE FAR.YER. 



THE KUPTTJRE OF A COLT CURED. 



Eds. Genesee Farmer: — Mj father owns n, mare 

 colt, wliicli is two J ears old this spring. After the 

 colt was foaled, part of its intestines protruded 

 through the rim of the abdomen. The intestines 

 would often get entirely bound into the rupture, 

 which gave the colt the most intense pain, and was 



relieved only by returning them to their proper 

 place by force. I gave the blemish but little atten- 

 tion until the winter of 1859. I wrote to Dr. Dadd, 

 of Boston, who said the rupture could be cured by 

 a surgical operation. I then applied to Dr. Mich- 

 ENOP, our skillful veterinary surgeon ; he agreed to 

 perform the operation. He came on the 25th day 

 of April, 1859. We threw the colt and secured it 



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firmly, causing it to lay upon its back ; by which 

 position tlie intestines returned to their proper 

 place. He then made an incision in the outer skin, 

 and dissected the two skins apart, tied a cord tight- 

 ly around it, and cut off the lower extremity. A 

 strong cord was drawn around the outer skin, as 

 near the abdonfen a? possible. The intestines that 

 protruded through the rim of the abdomen were 



above five inches in circumference, and 2^ inches 

 in length. Th^ colt is now sound, and bids fair to 

 make a valuable horse. ed. o. eomine. 



Stockiun, Hr. J. 



Flax Seed. — There were imported into this coun- 

 try last year (almost entirely from India,) 2,348,777 

 bushels of flax seed. 



