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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



A Broken-Winded Horse.— (H. H.) There is no abso- 

 lute cure for this disease ; but the horse can be greatly re- 

 lieved by careful feeding. He should have concentrated 

 food— more oats and less hay. Bran mashes sufScient to 

 gently relax the bowels should be given freely. Is'ever 

 work him on a full stomach. Water sparingly in the 

 morning and during the day, but let him have all he will 

 drink in the evening after the day's work is done. Corn 

 leaves are said to be good food for such a horse. Carrots 

 we know to be excellent. We have little faith in medi- 

 cine, though judiciously used it might afford some relief. 



Tending a Thrashing Machine.— (G. W.) Take a fine 

 sponge and fit it to your nose and mouth. Moisten it with 

 water, and let a string pass from each side of it to the 

 back part of the head, and tie them together. This will 

 keep the dust from your lungs, and you will find it a great 

 relief. 



Can Cows hold back their Milk ? — In the May number 

 of the Fanner, page 140. I see an extract from lir. Dadd's 

 communication in the Stock Journal, stating that cows can 

 not hold back their milk. This is contrary to the tradi- 

 tions of our fathers. I do not wish to dispute the author- 

 ity, for it seems to me good; yet I do not feel quite dis- 

 posed to discard my early teachings without a little more 

 fight on the subject. Will Dr. Dadd, or some one, inform 

 me how we shall account for the fact that a cow, used to 

 being slopped while milking, will, many times, refuse to 

 yield her milk until she gets her metis P Why a cow with 

 a young calf often refuses her milk until the calf gets 

 hold of one of the teats ? — in short, why does a calf "bunt ?" 

 These things are actual occurrences known to every farm- 

 er; and most of us have accounted for them, believing 

 that some cows acquire the control over the milk, to hold 

 it back at pleasure.— E. F. Barrows, Shehoi/gaii Falls, Wis. 



Potato Bugs. — 1 wish to ask you or your correspondents 

 to answer through your paper what they know about them, 

 and the remedy. The bug is brown on the under part; 

 on the back it'is striped with brown and orange. It is 

 from one-half to five-eights of an inch long. They ap- 

 peared the latter part of June, in such numbers as to eat 

 nearly all the leaves off the potatoes, and leave the bare 

 stems standing. I have never before seen these bugs, nor 

 have I seen any account of them in the papers. The po- 

 totoes were of "the Neshanod- variety, planted in March on 

 a light, gravelly soil. — A Subscriber, Ky. 



Japan Apple-Pie Melon. — I should like an article from 

 some of your readers on the best method of cultivating 

 the Japan Apple-Pie Melon.— W. G., Boss, C. W. 



Fattening Poultry. — I would like to know the best 

 method of- fattening poulti-y — especially fowls and tur- 

 keys. — (x. W. Dally, Lawrence Co., Fa. 



Eats. — Will some of your correspondents tell me the 

 ' best method of keeping rats out of the corn-crib or gra- 

 nary y — D. N. D. 



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