Mismanagem ent. 



and inferior bean or pea straw, musty hay, and 

 supposed economical system of feeding with little 

 or no corn. 



Among his cattle he endures losses from en- 

 gorged and ruptured stomach, splenic apoplexy, 

 black-leg, parturient diseases, diarrho3a, and 

 dysentery; and among his sheep, in addition to 

 the above, skin and parasitic diseases. 



The London brewers have to lament the loss 

 of their plump dray horses from rupture and 

 disease of the liver ; and Scotch proprietors suffer 

 no less, though rather differently, fnom the use of 

 trashy boiled mixtures of food. 



In the coal mines, where proper surveillance is 

 not permitted, and stupid customs are adhered to, 

 indigestion, with its attendant states, carries off 

 many valuable lives, and the cause is looked upon 

 as inducing a condition which must be endured, 

 or the evil as a manifestation of some peculiar 

 influence, probably of a planetary character. 



Notwithstanding this, all busy themselves in 

 searching for a cure, without going further to 

 attempt a solution of the mystery, which may be 

 interpreted by the principle of prevention. We 

 thus go on in blindness and obstinacy, seeking 

 after some brilliant theory, and in eager pursuit 

 of that which is remote, neglect the highly pro- 

 fitable and easily deciphered lessons which, already 

 pregnant with most ample information,, are com- 

 pletely within the grasp. 



