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CANCER. A malignant tumour, 

 at first hard and painful, afterward 

 ulcerous, attacking glands chiefly. 

 The only remedy is extirpation, which 

 should be done as soon as its nature 

 is discovered. Cancer of the eye is 

 common in cattle. 



CANDLE. The best mixture for 

 dip and mould candles is equal parts 

 of sheep and beef fat. Lard must 

 be avoided. 



CANDLEBERRY MYRTLE. 

 Mynca ccrifera. Abounds through 

 the United "States. The berries are 

 boiled in water, and the wax rises 

 to the top : it is excellent for can- 

 dles. The labour is said not to be 

 repaid by the profits of their collec- 

 tion. 



CANIS. The generic name of the 

 dog species. See Dog. 



CANKER. A disease of the bark 

 of old trees, or such as are in a 

 bad situation. It is sometimes at- 

 tended with an exudation of fluid, at 

 others not. The bark gradually dies, 

 falls off, and the wood becomes dry 

 and dead. Judicious pruning, an 

 application of resinous grafting ce- 

 ment to all wounds, and tillage about 

 the roots, are necessary. Young 

 trees planted in old, cankered or- 

 chards, are soon infected. 



CANKER IN HORSES. The 

 separation of the hoof from the fleshy 

 parts of the leg, attended with a dis- 

 eased growth. Pressure and caus- 

 tics are necessary, with rest, for a 

 cure. 



CANKER-WORM. The caterpil- 

 lars which infest and devour the buds 

 of fruit-trees, especially those of the 

 Geometra brumata. See Apple Can- 

 ker-icorm. 



CANNABIS SATIVA. Hemp, 

 which see. 



CANTER. An artificial pace to 

 which horses are broken. It is con- 

 sidered much less fatiguing than the 

 trot. 



CANTHARIDIS. The blistering 

 fly, which see. 



CAOUTCHOUC. Indian rubber. 



CAPERS. A prickly shrub of 

 southern France and Italy, the Cnp- 

 pans spinosa. The young buds are 

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daily stripped off and cast into strong 

 vinegar slightly salted, to produce 

 the commercial capers. They re- 

 ceive a greenish tint from the use of 

 copper sieves in separating the dif- 

 ferent-sized pickled buds for sale. 

 The plant would grow well south of 

 Maryland. It is highly ornamental 

 for green-houses. 



CAPILLARY ATTRACTION. 

 Some fluids rise in fine glass tubes 

 much higher than their level. This 

 elevation is said to be owing to ca- 

 pillary attraction. It occurs to great- 

 er extents as the tubes are finer, and 

 is an affinity exerted by the sides of 

 the glass upon the fluid. The cause 

 has been shown to be electrical, and 

 to depend upon the electrical condi- 

 tions of the tube and fluid. If there 

 be no affinity, the fluid sinks. The 

 minute tubes of plants assist in draw- 

 ing up the sap by this attraction. 



CAPILLARY VESSELS (from 

 capilhts, a hair). The minute ves- 

 sels which exist over every part of 

 the bodies of animals and plants. 



CAPITULLTVI. That species of 

 inflorescence in which the flowers 

 are grouped together into a head, as 

 in clovers. 



CAPON. A male bird that has 

 been castrated : it is increased in 

 size thereby. 



CAPRIFICATION (from caprifi- 

 cus, a ivildfig). The practice of prick- 

 ing the green fig with a piece of 

 stick touched with olive oil, to hasten 

 the maturity. It is regularly observ- 

 ed in the culture of the Levant figs. 



