34 THE farmer's guide. 



imal. When mules are taken out to be fed, let them get 

 a little cool before being allowed to drink ; then give 

 them a small quantity of water, say one or two quarts, 

 and as they cool give them more, till they finally drink 

 as much as they desire. If the water be very cold, a 

 handful of hot wood-ashes should be thrown into the 

 bucket before drinking — this is generally sure to prevent 

 any ill effects. A gill of ashes should be given to each 

 mule once a week in their feed. Ashes keep the system 

 open, and kill worms and bots in the intestines. It 

 .would be better to stable mules, especially when feeding 

 during very hot weather, in copious dewy nights, and in 

 cold rainy weather. Their principal meal should be at 

 night. During the long, hard-working days of the sea- 

 son, they ought to have two hours' rest at noon, and one 

 to one and a half hours' rest in the shorter ones. 



NEAT CATTLE. 



It is universally acknowledged that neat cattle are 

 among the choicest treasures of the husbandman ; and 

 in order to render them more truly valuable, a knowl- 

 edge of their organization and of the manner of treating 

 the diseases to which they are subject, ought to be pos- 

 sessed by every individual to whose care they are com- 

 mitted. In order to acquire this knowledge, it is not 

 necessary to travel through a multitude of cumbrous 

 volumes ; but a sufficient amount of information is con- 

 tained in this little treatise to give a general view of the 

 subject. The writer will feel well repaid should he be 

 the means of preserving property from loss, or of reliev- 

 ing and preventing, in some degree, the sufferings of 

 animals that have no tongue to plead for themselves. 



RULES FOR SELECTING A GOOD 

 MILCH-CONA^. 



Her head should be rather long and small; cheeks thin; 

 muzzle fine ; nostrils large and flexible ; eyes mild,4;lear, 

 and large ; neck rather long, and sli77i near the hdad ; 

 horns long and small, and of an orange color; small ear, 

 inside of a yellowish tinge ; small breast ; back level and 



