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section M^ell enough to repeat tlie visit, and he says other things less 

 complimentary. Well, now (since a little gratuitous advertising of 

 localities does seem to be the order of the hour), permit me to note, 

 incidentally, the strange anomaly that this same wretched West- 

 chester, where (according to the entomologist) we cannot grow 

 apples because of moths, where (according to the same authority) we 

 cannot grow quince, or cheny, or plum, or pear, because of the 

 frisky curculio ; where land is poor and the gardens weedy wastes, 

 thousands of deluded mortals are constantly flocking, and farms are 

 advancing from $100 to |500 per acre, and frequently to $1,000. I 

 would certainly be delighted if Dr. Trimble would, some time dur- 

 ing the next ninety days, give the subject the grave consideration its 

 merits demand, and tell us, if lie can, how all this happens to be thus. 



BoTS IN HOKSES. 



Mr. D. Washburn, Marion, Ohio. — I have been a little amused, 

 and with interest, too, at the various arguments on the causes and 

 cures of bots in horses. Not being as M^ell A^ersed in the matter of 

 cause as of the cure of a disease called bots, I, therefore, for the 

 benefit of otliers, will give a cure, which I have never known to fail, 

 and have administered it to several horses, but I don't think it or 

 any thing else will do unless given in time. My cure is : A piece of 

 alum the size of a walnut dissolved in one quart of water, and 

 drench afterward. It is well to loosen the bowels. I have never 

 had to give the second dose. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble. — I question the sense of all this. Not long 

 ago I talked with a veterinary surgeon, who stated that the trouble 

 arises from the fact that the stomach becomes empty, and the bots 

 then attack it for want of other substance to feed on. I remember 

 seeing a horse's stomach opened once, and it bore the evidence of 

 having been eaten by this enemy. The surgeon alluded to said the 

 proper remedy is to keep the stomach well filled. Sweet apples are 

 best, and if the horse is too sick to eat, administer sweetened milk. 



Dr. J. V. C. Smith. — The best authorities tell us the bots cannot 

 live when freed from the side of the stomach to which they attach 

 themselves. They do not teed on the food of the horse, but upon 

 the fluids of the muscus coat of the stomach, and when once there, 

 there is no remedy that will hasten their excommunication, M-hich is 

 sure to take place in due course of time. 



Prof. J. A. Whitney. — As I have before said, here the simple 



