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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Makch 



HORN AIL. 



I have a cow that was taken with the above dis- 

 ease about the middle of September last. I bored 

 her horns and they discharged freely a number of 

 weeks ; meanwhile she seemed to do well, and 

 gain her milk. Since then slie will have spells of 

 shrinlcing her milk, and v.ill not eat, although I 

 keep her horns open and they still discharge. If 

 you, or any of your corrcsptMidcnts, can inform 

 me what to do for her, you will conf jr a favor. 

 .TKr.EiiLVH Eddy. 



BurrillcUlc, B. I., Jan., 1860. 



Remarks. — The horn should never be bored 

 without the advice of some person who under- 

 stands the structure and disease of the animal. If 

 the horn had not been bored, the offensive mat- 

 ter would probably have passed off through the 

 nostrils. It is a dangerous and cruel practice to 

 mutilate the horns. The probability is that the 

 disease with which your cow is afflicted, is in some 

 other organ rather than the horn. 



SCALDS AND BURNS. 



When a lad of seven years, I had the misfortune 

 to scald one of my hands. This was in the month 

 of September. Not wishing to make much ado 

 about it, I went into the garden to lament my ca- 

 lamity, and being near a bed of beets, I, without 

 knowing or thinking of any efficiency in them, 

 picked a leaf and spread it over the affected part 

 of my hand. Its cooling qualities were soon ap- 

 parent, and I lield it on until wilted, when I ap- 

 plied a fresh leaf, and so on, until I think I used 

 the third in the course of half an hour. The re- 

 sult was, the fire was withdrawn from my hand, 

 and no further inconvenience attended. I men- 

 tion the fact for the benefit of other little boys, 

 should they suffer from similar accidents, not ob- 

 jecting to larger ones trying it, if circumstances 

 give them an opportunity. W. G. Bacon. 



Richmond, Jan., 1860. 



CULTURE OF TOBACCO. 



Will some of your correspondents who have ex- 

 perience in the culture of tobacco, give me infor- 

 mation as to the soil best adapted, kind of man- 

 ure, time aud manner of planting, harvesting and 

 drying. Charles W. Denham. 



Mattapoisett, \st mo., 1860. 



Remarks. — We really hope that they Avill not, 

 Mr. Denham, because we think they will neither 

 do yourself, or the public, a good service. To say 

 nothing of what the culture of tobacco has done 

 for Maryland and Virginia, we ask you to make 

 careful inquiry, and learn whether it has been a 

 blessing or a curse to our sister State, Connecti- 

 cut? _ 



LEGHORN FOWLS. 



In the Farmer of Dec. 31, I note an inquiry 

 about Leghorn hens. I would state for the bene- 

 fit of yoiu- correspondent that I have kept this va- 

 riety of fowls, pure, having none other, aud find 

 them all I wish. The eggs are larger, they are 

 consf&nt layers, and thus rarely, if ever, want to 



set. I have been particular to keeji only pure 

 white cocks, but many of my hens are Dominique ; 

 and yellow color, which, however, I do not con- i 

 sider any objection, as, if anything, they are a lit- 

 tle more hardy. Had I not given a part of my 

 stock to my brother in the foil, I could have giv- 

 en your correspondent a correct account of re- 

 ceipt and expenditures for them. 

 Neio Bedford, 1860. R. C» Anthony. 



COLORING 5L\TTER FOR BUTTER. 



In your paper of Jan. 14, I perceive that Mr. 

 Everett, of Princeton, Mass., speaks of using 

 the juice of carrots in making butter ; I presume 

 this is done to improve the color of the butter. I 

 have known other coloring materials to be used 

 for the same purpose. I cannot believe the use of 

 any such material to be desirable. When cows 

 are in good condition, generously fed, their but- 

 ter will be yellow enough, without such coloring 

 ingredients. I am surprised that any one who 

 feels competent to instruct others in the making 

 of butter, should think it necessary to use the 

 juice of carrots to color it. My mother, who made 

 as nice butter as I ever saw, some seventy ]5ounds 

 per week thi-ough the months of June, July and 

 August, never used any such extra material to 

 color the butter. * South Danvers. 



Jan., 1860. _ 



PIN WORMS IN HORSES. 



Will any of your contributors give a remedy for 

 pin worms in horses ? Such a remedy would be 

 of much value to very many of your readers. 



Exeter, N. 77., Jan., 1860. ' SUBSCRIBER. 



Remarks. — Mix a gill of clean wood ashes with 

 cut feed, and give the horse every other day one 

 feed for a week, and watch the result. If you ob- 

 serve small white streaks about the anus, con- 

 tinue the doses a week longer. 



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HOW TO GROW WATER CRESS. ' 



Please give some directions for growing the 

 common water cress, if not too much trouble. 

 Mrs. S. M. Gordon. 



Remarks. — Gather a bunch of the cress and 

 scatter it into a clear spring ; the seeds will drop 

 out and germinate, and by so doing annually will 

 keep it perpetual. 



Ajierican Stock Journ.4lL. — ^As its title indi- 

 cates, this publication does not discuss general 

 agricultural topics, but is devoted exclusively to 

 the interests of breeders and stock growers. It 

 is edited by D. C. Linsley, and published by Sax- 

 ton, Barker & Co., 25 Park Row, New York. A 

 new volume commences with the year. Among 

 the improvements apparent in the January num- 

 ber, we notice the enlargement of the Veterinary 

 Department and the "Inaugural" of Dr. Dadd, of 

 this city, whose services have been secured as con- 

 ductor of this important department of the Stock 

 Jonrnal. He will answer any inquiries that sub- 

 scribers may make in relation to the diseases of 



