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mental infirmity than the pain and irascibility of 

 fi;out or the distress and gloom of dyspepsia. But 

 if it be otherwise, if he meet -with a reverse of 

 fortune, or if some grief or chagrin come upon 

 him, then he is exceedingly liable to this fatal 

 disease, which is the joint product of luxurious 

 living and some torturing anxiety or disappoint- 

 ment. — Report of Dr. John E. Tyler, Superinten- 

 dent of the McLean Asylum. 



BXTBACTS AND REPLIES. 



CORN AFTER RUTA BAGAS — MUCK AND ASHES COMPOST 

 — WIRE-WOUMS. 



"We, farmers, take for grautcd that you of the agri- 

 cultural press are pleased and able to answer all ques- 

 tions on farming that we choose to put. Here arc a 

 few. 



Neither corn nor tobacco will grow after ruta bagas. 

 Why not ? What will ? 



What is the modus operandi of composting muck 

 with lime or ashes ? 



Is there anything to prevent the ravages of the wire- 

 worm ? No method which I have seen given will do it 

 — they continue their ravages now by eating into and 

 destroying the full grown stalk. They are often in 

 muck grounds in great numbers, and in composting 

 muck is there not danger of introducing this pest when 

 the muck pile is spread ? t. m. 



South Iladley, July, 1860. 



Remarks. — You inquirers will find that you can ask 

 a thousand questions which we "of the agricultural 

 press" cannot answer, even were we as wise as we may 

 think ourselves. 



We can raise corn after ruta bagas, and so can you, 

 by putting on manure enough. The bagas are great 

 robbers, and the land must be highly fed after a crop 

 of them. If tobacco will not grow after ruta bagas, we 

 are quite satisfied — it ought not to be cultivated any- 

 where. You may follow ruta bagas successfully with 

 any other crop, we think, by heavy manuring — at 

 least, we find no difficulty in doing so. 



For suggestions in relation to composting muck 

 vrith lime or ashes, see Patent Olflce Report for 18-56, 

 pages 192, 193. We will endeavor to give an article on 

 that subject in the course of a few weeks. 



We have i-arely seen wire worms in muck, and do 

 not think there is danger of introducing them in it. 



HOW TO USE LIQUID MANURES. 



Will you, or some of your friends, through the me- 

 dium of the Farmer, inform me how liquid manure 

 can Ije best applied to plowed fields, whether it is best 

 poured on to heaps ot compost and hauled with the 

 compost, or applied in some other way ? 



Northjield, Auy., 1860. Inquirer. 



Remarks. — If you can obtain a plenty of muck by 

 hauling it one mile or less, it will prove the best ab- 

 sorbent we know of to receive liquid manure, and when 

 thoroughly saturated with them, will form one of the 

 best fertilizers for top-dressing that is used. The liquid 

 may be applied l)y horse power through a sprinkler, 

 but they are expensive, and can be used only for that 

 single purpose. If the muck is on hand, and is dry, it 

 may be composted at any moment when the liquids 

 have accumulated, and the heap thrown aside for use 

 whenever it is convenient to use it. We believe the 

 value of the muck, of itself, will more than pay the 

 cost of carting it in and out again, especially if it is to 

 be used on sandy lands. 



CURE FOR head MURRAIN. 



I have long thought that j'our pleuro-pneumonia or 

 cattle disease is nothing more nor less than the head 



muiTain. This disease begins at the roots of the 

 tongue, and runs from thence to the lungs, and thus 

 destroys the vital parts. It can easily be ascertained 

 l)y any one whether I am correct or not, by feeling of 

 the throat near the roots of the tongue of the animal 

 diseased, and ascertaining whether there is an enlarge- 

 ment there or not ; if this is the case with the affected 

 cattle in your vicinity, I think I could cure them for 

 twenty-five cents per head. 



My method in curing cattle troubled with the head 

 murrain is, to cut a slit under the throat as near as 

 possible to the roots of the tongue. Cleave off the skin 

 from the flesh and crowd in a quantity of fine salt. 

 When this becomes dissolved, put more salt into the 

 slit, and continue to do so as long as the yellow matter 

 will run. Cattle m'cU attended to may be cured in a 

 week. Taken early, four or six doses of salt will gen- 

 erally answer. John Conn. 



Salem, Vt., Aug., 1860. 



vermin on cattle. 



My cattle last spring and now are troubled with 

 black lice. I would like to ask through your valuable 

 paper (which I commenced taking last spring) the best 

 and safest way of getting rid of them ? 



Also, if lice will remain in a barn from the spring 

 to the next fall so as to trouble cattle, and if so, the 

 cheapest and best method of destroying them ? 



A New Subscriber. 



Romney, N. II., Aug., 1860. 



Remarks. — We have rarely known simple oil of 

 any kind, lard oil, sweet oil, or even common lamp 

 oil, fail to destroy lice on cattle if judiciously and per- 

 sistently applied. It must be added a little at a time, 

 and rubbed in upon every part with patient persever- 

 ance. If this does fail, a little unguentum, rubbed on 

 in the same way, will bring the desired result. Do it, 

 however, in mild weather, and see that the cattle are 

 not exposed to cold winds or storms for a few days 

 succeeding its use. • 



CURE FOR HOLDFAST IN CATTLE, 



I notice in your last monthly information is wanted 

 by N. Mathews, of Henniker, N. H., in reference to 

 the cure of a hard substance called holdfast, on the 

 jaw of a valuable steer. If it is the same thing as we 

 call a wen (which no doubt it is) it may be cured in the 

 following manner : take good soft soap, any desirable 

 quantity, put with the same about half the quantity of 

 fine salt ; heat the mixture and apply warm ; rub it in 

 once a day, or oftener, if convenient, and the bunch 

 will soon disappear. The same will cure the horn dis- 

 temper by applying it very hot to the hollow, Imck of 

 the head. I know it from experience. 



Ripton, Vt., Aug., 1860. A. A. Atwood. 



RHUBARB WINE. 



I saw a receipt in your last paper for making rhu- 

 barb wine. Can you give the best time for making it ? 

 Springfield, Aug., 1860. Reader. 



Remarks. — Mr. Asa Clement, of Lowell, Mass., 

 will tell you all about it. We do not know. 



The Schoolmaster's Difficulty. — A country 

 dominie had a hundred boys and no assistant. "I 

 wonder how you manage them," said a friend, 

 "without help." "Ah," was the answer, "I could 

 manage the hundred boys well enough ; it's the 

 two hundred parents that trouble me — there's 

 no managing them." 



Farming as an Avocation. — We welcome to 

 our colmnns again, Avith pleasure, our old corres- 

 pondent, "E,. B. H.," of Amherst, Mass., and hope 

 that now his pen is on the wing again, he will di- 

 rect bis flight this way often. 



