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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



AN ABUSED, OLD, SICK HORSE. 



The above striking illustration of a long-suffer- 

 ing and abused horse has been furnished us by 

 L. Prang & Co., Boston, who have just published 

 a valuable book entitled "jT/te Horse Owner's 

 Guide," a notice of which may be found in an- 

 other column. 



The following lettering, as references, will 



show many of the diseases to which the horse is 



liable. 



a. Sickly discharge from the nostrils. 

 6. Ulceration of the membrane lining the whole 

 cavity of the nose, symptoms of glanders. 



c. Caries of the lower jaw. 



d. Swelling by pressure of the bridle. 



e. Poll evil. 



/. Inflamed jugular vein, comes frequently from 

 bleeding. 



g. Fungus tumor produced by pressure of the 

 collar. 



h. Fistula of the withers. 

 i. Tumor of the elbow. 

 j. Mullcndcro. 

 fc. A tread upon the coronet. 

 /. Sand crack. 

 m. Contracted or ring foot of a foundered horse. 

 n. Ventral hernia. 



Fistula of the tail. 



Capped hock. 



Swelled sinews. 

 s. Cow crack — toe crack. 

 t. Quarter crack. 



Forty-seven distinct diseases, symptoms of 



which are visible in the outward appearance of 



the horse, are designated in the original plate 

 in the book. 



Liquid Glue. — The following recipe, the dis- 

 covery of a French chemist, is selling about the 

 country as a secret at various prices from one to 



o. 



five dollars. It is a handy and valuable compo- 

 sition as it does not gelatinize nor undergo pu- 

 trefaction and fermentation and become offen- 

 sive, and can be used cold for all necessary pur- 

 poses of glue in making or mending furniture or 

 broken vessels that are not exposed to water. In 

 a wide-mouthed bottle dissolve eight ounces of 

 best glue in a half-pint of water, by setting it in 

 a vessel of water and heating it till dissolved. 

 Then add slowly, constantly stirring, two and a 

 half ounces of strong aquafortis (nitric acid). 

 Keep it corked and it will be ready for use. This 

 is the "Celebrated Prepared Glue," of which we 

 hear so much. — U. S. Journal. 



For the New Ungland Farmer. 

 PROFITS OF FOWLS. 



Mr. Editor : — I have read with much interest 

 a statement in the March number of your excel- 

 lent journal, made by "J. B.," of Salem, giving 

 the result of one year's account kept with his 

 fowls. Could his success be generally realized, I 

 think there would be far more accounts opened 

 with the hennery. A very general opinion pre- 

 vails, that the keeping of fowls affords no profit, 

 but on the oiher hand, that, as a general thing, 

 they do not pay. In fact, this last impression 

 may be true to a great extent, and for the plain 

 reason, that they do not receive that care and at- 

 tention which is necessary to the successful man- 

 agement of any department of the farm or garden. 



Many people seem to expect that they can rear 

 fowls the same as they do their children, allowing 

 them to run at large and take care of themselves, 

 and the result in either case is very likely to be 

 quite unsatisfactory. I believe there is no invest- 

 ment on which the farmer can make a better per 



