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NEW EXGLAXD FARMER 



>rARCH 



PIGS— DI£ILi.5Z. 



Mb.£sito&: — ^I ■•isii to cill :'-e arr^zdon of 

 the leaders of tlie Sev iT...": , f i^r-i-i-.r to a 

 pecailiar disease whicli afflici* pig's from ".^.c tiiiie 

 they are two months old. to say six ir;n:Ls ;: 

 ag^e. I have never seer. *-^ '-r->e aT:i;k i i ^r 

 •which ■would weigh tv ;r rs^: :i_zirri 



and fifty pounds. 



On Sundav m : : : _ from 



;: _ ' - ago. 



:, rryiiLg tc r 



.. and it was ^i::. i:zir :-::- 



but on doing so wo'iild sit 



' : " T Other. On at- 



t7„ , rrv weak in his 



:'- -r-- -?d his 



_ _ ;:- ;-de- 



;_;._ . - j-; - __ draw 



himsei: _::_■ ; :_> :.-t .r^s. In aii other re- 

 spects. -".r V - : 1 ._--- ;-i lively, though there 

 was a " . ;-olor to the skin. I 



havec::. -.>ease in pigs hefore. 



anddiougii I. ii^vc iLc]^; s^iiic for more than twenty 

 years, I never had a sick one in my pen until this 

 <Kie. I am disposed to think the disease cosHar- 

 gioas. At any rate, I know that where one has 

 diis disease, and there are others in the same pen, 

 dteyoftoibeetMne afflktedwithit. It !»£ always 

 proTed &tal, safaris my experience goes. There 

 is no eoie, tiwagh last Sunday arLemoon I was 

 &z&ag the ease of my pigs in the presence of an 

 old lady expenoieed in fsaming matters. She 

 said herlmsband "Imdaplg troabied in the sanr 

 way," some thirty years ago, and snlplmr cur^ 

 It ynxCt do it in this year of our Lord. 



I lananber last spring, a son of the man of 

 vbom I bought these pigs called my attention to 

 Jiomr handsome looking pigs of his, about twelve 

 vedts old, and they all had this disease. I could 

 not destaibe these cases any better than those. 

 Every one aS tfaem died. I had mine killed to- 

 day, and the man who slaughtered them says the 

 issues veze stDj^)ed up, &c., and that there wa- 

 no other troaUe. I examined the internal organs . 

 and eoold find no indications of disease. Tha: 

 the issue 1ms anything to do with it, I doubt. 

 Now, what was the trouble ? Who can tell : 

 Can the disease be cored; and is it conimon;- 

 Jndging from the eases I have seen, the disease 

 is not 1^ any means rare. x. Q. T. 



Kbtg Oak ma, Jan. 13, 1863. 



Chabcoai.. — Charcoal dost proves to be even 

 a greater disinfectant and preservative than had 

 beoi supposed. Rev. Dr. Osgood ha.s exhibited 

 to the editors of the Springfield (Mass.) Repub- 

 Ueam, a evdet taken from a ham which had been 

 ke^ dglit yean completely imbedded in that 

 prqnradan, and wfaidi Ktfm^ as swe^ as if it 

 had been cored only a single season. 



Spices should never be purchased bv a farm- 

 ei*s taaaij in a g;ronnd state. Tzev are fre- 

 foenlly adulterated, and always lose strength as 

 •oon as i^pened. 



JJ.LJVGAHTA'N' GBA.S5— Panicum Germanicnim. 

 In replying to i:^c.iir:es of our correspondent, 

 S. EL. GiTvtx, of Einery. Me,, in relation to Hun- 

 garian grass, we said, a few weeks since. — " Hun- 

 garian grass is a different plant from that of com- 

 mon millet. It is sometimes called Hungarian 

 millet, but there is little resemblance between 

 them. The seed heads are entirely diferent." 

 Writing to the publishers on financial business, 

 Mr. G. adds., — " Tell Mr. Brown that there is as 

 much difference between Hungarian grass and 

 millet, as there is betwixt tweedledum and twee- 

 dledee.'' Supposing, from this, that there may 

 be many entertaining the same opinion, we give 

 below an illustration of each, both of which we 

 have cultivated to a considerable extent. We 

 are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Secretary 

 FnxT for the use of the cuts, and copv his 

 accounts of these grasses, from his work on 

 " Grasses and Forage Planish 



j^ *^^^ Common Millet 

 \^^!^^^^ Pjnicum miliace- 

 i<m.) — Flowers in 

 large, open, nod- 

 ding panicles ; 

 leaves lance-shaped, 

 broad ; stem one to 

 two feet high ; na- 

 tive of Turkey. It 

 is shown in Fig. 1. 

 Many varieties of 

 millet have at times 

 l»een cultivated in 

 this countrv, smd its 

 culture is gaining 

 favor every year. 

 Millet is one of the 

 best crops we have for 

 jutting and feeding green 

 for soiling purposes, since 

 its yield is large, its lux- 

 uriant leaves juicy and 

 render, and much relished 

 :^^ : y milch cows and other 

 fe stock. 



5«* The seed is rich in no- 



tritive qualities, but it is 

 very seldom ground or 

 used for flour, though it 

 is said to exceed all other kinds 

 of meal or flour in nutritive ele- 

 ments. An acre, well cultivated, 

 win yield from sixty to seventy 

 bushels of setd. Cut in the 

 blossom, as it should be, for 

 feeding to cattle, the seed is 

 comparatively valueless. K al- 

 lowed to ripen its seed, the 

 stalk is no more nutritious, 

 ; r bahly, than oat straw. 



MiUet requires good soil, and 

 is rather an exhausting crop, 

 but yields a produce valuable ia 

 proportion to the richness of 

 the soil, and care and expense 

 of oiltivation. 



Tis-l. CasBtammOeL 



