1870. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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sprinklina: of corn, would leave little to be derired 

 in the way of grain. The eailiot cuthay of the 

 year should be carefully saved for this season. 

 iTtiis feed with intelligvnt care and oversight, will 

 i-end Ijoth ewe and lamb to pasture in thrifty con- 

 dition. E. R. 8. 

 Cornish, N. H., March 14, 1870. 



HUMOR IX A COLT. 



An ernption commenced on the neck of my colt, 

 rear thti roots of the mane. It spreads pretty fast. 

 It appears to be a pimpled or vesicular eruption 

 A't r awhile the vesicles break, the hair and outer 

 fcliin comes off, leaving a bare spot covered with 

 scurf, Willie a tluid oozes from beneath and forms 

 a scab, which likewise soon peels off, leavipg a 

 wider snot. It is attended by irching and tender- 

 ness. The colt was fat when the trouble was first 

 noticed, but has since K>st flesh. Is there any 

 danger of my taking the disease in handling it? 

 Is it the manger ? Any directions for curing the 

 colt will greatlv oblige p. 



Bethel, Me., March, 1870. 



Remarks. — Give your colt, once or twice a day, 

 a tablespoonfal of the following powder:— Sul- 

 phur and cream of tartar, each, two parts; salt- 

 petre and crude antimony, each, one part. Mix. 

 At the same time bathe the parts affected twice a 

 day, with Nichols', or Squibb's solution of carbolic 

 acid, in the proportions of one part of the solution 

 to three or four parts of soft water. If this does 

 not cure, dissolve three to six grains of corrosive 

 frubllmate in one ounce of soft water, and wash 

 the parts affected. 



GARGET IN A HEIFER. 



I have a heifer that has the garget badly. She 

 is not in milk yet, but is to be in a few days. 

 There is not one particle of milk in her bag, but it 

 is one .solid cake and very sore. AVhatcan be 

 done for i ? A. c. 



Pitts Md, Mass., March, 1870. 



Rem\kks — Paint the hiefer's bag twice a day 

 with tmcture of iodine, or, if you prefer, bathe the 

 affected part three times a day with a solution 

 made of iodine, half an ounce ; iodide of potassium, 

 two ounces ; soft water, one pint. At the same 

 time, give the animal a tabespoonful of the above 

 mentioned solution twice a day, in a bran mash. 

 If you can manage to steam, ferment, or poultice 

 the diseased organ, it will be serviceable to do so. 



SOAP MAKING. 



I notice directions in your paper occasionally 

 about soap making; how to prepare the ashes, 

 lye, grease and all the other numerous et ceteras. 

 Now 1 wi?h to give your readers a better receipt, 

 and show them how to avoid at least two-thirds 

 of the lat)or required by the process above men- 

 tioned ; and this we all know is the great desider- 

 atum in these times of scarce and poor help. 



Firstly, use your ashes to the very best advan- 

 tage on your farm, as it is taken for granted you 

 own one; if not, apply them judiciously on your 

 garden plat. Secondly, purchase the prepared lye, 

 or concentrated potash, which conies sealed up in 

 sheet iron cans in pound packages, and which re- 

 tails with us for tweniy-tive cents per pound. 



Prepare your grease by cleansing, and follow 

 strictly the direci ions which come with the cans 

 for the purpose of making both hard and soft soap. 

 Two cans or pounds of ttie potash, will make — I 



will not say how many pounds of hard soap — but 

 certainly enough to last a small family for months, 

 at an outlay (provided you have your own grease) 

 of titty cenrs, and also a saving of much labor. 

 And a decided improvement it is we think, over 

 the old-fashioned leach and the risk of having 

 good luck. Try it Mrs. Farmers and report re- 

 sult. N. B. — Not in the potash business. 



Salisbury Conn., March 24, 1870. w. J. P. 



PREVENTION OF DISEASE IN COWS. 



I saw in your valuable paper, not long since, an 

 inquiry as to the best way to ireai a cow that had 

 cast her withers, I adopt the piinciple that an 

 ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. 

 I keep my cows well through the winter, and then 

 some three weeks prior to yeaning time, I begin 

 to feed extra, so as to have them in good thriving 

 condition, and in a dry warm place, so that they 

 shall not take cold. This has been my practice 

 for twenty-Jive years, with more or less cows, 

 without seeibg even a symplom of the disease. 



Atkinson, Me., April, 1870. A Subscriber. 



CURE FOR SCOURING. 



I will give "Subscriber," who is troubled with 

 his animals scouring, a very simple remedy that 

 has never failed me nor my neighbors, as far as I 

 can learn. Take two quarts of the best wheat 

 flour that can l)e found, and wet it to the thick- 

 ness of common cream with luke warm water, and 

 give to the animals ; but if it will not be taken, 

 put it in a long-necked bottle and turn it down. 

 Repeat the dose once in four hours, until a change 

 is produced. I never have had to give it the 

 fourth time. E. J. Buttolph. 



Buffalo, X. Y., March 17, 1870. 



A CURE FOR CATTLE SCOURING. 



Take for a cow a piece of rennet one inch and 

 a half square ; cut it in tine bits and put it in some 

 meal or other mess that the cow will eat. The 

 rennet should be well dried. If the first dose does 

 not stop it, give once a day until cured. I have 

 tried this at different times, but never had to give 

 more than three doses. t. l. t. 



Antwerp, X. Y., March, 1870. 



MILK FEVEE — OVERFLOWING OF THE GALL, &C. 



Some time during the last fall, (November I 

 think,) I gave you an account of the sickness and 

 death of two or three cows, which you thought 

 was milk fever, from the description I sent, la 

 the Farmer of March oih, I find a communication 

 from Mr. Wm. Swett, of South Paris, Me., headed, 

 '■Oveiflowing of the Gall and Liver Complaint," 

 in which he says he thinks we did not understand 

 the disease. We admit that we did not — wish we 

 did. lie then goes on to give the symptor.va of, 

 and the remedies for overflowing of the gall, &c. 

 The cows that I spoke of in N -vemb.-r did not 

 have the symptoms he describes as indicating that 

 disease; but on the very day that the Farmer 

 came, that contained his communication, we had 

 a case that answered exactly to what he describes, 

 and I found his prescription Just the medicine for 

 the case. Sen ex. 



Cumberland, R. I., March 28, 1870. 



— A correspondent of the American Agricultu- 

 rist, in Montana, states that stock fatten and thrive 

 on the wild bunch grass of that section all the 

 year round, preferring it even in January to well- 

 cured hay, and that cattle and horses keep sleek 

 and fat on it all the year round. 



