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NEW ENGLAXD FARMER. 



80 called) — lihus venenata. For symptoms 

 and treatmf-nt see Poison Ivy. 



PoKK — Scoke. Cokum, GargrPt-root. — The 

 botanical name of this plant is P/iytolacca de- 

 candria. The root, leaves and berries are 

 poisonous ; but the young shoots have been 

 cooked and eaten, like asparagus, and are 

 quite harmless. Symptoms and treatment like 

 Blue Flag, Colocynth. &c. 



PoTAt^H — Potassa. — Carbonate of Potasih. 

 Pearl Ash. Saleratus, Strong Ley, Nitrate of 

 Potash, Saltpetre, Chromate of Potash. With 

 the exception of the Chromate and Bichro- 

 mate, the symptoms and treatment are like 

 Ammonia. For those of the Chromate and Bi- 

 chromate, see Chrome. 



Pkussic Acid. — Hydrocyanic Acid. This 

 exceedicgly active poison is found in combi- 

 nation with several metals, in the oil of bitter 

 almonds, in the leaves of the common laurel, 

 and sparingly in the seeds or stones of the 

 peach, cberry, plum, &c. 



Symptoms. — When the dose is large, death 

 almost immediately ensues. In smaller quan- 

 tities, it causes pain in the head, stupor, nau- 

 sea, giddiness, great debility, a small, vibrat- 

 ing pilse, eructations having the flavor of 

 almond:*, spasms, convulsions and death. 



Treatment. — Give a solution of saleratus 

 (bicarbonate of potash,) or of carbonate of 

 ammonia, and then administer a weak solu- 

 tion of copperas {sulphate of iron.) The 

 cold douche, or an etfubion of cold water 

 upon the headand spine, have been recom- 

 mended. 

 Red Precipitate. — See Mercury. 

 Rhus Toxicodendron.— See Poison Ivy. 

 Rum.— St^e ALohol. 

 Sciieele's GitEEN. — See Arsenic. 

 SiLV^EK — Nitrate of Silver, Lunar Caustic. 

 Symptoms. — Headache, vomiting, pain ia 

 the bowels, diarrhoea, palsy, convulsions and 

 death. 



I'reatment. — Give a strong solution of com- 

 mon salt, (chloride of sodium.) and follow with 

 mucilaginous drinks, such as flaxseed tea, slip- 

 pery elm, etc. 



S.MUT OF Rye. — See Ergot. 

 Soda. — Sal Soda, Carbonate of Soda, &c 

 Svmptomd and treatment like Ammonia and 

 Potabh. 



Stiiamomum, — Thorn Apple, Jameson 

 we'ied, Stinkweed, &c. Symptoms and treat- 

 ment like Aconite, -Conium, &j. 



Strychnia. — Strychnine. See Xux Vom- 

 ica. ' 



SuLnruRic Acid. — Oil of Vitriol. Symp- 

 toms and treatment like Muriatic Acid, Ni- 

 t.ic Acid, etc. 



Tartak E.metic. — See Antimony. 

 Tartaric Acid. — See Acetic Acid. 

 Thorn Aitlk — See Stramonium. 

 Tou.vcco. — (Nicotina Tabacum.) Symp- 

 toms and treatment like Aconite an^>ther 

 narcotics. " 



Tin. — Chloride of Tin,. Oxide of Tin, So- 



[ lution of Tin. Symptomg and treatment like 

 Arsenic, Copper, &c. 



Veratrum — Veratrum album or White 

 Hellebore. Veratrum viride or (rrf-en Helle- 

 bore. Symptoms and treatment like Aconite. 



Verdigris. — See Copper. 



Vermillion — See Mercury. 



Vinegar — Si-.e Acetic Acid. 



Whiskey. — See Alcohol. 



Zinc — Sulphate of Zinc or White Vitriol. 

 Sy mptoms and treatment like Arsenic, Cop- 

 per, &c. 



BEST MILK-PKODUCINQ FOOD. 

 Our correspondent T. L. Hart, of West 

 Cornwall, Conn., has written an article for 

 the Germantown Telegraph from which we 

 make the following extract : — 



Tcere is no doubt a difference in the quality 

 of milk in different cows, some being rich in 

 caseine or cheese, and that of others in butter, 

 yet as a rule the milk will be in a great meas- 

 ure what it is made by the feed of the cow. 

 The milk from the same cows may be varied 

 by feed from eighty, by the lactometer, up 

 to a hundred and fifteen degrees, the highest 

 number being the best, and such as is pro- 

 duced by the heaviest feed. 



In a carefully-tried experiment which I 

 made last winter I found that heavy feed, such 

 as corn, wheat and rye shorts, fed to twelve 

 cows, pound for pound, did not make as much 

 milk as wheat-bran, into nine quarts a day, 

 and I have no doubt that for a time this would 

 invariably be the result, yet I should not dare 

 to continue for any coni-ide-able length of 

 time to feed my cows upon wheat-bran, alone, 

 as it would undoubtedly diminish the strength 

 of the cow and soon reduce her to a condi- 

 tion that she would be incapable of giving 

 very much milk. I am now feeding to twelve 

 cows two bushels of wheat-bran mixed with 

 one bushel of corn-meal ground in the cob, 

 with very satifactory results. The milk is 

 good, the strength of the animal is kept up, 

 and a diminished amount of hay will beep the 

 cow in good thriving condition. I feed twice 

 a day. 



It is yet an open question whether the feed 

 should be fed dry or wet. There is no doubt 

 but that in cold we ither it would be much 

 better if the water, which is recjuired by cows 

 in milk, could be warmed. It taken into the 

 system while at a very low temperature the 

 process of digestion will be retarded until the 

 temperature of the wafer is raised to blood- 

 heat. In warming this water digestion is not 

 only retarded, but there will be a loss of a 

 certain amount of food, which, like fuel, is 

 consumed in keeping up the heat of the body ; 

 and this accounts for 'the fact that a herd of 

 cattle require very much more food in ex- 

 tremely cold weather than they do iti warm 

 weather. It will bo evident, therefore, that 



