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NEW ENGLAND . FARMER. 



March 



Some years ago I had a disease given to my cat- 

 tle by puttiiii? a straiij;er's hoi>e in nij- barn. All 

 my cattle ^^^'rt' soon art'ectcd with sore mouths and 

 trorliiiitr, and they Avere so low that they could eat 

 nothinf,' tor several days. My horses as well as cat- 

 tle had it. At lirst I feared they would starve. 

 All 1 (.lid for them was to open their mouths and 

 put in a iiood liandful of tine salt. It would make 

 them almost crazy, at tirst, Ijut in a little time they 

 would seem better. The disease continued only 

 about a week or ten days. Of course it took oif 

 some tlesh, but I did not lose any of them. 



Eaton, Can., Jan. 13, ISll. Hikam Fkench. 



HINTS ABOUT KILLING SAVINE. 



The rope for the hog's nose should be small and 

 strong, and have a good sized iron ring to liold 

 easily in the hand. Let the hog out of the pen, 

 which is apt to be a hard jjlace for a scuthe. LqJ 

 him run. He will soon tire, and may be seized by 

 a hind leg, the noose slipi>ed over his snout, and 

 laid upon his l)ack ready for sticking. ■ The blood 

 nuiy be drawn Ijy an insertion of the knife a little 

 before the front legs, directly down towards the 

 s|iuie. Any further cutting is not ouly useless, 

 but injures the meat. At the great slaughter- 

 houses, the victuHS are despatched by a single, 

 ett'ectual stab. 



It is well to wash the hog before scalding. It 

 saves time and rosin, to put the rosin into the hot 

 water instead of dusting it over the In-istles. An 

 old, worn-up, round-cornered hoe, with a two-foot 

 handle, is the best tool to take otf bristles. After 

 one end of the hog is well scalded, scrape it aoout 

 clean while the other end is under the water. 

 Don't forget that the aninuxl heat must all be taken 

 out of the meat before you salt it. Split the hog 

 always through the ribs, and let him hang over 

 night. W. D. Brown. 



Concord, Mass., Jan., 1S71. 



COLORED OR UNCOLORED BUTTER. 



Our cows arc not of the pure Jersey stock, and 

 as a consequence, butter made from them while 

 fe€ with common winter feed is not "gilt-edged." 

 We have never used carrots or anything else to 

 color it until this fall. We have customers who 

 have used our butter summer and winter for years, 

 through all shades of color from dandelions. to hay. 

 Some were iiuite satisfied with the straw color of 

 winter, others often referred to the beautiful Jersey 

 butter found in Boston and Philadelphia. 



Sometime this fall, Init not until after our butter 

 began to grow pale, we used aunotto. Of course 

 it was noticed. After several had used it a week 

 or two, one gentleman imiuired why his butter 

 was of such an unusual color, remarking at the 

 same time that he was unable to detect any differ- 

 ence in its taste. When told that it was colored, 

 he said he had rather see good colored butter, Init 

 had aprejudice .against any foreign substances in his 

 food. As we nuike butter to suit our cusiomers if 

 possible, we have since then, by his request, given 

 it to him uncolored. 



Those of our customers who said so much about 

 Jersey butter have, since learning that "gilt- 

 edged," Jersey cow's butter and annotto were so 

 nearly synonymous, preferred butter without color. 



A new custoTHcr had never seen any liut the 

 colored butter until a week ago, when one pound 

 of uncolored was sent with the other. This week 

 there was none but uncolored. When the question 

 was askeii why the differeiice in the color, and the 

 whole process was explained, the customer re- 

 marked that oujjmtter had been nicer than any 

 winter liuttcr li¥ ever saw before. They supposed 

 we had real Jersey cows, liut if it was annotto they 

 had been eating; they preferred the natural color. 



All of our best customers refuse annotto, though 



not one of them has been able to deti'ct anything 

 in the taste dillering from the uncolortMi butter. 



If the consumers of fanc}' liutter knew they were 

 eating annotto how many of them would prefer its 

 natural color ? a. 



January, 1871. 



THE DODGE WHEAT. 



I enclose a sample ot the celebrated "Dodge 

 Wheat" that has been raised in this section for 

 several years with good success. It drew the tirst 

 premium at the Washington County, Vt., Agricul- 

 tural Society, as did also flour from the same. 



Its history is as follows : a gentleman by the 

 name of Dodge was travelling in Lowell, Vt., and 

 selected a few heads from a nice held of wheat. 

 By a judicious selection of seed he improved it 

 very much. I have raised this wheat hvc yeai's, 

 always screening my seed wjth one of Hildrcth's 

 wheat screens. It has yielded as much as fifty 

 bushels per acre. Some consider it as sure a crop 

 as oats. It does not rust nor smut, and is not apt 

 to lodge. A. M. Foster. 



Cabot, Vt., Jan. 9, 1871. 



Remarks. — Two very fine heads' of bearded 

 wheat, one six and tlie other seven inches in length, 

 were received with the above, as well as specimens 

 of the grain and liour. 



ASCARIDES OR PIN WORMS IN HORSES. 



"Wliat is the best remedy for worms in horsea ? 

 Mine has what I suppose to be pin worms. At 

 times he has a large number coinc away from him. 

 When they leave him so freely is he not doing 

 well ? "Snip." 



East Otisfield, Me., Jan., 1871. 



Remarks. — We are inclined to think so, and 

 should hesitate about attempting any great amount 

 of doctoring. We have heard of instances in which 

 these worms have been lessened by keeping the 

 anus well lubricated with lard or other grease or 

 oil, for several days. The worms breed at this 

 point, not in the bowels, and if kept oily their in- 

 crease is prevented. An injection of four ounces 

 of aloes in one quart of whale or any common oil, 

 with a common large syringe, every morning for 

 five or six days, in connection with physic, is re- 

 commended by a correspondent of the Country 

 Gentleman. 



FOOT DISEASE IN CATTLE, 



As there is much excitement in Massachusetts in 

 relation to the foot disease in cattle, I deem it a 

 duty to say that I have cured an ox troubled with 

 the "same disease by applying a strong solution of 

 carbolic acid three tunes, then putting on hot tar 

 once. Solon Sumner. 



Bristol, Vt., Jan., 1871. 



Remarks. — The disease which is now prevalent 

 in Massachusetts is, we believe, something quite 

 dilTerent from any kno^\-n in this country previous 

 to August last, and we hope the Epizootic Aphtha 

 has not as yet reached Bristol. 



CREAM THAT COULD NOT BE CHURNED IN SUMMER. 



In his reply to the question, What ails the cream ? 

 Mr. Bliss savs he never knew of any trouble in the 

 stiinmer. Ihave. In 1838 and 1839 my father had 

 a cow that, in the best of feed, gave thirty-six 



