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NEW ENGLAND FARRIER. 



Oct. 



easy, provided we merely assist nature and follow 

 ber teachings. As wannth and moisture are known 

 to relax ail animal til)re, the part should be re- 

 laxed, warmed and cleansed, Jirst by warm water 

 and soap, lastly bj- poultice; at the same time 

 bearing in mind that the object is not to produce 

 or invite suppuration, (formation of matter,) but 

 only t(i liberate the excess of morbid materials 

 that may already be present; as soon as this is ac- 

 complished, the poultice should be discontinued. 

 Make a poultice of 



Roots of marshniallows, bruised, half a pound, 

 Powdered charcoal, a haiullul, 



" loljclia, a few ounces, 



Meal, . a tea-cui)ful, 



with boiling water sufficient to soften the mass. 

 Put the ingredients into a bag, and secure it above 

 the fetlock. Give the animal the following at a 

 dose : — 



Flowers of sulphur, half an ounce, 



Powdered sassafras bark, 1 ounce. 



Burdock, (any part of the plant,) 2 ounces. 



The above to be steeped in one quart of boiling 

 water. "When cool, strain. All that is now needed 

 is to keep the part cleansed, and at rest. If a fetid 

 smell still remains, wet the cleft, morning and 

 evening, with chloride of soda, one ounce ; water, 

 six ounces, mixed. 



Mr. A. B. Lyman, of Easthampton, Mass., says 

 in a communication to the J\"eio England llome- 

 stead, "some of the cows in this town are troubled 

 with foot rot. Bleeding from the foot and drop- 

 ping hot tar from a heated iron into the sore, is the 

 best remedy that we know of." 



The term "foot-rot" is probably used by differ- 

 ent individuals as the name of different diseases, — 

 those which should be treated ditferentlj^ With- 

 out a clear idea of the trouble with our correspon- 

 dent's cows, we give the foregoing in the hope that 

 it may prove of some use to him, and to others 

 who have cattle with diseased feet. 



MUSHROOMS. 



Are mushrooms sold in the market, and can they 

 be raised from those growing aljout our farms. 

 Addison County, Vt., 1871. t. b. 



Remarks. — Mushrooms arc sold in the market. 

 They are raised from seeds, or spores, or spawn, 

 which are also for sale in this market. So much 

 we learn from lliiand, Smith & Co., of Faneuil 

 Hall market. The American Encyclopadia says, 

 "The common mushroom belongs to the natural 

 order oi fungi ; most species of which arc jjoison- 

 ous, and fatal consequences have resulted from not 

 knowing how to distmguish the few which are val- 

 uable from the majority which are dangerous." 

 Directions for the cultivation of mushrooms are 

 given in most works on gardening. Mr. Hender- 

 son says some place in a green-house or elsewhere, 

 in which a temperature of 40° to G0° can be sus- 

 tained during the winter, is the first requisite. Mr. 

 Burr speaks of the artificial management of mush- 

 rooms as difficult. Mr. Henderson says that on 



commencing their cultivation he "labored for two 

 years without being able to produce a single mush- 

 room." Several varieties of field mushrooms are 

 edible, but we understand that only one kind is 

 cultivated. 



SULPHUR FOR. LICE ON ANIMALS. 



We see many inquiries about lice on cattle, and 

 many remedies propo*ed, most of wliich are both 

 ridiculous and barbarous, and about as useful in 

 performing a cure as are snow bails in heating an 

 oven. Any man who would apply oil or grease to 

 his cattle in winter, had l^etter saturate his shirt or 

 even his gloves with that substance, and pass half 

 an hour in his barn some cold winter morning. 

 We warrant he will not l)e very quiet there and 

 will step quick toward the nearest fire when his 

 time is out. And yet this is a mild and sensible 

 remedy compared \vith many that arc recom- 

 mended. . 



Some dozen years since, I entered upon a farm, 

 the barn of which was overrun with every kind of 

 lice that ever infested a barn. Both cattle and 

 horses were tormented. My remedy has been dry 

 sulphur sprinkled occasionally in the hair of each 

 animal, and I have not .seen a louse on the prem- 

 ises for years. Sulphur is also efiectual in case 

 of poultry. Take them by tiie legs, hang their 

 heads do\inward and sprinkle it anunigthc feathers. 



I know of no insect that will remain in contact 

 with it. While for all f u'm aninuils it is a healthy , 

 condiment, and an antidote for many of their dis- ' 

 eases. Where a Ijarn is so badly infested as mine 

 was, it would perhaps hasten the work to put nn- 

 uentum in the crevices of the stalls and stanchions 

 (not where it can touch the animals) and sprinkle 

 the floor a few times with drv ashes. 



D. L. TOLMAN. 



Marlboro' Depot, N. II., 1S71. 



RAISING AVINTER WHEAT. 



Not far from twenty years ago, Mheat was getting 

 to be quite dear and I thought I would try my luck 

 in raising it. I went to an old neighbor for ad- 

 vice, who had been in the habit of raising wheat on 

 new land. He told me it must not be sowed until 

 there had been two or three frosts which would de- 

 stroy a fiy that would attack the wheat if sown be- 

 fore. I followed his directions, and the result of it 

 was it nearly all w inter killetl. There were a few 

 scattering heads gathered which nuulc ncarl.y two 

 quarts. I concluded I would not give up so. I 

 then selected a piece of ground on the east side of 

 a small knoll, warm and dry land, sowed my two 

 (juarts of wheat about the fu'st of Septcmlier, and 

 had a good yield. I learned by this experience 

 that winter wheat must be sown on land where it 

 slopes to the south or east, where the snow will be 

 more likelj' to remain, as wheat wants to be cov- 

 ered with snow to keep it warm; then it will coine 

 out l)right in the spring. East or south of a forest 

 is a good location for wheat. 



As a general thing 1 sow my wheat after corn. 

 It should l)e sown befjre the tenth of September to 

 have it get well rooted. I make my land rich 

 enough to produce a good crop of corn, and sow 

 without any other preiiaration than would be given 

 for rye. I think I raises as many bushels of wheat 

 as of rye to the acre, side by side, the land in the 

 same condition. 1 have ploughed green sward and 

 ])nt on compost manure made of muck and burn 

 yard nuunire. I have had crops of from ten to 

 iilteen bushels per acre on light loamy land. I 

 seed it to herdsgrass when I sow the wheat, and 

 sow clover seed in April and bush it in. I then 

 get two or three good crops of hay. I have man- 

 aged in this way for the last twenty years, and I 

 ' have had good success, except one year about 



