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are regularly salted, they are not apt to hurt themselves eating 

 clover. 



Hon. George Geddes — In regard to pasturing the crop, after he 

 gets one to pasture, he must not be in too great haste. If he begins 

 too soon the stock will eat so close as to destroy the roots. Let it get 

 a good start. I have had clover on the brain for many years, and 

 never lose stock by bloat. My practice is to turn the animals, when 

 they go out in the spring, ravenous for something green, upon some 

 old grass-field, for a few days, until their appetites are somewhat 

 appeased. Then the morning of the day upon which I give them 

 access to the clover-field, I let them start on the old ground, and, an 

 hour or two after the dew is off, let down the bars of the clover lot. 

 By being careful in this way for awhile, at the beginning of the 

 season, farmers will not suffer loss. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble — Suppose these precautions are not heeded, 

 how can the life of the sufferer be saved ? 



Hon. George Geddes — The best method has been several times 

 mentioned here, and I have often - tried it with perfect success. Let 

 the attendant take his stand on the left side of the animal, with his 

 right hand holding the blade of an ordinary pocket-knife, and apply 

 it at the hollow in front of the hip at the highest point. In this place 

 the upper part of the paunch is attached to the sides of the animal, 

 and the wound will rapidly heal. Drive the blade in lengthwise, 

 about two inches, and quickly withdraw it. The gas from the fer- 

 menting contents of the stomach will escape and give immediate 

 relief. Sometimes a goose quill is put in to convey away the gas 

 that does the mischief. There may be remedies, as pulverized char- 

 coal, soda, or ammonia, that have a chemical effect in reducing the 

 bloat, but if the animal is suffering acutely, the knife alone will give 

 relief quick enough. 



Orange Growing. 



Mr. G. W. Lyle, Palatka, Fla. — It seems to me that the gentleman 

 from Daytona gave a somewhat rose-colored statement of orange 

 growing in Florida. It is thought that the entire number of full- 

 bearing trees in all East Florida is less than 7,000. During the last 

 five years there have undoubtedly been planted along the St. Johns 

 and its tributaries more than 100,000, and of these not one in ten is 

 to-day alive. A very few men, having some money, who work hard, 

 stay here the entire year and devote their time to a few hundred trees, 

 rarely more than 500, are now in a fair way of possessing an orange 

 grove at some future time. Let us now examine the statements of 



