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From Porter's Spirit. 



Obituary. 

 Bloumington, 111., July 22. 

 The last of Old Gazan. — Died, this 

 morning at the stable of Green, Paul & 

 Wurts, Esqs., near Bloomington 111., 

 the thorough-bred old horse Gazan^ 

 twenty-two years old. (I find him a 

 winner in the tables published in "1011- 

 att on the Horse," by Skinner, in 18i0, 

 where he is set down at four years old.) 

 This horse wa- bred by Dr. Warfield, 

 of world-vride celebrity, and in his day 

 in the hands of Guorge Crane, and Andy 

 Spang ranked with the first racers of 

 the Continent. He has long been a resi- 

 dent of this prairie country, and ''has 

 done the Staie some service," as any 

 one may easily rce by making a nsit to 

 Morgan c Ainty, and examining their 

 stock of horses, not probably surpassed 

 by any other county certainly in this 

 yn'tate, and perhaps I might, with pro- 

 priety, extend the remark much fur- 

 ther. 



It is no small jiraise to say, that the 

 people of Morgan county had the under- 

 standing to appreciate, and the spirit to 

 sustain such an animal for a long period 

 of years; but A^hcn I . add, what 1 have 

 recently understood, that they have 

 lately sent to IScw Jersey and obtained 

 the services of the famous thorough- 

 bred horse Marco, for the purpose of 

 carrying out iheir views so correctly 

 begun, of pmciug their horses at the 

 very top of the list for spirit, beauty, 

 and endurance, it will require no proph- 

 et to foretell the character of these noble 

 animals in a few yoars to come. 



Marco waf^ also bred by Dr. Warfield 

 and contested many a hard fought, field 

 in his day, as the file of the Old >Sj)i)it 

 will abundantly testify, ilo has been 

 used for the last five years amongst their 

 extensive stud of mares by the gentle- 

 man at whose stable Gazan breatned his 

 last, and vrherc 1 Avas permitted to be- 

 hold near fifty of his beautiful colts. — 

 These gentlemen having finished tneir 

 purpose with him, sent him to iVew 

 Jersey, the place of their resideULO, 

 where that emcerprising veteran horse- 

 man AVm. 11. Hartley, J^sq., of Jackson- 

 ville, followed, and succeeded in bring- 

 ing him back to iliinois. 



Being on a visit to the West, 1 was 

 an eye witness to the struggles of this 

 '•noble old courser,"' and the tenuer care 

 bestoAved upon him, Avhich impelled me 

 to send you this hasty sketch of what 

 is doing in this 3'oung empire; being well 

 assured that the announcement of the 

 death of so notable a horse as old Gazan 

 will cause a thrill of regret in the heart 

 of many a lover of these noble friends 

 and companions of man. 



Sowing Timotliy Seed. 

 The Etiral JS'ew Yorker has the fol- 



lowing remarks on this subject, which 

 we submit to the consideration of oar 

 farmers : . 



Whoever sows winter wheat can sow 

 Timothv before the vrheat is drilled, in 

 or before the last dragging if the wheat 

 is put in with a drag; but if the wheat is 

 put in with a cultivator or gang plow, I 

 should prefer sowing the Timotliy after 

 that operation was completed, trusting 

 to the rains to bury the seed. 



Timothy seed may be soAvn upou any 

 clean land, and dragged in Avithout any 

 other crop, and if put in immediately it 

 might be moAved or pastured next year, 

 as It makes a better growth und frequent- 

 ly succeeds better alone th;ui Avhen sown 

 m connection Avith a grain crop. Oats 

 r-'^peciail}" are a po."^r crop to seed down 

 Avith. 



It is now pretty generally conceded 

 that if wc want to raise tAvice as much 

 grain, especially Avheat, we must sow 

 only half as much ground. This makes 

 It necessary to put doAvn more land to 

 grass than avc have usually devoted to 

 that cix)p, and renders it important that 

 we should adopt the best methods of 

 seeding. 



Diarriioea in Animals. 



A correspondent of an English journal 

 Avhile speaking of tiie diarrhoea amongst 

 the lamb stock, so fatal in many parts 

 of the country, remarks :- 



I am not a farmer by proiession, but 

 have had some experience, liaA'ing oc- 

 cupied a farm for seven years, during 

 which I paid some attention to this dis- 

 ea,'?e, not only in sheep and lambs, but 

 also in cattle, especially young stock. 

 The benefits I derived from the experi- 

 ments, I am anxious to give to the Avorld. 

 Vv hen I had been about Vvo years a far- 

 mer, it happened that a very abundant 

 crop of acorns made its appearance; and 

 hovmg this, it occurred to me that moth- 

 er ]N:iture had provided the crop for 

 some useful purpose. I at once gave out 

 to the boys of the a illage, that I would 

 give 2d. a gallon for all che acorns they 

 would brinti; at ihe season A", hen tliev be- 

 gan to dioi) from, ■ the oak, which 

 abounds in the neighborhoo-l (Oheshh-e.) 



In a. shor. time i Avas inundated Avith 

 liiib fruit, so much so that 1 Avas obli":ed 

 to reduce my price to a ponn}' per gallon 

 and still they kept coming in abundance, 

 Avhilst my neighbors (the farmers) Avere 



lau-j-hinji in 

 o o 



tueir sleeves, Avondering 



Avhether I was going to keep pigs on a 

 large scale. HoweA'er, Avhen the season 

 for gathering Avas over, i sent them to 

 the mill to be ground into Hour, and 

 Aviien I found symptoms of scour or 

 diarrhoea in my cattle, I ordered tAvo 

 handfuls to be mixed in ti uran mash, 

 and given Avarm immediately, and to 

 continue it once a day until the disease 



i disappeared. This proved a noA-er fail- 

 ! ing cure, in so much that I never had 

 any trouble from the disease afterwards; 

 and my neighbors seeing this, had re- 

 course to me for a little of my acorn 

 flour Avhen the disease appeared in their 

 cattle, which, of course, I was glad to 

 give them, the result being the same as 

 in my own case. 



llorses— Weak Eyes. 



Horses that are kept most of the time 

 in the stable, on dry food, are more lia- 

 ble to haA'e inflamed eyes than those tliat 

 are kept on pasture. When I find an 

 eye much inflamed, I bleed in the vein 

 b<dow, as described in a former number 

 and Avash with a solution of sugar of 

 lead, or Avhite yiiriol, flissolved in raiii- 

 water. In cases of slight inflammation, 

 the wash alone is suflBcient, which should 

 be used every two hours until it subsides 

 and then uccasionally until the eye seems 

 entirely bright and clear. In severe 

 cases, that do not yield to the aboA'c 

 treatment, take a gallon of blocd from 

 the neck, dissoh'c tAvo pounds of glauber 

 salts in water, and give him a pint of it 

 with a bucket full of water v.henever he 

 is thirsty; or if he will dri»k it at two or 

 tlu'ee draughts, all the better; put four 

 threads of sew ing-silk in a sharp darn- 

 ing-needle, and bore his ears about one 

 inch from the head, on the outside; draw 

 the thread through until there is just 

 length enough to make a two-inch loop, 

 wet it, take some tartar-emetic betAveen 

 A-our thumb and finger, and rub on it, 

 and then draw ic back and forth a few 

 times through t'le ear. This Avill canse 

 the ear to swell considciablv, and in a 

 day or tAvo it Avill begin to jiuppurate: 

 take hold of the strings once a day, and 

 pull it through a little; keep the patient 

 as much as possible out of the stable 

 and in the shade — the ammonia about a 

 stabl.i, especially one that is not kept 

 very clean, is very irritating to sore eyes. 

 I liave no doubt that horses frequently 

 lose their sight by being kepi in close, 

 filthy stables, 



Ir will be found where eyes have once 

 been severely inflamed, that they will be 

 more subject to it ever after, and in v\l 

 eases for sometime after you subdue the 

 inflammation, be careful not to oA'crheat 

 the horse, and Avhen he is Avarmvd «(> as 

 to sAveat tVeeU", ncA-cr leaA'c him stand- 

 ing in a di aught of cold, or CA'en cool air, 

 but have him cool oft' as gradually as 

 possible. 



I once had a very valuable j'oung 

 horse, whose eyes had ahvays been ap- 

 prirently sound, put entirely blind by 

 being driA'en five miles in .tAventy-five 

 minutes, and then put in an open log 

 stable, exposed to the cool air, of an 

 autumn night. 



It is under all circumstances highly 

 injurious and very cruel, to leave a horse 



