TWO DOLLARS 



'PROORESS AND BKI'EOVKJIEXIV 



[SINGLE NO. FIVE CENTS. 



YOL. IX. NO. 50. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y.-SATUROAY, DECEMBER II. 1858. 



.WHOLE NO. 466. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 



Agricultural, Literary and Family Newspaper. 



CONDUCTED B? D. D. T. MOOBE, 



tal §fto-f mlm. 



DISEASES OF I 



- BLACK aUABTM 



^ermrated Ih- others 



Ik the treatment of diseases as afflicting the 



in vogue — termed "New'' and "Old School.' 

 lesser emanations of Divine Power Gcemtob 

 larly bleated, — not qnlte that, however, — provided 

 for, and n battle, intense in its warfare, is ragii 

 In onr ankle upon Murrain, as published in I 

 litBAL ol list week, we gave the two modes 

 medication, md j n speaking of the particular 

 form of ailment ^ a Ued out by our New York and 

 Pennsylvania correspondent, above, our readers 

 will have better opportunity to observe how it ia 

 that "doctors disagree." o Qr position ia not that 

 of an umpire in the fray,— w0 g \? e (be various 

 forum, and those who have oe B1 i can experiment. 



Each system has Its favorites, aiiUea, : h, j ifon, 



has proved Itself equal to the demands made 

 upon it. 

 Every year a disease, virulent in ita natnro and 



would diotate, he e 



1 advantage of their peen- 

 at early maturity, by Uiru- 

 e luxuriant pasture than prudence 



Tins 



BOi B 



epldnuh-, that in, 



district have been pushed on too rapidly; they 



Lave a lurking inflammation about them, or they 



have a tendency to it; and bye-ond-t.vi? imues 



change or state of (he atmosphere which 



npon this icflummitnry pujlisposition, mid 



the disease runa through the district. 



The premonitory syatornB of Inflammatory fevers 



few. Many times the first intimations to the 

 vner will be finding the animal with neokexband- 



1 j the bead, na near as can be. in a horizontal po- 

 lioa; eyes protruding and red; mu/zlediy; nos- 

 Hi expanded; breath hot; mouth partly open; 

 ngue enlarged; pulse full, bard, and from (.0 to 

 i: breathing quickened and laborious; flanks 



heaving violently, and a low peculiar moan being 

 by the animal. Sometimes the senses of the 

 il are not affected, but generally there ia a de- 



i of urn 



will nol 



i for 



, Btaggere— tb< 



; when compelled to 

 staggering is principally confined to the hii 

 i— rumination has ceased, and the appetite 



voluntary movement — pets 



diatcly; soon drops again; 



and death soon closea 



speedy in it* termioati 

 cattle, and from thes 

 termed Inflammatory F 

 the ailment makes its 



f thousands of 



chamolem 

 ver. Each district in i 

 appearance has ape 

 id it Is thus called 1 



quarter, joint murrain, qnarur evil, Ac, although 

 >t may not, at any one time exhibit all the symp- 

 toms of either of these com plaints. 



In the inquiry of Mr. Hiynolos we find:— "One 

 peculiarity of this disease [a, it never attacka a poor 

 calf — only the beat are suljen to it," Ac. Yor*TT 

 remarks that cattle of all descriptions and ages are 

 occasionally subject to inflammatory fever; but 



quite gone. At 

 re of a fall 

 np again almost 

 debility rapidly 



In some instances— in fact in a majority of cases 

 — wbereinflammatory fever lias set in, and the dis- 

 ■ if ly treatment, the patient seems to 

 lalTy, anil, if we may so speak, the natme of the dis- 

 ease changes — some of the symtoms appear from 

 which the varlely of names we have mentioned 

 derive their origin. Lameness setH in — a seeming 

 paralysis of the joints; the animal can hardly move 

 at all, and we have i/wirtcr evil— joint murrain. This 

 is not considered an unfavorable symptom, aa the 

 disease may be leaving the vital parts for those of 

 leas consequence. If the animal gains strength 

 we may have some hope of conquering. Thelolns 

 and back need care now lest they become pecu- 

 liarly tender and soic— one of the moat to be 

 dreaded symptoms. When swellings occur about 

 the shoulders, back or loins, and between the skin 

 and flesh carbonic acid gas is evolved by decom.' 

 position, we have a still worse oase. Worse even 

 than this, la the appearance of hard, scorfy patch 

 es of what seems to be dead skin. This is a dry 

 gangrene, and it Is the commencement of a slough- 

 ing process, extensive and inconcievably rapid, — 

 When the animal arrives at this stage Black <iuir- 

 ter, In all ita tearfulness, is the dreadful malady.— 

 Ulcers soon appear and spread to the whole body; 

 the nrine, which had before been high-colored be- 

 comes dark and bloody, and the solid droppings 

 are streaked with blood. In this state of pntridi 

 tyYoc att claims that the animal may yet be saved, 

 and gives the mode of treatment as follows: 



"The first and most important step Is copiouc 

 bleeding. As much blood must be taken as the 

 animal will bear to lose, and the stream must flow 

 on until the beast staggers or threatens to falL— 

 Here, more than in any other disease, there mosi 

 be no foolish directions about quantities. As mud 

 bloodmust betakat a\ray as can be got; forltiaont) 

 by bold depletory measures that a malady can be 

 subdued tbat runs its conrse so rapidly. 



Purging mast immediately follow. Epsom salts 

 are here, as tu most inflammatory diseases, the be 

 purgative, A p^und and a half, dissolved in wal 

 or gruel, and poured down the throat aa gently 

 poasible, should be the first dose; audno aromai 

 should accompany It If this does not operate 

 the course of six hours, another pound should 

 given; and, after that, half-pound doses every s 

 hours until the effect Is produced. 



At the expiration of the first Bix hours t! 

 patient should be carefully examined. Is the 

 pulse slower, softer? If not, he must be bled 

 second time, and until the circulation is once mo 

 affected. If the animal be somewhat better, yet 

 nut to the extent tbat could bo wished, the practi- 

 tioner would be warranted in bleeding again, pro 

 vided the sinking and fluttering of the pulse doe; 

 not indicate the commencement of debility. 



If the pulse be a little quieted, and purging btu 

 taken place, and the animal ia somewhat more 

 himself, the treatment should be followed np by 

 diligent exhibition of sedative medicine 

 drachm and a half of digitalis, and one drachm of 

 enieiiu tartar, and half an ounce of nitre, should 

 be given three times every day; and setons i 

 ed in tie dewlap. Those of black hellebor 

 producing the quickest an 



Inflammation. 

 The bowels having been opened, i 

 the pulse. 



o should 



be had 



degree of fever, u 



parent debility is 



riH (for the ap 

 : always the consequence ol 

 icular congestion,) the physic 



cceded, i 



rhand, however, no tonio me 

 en. If, however, the pulse 

 regular, giving sufficient iutii 

 r baa passed, uud debility a 



i, however, which in such cases would 

 cattle, are very few. Mineral 

 rarely produced any satisfactory re- 

 ault — but in gentian, calombu, and dinger, the 

 cattle find almost everything to be 

 wished. They may be given three times every 

 day. in doses of a drachm each of the two first, and 

 half a drachm of the last. They will be more 

 tffeotual in these moderate doses tbau in the over- 

 whelming quantities in which some administer 

 them, and in which they oppress and cuuae nausea, 

 rather then stimulate and give appetite. They 

 should always ba given in gruel, with half a pint 

 or even a pint of sonnd ale. 



The practitioner may possibly be called in alter 

 nice r<j have broken ont, and the sloughing process 

 has commenced; there most bo no bleeding then; 

 the vitality of the system has received a sufficient 

 shook, and various parts of it aro actually decom- 

 posing; but physio ia necessary, with a doable 

 dose of the aromatic, in order to ronse the ener- 

 gies of the digestive system, and to get t id of ranch 

 offensive and dangerous matter collected ia the 

 intestinal canal. Epsom salts will here also con- 

 stitute the beet purgative. 



The ulcers should be carefully and thoroughly 

 washed several times every day with a solution of 

 the chloride of lime.— ; or, of the powder to 1 gal- 

 Ion of water. The ulcers about the muzzle, mouth 

 and throat, should be treated in a similar manner; 

 and a pint of the solution way be homed down 



; of the iirs> day. 

 Pevention of this malady 





inferior keep should 



re, in which the cattle 



may be occasionally turned to empty and exercise 



themselves. ThoBe observed to advance very fast 



may be bled monthly for several months; but 



aslonal purges of alterative medicii 



prevent those diseases which 



seem to 



take their 



rise in over-rcpletlon and ace 







far better than bleeding. 







This disease differs materially 



in its symptoms in 



different districts, and in the sac 





t at differ- 



ent times. The difficulty lies in 





r diseases 



with which the inflammatory fe 





mbined — 



sometimes one, and sometimes 



another 





a prominent character; and w 





all gene- 



rally follow inflammatory fever 





e of them 



occasionally precede it 







In some places, the first symptoms a 



e those of 



qitarttrtll. The cattle are seized first In 



one quar- 



a then in the 



'!'!]<■ h 



1 til'' I 



blood must bo taken i 



staggers 



the crackling noise 1b heard 



ginning. The disease is usually fatal when it 



Como we now to the other Byatem. Among the 

 causes for Black Quarter, aa laid down by Dr. 

 Dadd, are the blood lotting and scouring systems. 

 In opposition thereto the Dr. remarks;— "In the 

 inflammatory stage, wo are told, 'The first and 

 most Important step is copious bleeding. Asmuoh 

 animal will bear to 

 (V on until the beast 

 r threatens to fall. Here, more than in 

 diBease, there must bo no foolish direc- 

 tions abont quantities. [ The heroic prattled] Aa 

 much blood must be taken away aa can be got; 

 for it is only by the bold and persevering use of the 

 lancet that a malady can be subdued that runa its 

 coutbo so rapidly.' From these directions we are 

 led to suppose that there are some hopes of bleed- 

 ing the animalto life; for the author above quoted 

 seems to entertain no apprehension of bleeding 

 the animal to deatb. Mr. Pbhcivai. and other vete- 

 rinary writers, inform ub that 'an animal will lose 

 about one-fifteenth part of its weight of blood be- 

 fore it dies; though a less quantity may so far de- 

 bilitate tbe vital powere, aa to be, though less sud- 

 denly, equally fatal' The latter portion of the 



does not give the a 



simply thin; 



luletui 

 r, gangrene, 



which 



atagea of tbe 

 disease now nuder consideration, and, indeed, fn 

 dry gangrene, there is a tendency to the complete 

 destruction of life to the parts involved; hence our 

 remedies should be tn harmony with the vital ope- 

 ration* We should relax, stimulate, and cleanse 

 the "whole system, and arouse every part to heal- 

 thy action, by tbe aid of vapor, Injections, stimu- 

 lating applications, poulticea of charcoal and cap- 

 slrnm. to parts where there is danger of rapid 

 mortification; lastly, stimulating drinks to vitalize 

 the blood, which only requires distribution, instead 

 of abstraction.* 



In reference to tbe scouring system (purging,) 

 aa a cause of mortification, we leave the reader to 

 form his own views, after reading the following:— 

 'After abstracting as much blood as can be got 



away, purging must immediately fullow. A pound 

 and a half of Epsom sails dissolved in water or 

 gruel, and poured down the throat as gently as 

 possible, should be our li rat do^e. Jf this does not 

 operate in the course of alx hours, another pound 

 should be given; and after that, half pound doses 

 every sis hours until the effect is produced ! ! !'" 



Treatment. — As the natural tendency of theso 

 maladies is the complete destruction of life to all 

 parts of the organization, efforts must he made to 

 depurate the whole animal, and arouse every part 

 to healthy action. The indications of enre, ac- 

 cording to the reformed principles, are, to relax 

 spasm, as in locked jaw, stoppages of the bladder 

 or intestines, obstructed surface?, Ac; to contract 

 and strengthen weak and relaxed orgaus, as in gen- 

 eral or local debility, diarrhea, scouring, lampas, 

 Ac ; to stimulate inactive parts, aa in black leg, 

 joint murrain, quarter ill, foot rot; to equalize the 

 circulation, and distribute the blood to the exter- 

 nal surface and extremities, aa in congestions; to 

 furnish the animal with sufficient nutriment for ita 

 growth and development Antiseptics may be 

 freely used in the following form; — Powdered bay- 

 berry bark, 2 oz ; charcoal, G oz.; cayenne, 1 tea- 

 spoonfol; slippery elm, 1 oz. Add boiling water 

 sufficient to make it of the consistence of thin 

 groel 



All sores and foul ulcers may be washed with 

 Pyrollgneous acid, I oz ; water, 1 gill. 



Aiiu!hrr, — Chloride of lime, l ounce; water 



Bttit Anothtr. — Chloride of soda, 1 ounce; water 



The affeoted parts should be often bathed with 

 one of these waahee. If the disease 1b not arrested 

 by these means, repeat them, and put the animal 

 on a diet of flour gruel. 



PRACTICAL FARM KOTES, 



Wb 



]\.A, 



, though 



crowded into an uncomfortably small spaci 

 Bremen and African Geeae. 



In the ItrjRAL of the 20th ult, we referred a 

 correspondent to Ebbn Wight, of Boston, for re- 

 liable information in regard to Bremen Geese, their 

 valne, and the eonrce from which they could be 

 obtained pure. Mr. Wight, with his usual kind- 

 ness and promptitude, fnrnlshes us the following 

 facts, not only in regard to the Eediiten or Bremen 

 Geese but the Ajricau, a cross between which he 

 considers, as shown by the facta stated, far more 

 prolific than either pnre. We give an engraving. 

 above, of the African, the largest of the goose 



Messrs Eos. :— In your paper of the JOth alt, bis. 

 Oscab Adaus asks where he can obtain Broun 

 Geese. The largeat and best pair I have ever seen, 

 is owned by Wit G. Lbwis, Framlngharo, Mass. 

 Col. Samttbi. JAym?, Somerville, (P. 0. address 

 Boaton,) Mast., was tbe first to Import these geeee 

 Into this country, and has now In hla possession 

 one of the original pair, imported about thirty 

 years ego. Mr. A. can probably pro. 

 breed from elthei 

 But I would advi 

 follow, being an < 



head of India, or African Gta< 



This la of the largest varieti 



ductiou, and proves much mm 



s named personr. 

 :t ou hints which 

 I article furnished 

 i 1857, nnder the 



Bremen, or any common goose seen about the 

 country; it is a xtately-looking goose, of gray 

 upper plumage, with white nnder the body, and 

 tiLiy un* not raving a largo dew-lap. or pouch, 



largest size. A few jcara since a person bad a 

 gander of this breed weighing twenty-six pounds. 

 Having lost hiBmute, the owner coupled him with 

 a Bremen goose. Df this progeny, or cross, he 

 saved two of the geese, and bred these two back 

 to the same gander. These two geese laid more 

 than one hundred and fifty eggs, the first year of 

 laying. In 1658 they came Into my possession. 

 One of the two geese I disposed of to a friend, 

 which has proved exceedingly prolific ; while tbat 

 retained by me has laid equally well, and in 18.10 

 gave me sixty seven egge; In 1857, sixty-five eggs; 

 in 1858, between sixty and seventy eggs. Bo fast 

 as ehe gave mo five eggs, they were placed nnder 

 a ben, and each hen was allowed to bring them up. 

 I have now on hand of the second growth, a 

 largo flock of the young— all the progeny of this 

 one goose for this year. If well cared for, they 

 will dress to weigh from fifteen to twenty poundn 

 each. The Bremen geese which I formerly bred, 

 wonld give me about nioo eggs eacb, and I would 



Pitching Hay with Horse Power. 



Tirs only mode of pitching hay with home 



power, that ive know of, is the following, which 



•en described in the Rchal, and other Agri- 

 cultural Journals. To make the subject plain, we 

 give engravings from Tkmab* £brn fmplmmlt. 



Figure one shows the operation quite perfectly. 



lehead of the f^rk (dR- 2) is about 23 Inches 

 long, and l» fitted with steel prongs 20 inches long. 

 The rope attached at a passes over the pully above, 



