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Daniel's manure is of no use for wheat on your farm ; for proof of this 
compare Nos. 6 and 7. 
I think Potter's guano is not adapted for a wheat crop, and that it is 
more fit as a dressing for turnips, one of its great constituents being bone- 
dust, which may be, and no doubt is, an excellent dressing for wheat 
when in a more' decomposed state ; but I think certainly not in so fresh 
a state as now made. 
To conclude — I feel more disposed than ever to hold by the opinion 
given to you when you first spoke to me of using Daniel's manure, 
which was, that bone-dust is by far the best agent to improve a worn-out 
farm, and to enable it ultimately to maintain itself by producing great 
crops of turnips, heavy crops of straw, and consequently yards full of 
manure, made from the combination of these in the fattening of cattle. 
J remain. Sir William, 
Your obedient Servant, 
Wm. Fowlie. 
Red House, near Hursley, Dec. bth, 1843. 
II. — On t/ie Bathing of Lambs as a Cure for the Scour. 
By Richard Fisher. 
Having lost a great many lambs from the scour, I think it right to 
inform you what I know, from experience, to be the most beneficial 
remedy in that complaint. When the lambs are affected as above men- 
tioned, 1 have them dipped for twelve mornings successively : a running 
stream is preferable to a pond. The lambs should be kept on old turf. 
My lambs have been affected from July to October. 
I think the origin of the complaint alluded to in lambs arises, in a great- 
degree, from the land being overstocked ; but I have known it occur 
where the land has been lightly stocked. My lambs have sometimes 
been affected with the scour when with the ewes, but more frequently 
when weaned ; and they usually appear in good health before the attack. 
I always put lambs upon first and second seeds. They are most liable 
to the complaint from the middle of June till October. The land the 
lambs are upon may be considered dry, as it consists of marl and gravel. 
I am not aware that they are affected by any changes of the atmosphere. 
When a post mortem examination has been made, I have never seen the 
liver affected, but a great deal of water in the intestines. Some of my 
lambs have lived a month after they have been attacked, and others have 
died in a few hours; and I have known them recover without any 
means being tried, but have invariably found that medicine has done 
harm. Sainfoin is the most beneficial food wVien suffering from the 
complaint. I have my lambs dipped at eight o'clock in the morning, 
and there are no pains taken to dry them afterwards. I have adopted 
this plan for three years, and find it tends more to their recovery than 
any other means I have tried. 
Richard Fisher. 
Alcester Lodge, Nov. 2btk, 1843. 
