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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.. [October i, 1881. 
give them a heavy coat of rust : renewing it for 2 
or 3 '°ay3 will allow it to eat into the surface of his pans, 
thereby arriving at the rough surface he wishes to 
get. Of course the pan must be thoroughly cleansed 
before using again. 
Artificial Manures. — "F." says, " by applying 6 oz. 
of superphosphate of lime, 60 lb. of tea might be 
got." If he means that this amount may be got 
annunlly per acre in excess of former outturn, I 
should say it would pay. He does not allow for the 
bushes being permanently improved, also the quality 
of the tea being improved ; as no doubt the more 
vigorous the growth, the better the tea. 
If manure can produce an extra maund per acre 
the first year, (which I have no doubt it can), and 
if "F." can sell it at Rl a lb. in Calcutta, artificial 
manure will pay for itself the first year : aDy future 
benefit is all labh. 
I give the relative proportions of the constituents 
of the ash of young tea leaves as given by Mr. 
Schrbttky in the "Tea Cyelopeedia," page 121, and 
the artificial manure supplied by Odam & Co. Also 
the analyt-is of some tea soil in Assam, that has been 
12 years in cultivation without any incentive. 
Mr. ScJirottky's analysis of the ash of young tea leaves 
of Hybrid plant — 
Chloride of sodium ... ... 2-247 
„ Soda ... ... 8 941 
Potash ... ... 36-514 
Magnesia ... .. 10-089 
,, Lime ... ... 8-517 
Oxide of iron and manganese ... 3 - 966 
„ Phosphoric acid... ... 16-214 
„ Sulphuric acid ... ... 13-017 
Silica ... ... 0-439 
944 
Analysis of Odam's Tea Manure — 
Moisture ... 12-89 
Organic matter including salts of 
ammonia ... ... 22 '81 
Phosphate of lime ... ... 16 - 83 
Equal to Tricalcie Phosphate of lime 
rendered soluble by acid ... ... (26' 35) 
Insoluble Phosphates ... .. 2 '35 
Sulphate of lime ... ... 28 -92 
Alkaline salts and magnesia ... 13-45 
... 2-75 
Insoluble silicious matter 
100 00 
Analysis of tea soil 12 years in cultivation — 
Combined water and a little organic 
matter 
Oxide of iron 
Alumina 
Phosphoric acid 
Lime 
Magnesia 
Sulphuric acid 
Potash 
Soda 
Carbonic acid 
Silici >us matter 
2-55 
1- 16 
2- 38 
•02 
•24 
•37 
•06 
•26 
■05 
. . . traces 
... 92 91 
100 00 
I should like to know the cost of the " fertilizer" 
recommended. 
The "wrinkles and receipts" column ought to be 
invaluable to planters generally. I hope planters will 
con'ribute their knowledge. 
31st July 1881. Kent. 
CATTLE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE? 
(From the Indian Medical Gazette, 1st August 1881.) 
The following sensible directions for the treatment 
of foot and mouth disease in horned cattle have been 
drawn up by Mr. Warren Stirling, Tea Planter, and 
circulated by the Government of Bengal. The plan 
was tried at Durbungah with success : — 
For the mouth — 
Honey ... ... ... 1 lb. 
Muriatic acid ... ... 1J oz. 
Mix well in an earthenware or glasB vessel with a 
wooden or glass rod. Apply with a wooden spatula 
about a dessert-spoonful to the tongue, leaving the 
animal to distribute it over the inside of the mouth, 
by the champing motion that is sure to follow its 
application. 
In ordinary cases this should be administered twice 
a day, but in very severe cases, or should the beast 
have been affected some days before notice had been 
taken, three or four times daily will be requisite. 
For the feet — 
Socotrine aloes ... ... 1| oz. 
Rectified spirits of wine ... 4 ,, 
Alum ... ... ... £ 
Water ... ... ... 8 „ 
or ■ f V; 
Calvert's carbolic acid... ... 4 
Sweet oil ... ... 20 ,, 
Dissolve the aloes in the spirit, and the alum (after 
powdering) in the water, and mix. Apply twice a 
day between the claws for mild cases, and three or 
four times for severe or neglected ones. 
Suggestions as to the Treatment, Food, dc, &c. 
Immediately upon a beast's becoming affected (which 
may be easily known by daily inspection when graz- 
ing or when fed in the stockyard, the affected beast 
appearing listless and disinclined to feed, head gener- 
ally drooping, and a slightly frothy saliva flowing 
from the mouth), it should be isolated from the herd 
and treated at once. 
The disease being very infectious, a close watch 
should be kept upon the remaining cattle for some 
days after the infected beasts have been detected. 
A separate attendant should be deputed to attend 
upon the sick cattle, and must on no account be per- 
mitted to go near the remainder of the herd. As it 
would be impossible for him to administer the medi- 
cine without some of the beast's saliva (the virus of 
infection) falling about his clothes, he should be made 
to change them whenever he may have occasion to 
leave the hospital, and he should always . wash his 
hands in some disinfecting fluid (a weak solution of 
Calvert's carbolic acid is the best). Care should also 
be taken to keep dogs away from the hospital, as 
they moving amongst the litter, &c, would be likely 
to carry tbe infection to the stockyard. 
From the soreness of its niouth, the beast, however 
much inclined, will be unable to eat anything but 
the smoothest gruel or something of that nature. 
The best thing to give in India until the mouth be- 
comes somewhat healed, is rice boiled down to a thick 
congee, with a little goor mixed with it. No salt 
should be given on any account. 
Water should be supplied freely, as the beasts 
appear to suffer much from thirst. 
Whenever medicine is given, the nozzle and legs 
should be washed with a weak solution of carbolic 
acid— one part of acid to twenty of water. 
Should aloes and spirits of wine' not bo easily pro- 
curable, the sore on the feet should be treated with a 
mixture of one part of carbolic acid to five parts of 
sweet oil. 
My experience leads me to believe that the eore 
between the claws is only sympathetic Many cases 
occur, and some very severe ones, without any sore3 
