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DAIRY STOCK.—NEW METHOD OF MAKING MANURES* 
windpipe; 2d, by retarding the passage of blood 
through the blood vessels of the neck; 3d, by pre¬ 
venting tbe regurgitation or raising of the cud. 
"With respect to Hoven in Cattle, we gave the 
opinion of our informant, without intending to 
vouch for it. We still believe that it is usually 
a distention of the rumen, caused by an undue 
generation of gas, in consequence of an unusual 
quantity of green succulent food being taken into 
the stomach. Although we have kept a large 
herd of cattle for a number of years, we never had 
a case of the kind ; for in turning them on to a 
luxuriant pasture, especially if it were clover, we 
were careful to allow them to remain but a Very 
short time—a half hour or so at first, gradually in¬ 
creasing the period for a few days, when they may 
be left with perfect safety to graze at will. 
DAIRY STOCK, 
The artist has given this fine cow rather too 
much length of neck and body, otherwise the 
portrait is a pretty fair one. Apolonia was se¬ 
lected from the herd of Mr. Whitaker of York¬ 
shire, by Mr. Prentice himself, when in England 
in 1838. She combines the two best qualities of 
an improved stock, viz., giving a large quantity 
Short-Horn Cow Afolonia, Imported_(Fig. 38.) 
The Properly of E. P. Prentice, Esq., Mount Hope, N. Y. 
and good quality of milk, when at the pail, and 
when dried off, taking on flesh very rapidly. We 
do not know the quantity of milk given by her 
month in and out, but recollect when Mr. Colman 
paid Mr Prentice a visit about a year since, that 
he said he saw her taken up from the pasture and 
milked at 4 o’clock m the afternoon, and she gave 
15 quarts. She had been milked as usual the 
morning of that day, and her only food was grass. 
Such cows are of great value ; and our country 
would be much enriched if its dairy stock more 
generally combined the admirable milking and 
fatting qualities of Apolonia. 
NEW METHOD OF MAKING MANURES. 
The subject of increasing their store of manures, 
is wisely occupying much of the attention of the 
farmers, for they find them indispensable in an 
improved system of agriculture. The greater the 
quantity, therefore, that can be made and ju¬ 
diciously applied upon their lands, the more cer¬ 
tain their success in obtaining good crops, and 
adding to the profits of their business. The fol¬ 
lowing extract is taken from the Farmer’s Mine 
of Wealth, or Manure and Tillage; a very valua¬ 
ble work by Mr. Hermance, just published by Sax¬ 
ton & Miles. It gives a somewhat novel method 
of making manure; and by strictly following it, 
the farmer will find that he can greatly increase 
his resources, and work up into fertilizing matter 
what has hitherto been considered mere rubbish, 
and greatly in his way. For full particulars, and 
the benefits of this process, we must refer to the 
work itself. 
1. Form your barn-yard with a gradual descent 
to one side, so that the liquid formed by the rains 
will flow gently to that side. Make the bottom 
as hard and smooth as possible, that there may be 
little or no waste by soaking into the earth. Arrange 
