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THE COW-HER DISEASES AND MANAGEMENT.-NO. 5. 
AMERICAN HORSES IN FRANCE. 
Besides my hunters, I always hare a pair, at 
least (last summer I had a four-in-hand team), 
of American nags, and I have invariably found them 
the pleasantest, fastest, and best-bottomed road 
horses in the world. I have just received a very 
neat pair from New York, via. Havre, very judi¬ 
ciously selected for me by my brother, making the 
third pair he has sent me. I have even been well 
carried to hounds by some of these transatlantic 
quadrupeds. My present pair, however, do not 
possess the points requisite for such a service, and 
I shall, therefore, keep them to their legitimate 
business for which they are admirably adapted, 
being very handsome, docile, and smart. They are, 
like all my other American horses, wonderfully 
admired. To real connoisseurs, it is becoming a 
substantial recommendation to be able to guarantee 
horses as American. I lately sold a pair, aged, and 
one of them fired in both fore legs, from an injury 
out hunting, for $700, principally on account of the 
pleasant manner in which they drove up to the bit. 
The attention of the French government has been 
directed to our breed of horses, and I have no doubt 
many would have been purchased for their haras, 
had not the revolution broken out. A long letter 
might be written on the subject of our breeding in 
America, which, as a science, is shamefully neglected. 
We make the above extract from a letter recently 
published in the New-York Spirit of the Times. 
The writer’s views on the superiority of American 
roadsters coincide with our own, and are such as 
we have often endeavored to impress on the atten¬ 
tion of our farmers : for, as a “ science,” as the 
writer justly remarks, the breeding of horses is 
“ shamefully neglected” throughout the country. 
When on our own farm, in conjunction with our 
brothers, we endeavored to do something practically 
in this line'. Eleven years ago, we accordingly 
purchased two superior trotting stallions, of the pro¬ 
per size and form to get roadsters, and for the pur¬ 
pose of ensuring their use, let them at a low price 
to the farmers of our neighborhood. The result 
is, that a superior breed of roadsters has become 
quite common in that section of the country. We 
have one here now, which we daily use, bred by 
L. F. Allen, of Black Rock, that will, any time, go 
his eight and ten miles an hour, with ease, along a 
tolerably level road, and if pushed a little, will in¬ 
crease his speed to eleven or twelve miles. This, to be 
sure, is nothing for a very fast horse; we merely 
speak of the pace as not uncommon for the breed. 
With this speed, they unite great substance and en¬ 
durance, and are sufficiently handsome for the car¬ 
riage or saddle. They also prove the best of farm 
horses. _ 
Interpreter Wanted. —The science and prac¬ 
tice of agriculture are said to be almost unknown 
to each other—that they speak in different lan¬ 
guages, and want an interpreter. 
Lime Essential to the Fertility of the 
Soil. —All naturally fertile soils are found, upon 
chemical analysis, to contain' a notable proportion 
of lime: while, in many of those which are natu¬ 
rally unproductive the proportion of lime is com¬ 
paratively small. 
SHOW AND FAIR OF THE NEW-YORK STATE 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
We trust our readers will bear in mind that this 
event is to take place at Buffalo, on the oth, 6th, 
and 7th, of the present month ; and we hope all 
who feel an interest in the cause of agriculture, that 
can conveniently attend, will do so, and give their 
countenance, as well as their aid, to the promotion 
of the objects of this great and glorious society. 
The citizens of Buffalo, with a commendable 
liberality, worthy of all praise, have, on their own 
account, raised and expended $3,500 to fit up the 
show grounds, and for other preparations. This is 
about a thousand dollars more than any other place 
has yet raised for the same object; which, together 
with the experience derived from any little defi¬ 
ciencies at previous meetings, enables the Superin¬ 
tending Committee to do more for the benefit of 
exhibitors and visitors, than they have hitherto 
been able to accomplish. 
The facilities for getting to and from Buffalo are 
greater than those afforded by any other town in the 
state; and the accommodations offered by the nu¬ 
merous hotel keepers there, are highly satisfactory, 
and at the usual prices of meals and lodging. Sev¬ 
eral distinguished gentleman are to be present to 
deliver addresses and lectures; and a great show of 
stock, dairy products, farming implements, vegeta¬ 
bles, flowers, fruits, seeds, &c., &c., will be made. 
We have no doubt, if the weather prove favorable, 
that it will be the best show ever yet got up by the 
society, and the most numerously attended ) and we 
say again, let every one make it a point to be there 
who can possibly do so. 
THE COW—HER DISEASES AND MANAGE¬ 
MENT.—No. 5. 
Inflammation of the Bowels —This disease gene¬ 
rally arises from the animal catching cold, particu- 
ularly from being over-driven just before calving ; 
it is also produced by costiveness, both of which 
causes should be well ascertained before proceeding 
to the treatment. 
The animal is taken with a cold shivering, at first, 
loathing her food, and seems to be full. She is then 
seized with violent pains, resembling the “ gripes 
the eyes and inside of her mouth are red and in¬ 
flamed ; she often lies down, and rises of a sudden ; 
a purging soon comes on, and what is passed is of 
a blackish, or coffee color, with a very offensive 
smell, more so than that of a common “ scouring 
the dung is also mixed with a mucous having an 
appearance of a putrified skin, as also, does the 
inner layer of the intestines, which seems, in the 
last stage of the disease, to be separated from the 
other. The pulse, in this disease, is always low, 
and the extremities of the animal feel cold. 
When the malady is attended with looseness, 
and arises from cold, the treatment consists first of 
blood-letting, to the extent of a pint and a half to 
two quarts, according to the violence of the symp¬ 
toms, and the size or condition of the animal; and 
directly after, a dose of the following medicine, 
mixed together, and given in two quarts of smooth 
gruel, in which there has been previously dissolved 
an ounce of common soap :— 
Epsom salts, \ lb. • crude opium, | drachm; 
saltpetre (nitre), | oz. 
