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THE CULTIVATOR. 
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DISEASES OF SWINE. 
neighbors, which he so justly denounces,) it is not only 
useless, but injurious and outrageous, and the man who 
is guilty of such conduct, deserves, I was going to say, 
the like trea,tm.ent. Kentuck. 
Eds. Cultivator —I wish to enquire of some of your 
correspondents, through the medium of the Cultivator, 
relative to a complaint with which my hogs are afflicted, 
hoping thereby to gain some information which may be 
beneficial in the future treatment of hogs similarly afflic¬ 
ted, if I should ever be so unfortunate as to have others 
thus diseased. 
Some six weeks since, one of my fatting hogs—a bar- 
row —died. I discovered that it w’as ailing about eight 
and forty hours previous to its death. It appeared to be 
considerably swollen the whole length of its urinary 
passage, and hinder parts, accompanied with a weakness 
in its loins. Nothing passed it as I could discover from 
the time it was observed to be ailing; and died in the 
greatest apparent agony that I ever saw a dumb beast. 
Its great elfort appeared to be to void its water. Upon 
opening it, a whiteish jelly like substance was found 
upon both sides and the whole length of the urinary pas¬ 
sage; the flesh much inflamed, and apparently Wood- 
shot. 
About three weeks since I killed my fatting hogs. 
Four of them— barrows —of the same litter with the 
one which had previously died, as above described; the 
remainder being of another litter. Three, out of the 
four, upon dressing them, we found to be diseased, similar 
in all respects, as to place and appearance with each other, 
and similar to the one which died; though in a much less 
degree. The diseased part was located about two inches 
above the orifice of the urinary passage, and upon the 
left side thereof. It appeared to occupy a place about 
the size of a dollar, of a yellow cast, and filled with hard 
kernels about the size, and very much resembling kernels 
of corn. I had not discovered that these hogs were ail¬ 
ing. They fattened well. Whether it was the incipient 
stage of a similar disease with which the one died, and 
would ultimately have caused their death, of course it is 
impossible for me say. These facts alone would not 
have made me very iniqusitive upon the subject, though 
I thought them rather singular at the time, were it not 
for the further facts that I now have nineteen pigs about 
four months old—ten boars and nine sows—and about ten 
days since I discovered that all the boarS were more or 
less diseased in their urinary passage. They cannot 
freely void their water. It appears to collect near the 
orifice of the urinary passage, and causes a swelling about 
the size of a hen's egg, which, if but gently pressed the 
water will spirt out at the natural opening without diffl- 
culty. The opening does not appear to be closed. The 
pigs eat well, and do well. The complaint is exclusive¬ 
ly confined to the males. They are of the Berkshire 
breed, and all, the one which died, and those which I 
• killed, and the pigs I now have, are the pigs of the same 
boar. I have enquired of my oldest neighbors and far¬ 
mers, and all say they never have seen or heard of any 
thing of the kind before. If you, or any of your cor¬ 
respondents, can give any light upon the subject, I 
should be much gratified to see it in the Cultivator. It 
will then not only enlighten me but others who may 
have hogs thus diseased. And as the Cultivator has now 
become the farmer's textbook, and book of reference, 
whatever is known upon the subject above mentioned 
should have a place upon its pages. D. B. C. 
Canaan, Jan. 2, 1843. 
TO CASTRATE SWINE. 
Messrs. Editors —Let a hand catch him by the hind 
legs, throw him on his left side, put his foot on his neck, 
and pulling his legs forward, press them to his belly; 
then placing your right foot on his tail, grasp the testi¬ 
cle firmly in your left hand, and make an incision quite 
through to, and nearly the whole length of it, when it 
will pop out. Then taking hold of the naked testicle 
and raising it up, run your knife through the mem¬ 
brane, (which extends from one end of the testicle to 
the other,) near the string or fore end of it, and cut out 
to the end next you. Then with your knife, scrape the 
string down and cut it off, leaving 3 or 4 inches of the 
string attached to the testicle, then let your pig loose, 
without tying, greasing, tarring or any thing else. If 
the operation is performed skilfully, according to these 
directions, there is not the least danger, and the animal 
minds it so little, that unless you were to see the wound 
or blood on his legs, you would scarcely know that any 
thing had happened. I do not think that the practice 
recommended by Richmond,” in the Dec. No., is 
sound, unless in the case of old animals. It is remarked 
by surgeons, that the wound which bleeds most pro¬ 
fusely, (unless so much as to entirely prostrate the sys¬ 
tem,) is less liable to prove fatal and more easily healed. 
And I suppose the reason to be simply this: the evacuation 
by the wound lessens the circulation, in the parts espe¬ 
cially, and in the system generally, thereby reducing it 
and rendei mg it less liable to inflame. Now, if as advised 
by “ Richmond,” a ligature is applied to the artery, 
scarcely an ounce of blood would escape from the ani¬ 
mal by the operation. In my opinion, the ligature ne¬ 
ver should be applied unless where there is danger of 
bleeding to death, and in swine this danger never does 
exist, if the operation is skilfully performed. I have 
castrated swine by hundreds, from five days to five years 
old, and never in a single instance, applied the ligature, 
nor to my knowledge, lost a single case, except it were 
ruptured before. As to the practice of applying salt and 
ashes to the fresh wound, (a custom of “ Richmond’s” 
RELIEF OF CHOKED CATTLE. 
Messrs. Editors —In looking over the articles of 
your January No. I learned a novel method of relieving 
choked cattle; one too that may prove fatal in the hands 
of some one less fortunate or skilful than your corres¬ 
pondent. It is not, I believe, known among farmers 
that an ox or cow may be relieved in one minute from 
the danger of death and anguish of pain produced by a 
potatoe or any other body lodged in the cesophagus or 
passage to the stomach, by an operation so simple that 
any boy in his teens may perform it, without the least 
danger to the patient. Take a common carriage whip, 
the butt or handle end of which is an inch or an inch 
and a quarter in diameter, and smooth; let an assistant 
raise the head of the beast to be operated on, so high 
that the lower jaw will be parallel with the lower part 
of the neck; thrust the butt into the mouth and push 
forward boldly but steadily, till you have pushed the po¬ 
tatoe or substance into the stomach. I feed my cows po¬ 
tatoes without cutting, as I have no fears of their being 
injured by choking, the remedy in that event being so 
simple. I have performed it several times, and would 
advise your correspondent, Mr. Otis, to try it,- should ev¬ 
er an occasion require it, before he tries the more dange¬ 
rous one of tapping; and he will be convinced that his 
remedy- is neither “ surest, most expeditious,” or 
“safest.” H. D. E. 
Port Byron, Jan. 20, 1843. 
Spaying. —We have received from L. Bishop, Esq. 
of Symth county, Va. the following account of the pro¬ 
cess adopted in spaying pigs by Rufus Rouse in that 
neighborhood. It differs in some respect from the di¬ 
rections given in the January No. (1842,) of the Culti¬ 
vator ;— 
“ Fix a plank three feet high. Lay the pig upon the 
right side on the plank, with two persons to hold the 
fore and hind legs, and mouth. The implements used 
are a sharp pocket knife and a long crooked needle, 
with cutting awl-blade edges, and a strong waxed thread. 
The operator takes his knife and shaves off some of the 
hair 3^ inches from the hip bone; he then makes an 
incision crosswise, so that he can introduce one finger 
to bring out the uterus; he then cuts off the whole of 
the uterus and throws it away; he then enters the needle 
on one side of the wound and brings it up through the 
other, and secures it with a strong knot. One stich ' is 
sufficient. A mixture of tar and hogs’ lard is used to 
smear the wound. This mode of operating is the in¬ 
vention of Capt. Rouse, and I am in favor of the plan; 
considering it more safe and less troublesome than the 
former methods.” 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
Monthly Notices,. 
Proceedings of State Agricultural Society,. 
Mr. Wadsworth’s Address,. 
Natural History of New-York,., 
Culture of the Pea—Rice Culture, &c. Improvement in ) 
Wheat,.5 
Dr. Playfair’s Lecture,. 
Use of Ashes—Liebig’s Theory of Plaster—Butcher’s Of- ) 
fals—Mr. Garnett’s Address—Farmers’ Club,. j 
Management and Application of Manures,. 
Improved Culture of Cotton—Substitute for the Roller,- 
Implements of Husbandry, No. —^Wintering Stock,. 
Corn Stalk Cutter—Virginia Grasses—Plan of a Farm ) 
House—Potatoes,.S 
Hard Names—Self-Foddering Barn—A Profitable Cow— ) 
Comments on December No.. j 
To Western Emigrants,. 
Sheep Husbandry—Curing Bacon in Virginia—Manufae- I 
ture of Maple Sugar—Useful Recipes—To Stop > 
Bleeding—Making Vinegar,. ) 
The Pear Tree—Peach Trees-Caterpillars—Black Rust 1 
on Plums &e.—Manuring the Vine—Increase in > 
Weight of Cattle, &e.. ) 
Veterinary Department, &c.. 
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farmer and gardner, will be inserted in the Cultivator at 
the rate of $2.00 for 100 words, for a single insertion. 
PITT’S THRESHING MACHINE. 
T he subscriber has left Albany, and located at Rochester, N. 
Y., where he will continue the manufacture of his ma¬ 
chines for Threshing and Cleaning Crain. All letters for him, 
should be addressed to Rochester, N. Y. 
Rochester, Dec. 26, 1S42. _ JOHN A. PITTS. 
SITUATION WANTED. 
A n English Farmer, who understands his business well, and 
who has been seven years with one of the best farmers of 
this state, will be disengaged on the first of April, when he wish¬ 
es to obtain a situation for himself and wife, who is well quali¬ 
fied to take charge of a Butter Dairy. Good references will be 
given. A letter post-paid addressed to James Keah, Albany, 
will be promptly answered._ Jan. 25, 1843. 
THE WORKINGMAN’S MISCELLANY, 
A n occasional publication of Addresses, Lectures, Biogra¬ 
phy, and compenduous works on the useful arts and sci¬ 
ences. This is emphatically an age of cheap literature, and it 
is only to be regretted that so little of the useful is mingled with 
the flood that pours from the press. It is proposed to remedy 
this deficiency by publishing in a cheap, but neat form—after 
the manner of the English edition of Griffin’s Scientific Miscel¬ 
lany—such Lectures, Addresses, &c. &c., as may be deemed of 
value and interest. These, it is proposed to issue occasionally, 
under the above title, so as to be sent by mail at periodical post¬ 
age. The first of the series, a Lecture on The condition and 
true interests of the Laboring Classes, by E. G. Squier, in a neat 
pamphlet of 16 large double column octavo pages, with printed 
cover, is now ready, and for sale at the office of the Mechanic 
in this city. Price 6 cents, 20 copies sent by mail to any part 
of the state for $1, post paid. The next in the series will be 3 
Lectures to the Laboring Classes, by the late Wm.E. Channing, 
to be followed by others from the pen of Everett, &c., of all of 
which, together with the prices, due notice wall be given. 
O" All orders accompanied by the cash, addressed, post paid, 
to the publishers of the Mechanic, Albany,or to the publishers of 
the N. York Tribune, N. York, will be punctually attended to 
Liberal deductions to agents. _ 
POUDRETTE AS A MANURE, 
M ay be had, a superior article, in barrels of four bushels 
each. This manure has been used extensively on Long 
Island, in New Jersey, Connecticut, and other states, for seve¬ 
ral years past, and has been found an excellent fertilizer. A 
barrel, four bushels, is considered equal in fertilizing proper¬ 
ties, to sixty bushsls of yard manure, and is peculiarly conve¬ 
nient for garden purposes, as there are no foul seeds in it. Pre¬ 
sent price, $5, for three barrels, or .^15, for ten barrels. Or¬ 
ders containing the cash, will be promptly attended to, if ad¬ 
dressed to D. K. MINOR, Agent, 
Jan. 25. 3t. 118 Nassau st. Nevv-York. 
Bj" Shares in the company may be had at $110, which willcn- 
title the holder to one hundred bushels a year, for 16 years. 
STRAYED 
F rom the pasture of the subscriber, on the evening of the 31st 
day of August last, one blood bay mare, with star on the 
forehead, and a small scar on her right arm, just above her el¬ 
bow. She is about 15 hands high, and straddles with her hind 
legs when she trots. 
Also, one lighter bay mare colt, one year old last spring, with 
large star on her forehead, and one white hind foot. T'ney 
passed Hartford Bridge, and were seen on the old Hartford and 
Farmington road, about three miles east of Farmington, on the 
afternoon of the 1st of September, which is the last I have heard 
of them. 
If any person seeing this advertisement, can bring to their re¬ 
collection, having seen at any place, or in the possession of 
any person, such mares as either of the above, and wall give 
me information regarding either or both of them by mail or oth¬ 
erwise, shall be rewarded, and all charges paid. 
East Windsor, Ct. Jan. 1843. HENRY WATSON. 
ISABELLA GRAPE VINES, 
O F proper age for forming vineyards, propagated from and 
containing all the good qualities which the most improved 
cultivation for over ten years has conferred on the vineyards at 
Croton Point, are now ofiered to the public. Those who may 
purchase, will receive such instructions as will enable them to 
cultivate the grape with entire success, (provided their locality 
is not too far north.) All communications, post paid, address¬ 
ed to R. T. UNDERHILL, M. D., 400 Broadway, N. Y., will re¬ 
ceive attention. Hefeelsquite confident that he_ has so far ame¬ 
liorated the character and habits of the grape vines in his vine¬ 
yards and nurseries, by improved cultivation, pruning, &e that 
they will generally ripen well and produce good fruit, when 
planted in most of the northern, all the western, middle and 
southern states. 
New-York, Jan. 26, 1842. 2t. 
WARREN’S IMPROVED PATE-’’>'T HORSE POWER 
AND THRESHING AlACHINES. 
T he undersigned would respectfully call the attention of 
Farmers and AgriculturlAts, and dealers m Agricultural 
Implements, to these macldoes. The readers of the Cultivator 
the past year, must have extensively noticed the satisfactory re- 
commendation as to I4eir superiority for general use, taken m 
connexion with their .simplicity and low price. _ 
Havino- therefore had a full and fair test during the past sea¬ 
son as to (he efficiency of these machines, and their adaptation 
to the wants of farmers generally, as well as their suitableness 
m price with the “times,” the undersigned are encouraged and 
warranted in extending their arrangements, so as to introduce 
them extensively throughout the Union. It will be recollected, 
the price for these machines, is for a two Horse Power and 
Thresher, only $76; and for a one Horse Power and Thresher, 
only $60. Terms, cash on delivery. 
Knowing that money is scarce in many parts of the country, 
with those who need these machines, and who would be glad to 
procure them, the undersigned feel desirous to meet this ne¬ 
cessity ; and will therefore suggest that they are willing to re¬ 
ceive consignments of produce, when the parties cannot pay 
The undersigned w'ould also now give notice, that they are 
prepared to act as agents for the sale of all kinds of approved 
Agricultural Implements. U 
J * A IjaJN -L , 
New-York, Feb. 1, 1843. 63 'VFater st 
