THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER. 
355 
and braak in a few days. This year she suf¬ 
fers in the same way, though no lumps have 
yet appeared. A dose of eight ounces of salts 
produced no good effect. How should I treat 
her? 
Ans.—N o doubt it does hurt the cow to milk 
her. as she evidently suffers from garget. A 
dose of eight ounces of salts is too small for a 
cow, and is quite without useftil effect; Ifi to 
2*1 ounces should be gi ven in a case of this kind. 
The udder should be bathed with hot, water 
and a soft cloth or a sponge for 10 or 15 min¬ 
utes, and then rubbed dry gently with a soft 
cloth. A piece of camphorated ointment as 
large as a hickory nut, should then be well 
rubbed into the skin. This should be done 
after milking each time. The cow should have 
no corn meal, but she may have a bran mash 
while the udder is out of order. 
TO PRKVENT HAY FROM MOLDING IN THE 
MOW. 
G. WrL ,Leete's Island, Conn .—What will 
prevent well dried hay from molding and 
smoking in the mow ? 
Anr, Hay mows should always have a 
floor under them as nearly air-tight as possi¬ 
ble. This will prevent the air from passing 
up and driving all the bent and dampness to 
the center; itisthisthat causes the molding. 
Much hay is put into the mows imperfectly 
cured; it is dried in the sun and this scorches 
the leaves so the circulation of juices in them 
is destroyed, and the moisture in the stems 
then dries out very slowly, and much hay that 
is carried to the mows seemingly very dry, 
contains a large amount, of juice in the stems; 
while, if it had been shaken out before it was 
sunned, and if, when well wilted, it had beeu 
put up in cocks, the leaves would have con¬ 
tinued to draw moisture from the stems. This is 
why hay cured by being allowed to stand in the 
cocks two flays or more, always keeps so much 
better. Try this plan and we thiuk you will 
ha vo no more reason for complaint. Do uot use 
any salt; if you want to use anything dry 
lime is better; but we do not recommend that. 
EVER-BLOOMING ROHKH; JOINING THE YOUTHS’ 
CLUB. 
L. M /?., Alma . Teasttfi. —I. What are the 
best manure and treatment for ever-blooming 
roses? 2. How can children join the Youths' 
Horticultural Club? 
Anh. —I. The ground for ever-blooming 
roses should be made and kept very rich. Use 
manure made from cow droppings, two parts; 
hen manure, one part; clip-yard dirt, well 
rotted, two parts. Have all well rotted and 
mixed, and if you can get charcoal dust, edd 
one part of it. Put unleached ashes on and 
work in at the rate of one bushel to the square 
rod. Cut the roses back freely every Spring, 
and in Summer, if they cease growing. The 
object is to keep them iu vigorous growth. 2. 
Those desiring to join the Club, must send 
“Uncle Mark” their full names and addresses. 
Children should be able to write before join¬ 
ing, and they may continue ft* members as long 
as they desire, although there are no persons 
enrolled on the Club roll at pres out over 21 
years old. Occasionally letters are received 
from older persons, which are very welcome. 
The members should write to “Uncle Mark,” 
at least twice a year. 
TREATMENT OF WOUNDS IN A HORSE. 
R. T. /*, Henry, D. T .—How can I remove 
a callous enlargement on a horse’s right hind 
knee, caused by a fall on a picket last Summer? 
Ans. —This hard, thickened growth is the 
result of bad treatment during the healing of 
the wound. Had the injury been treated 
properly, it might have healed without leav¬ 
ing any blemish. The right way to treat a 
wound or hurt of this kind, is to use some 
stimulating preparation oucoaday, by which 
the inflammation necessary for healing is en¬ 
couraged, and any excess of tissue is removed 
by the secretion of healthy pus. An excellent 
preparation of this kind is Gombanlt’s Caustic 
Balsam, which is useful for sprains, ringbones 
and other enlarged and diseased growths; but 
for wounds and sores, it should be diluted one- 
half with alcohol. It. is not advisable to at¬ 
tempt to remove this blemish as long as it 
does uot cause lameness. 
SCOURS IN CALVES. ETC. 
O. L., Adams, N, Y. —t. When my calves are 
from two days to three weeks old they “scour” 
very badly, and half of them die; how should 
they be treated? 2. What is a legal barbed 
wire fence? 
Ans.— 1, The trouble is certainly with the 
cows. Please state how they are fed and wa¬ 
tered, and how the calves are fed. 2. A 
legal fence is a sufficient fence; the law 
fixes no hight or kind If the fence 
viewers or overseers consider it a sufficient 
fence, it is considered I igh enough. 
By custom, four - and -a -half feet is con¬ 
sidered high enough for a good, sufficient 
fence. Any animal which will jump such a 
fence is uuruly. A barbed wire fence should bo 
of this hight and have four wires, at least. 
MEGRIMS. 
W. L. /)., Keene, N. H .—An old mare of 
mine is troubled with spasms. The first symp¬ 
toms are a twitching and an appearance of 
fright.; then she staggers always to the right, 
trembliDg and sweating, the fit never lasting 
over a minute; what ails her? 
Anr.— This trouble is known ns megrims, 
and is due to nervous disorder, probably aris¬ 
ing in the brain and caused by indigestion or 
plethora, or disease of the heart. The horse 
should have a brisk purgative, as a pint of raw 
linseed oil, and be fed lightly, watered always 
before eating, and the food should be rich, and 
not bulky. A mixture of bran, linseed and 
oats, ground together, would be the best grain 
food along with good hay. Constant exercise 
is necessary, and standing in a stable should 
be avoided. 
HOT WATER FOR CABBAGE PKSTS. 
J L. A,, Hiawatha, Kansas .—Having a 
large tank sufficiently elevated to throw water 
with considerable force, and having a pipe 
laid all through the ground, and a steam 
heater so that 1 could beat the water, could I 
plant cabbages all about the tank and keep 
the worms off by using hot water applied 
through hose and sprinkler? 
Ans.—H ot water is a very unsatisfactory 
remedy for the worms; if applied a little too 
hot, it injures the cabbages; If a little too 
cool, it, does not barm the worms, and those 
who try it do fully as much harm with it. as 
the worms would do, if let. aloue. Should you 
have it boiling hot in the tank, it would bo so 
cool before it would reach the plants that it 
would do no good whatever. You could easily 
keep the pests off with the kerosene emulsion 
described iu a late Rural. 
COUGH IN A COW. 
N. S. R ., Steuben, N, V. — Lost Fall, for 
about two months a cow of mine had a cough 
which lasted till Winter, when it disappeared. 
On March 28, she dropped hor second calf, and 
the afterbirth n few hours later. About a 
week afterwards she liegan to cough agaiu. 
She eats well and gives a fair mess of milk. 
What, should bo done for her? 
Ans. —It is impossible to say what is the 
cause of the cough with no more knowledge 
than this, but we suggest that you give the 
cow one teacupful of raw linseed oil with a 
tablespoouful of ttirpcntino mixed with it, 
three times in succession, an hour before feed¬ 
ing in the morning. We suspect the cause is 
parasites in the lungs or bronchial tubes; but 
only the sound and character of the cough 
would indicate its origin. The above medi¬ 
cine will be useful in case of the parasites, or 
a coid. 
HARROWS. 
G. S. P. Chest. Co., P .—How does the Ru¬ 
ral like the Perry Bpring-tooth Harrow, and 
how does it, compare with the Acme and other 
spring-tooth harrows? 
Ans. We have not used this harrow, but 
we believe it was the first one made, and is 
called a “float harrow” i. e. it has no wheels, 
merely dragging along the surface on its teeth. 
Most other spring-tooth harrows have similar 
teeth, but are supported on a pair of large 
wheels and are now mostly called sulky har¬ 
rows. The Acme is a scarifier, the knives 
being so placed that they cut or slice the soil. 
It is very difficult to compare nun with anoth¬ 
er, they are so different. Better send to the 
makers of each for a circular and judge as to 
the work they do, and the work you want 
done. 
JOHNSON GRASS. 
W. II. T., Phelps, Mo., sends a circular 
of Johnson Grass and asks whether what is 
said therein is true? 
Ans. There is nothing in this cii cular that 
is not true. Wo have raised the Johnson 
Grass (Sorghum balapense) and have seen it 
in various Southern States. The bay is coarse 
and not so nutritous as that of many other 
fodder plants. The roots, of which hogs are 
fond, take complete possession of the soil, 
crowding out all other herbage. It is not 
fully hardy uorth of Virginia. Some of our 
readers in the South value this plant. Others 
would not have it. Our friend is advised to 
try a small plot at first. The Rural has given 
all that is known of it, in back numbers. 
Miscellaneous. 
P. P. P., Hick's Wharf, Va.—l frequently 
hear it stated that milking a cow before calv¬ 
ing will have an injurious effect on the calf; 
is this true? 
Ans.— The statement is wholly unfounded. 
Many cows must be milked before calving, 
or they would be lost. 
Z. W., Pine Plains, N. Y .—There is a large, 
hard lump on a cow’s udder. 1 have rubbed 
it with salt and water, warm water and salt¬ 
peter, etc., to no purpose; how should I treat 
it? 
Ans. —Saltpeter should not be used; follow 
advice given to H. B. T. 
W. A, D. } Boardman, Fla .--From whom 
can the wire netting described in the Rural 
of April 26, be obtained? 
Ans.—F rom Brockuer <fc Evans, 422 West 
St., New York City. 
14 . H,, Nonoich, L V. J’.—How can I get rid 
of Live-for ever? 
Ans.—O nly by constant digging and salt. 
H. (’., Salina, Ran .—Do you know any¬ 
thing of R. L. Wolcott’s Paiu Paint? 
Ans. No. 
DISCUSSION. 
Benjamin Buckman, Saginaw Co.. Ill.— 
To T. J. K., Industry, Pa., the Rural, on 
page 291, says potatoes will not “mix.” I have 
seen the same opinion expressed in other agri¬ 
cultural pa pel's; but my experience tells n 
different story. In 18751 hud about four acres 
of Peach blows, two or three rows of Carters 
adjoined them; then came more Poachblows 
and then half an acre of Harrison. They were all 
planted the last of April on Rllbeoilod soil. 
Ground well cultivated all season; average 
yield over 200 bushels of Feachblows to an 
acre, and nearly 400 of Harrison. In the Fall 
1 found potatoes—hundreds of thousands of 
them in the Carter and adjoining Peaehblow 
rows mixed in all conceivable ways from a 
Peaehblow with one white spot, to a pure 
white Carter with one red eye. The Harri¬ 
sons were also mixed; hut uot so badly, and 
I forgot to mention a row of Russets which 
influenced the Peachblows, but. did uot seem 
to bo influenced iu turn. The next year 
I planted over 12 acres of Peachblows; the 
seed was from the side where the four varie¬ 
ties were in close coutact. The seuson was 
apparently favorable. I planted from the 
last of April to the middle of June. The 
ground was old and new, rolling uud flat. 
The cultivation was not very good, but in 
rnnny places the potatoes bad a pretty good 
chance; no bugs In the Fall there was not 
one good hill iu the patch. 1 dug from 12to 
15 bushels to the acre of a mongrel looking 
potato, qu Ito russety. The next year I planted 
less than an acre of the same potato; a renter 
planted about the same amount. About half 
his see i was the same as mine;the rest he got 
from a distance, and it was not noticeably 
mixed. All together made one patch, with 
the new potatoes on the east. All were 
planted at. the same time, got the same culti¬ 
vation on the same ground. I dug from 10 
to 16 bushels from my plot: the renter dug a 
proportionate amount from mixed seed, while 
the east part yielded over 126 bushels to the 
acre. I do not. thiuk that potatoes often mix. 
I cannot tell the conditions necessary for mix¬ 
ing, but I know they do sometimes; and when 
they do, 1 think t,lm potato deteriorates. I 
then got potatoes of a party who planted only 
Peachblows in the field, and have never failed 
of having a fair crop unless the failure was 
due to bugs, the season, or lack of cultivation. 
Eli Minch, Cumb. Co , N. J.—In Farmers’ 
Club Department of Rural New-Yorker. 
(page 21)1) on May 8, in reply to d. 8. E., 
Vincentown, N. J., you say “kuinifc” is a mu¬ 
riate of potash, and a very different thing 
from sulphate. Kainit is an impure sulphate 
of potash. T have used ft freely, and for soils 
of alluvial character, naturally deficient in 
potash, it is valuable. The Rural is too good 
a paper to allow such a lapsus pounce to find 
a place in its columns, for such errors affect 
many readers. 
Reply.— The potash of kainit is a very dif¬ 
ferent thing from ordinary sulphate of potash, 
and in effect our reply was right, though not 
according to the letter. We will refer to Prof. 
8. W Johnson’s answer to a questiou on page 
(supplement) 221 of the R. N.-Y. He says 
that in kainit, the potash must be regarded us 
having no higher agricultural value, than in 
muriate, because in both it is associated with 
chlorine. VVbile in muriate 50 pounds of pot¬ 
ash are associated with 87 pounds of chlorine, 
in kainit the same aniouut. of potash is associ¬ 
ated with 110 pounds of chlorine. Kainit con¬ 
tains 12 per cent, of potash, 21 per cent, of 
sulphuric acid, and 28 per cent, of chlorine. 
Also see Prof. Johnson’s article in last week’s 
Farmers’ Club. 
J. H. Lord.— In a late Rural, H. J., of 
Belloua, N. Y., makes inquiry in regard to a 
bunch on his colt’s leg. Let him put on a bar 
shoe, and the bunch will go off. It is, proba¬ 
bly, caused by a poison from the frog of the 
foot. Horses are so afflicted while at pasture 
barefoot, and colts that were never shod. 
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Communications Hkokivrd foii the week ending 
Saturday, May 25. 
T. H. H.-F. A. O.—J. R. A. thanks.—M. C.—E .S. O.— 
B. \V . R. k. w. r. v. s.—J. T. G'—Henry A. Comp, 
ton, thanks for corn not as yet received.-H. A. W., 
thanks-E. R. Davis, yes.—J. M.—W. A. H.—A H.— 
P. D. K.—W. H,—E. A. C., thanks.—E. M. $.—W. H. T 
J. H. G.—J. II.-W. W. S.-A. C. M.-W, A. D.-R. W 
C. -D. 8. H.-W. B.-C. A. U.-N. R.-H. M„ thanks. - 
R. M. K., thanks.—Ezra U. Howard, ihun*s for squash 
and Other seeds. We are unahlo to test squashes 
this season.-n. L. 8.-A. S.-.C. D. T. T. L.-IC. W. 
E. C. I.—H. F„ thanks. H. H.-D. 8 M.-R, F.—E. A 
-D. T. D.-T. H. H.-P. C.-P. L.—A. P. M.-F. S.-B. 
S. H.—C. M. W.—G. S., thanks for lemons.—J. P. S. 
-J. B. L.-A. E. G.-B. S. A. 
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