SUPPLEMENT TO THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Hyphosulpite of soda has been found a valu¬ 
able medicine in the earliest stages, and it is 
also good as a preventive when the disease 
first appears in a herd It is given in doses 
of two drams for a calf, and four drams for a 
yearling, daily for ten days or two weeks. 
In addition to the above, it is recommended 
that in slow cases, the bowels should be acted 
upon with Glauber salts aud afterwards min¬ 
eral acids, antiseptics, tonics and stimulants 
should be used. A remedy stronglv recom¬ 
mended i9 the followingr For cattle, give 
morning and night a dreDch composed of 
sixty drops nitro-muriatric acid, three grains 
bichromate of potassa and two drams chlor¬ 
ate of potassa dissolved in two quarts of 
water: aud at noon give a drench composed 
of thirty grains of sulphate of quinine, one 
dram of iodide of potassium and two 
drams of bisulphatc of soda in a pint of 
water. If one of these cannot be obtained, 
give the others, as directed. In case the ani¬ 
mal shows signs of weakuess and sinks rapid¬ 
ly, give every hour a solution of camphor in 
sweet spirits of niter, made by dissolving an 
ounce of gum camphor in eight ounces of 
niter and dividing into four doses. Each dose 
should be mixed with about a pint of water 
before it is given. The progress of the disease, 
however, is so rapid, and death comes so soon 
—often indeed before any signs of disease are 
noticed—that there is generally no time for 
treatment to take effect; and indeed none of 
these septic disorders are amenable to treat¬ 
ment, as no known remedies can sufficiently 
rapidly remove the faulty state of tbe 
system on which they depend. Cures 
of affected animals are, therefore, very 
rare, and prevention should be mainly looked 
to. To this end wet lands should be drained, 
and healthy animals should be promptly re¬ 
moved from pastures where the malady has 
made its appearance, and always be kept at a 
safe distance from diseased ones, Animals 
dying from the disease should be at once 
same stock and very closely alike. 5. We 
think so. 6. Tbe Telephone is an early potato 
of good quality. We can not answer as to 
whether it is a good cropper as yet. Early 
Sunrise, Pearl of Savoy, Stray Beauty, Lee's 
Favorite do well with us in every way. 2 Kill 
them. 
SCALE OP POINTS OF BRONZE TURKEYS. 
L. L. II , Cornelia , Me. —1. What is the 
exact description of pure Bronze Turkeys, and 
what is thc-ir usual price? 2. Is Amber Cane 
a good cane for Missouri? 
Ans.— 1. An “exact description'* is best 
given by quoting the “Scale of Points” from 
the “Standard of Excellence”: 
Disqualifications.—B irds not matching 
in tbe show-pen; white feathers in any part 
of the plumage; wings clear black or dark 
brown; color of back, tail, or tail-coverts, 
clear black, brown, or gray; crooked backs; 
wry tails; or deformity of any kind; adult 
cocks weighing less than 25 pounds; adult hens 
less than 1C pounds. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Rich red, long, broad, and carun- 
culated. Beak, strong, curved, and well set 
in the head; color, light brown at the tip and 
dark at the base. Face and jaws, rich red. 
Eyes, dark hazel, bright and clear. 
W attle: Rich red, large and pendant. 
Neck: Long, curving, and slanting to the 
tail; color of plumage, a rich, lustrous, bronzy 
hue. 
Back: Somewhat curving and rising from 
the neck to the center, and then descending 
in a graceful curve to the tail; color of plum¬ 
age. a brilliant bronzy hue. which glistens in 
the sunlight like burnished gold, each feather 
terminating in a narrow black band, which 
extends across tbe end. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad and full; 
color of plumage, dark bronze, with a lustre 
assimilating to that of burnished gold when 
seeuin the sunlight. Body, long, deep through 
the center, handsomely aud nicely rounded, 
the hinder part well supplied with short fluff; 
color of plumage, black, beautifully shaded 
with bronze, but not so decided or so rich as 
that of the breast. 
Wings: Large and powerful: primaries, 
black or dark brown, penciled across with 
bars of white or gray, the more even and regu¬ 
lar the belter; secondaries, black or dark 
How does their record compare with that of the 
Jerseys? 2. Would a cross between the Aber¬ 
deen (white! polled cattle and tbe Angus (red' 
polled be a good one; or would it be better to 
keep the Angus pure? 3. I wish to get a bull 
and heifer of th? red Angus polls, should they 
be of different families* 1 How much should 
they CDst? Who keeps them near this placr ? 
Ans -1. The Norfolk and Suffolk is the 
best dairy breed of polled cattle. Exceptional 
cows have very high records as butter pro¬ 
ducers; but they do not equal the marvelous 
records of some phenomenal Jersey cows As 
butter producers the yield will average lefs 
than that of the Jerseys; still they are good 
dairy cows, much more robust and better 
foragers than the Jerseys besides being less 
liable to disease and much better beef ani¬ 
mals. 2. The Aberdeen and Angus cattle are 
the same: they were called by either name 
until the late convention of tbe breeders of 
this race, when the name Aberdeen-Angus 
was chosen to designate the breed. The 
Aberdeen-Angus, like the Galloway, the o’ber 
polled Scotch breei, is black. There is no 
white breed of polled cattle, though occasion¬ 
ally a white poll may be a '‘sport” from 
domestic cattle, just as we see occasional polls 
of other colors from the same source; but the 
appearance of a white among the Galloway 
or Aberdeen-Augus black polls, or the Nor¬ 
folk and Suffolk red polls, would be con¬ 
sidered a pretty sure indication of impure 
blood. The black polls are raise! principally, 
if not exclusively, for beef: the rad polls, for 
milk, butter, and cheese, though it is hel l to 
be a point in their favor that they can be 
turned off for the hu'cher at a profit, when 
dried up in the dairy. A cross of the black 
polls would, therefore, certainly not improve 
the progeny as milk or batter producers. 3, 
While close in-breeding is thought to 
have proved detrimental even in tbe h.»nds 
of such skillful breeders as Bates and other 
famous breeders, there is no doubt bat great 
improvement has been made by the practice 
carried to a moderate extent; for by this 
means only can any desirable characteristics 
that mav appear in any animil be retained in 
the family. If the family is distinguished 
therefore and not too closely in bred, there 
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ANTHRAX IN CATTLF, ETC, 
-S'. S'. C , Bingham Center, Pa.— 1 . Some¬ 
times yearling calves become lame either in 
the fore or hind quarters and die in from six 
to eight hours. When they are skinned they 
readily turn black and putrid. The ailment 
is here called murrain; is that its proper name? 
What is a preventive or a remedj-? 2. What 
will prevent hens from eating their eggs? 3. 
Is the Ohio Black-cap the best berry for all 
purposes? 4. Wbat is tbe difference between 
the Early and Late Beauty of Hebron? 5. 
Would it be advisable to sow tbe Welcome 
Oats for a general crop? t> Is the White 
Telephone Potato an early sort, and a good 
cropper? What variety would be better? 
Ans. —1. The disease is black-leg, a common 
form of anthrax, other phases of which are 
known by the names of quarter-ail,black-quar¬ 
ter, black tongue, puck, murraiu, etc, ac¬ 
cording to tbe nature of tbe symptoms or tbe 
part of the animal’s body most severely at¬ 
tacked. In all cases, however, the disease is 
essentially the same, aud the symptoms sub¬ 
stantially alike. To the veterinarian the prin¬ 
cipal of these is the condition of the blood, 
which is black, tarry, and viscous in appear¬ 
ance. It coagulates not at all or only imper¬ 
fectly, and leaves a dark stain on the tissues it 
comes in contact with, or passing through the 
walls of the vessels, causes large, black patches 
of flesh. Moreover, it contains small micro¬ 
scopic organisms known as bar ill i. To the 
farmer the most obvious symptoms are: A 
sudden depression of rhe whole animal frame; 
swellings on the legs, shoulders, under the 
belly or on some part of the back. The swel¬ 
lings are caused by an accumulation of gases 
in the tissues, which produces a crackling sound 
when handled. Rumination is suspended: 
there are alternate rigors aud trembliugs, and 
skin. The mouth is generally ulcerated and 
the tongue blistered. Costiveness is always 
present, frequently attended with bloody dis¬ 
charges at the anus; the urine is deficient 
and highly colored ; the eyes protruding 
and the mouth hot. The second stage is 
marked by lameness, chiefly of the hind¬ 
quarters; the head aud neck aro protrud¬ 
ed ; the eyes are blood-shot ; the appe¬ 
tite lost; the thirst severe; the animal stands 
gloomy aud dazed, away from the rest 
of the herd. All the symptoms grow worse 
Bronve Turbevs usually sell at cents per 
pound in the market; or at per pair for 
breeding purposes. 2. Yes; but the compara¬ 
tive excellence of the different varieties of 
sorghum depends to some extent on the pur¬ 
poses for which they are intended and on the 
time at which they are to be used; for instance, 
experiments at the Illinois Industrial Univer¬ 
sity show that Amber Cane is excellent for 
sugar production early in the season, while 
the Orange ami Liberian canes yield a heavier 
crop, but are later than the Amber, and con¬ 
tain a smaller proportion of sugar. Again, 
other varieties are better for sirup. 
POLLED CATTLE. 
F.M. S., Fredonia, N. Y.— 1. Which breed of 
polled cattle is the best for the butter dairy? 
ter ail or black-quarter differs from an* 
thrax. Ho says, “the bacillus being motile 
proves nothing,” as claimed by the others; 
“because the Bacillus anthracis occasionally 
assumes the motile condition.” While doctors 
disagree, it is well for the “laity” to take all 
the precautions advisable iu the worst alter¬ 
native. S. No, not for all purposes. It is 
hardy and prolific, but the berries are not so 
large as those of the Gregg aud others, 4 
Oue is early, the other late; that is all the 
difference. The Late Beauty of Hebron aud 
AY bite Elephaut Potatoes are seedlings of the 
