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nine-year-old gray horse showed lameness, two. 2. They contain almost the same amount 
thowing bis right hind leg out when moving, of muscle and work-sustaining elements; but 
and drawing it under him when standing. A the corn is much richer in fattening proper- 
week ago he lost control of his hind parts and ties: so for a work horse or for a growing ani- 
began to straddle with both hind legs. A mal, the rye is the most valuable food; but 
veterinarian said: “Seeing the color of the for fattening animals, the corn is worth one- 
animal, it may be tumors growing inside of fourth more. But by mixing corn and bran, 
bim, and when they touch a nerve he loses we make a much more valuable ration for grow- 
control of himself," What really ails him? ing or working animals than rye, and at the 
ANSWERED by F. l. kilbornr. prices given, it would be much less expensive. 
A personal examination would be necessary 3. Oats, at the same price per hundred pounds, 
to give a satisfactory diagnosis. If the cause would be much more valuable for all purposes 
can be discovered and removed, the case is than rye, were it not for the very large pro¬ 
curable, otherwise incurable. With so little portion of woody fiber which they contain in 
knowledge of the case it will be possible to the busk or shell, and this varies greatly from 
indicate only a general line of treatment. eight or nine per cent, to almost 50 per cent. 
Give an active purgative—five or six drams * n some varieties; but corn and bran mixed 
of Barbadoes aloes. If there is suspicion of mabe a much cheaper and still more valuable 
any injury to the back or loins, a cantbarides than oats, 
blister applied along the loins, will perhaps be bloody milk from a cow. 
beneficial. In the absence of any injury, give W. J. C., Nashua., N H .—What shall I do 
twice daily one dram of potassium iodide and for a cow that occasionally from a single teat 
ditto? 3. Where can trustworthy water- | C. R., Jr., Abilene, Tex.— 1. How large 
melon seed be obtained, preferably in the ought cabbage to be when transplanted into 
South? 4. Wbat is the best sort of hose for cold-frames? 2. What is the analysis of cot¬ 
spraying trees with kerosene emulsion ? Or- ton seed meal. 3. What is its value as a fer- 
dinary rubber hose is injured by the kerosene. tilizer ? 
5. Of horse, cow and hen manures, which is Ans. —1. Cabbages may be transplanted 
the best for strawberries? 6. If a bushel of from the time when they have the third pair 
hen manure is soaked in a barrel of water for gf leaves until the leaves are an inch and a 
a week, how much of the solution should be half in diameter. No injury is done by the 
applied to a row of strawberries 120 feet large size, but the plants need more room. 2. 
l° n 8- It contains from o l A to 7 per cent, ash; 
Ans— 1. We presume that Vick’s Early is from 42 to 46 per cent, albuminoid-; 
as early as any. 2. Probably the Iron-clad. fiber from 3 to 5 per cent.; carbohy- 
3. Try Dr. W. B. Jones, Herndon, Ga. The drates from 22 to 24 per cent., and fat, 3 to 13 
next Rural's Seed Distribution will please percent. 3. As a fertilizer it contains about 
you as to watermelons. 4. The rubber hose, seven per cent, of nitrogen, three per cent, 
although injured in time by the kerosene phosphoric acid, and two per cent, potash, 
emulsion, is still the best that can be got for and is worth about $3L per ton as manure, 
that purpose. 5, They Eire all good, but we But as it is so valuable as feeding stuff, and 
should prefer cow manure first, and, second, the manure made, if well saved and used, 
cow manure mixed with hen manure. 6. One has almost as much value as the m9al, its 
pailful every two weeks, we should guess. greatest worth comes from combining its two 
uses. 
D. J. C., Caledonia, 
X. T. —1. How should 
I treat Cuthbert Rasp¬ 
berry sprouts so as 
to plant them next 
Spring ? 2. What is 
the address of the Mi¬ 
chigan Agricultural 
College ? 3. Are pupils 
admitted from other 
States? 4. Is leaf mold 
of any use as a fer¬ 
tilizer for raspberry 
plants? 
Ans.—L Leave them 
intact until early 
Spring: take them up 
and replant at once. 
2. Lansing, Mich. 3. 
Yes, when there is 
room. 4. A valuable 
fertilizer; save and 
use all you can. 
E. M., Leonards- 
ville, X. T .—See an¬ 
swer to A. P., Water- 
town, N.Y., elsewhere 
in this Department, 
for cure for intestin¬ 
al worms in a horse. 
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The Rural New-Yorker bases its opinirn 
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Ed. Seed ficne & Harvest. 
MINNEWASKA. From Nature. Fi£. 533 
t vi'g raias ef'strychnia, the dose of strychuia 
to be gradually increased ;'to six or eight 
grains in a week or ten days, or until slight 
twitchings or cramps of the muscles are seen. 
Then withhold the medicine for two or three 
day9, after which continue with the first- 
named doses, 
FEEDING QUERIES. 
O. G, D, Union City, Mich .— I. With rye 
at 60 cents, corn at 40 cents, and oats at 25 
cents per bushel, and wheat bran at $13 per 
ton, what shall I feed cows for butter making? 
2. What is the comparative value of rye and 
corn for feeding purposes? 3. The same of 
rye and oats? 
Ans.— 1. We should prefer corn and wheat 
bran—a mixture of equal parts by weight— 
and should also desire some succulent food, 
such as roots or silage. At the prices you 
give, rye costs $1, oats 79 cents, corn 69 cents, 
and bran 65 cents per hundred pounds, which 
gives a decided preference in favor of the last 
gives a bloody substance on the beginning of 
milking, with no soreness or swelling ? 
Ans — Bloody milk is caused by congestion 
or inflammation of the odder, and „bis may bo 
produced by a number of causes—by blows, 
eating irritating plants, rheumatism, heat or 
rut, sudden increase of rations with rich food 
or a considerable increase in the flow of blood 
to the parts, as happens in calving. Give a 
purgative consisting of one pound of Glauber 
or Epsom salts, to be followed, after the 
effect has passed off, by one ounce of saltpeter 
and 20 drops of tincture of aconite twice a 
day for four or five days. If bard lumps are 
felt iu the udder, the part should be bathed 
with tincture of camphor, or with a mixture 
made by adding one part of compound tinc¬ 
ture of iodine to four or five parts of water. 
G. E. H., Salem, Ind .—How will‘it do now 
to plow land that was in beets, cover it with 
manure this Winter, and plant it in potatoes 
as early as possible next Spring ? 
Ans.—W e should be afraid that the fresh 
manure applied this Wiuter would induce 
scab next year, otherwise it would do well; 
but a better way would be to plow the manure 
into the ground, or use it for a mulch ever the 
potatoes put bo low as to be covered with soil. 
n. G.. Vanceburg, Ky.—l. Are there needs 
of new machines that would be valuable if 
invented? 2. What line offers the greatest 
inducements for inventors? 3. Is the firm of 
Safford, Adams & Co., 4S Bond St, N. Y., 
reliable. 4. Can cocoa be grown in the IT. S ? 
Ans.— 1. There are. no doubt, as great im¬ 
provements to be made in machinery as have 
been made. 2. To suggest the line is to half 
make the invention. We cannot even guess. 
8 . We do not recommend them. 4. Yes, in 
Florida. 
Miscellaneous. 
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C. R. H. Santa Barbara, Cal — 1. What is 
the earliest good watermelon? 2. The largest 
