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ment, but a hard lump still remains under the 
skin; what is a cure? 
Ans.— 1. You should have continued the 
medicine for several days or longer. The 
cure of a case of this kind cannot be expected 
in two or three days. As many weeks may be 
required. Try the following prescription twice 
daily: One dram each sulphate of iron and aloes, 
oes,one-half ounce each of gentian and niter and 
one-half dram of potassium iodide. Continue 
for two or three weeks or until the swelling 
is reduced. If a permanent thickening then 
remains, apply tincture of iodine to the swell¬ 
ing every four or five days. Do not forget the 
laxative oiet and moderate daily exercise. 2. 
Paint it with tiuetureof iodine every three or 
four days for a month. If this does not suc¬ 
ceed. the lump must lx* cut down upon, and 
removed through a vertical incision in the 
skin. Then bring the edges of the skiu accur¬ 
ately together with white silk, and treatas an 
ordinary wound. 
LAME LEG IN A SOW. 
T. n. W., Prinvetoum, huh —One of my 
sows has for some time been lame in one of 
the hind legs-. She walks as though it were a 
wooden leg without a joint, and limps very 
much. The leg is swollen; what is the 
matter? 
ANSWERED 8V F. L. KILBORNE. B. V. 8. 
From so brief a description, it is impossible 
to say definitely what is the trouble. Proba¬ 
bly the sow has sustained some sprain or 
injury to the shoulder or elbow. Manipulate 
each joint of the limb to ascertain the seat of 
lameness. If there are heat and tenderness, ap¬ 
ply fomentations; in their absence, apply a 
blister of oautharides one part and turpentine 
four parts. Unless it is very desirable to 
keep this sow for breediug purposes, she can 
most profitably be turned in to the butcher, if 
there is not a speedy recovery. 
may have become partially imbedded in the 
flesh. 
H. S. T., Williamsport, Pa ,—From a setting 
of what 1 bought as Wyandotte eggs, I raised 
two chicks; one has a single comb and two 
clean legs, the other a double comb and 
feathered legs. Which is a Wyandotte? 
Ans. —Neither. The chicks should have 
double combs aud clean legs. 
If., Bennett's Corners, N. Y— How does the 
Primate Apple compare with the Oldenburg 
and Red Astrachan for family use? 
Ans. —It is an early autumn apple of the 
best quality; the others are summer apples of 
medium quality. 
II. E. K,, Nickel Plate, Ind .—Could wild 
grapes growing thickly in timber be used as 
stocks for choice cultivated varieties, so as to 
convert a wood into a vineyard ? 
Ans.— No, it would be unprofitable—im¬ 
practicable. 
•/. A., East Milan, Mich .—Where can I buy 
the Angel of Midnight Corn? 
Ans.— Of Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston. 
Mass. 
“New Subscriber," Emery, III.— T. V. Mun¬ 
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pecan trees. Dike all other hickories, the 
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The tree grows along riyer bottoms from Cen¬ 
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Joseph Canehou, Northwest Territory, Can¬ 
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