120 THE CULTIVATOR. A.pril. 
Jersey Cow, Charity. 
Calved 1850—imported August, 1854 from the Island of Jersey, by J. A. Taintob, for J. Howard Me 
Henry, Pikesville, Baltimore Co., Md. 
Smoke for Wounds on Animals. 
Messrs. Editors —I have two valuable remedies, 
and not being able to find either of them in any agri¬ 
cultural work with which I am conversant, I place them 
at your disposal. They are smoke and molasses. My 
father once had a vicious horse eight or ten years old, 
which he altered, hoping to make him more managea¬ 
ble. The operation being not well performed, the cord 
dropped off, the poor animal bled till he could scarcely 
walk without reeling, and the parts swelled to an 
alarming degree, and fa ther having in vain tried every 
expedient at his command, to remove the inflam¬ 
mation, gave him up for lost, and told me to drive him 
into the woods, and there let him die. Fortunately, at 
this stage of the case, an old Pennsylvania teamster 
came to our relief, and recommended smoking with old 
shoes. A smoke was made of old shoes, soles and all, 
cut in pieces, in a hog trough, and placed under the 
swolen parts. In a few hours the swelling wholly sub¬ 
sided and the sore commenced discharging matter—the 
horse was saved. 
Some years after this I heard two persons talking 
about a horse which had been gored in the abdomen. 
In this case too, every thing had been tried in vain. 
The poor creature must die. At my suggestion he was 
smoked, and when I next lieardfrom him the old horse 
was well. So much for old wounds. 
In the same year I cut my foot with an axe. The lady 
of the house, seizing the foot while it was yet bleeding 
freely, held it over a pan containing smoking tag-locks. 
In a few minutes the bleeding stopped, and the smoke 
was removed, and a bandage applied to protect it from 
accidental blows. The wound never maturated , and 
consequently never pained me. I have seen this rem¬ 
edy tried in many similar cases, and always with the 
same results. Let the reader bear in mind that no 
liniment or salve, drawing or healing, should be ap¬ 
plied. You have merely to smoke the wound well, and 
nature will do the rest. 
I suppose the smoke of burning wood would produce 
the same results, but it would not be so manageable. 
There is a principle in the smoke of wood, which, when 
applied to flesh coagulates the albumen, thus rendering 
it unsusceptible of putrefaction. The same principle 
stops bleeding by coagulating the blood. It promotes 
healing, and may be applied with decided benefit to 
almost all ulcers, wounds and cutaneous diseases. See 
Turner’s Chemistry, by Liebig and Gregory, p. 1242. 
For chapped hands and lips molasses is the best rem¬ 
edy I ever used. If my cows have sore teats, or an ox 
chafe3 off the outer skin so as to occasion the blood to 
start, I apply molasses. N. D. New London , Ct. 
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'Yeast for Bread or Cakes. 
In a quart of boiling water, stir sufficient wheat flour 
to make a smooth thick batter; while hot, stir in it 4 
ounces white sugar and a tea-spoonful of salt. When 
cold, put in sufficient yeast (say near a tea-cupful,) to 
cause the mass to ferment. Lay it by in a covered jar 
for use. Half a tea-cupful is enough to make two large 
loaves. To renew the yeast when used up, reserve a 
tea-cupful. 
This recipe my wife considers her own invention, as 
she has never seen it. It is simple and efficient for 
raising buckwheat cakes and bread—very light and 
very white if the flour is good. w. t. l. 
