1858 . 
TIIE CULTIVATOR, 
as well as the soft corns, yield to this remedy. The 
above method of applying the cure is rather inconve¬ 
nient, and we have prepared a “Fluid Extract of Ar¬ 
bor Vitte,” which is equally or even more efficient. 
II. &. J. Brewer. Springfield , Mass. 
Drying Currants. —Will you please give the best 
method of drying currants, with no other facilities than 
a cook stove and sunshine, and oblige J. W. C. 
Sick Cow. —Will you oblige a subscriber by inform¬ 
ing him, or requesting some one who knows, to do it, 
what I should have done to save the life of a valuable 
cow. She calved well, and I supposed she was out of 
danger, but the next day was taken with apparent 
weakness in the hind parts, which increased until she 
fell, and could not rise. She died in great distress the 
following night. There has been several cases of this 
kind in this township, and I have not heard of any one 
being cured. The disease here is called milk fever. 
The bag of my cow was badly swollen, but did not ap¬ 
pear feverish. John Flint. Brooklyn. 
Hoof Disease. —Can you or any of your numerous 
readers give me a cure for the foot or hoof evil or dis¬ 
ease. I have a young mule, who for two years past 
has been affected in all four feet. The disease seems 
to originate round the top of the hoofs, under the hair, 
which keep sore and tender all the time. The hoofs 
grow rapidly, having cut off as much as three inches 
at once, though often pared down, and the frogs appear 
to be a diseased mass. I have tried every thing I can 
think or read of, to no purpose. Some of my neigh¬ 
bors recommend shooting. This manner of “ cure ” I 
am decidedly opposed to. I am unable to give any 
cause for the disease, never having been foundered to 
my knowledge. .Your attention will oblige La. 
Drafting the Cherry. —Can the cherry be grafted 
too early in the spring, so that there will be danger of 
the graft drying up before the sap begins to circulate? 
J. W. L. Frenchtown , N. J. [The cherry may be 
grafted too soon in winter■ —but for one case of grafting 
too soon, there are a hundred too late. The graft, 
should usually be set before the frost leaves the soils 
or about two or three weeks before the commencement 
of the buds swelling.] 
Hydraulic Cement.' —Will some one of your cor¬ 
respondents that know , inform me through The.Cul¬ 
tivator, whether hydraulic cement will make a dura¬ 
ble stercorary, or will the liquid manure, by a slow 
chemical action, gradually soften and disintegrate it ? 
C. L. Hartwell. 
Draining in Iowa — Market Gardening. — Can 
you inform me at what price draining tiles can be had 
in the west? On our rolling prairies we have “shady 
sides” as well as “ sunny-sides.” Could you inform 
me what efop or crops would be most profitable for a 
market garden, to put on the north side of our prairie 
bluffs, and on rich moist loam in the slues ? Early in¬ 
formation on this point would greatly oblige. J. P- 
Iowa City. [We know of no place west of Lake Erie 
where drain tile are made. As to the crops about 
which our correspondent inquires, he will be most like¬ 
ly to obtain the most reliable advice from those in his 
vicinity who have had experience in the matter..] 
Tender-Mouthed Horses.— In the Co. Gent, of 
May 6, I find an inquiry of II. P. L , how to cure ten¬ 
der-mouthed horses. A few years ago I parted with a 
very fine mare on just that account; she was so ten¬ 
der-mouthed that she could not be started in the team 
till her mate and wagon moved. The man who got 
her had her all right in two or three weeks, and told 
me that rubbing the corners daily with fine salt was 
all he had done to her, and was an infallable remedy. 
G. D. D. Spring Valley. 
Multicole Rye—Side-Hill Plow. — I see, in look¬ 
ing over the back numbers of “ The Cultivator,” the 
Multicole Rye spoken of very highly. Does it prove 
to be valuable as a crop, and how much does it yield 
per acre—also does it make as good bread as common 
rye ? Is it as hardy as common rye ? Which is the 
best side-hill plow for one pair of oxen? Will any of 
the side-hill plows turn sward land that lies level, as 
well as common plows ? Answers to the above through 
‘ The Cultivator,” will much oblige J. H. Litchfield 
Colic in Horses. 
“ Can you give me the best remedy for the colic in 
horses, and much oblige yours, b. c 
Colic in horses is a very common disease, and if taken 
in time may be easily cured in most cases. It is not 
unfrequently confounded with inflammation of the bow¬ 
els, but is easily distinguished as follows : Colic has 
no increase of the pulse, which is not over fifty a mi¬ 
nute ; the animal often rolls ; the disease intermits, 
and there is but little fever. With inflammation of the 
bowels there is much fever; the pulse is sometimes a 
hundred a minute, the attack is gradual, and the dis¬ 
ease does not intermit. 
When colic arises from bad food, a pint or so of a so¬ 
lution of saleratus will often afford entire relief. As it 
assumes more of a spasmodic character, peppermint 
and ginger may be added. We have used with entire 
and immediate success, a small spoonful of saleratus, 
the same quantity of ginger, and a tea spoonful of pep¬ 
permint, added to a pint of nearly hot water, and gi ven 
from a junk bottle. Powdered charcoal is one of the 
best and safest mediums for any disease resulting from 
derangement of the digestion—and two or three ounces 
or more mixed with water, may be given at any time 
with great advantage. 
Inflammation of the bowels is generally increased 
and rendered fatal by irritating medicines. A drink of 
slippery elm, hourly, to allay irritation—giving the 
animal but little food, and that weak gruel, and keep¬ 
ing him quiet, is good and safe treatment. 
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To prevent Sows Killing their Pigs. 
A correspondent of the Maine Farmer, speaks of 
several cases of sows destroying their pigs—which, in¬ 
deed, is not unusual—and commends as an easy and 
sure prevention, “ to give the sow about half a pint 
of good rum, or gin, which soon produces intoxication, 
and the drunken mother becomes entirely harmless to¬ 
ward her young, and will ever accommodate her posi¬ 
tion to the best advantage of the pigs,” retainiag this 
disposition ever afterwards. The Editor confirms this 
statement from cases within his own knowledge. 
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IJp' 5 ’ The Royal Ag. Society of England have de¬ 
cided to hold their exhibition for 1859 at Warwick, 
where it has never been held. The Journal of the So¬ 
ciety, so long edited by the late Philip Pusey, is to be 
continued under the joint editorship of Mr. Thompson, 
Mr. Dyke Ackland, and Mr. Wren Hoskyns. 
