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THE CULTIVATOR. 
March, 
source of cheap manure, at one cent per bushel. As 
for anthracite coal ashes, I am satisfied that on all my 
lands they are useful, particularly for a top-dressing 
for fruit trees; and on clay lands, they act mechanic¬ 
ally in opening the soil, so that air can get down to 
the roots of plants. 
Our soil is a red decomposed sand-stone; and lime 
acts most beneficially on it. I prefer small doses, say 
40 bushels of slaked lime per acre, repeated every two 
or three years, with a bushel of Plaster of Paris per 
acre each year. I have found the waste of a flax-mill, 
after 12 months’ decomposition, very valuable manure. 
L. L. T. New Jersey , 24i/i January, 1849. 
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Diseases of Sheep# 
Scours and Stretches. —A correspondent (R. G.,) 
of Jefferson county, Ohio, wishes some information in 
reference to the cure of these diseases. He states that 
a neighbor of his has lost 75 out of 150 of his last 
year’s lambs. It is said —■“ the disease was, perhaps, 
in the first place, induced by feeding on green frosted 
oats and clover, late in the fall. Their food and loca¬ 
tion have been frequently changed. The remarks, di¬ 
rections and remedies, by Mr. Morrell, have been ob¬ 
served and carefully attended, to, but without any good 
effect. Once every day he selects from the main flock 
all those having any indications of the disease; and 
most generally his patience is again taxed the succeed¬ 
ing day in like manner. They sink down and die 
within a few days after the attack.” 
As to the stretches, our correspondent states that it 
“ is troublesome, and fatal, amongst those flocks closely 
yarded, and fed exclusively on dry feed. However va¬ 
luable Mr. Morrell’s book on sheep may be, (and I es¬ 
teem it valuable,) yet, in regard to his prescriptions for 
the above diseases, we have not found them of any 
value. In this latter complaint, the food becomes dry 
and compact in that part of the internal structure called 
the manyplus. And I have always found that the 
quantity of medicine necessary to act as an opiate on this 
dry mass, will kill the animal. If I am mistaken, I 
will take it kindly to be set right. A valuable sugges¬ 
tion which I have seen, perhaps in Mr. Morrell’s book, 
is to feed pine tops. Those who are located where 
they can obtain them, by feeding once or twice a week, 
will not, as I now believe, be troubled with this com¬ 
plaint. At first, the sheep will reject the pine tops, 
or, at least, eat sparingly; but by keeping them before 
them, they will soon grow fond of them.” 
We should be glad to receive the suggestions of those 
who are acquainted with this subject. The feeding of 
pine and hemlock boughs, we have formerly practiced, 
and think it to be useful. Ed. 
Hoove in Cattle. 
In a late number of the Cultivator I have read an 
elaborate article on u Hoove” in cattle. The first time 
I ever saw the disease was four years since, when a 
valuable short horned bull was affected. I first ob¬ 
served it about sundown one evening, when they were 
about stabling the other cattle. The persons then in 
the yard could not account for or explain the cause of 
the swelled appearance of the animal. I went to the 
house and resorted to the books, and discovered it was 
the u Hoove.” The remedies recommended were not 
ingredients which the farmer keeps about him. About 
3 o’clock, P. M., next day, I thought to look at my 
bull, and found him swelled to an alarming size. I 
then sought my manager, an Irishman; and on seeing 
the animal, he asked me if I had a bottle of gin, or 
“ apple-jack.” I brought him a bottle of good Holland. 
He led the bull out by the chain, affixed to a ring in 
his nose, tied on about a yard of rope, took him to a 
tree, and brought his head up nearly vertically, by 
throwing the rope over a projecting limb. I poured 
the contents of the bottle down his throat, and in two 
hours he was entirely relieved. In one other case I 
administered apple spirits, and succeeded in curing the 
animal. I believe it will be effectual in all cases; and 
is a remedy almost always to be readily procured. A 
Plain Farmer. Paterson, N. J., 1849. 
We have given spirits with good results, in cases of 
hoove; but in the incipient stages, we have found al¬ 
kalies, as mentioned in the article referred to, a better 
remedy- Eds. 
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Feeding Cows.—D. M. To obtain the greatest 
quantity of butter from cows, in the winter season, we 
should prefer feeding them on early-cut hay, which had 
been well cured. In addition to the hav, we would 
give some meal. The kinds you mention, corn, oats, 
and buckwheat, are good. We would -mix them in 
equal proportions, and feed each cow from three to six 
quarts per day, in two parcels, one in the morning and 
the other in the evening. 
Mr. Crispell’s Farming. — “ A Subscriber,” Frede¬ 
rick, Md. In further answer to your inquiry noticed 
in our January number, we are informed by Mr. Cris- 
pell that he had 20 acres in corn which produced 1,400 
bushels; 7 acres in rye (on corn-ground,) produced 49 
bushels; 15| acres rye on fallow ground, 417 bushels; 
10£ acres oats, 300 bushels; acres wheat, 30 bush.; 
| acre flax, 8 bu. seed; 2 acres potatoes, 290 bu.; 32 
acres meadow, 80 tons hay; 18 acres clover, (pastured) 
kept 25 head of cattle from 20th May to 1st Septem¬ 
ber. Mr. C. says —“ from the above, compared with 
my account of sales, it will be seen that I reserved for 
seed, keeping stock, and for family use, 500 bushels 
corn, 167 bushels rye, 100 bushels oats, 8 bushels 
wheat, 30 tons hay, 80 bush, potatoes, about 100 lbs. 
flax, and all my corn-stalks, except 10 loads. The 
number of cattle wintered was 29 ; horses and colts six; 
hogs ten.” 
Mocha Hogs. —S. B. H. Providence, R. I. The 
variety of swine to which the name of “ Mocho ” (pro¬ 
perly Mocha,) has been given, are said to have sprung 
from a boar introduced from the island of Mocha, off 
the coast of Chili. We are not aware that there are 
any full-bloods in the country. We have several times 
seen those which had more or less of the blood. They 
are not large, but small-honed, and fatten easily. We 
do not know that they possess any superiority over 
crosses of the Chinese, or various other breeds. 
Mustard. —D. A. W. East Dorset, Yt. A deep 
rich loam is best for this crop. The method practiced 
on the Muskingum river, Ohio, is to sow the seed (by 
drill or hand,) in rows, two feet apart one way—the 
plants to be thinned to a foot apart in the rows. The 
crop to he kept clean while growing. The produce per 
acre is from ten to fifteen bushels, though as much as 
seventeen or eighteen bushels have been raised. 
Devon Bull. —S. M. N., Marlborough, Mass. We 
do not know where you could exchange your bull. If 
you conclude to obtain another, we would refer you to 
George Patterson, of Baltimore; L. Hurlbut, of 
Winchester, Ct.; R. Cowles, Farmington, Ct.; and 
E. Phinney, Lexington, Mass. 
Rye Meal for Milch Cows. —S. Y. S. Chester, 
