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THE CULTIVATOR. 
THE DOLPHIN SELF-SHARPENING, OR “ MARYLAND PLOW.”— (Fig. 84., 
Explanation of the cut. Fig. 1, the point, five-eighths of an inch thick, one am! a half-inch wide, and eighteen 
Inches long. Fig. 2, revel-sable share, made either of wrought or cast iron. Fig. 3, the device, setting perpen¬ 
dicularly on the end of the beam. 
This plow has been lately invented, and is kept for sale by Messrs. R. Sinclair Jr. & Co., of Baltimore. It is 
highly recommended by those who have used it, and its construction and operation are thus described: “It is made 
both with left and right hand mould boards, and combines a most perfect self-sharpening principle. The points 
are made of steel bars, which may be reversed at least a dozen times, thus being equal in durability to a dozen 
ordinary points. The share may be made either of cast or wrought iron, which is also self-sharpening. The 
coulter of this plow is novel—instead of a single it has a double edge. The clevis or draught tackle is perfect, 
quite unique, and prevents the possibility of breaking the beam by sudden jerks; may be shifted to or from the 
land, and set deeper or shallower with the utmost precision and dispatch.” 
kind had been brought info the apartment. Great care is 
also taken to keep the cheese in a cool and even tem¬ 
perature. So much attention is paid to this particular, 
that a perfectly dark room is constructed in the centre of 
another room, into which the cheese is placed as soon as 
it becomes sufficiently dry, and is there kept till sold. 
The cheeses weigh when dried, about eight pounds 
each. 
Whether Mr. Coe’s “ art and mystery” of cheese¬ 
making, is, after all, anything more than a punctilious 
ooservance of well-known rules, at the head of which is 
cleanliness , we know not, but will venture the opinion 
that a like practice of these rules by others, would be 
found of great advantage. 
GARGET IN COWS. 
This is a disease affecting the udders of cows. It ap¬ 
pears to be caused by milk remaining too long in the bag, 
which becoming coagulated there, produces inflammation, 
and swellings, with hard tubercles. If not counteracted, 
ulceration ensues, and the disease results in a greater or 
less permanent injury to the bag. In most cases it affects 
at first but one teat, or one quarter of the bag only, the 
use of which is frequently lost; in other instances the 
injury extends to one-half, and sometimes to the whole 
udder, destroying the secretive glands. Great milkers 
are most subject to it, though it is thought to be more 
common in some districts than others. If this is so, it 
may be owing to the nature of the herbage—some plants 
necessary to the health of the cow may be wanting. It 
is a common belief in many parts of the country, that 
the poke-weed , sometimes called “ cocum,” and in some 
sections, “ garget,” is a complete antidote to this disease. 
It is certain that cows which have free access to this 
plant, will sometimes eat the tender shoots and leaves; 
and this may account for the fact that cows are, (so far 
as our observation extends,) comparatively exempt from 
garget in districts where poke-weed grows spontane¬ 
ously. 
As a medicine for cows affected with garget, we have 
never known anything so good as the root of poke-weed 
It may be given by being cut in small pieces and fed to 
the cow mixed with meal or bran; or it may be given 
by splitting a potatoe, (a long one is preferable,) putting 
a thin piece of the root between the two halves, and let¬ 
ting the cow take the whole together from the hand. 
A couple of ounces of the fresh root may be given to a 
cow per day without injury, and in the early stages of 
the disease, two or three doses in connection with 
proper milking, and bathing the bag, (if much inflamed,) 
with cold water, will generally effect a visible change 
for the better. 
In sections where from frost and snow it would be dif¬ 
ficult to get the root in the winter season, a supply should 
be dug in the fall, cut in pieces and dried. 
In some cases much good has been derived from a se- 
ton or rowel, made by inserting a piece of poke root in 
the dew-lap, just in front of the brisket. An incision an 
inch or two in length, is made with a knife through the 
pendent skin, the folds of which are then separated in a 
downward d irection, with a stick of hard wood of the 
size.of the little finger, having a round and rather blunt 
point, anil a piece of the root as large as the opening 
will admit, is pushed in. The contraction of the skin 
will generally be sufficient to hold it, but a single stitch 
with a strong needle and thread, will be sure to keep 
it from coming out. In a short time the seaton will oc¬ 
casion a large swelling, from which, if it is properly kept 
open, there will be discharged a considerable quantity of 
matter; and this seldom fails to relieve the bag, provided 
inflammation has not already proceeded so far in that or¬ 
gan that suppuration has commenced. 
Our venerable correspondent, “ O. P.,” of Stockbridge, 
Mass., mentions a case of garget or “swelled bag” in a 
heifer, which was cured by giving poke-root tea. De¬ 
scribing the case he says—“ that the bag was so tender 
that she would not let the calf suck—she would not eat 
the cocum-mess—and all attempts to relieve her were, 
or seemed impracticable, and she was given over as a 
loss. I ordered 1^ ounce of cocum boiled awhile in 
pailful of water. A cooled pailful was set in the manger, 
saying c drink or die.’ The second day she drank it, and 
the third day she drank another pailful from the same 
root; and this was a!14hat was done for her. Before she 
finished the cocum, she seemed pleased to have the calf 
nose her bag, and she made a noble cow.” 
In cases where poke-root could not be had, we have 
used other remedies. If the inflammation was severe, we 
have had recourse to bleeding, and giving at the same 
time a good dose of glauber salts. After this, we have 
given about half a table spoon-full of saltpetre every 
alternate day, for six or eight days, in a mess of meal or 
bran—taking strict care always, that the milk was en¬ 
tirely drawn off. 
Mr. Youatt recommends thoroughly rubbing the bag 
with the following ointment. 
“ Rub down an ounce of camphor, having poured a 
lea-spoonful of spirit of wine upon it; add an ounce of 
mercurial ointment, and half a pound of elder ointment, 
and well incorporate them together. Let this be applied 
after every milking, the udder being well fomented with 
