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more fully developed than a stall-fed horse; the latter does not require to use 
either his incisor teeth to the bars immediately behind them, when feeding. 
Let us consider further what symptoms a horse would manifest which was 
suffering from an inflamed and tender mouth, but was otherwise in perfect 
health ; such a horse would attempt to feed, but would manifest a difficulty in 
mastication, and this would be accompanied by a flow of saliva from the mouth. 
But in the so-cailed cases of lampas neither of these symptoms are present; the 
horse either does not attempt to feed or his food does not appear to be doing 
him any good. The whole of the symptoms clearly indicate that there is 
something wrong with the horse’s general health; this being attended to the 
apparent lampas will relieve itself. I have enlarged on this simple subject 
in order to try and induce horse-owners to abandon the barbarous practice 
of burning out the front bars of a horse’s palate, whenever he appears to be 
off his feed a little. Should the bars of a horse’s mouth really become 
inflamed and tender, from teething, or from eating or drinking any hot or 
irritating substances, or from mistakes made in the administration of medicine, 
the ireatment should be of the simplest character. If the bars are much 
swollen and inflamed, lightly scarify them, and rub in a little common salt or 
alum, or of both combined. Feed on soft food until the pain and tenderness 
have passed off. It is generally advisable to give a pint ot raw linseed oil or 
some saline laxative in his food for a few days, as it is frequently associated 
with indigestion.—Cape of Good Hope Agricultural Journal. 
MILK TESTING. 
WueEN milk has been tested by the Babcock Tester, the amount of butter a 
given quantity of milk will produce, when showing a certain test, may be 
arrived at as follows :— 
Multiply the number of pounds of milk by the percentage of butter fat. 
Divide the product by 100, and add 12 per cent. to the quotient. ‘The result 
will show pounds of commercial butter. 
EXAMPLE. 
A cow yields 749 1b. of milk. The test shows 3:4 per cent. of butter fat. 
749 X 8:4 = 2546°6, . 
2546 + 100 = 25:46. 
12 per cent. on 25:4 = 3:0, 
25°46 + 3 = 28°46 1b. of commercial butter. 
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SHOWS. 
Tre Editor will be glad if the secretaries of Agricultural and other Societies 
will, as early as possible after the fixture of their respective shows, notify him 
of the date, and also of any change in date which may have been decided on. 
