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SLOBBERING OF noR,E-

TIE Nv Englpnd Farmer of We dnesday
has an aitcle on tae CaOtes and cure nt the sH
iivati0A II horses. IN which. respectable as is
the auIh,rit, nuT own experience comp"!s Us
T., dissent. The editor concludes thai ssv at,un
/. produced, n; by eating iO5etid as has been
generally supposed. bur by white clover when
il Is very full o juice. H. thinks, too, that
batting of hay or outs, OF II change of pasture.
vii cure tine COMPLIANT.
What cGnr-s home 10 every mans business
epneraIp eIIssts hlg attention the most, aud
therefore We viii relate litlc experience on
TN. po,nt. Oar own family jsde--a heart.
aud kind creature,--has not 'uju, ed the IuEury
OF grass tor tn &c yeats. and has always been
kept IN goad tim on hay @I'h very tie proven
der. In Juiy We had the barn filed win her
years stock oil hay sweet lTOuI The ii 1t. Soon
All. he horse began eat N II, sue commPn-
crd slohherng sbnudanily. Beng gniIe gu OF
paiirnce, set .r r~ItS a. Wofk to ascertain the
cause Sorae iold rs It was Whit ,o,rr, some
llla' u must ~ l0beiIa. Ga maAing critical ak
animation We found that the last load put into
the static had much iohelia, but htrh white
! dover IA II. Iotest IN experiment, We. for sc.
| wal days in succession, previous 10 teedinf,
! we're Careful 10 Gull the qpantnm over ny hand-
tuli,, aad nil out the lo5eha. From rhis mo
meut the sIobbering ceasei. On giving The hay
!
gan again. So thai our mind rs Statistic that To-
bella is the cause of slobhprmg in horses. Can
any one tell w what will cure this slObbe ring
wuhuut tho pans OF separating the lOhe-
! LA from, the hay A tue answer TO this
! question wond save US some trouble and VIZ
n on, and would no doubt be acceptable to the
public.
Rsa,arks bu the Filter The article alluded
10 Nv the writer of he above is improperly At
irbulcd TO the Editor OF the ,NeW EaglGHd
Farmer. WIS originally published IN the Amer
! lcan Farmer IepuOliebed by ns, page IS OF
our currrui volume, aud credit Giveu To- the
| american Farmec
| Ihere is much difference OF opinion relative
| 10 the Cause OF the i,oinine aud ioamnng al the
mouth OF h Ises in the tall OF the y.N, This
| aprsarance is A symptom OF "A disprd-I called
p ynisla, SatgGiion Of horses. otauerS, SoGbec-
las, g.. Lo.e,t prtefs, EsG, OF Nts' borough,
| Massachusetts, (who favored us with a commu-
| nica,Ion on tnis sn iec ,pTnted 10 the New Eng-
Ian Faru,er (vol. II page go was OF opinion
| that the sl4ters IA horsts IS caused by their ca
| ting the second giuwih VI kind OF grass ma
| klnp il, Appearance ia the tore part oi July
much resembling oats, winch came up m tue
| tall alter tire crop had been taken oil Tue
giound Lis grass IS believed TO be the
Spoliea SDafge Euphorbia mdcUlaia, OF which
a botanical deocriptiou NAV be s"en IN The NeW
EngiqRd tarHeg, vol IL. pase IS
lnrre uas been, howeveT, < eat variety oil
opinions relative To tie causes OF tbs disorder,
Judge Peters Of Penn, thought is 'rue eau sc
had nal b.eo asce,tamed, snn ass'fteI that nay
III. de OF the second crop OF grass ir'qne nIis
uroduced Il and lhaI so,hng horses on rrd COY.
er when the grhss had become lutte too much
| ,,seped wa, sometimes instrumental III pIUddc
ing TIE same fleet. LoTalns flnshanoiy con.
taius several passages Implying that he second
crop oil clover WINS well kno~n Cause oi
Pn aIlsm IN his VICINITY. Tnv probability Is
tnat th,Ie are several sorts oil vegetables pol-
sous, wines produce the same or s'mIhr fects
IN horses AID hat TO attribute the slobbrring
oil ho, ses e.leiusiesty 10 ANY ons vi The causes
assigned IuI II Is erroneous.