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however, has thrown sumo doubts on the oxpedicn-
cy of attempting to feed cattle with the rodcn or
cona crop Of tins grass We would submit the re-
marks this subject TO the consideration of oui
good practical cui,iva,ore and should be happy if
they would make our paper vehicle for communl-
eating their opinions subject Of considerable
Importance To the agricultural interest.
=" Certain it is observed MIR. LoraG, " that
when the second crop grasses, wen 10 my cattle
in the yard consisted OF red clover, have seen them
prefer eating the cid straw, with which their shcds
| were matched. Nay more have them
though naturally quiet, } 50 much eoaded by hun
ger that they have broken the fences Of my cattle
yard several times in the course of one day, when
! Il fresh supply oi fresh cut, Beautiful looking Sc
cond crop Ted clover entirely rejected by them,
| and which oilorts Of nsne could compel them 10
cat.
What hay.appear still more extraordinary,
have seen them, after being TUNED nto the very
| fields from which this crop of clover had been cut
return in the evening tolcrably well filled. Wine
| thcr they have sufficient segaeity top pick cat the
least obnoxious parts of the clover, to gather oh
cr plants that IN certala degree calculated
to counteract the banctul effects produced by the
cloyer is unknown to nae. The fact, are, however,
| correctly related,
~ formerly believed the salvation Of horses and
cattle is no, alto either confined to red clovrr. |
had observed thai III proportion tins grass pre-
dominated, IN loads procured from mxtmc OF II
with the spear grasses, my cattle confined to the
| yard were more on less sahvdied
| " Since have removed to the back woods, where
red clover is too seldom soWu, fluid the horses aud
euIlt sabber quite much as they TO wle,e this
grass has greatly prevailed. My ncighbors say
white clover is the cause Of this. 1t may be- and
! | Sus &c ,pal l,pt until
| ca ,re he confined where they get no ether
! grass but white clover nothing certain can be
known of the slsbberng procured 10y eating it,
" The spear grasses grown on the farm where
solns was extensively pracllsed by me, consisted
principally of timothy, orchard anu green grasses,
~'th little oat grass. ltclcary appeared, tina,
If these grasses be IN any degree affected by the
cause which produces salvation, 1t can be but little
es the second crops were found capable of greatly
correcting the protuse sabberng, certainly intro
| iuccd IN my practice by red clover These grasses
when mixed with the clover never failed 10 elec,
his valuable purpose, and that too, us far this
could De determined by The eye, IN due proportion
10 the quantity otthem "hch Unopened TO be mixed
e,th over, Drou-h; IN with them for { ing the
| : u;e aud HORSES III ;h' yards,
The Of sally alton has been too long
| SOU hit IN the different weeds which spring up a.
| iilbib tue cOFtt III various SOILS nave, HbWCNcl
been IN the habit Of sowing the seed of this plant
| rlenfuy The clover OF consequence stood thick
ou the ground TINS introduced much shade, which
together with the frequent use otthe scyhc had so
far destroyed weeds, that in some places, few, II a
ny were TO he found st, the second and third
crop clover moved from those places, were equally
| injur 10 cau: and horses.
" This disease l. checked by the first white frost
that Is seen 10 cover the grass III the fall If the
trosts succeed caci other roerai,ly quick, it, with
| TIA Hrssdn fl Y, aud all flies disappear. | have
sen caVy white frost put an immediate stop to
| every appearance OF salvation among horses and
| cattle. When tlls however, was not followed by
other fIUsls, slabberng soon recommended, aud
continued tlil it was again checked 10y the same
cause May we not infer, from this, that iftht
farmer deferred cutting his second crop clover until
frost checked the sabbcrng among his cattle, that
| all the grass mo,ed until salvation again common
ced would nuke valuable hay? Until now, how
ever | have never thought Of this, although have
often observed that cattle and horses grazed on
cond crop clover gathered flesh fast any other
second crop grass, alter white ilost puts stop 10
snl, atom
| Houses aud cattle Gather but little fcsh when
grdzed OH red clover, during the season for saliva
ton. Cows Immediately fail III their milk. The but
ter made while sabbering continues is generally
bad and some cattle and horses fall away greatly
even III loNuilaI't pastures of this srass.'
| Abel Seymour III a communication originally
published IN the American Farmer, ana republisii-
ed in the New England Farmer, vol H. D. 10, altr.
butcs the cause of salvation stock TO their feed
| inS n grass covered with II blue mould or fungus
Ard he says in substance that an attentive obsor
yer may frequently perceive stieaks ofblue mould
on the grass, and toy reviewing 1t more closely
with nagnIfying glass, he can distinguish too
complete rows ol mushrooms or fungi, one on each
edge OF The spear grass and cattle and horses, by
swallowing these eHcrcscenccs with their food, be
come afflicted with the disease alluded to. Some
| have ihous hi the disorder caused by the webs OF
spiders some that ii was caused by 4 poisonous
plant called Lob liz, OF indian tobacco. Loyett Pc
ters Esq whose communication on this subject
was published in the y. +. Farmer, vol IL. p So,
was of opinion that " the sIavcrs of horses is eau
| sed by their eating kind Of grass of second
growth, making lis appearance IN tue fore part OF
July, much resembling oats, winch comes up III
the fall after the crop has been taken OFT the
ground"
| In the second volume of Memoirs of the Philddel
| pha Agricultural Society, (pagcs 1856 TO 1888 are
published two communications, " On the Sallvnry
DchuAi III in Horses" MI Abraham Per!ec was the
| author of enc of these communications, ami Mr..
William Baldwin the other. Mr. Perlee attriDu-
ted the disorder TO plant called spotted spurge,
EupnorJta maculdta. This writer was of opinion
that the evil was not produced by clover, ard as
signs as reason for such belief, lis not having
occurred for many years after clover had been ex-
tensvcly cultivated and not occurring at all IN ma
NY places where horses are pasturcd almost alto
gether on clover" A botanical description of the
Euphorbia is given in the n Z. Farmer, vol. II. =.
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Dr. William Baldwin, of Wilming ton, Delaware,
in the same article says, +" DR. Barton informed me