Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-04-12

table extract 3, clay AZ, magnesia 2, oxide
of iron ii, calcareous earth 80; loss g.
Loudon, p. 200. The ability, in the farm
cr, to analyse his soils, would not only serve
to discover their defects, but would enable
him often to correct them, at little cost, and
to apply to them, with more certainty, the
crops TO which they are most suitably adapt
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TIMBER.
The best timber is that which is season.
cd before it is cut down. Ifa tree be bark.
ed the year before it is cut down, the sap is
expelled, and the alburnum is converted into
wood in the course of the year.-Enc. Of
Gard. p. l74.
IMPORTANCE OF SALT TO CATTLE AND SHEEP.
Salt, as condiment is as grateful and as
beneficial to domestic animals as it is to man.
1t serves the same purposes to both. We
can readily determine, that it promote our
health and comfort best when taken with
our daily food. Then why not equally so
to the cattle of our farms Ifmay be ap-
pretended, that if permitted, the latter will
take it in excess. This is not so. Ifthcy
have constant access to salt, domestic ami
mails will take no more than is required by
their natural wants. But if given to them
only at long intervals, they will then, if
opportunity presents, indulge in it to excess.
We have had salt troughs under the sheds
in our yards for dozen years, in which
salt has been constantly kept and to which
our cattle have had daily access and they
have not only not taken it in excess, but they
have been wholly exempt from disease and
year with ruta baga, and pasturcd often in
fresh rank clover, they have in no case been
hovcn, nor has their milk or butter been
tainted with the flavor Of the tlrlip.
Some years ago, the duty upon salt in
Great Britain, was so high as almost TO
preclude its use for farm stock. Petitions
were sent to parliament, for repeal Of these
duties so far as they affected agriculture. The
committee to whom the subject was referred
called before them many eminent farmers
and others, to testify as to matters involved
in the inquiry. The cvidenc, was v ,lu-
minous and conclusive, not only thatthe duty
amounted almost to prohibition Of its use
for cattle, and for the poor, but that where
this privation had been felt. diseases had
multiplied, to man and beast to an alarming
extent. We refer TO the London Reperto.
ry of Arts, vols. "a and 35 for particulars
In the mean time We give an abstract OF
the evidence oftwo ofthe witnesses, so far as
regards the benefits of the daily use Of salt
to animals, well known as men OF distin.
| guishcd cminence, and Of extensive practi.
cal agricultural knowledge.
J. C. Curwin, NJ. P. states, among 9th.
er advantages fgiving salt to his animals
daily, that it removed the unpleasant flavor
from the milk of COWS fed with turnips
that it greatly lessened infammatory di.
seases-promoted digestion-increased the
quantity ofmilk, and disposed the animal tc
fatten. That it improvedthe general health
and spirits Of horses, rendered the gloss o.
their coats remarkably fine, and, given Al
the rate of 8 to IL ounces per day, render.
ed fit for service some which had become
disabled by disorder calledMe grease. Tha
given to sheep, in the quantity oftwo oun.
ces per day, it preserves their health, renders
them sound, and sensibly improves theil
condition.
! Lord SomeruiUe, considers salt all impor
tant to sheep. Without it even on dry soils
his flock became sickly, and he lost many
Giving it twice week, they were healthy
Salt preserves hay, and restores it whel
damaged. In the humid climate of Grea
: Britain, his lordship feeds ton of salt tc
every thousand sheep annually. 1t is par
tcularly serviceable with green food, Glove
and turnips, and prevents and cures the ho
zen. which is pent.up acind, occasioned b.
excess of fermentation in the stomach. Ii
: a wet season he did not lose sheep, al
, though fed with turnips, and he considere
, salt as a specific against disease. He gen
7 orally gives it with hay, about twenty-fv
pounds being sifted on to every ton.
I These facts are Of high authority, an Q
r deep interest to the cattle and sheep farmer
!. and of general application. The low pric
;. of salt among US will enable every farmer
e profit by Observation-Disclosures.
n Gapes in Chickens.-One Of our subscr
n bers informs US, that drop OF the spirits (
. twpentine, put into the mouth of a chicke
y from the point of feather or otherwise, wi
/. cure the gapes in chickens. Another say
g that mixing salt with their food will prevel