The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-05-18
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Cabinet, and appears o'el .iS
that we have often remarked acco'hP"-
n;ed @ some of the ablcs' productions IN
that excellent work. The author first al
Indies to the fatal disease thatls now dcS-
troyine so many of the cattle in England
which he thinks may be cured by the use
of Lime. He quotes the first paragraph
from an old No. of the American FAR
mcr. ,,o
'"somc years since purchased horse
but he had the appearance OF IaoofihS
under disease; commenced co"lSG VI VI
treatment which had before pursued III
cases similar to appearance, but without
effect was therefore induced to try the
usc of lime. as was confident ne was
filled with bots, for he had dscEargca
several: | therefore commenced by giving
him a tablespoonful of SACKED lime 'hrcc
times week in bran mashcs. After Pllr-
suino this course near two weeks. the
bots began to pass away in quantities.
VARYING from ten to twenty, which he
would expel from his intestlnes during the
night; in the meantime his appetite began
to improve, and in six weeks he was one
of the finest gcldings l ever saw; from
that day TO this have kept up the use OF
lime amongst my horses with decided
benefit; and as an evidence OF its good
effects. I have not lost horse since be-
gan to use it. And lime is certain pre-
ventive in keeping cattle from taking the
murrain. As an evidence of this fact,
have used it among my cattle three times
a week, mixed with salt, for three or four
years, and in that time have not lost a
Single animal by this disease: but in the
meantime some of my nclghbors have
lost nearly all the cattle they owned
But will give stronger case than even
the one above mentioned. One OF my
neighbors who lost all his cattle, had
friend living within two hundred yards ol
him, who had several cattle which ran
daily with those that died, and his cattle
all escaped-hc informed me that he
made it an invariable rule to give his cat
tie salt and lime every morning. l Eavc'
therefore, no doubt but salt and lime arc
a sure and inEalhbe remedy for bolts in
horses and murrain in cattle.
And | am reminded of circumstance
by friend, who has often before men
toned it; he had two fields Of pasture
near his house-on one of these he spread
lime upon the turf to the amount OF more
than 200 bushels per acre, but as the
other field lay Immediately below his cal,
ttc=yard, from whence nc had formed
drains to carry the water over lis surface
in the most complete manner, he deter
mined to let that suffice for dressing;
and the effect of the highly impr"gnatcd
water from the yard was a growth OF
Grass truly astonishing. Both fields wc'e
kept in pasture, and when the stock had
eaten one of them down, they were re-
moved to the other, and so changed rcgu-
larly about; but the effect of the different
crops on the appearance OF the stock,
horses and cattle, is not to be expressed,
for while feeding on the lined land their
coats were close, shining and healthy,
and their spirits light and cheerful, even
when tkcv were compelled to labor hard
to Obtain. belly-full; but when turned III
TO the watered grass, six inches or more
IN hight, a difference for the worse could
be perceived in "a hours. and every day
after they lost condition amidst the great
est abundance, with coats rough and star
inc, lax in the bowels and tlaccjl, with
distended paunchcs. detected countcnan-
ces, and sluggish in their move: rents:
they soon exhibited a depreciation IN va
lue TO the amount of about half their for
mer worth. But the transition to health
and vigor and good looks was quite as
sudden. and apparent on return to the
lined land, for again in 81 hours, or by
the time the food had passed through tic
system, change, particularly in their aT
and carriage, was very pcrccpl'ble. My
friend adds, nc never had an instance OF
the murrain or bolts while his stock fed on
these pastures, but is satisfied he should
have had both, but for the change To tho
lined land; for while feeding on the water
ed pasture. the stock had always the ap-
pearance of prcdispostion to that state
of arrangement of the digestive system,
bv which he has no doubt these diseases
arc engendered.
In conclusion, l would ask, is it not
e,uite fair to draw the EollDWnr deduction