The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-04-14

ing, yet it readily absorbs other matter and
retains it till the more powerful absorbent,
and soil, draws forth that matter and conveys
~ S Some s farm farmers @ viii will have no hsor under
their cows and oxen they clear out their
leantos annually to the depth of one or two
feet and fill in loam or sand 10 form new
bed and to be treated in the same manner.
Cattle lie more comfortably on such bed
than on plank floors, let them be Uttered
ever so well. One or two planks may be
placed behind them for convenience of
shovelling the manure away--andth the planks
should always lie lower than the catlles
platform.
Night Feedimg.-Is it proper to disturb
cattle that have not labored through the
day, by giving them food late at night g
Many make a constant practice Of going
TO the barn at nine IN the evening, waking
up their COWS and inviting them to eat
little more One object is to avoid placing
time; and it is said that the winter nights
and "littlc and often" is the watchword.
On the other hand it is conlended that by
disturbing cattle after they have gone to rest,
they were not woke up they would 6ot feel
hungry, and would not think of eating be-
fore morning light. We think much de-
pends on the habit; if we use children to
eat half Il dozen times in day, they will as
many times be hungry. What person ever
arises in morning on account of hunger ?
Would children rest better by being aroused
at midnight and made to eat?
If it is proper to wake up cattle late at
night and give them food, is it not equally
proper to wake up pigs that are fattening
10 feed them in the night?
A CURE FOR CoNsUMpTIoN.-AS Scotch
paper relates an instance of young lady
who was lately restored to health, though in
the last stages of consumption, by the fol-
lowing means. 1t is truly remarked that
the case is singular If true.
The victim believing her dissolution ap-
preaching retired to a quiet summer resi-
dence to die. While in that situation it was
her custom to rise as early as her malady
would permit to contemplate alone the won
dertul works of God from her Chamber win
dow, from which she observed a dog be.
longing to the house, with scarcely any flesh
upon his bones, constantly go and lick the
dew off camomile bed III the garden, iii
doing which the animal was noticed to alter
in appearance, to recover strength and to
look plump and well. The singularity of
the circumstance was impressed strongly on
the lady's mind, and induced her to try what
effect might be produced from following the
dogs example. She accordingly produced
the dew from the same bed of camomile,
drank small quantity each morning, and
after continuing it some time, experienced
some relief, her appetite became regular, and
she found a return of spirits and in the end
was completely cured.
HEAvEs-Do you know any effectual
cure for heaves in horses2 Ifnot, perhaps
you may consider what follows as worth
noticing. have valuable horse, one of
pair, which threatened, more than a year
agoto become utterly useless, IN consequence
OF this complaint. At the expiration of the
last grass season, was induced to try top
stalks of corn instead of hay, and the result
has been thatthe animal is entirely relieved.
Permit me to add, that have for years been
in the practice of giving my horses each an
ounce of fine salt every other day, and have
good reasons for believing that their health
is greatly promoted by it.-AD. Cuh.
AGE OF ANlMALs-A bear rarely exceeds
twenty years; dog lives twenty years;
wolf twenty; fox fifteen or SIXTEEN lions
are long lived. Pompey lived to the age of
seventy. The average ofcatsi is fifteen years:
squirrel or hare seven or eight years -rab.
blts'seven. Elephants have been known to
1--we to the great age of 400 years When
Alexander the Great had conquered one Pho
rus, klng OF India, he took great elephant,
which had fought vaIian,Iy ior the king, and
naming him Ajax, dedicated him to the Sun,
and let him go with this inscription :"Alex-
ander, the son of Jupiter, hath dedicated A.
jux to the Sun" This elephant was found
with this inscription $50 years afterwards.
Pigs have been known to live TO the age of
30 years. The rhinoccros to twenty. A
horse has been known to live to the age Of
62: but averages Is to 80. Camels some.
times live to the age of 100. Stays are long
l.