The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-18
The farmers department.

ssLAMPAs" IN HoRsEs-The horizontal bars |
in the roof of the horses mouth are undoubt- |
edly intended to aid the animal to retain food
in the mouth while it is being masticated.--
They are abundantly furnished with blood
vessels and nerves, and are therefore very
sensitive. When colts are teething, the dis
turbance of the adjacent parts sometimes cause
these bars to be infamed and SWOLLEN. Then
the animal cannot eat without pain, and I'M
informed persons have ascribed the apparent
falling off of the appetite under such circum-
stances, to disease named "Lampas." To
remedy the supposed ailment, it has been re-
commended and is still practiced in some To-
calities, to burn out the swoolen bars with
red-hot iron made for the purpose. The ope-
ration is unnecessary and injurious cruelty.
The portion of the mouth thus destroyed can
never be replaced, and thus the power of per-
feet mastication is impaired. The only sur
gical operation allowable in cases needing as
sistance, is to lance the infamed parts, the
the same as physician would treat the gums
of child in case of difficult teething. This
can easily be done with a sharp penknife.-
After the lancing, it is recommended to wash
the mouth with two ounces of tincture OF
. myrrh to a pint of water, or strong solution
g of alum in water Feed the colt on bran
! mashes and grass, Withholding all grain unit
u he eats without difficulty.
= FEEDING CALvEs.-A friend of ours, say
n the Genesee. Farmer, who has great success il
: raising calves ON SKINNED milk and "corl
= pudding" adopts the following method; III
!, never lets o calf suck COW, but teaches
4 to drink out of a pail When the calfis tire
a or four days old, he takes teacupfull of corr
II meal and pours pint of hot water owe
a It, stirs it up and lets it scald for fey
8 minutes. He then pours on three or fou
: quarts of SKINNED milk. or as much as th
y, calf can drink, In the meantime he has ha
g. a niece of iron heating in the stove.l Whe
H. red hot, he stirs the milk with it. Th
.ssoorching the milk" he considers of Il
in greatest Importance, when calves are fed
81 SKINNED milk. 1t prevents it from scourir
or the calves. AS the calf grows older he il
to creases the quantity of corn meal. Wh'
IL three weeks old, he gives pint, at least,
ne each meal. The milk at first, is only twel
IRE hours from milking, but as the calf gro'
he older, the milk may be allowed to stand "a
es' SO hours before skimmings .tr pc
nd Ginning" MANURE.-An English garde
is er makes great deal of what he calls ''fni
i'll, manure" He means breaking up the luml
ser tearing in pieces the long, strawy parts, a
er. bringing into such fine state that 1t can
;of thoroughly mixed with the particles of t
er- soil. Having broken it up, he mixes f it w
rn- ashes, leaves, sawdust, tanbark, and all
in refuse of his garden, laying it up in thin Ii
2: ers. When it has become partly decompos
the he overhauls it, turning it over with shoy
ich and making it one homogeneous mass. All
OF the heap has lain a few months it gets ano
'lli- or working, when it is thoroughly fine'
ney and ready to use anywhere. He is "
les successful gardener, and ascribes no SIN
er? part of his success to this careful preparat
ing of his manure. Farmers and others may lie;
this a hint from the example. 1t is plain Il
ing coarse, lumpy manure cannot benefit land
tied much as that which is broken up and fin
nus diffused through it. One reason why liz
the manure and guano act so eficaciously is
erP cause they are so infinitely divided among
ever soil