, 1863-11-07
Ul1irago Qribn11e.
AGRICULTURAL.

we extract the following from long arti
Gle on this sutj:ct published In the Marx Lznt
iypress. It contains important facts:
| The nee Of ealt in the food Of cattle must
not De lo"ked npon a. direct producer OF
Heal 60 much Us = necessary element Of the
tcoLpnY without which animals are apt to
| Ie,lsh from dieease, but with which the body
| II kept in norual and healthy state. Not
napy yezrs Ego German agr1culturist, Ubc.
!. IN direct accordance with this opinion
Wtfhing to obtain sumo exact notion Of the
| Il luence which salt e1ercite ed upon his sheep.
! the focRs Of which lived upon Low, damp
| pastnre lard, and received habtna!ly car
tain desc Of sail, he fixed upon ten sheep, and
Struck off their usual al1os1nce of salt. This
remarkable experiment WAS continued TOR
th1ec years. with the folio wing results: In
tie dfat year FIVE Of the ten died of rot and
worms; in this yesr the remainder Of the
Heck, $50 head, lost only tour sheep. The
second year new lot Of ten sheep, deprived
Of s.lt, list sty tyen individuals ;ths remainder
OF The fock, 3G4 head, lost i've only; little
later, the other three oiee also from dtarrhea.
The third year was very rainy. Sixteen sheep
we're selected, aud deprived Of salt. The
whole Of them died In the couss Of the year
Of rot ard yeImicular pneumonis. In the
lated BY being deprived Of salt; here We have
an example ct the eame thing happening In
our own la1itudes.
IL Gar,iott, member of the Agricultural
Society Of Lyons, assures US that the milk Of
COWS subjected to daily allowance Of salt Ia
richer in butter and cheese than when these
came cows are deprived Of salt.
Sinclair, to whom agriculture owes much
useful Information, has observed that the
habitual use ef salt has marked influence ia
improving the quantity and quality Of the
WOOL OF sheep. This Is in accordance with
Boustipgaults experiments On bpllocks.
sinclstr goes ttlil further as concerns pigs.
Some OF the fAttest pigs killed In Ireland, &c.
co1oing to this observer, are those to whom
Gs.taln nn Sal p9S5aion % Of s.lt Is segaaEly girea
distribution Of salt to cattle fs especially
uteful In preventing hooye, {meteorisa.
lion, cauEed BY feeding cattle with legumlu-
one ahd c1nc;tsrous Vegetables: And there
exists, no doubt, among those who hare tried
it, The ldea that when employed ia proper
Quantity, it increases the appetite. stimulates
DIGESTION, improves the wool or hair Of the
cattle, prevents disease, and, moreover, eua.
bles the sg11cultarist to fatten cattle upon
toed when they would not enjoy without it
we're PREVIOUSLY mixed with ealt. Dr.. De.
tatye, IN his treatise on the Use of Salt for
Cattle, ito which the Academy Of Medi-
cine Of Brussels awarded gold medal, has
arrived at The conclusion that 1.-THE regular
and reasonable use Of salt In the a1imentation
~ Aa4LAAG ALA5 ACIE-AaF luHEUn1EGfY every
brarch Of agricultural produce" It Is on
thtte grounds tint The practice Of giving
ealt to cattle has become 40 extensive Of Late
yea1E.
But there is another important conside.a-
ton with regard to the regular distribution
Of talt to cattle. I el1ude to its influence In
preventing dieesse. Its daily use becomes Of ,
se1ious consequence when tlccks ard herds
are menaced with those epidemic attacks
which too frequently rayage 4 whole country
at cnce, when proper use of salt would eth.
er prevent thrm entirely, OF 4: least reduce
item to less disastrous proportions. During
o1e Of the worst OF these epidemics, which
sprang up, If remember rightly, about the
,tar $40. In The east Of Europe, the almost
wild cattle Of the Ukraine, Podolia, and Hun.
gary, we've struck down In greater numbers
than thcse of Si!esia and Bohemia. where thc
cattle breeders hnbltualiy distributed silt to
their beasts. Advancing towards the west.
this ecou1ge diminished in intensity. and
d. ally ceased to show itself In Germany.
Where particular care is bestowed upon cat. |
Tie, a1d where salt has been for many years
constantly employed. But, whatever bo tte
tature OF the dlsease which threatens, ant.
uals are much less disposed to contract il
Hhen the body is in perfect health; and ,ro |
have ten thas this Ia impossible unless the |
tnciEicual receives each dap his proper pro.