Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-01
.AGRICULTURAL.


CoL1c IN HoRsEs.-The veterinary editor
of the Western Rural says: "Many differ
elt remedies are recommended in collie. but
1t may, perhaps, be advisable to advert in
the first place to those that should not be
given. Almost every one considers him.
self competent to prescribe for this disease,
though he may be utterly Ignorant of the
effects of the dose which he recommends.
Bleeding is generally recommended to be-
gin with, and then dose of vinegar or
turpentine is poured down the horses
throat. L have even known the CUTS of a
newly killed chicken to be given as rem
edy. ese5
i.Horses affected with the collie are fire.
Quently killed by the administration of i'm
proper remedies. Even those who style
themselves veteran surgeons are ire
quently ignorant of the doses in which the
ordinary remedies should be given. When
asked to consult lately with one OF those
tself-made' practitioners, practicing in De-
troft, found he did not even know the
doses in which the most ordinary medicines
should be given, but mentioned dose.
about q hundred times larger than the
proper one. When such ignorance as this
Is brought to bear on the treatment OF dis
ease, it is not very astonishing the result
should often prove fatal. = ? . ..,.sisi
.Care should be taken to place the pa
tient In q box stall, or in some part of the
stable where there will be less danger OF
lnlurlQR QlmS6lI us SbIuRRlOo 1iiau II hC
were left in his stall. An ounce of sulphur
ic ether and an ounce of tinctufe of opium
should be given in pint OF tepid water,
and this dose may be repeated in half an
hour Ii the horse has not been relieved Dy
the first dose. a1
.sIn fiatulent collie great benefit is OBJ
tained by the frequent administrator 8d
ipircStdaifed1s and they are also very service
able when the collie arises from indigestion,
whichsit frequently does. Seven or eight
drachms of aloes should be given, as this
will remove anv irritating substances from
the intestines which may have given rise
to the collie. s.ss+ 4-1a sv..
is avery absurd practice to run horses
about when suffering from cholic. Those
who adopt this practice think the horse is
benefited by 1t. would suggest, however,
IN the treatment OF horses, the dictates OF
common sense should not be abandoned.
Would those who adopt this mode of treat
nent feel and think it beneficial to be
chased about and whip numerically ap-
piled to their back and legs when they were
suffering from an acutely painful disease.
They might show considerable agility un-
der such an ordeal, but they would not feel
verygrateful to the physiclanto whose skill
and humanity they were indebted for such
heroic treatment. When bOrse Is suffer-
ing from collie never allow him to be dis
turbed, except when it is necessary to ad-
minister medicine to him. I have known a
IMAM 10 duVlSe having u AOTSe Tluueu dDOut
only q short time before the animal died.
BEST TINE FOR CUTTING WHEAT.-The
following experiments, once performed by
the writer, and published in his Western
Farmer and Gardener, edited by him, some
years since, to determine the best time for
cutting wheat, may possibly be interesting
1874 June GA few heads of wheat
were cut from the field. when perfectly
green, the grains hardly having attained
full size, and being "in milk" or quite
"a hundred seeds were carefully weighed
and found to weigh only twenty grains
They were almost shrunk to chaff.
ea1JulE 4--Other heads were cut In the
same Way-they had just begun to assume
perceptible shade of yellow. One hum
dred seed: weighed, when well dried: thir-
ytysfive grains, or nearly double the first.
July 11-Other heads were cut-they had
changed about one-third in color-the
grains in the dough state. One hundred
seeds weighed forty six grains, and would
be regarded as fair specimen of ordina-
ry wheat.
July 15.-Mostly become yellow-a few
sstreaks of decided green near the tips OF
the chaff--heads quite erect. After cutting
in this state, and drying some weeks. the
seeds were very plump and fine looking.
one hundred weighing fifty-ffve grains.
S9.-H0aQS O0aU TIp0 anu CuINcu uOWu-
ward. q One hundred seeds weighed fifty
three gains, being two grains lighter than
the last, which would be a loss of about
one bushel Of wheat in every twenty-seven
by cutting it dead ripe, instead OF two
weeks earlier as In the above instance-be-
sides the loss by shelling, and the inferior
ity of the straw. ...s ..1-e n 5--ssi
LEVEL CULTIVATION FOR CoRN.-For any
5eround that is sufficiently dry and warm
n he suitable for Indian corn. we are con-
-fident level cultivation Is best. We do
not like the common plow for working
scorn-it not only throws the ground toe
much into ridges, thereby exposing too
aynIch surface to be dried by the sun, but
from, its pressure on the ground it
leaves that portion below the furrows
harder than it was before. On verv
Ifght land, mere surface cultivation will
answer Tor corn; but where the soil tends
to mack too heavy, as it will If there Is too
mnch clay in it. we must use some tool
fhat Wylla loosen and pulveriZe 1t. or the
roots of the corn will be cramped and the
TONS ,stnnted. A narrow shovel plow, or q
totsI like q coulter, two or three teeth, ac-
cordfng to the strength Of the team to use
A. and the state of the soil to be set in 8
nroDer frame, are best for compact soils.
l-t;Sht-harroW- aHd- eultiVator- wil-be
found SUFFICIENT on light soils -aol A63
HARVESTING OATs.-It is much the best
1vav TO NOW oats when beginning to turn
yellow. whether they are wanted for fod-
JSA-o.'5 rr-4l-- h the fodder If