Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-30

4 certain cure for founder in a horse
is to stand him in water up TO his belly.
] have known it practiced for fifty
years; and swathing the legs in hot wa
ter. VINEGAR and sugar Of lead, are all
good to some extent; but a founder
must be relieved suddenly, or the horse
will show stiffness in his actions and
have dcfurmcd and callus tender hoofs.
Water applied to the legs I DO not
consider positive cure; the disease
must De attacked at the root by bleed
ing and purging; a few drops Of blood
ru ken from below the fCtlocks viii hasten
his recovery But the most certain and
quick remedy that ! have ever known is
"a green gurL Take a large green
rourd, cus 1t up, put it into a gallon Of
water and boil it down to a quart Strain
the liquid and drcnch; in twenty-fOur
hours the horse viii be perfectly himself
The courl is "a powerful diuretic, and
will cause the horse to stale the most
rfcrsivc oGor.
In $50 traded for two fine young
mares in Augusta, Ga. / rode one OF
them to Kentucky, and my servant the
other. Early one morning at the crossing
of Clinch river, Tenn, We found one OF
the mares so badly foundered that she
could not BE led out Of the stable. pro
cured a green gourd and drenched her as
directed above. and directed the servant
l. remain until she was able to travel
\ poctn- that hc would reach home three
or four days after me. the next day after
my arrival he came In, with the mare in
as good plight as itEothing had happened
thirty Years Experience in wheat
Culture.
The following article from the Rich.
mond Planter and Farmer viii be found
Of great interest to wheat growers in
Middle Tennessee, especially those who
have rot vet sown their wheat:
THE PROPER pErgu or SEEDING DISCUSSED
Before Che Introduction Of the wheat
dill into common use, either the harrow
the siug,r shovel or the double shove
plow, was generally adopted, in Eastern
EirgiDia, as the most improved i,nnIc.
mant fer covering wheat sown Lro9dc,st
The mostsuccezsiul farmers in the lowe,
valley generally preferred the sinrI'
shovel rlow, following its Use b,,ys,7r
with careful narrowing, untiltba srrc,l.
vas rendered smooth and fine Tbcrs.
.Ithc drill has extensively reyoIgtionige,
former practices in both ofthcse section
of the State not Ia speak particn'arI,- n
changes elsewhere 4 moro +borcrrl
1rrTaratiuu Of lhc grou Lv tLo rso .
HE barrow and roller Tdgmoudp1 ~ in
disT,rsah'yuogc-sary nthe success full q,
easy operation eff the drill. One of tn
PECULIAR advantages claimed for thi
Instrument Is, thatit deposits the grail
deeper and of more uniform depth, thai
could hc attained 10y any of the othe
modes ol covering previously i'm use.
1 believed, Theoretically, in the impor
lance of sowing deeply; and was incline
10 adopt IL as IA axiom, that the dcepe
Dhc covering thelcss liability ofthe whea
,o be speWcd up and winter~kiled
believed that the alternate freezing an
thawing OF tie round during winter an
ca-ly spring, was the best preparation
could receive to il for the nourishmer
and Inauguration ofthc growing plan
Chcr;shing these theoretical views, / Wa
notpreparCd for the frequent disappoint
mcnt of my expectations which occurre,
in REGARD TO the effects of deep sowin
upon the VrodugGveness of the crop.
resolved, however, TO test these theori,
by experiment before l could he statistic
10 rclinquish my prediction for theI
la pursuance of this resolution, / selectC
Tor trial a rich lot Of ten acres, which