Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-02

TREATMENT OF CALLED BACK-The celebrate
veterinary surgeon, George II. Dadd, gives i
the Prairie Farmer the following SO soon a
an abrasion is discovered on the back Of a horse
the animal should be excused from duty for
few days the abrade1 parts should be dresse
twice daily with portion Of the tincture of aloe
and myrrh. This simple treatment will sooi
heal the parts Should there be no abrasion
but simple swelling attended with heat, pain
and tenderness, the parts should be frequently
sponged with cold water. Occasionally the skii
undergoes the process of hardening Cinduration
This is a condition Of the parts known to the far
riers Of old sittast, - and the treatment is Il,
FOL ows Procure one ounce Of iodine and smear
the indurGted spot with portion of the same
twice daily.
REMARKs on BREEDING. The Rev H. Berry.
in his excellent Essay on Breeding, says Z" 4
person selecting stock from which to breed,
notwithstanding he has set up for himselfa stand
ard Of PROJECTIONS, will obtain them with quail
hcations of different descriptions and in different
degrees. In breeding from such he will exercise
his Judgement, and decide where indispensable
or desirable qualities are wanting, and will cross
with animals with a view to establish them
This proceeding will beof the give and take kind
He will submit TO the introduction Of trifing
defect, in order that he may profit by great ex-
cellence; and between excellences perhaps some
what incompatible, he will decide on which is
the greatest and give it the preference.
ITO farmer beginning improvement, the
best advice is, to get as good bull as he can
and If he has good one Of his kind, to use him
unfortunately with all his cows, and when by
this proceeding, which ought to be persisted in,
his stock has, with an occasional change Of bull,
become sufficiently stamped with desirable ex-
cellences, his selection Of males should then be
made, to eradicate defects which he thinks il
desirable to get rid Of He will not fail to Ike p
in view the necessity of good blood in the bulls
resorted TO, for that will give the only Assurance
that they transmit their own valuable proper
ties to their offspring but he must not depend
on this alone, or he will run the risk Of de-
generacy.'
GREEN CRoPs FOR cows AND HORSES The /
farmer whose pastures are so luxuriant that his 1
cattle and horses find abundant feed from May to
November, in the open fields, may possibly dis .
pense with green crops for fodder but not so
with the majority. During the hot DAYS Of sum
mer the grass dries up, and their beasts suffer
for nutritious food, unless they have provided a
supply Of sowed corn, oats, millet or lucerne.
which can be cut daily and fed to them in the
stables Mich cows which are fed abundantly
with this food, will almost invariably net their
owners one-third more money during the season
than they would if forced to depend on pasture
alone and horses, too, when similarly fed, will
grow fat and sleek in a surprisingly short space
cf time. Last summer We took large horse that
bad been running idly in pasture, and losing
flesh daily-stahled and fed him with green /
sweet corn, and in two OF three weeks he became
q as fat as butter" and might have been sold
or 500 more than he would have brought when
aiken from the pasture. :
We have generally sown sugar corn in drills !
or soilng crop it makes excellent feed, and e
although it yields less in quantity, it is more 4
nutritious than common white or yellow corn +
Odder. The southern white corn, however. is r
,reatly priz d as green crop by many farmers i
md is used almost exclusively in many parts of $
his State for that purpose Many of our read i
rs report very fayorably in regard to millet +
aw have tried lucerre, and like it others use d
ats and Canada peas mixed, for soiing cattle. q
III grow well on proper soil, and we again re- A
hind our readers that it is wise to sow at least q
ne Of these crops for summer fodder-.I'aiae ii
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