National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-08-05
FARM AND GARDEN.


i,O5O pounds, the COW weighing 600
pounds The milk of thirty days, then
weighed 450 pounds iore than the COW
from which it was t.ken. The milk, at
~ cents per quar-, came to S39.372.
The cost of keeping, milking, &c, was
put down at $50 during that time,
leaving net profit of S3lS7R for
thirty days. On the fair grounds thir-
teen quarts of milk were taken from this
COW at one milking.
THERE are IL, 900 windmills III constant
use in Holland at the present day. for
the simple purpose of drainage. They
are almost of colossal size, each lifting
from 10000 600 to 10000, 600 gallons of
water every "a hours.
Ii any one will look at the immense
crops very small garden will produce
for family, and compare it with the
little crops from very large farms, they
should need no better inducement to
enrich their soil highly
To kill Curran worms keep watch OF
the bushes, and rs soon as you ma the
eggs all Matched and the worms fairly at
work. dust the bushes thoroughly when
wet with dew or rain with powdered
hellebore, using for the purpose com
mon -four dredging box or pepper box.
That will be the end OF that brood OF
worms Should another brood appear in
the course of the season, repeat the oper-
alton 1t has been an infallible proven
tive with Inc for five years
INJURIES OF THE HoRsE's FooT.
sensitive structures of the foot are eX-
posed to many injuries, frequent cause
of such is the foot coming in violent con
tact with sharp stone or other hard sub
stance. Another common cause is an
undue or irregular pressure OF the shoe
either upon the heels or other parts OF
the sole. Injury from the last mentioned
cause Is most likely to be produced III
horses with fiat feet because the shoe IN
many cases bears upon the sole rs well as
upon the wall of the foot, and very soon
produces bruise of the sensitive struc-
lures, if the horse is driven upon hard
road. In the Winter season, when travel
ingupon snow and at farm work i'll other
seasons, horses are not so liable to bruises
from improper shooting. But it is differ
ent when they are subjected to journey
upon macadamised roads, rapid drive
of few miles frequently producing a
very severe injury. To protect the sole
in horses with flat feet the shoe
should be properly seated, SO as 10 bear
upon the wall. and rendered concave
toward supper and inner circumference
so MS to prevent any pressure whatever
upon the sole.
The symptoms of bruises are more on
less tenderness, when the horse Is travel
ing, which is greatly increased when he
treads upon hard ground. When stand
ing he inclines to point the foot out.
There is also an increase in the tenn
perature of the foot, which can be readil,
detected by applying the hand above thu
coronet. The arteries leading to the foo
are throbbing, and the general heat 0
the limb is increased Where the inlur,
is severe, the symptoms enumerated ar
of more aggravated character, and tn
infammatory action set up frequentl
terminates in suppuration, or the lorna
ton of matter within the foot
In any part of the body the process O
sllppuration is attended with great pain
but it is much greater when suppurntio
occurs within the foot, owing to the sol
tlSSlltS btllR toNtltA Wy Nhli a. huit CIV
resisting structure MS the hoof. There
fore, the symptoms of suppuratlon IN tn
foot are very well marked indeed Their
is great lameness, heat, and frequentl
Knocking at the fetlock Joint, produce
by the animal endeavoring to take tn
weight off the foot. In some cases, also
Il swelling of the limb will occur, result
ing from the extreme irritation produced
in the foot II the foot is gently tappe'
with hammer, the horse at once evince
pain, and the precise spot may '''en b
detected by using the pincers. 3ruise
are generally confined to the fore feet.
Although bruises are easily detccte'
by professional man, by the common
observer or incompetent prachtioner
they are frequently overlooked, and Civ
rise to very serious results, often termn0
ing in lameness. When matter forms,
not given a free and immediate exit,
must necessarily find its way to the neal
est soft tissues. n swelling appears ON tn
coronet, which becomes soft and iiuctui
ting, and finally breaks and discharge
matter. An examination will show ON
or more sinues within the foot. and II
produced simply from n bruise. In othc
cases bruises may cause laminitis or nav
cular disease, rendering horse nlmo'
useless for road work.
How I CURED My Fowls. l hay
read OF many farmers losing their poultr,
and thought it might he II benefit TO son
Of them to write my cure for diseas
which broke out among my fowls ! To-
about 100 with disease that some OF
stated IN Your paper to he the gou
Some were lame in others the feet won
jerk up to their body ut every step. tn,
had diarrhna, and would droop nroui
week or more and die. Every one tn
took the disease died until I tried 81
phur. / did not have any new cases, m
many that were sick got well. soak,
dry bread and mixed il thick with sulphu
fed them three times, all they would eH
and then gave them some once II We,
for month.
FoR four or five years | have prnctic,
surface MISUNDERSTANDING almost forg,
ten the scathing Of the two prc,io
years of drougth. With II porous =,
and plenty of rain you may feed &
plants in your garden by adding plcn
of the solids 10 the surface, allowing d
soluble parts to percolatc 10 the root
Or rather in the moist season the roc
come to the surface and help thcmscly
10 the manure. This drouth IL giving !
the benefit Of manure | plowcd undc
year ago-last season scarcely pcrceptil
while on other land, only surface ma
ured, corn faints aud withcrs. | stri
my hoe into the surface aud bring NJ
dry mass of corn roots. In the ster
soil below, never MANFRED in the ordnt
sense, for II ~ new wood land, the dait