The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-11-08
FARM AND GARDEN.

n. Y, writes as follows about death
from 'Hoven,' or bloat, in cattle: |
am glad of pretext and happy of an
opportunity to tell what Il Know about
Gorging;' and the fact that so little is
known about it by those to whom welook
for wisdom, encourages me to state par
tiaulars, in the hope of adding mite
to the mighty little that seems to be
known on this subject; bearing in mind
my inability to boil it down. l ask
your patience under the infiction.
In March, 1871, my COW gorged with
ground wheat, wheat not ground, and
buckwheat, as much of each as she
liked. She could get no water, and
when found, too sick to eat or drink.
Though myself an NJ. D., Immediately
made diligent inquiry of the oldest in
habitants' what to do, and was told to
give no water, but plenty of grease or
'hoip of some kind, fat pork, boneset,
ETC., ETC.; l kept inquiring, and kept
giving what l knew would not kill, for
two days. finally tapped her to let
off the gas, which took fire and burned
at the orifce of the tube with a pale
blue fame. gave weak lye, and a
pailful of warm water poured down af-
ter it, but of no avail, as | thought; so
l cut open the side, and my boy, sixteen
years old, put in his hand repeatedly,
and pulled out about bushel and
half of provender baked so hard that it
was difficult to tear it in pieces with
the fingers; but on reaching the bot
tom, he found that the water was at
work softening the mass, and l was
then convinced that if she died, it
would be in consequence of the opera
ton, as the water would have cured
her by dissolving the mass and allowing
it to pass off, the moisture of the stom-
ach being only sufficient to make it
swell and bake.
By the advice of one who knew all
about the parts, l cut three inches too
far back from the ribs, and so the
paunch was not grown fast to the point
of incision. l sewed it up, but the
cord was dissolved by the juices of the
stomach. / used leather strings with
little better results, and when hope was
gone, drove her out to kill; but my wife
pleaded for her life, and yielded, and
drove her back to the yard. She lived,
had her calf in about six weeks, and
raised it, though there was large hole
not only in the peritoneal cavity, but in
the paunch also, from which food and
water escaped during the entire sum-
mer. The only treatment was to syringe
out the peritoneal cavity once or twice
week with warm water Had l cut
closer to the rib, she would have got
we'll much sooner.
My brother, farmer, cut open a
cow of his after she could stand up no
longer, removed bushel of rye, and
she got well. Mr. Hart Graves, of this
town, had eleven head of cattle to eat
all the wheat they wanted. He drove
them to the water at once, and after
drinking, he whaled them about the
yard with CAD till they seemed to
think it thing to get out of the way
of, and ran off down the road; it was
winter, but it looked like bare ground
behind them when they came back.
Not one was sick after that of the whole
eleven.
Conclusions. My COW got we'll in
consequence of some good treatment,
and in spite of bad operation. My
brothers was saved by operation as a
last resort. Graves cattle were saved
by the use of good common sense.
What is the Remedy?-I would tap
for bloating, and with large knife; a
carving knife is better than common
jack or pocket knife. There is no dan
ger from big hole in the paunch, if it
is made where it adheres to the body,
or grows fast Give water freely.
RIBBON GARDENING.-Flower gar
dening in the past two years has been
characterized by general .furore for
ribbon gardening. This plan of deco
rating the lawn came from England and
is still in vogue there. 1t consists SIM
ply in setting plants of a varying
hight and color in rows, forming bed
where there is startling contrast of
foliage and colors. The circle is per-
haps the most fashionable, and consists
of several circular rows one within the
other. In the first row the plants are
usually quite low and uniform in color,
usually dwarf, and rising but little above
the grass; in the next circle, immedl-
ately within, the flowers are Of bright
er color and plants are higher; and with
each interior circle plants increase in
hight, until the center is reached, when
some single specimen, very tall, with
singular leaves, is used. We have seen
tall grasses, fifteen feet high, used for
these centers, while the plants beneath
on the border are hardly two feet high.
Another style of ribbon garden is to
have straight bed in the lawn, parallel
with the path, and from two to three
feet wide. Often these ribbon beds are
filled with a single plant, or flowers of
but one color; and bedding plants are
frequently used this way-such as ver-
bena, portulacca, and even phlox or
geranium. Phlox-seed can be epurchas
ed which will give several different col
ors. Geraniums look best on circular
mound, and in bed, entirely by them
selves. This form of gardening is much
to be encouraged in this country. And
the best preparation is only to take
smooth lawn and cut the figures out of