The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-18
Eject. Of Upon Pa.ture..

The heavy dews which are usual in
late summer and early fall, and the light
boar irosts which occur as the cooler
weather arrives, are unvholesome to
cattle and sheep. 1t may be that the
well known effect Of dew in this direc.
ton gave rise to the old-fashioned idea
that dew was in itself injurious and
caused various diseases. There is moth
ing in the character OF the dew itself
which is hurtiul; but it is the filling Of
the stomach with wet heritage that is
unwholesome. The stomach becomes
distended with the products Of the de-
composition of the wet mass, and in
time the animals suffer. Danger may
be avoided by keeping the stock, espe-
cially young ANIMALS, from the grass
until the dew has dried off. The danger
is not 30 serious until the shorter days
and longer nights of the fall cause an
excessive deposition of dew, when care
should be exercised.
T.nmpass in Horses.
Lampass is an imaginary disease, be-
ing nothing more than a swelling and
tumeiaction OF the bars in the roof of a
horses mouth, communicated thereto
from Inflammation Of the gums when the
animal is shedding his molar teeth, and
often projecting 80 far as to be on a
level with the surface Of the upper in
cisor teeth, and become SO painful as to
prevent the animal from eating. at
times, however, it appears in aged
horses, the process of growth in the
teeth Of the horse continuing during the
whole life of the animal; but in a ma.
iority Of such cases the swelling will
soon subside without any medical treat
ment, a few mashes and gentle alter
atives being all that is necessary to re-
lieve the animal. In the case Of a young
animal a few slight missions across the
bars with a sharp penknife will relieve
the Inflammation and cause tho swelling
to subside. The brutal custom Of burn
ing down the bars with q redhot iron is
as unnecessary as it is cruel, and should
therefore never be practiced.
Restoring n WOrnout Orchard.
In reply to a query the Rural NtW
Yorker gives tbs following msthod for
fertilizing a wornout, gravelly orchard
on a yellow clay hill: This is a difficult
problem to solve. II farmers would only
prevent their land from being wornout,
by using the simple preservatiye meth
dds of growing clover, using plaster and
lime and blowing under clover.sod at
least once in four OF five years, such re-
quests as this would never need to be
made. When land is wornout nothing
can restore it but manure and costly
labor and time. 1t is the fable of the
killing Of the goose to get the golden
eggs repeated. In this case it might be
well to pillow the ground aud SOW a BUSH
Ell and a half of buckwheat per acre. If
any wood ashes can be procured, or a
bushel of plaster per acre, we would SOW
it on the seeded ground. In September
the buckwheat will be in blossom. Ii,en
we would hitch a chain to the double
tree and the plow-beam, and with the
loop dragging in the furrow, pillow and
turn under the buckwheat and leave the
ground until the spring; then cross
pillow and SOW half a bushel Of buck
wheat per acre in May, and with one
peck Of ~cloverseed per acre. The clover
will probably 'take,' and as soon as the
buckwheat is ripe it should be cut,
leaving a high stubble, which will still
protect the clover. The clover should
be permitted to fall on the ground, and
the next year should be plowed under,
and the whole process repeated; har-
vesting the buckwheat, however. The
next crop of clover may be cut for hay
or pastured. After that orchard grass
seed may be sown.