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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-06
l~tEBRUARY 6, lS,a

they can hardly be seen by n.
aid of a microscope, hat the H.
of Unwholesome food, will 500.
or later bring about a lang 3.
ease on animals, is sometE.r
that every man knows or ar.}
10 know.
Ii any one i 80 unfortun4t.
to have moulded food and j. ~.
able TO do better than use s-.r
they should be careful, to W..
shake the fodder or hay SO a,
get oft the dust, and dampa,
with a weak solution Of salt MA.
ter. The use Of rife oats, wlea..
rye, or any other grain crop Is b.
no means injurious to stock If
not moulded. The beard mi.ht
effect the gland or wind pl,a
but that can be obviated by cut
ting with d cutting knife. II
conclusion permit me to say.
Messrs, Editor, that | am thin oa
physic. either for the human. or
brute family, as the order OF til.
day seems TO be big, YOU and H.
tie |. A great many physiciaa~
are cursed for their patients, d,.
inc, when the fault is in tie
medicine being adulterated.
will therefore recommend, for
use of animals, when not healthy
one half gill powdered sulpJcr
once a week, as that is so cheap
it is highly probable it will he
found to be all birthstone. >ut
once a weed, is good for all al
mails.
Z. S. | commenced by say.e.
your worthy journal, meant
what | said, when | said worthy.
I think any one does not take
your paper is in their own light
and probably may die in isnor
ance.
l.. B. MANNIN,
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farm, they pick it clean during
the winter and return nothing,
for the manure is not saved or
if the cattle are driven up at
night they are left in an open
lot and what manure is made IS
almost worthless. They are too
poor to milk, and cant be gotten
fat enough from the pasturing IN
the summer to make beef of.
And another error is in never
knowing what to do if one gets
sick. When such is the case the
poor animal is not considered
worth the trouble it would take
to save it, and it dies without a
thought. These things should
be changed, and must be before
we can thrive.
To show the advantage OF we'll
kept COWS, | will site a single
instance. / took up a COW last
winter that was sopoor | offered
to take ten dollars for her-fall-
ing to get that, | determined to
make her saleable. Istabled her
and got her in condition, then
turned her to an Ayrshire bull
in the spring. In the fall | was
offered thirty-fve dollars for her
and refused it; she now has a
fine half-blood calf and will give
three gallons milk per day
She has her stable every night
with plenty to eat, and pays well
in appearance, if in no other
way, for my trouble. Let each
farmer take up one COW and try
my plan, he will be delighted
S. r..
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Sheep Husbandry and the
Dog Tax.
Editor Farmer and Mech mic:

Elite. Farmer and Mechlnic:
S1R-In some of the late daily
papers we noticed a paragraph
estimating how much the State
Treasury might bag from the
proposed dog tax. Such an estl-
mate is quite impertinen'. Your
clipping from the Wilmington
Stur, in your last issue, IS more
to the pointer the protection
of sheep must be the only ex-
cuse for taking a prominent no.
tice of the dog. Dogs are per
sonal property, and should be
listed at their value; and no
speci4l tax on them is constltu-
tional. Many dogs, however,
are a nuisance, and as such
should be controlled and licensed
as a precaution for the protection
Of sheep; and the fund raised
raised by a license fee OF, say,
so cents each, should be held by
the County Commissioners and
paid out to sheep owners who
have the misfortune to get sheep
worried by dogs, and who prove
their loss. To prevent the eva
sion Of the license, the Commls-
sioners might provide collars to
be given out by the list r OF
taxes to those who list dogs and
nav the license fee; and the peo-
pie should be empowered to de-
stroy every dog not wearing the
license collar. This course would
rid the country of many useless
ours, would yield a legitimate
revenue to the State from valu-
able dogs, and protect our sheep
in a feasible manner. Which OF
our Legislators will take the mat
ter up?
Respectfully submitted by
A FARMER.
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CLAY COUNTY, n. c.,
January "a, 1879.

-
Euitor Farmer and Mechanic:
| am a reader Of your valua-
BILE paper, and like its general
tone we'll. But [ see a letter In
the issue of the 9th inst, signed
"Caswell," on the subject Of tax
ing dogs, which seems to me to
be rather extravagant. Mr.. "C'
says let the Legislature place a
tax of 50 on each dog, and s.
on the nanny Of the dog sex.
Well, sir, be values dogs higher
than | do; although, | agree
with the gentleman that dogs
are property, but they are of no
commercial value, and why tax
them as though they We're worth
hundreds? Sir, the best medi-
I'm horse in Clay will not sell
for more than $50; hence we
only pay 62a cents on him a year.
/ admit that sheep husbandry
should have protection, but to
tax the dog, perhaps, is not the
best course to pursue. If the
loser Of sheep should get pay for
all the sheep reported killed by
dogs, then we would have to pay
for many head that are eaten by
two legged dogs "that will kill
any mans sheep that tries to
bite them" The Constitution
provides the means of levying
taxes, and the dog must be taxed
according to his value. Some
may ask what that is. Well, it
is like Capt. M. sold his Jack.
He offered him to the highest
bidder, and, getting no bid at
all; the Captain reversed the or
der and offered him to the low
est bidder. At this proposition
Leatherwood said he would bid,
if the Captain would throw in
the bride, which was agreed to.
Leatherwood bid 81 cents-less
than nothing. After crying long
and loud, the Captain says
Here's your Jack" Leather
wood lead the Jack off some dis
lance, and his old trusty "spir
fire." and Leather wood came
back with the bride in his hand
Let's be careful, brother farm
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A bushel of corn, we'll ground

A bushel Of corn, we'll ground,
is equal to two hundred and
forty pounds of good hay, for
stock food. An acre of we'll
MANFRED land should produce
not less than forty bushels and
one hundred bushels can be OBJ
tanned at slightly increased ex-
pense. This would be equal to
five tons, nearly, Of hay per acre,
in one case, and twelve tons in
the other. Does it not pay, then,
to raise corn?
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BELMONT STOCK FARM,
February I'd, 1879.

Editor Farmer ard Mechanic:
Your paper, a few weeks since,
had an article on the Percheron
Norman horse-and it reminds
me of my purpose to write some
thing of horse stock, and it is
not a matter of surprise that |
set up a claim to a share of fit
ness to speak of them with con-
fdence in my experience, as my
sixty-third winter is passing, and
/ have been actively engaged ali
my life with horses in all forms
of harness work, and the stage
service for most of the last forty
years, and the last twenty-five
a breeder-and of various types
and hope [ have none of the
ear-marks of a jockey. | have
had a close acquaintance with
the famous Morgan horse family,
particularly the Black-hawk
family, then the Cleavland bays
the grades of the country to
be found on every hand-the
Blood horse and his many cross
es, the English dray horse, the
Scotch-Clydesdale horse, the Per
cheron-Norman (French) horse,
fist introduced in this country
by Mr.. Harris, of New Jersey in
1851 and 1853 and to 1859, when
there is no trace of any in the
Stud-Book (Percheron Norman)
till the clouds of battles clearing
up | imported, in April, 1865,
two stations and two mares, and
a mare for a friend came with
mine. In 1868 a lot Of each
we're imported by Mr.. Walters,
of Baltimore, and two stations
were imported into Illinois, and
there are now over 500 head
pure bred in the Sud Book of
that family. The better days of
wealth and luxurious ease and
the high melted thorough-breds
are gone, and whether good or
not in their day, "Othello's oc-
cupa!ion is gone," and We must
adapt ourselves to it without
pining, and if my experience is
trusted, let us produce our own
horses and let each section Of
country breed to suit thei'
wants, and be sure to breed from
pure bred or high-grade sires Q
their kinds and mares Of a caste
to suit the sires and with al
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L. B. NtANNIN

Though farmers shoaId not
work all the time, it would sur
prise the best to know how
much of their time Is post ye'r
wasted.
Potatoes, MANFRED with five
hundred pounds of ashes per
acre, will yield satisfactory re-
suits. Animal manure has q
t2ndency to make tLem "waN,.
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CORPS.

Ma. " A GREGORY, AL tu
PROF; VI KEss' ttscientihc contributors
c.pr DRNsoN. lFloral and Horfl.
PRoF. G. Is. FAIRCHILD, 5 cultural writer's.
Issued Every Thursday morning
Eight pages: As columns! Only Ssper
annum, cash.
Office opposite post-office ;3rd floor.
Address FARMER AND MECHANIC,
Raleigh, NC.
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LIE mean Temperature of this mouth
LtIow the usual limit for Dec mber; 'H7
avefake OF the maxima l. also l-ss Una
norman Dy the same modnt; and the IL.
mum by one degree. The rainfall is neal.
fftv per cent in excess of tn due ahIoaaI,
although the number of cloudy days Il ~
larger than usual. and an unusual pre-
n OF w. 10 NV. winds Is also quit
tEh!s. W. {. ERH
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MARLBORO, PITT Co, n. c.,
January 3Oth, 1879.

Mr.. EDIToR:-I see much
written in your journal and
others on the way to renovate
lands and improve the fortunes
of the farmer, from which l have
gained many valuable hints, and
feel grateful to the au hor when
ever [ read an instructive ar
ticle.
But Notwithstanding all that
has been said and written on the
subject, our people seem yet to
be either ignorant, or indifferent
to the one thing needful for
their permanent success.
The writers say stock must be
kept on the farm or the land
cannot be raised to its highest
capacity-we believe that, and
most men keep stock, but what
kind? why just such as would
put any civilized people to
shame except our Southern PLAN
tiers. And why can't we have
paying stock like that we read
about; and why don't our land
improve when We have as many
as we can keep alive? The
cause is very apparent-those
who have stock seem to expect
them to raise themselves, feed
themselves and improve the
land, by browsing off everything
they can swallow after all the
crops have been taken off. Now,
there is a radical error in such
a course, for we can make moth
ing pay without care. 1t we
would have a good horse, that
horse must have a good COM
Portable stable, neither too cold
in winter, nor too warm in sum-
mer. And to keep it comfortable
it must never be allowed to be
come foul and offensive, for
cleanliness is as necessary for a
horse as for a mamie can't
thrive in filth. Besides, we can't
get the full benefit of his manure
if it is left to accumulate in the
stable, that some seem never to
consider. Many farmers now
have their horse stables thrown
out only once a year. There
YOU see is a loss, both in the
health and vigor of the animal,
and in the quantity and quality
of manure raised. A farmer
can't afford to be out of the use
of his manure twelve months:
for it is equal to so much money
and no man would think OF
locking up a sum of money and
keep it a year without using II
or getting interest on it.
Cattle, though every man feel:
bound to keep a few, get little
or no care, they are seldom fed
half pastured and necer stabbed
In calving time they are never
noticed more than the dry cattle
and if the calf is lost .or want Q
nourishment fromit half-starvet
mother, they wonder why
should not have gotten through
like the others while the wonde
is really, that any should b
raised, or that ever the poor Gov
should survive the strain upol
her vitals. Cattle kept IN tina
way are a dead weight upon tn
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years old be self-supportlng on
a farm, and at three or four
years old they will be average
farm or driving and riding
horses, and sell when a year
older, if wished, and let young
animals move up into theirl
places.
A good colt whenit is dropped
may have cost ten to twenty
dollars, it need be but a little in
the dams way at work, and at
FIVE months old weaned and we'll
cared for the first winter, and
good care should be continued,
and fifteen to twenty dollars a
year for two years till they may
be used at thirty months old,
and thus at a cost Of say fifty to
sixty dollars, and most of it
grass, hay and fodder, of no cash
cost. 1t will be said horses are
low and even at the prices Of all
that enter into their production
they should be raised, which
can only be done in say forty
two to forty eight months from
conception, and before that time
we may hope there will be bet
ter prices for all property, and
let us be prepared for this hoped
for change. / have a decided
choice for the breeds | would
adopt; but be sure to breed
from animals Of a feed and use
.tA type to suit the times our lot
is cast in. If you have mules,
use them for drudges and wear
them out to your profit, as they
produce no young and have
mares to work and raise colts
nearly as we'll as not to work.
In France breeding mares work
up to a few days of foaling and
commence in a week or two af-
ter. The colts r used some by
way of training at eighteen
months, and work for this sup
port and profit at two and a
half years old. The latter may
be done if we'll raised and cared
for here, as the Percherons ma
ture early, of the best working
temper, and the colts at all pc
RODS seem ahead of other breeds
who are slower to mature, and
will not be Of as good size at
any age as half bred Percherons.
They, | think, will answer the
mired wants of the farmers and
planters of this country as we'll
as the pure bred. The blood
horse on large brood mares may
bring good colts for mixed uses,
there is a place occasionally for a
trotter, but if one crops out it IS
a matter Of years to develop and
diverts off from the field work
that we can't attend to too close.
whilst the work horse needs only
to be trained before the owner
in the midst Of his labors and
at other times fit to ride and
drive at a good gait for family
uses. Those who will trump uI
reasons why we can't raise coils
and young horses and prefer tt
buy of a travelling jocky. ]
will say corn and its stalk fod
der cut up and put aside il
shocks, blade or top fodder, corr
with cut oats, German mile
hay, clover and orchard gras'
hay mixed, grass sod to sun OF
at all seasons ifpracticable, ane
Timothy hay, will enable an,
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ers, and try 10 have something
left besides tie bride: for it Is
plain that many dogs are ct
cents worse than nothing,
Wool Hat.
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Editors Farmer and Utehanic !:
I saw in your worthy journ-
al OF the Both inst. that there Is
an epidemic among the horses III
some sections Of this State which
is considered to be Kindred to
blind staggers. While | do not
profess to be we'll versed, IN the
diseases Of horses, or a horse doe
tor. neither the son Of a horse
doctor, nevertheless, if you will
permit me through your column
rs, to give my views, [ will do so
in as considerate a manner as |
possibly can. First, 50 far as ap-
phys to blind staggers | don't
think popular speaking there IS
any such disease, but as they be-
long to the brute creation, the
name Of the disease may be ap-
plicable to their race. but SO far
as applys to that, it should be re
garded as a minor consideration.
But to the point, SO far as applys
to the disease, in horses called
staggers, all rejecting men r
bound to concede the fact that
the disease is only prevalent In
malarial districts, hence, you will
only find what is called staggers
to prevail among horses in sec
| tons where chills and fever are
prevalent, therefore it must be a
malarial disease, it follows as a
natural consequence, that the
disease is nothing more or less
than a congestion Of the brain, or
In other words, congestive chill,
the same as the human family
is frequently heir to.
In regard to the disease above
referred to. [ think it very pro-
bable that it is contagious, as
was doubtless the epizooty, a
fever years ago, unless the pres
ent disease is caused by the use
of unWholesome food which |
will notice before [ close.
I am cognizant of the fact IN
these degenerate times, that the
community is hard to convince,
unless tacit proof coupled with
good reason can be adduced.
Now for the proof, your CORES
pendent lived twelve years, on
the borders Of the upper country
where chills are few and for be-
tween, never neald Of what was
denominated staggers in horses,
IN the upper country. twenty
miles below, whenever malarial
diseases prevailed, what is called
staggers IN horses also prevailed
In 1866 or 1867 from the Will
min2ton and Weldon Railroad,
to the sea coast, the staggers
SO called prevailed to an alar-
ming extent. A wealthy farmer
who was losing horses, and mules
daily, by a disease as he thought
staggers, called on a noted physi-
clan, In whom he had undivided
confidence, to prescribe a remedy
for his horses. He was told by
the doctor, Though he was nc
horse DOCTOR, if he would give
him the symptoms, he ould dc
the best he could, for him. The
doctor was told the horses were
taken with a dropping tremor a.
though they had a chill, the doc
tor told him he thought it wa
a congestive chill, prescribed one
4th a ounce quinine to be repeated
every hour if there was no reac
ton. The farmer did asady;eol
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South Carolina, and Mr.. and Mrs. A. Sleght Jones,
New York, are registered nj the Arlington.
THE health OF Hon. y. B. French, Second auditor
Of the Treasury, has considerably improved. lie Is
still at his homo In Maine.
THOMAS Dance ANDERsoN, son OF Ex-Governor
Hugh J. Anderson, OF this city, died in Portland,
Me- on Wednesday last, aged thirty-fve years
REV. c. II. MEAD, the recently.appointed assist.
ant rector of the Epiphany Church, arrived IN the
city yesterday and took rooms at the Ebbiu House.
GEORGE THOMPSON, of Chicago W S. Conover,
Florida; C.. Il. Tappan, Philadelphia, and N.
Russell and wife, New York, are booked at VIII
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stopping ut the Riggs House.
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wife, Norwalk. Ohio; George w. Bralton and wife,
Philadelphia; John II. SnmmiS, Florida; w, a.
Fletcher, Chicago, and ID. b. Foley and wife, New
York. registered at the st. James yesterday.
1T speaks for ITSELF" is what q lady said Of pr.
Bulls Cough Syrup the other day, for single
bottle cured my child of a most dreadful cough.
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r. b. KERR, OF Pittsburg is at the Ebbltt House
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Wormleys.
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the Ebbitt House
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Ot the Ebbi1 House.
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rived at Wonnley's yesterday.
SENATOR ]. Don CAMERON and wife, Of Pennsyl-
yanla have apartments at Wormleys.
JB. MARTIN, Of st. Louis; T, H. Stewart and
wife New YQrR; j. Corwlne, U. 8. ~; Il. Y. Jones,
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ScriJners MODahlg Illustrated Magazine for
November is among the very best editions of
that periodical ever given to the reading pub
lie. It's table of conteuts is rich and varied,
among which is an interesting paper on the
Mississippi Jottios, and another on Bayard
Taylor, The magazine wears very thrifty
look.
The Eclectic Magasine, OF foreign literature
for November, has found it's way to our table,
illustrated with a fine steel engraving of Pro-
fossor Guiot. 1t has very interesting table
Of eOntents.
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honest and earnest endeavor to secure the
success of the Republican cause, including
the election Of Mr.. CORNELL. These facts
show that for once in its history the Rcpub-
lican party has succeeded in establishing
unified discipline within its ranks which
makes il simply and terribly irvinoible.
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THE registration of voters closes in New
York to-day. Reports from all parts of the
State indicate that the number will be
larger than at any previous election in its
history This is u favorable augury to the
Republican cause.