Year: 1871




We find the following in the American
Stocl, Journal:


BoTs OR COLO IN HOIsEs-Fil an ordi~
nary junk bottle half fall of molasses then
fill with sweet milk; shake we'll and drench;
follow the above in about an hour, with u
bottle ofstrong sage tea, ma lie of our ordi-
nary garden sage next day give the horse a
feed of rough rice, and the next day the
dead bots will come out with the rice MY
theory is that the milk and molasses being
sweeter than blood, the bots turn loose to
eat it. The sage tea will kill them, and it
is the only thing l ever heard of that will
do it, without injury to the horse. The rice
will cat out the dead bots better than salts,
in fact, if you will give horses feed of
rough rice every two weeks, I do not think
there is any danger from bots-at least such
is my experience As proof of what have
written, get two sage leaves, dip them in hot
water, lay one down, put lively bot on it,
then cover him with the other, and he will
die instantly. Sage ten l have also found
very beneficial in collie, and is perfectly
harmless if it does no good. tE


ABORTION IN Cows-Arrest of the nutri-
ton Of the toetus from weakness or low feed
ing on the part Of tho COW, or from the oc,
currence of state of fever or Inflammation,
which checks the secretion for the nOurish-
ment of tho calf, as it does all others in the
body, sometimes causes premature expulsion
Of the progeny. Bad odors have proved
EQUALLY noxious. Thus, few years ago,
abortion was banished from farm in this
county by draining pool of liquid manure.
The draining of wet or marshy lands, and
the removal of stagnant pools containing de-
composed organic matter, from which the
COWS wero accustomed to drink, have equally
pnt II stop to it. Some cases have been
traced to tho fetii discharges from unhealthy
wounds, and others to the close, sitting air
| ofthc cow-house loaded with putrid emana-
| tions from the lungs, skin, dung and urine
of the cows. Remove the cause, and the
cows will cease to abort


MUERAIX IN CATTLE-Common smart
weed, prepared as follows: Take what can
be pressed with tho hand into o common pail
or bucket; put this to ono or ne;half bucket
of water; boil briskly oneihour; strain clear.
Take a syringe holding one and half gal
Ions and inject it into the bowels. blood
warm, by the rectum, With mo this is q
certain cure, and seldom more than one In
lection is required. My syringe is of tin,
and with the follower cost g SO.


Hoe CHoLEnA-Dissolvo thoroughly one
pound of copperas in three gallons Of warn


water, and apply the wash about milk warm


to the affected animal, by dipping into the


solution or rubbing upon it until the skin i:


thoroughly wet Whenever the skin of the


hog begins to look rough and seaIy or of /,


dark red color, apply the wash Immediately


Don wait until the more alarming symptoms
(vomiting and purging) set in. Apply the


wash every day until the scales arc removed
| BLACK TEETH Ix UoGs-Black teeth ii


hogs jaws seem to be diseased or PARTIAL,
rotten, and to act in some way or other jus


as injurious upon tho hogs appetite an


health, as the toothacho docs upon the hu


man body Whether the black tceth in


hogs jaw, ache and ronder him feverish an


fretful, and disposed to lose his appetite anC


flesh, and got poor and stay poor, am no
prepared to say; but as toothache has
: strong tendency to produce this result II
J man, it is fair to presume that such teeth il
} hogs will ache and produce the same effeC
in the case of hogs and other domestic an


mails that they do in man. We would adyis
you to remove them. This is the best an
perhaps the only cure for the black toot
disease in hogs. And it surely is not an
more "crueT' to have such teeth extraete
from or knocked out of hogs jaw, than
is to have own or children's rotten and ach
ing teeth pulled out of our or their heads
by n regular dentist, or By any other pei
son who can do it for US.


THUMPs IN SwINE-The thumps is a sor


of palpitation, caused by sufTocati5n of the
lungs, which arises either from being KEEP
10 damp, foul air, or by the hogs oyerlyin


the pigs, by piling upon each other in clos
beds If the beds be in fine dust, as hogs


beds are apt to be, it is an aggravation ofth


trouble. As to q remedy, prevention is th
only sure cure, by furnishing cOmfortabl
, quarters in clean bedding and plenty Q
e room. After the thumps have fairly set il
= there is little hope of saving the pig, but
? can sometimes be done by placing the an
r mails So affected in comfortable quarters b
J. themselves, and feeding them on eornnea
e wet with milk, and pretty well dosed wit
f sulphur.


a Sows EATIEJ PIGs.-Young sows vi
J. sometimes eat their offspring from eostiy,
| naas which my be nreventel hv feadin