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VOLUME VI CHERAW, SOUTH-CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26. 1841. NUMBER 41.
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Agrict;ltitr\l Schools.
Messrs Editors.?As tho establishment *
an Agricultural School in this State is a
subject in which a deep interest is felt by ^
of your subscribers, permit tne to furnish
with an extract of a lerter received from
A. Litton, at Paris, dated the 19th ofOc- 11
p
tober, 1839, which will show, in part,
what has been done and is now doing in
other countries on this most important of ^
all subjects?an agricultural education
|| for the sons of farmers. And permit me
to notice one feature there mentioned. It r
is* that all experiments and improvements j
are first tried at the model farms. In a
this way a vast amount|of labor and,theo- s
ry must be saved to the practical agricul- c
turist, and many supposed improve- f
inents that look well in theory, yet wheu v
reduced to practice are found to be, as a
far as the fanner is concerned, worth- jj
h-ss. We all know the facility with v
which recommendations are procured for (
to various labor saving machines, and yet j
many of them upon trial wi;l found, either ^
from their construction or the materials ^
with which they are constructed, or from
various other causes, to be nearly useless; *
and if not so, the expense of many is so I *
fKt.f < kii oft n w-1 Kin f . rmnr i? nnt wil. I _
^IC?l lllQi lilt OUIIOIUIW lllMMva ..v* ?... , g
ling to run the risk in the purchase of i c
them without having their merits tested. | f
For these reasons 1 would suggest through j g
you, that until we can establish such a ' 0
school and farm as is contemplated by the \
State society, that each of the Agricultur- r
ai societies offer premiums for the differ r,
ent labor saving machines, and then relv p
upon a trial of their merits by experienced n
persons, and which ought to be done in s,
presence of the societies at some of their t|
meetings, so that all persons interested in c
such implements, might have an oppor- n
tunity of witnessing their practical effect \
and operation. tj
Your friend, B. L. s
" [ have now been so long in this won- c
derful capital, that its wonders and curi- n
osities are becoming quite familiar. My f
walks, which were formerly interrupted at [
almost every step bv something novel or g
curious, are of late become rather mono u
tonous, and a distance which formerly re- a
t quired some hour or two to accomplish, v
from the many interesting objects in my r
way, is now finished in a few moments, r
and the mind is scarcely diverted from j<
the train of thought that occupied it be- y
^?** ?11--- ? ? CJ * no mo v I
lore suiiymg i?i m. otmngc ?. 4
seem, the streets of Paris have become J
almost as famiJiar to me as those of Nash- ?
vilie, and were it not that I wasconstan- vs
tlv reminded by sourxfs and words with fo
which nay ears have not as yet become 2
familiar, I might almost forget that Nash- n
ville had been lately mv home, and that I e
was a strangej in a foreign land. it
Since here I have not forgotten your n
reflwest, nor your profession. In my h
broken French I have endeavored to find u
out what is doing for the cause of Agricultare
and Horticulture, hut cannot say that ft
I have gained any information, which p
will be either new or very interesting to p
you.?Connected with one of the depart, gi
meats of the government, is a bureau or \ y
department devoted exclusively to the 1 h
interest of agriculture. How it aid9 the n
cause I have not been able to learn, farther g
than by giving prizes for discoveries or in- t!
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ventions connected wun me science, n p
may he said to be the executive of the y
Royal Central Society of Agriculture, n
which is located in this city, consisting e
of 40 ordinary, 24 free and 12 foreign as- o
aociates, aud which is the centre of cor- a
respondence of ail the societies of France y
devoted to agriculture, and to all the dif- a
ferent branches of rural and domestic e- c
conomy. This society has several model b
farms, at which are tried all experiments e
offered by experience or by science, pre- a
vious to their recommendation. These tl
faims are situated in different parts of ti
France, the nearest to Paris being distant V
between 20 and 30 miles.?The directors y
of this last, publish an annual volume, i<
which is entirely d'.siinct from the month- y
ly periodical published bv the society, S
which latter word is considered the most b
able among the many consecrated to this i n
science. Information upon all the diff. s*
erent branches of agriculture in every c
part of France is collected by this society, 11
and the most interesting and valuable is
made public through its monthly journal, s
Besides this journal there are many ofh- s
ers, some of which are devoted to partic- h
ular branches, among which is one exclu- u
ively to Horticulture. This latter is a
made the organ of a society, the object of a
which is to promote the interests of this tl
liter science. This society has at least
ne annual exhibition, at which premiums
re given.?The one which was held this
ear and but a few weeks ago I attended;
nd at which was presented for premium
very variety of fruit and rare flower. As
gazed at the former I felt every disposiion
to test their merits by some other
ense than that of sight. At the same exibition
were presented a great variety of
ools and ornaments for gardens, und along
the latter I nruch admired a founfun
and wished I could transport it to your
ome. Whether the combined efforts of
overnment and societies have effected
ny great changes in these important scinces
I cannot say, but from the upward
nd onward march of those with which I
retend to have some knowledge. I should*
easoning from analogy, infer that they
ave not been stationary. I have sent
ou all the catalogues of books upon agriultureand
which! hope you have receied.
Since my arrival in Paris, I have not
>een beyond its barriers but but once and,
hen I saw every where a smiling and
lighlv cultivated country, and furnishing
trong indications that man had not been
die, and that his labors were to be rewardd
with abundance."?Agriculturist.
From the S. C. Temeperance Advocate.
To THE NeWBEBRY AGRICULTURAL SoCIETY.
In discharge ef the duty assigned to
ne, with other members, at the last meetng
of the Agricultural Society, I will,
s well as I am able, put you in possesion
of all the information which I possess,
>n the subject of wheat. I have now,
or 21 years, annually sowed a crop of
yheat: and I have uniformly made some,
Ithough in two years, that some was very
ittle, and very indifferent. Yet, on the
yhole, I have generally made enough for
he use of my family, and I am persuaded
hat there are few farmers, who cannot
lo as well, and many who can do abunlantly
better.
The attention should be first directed to
he selection of seed. It is an old saying,
hat "a change from sand is no change,
it all," by which it is meant, when you
hange your seed wheat, do not take
rom a sandy soil. A strong clay soil
;ives the best varieties of wheat. For
?ur climate, wheat from the North or
Vest does not answer well: it is geneally
too late, and is more liable to the
ust. If we could obtaip wheat from
arallels of latitude in the old world, cor^spending
with our's, I think it would
ucceed admirably. So too, wheat, from
fie South and South West of our own
ontinent, will do well, and hence I have
o doubt, that the variety of Texian
Vheat, introduced among us by our esimable
citizen, and enterprising and
killful farmer, Judge Wilson, will suceed
admirably. Of our own varieties,
ione have answered so well with me, as
hat which is known by the name of the
lolland Wheat. It is a small yellow
rain, and weighs uniformly 60 lbs. and
pwards to the bushel. It ripens about
week earlier than our common winter
fheat, and will stand longer after it is
ipe. As it ripens, the nela exnioits a
nost beautiful yellow golden appearance:
coking at it, as gently moved by the
rind, it looks like a sea of molten gold,
t is not as liable to rust, blight or smut,
obtained it from John Holland, of
,aurens, in the year 1833, when the
rheat of the upper country, was entirely
lighted and destroyed. He made from
0 acres, 200 bushels of ricely cleaned,
lerchantable wheat. 1 have sowed it
very year since. This year, and 1839,
was slightly touched by the rust, but
ot so as to injure it; in 1839, I found a
tile smut in it, but not enough to conjpel
s to wash it.
The seed ought not only to be selected
rom a good variety, but it should be well
repared for being sown. In the first
lace, it should be thoroughly dried by the
un before it is put up for seed: this preents
weavils, and gives sound and
ealthy grains for vegetation. In the
iext place, sift the seed carefully with a
ood sand sieve: this will take out all
he small immature grains. In the third
lace, for 24 hours before you sow it, soak
our seed in a preparation of water satuated
with about 1 lb. of bluestone to ev.
ry 5 bushels of wheat. Before you take
ut your seed wheat, which will be found
t the bottom of the cask or tub. in which
oil soak it, skim off the floating graius
nd trash. When I have pursued this
our9e, which was recommended to me
y my friend, John S. Carwile, I have
scaped the smut. At least a bushel of
eed should be sown to the acre. When
lie ground is good, from one and a quar.
*r to one and a half bushels may be sown.
Vheat thus sown will make a greater i
icld, and i9 not so liable to rust. This .
lea, I remember, was suggested many
ears ago, by Mr. North, to the Farmers' i
lociety of Pendleton, and was enforced
y such reasons, as induced me to yield
ly assent to it fully. I wish, that by
ome means, the Agricultural community
ould again have the opportunity of readDg
that valuable practical essay.
More attention I know ought to be betowed
on the ground on which wheat is
own than we generally do. Fallow
ind is best for wheat. If it is well broken
p, and the wheat well put in with a
hovel plough, and the ground made level
nd smooth with a harrow or roller, I <
link we should hear little complaint of
the Hessian flv. Few will, however,
for the present, take so much pains. Our
Society is intended to encourage improve- ,
ment, and 1 hope some one will try this
suggestion.
Wheat ought to he sown on a clay soil,
and never later than the 1st or 2d week
in October: still earlier would. I think, be
better. Twenty bushels of cotton seed'
to every acre will give to the crop a fine
healthy and vigorous stale. I incline to
think that a top dressing about the 1st of
March, of about 5 bushels to the acre of
slacked ashes would greatly improve the
crop. I have never tried it on wheat, but
I know that it is a great benefit to cultivated
grasses.
The crop of wheat ought to be cut before.it
isjdead ripe: it should stand for 2
or .5 days in the held in small shocks, it
the weather is dry, it may then be housed
safely. As soon as the crop is laid by,
(about the middle of July.) the wheat
should be thrashed out,, cleaned, and well
sunned. One day's sun is scarcely ever
sufficient. Two successive days is generally
enough. I take it up and put it
away while hot from the sun; in the
course of a few days afterwards 1 commence
to grind. In this way my flour
at the end of a y6ar is just as good as it
was on the day on which it was ground.
Good flour can only be expected from
good wheat in good condition. When
that is the case, a good mill, with good
cloths and a skilful miller, can make as
good flour here, as can be made any where.
Many persons ruin their flour by desiring
to have more than can be made. My
father, whose long experience and skill
in the manufacture of flour is well known,
states that the following ought to be the
results of a well ground bushel of wheat,
weighing 60 lbs. One-tenth, 6 lbs. must
be deducted for toll, one-sixth, 10 lbs. for
bran?9 pounds for middlings and shorts,
which will make an aggregate of 25
pounds, leaving 35 pouridsof flour. From
which it appears, that a little less than 6
bushels, (say five and a half,) will make a
barrel of flour weighing 192 pou ids neat.
John BeltonO'Wrail.
Springfield, July 8, 1841.
history of the first imported perk8hibes.
To Syday Hawes, Esq., are we indebted
for the introduction of the now famous
and popular Berkshire breed of hogs. It
is well known in this section, that when he
emigrated to this country in the fall of
1832, and settled on the farm I now occupy,
called "Three Hills Farm,".he
brought with him three Berkshire pigs?
one boar and two sows, since known bv
tbe names of 44 Jack of Newberry," "Peggy,"
and "Streatly."
Among the first who appreciated this
superior breed of swine, were F. Rotch of
Otsego, F. Booth of Ballston Spa, Lossing
and tnyself, who obtained pigs of the
first litters. It was not until 1834, however,
when Mr. Hawes exhibited them
at one of our Fairs, that they attracted
much attention; and in fact, they were
in so little demand even in 1835. when t
purchased them, which was in July, that
most of his spring litters were still on
hand, and the boars were altered with the
intention of fattening them for pork.
If we are indebted to Mr. Hawes for
the first importation of them, we are
equally indebted to the Cultivator and
other agricultural papers, for a more ex. i
tended introduction and dissemination of
them through the United States, where i
now the "land sharks," "alligators" &c. I
are fast disappearing, and the round,
plump and stately Berkshires are taking
undisputed possession..
"Peggy," said Mr. Hawes to me, "was i
bought at Reading, Berkshire, of a labor- I
ing man." Peggy was Mr. Hawes' favorite
sow, and from her some of our best i
Berkshires have sprung; and it is supposed I
44 Maxima," the famous large sow, Mr.
JLossmg purchased ot the Shakers, was a
pig of hers. Peggy was in color a blueblack,
with considerable white on her
head, neck and body, and generally cast
her pigs much lighter colored than either
of the other imported sows. She was the
smallest of the lot, but long in the body,
small head, ears small and upright, legs
short and medium sized; hams remarkably
large and well let down. I purchased her
of Mr. H. in 1835, and slaughtered her
in 1840. I have now a daughter of her
6 years old, got by 44 Jack of Newberry,"
that will weigh about 50^ pounds, and
for size of hams, I challenge the country
to produce her superior.
44 Streatly," continued Mr. Hawes.
"was bought of a large farmer at Streatly,
Berks, seven miles from Reading."? t
Streatly was larger and longer than Peg. b
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gy, ol a jet DiacK color, wun a wnne i
stripe in her face, white feet, and some t
small white spots on her body. She was s
la *ger in the head and longer in the snout, c
ears longer and pitching forward. She i
was long in the hody, more rangy and 1
straight on the back, and tail set on high- s
er, and was not equal to Peggy in the t
ham. She was famous for having large
litters of pigs, seldom having less than c
twelve at a litter, and sometimes fourteen
to sixteen. I slaughtered her in 1839. c
'Jack of Newberry" was the first imported
Berkshire boar brought to this section;
was a large, rangy and superior ii
animal?as the stock he left behind him
is ample evidence; was about as light col- r
ored as Peggy, and slightly tinged with t
red or rusty color; was long and round t
Tp
in the body; very sloping from the hips
to the tail; large and heavy hams for o
boar; fine large shoulders* with a short
thick neck, and medium sized head and
ear; would weigh probably, in ordinary
condition, from 350 to 400 pounds. Mr.
Uawes sold him in 1835, to a gentleman
in JTroy, and afterwards he was sold again
toft farmer in a western county of this i
State, which is the last we heard of him.
"Jack of Newbury" was to the hogs in
this country, what the "Godolphin Arabi- i
an," was to the horses in England.
In the summer of 1833, Mr. Hawes <
imported another Berkshire sow, called j
"Sally," which he said "was bred in Norfolk,
from Berks stock." She was the
largest.and coarsest sow of the three;
was larger in the head and legs, ears
large, broad and drooping more over the
eyes, body long, deep and capacious, very
sloping on the rump, and tolerably good
in the hams, color blue.black, a little
tinged with rust, more white, and spots
larger than either of the others. Sally,
when voun? whs rather a shv breeder.
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and Mr. Hawes disposed of her to H. i
Holland, Esq., of Baiiston Spa, an I I purchased
her at his sale in the fall of 1830.
I took three litters from her, one of which
numbered eighteen, and then sold her to
D C Collins. Esq., in May, 1838, when
she died just after littering, much regretted
by her owner as well a9 those who had
engaged her pigs.
In the spring of 1835, Mr. Hawes imported
a boar from another strain or family
of Berkshires, who came into my possession
with the farm, soon after he arrived, i
which I called "Siday,"?while others
have called him "Telhurst." To use Mr. i
Hawes' words, " he came from Reading,
but I cannot tell where he was bred."?
Siday was a jet black, with some white
on kis nose and face, tips of his feet
white, but no white spots on his body
rather coarse in the head, wide between;
the ears, (a point Mr. H thought much
of,) which were large broad and upright;
remarkably deep and thick through the
shoulders, short neck, and rather short in
the body, but broad across the hip and
loin, and falling a little from the hip to the
tail. He was not as large nor as rangy
as "Jack of Newberry," neither were his
stock in general as large, but many of
his pigs were beautiful specimens of the
breed. Siday was slaughtered in 1839.
The foregoing comprises what i9 termed
"Hawes' importations," and came into
my possession in 1835, from which most
of the Berkshires in this country originated.
From this importation originated the
famous sows "Maxima" and "Superior," ,
and all the "large" and "small" Berk- !
shires which were owned by Mr. Lossing,
the Slickers at Watervliet, and others
which have been sent to almost every
section of this country, no other importa- ,
tion having occurred until the fall of 1838, i
from which pigs were raised in 1839. I
It is said that the late John Brentnall,
of Orange county,of this State, imported
some Berkshire pigs as early as 1823, but .
they were not properly appreciated, and ,
were hardly known beyond the smoke of |
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Ills UIII ill lie V . ?>?JLlfiKIT. I
Three Hills Farm, 1841. (
Diseases of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, 4*c. ,
CURE FOR THE SCRATCHES IN HORSES. <
Wash with warm soap suds the part |
affected, and with a cob or other rough j
substance rub off all scabs, then apply oil {
or hog's lard just so as to moisten the (
skin, then take a fine powder or hemlock (
bark and cover the parts well with it; a {
few applications will effect a cure. <
CURE FOB MURRAIN. j
I have a Durham Bull that was taken |
about a year since, with what is called \
bere, the Bloody Murrain.
Symptoms:?Eyes sunk in the head, y
nose dry, bowels costive, the discharge j
brownish, urine the darkest bloody color, ^
appetite gone. \
Treatment:?I gave 1 pound of salts, t
1 oz of nitre, and 1 oz cream tarter, one c
lose; the next day another dose of the v
same. No appetite; the third day gave 1 v
pint castor oil. 4th day, physic began to v
operate, appetite rather on the mend, v
kvaterstill the same; dissolved 4oz of al- s
im in 2 quarts of sour butter-milk for an (
istrinrrent. It turned the blood, but n
o - -- " * v'
nade him costive; gave one more dose r
)f salts, and turned him off the sick list, i
>erfectly cured. Wm. Kingham. v
Cure for sore Teats?Scarcely a e
iairy of cows can be found in which more c
>r less are subjected to 9ore teats, and n
'rom the irritation thus caused, much |(
rouble in milking, and loss of milk ensue, b
Phe following preparation, if kept on hand ].
tnd applied occasionally to such udders
md leat? as require it, will prevent or cure v
he disease. Sometimes the flies will t
>e troublesome, if so add one ounce of as- a
lafcetida or aloes in powder, and incorpor- s
ite it thoroughly with the ointment. t,
Sometimes the teats are tender only, t
When this is the case, washing with weak k
ialt and water is beneflcial, and usually r
mfheient.
Ointment made of sweet eider, four e
>unces. fi
Yellow bascililcon ointment, four oun- n
:es.
Spirits of turpentine, one ounce.
Mix and well incorporate on a slab or :
n a mortar and it is fit for use.
Broken Wind in Horses.?A great a
lumber of dissections have proved that p
he cause of this disease is a rupture of v
he air vessels in the lungs. Tne difficult j<
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ty of breathing which some persons experience
after unusual or prolonged effort,
would seem to arise from the same cause,
and there is some reason to think that the
disease may he hereditary. This is an
important suggestion, so far as the human
race is concerned.
14 Dr. Jackson found that of 28 persons
affected with this rupture of the air cells,
18 were the offspring of parents (father
or mother,) affected with the same disease,
and that several of them had died from
this cause. In some instances the brother
onrl oiutora of fKoou
bi ui.? o.o.vn v. ...vjo [/ci.hkis were similarly
affected. On the other hand of 50
persons unaffected with the disease, three
only were the offspring of parents who
had suffered from it; whence it follows
that rupture of the air cells of the lungs
is frequently a hereditary disease ; a fact
important to man and horse, at all events
to the breeder of the latter."? Medico
Chirugal Rev.
Cracked ears in Pigs.?-ilfir.-Sutherland
slates the cause of this complaint in
swine, to he exposure to the heat of the
sun when the skin is tender, and feeding
exceed exclusively on dry food. The
preventive is to keep the pig out of the
heat of the sun ; and feed the sows and
pigs with ground food mixed with boiled
potatoes, or once or twice a week a mass
of raiv ones. The cure is effected by
making soms lev, by putting ashes in water
and stirring them up, let them settle
and drain off, and then with a watering
pot sprinkle it over their ears, or over the
whole body if scurfy : or ashes may be
scattered over them while it is raining.
Swill to Sows.?" Do not feed your
sows much swill or slop in a day or two
after their littering. I have a man on my
place, who gave his sow a pail of swill soon
after she had pigged, and she died in an
hour ; and I have known several instances
in which from such feeding, sows have
died in the course of the day."
N. Sutherland.
Cure for the Boll-evil. Castrating
Colts.?.Make one or two incisions
in the swelling, and then wash the wound
niceZy with strongly soapsuds, and fill the
wound with lime. A few applications
will perform the cure. Care should be
taKen in cutting, so as not to cut across
the neck, and thus wound an artery.
I will (while writing about horses) give
you my mode of castrating colts, which
is not new, but plain and simple ; and, I
believe, if care be taken on the part of the
operator, it is the best mode. I never
had one to mind cutting more than a boar.
The plan is this: After the colt is thrown
down and carefully tied, the integuments
of the testicles are to be laid open with a
sharp knife, and the stone pulled out, and
the cord of the nut cleaned down. The
cord is then to be securedly tied with a
thread. and the ends of the thread left six
:_l. : i i i i .i ?
jr eigm incites long. Alter ootn stones
sre taken out, the wounds are to be well
greased with old bacon gravy and salt.?
Farmers Register.
Simple Cure fob Cough in Horses.
?Two years ago (says a correspondent
of the Cultivator, (one of my carriage
horses had an extremely bad cough, which
had continued for six or eight months;
different applications were made without
sffect. I applied to a man who I knew
dealt in horses, and had paid some atten:ion
to their diseases for a remedy. He
it once told me that he hnd never found
iny thing so effectual for a bad coagh as
luman urine, given a few times, by disiharging
into a bucket of water and let:ing
them drink it, or on their food and
?at it. I directed my driver to do so, and
n one week the horse was completely reieved.
I have frequently had it tried
ivith the same good effect.
Thf Scour in Calves, &c.?About a
fear ego I had a valuable calf taken with
t, and tried the remedies mentioned by
rour correspondent?caticu, laudanum,
fee. as I had often done before, but this
ime without success. In a few days it
lied. Some weeks after, another, for
vhich I had given six guineas, was taken
vith the same complaint, and by the adice
of an eminent veterinary surgeon who
vas visitinp mp. T cravo it nnthincr hut
n ?* f? ? ~
mall and repeated doses of Epsom and
riauber salts in equal quantities; half an
unee of the two in a little warm water,
epeated two or three times a day, accordug
to the violence of the distemper. It
ras quickly cured, and I have used it on
ivery occasion since with unvarying sueess.
I am glad of this opportunity of
naking it pubiic for the benefit of my feldw
countrymen who are engaged in
ireeding cattle. I no longer feel any aarm
at a calf being affected with this disiase,
which almost every weaning calf is,
vithin the first six weeks. I consider
he complaint in some degree infections,
md also that too warm a building without
ufficient circulation of air tends greatly
o produce it. Laudanum, bark, &c.,
hough they stop the disease frequently
;ill the patient; the salts, on the contrary,
emove the cause of disease without proucing
costiveness. If any of your readrs
give it a trial, I doubt not they will
ind it as useful a remedy as I have done
nyself.?Farmers Magazine.
Cases of Vertigo in the Horse.
BY MB. JOSEPH WOODGEH. PADDINGTON.
On December 3, 1840,1 was desired to
ttend two mares, belonging to Mr. Carenter,
that were attacked by the pretiling
epidemic. The symptoms were,
)5? of appetite?defluxion from the eyes,
r
the lids of which became rapidly swollen
?drooping of the head?frequent shifting
of the limb9, and the pulse weak and
quick, and ranging from 60 to 70.
I gave a drink composed of spirit of
nitrous ether, nitre, and emetic tartar, and
repeated it in the evening. This I continued
until the 6th, when the urgent
symptoms had subsided, and the horse*
ware sent to the owner's farm, with orders
to give them scalded oats and bran, and
balls composed of gentian and ginger.
They appeared to be going on well until
the 12th, when the owner had them
taken up to go to work. They were put
into the stable, and fed the same as the
other horses.
On the 13th, at seven o'clock in the
evening, [ was sent for in great haste, the
messenger telling ine that one of them
was in a fit. When I arrived there the
mare was standing, but apparently unconscious
of surrounding objects. I went to
her head, and putting my finger under
the maxillary bone in order to feel the
pulse, she suddenly fell on her side. She
got up, however, without any assistance
in a few minutes. I cautiously approached
her a second time, and found the pulse
I 50, and fall. I bled her to the amount of *
0 quarts, and gave her three drachms o(
aloes.
On the next day she was apparently
well; but, on the noon of that day, the
other was attacked in the same way.**
The treatment was the same, and accompanied
by the same result,
i The owner asked my opinion as to the
cause of these sudden and violent attacks.
1 told him that it was the too highly stim,
ulating food and over-distended stomach,
and that the functions of the brain were
, disturbed or suspended by the additional
quantity of blood determined to it. By
t giving me your opinion, you will oblige
i your's, &c. The Veterinarian*
A Case of Ruptured Spleen hi a
Horse.
by the same.
| On Dec. 31, 3840, I was desired to
look at a black gelding, the property of
' Mr. Ray no Ids. The servant said that
the animal had the belly-ach. When [
arrived, I found the horse lying down, and
looking backwards towards his bellv. I in.
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quired how long he had been in this state dc
that was told he had been as usual at noon.
Half an hour afterwards, it was obsorved
that he had not fed,but was very uneasy,
pawing with his feet. At three o'clock
the attendant came for me, The pulse
was almost imperceptible, the extremeties
warm, and there were the general symtoms
of spasmodic cholic.
I gave him a pimento drink, and injec.
ted some warm water, and said I would
see him again in an hour. I was punctual
to my time, but found him no better
The owner wished me to bleed him; but
his pulse told me that if I did so hewould
certainly die. I gave him another pimento
drink.
For the pillidoessofhis mouth and the
coldness of his extremeties, I began now
to suspect that there was internal hemorrhage,
and I communicated my suspicion
to the owner, telling him that I was quite
convinced that the animal had not long
to live. At half Bast five o'clock he
died.
On opening the abdomen, I found the
cavity filled with coagulated blood, and I
expected to find rupture of the liver; but
to my great surprise, it appeared that all
the hemorrhage proceeded from the spleen
This viscus was not more than its usual
size, and with the exception of a rupture
of about three inches in lenth, appeared
to be perfectly healthy. The 28th waa
the last day that he had worked, and he
then worked very hard in getting up some
barges?lb.
An Account op a large Mesenteric
Gland Destroying a Horse,
by mr. alexander dunlop. v. s., airdrie,
lanark, n. b.
On October 17th, 1833, I was sent for
to see a horse that had been bought about
eight davs before and which was row aken
I
ill. 1 thought it was the cholic, and gave
a drink composed of linseed oil, tdlpeatine
and opium* I also backraked and clystcred
the animal. The pulse was about
50.
I saw him again in about an hour afterwards,
and there was very little differ.
ence in the symtoms. i thought it right
to bleed, and I abstracted six quarts of
blood. I also backraked, and felt something
solid, which I thought was hardened f?ces.
I gave another clyster, and admin*
istered four drachms ofBarbadoes aloes,
with plenty of gruel.
lip, m. he appeared to be relieved.?*
I heard no more of bim for some days; but
then I was sent for in great haste. I
found my patient in a worse state than
before. The pulse wos 65; the animal
appeared to be in great pain, and was
much exhausted. He had a peculiar way
as he stood in his stall, of turning half
found aqd standing in that for five, or ten
minutes. He would then lye down and
turn upon his back. I bled him, fomen.
. ii* ii i . i i i i.
lea nis Deny, ana again oacK-raKea nun
in doing which I could still fiel something
hard with the tips of my fingers. I gave
plenty of gruel which was the only
thing that seemed to relieve him.
As I had to go out of town I did not
see him for some hours after this. I
then found him hardly able to rise^-#
Sometimes he seemed to be cooaidunfalf