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VOLUME VI CHERAW. SOUTH-CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1841. NUMBER 52 - J. ^ , ?^???????> J ?^I?^' ? -j?W By IS. UMA.C IjEAW# j Tmms:?Published weekly at three dollars a year; with an addition, when not paid withiu three month*, of twenty per cent per annum. Two new subscriber* may take the paper at fire dollars in ad ranee; and ten at twenty. Four subscribers, not receiving their paper* in town, may pay a year's subscription with ten dollars, In advance. A year'* subscription always due in advance. Paper* not discontinued to solvent subscribers j in arrears. jUaertiseinents not exceeding 16 lines inserted or one dollar the first time, and fifty cents each ubsequent time. For insertions at interval* of two weeks 75 centsjafter the first, and a dollar if the intervals are longer. Payment due in advance for advertisements. When the number of insertions is not marked on the copy, the advertisement will be inserted, and charged til crdored out. ET The postage must be paid on lettersto the ?<fitnrnn the business of the office. 4RQNBM&IP&gfmg&e ; CONTEXTS QF THE FARMBR8' ltKOISTBR, ' g VOL> I Original Communications. Remarks on different grasses for hay and 1 pasture 1 The greensward and blue grass of Virgin- j ,R I Editorial remarks on wheat straw for po- , tatoes % Extracts from reports of the executive j committee of the "Association for promating currency and banking reform" j "Disputed questions in agriculture" I The necessary consequences of admitting the plea for the continued suspension i of specie payments | Experiments of planting corn with one or | more stalks at a place 1 New edition of Liebig's Organic Chemistry_ J Objections to the oat and tobacco rota.. I tion Remarks on the soils of part of Surry - county Collecting fossil shells Board of Agriculture , Lale wheat i Editorial remarks on notices of grasses i Notices of grasses and weeds : W ire grass . 1 Darnel or spelt Rye grass 1 Summary of news Selections. I A discourse on the character, properties, and importance to man of the natural J family of plants called gramineae, or true grasses?-concluded On turnips I On the construction of ice-houses I -Wheat straw for Irish potatoes I iVats fur walc.rotting hemp ( Particulars relative to water-rotting hemp i Of atmospherical moisture and tempera- j tnre i The blister fly American blister fly and peach tree grab driven off by lime. Fish oil for peach 4* and plum trees Lme?marl?top-dressing Salt lie, or spent lie Plan to remove stumps On the extermination of nut-grass , American cotton planters in India , Saw-dust I ikirlic, a cure for kidney worm I Snow-storms in mountain districts ! Statistics < 8even tons of g-een fodder to the aero Report on hogs The principles of breeding cattle Preservation of timber * 1 Breeding of stock ' S??iI proper for the vine Factory baths?Exercise useful for swine J Front yards?Shrubbery?Flowers Blue wash for walls A brilliant stocco white-wash Charcoal for diseased lungs in hogs , Growth of the vine in England i Wheat and peas, alternately, The eider-duck in Iceland Guano On making sugar from Indian corn stalks List of the agricultural societies of South Carolina Renewing old handsaws A Thibetan yak On hran as manure Fecundity of rats Management and diseases of hogs Oil soap?W iIIis' syringe A simlplc means of preventing the failure eAiv VI IIIU |nf|f1UM.|V|F Operations of liches The Dutch commercial system Protection of the hop plant from insects Coal dust Fattening swine. ? From the * Dublin Journal of Medical Science.' ' GLANDERS IN THE HUMAN SUBJECT. Dr. Hutton said that, as four or five cases of glanders in the human subject, within a comparatively short period, had come under his own notice, or that of the surgeons of the House of Industry, he was anxious briefly to lay them before the society, and aiso to exhibit a specimen of the disease as it had manifested itself in the lungs of a patient who died about two days before. Previous, how. ever, to entering on this case, he would read the details of another, in which Bom* experiments ware made with the A - view of testing the character of the poi-11 son, and ascertaining whether it was i glanders or not. One of the results of < these was, that an ass, inoculated with the I matter taken from the patient, was in due s course attacked with the disease. ? The case was recorded by Mr. Ruther- i ford, one of the resident pupils of the hos- f pital, for whose accuracy Or. Hutton s could vouch. i The patient, a young man, named P. t Kelley, aged ahout twenty, was admitted c in Richmond Hospital on the 20th of Au- s gust, 183S. On admission, his face pre- 'c sented that peculiar aspect which is so 8 characteristic of glanders; the left half was very much swollen, tense, and shining, I the.redness fading away gradually, and a becoming lost in the surrounding integu- t rnents. Y Both eyes, hut particularly the left t eye, were closed from inflammation and i oedema of. the lids. The Jeft ear was i swollen, of a dark red or livid color, and t the patient was quite deaf on that side, ci The glands of the left side of the jaw |2 and face were much enlarged and indu- i rated ; and he complained of a feelhng of p numbness in the whole of that side of the a bead and face. About an inch and a 9 half in front of the ear there was a large s flaccid vesicle. There were also two ( pustules on the face, one of which had * hurst and was sloughing. On various t parts of the body there were numerous d pustules in different states, from the first c to the more advanced stages. t In the first stage, the skin in the situ. > ation where the vesicle afterwards ap- 1 peared was of a peculiar pale, whitish ap. g pearance. In the next stage the vesicle appeared, not however exactly in the cen- h tre of the pale spot, but rather on one i side of it. In a more advanced stage it c became sero-purulent, then pustular, and. u some time afterwards, the pustules began * to shrink and become depressed in the t centre. The mucous membrane of the 1 mouth was inflamed and covered with 1' a viscid adhesive mucus. The Schneiderian membrane was also inflamed ; but t there was no discharge of purulent matter F from it. 8 The patient had the ordinary symp. toms of irritative fever. His head was t very confused, but he had no pain or l> *- ' .i? r l:_ r raving,?nis do we is raiuer ircc?uw unuc nigh-colored. * He stated that he had always been v lealthy ; and when questioned as to the b fiature of his occupation, said that he had p jeen employed for the last four months * n attending horses which were laboring 1 jnder glanders. That he had been re- v ained specially for that purpose, and ? groomed the animals once a day. He did f not recollect that he had a wound or sore 1 >n either hand ; he had not drunk out of 8 inv vessel used by the horses, nor had he ? slept in the stable. He attributed his 8 illness to fatigue after a long journey, and F said that the first symptoms he had no- * ticed were pains in his knees, followed by headache. Four days afterwards the left I side of tho head and face began to swell, 8 with increase of fever and depression of < atrpnath. I ?? ^ On the 27th, the day after admission, ' his symptoms were progressing. The tumefaction of the head and face increased, and several livid vesicles made their appearance, aceompanied by severe pain in both jaws. Several more began to show themselves on the anterior parts r>f the arms and chest?his pulse became smaller, and rose to 120?his respiration was somewhat suspicioas?his breath foetid?and he felt pain when the ends of the long bones were pressed on, in the vicinity of the joints. His head was still confused, but he had no raving. Towards eight o'clock in the afternoon there was a further exacerbation of his symptoms. He made water tolerably well, but did not seem to be aware of passing it. He was ordered to take len grains of sulphate of quinine three times aday. On the 28th the eruption was still extending ; his pulse 140, and weak ; his t thirst excessive, and he raved frequently. At half-pnst 3 in the afternoon, he was restless, and tossing about in bed, with constant involuntary motion of the lower extremities, quick small pulse, and hur. ried respiration. Twelve new spots had now made their appearance ; his fever and delirium were increased; he was passing both urine and faeces involuntarily. There was a discharge of sanious fluid from the left ear, but none from the nostril. On the 29th a farther exacerbation of ' symptoms took place. The left elbow ' joint was swollen and painful?the pus- 1 tules increased in number and size, and I L ll_ . were intermixed witn gangrenous duiisb ; and, along the internal and anterior parts of the thighs, in the situation of the nb- I sorbents, pule rose.colored swellings be. ' gan to appear. His breath was foetid, 1 and the odor from his whole body was al- ' most insupportable. He had no dis. ' charge from the nostrils, but on examin. ' ing the nose, Dr. Hut ton observed a ' small ulcer on the left side of the septum ' narium. The man died during the course 1 of the night. 1 On the post-mortem examination, a 1 great number of small circumscribed ab- 1 scesses or purulent depots were found in j the extremities?as many as thirty were 1 on the left arm. There were two or three ' of the same kind io the pectoralis major, ' '*x*. md several of the same description in the in ecti of both thighs, ail circumscribed and toi imbedded in the muscular tissue. In the eft lung there was a small depot of pus ou mrrounded by a dark livid border, and lal mother of the same kind was discovered to n the right lung. On the poster or sur- no ace of the heart there were dark-colored toi ipots. and the blood was remarkably fluid an n all the vessels. There was a deposi- thi ion of pus under the mucous membrane in >f the larynx, and also on the posterior th< mrface of the epiglottis. The left half to >f the face was in a semi-gangrenous wf tate. se On the 27th of August, the day after an Celley's admission, the experiment was rii igain repeated on another ass with matter be aken from the vesicles and pustules on at! lis body. The lymph was inserted into he left nostril of the animal, the pus into he opposite one; and it wai also inserted Oi tfto the ear. On the following evening he ass appeared unwell, and, on the next bti - f, a\ _ lay had an enlargement ol one or me ;lands of the jaw on the left side, with ncreased heat and tenderness, accom- ha >anied by feverish symptoms. The left mi Ja nasi was swelled, and the line of ab- ud orbents from this to the glands on the Ti ide of the jaw could be distinctly traced. )n the next day there was a profuse mi vatery discharge from both nostrils, par. bl< icularly the left: and on the following be lay?the fifth day after inoculation?the oh lischarge was purulent. Soon afterwards de he animal was killed with nux, vomica. fa< t having been previously ascertained by th k/r. Ferguson, V. S., that it was really th ;landered. On examination, a cluster of pustules mi laving a tubercular aspect were found do n the left nostril; in the right there were at circular patches of ulceration. Similar ar ilcers were found in the interior of the tir tomach, and there was a cluster of pus- ou ules in the anterior lobe of one lung, co There was no morbid appearance in the ad arynx or trachea. di; Dr. Hutton exhibited several drawings ta o shew the condition of the various m arts, particularly the nostrils, stomach, th md lungs. se The next case, to which he would ly nerely allude, as it was about to be pub- isi ished by Dr. M'Donnel, who had charge dc f it, had occurred a short time ago at di; he Richmond Hospital. The patient fas admitted for an accident, from which is e recovered ; but before he left the hos- ar ital he was seized with an affection of th he joints, followed by an eruption of pus- ar ules along the side of the nose, which pr fere recognized as being connected with th danders. Mr. Smith procured some of ed he matter, and inoculated an ass, which ty - - ? ? ^ n the course of four or five days Decame \iz tick, and was subsequently attacked with bi jlanders. The same phenomena as ob- w< ierved in the last case of inoculation were ly >resent. The cartilages of the joints were nt ilso found to be ulcerated. or Dr. Button exhibited some drawings er o show the condition of the parts. He pr ilso produced one of a case that had oc. er uirred some years ago at the Richmond cl hospital, under the care of the late Dr. sc McDowell, before the disease was suffi- m :iently known. The drawing had been tii nade by Mr. Conolly, and Dr. Hutton sh ibserved, that he had represented the sp eatures of the disease with great ac- in uracy, and depicted most faithfully g< he white areola which encircles the ve- w icles. d< Since that period the areola has been w nvariably found to be present in every ta :ase, and is regarded as one of the pa- ul hognomonic features of the disease.? m Hiis has been also noticed by Dr. Hut. hi on, Mr. Adams, and other observers, w ind forms one of the marks by which m he disease is distinguished from pf)le >itis. D< Dr. Hutton then said that he should fii text proceed to read the notes of a case b( hat had recently come under his obser- it ration. The patient, T. Butler, a boy bj ibout five years of age, was admitted in- th o the Richmond Hospital on the 13th of li< December, 1H40. It was stated that he fo lad been always a fine healthy child up to o the period of his illness. He com- Pi jlained at first of sickness, and pain in his- w jowels, and, on the following day, had be lains in his knees. About three days is ifterwards the left side of the face and m lye-lid became swollen, and the usual symptoms of irritative fever set in, ac- s' :ompanied by thirst, restlessness, quick to mlse. and scanty urine. 31 On the 5th of December the fever was m ncreased, and the other side of the face in was involved in swelling. On the 7th, a th number of pimples with white tops ap. w peared on the inflamed surface. On the M 13lh, the date of his admission, his face was greatly swelled and inflamed, and hi presented a number of pustules mixed P1 with several ash-colored ulcers. He had ?l ilsoan eruption of pustules over his hody. fi' 3ome of these were flattened and some- ci what vesicular, like chicken-pock?some n< were conical and pustular, and some in a I? state of incrustation. Around several of ra them, particularly those which were in ci the earlier stage, the peculiar white areola r< was still visible. Several ot trie joints were swelled and painful, and there was d in evident effusion into the left elbow, joint. The child was extremely feverish e: md irritable, tossing about in the bed, ai ind raving. The smell from his body was extdemely offensive. He continued cl this way with little change in the symp- p ms until the 16th, when he expired. c All that could be learned of his previ. c 9 history was, that his father was a I x>rer and kept a horse, which was said y he laboring under a discharge from his p strils, the result of cold; but Dr. Hut- c a said that he had not as yet seen the g imal. On examination after death n ere was an effusion of pus discovered q the left knee-joint. In the thorax I Bre was a small collection of pus close p the edge of the left lung. The lung fi is of a deep red color, and presented a veral ecchymosed spots on its surface, r d contained two small abscesses. The o ;ht lung presented a few flattened tu- e rcles. These were pointed out to the f tention of the meeting hy Dr. Hutton. d The Veterinarian, for September. 'J > r * THE UnILATORAL OR THREEQUAR- jj tered Shoe. a : E. GABRIEL, ESQ., M. R. C. S. ET V. S., LONDON. n The most valuable improvement that t a koon made in the art of shoeing in n UVV" " O I ? odern times is most undoubtedly that of j| lilateral nailing, introduced by James, h srner. The principle of the thing is [ >od, the practice is good, and, as a h atter of course, the result is most valua- r 5. The principle, however, has not yet j en carried out to its full extent, and the ' r ject of this paper is to shew the great a sirability that it should be, the great v ciiity with which it can be done, and ?< e important advantages to be derived erefrom. r I often have been, and I am by no j sans sure that I am not at this moment 9 ubtful whether it isofany consequence all as to the manner in which horses ^ e shod. I have seen every contradic- t in of principle so elaborately worked f it, every means which human stupidity ( iuld adopt to lame animals so seriously t lopted, every care so magnanimously j sregarded, and every carelessness of de- } il and unfinished coarseness of work- \ anship so recklessly acted on, and all , is, too, backed up by the horses them- | Ives, as shewn by their working sound- ( during the entire period of their ex- < tence, that I could with all ray heart sit j >wn and exclaim, in the style of old Bar- , >lph, 44 A fig for your improvements." | In sober seriousness, however, the fact | so, both, be it remembered, in town | id country ; and I arn perfectly satisfied | at two-thirds of the horses now in work j e shod with the most utter disregard to , inciple and indifference to workmanship , at the veriett anti-diffusionist ofknowl- | Ige could desire. True, there are plen- 1 of cripples, rather a strong minority, srhaps, as they vouldsav in the house ; it still they are a minority, and when | e come to deduct from them, as I strongsuspect we must do, the considerable imber operated on by 44 careful smiths, , 1 the most approved principles," at vetinary establishments, guiltless of the esence of veterinary surgeons, and vet- , inary forges," the owners of which, cstewing the superfluity of letters, and , orning to be of the accommodating hu- , or in Bombastes, 14 long cut or short cut, 3 all the same to me." decidedly prefer , tort cut, as I noticed a few weeks ago , ilendidly emblazoned in front of a forge j i town ; but then over entrances hung >!den shoes so tempting that if horses ere not taken there to be shod I much ' >ubt if they would not go themselves? hy this deduction may, like some other j its, very probably turn tail,, and prove | tra innovationists, strengthen the argu- , ent against the improved system, and ive the rough unwashed (and anv of the | orked?) to laugh at the fallibility of hu. an improvements. How is all this ? I apprehend it is to , j traced to one of these two causes: | rst, the principle, when correct, has not ( ? * ? - n.. ;en sufficiently carried out; or, secouuiy, has been attempted to be carried out ( jr methods not within the compass of te generality of working smiths. I be- , jve many plans have been brought be- , re the public, the which if their projects could personally carry them into actice. would prove advantageous, but hieh require too much care and skill to i carried out by his workmen; and this a fact that should olways be borne in ind, for we have no right to expect the till which distinguishes the workers in Iver in the artificers employed in our irgcs; sirnplicitly of detail is, therefore, a essential ingredient in any plan we ay offer to improve the system of shoeig, and this is eminently the case with <o unilateral method of nailing?any orkman can carry it out, and therefore j le public have been benefitted by it. Valuable as this method is, however, it as not produced all the good which the inciple on which it is founded is capable f producing; and this I attribute to the rst cause mentioned, namely, that priniple not being fully carried out. I have r ? ?" nn? ttlpn flirtheT. OW lor some nine gi/iib r istead of unilaterally nailing the comion shoe, I use an unilateral shoe?preisely so far as the nails were carried >und the inside quarter, so far I carry the loe, letting it there terminate in a rouned bevelled edge. Now, I am not going to smother this J Ktra step of mine in my own modesty, J nd bashfully disclaim, either for it or tyself, any merit that may be due, but delare at once that I think it a most itnI ortant step,?one that will overtake and 1 onqner all corns and thrushes, sand- J racks, contiactions and navicular?oh, l am not sure about navicular cases, and i et I have a pood mind to throw them in, i articularly if they aife not so far advan- i ed that no one step short of a seven lea- I ued boot can overtake them. As a re- 1 ledy for cutting, the value of the three. 1 uarter shoe has long been known; and i believe that in every case where the op- I osite plan of thickening the inside hoof i ails, this will succeed. For hunting, I nticipate|the most results; from itssupeipr safety, its lessened chance of coming ff, its prevention of slipping, and the ase with which the foot can be raised rom ploughed or heavy ground, will, I oubt not, ensure its universal adoption. - - * * i rhbv however, remains to b*tried. i ao eally thiuk, therefore, that it is the ne >lus ultra, the scene of perfection in the rtand mystery of horseshoeing. As to the originality of this step in the narch of improvement, I am afraid that he less said the better, for I have a sort of indefined dread hovering over me of havng seen something about it somewhere ; ' mwever, I shall not try to see it. nor shall ! refer to James Turner's, paper, nor anyody else's paper, fearing I mav there ead something like my own bleas. I herefore at once acknowledge that ( do lot recollect, nor will I try to recollect, nything that anybody has said, sung, or written on the subject, and so I shall ' leave myself alone in my glorv." The only 44 untoward events" I have net with, are, being obliged to give it up n two cases, and have recourse to felt hoes and leathers, and in meeting with in anticipation, which happened thus: I tad occasion to wait some little time at a :oachmaker's in Stoke Newington, while i false step was being replaced to my :haise, when a respectable old man. areired smith, came into the yard?a retired ihoeing smith remember. Of course, we lad a little professional chat. I asked lim if he did not use to doctor a little as ivell as shoe ? 44 No," he replied ; 441 {now nothing about it, and never preten-. led to it, for I had as much work as I ! :ould do without it." He was no theor- I ist therefore ; for what theorist ever made i fortune in this world, however clever be might be ? He may, indeed, have laid the foundation for man's fortune, but as to making his own?bah! Well, "in the fulnessofmy heart 1 could not help telling him of my important step. 44 Yes, sir," was his reply; it is a very good one, and particularly forJlat feet] it gets the heels up so strong. It is now about twelve years ago that I recommended a nonilomnn whoso horse had large flat ? feet, and was always going lame, to have him shod with three-quarter shoes ; ho agreed to it, and I shod him so up to the time of my giving up business, and he nev. er went lame after." I'll be hanged if I knew whether to laugh or to cry, to be pleased or vexed with this desperate fore staller, who had not only taken the step I was taking, hut had taken it with such a desperate stride, that he walked into eases I never thought of; so that, if there were no written documents to refer to. I was at once convicted of non-originalty, or as a sailor would say, of " catching a crab." It is now more than a twelvemonth since I commenced this mode of shoeing The first subject was a light post mare, with two of the worst corns I ever saw. She had been shod with her shoes and leathers the preceeding two years, and in spite of every care that could be taken, was almost constantly lamo. I at once left off the bar shoes and leathers, and 1 A ' nonnir put on a pair 01 uniaierai siiut;9, the parts of the feet to be covered by the shoe, but leaving the inside-qunrter untouched. The shoes and nails were precisely the same as would have been else used with the inside thirds cut off and the ends rounded and bevelled away. She never went lame from the day she was so shod to the day of her death, which was occasioned by an accident nine months after. "On this hint I worked," and with the exception of the two cases before alluded to. where the heels were weak and the soles thin, but which I am persuaded would have done, a little more time, I have not met with a single annoyance. Posters, stagers, carters, hacks, and chaise horses have been subjected to the same process since, and all with uniform success. " L ?ko Oh, but the crust win Dreua mv?y, heel will be worn thin, the foot will become tender, and the horse will he lame. Will he? If you want to see a brittlecrusted, thin-heeled, thrushy-frogged foot converted into one with a tough, elastic crust, a firm springy heel, and a frog like a piece of India-rubber, shoe with the three-quarler shoe, and I will answer for the transformation. The growth of horn on the exposed part of the foot is extraor dinary, for in the course of a single shoeing the sole will not only not be worn, thin, but have become so thick and firm, that more horn might be removed therefrom than from that part of the foot protected by the shoe. I merely, however, lao"0 ,f IpvpI with the crust. The out IUII f II. IW . w. ? .... side heel should he kept rather low, to allow for the thickness of the shoe, and the heels opened or not, as may He considered most desirable. In old horses I have them well opened, but in young ones! nh low them to remain undisturbed ; in either case the paring of the frog should be li mitted to its^being cleared from ? shreds and patches." I am not aware that there are any other directions necessary, nor are any precautious required, with the exception, perhaps, of avoiding, as much as may be, the Mc Adamized stones, for a day or two, on its first adoption. One circumstance should not ber overlooked ; in several cases bad corns in the inside heel have been entirely got rid of; but they have been produced on the outside heel, so much so, as to'require some care in preparing that part of the foot. In point of principle,?so far as relates to the natural functions of the foot, which natural functions I presume every one understands, or, at any rate, every one pretends to understand, jwhich, doubtless, answers the same putpoaoi.' this shoo is w*** most valuable ; for whether the most important object be frog.pressure descent of the sole, expansion of the quarters, or unfettered plav for the cartilages?whether it be the one or (he other of these, as some assert, or their combined action, as others most rationally maintain, no shoe that has ever been had recourse to admits of their being carried on with such entire freedom as this. Every shoe, however well applied, enriches the bottom of the foot, subjects it to one uniform artificial pressure?hearing always exactly on the ? *"?? j - iI i same surface?applied equally 10 me mem elastic and to the more fixed points of support?not allowing one part to catch the weight at one time and another at the other?not relieving the highly ? lastic inside quarter from pressure for, perhaps, some steps following, and then, when receiving it. admitting of its action with unlimited freedom?bruising, irritating, and, in many cases, entirely altering the structure of the sole at the inner angle of the foot. Every shoe, I re. peat, that has ever been used, is liable to all these objections, except the three, quarter one. which having the inner third of the foot perfectly free, and slil! atFfording it sufficient protection to enable , . it to meet all demands made on it, effect* " a consummation devoutly to be wished." In conclusion, I would say, that I think this syst< m of shoeing may be adopted to a verv considerable extent; and should it not be found to do all that inay (unreasonably ?) be C\pe ted of It, or should, it, in some few cases, he mis. applied, it has this valuable negative advantage, that it can do no possible har-a Should, however, my Stoke Newingion ally prove to be right, and his linn ti.it feet, as well as mv narrow strong ones,, bear this " shameless exposure," so that wo may at once " put this and that together," why, then, I should not hesitate a moment in going the u whole hog," a id declaring that of all the shoes wherewith horses are shod, the unilateral, or to speak less learnedly (if one may venture to do so without the fear of our friends and patrons becoming shoeingsmiths as well as horse-doctors) the old three quar. ter shoe is without the chance of exception, the possibility of competition, or the fear of contradiction, the very shoe with which (4 horse can he shod. But (and let this be considered as the postscript, in which, &s is not uncommon, all that is worth reading is written) having some ! doubts, or at any rate, not having any 1 proofs of its universal applicability, I am i content to claim for it the advantage of being applicable in a vast number of cases, in which horses go tender and feeling in common shoes: how far it may pre. vent, as well as ameliorate, those cases, it remains for a more lengthened experience to decide. The Veterinarian (London) for September. nOBSE SHOEING. % My Dear Sir,?I observed in tho last Planter an article upon horse shoes, that puts me in m.nd of a circumstance from which 1 derived a good deal of benefit, I and which I will relate for the good of j your readers. I happened, several years ago, to be at ! the blacksmith shop where I get my work done, when an old gentleman of the neighborhood rode up, accompanied by a ! neg.o man with several horses, who wanr. ' ed shoeing. The smith had been lately introduced into tne neighborhood and hud I great reputation. I offered to defer to | the old gentleman, although he was the l..4 1-- munnmnflr fur last cottier, uui nc was >uu ? ?...... that; he insisted upon it that I should have my horse sitod while he looked on. Accordingly, the smith proceeded wuh his operations. The old man seemed to he pretty well satisfied, until the smith, having fitted -the shoe and driven the first nail, began to twist the end off.? J This he protested against, and bv ocular demonstration, showed the difference between wringmgthe nail otFana breaking it by bending backwards and forwards* In the formnr case, the part of the nail in the hoof is twisted, and a round hole is. cut, which is filled only with its own Host: no Wonder the nail in such a hole would soon work loose. Moreover, in twisting the nail, the corner edge is frequently presented to the hoof, and does not clinch half hs well. From that time to this, I have never permitted ray smith ' to "wring a nail," and 1 assure you I have found my profit in it. ! This to be sure is a small matter, bat i