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anything in particular, or is of a timid dispo
sition, better not use the whip at all; but ust
all means to make him understand you do no
wish to hurt him. If he is masterly or vicious
it may be necessary to apply the whip, but thi
moment he submits, stop it. Never show tha;
you are afraid of him, and, above all things
keep your temper.
   If you are an indifferent horseman, a good
time to begin is when the animal is fatigued.
To a good horseman this matters little. We
think a colt should be " broken " at the age o!
three years, but should never be put to very
hard labor till he is five years old. To overtask
a colt, in our opinion, is apt to injure his con-
stlit tli-n, or produce a balky horse.

  fScEEroxt, Dec. 1882.
  [ First rate rules, neighbor Rhodes. -Now
let the fwamers and farmers boys all observe
them. I
   HiOW TO CUBE SCRATCIIEs.-MR. EDITOR:-
ilere is a recipe to cure scratches In horses,
corumminicated by a reliable man who has prov-
ed it to be a certain cure. The remedy is sim-
ply a decoction of' oat straw applied to the
limbs.
  I shall try and give you something more from
any pen hereafter.          W. A. BARBER.

  WVANT1S A D tIIAM lbULL.-MR. J. W. IIorT:
-i herewith enclose one dollar to renew my
subscription to the FARMER cne year. As I
am an old patron, please inform me through
the FARMER or otherwise, where to get a full-
blood young bull for L*eo'i purpooes. There are
none in this part of the State.
                            I. C. COMFORT.
 lInDtm, Dec. 1862.

 FOOT-AlL IN CATTLE.-A correspondent of
 the Albany Cultirator. in reply to an inquiry
 on this subject says:
 ,,I would prescribe as a sure remedy, spir-
 its of common salt, (mttriatic acid). A tea-
 spoonful applied to the diseased parts once in
 two or three days, for half a dozen times, will
 cure its worst form, and a single application,
 taken in season, will often be enough.
 Farmers., please try it, atyd let me hear from
you. T;ie milder form, or scratches, which
often appears on horses as well as cattle, may
easily be cured by the application of pot-fat,



or lard, well saturated with salt.  The former
is best.  Both are sure remedies in this vicini-
ty. Every farmer should have the former by
him."



THE POULTERER.



       Disases and Treatment of Fowls.
  In M. Jacques' work on Poultry, he says:
"A barbarous custom, as ridiculous as it is
abominable, consists in tearing off the horny
tip of the tongue in order to cure the malady
called the pip, and which is only canker or
apthe. This substance is as natural to the
tongue as the nail is to the finger. I have seen
people take a sick hen, examine the interior of
the beak. then seeing it was suffering from
canker or apthe, take a pin and tear off the end
of the unhappy patient's tongue. As a pre-
cautionary measure, all the birds in the yard
were examined. As they all bad the horny tip,
it was settled that all were about to suffer from
canker, and then all hands set to work to mu-
tilate the entire poultry-yard. The wound it
causes is long in healing, and sometimes is in-
curable. One of the most dangerous maladies,
because in time, and almost imperceptibly, it
will invade a whole yard, young and old, is a
disease I will call the ' white.' It is a sort of
itch, evidently caused by invisible vegetations,
which appear first on the feet, on the combs,
on the wattles, on the cheeks and on the deaf
ears, in the form of small flour-covered patch-
es. These patches extend and thicken until
they stop the ears, form orusts on the face,
make holes in the legs, raise up the scales and
cause them to fall off, and at last invade the
whole animal. As soon as the appearance of
white is ascertained, a remedy is at hand which
is a certain specific. It is merely sulphur oint-
ment. the recipe of which is powdered or flow-
ers of sulphur and lard or hog's fat in equal
quantities. These two substances thoroughly
kneaded together for a long time, will form a
very thick ointment, which should be abund-
antly applied. If the white is of old date and
very floury, a cutting instrument should be us-
ed and the parts thoroughly scraped with it to
the quick, even in the most difficult places;
the ointntent should be abundantly applied,
and renewed every third day till a cure is ef-
rected.
", The ointment should be applied whenever
it is necessary, care being taken to raise the
feathers in layers so that the animal shall not
be greased all over. To conclude with a gen-
tral rule, any fowl, sick of any malady, should,
if a cure is desired, be put by itself, and fed
with refreshing food such as millet, dough
nade of barley flour, grass and very clean wa-
ter complete the treatment.  As fast as the
irds are cured, they are let out to regain
8trength and vigor in those places where there
Is the greatest amount of vegetation."



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