| Show i A wa L 7 na c PNEUMONIA OR oft LUNG 11 MURRAIN IN NEAT CATTLE FROM TIIE THE AMERICAN agriculturalist e this disease unknown at the west with us at the eart is so far naturalized that thad h at we believe it may breakout break out in almos any herd bitu situ situated atel on any import important arit atit thoroughfare or in JI which there are working cattle bich go upon apon the highway still there is is as yet but very little of it the vi vigorous orous measures measured pursued in tta and other new eng land states to a certain extent checked age the evil and the ex istance of the di dlease ease at other older points points along iong a the seaboard sea board where ship cows hafe hare been baen bought though frequently recognized has not given rise to extensive disaster we have no doubt the disease uny be sup isolation messed essed eased wherever it breaks out by the perfect isolation of the herd and the slaughter of every ciery animal of it not as was done in massachusetts 1 chu killing and burying buryin every animal bul but by putting the catle cat ie under treatment until datil they are arc cured and fattened when the they Y may max be slaughtered the alesh flesh will be good food and the hides bides goo gooi booi I 1 leather arid and no danger need be apprehended to other stock block after the barns and stalls have been thoroughly aly whitewashed and limed and aird for sod sow amr amp time thrle we ve baw bew the disease as it existed in massachusetts and were fully convinced of its intensely contagious natee nate nati ire lre the fact that of 0 tha the nun bun ores of catt e slaughtered in north brookfield Brook fielA and vic vicinity i titita there was not a ai single case where the contagion could not be traced directly to the import d dutch cow of mr air chemerys Che Chen nerys erya herd which arrived sick is abundant evidence that is directly to that cow through several others by which the disease was conveyed and again the fact that at a certain house bouse movin moyin moving in in that town where ere 24 yokes ut of cattle were used in one string one pau pan of these having contra c te ted tea d the disease from a caf calt ca f brought from the originally infected herd though not showing its it still communicated the disease to every one 0 0 of f the 23 other okes okes ekes not a single one of I 1 them all bein being found which did dia n not 0 t give sive I 1 evidence of the murrain the dis disease ase abe exists in brooklyn N Y and in new jersey and in some places on oil the hudgon hudson river where cows from fro in the distillery tables stables have been aken vigorous means meang need to be taken to control jt it the states debould should act and so should individuals it is a great crime to beli bell an animal supposed to be tic infected fic ted or to keep such a t fact or supposition secret we need educated veterinarians A few are in this country however there are hundreds of quacks to one who knows his business in a paper which discussed dia dla cussed this subject in mikes dikes spirit of the times by loui louis a brandt hrandt jeter veterinary inary surgeon we w find the following to lowing de xie xii britlon crip tion which accords well welli with our bown own observation and knowledge of the disease or OF THE zhe DISEASE in localities in which the disease has never existed veter veterinary ivary ary surgeons themselves can be convinced of its presence only by dissection 1 the evolution of the disease in the first period is so secret and teve feve riess that only a I 1 practised practiced eye can detect its Us presence the tint ob obe ervil serval i a short dry weak I 1 cough or hie generally gener any aUy without repetition which in the b gymning occurs but beldom seldom and then when uben the animal rises or is js watered vat ered but afterwards more frequently and accompanied by great pain and effort a remarkable crooking brooking cro oking of the back a stretching of the head and neck rieck and a quaking motion otibe of the flanks the cough becoming more and more snore hollow and dry moreover a slight h t illig fi feverish motion frequent changes in tb the e temperature of the horns and ears the tte muzzle 7 now dry now moist bristling of the hair along I 1 I 1 the back often a greater wheal h the same is pressed and sometimes a some bome 1 what excited pulse in this period we find on dissection firm and ind spots of a darker red and of various sizes upon the generally pale and nabby flabby lungs and afterwards an fusion effusion et of yellow around them in the cellular tissue lying bet between een the lobes of the lungs in this period the ds disease gase ease when hen properly 1 treated ia is almost always cu curable curaba rabi 12 2 in the second period the appearances are a feverish affliction of the whole body an accelerated difficult and unequal breathing with expanded an d nostrils and a violent motion of the flanks a a short hollow incomplete and even suppressed cough pain 0 on n pressing the breast behind the shoulders c continued stand 1 ing with stretched head and neck lying down On lynow only now and then and for only a short time timey and generally upon the diseased side with the feet turned under the body and the head and neck stretched out reddened fuscous memi branea branes dry muzzle warm horns and ears earb delayed dayed ri dry ball shaped painful excrements entre entire loss toss of milk I 1 I 1 dissection in this developed state beate of I 1 he the disease the affected lung appears hari hart firm I 1 enlarged heavy can not be inflated sinks sinko in ai water adwater is covered with lymph from one half balt to one inch in thickness and arid when cut through 1 looks like marbie marble the pleura and the lungs ar with false membranes of didd diff different re lit 1 and different forms and commonly adhesions between the lungs luigs and the thelba ribs have taken place e in the th rax rak i a di schage of yellowish cloudy water intermixed with flakes and strings ia Is fourd in various quantities 9 sometimes some tome times a A suppuration seldom appear appears except in case cast of a previous inflammation cf ef the lungs in th first period by proper treatment a cure can be effected with a loss of scarcely five per cent of deaths but in lit the second the best surgeon will scarce scarcely lv succeed i i curing five per cent whence it follows fo lows that if the owners are unable to cure the disease themselves they should seek competent assi assistance in the ear eat iest lest sa oa es ea there Is no infectious disease that spreads so easily athis disease dibease odthe of the lungs BO so that those who attend to animals thus infected should not go into a heal hy by stable the air which ren remains tallis in the clothes ia is sufficient clent even after an int interval arval of several days to spread te disease in other stables even the s argeon argeon who has been in an infected stai stat le should norgo not go into a healthy one without first haviar himself fumigated with chlorine or tar horses horbes are not didble to be infected Iti it is seven even advisable and beneficial to the diseased an mal trial to put horses horbes in the same stable for it renders tiler ther cure so much the easier RIPENING PEARS at a meeting of the farmers club september oth the subject of I 1 ripening par pears was cis Zis discussed cussed and while all agreed that the later sorta sorts should be removed from the trees when bard hard to be ripened in fruit rooms at their pro proper lyler tiler seasons some bome pre erred the ummer lummer L land fand fall pars when ripened on the trees i several several admitted that the would mould ripen peo perfectly 0 I 1 the tree but J W Ilay liay iiames esi Es est esq I 1 i 0 of newark k claimed that many if no not ta ail all 11 the le summer and arid fall rali pears were I 1 etter better when so ripened while dr carpenter and many others stated that with the axce exception tion of the none of the summer er or IN fall fali pears were BO so god when not gathered in a green state that they became mealy losing much ot of the r juice hy by evaporation etc while it if removed from the tree before losing their hardness hard nes I 1 and ripened into proper localities the pears were more d and every way preferable 1 1 our experience coincides with the latter opinion for we have found that even lett jett la is materially improved in quality by being ripened in the dark after being removed from the tree we are anxious for exact inform information atlon on this subject and would thank our readers it they would tarnish furnish it and also the proper dates for ripening each 0 of th latter utter kiuda of pears it the dutchess dutches 11 danfou I 1 leme leine be placed in a wann warm room an and d ripened at various dates fifteen biays flays apart from sept to dec those ripened at the latest date will be found to be tie far better in quality tb than anth those ose ripened earlier A pe feet list of the later pears and the best oates for tor ripening them thim would be very valuable and would assist fruit dealers in improving th public appreciation of the finer qualities of fruits working farmer preserving FRUIT the there relo a nothing so badly ne needed ded among fruit raisers as a certain method of preserving 9 heir their fruit some people are very successful in their efforts while others the great majority totally fail to save their apples and pears especial especially lly ily the latter for any lengthened period IG grain I 1 b bran a chaff meal shavings sawdust ac c b have a v a all ail I 1 bee been used with more or less batis satis factory results latterly land plaster lias been introduced and is spoken of very favorably and we ha e no doubt justly its nature would seem to point it out as well adapted to this purpose when the fruit is packed in barre a or other vessels and sep ser seated ted well bv plaster on farm where plaster Is annually applied to the grass corn corti ac it is only necessary to purchase it a faw fay months in ili advance as it will keep kep without deterioration any length of time it is said that apples can be thus preserved until may in perfect condition and flavon flavor up lightly tightly and bu buining ying in me tyr earth we have no fuestion question ue stion is one of the very best iv processes we e have known it to be eminently bucce stul Barr dinn ding and aad a and ad inking underwater tinder eater water is also baid bald to jo answer th pul pui pobe pose witti choice pears this would well repay the trouble ruble tr germantown telegraph AUTUMN OR an tei TER MA X THE BEST nearly all the benefits benefi is of autumn may be secured U here cattle and other arll arti animals mals mais are kept in stables or warm basements by drawing out the manure during the comparatively keisu e time of winter and spreading it at once on the land the winter rains wi enever they occur an I 1 all the spring sprin rains will give it a thoro thorough gh washing arit ailt and allt carry the liquid int the soil but such places i must be elected selected ted for this purpose pose as will not favor the accumulation if nf water into broll 9 or streams sl reams and thus carry orf off it tre tte e manure altogether grass lanis lan is are much the best for this treatment by tending to retain the manure nothing is 13 better for gardens that are to be ei riched i or lor cpr D ng crops crois han ban a autumn or winter application 0 of manure and newly planted trees dwarf pear stia berry beds ac receive a great deal of protection against sold fold cold by such coatings which are to be turned in in hi spring country gentleman A bean has been diaco vend d on the west I 1 i coast of arica called dourou chih has an astonishing fleet in quieting the pangs pans of hunger bunger unger medicinally i rot ot in bulk it is an astringent and bitter bitted wrt wit ton c when shen chewed dry but blit sweet immediately immediate ly on taking a mouthful ful fui ct water kair itla it is also a preventive of colic colac TOBACCO excitement IN COSTA A ful has been bren made coade this season in our county in the cultivation of tobacco by hieb Afe AIes bers Pers rs stout and peden of san ramon ranion valley they have planted about twelve acre acres and the t tobacco has come up ully and matured thoroughly I 1 is now fully ripe and will be cut next week good judges estimate the average as certainly not less legs han khan hau five hundred pounds per acre and more the sorts tha have turned out beal beat we are told are the long green and the aia Ala rylan ryian I 1 straight tobacco this eapen expel ment demonstrates the capacity and the adaptability olour of our soil and climate to the rearing of this i lant there can be no lonee longer r any doubt U ariy lily on the suba ct the matter is test tested and f fairly pr proven overy Q n te an excitement has been bem treated greated i the of alamo and danville among the farmer we understand owing to the bucce a of this new experiment from what halwe we bear we should not be surprised if it very lage la ge crops should be raised next year in that locality contra costa gazette how PAT NICELY MANAGED IT A lady ani gentleman recently mair married ted ili lit the n beigh od of boston left bomin th their air own carrage carr age for fona fora a bridal tour among the mountains mountain of new hampshire in order older to avoid avold aviu d th the curiosity attracted at acted by persons in the honeymoon the gendeman gen leman gave his bis irish ser sel one Al murphy urphy the strictest charge not to tell any one on the road they were newly married and threatening to dismiss hlin blin instantly it if he did pat promised implicit obed ence but on leaving the first inn on th road next mornin the happy couple were much astonished and tan Jan annoyed noyed to find the servants all assembled arid and pointing to the gentleman mysteriously exclaiming I 1 him the mau mad on reaching the nex station the indignant master told murphy h he m must u t immediately di discharge e him a as a he lie yh had a d d divulged v u eged what he be ha had d imposed impose on him as a secret faze your honor what is it you tou complain of 11 yon you dyon dascall you told the servants at the inn last night that we were a newly married coupe couple i oh ob then be this and be that says patrick brightening up in anticipated ariu triumph mph thereta theres not a wont of truth in it yer honor sure I 1 the whole kit 01 0 them servants and all ail ua y you cu be married for a fortnight yet vet 2 the lady idy fainted but the ilus lins husband band bana pard pardoned ned pat and concluded that in future he had better tell the truth AN EFFECTIVE RETORT sheridan very deini desirous ous that his bis sol aoi tom should marry a boim weman of large fortune but that miss chandler had bad wo i his bons sous heart one day he requested tom to take a with bir hiir and soon poon entered on the subject his marriage and pointed out to bim him in fit glowing colors the advant of so brilliant an alliance tom listened with the utmost patience and then descanted des canted on the perfections oris of the aman who afterwards proved the iride pride arid and solace of his declining years sheridan grew warm and expatiating en on the folly of his bis bon eon at length exclaimed tom if you marry warry caroline chandler ill cut you yell off with a st ullin tm could not resist the opportunity of replying plying and looking archly at achs hs fatt fati fatter fattier er said 1 hen iben sir you must bor borrow it 11 sheridan was tickled at the wit and the subject WIT durine the stormy days of 1843 two stalwart in crata entered the bank batik of the late baron A rothschild at frankfort you have millions en on said they to lim him dim and we have nothing and you must divide with us very well what do you suppose the firm of de rothschild is worth about forty millions of florans florins flor ins 21 forty |
