The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 01 (1820)Various
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The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 01 (1820)
Various
Agriculture; Agriculture -- Periodicals
It will be sufficient to mention this fact to some of our
enlightened farmers, to induce them to imitate the worthy
Harmonites, and I recommend highly the practice, as likely to become
eminently beneficial. The pumpkin seeds afford their oil with the
greatest facility and abundance. One gallon of seeds will give
about half a gallon of oil. They may be pressed like rape and flax
seed.--Their oil is clear, limpid pale, scentless, and when used for
salad instead of sweet oil, has merely a faint insipid taste; it
burns well, and without smoke. Those advantages entitle it to our
attention, as an indigenous production of first necessity. Pumpkins
grow all over the United States, from Maine to Louisiana, and with
such luxuriance, as to produce sometimes as much as 50,000_lbs._
weight of fruits, and about 2000 _lbs._ weight of seeds, in one acre
of Indian corn without injuring the crop of corn. Those 2000 _lbs._
of seeds might produce about 200 gallons of oil, worth about 200
dollars. I calculate that about two millions of gallons of such oil
could be made annually in the United States, from the seeds that are
wasted or given to cattle and pigs. This is worth saving--and in
addition to the bread, pies, soups, dishes, feed, &c. afforded by
pumpkins, we shall have a good and wholesome home-made vegetable oil
for lamps and food.
_Disease among Horses._
MIFFLINTOWN, (Penn.) Nov. 20.
A disease prevails among the horses in this part of the country, by
some called the Burnt Tongue. We understand that it originated in
the western section of this state, and has extended along this route
from Pittsburg to Philadelphia. It has in a few instances proved
fatal: but we understand that the stages west of the Alleghany have
been stopped, and numbers of wagonners are obliged to lie by in
consequence of it. It affects the tongue and prevents the creature
from eating, and is very catching, so much so, that it is said a
beast will take it in consequence of its having been _hitched_ at
the same place that the one has stood which was affected.
LANCASTER, (Penn.) Nov. 23.
The following method of practice and recipe for the care of the
prevailing disease among horses, called _sore mouth_, was obtained
from Mr. Tomlinson, (one of the proprietors of the Western Mail
Stages) on his return from visiting the sick horses in the line, and
I am authorized to say, will, if strictly attended to, succeed in
curing in 99 _cases in_ 100--by inserting it you will oblige MANY.
RECIPE.
On the commencement of the disease, bleed moderately. If the blood,
after cooling, appears to have much buff on it, repeat the bleeding;
give a pint of castor oil; if it does not operate in 16 hours, give
two thirds of a pint. Nitre may be given at the rate of 2 _oz_. a
day, or salts two or three times a week; 1/4 _lb._ at a time. These
may be given in a thin mash, or rather slop of bran, it being the
best food for the animal while diseased.
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