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Importance Of Salt to Live


Stock.
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AHlnlalSs even III the WiIQ STATE nave
been remarked and certain seasons, 10
visit seas and salt springs with great
avidity. Every farmer must have obs
served how fond horses and black cattle
are ofliking the salt earth offarm yards,
stables - &c. In Spain lie bs, sal.
are regularly consumed by 1000 sheep
in five months. In several other parts
of Europe il is also given, and its great
and manifested use uncontrovertibly es>
tablshed. Mr. Curwen. late member OF
parliament for Cumberland, employed
salt for his stock daily, for ears, in the
following quantities: The horses he gave
6 OF per day; 10 mich cows, 4 do; 70
feeding oxen. 6 do;to yearIing calves,
8 do; 10 calves, | do; to sheep, per week,
from g to 4 do; whilst feeding on dry
pastures, but while feeding on turnips
they had plenty oft The manner of
giving il is different; some give i on dry
slate or stone; Some lav Jumps Of it IN
the cribs or hangers. II has been found
that sheep which have supply Of
il are never afflicted with the disease
called the rot. Sal. has been found 10
be specific for that deyasting disease.
A Mr.. Rusher, Of Stanley, Gloucester
shire, few years ago purchased, for
mere trife, about 90 sheep in autumn,
which were decidedly rotten, and gave
an ounce 10 them every morning, (or
some time. two only Of them died, the
remainder became remarkably healthy
and bore excellent lambs the following
winter. Salt shaken over each stratum
Of hay while making il into ricks &c,
o. given in mashes. &c, gives the ani>
mails a zest for il, and besides preserving
them from several dis'empers, renders
their hair sleek and glossy. Although
the benefit or salt.is nov becoming TO be
appreciated, even in enlightened England
mot many years ago) we read how a
farmer cited his servants before JUS
tice Of the Peac at Winchester, for tho
dreadful crime Of giving his horses salt
in their corn: 81 should not have suspec>
ted it, said the farmer, chad not my
horses coats became so fine lately -
''SaIt for horsesr' exclaimed the indig,
nant magistrate, "can anything be more
poisonous? Let the rascals be commits
ted to Bridewell for mouth "-Newry
(lreland) Telegraph.


A SEcRET.-"H How do. you Mrs. Tome.
have YOU heard that story about Mrs.
Luid?"


aWhy. no. really. Mrs. Cad. What is
it-do tell?"


30. promised not TO tell for all the
world! No ! must never tell ont I'm
afraid it will git out. !"


"Why III never tell ont as long as |
live just as true as the world, what is il,
come, tell"


"Now yon won't say anything about
It, will yours


"No, I'll never open my head about It
never. Hope to die this minute"


"Well, if you'll believe me, Hrs. Fun
day told me last night, Mrs. Trot told
her that her sisters husband was told by
person who dreamed it, that Mrs.
Troubles Oldest daughter told Mrs.
Nichens that her grandmother heard by
a letter that she got by her thire sisters
second husbands eldest brothers. steps
daughter, that it was reported by the
captain OF a clam-boat just arrived from
the Feejee Islands, that the mermaids
about that section wore sharkskin bue>
ties stuffed with picked eels' toes!"


