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8. On the beneficial effects of Chloride of Lime and Chloride of Soda, when applied to external diseases of the animal system. The chloride of lime has been found by Mr Alcock to be an excellent disinfecant. Of the chloride of soda he thus speaks:-" The chloruret of oxide of sodium, in common with that of lime, has been shown to possess the valuable property of destroying the most putrid effluvia arising from animal substances, even when these effluvia are diffused to a considerable extent in the surrounding atmosphere; it has also the property, when applied to the substances giving off these effluvia, of arresting or destroying the progress of putrefaction. Not only does it possess this power with regard to dead and detached animal substances, but in those distressing forms of disease in which a part or parts of the living human body become dead and putrid, whilst yet attached to the contiguous tissues which preserve their vitality, it has the inestimable power of speedily ameliorating this most loathsome condition, by destroying the patrid odour emanating from the dead portions; and it, moreover, generally arrests the further progress of decomposition, and promotes the more speedy separation of the dead parts from the living, than can be obtained by ordinary means. 'It very often is capable of changing the nature of malignant, corroding and destructive sores, into the condition of simple ulcers: in many ulcers not malignant, it is capable of greatly hastening the cure. In short, though not an infallible remedy, it is capable, under the guidance of medical and surgical skill, sound judgment and experience, of alleviating, and often of totally removing, some of the most distressing and loathsome diseases to which animals are liable." If the chloride of soda be thus useful in human surgery, it will not, probably, be quite inert in the quadruped. We have used it with manifest advantage in a case of fistulous withers, the putrid stage of distemper in dogs, and ulcerations of their lips and gums. A French veterinary surgeon, M. Lard, in the spring of 1805, cured a glandered horse with it; and another military veterinary surgeon, M. Etienne, was most successful in arresting the progress of several diseases among the troop-horses at the barracks of Moulins. The bad forage and situation of this place subjected the horses to attacks of glanders and farcy. Every attempt to arrest these maladies proved abortive, until M. Etienne used the chloride of soda. He diluted the solution of the chloride with twenty-four times its weight of water, and bathed the ulcers with it, and injected it into the nostrils. The defluxion rapidly decreased, and in thirtyfive days the animals returned to their work. The usual means of treating these diseases were continued at the same time, but these were perfectly ineffectual before the chloride was used.Veterinarian.

QUARTERLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

OCTOBER 15. 1829.

In England, the showery weather, which set in about the end of June, continued throughout July, and in August the rains were still more incessant. The same wet weather, with few exceptions, continued through the whole of September, and even down to the period at which we write. In Scotland, the weather was much the same as in England during July and August; but in September, though still chequered with a few flying showers, it was much more settled. The season altogether has been a very unpropitious one for the farmer. In the tilling of his fallow, and the cleaning of his turnips and other green crops, he has had to contend with very unfavourable circumHis harvest operations have been prolonged to an unusual length of time, and carried on under circumstances of great trouble and expense; indeed, it has required every possible exertion on the part of the farmer to get his crops cut and secured in any tolerable condition.

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At an early part of the season considerable alarm had arisen in certain districts of the kingdom, that the wheat crop had sustained injury from the maggot; but the effects from this cause have proved inconsiderable in England, and in Scotland its ravages were limited to particular districts, and, with one exception, have been trifling. Much of the crops were lodged by the heavy rains before they were matured, which created considerable anxiety especially for wheat and barley. This, together with the rain which fell while the grain was cut, and before it could be carried to the stackyard, have, in many cases, given these grains a coarse and discoloured appearance; but from the low temperature of the season, and the cold high winds which frequently prevailed, a small quantity only of the grain is sprouted. As a consequence of such an untoward harvest season, much of the crop, especially in England, has been carried home in a wet state. Where farmers are under the necessity of disposing of their grain in that condition, it must, as the very low prices obtained for such unmarketable grain show, be attended with great loss.

We believe we are entitled to state, that, to the south of Yorkshire, the crops are generally inferior to those in Yorkshire and farther north. With this distinction in view, we may observe in general, that the wheat crop on strong clays was thin, and will be rather deficient in quantity; but that, on superior soils, it is in general a fair average crop, weighing about 63 lb. per bushel. In many cases, however, it is soft, and unfit for the baker without a mixture of old. The barley crop, on stiff soils, was thin on the ground, and will not in such situa

tions be a full crop, though well-eared; but on kindly soils it is considered a fair average one, and decidedly superior to that of last year. That portion which was lodged by the rains is stained, and inferior in appearance. From the wet state in which the greater part was carried to the stackyard, only a small portion will be fit for malting for a considerable period. The oat crop, though in many cases light, has been got in in tolerably good order; and, though it has suffered, to a certain extent, in common with other grains, it is not so easily damaged by wet weather, and the grain therefore is pretty good. On cold late soils it will be husky, and a little deficient in weight. The crops of beans and peas blossomed well, but were much kept back by the continued rains, and will prove a deficient crop: There are exceptions, however, to this result in particular districts. Turnips are a very indifferent crop: If the season keeps mild for some time, they may still improve a little, but will fall much short of an average produce.

For the last three months, we have had a very uninteresting trade in corn, arising from the total want of speculation throughout the whole season; and though, from the ungenial summer which we have had, we have experienced occasional fluctuations, these have been very trifling, and the rates of all kinds of grain have, upon the whole, varied very little, though latterly they have tended to decline. As the new wheats come to market in very poor condition, and unfit for the baker's use, without a considerable mixture of old, this has the effect of keeping the old qualities at a comparatively high stand, while the price of new depends altogether upon the condition, varying from 42s. to 72s. per quarter.

The stock of old grain is now much diminished; and, at this advanced period of the season, we can expect little from the Baltic, or even from less distant ports, more especially when we take into account the present high duties formed by the low prices of the damp new wheat acting as a prohibition to importation.

The depression in the price of wool has been progressive since the date of our last Report, being greatest on the coarser kinds. Accounts from the manufacturing districts speak generally of an increase of trade. Whether this be one of those temporary oscillations of commerce with which we have so often been deluded, or a tendency to a sounder condition of the country, is yet to be seen; but, at all events, this state of things can as yet have produced no effect on general consumption; and the condition of the agriculturists over a very large part of England, remains as gloomy and depressed as hitherto.

The price of fat stock, which had risen beyond the rates of last year, has recently shown a tendency to decline, but the principal fall has been on lean stock. The injurious effects of a depression in the stock markets has been, in certain districts, aggravated by extensive failures of those engaged in the cattle trade.

TABLES of the Average Prices of the different kinds of GRAIN, per Imperial Quarter, and of BUTCHER MEAT, sold at the following Markets, from 1st July to 30th September 1829.

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AVERAGE PRICES OF GRAIN AS SOLD IN THE MARITIME DISTRICTS.

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TABLE of the Average Prices of GRAIN in the DUBLIN MARKET,
from 1st July to 30th September 1829.

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PRICES of English and Scotch WOOL.

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Averages which regulate the Duties on FOREIGN Grain, 5th October 1829.

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