The Arkansas banner., 1844-04-10
AGRICULTURAL A
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 CAUSE TIE DEATH OF HORSES:
 Many people will smile at this inquiry, but confidence and knowledge are not yet tsynoni- mous. Who on this subject is of higher authority than w. ouatt, the oracle of the society of illustrtous men in England for the diffusion of useful knowledge2 In his great work on the horse, Skinner's edition, pp 22A-5,) he gives drawings and the natural history of this worm, and says: "The botts cannot, while they inhabit thc stomach of the horse, give the animal any pain.for they have fastened OH the eutieulaf and ilsensible coat They cannot stimulate the stomach and in- crease its digestive powers, for they are not in the digestive portion of the stomach They cannot by their roughncss assist the tfitura- lion or rubbing down of tfle food, for 10 such office Is performed in that part of the stomach. The food IS softenea, net rubbed down ] They cannot be injurious to the horse, for he enjoys perfect health when the cuticu- | lar part of the stomach s filled with them, and their presence is not even suspected until they appear at the anus. They cannot be removed by medicine, because they are mol in that stomach 10 which medicine is usually conveyed, and if they were, their mouths are too deeply buried in the mncus for any med- cne that can be safely administered 10 affect them; and, last of all, in inc course of time l they dctach themselves and come away l Therefore the wise man will leave them 10 ! themselves.n
 H'orms--W Worms of dillcrcn, kinds inhabit l the intcstines but except when they exist i'll very great numbers, they arc not SO hurlful as is generally supposed, although the groom or carter may trace to them, hide-bound, and cough, and loss of appetite, and gripes, and megrims, and a variety of other ailments. Ol the origin, or mode of propagation of these parasitical animals, we can say little; neithel writers on medicine, nor even on natural his tory, have given us any satisfactory accom of the matter.
 The long white worm (itmbricus tercs much resembles the common earth-worm and, being from six to ten inches ill length nlabits the small iutestines. It is formi tlable looking animal and, if there are man, of them, they may consume moro than car be spared of the nutriiiYe part of ile food or the macus of the bowels 4 tight skin, and rough cont, and tueked-up belly, are sometimes connected with their presence They are then, however. yoided in arge Quaii- Aties. Adose of physic will sometimes bring away almost incredible Quantities of them.-- Calomel is frequently given IS a verniliige ' The seldomer this drug is administered Co tlls horse the better. It is the principal ingfe dient, in some quack medicines, fCr the ex. pusion of worms in the humnn subject, ane thence, perlaps, t came 10 be used for ths horse; but ill him we believe t 10 be inert as a yermiiuge, or only useful as quickeHing the operation of the aloes. When the horse car be spared, a strong dose of physic is an excel lent vermifuge, so far as the long round worm is concerned; but better medicine, and no interfering with either the feeding or work o the horse. is emetic tartar, with ginger, madc iutn ball with linseed meal and trearle. ant given every morning, half all hour before lIie horse is fed.
 i smaller, dark-colored worm, called the needle-worm. or ascaris, inhabits the large intestines. Hundreds of them sometimes de- scend into the rectum, and immense quanti- ties have been found in the cnnum. These are a more serious nuisance than the former, for they canse very troublesome irritation about the lundament, which sometimes sadly annoys the horse. Their existance eaa 2 sea- orally be discovered by q small portion ol mueus, which, haidenipg. is fodnd aaherlna to the anus. Physic will sometimes hFine away great numbers of these worms, bu when there rs much irritation about fhe tail and much of this mucus, indicating ilai tey have descended into the rec.um, an inlectioi of linseel oil, or of aoes dissolved in water will be more eaacmal remedy
 The tape-wofm Is seldom found in the horse.
 And again we find in the seventh edition of the :. Complete Gsazier," page 3l0, chap ter 5, begins by asserting that, of all the do mestic animals, the horse is the most liable to disease, and under the head of botts, aftel giving :; brief sketch of it's natural history. the author proceeds: Neither during ta