Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-01-16
AGRICULTURAL.
Doctoring Sick Animals.

| two very common diseases, often confounded
| together. With collie the pulse is natural,
not fifty a minute, the animal often rolls.
the disease intermits, and there is usually
not much fever. With Inflammation there
is much fever, the pulse sometimes rising to
nearly hundred ii minute. the attack i,
gradual, and the disease does not intermit.
| The remedies proposed are of the simplest
character and not those often used by pro-
| fessonal men.
For Coiic-If from badly digested food,
| give pint or more ola solution of saleratus;
or mixture of half a pound or upwards of
| frcsh-powdered charcoal with thrice its
bulk of water, is still safer. Spasmodic
collie may be treated with the charcoal in
ternally and brisk friction externally, and II
quart of peppermint tea with spoonful of
powdered cinnamon, may be given. Ginger
tea is also useful.
For Inflammation Of the B0,oels-This is Il
difficult disease to cure, and horses generally
are killed by the amount of irritating medi-
cines administered, which only add to the
disease, such as whisky, gin and molasses,
salts, castor oil, gunpowder &c. Give u
drink of slippery elm every hour, to allay
irritation, keep the animal quiet, let him
have but little food, and let that be weak
Sc0uFs o. Didgrhu. Sometimes this
arises from irritating matter, in which case
it must not be checked too soon. When it
proceeds from exposure after over exertion,
let all the drink the animal takes be slip
perry elm water with occasional doses of u
spoonful of charcoal. The food should be
dry. Raspberry leaf tea is good drink
after the symptoms begin to subside. In
severe cases twenty or thirty grains Of kino
may be given i'll a quart Of thin -four gruei
twice day.
Cold, or CdtarH, ,-This.s a common and
well known disease. Medicines generally
are OF little use, except to allay attending
symptoms. Good Nursing and careful man
agement are best, avoiding any exciting
cause calculated to increase the disease, or
retard the gradual cure that nature com
monty effects. Ii followed or accompanied
by hard cough. green food should be
given; if in winter, turnips or ruta bagas,
with warm wet meal, are useful. a moder-
ate feeding Of fresh apples two or three
times day operates as au eXpectorant and
relieves the cough.
HtaUes.-When u horse is fed on musty
hay, and his cough begins to assume symp-
toms of heaves, Immediately procure good
hay, if possible, or else cut the hay fine and
always feed it wet, to which add u spoonful
of ginger daily until the symptoms disap-
pear. A horse which has the heaves once
established cannot be cured, but the disease
may be kept SO intent AS to be of no incon-
venience, by always feeding wet chopped
food.
!Scratches-(A cutaneous and trouble
some disease just above the hoof. keep
the affected parts clean, by washing with
soap and water, and then apply solution
of chloride of lime.
Distenper, or Horse iH-(Attended with
thickened discharges from the nose, anu
sore throat, often the tumor under the jaws,
and weakness.) Rub and curry often, to pro
mote warmth and circulation, Keep warm and
comfortable, and if the animal refuses to eat
withhold all drink, but place before him warm
mashes which he will swallow when he finds
his water is not given. lie will often eat
wet hay, slightly salted, if given him morsel
after morsel by the hand. Scraped corrots
are excellent. The principal object is TO
keep up his strength and flesh until tho
disease runs its course. 4 seton is often
advisable, divcrting the disease.
CATTLE.
If the ten rules already given are carefully
observed, cattle will scarcely ever become
diseased; and il they do, Immediately en-
anime to see if some of these rules are not
broken. The following remedies may be-
applied in case OF few of the more COM
mon diseases:
Horn AH.-The symptoms are dullness.
failure of appetite, giddiness, failure of
flesh; the horn generally feels cold The
head, and not the horn merely, Is diseased
Boring is generally of no use, and can only
give temporary relief when there is pres
sure of matter in the horns. Hornless cows
have it sometimes. Ii generally occurs To
animals in low condition, with deranged
digestive organs. The best remedies are To
keep them in warm shelter, and give
warm, nourishing and stimulating food. II
the animal should happen to be in high
condition, feed lightly. Most of the RENE
dies have their reputation because they did
not prerem natural recovery.
Gdrget, or CaLiNg IF tho Bdg-Let tho
calf suck after having drawn off u part OF
the milk and if there il danger of matter
forming, rub the udder with a liniment of
equal parts of goose oil and hot drops. II
painful wash with weak lye. 1t is very inn
portant always afterwards TO milk very clean.
Avoid high or stimulating food.
HoC6a. 0ccasioned by eating too much
fresh clover or other green food. The pre-.
ventiye is caution in turning Into fresh pas
lures, allowing but short time at first. In
mid eases cure may be effected 10y quart
OF saleralus water; in severe and threaten
ing ones penknite must be- thrust into
the paunch through the skin, two or three
inches forward of the hip bone.
Foul az Ms Foot Caused by standing long
in hlIh-may be cured by removing to u
dry, clean place, washing with soap, then
With chloride OF lime, and apply lag curriers'
oil. Washing with salt aud water ia
useful.
Lio.-Wash the skin night aud morning
with dccOcllnn of tAo ounces 0f lObclia
seeds Ia one quart of boiling water; aneg
standing two houFs, apply With a sponge.
SIRE Ids Always wash With water 10,
fore milking, og aiicT calf sno king; this u
often sufficient. II much s0Fe, apply elual
parts ot lime water aud linsecd cal.
Chokoi Caffk may be nllcyod, shen tho
obstruction l. high, by ,hTusting the afm al
full lonRth down and selsing Il sllh the dn,
goTs 10 pfvgeIt the animal biting danger,
ously, pass ts.s Afm through a wheel bOK
or els,is, hold hTu,iy Ia ihe la0nlh, %
'till hciisr, through soo,len h0N made on
paIpose, Nigh pg,,iecllng ea,ls ~ held by
II iar doan, tls ohslgaellaR ,aay b. pushsi
io~n ~iiL aeslhis slick Ullh foand sofs
knob.