Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-16
Bots in Horses.

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an So frequently asked the cues
ton if | consider bots as q disease.
among horses. will give your read
ers my opinion on the subject and
they can investigate the subject for
themselves. The origin Of bots IS
TOO well known TO give It's history
but Twill glance at il concisely. The
bot is reddish grub which NAV be
found fastened TO the inner coat of
the stomach from the fall until the
next summer. When the bot first
attaches itself 10 the stomach. it is
very small, bat soon begins TO grow.
1t takes the bot about ten months 10
come TO maturity. Its size when
full grown is abont three fourths of
an inch long, and about eleventh
of an inch thick. Is pointed and
armed with two hooks, by which
means il attaches itself to the inside
OF the stomach 50 firmly that il will
almost be torn in two rather than re-
linquish its hold. La this situation
the bot remains from its infancy 10
il maturity, being The natural place
OF abode. Ii drains its nourishmcnt
from the secretions Of the stomach.
Some persons still think that the
horse cannot ue without bots. This
Is mistake, for this reason Ifyou
keep up your horse during the sea,
son OF the nifty, and not have the
animal exposed to the fly, there will
not bc a bet in the animal during: the
winter months. \ horse will live
with a great amount of bots inside Of
him and enjoy good health, and so
he VIII enjoy the same without them.
But the greatest error among the
people concerning bots is that they
ar" the cause of Il frequent ana iatai
disease among horses. If Il horse is
taken sick at any time Of the year.
aud II he turns up his lip, and looks
around ut his side or put his nose
agalnstlt, nine out of ten Of the look
ers on pronounce il Il sure case OF
the bots. So lung disease internally
is pronounced bots. Then drench az
tel drench Of bot medicine, of every
conceivable drug, is given to the un-
fortunate animal-sometimes the
most dangerous medicines are given
with the expectation of having the
bots let 20. think that any sensi-
lSle man can clearly see that there is
no medicine that can be administers
cd the horse TO cause the bots to loose
their hold unless it is strong enough
to kill the animal. ! know, from
experience, that spirits of turpentine
will not kill q bot, fever, inflammation
in the bowels, collie or any, for seve>
raj minutes-eycn nitric acid will
not instantly destroy them. From
these facts consider that bots do
not cause any injury to healthy
stom ach. Nature has provided bot
with it's abode ; there it lives, there
it is fastened to stay until matured.
cannot understand why the bot
win remain in the horses stomach
and go to work all at once and des
troy its habitation, unless for securi-
ty. We sometimes destroy our homes
By way OF necessity, but as general
thing we will not unless obliged to.
On the same principle the bot works
1t IS well known that before death
from any disease the system under
goes q great change, and by this
| change il causos the secretion Of the
stomach to become as poison to the
bots, or so distasteful us to try 10 bet
ter their condition by boring 10 The
second coat Of the stomach. and on
until they entirely eat through. Then
after death upon examination the
| bots are found in their situation
+ which, fixes the matter 10 certainty
that bots killed the animal. must
conclude, 80 as not TO intYude on you
or your readers, with just remark
When your horse is sick and said to
have bots, study well his case and
ascertain his real disease, give him
the proper medicine and if you can
not do this, let nature work its own
way Do not give bot medicine, it
will do no good Trust nature IA
Their than the bot DOCTOR W. s.
Peite, IL the Rochelle illinois, Regis
ter.