The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-02-13
Prevention of Diseases among Animals.

Prevention of Diseases among Animals.
1t is said-"That an ounce of prevention
is worth pound of cure We subscribe
to that doctrine.
AS general rule animals become diseas-
ed through want of proper care and atten-
ton it is therefore, the duty and interest
OF owners and attendants to study the nat
ural habits and history of every species Of
animal owned or entrusted to their care
Take colt, the offspring of sound par
ents, give it plenty of grass or hay well
cured, with pure clean water whenever it
wants to drink, keep it comfortably warm
in winter in stable well ventilated, mod
erately light, the floor kept clean, well
sprinkled with gypsum, ground plaster
an opportunity to exercise in playfulness
every day of good weather, an opportunity
mer, and at maturity you will have 4 sound
horse.
A. will say, "that is to much trouble
requires too much attention" b. will add,
cost some outlay of capital to fit up the sta
BILE properly, and the summer shelter in
the pasture fields" This shelter may be
done without if you have shade trees in
the pasture lot, and will stable it during
storms. Is it not worth some care and at
tention to be sure of having sound horse ?
The investment incurred in re-modeling
the stable is not lost, it is permanent fix
ture-an improvement.
Now you have a sound horse to COM
mence with. We will presume that the
horse has bean trained during his coltship,
according to instructions previously given
in the Journal, and that he has been fed a
little grain, gradually, as he approached
maturity. Now, there are some things
that should not be done. The horse should
not be overloaded or strained he should
mot be permitted to cool too fast when
heated by labor or other exercise he should
not be exposed to cold rain or storms un-
less he is kept in motion, and whenever
the labor OF other exercise ceases, he should
until he is thoroughly dry, body and limbs
When taken from the stable after full
feed, lie should not be put to heavy
draught, nor to fast travel, until he has had
some moderate exercise, that he may dis
charge an over gorged body. With these
few instructions and other precautions
that will suggest themselves to a sensible
horseman there will be no heaves, no blind
ness, no SPAWN no springhalt, no splent, no
grease in the heels, and the horse will be
healthy and useful until he dies of old age.
Is not good horse worth all this care for
the purpose of keeping him in good health ?
| The leading features ofthese instructions
| will be applicable in the feeding and care
| of other animals. Animals are liable to
disease, either from being over fed iniudi-
ciously, or being under fed-starved from
being exposed to cold and storms, from
filthy stables, dark stables, want of oppor-
tunity to drink when the system requires
it.
Poultry, as general thing is too much
neglected. The popular notion is that any
body can feed chickens. Yes. if they
know how; but there are other things re-
quiring attention besides supplying them
with food. Our Agricultural Societies
should award premium for the best con.
structed poultry house, another to the one
who keeps his poultry house the cleanest
| When these two things are properly atten-
ded to, we will not hear so much about
"chicken Diseases