Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-19
FARMLAND GARDEN.
HORsE NOTES

A sure cure Tor Bots i'm Horses
A Few Suggesti0ns About Collie,
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Dr.. B. H. Washington, Of Augusta
Ga, contributes the following to the
Southern 0nltSOdtoT.-
You have published many articles on
the subject of bots, but, as this may be
considered practical instead of a seienfi-
nc article, l think it may prove pro-
fitable to many of your readers. Some
writers tell us that the bot cannot hurt the
horse. About twenty five years ago had
practical test of the incorrectnesy of
this theory, which settled the matter in
my own mind, and have no doubt saved
me many dollar. My horse was taken
i'll and some of my neighbors pronounced
1t a case of colo, and we treated it ac-
cordingly for about two hours, when find
ding he was likely to die, another neigh
Dor was called in who was said to be very
successful in treating diseased horses.
After examining him minute or two
he pronounced it q case of bots, and ad
ministered the following drench: Strong
sage tea one quart, pulveIized alum, a
heaping tablespoonful, and molasses Tor
sugar. one teacupful In ten minutes the
horse got up and went to eating grass,
and was never more sick while / owned
him. My neighbor told me that sage tea
was specific poison for the bot, and
would kill them when aqua FORTS would
not, and since that time, Whenever see
my horse toss his head around as if to
brush off a fly when there is none dis
turbing, forthwith drench is admin
istered as above, and l have never had a
horse sick from the bots since.
Though not perhaps appropriate, l will
add few lines concerning collie. A great
many farmers lose horses and mules from
collie when they might really save them.
The horses or mules are worked freely,
and then entrusted to negroes TO water,
who ride them into the water and allow
them to drink whilst heated Just as much
asthey desire, and the next morning the
owner is telling his neighbor of his bad
luck, that when he went to the stable
he found his mule dead. Now, if the
owner will cause his foreman or manager
TO see to it that, at every third or fourth
swallow the head of the horse is pulled
up and held for few seconds he may be
allowed to drink as much as he pleases,
aud never will have the collie.
/ have ridden my horse until there was
not dry hair on him, and on coming to
q stream let him drink until he was per-
fectly satisfied, and never had horse to
suffer single minute from it, By pull
ing up the head and making the horse
pause, the small quantity of water taken
in three or four swallows will be warmed
TO the natural temperature, and no evil
results can follow, but if allowed to drink
freely and without interruption, while
overheated, he will probably die in less
than twelve hours. .--
Furthermore, If the horse does not have
the collie the digestive apparatus is thrown
ont of order considerably, and the horse
loses flesh and cannot stand to his work;
while, if the above plan is carried out
the owner will avoid any risk of collie and
keep his horse in much better order.
Just here, while thinking of plow
horses, my mind wanders off to another
very frequent cause of the bad order
pillow horses are found in. Directions are
very generally given to regulate the
draught of the pillow by the
bsck-bsnd Now, if farmers were
aware of the fact that, by
so doing, they put such strain on the
kidneys, that they cannot possibly per-
form their physiological functions in a
proper manner, and that horse will fail
in flesh quicker from failure of the
kidneys to perform their functions in
proper manner, than from the failure of
any other organ, they would see to it that
the back band is never placed too far
back. If the draught of the plough can
not be altered except by placing the back
band over or near the kidneys, the stock
should be altered so as to secure the
draught desired, and the back
band kept at or about sixteen or
eighteen inches from the logger
head III the hame; then, if well fed and
curried, the horse will keep his flesh and
stand to his work. have seen many
horses injured and impaired in value by
the back-bsnd not being in the right
place, but, as it was not my business to
direct the management of another's
horse, nothing was SAID. Nevertheless,
write, hoping a friendly hint through
your paper may be received with more
favor than private conversation would
be likely to meet with.