The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-11-18
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Eds. Southern COLLABORATION
have published many articles on the
subject of h0tts, but, as this may be
q practical instead of a
article, I think it may prove
profitable to many of your readers.
Some writers tell us that that the bot
hurt the horse. About %
years ago 1 had a practical test of the
i~ncorrectness OF this theory which
settled The matter. in my own mind,
aud have no doubt saved me many a
My horse was taken i'll and
some of m, ncighbcrs pronounced it
q case of collie, and we treated it ac-
for about two hours when
finding he was likely to die, another
neighbor was called in who was said
to be very successful in treating dis
eased horses.
After examining him a minute or
two he pronounced it a case of bots,
and administered the following
drench: Strong sage tea II quart,
pulverized alum, q heaping table
spoonful, and molasscs Tor sugar. one
teacupful. In ten minutes the horse
got up and went to eating grass, and
was never more sick while l owned
him. My neighbor told me that sage
tea was a specific poison for the bot,
and would kill them when Aqua For
tbs would moi, and since that time,
whenever l see my horse toss his head
around az if to brush off a fly when
there is none disturbing, forthwith a
drcnch is administered as above, and
l have never had a horse sick from
the bots since.
Though not perhaps appropriate, /
will add a few lines concerning collie.
A great many farmers lose horses and
mules from collie when they might
readily save them. The horses OF
mules are worked freely, and then Ell.
trusted to negroes to water, who ride
them into the water and allow them
to drink whilst heated just as much as
they desire, and the next morning the
owner is telling his ncighbor Of hi:
bad luck, that, when he went into the
stable he found his mule dead. Now
if the owner will cause his foreman
or manager to sec 10 it that, at every
third or fourth swallow the head o
the horse is pulled up and held for 4:
few seconds he may be allowed t.
drink as much as he pleases, and new
er will have the collie.
l have ridden my horse until ther,
was not a dry hair Oh him, and OF
coming to a stream let him drink un
til he was perfectly satisfied, and new
er had a horse to suffer q single min
ute from it. by pulling up the lea,
and making the horse pause, the small
quantity of water taken in three o
four swallows will be warmed to tn
natural temperature, and no evil re
suits can follow; but if allowed f
drink freely and without interruption
while Overheated, he will probabl,
die in less than twelve hours.
Furthermore, if the horse does no
have the collie, the digestive apparatu
is thrown out Of order considerably
and the horse loses flesh and canno
stand to his work while if the abovI
plan is carried out, the owner will
avoid any risk of collie and keep hi
horse in much better order.
just here while thinking of pillow
horses my mind wanders off TO anoth
er very frequent cause of the bad or
der pillow horses are foundin. Direc.
tons arc very generally given to reg
ulate the drau9ht of the pillow by TIN
back-Dand. Now, if farmers wcr,
aware of the fact that, by so doing
they put such a strain on the kidneys
that they cannot possibly perform
their physiological functions in
proper manner, and that a horse will
fail in flesh quicker from a failure o
the kidneys to perform their function
in a proper manner, than from tn
failure ofany other organ, they would
see to it that the back-band is nevel
placed too far back. If the draugh
of the plow cannot be altered excep
by placing the back-band over or neaI
the kidneys, the stock should be al
tered so as to secure the draught de
sired, and the back-band kept at o.
about sixteen or eighteen inches from
the loggerhead in the hame; then, j
well fed and curried, the horse will
keep his flesh and stand to Lis work
l have seen many horses injured ant
impaired in value by the back-bant
not being in the right place, but, al i
was not my business to direct til,
management of another's horse, moth
ing was said. Nevertheless, l write
hoping a friendly hint through you
paper may be received with more ia
vor than aprivate conversation woult
be likely to meet with
And now, lest my mind SHOULD
wander oil to something else, 1 hat
better stop.-B. H.. WASHINGTON, NJ
d., Augasta, Co., en- Southern Cult
Gator.