The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-02
Dry Earth I'm Veterinary -.
nv GEORGE Z. wAnINo, IR., OGDEN rAhA' ;,

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Perhaps should say "cow. do oSrnery il
", now on this island of RHODE lsia ,bat
= Tomnd one AFTERNOON late In May, n rda a
tvo Of INV mon had been called 10 ne. was
s;.S cow heIonging to n neignboI moantIv
sh un oh ohsent The animal had is'e ~, =
ut,ad had been allowed to stanu un
sand floor. in which her hind Zee. In D." the
a deem depression and In . ci eha low posi-
effort nj expulsion, added 10 o.. an0 forced out
ton Of the bind-quafter;S,, p creouent living
the cntl[e lin, u che had bruised ana soiled
do"n a.u 90 that the whole was co'eieI
me Pand manure. and blood. " hen o,,
VIII S" nn the ground the parts naa ue Gu
| aIINt ., onrfnrtly washed, and had pech ~
Only -" 10 main force-so far as couih
,utne" with more clotted blood ana ni'n
t tni ;vonld have been left on tnein ny u
more skiliul practitioner. nc "" W n rn
mn extreme state OF cXhaustl9n' ant a,,o
none of us thought it possiDle .nn. I ro7
nn,Id live. The usual remedies were re-
eor,od "a and everything that the very nm
co., ,", IL tnowIrdre of the neighborhood could
s a,.u .re # was done to make the animal more
cnmiortable-all to no purpose. She gre"
worse from day to day, and finally her
owner said to me. "That cow Is going 10
die the most offensive modification. has
SET in, and 7 see no way on EARN 20
holm her, It's q pity, she is very good
animal and he evidently felt lin dollars
and cenls) the full weight of his misfortune.
| told him if he considered her already n
lost COW would suggest another remedy
that miqht succeed, but it WAS one which, as
it was only an experiment, l would not
advise in any but desperate case. He
said the cow was worth her hide, and no
more, and he was ready TO try anything. L
knew my prescription would lessen the
poor animals pain and would remove tie
offensivcness of her notifying wound, and
20 I gave it. Take some of the finest
earth of your garden (ciay loam); make it AR.
dry; slit it finely so as to get out all small
stones and flores of roots, and ill the womb
with il. When some Of this is expelled
put in q fresh supply go as to keep as much
dry carth-or pure carth-in constant con-
tact with the wounded parts as you can.
Abandon every other form Of treatment,
and give the earth 4 fair chance" he
promised to follow the directions, and
drove on. From that time until the middle
OF July, when met him again on the road,
I thought nothing Of bis COW, and probably
should never have thought of her again.
lie accostcd me with: "WclI, that COW
got well after all. ! did exactly what you
told me TO, ana IL stopped the HlOrt'ucatioh
right off. She is as well as ever now"
This is the whole story but it is story
| full of suggestiyeness for all owners OF live
stock. Fortunately such cases as this are
of rare occurrence, but there arc all man.
ncr of wounds and assesses and ulcers,
which give infinite trouble, and which, TN.
der ordinary treatment, give much pain to
| the animal, that may be successfully treated
with dressings OF dry, claycy earth, and
with imnediate relief from pain. This Is a
remedy which all who can procure suitable
| earth can readily use. The only caution
necessary is to avoid making the applca'
ton to any sore that it is best to keep open
| american AyIcuIturist.