Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-05-27
Diseases and their Remedies.


the mix ma mOlhSSCS OelllE SWCCtt
! than blood, the bots turn loose to e'
, it. The sage tea will Kill them, an
it is the only thing | ever heard {
that will do ii, without injury to til
horse. The rice will cut out the dea
bots better than salts, in faor, if yo
, viii give horses Il feed of rough Tic
every two weeks, | do not think Their
isthc least danger from bots at leas
such is my experience. As proof Q
what | have written, get two sag
leaves, dip them in hot water, lay on
down, put II lively bot on it, the
cover him with the other, and he viii
die instantly. Sage tea ! hsyc ais,
found very beneficial in collie, and j
perfectly harmless, if it does no good
ABORTION IN Cows.--Arrest OF tn
nutrition of the tWtus from weakness
or low feeding on the part of tue COW
or from the occurrence of q state 0
fever or inflammation, which check
the secretion for the nourishmcnt o
the calf, us it does al others in tht
body, sometimes causes premature
expulsion Of the progeny. Bad odor,
have proved equally noXious. Thus
a few years ago, abortion was ban
ished from a farm in this county by
draining L pool Of liquid manure,
The draining of wet or marshy lands,
and the removal of stagnant pools
containing decomposed organic mat
ter, from which the cows were accus-
toned to drink, have equally put a
stop to it. Some cases have been
traced to the fWted discharges from
unhealthy wounds, and others to the
close, sitting air Of the cow-house,
loaded with putrid em0nations from
the lungs, skin, dung and urine otthe
COWS, Remove the cause, and the
cows will cease to abort,
MURRAIN IN CATTLE. - Common
smart-weed, prepared as follows:
Take what can be pressed with the
hand into a common pail or bucket;
nut this to one or onc-haIf bucket oil
water; boil briskly one hour; strain
clear. Take a syringe holding one
and a half gallons, and inject into the
bowels, blood warm, by the rcctum.
With me this is a certain cure, and
seldom more than one injection is
required. My syringe is OF tin, and,
with the follower, cost 81 80.
Hoe CHoLERA,--Dissoly thorough,
ly one pound of coppcras in three
gallons of warm water, and apply the
wash about milk warm to the affect
ed animal, by dipping into the solu-
ton or rubbing upon it until the skin
is thoroughly wet. Whenever the
skin of the hog begins to look rough
and scaly or OF a dark red color, ap-
ply the wash Immediately. Don't
wait until the more alarming symp.
toms vomiting and purging) set i'm
Apply the wash every day until the
scales are removed.
BLACK TEETH IN lIoGs.--Black
teeth in hogs jaw seem to be dis
eased or partially rotten, and to act,
in some way or other, just as injuri.
Gus upon the hogs appetite and
health as the toothache does upon the
human body, Whether the black
teeth in a hogs jaw, ache and render
him fcycrish and frctful, and disposed
to lose his appetite and his flesh, and
get poor and stay poor, lam not pre-
pared to say; but rs toothache has Il
strong tendency to produce this re.
suit in man, it is fair TO presume that
such teeth in hogs will ache and pro-
duCG the same effect in the case eff
hogs and other domestic animals that
they do in man, We would advise
you TO remove them, This is the
best, and perhaps the only cure for
the black tooth disease in hogs. And
it surely is not any more "cruel" to
have such teeth extracted from OF
knocked out Of a hogs jaw, than it is
to have our own or chiLdren's rotten
and aching teeth pulled out of our or
thcir heads by a regular dentist, or
by any other person who can do it
for lis.
THUMBS IN SWINE.-ThG THUMBS is
Il sort Of paIpitation, caused by suilo-
cation Of the lungs, which arises
either flom being kept in damp foul
air, or by the hogs everything the
pigs, by piIing upon each other in
close beds. If the beds be in fine
dust, as hogs beds are apt to be, it is
an aggravaDion of the trouble. AS
to a remedy, prevention is the only
sure cure, by furnishing comfortable
quarters in clean bedding and plenty
of room. After the thumps have
fairly set in, there is little hope of
saving the pig, but it can sometimes
be done by placing the animals so
affected in comfortable quarters by
themselves, aud feeding them on corn
meal wet with milk, and pretty well
dOsed with sulphur.
Sows EATING PIGs.--Young sows
will sometimes cat their offspring,
from costiyCness, which may be pre-
vented by feeding some laxative food,
and rubbing the backs of the pigs
with an infusion Of aloes; or raw
salt pork, given TO the mother, will
prevent her from eating her pigs. |
have given it to them with success
after the had eaten one or two of
their pigs.
Colo IN l~IORsEs-A.J Murray, con-
ductor OF the veterinary department OF
the Western Rural, recommends as a
cure for collie in horses an ounce of sui
phuric ether and Il like quantity of the
tincturc of opium in Il pint of tepid Wa
ter as a dose. II one dose docs not af-
ford relief, administer another after the
lapse of half an hour. In liatuleut collie
great benefit is obtained by the frequent
administration of injections, and they
are also serviccable when the collie arises
from Indigestion, which it frequently
does. Seven or eight draclms OF alocs
should also be given, as this will remove
any irritating substances from the intcs-
tines which may have given rise to the
collie. lie condemns the practice of,run-
ning horses about under the spur and
whip as is sometimes practiced as q
means OF relief-and states that 1uietudt
is much better than enforced excitement
in such cases.
A PARIS PRINTER AND HIS MEN,
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