Middletown transcript., 1871-10-21
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Ga. writes 70 The Sosthsrs Csltipasor :
You have pubIishsd mdhy articles on the
subject Of bots. but. ~ t6is may be con-
sidssed practical instead Of . scientific
article. l think il msy prove profitable to
many Of your readers. 6ome writer's tell
~ that the bot cannot hurt the horss. -
About twsaty y-avs yesvs sgo bed prse.
tical test Of the incorrsotnsss Of this thso-
~, which settled the msttsr iu my miad.
aud have no doubt saved me msuy = dol
lar. Ny horse was taken III, and some VI
my ueighbors pronounced Il . case Of collie,
and 10 treated il accordingly tos shout
two hours, when fading b. was likely to
die. smother ncishbor vas called In who
wss sid 70 bs very successful In tssstiss
diseased horses.
After exsmining hin . minute or two
he pronounced il case Of bots. sud sd-
ministercd the following drsneh Strong
sage tea, one quart; pulveriscd alum. .
hesping tablespoonful; and n,olssscs. or
sugar. one teacupful. In ten minutes the
horse got up and vent TO eating grass.
and Was never moro sick while [ owned
him. Ny ncighbor told me that sage tea
vas a specific poison for the bot, and
would kill them when Aqua Forts would
not, and since that time, whenever zee
my horse toss his head around As IL to
brush Of Ay when there is none disturb.
ing. forthwith = drcnch is administered a.
above. and l have never had hoise sick
from the bots since.
Though not perhaps appropriate, | will
add few lines concerning oolic. A great
mnny farmers lose horses and mules from
collie when they might readily 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
us they desire. and the next morning the
owner is telling his ncighbor Of his bad
luck, that. when he went to the stable he
found his mule dead. Now, il the owner
will cause his foreman or manager to see
to it that. At every third or fourth swallow
the hcud Of the horse is pulled up aud held
for few seconds he may be allowed to
drink as much as he plcases, and never
will have the collie.
have ridden my horse until there was
not dry hair on him, and on coming to
stream le, him drink until he was per-
sec'ly satisfied. and never had q 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 evi,
results can follow but II allowed to drink
freely and without interruption. while
ovcrhcated, he will probably die in les.
than twelve hours.
Furthermore, il the horse does not have
the collie the digestive apparatus is thrown
out Of order considerably, and the horse
loses flesh and cannot stand to his work !,
while, il the nboye plan is carried out. the
owner will avoid any risk Of collie aud keep
his horse in much better order
just here, while thinking Of plough
horses. my mind wanders Of to another
very frequent cause Of the bad order
plough horses are found in. Directions
are very generally given to regulate the
draught Of the plough by the back baud
Now, If farmers were aware Of the fact
that, By so doing. they put such q strain
IN the kidneys. that they cannot possibly
perform their physiological functions in a
proper manner, and that horse will fail
in flesh quicker from failure Of the kid
neys to perform their functions in proper
manner than from the failure Of any other
organ. they would see to il tha, the back
baud is never placed ,oa far back. II the
draugh. Of the plough cannot be altered
cxcer. by placing the back band over or
near the kidneys, the stock should be al
tered so as to secure the draugh, desired.
aud the back band kept at or about six
teen or eighteen inches from the logger.
head IN the han,e then, IL well fed aud
curried. the harse will keep his flesh aud
stand to his WORK. | have seen many
horses injured aud impaired in value By
the back baud no, hcing in the right place,
but. as il was not my business to direct
the management Of anothc's horse. moth
ing was snid Nevertheless. ! write.
hoping friendly hint through your paper
may he received with more favor than =
private conversation would be likely to