The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-07-09
for the farmer.
.1.I CAUSES OF THE DIsKAsEs
q n MRsTIC ANIMALS, AND THE
OE1a M PREYRNTING THEM.

Nv DOMESTIC ANlMALs, AND TEE
IT,. many kinds of diseases peculiar to our do
nestle animals, horses, oxen, COWS, sheeP; &C.
ar. most invariably orOug0S ABOUT Dy man Q I'M
nroper attention TO their wante.
-, 10 animals were not treated uDreasonably
- -Tonld she as little exposed to diseases as
W beasts are. Experience teaches that wlld
:; ss rs veil as sheep, continually left to them
is aud not fed indoors during the winter,
sra eyen in cold climates not only free from dis
.ase but they are, at the same Tune, stronger
nd live longer. What especially Dement'S the
an;mals in a free state, and which, to their ln-
49, tbev have to feel the want of under mans
y"si1aint is the constant opportunity for rotaH-
tory motion the free and pure ar, ana fRdty me
c6o;oe< such food as Is agreeable TO them, and
which hey may psrtake OF accorolng as tney ae-
- IL Domestic animals are most injured IN
ar stable: here they live in close atmosphere,
,rbicb is filled with vapOrs arising from the fod-
der from the manure, and from their Own bod
les As fishes die, when placed IN small vessels,
,yithont receiving a frequent supply of fresh
,v.tar 40 the warm blOoded animals, and man,
too would die il obliged to live for any length
of time in a close .oom where the air cannot ell
Ter from without; and they would surely become
sckly, if they were to i've IN room which, al.
Sboueb not entirely closed, nevertheless is void of
nrop yepi alton. People, therefore, who live
IN monnfains end highlands are more healthy
and lively than those who live in valleys and
plains where the air is more impure and filled
I
Importance for the maintenance of health among
the animals in the stable, that this is kept clean
and airy. For this purpose, il ought to be pr0vi-
ded with ventilators of some sort; and the floor
should be furnished with CUTTERS which must be
frequently rinsed. The stable is to be swept
daily the managers cleansed, and no old fodder to
remain in them. The animals should daily be
taken from the stable into the free air, wherefore
it is also good plan to water them outside the
stable.
Tn I,odies of the animals ton ougbt IN Ia
kept clean, and especially as regards the horse.
The latter perspres freely, wherefore also
great quantity of filth collects on the skin, and
this filth prevents the perspratiOn, if not reno
we'd by means of currying, brushing and wash
ing. 1t is likewise very useful to wash or show
er tho horses feet with cold water every NOR
nIng; especially when he has daily motion.
Horses that stand idle are, otherwise, exposed TO
swellings and other casualties in legs and feet.
When the horse is pasturing he does not stand in
need of this.
Oxen and cows, that perspire less, do also col
lect less filth in the skin, yet cleancliness is
full IN their case too, and may be kept up with
much less labor. They ought never be permitted
TO lie in filthy STALL and it is very healthfu to
wash the cattle once week.
The animals have no opportunity for motion
in the stable. This is all well enough when
want to fatten the cattle for killing; but gross
ness is not health Moreover, this stiffness and
want of exercise is less injurious to oxen and
cows than to horses. The Oxe is, by nature,
slow sort of beast, which does not exercise much,
and may indeed do without it. In its free state
it seeks marshy and grassy places where in a
short time, il may fill its pOunch and then chew
the eud at leisure. The sheep in it's free state
exercises more than the OK; it roves about, con-
tiuually changing its place of abode, and must,
therefore, have room in the stable to move about
in. warm and damp stable is very injurious
to the sheep. But no animal of the domestic
kind is more quickly injured than the horse, and,
therefore, it ought invariably to have proper
daily exercise.
The fodder should always be sound and dry as
all mouldy grain is very injurious to domestic
animals and promotes the most injurious diseas-
es. Hay is injurious to the horse when not wOr-
king, if it is TO constitute its principal susten-
ancc. Good straw aud grain constitute the
healthiest stable fodder for horses and sheep.
Hay should not be given to sheep until it is per-
fectly dry. and it is better to feed them on oat
straw. IT is the nature of hay to yield a great
deal of juice to the body, and thus make the
stomach weak, wherefore it is alec more service
able for such animals we wish to fatten, than
for those in whom strength and the maintenance
of health constitute the chief objects.
Hay is very serviceable fodder for and
oxen, which are by nature fitted for a juicy
body.
Fresh cut hay which has not fully evaporated
and still more, if suffered to become monldy, has
a most dangerous effect on the health of dOmes-
tic animals: this also refers to straw and grain
fodder. But if, for want of better, il becomes
!,
then the best thing to be done, in order to pre-
vent disease, is daily to put handful of salt
among the fodder for horses or cows, and half a
handful for sheep.
Our domestic animals are abused, not only in
the stable, but also in thu pasture, where some
times more cattle are placed than can find nOur-
isisment. They do not only suffer for want of
food, but also on account of their being obliged
to eat herbs which are injurious to their health.
When horses and sheep are placed in low, mar
shy pastures thew become Obliged to feed on
what they can find, which is all more OF less in-
ture of the animals to live in such places and on
such plants as there grow. The animals, on the
contrary, are by nature destined to seek their
food on the highlands, when they have their
freedom; just it is in the nature of the OK to
seek low places when in its state of freedom.
The animals are also injured in the pasture
covering TO protect them from the burning heats
red too if obliged to drink from fens of Stagna-
multitudes promoting the putrefaction of the
among the cattle in dry summers where health
disease may greatly be prevented by giving the
ciently near the sea-shore then it is eff ca
once day to drive the animals into the sea.
qusite juice, the thirst be stilled and the ami
mails refreshed.-Robert NelsoH, IN Georgia Cit
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