The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-05
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ing, nowadays
GLOW are ye, Peter, said William Jones
the horse-breeder: "been buying new
pasture, see, over on Bear Hill. Good
one2 What did you pay for it2'
"Well, somewhere from twenty to thirty
dollars an acre" replied Ilsley, rather un-
willing to show bis hand after his gloomy
view Of the milk business. az kind O.
wanted place for dry cows and always
liked the looks of that pasture"
"Whatll you take in a couple of three
year-old colts for, next season." said
Jones.
sob, don't exactly know; about dol.
lar week apiece, if they amt breachy if
they be, won't have them round at any price.
was Peters answer
BY this time, Mr.. Howe had arrived.
and Mr. Hopkins had extended to all his
genial hospitality; and the hour had come
for calling the Club to order. This. Mr..
Hopkins did, and called for the reading OF
the records of the last meeting This duty
Mr. Howe performed in a most acceptable
manner; and the debate opened, once more
on the subject OF
CATTLE.
John Thomas took the floor, and said
Mr.. President - The remarks of DIR.
| Parker have been so well arranged and so
interesting that am more than half asham-
ed to try to follow him. But my old moth
er used to say that we could not have plum
pudding all the time and so l offer what
| can say as rather common dish. / was
pleased with the doctors description of
good COW, but | was more pleased with
what he said about the diseases of cattle
and the mode of feeding them. lie is
right about sick cattle and horses they
need care and aid and protection. If there
is an epidemic, the cheapest way is to
stamp it out, as Massachusetts, did years
ago. and as | am told England and Holland
have always been obliged to do. But when
your cattle get cold, or lame, or have fever,
or lose their appetite, the best way is to
stop work and nurse them at once. Don't
wait minute. No animal is fit to labor
unless he is in good health. Health and
strength are all they have, and these must
be taken care of. When was a boy | had
a long attack of slow fever. My father
sent for old Dr. James jackson Of Boston.
who was very skilful, very famous, very
kind, very sensible, and who had so many
desperate cases put upon his hands, as a
last resort, that people used to think it was
time to die when DR.. Jackson was called
in. But he had great good sense and he
said TO my mother, Take good care of the
boy that is the best medicine. And he
was right. remember, too, when my IA
ther had violent scatica, as ii was called
the famous DR.. Walker of Charlestown
came, as an old friend, to see him,-they
had been to the academy here, together,
when they were boys. And the Doctor
talked and talked, and at last he said as he
lett, Take good care of yourself, end eat
baked apples, Thomas; you will get along"
And so he did. | lost the best COW | had
four years ago, of milk fever. When !
found her, about twelve hours after calv-
ing, she was lying down, looking sort of
wild about the eyes, and every now ard
then gritting her teeth, as COWS always do
in the beginning of this trouble. | spent
half day in getting veterinary surgeon,
and when | had got him | had lost my COW.
Not long after, | had the best one Of my
remaining COWS attacked in the same way
The cause of the trouble | could not tell.
and | never saw a man who could but |
thought that the softening influences Of
a warm bath could do her no harm, and
might, possibly, relieve certain rigid APP
pearance which | noticed in the animal.
So | wrapped my COW in thick blankets
wrung out IN hot water-covered her thor
oughly from head to tail with many thick
nesses, and bound the blankets on with
cords. In few hours there was an evil
dent relief, and in few days my COW had
recovered. In addition to the warm bath,
! gave also warm drink and mashes, and |
cared for that COW from the moment dis
covered her illness until she was evidently
getting better. | have not had for years
violently sick horse, except on a rented
farm, where my tenant uses my horses and
uses them carelessly As soon as dlscov-
er that my horse is out of sorts | stop his
work at once, and give him warm, loose
box or pen, do not allow him to exert
himself at all when he is i'll. have seen
so many valuable horses killed by exposure
and effort after they were attacked by dis
ease, that | made up my mind to avoid all
this so far as my own are concerned, at
least. \ horse in health can be heated or
chilled with impunity; but horse not in
health can bear neither. His strength is
great under all circumstances, and will en-
able him to bear great deal of suffering
but this same strength, when eXerted by
frame laboring under disease, may be as
destructive as the disease itself, and mere
eXertion may kill. My neghbors work
sick horses and insist that it is good for
them and the horses die. will not work
my horses when they are sick, and they get
well.
This is, think, the only economical way
of treating animal disease. We farmers
cannot afford to lose our cattle and horses.
and we ought, therefore, to be careful Of
them. We cannot afford to pay doctors
bill Of fifty dollars on cow which at best
is not worth over seventy-fve dollars, and
is not worth much of anything after going
through a long fit of sickness and the doc
tors hands. have seen many horse pro-
nounced cured by veterinary surgeon
which " as not worth the money the surgeon
received for his cure. Summary attention
therefore, and constant nursing seem to me
to be the quickest and most economical
mode of treating diseases IN animals. This
mode Of treatment works well in pleurisy,
pneumonia, rheumatism and dysentery and
inbammations and, as for consumption
and rabies and strangulation, the only rem
edy Is getting rid of the COW while foot
rot, and mango and thrush and tumors, are
local affairs and must be treated by local
applications. So, think, Dr. Parker is
quite right when he says care and shelter
and prompt attention and warmth, are the
best remedies for diseases in cattle.
a now desire to say something with re-
gard to feeding cattle | believe all DR..
Parker has said about the fitness of certain
kinds of food and unftness of Others.
have spoiled many cow with oil meal
and | have shortened the useful life OF
many another by too free use OF corn
meal. My neighbors complain OF just the
same trouble. The ill-etfects may not ap-
pear in one year, but they will in the end,
IN perhaps two or three years, and the loss
is great If you force COW to give six
teen quarts of milk per day by oil-meal or
corn meal and ruin her in two years, how
much do you gain over what You would if
you fed her on lighter food, and got only
fourteen quarts a day, but got that until
she began to fail from old age do not
believe anything is really gained by forcing.
You may gain good looks and short peri
cd of superiority, but in the end there will
be loss.
The three kinds of food for cattle are
hay, roots and grain. Hay is the fouDda-
| ton and il cut at a prOper time and well