Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-19
For the vERnoNr FARHEn.
The Horse and Some Of It's Diseases.

A far too large proportion OF horses are
troubled with SPAWN, ringbone, splint, etc,
difficulties of more or less serious character,
according to the size and duration of the
eulargemeuts, and often rendering the animal
thus afflicted ur6t for service and especially
upon tho road, aud unsaleable, when were Il
not for this unsoundness good price might
at any time be realized. Ne good farmer is
very fond Of driving or using a horse pos
sessed of these blsmishes, and most usually
rendered lame in consequence, and had
rather dispose Of such an animal even at a
large discount from an otherwise fair valua-
ton.
Much money is annually lost TO owners Of
horses iu consequence Of q depreciation 10
value from these bone diseases, ii such We
may call them, and man has to look pretty
sharp in selecting horse in order 70 aDd one
that is perfectly sound. This liability 10
disease is perhaps not any more inherent 10
the horse than any of our domestic animals,
but Notwithstanding its noble structure, in
teligeRce and readiness to perform TO the
last extent the service required, yet it is not
to the credit Of an enlightened people that
he is 20 often subjected to the cruelest treat
ment and theharshest usuage Of any of our do
mestic animals. II is this more than anything
else that causes so much unsoundness and 80
many blemishes, rather than accident or the
pre.disposition Of certain breeds to disease.
Less hard drawing aud Over-work and a bet
ter system Of treatment would seem to be
rational means Of prevention, aud Of more
value than any means of cure after the 10.
jury is done. And speaking Of cure, am
reminded that next to the painful and
troublesome nature Of the disease itself, is
the character Of the remedies employed for
its extirpation. If these means were sue.
ccssful in accomplishing what is desired the
case would be relieved Of some Of its harsh
ness, but this is rarely the case. The further
growth Of o spawn, for instance, may be
checked by blisteriDg, but the enlargement
will still remain an uusightly blemish and
the horse may still be lame.
DR. b. j. Kendall Of Enosburgh Falls, q
practical physician and druggist, sndeavOred
to cure q spawn BY the usual means ems
ployed of blisteriug. Perceivipg little or no
benefit in the operation, which appeared to
be very painful to the horse, be quit the
application and set to work to see if thera
could not be substitute devised that would
be less painful in its operation and nOrt
certain 10 It's results. After much study
and research he has succeeded in preparins
a remedy that, in the brief time il has beer
used, bids fair to fulfill any reasonable ex'
pectations that may have been formed con
cerning it. Its called "spavin cure auC
in looking around for information concerning
the matter, have found several cases wher,
horses have been cured OF spavins, the lame
ness relieved and the enlargement removed
In accomplishing this no blistering or sore
ness is produced, no callous or scar is left L
tell where the difficulty was located. In al
cases have found one bottle has effected
cure in one of over four years standing
l have found that the owners OF these horses
treated for SPAWN, advise careiulness and n
hard drawing while using the medicine, ye
some have practiced the contrary, and al
have worked their horses hard since consider
ing the cure complete and with no i'll effcc
whatever.
One man has removed two spliuts froT
one leg, and is now treating a large an
troublesome uDgbOne which has nearly dii
appeared, and will in oil probability be en-
tirely cured in short time, all on one hOrs'
From the brieftime this medicine has bee
in use it has accomplished remarkable result
and promises to be of the greatest value I
owners Of horses and to relieve . larg
amount Of suffering outailed upon this faith
full animal, in majority Of cases thrOug
the ignorance or cupiditY Of man. Thol
desiring any information concerning tn
remedy will do we'll to address the origin
tor and proprietor, DR. b. j. Kendall, Emo
burgh Falls. E.R.T.
West Berkshire.
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