Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-01-29
HOME AND FARM.

BoTs TX HORsEs.-Rary says: "In p
years time l never had a horse to die of
the bots. / believe that almost everybO-
dy is convinced that the bots come from
eggs or nits which are deposited upon the
horses hair by that troublesome fly re-
sembliag q bee in color. This has always
been nay opinion. Now it is generally
known that a horse that has the bots does
not appear to suffer until he is too far
gone to be cured. To prevent fatal eff
teCts of disease, | have made it practice
to give my horses, in the month of Sept,
the following remedy:
"Of olive oil, honey, and lemon Juice,
each two ounces and q half: mix and give
those to the horse; the next day purge
! well. Whether horse be inclined or not
20 have the bots, this remedy will do him
no harm"
AcOrrespOndent Of the Department of
| Agriculture says:
/ "It appears from remarks of different
/ writer's that none knew of amp certain
| remedy. l know of a remedy that is safe
} and certain, discovered in the following
| way:
About thirty years ago, friend of
! mine lost by bots, a fine horse. He took
! from the stomach of the dead horse about
/ gill of bots and brought them to my Of
zee to experiment upon. He made pre-
/ partitions of every remedy he had heard
/ of, and put some of them into EACH
/ Most of them had no effect, a few of them
| affected them slightly, but sage tea more
/ than any thing else killed them in fifteen
/ hours. He concluded that he would kill
| them by using nitric acid, but it had no
more effect upon them than water; the
| third day they were as lively as when
put in. A bunch of tanzy was growing
by my office. He took a handful of that,
bruised it, added little water, squeezed
out the juice and put some in; they were
dead in one minute. Since then l have
given it to every horse l have seen affect
ed with bots, and have never known it
/ to fail of giving entire relief. My friend
had another horse affected with bots sew
eral years later. He gave him dose of
tanzy in the morning and a dose of salts
in the evening. The next morning he
took up from the excretiOns three half
pints Of bots. Farmer Union.
MULES FOR FARM WORK.-A cOrrespon-
/ dent of the American Farm journal thus
( strongly states the superiority of mules
over horses for farm work in the South.
The subject is worthy the attention of
/ Northern farmers:
"MulUs on an average are more Valu-
able than horses, are more easily raised,
are not so subject to disease, are not like
ly to run away in wagOning and plOgh-
ing, and longer lived, viii do more work
and require less feed and attention; they
are stronger, will draw Il heavier load
and stand a great deal more hardships,
and are in every way preferable to the
| horse for general farm use. Mules come
in earlier, being ready for light work
when three years old. They will then do
enough work on the farm to pay for feed
r after having attained the age of four
years, they are ready for any kind OF
service. But the horse colt must be
: kept until he is four years old, before he
t Is worked at all, and when he is four he
must be a tirst-rate colt to bring as much
l as the mule Will at two years old. But
: assume the animals are both required for
farm work, see what difference there is
in favor Of the mule. The working life
, ofthe mule can be safely estimated al
l thirty years, and that of horse at ten
years. So while a mule is working its
| life out, three horses will be required tC
do equal service. But these are not the
only items. The saving Of feed is at least
One-fOurth, or not less than 647 bushels
? of corn, and 427 tons of hay. These a.
: mounts, added TO the original saving in
purchase Of animals, show an advantag e
, in favor OF the use of the mule over the
horse of over !, 900 during the ordinary
life Of the animal. The mule is less dain.
ty about food, ungrOund grain and dry
feed being just the thing for him.
HOLLOW HORN.-This name is used tC
designate the symptoms of a variety OF
diseases, and is as indefinite as the term
sickness" The horn of an OK is filled
with highly sensitive and vascular core
which is a prOlOngatiOn of the frontal
bone, and serves as a support to the horn
The horn is composed OF the same mate
rails as the skin and hair, and is not SEN
sitive. 1t may be removed, leaving the
core in its place, and is then hollow, as
we are used to see it when separated from
the heed. These horn cores are well sup
Piled with arteries, veins and nerves, and
whenever from any cause the tissues of
I the head are inflamed or Gongested, the
increased temperature of the parts is then
| felt in the horns more readily than else
4 where. When the contrary occurs, and
/ from poverty or excitement elsewhere,
the supply of blood to the head is dimia-
ished, the loss of heat is felt first in the
| horns, and they are cold. 1t is generally
the case when an animal is said to be af-
fected by horn all orr hollow horn
| Then the quack recommends the horns to
! be bored with a gimlet, and pepper OF
/ turpentine TO be injected, or turpentine
! to be burned upon the poll. This causes
/ irritation and Inflammation Of the parts,
| restoring the heat, but il only makes the
| case and the suffering worse. The rene
! dy ought to be sought in restoring the
! condition of the animal by such medicine
/ or lOod rs the needs of the case call for
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