Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-01-24
THURSDAY MORNING.

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The session was opened by u plpor BY
Prof. Noah Greasy Of the NJ ssrhusctls
State Agricultural College, ON the " Dis
eases of the Dairy Cow The Question
was to what extent can we chew the too,
or the COW an restrain her from exercise
While it might do to II cert Tin extent,
must not he carried too far. Many di>
eases of the COWS, especially of thorough
,reds, are caused by bre ding, and W
,hould beware. lest in the anxiety to in
reilse the product we push the matter too
far.
The dairy interest was largely inrrras.
ed by thorouy hbrel st 'ck AMI il could be
sill more largely increased by iu licously
nree ling with reference to pathological
'ondIton. Perhaps no disease WAS more
ftal in Vermont or the country than milk
fever, of which much remained To be learn
ell, and he came Ls lear ler us well us II
eacher. A cow i'll ordinary condition wa,
not so liable to the disease: u lhoroughbre,
COW was more likely II subject for it than
II grade; il good mixer, tn IN poor one, n
we'll fed, good fleshed, rather lhln II DIOR
me.
1t is hardly possible to tinl any disease
of the bovine race to which the dairy COW
is not subject, though they were not ut.
lacked by the rpizoolic epidemic nor for
years past by the cattle diseases Of Mass
thusets now known rs Plenra Pneumonia
nor the Rinderpest, that dis 'lse from the
Russian S eppeS, which had cost Europe
i've hundred millions of dollars.
The foot an mouth Iii ease, though not
fatal generally. engeldered IN absolutely
poisonous gu lity of milk, and spoils the
COW for the season. though the disease
las S only II few weeks.
He spoke of the necessity of guarding
against the introduction of diseases from
Europe by having veterinary inspectors
On the coast 10 examine cattle likely to
show disease after landing. from some
previous exposure. The Fouls in cattle,
similar to foot rot in sheep. was often In.
gendered by feeding in low wet places and
could he cured and prevented by draining
such lands.
lie was surprised not to hear now-a-
Il Iys Of that old disease the hOrn aiI." 1t
used to be common to send for the cattle
doctor for horn-ail, but it was an imagin,
AIRY disease of the owner rather than I'm
actual one of the creature.
Comparative anatomy should be more
generally and thoroughly understood
The Dir, then explained that all horns.
of one class of rnminants to which cattle
belong, are hollow in healthy condition,
and the disease or trouble called horn-ail,
and for which the horn had to suffer by
boring and cutting off were diseases Of
some other part of tho system, and should
be treated in quite other ways.
Cow doctors should know their business
more thoroughly, or let it alone; no man
can treat disease ON cattle understandinglv
and successfully without knowing the
pa biological condition rs well as the
physician should understand the condition
of his human patient. Cows may be bred
for especial excellencies one good for milk,
another for cheese, another for butter; and
no one COW embodieI or can embOdv them
all, and dairymen should. under careful
Observance of path illogical condition and
physiological laws, feed for what they
de sire, whether milk. butter or cheese.
Mr. Wood Of Pomfret gave IN account of
milk fever in his herd. The first expert.
rnce was about six years ago, in COW
the best he ever had or expected to have.
She came in about May 2jlh, appeared to
do we'll. The first he new of any trouble
was in the morning of the next day, when
she could not geI up, and died ut noon.
His next about two years after, came in in
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