Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
PlenrO.P nenmOnia.-.A Farmers Expe.
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Philadelphia Times.

amoiS Cdttie out III the nelgnDOfDOOQ
of Darby, as mentioned in yesterdays
Times, Is not general. The cases exam
ined by Drs. Kitchener and Gadsden
were in Upper Darby. In Lower Darby
no cases are known. As to the gener-
ally accepted theory that cattle once
infected will die in nine cases out of
ten, farmers who have had experience
with the disease tell different story.
Bethel NJ. Custer, an extensive dairy
man near Glenoiden, says that in 1859,
when he occupied the Penncoyd farm
in Lower Merton, pleuro-pneumonia
broke out among his cattle, the herd
numbering about seventy-ive altogeth-
err. The disease made its appearance
in August. He had bought two COWS
at the old Graveyard in this city, and
driven them out 20 his farm, both of
which, within two weeks after the pur-
chase, were attacked with pleuro-pneu-
monia. From them about thirty 9TH
ers We're infected, about half Of which
died. The other half recovered and
showed no traces of the disease after
ward. Among the ones that got over
it, some had been so low with the dis
ease that everybody who saw them
thought they would die. A peculiar
case was that of Il two-year-old hefer.
Mr.. Custer states that it was so low with
the disease that he made no attempt to
doctor it, thinking it would die anyhow
Yet the animal recovered, and, though
1t never became ii profit to the dairy, it
grew 50 fat that two years later it was
killed to supply the family with beef.
An examination after death showed the
animals left lung curled up out of
shape, resembling more cows heart
than a lung, and completely marbleized.
Inc other lung was sound and healthy.
As soon as the disease was discovered
among his cattle Mr.. Custer says that
he proceeded to isolate the sick animals
from the healthy ones. AT first he en-
ployed veterinary surgeons, having as
many as three different ones treating
them at different times. Afterward he
took the treatment into his own hands.
The cattle were kept III clean sheds in
bad weather. with plenty of ventilation.
In the spring Of 1861 Mr.. Custer, hay
in-law, down in the neighborhood Of
Mount Moriah, left the Lower Merton
farm, cattle and everything in charge
of a brother and moved down to his new
place On the new farm there were
about fifty cattle. Not single COW was
removed from the first farm, the inten-
ton being to keep on each farm its own
cattle. Yet, singularlv enough, the dis
ease broke out on the new farm among
the second lot of cattle in the same
year that he moved to it, about twenty
four being taken with it altogether. OF
this number about twelve died; the 9TH
ers recovered, and became afterwards
as good mixers as they had been be-
fore. Even on farms where the utmost
care was taken, farmers letting their
dairies run down rather than buy new
cattle and run the risk of infection, the
disease appeared somehow and spread
among their stock. One of the first
SYMPTOMS of the disease in the cattle,
Mr.. Custer says, is a falling off in the
milk. All his COWS became dry within
twenty-four or thirty-siX hours after the
disease had developed itself.
In his treatment of the COWS he gave
them tincture Of aconite and afterward
! dosed them with mixture comp posed
! of equal quantities of saltpetre, sulphur,
white rosin, gentian root and quaint
j ty equal to half the equal parts of the
others of anthony. This he considers
an excellent remedy when it goes with
proper care Of the diseased animals
keeping them under shelter in bad
weather, giving them pure water and
plenty of air and exercise
A LITTLE FARM WELL TILLED.-"H
s., of Hautboy Hill farm, Connecticut.
writes to the New York Tribune: in
these days of hard times it is re-
freshing to find one farmer who is
making his business a success, and it is
also interesting to note that farming in
New England is not played out, but
that in favorable locations it pays, if
managed rightly, as we'll as it ev~r did.
This reflection was suggested by visit
to Mr. {. Ii. Cables, IN the Naugatuck
Valley, who has farm of twentythree
acres, tayorably situated near thrifty
manufacturing town. 1t has warm
southern exposure we'll sheltered from
cold winds. The soil, except some six
or eight acres of bottom land which has
been we'll drained, is what we would
call a gravelIy loan that does not hold
manure or grass well, The farm is de-
voted mainly to the production of
milk, which is sold in the neighboring
village for six cents per quart, but in
connection with this quite large guam
tity of early vegetables, such as lettuce,
cabbage plants, ETC., are turned of,
There is also nearly an acre of straw
berries raised and about the same Of
cabbage. By soiling his cows, not let