, 1880-02-07
THE FIELD AND STABLE.

StrAnE1cH, or Common Dfstcnpcr-
sruvtn-ScrerMl Quc*tionH-1suolkH OH
Tho Nature Of the Horse nnd I1ts Dis
cnscs-FnrIiiorx, Sharpen tllu Teeth Uf
Your Dogs.
From Our Owt Correspondent.
FgnnuAnY 5.-Ihe following comes from
Odel,sr, Allen County, Kaissas:
"VErEnlSA,.IAS: I beg to trouble you
agnil.. a young and llGnlthy brool-silare
took sick on ttl9 :Ulll Of December. 1871.
Cnnnlcnccd will SILVER; later Oil, swelling
OF il!roat; us ti,ne went ol!, slle couglIed Il
Ilrit) run Will liiatter, w,icl, i,cnriy cl0sedtt
mp, and now sWelllngs md running. sores on
various places IF the llgad; three discharges
froin nose al,d mouth. Of wlllte color. Next
began 10 cut, mi, ' Thought Sic Sic sIt Was Getting
WNll but, two or three dnyY after, I fNlnd
her back nlNl fore legs swrlle1 very badly;
all Of The legs finally swcllcd 10 the, very
highest extent, and cr9cks cn,mc IN tic llcels
tl,s lstt fore leg l,as L l!plc, or r.w sore. bc.
ulso onu on t,1u l,aster1i. The brcnst and
belly, between tho skin and tho budy, are
swGlled back Under thu belly nearly TO tho
l lIavn mentioned. No cougl now; no run
aiIE H. from pose; nothing offensive about her
You would ask. What Inns been donoq
Answer Nothing. Two horses were sick
hefore licr in thc saInc way, and got well by
leaving them alone. We hive ito farriers.
There arc ,l'oss-t'octors' tfIat can ueltlier
read q! @ nor wrlls, great many Of them; but i
"Sta l,as bled twice from ller right nostril.
Has been fed bran 1llsllrs, wheat, outs, and
!lAy; she cuts and drinks enough. Slie Is
loose IT, Il wel-sentlluted barll, al,d not OK
Irowels beforo nnd two behind i,cr fore legs,
~ the swellsnga. No enlargement OIL her
puck now. 1t Is going away from. under tho
belly, MNl legS not sWelled SO much; but the
l!eei,Sures md those Of 'ler left leg are tlo
saf!le Sllu llntes to move, n1ll walks still.
Does not very often llu down, but II sE,e
does, she lies tint OIL her side; always gets Np
with lier own help. The comfortable stnble,
weil &c. eleancd aNd ventilated; the good water
heat In storing, lend mo IT, hupp tint neither
PROMISES.
NOT furnish thls country with q veterinary
surgeon?. Lot him locato In 4 litt!u town,
sny, Humboldt. alul l,o would hAye flour
's'''; business Very FssfRgeff'tqW;'y' !. Wyi'spono."
A1s,vcr.-You describe the symptoms of
strangles, or common horso-llstelnper,
contagious disease, which usually affects
horse but once, and Is, therefore, more cont
,non among young horses md colts than
nrn. If tIo noticnts t,ovo rond corn ttcra
,s so,tlon, as, ,an",,r " V,nr ,,,ora 49,, IN ,.;,l
~ se!aon ahy ahnBet; 1Uat nhle' Wo, WI
4eeo'o,' - 'ot4 attn''o W u,o pu.ees hctu ..o
sn'na clGan, dress them with diluted carbollc
ac!I l:ao}, and take out tie rowels or sctons.
An animal TINT has as mu1,y running or sup
need amy @ rnweis a. or % satons o1 ,ntcss # i @ IN.
tended " weaken her and to exhaust her
vitality. As to tho sores, 1t will be advisable
to examine every ona carefully, u1,l to seu to
It flat from avery ono tllo matter 1m,s1 cnn
be- discharged freely or without impcdlu,eut
II th1s s'4on!a llot 10 LILO case,-lI III any or
the Sores tho bottom should bo lower
thRn the opcnlngs-tlle latter. accartiing
to circumstances, must either la cnlarurii
or a now opening, lower down, must be lnadc.