Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-15
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COLIC IN HORSES.


Attacks of collie most frequently are the
result of carelessness, and generally may be
traced to a horse having drank cold water
when heated, by being gorged with food
after long fasting, or being chilled by cur
rents of cold air. Some horses are consti
tutionally more liable to it than others. The
first symptoms are general fdgetness ac-
companied by lifting of the feet very quickly,
followed by violent rolling. These symp-
toms also indicate other disorders, requiring
very different treatment from collie. There
are two that distinguish collie from inham
nation of the bowels. In the former, the
horse will strike his belly violently with the
feet between the paroxysms of pain /; but in the
latter, though he may lift his feet, he will not
strike, and the pain is continuous. When
collie symptoms are accompanied by constl
patton, the first care must be to empty the
bowels by "back raking" and injections Of
warm water. Here clearly. the stimulating
medicines proper to fatulent collie would be
inappropriate and most likely produce in.
flammation of the bowels. Flatulent collie is
the most frequent and sudden form, requiring
prompt treatment, and perhaps with what
may be had in country place A horse
got quickly we'll after the administration OF
one-quarter pint of gin, and two ounces OF
ground ginger mixed with water to fill soda
water bottle, from which it was poured down
his throat Equal parts of whisky and milk,
and from half pint to a pint at time has
been useful. A veterinary prescription for
collie, is: Spirits Of turpentine, four ounces
linseed oil, twelve ounces ;laudanum, one and
one quarter ounce, to be mixed and given
every hour until the pain ceases. Bathing
the belly with hot water, and friction, are
both useful. If a horse is led about quietly
and not galloped, as will be done by igno-
rant grooms, it will aid the action of the med
icine, and prevent horse from hurting HIM
self by rolling, as he will be apt to do, during
the paroxysms of pain.
PROTECT THE BOWELs.-The lntestnes
are but thinly covered by nature, and the
slight abdominal walls are insufficient to pro-
tect them from great changes in atmospheric
temperature We can readily see this in the
attitude which persons assume when they 60
to sleep with an insufficient quantity of blan-
kets. They curl themselves up so that the
thighs lie against the abdomen, forming a
sufficient covering to the intestines. The in
testinal vessels are able to contain great
quantity of the blood in the body, and as
they contract when exposed to cold, so much
blood goes to the brain, that the person cannot
get to sleep. When we get warm. however,
they dilate, allow the blood to leave the
brain, and we fall asleep. The thighs thus
form an efficient covering in bed, keeping the
intestines warm, and allowing their vessels
to distend, and the person to fall asleep but
during the day the intestines are not unfre.
quentIy exposed to chills In hot countries
this is recognized and all through the East
we find that the people wear shawl or ban
dage around the abdomen. Some time ago,
when visiting Pompeii, was struck by OBJ
serving the same thing in the bodies of those
who had perished during the eruption OF
Vesuvius which overwhelmed the city. The
necessity for protecting the abdomen is, per.
| haps, more readils .oticed by the natives OF
hot climates wear little other clothing
than by US who are better clad all over but
even here this necessity for it exists and in
thin persons, who are liable to indigestion,
the abdomen should be we'll covered by a
flannel bandage, although b there may be no
necessity for this in those whose intestines are
already protected with thick layer of fat.
The best form of bandage is double strip
of flannel about seven and half to eight
inches broad, and long enough to 60 once and
half round the body. The overlapping
part should be in 'front.' and should be simply
fastened with couple of safety.pins. These
I find to be more easily adjusted and less
troublesome than straps, tapes, or buttons
r. Lander Brunton, NJ. d., in the British
Medical Journal.
ssg During the last season the Kansas State
Agricultural College kept an exact account
of the cost of raising corn, winter wheat,
oats and millet, and gives the following as
the result: Corn, 22} acres produced Al
bushels per acre, at a cost of IA cents per
bushel !; wheat, II acres produced Is bush
els per acre, costing about 81 cents per
bushel. According to the statement it costs
more to cultivate an acre of wheat than an
acre of corn AZ bushels of corn at IA cents
per bushel aggregates s6.5S, which represents
the cost of cultivating an acre of corn, while
II bushels of wheat, at a cost of 81 cents per
bushel, amounts to s91S, the total cost of
cultivating an acre Of wheat Oats, 16
acres, yielding, 20 bushels per acre, costs
% cents per bushel, or cost Of sl.6O per
acre. 1t would appear from this that it
costs just about double to cultivate an acre OF
wheat that it does for an acre Of oats.
REMEDY FOR WEAK OR SORE EYEs.-A
correspondent of an exchange gives the fol-
lowing as remedy for weak or sore eyes
Get FIVE cent cake of elder flowers at the
druggists and steep in one gill Of soft water.
It must be stepped in bright tin or earthen.