The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
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| TREATMENT OF GARGET. - The
causes of garget in the cow are
principally improper treatment after
calving, exposure to cold and wet. the
leaving OF PoitionS or dregS of the
milk undrawn at the time of milking.
u habit of lying in such posture us
to crush the udder, and allowing of
the animal to acquire an unduly
plump and fat coalition, especi- lily at
time of hot and sultry weather. The
causes in the eve are similar; though
| the chief are wet lair, hard pasture,
the removal of one of twin lambS
from sucking, and various Winds of
| constitutional arrangement.
An udGer affected with garget may
suffer in either one or more quarters :;
| it swells, hardens, becomes knotty, has
more heat than in Il state of health,
and appears to be much panied when
pressed. The secretion of milk either
lessons aQd becomes mingled with
blood and pus, or is entirely arrested
and gives place to supporation, and in
very bad cases to gangrene. The
hinder eNtremeties. particularly about
| the fetlocks, tn hook, and the hip
Joint, IN many instances, sympathiZe
with the udder. and undergo so much
swelling and Inflammation as to pre-
vent the animal from rising, except
with great difficulty, or even from lis
ing ut all, or almost from moving. The
symptoms in the eve are similar, but.
in the most cases. they are both very
sudden and exceedingly violent;it may
raise gangrene as will prove fatal
to the animal within twenty-feur
hours of the commencement of the
u Htn -.
are comparatively gentle, and have
supposed to resemble those of rhcum-
atism in the human subject, and are
removable by means of the simple and
natural remedy of dry pasturage and
! clean bedding.
A COW attacked with garget must
be kept in the stable, and have dry,
soft bedding; she ought to be fed for
a day or two on mashes, with little
! hay, and when she becomes well
enough to leave the stable, she ought
to be turned on quite dry and rather
short pasture. II the attack be
slight she SHOULD have her udder
subjected to friction and sucked at the
unrestrained will Of the calf; if it
has decidedly inaammatory charac-
ter, and be accompanied with fever
| anu 1OoS VI etDPCO1IC, udfO
dose of physic, and have her udder
abundantly formented with hot wa
ter, be thoroughly MIXED thrice a
day, have quantity of camphorated
mercurial ointment rubbed well into
the udder after each milking, and
washed off again with warm water
Immediately before the next milking.
1t the hardening proves obstinate, an
iodine ointment, composed of lard and
hydrlodate of potash, must he sub ;ti-
tuted for the camphOrated mercurial
ointment; and If gangrene sets in and
develops Il purifying ulcer, the sore
must be well cleanSed with warm
water and freely washed with a
weak solution of chloride of
l; lie till the gangrenous matter be
nslderably reduced, and then alter
nateiy dressed with Friar's baIsam.
and washed with the solution of chic
ride OF lime, till the grangrenous mat
ter wholly disappears. II induration
and chronic enlargement, accompani-
ed by deficiency in the secretion Of
milk, continue after all the inhamma-
tory action has been subdued, the
iodide of potash must continue to be
applied in the form of ointment, and
If need be, internally administered in
some other form. The proper treat.
ment Of the gargeted eve is in all re.
SpectS similar to that of gaTgeted
cow.
INTELLIGENCE OF A HORSE
| The Washington correspondent of
! the Cleveland Leader gives an Incl
deEt on the race-courSe at that capital
last week .G.hich shows extraordinary
intelligence on the part of horse.
The steeplechaSe was being run, and
Jim Gowan, Ranger and Abraham,
three of the most noted horses, were
the contestants. Ranger and Abra-
ham started fairly abreast. BravelY
they ran up hill and down, over
hedges and bitches. with Abraham in
the lead and the Ranger pressing on
his TANKS. Within half mile of the
close Ranger stumbled and his jockey
was thrown over his head. The horse
stopped a moment, and then See
ing that his competitor was fast
beating him, he started on, de-
termined to win the race for
himself, without jockey. lie fol-
lowed the other horse, which was now
several lengths in advance, jumping
the bitches as he did, and finally
gained on him, until, when the two
came to the main track on the last
quarter of mile on the home stretch
they were neck and neck. Then
Ranger seemed to redouele his speed,
and shooting ahead of Abraham he
passed the pole several lengths in
front of him. 1t was a wonderful
sight, and the crowd eheered the
plucky horse as he passed by. Ranger
turned his head toward them as thew
did so with toss that looked yery
much like pride, but abated not one
Jot OF his speed until he passed the
winning pole, when he stopped of his
own accord and suffered hi, owner to
mount him.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
PROVIDE dusung-pidces tor all
fowls, young and old. Dry dirt from
the road, pulverized by the wheels of
wagons, is excellent for this purpose.
At from five to six months old, sep
arate young. cocks from the pullets
and rear each sex by themselves
When you wish to made them fol
breeding Gin December or january is
time enough to allow them to run to-
getheF,
Chickens sell in the markets at as
hlgn a inquire, compared with beet and
mutton, as ordinarily, il they are in
good shape and condition. Fancy
fowls for breeders command as high
iigures as heretofore, whenever first
class specimens change banda. AMI
every one who can turn out bet
ter trio or two than can his neighbor
will find ready market for them at
even the advanced prices.
To add style to horse takea COM
mon thrce-strand cotton rope, manu-
featured of as fine material as YOU
can procure, about three-eighths of an
inch in diameter, very strong and
about ten feet in length. Tie q knot
at each end-an ordinary hard knot,
with the end passed through the tie
twice instead of once, is. proper-slip-
ping it down close to the end. A knot
tied thus will not unite; single tie
is in danger of slipping out, About
the middle Of the rope tie common
bow-knot, not drawing it tight, how
ever; pass the opposite end through
the loop of the bow-knot, barely pass
ing the knot at the end of the rope
through the bow; then pull the bow
out as you would to unite it, drawing
tho rope through the place occupied
by the bow, and then draw the knot
tight. You viii thereby form loop
at one end Of the rope OF the proper
SIZE { go over horse neck. Stand
ing by the near side of the horse, near
the neck, take the large loop in both