Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-03-27
The farm aud fireside.
FOUNDER.

FOUNDER.
This disease consists in Inflammation OF
the lamine and of the vascular parts of the
sensible foot. It sometimesatt only one
foot, sometimes two, and sometimes all four;
but in great majority of cases, it attacks
either one or both of the front feet. A
chronic form sometimes occurs, and exhib-
it's symptoms somewhat similar to those
of contraction of the hoof; but acute in
flammation of the lamine is what is gener-
ally called founder. +
This disease is occasioned by over-strain-
ing the lamine from long standing, by pro-
longed or excessive driving over hard roads,
from congestion, from long confinement,
from sudden reaction, from standing in snow
after being heated, or from covering with
warm bedding after prolonged exposure to
cold, from sudden change of diet from a
paratively cool to a comparatively heat
ing kind of food, and by translation OF In
flammatory action from some other part OF
the body, particularly after influenza.
In the early stages of founder, horse
evinces great pain, shows excessive restless
ness of foot, and tries to tighten the pressure
of his body on the diseased feet. In the
more advanced stages he is feverish, breathes
hard, and has violent throbbing in the arte-
ries of the fetlock, lies down, stretches out
his legs, and sometimes gazes Wistlqlly rs up
on the seat of the disease and in the ulte-
rior stages, if no efficacious remedies have
been applied, the diseased feet either natu-
rally recover their healthy condition, or
they suppurate, slough, cast part or all OF
the hoof, and gradually acquire small,
weak, new hoof, or they undergo such NOR
tification and change of tissues, as to render
the animal perfectly useless.
The shoe of a foundered foot must be re-
moved; the hoof should be pared in such a
manner that the sole and central portion OF
the same alone come to sustain the weight
of the body. Therefore, the wall of the
hoof, or the portion of the hoof which, un-
der normal conditions, is made to bear upon
the shoe, should be rasped away, all around,
to such an extent that it does not touch the
ground when the animal stands on foot. a
we'll bedded shed, or roOmy, well-bedded
boX-stall, should be provided with a view OF
allowing ample room for stretching out, as
we'll as changing position on the floor, which
should not be slanting, and which conVe-
niences cannot be had in a single stall, or
when the animal is kept tied up in a con-
fined space. Fomentations, evaporating TO-
tions, WetclOths, and moist pOulticeS should
be applied to the feet. The animal ought
to have light and spare diet and bran mash
es. When much fever exists febrltuges, anu
diuretics should be given.-PTdHie Fdtrn'e'.
THE YOUNG FARMERS WIFE.-There
are a great many ifs, however, to be consid-
cred by young man in starting life as
farmer, and one very prominent L must
speak of, and that is, if he goes on farm
he will want wife to take charge of the
household while he is engaged out of doors
where all his time and energies will be re-
uuired. Now, should he be so unfortunate
as to marry painted butterfly, only fit, as
she thinks to adorn a parlor and perhaps
murder few notes on piano, and should
she become a mother, would shudder at the
idea of feeding her new born babe as nature
designed, but instead must ask some bOsSy
calf to divide its ration with baby and so to
the end of the chapter, then our young
mans doom is sealed. There are such on
the market waiting for bid, so be careful
young man, how you bid, for the chances
are your bid would be taken. Then on
the other hand, should he marry girl
from a farm, that loves farm and all that
pertains to it, that can harness horse and
drive to the post Office or store to save her
husbands time, or drive up the COWS in the
having season ready for milking as the men
come from the bayfield, at night, take care
of the dairy, rear the poultry, and when her
house is tidied can take a seat in the parlor
and entertain he guests with conversation,
with perhaps a song or two, with an organ
accompaniment, and when blest with a
baby. how her mothers heart would thr0b
with delight as she fondled it to her bosom
and let it draw its sustenance from the
noblest fountain nature ever designed, then
l say, young man, you can buy farm and
if there is even small mortgage on it, you
are all right, for with two heads and hearts
thus united no mortgage could long run;
there are also such in the matrimonial
market, but you may have to raise your
first bid, but never fear; get the property if
YOU can; its safe.-Iu1TOr a1d Farmer.