The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-07
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The ruth Of our theory of disease
inds an illustration ia the diseases of
sheep It viii be remembered that in
speaking Of the very common system Of
loeding in this country, we affirm that
tho muscular part Of the system is not
developed, and that hence the muscles,
the organs and the membranes are not
strong and solid enough to rcsis, the at
tack of parasites and disease germs.
| We hold that the greater part of the
parasites and germs which cause dis
ease in the human family for instance
would attack and cause disease on the
back of the human hand If they could
penetrate It. In other words there are
parasites and germs of one kind and
another continually about us, and about
our animals, seeking a place Of lOdg- |
ment upon which they can operate. If !
the system is absolutely healthy, fully |
developed with no weak points, disease |
can not enter it, and the creature, if |
! always remaining In that perfect condi- |
tion, and not killed, would live until it |
died Of old age. Disease, therefore, is |
the result of violation of the laws of
nature. We are not saying that all yiO- !
Iation Of the laws of nature can be !
avoided. In all probability that would !
be an utter impossibility. We are not
conversant with all the laws of nature
and hence can not, do the best we may
live or have our animals live in perfect
obedience to them; and when we know
them, we may sometimes mistake yiO-
latiun for obedience. But often an ami
NAL system is naturally delicate and
much less violation of nature laws will
prove serious, than if the system was
stronger In the human race we find
this eNemplihed IN delicate men and
wOIuen-those who while they appear
generally healthy, appear TO be so deli
! Catrlv constructed their membranes
/ sCnsiUiyely fine and all their organs are
| apparently too delicate for the rugged
work they have to do. The result is
{ that they are susceptible to diseases
1 which do not attack stronger people
= Among our animals we find the sheep
l to answer this class of persons. The
s saeep are not subject to inllammatory
diseases, to any great extent, because of
p the small development of brain. But 10
s ig very susceptible to diseases Of the di-
e gestive apparatus and to the attack of
l that the digestion of the animal is im-
j menSe The machinery is worked until
it is weakened and unable TO perform
e its functions or the organs of digestion
are unable 90 resist the attack
of disease germs and parasites. In
Winter time, or toward Spring,
especially, Indigestion in sheep is n
fertile cause of complaint. 1t shows
3 different symptoms, and often misleads
the flOckmaster into the belief that his
A flock is suffering from some form of
contagious disease. The fact is the
=" sheep have been fed on dry food for
e months, and the digestive apparatus
L has been handling such large quantities
l. of it-dOing the very hardest kind OF
is work all the time-that the apparatus
70 breaks down, Just as a machine that is
run to the limit OF its speed will, in time,
break down. If in such cases the sheer
l. are taken wholly o. partly of dry food
2 and fed roots or oil cake in pretty plen
IL tiful quantities, the apparatus will get &
Is chance to rest, and will be fabricated
10 as it were, and soon resume its functions
3 But with all the sheep consumes, anC
.e digests, it does not make a robust sys
IL tenn. 1t applies its food diiierentl,
n from what other animals do. Its vas
s. cular system is all the time weak. be
III cause its food is principally used t
10 make flesh, fat and wool. 1t CannO
10 sustain much muscular eXertiOn, and
'' is not strong in any sense of the term
l- except when it is badly fed and badl,
s. bUtehercd, it comes on the table in TIN
l- shape of mutton. Disease thus finds
rs an easy prey, and so rapidly does dis
'u ease work when it attacks the sheep
lI that many thinl, that the mOstprOhtabl
IT, treatment of q sick sheep is to xii
o. IT, While admitting that sheep disease
W are the most difficult of animal dis
IA eases to handle, tits usually worth Will
40 TO try to cure them, especially if it is
i" valuable sheep. 1t is q fact too tha
I" contagious diseases spread more rapid
20 among sheep than among other animals
i Usually this is attributed to the fact tina
4. they are kept in large numbers tC
IJ gether, and are thus more exposed
w, This is only half the reason. if it is that
~ They are peculiarly susceptible to para
-, site diseases, because the various part
y OF the system are not strong enough I
il, resist. That is the principal reason.
80 Now from all this we learn, or ough
~ to, that the preventive treatment is tn
\ very best With sheep, if it Is not so wit
at all animals. Knowing how weak tn
,, animal is, gud how difficult it is to cur
y, it, when attacked with disease, com
/ paratiyely speaking, every flockmaste
be should exert special pains TO preyeu
Ia disease Do the best he may, as alread
. stated, he may not always succeed. Bu
he should act as if he recognized tn
fact that he has in the sheep the mos
delicate piece of animal machinery tina
Be- is under his care, and ut least take on
binary precautions to guard agains
N danger Adore all things he shoul
40 stop feeding dry food exclusively j
of winter; he should provide sufficient she
- ter; be should give all the water that
p necessaryi salt literally, and feed pan
" ticularly Oil-cake or something that act
a similarly upon the system. We thin
en- we mentioned sometime since tho fac
that in this country the loss of lamb
M. is immense and ruinous to profits. Ih
largest part of this loss is tt be trace
an directly to the improper care of th
.so ewes, and it must continue until on
no sheep husbandry is conducted more ra
6f tiOnall -- Western Rural
The Swallows Brotherly Love.
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