The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-29

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In describing . &c q disease in N
animal . lady cogrripoGdens says that
her hasband thinks k.vi,f be ali right
as soon a grass Thi. has su:.
gesied 10 us that 3 lev words upon that
subject might be II henctt IL Is prob.
able tha, Lin. out of tan cases Of SEX
ness will come OF, all right" - soon
a. the animal can be got upon graxA
OrIr animal. have been fed al winter.
in thousands a: eases. upon cry. con-
ceu;ra;ed food. anil in one way or an
other ihcy are now showing the effects
Of H. The owner feels tia; h. must do
something. aud often is Is necessary To
give medicines NJ once But - oOn
as grass SOP the medicines 10
ordinary cases ut least. and turn them
into the pasture. AZ first the grass
Will lack nutritious qualities. and ii may
sometimes BE- necessary To feed even =
sick anlms! something in addition An
imais that are not diseased ought 10
have something besides the VERY young
grass. But . sick animal will often be
greatly benefited by s,iniing il In diet.
and IN such eases il may nerd nothing
more than what the imperfect Young
grass will give. II we had an animal
that was out of condition. or in any dis
ease short oil being or verging upon .
desperate case. we should turn il upon
sra,' a. soon rs grass comes. and give
that . trial before re>orting 10 medical
treatment We feel that We eau not
say too often that the custom Of feeding
Tor months principally upon corn Is one
OF the most costly habits that farmers
hsye. IL i positively Injurious 10 the
animal. and 10 every animal that is
compelled tim. 10 live. Sometime. we
do moi Sec the evil effects, bu, We may
be sure that; they exist. for such .
course IF fee ling is in violation of na-
ture $ laws. and they can not b. y.olat-
ed without paying the penalty. But
We DO see the effects in thousands 81
ca'es, and see them often enough in
our W herds to suggest he wisdom
OF reform IN our feeding methods.
IL ought not To be difficult to zee
wha, the result Of constantly feeding n
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out Of the question altogether the fact
tina, by such feeding a part Of the sys-
lem, aad the most important part. too.
gets no nourishment, or scarcely anv,
the natural tendency Of IA. producing.
concentrated dry foods il toward an
Impairment Of the digestive functions.
The system must have moisture. IL
We deprive the system Of all moisture
tn. animal would die. But furnishing
It with plenty al moisture in the shape
OF clear water Is not the best WAY. Ex-
perience shows that il is better to
furnish at least part of the moisture
needed Incorporated in the food. IL is
for this reason that green grasses are
so valuable. or ~ least il Is q principal
reason. Ii is for this reason that roots
are so valuable ~ a food. In place of
medicines. therefore, in many cases We
you'd advise grass. There il one class
OF eases. however. that the farmer often
finds it hard to treat rs we have sug-
gested. They are the eases II horses
that are needed for work. He feels
that he can not spare q horse for u
week or two that il may run upon
grass. Well. n sick horse. il u is very
sick. should no, be worked. and the
way to treat a sick animal is always to
treat him the best way. IL . week or
two weeks. or n month is the be,t way
to n him. tina, is the way TO treat
him. The work must be left tn be
taken care of in some other way. unless
We value the life and usefulness Of the
animal SO little that We do not caro-
about saving him. Humanity. how
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exercise mercy. We do not mean BY
anything We have said to convey the
idea that all stock should BE- turned
upon grass too early. In doing this
people often make . mistake Western
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