Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-14

about nine sacks of two and aQuarter
bushels per acre for a very large acre
agein the middle district of the valley.
The quality is fair, and the price at
railroad stations is one cent a pound.
These machines are not at all
adapted to moist countries. They
much resemble travelling caravan as
they rumble through the vast fields of
ripe waving grain. They will be run
ming in parts OF the golden coast for
three months yet, and the Eastern
tourist will not find in all the ramble
a grander sight than the California
travelling caravan harvesting outfit.
Animal Ailments.
Diarrhea and dysentery the most
prevalent disorder of the summer
months among live stock is diarrhea,
commonly called scours. This trouble
affects COWS, calves, sheep and lambs,
and is usually mistreated under the
mistaken apprehension that q too
laxative condition of the bowels calls
for astringent medicines. Hence the
poplar remedies, such as alum, cop
peras and oak bark, are usually given,
not only without good result, but
often mischievously and gradually ir-
ritating the mucous membranes so
much, that fatal dysentery occurs and
the ANIMALS perish niserably. Young
creatures often suffer in this way for
the mistakes of their owners, and the
heat of the summer to which the sick
animals are exposed, with the want of
water, aggravates the disease and
makes it rapidly fatal. Diarrheais an
indication that the intestinal canal is
suffering from the presence in it of ir-
ritating and undigested matter. There
are other causes Of this disease, as in
fammation induced by cold or the re-
suits Of impure water; but improper
feeding, or the Indigestion of the food
are the most frequent causes. 1t
is obvious then that the use of any
astringent medicine would have the
very opposite effects to those desired,
as they would tend to retain in the
bowels the injurious matter which ma
ture is exerting all it's power to eject.
1t is equally true, that all acrid and
stimulating substances such as tur-
pentine, alcohol, cayenne pepper and
others, often given in cases Of diarrhea
are, at the best, only questionable and
may be positively dangerous as in
creasing the irritation and infamma-
ton Of the already diseased organs
and so only adding, as it we're, fuel to
the fire. In most cases the treatment
should be gentle and palliative. Raw
| linseed oil, In doses of one ounce for
each one hundred pounds In live
weight, is the most useful medicine. 1t
soothes the tender and infamed stom-
ach and bowels, and gently elects the
offending matter. It is not drastic in
it's action, but gently laxative and
soothing. A great deal may be done
in feeding; linseed, or oatmeal Cruel,
slippery elm bark infusion, and any
other gummy and mucilaginous liquid
food are useful; if any tonic is
thought proper, a dram of ground
ginger to the quart of liquid and lib
eral quantity of sugar or molasses
will be beneficial. Food and excess of
water are to be withheld, and pure
water as cold as can beprocured is de-
sirable. In bad cases, ice water in
small quantities at time has good
effect. After the laxative has operat-
ed, the following mixture may be used,
viz: One ounce OF laudanum, one
ounce of tincture CT rhubarb, two
ounces of essence of peppermint, one
ounce of prepared chalk to a. pint of
water, slightly thickened with gum
arabic, all well shaken in a. bottle. OF
this mixture, a teaspoonful may be
given to g. lamb and two to a calf ev-
cry hour. Half the above quantity
may be given at one dose to q cow or
horse, but smaller doses frequently
repeated are preferable.
| CORNs.-HOrses are subject to corns,
lust as human beings are who wear
shoes. When the horses shoe is re-
moved, and the hoof scraped, little
red spots will be seen. These corns are
painful to the horse, and if not re-
lieved are liable to break out above
the coronet. The remedy is to cut out
the corn with sharp knife, and adopt
the bar shoe,
HIDE-BoUND.-The state of q horse
whose skin is tense and closely
drawn over the ribs, is usual
| " termed hide bound. In itself,
this is only a symptom, and
generally indicates Some disturbance
OF the digestive system. 1t is not,
as many suppose, symptom OF
worms, though horses in this condition
are very apt to have them, and will
disappear with the animals return to
health. The treatment of the hide
bound condition consists in removing
the cause of the digestive arrangement.
Complete change in diet, with q warm
bran mash in the middle of the day,
is of great service. Keep the horse
we'll groomed, and give only pure
water to drink. A good compound to
mix in the food for improving the gen.
eral condition of the animal, is: Pow
dered sulphur, salt, powdered sassa-
fras root, of each three ounces, and oil