The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-29
REMEDY FOR HORSE DIS
TEMPER.

IN al SoiIS'
with the distemper it should be
placed in a quiet, comfortable en-
closure, where there is an abundance
of pure air and sunlight. At this
season Of the year the windows OF
the stall should be covered with a
netting of some kind to keep out the
flies, which are very annoying. even
to a healthy animal. Feed upon cut
grass and bran mashes, with an oc-
casional mess of apples or, potatoes.
Most horses will prefer the'former:
Sour apples sometimes appear to
have a better effect than sweet fruit
in cases of distemper. Medicines
should be given with caution. Qui-
nine is one of the latest, and proba-
bly, the most valuable of remedies
for distemper. In a communication
to the Wnterset MndisOnian, Mr.. l..
Brodhead, we'll known throughout
the country as the able superintend-
ent and agent of the world-renowned
WOODBURY. Farm, Lexington, Ky,
where Maud S. (2.08a) and a host Of
the brilliant lights OF the turf we're
bred, makes the following sugges-
tons in treating ~distemper: "Give
weanlings from fifteen to twenty
grains of quinine a day. We gener-
ally give this quantity n a day,
but when first taken and the fever
is high give about fifteen grains
twice a day, morning and night. If
the attack is mild, give but one dose
daily until the disease has left the
system. The quinine alIays the fever,
sooths the infamed throat and is an
excellent tonic. SO far it has cured
every case we have had, which, to
the present time numbers not less
than $50. In the early Spring we
had several very sever cases that |
am sure we should have lost had it
not been for the quinine. These
were yearlings, and we gave twenty
grains at a dose twice a day. Older
horses can have thirty grains at a
dose, morning and night, making
sixty grains daily. Whenever fever
exists in an animals system, no mat
ter from what cause, use quinine
freely. 1t is almost a specific for
lung fever, or pneumonia, when adj
ministered in season. | have cured
two cases of lock:jaw in sucklings
with quinine and altrophia, twenty
drops of the latter to a dose. We
are not particular to weigh the qui-
nine. W. guess at a dose, put it in
a spoon, pull the animals tongue
aside without elevating its head,
insert the spoon in it's mouth, turn
it over and wipe on the tongue, as it
is withdrawn from the mouth. 1t
is easily administered in this man
ner, and the animal gets it all. 1t is
perfectly safe, and there is little if
any danger in giving too much. |
have used quinine four or five years,
and always with good results" Qui-
nine can be obtained of any drug
gist, and in getting a supply we
would recommend having it put up
in powders of twenty grains each;
then if thirty-grain doses are wanted
for a grown animal, take three pow
ders, divide one equally and add it
to the other two, or if ffteen-grain
doses are wanted for a weanling,
take %one-fourth, as near as can be
estimated, from each of these pow
ders, and place the three portions
in a paper by itself: This will give
four powders Of fifteen grains each.
Be careful to get the pure article. 1t
is an expensive drug, and when it is
offered at a low price is pretty sure
to have been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
C%ultivator.