Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
Fatal orerfseding.

Mr.. B. F. johnson refers in his Hi
nois correspondents OF 'The Country
Gentleman" TO something like new
disease named azoturia, or azota-
mia. indicating that the cause of it
is retention of too much nitrogen
Gus matter IN the system; says it has
taken of more good heavyweight
draft horses than breeders would be
willing 70 admit, and adds these sug-
gestive particulars:
at Invariably results from allowing
the animal to stand in the stable for
some time, and giving him, as the
common custom is, an unlimited
amount of nutritious food. The liver
and kidneys soon become unable to
eliminate the impurities as fast as
they are formed; hence a blockade and
a partial or complete suspension OF
the faculties OF the exeretory organs.
The attacks are always sudden. and
when severe, are fatal in few days.
When taken out of the stable the ami
NAL will appear to be IN unusual
health and hIsh spirits, but be has
not gone far before he begins to LAG,
then breaks out into a profnse per-
spiration, especially upon his hind
quarters. Soon weakness and loss OF
power show themselves, the animal
falls down, and. in bad cases, never
rises. Treatment amounts 10 little or
nothing, the patient dying or recover
verify of the attack.
"But TO give the animals daily out
of-door exercise, regardless OF the
weather, Is sure prevention. Talk
ing with farmer who made a special
~ OF breeding and feeding grade and
full blood draft horses, he said that
after losing three promising young
ones with the new disease. or some
thing ike it. he had adopted the in
variable rule to take them out at
least six hours. each day, regardless
OF the weather, during the winter and
spring season. In doing so, he felt
sale in feeding unlimited corn and oats,
and giving them unlimited exercise al
so. asked how about the rains, ae-
companied by sleet, the hardest af all
weather on stock. He said, in reply,
that it made little difference, if horses
were once used TO exposure. At any
rate, be felt his high fed stock was
safer exposed 10 a sleet storm than
standing in stable without exercise"
1t is clear to Mr.. Johnson's mind
TINT farmers, especially OF the West,
will have to reform their present dan
eerous practice Of high feeding, and he
seeks to impress the important fact
by the folio Sing reminder:
The constitutional strength and
vital force OF the hog has been so low
cred by the feeding of corn to excess,
that it has become the easy prey OF
almost every common disease known
to domesticated animals. Neat stock
has not suffered so much, but if the
losses from local and epidemic abor-
ton and the black-leg in young blood
ed cattle were made public by the suf-
ferers, the impression would be that
high-bred and high-fed cattle were
threatened with the fate of the Berk-
shires and Poland Chinas."
Apropos of the above, Tribune
reader says beknows certain hearty"
people who would do well to apply its
obvious lesson in the interests ostheir
own abused stomachs. He declares
they are digging their untimely grav-
es with their teeth" and apoplexy or
Bright's disease will claim them for
its own, unless they begin soon to
practice temperance at table.