Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-01-28

lOl ofoly udy OCCulI0uCes
I Another class is that of the horses in,
ijuring themselves, by the stall being
short and the halter strap long, and the
horses having nothing to do, they smuse
themselves by sparring at one another.
Icausing so many of the blemishes, which
we see every day. Deeper stalls and
lshorter halter straps is suggested as a
Iremedy.
Another disease becoming very com~
mon is one known as sZotuma. This
ldisease is q very fatal one, when the
horse is once taken, and is caused by
lstrong feed without exercise. Knowing
the cause. how easy it would be to avoid
it. by cutting the feed down say one
half. and giving little daily exercise,
We would never have the disease to con-
f1snd with.
Ii The collie pains of the horse, so frequent, are
Symptoms of many different diseases; hence
how careful we ought to be in treating ito
| FIRST ascertain the cause. This brings me to
X
in mind, and that is: whenever you have an
animal sick or injured, ascertain the cause first,
and treat after, for every effect has a cause. If
the cause is found treatment is simple. Here
I would like to cite case to show the necessity
of a thorough examination in all cases:
farmer had horse get lame in the left
hind leg, and he called in neighbor, who said
it was undoubtedly sprain, and that caustic
ed for all such complaints. A bottle of the
required stuff was produced, and the leg bis
tered from hip to hoof. After two weeks of
trial the balsam was pronounced no good; and
smother neighbor called in, who said it was
hooks in the eyes, and that it was caused by
wolf teeth, and he knocked them out without
any effort. Another neighbor said he would
Fecommend bleeding; so the animal was bled.
hood held consultation, and advised the owner
to send for the venterinary, and that if he
could tell what was wrong he would be dandy.
So on the first day that it rained the surgeon
horse was suffering from lock-jaw. The left
hind leg was blistered from the hip down, and
the hoof rotted off. On lifting the foot, there
stuck piece of alder three inches long by one
establishment of all the neighbors, and they all
said they never thought to look in the foot, and
the owner lost his horse instead of spending
few dollars to ascertain the cause of the lame
ness.
This goes to show the necessity of thorough
examination in all cases to ascertain the cause,
which, when removed, the effect often ceases
J vt when allowed to run its course, produces
grave results.
Rheumatism, which is of so common occur
renee all over this country, and which is the
cause of many lame horses, can be prevented
by having dry, warm beds for them to lie on.
What is more common in our dairies than to
see the COWS como out of the stable all stiff
and sore? If you go into those stables you
will find that the cows have wet, cold board
to lie on-that you can step on and see water
come up through the floor.
Under such circumstances how can we expect
this animal to be profitable or produce food fit
for human consumption The milk from these
stables often contain foreign substances not
essential to pure milk, and it is well-known
fact that milk from diseased COWS will repro
duce disease of similar nature in persons par
taking of it.
would beg leave to here urge upon the far
mer the necessity Of ..an agricultural education |
for their sons, SO that they may be able to |
cope with the different scientific subjects, in
proper manner. 1t is essential that every far |
mer should be able to snalyze the soil he |
works-to classify the plants, to understand
the physiological changes that an animal un-
dergoes during developement, to be able to |
fully understand the changes Of the atmosphere |
and the laws governing it-so, our farmers
sons should be educated at agricultural col |
leges, where botany, chemistry, physiology, en- |
tomology, geology and meteorology are subjects |
taught. 1t is just as essential that farmer
should learn these different subjects to handle |
them, as it is for doctor to understand the |
action of different drugs Oh the animal body;
hence the subjects embraced in farmers edu-
cation are more numerous than those of any
other profession. When this form of education !
is more common, we will have less hollow horn
and wolves in the COWS tails, and many other
imaginary diseases will be things of the past
and the proper diseases will be understood;
may we see veterinary medicine divided up so
that all its differnt branches will be special
subjects. handled by different men, educated to
perfection in their own separate lines, and the
cure for all diseases will be thing of the past.