Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-23
Treatment That the Animals Often Get
Compared With What They
Deserve.
Poor Economy Of 0yerworking or Abusing
the Animals That do Service
on the Farm.
Chambers and Consideration Of Measures
Required by the Disease.

to fear his master or love him: to work
willingly or ~begrudge every step he
takes. He can be trained to docility or
goadcd to a degree of viciousness that
makes him a dangerous enemy. On
every ground the horse is entitled TO
fair treatment. But he does % get it.
to the shame of his owner be il said.
He is underfed or overfed. He is
worked beyond his strength, is beaten
and abused while trying his best. He
is worked with unshod feet slipping on
hard pavements, with CALLING collar
pressing against sores kat never have
"A chance to heal.
Al, this is wrong. 1t is little Won
der that now and then a horse is
balky. or that generations of hard
usage beget Il spirit of. resistance.
Some men do take care of their horses.
The farmer whose team is sleek and in
good condition is the same one whose
fences are in repair, whose fields are
properly tiled and whose machinery
does nOt winter in the corner of
the meadow. City horses have bet
ter care generally, for they are more
for show ,han their country cous-
ms. 1t Is not necessary 10 give the
farm animal the same attention that
the trottcr or the carriage horse re-
~ceives. All he needs is "A proper
amount of food and drink. given at the
proper time, the comb aud brush, and
clean place III which To sleep. The
horse that is stuffed is little better off
than the one that is starved. 1t is ur-
gent, also, that Il horse should not be
violently exercised just after having lis
stomach filled. They should not be
watercd while hot, should not be cN-
posed to the cold while in perspiration.
In fact Il horse merits n thousand at
tcntions that it only receives from the
more thoughtful owners.
The plea for horseilcSh does not rest
solely upon humanitarian grounds. 1t
has the basis of economy as well. To
wear out "A dollars worth of horse to
&C omplish II dollars worth of work is
a slow road to wealth. The team that
pulls the pillow or draws the reaper will
more than repay in actual value any
expenditure Of time and trouble tending
to perfect them physically, and keep
them in condition.
GLANDERED HORSES.
Chicago Tribune: The prevalence Of
CHAMBERS in many states, and especially
in some stables of u larger cities, the
contagious nature of the disease. and
the difficulty in disinfrcting a stable
carving the contagion, call for the ut
most are in buying horses, and the
necessity of having IA thorough inspec-
ton when the disease is suspected.
The loathsome nature of CHAMBERS, its
virulence-therc being no known cure
for the disease-and the fact that it Is
freely communicated t @ man. and when
communicated there is no hope of re-
covery. make il doubly important that
the disease be detected ut the earliest
possible moment.
Unfortunately this disease assumcs
various forms, all fatal, and often It
long time eiapses before the most viz
ulcnt and fatal form of the disease
shows itself. In the incipient stage.
rs farcy, for instance, there is no
chance of eventually saving the life of
the animal. Hence the necessity that
the animal be killed as early as posi-
BILE.
The horse with CHAMBERS or farcy is
dangerous not only to every other
equine in the stable, but also to all
that an infected animal may come in
contact with. a stable once infected
it is difficult to eradicate the conta-
gion. Hence it is criminal to sell
the horse once the disease is suspect
ed. The plain duty is TO have II care
ful inspection made by Il competent
veterinarian.
To enable every horse owner to
Judge for himself measurably the symp-
toms as usually exhibited may assist
in determining whether Il disease may
be CHAMBERS, even though the horse
may be able to do his work. and with
nothing appearing wrong TO the casual
observer. notwithstanding this. he
may be able TO communicate the dis
ease il he be infected himself.
In the acute or pronounced state of
the disease there will be Il staring coat,
the pulse will be accelerated, eyes wat
cry. appetite impaired, and with GEN
cral prostration. Yellowish or purple
Streaks may be found in the mem
brane OF the nose, and with a dis
charge from one or both; first watory,
and at length sticky or mucous Small
elevations may be observed upon the
membrane by turning up the nostrils.
These will eventually turn into malig-
nant ulcers of irregular form and col
or. When these symptoms are present,
any horsepower may determine the
disease as well rs the practical veter.
marian.
Chambers and farcy are really one
and the same disease; n specific poison
affecting the whole system. When i