Telegram-herald., 1890-06-28
THOSE POISONED oAqrLE.

soieDtiae Expl&aatiea of ths Beriin
CAtsls Disease. ~ Ds. to.Aey.
Totbs EaitsF of tas gslEssAn.HsslAp
A. there = st.ll : diversity ii opinion
as 70 tns probabie cause u Tie de4Gh OF
sif. Fosters cattle, whsch died at Berhn
iew weeks ago under such peculiar
circumstances as 10 lead some 10 sup
pose they were poisoned, beg leave 20
gre those interested through your
paper = few facts as understand them
Wan regard 70 the digestive organs OF
Toe COW. The same rule vii h0.d good
10 great extent III al donlesNcated
animals.
Wien cattle are put on a new diet,
that Is 10 say changed from ary II
green or from green 20 dry feed. they
Iced rayenOusly, regardless OF tAe ter
p lie consequences that - often follow.
TIE chaTaC ltr " the food. and gle nab-
It's and condition OF theanlmAl, together
act r. 4 0igrct cause OF disease OT the
stomach aud ahmcntary canal. Very
rich aud concentrated ioOd taken II
large quantities, OF nOu-nutriuous food,
such as OyeT-rlDe straw, hay Og corn
stalks, which ls composed almost en-
Uvly OF woody ilOeT, Is a fertile cause
OF Indigestion. The digestive organs
beng Oyer-taXed, fail - perform thelr
work, and the contents vi The stomach
become i source OF irritation, which
Is often so great that the repair
atlye process 10 unequal 10 the emer-
gency. Especially Is TINS the case where
cattle are not haOltuaIed 10 the KIND OF
food taken. The catt!eln question had
been kept on exceedingly dry food all
winter and short time before death
had been turned into pasture without
restraint, where they ate until the
stomach was tlled 10 It's utmost ca
paclty with fooo that il was not accus
toned 10. In consequence OF this, lndl-
gestion AMI death followed. | have
made numerous post mortem eXamina-
tons OF cattle dying from indigestion,
ano the condition OF the stomachs were
invariably the same. Therefore
am fully convinced that the true cause
of the death OF Mr. Fosters cat
tie was due not only 10 the
quality, but the quantity also of food
taken. This disease being of very
II appears TO me that preventative
measures should be adopted. This is
easily done by allowing cattle to remain
only one hour day in new or uuac-
customed food until the stomach be
comes thoroughly acquainted with the
work required OF II, allowing a liberal
supply of water meanwhile. Cattle
| handled IN this way for week or ten
I days | consider safe to turn into any
feed upon winch they have been 50
handled.
On account of one particular
condition that the lungs Of those
cattle presented, | WAS at first
Il little suspicious of pneumonia and
wishing 20 make sure on this point
sent portion of the lung OF one OF
Z them to the State veterinarian, who in
formed me by letter that II find nC
traces OF pneumonia" He gave me nc
information as to the true cause OF
death, consequently l can only give
your readers my own opinion IN the
matter, which is that the cattle dice
of acute indigestion caused by engOrge
ment of the stomach with food that TIT
stomach was not accustomed to handle
Ny grandfather would have diagnOseC
the allment "fardle bound" or "mav
bound" aqd would have given 10 eaci
COW of mature years about one quart o
| linseed oil, twenty drops Of crOton OF
and one pint OF blackstrap molases as
drench, and would repeat the dos
once every twenty -four hours until th'
| bowels moved freely. The sooner TIN
treatment is adopted the greater arr
chances of recovery. In fact, your sue
cess depends wholly upon prompt anC
early treatment. This old remedy j
perhaps as good as any, and should b'
followed after the stomach is thorough
ly yempted) by FL. Ext. Nux Nomica,
ounces; water, pint; mix and give on
table spoonful on the tongue thre'
times day for q week. At the sam'
time give one-half ounce OF powdere,
saltpetre, morning and evening, in 1
feed of bran.