The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-08
I.umpy Jaw.

Iumpy Jaw.
| agree in great measure with Prof.
Mcintosh and the FREE TRADER on
the subject, that there is great deal
more fuss made about lumpy jaw by
those who claim to be very knowing,
than there is any need for. The dis
ease, if it may be called a disease, is
not contagious, and can be easily
cured, if taken in time but If not ia
ken in time it is pronounced incura-
BILE. There is no reason why such
animals should be put upon the mar
ket. The remedy is sure and simple,
and any farmer can apply it If he will
take the trouble to do so.
AS soon as | observe lump, about
the size of walnut, on the jaw or
throat of a steer, drive him up and
manage to corner him as well as can.
| then throw a stout rope over his
horns, put snap ring in his nose,
draw his head as close up to tree or
post as possible, and with the assist
ance of another man with pole,
crowd him into corner, or, in other
words, | contine him so that | can get
at the lump without difficulty, and
without getting hurt; | then, with a
sharp knife and quick stroke, lay the
lump entirely open. | make a long,
but not necessarily deep cash. | then
squeeze cut all the matter, pus and
blood, and fill the cavity with salt, sat
urated with about teaSpoonful OF
tincture of iodine, rubbing it in thor
oughly and effectually. This is all
that is generally necessary to be done.
The cash will in time heal over, and
leave perhaps only visible scar.
But if the wound should become pu-
trid or running sore, it should be
washed out with diluted carbOlic acid,
injected with a syringe, and tincture
of iodine might be given internally to
purify the blood.
The above operation must be done
while the lump is still soft, and before
it bursts open of itself and becomes
hard. After it bursts open and be-
comes a CHASTITY limp and bloody sore,
it is supposed to be incurable, yet l
believe it can be cured even then, II
completely cut off, 10y the hand and
with the knife of a veterinary surgeon,
who would know how and where to
cut.
These Jumps, when they become
hard, are but bony eXerescenSes that
grow on the jaw of the animal, and
could be taken off, just as the wood
man would take off those knotty eX-
erescenseS we see on the trunks OF
trees. The wound would heal over,
lust as the bark would on the tree, but
would leave an unseemly scar.
And here comes the ruD-cm bono 7
Suppose that the above operations and
treatment should effect cure? Sup
pose that the wound should heal over,
leaving scar patent TO any observer,
and that the animal should continue
| to thrive and grow fat, the doctors
at the stock yards might still pro-
rounce it the lumpy jaw, and say
that the virus of poison was still in
the flesh and that the carcass was on
| " fit to be thrown to the dogs
A small lump, or a slight scar, or
even the scratch of barbed wire, with
a haSty glance, under the statute
might be sufficient to condemn the
latest steer on the market, and the
owner would be without redress and
liable to punishment.
| When SanchO PanZa took possession
of his island a SumptuouS dinner was
| StU DtlDIt ullll, Duu al h'Nbp' oppou ~
with wand in his hand and ordered
each dish to be removed as he reached
out for it, and poor Sancho got up from
the table more hungry than when he
sat down. So ] believe that many a
fat steer has been hastily and wrong
fully condemned as unfit TO be eaten,
and many a nice roast has been
snatched from the mouth of hungry
hungry man by the wandS Of the learn
ed and scientific Sangrados of our leg
, islatures and our stock yards.
| But enough; it doesn't do fora plain
farmer to differ with the doctors: it is
| bad enough for them to differ with
themselves. He may get himself into
trouble. Nor do | wish my friends to
suppose that would prefer to have
my mince meat cut from the neck OF a
hmpy-jawed steer, yet do not see
why his quarters should not be as good
as those of any other steer which was
in good condition, and which held his
own with his companions in taking on
fat. "A. W. GRlFfTTh'
The carpet trade already is opening
| ND quite brisk at j. f.. Scott & Co. S.
| They have the largest stock in the
city, and their new spring patterns
are very handsome.