The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-31
FARM NOTES.
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20 ,hc Agricultural Editor Of The statesman
SIR: am a regular reader OF your
column, and l. think il gives more
pra1lica, information and hints Oh
matters interesting to@HeXas farmers
shan many papers said TO DO deVoled
exclusively 30 agricultnfe. 1 was es-
necialiv pleased with what you wrote
about the treatment OF young colts.
II hits the nail square on tho head, so
fat as bad handling and 9tarVaGl0n
goas, but think you are a little or
when YOU speak 1f bots as an "imaSi-
nary Gilrnent.n have handled horses
for 10 wears ami kuoW chat bots are
real and not imaginary. have seen
half q peck Of them taken from the
stCplq1h Of O dead horse, and don't
shink any aulma! could be expected
to thrive with suoh a cargo on board
j. y. McC,
am glad 10 receive the compli-
nlent of my CORES ondent. II is
pleasant to know that nay Of
srts meet with approval, even
II my opinions are sometimes
vide Of the mark. ] ara always
glad to have honest criticism and
have nay mistakes corrected. My
correspondent thinks me "oH" in my
statement about hots not being injuri-
ons to the health of horse, but my
opinion is endorsed by all the leading
authorities on the horse.
Or. &. II. Kitchener, Y. S., in dis
easas Of the horse, just issued by the
deeartnaenb OK agriculture, the most
complete work Of the kind ever pub
llshed says
THE opinion, almost universally
entertained, that bots frequently
GAUGE coliol1y pains, is erroneous IL
Is very common TO hear bystauders
DECLARE that almost every horse with
abdominal pains hiss the BOTS and
Shelr suggested treatment IL always
y.ried apd heroic,
Almost all horses in the country,
as well as horses IN the city during
tnelr first year there, have the bots.'
1T is exceptionally rare instances that
theyprodace any appreciabie symp-
5orls or disturbances. In my own
practice | have never known bots TO
be the cause ofany serious ailment of
the horse; and ouly once has my faith
er, in practice extending over lfty
years, known bots to be the cause Of
DEATH
Writing on the same subject NovaCt,
tbe great English authority on horses
says: " phe bots seldom, while they
inhabit the stomach OF the horse, give
The animal any pain, for they have
fastened on the cubiGular ana inseu-
slble coat They are rarely injurious
TO the horse, for he enjoys the most
perlect health when the cuiicu'ar
part of the stomach ia filled with
them and their presence is not even
suspected They cannot be removed
BY medicine, Because they are not IN
that part Of The stomach 10 which
medicine is easily couveyeh. There
lore, the wise man will leave them 70
themselves
Such evidence should dispel any
alarm experienced by horsemen about
the injurious effect of bots But the
Bot or Gad-Gy, is q source of great an
noyAuce ana even danger to irritable
bo&as. The annoyance is caused by
Tho fem tle dcpositing her eggs on
the legs ana sides OF the horse, 20
which they adhere. They are ready
to he Matched in few days. The
horse ticks them off and swallows the
newly formed insects with his food
They attach themselves TO the cutiou-
lar portion Of the stomach, develop
Into full size bot3 and stay there till
next spring I'D,
EXPERIMENT..
She experimentalist is often de-
Douucod as . "crank' by the self
uitled practical farmer, who Is some
tines designated = ''m0ss0ack" 0y
The experimenter Tho science OF
agriculture owes as much to tho eEpe-
rjmsntatist rs that Of mechanics doss
To the inventor; and in neither case
d0gs the financial reward come direct
ly to the party yuost entitled to II.
But as ths action Of each - the result
ri u love for improvement rather than
self-aggraudisement, they haye their
reward in % Consciousness Of haytus
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