The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-07

no"e ene leeulng value of we'll cure,
| corn tops, and everyone havin,
horses or cattle to winter shout,
see to it, that not stall
goes to waste that can be saved.
LII is the cheapest of all feeds. cost
ing only the expense of saving: beins
produced without any effort beyond
tnat necessary to the production o
Analysis has proved that we'll curec
corn FODDER is one of the most nutri
tive OF all forms of "roughness,n anC
experiments have demonstrated tbat
the topping Of corn, at the right stage
does not lessen the quantity or weigh
OF grain but rather increases it. The
right stage for topping, is as soon al
the grain begins to glaze and before
the leaves begin to fire. Blade fodder
Is most excellent feed, but is a tedious
job to save, and not economical r.
handle, being liable to crumble when
dry; but tops are even more valuable
and more easily handled without in.
jury.
Bv all means save the corn tops.
A correspondent wishes to know
why many imported English and
French horses carry their tails highe.
than the same breed raised in this
country, and facetiously suggests that
1t is q way they have of showing their
aristocratic breeding and contempt
for their compeers born in O ,ountry
of Democratic institutions.
Although the pure and thorough
oreds imported can, or ought to be
able to show a long and noble pedi-
gree to justify the price paid for them;
the airy carriage of their tails is due
to a surgical operation rather than
pride of ancestry.
In England it is still the custom,
though a decaying one, to dock the
tails OF draft horses, hackneys and cab
ponies. In France draft horses are not
much tempered with, but their
coach and saddle horses are elm
proved" by docking and nicking.
Both practices are cruel and without
Justification on the ground of utility.
1t is the result of fashion. Fashion
demands an elevated tail, and horse
breeders and handlers find it to their
interest to supply the demand.
Docking is shortening the tail; nick
ing is the cutting of the depressor
coccygis muscle, which gives more
power to the rector occygis, or elevat.
ing muscle. Docking is simple and
not dangerous operation; and not ex-
tremely painful when performed on
colts few days old; but nicking is an
operation requiring anatomical knowl-
edge and surgical skill; it is always a
tedious and painful business, and
sometimes fatal. In this country of
insect pests horses, like human be-
ings, should have every facility for
self protection, and the tail of the
horse is indispensable to it's comfort.
The cause of SO called Texas cattle
fever is as much a mystery as ever.
One scientist" after another comes
to the front and proclaims that he has
discovered the cause of the disease
and invented a remedy. The latest
discovery is that of DR.. Paul Paauin,
who now informs the world that the
disease is caused by minute parasite
which intests the blood and DESTROYS
the red corpuscles. He treats with
contempt the tick theory advanced
by other "scientistsn as he claims to
have seen the fever developed in ami
mails that never carried tick.
He does not give specific which
will prevent the transmission of the
fever from Southern cattle to those in
higher ATTITUDES; but suggests treat
ment for Northern cattle when
brought South. His suggestions are
not new, but they are practical and
have been found valuable for many
years by those importing Northern
stock.
He says the best means of acclima-
ting Northern cattle in Southern
infected districts is to import
only young cattle, one year old or I'M
der, watch them closely when turned
out to pasture, and see that they have
plenty of shade during the heat of the
day.
AS soon as any sign of sickness ap.
pears, such as dumpishness or stag
gering, they should be given two
table spoonsful of the following mix.
cure:
Take iodol one ounce, salol two
ounces, benzole and alcohol each four
ounces, dissolve the iodol in the alco-
lol and the solol in the benzole, and
hen mix the two liquids together
The mixture will assume an ink black
lue, and it's temperature fall as low as
Y degrees.
This remedy when applied very
'arly is said to not only kill the then
Existing fever, but to give immunity
lgainst any further attacks. AS the
oss of cattle from acclimation fever is
ften as much rs per cent, anything
living a reasonable promise of lessen
ng the mortality, at a less cost,
hould be given fair trial, but it is
till doubtful if perfect cure has
zen discovered.
INSECT PESTS.
Insect pests have been unusually
in this section this sea-
on. Cut worms have ruined many a
air prospect for cotton; bud worms
ave worked on corn; curculis on
lums and aphis on grapes and roses.
tut while insect depredations have
reviously injured vegetation, they
ave been even more injurious to
took. Between ticks, chiggers and
ce, animal creation has a hard time.
[erds of cattle and horses never
efore troubled to any extent
18th ticks or chiggers have been lit
rally eaten up with these pests. 1
M a firm believer in the efficacy of