The Forrest City times., 1892-02-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
ABOUT THE PROPER CARE OF
 INJURED ANIMALS.
Some simple Remedies Uscfui In Case or Accidsnt-Psta,o oes and squsshes -stock Notes snl House.
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Car. of Iniured Animnls.

Care Of Injured Animais.
 That accidents will occur In spise of all the precautionary measures that may be taken to prevent them un- doubtedly. all fan mers realize rom repeated experiences. But that all take the care they should of the ami mals that are from time to time in- iured about tho place. l have very serious doubts writes Nellie Hawks In the Practical Farmer.
 To see an animal stand trembling with the fright and pain of an acci- dent that has just befallen 1t and no move made towards taking the proper care of it Is one of the most inhuman crueltes perpetrated upon helpless animal kind. But it is often done. that do know. And to know of their suf- fering without power to alleviate. and the knowledge that they were neg iected would make my every day a torture and all to no purpose If only there was that law of human kindness in every heart that prompted them to do all that lay in their power to relieve suffering wherever found well. but the millennium has not dawned yet and the thought is only a hope against hope and so long as time goes on. no doubt some ones dumb friends or property. will go un- f~~ oh,,aa1 Thara a many simple remedies and many little things that may be done to help them on the road to recovery. when mis- fortune docs overtake them in some way. And why will we not all re- member that these sutferings are as acute as our own; and their appreci- ation add thankfulness for all service rendered in their tune of need is as decp as our own. too although they cannot tell us SO in words But their pitiful pleading eyes tell it all. There Is stronger language to be read there thar words can express and how one can felgn not to read 1t Is past all comprehension. We think it l quite as necessary 10 provide for sick I UGfb AuQ 0CCfQ0Hto anloHk Oai vol h- yard friends as for ourselves; and where we keep the simple home remedies for the family. we also keep remedies for them and many times we have found the Eced of them for i'm mediate use.
 l There are mixtures for the collie. for one never knows when horse may be afflicted with that plague pecu- liar to horse flesh. And we know that it is either relief or death Then there are bottles of nitre and lauda- mum; others of lotions for cuts bruises and sprains and many more that need not be mentioned here, for they are known to almost all owners of the eqnine and bovine races. Just one mixture I will mention that we use 90 much for cuts and bruises among the farm animals for it is so simple and easily prepared and we consider it one of the most excellent of home remedies having been thor oughly tested and not found wanting. All the ingred ents that are needed arc equal parts of turpentine. castor oil spirits of camphor (strong) and kerosene. Shake the bottle into which these articles have been poured until thoroughly mixed when 1t will be milky white. Apply to the injured surface often, and the im- provement will be rapid and sure. And the remedy Is so simple and in- Iexpcnsive that there is no need that anyone should be without large bot ue of this mixture in the house or that an animal should suffer for the lack of care and immediate treat mcnt
 Early in the spring. when yet frosty and cold, a tiny cali that was in the habit of coming to the door for her milk when she could get out was missing one morning at breakfast time. We had been suddenly called to a sick neighbor the night before. and the calf had been forgotten in the hurry and had not been housed; SO I know something must have happened her, else she would have been at the door making her demands No one had seen her that morning and could not rest until she was found. so search was instituted at once. She was very soon found and in pitif ul plight She had gone upon an inves- tigation tour in the binder shed. and in some inexplicable way had fallen upon the platform. and one foot had slipped under an iron rod. pinning her fast In her efforts to extricate herself from this uncomfortable posi- ton one of her little legs had been badly gashed in several places upon the sickle. As to why the sickle had not been removed and pu, nwns I shall leave someone else to explain She was frightened almos, to death and badly hurt. And wha, if she had been left to take care of her self as best she could? We would have lost her probably. But she was not neglected ore hour Breakfast mus wait and the boys go hungry unti
 Nollie" was made comfortable. While she drank her pail O. warm milk her leg was washed and band aged and we'll bathed in the linimenl have mentioned. She wore her band age for weeks for the cuts were se we're and deep. She was kept quie and warm and her bandages we'll sat urated with the lotion every time sh,