New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-04-20
SGME FARM MISCELLANY
PRACTICAL MATTERS OF VAL
UE TO FARMERS
No Moldy Corn for Horses--D Detect
ing Tainted Milk--AlsiiSe
Clover Farm Help.
No Moldy Corn For Horses.

4 No Moldy Corn For Horses.
i About year ago mysterious dis
ease broke out among the horses in
Kansas and adjacent States. It was
! popularity known as s:staggers" and
mad staggers, but science dignifed
i it by the sounding name Euzootic
/ cerebritis, !" which did not, however,
1 make it less mysterio save the
/ horses. investigations atlast brought
i the fact to light that the disease was
| caused by feeding corn which had been
attacked by q mold-Aspergillu
/ glaucus, the spores Of which gained
entrance to the circulation and found
/ Judgment in the kidney and liver. In
these organs the spores terminated,
causing often fatal inflammation.
The cerebral sympto ms, or Hstaggers,
were the result of the formation OF an
abcess in the cerebrum. The cause
I. OF the abcess was an interference with
the blood supply, probably from
i spores or mycelia OF the mold getting
into circulation.
A feeding experiment made by DIR.
Mayo, d. v. S., with a two ear-old
colt established the tact that this
i moldy corn was the real cause of the
mischief. He also inoculated a guinea
1 pig with spores of the same mold,
with fatal results. In France and
/ Germany similar experiments with
! rabbits caused the death of the ami
/ mails lnoculated.
/ These experiments clearly indicate
the danger OF feeding corn that has
been ATTACKED by mold. 1t is sug-.
| gested that san ounce Of prevention
] is worth many pounds of cure" And
I the best prophylactic is to refrain
from feeding moldy corn or turning
| horses into fields where they have ac-
cess to such corn In feeding corn in
the ear or from the crib the moldy
ears should be carefully picked out or,
the moldy tips broken off When the
corn is sbelled it can be poured into
water, when the moldy kernels Will
/ float and can be skinned off,
The treatment OF the disease con-
sists in keeping the animal as quiet as
| ated strong box stall, and admins
l
a purgative. One dram OF iodide Of
| potash, may be given in sufficient
water, and cold applications made to
the head by means OF wet cloths.
Should the spinal column be affected
q moderately strong blister may be
applied above the spine. Care should
be taken to excite the animal as little
as possible, and to avoid choking itin
giving medicine, as it is often diff
cult for the animal to swallow.
Among the four principal animals
/ horses, mules, cattle and hogs-the
three last named do not contract the
! disease
This disorder does not appear to
be very prevalent, presumably be-
cause OF the nondevelopment Of the
mold which induces it. But it's fatal
character when once contracted
! should admonish horse owners to be
very careful not to feed moldy corn
to their equine animals.
Farm Help.
/ The busy season of spring is again
here. Ipresume most farmers have
already engaged their helpfor the year.
TO those who have not, would sug-
| gest that they had better slook a lee
tie OUT lest their Wide-aWake neigh
bors who always look and plan ahead
engage all the best help and leave a
| poor assortm ent to choose from for
the man who puts every thing off until
the eleventh hour.
/ / fear that all farmers do not fully
realize the Importance OF employing
none but careful, steady, Industrious,
temperate, moral, upright, conscien-
tious men-men Tor boysl who are
call wool and a yard wide and will
neither rip, ravel nor tear" and in
whom implicit confidence may be
! placed. Such men are by no means
numerous, and may, and doubtless
/ will, ask a dollar or two per month
more than average or customary
! wages, which should not be begrudged
1 them by their employers, for they are
vastly cheaper at any reasonable
wages than is the vicious, INDECENT,
careless, Incorporate, immoral, un-
i scrupulous hand, atsnothing.
Ii the farmer has sons with whom
!. the hired hand works and associates,
i it is hard to overestinlate the i'm.
portance OF securing a man who is
I strictly temperate and moral. We
spend vast sums ofmoney to main
tain schools, churches, etc. that we
and our children may be taught
I (among other things) temperance and
morality. Then, brother farmers,
consistency demands that we see to it
that the good influence thus exerted
is not over-balanced or placed in
jeopardy by the. evil inhuencesof the.
i hired hand
Some men, like some horses, will
not work well single, but if sent out
/ to work alone will crawl under a
shade tree and await the ringing OF
i the dinner bell; others will not work
4 we'll double, being to full Of talk TO do
much OF anything but tongue work,
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