The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-17
carbolic acid water, the flies WON'T
bother them much.

the following remarks on navel Dls-
ease " in colts: "The navel disease in
colts at foalng time is a cause of heavy
loss in young colts. The difficulty is a
serious one and practically incurable
when once established, but easily pre-
vented by proper treatment at the
right time. In the first place the UNI
bilical or navel cord should be ligatured
or corded few minutes after the colt
foals, and if possible before the cord is
severed. This process effectually closes
this place and prevents the entering of
all filth and germs of disease. During
the foetal stage of the colt the circu-
lation takes place through this cord,
hence any poisonous matter that may
enter at an open navel goes imme-
diately into the blood and thereby to
the entire system. This explains why
colts become stiff at the joints, dull,
sluggish and in a few days die when no
particular cause is apparent to the un-
suspecting attendant. The system is
quickly permeated by the germs of
disease, and there is no cure. The
foal is an easy subject to this disorder
and every precaution should be taken.
In the first place close the opening in
some way. If no one is present when
the foal drops and the cord is ruptured
too close to be ligatured, mild astrin-
gent, such as fnely-powdered burnt
alum, should be applied and a few
stitches taken to close the passage.
Then for other reasons as well as this
the stall in which the young colt is
kept should always be scrupulously
clean and dry. The first ten days are
the critical period of the colts existence.
Begin to feed the mare laxative feed a
week or more before foaling and con-
tinue for a week after; feed light during
this time, but feed heavy as soon as
danger is past. The best way to feed
the colt is through the mare. While
grain should be given the colt after
about three weeks old the dams milk is
superior to any other feed that can be
given"
CHEAP and good education for farm
ers' sons is national necessity.
Were this not true the appropriations
for agricultural colleges would be a
robbery of the public. But as yet it is
not to be had; and in our judgment it
never will be had in any other satisfac-
tory way than by letting the students
grow their food on the college farms.
The Homestead tells its readers that
I" A splendid education at total net
cost of only fifty-seven dollars per year
is the remarkable fact brought out by
our further comparison of Connecticut's
agricultural college at Storrs. The to-
tai expenses per student averaged only
STAG per college year, while their aver
age earnings were $50, leaving S57 as
the net outlay per college year. The
more that institution is compared with
Yale and her Sheffield Scientific School,
the more can we appreciate the legisla-
ture's wisdom in giving the federal
grant of 1890 to the Storrs Agricultural
College. The objections to the loca-
ton of the Storrs Agricultural College
are largely Offset by the economy with
which its students can acquire an edu-
cation-terms so low that the college
will be swarmed with boys and girls
when the facts become known"
IT is questionably the cost of liv-
ing that keeps thousands of the young
men of our farms from availing them
selves of the free education in the SCI
ence and art of farming which is Of
fered them. When this difficulty is re-
moved, and more practical training
given, the boys will flock from the
farms to the agricultural school, and
flock back to the farms, instead OF
focking into the cities when their
schooling is finished, as it is now" How
not to do it" seems to be the study OF
most of the land-grant colleges.
HERE are directions for making
sheepskin mats which we find in Rura
| Life. and which seem to look practica