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HOME CURE FOR BARB WIRE CUTS.

Experiences OF any sort are more
valuable as teachers than theories of
any kind, however plausible. This is
as true when applied to the care of
horses as to any other branch OF farm
work. With this fact established we
are pleased to give the experience of
Mrs. N. Hawkes., Friend, Neb., with
the cure Of horses when injured by
barb wire, as given in a recent issue of
the Journal'o Agriculture. She says:
Every man in the United States that
owns forty rod stretch of treacher-
Gus barbed wire fencing knows the
evils and damaging effects Of 1t upon
animal kind. To say nothing of his
loss of valuable stock, if his heart is
in the least tender, he must be fire.
quently tempted forswear the use Of
it, as he looks upon some poor crea-
ture mutilatsd and suffering because of
1t. It is true that horses and cattle
will become wary OF barbed wire fenc.
ing in time. and as a'rule will keep a
safe distance from it. But accidents
are always happening. Some sudden
fright, or some moment of needless
play, and they go headlong into the al.
most invisible line-and you know the
rest.
Like the rest of farmers, we have
barbed wire about the place because
1--WE can't Afford" etc. And the hand
some mare that has for more than
eighteen years been my special pride
stands to-day living witness Of the
outrageous and cruelty of the worse
than useless stuff. "She was old enough
to have known better" But you see
she felt herself young again. and with
her colt ran and played, and in an un-
guarded moment caught her hoof, and
nearly severed it before she untangled
herself. Under good treatment and
care she is rapidly recovering, but it
will be long time before she will be
entirely well.
Barbed wire wounds are much more
difficult to heal than common wounds,
for with the saw.line cuts, the flesh is
always so torn and mutilated. The
wound should be carefully and thor
oughly sponged every day with light
warm suds. in which few drops of
carbolic acid have been put, and the
cut protected from dust, air and flies
by bandages of old white cotton cloth.
These must,be daily renewed, and the
old ones burned. Do not ever be guilty
of bandaging with coarse gunny.sack-
ing. In fact, do as you would be
done by.
The appended, most excellent and
never failing recipe for home pre-
pared liniment for barbed wire cuts,
whether slight or of a serious nature,
is worth careful preservation. As we
use carbolic acid for everything Of
this nature, we say just here don't ever
be without can of it in the house, for
it is one Of the best and most effective
disinfectants known. In crystalized
form it costs from sixty to seventy-fve
cents per can. To liquify it, SO as to
have ready for use, simply stand the
can in hot water for a few moments.
But now for the recipe which we know
to be good, having used it extensively
for several years, and consider it for
not few other purposes, as we'll as
this, better than nine-tenths OF the
liniments sold at q dollar bottle.
Liniment for Barbed Wire Cuts
One-fourth pint each of sweet oil, tur.
pentine, liquid camphor and kerosene,
20 which add one.half teaspoonful Of
refined carbolic acid. Apply several
times day, according to severity OF
the case in hand.