North Park union., 1900-10-05
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It Is about this time of the year
that we hear OF "a many cases OF collie
in horses from the feeding Of new
hay and there 10 another crop OF sim
liar cases later on when the new crop
Of oats 10 being threshed.
Now. there IL not the slightest need
of having all or any Of this trouble
each year IL farmers would use little
Judgment In the feeding Of new hay
and grain. 1t is the sudden feeding
OF such foods that does the harm Tor
Is fact that were the food to be given
gradually until the animal became az
customed to the change there would
be NO bad results from feeding. There
is or ought to be at nll times ON Sne
farm supply of old hay and oats
ami II this be mixed with the new
grain and hay at the time Of feeding
the chances OF sickening the horses
Will be greatly reduced. Where the
horse has been eating old hay the new
may be given In small quantities along
with the old. the amount OF new feea
being gradually increased daily until
the animal gets used to 1t and can
safely be given q full feed of the new
food. No matter how 1t be used both
hay and oats that are going through
'sweating" process are unfit for food
sor all animals and for this reason
bosa hay and oats should not be used
at all until they have been some time
in 4he NOV, stack or bin. 1t is elso
xoad plan to sec that the horse has
supply Of rock salt In the manger
ell OF the time as 1t has been found
70 somewhat counteract the effects ot
new feed. Care should also be taken
to give the horse its drinking water
before and not after feeding and there
ID no need OF giving large feeds OF nay
during the day time when horses are
expected to do hard work. The Iced
ing OF hay very early in the morning
and again after the grain feed at
night is .all that Is necessary for any
hard working horse and would pre-
vent many cases of collie for the hUrse
that works hard with its stomach
overloaded with hay is much more
itabfe ITO an attack than the ono that
goes to the field with food dike-ted.
What has been said also applies
with equal force to the feeding of the
new corn crop. which is the most
dangerous of foods when unripe or
not fully dried out 1t may be addNH
that 1t is at no time \ good or safe
food for horses working In lotweathsr,
Its purpose being to produce heat and
fiat rather than muscle and vim" The
new hay and oats should he used care
fully, and the corn sholtll not be fed
to horses before snow flies.
II despite what has been said any
reader OF this paper should have a
horse taken with collie as a result %!
feeding new corn, oats or hay, he
should not. as Is usually done, give a
dose OF salcratus and milk az that
dope" merely adds tn the distress OF
the horse. A far better drench Is
made by mixing one ounce OF laud-
apum and two oHDces OF turpentine In
one quart of raw linseed oil and giving
as one dose slowly and carefully by
the mouth-not through the nostril
las the writer saw done recently with
fatal results. In addition ito this dose
rectal injections OF soupy warm water
are useful. and may be very easily CIV
en- through a four-to1t length af one
inch rubber hose in one end of which
has been attached a large tin funne
through which the enema is poured
from pitcher aftur tthe other ent
OF the hose has been inserted in tht
rectum. The horse may also be walket
about II bloated. b,r1 II the latterBymp
tom be severe he Rhoulh .be tapped by
Ia veterinarian, who has the prope'
trocar and cannuh for the purpose
After the severe symptoms pass on the
horse should be psAcati in box stall
where he should remain without flood
ror water for at least twelve hours.
Next day he should be fed on ssft
bran mashes and after the bowels
move freely he may be put at hEh,
work unless the weather is very hot.
| Dairy Notes.
That even the work OF milking Is np'
without danger Is evidenced by the
case of mixer in New Zealand who
had his right eye put nut by n switch
from the cows tail. Probably II thf
truth were known 1t would be found
that a great many accidents OF this
kind, more or less Gerious have oc.
Cured. 1t would be well to have the
cows tail fastened during milking. az
Is now practiced by some. This Is
also In the interest oI cleanliness.
The Dairy and Food Department Of
Minnesota Is having anything but an
easy time enforcing the anti-oleo laws
| in the reproducing regions OF thai
stale The employers of labor In tine
mines find 1t very profitable to use
.oleomargarine in the boarGns-houses
where their men are taken care Gf
Nevertheless, the inspectors have taken
! hold uf the work in earnest and las
wear over 1000 was collected in fines
for selling and using butterine other
wise than In the way the law provides
| We believe that pasteurizaticn 'oi
skimmilk should be generally prac-
ticed. not only by the creameries and
| cheese factories but on farms where
| any considerable number OF cows are
kept for the production of milk. IN
| less, In the last case. where the COWS
are all tested and are known to be Tree
from tuberculosis. In the creamerles
and cheese factories especially the pas
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