The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-03
New Feed and Its Eylis.E I

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Nsw0 Fssd snd Its Evlis.y
1t ssis about this time otS the year
that we hear Of 50 many cases Of collie
in horses from the feedin of new
hay and there Isl another crop Of si
liar cases later on ST hen the new crop
of oats being threshed
Vow, there IS not the slightest need
Of having an Or sa1ly ef this trouble
each yearsif farmers would use a little
Judgment III the feeding off new hay
and grain is the sudden feeding
OF such foods that does the harm for it.
& asa fact that we're the food to be given
gradually Until the aIimal became Hac--s
scustomed to the change there would
pc no bad results from feeding. There
ls.for ought to be- at all times on the
farm e supply OF old hay and oats
and ,1s IS this be mixed with the new
grain and hay at the Time gof feeding
the 9stlt chances of Isl ickenins the horses
VIII be greatly red du:ed Eyheres the
horse 3 has been gea ting old hay the new
may be given ID snal IL quanttti les along
With VIC he old the am cunt Hof new feed
being l1te gradually Increased daily until
the animal gets used to it and can
safely SAT given fl II feed of the new
1000 si'' No mat ter ho ": it be used both
nay q and lt oats tsare going through
e sweating' process are unfit for food
for al animals and for this reason
both E0l q hay nd oats should not be used
at g 4 until they have been some time
IN 70 the NOV stack or bin. 1T is also a
good plan see that the horse has
s. supply Of rock salt in the manger
81 AT of the time las it has been found.
20 20 someW q hat ounteract the effects Of
n new y iced. Care should also be taken
TO give the horse its drinking water
before and not after feeding and there
ls M no = need of giving large feeds Of hay
during g. the day time when horses are
expected to do hard work. The feed
ing OF hay very early in the morning
and .l1 again after the grain feed at
night is all that is necessary for any
I hard lial working horse and would pre-
4 vent 'e' t many cases of collie for the horse
5that works hard with its stomach
overloaded with hay is much more
Tia bic to an attack than the one that
goes to the field with food digested. #
What has. been said also applies
with equal force to the feeding Of the
new sngt corn crop, which is the most:
dangerous of foods when unripe or
not not fully ful dried out. 1T may be. added
that it is at: no time a good or safe
food for horses working IN hot weather,
It's purpo oses being to produce heat and
Tat rather tha muscle and vim. 8 The
new W ha saald sea IS sho be used.care-
LUZ s. ~, ana the corn should d not be fed
to- horses before snow flies.
despite what has been said any
reader W of this paper should have a.
horse taken with collie asa result OF
feeding new corn, oats or hay. he
should ld not, as is usually done, givesa
dose OF. saleratus and milk as that
u dope merely adds to the distress OF
the horse. "A far better drench is
made by mixing one ounce Of land
.anun1 az and two ounces OF turpentine in
one one quart OF raw llnseed oil and giving
as as one dose slowly and carefully BY
the he. mouth not through the nostril,y
as the writer saw done recently with
s1atals results. In addition to this dose
rectal 4 I'M jections Of soapy warm water
are are useful Us and may beVery easily Civ
en- through a four-foot length OF one
ll1 inch rubber hose in one end Of which
has has been attached a large tin funnel
3 through al which the enema is poured.
from II m a pitcher after the other end
OF the hose. has been inserted in the
rectum. res tll. The horse may alsoSb be walked
g about il bloated, but If the latter symp-
tom tom be severe he should be tapped by
"a eterinarian who has the proper
5trocar II, and cannula for the. purpose.
After. the severe symptoms pass of the
morse l.e9 e should be placed in a box stall
Where he should remain without food
or Or. Water for at least twelve hours. IS
$ Next day he#should d s1be fed on soft
bran mashes and after the bowels
move freely he may be put at light
Y work or: unless the weather is very hot.
Sheep News. g55ssss
s yoning correspo report that
grass on the Johnson county range is
SO burned out by drought that IT is
crisp and brittle under the foot of the
pedestrian. Stoekmen expect to- be-
compelled to feed their sheep and cat
tie through the winter.
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