The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-08
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drinking water to imbibe the .'teas
.InaG seeps away from manure piles On6
should not argue from this that such
drinking Or water is harmless or bene-
ncIal The fact OF the matter is that
animals may apparently suffer no III
eHecrs for months from drinking con
staminated water but there invariably
comes a time when the i'll effects be-
come only too apparent to the owner.
The time alluded to is when some dis
ease attacks the animals. On one farm
the disease will run a benign course
with few victims, but on another farm
in the district the same trouble will
take on virulent type and sweep the
animals away in a wholesale manner.
The cause Of the latter Virulence is
very commonly the long continued use
OF contaminated water Its prolonged
use vitiates the system Of the animal,
renders the blood impure and SO rem
@ders the victim a prey to the disease.
Livery seed does best in favorable soil
and so the germs Of disease proliferate
most successfully in the seed bed fur
nished by sluggish, impure blood. It
is often for the reason just assigned
that colt distemper (strangles1 on one
farm takes a mild form and on an
other kills all the colts it attacks; and
where the latter is the case medicines
rarely do much good as it is too late
TO mend matters. Where animals are
allowed to drink impure water we gem
orally note CHARACTERISTIC appearances
winch tell the story to the trained eye.
Horses are troubled with stocked legs,
kidney troubles, indigestion and
d1arrhoea. The result Of these things
& is seen in staring coat OF hair, lack
OF appetite, dullness and lack of vim
and Vigor and above all perhaps, pro-
Iuse sweating when at work and in-z
ability to withstand the hot rays Of
the sun In summer. Pregnant animals
are liable to abort when made to
drink contaminated water and their
OFFSPRING when born alive are usually
puny, sickly, living abortions." We
might mention many other evil effects
OF impure drinking water but enough
has been said; it remains to point out
some common impurities. Of these
the most common is sewage and its
presence is always dangerous. AS sew
age IS Of organic nature it may be
detected in drinking water by taking
sample of water in clear glass bot
Tie, corking it and setting in the sun.
After a time the cork being removed
smell is noticed and water so con-
taminated has brownish or reddish
color. Pure water should have prac-
tlcally no color but if any blush
cast. It should have no smell and no
taste the only thing that can be tasted
IN the water in such small quantities
that 1t is tnnocuous is iron. A more
delicate test for organic matters is
to color water family with perman-
ganate Of potash and then heat 1t. lie
organic matters are present the color
will vanish. Where contamination by
leechings OF the manure pile or OUT
mouse Is suspected the matter may BET
settled by pouring kerosene upon the
pile or into the other receptacle from
which it will find its way into the well
water and be easily tasted. Water is
often rendered so hard by the pres-
ence OF lime as to be injurious to
stock, causing stone or gravel in the
bladder Of horses and particularly OF
sheep, with other troubles such as IN
digestion, goitre, and deposits of bony
substance at the joints, such as spavin
Water is frequently contaminated nv
the large hocl1s of pigeons whose dron-
pings get into cave troughs and SO into
clsterns, etc. Water is a common
source OF the many parasites infesting
the Intestinal tract and stomachs of
animals so that drinking places used
by adult animals should not be used
for young animals that are more ike
" to be seriously affected by worms
which do not so seriously affect f,1Ilv
matured animals. In short il lie ar
the greatest Importance to provide the
purestt# OF I drinking water not only for
man but for animals in order to main
tain health and to enable them 10
throw OF disease when it does happen
to attack them
Demand for Cavalry Horses.
The horse resources Of this country i
are being severely taxed. We have
frequently alluded to the westward
movement to the Orient and the large
numbers going out of sight that Wav
Now It is telegraphed from Wyoming
that an agent Of the Mexican govern
ment came to Cheyenne about two
weeks ago, and since that time has
purchased several carloads OF saddle
horses, which have been shipped to the
Civ of Mexico The auoYf 1r,;IY