The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-29
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
now Successful Farmers Operate This
Departments Of ths Farm-A Few
Hints As to the Care OF Live stock
ana PouItry.


Lamenesa.
The detection OF lameness In horses
Is often attended with so much DIM
Guilty that a few hints along this line
must prove instructive to many who
have not received the benefits Of vet
erinary education. In the first place a
horseman should make himself per-
fectly familiar with the natural gaits
OF horses In normal condition. He
should know exactly how horses stand
and walk under all circumstances and
conditions and win then be the better
able to discover departures from the
normal. When a horse is known 10 be
lame he should be examined after he
has been rested in the stable. Watch
him as he backs out Of his STALL II he
jerks one hind leg up little one sns-
poets "crampiness" (ehorea). II on
being made to stand over he Jerks
his leg the lameness is most likely TO
be due to spawn. II when standing
still he points" one forefoot the seat
Of the iameness Is in the foot az be
Is afraid 70 put the heel to the ground.
II be stands with the toe resting upon
the ground and the ankle flexed for
ward the seat OF the llmeness is likely
to be In the shoulder or elbow. AS a
rule however. a horse suffering from
deep-seated shoulder lameness does
not stand in this position, but stands
normally with foot square upon the
ground. Having watched the horse
before and just at time Of removal
from stall It is important to start him
of at a trot at once as some forms Of
lameness disappear when the horse Is
walked for a short distance, and such
lameness Is not apparent when the
animal is walking. Have the horse
trotted away and back. It Is dificult
to tell whether the lameness Is fore"
or hind" unless this is done. When
the lameness Is in front and the AMI
NAL is trotted away from the observer
lameness may appear to be In hind
leg, which Is not the case. II the lame
ness is in a nigh fore leg, for instance,
the of hind quarter rises and falls as
he goes away. On trotting him towards
the observer the reason for this Will
be found in the fact that the weight OF
the body is thrown upon the of fore
leg. with a corresponding drop OF the
nigh leg. This should be remem-
bered In telling which fore limb Is af-
fected. The bob OF the head and ear
is towards the side opposite to the one
which Is sore and lame. Bob your
head with the horse while be Is trot-
ting and II becomes an easy matter to
decide which leg IS the lame one.
When the lameness is not in the foot
We must look higher for It. A close
examination should be made for causes
Of Iameness above the foot. II the an
imaI Is under six years Of age we may
expect splints to cause the lameness II
the history is that he gets lame when
used for a time, but RECEIVERS when
rested. Splints are found just under
the knee on either side Of the bone OF
the leg. The nearer the splint Is to
the knee the worse will the lameness
be. II spiints are not present then ex-
anime the tendons for thickening and
bowed" condition. II the lameness Is
In the shoulder and very severe the
foot is apt to be trailed behind, with
knee flexed, for the horse Is unable to
bring it forward without great effort
and pain. II the shoulder is the seat
Of Iamenssa and horse stands down
even trot him and the leg VIII be seen
to roll outwards Further, he Is worse
when trotted down hill and cannot
lift the foot easily over an elevation.
II the elbow Is affected II drops when
trotting and this is also a symptom
OF injury located underneath the
shoulder blade. as where a horse has
almost fallen. but very suddenly and
"wrenchinely" RECEIVERS himself The
hind leg Is rolled" outward IN hip
lameness; dropped very markedly in
atrophy Of the muscles OF the space
between stile and hip; held backwards
In dislocation OF the patella knee
PAM thrust forward when walking IN
ring bone lameness; held from the
ground in severe pain at any point,
but notably the ankle and hook
joints. and nail pricks cause the ami
NAL to walk painfully upon the toe.
In founder the fore feet are stuck out
In front Of the body and the hind
ones thrust forward under the body.
In sprain Of the psoas muscles or mus
cles Of the loins the hind legs are
carried stifly and the animal wabbles
from side to side or walks sidewise.
Where lameness Is due to rheumatism
the animal lies down most Of the time
and soreness and lamsness are apt 70
change from joint TO ioint-Farmers
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