The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-14


even horses win frequently leave pure
drinking water to imbibe the "teas
that seeps away from manure piles one
should not argue from this that such
drinking water Is harmless or bene-
fetal. The fact Of the matter is that
animals may apparently suffer no in
effects for months from drinking con
taminated water but there inYariablg
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 win run a benign course
with few victims, but on another farm
In the district the same trouble VIII
take on a yirulent type and sweep the
animals away IN a wholesale manner.
The cause Of the latter Yirulence is
very commonly the long continued use
Of contaminated water It's prolonged
use vitiates the system Of the animal,
renders the blood impure and So rem
ders the victim a prey to the disease.
Every 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 II
is often for the reason just assigned
that colt distemper (strangles) 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 gen
orally note characteristic appearances
which tell the story to the trained eye.
Horses are troubled with stocked legs,
kidney troubles, indigestion and
diarrhoea. The result Of these things
is seen in a staring coat OF hair, lack
OF appetite, dullness and lack Of vim
and vigor and above all perhaps, pro-
fuse sweating when at work and in-
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, Giving abortons." 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 1t may Be
detected in drinking water by taking
a sample Of water in a clear glass bot
tie, corking it and setting in the----
After a time the cork beng am1ve1
q smell is noticed and water
taminated has & hroN4ish eil.-f ..li =
color Pure vatet sho o 81 blst-
tically no color Nc L az /. slalsh
cast 1t should have 30 smell and no
taste the only thing that can be tasted
in the water in such small quantities
that it IS innocuous is iron A more
delicate test for organic matters Is
to color water family with perman-
ganate OF potash and then heat IT. II
organic matters are present the color
will vanish Where contamination by
ieechings Of the manure pile or OUT
house is suspected the matter may be
settled Dy pouring kerosene upon the
pile OF into the other receptacle from
which it viii find its way into the well
water and be easily tasted Water is
often rendered SO hard by the pres
ence Of lime as 10 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 hony
substance at the joints. such as spawn.
Water IS frequently contaminated by
the large fOcks Of pigeons whose drop
pings get into cave troughs and SO into
cisterns. etc Water Is 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.
ly to be seriously affected by worms
which do not SO seriously affect fulll
matured animals. In short it Is oi
the greatest importance 10 provide the
purest Of drinking water not onhs fol
man but for animals in ORDERS
tain health and to enable them q
throw of disease when II does happer
to attack them.