Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-26
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department Of the Farm-A Pew
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
aud Poultry.


Is often attended with so much ditti-
Guilty that a few hints along this line
must prove instructive to many who
have not received the benefits OF a vet
Urinary 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 will then be the better
able to discover departures from the
normal. When horse is known to 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 a little one sus-
poets "cramplness" (chorea). IL 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 lameness is in the foot and he
is afraid to put the heel to the ground.
II he stands with the toe resting upon
the ground and the ankle fiexed for
ward the seat of the lameness 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
on at 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. 1t is difficult
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 a hind
leg, which is not the case. III the lame
ness is In nigh fore leg, for instance,
the off 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
thS body is thrown upon the off 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 he is trot-
ting and 1t 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 II. A close
examination should be made for causes
Of lameness above the foot. II the an
imal 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 splints 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 fiexed. for the horse is unable to
bring 1t forward without great effort
and pain. II the shoulder is the seat
OF lamensss and horse stands down
even trot him and the leg will 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 symptom
OF injury located underneath the
shoulder blade, as where 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 stifie 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 stif1y and the animal wabbles
from side to side or walks sldewise.
Where lameness is due TO rheumatism
the animal lies down most OF the time,
and soreness and lameness are apt to
change from Joint 20 joint.-Farmers
Review.