The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-09-28

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recommended is lining the soil. MY De-
lief is that a good potash-acid phos-
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CHAMBERS, PROBABLY.
| ID. T.. Salisbury, n. c., r. F. D. NO
Al have a horse | bought in savannah
Ga. last spring He had just been SHIP
ped there from-possibly Kentucky. Wnen
I bought him ne had specks oVer nd ~
body indicating a hunor In ms ploo ~.
That has enticely disappeared and MS
general appearance is good. AS drove
| him home he seemed weak ana cougheu
few times. On the 2sth OF June l
| shipped him to Salisbury. n. e.. ana
drove drove him several times, getting caught
in showers while he was warm. I'M
mediately his cough got worse. Since
then I found he was very Wormy. l
treated him for worms ana got ooln pen PEI,
and long white worms from him. sun
his cough remains; sometimes amos.
disappearing, then returning. 1t seems
he always coughs worse AFTER ions
drive on hot day. Our family pnysi ,
lungs solid He could find II" reason Tor
his condition unless it be heaVes. ana
could find no symptom of that save the
| cough l have PIT. heavy load penIho
him and given him long olise vm q
not day through heavy sand and could
| hear no cough nor detect any Jerking
| of the TANKS certainly no hard preath-
| ing. When he coughs ne generaIiy
| sneezes When he is about dust he VIII
sneeze often as if something was ttckling
bis nostrils. BY opening his nostrlls and
looking up them you can see signs OF
| mucous discharges, but rather scanty.
| He sweats but little; the hottie" the sun
and the harder the drive me less ne
{iced his hind ankles were swollen when
/ took him from the stable de Is lean,
mas a good appetite, is well fed and cared
for He is still weak
Now 7 have given you tull deScrlp-
ton of the horse and his condition. Be
SO kind as to tell me the cause ana give
ne the remedy. l would consult vete-
rinary surgeon, but they say thcre Is
rome nearer than Raleigh
Ans wer-f'rom your description Of symp
toms I am not allie to diagnose the case
with any degree of certainty | strongly
suspect that your horse has CHAMBERS.
which. Won know. is an incurable and con-
ta gious disease The infa med condition
Of the membranes of the nostrils, the
slight discharge from the same. the
cough and the swelling of the hind legs
are all more or less characteristic symp-
toms do not believe that even
professional surgeon (Which I am noD
could confidently diagnose the case with
cut careful personal examination. |
advise that you consult a nearby vet
Urinary surgeon. first by mail. State to
him whether there are In the nostrils
small nodes from the size of a shot to
that of a pea-called tubercles These
are at first red and hard, but soon be-
come soft and yellow. and finally break
and form ulcers, or chancres, which dis
charge a viscious, oily matter
BOTS IN MULE.
w. j. A., Nichols. S.. CT have mule
3 years old. that does not stay in very
good fix but | did not think anytime
of this. for he is too young and did {
very good years work; but | noticed
a Grub-lookip~ something protruding froIf
his anus and I pulled 1t out. 1t is {
whtish looking grub one-half inch il
| length and between one-eighth an(
| one-quarter of an inch in diameter.
| seemed to have fastened itself in tn,
manner OF tick. Now the mule seem:
to be doing very well. but l believe h,
has these things in him. I would like
! TO know if you think 50, and. ii so.
| remedy
Answer-You haze, doubtless, Otter
| heard of the bots" in horses and mules
| The one YOU saw and removed WAS
| doubtless. q bot. or grub, of the bot fly
but rather out of the usual season Near
~, or quite. every country horse anC
| mule has more or less bots III Ills stonl
! ach and some Individual animals some
| times have them in larse numbers. Bu
the bots rarely do any harm. Moreover
| 1t is impIacticaple to get rid of them
! The bots fasten themselves to the in
terror surface of the stomach by two lit
tie hooks until the right time come.
| for transformation They then let loos'
and are passed out with the foeces
| bury themselves in the earth. and late
come forth as bot flies. lay their egg
on the legs and breasts of horses an'
mules, TO be licked off. carried to tn
stomach and hatched out AS bo;s.
| PARTIAL. PARALYSIS OF MULE.
s. A. X, Sybil, Butler County, Ala
havo a mule that WAS thrown in a
ditch whle blowing. lie just fit the
ditch and took several hands about two
hours to get him out. 1t occurred about
| fourteen months ago.
! | did not know he had been hurt until
| two weeks ago He is weak In the
coupling or loins; nearly falls when max
| ing short turn There seems to be a
weakness in his hips. He staggers in his
! lindlegs.
! put a scar cloth or turrSntne plaster
on his back. II is off and he is no be-
| ter
| He has done very little work since in
| that condition-nono at all for the last
/ four morths He is in a good pasture
! and in fine condition otherwise. wrote
! to you a few weeks ago about the same
| mule. Did not know al that time he had
| been hurt
| please let me know what can be done
! for him.
Answer-See reply to E, A. White, in
Issue Of September ID. under head of
| partial Par6lysis Of Mare" 7 have no
| Doubt that your mules spine was Injured
! by the fall into ditch.
COW COUGHS.
J. S. B.. Greenvile, S. C.--Please give
me Sc me information about my COW. She
Is q fine half Jersey and half Holstein,
| calf about Months old, in very good
| condition: gives X i-2 gallons milk and
pounds of butter daily. / feed her twice
Ter day on best selected food. consisting
! Of peck cotton seed huls and half gal
| lon cotton seed neal and six quarts of
wheat bran and Craze her on bermuda
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