Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-13

the chances are that her uterus has be-
come encased in fat and dwarfed TO ths
extent of her never being q breeder.
There is only one thing you can DO with
her. and that is TO reduce her flesh UNI
til she becomes actually thin. Then, as
she is fed upon oat chop and wheat
bran, she may come in heat and con-
ceive. All depends upon whether the
uterus has been dwarfed beyond the
point of recovery.
(2) You ask what / think OF black
teeth in pigs. Well. think that nine
tenths of all pigs have their milk teeth
black to a greater or less extent, ana
people never have found it out yet.
when q pig goes wrong from worms or
other subsequently, poor feeding
the owner then, from mythical belief
that has been handed down to him for
several generations, examines the
mouth, and, finding black teeth, consld-
ers 1t his bounden duty to extract
them; then, in most cases, he begins a
different line Of care and feeding, and
piggy gets well, and the owner thinks
the removal of the teeth effected a cure.
That in a few words, Is my belief as
to black teeth III pigs. But l nave q
lot Of Tribune farmer friends whom II
would be an impossibility to convince
of this fact They have grown gray IN
the black teeth belief. and you may as
well try to turn the gray hair black,
brown or red again as to change their
minds regarding this belief. 1t is rooted
In the brain; then let it remain, say
(3) AS far as all truly unbiased ex-
perimentation has ever been made IN
the castration of animals, the question
of the signs of the zodiac has made no
difference with the animals recovering
from the operation. A healthy animal.
good environment, a clean knife and
clean cut, are the ruling factors along
the lines Of success of the operation;
yet this, like the black teeth myth, mas
for ages had believers, and some today
would not have a colt, calf, pig or lamb
castrated except when the sign was
somewhere to suit their liking. When
| was making it business to castrate
animals, few years ago, ! used to
smile when I would receive line from
one man saying he wanted me to do
the work on one certain day. as the
sign would be right. and perhaps on the
same day would be requested by an
OInoF man W wait uiitil soiAC iASui V
time, as the sign was wrong. always
made 1t practice to accommodate
them both, as their minds, / found,
went long way in the matter. One
time / urged man who was up to the
average intelligence on general mat
tiers to have two two-year-old colts
castrated while / was at his place. He
objected on account of the sign. but
finally yielded to my request. When
one Of these colts was five years old 1t
had a ringbone. and the owner attrib-
uted 1T to my castration at the wrong
time and did not want to pay me for
treating the ringbone Mems minds are
queer things Bread pills will physic
some men (not alb, if you will only tell
them it is physic they are taking. while
a cathartic pill will fail when given the
same man. ! speak of this for the BEN
eft Of those who prescribe for men and
animals, Never castrate an animal for
a man who believes in signs except
when the, sign is right. When pre-
scribing for the man or his animal
strive to make your dose in accordance
with his mind, If he has any, If you ex-
pect good results to follow its admins
tration. Mind and medicine should go
hand in hand.