The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-12

trated each point The giving Of
medicine to horses was simple matter
when understood, Back the horse into
stall, have round stick "a feet long
In the end OF which tie a piece Of rope
the size OF led pencil and about eight.
cen inches long; take hold of the upper
lip slip the rope around it and turn it
| up tight enough, by twisting the han.
4 die, to hold the horses head, raiseythe
head UP just enough TO make swallowing
easy and : from dong necked bottle
pour the medicine into the, mouth slow
ly. For a COW take hold of the nostrils,
slip the forceps into the noses3 raise the
head as withsthe horse The.cow swal.
lows much easier. however. A sheers
shouldib he set on its launches; hog can
be given medicine in its food. Another
useful article was piece of half inch
rubber tubing about s feet long 1t
can be used for removing chokes. In.
sert it in the mouth and push it gently
down the throat; much care must be
taken with horses as the wind can be
shut'off easily If necessary puta piece
of wire in the tube to make it strong
ortwo. pieces. bloat can be removed
quickly in most cases with IT, The
tube cans he used also for infections A.
little puncture needle should also Sbe.
kept, with metal tube to, put it
through. 1t can. be inserted in the
flank of an animal with perfect safety
and gas will escape quickly Use 8 per
per cent solution of oarbolic acid before
and after using this or any metal for
washing the instruments. TheS3 per
cent solution is .3teaspoonfuls 81 acid
, to 1 pint of water. If to be used in the
mouth it should. be only one-third as
strong. .u
Milk fever, so common, can by easily
prevented and easily cured. 1t has
ceased to be feared as it used to be- To
prevent it, milk the cow only enough
to ease off the pressure If it has got
ten too much start, sterilize some ab.
sorbent. cotton by putting in the acid
solution, push it into half inch tube
few inches long, attach a small glass
tube to a small rubber tube and connect
the tube containing the cotton to a
small air pump and pump the udder
full of air. Then tie up the teats with
tape, winding carefully. This will cure
the trouble in practically every case.
Sometimes it is necessary to pump the
udder full a second time. A bulb syr-
inge should be at hand on every farm.
Use it in washing wounds, first putting
the end of the tube in the acid solution.
Clean your hen house, your hog pen,
your stalls, using solution of dram of
corrosive sublimate to gallon of water
q. ounce to s gallonsl. Put in wooden
receptacle and put on with broom.
The business meeting was short. The
nominating committee through Frank
Clark recommended the selection of the
following officers:
President-C. A. Whelan. Of Shia-
wassee.
VicePresident- Moses West Of Yer
non.
ecretary--Peter Patchell, of Vernon.
They recommended that Vernon be
the next place of meeting The report
was accepted and the above officers
chosen by acclamation. Mark Grout
presented the report of the committee
on resolutions which was unanimously
adopted. The resolutions were as fol-
lows:
Whereas, The disclosures brought out by
recent investigation in our county, a Iairs show
a deplorabe condition OF the same, therefore.
be II
Resolved, That we are in hearty sympathy
with every effort be ing put forth 10 better our
condition, and we demand that hereafter the
county's affairs be conducted in strict accord.
ance with the law. While We regret that i is
necessary to serve an Injunction on any county
official to compel him TO do his duty in accord
ance with the law, and while We further regret
that 1t should be necessary TO employ outside
legal assistance TO secure this needed injlnc.
ton when we have In the pay OF the county a
lawyer who is supposed to see that We have the
protection that the law affords; in view OF the
premises be ii further
Resolved, That we endorse the serving OF an
Injunction on our county treasurer TO restrain
nlegal action on his part, and pledge our hearty
support in every way to such action.
whereas, The last legislature enacted pri-
mary election law, which while not in strict ac-
cordance with our views OF what such a Law
should be still decided step in the right di-
recton, therefore be ii
Resolved, That we give the law our hearty
support, that its good features may be utilized
and LIS weaknesses revealed for legislative cor
rection, and We earnestly urge upon every voter
tn necessity OF hi eglsterng tt the April cleo
tion as a voter OF the political party to whoh
he belongs, as required bv law.
Whereas, The citizens OF Owosso, the press
OF the county and the oii GERS Of the association
have lert their cordial and material support in
making the meeting success, therefore be 1t
Resolved. That we extend hearty vote OF
thanks TO the citizens OF Owosso, the press OF
the county and the ofiiicers OF the association
A good roads committee was appoint
ed consisting of Fred Love, Beach Van
Liew, Floyd Owen, John Carruthers
and Mark Grout.
Delegates to the state roundup insti-
tute at the agricultural college Feb. 10
to 23 are Frank Clark and G.. A. WHEEL