Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-08
How to Cure Poisoned Goats and
to Protect Them From
Coyotes.

them home at night and there is
nothing that can come near his goats.
He will hold up man or teams in
the road till he can get his goats out
of the way. Cattle, hogs or coyotes
he will drive away, if he can't make
them go he takes his goats away.
Do goats pay2 Ny experience Is
yes, providing they are taken care OF.
Does a gold mine pay? No, if one
does not have it worked or work it
himself. So if one does not take care
Of his goats, or what other business
he or she may be in, will not pay to
let someone else look after 1t for you.
Diseases and and their antidotes.
First and the most dangerous is the
goitre or the swelling Of the glands on
the neck. 1t is contagious disease
and will spread through the flock in
time and one can save very small
per cent of the increase by using a
first class liniment and keep at it till
1t is entirely gone.
Second and one that kills old goats
is the Azalia found along water
courses or on swampy or marshy
land. Symptoms are vomiting, grind
ing of the teeth. food or streak of
food that has been chewed up around
the mouth Antidote-two table
spoons of lard, one teaspoon of soda.
Warm, mix we'll together. One dose
is generally enough il they are still
grinding their teeth in three or four
hours after first dose, give another.
Use long neck bottle. Another
trouble is the Greesewood or the thorn
chapperall. 1t does not affect the
Nannies but it puts the bucks in great
pain lasting from two to II days and
they will lay around and bawl and
get up and lay down again and strain.
/ Antidote-sweet spirits of nitre, one
half teaspoon in two tablespoons OF
water from one to two hours apart
during the day and up till 10 O'Clock
at night then the first thing in the
morning again as rule it will cure
in one to two days time but they will
show the effects Of that sickness foi
very long time. AS soon as they
stop bawling. stop the medicine.
Another is the foot rot which is q
very easy disease to cure il taken
when 1t first makes its appearance.
The goat is lame; look between the
toes and you will find littls red spot
and fever in the foot. Antidote is tC
take quart jar and put one-quartei
bluestone and balance water; just jail
the foot in 1t two or three times and
If it has been taken in time, one treat
ment will cure it; If it has run some
time, it will take three to four treat
ments, morning and night.
Feeding and caring for goats. -
Goats should have good, warm
place to sleep in nights, after being
out in the rainy weather and il should
be board floor and clean II off every
day so 1t will be dry for night.
Should there be a heavy snow, have
some alfalfa hay to feed them and a
little crushed barley. Two tons of
hay and 10 sacks of grain Is on an
average year sufficient for 100 head of
goats. Don't fail to give them plenty
of salt, rock salt perfeIred.
As brush cleaners - Coast will not
clear mp land to any extent un.
less confined TO tract Of land.
TO clean up land, five goats to
one acre will do good work 100 head
to 90 acres. One should have three
or four fields and change them after
the feed gets short in one field TO
another. keeping one field to pot them
in TO get them in good condition for
the winter and in three years they
will kill out two to three acres of
land 10 the goat biased ON 100 head)
and sometimes more. Weathers will
clear mp from three TO five acres per
head in three years time as you run
them on the land longer than Nan
nies and not injure the goat as 1t
is a hardship on Nannies TO carry
their young and live ON close CON
tinement and too much bark. They
will do IA good deal OF their killing by
stripping Off the bark of trees, brush
that they cnsnot reach the top Of.
Small brush is killed by eating of
the ends of from one years growth
and part of the year before.
Cost Of Goats
Say one paid 81 per hesd..of 100 head
or $500. First years clip Of mohair
average of ae pounds to the goat at
so cents pound is s75. Allowing you