The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

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to. | am writing for your benefit, Mr.
Farmer. on a swelterlng hot day ant
YOU a afford TO read it to the end
Especially ! wish to war; YOU against
the condition powders sold from
%peddlers wagons and exploited by
such operators rs have spoken OF
above. These goods Cbulk or pack
age), are even worse than package
goods sold in the drug stores.
| know how hard it is to resist
a glib talker who claims the earth
and fairly proves his claim by way.
ing the title deeds in your face in
the shape of testimonials to wonder
full cases, but remember he sells
YOU when he sells the medicine.
Don't believe any published testi-
monial. | can put up cedar saw-dust
and ground coal alone and get testi-
monials to It's curative power. Now
let us look at the drugs usually put
into horse powders and stock foods.
Fenugreek-This is a powdered
seed with a peculiar odor that makes
the buyer think he is getting the
worth of his money, but 1t has no
medical value whatever.
Black Antimony-This drug has
had a popular reputation for many
years as a veterinary remedy, but for
at least thirty years the so-ealled
black anthony that has been sold
and used in condition powders has
been all or nearly all ground anthra-
cite coal and it is a good thing for
the stock that it was SO. Black anti
mony is the sulphide of anthony and
would have nearly the same effect as
copperas If IT WAS DEPENDABLE.
1t isn't dependable, The dyspensatory
says 1t is so very uncertain in act
ion that it ought not to be used in
practical medicine" Some good
Samaritan of the past discovered
hat anthracite was safer than anti
mony and that Is what has been 60
ing into condition powders since
thhL ihht III lut pure lOOu law
it has been called Horse Medley"
Rosin-Common rosin sometimes
called Colophony, is rarely used in
ternally in rational medicine and is
now entirely abandoned as having
little or no medical value.
Sodium Chloride-Common salt
used to get the animal to eat it.
Glauber Salts-A good cathartic but
not as good as EPSON salts. A cath
artic is very desirable but it is i'm
possible to get enough salts into the
to do any good,
Oil Cake Meal-This has some
merit as food but not much value as
medicine, because the oil is all
taken out of it.
Alum-Astringent; a very bad ad-
dition to any condition powder.
Sodium bi-carbonate-Baking soda,
useful for aeidity of stomach.
Potassium Nitrate-Salt Petre-a
very good diuretic. which acts mild.
ly upon the kidneys.
Sulphur-An Alternative. slightly
laxative; is a good addition to any
powder.
Charcoal-An anti-acid; in small
quantities not a bad addition.
Ginger-a Stomachic. should be
used only in small quantities.
Copperas -Sulphate Iron-a tonic.
Copperas-Sulphate of iron-a ton
&c, also a vcrmifugc. Not a bad ad-
dition, but being cheap entirely too
much is used.
Gentian-A vegetable bitter tonic.
Capsicum-Red pepper. This should
only be used in collie or known stom-
ach or intestinal disorders. 1t will
derange the action of the stomach in
any animal If long continued.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fly. A very
bad thing to use because liable to
produce stranguary. Horse trad
ers use 1t to make the animal SHOW
up for sale. 1t is a dangerous drug
put 10 uSeu Ill some conultlon pow
ders.
Scrap Tobacco-An intestinal irri.
tant. Not beneficial but injurious.
These drugs are the ones used in
nine-tents of the condition powders
and stock foods, besides a lot of
waste and inert stuff. Now suppose
we cut out all the useless and danger.
Gus drugs and We would have a con-
dition powder something like this:
Copperas-4 ounces.
Sulphur-S ounces.
Salt Petre-4 ounces.
Gentian-4 ounces.
Sodium Bi-c%orbonate-4 ounces.
Ginper-1 oupoao