The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-14
KANSAS cOMAENT
VETERINARY

! 10 the stockmen an ounce of pre-
fVentlon Is worth several ounces of
cure, for almost all the sickness that
occurs among live stock might be
avoided
Men do not think of locking the
oarn until after the horse has been
stolen 1t is not easy to fight an I'M
seen enemy, and an animal is often
| very SICK before one realizes and
THINKS OF how the trouble might have
been avoided
T. OF course, not all accidents can be
IoFetoId and prevented; but it is true
that a majority of cases are not ac-
Icldents, but are the natural results of
someone's carelessness.
1t is possible that a few suggestions
may pc made, which, If followed. will
IN part lessen great deal of suffer-
ing, loss and expense
An animal warm from work should
not be allowed to drink large quaint
ties of water.
Barley and corn should be fed only
In small amounts. Most Of the severe
cases OF collie come from the i'm
proper use of these two feeds.
A morse accustomed to hard work
and good Iced should not be so heav-
| fly fed during rest-probably no
grain at all, or at least a very small
quantity, should be given on Sundays
and other rest days
visit your animals before going to
bed. Keep the grain where it is i'm
possible for O loose animal to reach it.
Use woven wire for fences and elm
mate the Scared hooks and quarters
found on about rs per cent of west
ern horses.
Pick up loose nails, pull them, or
bend them over if they are found in
boards. Keep the gard en- rake and
scythe where they can not be knocked
down.
Wash and oil the collars occasion
ally. Two minutes work at the end of
the day is sufficient to keep the sur
face of collar clean, soft and pliable-
A damp sponge and cake Of harness
soap kept in the currycomb box are
the only equipment needed.
Shoulder gals are due to one of
two thingS-dirty or il1-fitting collars.
There is no excuse for eth en-
IT'S DRAG TIME.
1t is time for the country to be saved
again. And this doesn't have anything
whatever to do with war. The kind of
saving that is needed just now is the
salvation from the perennial Jungle
like roads that follow a very wet sea-
son. And Kansas is one of the states
that needs to be saved Immediately in
order to make country life endurab1e
during the late spring and summer
when the roads should be passably
good.
Just now the roads in Franklin coun-
ty are in worse condition than they
have been for a year. They were re-
markedly good last summer and early
winter. And much of this condition
was due to the promptness with which
some Of the farmers on the best roads
dragged the highways following the
rains. When the roads dried they dried
in the proper condition.
What the farmers should do now
while the ground is drying, is to get
out the trusty road drag and smooth
the surface before the rough clods dry
so hard that 1t will be impossible to
smooth the track for many weeks. It
doesn't take much work to drag the
road once or twice at opportune times.
And it. will save dollars and tempers
and regulations for the county in gem
eraL
Hitch the bays to the road drag and
spend half an hour in one of the best
enterprises in the country. 1t will be
a paying investment to you and to
your neighbor.-Ottawa Herald.