Pocahontas star herald., 1912-01-26
Oakland Farm Notes
TREATMENT OF WIRE CUTS


accidents to farm animals getting
cut on wire. | will give some adj
vice along this line and if.followed
it may save a valuable farm animal
for somebody. When the injury
is severe and the aid of a competent
veterinarian cannot be obtained the
farmer will have to handle the case
himself, and this advice is for the
farmer IN this predIcament.
The first thing to get right is the
correct point of view. BY this |
mean to remember that remedies
are used for the purpose of assisting
nature and not to cure the disease.
This thought, if kept in mind, will
eliminate lnnumerable nostroms
suggested by enterprlsing neigh
bors, and insure an opportunity for
wound to heal without harmful
interference. We are still much
interested in the fountain of ''per.
petual youth" and in the realm of
medicine, the laity are cropping
blindly in the dark, seeking the
where, instead of thoroughly in
quiring the why. The ordinary
wound will heal if not interfered
with. This interference may be
from germs, parasites or meddling
with the wound on the part of the
man or the animal himself. The
first thing to do, of course, would
be to stop the hemorrhage. This
can be accomplished by tight ban
dage of clean white muslin applied
either over the wound or above 1t.
A thread may be run under the ar
terry, by using needle, and tied.
Do not use flour, dirt, cobwebs or
anything of that sort on the wound !;
they are unnecessary and may prove
a dangerous infection. Having
checked the bleeding, remove the
clots of blood and cut off the rag.
ged edges of tissue with clean
shears. A pan of antlseptic should
be provided. Add this to a pint
of water that has been boiled and
use 1T on the wound two or three
times day. Place the knife,
shears, etc. in this solution and
wash the hands before beginning to
dress the wound. See that there is
good drainage from the wound,
and do not tie it up with a covering
of any kind In about a week 1t
may be well to change to dry dres.
sing. did not mention sewing up
the wound for the reason that 10
ragged cuts it is better not to do
so. Remember that the pcincipa!
thing is to get the wound healthy
at the start, and then it will heal
with very little interference.
In years past it seemed as though
farming was considered a sort of
rubbish heap. If man could not
make a success at any other line he
was supposed to exc out an exist
ence on a farm. Many people got
their ideas of farm life, evidently,
from that class. 1t seems good
now to see men take up farming by
choice. 1t is only that class of
men who can solve our farm prob
lens and give farm life the respect
it should have. When a man is
driven to his work alone by, fear of
hunger and cold he is as much a
slave to circumstances as was any
negro in slavery days.
The only free men is he who la
bors because he has plans and pur-
poses he wishes to work out The
spirit Of freedom Is best expressed
by the man who labors because he
loves to accomplish something.
Did you ever notice how many
people who move away to find a
country where money can be made
with almost no work find di5ap-
ipointment awaiting them? Discon.
tent is usually the cause Of their
trouble, and a chronlcally dlscon-
tented man never finds a place 10
suit him.
The state Of ones feelings has
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