Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06

ILLINOIS, Tree or charge, except the
freight expenses, or one can secure
them in a sweet clover bed. Just dig
some dirt and scatter it over the field.
catastrophies is to have newly born
lamb chilled. The best thing to do
in case of this Kind is to bring the
little one into the house. Give it
some milk with few grains of red
pepper in it. Wrap in flannel and
place the lamb in the oven with the
door of the oven open. See that the
temperature is about 100 or 102 de-
grees.
Another thing that confronts many
stockmen is when a mother will not
own her offspring. AS a rule the
mother ticks the young one and be-
comes familiar with the smell. Milk
of every fresh cow is quite bloody.
Milk some of this and smear over the
calf. Induce the cow to lick 1t and l
dare say you have the problem solved.
st is generally very hard for
young animal to make its first pas
sage. This is because of some dried
bile which accumulates while the ami
NAL is being formed. Insert finger
and break up the hard mass. Give an
ounce of castor oil or New Orleans
molasses. Inject warm soap and
water.
Care should be taken IN rearing
colts. Do not be discouraged If the
animal Is weak on being born. Fifty
per cent of the colts that are born
strong enough to get up and suck
never reach three years of age. (The
lecturer did not give a reason for this
but | think it is because the farmer
thinks that because animals are
strong they do not need so much
care).
"Strangles Is very bad disease.
The lower jaw glands become poison
ed. This chokes the animal and
strangles him. Steam head over tub
of hot water. If he is halter broke,
back him into a narrow stall; put a
tub of hot water in front OF him about
foot from his head; cover his head
and the water with blanket; place
a red hot brick in the tub and it will
cause steam. Never let horse
breathe sulphur fumes. 1t is a grave
mistake
Chambers is another disease. 1t is
contagious and even persons may
: catch 1t. 1t is noticed by a buttery
/ discharge from the nose. The nasa
| discharge of other diseases is more
| or less starchy. An animal afflicted
J with CHAMBERS loses flesh rapidly. u
GERS form on the milky membrane in
the nostrils.
"Farcy is like CHAMBERS only 1t II
usually found on the legs, although il
: may be on any other part of the body
t If you are sure an animal has this
3 kill him-do not let him live an hour
r When an animal dies, never dras
5 him over the ground. Dig a hole righ
5 by the side of the body. Throw the
carcass in and put some quick lime II
| to keep the earth worms from bring
ing the germs to the surface The1
cover with four to six feet OF earth
1.-THE most common bovine diseas.
is tuberculosis. The disease Is yer,
contagious 1t is caused by little roc
shaped bacteria. The cattle TAX.
them into their systems in their food
I'm judging horses the foot is on.
of the first things to look at, becaus,
that is what the horse uses a grea
deal and il the foot would give on
the horse would be in a bad fix.
THE foot should be a good siz.
with big, round hoof-head and a wei
braced foot. There should be a darl
colored horn, thick sole and a vel
developed frog. Side bones show lacl
of quality.
See that the tendons in the bacl
Of the legs stand out plain. Tn
horse should have big, bony, clean Gu
knees.
There should be lots of breast an
weight to throw into the collar wit
La long muscular neck. A good hors