The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-21

carefully as Single G's ancestors and
with as much reason, for the modern
pigs or calf, if carefully bred, may be
worth as much as any horse.
Horses, however, are not wholly ex-
tinct, one man testfying that many
companies of Chicago and other large
cities have found it more economical
| TO use horses for short hauls, or hauls
with many stops or long waits The
| farmer, also, never abandoned the
| hay burner" as completely as me-
chanical horsepower dealers would
have liked Richmond horses, how
ever, are largely confined to riding
| mounts.
Not small part of veterinary prac-
tice comes from treatment of dogs &C
cording to several of the profession.
People have gone crazy over dogs"
said one. They are calling me up ev-
cry day asking where they can get a
Spitz or bull dog or fox terrier Ev-
erybody has one dog and most are
looking for more"
! Country Dogs Heathiest
Dogs, like boys, thrive best in the
| open country, say the Richmond veter-
| inaries, who have had much of this
| practice. They report that few coun-
| try dogs are brought for treatment,
and then only for distemper or sim
liar disease, while city dogs have fire.
| quent digestive and other disorders,
due to their confinement
| Country dogs live in the open and
get plenty of exercise" said a veter-
mary. CITY dogs are pampered and
easily succumb to exposure, but even
| the old dogs living in the country seem
hopelessly healthy They couldn't
even be killed with a shotgun"
Weather conditions have a marked
effect On animal complaints. In fact.
the bad and good weather is reflected
in the number of calls. Even the kind
OF weather detel mines partly what
sort of complaints the veterinary will
have to treat For instance" said
one, "the weather that we have had
the last four days of last week, was
favorable 10 lung diseases. Any warm
damp weather changing to a raw cold
will bring in cases of that sort Di
gestive troubles in horses are due tC
this sort of weather. The extremely
hot weather of summer, also throws
them off their feed"
Institutes Aid Practice
Farmers institutes and extension &C
Invites of the colleges ara given credit
Tor the lHcTea sing numbers of pure
bred stock which in turn is extending
the practice of local veterinarians
| Hogs and cattle with some sheer
in the county, and in the city. dogs
cats, chickens and even rabbits have
contributed to keep him busy in the
time that formerly would have beef
devoted to horses. saws another Rich
mond practitioner. The hog cholera
is practically stamped out, he addet
thankfully, stating that the epidemi.
had caused him twice as much worl
for the same results as if the owners
had adopted preventive measures.
Preventive Measures Best
After the disease gets a start, hC
said, some are bound to be lost, ever
after vaccinating, as they contrac
the disease before we are called in
Then the hogs take twice the care
that would be needed before the cpl
demic."
Still another reason for the increas
ing number of clients is found in thc
explanation that better means of com
= munication, such as the telephone
t and quicker transportation Furnished
. by the auto. enable the veterinary Il
. serve larger territory and to answe
calls more quickly. When farmer!
are able to get service in time to bC
: sure of saving an animal, they dc
] not hesitate to take advantage of il
A hospital without wards. where
] people of small or no means can re
: ceive private treatment, is being bull