Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-05
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cos, nract,caIiu notbJn, G ND this slgbt
cynensa has hoon mnra than rane;d nv fbe
sneod w,tb ubinh nconon;to tod horses are
tobIe to no rotmrnnd .n tbo;r ~ort
.sToLo " Coz axo,nnTo ' W. frosh boruos for
street cleaning work 7 remember the case
of ono grnv horse IN narticnlar, He was
bougbt bv fbe c;ty and nmt to work without
boins thoromeb,v occiimatcd and soon grew
very thin and weak He was taken TO the
farm of once turned ont to pasture and
given LITTLE light work on, the soft ground.
Almost Immediately he besan to nut on
Nasb and In tho coursa ~ n fep weeks WAS
able n return to his former work in fine
condition. and bos had no trouble since,
81 haS hoon,'a "u ooaS;r,ntod naS no Nv '''''''
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Special Attention Needed
"ITnder tho old sy.+or, +bsra would bavs
been nothino to do but soil snch n horse at
a figure for below his reaI value or send him
to fhe country to n hoanitaI ,yhere there
would have been a good .sizad hin to INV
The farm obyiates both Of these contin.
penc;es 'o'N ~
.IyL
IL. neh morse becomes sick IN the sta
ol.s ne neeus sptLlul attehtion, anu liat
tnti Sannos pe gwen thele because tne regular
nthon tumhoe gi'9 II on hccou. Sa 'ne,t
otncr uuttesi ahu the veterinarian nus not
.n,. .ne proper M @ iaciltles; our piah now is TO
t"he ny lorse iLnineuihtely TO the l9rni, put
atohS n1ai noise in sis pace anu Inus Keep the
s'ao.e W " i'S iuli capaclty ail the tihe'
II TINS farm Is looked after and developed
In the manner which l hope 1t will be It
Will be not only nice-looking place, but
Will show a very considerable profit for the
city as well. For example, suppose we send
load OF hay to the city stables, for the
trafiic and safety department horses We
with its cost. It is merely matter of book
keeplng ana the city has paid out no money
Tor nay. AS at present planned. of course,
we cannot raise enough feed for all the city
animals, put we can get enough to take the
best of care of all the animals sent there for
rest or treatment and still have consider
able amount left over to send to the city
stables.
Ihe various societies and organizations
tor the prevention OF cruelty to animals are
much elated with the farm so far as we have
gone with 1t. A national convention Of these
societies IS 70 be held in Philadelphia in the
near tuture, and permission has been asked
and granted, of course--to hold one Of
the sessions at the farm. Thus persons from
al over the country who are interested in
humanitarian work will have the oppor-
tunlty TO see what we have accomplished In
| the matter of properly caring for the sick
ana injured animals of the city.
they are interested In the matter more
from humanitarian than an economic view
point, but they VIII see how both have been
| accomplished. The service which we give to
the sick animals and the fine infirmary have
| aroused the enthusiasm Of those who have
seen II and surgeon of one of the preven-
tion OF cruelty societies told me that II
horse couldn't get well on our farm he
fo%i,iia. GoIdn't get well anywhere. We also have