. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 5, 190S. horse. Scarcely without an exception, when the horse is cramping from colic, he is thought to have something the matter with his kidneys. Cramps in the intestines from accumulation of gases or some irritating food cause him to stretch himself with the fore and hind feet wide apart. Xo doubt this gives some relief by tight- ening the muscles across the abdomen. It is not an indication of any fault with cither the kidneys or the bladder. It is a physiological fact that spasm in the bowels acts reflexly upo
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 5, 190S. horse. Scarcely without an exception, when the horse is cramping from colic, he is thought to have something the matter with his kidneys. Cramps in the intestines from accumulation of gases or some irritating food cause him to stretch himself with the fore and hind feet wide apart. Xo doubt this gives some relief by tight- ening the muscles across the abdomen. It is not an indication of any fault with cither the kidneys or the bladder. It is a physiological fact that spasm in the bowels acts reflexly upon the blad- der, making this latter organ inopera- tive for the time being. The remedy, in almost every case, is nitre, or some fly directed to relieve the bladder or the kidneys. The correct remedy would be to give a purge to remove the irritating substance from the bow- els, and anodynes to relieve the pain. The bladder, except in cases of long protracted colic or inflammation of the bowels, will take care of itself. Diseases of the kidneys are quite rare in the horse, and when they do ap- pear seldom come with an acute at- tack. Remember, then, if the horse is rolling on the ground, getting up and lying down, bloated, and stretch- ing himself out. the chances are a hundred to one that it is colic, or some other disease, and no fault whatever with the bladder, although his actions might indicate a distension of that organ. GEO. H. GLOVER, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins. THE MILKER. In a recent bulletin issued by the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion of Connecticut, the authors dis- cuss the milker as a source of bacteria in milk and base their discussion on practical observation and experiments conducted at the station. The kinds of bacteria, they say, that the milker is likely to introduce into the milk include nearly the whole list of those found in milk. It seldom occurs to the average milker that it is as necessary to wash the hands before milking as b
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