. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 i&tifi grccOi-r ruiD §i|3ovt9miui L November 18, 19C6 HELPFUL THINGS FOR ANIMALS. : 1 cibinet for the I Sly is no unusual thing to find in the farmer's househ. Id, but anoth r, ne may find necessary ar- ,. when animals are sick . Is a thing rare indeed. Mal;. animal to get well as u can: another calls In a vetenn- i. Boih are expensive methods of righting a wrong, or happening, and the first comes under the head of iiy to ; Animals, and nors. ,, are even more liable to accident than ourselves. This has been noticeably so. since the intro- d
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 i&tifi grccOi-r ruiD §i|3ovt9miui L November 18, 19C6 HELPFUL THINGS FOR ANIMALS. : 1 cibinet for the I Sly is no unusual thing to find in the farmer's househ. Id, but anoth r, ne may find necessary ar- ,. when animals are sick . Is a thing rare indeed. Mal;. animal to get well as u can: another calls In a vetenn- i. Boih are expensive methods of righting a wrong, or happening, and the first comes under the head of iiy to ; Animals, and nors. ,, are even more liable to accident than ourselves. This has been noticeably so. since the intro- duction of barb-wire fences. Cattle ikewisc suffer much from barb-wire cuts. To saj that "it is good enougn for them," when an animal comes up at night, torn and bleeding, is both an ignorant and cruel way of looking at Though many dumb crea- tures display intelligence than many of the people that own them it is not ,N,,. that an animal is going to .-to,, to count the cost of trespass when it reaches over, attempts to jump over or to go through a barb- wire fence. It is enough for a man. or woman, to know that the animal is injured and is suffering. and to straightway give such relief as is pos- sible. For barb-wire cuts we never found a simple remedy so good as the home-made 'niment of kerosene and lard, well mixed, half as much kero- sene as lardâto a pint of which mix- ture we added a half dozen teaspoon- fuls of strong spirits of camphor and a half teaspoonful of carbolic acid. For colic, and for inflammation of the bowels try this prescription: Muriate of ammonia, % ounce; tincture nux vomica. 1 ounce: cantharides, 1 ounce; with tincture of lobelia enough to fill an 8-ounce bottle. Divide this into five doses, and put each dose into a long- necked bottle with at least a pint of warm water. Give a dose every hour until relief comes. This prescription cost the writer $5, but proved money well invested. It costs you nothing, and has the endorsement of one of the f
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