Dodge City times. [volume], May 25, 1882, Image 7

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Chicken Cholera.
l'robablynoothcrdiscaspissodreadivl
in the Ameiican poultry yard as this;
anil oninjj to this dread, fouls are often
tho.i;ht tohme the cholera when, in
reality, the diV-ase is simply diarrhoea,
or a -cere form of roup.
One of the first symptoms of the
pennine fowl cholera is to be found in
the excrement. In liealth, the portion
of this excrement which comes from the
kidneys is white, anil is mixed with the
bowel excretions, which are darker
colored. when the fowl is attacked
xxith cholera, however, the excrements
como almost altogether from the kid-
inns, and are -onii-Iiijinil, and of a
greenish or yellon ih color. This change
of color is slated by Dr. I). K. SjImoTi,
u ho has recently given this disease a
thorough in estimation, under direction
of the Department of Agriculture, at
Washington, to make its appearance
generally before the excrement becomes
litjuiil, and while the fowl seems in per
fect health. Sometimes the lirst sxni
tom is di.irrhiv.1, but in all cases this
ery soon sets in; the excrement is
oided frequently, and consists largely
of that from the kidney, called by l)r.
Salmon, the "uratc-i" which is" sus
pended in a thin, transparent mucus,
and has adeep, jellowcoloration. which
in later stages of thu disease changes to
?C-J a greenish, or even a deep green color.
The fow I becomes stupid, sleeping most
of the time, is generally quite thirsty;
its temperature rises to 11PJ or 110 de
grees; the comb and wattle lose their
bright color and turn pale, orexen dark.
When a fowl that has died with cholera
is cut open, the lixer is Usually found to
be greatly enlarged, and so degenerated
that it may be crushed between the lin
gers and the gall-bladder is distended
with thick, dark bile.
When this disease has once fastened
upon a chicken, there is no cure. The
disease will run its course in afew-days,
and occasionally a fowl will recover;
but these cases are rare. The remedy, '
therefore, is pretention. It has been
conclusively show n that the disease is
due to a peculiar poion probably to the
organic hLoii called llacteriuni, which
has been found to be the cause of the
so-called anthrax diseases, and which is
of a similiar nature to that of the t east
plant. This poison is seldom, if eter,
generated afresh, but the disease is
IiropagateiU either bv direct contact, or
iy the mediation of birds, insects, men,
animals, or drinking water. Dr. S. J.
Parker writes to the Country Gentleman
that he has traced an outbreak of fowl
cholera in his ioultry xards to the rob
ins, which he found ding in consider
able numbers shortly before the disea-e
broke out. The tery similiar di-case,
swine cholera, has undoubtedly been
carried long distances by the water of
streams; and this disease bears the fur
ther resemblance to fowl cholera that
the !irt observable symptom is usually
the change in the color of the excre
ment, which in this case becomes al
most b'ack.
As the disease may bo carried to our
yards through so many hidden agencies,
it is etident that wo cannot be sure of
prctcnting its adicnt. Cur proper
course, is, therefore, to watch for its ap
pearance, and if we ce any indications
of it, to immediately isolate the infect
ed fowls, and disinfect the premi-cs
they hate occupied, if Jiossible, or else
remote the licaltnv towls to an unin
fected place. To prevent the spread of
the disease, the roosts and hen-houses
should I sprinkled with a dilute solu
tion of sulphuric acid, made bv adding
three pounds of sulphuric aeiil to forty
gallons of w ater anil mixing et enly by
agitation or stirring. This must be done
cautiously, as this acid will burn the
flesh or clothing if it touches them, and
it raises water to the boiling point when
the two are suddenly mixed. All very
sick fowls should "be killed, and all
dead fowls, with all the excrement that
can be found, should be burned; as if
they are simply buried, the disease is
likely to bo propagated by earth worms.
In the drinking water of fowls which
are likely to be exposed to this conta
gion, wo" would advi-e the use of hypo
sulphite of soda. at the rate of one
ounce to a pailful of water. , For a
fowl once fairly down with the disease,
thcro is. as before said, almost no hope,
lint if a fowl bo found casting the pecu
liar excrement described, bet otherwise
apparently well, relief may sometimes
be afforded by giving strychnine, in the
form that homeopathic physicians ex
,i,s,4 na Tinr X miwi t 'I m'rtitff fivi
cx-
ve
or six pellets to a.fnll-grotyn fowl, and
to a smaller one in proportion. This
remedy has been nseii bv us with "ikmI
results. Or. in default of this, we would
SKi?ftKsS
to: Ten dronsof tinctuicof Eucshntus
globulus mixed uithfourjrrainsconimon
salt, and half a teaspoonful of ground
cajenne jiepper; to be gncn in a tea
spoonful of water. Louisville Farm
ami Fireside.
Tlie Farm Horse.
Tlicre are manr errors committed hv
farmers in selecting breeding stock for
i.inn lior.es. Ssize merelv will not
un. And in thu respect there are fla
grant impositions practiced by importers
of the Cltdesdale and Xorman nor-es,
in losing sight of muscle and action,
in the rage for enormous size. There
must be pretious careful breeding to
develop the best qualities necessary to
insure endurance and action. These
do not come alone from clover pastures,
heavy feeding of oat, or from extra
grooming, but from the very best pa
rentage. The walk is the best gait for
the farm horse. But the Uses of the
farm horse are taried and multiplied.
And although the heavy draft is needed
to turn the soil several inches deeper
than is the practice, and to take to the
railroad station larger loads than the
universal scrub has been in the habit of
doing, the fanner of to-day is different
ly situated from the farmer forty j cars
ago. He has the good farailv carriage,
to propel which at a good speed ne
cannot afford to keep a special span
of horses. So the fanner wants horses
of weight and strength to do heavy
tt ork, but at the same time have endur
ance w ith quick action. And this is at
tained only through a long line of an
cestry, selected and mated by wise
breeders. There are an abundance of
heavy Clydesdales and Xorman horses
in the country, but the farmer has one
of the most difficult tasks to select from
among them the horse iossessing the
proMT muscular development, thor
oughly established through a w ell know n
line of ancestry. Big legs, and ungain
ly bumps of flesh, roughly piled tojreth-
er, are too often recognized as a noble
specimen of the horse. But the true
horse should be stately in form, grand
in style, free and energetic in action, of
superior intelligence, and mild and do
mestic in disposition Hut tuesc mu-t
be bred in the bone. Do not breed to
any horse for the reason merely that the
ow ner is a particular friend and a good
neighbor. Such friend-hip is too cost
ly. And beware of the smooth tongue
of the keejierof a horse delicient in all
good qualities. Men of this quality are
a great curse to the community.
But there is moro for farmers to da
than to be careful in breeding. In rais
ing horses for ale, they should be thor
oughly trained. Frequently a good
juuge sees the making of a line horse in
the ImihIs of a farmer ignorant of the
jewel of a horse he has. Ho is bought
for a moderate price, put in careful
training and in a few weeks is sold for
tw o or three times w hat the fanner re
ceit ed for him. The farmer lo-t this by
not developing his horse by careful
training. It i. therefore, necessary to
be careful in breeding, and especially
attentive in training and deteloping.
lowa state ueijtster.
It is with feelinss akin to pain that
wo obscrte that our best voun;r men are
clothing theniselt cs in trousers that lit
them too quick, and hats that arc built
on the model of a schooner yacht. This
gives them the appearance of animated
washbowls trying to walk on stilts.
Xetc Haven licgister.
The w idow of Junius Brutus Booth
is Mill living in a green old age at Long
Branch, where she is honored and re
spected. She was a JIis JIarv Anne
Holmes, and was a beautiful girl in her
youth. .V. Y. Graphic.
I'oehestcr is proud of the fact that
it is the birth-place of a most important
English; or, rather, American word.
For explanation see the word " tele
rram" in " Webster's Unabridged."
Christian Union.
S Jules Verne did not exaggcrato
much in his eighty-days-arouud-thc-vrprld
story. You can trip around the
honiUpbere in, cjghty-eight days, for
S800. -V. r. Jlcrald.
(About this time look out for the
lightning-rod man.
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public fenoaswtilcado not pat . Frurur- ArixnaMOj
Ditothe hmads of their pupil.
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fnc IS cents. No t cnargo for mftUlnf.
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Engineering and Railroad News,
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PRESIOINT ARTHUR. Iflu.jito4,
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pad tbal ll i Impotalbl for It to tfcoa rancid.
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traTeliorintbucountrT.Mya that nioataf tba tlcra
and Cattle rowdera sold bera ara worthleMtraali. Ifa
aayatbatSlicrulanaC(iDd,tKnl'odenaraabtate'e
puraandimmena'lrTaltubla. Notbmr oa earth wiH
mika hens lay hko hhendaa'a Condition Powders.
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SAMARITAN NERVINE
Crura CtflepUa JTta. flaaama, CoaraUlona. 8t- Tttae
Paa. lnlff;o. Ilrttrlca, laaaalir, AaoBlcxr.Paraly
ta, Khyaimatlatn. yearal1a,aa4 all Ncrroaa ltataa.
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MCtoaof2(crToaaIcraacrinraU and drlM tbea a
tr rawhata tbr cama. nrjrr to rnara acala. ft
ntlrtiydMtrorttba cerrts of dlaeaaa bj aamrallilBai
the hrrrdiliry lalat or aolaoa lathe fTvttrm. and taor
ocgaly rradicatea tb dlaeaaa, aad aturty dcatrof ttte
cauae.
SAMARITAN NERVINE
Cor Frmala Wcakaea 0mtfalDtbttltf.LetK0tThe
or Wblt Falnful Mrattniatloa, Ujeerailoa f taa
1'trraa, Internal Hrat, UrareL laSammaflaa of tba
Bladder. Initabtmr af tba filadder. For Wkfaltteaa
at N liht, tber la ao better renedr. DnrtBg tba cbano
ftlfe aa Fwnala iboald Wwltboollt. U qafiatha
Xtrrou Srttcm aad lrra reat. coaiiort and aatan a
Tartalcep.
8AMARITAN NERVINE
Cnret Aleobollam, trrnakeancM and ttta habit of
OplBtnliUlntf 1 beta deajaillnK habtu ara by far tha
ort vrlla tbat bar aver befallea luSrrtox bamaaitr.
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prer'aelr wbattattax tatoalimeaitftaeaa. aaovrreat
1di firat Ia3ame tbe atomacn wbJcb redoDblea Ita rrar
loaa until it paraiTiea botB tba atamacb and appetite.
bo avery drtnk or Honor ar doaa of p1qdl tnatead of"
aatlafylas, aolr addb ta Ita flerca flrea, anUl It eoa
anntea ipe timj lorco ana arm uacu. liaa an aa
toaoua UDe-worrn. It crlea '
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marttan bervla glrea laataai relief in all auebtaaaa.
carer enough anttl Ita ora ripi
anttl Ita o-ra raoacltf dcToiira Uae!'.. 8a
Jtprodarraalerp. qoletatbenrTFa.ballla op tba aerr-
00a a? atem, and rratorea body and mtad to a bfaiu
condition.
SAMARITAN NERVINE
Caret NcTToua Drpepata. Falplta'loa of tbe MearV
AaUuna, llrODfhltl. and all dlaraeof tbanrtaary or
gan. Jtrrrooa debility aermaneatly cared by tba aaa of
tUatoaiuarieivmrdr.To7oa.yoaDg,mhltlIe aged aad
oldanen. who arecorerlng your aulfertBga aa wttb a
mantle by alienee, look op, f oa ran be saved by tlmelj ef
Ton a. and nukv ornameata to aorlety and Jewela In tbo
crowo of your Maker. If yoa will. Vo not keep tftla a
aerret lonarr. until it aapa your ttta!a. and deatroya
both body and a.ol. If yoa are iba afBfcted.tke Irn.
ICtcttMoD'a Samaritan Xervlne. ItwlUreaortyoar
battered nerrra. arreac prematura decay, impart loao
and ancrgy b tba wbort kyatem.
SAMARITAN- NERVINE
laforaalebydrugftista erery where, or nubahaddl
rvetfroinua, Tboao whowtabto obtain further en
dence of the curative propertlea of Famartian Nerrtj a
will pleaae eaeloac a S rent pntUn atamp tor a cop of
our Ilu at rated Joaraalof l!ra.tb, alvlogbtindredaof
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ttxlr iratoratlon to perfect bealtb- Addrraa
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