FEEDING SMUTTY CORN.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 1372, 13 August 1895, Page 6

FEEDING SMUTTY CORN.

WmWAm Dmw to ValnUUeXtM Stock In looumm. . considerable corn was gathered that had rotted on the; •talk;-same of the corn had considerable • taint, This corn has been fed to horses, tattle and hogs. W. B. Denny recently lost a horse; James Enoch also lost a horse; Lewis Allen had a horse to die, and. the Widow Priritt lost one also. JteveraLotber horses died quite recently In that neighborhood. Post mortem examinations were made in four cases, th&resalt showing death to be caused by rotted and smutty corn. Mr. Gibbs, Irving about a mile on the sooth side of the river, has a fine colt ■ick,the result of feeding smutty corn, ». supposed. James Davis has a fine mate-that he expects to lose any minute; she han been fed oh rotted and smutty were investigated by our hrformantj.and nearly every animal had been'kept, up<and'fed on corn, the ownas not having in most instances any btoegrass pasturage, which acts as a purge. : The lungs of each animal dissected wer»<»mpletely stopped up. J. H. Walker, a veterinary surgeon of Alexandria, soldirecently a fine mare for S2OO, the animal to be delivered the next day. The morning following the mare was given two ears of rotted corn by a colored man who«had her in charge. She died.in about two boors afterward with spasmodic colic. Mr. Walker is satisfied the'corh killed her. Alexander Thompson, iiving on Buffalo creek, lost a horse last Saturday ■'jiKyjrtfag. Mr. Hailey, Our informant of the<&bove, states iSiat considerable smutty and rotted corn was gathered in his neighborhood, and that his own mules, which had beenfeid a little of the corn, are afflicted with bad coughs, resembling distempers-Smith County (TennO'Reo-

1%1 Tkm KngtUh Shire Hoiiit. , : Perhaps a majority of the .'valuable hoese* imported into, this country go to the .west and northwest, horses of all kinds, saddle, coach and draft. Also the country is beginning to look to the far west for its best trotting and turf animals. We present this week an illustration of the Shire horse, belonging to a breed not yet thoroughlytoown in the United States, but wherever known very popular as being able to-draw immense loads.

DTPOKXED ESGUSH SHTTCB MARK. This beautiful, docile and. intelligent Shire mare is owned in Colorado. The , breed represents probably the strongest animals known in the of horseflesh. A SMre wiU pullialone-up an incline a load that will staggena pair of bur, ordinary American horses. Shire horses are of immense* size and weight; alow, as must be the *case where such ponderous bodies are*to be moved, but steady and sore. They are to be seen in perfection on the Lfererpooi docks and fMmtmet the tremendous trucks that transfer freight in London. The many millioaed Duke of Westminster, in England, has been for years the enthusiastic patron of the great Shire horse, breeding: it for size and stjresagth, . Core tax Bone Spavin. B.G. A. writes' 3to The Sural New Yorker: * Take soft soap.and stir it full of fine ■alt and put it insthe spavin twice a day, rubbing it well until it becomes sore; then wash it with-castile soap and water until it is thoroughly healed; then use the soap and salt' until .sore again; then wash and keep* on doing so until it is healed without-a bunch. It will take thne--from four to six months. Driving will not hurt the horse at the time of nsing the application. I have been using this on my/horse nowthree months, and the bunch is growing smaller all the time and the horse is not so lame as it was. There have been horses cured entirely, orffl should not have recommended it. Point* 'ot Interest. j Salt/all your live stock at least* once a weak. Milk cows-Ought, to have large piecestof rock salt near their watering troughs, where they can lick it when they feel like it. In JSurope it is the general j. impression thatisheep cannot be raiaedtunless root cewps, such as turnips, carrots, etc., are cultivated for them. But in this country of high priced work and .labor saying devices, it has4beon found'rthat sheep thrive quite as well on ensilage, thus avoiding the back: breaking and expensive task of cultivating and digging turnips. The Arkansas*valley"isbecoming a great hog country. It Hgpossesses unrivalled advantages of elkmate, and is admirably adapted! in>otberrrespects i to the •wine industry. Mow and more/-breeders are falling into the habit of dehorning cattle. One who once adopts the practice rarely allows horns to grow? again. Dehorning is not greatly paintul to the animal if doneintherightjwajyr when the calf is young, when the/hoztas are no more than aero irotuberanees, Searing the budding horn kftobs withia h%hron is one of the methods adopted A small flock of ajens'iten to twentyfive><san«be kepjfc laying steaiiuy through the winter by giving, themi)warm quarters, scraps of fresh >meat,|grain and a variety* of food, being careUnl that they do no%et«too fat. And, in i these small flocksilies much ■/ profit .< to»€ha farmer's wife /and' daughtdm A Des Moinoa woman who has boon t'-oublod with frequent colds, concluded to try an old remedy in a now way, and accordingly took a. tablespoon ful (four times the usual dose) of Chamberlain'* Cough Itamedy just fcteforo going to bod. Tho next morning she found that her cold had almost oatiroJy disappeared. During the (lay alio took v. few doses of tho remedy (ono toaspoonftxl at a time) and at night again took a tablespoonful before going to bod, and on tho following morning awoke floo from alB symptom* tot tho oold. Sinoo then she has, ou several (occasions, used thi« remedy in like manner, 'with tho same good results, and ia much \ olatod ov«r hor disoovory ot so quick o, way of curing a cold. For sale by H. Hotop. ~