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PLUM (Curculio, black knot, leaf blight. brown rot, etc.)
POTATO (Flea beetle, Colorado beetle, blight rot, etc.)
Spray with Paris green and Bordeaux when about 4 in. high.
TOMATO (Rot, blight, etc.)
FIRST APPLICATION
SECOND APPLICATION
If canker worms are abun- dant just before blossoms open, Bordeaux-arsenical mixture.
After cutting ceases, let the shoots grow and spray them with Bordeaux-arseni- cal mixture.
10 days later, Bordeaux.
7-10 days later, repeat.
Bordeaux, after plants are transplanted to field. (Pyre- thrum for caterpillars if necessary.)
When blossoms drop, Bor- deaux-arsenical mixture.
10 days later, hellebore. Bordeaux if leaf blight is feared.
Just before flowers unfold, Bordeaux-arsenical mixture.
Bordeaux, when vines be- gin to run.
As the buds swell, Bor- deaux.
When fruit has set, repeat. Jar trees for curculio.
Just before blossoms open, Bordeaux. Kerosene emul- sion when leaves open for psylla, if needed.
When blossoms have fallen, Bordeaux-arsenical mixture. Begin to jar trees for cur- culio.
Repeat before insects be- come numerous.
When plants are 6 in. high, Bordeaux.
Repeat in 10-14 davs. (Fruit can be wiped if dis- figured by ' Bordeaux.)
When buds are swelling, but before they open, Bor- deaux.
Cut off all shoots below surface regularly until about July 1st.
Treat the seed before planting with bisulphide of carbon. (See remarks.) When third leaf expands, Bordeaux.
Pyrethrum or insect pow- der.
Half strength Bordeaux on young plants in hotbed of seedbed.
As buds are breaking, Bordeaux; when aphis ap- pear, tobacco solution or kerosene emulsion.
At first appearance of worms, hellebore.
In spring, when buds swell, Bordeaux.
As buds are swelling, Bordeaux.
When buds are swelling, Bordeaux.
NOTE .- For San Jose scale on trees and shrubs. spray with the lime-sulphur mixture in autumn after leaves fall, or (preferably) in early spring, before buds start. The lime-sulphur
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People's Popular Cash Grocery M. D. BAIR, PROPRIETOR STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS Highest Prices Paid for Butter and Eggs Citizens' Phone 48-B Grand Ledge, Mich.
SPRUCE LAWN FARM Owned and Managed by Dar Gorham BREEDERS OF PURE BRED
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE
Phone 89-2-2 Sunfield
VERMONTVILLE, MICHIGAN
The Colburn-Fulton Lumber Co.
One Lumber Yard that endeavors to keep at all times everything in the building material line that the Farmer wants .
We also specialize in high grade fuel
The Big Red Shed
CHARLOTTE, MICH.
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N. A. MALONY
DEALER IN Fancy Groceries and Dry Goods Full Line of Fruits Highest Prices Paid for Produce MULLIKEN Bell Phone No. 16 MICHIGAN
H. N. PIERSON & CO.
Carriages, Harnesses WEAR-U-WELL SHOES Repairing Done While You Wait CHARLOTTE, MICH.
Mr. Advertiser, you are entitled to know what circulation you are getting
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE
Charlotte [Mich.] Tribune
HAS A SWORN CIRCULATION OF 4,750
There are only four country weekly papers in the State of Michigan having as large a circulation as the Charlotte Tribune The Tribune's Rate of Advertising is Exceptionally Low, circulation considered THE TRIBUNE HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN EATON COUNTY
THE CHARLOTTE TRIBUNE CLIFFORD C. WARD, Manager Michigan
Charlotte
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SPRAYING CALENDAR
THIRD APPLICATION.
FOURTH APPLICATION.
REMARKS.
When blossoms have fallen. Bor- deaux-arsenical mix- ture.
8-12 days later, Bordeaux . arsenical mixture.
For aphis (lice) use one of the lice remedies mentioned elsewhere. Dig out borers from tree trunks with knife and wire. For oyster- shell scale, use whale-oil soap spray in June.
2-3 weeks later, Bor- deaux-arsenical mix-
Repeat in 2-3 weeks.
Mow vines close to ground when they are killed by frost, burn them, and apply a mulch of stable manure.
14 days later, Bor- deaux.
14 days later, Bor- deaux.
For weevils: Put seed in tight box, put a cloth over seed, pour bisulphide of carbon on it, put lid on and keep closed for 48 hours. Use 1 oz. to 4 bus. of seed.
7-10 days later, re- peat.
Repeat every 10-14 is days until crop gathered.
Root maggots: Pour carbolic acid emulsion around stem of plants. Club root : Rotate crops; apply lime to soil; burn refuse; treat seed with formalin before planting.
14 days later, re- peat.
14 days later, re- peat.
Rot or rust is often caused by hilling up with earth in hot weather. Use boards for summer cro . Pithy stalks are due to poor seed; or lack of moisture.
10-14 days, desux.
Bor-
Hellebore, if a second brood of slugs appear.
Black knot : Dark fungous-looking bunches or knots on limbs. Cut off and burn whenever seen.
10.14 days, repeat, if necessary.
2 to 4 weeks later, repeat.
Cane-borers may be kept in check by cutting out and burning infested canes.
When fruit has set, Bordeaux . arsenical mixture.
2 to 4 weeks later, Bordeaux.
For lice, use any of the lice remedies. For rose bugs, use 10 pounds of arsenate of lead and one gallon of molasses in 50 gallons of water, as a spray. Or knock the bugs into pans of kerosene every day.
10-14 days, repeat.
10-14 days, repeat.
Use lice remedies for lice. For striped bugs, protect young plants with a cover of mosquito netting over each hill. Or keep vines well dusted with a mixture of air-slaked lime, to- bacco dust and a little Paris green.
Dig out borers. Cut down and burn trees affected with "yellows."
deaux.
NOTE :- It is safer always to use half- strength Bordeaux on peach foliage.
After blossoms have fallen. Bordeaux.ar- scnical mixture.
8-12 days later, re. peat.
Look out for "fire blight." Cut out and burn blighted branches whenever seen.
10-14 days later, repeat.
10-20 days later, Bordeaux.
Cut out black knot whenever seen.
Repeat for blight, rot and insects.
Repeat.
To prevent scabby tubers, treat the seed with formalin before planting.
Repeat in 10-14 days.
Hand-pick tomato wormn.
mixture is a fungicide as well as a scale cure, and if it is used the first early Bordeaux spray may be omitted.
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ture.
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FARMERS' BULLETINS Sent Free to Residents of the United States, by Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C., on Application.
NOTE .- Some nmmbers omitted are no longer published. Bulletins in this list will be sent free, so long as the supply lasts, to any resident of the United States, on application to his Senator, Representa- tive, or Delegate in Congress, or to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Because of the limited supply, applicants are urged to select only a few numbers, choosing those which are of special interest to them. Residents of foreign countries should apply to the Superintendent of Documents, Gov- ernment Printing Office, Washington, D. C., who has these bulletins for sale. Price, 5 cents each to Canada, Cuba, and Mexico: 6 cents to other foreign countries.
22. The Feeding of Farm Animals.
27. Flax for Seed and Fiber.
28. Weeds: And How to Kill Them.'
30. Grape Diseases on the Pacific Coast.
34. Meats: Composition and Cooking. 35. Potato Culture.
36. Cotton Seed and Its Products.
44. Commercial Fertilizers.
48. The Manuring of Cotton. 51. Standard Varieties of Chickens. 52. The Sugar Beet.
54. Some Common Birds.
55. The Dairy Herd.
61. Asparagus Culture.
62. Marketing Farm Produce-
64. Ducks and Geese.
77. The Liming of Soils.
81. Corn Culture in the South, 85. Fish as Food.
86. Thirty Poisonous Plants. 88. Alkali Lands. 91. Potato Diseases and Treatment. 99. Insect Enemies of Shade Trees.
101. Millets.
104. Notes on Frost.
106. Breeds of Dairy Cattle.
113. The Apple and How to Grow It.
118. Grape Growing in the South.
121. Beans, Peas, and Other Legumes as Food.
126. Suggestions for Farm Buildings. :27. Important Insecticides.
128. Eggs and Their Uses as Food.
131. Tests for Detection of Oleomargarine. 134 Tree Planting in Rural School Grounds. 137. The Angora Goat.
138. Irrigation in Field and Garden.
139. Emmer: a Grain for the Semi-arid Re- gions.
140. Pineapple Growing.
150. Clearing New Land.
152. Scabies in Cattle.
154. The Home Fruit Garden
156. The Home Vineyard.
157. The Propagation of Plants.
158. How to Build Irrigation Ditches.
164. Rape as a Forage Crop
166. Cheese Making on the Farm. 167. Cassava.
170. Principles of Horse Feeding.
172. Scale Insects and Mites on Trees.
173. Primer of Forestry.
174. Broom Corn.
175. Home Manufacture of Grape Juice.
176. Cranberry Culture.
177. Squab Raising.
178. Insects Injurious in Cranberry Culture. 179. Horseshoeing. 181. Pruning.
182. Poultry as Food.
183. Meat on the Farm.
185. Beautifying the Home Grounds.
187. Drainage of Farm Lands. 188. Weeds Used in Medicine.
192. Barnyard Manure.
194. Alfalfa Seed.
195. Annual Flowering Plants.
198. Strawberries.
200. Turkeys.
201. The Cream Separator on Western
Farms.
203. Canned Fruits, Preserves and Jellies. 204. The Cultivation of Mushrooms. 205. Pig Management.
206. Milk Fever and Its Treatment.
213. Raspberries
218. The School Garden.
220. Tomatoes.
221. Fungous Diseases of the Cranberry.
224. Canadian Field Peas.
228. Forest Planting and Farm Manage- ment.
229. Production of Good Seed Corn.
231. Cucumber and Melon Diseases.
232. Okra: Its Culture and Uses. 234. The Guinea Fowl.
236. Incubation and Incubators.
238. Citrus Fruit Growing in the States.
Gulf
239. The Corrosion of Fence Wire.
241. Butter Making on the Farm.
242. An Example of Model Farming.
243. Fungicides and Their Use.
245. Renovation of Worn-out Soils.
246. Saccharine Sorghums.
248. The Lawn.
249. Cereal Breakfast Foods.
250. Wheat Smut and Loose Smut of Oats. 252. Maple Sugar and Syrup.
253. The Germination of Seed Corn.
254. Cucumbers.
255. The Home Vegetable Garden.
256. Preparation of Vegetables for the
Table.
257. Soil Fertility.
260. Seed of Red Clover and Its Impurities. 263. Information for Beginners in Irrigation. 264. The Brown-Tail Moth.
266. Management of Soils to Conserve Mois- ture.
269. Industrial Alcohol: Uses and Statistics. 270. Modern Conveniences for the Farm Home. 271. Forage Crop Practices in the North- west.
272. A Successful Hog and Seed-Corn Farm. 274. Flax Culture.
Citrus 275. The Gypsy Moth.
277. Alcohol and Gasoline in Farm Engines. 278. Leguminous Crops for Green Manuring. 279. A Method of Eradicating Johnson Grass. 280. A Profitable Tenant Dairy Farm. 282. Celery.
284. Enemies of the Grape East of the Rockies. 286. Cotton Seed and Cotton-Seed Meal. 287. Poultry Management.
288. Non-saccharine Sorghums. 289. Beans.
291. Evaporation of Apples.
292. Cost of Filling Silos.
293. Use of Fruit as Food.
295. Potatoes and Other Root Crops as Food. 298. Food Value of Corn and Corn Prod- ucts.
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DOTY & DOTY GRAIN LIME AND CEMENT. COAL AND WOOD BEANS A SPECIALTY GRAND LEDGE, MICH.
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TAYLOR & SOPER
Staple and Fancy Groceries DEALERS IN Produce, Cigars, Tobacco WE PAY CASH OR TRADE FOR PRODUCE, BUTTER AND EGGS GRAND LEDGE Both Phones 99 MICHIGAN
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Rural News From various communities in territory adjacent to Grand Ledge.
State Capital News And news from all over the State.
Latest Serial Stories and other features.
Sale Bills
Farmers will save money by looking after the printing of Sale Bills themselves.
We allow no commission to Auctioneers, nor run free ads for their influence.
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299. Diversified Farming. 301. Home-Grown Tea.
302. Sea Island Cotton.
303. Corn Harvesting Machinery.
304. Growing and Curing Hops.
306. Dodder in Relation to Farm Seeds.
307. Roselle: Its Culture and Uses.
310. A Successful Alabama Diversification Farm.
311. Sand-Clay and Burnt-Clay Roads.
312. A Successful Southern Hay Farm.
313. Harvesting and Storing Corn. 318. Cowpeas.
321. The Use of the Split-Log Drag on Roads
322. Milo as a Dry-Land Grain Crop. 324. Sweet Potatoes.
325. Small Farms in the Corn Belt.
326. Building up a Cotton Plantation. 328. Silver Fox Farming.
330. Deer Farming in the United States. 331. Forage Crops for Hogs in Kansas 332. Nuts and Their Uses as Food. 333. Cotton Wilt.
337. New England Dairy Farms.
338. Macadam Roads.
339. Alfalfa.
341. The Basket Willow. 344. The Boll Weevil Problem.
345. Some Common Disinfectants.
346. The Computation of Rations. 347. The Repair of Farm Equipment. 348. Bacteria in Milk.
349. The Dairy Industry in the South. 350. The Dehorning of Cattle.
351. The Tuberculin Test of Cattle. 354. Onion Culture.
355. A Successful Poultry and Dairy Farm.
357. Methods of Poultry Management.
358. Primer of Forestry. Part II.
359. Canning Vegetables in the Home.
361. Meadow Fescue: Its Culture and Uses. 362. Conditions Affecting the Value of
Hay.
363. The Use of Milk as Food.
364. A Profitable Cotton Farm.
365. Northern Potato-Growing Sections.
367. Lightning and Lightning Conductors. 368. Bindweed, or Wild Morning-glory.
369. How to Destroy Rats.
370. Replanning a Farm for Profit.
371. Drainage of Irrigated Lands. 372. Soy Beans.
373. Irrigation of Alfalfa.
375. Care of Food in the Home.
377. Harmfulness of Headache Mixtures.
378. Methods of Exterminating Texas-fever Tick. 379. Hog Cholera. 380. The Loco-weed Disease.
382. The Adulteration Seeds.
of Forage-plant
383. How to Destroy English Sparrows.
385. Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Clubs. 386. Potato Culture on Farms of the West. 387. Preservative Treatment of Timbers.
389. Bread and Bread Making.
390. Pheasant Raising in the United States. 391. Economical Use of Meat in the Home. 392. Irrigation of Sugar Beets. 393. Hahit-forming Agents. 394. Windmills in Irrigation. 395. Sixty-day and Kherson Oats. 396. The Muskrat.
398. Use of Commercial Fertilizers in South.
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399. Irrigation of Grain.
400. Profitable Corn-planting Method.
401. Protection of Orchards from Frosts. 402. Canada Bluegrass; Its Culture and Uses.
403. Construction of Concrete Fence Posts.
404. Irrigation of Orchards.
406. Soil Conservation.
407. The Potato as a Truck Crop.
408. School Exercises in Plant Production.
409. School Lessons on Corn.
410. Potato Culls as a Source of Alcohol.
411. Feeding Hogs in the South.
413. The Care of Milk and Its Use.
414. Corn Cultivation.
415. Seed Corn.
417. Rice Culture.
420. Oats: Distribution and Uses.
421. Control of Blowing Soils.
422. Demonstration Work on Southern
Farms.
423. Forest Nurseries for Schools.
424. Oats: Growing the Crop.
426. Canning Peaches on the Farm.
427. Barley Culture in the Southern States. 428. Testing Farm Seeds.
429. Industrial Alcohol: Manufacture.
431. The Peanut.
432. How a City Family Managed a Farm.
433. Cabbage.
434. Production of Onion Seed and Sets. 436. Winter Oats for the South.
437. A System of Tenant Farming.
438. Hog Houses. 439. Anthrax.
440. Spraying Peaches.
441. Lespedeza, or Japan Clover
442. The Treatment of Bee Diseases.
443. Barley: Growing the Crop.
444. Remedies Against Mosquitoes.
445. Marketing Eggs Through the Creamery.
446. The Choice of Crops for Alkali Land. 447. Bees.
448. Better Grain-Sorghum Crops.
449. Rabies or Hydrophobia.
450. Some Facts About Malaria.
452. Capons and Caponizing.
453. Danger of Spread of Gypsy and Brown- Tail Moths.
454. A Successful New York Farm. 455. Red Clover.
456. Our Grosbeaks and Their Value.
458. The Best Two Sweet Sorghums.
459. House Flies.
460. Frames as a Factor in Truck Growing. 461. The Use of Concrete on the Farm.
462. The Utilization of Logged-Off Land. 463. The Sanitary Privy.
464. The Eradication of Quack-Grass.
466. Winter Emmer.
467. Chestnut Bark Disease.
468. Forestry in Nature Study.
470. Game Laws.
471. Grape Propagation, Pruning, Training.
472. Farming in Central New Jersey.
474. Paint on the Farm.
475. Ice Houses.
476. Dying Pine in Southern States. 477. Sorghum Sirup Manufacture. 478. Typhoid Fever.
480. Disinfecting Stables.
481. Concrete on the Live-Stock Farm.
482. How to Grow Pears.
483. Thornless Prickly Pears.
484. Spotted Fever.
485. Sweet Clover.
487. Cheese in the Diet.
488. Dise.ses of Cabbage, etc.
489. Two Imported Plant Diseases.
490. Bacteria in Milk.
492. Fungous Enemies of the Apple.
493. English Sparrow Pest.
494. Lawn Soils and Lawns. 495. Alfalfa Seed Production.
496. Raising Hares and Rabbits. 498. Texas-fever Tick.
500. Control of the Boll Weevil.
501. Cotton Improvement. 502. Timothy in the Northwest.
503. Comb Honey.
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PLANTING TABLE FOR VEGETABLES AND BERRIES
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VARIETY
For Horse Cultivation Have Rows
For Hoe or Wheel- Hoe Cultivation Have Rows
Distance Apart in the Row
Depth to Cover
Time to Plant in the North. Outdoors (See Foot-note)
ASPARAGUS, Seed ASPARAGUS, Plants
21/2 ft. apart
.. 14 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 3 ft. apart 21/2 ft. apart Pole, 4 x4 ft. apart 2 ft. apart 4 x 3 ft. apart Bush, 21/2 x 11/2 ft. apart 2 x 11/2 ft. apart
3 in. transplant in 1 year 1 in. 2 ft. Thin to 4 in.
5 or 6 in. 2 in.
March-April March-April May 10-15 May 20-25
BEET
212 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 6 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in.
1 in.
March-April April. Or in the fall
CABBAGE and CAULI- FLOWER, Plants ......
21/2 ft. apart
2 ft. apart
16-24 in.
Early kinds, April; late kinds, June
CARROT CELERY, Plants .
212 ft. apart
3-4 ft. apart
1 ft. apart 2-3 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in. 6 in.
1/2 in.
March-April Early crop, May; late crop, early July First sowing, early May May 15
CORN, Sweet
14 ft. apart
Same Same
8-12 in. Scatter 15 seeds in hill; 1/2 in. thin out later
CURRANT and
GOOSEBERRY, Plants .. |5 x 5 ft. apart
EGGPLANT, Plants LETTUCE MELON, Musk
21/2 x 21/2 ft. apart 212 ft. apart 6 x 4 ft. apart
5 x4 ft. apart 2 x2 ft. apart 11/2-2 ft. apart Same Same
Thin to 6-10 in.
1/2 in.
April. Or in the fall June 1 March-April May 15 May 15-20
MELON, Water
8x8 ft. apart
Scatter 15 seeds in hill; 1/2 in. thin out later 1/2 in. 1
2 in.
CUCUMBER
5 x 5 or 6 x4 ft. apart
2 ft.
BLACKBERRY, Plants .. 8 ft. apart
BEAN, String BEAN, Lima
Thin to 3 plants to a pole 1 in.
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PLANTING TABLE FOR VEGETABLES AND BERRIES-Continued
VARIETY
For Horse Cultivation Have Rows
For Hoe or Wheel- Hoe Cultivation Have Rows
Distance Apart in the Row
Depth to Cover
Time to Plant in the North, Outdoors (See Foot-note)
ONION, Seed
21/2 ft. apart
12-15 in. apart
Thin to 4 in.
1/2 in. 1/2 in. 1/2 in.
March-April
PARSLEY
212 ft. apart
1 ft. apart
Thin to 6 in.
Early April
PARSNIP
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in.
March-April
PEPPER, Plants
21/2 ft. apart
2 ft. apart
20 in.
June 1
PEAS
3-4 ft. apart
21/2-3 ft. apart
Continuous row
3-5 2u.
POTATO
3 ft. apart
2-21/2 ft. apart
12-18 in.
4 in.
March-April Early, March-April; late, May-June
RADISH
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart
Thin to 3 in.
/2 in.
March-April
RHUBARB, Plants
4 ft. apart
3 ft. apart
3 ft.
2 or 3 in. March-April
RASPBERRY, Plants
6 ft. apart
5 ft. apart
Red, 2 ft.
Early spring
SPINACH SQUASH-PUMPKIN
21/2 ft. apart
1 ft. apart
Thin to 5 in.
1 in. 1/2 in.
March-April (or fall) May 15-20
4 ×4)
STRAWBERRY Plants .. 4 ft. apart
3 ft. apart
15-20 in.
Have crown April. (Pot-grown plants level with in August) ground
TOMATO, Plants
14 x 4 ft. apart
4 x 3 ft. apart
May 25-June 1
NOTE .- Planting time varies according to season and locality; dates given above are only approximate, and are based on latitude of Pennsylvania: 'allow about five days difference for each 100 miles north or south of this State. Do not work soil in spring while it is very wet and soggy: wait. Plants set in autumn must be well mulched with strawy manure, leaves, etc., during first winter. Successional sowings of corn, peas, etc., may be made later than the dates given.
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8 x 8 ft. (Bush Squash Same
Black, 21/2 ft.
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EATON COUNTY
Horse Ailments (From the Biggle Horse Book)
The majority of horse ailments may be traced, directly or indirectly, to im- proper feeding and watering, careless management in the stable and in . harness. A careless driver is a very frequent cause of loss.
There is no reason why a first-class team, six to eight years old, should not serve continuously and satisfactorily for a term of twelve to sixteen years, if properly protected, fed and looked out for.
If, from improper care or feeding, or from some unavoidable cause, your horse is out of condition, you should dose him with little medicine and much common sense.
The horse that allows himself to be. caught lying down may be considered out of condition or lacking sufficient nutritious food. A quart of linseed meal divided into three feeds and added to his grain daily will do him much good and help a quick shedding of the coat.
BLINDNESS .- Consult a skilled veteri- narian at once.
Bors .- The bot-fly resembles a honey- bee in size, and in late summer deposits eggs of a yellowish color on the hair of the horse's breast, legs, etc. In try- ing to bite at these eggs, the animal gets some of them in his mouth and throat. The eggs soon hatch and the larvæ attach themselves eventually to the lining of the stomach, and are then called "bots." They remain in the stom- ach until the following spring. Of course, the presence of these pests causes more or less irritation, but, as a rule, no serious harm is done in ordinary. instances. . Contrary to popular belief, bots do not eat holes through a horse's stomach. We do not know of any treat- ment that will remove bots. Prevention should be the horse owner's main re- liance. Kill the flies whenever pos- sible; hang pieces of red cloth from the halter throat-latch, so that the shaking of the head when a horse is in pasture may serve to frighten the flies away; and scrape off, from time to time, any eggs which are found on the horse.
BROKEN-WIND .- See Heaves.
CAPPED HOCK .- May be reduced in the same manner as Wind Galls (which see).
CHOKING .- Horses that choke thrust out their heads, bend and stretch the neck, while there is a copious flow of saliva from the mouth. In some cases
there is distention of the gullet on the left side of the neck, if it has descended so far. If it be in the upper part of the gullet a man accustomed to giving balls may be able to reach it with his hand. Obstructions that have got lower down may be moved upward gently from the outside. Sometimes an obstruction is soft and may be crushed small enough for the animal to swallow it. A mass of meal or other impacted food is some- times removed by frequent drinks of water, and a drench of olive or cotton seed oil can do no harm. The plan of reaching a whip or heavy piece of rope down the gullet to push the substance into the stomach is risky, in the hands of one not accustomed to the anatomy of the horse.
CHOKING DISTEMPER. - This disease prevails at times in many parts of the country. It is sometimes called spinal meningitis or putrid sore throat. The animal often falls down paralyzed, can- not arise, and if left prostrate is almost ·sure to die. He must be got upon his feet, and if he cannot stand must be swung. A majority of cases are fatal. It is caused by some specific poison taken into the system with food or drink, mostly the former. Dirty man- gers, rotting roots or meal, and mouldy hay, especially meadow hay, are usually the media by which the disease is ac- quired. The moral is to have every- thing sweet and clean that the animal eats and drinks, and have no decayed matter in the entry or in any other part of the barn. (See Distemper.)
COCKED ANKLE-See Knuckling.
COFFIN-JOINT LAMENESS. - Same as Navicular Disease (which see).
COLIC, SPASMODIC .- This begins sud- denly. The horse stamps impatiently, looks backward, soon paws, and then rolls. After an interval of ease the pains return with increased severity. Give chloral hydrate, one ounce, in half a pint of water as a drench; or ether and laudanum, two ounces each, in lin- seed oil, half a pint; or sulphuric ether and alcohol, two ounces of each in eight ounces of water. If nothing else is handy, give of whiskey half a pint in hot water. If not relieved in one hour repeat any of the doses prescribed. The body should be warmly clothed and sweating encouraged. Dip blankets in hot water containing a small quantity
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