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Mercer Drug Co
Rexall Drug Stores and Kodaks. Flint
Merchant, William.
Blacksmith
Duffield.
Michigan Lumber &
Fuel Co.
Fuel and Millwork.
Flint
. See Top and
Michigan Silo Co
Kalamazoo
Front Fly Leaf
Michigan Stores Co., The 1c to $1 Goods.
Flint
233
Mills, Enos S ..
Poultry Breeder
R3, Flint.
Moneyworth Shoe Store .. Shoes
Flint
20
Moon, Simeon H.
Poultry Breeder
R1, Flint.
Morey, Juddson Auctioneer
Davison
261
Morris, Joseph C Cattle Breeder
R7, Flint.
Morrish, Wilbert. Cattle and Sheep Raiser .. R5, Flint.
Mortimore, J. H. Auctioneer
R4, Fenton.
M. & S. Electric Co Storage Batteries and
Electrical Work.
Flint
. See Top and
Bottom of Page
Murphy, Frank. Cattle Breeder
R1, Gaines.
Myers, C. Faye.
Cattle Breeder
R1, Grand Blanc.
Myers, C. H ..
Cattle Breeder
R1, Grand Blanc.
Myers, Maurice
Cattle Breeder
R1, Grand Blanc.
Myers, Peter S.
Cattle Breeder.
Grand Blanc.
Newton & Heron Furnaces and Plumbing. Flint .... See Top and
Bottom of Page
Nichols, Howard R. Cattle and Swine
Breeder
R1, Flushing.
Nichols, Perry.
Lightning Rods and Insurance Flushing.
Nimphie. Roy.
Cattle Breeder
R3. Swartz Creek.
Nitz Bros.
Cattle Breeder R2, Linden.
O'Dell, Chas. F.
Sheep Raiser R1, Fenton.
O'Dell, George T.
Swine Breeder
R2, Columbiaville.
Orcutt, E. D.
Eave Troughing and Steel Ceilings.
Flint 255
Ottaway, Fred R.
Sheep Raiser.
R5, Flint.
Parker & Chambers
. Vulcanizing and
Retreading Flint .. See Bottom of Page
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Farmers and Breeders.
R3, Davison.
Manufacturer
Gaines.
Martin, Patrick.
Cattle Breeder R2, Swartz Creek.
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JOHN HERRON & SON FLINT, MICH .- R6
HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE
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Groceries and Meats
WE PAY CASH FOR BUTTER, EGGS and COUNTRY PRODUCE
Delivery Made to All Parts of the City
HENRY RENNER, Prop. Phone 1021-W-2 R. F. D. 6. FLINT, MICH.
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BUYERS' GUIDE-Continued
Name Business
Town
Adv.
Peninsular Flour Mill. .. Miller
Flint
242
Penney, Walter ..
Cattle Breeder.
R1, Flint.
Perkins, Fenton C.
Cattle and Swine Breeder R2, Swartz Creek.
Perry, F., & Sons.
Cattle Breeders. Davison 42
Pettengill, Fred.
Poultry Breeder R7, Flint.
Pierson Bros. .
Cattle Breeders. Flint.
Pierson. Floyd G
Cattle Breeder R9, Flint.
Pliter, Wm. C.
Fruit Grower.
R1, Clio.
Porter, D. D.
Painter and Decorator. . Davison.
Post, E. J.
Cattle Breeder. R2, Swartz Creek.
Powers Ice Cream Co.
Ice Cream Manufacturer. Flint .. See Bottom of Page
Powers, D. C. .
Farming and Threshing. R2, Davison.
Price, Charles R.
Grain Elevator. Linden.
Prowant, David ..
Poultry Breeder. R1, Davison.
Randall Lumber & Coal
Co.
Lumber and Coal
Flint
. . See Top and
Bottom of Page
Renner, Henry. Groceries
Flint
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Richards, R. B., & Son. . Farmers and Hay Buyers R6, Flint.
Ripley, O. A.
Cattle Breeder. R3, Linden.
Rolston. Cleon.
. Cattle Breeder. R2, Gaines.
Rolston, Edward.
Cattle Breeder R2, Gaines.
Roska, A. F., & Sons
Bee Keepers.
Swartz Creek. 56
Ross, John C. . Cattle and Horse Breeder R1, Goodrich.
Rousseau, A.
Blacksmith Davison.
Sager, George J . . Furniture and Heating. . Flint
Sanborn, Clarence B. . Farmer and Cattle
Breeder
Otisville
248
Sanburn, E. E.
Tire Shop and Bicycle
Accessories
Flint 30
Sanders, Charles F
Swine Breeder
R1, Flushing.
Sanford, E. J.
Poultry Breeder.
R2, Grand Blanc.
Sanford, Lester
Sheep Breeder
Business
Adv.
Sargent. W. W.
Cattle Breeder
R3, Linden.
Schad, Legrand. Sheep Raiser
R2, Byron.
Shank-Coupland-Long Co. Sheet Metal Work.
Flint
. . See Top and
Bottom of Page
Sharp Hardware & Implement Co
Hardware and Implements Flint .. See Bottom of Page
Shear, Milton J.
Cattle Breeder Flint 56
Sills, J. E., Electric Co., Inc., The. .
Farm Lighting Plants. . Flint
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Siple, Henry. Jr.
Swine Breeder R1, Davison.
Skellenger. Leonard. Poultry Breeder R1, Davison.
Slaght, Flmer.
Sheep Breeder R3, Grand Blanc.
Slocum, Bert.
Cattle Breeder R2, Byron.
Smith, Elmer. Cattle and Swine Breeder R1, Flushing.
Smith, F. J., & Sons
Ford Sales and Service. . Davison .. See Top of Page
Smith. W. J., & Son General Store.
Rankin 60
Somers, George A. Poultry Breeder R3, Grand Blanc.
Spillane, George L. Cattle Breeder R,7, Flint.
Springsteen, H M. . . Poultry Breeder R1. Mt. Morris.
Square Deal Garage
. Garage and Repairs Flint 248
Stage, Clyde. Argentine Resort Hotel .. R2, Linden.
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R2, Grand Blanc. Town
Name
GENESEE COUNTY
J. E. SILLS, Pres. GEORGE HAINE, Vice Pres. R. C. GRAHAM, Sect. and Treas. The J.E. Sills Electric Co. (Incorporated)
Everything Electrical
Construction Work, Fixtures and Supplies We Give your Repair Work Special Attention
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR ALAMO FARM LIGHTING PLANTS
421 Harrison St., Genesee County, FLINT, MICH,
MAPLE LAWN STOCK FARM
BREEDERS OF SHORTHORN CATTLE
Wm. A Hosie & Son
FLUSHING
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MICHIGAN
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BUYERS' GUIDE-Continued
Name Business
Town
Adv.
Stanley, C. L.
Real Estate.
Flint.
Stiff, A. B., & Son
Swine Breeders. R2, Gaines.
Stiles, Dennis R.
Argentine Elevator and Mill
Argentine.
Stiles, E. B ..
Grain Elevator
Linden.
Stoddard, A. A.
Meat Market. Lennon.
Stoddard, Claude M.
Sheep Raiser R2, Davison.
Stone, Mrs. Carrie J.
Boarding and Meals Belsay.
Stranahan, W. H.
Swine Breeder
R1, Flushing.
Sutfin, Spencer
Poultry Breeder
R3, Grand Blanc.
Sweet, Eli.
Soft Drinks and Ice
Cream
R1, Flint.
Taylor, D. E.
Swine Breeder R2, Linden.
Terwilligar, Wm
Cattle Breeder R8, Flint.
Timyam, L. D.
Groceries, Hay and Feed. Flint
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Tolles, C. S.
Farming and Threshing. Clio
Topping, John C.
Poultry Breeder.
R4, Fenton.
Union Trust & Savings Bank
Abstracts and Insurance Flint . ... . Fourth Cover
Uptegraff, C. A.
Blacksmith
Davison.
Upton, Arnold.
Poultry Breeder.
R1, Mt. Morris.
Upton, Floyd.
Poultry Breeder.
R1, Mt. Morris.
Utley, Frank.
Cattle and Swine Breeder R8, Flint.
Vehicle City & Storage & Moving Co.
Flint 20
Veit & Davison Lumber
Co.
Lumber & Millwork.
Flint
40
See Top and Bottom
of Page
Vodden, Martin L. Cattle and Swine Breeder R2, Swartz Creek. Furniture and Under-
Vredenburg, J. W.
taker Montrose 241
Wagner, Glen S. ..
Swine Breeder.
R3, Flint.
Walker, Charles H.
Poultry Breeder. R3, Flint.
Walker, Herbert W.
Cattle Breeder. Grand Blanc.
Walter, Arthur ..
Cattle Breeder
R2, Grand Blanc.
Walterhouse, J. H., & Son . Junk Dealers
Davison
.
242
Walz-Miller Hardware Co Hardware and Paints Flint . . See Top and
Bottom of Page
Welch. Geo. W.
Poultry Breeder Otisville.
West, Mrs. C. E.
Poultry Breeder. R2, Linden.
West, Delbert .. Poultry Breeder.
R1, Goodrich.
Whetham, Nelson H.
Seed and Stock Farm
R1, Flushing.
Wilbur, Arthur.
Cattle Breeder. R2, Lennon.
Willard, Mrs. Edith.
Poultry Breeder
R2, Linden.
Williams, John H.
Poultry Breeder
R2, Flint.
Wilson, R. N.
Real Estate. Clio.
Windiate-Pierce- Davison Co .. Real Estate. Flint 261
Woodin, Harry
Garage and Service. Flint 22
Woolley, F. E
Veterinary Surgeon Davison 257
Wright, Ray. Swine Breeder R3. Swartz Creek.
Wrights Tire Shop.
Tires and Accessories. Flint 42
Wynkoop, Mrs. Clair. . Poultry Breeder.
Flushing.
Young, Archie R. Groceries and Meats Genesee 261
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FLINT LUMBER CO.
Flint Michigan
Located Smith St. Bridge Next Door South of Dort Motor Co.
BELL PHONE 1935 1936
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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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Flint, Mich.
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ACCESSORIES AND VULCANIZING
Service Car at any time Ford Parts and Bridge Accessories
Phone 3825
833 N. SAGINAW ST. Cor. 6th Avenue - FLINT, MICH.
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of turpentine, and hold them in place under the body with dry blankets, or rub the abdomen with stimulants or mustard water. If cramp is due to irri- tation in the bowels, a cure is not com- plete until a physic of aloes, one ounce ; or linseed oil, one pint, is given. Soapy or salt water aids the cure when used as an injection.
COLIC, WIND .- Is caused by feeding after a long fasting, or when the animal is exhausted by driving, or by new grain or hay, too much grain fed, or by sour or indigestible food. The horse seems dull, paws, and the pains are continuous. The belly enlarges, and when struck in front of the haunches sounds like a drum. If not soon relieved, difficult breathing, sweating, staggering and death follow. Give alkalines to neutralize the gases formed. No simple remedy is better than common baking soda, two to four ounces. If this fails, give chloride of lime in half-ounce doses, or the same quantity of carbonate of am- monia dissolved and diluted with oil or milk, until relieved. Chloral hydrate is particularly useful in both wind and spasmodic colic. Horsemen would be wise to keep it ready for emergencies. Physic should be given in flatulent colic, and turpentine, one to two ounces, with linseed oil, eight ounces, frequently, to stimulate the motion of the bowels. Colic should not be neglected nor the patient left, until you are certain of cure or death.
COUGH .- If a horse coughs, dampen his hay, wet his mixed feed, keep him out of a draught; after exercise blanket him. (See Heaves.)
CRIBBING OR WIND-SUCKING .- This is a bad habit, rather than a disease. The horse bites his manger or other con- venient object, sucks air and makes a peculiar grunting noise. Prevention aids a cure. Iron mangers and stable fittings are a great help; or box stalls containing no projecting wooden objects.
CURB .- A curved, unnatural condition of the back part of the hock. Lameness, enlargement and more or less inflam- mation are symptoms. Liniments, iodine ointment, blisters, and, as a last resort, firing, are all recommended.
DISTEMPER .- Keep hot poultices of bread and milk or oil meal on the neck of horses with throat distemper ; change them often. In severe cases, rub the glands and muscles with spirits of tur- pentine and camphor. (See Choking Distemper.)
DYSENTERY .- If this trouble exists, place the horse in a dry, well-ventilated stable, rub the surface of the body i. e. quently, and keep it and the legs warm with blankets and bandages. The food must be light and easy to digest, thie water pure and in small quantities. Give first, castor oil, one-half pint, and laudanum, two ounces. The strength must be kept up by milk punches, eggs, beef tea, oatmeal gruel, etc.
EYE. - See Hooks, Pink-Eye and Blindness.
FARCY .- A form of glanders which at- tacks the skin. (See Glanders.)
FETLOCK .- If this be sprained and the injury slight, bandage and apply cold water frequently. Where the lameness is intense, and the swelling and heat great, the leg should be kept in a con- stant stream of cold water. When the inflammation has been subdued, the joint should be blistered. (See Knuckling.)
FITS .- See Staggers.
FOUNDER .- The front feet are usually affected, the delicate lamina being in- flamed. Acute founder, if not cured, de- velops into chronic founder, and no sure cure is known for the latter stage of the disease. The trouble may come from any one of several causes: Long or hard driving, hard pavements or roads, feeding or watering a horse while he is exceedingly warm or tired, etc., etc. Lameness, pain and heat in the fore feet. are common symptoms. For an attack of this kind, the best things to do are about as follows: Get the shoes off, put the horse in his stall, and soak or pack his feet in cold water, moss, or whatever is handy; give a tablespoonful of saltpeter as a drench three times a day; send for a veterinarian.
GALLS .- See Shoulder and Wind Galls.
GIDDINESS .- A horse which is fre- quently or occasionally overtaken with this trouble is dangerous to use. It is hard to cure. It indicates the need of moderate driving, especially in hot weather, and that a small amount of hay should be fed.
GLANDERS .- Whenever a horse is seen to bleed or emit offensive matter from the nostrils, glanders mav be suspected and home treatment should not be at- tempted. It may be a dangerous case. which is fatal alike to man and beast. A veterinary surgeon should be called.
GORGED STOMACH .- This results when a horse has been fed after a long fast. The small stomach of a horse is so dis-
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tended that it is unable to contract itself upon * its contents, a motion which is necessary in digestion. The horse be- comes stupid, slight colicky symptoms are observed, and he carries his head low and extended. As he grows worse he paws, becomes delirious, is covered with cold sweat, trembles, slobbers, stag- gers and drops dead. Treatment is dif- ficult. A purgative of Barbadoes aloes, one ounce, should be given at once, fol- lowed by Cayenne pepper, one-half ounce, or Jamaica ginger, one-half ounce. If the bowels can be stimu- lated to act, they will in a measure re- lieve the stomach. For this purpose, use turpentine, two ounces, and linseed oil, eight ounces.
GREASE HEEL .- See Scratches.
HEAVES .- A peculiar movement of the abdomen and flank, points to heaves; a cough usually accompanies it. There is no cure for the established disease. Careful dieting will relieve the distress, but this will appear as bad as ever when the stomach is overloaded. The best quality of food lessens heaves. Food that is too bulky and which lacks nutri- ment, has much to do with the disease. Feed affected animals only a small quantity of hay once a day, and in- variably water at least fifteen minutes before feeding, and never directly after meal. Work right after eating aggra- vates the symptoms. Carrots, potatoes or turnips, chopped or mixed with oats or corn, are a good diet. What bulky food is given should be in the evening. Medical treatment is worth less than dieting. A predisposition to the disease may be inherited.
HIDEBOUND .- A symptom, not a dis- ease. The trouble comes because the horse is out of condition, or because he has worms, bad teeth, indigestion, or some chronic disease.
Hock .- See Capped Hock, etc.
HOOKS .- There is a widespread de- lusion that hooks, so called, is a disease affecting the horse's eye. A barbarous custom among cruel men is to forcibly destroy the membrane which keeps the eye free from foreign substances, but the cruelty does not accomplish the de- sired result, though it may injure or destroy the eye. The obstinacy of the membrane " simply shows something to be wrong in the anatomy of the horse, just as the tongue will indicate to the observing physician when the stomach of his subject is out of order. To cut or disturb the books in the eyes is as
absurd as to doctor the tongue instead of the stomach in the human case.
INDIGESTION .- Some horses, although having a good appetite, remain gaunt and thin from indigestion. They should be given some strong purgative, like Barbadoes aloes, combined with pow- dered ginger, one-half ounce; Glauber's salts, one-half pound, dissolved in a quart of water. When the intestines have been thoroughly cleaned by this process, give daily the following powder : Sulphate of iron, three drachms; sul- phate of soda, two ounces; nux vomica, ten grains; ginger, one-half ounce. This powder may be continued daily for a month. Give all the rock salt the ani- mal will lick.
ITCHING SKIN .- Wash the skin tnor- oughly with carbolic soapsuds, and give the horse a half pound of Glauber's salts daily for a week. Do not feed him any grain but wheat, scalded bran and linseed meal, three quarts of the former and one quart of the latter, for two weeks. There will speedily come a. change. Card him daily. Scald his oats and give him salt daily. Feed oats, bran and linseed after the two weeks and scald the whole mess. When horses are covered with bunches or lumps, their blood is out of order. Give doses of Glauber's salts. daily and hot bran mashes. Give salts a half pound daily. A gill of raw linseed oil every day will be good, mixed with the bran.
KNUCKLING OR COCKED ANKLE .- A condition of the fetlock joint which re- sembles partial dislocation. The trouble is not considered unsoundness, but it predisposes to stumbling. Foals are quite subject to it, and no treatment is necessary, as the legs straighten up naturally in a few weeks. It is caused in horses by heavy and fast work, and is produced sometimes by a disease of the suspensory ligament, or of the flexor tendons. This should be relieved by proper shoeing. The toe must be short- ened and the heels left high, or the shoe should be thin forward with thick heels or high calks.
LAMENESS .- May be due to founder, navicular disease, faulty shoeing, sprains, spavin, etc., etc.
LAMINITIS OR FOUNDER .- See Founder, LAMPAS. - Usually an imaginary trouble. Very rarely does the mem- brane directly beneath the upper front teeth congest and swell enough to in- terfere with feeding. When this trouble is feared there is no quicker nor surer
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W. H. LOSS
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PHONE 1119=F1
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cure than feeding a little corn in the bar. a When biting off the kernels, the horse naturally compresses the mem- brane or forces it back. The burning of the lampas is cruel and unnecessary, and if the swelled parts are cut, the cut should not be deep, or danger will result.
LICE .- Remove these by rubbing the horse with a solution of sulphate of potassium, four ounces, and water, one gallon; or with strong tar water; or dust with Persian insect powder; or the skin may be sponged with benzine or quassia chip tea. Any of the applications must be repeated a week later to de- stroy the lice hatching in the interval. All blankets should be boiled, and the stalls painted with turpentine, and lit- tered with fresh pine sawdust.
LOCKJAW .- This is caused by cuts, nail in the hoof, etc. Nothing is so common from wounds in the feet and from docking. The horse is unable to open his jaws to the fullest extent, and mastication is impossible. Various muscles twitch, the head and tail are elevated and the nose protruded, and the anus is compressed. The animal swallows with difficulty; saliva flows from the mouth. Of course, in this dis- mase the necessity of calling in a skilled veterinary surgeon is indicated.
MEGRIMS .- See Giddiness.
MENINGITIS SPINAL. - See Choking Distemper.
OVERWORK, OVERHEATING, ETC .- An experienced horseman, if humane, will not push his horse beyond his strength. An indiscreet driver will sometimes bring an animal to the verge of ex- tinction. The symptoms are plain in the audible breathing, staggering gait, ex- hausted appearance and heaving flank. The girts must be removed and the face turned toward the wind, the animal being protected from the sun meantime. The head must be left free and the limbs and body well rubbed. The move- ment of the ribs should not be hindered in any way. A few swallows of cold water may be allowed, and, in hot weather, the mouth, forehead and face may be sponged with it. When suf- ficiently revived, the horse should be slowly led to a comfortable box-stall and heavily blanketed, woolen bandages being wound about the legs as well. If the horse has fallen he must not be allowed to lie until he voluntarily gets up, but must be propped up on his breast and not allowed to lie flat on his side. Heat exhaustion is somewhat
similar in symptom and demands similar treatment, with the addition of throwing cold water over the animal, particularly wetting the head, and causing a current of air to pass over him that evaporation may take place.
PINK-EYE .- A species of influenza which causes inflammation of the eye. It is contagious. Isolate the patient ; disinfect his old stall; blanket him and feed him warm mashes and laxative food; bathe the eyes occasionally with hot water. Boric acid (one dram di- luted with three ounces of water) makes an excellent solution for dropping into sore eyes, at intervals of three or four hours.
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