Kalamazoo County, Michigan, rural directory, 1919, Part 2

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Publication date: 1919
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Imus, Alonzo B.


Poultry and Cattle


Breeder


Galesburg.


Irish, E. M.


Counselor-at-Law


Kalamazoo


20


Isenberg, L


Shoes & Rubbers


Kalamazoo.


Island Creamery Co


Schoolcraft


227


Jackson, Hobart L


Cattle Breeder


R4, Kalamazoo.


Jeffrey, Jas. & Son


Nursery


R2, Kalamazoo.


Johnson-Howard Co


Coal and Building


Materials


Kalamazoo


223


Joldersma & Gilman


. Funeral Directors


Kalamazoo


6


Jones, C. E.


Cattle and Swine


Breeder


Richland.


Judson, R ..


Canvas Goods.


Kalamazoo.


Kalamazoo Awning &


Tent Co ...


Canvas Goods


Kalamazoo


....


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Kalamazoo Chamber of


Commerce


Kalamazoo


Front Fly Leaf


Kalamazoo City Savings Bank


Kalamazoo


.Bolt


Kalamazoo Hardware Co. Hardware


Kalamazoo


4


Kalamazoo Laundry Co.


Kalamazoo


225


Kalamazoo Lumber Co. . Building Materials and


Lumber


Kalamazoo


10


Kalamazoo Monument


Co. Monuments


Kalamazoo


32


Kalamazoo National


Bank


Kalamazoo


49


Kalamazoo Roofing Co .... Roofing and Repairing . . Kalamazoo


231


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Kalamzoo Storage Battery Co.


Kalamazoo


12


Kalamazoo Stove Co ..


. Furnaces and Stoves.


Kalamazoo .. Second Cover


Kalamazoo Vulcanizing


Co. Tires and Accessories Kalamazoo 64


Kart, John N.


Hardware and Plumbing. Augusta


217


Ketcham, Clyde


Lawyer


Kalamazoo


20


Keyes, E. E.


Swine Breeder


R1, Kalamazoo.


Kilgore, Wm. M


Cattle . Breeder


R6, Kalamazoo.


Kimble, Clarence R.


Poultry Breeder


R2, Schoolcraft.


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KALAMAZOO COUNTY


ALFRED J. MILLS LAWYER PRESS BLDG., KALAMAZOO, MICH. BELL PHONE 475


Bell Telephone 1330


E. M. IRISH COUNSELOR AT LAW


Knight Building, 130 East South St. KALAMAZOO, MICH.


CLYDE W. KETCHAM LAWYER 804 Kalamazoo National Bank Bldg. KALAMAZOO, MICH. Bell Phone 1930


$$ Money Loaned on City


$$ and Farm Property Loans Made To You, or For You Mortgages and Land Contracts Bought and Sold L. C. WRIGHT Phone 417 305 Hanselman Building KALAMAZOO, MICH.


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Maple Lawn Holstein Farm High Class Registered Holstein Friesian Cattle


Friend Hengerveld DeKol Butter Boy and Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke Blood


Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke is the only sire having four daughters each with a semi-official record of 1200 lbs. of butter in one year, and the only sire having six daughters each with a semi-official record of 1000 lbs. of butter in one year. Friend Hengerveld DeKol Butter Boy is the only other sire having four daughters each with a semi-official record of 1000 lbs. of butter in one year. It is the yearly record that counts.


FRANK A. NEWTON


R. F. D. 11


Phone Alamo, 4F-11


Box 110


KALAMAZOO, MICH.


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BUYERS' GUIDE-Continued


Name


Business


Town


Adv.


King, Edward H. Painting and


Paperhanging


Climax.


Kinney, E. L.


...


Cattle Breeder.


R1, Climax.


Kinney, G. R., Co., Inc. . Shoes


Kalamazoo .... Page 46


Krieger, John. .. . Swine Breeder R1, Climax.


Kromdyk, P., & Son.


. Farm Implements


Kalamazoo


213


Krum, C. W., & Son.


Automobiles and Garage. Schoolcraft


209


Laisure, J. C.


Cattle Breeder


R12, Kalamazoo.


Lakey, A. L., Co


Roofing and Paints Kalamazoo 34


Latta & Son.


Swine Breeder


R1, Climax.


Lawrence, Harry.


Cattle Breeder


R2, Scotts.


Leffingwell, Wm.


Cattle Breeder


R3, Plainwell


Logan, Clarence


Feed and Coal


Portage.


Long, Bertol.


Lightning Rods and


Fire Insurance


Fulton.


Lynn, Ernest H.


Swine Breeder


R2, Schoolcraft.


McCreary, Willis G.


Cattle Breeder


Schoolcraft.


McElroy & Labbitt.


Real Estate


Kalamazoo


30


McMurrey, Harry


Cattle Breeder


R9, Kalamazoo.


Mattie, Charlie


Poultry Breeder


R6, Kalamazoo.


Maury, Chas.


Poultry Breeder


R1, Kalamazoo.


Medema, Henry


Cattle Breeder


Kalamazoo 231


Kalamazoo


8


Meyer, Carl


1


Poultry Breeder


R6, Kalamazoo.


Michigan Butter Co


Kalamazoo


34


Michigan Silo Company .. Silos


Kalamazoo


Milks Bros.


Cattle and Swine


Breeders


R3, Augusta.


Miller, Fred.


Poultry Breeder


R1, Oshtemo.


Miller, Sern


Cattle Breeder


R8, Kalamazoo.


Mills, Alfred J.


Lawyer


Kalamazoo


20


Moore, Elliott


General Store


Augusta


56


Moreau-Aldrich Co


General Store


Augusta


229


Morris, A J.


Swine, Horse and Sheep


Breeder


R10, Kalamazoo.


Mosher, George


Hotel


Scotts.


Muffley, J. F.


Shoes


Kalamazoo


44


Murray, Alex.


Cattle Breeder


Augusta


56


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Front Fly Leaf


R11, Kalamazoo.


Meints, Peter J.


Dry Goods and Shoes.


Meulenberg, John A.


Sheet Metal Works


KALAMAZOO COUNTY


PHONE 157 AUTO SERVICE


ASTE DYERS


DYERS AND CICANERS EMBE


RS Q


The


PARIS


GARMENT


CLEANERS


and


DYERS


222 WEST MAIN STREET KALAMAZOO


Our Service is Dependable Our Work Pleases


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BUYERS' GUIDE-Continued


Name


Business


Town Adv.


Neher, Edwin H ..


Lumber


Kalamazoo.


Newton, Frank A


Cattle Breeder


Kalamazoo


. Page


20


Nickols, F. S., & Son.


Cattle Breeder


R9, Kalamazoo.


Nolf, Fletcher


Poultry Breeder


R3, Schoolcraft.


Norton Bros.


Cattle Breeders


R3, Plainwell.


O'Brien, E. F.


Cattle Breeder


R2, Kalamazoo


Olmsted, F. R.


Real Estate.


Kalamazoo.


Shoes and Rubbers Vicksburg 221


Paris Cleaners & Dyers ... Cleaning and Dyeing .. Kalamazoo 22


Paris, M. B. Swine Breeder.


R2, Scotts.


Parker, Mrs. Nelson B. . Poultry Breeder R3, Vicksburg.


Park View Garage.


Tires and Accessories.


.. Augusta


56


Parsons, D. G


Poultry Breeder.


. R11, Kalamazoo.


Pease, L. C.


Horse Breeder


R2, Scotts.


Peck, Frank C ..


Cattle and Swine


Breeder


Vicksburg.


People's Outfitting Co


.. Furniture


Kalamazoo


42


Phelps, R. D ..


Auto Repairing and


Vulcanizing


Kalamazoo


14


Pike & Gage.


General Merchandise.


Portage.


Piper, Frank


Belgium Hares.


R3, Climax.


Pooder, John.


Poultry Breeder


R1, Oshtemo.


Porter, Gilbert W


Cement & Bridge Maker .. R1 Alamo.


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Powell, Orrin E.


Grower of Pickett Corn ... R2, Richland.


Powers, C. E.


Cattle Breeder


R1, Scotts.


Powers, Peter Meat Market. Scotts.


Pursel, C. W


Poultry Breeder


Vicksburg.


Putman, Floyd


Cattle Breeder


R1, Oshtemo.


Rea, Thomas L.


Poultry Breeder


R8, Kalamazoo.


Reid, John N.


Cattle Breeder


Vicksburg


Reinhart, W.


Burial Vaults


Kalamazoo


38


Resteasy Bedding Co


Kalamazoo


50


Rey, Christian P.


Contractor and Builder. .


. Kalamazoo


209


Riverside Creamery


Galesburg


26


Robinson, M. L. Swine Breeder R1, Vicksburg.


Ross, Chas.


Hardware


Kalamazoo.


Rosso, Howard, Co.


Sales and Service


Kalamazoo.Back Fly Leaf


Rouse, R. E.


Newspaper


Schoolcraft


217


Russell, F. W.


Paints and Wall Paper. . Kalamazoo


225


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221


Oman Shoe Store


KALAMAZOO COUNTY


It tastes like a forty-cent coffee but costs very much less


NEDROW COFFEE


....


all your money buys coffee-no expense for costly packages or labels


Sold by retailers only Roasted daily by WORDEN GROCER COMPANY Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo


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BUYERS' GUIDE-Continued


Name


Business


Town


Adv.


Sanford, Fred M.


Garage and Buick Agent. Climax.


Schnur, F. P.


Plumbing and Heating ... Kalamazoo.


Schoolcraft Express, The. Newspaper


Schoolcraft


.. Page 217


Scotts Milling Co.


Grain and Feed.


R1, Scotts.


Service Tire Shop


Tires and Accessories.


Kalamazoo,


See bottom of page


Sheffield, Hugh


Cattle Breeder


R1, Richland.


Sheldon Bros.


Hardware and Coal.


Climax


205


Sherman, S. B ..


Swine Breeder


Vicksburg.


Simpson, Mrs. Samuel. . Poultry Breeder Vicksburg.


Skinner, O. G. Milk Products


R12, Kalamazoo.


Smith Bros


Cattle Breeders


Scotts


205


Snyder, Harry


Cattle Breeder


RD, Vicksburg.


Snyder, H. H


Automobile Agent.


Climax.


Snook, A. H.


Delco Light Agent


Kalamazoo


12


Sprague, R. A.


Hardware and Furnaces .. Kalamazoo


227


State Bank of Augusta.


Augusta


227


Sternfield & Maury


Hotel


Augusta


205


Stoddard, Wm. A.


Poultry Breeder


R7, Kalamazoo.


Strong, Ray.


Cattle Breeder.


R2, Scotts.


Stuart Grain Co.


Flour and Feed.


Schoolcraft


213


Swartz, Charles M.


Swine Breeder


R1, Schoolcraft.


Swartz, Harvey O.


Swine Breeder


R1, Schoolcraft.


Swartz, Wm. W


Poultry Breeder


Fulton.


Taylor, Darius B.


Poultry Breeder


R2, Athens.


Taylor, Fred J ..


Cattle Breeder


R1, Schoolcraft.


Taylor, T., & Son.


Leather Goods


Kalamazoo


61


Taylor Title Co


Abstracts


Kalamazoo


205


Travis, Mrs. E. S.


Poultry Breeder


R2, Vicksburg.


Truesdale, G. P.


Funeral Director


Kalamazoo


14


Tryon, E. B.


Swine Breeder


R1, Vicksburg.


Union Store, The


Clothiers


Kalamazoo


227


Van Bochove Lumber Co. Lumber and Builders'


Supplies


Kalamazoo


See bottom of page


Vande Voorde, Ira. . Swine Breeder R1, Richland.


Van Vranken, R. R.


. Cattle Breeder


R1, Climax.


Ver Cies, John.


. Poultry Breeder


R8, Kalamazoo.


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Smith, Guy.


Cattle Breeder


R11, Kalamazoo.


KALAMAZOO COUNTY


If You Are Looking for Good Honest.


Foot Wear Try Us - Men's Ralston Health Shoes


Women's Stylish Out-Size Shoes


Milwaukee's Ball Band and


Best Farm Shoes Goodrich Rubbers


The Largest Stock of Children's School Shoes We Sell Leather and Nails for Repairing


WIZARD ADJUSTABLE ARCH SUPPORTS We Give Brown Stamps WEBER BROS. 210 East Main Street KALAMAZOO, MICH.


We Pay Highest Market Price for


Quality Butter Fat Save Your Cream for Us


RIVERSIDE CREAMERY GALESBURG -


MICHIGAN


Bell Telephone 10-2R


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BUYERS' GUIDE-Continued


Name Business Town Adv.


Wagner Bros


Cattle Breeder.


Climax


..


Page 217


Wall, Charles J.


. Poultry Breeder


R1, Oshtemo.


Ward & Walker


Groceries and Shoes


Schoolcraft


221


Weber Bros


Shoes and Rubbers.


Kalamazoo


26


Weed, Milo W.


Poultry Breeder


R7, Kalamazoo.


IWeick, Walter Cattle Breeder


R1, Scotts.


Weinberg, Roy W


Sheep Raiser


Vicksburg


See bottom of page


Weinburg, Wm. O.


Swine Breeder R3, Vicksburg


Welborn, H S.


Swine Breeder R1, Kalamazoo.


Western State Normal School :


Kalamazoo 28


Whaling, Frank.


Blacksmith


Kalamazoo 209


White, W. E


Cattle Breeder


Scotts 61


Wilson, C.


Monuments


Kalamazoo


217


Wiltsey, Sanford A.


Realtor


Kalamazoo


16


Winslow, Geo. C.


Monuments


Kalamazoo


38


Wolf, A. E.


Horse Breeder


R2, Climax.


Woods, Oliver


Swine Breeder


R1 Schoolcraft.


Worden Grocer Co


. Groceries and Coffee


Roasting


Grand Rapids. 24


Wright, L. C. Loans


Kalamazoo 20


Young, Alvin E. Swine Breeder


R2, Scotts.


Young Men's Christian


Association


Kalamazoo.


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KALAMAZOO COUNTY


Some Advantages Afforded AT THE Western State Normal School KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN


1. The Life Certificate may be earned by graduates of approved high schools in two years. This certificate granted at the Western Normal Is now accepted in more than twenty States.


2. At the opening of the fall term, 1918, four-year courses were offered at the Normal leading to the Bachelor's degree. Graduates of the two-year life certificate course complete the A. B. course at Ann Arbor in two years.


3. Western Normal instructors (65 in number) have been trained in forty-two leading colleges, normal schools and universities.


4. Western Normal graduates are in great demand. They are now teach- ing in every section of Michigan-also in 31 States as well as in Alaska, Canada and Porto Rico.


5. The library contains 17,000 carefully chosen volumes, all selected in the past thirteen years, and Is growing rapidly. One hundred and seventy-five periodicals are regularly received, and the library now includes 52 complete sets of the leading magazines.


6. The new Science building (three stories, 148 feet long by 78 feet wide), which with equipment cost $130,000, greatly increases the efficiency of the several departments of science.


7. The gymnasium (120 feet by 68 feet) is equipped with apparatus, swimming pool, showers, lockers and running track. It is the largest normal school gymnasium in the Middle West.


8. We have a fourteen-acre athletic field. A splendid diamond, a first- class football gridiron, and one of the best quarter-mile tracks in the country are among the features. Bleachers with a capacity for 3,000 spectators have been provided.


9. The Student Loan Fund has served splendidly in assisting deserving students. Three hundred and fifty loans have been made during the past five and one-half years.


10. Young men who have completed the life certificate course receive from $950 to $1,200 the first year. Graduates of the Normal are now holding 228 important administrative positions in Michigan, including superintendencies, principalships, county normal directorships and county commissionerships.


11. A two-year life certificate course in Commerce was organized at the opening of the school year in 1916. Graduates of this course are already in demand beyond our ability to supply.


12. Western Normal Is the only institution in Michigan granting a special manual training certificate. Graduates of this department are teaching in 36 cities in Michigan and in nine States other than Michigan. The normal school possesses manual training equipment valued at $12,000, and additions are constantly being made to this equipment.


13. The new course In Rural Administration is growing in favor. This is a two-year course leading to the life certificate. There is a most promising field for graduates of this department, and the demand for such graduates at high salarles Is now beyond the supply.


14. The Normal Lunch Room serves 500 students daily and there are rooms for 1,200 students within easy walking distance of the school.


15. Expenses are reasonable. The tultion fee Is $6.00 for 12 weeks for residents of Michigan and $10.00 for non-resident students. To this is added a fee of $1.50 for the support of athletics and for subscriptions to the Normal Record and the Western Normal Herald. There are many opportunities for remunerative work.


16. There is a splendid patriotic spirit at Western. The Service flag already has 220 stars, representing graduates and undergraduates. Thirty of our graduates and students hold officers' commissions.


17. The buildings and equipment are all new. The inventory of land, buildings and contents is $600,000. The Normal now owns nearly forty acres of land.


IMPORTANT


18. A law passed by the Legislature in 1915 requires a minimum of six weeks of professional training of all beginning teachers in Michigan. Western Normal offers courses especially planned to meet the needs of such beginners and to fulfill the requirements of the law.


For year book or information, address PRESIDENT D. B. WALDO, Kalamazoo.


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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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KALAMAZOO COUNTY


J. P. RODGERS LAND CO.


Insurance Loans and Exchanges EXCURSIONS TO California, Montana, Minnesota and the Dakotas MICHIGAN BRANCH OFFICE 117 Pratt Bldg., Kalamazoo, Mich. Bell Tel. 747 E. M. McELROY-Local Agents-W. H. LABBITT


OTERNES


Beautiful Borders as well as body paper are here among our new and artistic patterns in wellmade, fast-color WALL PAPERS


TO SELECT FROM.


Buy your Wall Paper here and you will get the best qualities in the newest patterns, and save money W. M. HOUTCAMP 212 N. Rose Street Bell Phone 1415 KALAMAZOO, MICH.


ORLO G. SKINNER, Pres: C. A. WALKER, Vice-Pres: L: S: CHENERY, Secy; K: N: SHERWOOD, Treas: J: C: VAN WOERT, Mgr.


Dairymens Milk Company Producers and Dealers in


Milk and Milk Products Pasteurized Products Milk and Cream Telephone 87 Blue Ribbon Brand Creamery Butter 221 E. Ransom St. Kalamazoo, Michigan


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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 fre- quently, and keep it and the legs warm with blankets and bandages. The food must be light and easy to digest~the 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 laminæe 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 may 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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KALAMAZOO COUNTY


Kalamazoo Monument Co.


Importers and Manufacturers of


CUTTER


Granite and Marble MONUMENTS AND MAUSOLEUMS


ED. T. KEIS,


Bell Telephone 1836


Manager 503 and 507 E. Main Street


KALAMAZOO AWNING & TENT CO. RAY JUDSON, Mgr.


MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS


Cotton Duck Goods


Bell Tel. 2705 738 Portage St., KALAMAZOO, MICH.


Manufacturers of


Awnings


Auto Covers


Coal Sacks


Tents


Stack Covers


Carpenter's


Porch Curtains Wagon Covers Aprons EVERYTHING MADE OF DUCK


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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.




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