Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 5, February 2, 1884.: A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and FiresideVarious
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Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 5, February 2, 1884.: A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside
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Some few years ago, when the foot-and-mouth disease was prevailing, I
gave a farmer in this parish, who had the disease among his cattle, some
sulphur_ous_ acid, and advised him to make trial of the following
treatment: To put about two ounces of the acid into a quart bottle and
fill up with water, and then give about a tablespoonful of this dilution
three times a day to the diseased cattle. He acted upon my advice, and
the result was that his cattle were quickly cured of the disease. Again,
two or three weeks ago one of my parishioners came to me to inform me
that one of his cows was affected with this disease, and to ask me if I
could give him anything for it. I gave him some of the same acid, to be
used as above stated, and advised him also to burn a little sulphur in
the shed in which the diseased cow was kept, two or three times a day.
He followed my advice, and three or four days after I was informed that
the cow was doing nicely, and was giving her milk again. My confidence
in the remedy is therefore confirmed, and I think I am in duty bound to
make it as widely known as possible. In addition to giving the acid
internally, I advised the moistening of the affected feet also with the
same dilution with a sponge.
The sulphur_ous_ acid acts remedially, I conclude, by being destructive
of the life of the microbes, or exceedingly minute animaculæ, that gives
rise to the disease; and I feel persuaded that, if the owners of cattle
would take the trouble to burn a little sulphur once or twice a week in
their cattle sheds, they would not only protect their cattle from
attacks of foot-and-mouth disease, but have them also in a more healthy
and vigorous condition, especially in the season of tying-up and
confinement.
I have underlined the last syllable of sulphurous to guard against
mistake. Sulphur_ic_ acid would only be productive of mischief.
Sulphur_ous_ acid may be obtained through any druggist in sealed
stoppered bottles at a small expense.
The simplest way of burning sulphur in the cowsheds is as follows: Take
a slip of cardboard, or of extra stout brown paper, about a foot long
and two inches wide, and place on one extremity about as much
coarsely-powdered brimstone as would lie on a penny piece, hold it by
the other end, and apply the flame of a candle till the sulphur is
ignited, and then wave it about in the shed, in order to disperse the
vapor among the cattle; if there be straw, or anything else inflammable
about, hold a tile, or something of the sort, in the other hand, under
the burning sulphur, to catch any that may drop.
[Illustration]
THE DAIRY
Dairymen, Write for Your Paper.
THE WISCONSIN DAIRYMEN.
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