Liver Fluke 207 43. Lockjaw 209 44. Lymphangitis 215 45. Natural Presentation of the Foal 225 46. Abnormal Presentation of the Foal 227 47. Quittor 235 48. A Cattle Bath Tub 241 49. Side Bones 244 50. Splint 248 51. Twisted Stomach Worms 252 52. Tuberculosis Germs 264 Health and Disease Plate 1 Making Post Mortem Examinations Plate 2 A Victim of Tuberculosis Plate 3 Exterior Points of the Horse; Castration Plate 4 Texas Fever Plate 5 A Typical Case of Foot and Mouth Disease Plate 6 INTRODUCTION Facing Disease on the Farm To call a veterinarian or not--that is the question. Whether your horse or cow is sick enough for professional attendance, or just under the weather a little, is a problem you will always be called upon to face. And you must meet it. It has always faced the man who raises stock, and it is a problem that always will. Like human beings, farm stock have their ailments and troubles; and, in most cases, a little care and nursing are all that will be required. With these troubles all of us are acquainted; especially those who have spent much time with the flocks and the herds on the farm. Through experience we know that often with every reasonable care, some animals, frequently the healthiest-looking ones, in the field, or stable, give trouble at the most unsuspected times. So the fault is not always with the owner. There is no reason, however, why an effort should not be made, just as soon as any trouble is noticed, to assist the sick animal to recover, and help nature in every way possible to restore the invalid to its usual normal condition. The average observing farmer, as a rule, knows just about what the trouble is; he usually knows if treatment is beyond him, and if not, what simple medical aid will be effective in bringing about a recovery with greater dispatch than nature unaided will effect. Now, of course, this means that the farmer should be acquainted with his animals; in health and disease their actions should be familiar to him. If he be a master of his business he naturally knows a great deal about his farm stock. No man who grows corn or wheat ever raises either crop extremely successfully unless he has an intimate knowledge of the soil, the seed, the details of fertilization and culture. He has learned how good soils look, how bad soils look; he knows if soils are healthy, whether they are capable of producing big crops or little crops.