Show Third Day II MORNING SESSION Colic Bloat and Founder Dr Paul Fisher the veterinary surgeon sur-geon of the agricultural college presented pre-sented an exhaustive treatise upon the subject of Colic Bloat and Founder In horses and cattle Much discussion followed engaged in by most of the farmers present Dr Fisher among other things said The object of this l paper was rather to present the causes at the bottom of the disease ordinarily known as colic and thus enable owners of horses to prevent the disease than giving any sure cure formulae for its treatment True colic was a disease of the stomach and intestines intes-tines and It was manifested by various characteristic symptoms Js p nch the I abdominal lflnp Spurious colic might I be a disturbance of the functions of any other of the Internal organs which manifest mani-fest themselves by symptoms similar to true colic Among these we may mention diseases of the liver kidney bladder and I genital organs Colic is one of the oldest Known diseases of the domesticated horse ben written about 1W years ago by Columella and a little later by Eumelus and since then many able men have made the study of the cause and treatment of colic a part of their life work To Illustrate Illus-trate the Importance of the disease he quoted the following statistics According to Bollinger 40 per cent of all Internal diseases of the horse are colic belnsr an estimate based on 18964 cases of disease of which 7543 were colic In the kingdom of Bavaria of the 400000 horses of which official records are kept 40000 are attacked at-tacked with colic every year According to Bellinger 13 per cent of all horses attacked at-tacked with colic die According to other competent observers this per centage varies from 102 to 19 per cent and all of these figures are taken from cases that receive the best scientific treatment that could be given at the time namely the Royal Veterinary colleges of Germany and Austria and cover periods of observation obser-vation ranging from ten to 2 years The causes may be briefly enumerated under the following 1 headings 1 the I peculiar anatomical arrangement of the I horses stomach which practlally prevents pre-vents it from vomiting a valuable method of relief In abdominal disorders of other animals 2 catching cold 3 overfeeding in various ways and under various circumstances cir-cumstances 4 spoiled food mouldy musty frozen etc 5 gas formation In stomach resulting from feeding clover lucerne esparsette and other legumes when too young withered etc 6 constipation consti-pation resulting from bulky dry tasteless taste-less food ete 7 stones nd concrements In the Intestines produced by certain foods rich In earthy salts like bran mlddlingH ete in excess 9 worms and other parasites 10 Intestinal stenoses dislocations twlstlngs invaginations incarcerations in-carcerations etc 1 rolling of animal and consequent dislocation of the bulky color 1 gastric and intestinal catarrhs inflammations ulcers and uoisonlngs Another and most Important cause Is the presence In over 9 per cent of all horses In the Interior mesenteric artery of a parasite known as strongylus armatusor wire worm This observation was first made and written about by the eminent Dr Bollinger and agrees with alres personal observations made on horses used for dissecting at the Agricultural College of Utah and the I Ohio State university uni-versity The ea history of this parasite was discussed and compared with that of similar entozoa and Insects The worm was shown to have three distinct stages of development namely egg larva and mature worm The mature worm breeds In the colon of the horse the larvae pass partly Into theinterior mesenteric artery produce emboll or clots disturb the cir culation by cutting off the blood supply from certain sections of the intestine and I thus produce colic The other larvae pass out with the animals feces and when they reach stagnant pools of water they live there for some time Most of them perish but many regain access into the bowels of a healthy horse by their drinking water containing them and thus infect them One draft of such water Is sufficient to infect a horse for a lifetime Any disturbance in the general health of the animal such as may occur by the action of any of the above named 1 sets ot causes will be apt to Increase the danger of the strongylus rmatus and the emboli produced by it These causes harmful though they are would len act unnoticed were the animal otherwise free from this parasite Conclusions Avoid all the causes above enumerated Above all prevent the possible possi-ble entrance of strongylus armatus by avoiding all suspicious waer Take good cam of your manure and the liquid drainings thereof fdr a twofold reason These drainlngs are a breeding place for tho parasite In question but when properly prop-erly handled they arc an excellent and valuable fertilizer Then a few general Indications for the treatment of cases of collo were riven These could be general only because special treatment for special cases could be given by expert veterinarians only Attention was called to the value of soc so-c led external and dietetic treatment Drenching with oil In any manner was I cautioned against on account of the danger of foreignbody pneumonia Numerous questions were asked by those In attendance and answered by Dr Fischer after which the question of blot was taken up After giving a definition of the disease a large part of the discussion was devoted de-voted to the enumeration of the various causes chief of which were improper food or proper food given on Improper I occasions Among them were juicy green fodders covered with frost fodders partly fermented and withered greedy eating of food by over hungry animals ete Clovcf lucerne buckwheat wild rMistard were considered as especially dangerous when In this condition and attention W3S called to the fact that lucerne in Itself did not produce bloat but it was the manner In which and the circumstances under which cattle were fed with i After the symptoms were discussed at length the treatment was ten up Great stress was laid on theimportance of preventing the occurrence but when this precaution was neglected the most rational treatment for the different cases was suggested All the session taken Al morning was taen up Jr the discussion of colic and bloat AFTERNOON SESSION The afternoon session was opened by a short talk oa the results of feeding cooked and uncooked grain feeds followed fol-lowed by the reading of a paper on the Culture of Sugar Beets prepared I by Mr George Austin agricultural superintendent of the Lehl sugar factory fac-tory Breeds and Management of Poultry Poul-try a paper prepared by Mr W W Browning of Ogden was next read by Director Foster Mr W N Cole In a short but Interesting In-teresting address treated upon the subject of Orchard Management Its Cultivation and Care Beekeeping for Farmers was the subject of an Interesting address by J H Parry which was followed by some discussion The concluding paper for th afternoon after-noon was presented by Dr Fischer on Diseases of the Cow a paper of special Interest to the many dairymen present discussion and was followed by a lengthy EVENING SESSION The Science of Cooking was the subject of an interesting paper by Mrs L C Foster at the Thursday evening session She said In part Stock growers qf every description whether i be beef mutton pork or poultry they are producing go at their work in a scientific way So Important Impor-tant to them Is the science of feeding that the United States government comes to their assistance and employs a vast corps of trained scientists who put all their power of brain upon the subject of animal feeding of some part of I They will tell you the elements ele-ments that enter Into the composition of these animal bodies and the chemical chem-ical formula for all your feeding stuffs In short they will mix for you the rightful ration each element in its proper proportion But to many of us it never occurs that there should be as definite instructions for feeding men and women or that the human body should also have Its true proportion propor-tion of the protelds carbohydrates and other elements The speaker did not anticipate that science will ever mix our human ration and deal it out to us in definite amounts at stated times The human body has too complex a nervous system the machinery of the brain is too Intricate and too delicate in Its organism ever to be brought under un-der rigid rule But the time may jome when food will be much more economically econom-ically purchased and better prepared and served because of a knowledge of the kind and amount as the different dif-ferent conditions and occupations require re-quire and of the foods that best supply sup-ply these elements combined with a just appreciation of the chemical combinations com-binations that constitute the process of cooking The phosphates are necessary nec-essary to the production of brain matter mat-ter the carbohydrates furnish the heat and the nitrogenous are the powerproducing elements in the human hu-man system a in the animal Dr Hutchinson allots to the healthy man six pounds dally and divides this into three and onehalf pounds t from the mineral kingdom which Includes water and salt one and onehalf pounds from the vegetable and one pound from the animal kingdom This must b presented to the system In digestible condition Through the means of government gov-ernment bulletins and various cookbooks cook-books dietary tables showing the chemical composition of the foods are now within the reach of everyone There is no one food that contains In the right proportion all the elements required to replace the waste of the I human body and If there were we are so organized that even the natural healthy body would not consent to be fed upon I they must be palatable I and varied We are S far In advance ad-vance of our mothers that the woman who wills can at Any time possess herself of the means of knowing what Is best to cook and how best to cook i Good cooks are becoming quite as necessary to the health and happiness of the human race as are good doctors doc-tors and good ministers Indeed I think they should be rated foremost in importance The old order of things is rapidly being done away with and thinking people everywhere recognize the value of the fullest scientific trainIng train-Ing for woman In her hands lie the health and the bodily development of the human race and more than this the intellectual and the moral status of a community depends upon her Keep her in Ignorance of the vital principles of life bind her down to a knowledge of the three Rs and you will produce a race devoid of intellectual intel-lectual sharpness and lacking in moral breadth as well as physical beauty for as the woman s Is the man Ignorance Ig-norance Is harder to meet than actual villainy so whole families must continue con-tinue to die an agonized death because the cook does not know that her platter plat-ter of halfdone ham is liable to contain con-tain regiments of trichnia that are lying ly-ing in wait to attack the human tissues tis-sues The address was replete with good thoughts and scant Justice can be done it In a brief synopsis |