| Show REMOVING CHAFF OR olt BEARDS FROM THE EYE OF AN ox it is avery com common mon thing for oat chaff and beards of barley and wheat to attach themselves to the eyes of cattle that have access to straw and chaff and it is by no means uncommon to see the eyes of animals go so much inflamed by such substances getting into nto them that they often nearly or quite destroy the sight eight A barley beard is a very ugly thin thing in a bullocks or a cows eye and oat chaff is quite as bad if not worse an animal ma I 1 can work out a beard usually much sooner than they can oat chaff because oat chaff if it once gets wet and gets beti on the ball of the eye will adhere as closely to it aa as a piece of wet paper will adhere to a smooth board and the animal cannot remove it and in a fey few fer days a film will be formed on the eye and probably the sight would be very much injured if not destroyed we know that such a harsh huge beam mus must hurt an animal almost in to tolerably tole toie e bably rabi bec because aude auie when even a little atom of dust lodges into one of our eyes we almost go into convulsions the usual way of removing such bitch substances from an animals eye is to blow into the eye through a tube some salt and alum most ul unmerciful m remedy or to attempt to throw honey into the affected eye or to squirt tobacco spit into the eye I 1 would as soon inject sulphuric ric acid or fill the eye with sand to remove such substances my ky way of removing such substances I 1 have always found very practicable and effective and by no means harsh As soon as it is evident that there is anything t in an animals eye which will r readily be seen by its incessant running put a rope on the an animal and if it will not stand quietly tie it up to a post ruythe rub the hand gently over aver and about the eye until the animal will allow you to handle the eye lids oat chaff will be seen almost always alwa y a on the lower side of the eye ball and many men cannot see it even when it is in full view until it has been pointed out to them A barley beard will be found almost anywhere let the he eye be opened as much as necessary turn ilg the eyelids back if it necessary and there is no ini mistake stake but what chaff or beard can be seen been now take a good silk handkerchief in one hand band and draw a portion of it over the fore finger and thrust it carefully into the eye and if the silk touch a beard it will bring it out but an oat chaff will adhere closely and it may be necessary nece to try again but I 1 never failed to fetch it the second time S edwards TODD country gentleman |
