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Show Astoria Kills Many Horses. Cache Valley Man Explains Sudden Death of Fine Horses Dowu South. The last Issue of Tiik Rki-uiimoan 'contained a clipping from a southern paper detailing the sudden and mysterious myster-ious death of two very lino Morses as they were being driven along the road. The horses were In very line trim, both In perfect health when they left tho stable, but nevertheless dropped dead following a short and easy drivcof a half hour. A reader of Tiik UnruiiM-can UnruiiM-can ran across this Item and knowing the dllllculty gave to us the name of the trouble, the cause and the treatment treat-ment necessary to elfect a cure. Tills gentleman has had a largo experience with anlnrals afllictcd thus, and has treated these cases very successfully, so must necessarll) know what ho Is talking about. Kidney Trouble. Our Informant gives the name of the trouble as "asatt rli" and says it Is a dllllculty wheieln the muscles over the kidney become healed and inflamed inflam-ed upon driving, finally get stllf,rcfuse to work properly and press down on the kidney, with the result that this organ ceases Its proper function. In a half hour the horse Is tilled with poison poi-son and driven ahead drops as though lie is dead. However, he Isn't dead, as a rule, and If prompt elfort is made the life can be saved, but It Is said that the animal's usefulness Is Impaired forever. The Remedy Is the use of sweet nitre, at least two ounces, and hot cloths applied to the kidney region, this work to be accomplished accom-plished within the very shortest Hire possible, after the horse has fallen. Force tho solution of nitre down the animal's throat and then apply hut cloths to the kidney, giving this a dry covering so that the animal may bo steamed thoioughly. Within a short time, If the animal is not too far gone, lie will secure icllef by an evacuation ot poison from tho kldncy.tlually blood will pass and within from twenty-four to forty-eight hours the animal will be able to regain his fact. The Cause of this dllllculty is a lack of exercise at a time when the animal Is permitted permit-ted to stand In the barn taking on flesh. Any horse fed on grain for two weeks and unexercised, taken from the barn and drhen In even a trot Is liable lia-ble to Just such an accident. One familiar with the symptoms can readily read-ily determine tho dllllculty, but with most the trouble Is not discovered until un-til the animal has been driven to Its death. Many Cases Here. This dllllculty Is said to bo common in Cache, and our Informant related quite a number of instances of which he knew, those he himself had treated and scmo that others had brought around o. k. Ho mentions the fact that a hone Is seldom worth a pewter cent after having had thlsdlillcultyand urges tho advisability of greatest caro In exercising exercis-ing horses not doing regular work, or else the cutting off of grain Jfood. A horse that has had"asatorla"ls subject to It at practically any driving thereafter, there-after, yet there Is no indication left that a horse has ever had it. This Information may be of valuo to some whose experience has not been so extended as our Informant. |