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Show HOW .TO TREAT STRINGHALT 1 Medical Treatment Does Not Glvo Benefit. But Good Results Follow Careful Feeding and Tonics. (By R O. WEATHERSTONE.) Strnghalt, a spasmodic contraction of the voluntary muscles of the leg. j uiually occurs In animals of a highly ) nervous disposition. One of the most i frequent forms of strlnghalt la a Jerk-! Jerk-! lag up of the hind leg as the borse travels. In many cases only when the Wae first starts. This is often roost severe In cold weather and gradually Increases as Uie animal grows older, but It does not seem to cause any suffering nor Interfere In-terfere with the general health of the animal. In most cases of chorea (strlnghalt) medical treatment doe not give beav eflt. but good results follow careful feeding and tonics. The food should j be nutritious, easily digested, of good - variety and abundant A mixture of oata, oil meal and ' bran is good. Three tlmee a week give the following: Salt, four ounces; sulphur, sul-phur, two ounws; hard wood athea. two ounces a tablespoonful In the , feed. Alao give Fowler's solution of arsenic, beginning with one-half ounce I doses In the feed once dally, aad grad-I grad-I Bally Inereeatng by one-fourth ounco j at a Urn unUl one ounce la given at a dose in the morning and at night i Thla should be given for two weeks, taea withheld two week and thea repealed. re-pealed. Separate Reams Beet. Separate rooms for layer aad aateav an are best always. |