Rich County Reaper | 1930-08-15 | Page 3 | Wire and Nails Often Fatal to Live Stock

wire and nails often fatal to live stock farmers should take precautions to PreT prevent elit pieces of wire nalls or similar objects from being strewn around where cattle swine or other live stock may come in contact with them besides the injury which may be caused by the animals stepping on an such articles there Is also the likelihood that the animals may pick up these sharp objects with their feed and swallow them often with fatal results says dr W L roya boyd professor of v veterinary medicine at university farm st panl we frequently observe the condition known as traumatic indigestion and occasionally or inflammation of the heart and its coverings due to the migration of foreign bodies to the heart sac says doctor boctor boyd 4 th the cype ype of foreign body which causes tile the most damage Is the one which Is sharp on both ends these occasionally occur in feed which has been ground and has a wire or nall nail in it that has been made sharp on both ends by the mill