Show PREVENT BARB WIRE CUTS there are arc few far farmers mers in the lie west iest I 1 who are not troubled by having valuable stock especially horses cut in barb wire fence accidents per haps carrying blemishes tor for life as a result this happens hip pens year after year with discouraging regularity it is especially noticeable about this his time when stock is being turned out to pasture dr 11 J F frederick professor of veterinary science at the utah agricultural college gives it as his opinion that tins this damage can be liti lail gely by keeping th the e fences up and eliminating barl barb wire from fences as fast as possible fences should be repaired 1100 while hile there is little work pressing do not wait until later because work av will ill soon come on that will be more important than fence mending go are around und tle fences and replace posts that have become loose or de decayed there Is less likelihood ot stock getting getling tangled up 4 in tight fences than there is it the are loose and sagging if the expense is not too great the bottom wire shoula be replaced with woven wire of the proper width it will soon pay for itself in stock tree free from wire cut scars and blemishes there is very little excuse for barb wire fences these days and the sooner they are abolished the better it will be it stock does get cut look after the wound at once this will in a large measure prevent future disfigure ments stop the blood trim the wound by cutting away hair and wash it thoroughly with a two per cent solution of 0 it a good antiseptic carbolic acid creol ln or lysol eysol are all very good then apply a good drying powder composed of boric acid and forai then apply a cotton bandage dress daily with the powder it if cared for in ill tins this way a speedy and comp complete lete recovery may be looked for |