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saw, and when that man gets home he is the biggest kicker you 

 ever saw. Now I have an idea that horses are a good deal the 

 same way; there may be a little skin trouble, a little irritation some- 

 where, so that when the horse is standing, it causes him to act in 

 that way. It may come simply from a habit. 



ME. SEXTON: Doctor, in case of tuberculosis — you spoke of 

 animals dying from tuberculosis when the lungs are not affected. 

 Now then, what I want to know is this: Would the flesh be as 

 badly affected if the lungs were not affected, as it would be pro- 

 vided the lungs were affected, and your animal had tuberculosis 

 badly. 



DR TOWER: The flesh would be bad under any conditions. Where 

 animals become emaciated from tuberculosis it does not matter 

 that the lungs may not be aff'ected, the meat is bad in all such 

 cases. Take the liver, for instance, the liver is one of the main 

 glands of the body, and if that is affected, it will produce the usual 

 evil result. It does not matter what organs are affected, if the dis- 

 ease is continued and is generalized, the meat is certainly bad. 



We have some cases where the meat has been found to be whole- 

 some, where the disease is confined to one little spot, perhaps, or 

 twoi, but has become insistent, so that the germ is not strong all 

 through the system. 



A Member: What causes spasmodic colic? 



DR. TOWER: It may come from different sources, from over- 

 watering or feeding or a change of feed, anything which irritates 

 the delicate mucus membrane may cause spasmodic colic. When 

 the stomach is not doing its work properly, when conditions are 

 such that the food is not digested properly, you are liable to have 

 spasmodic colic. 



The SECRETARY: Any nervous excitement will reduce the 

 power of digestion, and of course that may produce colic. 



Dr. Tower stated in answer to an inquiry as to a remedy for 

 colic, that you should give a horse affected with colic equal parts 

 of ginger, gentian and bicarbonate of soda. 



A Member: Do you advise the feeding of ground grain to a horse, 

 and if not, why not? 



DR. TOWER: I will tell you why I advise feeding ground grain 

 in some cases, and then I can tell you why and when I do not. If 

 you have a horse pretty well along in years, it is a little better to 

 aid his digestion by helping him grind it. You can take another 

 horse^ equally as old and ground grain does not agree with him. 

 It is 'just as I said in the beginning, you have got to study your 

 horse. I would like to have ground feed as a rule for horses that 

 are working, and I would feed oats and corn Vv'ith a little bran 

 mixed with it, increasing the meal proportionately as you increase 

 the heavy work. 



ME, GBR: W^ould yon use some molasses with that ground feed? 



