CHAPTER XXIII. 



VETERINARY 

 MANAGE- 

 MENT 



COMMON UISKASKS or* LIVE STOCK. 



Dumb animals are man's most dependable friends, 

 and they must depend on him for the blessings they 

 enjoy, and their ability to give something 1 in return. 



By veterinary management we mean the 

 common farm surgery which must be practiced 

 on animals and the treatment iid nursing of 

 those that may be ailing. Much of the success 

 in the treatment of any disease by the farmer 

 and stockman Avill depend upon the point of 

 view. The farmer should remember that medi- 

 cines do not cure disease; that nature always 

 makes a tremendous effort to bring about recov- 

 ery. The use of remedial measures is for the 

 purpose of aiding nature. If you look upon the 

 treatment of your animals from this standpoint, 

 you will be more cautious, more humane, and 

 more successful. 



DRY 



CLIMATE 

 HEALTHFUL 



There is probably no place in the world 

 where live stock of all kinds is generally more 

 healthy than in the arid regions of the AVi-st. 

 The los-i we suffer is not so much from the rav- 

 ages of any one or more contagious diseases as it 

 is from the aggregate loss incident to innumer- 

 able minor things, such as accidents, colics, poi- 

 sfinnus plants, etc. Most of this loss is attribu- 



