RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 219 



SIMPLE FARM MEDICINES 



The up-to-date stockman will ha\e his chest of medicines for his 

 stock, not with the idea of treating an}-thing or everything, but for the 

 purpose of meeting unexpected conditions and for the treatment of 

 simple diseases, such as are herein described. Before any person can 

 use or prescribe medicines intelligently it is essential that they under- 

 stand the actions and doses of those medicines ; not only is it essential 

 that the stockman know something about medicines, and that some- 

 thing well ; he must also know the best methods of giving such medi- 

 cines. The kernel of the matter is that the stockman must be an ANI- 

 MAL NURSE, in order to render efficient service when his stock are 

 sick. Medicines are often classified according to their actions, each 

 class being given a distinctive name. The utility of such a classifica- 

 tion is at once seen, e. g., an animal is sick, the owner instead of being 

 told to use a specific drug such as iron, is advised to use a tonic (feri- 

 tone). Running over the list of drugs in his farm medicine chest, he 

 remembers that he has such a drug there with a tonic action, and uses 

 it, whereas, had he not understood the term, the animal would have 

 had to go untreated. 



With a view of relieving the farmer or stockman from the neces- 

 sity of becoming an apothecary, the writer simplifies his treatments by 

 advising as few drugs as possible and only those which are the latest 

 and most reliable for each particular case. Thus the stockman is not 

 compelled to keep on hand a small drug store and must not necessarily 

 also be a therapeutist. 



NOTICE — When recommending a remedy, the writer frequentl}- 

 specifies some specific remedy, such as National Bovolax. This is to 

 assure the readers that the said drug is recognized by the "National 

 Live Stock Sanitary Association", as being the most reliable and 

 effective agent for the specific purpose for which it is being prescribed. 

 The Elk's brands of veterinary remedies are also recognized by the 

 "National Live Stock Sanitary Association". They are reliable and 

 up-to-date. The stockman can safely add such as are here recom- 

 mended to his list in the farm medicine chest. 



