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not develop glanders. There is not much glanders 

 in the Eastern states, except in the cities, and the 

 disease is not of a great deal of interest to farmers, 

 except to avoid purchasing animals with it at some 

 of the unreliable sales stables. Where a case oc- 

 curs on a farm, except on some market gardener's 

 farm near a city, it is found, as a rule, that the horse 

 was purchased at some unscrupulous dealer's stable 

 in the city, and, in some instances, other horses on 

 the farm are infected, and the farmer not only loses 

 his new acquisition, but has two or three other 

 horses killed besides that have become infected. 



Farmers buying new horses at city sales stables 

 ought to endeavor to deal with only reputable con- 

 cerns, and to avoid cheats. It is well to remember 

 that a person cannot get something for nothing, 

 and it is not likely that anyone can buy a horse for 

 $50 to $75 because it is afraid of elevated railroad 

 trains that would otherwise be worth $300 to $500, 

 or because a widow lady wants a good home for her 

 late husband's old pet. Anyone buying horses 

 from a fake coal company, or a humbug ice com- 

 pany, or an unknown express company that is just 

 going out of business, is liable to invite a serious 

 disease to his farm. 



GRAVEL OR DIRT IN FOOT.— A collec- 

 tion of pus, or other fluid containing gravel or 

 dirt. It occurs most frequently in the foot, 

 and is associated with the horse and mule 

 almost exclusively. The cause may be from a 

 bruise, but more frequently it is due to a punc- 

 tured wound of the foot by nail, wire, or other 

 pointed object. Nearly always there will be dirt 

 carried into the wound with the offending object or 

 shortly after its removal. This dirt, infected with 

 germs, sets up an inflammation of the sensitive 



