PRACTICUMS 
1. DReEssinc Wounps.—An excellent exercise will be possible if 
the local veterinarian or physician is asked to show the class how to 
treat a wound, how to make stitches with needle and thread, and 
how to use pins for makifg stitches in emergencies. Here is a 
splendid opportunity to drive home the virtue of cleanliness and 
the use of pure antiseptics to prevent further infection. After a 
wound is cleaned and washed in the proper manner the next step 
is to dress it for comfort, safety and protection. The importance 
of dressing wounds should be emphasized, and as opportunity arises 
on the home farm, each student should be influenced to put in prac- 
tice what he has learned about the cleanly care of wounds. 
2. ANIMAL Disgases.—Each member of the class is to take an 
assignment of a leading disease of the community. Require the 
preparation of an essay on this disease, describing its symptoms, 
how it is spread, means of prevention, methods of control and treat- 
ment, and estimate the annual loss to the community. In what ways 
may the neighborhood co-operate to eradicate the disease and what 
precautions are necessary to prevent further epidemics and out- 
breaks. 
3. OBSERVATION OF ANIMALS.—(a) Have each student choose a 
class of live stock for observation at home, limiting the choice to 
horses, cattle, sheep or swine. The object is to learn as much about 
habits, movements, likes and dislikes, and other characteristics as 
possible. For instance, how do animals of that class walk? Are 
they suspicious? Why do they move their ears? How do they eat? 
Lie down? Get up? In eating grass how is the head moved? Is it 
the same for other classes? Do cows ever “roll” like horses? How 
does a horse roll anyway? In galloping, does the horse leave the 
ground from one of its hind feet or from a front foot? Which? 
Do cattle ever gallop? Do hogs? Watch an animal and note its 
movements, ways of eating, ways of locomotion, resting and of other 
points that come under your observation. 
(b) What is the most common disease that affects this class of 
farm animals? Is the disease contagious? How is it most generally 
spread? What methods may be employed to prevent infection? 
1f an outbreak occurs, what is to be done to keep the disease in 
check? Now write an essay on your subject—telling in detail all 
the observations you have made. Make this as complete as possible. 
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