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PURE BRED DRAFT HORSES 
University of Missouri, Woodside Farm, Maple Lawn Farm, Truman’s 
Pioneer Stud Farm, Irvinedale Farm, Lakewood Farm, and the Gossard 
Breeding Estates, give colic as the common ailment of the stud horse. 
According to Hooper, the same trouble, colic, is a common derangement 
of the alimentary system of stallions in the farms of Central Kentucky. 
At the Oaklawn Farm colic and lung fever are mentioned as common ail¬ 
ments; at the Pentoila Stock Farm, influenza; at the Longview Stock 
Farm, colic and clogging of bdwels; at the Arngibbon Farm, distemper; 
at the Wisconsin University, founder, over-heatedness, lameness, colic; at 
the Oakdale Farm, distemper, so that, according to Good, the stallion, be¬ 
fore the breeding season, is treated rwith serum (procured from Dr. Meyer, 
Wenona, Illinois) in order to prevent the occurrence of this malady; and 
according to the Lefebure Sons’ Co., the stallion commonly gets the “ship¬ 
ping fever” when being sent out, to prevent which serum is also used be¬ 
fore the animal is shipped. Stericker is authority in saying that colic and 
gastritis are common ailments of the stallion, which, however, are mostly 
caused by injudicious feeding. 
Edmonds, Ritchie, and Stericker are all of the opinion that a veterinarian 
should always be summoned for any disturbance that might befall the 
stud horse, and as Ritchie says, “Better not experiment with a good stal¬ 
lion unless one has had some experience.” But in four farms—the Oak- 
lawn Farm, Longview Stock Farm, Pentoila Stock Farm, and Truman’s 
Pioneer Stud Farm—colic is being remedied without the aid of a veteri¬ 
narian. At the Wisconsin University the veterinary surgeon is called for 
all diseases except for the most common ones. Among other breeding es¬ 
tablishments in which some diseases are remedied without the assistance 
of a qualified practitioner may be mentioned the Gossard Breeding Es¬ 
tates, in which only those calling for surgical operation are considered as 
requiring the work of the veterinarian; the Arngibbon Farm, where the 
practice is to take care of cuts, bruises, colic, and distemper without outside 
consultation; at the Iowa State College, where it is considered safe to treat 
influenza, grease, and cuts without the aid of the veterinarian; and the 
Lefebure Sons’ Co., where the veterinarian service is considered a neces¬ 
sity only in treating cases of cholera, colic, or other of like severity. At 
the latter stud those that are cured in the absence of the veterinarian are 
cuts for which they use tincture of iodine; navel, for which also tincture 
of iodine is employed; and distemper, which is cured with the application 
of Spohn’s medicine. Spohn’s preparation is also used for worms at this 
farm. At the Maplegrove Farm all diseases and accidents, save castra¬ 
tion, are handled without calling the certified practitioner, and at the Ir¬ 
vinedale Farm it is the absolute policy to remedy all diseases that may 
occur among their stallions by themselves. Peterson remarks that “some 
grooms are about as good as the average veterinarian and do a lot of home 
doctoring.” 
