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little fellow, say, smaller than a fox terrier, 
reduce this prescribed dose by half. The 
skin is the surest indication of the dog’s 
condition, and if it feels burning and 
feverish the above method of treatment 
should be resorted to. If the normal 
condition does not return you must look 
for the symptoms of some of the summer 
complaints to which the dog is subject. 
Indigestible food, tainted water, too 
much green food, dirty kennels or a num¬ 
ber of allied causes may result in diar¬ 
rhoea. Prevention is the safest and best 
cure and works in keeping garbage, decay¬ 
ing animal matter and spoiled or stale 
food out of the dog's way. Small doses 
of castor oil will give relief. If the animal 
appears to be in pain give very small doses 
of laudanum. 
If fleas or any other parasites attack, 
be quick to give the dog your assist¬ 
ance, as he suffers cruelly in this weather. 
If you are partial to a powder rem¬ 
edy be sure to use it out on the lawn, 
as it often simply drives the fleas away 
from the animal without killing them, and 
they are unwelcome visitors. 
Fits or convulsions, the bane of the 
puppy’s life in summer, are often blam- 
able to the master. Teasing, mauling and 
fondling during excessive heat are pro¬ 
vocative of attacks. But fits are not neces¬ 
sarily fatal, and they certainly do not re¬ 
quire shooting. Rest and quiet will do 
more to cure your dog than a thousand 
nostrums. Handle him as little and in as 
gentle a manner as possible. Simply see 
that he does not hurt himself. Keep him in 
a cool, darkened room and when he has 
ceased to tremble and is relaxed, dose with 
from 2 to 20 grains of potassium bromide 
in camphor water. Keep this up for a 
few days and give a very light diet—some 
say a milk food only. 
We can order different foods for our¬ 
self when the thermometer goes up, but 
the dog must take what he gets. His diet 
demands a change in summer as well as 
his master’s. Don’t keep on giving fat and 
heating foods and expect your dog to be 
healthy. After experimenting at a well- 
known kennel, a diet the main part of 
which was rice proved the most efficacious 
for hot weather. The rice was well cooked 
in a double boiler and mixed with either 
milk, buttermilk, soup or soup meat. It 
must be thoroughly cooked or skin troubles 
result. In the latter part of August cooked 
rolled oats mixed with equal parts of rice 
and hominy worked well, as the small 
amount of corn meal seems very beneficial 
if perfectly cooked. Give these things a 
little of your attention; see that the dog’s 
meat is sweet and clean and his food prop¬ 
erly cooked or you don't deserve to own 
him. 
In general then, give a little care to your 
dog during the summer; he deserves it. 
Don't let him be mauled and hauled or 
made to run and play when he is hot. Give 
him a vacation too, he’ll repay you in the 
cool weather, when he can romp and play 
without any of the ill effects. 
Arthur W. Dean 
TJ 
W HAT for,” you 
ask. “As a 
matter of pre¬ 
servation,” we answer. 
“But my trees are all 
right,” you reply, “so 
why go to any expense 
about them?” 
“Simply because they 
look all right does not 
prove they are all 
right,” is our answer. 
“Only a careful inspec¬ 
tion such as we give, 
can prove that.” 
In that terrific storm 
which swept over so 
many states this June, 
the number of trees 
with shattered limbs 
and split down trunks was most conclusive 
evidence that a tree's •weakness is not ap¬ 
parent to the casual observer. 
Of the hundreds of trees which we were 
called upon to repair, as a result of that 
storm, a surprising number we found were 
being riddled by leopard moths. 
These insects bore into big limbs in such a way 
that they at once seriously weaken them be¬ 
sides leaving numerous open doors for rapid decay 
to enter. Many a fine old tree was totally destroyed 
by that storm simply because its trunk was so 
riddled it could not stand the strain. Yet in most 
cases its true condition was a complete surprise to 
Lik.. 
is the leopard moth 
that lays its eggs in 
your finest trees. 
And this is a life 
size pupa that de¬ 
velops from those 
eggj. 
The Leopard Moth 
And this is an example of 
the results of the leopard 
moth. It takes two whole 
years of live wood eating 
to satisfy his appetite. 
the owner. By far 
the larger number of 
those trees could have 
been saved by giving 
them the prompt at¬ 
tention which one of our inspections would have 
revealed to be necessary. The cost of such re¬ 
pairs certainly seems trivial in comparison to hav¬ 
ing your trees permanently disfigured or totally de¬ 
stroyed. 
The care of trees is our sole business, and has 
been for years. If you value your trees and want 
to make sure of their sound condition—send for 
one of our inspectors. Glad to mail you our 
booklet — “Trees — The Care They Should Have.” 
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