338 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY . 
Gentlemen, remember ever, that “ like begets like.” We have 
no rule or exception to this. Then I earnestly exhort you, as you 
value your own interest, and the interests of your country, upon 
no account breed from diseased animals, whether horse, cow, 
sheep, hog or fowl. One little idea I wish to give here, that i^, 
whenever you stop your horse, especially in cold windy weather, 
be sure to turn his tail to the wind, then the centre of the circu¬ 
lation will be in a measure protected from the immediate action 
of the cold. Besides, the buggy or sleigh helps materially to break 
it off. This I admit is a simple suggestion, yet, of more importance 
than at first might appear, and may prevent an attafik of rheuma¬ 
tism. 
CURE. 
Gentlemen, the best cure is the prevention. 5Tea, it is said to 
be better than cure, and so in my opinion it really is. One of the 
best medicines for rheumatism I know of is, for outward applica¬ 
tion, oil of cedar, 2 parts, sulphuric ether, 1 part, proof spirits, 
16 pints, (that is, one-half water and alcohol,) mix ether and cedar 
first, then add the spirits ; rub the affected parts with this, and 
relief is almost sure. 
For inward uSe. Give 1 fluid dram of fluid extract of colcki- 
cum root, night and morning, or if very bad, three times a day. Mix 
in a little warm rain water. Bepeat this for three or four days. Then 
leave off colchicum and give 25 grains iodide of potassium in cne- 
fourth pint of rain water, every morning until you find symptoms 
much improved. Then gradually leave off all medicines and feed 
carefully, give gentle exercise and watch closely your patient. 
The same for ox or cow, one-fifth for sheep or hog, one-twentieth, 
for a fowl. 
In this disease are required all the manliness and patient kind¬ 
ness which we ought as men to possess. Be humane and con¬ 
siderate to your sick animals always. 
Dark, damp stables and cow houses are a great cause of 
rheumatism among our stock, and should not be used, for if a 
farmer cannot afford to house his animals with some degree of 
comfort, he cannot really afford to have any, and should first fill 
the proverb, of having a stable before purchasing a horse. 
