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if oat our readers ever tested the different methods in a general way, and, 
fee What has been the result ? Is it really a matter of more importance than 
ects to be at first sight? We think it quite true that with the. advent of 
me ae milker cows may begin to fail in their milk, both in quantity and in 
y ire We are quite sure there are some men who would put the cows ‘dry 
in em bad methods of milking. We can readly see how a bad-tempered man 
" _ profane man might decrease the yield 25 or 380 per cent. The milker must 
at the oo eore— that is, in full sympathy with the cow, if she is to do her best 
effort Bae Now, can that sympathy, that co-operation, that combination | of 
ee or the accomplishment of a definite purpose be best secured by allowing 
like fe eat while being milked or not? ‘That is the question on which we would 
0 have the experience and observation of our readers.— Wallace’s Farmer. 
The Horse. 
STABLE NOTES. 
By W. C. QUINNELL, M.R.C.V.S. 
DISEASES OF HORSES. 
ErysIPELas. 
disegge Pela commonly known as St. Anthony’s fire, is a specific febrile 
disorde ue to the presence of a virus—the streptococcus erysipelatous. ‘This 
ea tS characterised by diffuse inflammation of the skin and subsequent 
heat With an eruption not developed in every case ; much pain, swelling, and 
and viii hen occurring in association with an Injury 1t 1s termed traumatic, 
en rising spontaneously it is then called idiopathic. 
Variettes. 
l. Simple is a rare form, and when seen it is a mild affection. 
hlegmonous form is the one most frequently met with in the horse. 
severe and usually an exceptionally fatal type, as it involves the skin, 
ous and other tissues. 
Symptoms may be divided in (a) general and (4) local. 
Si (@) General Symptoms.—The fever is ushered in by a shivering fit, the 
ig ete gradually rises, and there is muscular pain. Digestive disturbance 
breath hee by the mouth being dry and hot, the tongue coated or furred, the 
‘itn 4: oe epee offensive smell, and the bowels are constipated ; accompanied by 
and depraved appetite. 
Doticeabl Local Symptoms of the Simple Form.—It consists in redness (not easily 
neg € in all horses), roughness, and slight swelling of the skin, which, on 
mh " Me being applied with the fingers, pits. Formation of vesicles takes place 
HY cases, and desquamation follows. ; 
ne Local Symptoms of the Phlegmonous Variety —Swellings which pit upon 
Tawny, With the progress of the disease the parts become harder, more 
Nu 2? 224 more painful, and the tension of the skin over the parts is increased. 
evel vesicles, preceded and accompanied by serious discharge, may be 
the se ped. They are, when formed, a characteristic feature of erysipelas. In 
verer forms the discharge of the vesicles becomes bloody and albuminous. 
temps inflammatory changes taking place in the subcutaneous tissue may 
It is 
Ver 
Subentave 
inate j teas aa ! 
See in the formation of pus, and so it is that large portions of skin and 
cesar ay be destroyed. But in cases where the inflammatory process 1s not 
Speedin the discharge or effusion is absorbed ; consequently the vesicles 
8 Y dry up and form scales, which gradually drop off. 
