Original Investigations In Cattle Diseases In Nebraska

Author : Frank S. Billings
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282063528
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Original Investigations of Cattle Diseases in Nebraska written by Frank S. Billings and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Original Investigations of Cattle Diseases in Nebraska: Revised and Augmented According to Latest Investigations Let us now subject these views Of Mr. John Gamgee to critical analysis. It is self-evident that the above statements are all of an a priori - that is, without proof - character; that Mr. Gamgee had actu ally neither practical knowledge of, nor 'experience with, the disease Of which he was writing. Yet it seems highly probable that he is the responsible authority for the prevalence Of these ideas in the minds of the American veterinarians of to-day, and in our literature. In fact, Mr. Gamgee accepted and but repeated the idea prevailing more or less among cattlemen of the time, who, on observing disease sometimes occurring in their cattle after being turned into stalk fields in the fall and winter, and seeing, or perhaps supposing, smutty corn to be present, and nothing else to attribute the trouble to, jumped to the conclusion that the smut must Of necessity be the cause. They did not, nor did Mr. Gamgee, stop and think that hundreds Of cattle in adjoining fields, or those near by, were also turned into corn-stalks and at the same time of the year, and still did not become ill, nor did they, or he, go into these fields and examine for the existence of smut. A little common sense and critical consideration, combined with exact Observation, should demonstrate to any practical man that dry corn stalks of themselves could never have caused the trouble, nor could the smut. It is a well known fact that many cattle acquire a decided taste for corn smut, and even seek it out, and no evil results have ever occurred therefrom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.