"FIRST AID TO ANIMALS."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 24 October 1907, Page 3

"FIRST AID TO ANIMALS."

LECTURE BY iHE GOVERNMENT L VETERINAIUAN, IThero was only a moderate attendance last night uit the lecture given by Captain iYoung, under the auspices of the Technical School Committee. Mr Q. Tiseh, chairman of the committee, preThe lecturer opened by referring to published remarks of members of the ttlucntion Board concerning the Stratford dairy classes and their success oy otherwise. He regretted that members should be so prone to jump at conclusions, Their efforts were being appreciated more than they thought. But they should not expect to see the results straight away. They would be evident in from 5 to 10 years from now. It had been stated that the re-. ; suits of the classes had not justified the ' expenditure. If it were riot outside 1 the subject of his lecture, he would have shown that the district was losing I thousands of pounds in various ways because of the want of scientific knowledge. Farmers were in some cases 1 using wrong manures or no manure were allowing gullies to waste instead ; of planting them with shelter trees or mutable grasses. They did not know how to treat sick or injured animals, or ; how to select the best stock for breevling purposes. There was every necessity, then, for technical knowledge on the farm as well as in the trades, if the Government offered £ for £ on the money they possessed, they would jump at the chance. Then when the Government, in a sense, offered £ for £ on the money spent in acquiring knowledge, he thought they should lie anxious to improve themselves. All the world over, technical education was replacing, and must replace, the old ''°™o things, and farmers would} benefit largely fcy acquiring a little mora scientific knowledge of farming. Practical knowledge and experience were gooH, hut they were beten,b,ackeJ t U P ''7 a good theoretical knowledge of an'inal and plant life. Captain Young then, by means of dingrams, imparted some'mW Useful inlTn o .!l C m CCrn T 4 the horsa in and ill-health, and the treatment for Different ailments and wounds. He gave clear and easily.followed directions for the diagnosis of disease, location of injury, and treatment. He touched an a.ds to fractuntion. Hundreds of valuable young animals, he said, would be S. th a mo,e attention attw? JCct was a wide one briefly ffl Urer h . aa ° n, y time to touch briefly on the various heads. Mr 7ones asked the lecturer to »ar something about the shoeing of a horse frequent cause of lameness. Cantain sr?? g wlth t th»l he °T' ld not deal Properly with that unless ] le j, a ,i f)l . specimens of shoes, it would need to hj! leeture in itße ' f - But what t0 Bay abou t "hoeS Newell t° , V , e ' 7 com Pl' m cntary to Aew Zealand blacksmiths. Technical cducatwn would improve shoeing and < e many a horse from ruin. He con and ligament in the horsed hoof ' moVd° y tL th r kS t0 Ca P' ain Young, acclamation. was car ™d, 5 that pwhZf no tl ofe1 Cri r arian Said sion needed as P rofe9 " *♦»*, yet proCbfyt was so dilatory !n obtaining de lates"

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