10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 9, 1960 Oats For Horses May Be Cause Of Heaves A physically handicapped horsewoman from Massachu setts has discovered what may be a cure for heaves - one of horsedom’s worst maladies ~ The disease, long consid c od to be chronic, progres sve and often hopeless, is apparantly tied in with fo od allergies. This is the con clusion arrived at from long studies and the experiences of hundreds of horsemen. But strangely enough it was npt a medically trained specialist who discovered the practical approach to the Now Available at ROHRER'S 7.5 Orthocide Dust FOR SEED POTATO TREATMENT SMOKETOWN. PA. Ph. Lane. EX 7-3539 - BBBBBBBBBBBBIIBBHBBBIBBI IBIBBBBBBBIIr* MAKE NO MISTAKE Conestoga Brand Fertilizers Are Made in Penna. for Penna. 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A nine-year-old thorough bred in advanced stages of heaves began to show signs of improvement within 24 hours after her first meal of the new mixture. Within five weeks after this horse had been pronounced “hope less” by several veterinar ians, she was sound enough to be ridden in a hunt. Instead of the usual diet of oats and hay, several horses under the care of Mrs Montgomery received only the new mixture with water soaked beet pulp and molasses. Remarkable recov eries led to the conclusion that the cause of heaves is bound up with some sub stance in hay or oats Medical specialists have and Conditions WEED KILLERS A ... FLORIN, PENNA. “It pays to__use chemicals safely”, is the theme of three new leaflets released this week hy -the United States Department of Agriculture The leaflets, pointed at three segments of the busi ness of farming, stress the importance of reading all labels carefully and follow ing those instructions .to the letter. Each of the three leaflets point out that exact amounts of any chemical should be used and only at recom mended times. Failure to follow recommendations may result in agriculture produce illegal for interstate ship ment because ,of excesivo residue. The leaflets, available from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Govern ment Printihg Office, Wash ington 25, D. C. at a nomi nal cost, are numbered as follows Field Crops, USDA Leaflet No 470; Livestock USDA Leaflet No 472; Fruit and Vegetables, USDA Leaf let No. 471. indicated that the informat ion may be used in the st udy of people suffering from emphysema, a disease invol ving the stretching or rupt ure of the air sacks causing the lungs to lose their elas ticity and making exhalation of air difficult. Emphysema in human beings is very sim ilar in nature to heaves in horses. 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