usually worse in wet years. The goats
affected become thin and weak. They usually scour. Sometimes the worm,
or part of the worm, can be found in the feces. These same symptoms are
caused by starvation, so the two should not be confounded. There are
many drenches in use for the treatment of this trouble, and some of the
proprietary remedies have given some relief. Goats running on dry, high
land are rarely affected.

Verminous pneumonia of sheep may also occur in goats.

FOOT ROT.

Foot rot is a disease which affects both goats and sheep, if they are
kept on low wet land. It rarely proves fatal, and can be cured if the
cause is removed, but it sometimes causes a good deal of trouble. The
goats' feet swell between the toes and become so sore that the animals
are compelled to walk on their knees. It can be cured by carefully
trimming the feet and using solutions of blue stone. Goats should not be
put on wet land.

Sometimes the glands of the neck enlarge, a condition known as goitre.
This is sometimes fatal with kids, but usually cures itself. There is no
known remedy for it, but it is comparatively rare.

Anthrax, tuberculosis, pleuro-pneumonia and meningitis, will affect
goats, but these diseases are very rare. Some of the southern goats have
swollen ears, but what the cause of this trouble is no one has yet
determined.

POISONS.

There are several plants which will poison goats, but very little is
known about them. Some of the laurel family are responsible for the
death of a good many goats yearly, and some milk-weeds will kill if
taken in sufficient amount at certain times of the year. These plants
should be avoided as much as possible. Treatment has been rather
unsatisfactory. If the poisoned animal is treated at once, an active
purgative may rid the system of the irritant. Epsom salts and crotin oil
have given relief.

Mr. Schreiner describes an epidemic of pleuro-pneumonia which destroyed
many flocks of Angora goats in South Africa. The disease was effectually
stamped out in that country, and it has never appeared in American
flocks. Mr. Thompson has described a disease called Takosis, which was
supposed to have caused the death of many goats in the Eastern States,
and along the Missouri River Valley. Some claimed that this trouble was
caused by change of climate, others thought that it was starvation or
lack of proper care. There is very little evidence of it now in the
United States. All in all, th