25 Things Old Appalachian Farmers Knew About Animals That Nobody Teaches Anymore

25 Things Old Appalachian Farmers Knew About Animals That Nobody Teaches Anymore A county man watched my paw bring a down cow back onto her feet with a bicycle pump. He wrote it down as an old wives' cure. Forty years later the veterinary schools proved Paw had the reason right the whole time. That's just one of twenty-five things the old Appalachian farmers knew about their animals that nobody teaches anymore — the doctoring, the breeding calendar carried in a head with no calendar, the reading of a sick animal before it could tell you. You'll find out which cow-saving trick looks like murder, why a mule will never founder himself but a horse will, and the hardest thing a farmer ever had to know. Every claim here is sourced on screen, the way we always do it — including the honest ones. Historical and educational. Not veterinary, medical, or legal advice. Follow current federal and state law and consult a licensed veterinarian. #Appalachia #Appalachian #MountainLife #Homesteading #OldWays #SelfReliance #Livestock #Homestead #CattleFarming #Mules #RuralAmerica #americanhistory 1. USDA Farmers' Bulletins — swine, poultry, and draft-animal husbandry (public domain) https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/ 2. J.J. Schmidt udder-insufflation method for milk fever (parturient hypocalcemia), c.1897 — veterinary history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_fever 3. Equine laminitis / grain-overload pathophysiology — veterinary reference https://www.merckvetmanual.com/muscul... 4. Ruminal (frothy) bloat / pasture bloat prevention and treatment — extension/veterinary reference https://www.merckvetmanual.com/digest...