The Question Box. 139 



Question. — Are Jersey cattle more susceptible to tuberculosis 

 than are other dairy breeds ? 



Mr. Van Alstyne.— Most emphatically, no. The report that 

 the Jersey is more susceptible to the disease came from the fact 

 that the first herds tested and found diseased were Jerseys. If 

 other herds had been tested as widely, no doubt just as many 

 animals would have been found diseased. 



Question. — What is the cure or preventive for garget in cows? 



Mr. Van Alstyne. — The best cure is prevention. If, however, 

 the udder become gargety, give the cow a dose of Epsom salts and 

 bathe the udder with water as hot as you can bear your hand in. 

 At the same time work the udder and use every effort to draw the 

 milk. A piece of fat salt pork bound on the udder often reduces 

 the inflammation. The disease is contagious. Therefore, the cow 

 having it should be the last of the herd milked, or else the milker 

 should thoroughly wash his hands before milking a sound cow. 



Mr. Tenner. — I have been troubled with garget in my herds 

 more or less during 60 years, and have invariably found a poultice 

 made of clay, as soft as mortar, and bound on the udder, a sure 

 cure. 



Question. — What is the best remedy or cure for scours in young 

 calves ? 



Mr. Smith. — Laudanum and the white of egg, is said to be a 

 preventive; but I have not the proportionate ingredients tables 

 with me. 



Question. — Does milk fever affect the cow except in the udder, 

 and will injections of something into the udder, cure it? 



Mr. Gould. — " An injection of half a pint of 1 per cent, iodide 

 of potassium, 1 per cent, strength, into each teat. In the mouth, 

 we inject half a pint of whisky, one and one-half pounds of salts, 

 two ounces of ginger, one-half drachm of nux vomica, as a 

 drench. The treatment was repeated once in four hours." The 

 foregoing is a prescription given out by the State veterinarian of 

 Pennsylvania. Our veterinarian has tried the remedy, and suc- 

 ceeded in saving three cows out of five, that were ill with the 

 disease. 



Question. — What can be done for a horse that is stiff in his 

 knees ? Is there any remedy ? 



Dr. Curryer. — ■ I do not know that there is any permanent 

 remedy. An application of angle-worm oil well applied may 

 help him. 



