Soreness of the Feet 103' 



WARTS ON CALVES 



Warts are not hereditary. They may be cut off by the use of a strong 

 sharp thread. Place the thread around the base of the wart and con- 

 tinue to draw it tig}ater every day until the wart is removed. Then se- 

 cure some vaseline and smear the hair all around the wart and paint the 

 wart very lightly with nitric acid applied by a smoothed end glass rod. 

 If the wait starts to grow again apply the acid again. They should be 

 examined once a week to determine whether they are going to groAV 

 again or not. 



SORENESS OF THE FEET OF CATTLE 



There are several causes for soreness in the feet of cattle. Probably 

 the most common cause is a fungus growth appearing between the claws 

 on the heel portion of the foot. This may be easily detected by raising 

 the foot and cleaning away the dirt from the heel. Overgrowth of the 

 claws is a common cause of lameness. 



TREATMENT 



In case of fungus wash all the dirt away and apply two times daily 

 clear concentrated blue vitrol water made by pouring hot water on pul- 

 verized blue stone stirring it up well and allowing it to settle and pour- 

 ing off die clear solution. Then bathe the diseased part of the foot 

 in the water twice daily for four or five days. Pulverized blue stone 

 may be dusted in between the affected places where the trouble is. 

 Proper trimming will remedy over grown claws and removing foreign 

 obstructions, will remedy hardening of foreign matter formed between 

 the claws. 



CONTAGIOUS FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE 



This disease has been known in Europe since about 1750. Minor 

 outbreaks occured in eastern states in 1902 and 1906. In 1914 a con- 

 siderable area of the central western states were refused .the priv- 

 ilege of shipping stock due to one or more outbreaks in each states. 



Europeon countries have learned that quite a large per cent of the 

 cattle die from this disease in some outbreaks while other years where 

 good care can be given to the animals the mortality is very low. Foot 

 and mouth disease attacks hogs, cattle, sheep and goats and no susceptible 

 3iiimals in a herd escapes it. It is the most contagious of all diseases ef- 



