DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE. 279 



BLUE MILK. 



This is where the milk is watery looking- and very blue. 



Causes. — From little gferms, called bacillus cyanog-enus, get- 

 ting up into the teat. The only way to be sure it is caused by 

 these germs is to examine the milk with a microscope. 



Treatment. — With a small glass syringe inserted into the 



passage of the teat inject some of the following each time after 



milking : 



Hyposulphite of Soda 1 dram. 



VVater , 1 pint. 



Shake well before injecting, and after a few injections the 



milk will be all right. 



STRINGY MILK. 



Causes. — From swallowing small germs while drinking out of 

 stagnant pools of water. 



Symptoms. — A few days after the germs are swallowed the 

 cow's milk will be curdy and stringy looking, mixed with water, 

 and will come out in jerks when milking. It will be like this for 

 a few days, then get all right for a week or so when it will come 

 on again. Generally two or three cows out of a large herd will 

 be affected in the same way. 



Treatment. — If it is caused from drinking out of low springs 

 or pools keep the cows away from the water by fencing it off, and 

 give two drams, or one teaspoonful of bisulphite of soda in a mash ' 

 every night, which will soon make the milk all right, and the dis- 

 ease will not come back on her again. 



CHAPPED OR SORE TEATS. 



Causes. — This is caused from milking with rough hands; or 

 from the cow running through long grass and wetting and irritat- 

 ing the teat; or it may be caused from flies. 



Treatment. — Each time before milking wash the teats off 



with luke warm water and a little castile soap, then after you 



have milked her rub the teats with the following salve : 



Vaseline 2 ounces 



Oxide of Zinc 1 dram. 



Carbolic Acid 10 drops. 



Mix well together and put in a box large enough to hold it. 

 This is a cheap and a grand healing salve for any kind of sores 

 around the bag. 



