DAIRY REMEDIES l6/ 



some 90 per cent. Soon after the disease is de- 

 veloped the throat becomes paralyzed and the cow 

 cannot swallow. If then fed at the mouth, she is 

 likely to choke to death. The pint cup used in the 

 Babcock test and about three feet of rubber tube, 

 about the size used with nursing bottles, are used. 

 A silver or rubber milking tube is inserted in the 

 free end. In absence of this a good quill will do. 

 After disinfection with hot water and cleansing the 

 hands, udder and teats with hot water, 120 grains 

 (two drams) iodide potassium, are dissolved in one 

 quart of water that has been previously boiled and 

 allowed to cool to 100 degrees. The milk tube is 

 then introduced in each of the teats and one-half 

 pint of potassium solution is injected by holding the 

 cup as high above the udder as the length of the tube 

 will allow. The udder should be milked dry be- 

 fore the operation, after which it should be rubbed 

 from the teat toward the body. 



Just prior to the publishing of this book, a novel 

 remedy for milk fever was announced and has re- 

 ceived recognition from the agricultural depart- 

 ment of the United States, in circular No. 45 of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, issued by Dr. D. E. 

 Salmon. Many remarkable cures are credited to 

 its use. The treatment is as follows : After cleans- 

 ing the hands and the udder, and disinfecting the 

 implements, a clean towel is placed under the udder, 

 previously emptied of milk. An ordinary bicycle 

 pump with silver or rubber tube to be inserted in 

 the teat is used to fill each quarter of the udder with 

 air, and a rubber band or soft cloth string applied 

 to each teat to retain the air By gentle massage 



