Diseases of Animals 223 



A Neck-Swelling. 



My cow has a swelling under her neck betzveen her jaw bones about 

 the size of a baseball and almost as hard.. It is not attached to anything 

 apparently, but largely suspended by the skin at the entrance to the throat. 



Cut directly through the center of the enlargement, clean to the 

 bottom, splitting it wide open. Clean it out with peroxide of hydrogen, 

 after which saturate absorbent cotton with tincture iodine, pack in tight 

 and sew the skin to hold it in place. Remove the dressing in 48 hours 

 and wash with sheep dip (tablespoon to 1 quart of warm water) twice 

 daily. This may be tubercular, or the result of foxtail, etc. 



Cow Chewing Bones, 



One of my cozvs is continually chewing bones. What can I do to 

 prevent iff 



Give the cow good clean hay; some root crop, cocoanut meal, 

 bran or soy-bean meal. If the cow does not stop mix in the drink- 

 ing water twice daily a little dilute hydrochloric acid. Also, have 

 boxes arranged near feeding stalls which contain wood ashes, slaked 

 lime and salt. 



Swelling on the Dewlap. 



/ have a cow that has a large lump at the point of the breastbone, 

 the deivlap. This lump is as large as a cocoanut, and zvas caused, I 

 think, by friction against a low manger in eating. 



Get equal parts of tincture of iodine and soap liniment and rub 

 onto the swelling twice daily for a week. 



Barren Heifers. 



/ have three heifers, j years old, which have run with the bull right 

 along and have failed with calf; have had three different bulls to them; 

 zi'hat can be done? 



There is a possibility of contagious abortion causing these heifers 

 to fail to breed. If this has occurred in the herd, the heifers are 

 very apt to be aflfected. If apparently healthy, reduce tTie feed and 

 make the heifers take considerable exercise to reduce flesh. Give 

 each a dram of powdered nux vomica and one-half dram of dried 

 sulphate of iron once daily in a little feed. Breed to a healthy bull 

 when the heifers come in heat. 



A Sterile Cow. 



/ have a very fine Jersey cozv. I have had her to the bull every 

 month, and can't get her with calf. 



In an isolated case of this kind there is probably some disease of 

 the generative organs or some condition whereby the impregnation 

 cannot occur even when the animal is bred. The ovaries may be 

 cystic; there may be chronic inflammation of the womb and possibly 

 the mouth of the womb was injured at last calf birth and the scar 



