224 One Thousand Questions in Agriculture 



prevents its admitting the fertilizing cells. If possible, a veterinarian 

 should make a careful examination of this cow in order to determine 

 what the trouble is. However, this treatment may be tried: About 

 the time of coming in heat, give the cow a large dose of glaubers 

 salts (one pound) and the nux vomica and iron treatment advised 

 for "Barren Heifers" in another paragraph. Before breeding the cow, 

 apply a little extract of belladonna and glycerine to the mouth of the 

 womb and breed a few hours after. 



Supernumerary Teat. 



On the upper part of one of the hind teats of a young Jersey cow 

 that freshened recently for the first time, there is a small grozvth from 

 which the milk comes more plentifully than from the natural opening 

 below. How, if at all, can this opening be closed without drying the 

 cow? The milk from it runs all over the milker's hand and makes 

 milking very disagreeable. 



The only thing that can be done until the cow is dry is to tie 

 the small teat up before milking. This can be done with a string, 

 rubber band, or an ordinary clamp. If it is so small that the opening 

 cannot be tied, there is nothing to do, except, perhaps to use her 

 as a nurse for calves. Two of these might run with her at a time, 

 making way for others as soon as they are able to look after them- 

 selves. Quite a number of calves can sometimes be handled in a 

 single year by a cow affected this way and the benefit to the calves 

 might be nearly as much as by using the cow for butter production. 

 When the cow is dry the teat can be amputated and the opening will 

 close when the sore heals, or a stick of lunar caustic can be inserted 

 into it, causing a wound that will heal solid. 



Infection of Udder. 



Last year one of my cows had milk fever which affected her udder. 

 This year after freshening she milked two months when she suddenly 

 went dry on one side of her udder. She is now badly stiffened up in 

 her hind quarters and off her feed. 



The cow has infectious mastitis due to introduction of some in- 

 fection. Give a saline purge (1 pound glauber salt), inject peroxide 

 of hydrogen, after which pump in sterile air. Apply externally 

 camphorated oil once daily. Camphorated oil has a tendency to dry 

 up the secretion of the gland and is used advisedly. 



Lumps in Teats. 



My cozv has hard lumps in her teats and lower part of the bag. 

 These cause pain to her on milking, but there are no other symptoms 

 of disorder. This condition has prevailed several months. 



Give 1 drachm iodide potash daily fpr one week; 2 drachms the 

 second week; 3 drachms the third week, and reduce as you began. 

 If tumors are small and interfere with the flow of milk they can be 

 removed. 



