226 One Thousand Questions in Agriculture 



Cause of "Loss of Cud." 



About three months ago a pure-bred Jersey commenced to fail on 

 her milk and soon zvent dry, although on good feed. Did not seem to 

 be sick, but did not eat ravenously as she generally did, and little was 

 thought of it. During the past six zveeks she has failed rapidly. Does 

 not chew her cud, froths at the mouth, runs at the eyes, and when she 

 eats anything much it bloats her. In fact, she seems bloated all the 

 time. She is lifeless and zvill hardly move around, getting very thin, 

 and hair standing the wrong way. Is there such a thing as a cow losing 

 her cud? 



Most people imagine a cow's cud is something material. As a 

 matter of fact, in a certain sense the words appetite and cud are 

 synonym.ous. You can say a cow has lost her appetite or a cow has 

 lost her cud. Now, any sickness severe enough will cause a cow to 

 lose her appetite. The bloating is caused from indigestion secondary 

 to some organic disease, probably tuberculosis. Keep up the cow's 

 strength by giving condensed foods or drenches of egg-nogg_, gruel 

 or greens. Give warm salt-water injections twice daily and give the 

 following mixture: Quinine sulphate, 2 ounces; Antipyrine, 1 ounce; 

 ammonia muriate, 3 ounces; alcohol. 1 quart; water 1 quart. Mix; 

 give 2 ounces every four hours. 



Calf Dysentery. 



/ zvould like to knozv the reason for bloody discharges front the 

 bozvels of a young six-day-old calf. There is a looseness of the bowels 

 and the blood is intermingled zvith the excrement. There is not a profuse 

 amount of blood, nor is it very dark in color, and it seems to be accom- 

 panied zvith mucus or light, thick substance. 



This is dysentery, due to scours so prevalent in calves. Give 

 6 ounces olive oil, 4 drachms bismuth subnitrate and 1 drachm Pear- 

 son's creoline. The discharge is very dangerous to other animals. 



Bovine Rheumatism. 



Our Jersey cow got somewhat lame one year ago in one hip or leg 

 after calving but soon got better. Last June when she came in one 

 leg was lame. It seems to be in the stiifle joint and the first one above. 

 When she zmlks she gets real lame. 



Rheumatism is the trouble here. Give the following powder: 

 Soda salic3date, 3 ounces; salol, 2 ounces; pulv. gentian root, 2 ounces. 

 Mix and make 24 powders. Give four dail3^ Apply Pratt's, a good 

 veterinary liniment. 



Bleeding for Blackleg. 



/ have read several articles on blackleg, and it seems strange to me 

 that no mention is made of an operation that is an absolute preventive, 

 namely, bleeding in the feet. 



