144 SECOND THOUSAND QUESTIONS IN AGRICULTURE 



crevices extend from % to fy$ of an inch in the foot. She isn't lame 

 and it does not seem to be sore. I am now keeping her feet as dry as 

 possible. 



Clean out the cracks and crevices in the frog, and pack them with 

 powdered calomel once a day. Also keep feet as dry as possible. 

 This treatment should be kept up till cracks show tendency to grow 

 out sound and all odor leaves. 



Kill Horses With Farcy. 

 What can be done for farcy in horses? 



Farcy or glanders in horses should be treated only by destruction 

 of the animal and either burning or burying the carcass deeply. 



Persistent Neck Scab. 



My horse has a black scab on the back of her neck. It seems ta 

 have a root. 



This is sitfast. Cut it out with a sharp knife and paint it with 

 tincture of iodine daily until healed. 



Bony Growth Under Lip. 



/ have a fine horse colt that has a growth inside his underlip, 

 between Up and the gum. It is a soft, bony substance. Has been cut 

 out twice but grows back again. 



This is a benign cancerous growth which should stay removed if 

 all its substance is taken out when operated on. After removal, it 

 should be painted with tincture of iodine two or three times a day 

 until healed. 



Antidote for Formaldehyde Burning. 



I used formaldehyde which was prescribed for thrush, which worked 

 well and I thought the horse was cured. I find he has ham-like growths 

 growing out of the frog behind on each foot, and when I work him, he 

 becomes quite tender-footed. 



You used your formaldehyde too strong. Get some butter of 

 antimony and paint on growths every two or three days until they 

 disappear. 



Probably Lockjaw. 



My neighbor has two horses afflicted in the hind legs, which seem 

 stiff and sore; next they seem weak in the couplin and stiff in the 

 neck. Two days later both were down perfectly helpless; lay and lashed 

 with their forefeet. They neither eat nor drink. Please give us treat- 

 ment, and is it contagious? 



The trouble is more than likely lock jaw, and the animals are 

 very probably dead before treatment can be applied. This is not a 

 contagious disease. 



