160 SECOND THOUSAND QUESTIONS IN AGRICULTURE 



manner unless it is due to sickness, change of feed, or some other 

 disturbance. Give the cow one to two pounds of epsom salts and one 

 ounce of powdered ginger in a quart of warm water. Keep feed 

 entirely away from her until she commences to purge, which should 

 be about twelve hours, and then feed her lightly at first. After the 

 bowels return to normal give the following twice daily for three days: 

 mustard (ground) 6 ounces, powdered ammonia carbonate 6 ounces, 

 powdered nux vomica \ l /> ounces, powdered gentian 6 ounces, and 

 powdered ginger 6 ounces. Mix and divide into six powders, giving 

 one powder in l / 2 pound of molasses and 2 pints of ale or beer. 



Discharge From Cow After Calving. 



/ have a cow that held her afterbirth for a week or so. Since 

 then she has a white discharge. 



Douche out this cow twice a day with one gallon of water con- 

 taining one drachm potassium permanganate until discharge ceases. 

 Sometimes a cow may seem to clean and still retain a small piece of 

 the after-birth when she calved. Continue douching until the flow 

 stops and she comes in heat again. 



Locating Source of Bloody Milk. 



What shall I do for a cow which has blood in her milk? 



This is caused from an injury. Let some milk from the first and 

 last flow from each teat stand in different glasses, so that the gland 

 giving the bloody milk can be detected, then inject half water and 

 half hydrogen dioxide, thoroughly kneading the gland, after which 

 milk the gland of every vestige of fluid. Repeat once daily for several 

 days, then test with the glasses again. 



Udder Trouble From Injuries. 



/ have a cow that was hooked in the bag and that quarter has> 

 become hard. I used a milk tube and soon got infection, resulting 

 in some slight inflammation, and some hard lumps. These teats recently 

 dried up completely. One of the remaining teats then started to give 

 bloody milk, and has since been inflamed and is now dry. Today the 

 last teat which I have tried to dry off is full of garget and the quarter 

 has become swollen. 



Apply the following to the affected parts once only: oleate of 

 mercury, 2 ounces; adeps lanum, 2 ounces. Give internally the follow- 

 ing: red iodide of mercury, 90 grains; potassium iodide, 4 ounces, 

 water enough to make one pint. Dose: one tablespoonful twice daily. 



Lump on Udder. 



/ have a cow that got a swollen udder one night about a week 

 ago and it turned a bluish color. Noiv the bluish color has gone, 

 but it has settled in a hard lump on one side of her udder. It does 



