162 SECOND THOUSAND QUESTIONS IN AGRICULTURE 



two pounds of epsom salts with one ounce of powdered ginger and 

 bathing the udder once or twice daily and rubbing in a mild liniment 

 such as belladonna liniment, will effect a cure. Care must be taken to 

 keep the animal in comfortable quarters and allow plenty of dry 

 bedding. 



Doesn't Hold Her Milk. 



7 have a Holstein cow, a very heavy milker, but she can't hold her 

 milk from noon till night. 

 Milk your cow oftener. 



Milk Squeezes Out. 



My cow loses much of her milk by lying in such a position that it 

 squeezes the milk out. She is naturally an easy milker. 



Apply a saturated solution of tannic acid to the teats two or three 

 times a day. 



Enlargement of Udder. 



What is the best treatment for cows' udders just before and after 

 calving? Some of my heifers have the swelling extending along the 

 milk veins nearly to the forelegs. The last one would not yield to hot 

 water, so I put on some spavin cure, then greased it with lard; it 

 reduced the swelling, but took off some of the skin. 



It is natural for the udder to become enlarged before and after 

 calving, and the (milk) veins are enlarged to carry the blood in 

 sufficient quantity. Leave it alone and it will resume its normal size 

 by itself. Give plenty of exercise to prevent milk fever and see that 

 bowels are regular. 



Dilator for Hard Milker. 



I have a nice heifer which is a hard milker, and I want to know if 

 there is anything one can do for that condition. 



Spend ten minutes massaging the udder before milking. If the 

 orifice of the milk duct in the teat is very small, send to the F. S. Betz 

 Co., Hammond, Ind., for some teat plugs to gradually dilate the 

 opening. Always boil plugs for fifteen minutes before inserting and 

 keep them in a two per cent liq. cresolis comp. solution. Wash off 

 teat with this before inserting. Insert after milking and allow to stay 

 in between milkings. Specify catalog No. 1-15 Teat Plug No. 10L1006, 

 get eight; they cost 25 cents apiece. 



Heifer Holds Milk. 



I have a heifer that has been fresh two months, and she holds 

 her milk in the morning. 



Thorough massage of the udder is the best remedy for a cow 

 which holds up her milk. Spend ten minutes at this night and morning 

 over a period of several weeks. 



