CHAPTER XLIII. 



ANSWERED BY DR R. M. DODDS. MANKATO, MINN. 



Question. I have a mare that has a running sore on lower jaw, 

 caused by ulcerated tooth, what can I do for it? A. Have the ulcerated 

 tooth extracted by a competent man. He may have to trephine the 

 jaw to obliterate the fistula. 



Question. What is best to do for a horse whose shoulder has become 

 puffed and swollen, and has been opened; it still remains swollen, but no 

 discharge. A. Open it up thoroughly by a free incision of knife to 

 bottom of tumor, and dress daily with a saturated solution of chlorid 

 of zinc. If it is necessary to work the animal cut out a portion of sweat 

 pad over tumor. 



Question. What is the correct treatment for azoturia? A. As pre- 

 vention is always better than cure, advice should be given in that direc- 

 tion. Horses regularly worked and fed are never the subjects of this mal- 

 ady. If you have no work for your horses, turn them out for exercise, al- 

 ways cutting down their feed. Dr. Reynolds, Experimental Farm, St. 

 Anthony Park, has prepared an excellent treatise on this disease, which 

 it will be well foi you to send to him for. You will find it the most 

 practical exposition of the subject, both canst and treatment, in the 

 English language. 



Question. How much hay does a 1,000-pound horse require? A. It 

 will depend on circumstances entirely — the kind of horse and the duty 

 required of him. 



Question. What is the best liniment for barb wire cuts? A. Raw 

 linseed oil, one pint; carbolic acid, one ounce. Keep the wounds satu- 

 rated all the time with this. Will do in all kinds of conditions and 

 weather. 



Question. I have a colt, coming two years old, that has puffs on 

 hock joints, both in front and on each side. Both hind legs are alike, 

 is not lame, colt is quite large of its age. What will be best to do for it, 

 or will it come out all right? A. Considering that the colt is a 

 growthy fellow it will be better to let it alone, as it is most likely 

 dropsical and will probaby disappear with age and careful usage. 



Question. I have a horse that has a lump, or soft, puffy enlarge- 

 ment, inside of the fore pastern joint. What can I do to get rid of it? A. 

 What you describe as a lump, or soft, puffy enlargement, inside the 

 pastern joint, is probably nothing but a so-called wind gall in the sheath 

 of the flexor tendon. It is not apt to cause lameness, and since it is 



