RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 65 



glands take one pound package of Bovolax. Dissolve in a gallon 

 of warm water, and give a quart as a drench every three hours until 

 four consecutive doses are given. Thereafter give one-half ounce 

 of saltpeter in drinking water twice daily. Bathe the udder with 

 warm water one-half hour at a time twice daily and rub with NA- 

 TIONAL ELECTRIC CREAM. If the food is too rich or abund- 

 ant, it must be reduced ; if from acrid plants these must be removed 

 from pasture or fodder. Careful milking is imperative. 



BLUE MILK 



Watery milk is blue, but the presence of a germ causes a dis- 

 tinct blue shade, even in rich milk and cream. It may reach the 

 milk after it has been drawn, or it may find its way into the opening 

 of the milk ducts and enter the milk as it is drawn. 



TREATMENT 



In the latter case frequent milking and a full dose of Bovolax 

 followed with an injection into the teats of a solution of two drams 

 of hyposulphite of soda in a pint of water will serve to destroy them. 



STRINGY MILK 



This may be caused by germs developing in the liquid. The 

 presence of the spores of these germs in the system of the cow may 

 be safely inferred from the fact that in a large herd two or three 

 cows only will yield such milk at a time, and that after a run of ten 

 days or a fortnight they will recover and others will be attacked. I 

 have found that such affected cows had the temperature raised one 

 or two degrees above the others. Like most other fungi this does 

 not grow out into filaments within the body of the cow, but in five 

 or six hours after milking the surface layers are found to be one 

 dense network of filaments. If a needle is dipped into this and lifted, 

 the liquid is drawn out into a long thread. In several cases which 

 have been investigated, the contamination was manifestly due to a 

 spring which oozed out of a bank of black muck soil and stood in 

 pools mixed with the ejections of the animals. Inoculation of pure 

 milk with the water as it flowed out of these banks developed in it 

 the fungus and the stringy characters. By fencing in these springs 

 and giving the affected cows each a full dose of Bovolax followed 

 with two drams of bicarbonate of soda daily, the trouble was arrested 

 promptly and permanently. 



