1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
177 
LIVE STOCK— Continued. 
Save the lambs. 
201 Jersey cows tested over 14 pounds of 
butter per week in 1890. 
CnESTER White Breeders, C. H. Gregg, 
Krumroy, Ohio, secretary. 
Cheshire Swine Breeders, R. E. Coe, 
Kirkville, N. Y., president. 
Canadian Percheron Breeders, R. 
Auzias, Turenne, Montreal, secretary. 
South Dakota Live Stock Breeders, O. P. 
Kemp, Watertown, president, W. F. F. 
Bushnell, Huron, secretary. 
Dutch Belted Cattle Breeders, R. H. 
Coleman, Cornwall, Pa., president, H. B. 
Richards, Easton, Pa., secretary. 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association, J. F. 
Converse, New York, president, C. M. 
Winslow, Brandon,Vermont, secretary. 
The dispersion sale of the Belle Meade 
stock farm promises to be quite an event in 
Holstein history. Over 150 head of choice 
HolHteins will be sold at auction, and some 
rare bargains can be made by those who at¬ 
tend. This is the herd lately owned by ex- 
Senator McPherson. The farm itself will 
be sold also. 
Ayer & McKinney recently sold the Jer¬ 
sey bull calf Michigan Stoke Pogisto John 
I. Breck, of Paw Paw, Mich. Mr. Breck 
seems pleased with his purchase as the fol¬ 
lowing note will testify: “ Michigan Stoke 
Pogis 26637 arrived yesterday morning, 
and when we opened the door of the ware¬ 
house, he stood there chewing his cud as 
complacently as a school girl could possibly 
chew gum. He was in good condition, and 
I am more than pleased with him, and I 
think he does the breeders a great credit at 
the price paid for him, considering his own 
excellence and that of his ancestors. Cer¬ 
tainly no more than justice was done in the 
description given of him, and I hardly think 
enough. My stable has been thronged with 
admirers since became. My farm is only a 
quarter of a mile from town, so it is quite 
handy for visitors.” 
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a little air in the lungs: Such is the life 
of man.” But when this life is threatened 
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AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERED BY DR. KILBORNE. 
Kicking Cow. 
C. L., Chatham, N. J. —One of my cows 
is apparently healthy in every way, and 
naturally gentle, yet when she is being 
milked she kicks so that she has to be 
bound before the milk can be drawn. She 
doesn’t act so at first, but gets so after she 
has come in. Milking seems to pain her, 
but there is no visible sore. What should 
be the treatment ? 
Ans.—I s there any cake—garget—or hard 
lump in the udder ? If so, rub with com¬ 
pound iodine ointment. If not, and there 
is no special tenderness in either quarter, 
the kicking is probably due to habit, 
the correction of which will be largely a 
matter of tact in the milker. The com¬ 
mon methods employed to prevent the 
kicking are to span the hind limbs just 
above the hocks with a strap wound en. 
tirely around each limb and then buckled 
tightly together ; to tie the rear foot well 
backward so that the toe can just reach 
the floor but not enough to allow the cow 
to bear any weight upon that foot. Occa¬ 
sionally in wanton or vicious kickers, 
judicious punishment will keep the habit 
in check. 
Abortion In Cows. 
O. G. B., Manchester, Vt.— What is the 
cure of abortion in cows and what will 
prevent it? I have been told of “vets” who 
give some lymph hypodermically, and pro¬ 
fess that it is a sure preventive. What does 
The Rural say? 
Ans. —There is no known cure for abor¬ 
tion in cows; in fact an abortion can rarely 
be averted when once the symptoms have 
developed. Those “ vets ” and their 
“ lymph ” are humbugs, and should be let 
entirely alone. The regular qualified vet¬ 
erinary surgeon has no patent “ cure all ” 
or infallible lymph. The only satisfactory 
treatment for abortion is that or preven¬ 
tion; and this consists largely In avoiding 
the various causes which are known or 
supposed to favor or cause the mishap. 
Lameness In a Horse. 
J. E. A., El Dorado, Cal. —In answer to 
the questions asked by Dr. F. L. Ktlborne 
regarding my lame horse, in the issue of 
The Rural of January 3, the lameness 
seems to be in both fore feet, in the right 
the worst. In standing he sometimes rests 
one foot and then the other. Working or 
resting seems to make no difference in his 
lameness, which appears to be the same on 
soft or hard ground. He doesn’t drag his 
feet; but in putting them down he strikes 
the toes first and keeps them worn off 
short. He cannot step over a bar 15 inches 
high without some trouble; while the 
other horses step over it with ease. He 
always limps when turning round short as 
in plowing or harrowing. 
Ans. —The symptoms indicate a case of 
complicated lameness. Remove the shoe. 
Apply a flaxseed poultice to the whole foot 
and renew it daily for three or four days. 
Then clip the hair from the front and sides 
of the pastern, from the hoof upward for a 
distance of two inches. Rub in well for 15 
or 20 minutes acerateofcantharides blister 
and let it remain for 24 hours, or until the 
blister is well raised. Then carefully wash 
off and apply vaseline daily until nearly 
healed, when the blistering should be re¬ 
peated. Continue until blistered two or 
three times. While the blister is on and 
for two or three days afterwards, the head 
should be kept tied to a high rack so that 
the horse cannot reach his foot with his 
mouth. During treatment give daily walk¬ 
ing exercise (except when tied as above) in 
a small yard or large box stall, and 
keep the hoof coated with an ointment 
of pine tar and vaseline melted to¬ 
gether, to prevent the drying of the hoof. 
Or add one-half of a dram of the red iodide 
of mercury to ono ounce of the cerate of 
cantharides ointment, rub well together 
and use for the blister. Report the result 
of this treatment in three to four weeks 
for further treatment. A restricted diet, 
with roots or a bran mash once daily to 
keep the bowels loose, would be desirable. 
When again put to work, it should be 
gradually and only at a moderate pace for 
two or three months. 
Abortion In a Cow. 
Subscriber, Janvier, N. J.—On May 1 
my six-year-old Jersey cow aborted three 
months ahead of time. About a week be¬ 
fore this mishap, she went through all the 
performances of a cow getting ready to 
calve, and greatly increased her flow of 
milk. She is due to calve again in Novem. 
ber ; will she be likely to abort this spring? 
and can I do anything to prevent it ? She 
is in good condition. Her feed is corn 
meal, bran, potatoes, carrots and turnips, 
with hay and fodder corn three times a day. 
She gets three-quarters of a bushel of roots 
each time—about all she will eat. 
Ans.—S he will be quite liable to abort 
again this spring, unless extra precautions 
are taken to avoid, as far as possible, all 
conditions that tend to favor an abortion. 
After the fourth month it would be well 
to reduce the feed, and especially the pro¬ 
portion of turnips, which should be fed 
sparingly. Give daily exercise in a small 
yard or large box stall, but avoid exciting 
the animal. Do not allow her to ride or be 
ridden by other cows in heat. If other 
cows are calving, remove them or her to 
another stall where she cannot smell them. 
Qulddlng. 
H. T. J., Colgate, Wis .—A horse of mine 
has had a difficulty in swallowing for four 
months. He can neither eat nor drink as 
he should. He chews his hay up in wads 
and then throws them out on the floor, and 
it takes him three times longer than usual 
to drink. Two veterinary surgeons could 
do nothing for him. What’s The Rural’s 
advice? 
Ans.—T he cause of the “ quidding,” or 
dropping of the half-chewed food, is 
either disease of the teeth—over-grown 
or decayed teeth—or sore throat. In 
either case special treatment will be re¬ 
quired, which can best be undertaken by a 
competent veterinarian,after a personal ex¬ 
amination of the horse, to ascertain the ex¬ 
act nature and extent of the trouble. 
The Original Eastern Dlshorner. 
J. A. J., Schoharie County, N. Y .— 
What are the details of dishorning cattle 
and when Is the best time to perform the 
operation ? 
ANSWERED BY M. H. C. GARDNER. 
Without doubt I did the first dishorning 
that was done in the East. When this pro¬ 
cess was first announced in The Rural 
the Westtown Farmers’ and Gardeners’ 
Club at one of its regular meetings dis¬ 
cussed the matter, and authorized me to 
get the tools of H. H. Haaff, and then a day 
was set to meet together and see me dis¬ 
horn an ugly cow. If the operation was 
thought humane, the members were to in¬ 
dorse it; or, if cruel, to denounce it. It 
was done and the club, without dissent, 
pronounced it a great success—a safe and 
humane way to disarm vicious cattle. 
Since then I have dishorned a good many 
cattle and calves for my neighbors, in some 
cases whole dairies, but mostly vicious bulls 
and ugly cows. In the West, where whole¬ 
sale dishorning is practiced, a special chute 
is used which secures the animal and per¬ 
mits rapid work. This chute is carried 
from farm to farm by professional dis- 
horners ; but I use the rope and ring, hav¬ 
ing first placed the animal in an ordinary 
cow yoke, or stanchion. The head is turned 
to one side and securely tied to the yoke; 
when one horn is removed, the head is 
turned the other way and the next horn is 
taken off. This takes only a short time. 
I use Haaff’s dishorning saw, although I 
have dishorned bulls with a stiff-backed 
carpenter saw. With a pair of shears I re¬ 
move the long hair at the base of the horn, 
so that it cannot obstruct the saw and I 
can see better what I am doing ; then I 
take off half or three quarters of an inch 
of flesh with the horn. If no flesh is taken 
off, a stub will form and be unsightly. 
The wound heals rapidly. The hair grows 
out and curls over the place, covering it 
up entirely. I always spread pine tar on a 
long strip of muslin, six or eight inches 
wide, lay it over the wounds and tie it 
under the neck; it will stay on for some 
time. This helps healing, shuts out flies 
in summer and prevents cold in winter. 
I would just as soon dishorn an animal 
right in the dog days as in the dead of win¬ 
ter; the wound bleeds but little—some¬ 
times not enough to speak of, and a cow 
may shrink a little in her milk yield for 
two or three messes only. There appears to 
be no shock to the health, for the dishorned 
animals go right on as if nothing had hap¬ 
pened, except that they become very sub¬ 
missive and do not attempt to rule the rest 
of the dairy. Dishorning is a humane act, 
for it saves human life and has come to stay. 
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