1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
217 
A specious orator addressed, 
A mob by hungry need oppressed, 
And when his say was said : 
Then cried these people lean and gaunt, 
It isn’t logic that we want, 
But bread ; O give us bread. 
If you are sick, you want facts, not argu¬ 
ment. Here are facts : 
Drs. Starkey & Palen meet you on just 
that basis. They have cured thousands of 
invalids with their Compound Oxygen 
Treatment and they all gratefully admit 
it. Among the men and women who so 
heartily indorse this treatment are many 
well-known throughout the United States: 
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore states her experi¬ 
ence with the Compound Oxygen Treat¬ 
ment. The late T. S. Arthur, and Hon. 
Judge Kelley tell what it has done for 
them. So do Bishop Benade, Bishop Castle, 
and other eminent divines. Many reputa¬ 
ble physicians add their testimony. The 
book is worth reading. You get genuine 
encouragement from its pages, because the 
patients themselves do the talking, and 
every piece of evidence concludes with the 
name and address of the witness. Send 
for the book ; it will be forwarded free of 
charge to any one addressing Drs. Starkey 
& Palen, 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
Pa., or 120 Sutter Street, San Francisco, 
Cal.— Adv. 
LIVE STODK— Continued. 
A bill to legalize dishorning of cattle is 
before the New York Legislature. 
Scotch breeders of Cheviot sheep are to 
form a registry and herd book. 
WHAT would an actually reliable method 
of determining sex in animals be worth to 
you P 
A Michigan man drove 175 fat four- 
year old Merino wethers to market, and 
sold the lot for $1,075.40, at five cents per 
pound. 
American Oxford Down Sheep Associa¬ 
tion, F. E. Goldsboro, Easton, Md., presi¬ 
dent; W. A. Shafer, Middletown, O., sec¬ 
retary. 
Dr. Valerius & Co. have just imported 
43 head of excellent Clydesdale and Eng¬ 
lish Shire stallions. They constantly keep 
over 200 stallions on hand. 
The Ohio Legislature has passed a bill 
making it a crime to issue a false certifi¬ 
cate of pedigree or registry, with a penalty 
of a fine of $25 to $500, or imprisonment in 
the county jail. 
Prices for horses sold at the Kellogg 
sales were lower than expected. Lucile’s 
Baby (2.20>£) brought the highest price, 
$2,900, with Lilly Stanford, by Electioneer, 
next at $2,400. 
A Kansas Silo. —At our farmers’ insti¬ 
tute J. B. Sims gave a talk on the silo, of 
which the following is a synopsis: “ The 
deeper the silo the better. First and sec¬ 
ond year ensilage was thoroughly tramped 
while filling. No tramping was done last 
season, the ensilage keeping as well as in 
the two previous years. The first year the 
ensilage was covered with boards, tarred 
paper and two feet of hay; the second year 
no covering was used; the third year it 
was covered with boards, tarred paper and 
four inches of sawdust. Result, the first 
year it was somewhat damaged; the second, 
two feet were lost on top and two feet more 
badly damaged; the third year, none was 
spoiled. The ensilage consisted of corn 
first and sorghum cane to finish. The silo 
is not profitable on the whole. Its cost and 
the outlay for filling it are too great. Corn 
that yields 50 bushels per acre cannot be 
ensiloed with profit. With corn at 40 
cents per bushel and hay at $8 per ton, the 
silo can be successfully operated. It does 
not pay to use the silo when corn is worth 
only 15 to 20 cents per bushel and hay $3 to 
$4 per ton. j. e. m. 
Vidette, Kan. 
The Butter and Milk Monarch Sold. 
A few days since we sold to Mr. C. H. 
Warren, of Verona, N. Y., the bull calf 
from Clothilde 2nd, and by Clothilde 4th’s 
Imperial, whose remarkable pedigree was 
given In the columns of The Rural New- 
Yorker a few weeks since. The price was 
$1,800—cash down $1,200 and $600 in service, 
as soon as he is of proper age. We were 
unwilling to part with him at any price 
without the privilege of using him to our 
best cows, and hence the above arrange¬ 
ment. This calf is straight, broad, square, 
handsomely marked, of the Clochilde 
type, a grand individual, and his breeding 
as a milk and butter bull cannot, in our 
judgment, be excelled. His four nearest 
female ancestors,—dam and grandam, and 
dam and grandam of sire,—average 27 
pounds 9)4 ounces of butter in a weeK, 100 
pounds 13>£ ounces in 30 days, and 23,025 
pounds 9 % ounces of milk in a year; while 
his eight nearest female ancestors, without 
a break or a skip, average 24 pounds 3% 
ounces of butter in a week, and 18,342 
pounds 15X ounces of milk in a year, and 
the 10 nearest show almost as large a yield. 
These are all direct ancestors, whose blood 
actually flows in his veins. We could add 
the large records of several near relations, 
but only count direct ancestors, whose 
qualities he can naturally be expected to 
transmit. If any calf of any breed can 
show milk and butter records for an equal 
number of direct ancestors, without a skip, 
that will excel those of this young bull, we 
would be glad to see them published, in 
order that we may become well informed 
on this important subject. 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB. 
For a disordered liver try Reecham’s Pills. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Mange in Horses. 
O. H. 13., Hillsdale, Mich .—What is a 
good recipe for curing mange in horses f 
Ans. —Remove the scab by means of soap¬ 
suds, and, if necessary a brush, and apply 
thoroughly a decoction of tobacco, 1)4 
ounce to two pints of water, prepared by 
boiling. This may be applied more than 
once, and should always be repeated after 
15 days to destroy the new brood that may 
have been hatched in the interval. All 
harness and stable utensils should be simi¬ 
larly treated; blankets and rubbers may be 
boiled, and stalls should be covered with a 
whitewash of quicklime containing a 
quarter of a pound ot chloride of lime to 
the gallon. 
Big Jaw In Cattle. 
E. S., Hayden, Col .—Is big jaw in cattle 
contagious, and is there a remedy ? 
Ans. —“Big jaw” or lump jaw is conta¬ 
gious or infectious, and badly diseased 
animals should be promptly destroyed, as 
they are necessarily propagators of the 
poison. It is a parasitic disease of animals 
caused by the growth, in the soft bones or 
tissues, of a fungus which grows in tufts. 
The individual tufts may reach the size of 
a small pin’s head, and are of a yellowish 
color. They are extremely hard The 
fungus usually i nvades the interior of the 
jaw-bone or lower jaw, or the soft parts 
adjacent; but is also found in the lungs 
and internal organs. About the head it 
appears to start from slight sores in the 
gums or mucous membrane, or cavities by 
the side of decaying teeth, and to extend 
slowly into the solid tissues. The affected 
jaw-bone swells out into a large, rounded 
mass, and finally the diseased parts reach 
the surface and give rise to running sores. 
Treatment is advisable only where the 
disease is local and superficial. In parts 
about the mouth and even in the jaw-bone 
the diseased masses may be scooped out 
with a knife, and the cavities stuffed with 
iodized carbolic acid. As the fungus ap¬ 
pears in the grass and grain fed 
to animals, no preventive precautions as 
to diet can be suggested, except the avoid¬ 
ance of coarse, fibrous food likely to 
wound the mouth or throat, or of 
flinty corn or other seeds likely to injure 
the teeth. Pastures where the disease pre¬ 
vails should be especially avoided. Dis¬ 
eased teeth and ulcerated gums should be 
extracted, filled, or healed. The mangers, 
racks and woodwork which may harbor 
the germs of the disease from affect eu 
animals, should be burned, and the floors 
be saturated with carbolic acid and chloride 
of lime. 
Thrush in Horses. 
J. F., Walworth, N. Y .—Three of my 
horses have thrush ; one is very lame, be¬ 
ing affected in the four feet. They stand 
on a plank floor and are always kept dry. 
What is the cause and how should they be 
treated ? 
Ans. —The most common cause of this 
disease is the filthy condition of the 
stables in which the horses are kept. Hard 
work and rough and stony roads may 
induce it, and so may a change from dry¬ 
ness to excessive moisture. Muddy streets 
and roads, especially where mineral sub¬ 
stances are plentiful, also often cause it. 
Contracted heels, scratches, and navicular 
disease predispose to it, while in some ani¬ 
mals there is an inherited tendency to it. 
As treatment, keep the the feet clean, re¬ 
move all exciting causes and restore the 
frog to its normal condition. As a rule, 
the diseased and ragged parts of the horn 
should be pared away, and the affected foot 
or feet be poulticed for a day or two with 
boiled turnips, to which may be added a 
few drops of carbolic acid, or a handful of 
powdered charcoal to destroy the offensive 
smell. Thecleftof the frog and the grooves 
on the edges should be then cleaned and 
well filled with dry calomel, and the foot 
dressed with oakum and a roller bandage. 
If the discharge is profuse, the dr ssing 
should be changed daily, otherwise it may 
be left on for two or three days at a time. 
When a constitutional taint is supposed to 
exist,with swelling of the legs, grease, etc., 
a purgative followed by dram doses of sul¬ 
phate of iron repeated daily, may be pre¬ 
scribed. If the growth of horn appears too 
slow, a Spanish fly blister to the heels is 
often followed by good results. Of course, 
the horse’s head should be so tied that he 
cannot reach the blister with his mouth. 
Feet specially liable to the disease may be 
protected in the stable with leather boots. 
If the thrush is a sequel to other diseases a 
permanent cure may not be possible. 
Worms In Horses. 
A. C. S., Frcdon . N. J .—My horses are 
troubled with long, white worms which 
are often seen in the droppings and about 
the anus; how can I get rid of them ? 
Ans.—T he following treatment will be 
found effective for this and all the other 
intestinal worms which ordinarily trouble 
horses. All remedies against these pests 
are much more effective if given after a 
long fast, and then the worm medicine 
should be supplemented by physic to carry 
off the worms. Among the best worm 
medicines are sontonine, turpentine, areca 
nut, tartar emetic, infusion of tobacco and 
bitter tonics. If a horse is passing the 
long, round worms, for instance, give, twice 
daily, for three or four days, a drench com¬ 
posed of turpentine, one ounce, and linseed 
oil, two or three ounces, to be followed on 
the fourth day by Barbadoes aloes, one 
ounce. If pin-worms infesting the large 
bowels are present, injections into the 
rectum of infusions of tobacco, or of 
quassia chips, half a pound to a gallon of 
water, once or twice daily for a few days, 
followed by physic, are very oeneflcial. In¬ 
testinal worms are mostly seen in horses in 
poor condition, and the appetite and 
powers of digestion should therefore be im¬ 
proved. To do this, give vegetable tonics : 
one half ounce of Peruvian bark, gentian, 
ginger or quassia, twice daily in the food 
or as a drench. 
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