1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
4.23 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Cubed Scours. —In a late Rural I 
saw an inquiry as to what should be 
griven to sheep and cattle that were 
troubled with scours. Years ago I had 
a year-old sheep that was affected in 
tha t way, and gave it a dose of copperas, 
and when they had done its work, I 
gave it flour, mixed with cool water like 
thin porridge, only not cooked, and the 
animal was well in two days. s. n h. 
Corn After Corn. —Can corn be grown 
on the same field successfully for a term 
of years ? I would answer yes, if the 
necessary conditions are met ; that is 
if the elements taken out of the soil by 
the crop are restored by the use of fer¬ 
tilizers. If a farmer will put his stable 
manure back on the land every year, 
including the urine, which he can easily 
save by the use of absorbents, and then 
add a little commercial potash and phos¬ 
phoric acid in the way of bone meal, he 
may continue cropping, and get good re¬ 
sults continuously. henry foster. 
Clifton Sanitarium. 
Udder Needs Kneading. —I have a 
heifer with her first calf, which is two 
weeks old. Her udder forward does not 
develop. There are no lumps or cakes. 
She gives a large mess of milk from two 
hind teats and only a teacupful from the 
others. The quarters seem shrunken. 
She is in good health and seems right in 
every other way. c. E. c. 
Ans. —Keep up milking od the forward 
teats while milking the hind teats. Then 
after each milking rub or knead the for¬ 
ward half of the udder vigorously for 
several minutes. The milk will probably 
come after a little. f. l. k. 
Tumors on Cow.—I would like to know 
what ails my cow. About a year ago a 
lump began to form on the outside of 
her left hind leg a few inches above the 
bock, and now there are two, about the 
size of walnuts, a few inches apart, and 
she is a little lame. They are hard and 
she does not like to have them handled. 
Edgewood, Pa. C. l. k. 
Ans. —If the tumors are movable and 
apparently attached to the skin only, tie 
a strong cord tightly around the neck of 
each close to the skin. Tighten the cord 
every day or two until they are cut off. 
If attached to the bone, paint daily with 
the compound tincture of iodine, f. l. k. 
A Lame Horse. —My horse is lame in 
the fore leg, worse at some times than 
at others. Sometimes the trouble dis¬ 
appears after a drive of a mile oi- two. 
He occasionally stands with his lame leg 
considerably in front of the other, 
straight and resting squarely on the 
ground. I can detect no inflammation, 
he raises his leg when I place my hand 
on his knee. There is a crackling noise 
when he walks. wm. n. runyon. 
Ans. —I am unable to locate the seat 
of the lameness, from this description, 
and cannot therefore advise treatment. 
Take the horse to a competent veterin¬ 
ary surgeon for examination, f. l. k. 
A Poultry Dog. —A writer in the 
Fancier’s Journal thus describes a new 
quality in dogs: 
Our old family dog has one trait which 
is very useful. He makes it his especial 
business to keep hawks away. When 
living oir a farm predatory hawks were 
a great nuisance. Not only did they 
catch chickens which ventured out too 
far in the fields, but in a place where 
hawks are n imeroun they will terrify 
a whole flock of hens so they rarely ven¬ 
ture beyond the protection of the build- 
ing. This dog, a cur of unknown ances¬ 
try, would spy a hawk at a distance, off 
he would run, and getting under the 
hawk would keep up an incessant bark¬ 
ing until his hawkship left the locality. 
J his trick he has taught to a younger 
dog. Farmers or others living in un¬ 
frequented places can at once see that 
such a dog is very useful. 
An Experience with Lumpy Jaw.— 
I was very much interested in the 
answer to A. J. S. on “ Lumpy Jaw in 
Cattle” in a late Rural I have for 
private use two very fine Jersey cows, 
and one day last summer I noticed that 
one had a swelling under her jaw, which 
continued to grow larger every day. At 
first I supposed she had been hurt while 
at pasture, but soon discovered my mis¬ 
take. I opened a correspondence with 
two veterinary surgeons, who advised 
the use of iodide of potassium, together 
with a liniment for external use. The 
potassium was given three times a day 
in her feed, and the liniment was used 
until she was severely blistered. The 
lump continued to grow until “ patience 
had ceased to be a virtue.” About two 
weeks ago I called in a surgeon who cut 
out the tumor weighing 1% pound. The 
cow is now well, giving 14 quarts per 
day. My advice to my brother farmers 
is that if “lump jaw” or any other 
swelling of the glands, produces a 
bunch in the jaw, they should have it 
out. It will save time and labor and a 
valuable cow. The description of the 
tumor by Dr. Kilborne is borne out by 
facts. 
OMEGA. 
SOILING CATTLE. 
I have often wondered why we see so 
little in our agricultural papers about 
soiling during the summer months, and 
especially through the droughty season. 
Column after column is written on win¬ 
ter feed and care of dairy cows ; men 
have racked their brains studying food 
rations, with an eye to improve on the 
present methods. Cows are housed in 
warm stables and comfort is visible 
everywhere ; yet these same cows, per¬ 
haps, are turned out to pasture to fight 
flies during the summer months without 
a thought as to their comfort. We have 
made rapid progress in caring for our 
cows during the winter in the past few 
years ; yet is it not a fact that in their 
summer treatment we have made little, 
if any, advancement in the same time ? 
That cows, to do their best, must be kept 
comfortable, is a fact recognized by all 
dairymen. Indeed this is the first prin 
ciple of successful dairying. 
Next I would place the cost of keeping 
a cow; if she is fed in such a manner 
and on such a ration that the cost is as 
much as we get for her product, then 
there is no profit. It has been said that 
in a pasture which a cow uses five months 
she destroys as much by tramping as she 
consumes If this be true—and my ex 
perience tells me it is—then allowing cat¬ 
tle to graze on fields is a most wasteful 
and extravagant method of feeding—a 
method that only the wealthy can follow. 
I have practiced partial so’ling until I 
am convinced that we can no longer 
afford to turn our cows out to pasture, 
and we should give soiling at least a fair 
test. The greatest objection to it seems 
to be the extra amount of labor involved, 
and this is mostly in theory. I can cut, 
haul and feed a soiling crop to 20 head 
of cattle in half an hour. Such crops 
should be planted convenient to the 
stable so as to avoid long hauls. This 
question is of especial importance if that 
new pest, the horn fly, has come to stay. 
If it has, then dairymen, whether they 
want to or not, must resort to at least 
stabling and partial soiling. Last sea¬ 
son, when the pest made its appearance 
here, my cows shrank nearly half their 
mess of milk in a very few days on good 
pasture. I put them in th e stable and kept 
them there during the daytime, and gave 
them a feed of millet and sweet corn in 
the morning and at noon, turning them 
out to pasture only at night. They soon 
gave their usual flow of milk and kept it 
up right along, and I am not sure that 
this pest may not prove a “ blessing in 
disguise” to dairymen. m. e. king. 
Logan County, 0. 
One cent will carry this paper to your 
friend in any part of North America 
after you have written your name on the 
corner to show whom it is from. 
A Cold Sebms a Small Affair.— Most people 
neglect It. Who minds It ? Yet a Cold may turn to 
Consumption, and then follows almost certnln death. 
—Better take a cold In time by using Dr. D. Jayne’s 
Expectorant, the well-known standard remedy for 
Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis and 
all Pulmonary Complaints, and your Cold will disap¬ 
pear, as well as all appiehenslon of danger.— Adv. 
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Ellerslie Guernseys. 
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