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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Feeding Pigs. —Should, pigs be fed 
twice or three times a day when three 
months old, if they are to be'butchered 
when nine months old ? A. b. l. 
Quinapoxet, Mass. 
It. N.-Y.— We would feed such pigs 
three times a day. 
Chaff in a Cow’s Eye.— Make a tube 
of a goose quill, put into it a large pinch 
of common table salt, blow it into the 
affected eye, and the job is done.' It 
very rarely requires a second application. 
Loudon Bridge, Va. T. p. d. 
R. N.-Y.— This sort of treatment is ou 
a par with that of putting a mixture of 
salt, vinegar, pepper, etc., in a cow’s 
ears to cure the “hollow horn.” 
Tab the Rope.—I n The R. N.-Y. of 
January 5, page 15. under the heading, 
“ A Choking Cow,” it reads, “ a rope six 
feet long.” It should be, “a tarred rope,” 
etc. A rope that is not saturated with 
tar would not retain its stiffness. When 
not in use, attach a string to one end and 
hang it up. Since writing that article, 
one of our neighbors has had to use it 
twice. j. h. D. 
Extka Teats.— Dr. Horne, in the Jer¬ 
sey Bulletin, has this to say : 
I have quite often been called to examine extra 
teats in heifers that seemed to have inflammation 
near the extra teats, and in some few cases, have 
seen an exudation of a gluey or watery matter 
therefrom, but never any milk. I have been a 
specialist in the treatment of cows’ udders, and 
have seen many abnormal freaks of nature there¬ 
in, but never yet saw an extra section giving milk. 
We have sometimes heard of cows that 
gave milk from five or six teats, but 
could never find one. Have any of out- 
readers knowledge of such ? 
Cooking Food Again. —I have had 
quite an extensive experience in feeding 
wheat and oats to pigs in almost every 
way except in a cooked state. I am now 
experimenting with the cooking method. 
Ground wheat, oats and corn, mixed, are 
cooked in large iron kettles which are 
placed in a furnace. This method, how¬ 
ever, has many disadvantages, the great¬ 
est of which is in removing the cooked 
feed from the kettles. What are the 
merits or demerits of cooking feed for 
pigs, especially in the winter season ? 
Glenwood, Ind. G. T. 
R. N.-Y.— Our opinion is that cooking 
most foods makes them more digestible 
and appetizing for stock and, to that 
extent, is an advantage. Several parties 
who have given it a careful trial here, 
state that the cost of cooking and han¬ 
dling the cooked food is greater than the 
gain in food value. 
Educate Your Colt When Young.— 
The picture, Fig. 208, 1891, of the six- 
months’-old-colt, pleases me. 1 very 
much like to see colts handled when 
young. J. E. W. thinks that colts 
handled much, and especially pets, are 
likely to develop disagreeable tricks. I 
don’t think there is any danger if they 
are handled by some one that is old 
enough to know what they ought to be 
taught. I don’t think it right to allow 
little children to handle them too much. 
Like J. E. W., I have had sad experience 
in letting them run wild until three or 
four years old, before they were handled 
any. I once took a colt to break that 
never had been handled until she was 
one year old, and then they put a halter 
on her and tried to lead her off to pas¬ 
ture. She would go just where she had 
a mind to, or she would not go at all. 
They did not tell me about that when I 
took her. I followed Prof. C. II. C. 
Williams’s directions to a letter when I 
broke her, and I call him as good author¬ 
ity as we have on the training of the 
horse. I expected great things of her. 
She was thoroughly broken to harness, 
but when I hitched her up, she simply 
would not do anything, and it was a long 
time before I got her so that I could 
drive her without her stopping every 
time she felt like it. The first colt I 
raised after I was married, my wife 
petted a great deal. I commenced the 
education of that colt when it was three 
days old, and it never was broken, but 
just simply hitched up and used when 18 
months old. A truer, kinder horse than 
she made is hard to find. I sold her 
when four years old, and the man that 
has her to-day says that he would not 
part with her at all. I think one can 
teach a three-months-old cold more in 
one hour, than he can a three-year-old 
colt in three days. When they once 
learn a thing, they are not very likely to 
forget it. B. r. s. 
To Relieve a Choking Cow. —Take a 
piece of heavy wire, about 10 feet long, 
grape wire will do, although not quite 
stiff enough for best results ; double it, 
and when the ends come together fasten 
them into a wooden handle or twist them 
into a handhold. Then at suitable dis¬ 
tances from the handle, down toward 
the other end of the wire, tie pieces of 
twine tightly around the wire, leaving 
at the end, a loop of wire of suitable size 
to pass down the animal’s throat. To 
use this, let one hold the cow by one 
horn and the nose, while another, draw¬ 
ing her tongue out at one side of the 
mouth, passes the wire loop down the 
throat with the wire close to the side of 
the throat and the loop perpendicular 
until after the obstruction is passed, 
when the loop is turned down so as to 
lie flat and inclose the obstruction, 
which may then be readily pulled out. 
If made of stiff wire, this instrument 
can be used to pull out or push down 
any obstruction without any injury to 
the animal. VVe keep such a wire hang¬ 
ing in our cow barn, and repeated use 
has proved its superiority over all other 
devices for like uses. l. c. 
Some Scurvy Pigs. —Our pigs at vary¬ 
ing ages from four to twelve weeks old, 
suddenly become scurvy and black along 
their backs. The hair grows in clumps, 
and the pig stops growing for a time. 
What is the trouble, and what may be 
done for them ? The stable is warm, the 
pens clean. They are fed after weaning, 
principally on sour milk. w. p. r. 
Seneca, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.--Such scurviness is usually due 
to overheating, unhealthy surroundings, 
or to an unsuitable diet ; also to lice. A 
personal examination would be neces¬ 
sary to enable me to give a positive opin¬ 
ion in this case. Possibly the pigs are 
weaned too young, and the change to 
the sour milk made too suddenly. Wean 
them gradually, and do not have the 
milk too sour for the young pigs. Add 
a tablespoonful or two of lime water for 
each pig. Scrub their backs with Castile 
soap suds, to which a little oil of tar is 
added. If costive, give one tablespoon¬ 
ful of castor oil every third day until re¬ 
lieved. F. L. K. 
Some Down East Hens. —For the past 
25 years, I have kept hens for profit. I 
have tried various ways of feeding. I 
have fed raw meat and bones, cotton¬ 
seed meal, beef scraps, fish meal, clover 
and clams. For the last 15 years, I find 
that the following ration has paid me 
the best, as I can feed it summer and 
winter without loss from spoiling as 
with green cut bone and raw meat: For 
30 hens, one quart of good wheat in the 
morning, thrown into straw as I keep 
my ground floor covered with straw. At 
noon, one pint of Bowker’s Animal Meal, 
mixed with three quarts of wheat bran 
wet up in the winter with warm water. 
At night, two quarts of corn. In the 
summer I feed at night three pints of 
corn and one pint of oats. I make no 
difference in their morning and noon 
rations in the summer, as I keep my hens 
in pen and yard all the year ; they are 
never out of their yard from April 1 until 
November 10. I feed raw cabbage, 
beets, turnips, carrots, squashes, cut 
grass, weeds, etc., all they will eat. 
Now and then, I give them som§ boiled 
potatoes. The past year, eggs have 
averaged me the lowest for 25 years past, 
only 19 cents per dozen, and still my 
hens paid me a net profit of 31.28.apiece. 
Kennebunkport, Me. c. w. c. 
Some Questions About Swine.—1. 
What is a remedy for constipation in 
young pigs 10 to 12 weeks old? 2. What 
is the best feed for them ? I am now 
feeding crackers, warm milk and bran— 
at times sharps. 3. What is the best 
sign known for a sow when in heat, and 
what is its duration ? 4. What breed of 
pigs would be most profitable to feed for 
porkers to dress 80 to 100 pounds, quickly? 
Rockland County, N. Y. r. 
R- N.-Y.—!. Give a tablespoonful of 
castor oil every third day, until relieved. 
If very costive, give two tablespoonfuls 
of the castor oil, to which add 15 to 20 
drops oil of turpentine, which should be 
thoroughly mixed with the oil. 2. There 
is no better feed for young pigs than 
milk. Your ration is good. Do not give 
too much bran. The shorts or middlings 
is better. 3. In heat, the vulva becomes 
swollen and more reddened than usual. 
This may be noticed, even before the 
sow shows a desire for the male. 4. The 
Essex and Berkshire are both suitable for 
the purpose. In the West, the Poland- 
Chinas are mostly bred. f. l. k. 
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