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of  quinine  dissolved  in  two  drams  of 
tincture  of  iron  and  given  in  a  pint  of 
thin  oatmeal  gruel  along  with  an  ounce  of 
alcohol,  or  an  ounce  of  arnmaric  spirits 
of  ammonia.  It  is  just  possible  that  she 
may  have  retained  her  afterbirth,  or  eat¬ 
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Winter  Management  of  Farm  Horses 
Pabt  II. 
and  bring  the  youngster  through  the  W  in¬ 
ter  in  first-class  condition,  his  ration 
should  be  largely  grain.  ( >ats  are  es¬ 
pecially  good  for  the  colt.  Corn  should 
be  shelled  and  then  crushed.  Musty  food 
ought  never  to  be  given.  It  is  practical¬ 
ly  devoid  of  nourishment  and  is  a  breed¬ 
er  of  disease.  Good  sweet  clover  hay  is 
excellent  for  colts  as  it  furnishes  muscle 
and  bone  making  material.  The  colt 
should  not  be  Confined  in  a  stall,  but  al¬ 
lowed  a  good-sized  lot  or  paddock  i  i; 
which  to  run  and  play.  Exercise  is  of 
paramount  importance,  lie  may  be  al¬ 
lowed  to  run  in  the  pasture  fields  during 
the  pleasant  days,  but  should  always 
have  as  a  refuge  from  the  storms  a  good 
shelter  freely  accessible.  The  water  he 
drinks  should  be  of  the  purest  and 
cleanest. 
Working  The  Stallion. — The  quar¬ 
ters  for  stallions  in  Winter  should  be 
good  and  roomy,  with  lots  of  light  and 
ventilation.  They  should  be  fed  three 
feeds  per  day  each,  consisting  of  about 
2l/o  gallons  of  oats  and  one-half  gallon 
of  bran  mixed  with  water,  adding  a  lit¬ 
tle  salt.  An  occasional  feed  of  boiled 
oats  mixed  with  bran  and  a  little  salt  is 
very  good.  Good  bright  clover  hay  and 
a  little  Timothy  mixed  is  good  for  the 
stallion.  I  believe  it  would  he  vastly 
better  for  the  liorse-breeding  industry  as 
a  whole  if  stallions  were  put  in  harness 
and  worked  mi  the  farm.  It  is  admitted 
that  to  do  his  best  work  during  the  breed¬ 
ing  season  the  stallion  should  he  in  the 
very  lest  physical  condition.  All  his 
functions  should  be  working  to  their  cap¬ 
acity  and  in  horses  that  condition  is 
achieved  only  when  work  is  being  done. 
I  do  rot  mean  just  light  work,  or  that 
the  animal  should  be  put  right  through 
from  morning  to  night.  It  is  better  to  err 
on  the  side  of  working  a  stallion  too  hard 
than  of  not  working  him  enough.  It  is 
always  poor  policy  to  find  fault  if  at  the 
same  time  a  remedy  cannot  be  found. 
The  most  eminent  authorities  say  that  a 
draft  stallion  should  have  not  less  than 
six  miles,  preferably  eight  miles  exercise 
every  day.  Give  him  useful  work. 
Illinois.  n.  u.  W. 
Tail  Switching 
Will  you  give  method  to  stop  a  horse 
from  tail  switching?  I  have  a  voting 
road  mare  that  switches  continually 
while  driving.  F.  h. 
-  Connecticut. 
A  skilled  veterinarian  could  operate 
upon  the  tail  to  make  switching  impossi¬ 
ble.  Improvement  will  follow  the  appli¬ 
cation  of  a  very  thickly  padded  crouper 
strap,  or  you  may  tie  strands  of  tail  hair 
to  the  harness  on  each  side,  or  use  small 
straps  in  the  same  way.  A.  8.  a. 
Mammitis 
One  of  our  best  cows,  fresh  in  April 
only  gave  milk  from  three  quarters  with 
the  exception  of  a  small  quantity  from 
the  fourth  quarter.  Her  udder  was  all 
right  at  the  time  of  calviug  aud  she  gave 
her  usual  supply  of  milk  until  about 
seven  weeks  ago,  when  her  udder  became 
very  bard  around  two  of  her  teats,  and 
the  milk  from  one  became  ropy  and  wa¬ 
tery.  Now  the  milk  is  only  fit  to  use  from 
two  teats,  although  she  still  gives  a  small 
quantity  from  the  other  two.  She  only 
gives  about  two  quarts  of  good  milk  at 
a  milking.  We  consulted  a  vetei  inarian. 
lie  told  us  to  bathe  her  with  warm  water 
and  said  she  would  come  baek  to  her 
usual  supply  of  milk,  ller  udder  seems 
all  right,  but  she  has  not  conn-  back  to 
her  milk.  What  would  you  advise  doing? 
Do  you  think  she  will  be  all  right  when 
she  lias  her  next  calf  in  March,  or  do 
you  think  it  would  be  best  to  beef  her? 
The  cow  is  old,  but  seems  to  be  in  good 
condition  otherwise.  c.  A.  w. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  cow  has  had  a  severe  attack  of 
mammitis  (garget)  and  probably  is 
ruined  for  dairying.  For  that  reason 
we  should  advise  you  to  sell  her  to  the 
butcher.  While  there  are  a  few  excep¬ 
tions  it  usually  proves  unprofitable  to  re¬ 
tain  such  a  cow.  Mammitis  also  is  liable 
to  prove  contagious  and  be  spread  from 
cow  to  cow  by  the  milkers*  hands,  a.  s.  a. 
Dorit  leave  the 
flavor  to  chance 
DON’T  spoil  good  but¬ 
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To  get  the  best  results  from 
your  good  stock,  good  feed 
and  careful  dairying,  go  one 
step  further.  Use  Worcester 
Salt  in  your  butter-making. 
Worcester’s  pure,  even 
grains  work  in  easily,  and 
do  away  with  "mottles”  and 
streaks.  Its  genuine  salti¬ 
ness  brings  out  the  fine 
flavor  your  butter  deserves. 
Worcester  Salt  overcomes 
many  of  the  troubles  yon  meet 
in  producing  top  notch  butter. 
Our  booklet.  “Butter  Making  on 
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the  process  should  be  finished  with  a 
woolen  cloth,  goiug  over  the  horse  with 
it  from  head  to  heel.  The  care  of  the 
skin  and  coat  is  not  a  matter  of  smooth¬ 
ness  or  ugliness  of  the  coat,  but  merely 
a  question  of  oleauliitess  of  the  skiu, 
which  is  essential  to  the  health  of  the 
animal.  The  more  work  a  horse  does 
and  the  more  nutritious  food  he  receives, 
the  greater  the  necessity  for  grooming. 
The  secretions  of  the  glands  of  the  skin 
are  enormously  increased  by  work,  and  as 
the  horse  at  work  must  be  fed  nutritious 
food  the  food  also  largely  increases  the 
secretions  of  the  skin.  Nature  must  be 
assisted  by  artificial  means  to  remove 
these  increased  secretions,  or  the  pores  of 
the  skin  will  become  clogged  and  the 
health  of  the  horse  he  impaired.  The 
greater  the  activity  of  the  skin  the  great¬ 
er  the  attention  necessary.  The  horse  in 
a  state  of  nature  fakes  only  the  exercise 
required  to  obtain  bis  food,  and  he  feeds 
mainly  on  laxative  diet,  and  as  the  de¬ 
bris  of  the  food  and  excretions  of  the 
system  are  carried  through  the  kidneys 
grooming  is  not  so  essential.  Grooming 
answers  two  principal  and  several  sub¬ 
sidiary  ends,  First  it  removes  from  the 
skin  these  particles  of  perspiration,  dust 
aud  dirt  which  would  otherwise  impede 
and  clog  the  free  action  of  the  sweat  and 
oil  gland 8.  Secondly,  it  removes  the  scurf 
or  worn-out  cells  which  are  no  longer 
required  on  the  surface  of  the  skin,  and 
which  would  especially,  when  cemented 
together  by  particles  of  sweat,  add  to 
the  obstruction  of  the  glands.  In  order 
that  grooming  should  produce  the  two 
principal  effects  mentioned  it  is  neces¬ 
sary  that  the  skiu  be  thoroughly  cleaned. 
Care  of  Brood  Mares. — My  brood 
mares,  of  which  I  have  seven,  at  the  pres¬ 
ent  time,  are  never  worked  in  V\  inter 
but  are  given  plenty  of  exercise.  Care 
is  taken  to  see  that  they  receive  no 
strains  or  twists,  which  in  some  cases 
cause  mares  to  abort.  There  is  more 
danger  of  abortion  with  mares  during 
December  aud  .January  than  in  any  other 
months.  The  mares  are  fed  during  the 
Winter  about  a  gallon  of  oats  to  a  quart 
of  bran  to  a  feed  mornings  aud  evenings. 
The  noonday  ration  consists  of  a  feed  of 
corn.  The  only  hav  they  receive  during 
Winter  is  nicely  cured  clover.  A  boiled 
feed  at  every  week-end  will  guard 
against  week-end  diseases  which  result 
from  standing.  After  my  mares  become 
somewhat  heavy  in  foal  they  are  not  al¬ 
lowed  to  run  with  tin*  other  horses  until 
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I  have  a  cow  that  gives  bloody  milk- 
out  of  one  teat.  This  condition  has 
continued  now  for  several  weeks,  and 
does  not  improve.  Can  you  tell  me  the 
cause  or  wluit  to  do  for  it?  She  has 
been  miming  on  an  ordinary  grass  pas¬ 
ture  with  a  feed  of  bran  (wheat)  night 
and  morning.  Her  second  calf  has  been 
weaned  about  two  weeks  nt  the  age  of 
four  months.  She  had  the  same  condi¬ 
tions  with  the  first  ealf  but  when  the 
calf  was  younger  and  the  condition  only 
existed  a  few  days  when  the  milk  cleared 
and  seemed  alright.  The  milk  in  the 
other  tents  has  the  usual  appearance  but 
of  course  it  has  to  go  ro  the  pigs. 
Virginia.  m.  f.  s. 
We  suspect  that  growths  in  the  teat 
duct  bleed  when  irritated  by  milking.  In 
some  instances  these  growths  may  be  re¬ 
moved  by  operation  and  especially  so  if 
they  are  located  at  the  tip  of  the  teat. 
Bleeding  may  also  come  from  a  tumor 
or  diseased  portion  of  the  quarter  and 
tuberculosis  sometimes  is  present.  It 
would  be  well  to  have  the  cow  tested  with 
tuberculin  and  if  she  does  not  react  then 
the  teat  may  he  operated  upon  or  the 
milk  dried  off  in  the  affected  quarter. 
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I  have  a  two-year-old  heifer  that  has 
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being  very  small.  What  can  I  do  to 
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or  will  it  give  milk  as  it  is?  \v.  E.  P. 
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1.  I  have  a  two-year-old  heifer  which 
came  in  some  time  in  April  during  the 
night  without  any  help.  I  found  her 
nearly  worn  out,  her  hind  parts  were  all 
stiff.  In  a  few  days  she  gained  on  her 
strength  bill  she  stayed  a  little  crooked 
nil  Summer.  About  a  month  .after  calv¬ 
ing  she  had  a  swelling  on  one  side  of 
her  udder,  on  the  same  side  where  she 
was  lame.  I  used  ointment  and  cured  it 
in  a  few  days,  but  the  heifer  kept  poor 
all  Summer.  Since  then  she  has  grad¬ 
ually  lost  about  all  her  milk  and  gives 
Moody  milk  with  some  solids  in  the  milk 
like  cheese.  She  is  now  a  very  sick  cow. 
does  not  seem  to  have  any  pain  unless  a 
little  on  her  udder.  Can  you  tell  me 
what  ails  this  heifer?  Shall  I  dry  her 
up?  She  gives  about  a  half  a  teacupful 
of  milk  but  it  is  not  bloody  any  more. 
2.  Can  you  tell  me  a  remedy  to  stop  a 
horse  from  cribbing?  c.  I*.  R. 
New  York, 
1.  Isolate  the  cow  at  once  and  do  not 
use  the  milk  as  it  is  quite  likely  that 
she  is  badly  affected  with  tuberculosis, 
which  does  not  necessarily  cause  cough. 
Have  her  tested  with  tuberculin.  If  you 
do  not  wish  to  do  so  you  might  as  well 
kill  the  cow,  as  she  is  in  a  precarious 
case  and  will  never  be  profitable  for 
dairying.  2.  The  vice  is  incurable  but 
may  be  temporarily  prevented  by  stabling 
the  horse  in  a  box  stall  from  which 
everything  has  been  removed  upon  which 
the  teeth  or  chin  could  be  set  to  practice 
the  habit.  A  wide  strap  buckled  fairly 
tight  around  the  neck  just  back  of  the 
throat  latch  will  prevent  wind  sucking. 
Ailing  Cow 
I  milked  a  heifer  about  two  weeks  be¬ 
fore  she  freshened.  She  was  forming 
quite  a  soft  bunch  in  front  of  her  udder, 
and  all  at  once  it  all  went  away  before 
she  came  in.  Did  my  milking  her  cause 
a  collapse  aud  injure  her?  She  fresh¬ 
ened  all  right;  calf  at  five  weeks  old 
weighed  170  pounds.  She  ran  down,  not 
eating  any  grain  and  was  dainty  about 
anything  in  the  rough.  In  about  a  week 
she  stopped  eating  and  drinking,  com¬ 
menced  to  grit  her  teeth.  Veterinarian 
said  she  had  indigestion  and  not  much 
hope.  I  feed  her  at  least  100  quarts  of 
new  milk  and  10  dozeu  of  raw  eggs.  I 
gave  her  saltpetre  about  a  teaspoouful 
twice  a  day  and  she  commenced  to  get 
better.  She  is  well  now.  but  still  has  a 
fussy  appetite ;  I  am  giving  her  oue 
quart  of  meal,  two  bran,  once  a  day. 
She  does  not  take  hold  with  a  relish  and 
some  days  will  not  eat  it.  She  likes  Al¬ 
falfa  better  than  anything  and  oats  it 
well.  What  can  I  give  her  to  make  her 
eat  better,  and  what  kind  of  grain  to 
make  her  stronger?  R.  n. 
New  York. 
We  strongly  suspect  that  the  cow  has 
tuberculosis  and  if  so  treatment  will  be 
useless  and  she  should  be  destroyed. 
Have  her  tested  with  tuberculin,  but  not 
in  very  hot  weather.  Meanwhile  keep 
her  isolated.  If  she  is  not  tuberculous 
she  will  be  likely  to  pick  up  and  regain 
appetite  if  given  twice  daily  half  a  dram 
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