The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
497 
Dairy Losses 
Some Amazing Experiences 
in Overcoming the Cause 
of Most Dairy Losses 
Dairyman who aro suffering serious 
losses due to siek cows, off-feed conditions 
and low milk yields, will find the follow¬ 
ing letters of real interest: 
“Gentlemen: Since feeding Larro we 
find our milk yield from 47 cows has in¬ 
creased 32 gallons per day.”—Sohormer- 
horn & Son, Florida. Another dairyman 
writes: “At times we have felt we could 
mix our own ration cheaper, hut each 
time have returned to Larro. When feed¬ 
ing Larro to our 300 cows we have very 
few losses from sickness, cows off-feed 
and other ailments.” Another writes: 
“My home-mixed ration failed, and I have 
returned to Larro. Have fed Larro to 40 
head this winter. Have not had a sick 
animal, nor one off-feed. I am beating 
my neighbors badly in milk yields.” 
Why Milk Yields Fall Off 
One of the biggest reasons, say authori¬ 
ties, why cows go off-feed, are often sick 
and milk yields fall down, is that few 
dairymen really mix an efficient balanced 
ration at home. They lack facilities, lack 
time and help, lack tried and proved for¬ 
mulas. Why waste time and take 
chances? Why not do as Schermerhorn 
and other dairymen are doing, and get 
maximum results from your cows? You 
can. Larro makes it easy. This famous 
blend of certified ingredients never did, 
does not now and never will contain any 
filler or off-grade materials. It is succu¬ 
lent, palatable, easily digestible and high¬ 
ly nourishing. It brings vigor, sleek coats, 
bright eyes, perfect health conditions and 
either increases milk yields or produces 
the same milk with fewer cows, less 
roughage and less work. 
How to Get More Profit 
Just write us. We will explain how 
your dealer will sell you two bags of 
Larro under our money back offer. IIow 
you can prove for yourself at our risk 
that Larro will stop your losses and in¬ 
crease your profits from every cow. If 
Larro fails to produce more milk, merely 
return the empty bags and dealer will re¬ 
fund your money. You don't risk a pen¬ 
ny. Write ns for details of this no-risk, 
trial offer at once. Also for full informa¬ 
tion regarding Larro. Address The Lar- 
rowe Milling Co., 2293 Larrowe Bldg., 
Detroit, Mich. 
Dr.Hess 
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Kills Lice on*N 
Poultry ^Stock 
Use it on your lousy hens and 
chicks—your lousy colts, 
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fowls—more eggs—better 
contented stock. 
Chicks are apt to be lousy now. 
Give them a chance. Sprinkle 
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the coops, on roosts, in nests of lay¬ 
ing ana setting hens. Always keep 
Louse Killer in the dust bath. For 
lousy horses and cattle, colts and 
calves, stroke the hair the wrong 
way and sift in Louse Killer. 
We authorize dealers to return your 
money if it does not do as claimed. 
1 lb. 25c, 2L lbs. 60c 
Except in the far TPcet and Canada 
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Ashland, Ohio 
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FREE CATALOGUE OF SPLENDID BARGAINS 
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Ailing Animals 
By Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Contagious Mammitis 
In November last I noticed a front 
quarter of the udder apparently caked on 
a cow that was soon to freshen. I used 
various ointments on it. without success. 
When she freshened the milk from that 
quarter was foul-smelling and thick; only 
a few streams could be taken from it. I 
consulted several, who advised me it was 
nothing serious. In January two of my 
best c*ows had their quarters swollen, 
and what appeared like a spider in the 
teat. I used it tube on them for awhile. 
In about a week their milk got thick and 
foul-smelling. Yesterday morning ano- 
other cow had her udder badly swollen, 
and did not give any milk. This morning 
another newly freshened heavy milker 
had one quarter badly swollen, and gave 
very little milk from it. I have them all 
isolated, and am using carbolic aeid for 
disinfectant around stable. Both of the 
last-mentioned cows were apparently all 
right at the previous milking, before the 
appearance of swelling. IIow long does 
it take to show up in a cow after conta¬ 
gion? It may be possible that they are 
nil infected, the infection having been 
carried before we discovered the danger. 
What causes it in the first place? 
New York. G. w. A. 
It should be clearly understood that 
these forms of udder disease denote mam- 
mitis or mastitis, commonly called garget, 
and chiefly caused by the pus germ strep¬ 
tococcus, and its first cousin, stapli ylcoc- 
cus . One affected cow introduced into the 
herd tends to spread the disease from cow 
to cow, just as one rotten apple may spoil 
all of the apples when headed up with 
them in a barrel. For this reason instant 
isolation is absolutely necessary when 
anything goes wrong with a cow’s udder, 
and she should be kept apart until recov¬ 
ered. If practically all of the cows are 
affected, this will, of course, be impos¬ 
sible. and all will have to receive treat¬ 
ment. In outbreaks such as you describe 
the veterinarian should arrange to have 
an autogenous bacterin prepared from an 
infected cow, and meanwhile should use 
stock or polyvalent bacterin against pus 
formation and absorption. It is used by 
means of a hypodermic syringe and helps 
in getting rid of the disease. Before milk¬ 
ing a cow her udder and teats should be 
washed with a solution of hypochlorite of 
soda, about equal to half strength Dakin’s 
solution, and the milker should wash his 
hands with a similar solution after milk¬ 
ing each cow. Thp solution should also 
he used to disinfect the cups and other 
parts of the milking machine. Affected 
cows that have lost the milk secreting 
tc.netion of one or more quarters of their 
udders should be isolated and fitted for 
the butcher, as they may remain as “car¬ 
riers” of the infection. Cleanse, disinfect 
and whitewash the stable, including the 
floors and gutters. Board or dirt floors 
must be replaced by concrete, covered 
with cork brick or boards where the 
udders will come when the cow is lying 
down. When a teat becomes sore at the 
tip or is difficult to milk, do not use a 
milking tube. That instrument is a sure 
spreader of infection unless cleansed and 
boiled for 13 minutes each time before 
use and then smeared with c-arbolized 
vaseline before insertion in the teat. Im¬ 
merse the teat for at least five minutes 
twice daily in hot water containing all 
the boric acid it will dissolve, or in a hot 
l-tO’1,000 solution of ehinosol. Then ap¬ 
ply a mixture of one part of tincture of 
benzoin and three parts of glycerine. 
T'se that on all simple sore and chaps. 
If any sore is tardy in healing apply 
strong iodine ointment twice daily. 
Treat a starting case of garget as fnl- 
fows: Bathe the udder with hot water 
for 15 minutes every two hours and at 
same time strip <»ut the milk. Continue 
this for 24 hours. Night and morning 
also rub in a mixture of one part each 
of pure turpentiue and fluid extracts of 
poke root and belladonna leaves and five 
parts of warm melted lard or sweet oil. 
Internally give one-half to one ounce of 
formaldehyde night and morning, well 
diluted with water. The larger dose is 
for the worst forms of mammitis. Hypo¬ 
dermic treatment with bacterin is given 
extra. After discontinuing hot fomenta¬ 
tions rub in a mixture of equal quantities 
of earholized oil. camphorated oil and 
compound soap liniment once or twice 
daily, and keep the fluid stripped away. 
Irrigation of the udder with a 3 per cent 
solution of boric acid is done in the con¬ 
tagious form of the disease and vapor¬ 
ized ether is introduced by a special appa¬ 
ratus in milder forms, when tbo veteri¬ 
narian thinks such treatment indicated. 
M hen pus forms and the quarter has lost 
its milk-secreting function it is best to 
slit the teat open or amputate a portion 
so that drainage will be free and irriga¬ 
tion made easy during the drving-off 
process while the cow is being fitted for 
the butcher. a. s. a. 
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VIGOROUS COWS; 
HEALTHY CALVES 
Calkins No Longer Fears 
the Calving Period 
Every cow-owner knows the strain 
of calving on a. cow’s system. Kow- 
Kare is so widely used by dairymen be¬ 
fore and after calf-birth to strengthen 
the genital organs and avoid disorders, 
that we receive yearly thousands of 
letters from grateful users. G. H. 
Calkins, lone, Oregon, writes: 
“I have a fine Jersey cow. When two 
years old she dropped twins; they came 
dead. She didn't clean and four days »<ter 
I tried to take the afterbirth but could not. 
I got an experienced mar. and he tried and 
failed, and then I began giving her Kow- 
Kare and in about fourteen days it came 
away all right and she has not seen & 
6ick day since.” 
Kow-Kare is equally sure as a rem¬ 
edy for Barrenness, Abortion. Scour¬ 
ing. Bunches, Milk Fever. Loss of Ap¬ 
petite, etc. All of these ailments result 
from sluggish genital or digestive or¬ 
gans. It is these organs that Kow- 
Kare is quick to strengthen and build 
CP* _ 
At a cost of only a penny a day, 
Kow-Kare is used in many of the best 
dairies to offset the severe strain of 
winter confinement and rough or con¬ 
centrated feeds. This aid to digestion 
and assimilation keeps milk produc¬ 
tion at top notch and avoids break¬ 
downs. 
Kow-Kare will help you to bigger dairy 
profits: try it. Ceneral stores, feed dealers 
and druggists sell it at the new reduced prices 
—65c and 51.25 
DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO.. INC., 
Easier 
Quicker Better 
T HAT mean, disagreeable job of 
whitewashing and disinfecting in 
Stables Dairies 
Hog Houses Cellars 
Poultry Houses Outbuildings 
can be turned into pleasant rainy- 
day work that will be done in half 
the time with better results and 
with less labor. 
Carbola is a white paint and dis¬ 
infectant combined in powder form, 
that is ready to use as soon as mixed 
with water and is applied with brush 
or spray pump. It will not clog the 
sprayer, has no disagreeable odor 
and doesn’t flake, blister or peel off. 
It can be used on wood, brick, stone, 
cemant or over whitewash. 
Trial packages . $ .30 
10 pounds il 0 gals.)... 1-25 
20 pounds ;20 gals.).. .... . 2.50 
50 pound bags . 5.00 
200 pound bags....... . 18.00 
25% extra in Texas and Rocky 
Mountain States 
Hardware, paint, drug or seed deal¬ 
ers have Carbola or can get it. If 
not order direct—prompt shipment 
by post or express, 
CARBOLA CHEMICAL CO., Inc. 
299 Ely A-re. Dept R.Long Island City, N.Y. 
JI4KK * IIOI.MR AN HOUR. SELL MENDET8 
a patent patch for instantly mending leaks 
in all utensils. Sample package free. 
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