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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Possible Tuberculosis 
We have a cow that has a large lump 
(! or IS in. in front of her udder on the 
right side. It. is about <» or 7 in. across, 
and it is about (> in. or more long. Some* 
times it is hard and at times it is soft. 
You can trace the milk vein from both 
sides clear up to this lump, and then it 
seems to be broken right into in the mid¬ 
dle of the lump. She kicks all the while 
when we milk her, and she eats hardly 
anything. She has had this lump about 
throe weeks already and she is getting 
very poor. Could you tell ns what this 
is and what we could do for her? v. K. 
Canastota, N. Y. 
I suspect that this cow is suffering 
from tubercular lesions in the udder. By 
all means I should submit here to the 
tuberculin test, and if she does not react 
I should have her examined by a veter¬ 
inarian who might detect, advanced states 
of tuberculosis that might, not be identi¬ 
fied by the tuberculin test. The mere fact 
that this cow is emaciated and is losing 
her vigor and vitality adds to my sus¬ 
picion. j. w. u. 
to keep dirt and disease out of your buildings — to make them 
light, clean, sanitary and healthful, and therefore profit-pro¬ 
ducing quarters for your livestock and poultry — if you will use 
For Stable 
Cows Fail to Breed 
I would like to have you advise me on 
what other cow feed I should buy to make 
a balanced ration for my Holstein cows 
(milking). 1 have oats and corn on the 
cob, ground. Pasture in the Summer and 
clover hay in the Winter; no silage. I 
can get gluten, cottonseed meal, oilmen), 
middlings, and probably others that a 
feed mill would sell. And what propor¬ 
tion should I feed them? Could you tell 
me what is the matter with these cows? 
These cows fail to breed. What is the 
trouble? A. r. 
Ohio. 
It is evident from your description that 
your cows are infected with contagious 
abortion. Either this condition prevails 
or the male that you are using is infer¬ 
tile. Where a cow conceives and carries 
the calf six or seven months and then 
gives still birth to the fetus, there is no 
mistaking the presence of contagious abor¬ 
tion. This condition presents a problem 
that your local veterinarian can best help 
in solving, for there is very little that can 
be done at long distance in the way of 
recommendation. Recently it has been 
emphatically declared that there is a close 
relationship between incomplete nutrition 
and the tendency of cows to abort. Ani¬ 
mals that are supplied an abundance of 
mineral matter, such as calcium and phos¬ 
phorus in available fo/m, especially dur¬ 
ing the later stages, are known to be liss 
susceptible to abortion. On the other 
hand, if the cows are infected with tin* 
bacillus abortus the mere feeding of com¬ 
plete feeds or those rich in mineral mat¬ 
ter will not itself correct this condbiou. 
It is necessary to resort to sanitary 
measures and precautions, all of which 
should be suggested by the veterinarian. 
Again, it is now believed that contag¬ 
ious abortion is introduced through the 
agency of the digestive system rather 
than by means of the reproductive sys¬ 
tem. as previously proclaimed. Many 
are of the opinion that more experimental 
data must be produced In order to satisfy 
many dairymen that the bull himself is 
incapable of transmitting the disease. 
Dairy cows, especially during the period 
when they are dry, must be fed an abun¬ 
dance of mineral matter. Alfalfa and 
clover bay supply the essential elements 
with the most economy, and if these pro¬ 
ducts are fed to the cow during the period 
when she has access to green grass it is 
believed that both the calcium and the 
phosphorus are very easily assimilated. 
Dairy cows actually store these mineral 
constituents during their dry period, and 
for this reason a great deal more atten¬ 
tion should be given to the feeding of the 
cow during her dry period than ordinarily 
prevails. 
The D vitamin that Dr. McCullom now 
proclaims has to do with this problem of 
mineral deficiency, and he holds that it is 
of the utmost importance that breeding 
dams he generously fed with mineral 
matter during their entire gestation peri¬ 
od if the young are to develop free from 
rickets and other hone deficiency condi¬ 
tions which are so frequently encoun¬ 
tered. lie also believe that much of the 
trouble now being experienced with chil¬ 
dren's teeth could lie eliminated if the 
food selection of the mother were higher 
in mineral matter during the period of 
gestation. 
It seems to me, therefore, that .vour 
problem is one of nutrition as well as 
sanitation ; and that many of your breed¬ 
ing troubles will be corrected as soon as 
your feeds an* brought into complete 
alignment as far as protein and mineral 
constituents arc concerned. 
As to the specific ration itself, I should 
use clover and Alfalfa hay for roughage. 
With coru and oats and silage I 
should choose one of the better grades of 
mixed feeds which carry 24 per cent of 
protein, mixing this with my homegrown 
products, and thus satisfy myself flint I 
was getting a sufficient variety of esseu- 
tial proteins. j. w. u. 
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