Swollen Leg 
A man says that my horse has milk lies? 
and cannot be cured. The horse’s leg 
swells when worked a little more than 
When idle, from the hip all the way down 
to the hoof. He does not walk lame. 
Pennsylvania. o. 8. m. 
Where lymphangitis, sometimes called 
“Monday morning disease’' or “milk leg," 
has attacked a horse several times the 
leg usually remains permanently enlarged, 
especially about the fetlock joint, which 
may assume an immense size. This con¬ 
dition is called “elephantiasis." and is in¬ 
curable. The swelling neither reduces 
nor increases with work or exercise. The 
fact that the leg of tlie horse in ques¬ 
tion swells with exercise indicates that 
something other than milk leg is present. 
It may lie that the leg has been strained 
or sprained at some time or that the cir¬ 
culation is faulty. Treatment indicated 
in such a condition, and it should help 
materially, would be to allow the horse a 
roomy box stall when in the stable, but 
never to let him stand for a single day 
without work or outdoor exercise. Each 
time ho comes inio the stable rub the leg 
dry and then bandage it snugly from foot 
to hock joint with a flannel or Derby 
bandage. Do not. let the bandage stay on 
the leg more than six hours. Rub the 
leg thoroughly each time the bandage is 
removed and night and morning bathe it 
with a mixture of equal quantities of 
alcohol , extract of witch hazel and com¬ 
pound soap liniment. Internal treatment 
will also be necessary. Dissolve one dram 
of iodide of potash in the drinking water 
night and morning for five consecutive 
days a week for two weeks; then stop for 
10 days, after which the treatment may 
be repeated, if seei^ to be necessary. If 
the horse has a coarse heavy coal of hair 
lie should bo clipped at once. In Summer 
do not feed corn. Use a mixture of whole 
or crushed oats and one-ninth part of 
wheat bran, by weight, of which an allow¬ 
ance of l lb. for every 100 lbs. of body 
weight, in three feeds, will he sufficient 
as a day’s ration. Allow a similar amount 
of hay and let the horse have free access 
to rock salt. 
NEWTON'S 
For HEAVES, COUGHS, DIS¬ 
TEMPER, INDIGESTION 
A Canditioner and Worm Expeller, Wind. Throat, 
Stomach and Blood. Use two largo cans lor Heaves; 
If not satisfactory, money refunded. Ono 
largo can often sufficient. 
body from head to foot with tincture of 
green soap and hot water, if you find all 
of it affected. If only parts of the skin 
are involved, wash those, and repeat the 
washing when seen to he necessary, Dry 
and blanket the horse after this treat¬ 
ment, and if you then notice sore or ab¬ 
normal parts on the body, rub in a mix¬ 
ture of two ounces of flowers of sulphur 
and half an ounce each of Coal tar dip 
and oil of tar and one pint of sweet oil 
or cottonseed oil. Do not apply this to 
more than one-third of the body at one 
time. Repeat the application at inter¬ 
vals of three days. Internally give half 
an ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic 
night and morning until the animal is in 
normal condition; then gradually dis¬ 
continue the medicine, taking at least 10 
days to the process. 
Sheep for Clearing Land 
Noting the question in The R. N.-Y., 
page 747. by M. M. I).. Fulton, N. Y., 
asking bow to kill willows, will give our 
experience, which proved quite satisfac¬ 
tory in more than one way. A number of 
years ago we bad a pasture, a part of 
which was quite moist land, which was 
nearly covered with willows. Other parts 
having much golden rod and white daisy, 
we turned in a small Hock of sheep, which 
ate every sprout and green thing on the 
willows as high as they could reach, 
which made it easy cutting the larger 
ones. The next year the sheep took every 
sprout, as well as clearing out the golden- 
rod and daisies. This method proved 
quite easy and profitable for us; but there 
are other pests which the sheep will not 
eat, like the hardback and alder, and I 
should like to know a good method of 
destroying them. This was our starting 
point in keeping sheep, and soon after we 
bought a registered Shropshire ewe. This 
ewe 1 ived to be 1.0% years old and was 
the starting of our present registered 
flock, which has been a source of both 
pleasure aud profit. w. L. haynes. 
Vermont, 
Indigestion causes Hoaves— 
ail mijra troubles in horses than all other diseases 
contained. Kaep Newton’s Compound on hand. 
Occasional dose Keeps the horse in good condition. 
More for the money than nnythlm: obtained for Similar 
purposes. Two pounds net In laree can. or 7 5 doses; 
13 ounce* In small can. Economical and sate to use, 
dose is small. Powder form. In olr-tlcht cans. On 
the market over 30 years. Used In veterinary prac¬ 
tice unmy years before. 
Equally effective for Cattle and Hogs. 
GSc and $1.25 per can 
Sold by Dealers or by Parcel Post 
THE NEWTON REMEDY CO., Toledo, Ohio 
Feed for Horse 
Which is the better horse feed, ground 
oats and hominy or whole oats and 
cracked corn? Horses are working hard. 
New York. o, s. F. 
It is a rule in the feeding of horses 
that every horse that has sound teeth 
should do his own feed grinding. The 
stomach of the horse is very small, hold¬ 
ing only 3% gallons, and feed has there¬ 
fore to be perfectly masticated and satu¬ 
rated with saliva before it is swallowed. 
Ground feed of any kind is swallowed 
without such perfect, mastication and in- 
salivatinn, with the result that indiges¬ 
tion is caused. It is therefore best always 
to feed a horse corn in the ear rather 
than ground corn or a product such as 
hominy. Oats should also be fed whole 
and may have an addition of one-ninth 
part of wheat bran, which not only in¬ 
duces more perfect mastication, but is au 
excellent laxative to regulate the bowels. 
We should advise you to feed each horse 
1 lb. of the oats-bran mixture fur every 
100 lbs. of body weight, in three feeds, as 
a day’s ration when the horse is working 
hard and adding a few ears of corn at 
noon. Not much corn is needed in hot 
weather, but a few ears are a welcome 
change and induce slow eating, Allow a 
like quantity* of sound mixed clover and 
Timothy hay as a day’s ration. Give 
most of it at night, and only allow 1 or 
2 lbs. of it at noon while the horse is cool¬ 
ing off before being watered and fed bis 
grain ration. Enough time should also 
be allowed to the horse for proper masti¬ 
cation of his feed at noon. When made 
to hurry this meal he learns to bolt the 
feed u rich owed, and that is certain to 
cause indigestion. If you must give the 
feeds mentioned we should prefer whole 
oats and cracked corn to ground oats and 
hominy, if ground feed of any sort is 
used always wet it at meal times. It is 
best also to dampen a mixture of oats 
and bran. Dry bran may. however, be 
mixed with the oats if the horse tends to 
boll bis feed, and the mixture should be 
fed from a large shallow box. So far as 
possible give the drinking water after 
meals, unless water is available at all 
times, 
KEEP LIVESTOCK HEALTHY 
BY USING 
Kreso Dip No. 1 
A Square Silo 
Would you advise me to build a square 
silo? w. w. B. 
Oswego, N. Y. 
I would not under any circumstances 
recommend the building of a square silo. 
It has been the experience of a great 
many dairymen that silos of this type do 
not preserve the silage, and that there is 
a great deal of waste silage that accumu¬ 
lates in the corners of the silo. Not only 
is a square silo more expensive to con¬ 
struct, but if placed inside a barn it 
would utilize space that could be used to 
better advantage. The modern stave or 
concrete silo is not only more efficient in 
keeping the silage, but actually costs less 
and places the silage problem beyond the 
stage of speculation. When silos were 
first introduced the square type prevailed, 
but I do not know of a single instance 
where they have survived or satisfied. 
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DETROIT, MICH. 
MINERALS 
^COMPOUND 
Fistula of Neck 
I have a cow that has a sore on the 
side of her neck, It seems to be between 
the neck and jaw, The hole is about as 
large around as a lead pencil and dis¬ 
charges a mattery substance. w. j. t. 
We take it from your description that 
the discharging orifice is under the ear. 
If that is tlie case if. is to be suspected 
that if is a fistula of the parotid salivary 
gland, and may have been caused by a 
barb wire tear or some such cause. Such 
a fistula would discharge saliva and pos¬ 
sibly a little pus. The How would bo 
greatest at meal times or when [lie row 
was chewing Iter cud. If it is a fistula 
of the salivary gland we should not ad¬ 
vise treatment as it is a most difficult 
matter to heal such a fistula and the 
treatment would necessitate au operation 
by an expert, and might not succeed. If 
may be, however, tlmt the discharge 
comes from a foreign body, such as a 
sliver or bullet, which might be removed 
by operation; or it may be a discharge 
from an abscess which li \s been opened 
foe liberation of pus and nn< failed to 
close. I.ump jaw (actinomycosis ) may 
also cause a discharging sore, and could 
be cured by excision, cauterization of tin* 
wound and internal administration of 
iodide of potash. In all cases of this 
sort, the tuberculin test should be applied 
by a qualified veterinarian, as tubercu¬ 
losis is a possibility, and is incurable and 
contagious and makes the milk dangerous 
for use by persons or animals. It’ the 
row does not react to the tuberculin test 
we should advise you to clip the hair 
from the affected p irt and paint it with 
a tincture of iodine every other day and 
also inject a little of the tincture into the 
discharging place at intervals of three or 
four days. This may help until it is de¬ 
cided if an operation will be necessary. 
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Buttermilk Cheese 
I have just read in your magazine that 
one of your readers has asked how to 
make cheese from sour buttermilk, flavor¬ 
ed with caraway scads. As 1 know how 
my mother makes it, I will tell you. Put 
the buttermilk in a pan and set it in a 
hot oven. As soon as the buttermilk is 
hot the water will begin to separate from 
the milk, and the milk will gather into 
lumps- When the water has separated 
from the milk, have a bag made of cheese¬ 
cloth ready, and pour the contents of the 
pan into the bag and tie it up, banging it 
on a nail until the whey runs out. After 
most of it is out set it down on a board 
or stone which is fiat, lay another stone 
on top. so the rest of the whey will be 
squeezed out, but do uot take the stone 
off until the cheese is hard, which gener¬ 
ally takes a number of hours. If made in 
the evening and put under a stone It 
would he hard the next morning; the 
longer the better, as all the whey will he 
out. It can be flavored with salL while 
making. My mother does not care for it 
made from buttermilk; she has given it 
up altogether, became, when made with 
sour milk it is more tasty. It is made in 
the same way. Do not put too heavy a 
stone on the bag, as the pressure may be¬ 
come so great as to make it burst. The 
cheese is ready to cat as soon as it is 
hard; it may be eaten with bread and 
butter, making a sandwich. Ask your 
reader to try it both ways and see which 
is better. Both are made the same way, 
being flavored with caraway seeds and a 
little salt is wanted. The salt may be 
spread on top after making it, instead of 
mixing it with the caraway seeds. The 
sour milk cheese is usually sold for 30 
Cents a pound. Some people charge a 
price that is equal to tlie price of the 
number of quarts of milk used for the 
cheese. The caraway seeds must be mixed 
together, but the sail may be spread on 
top afterwards if wanted. J. A. p. 
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Itching Skin 
I have a horse tvhich frequently rubs 
and bites his sides, and pounds badly 
with his hind feet when in stall. I have 
called it lice. There are thin, flat bunches 
on parts of the body. I scrubbed with 
soap aud water and followed this .with 
four quarts of tobacco tea. made from 
about one-third of n pound of tobacco 
dust. This has but little or no effect. 
Massachusetts. J. p. n. 
Chicken lice sometimes cause intoler¬ 
able itchiness of the skin in horses, espe¬ 
cially about the head and neck. Where 
the animal is infested in that way the 
hair drops off in little spots, or the en¬ 
tire infested part may become denuded of 
hair when appropriate treatment is not 
given. Tobacco decoctions should kill 
chicken lice or horse lice, and as it has 
not done so in the case in question, we 
rather suspect that parasitic mange is 
present. That we cannot determine 
without making a personal examination, 
but we should advise you to have the 
horse clipped at once, and theu wash the 
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