THE RURAL (IEW-YORKER. 
has been tried has served to break her of the 
habit; ean the Rural suggest anything? 
Ans.—W hat is the condition of that limb? 
Is there now, or has there been, any eruption, 
disease of the skin or injury to the left limb? 
Or is it “clean?” Your description should 
ha ve given those facts. Tn the absence of any 
information to the contrary, wo will suppose 
the limb to be “clean,” and that biting is due 
to some nervous irritation of the skin. Or 
now it may be due simply to a habit contract¬ 
ed during some previous irritation or disease 
of the limb. Give five drams of Barbadoes 
aloes to unload the bowels. Then night and 
morning give one-half ounce each of powdered 
gentian, ginger, nitrate of potash and carliou- 
ate of soda. After two weeks omit for a 
week, then give for another two weeks. Bathe 
the surface daily with water slightly acidu¬ 
lated with sulphuric acid, or with the follow¬ 
ing wash; Potassium hydrate solution and 
medicinal hydrocyanic acid each one dram, 
water one quart. It may be necessary to 
feed from a high rack during the day and 
muzzle at night until the desire to bite the 
limb ceases. 
WARTS ON a HORSK: ORIGIN ok horses 
TN AMERICA. 
Subscriber, laddress mislaid). —1. My two- 
year-ohl colt has a large wart ou her ribs just 
where the saddle comes. I have tried to re¬ 
move it with carbolic acid, without success. 
She has rubbed it olf several times and it 
grows larger each time. How could I remove 
it ? 2. Was the horse in Auierica when it was 
first discovered? 
A ns. —1. Cut close to the skin with a pair of 
sharp scissors and cauterize the cut surface 
with any dry caustic (nitrate of silver,sulphate 
of copper,etc.) Broad,Hat warts that cannot bo 
cut olf may be eaten away by caustic. If 
hard and dry use muriatic acid, applying the 
acid with a blunt-pointed wooden pencil 
bruised at. the end. Care must be taken that 
the acid doesn’t get ou the adjacent skin. 
Scrape the wart as fast as eaten by the acid, 
and continue uutil it is entirely eaten out. 
For a wart that is cracked or sore use copper 
sulphate or other dry caustic. 2. There is no 
doubt that the horse was unknown to the na¬ 
tives of America when this Continent was 
discovered by Europeans; but it is equally 
certain that the animal inhabited this coun¬ 
try during the postpliocene period, contem¬ 
poraneously with the mastodon. Its fossil 
remains, chiefly molar teeth, have been 
frequently found, especially in the South¬ 
ern and Western States and in South Amer¬ 
ica. Remains of three different species have 
been discovered, indicating that the equine 
family was well represented in the Western 
World in former geological periods. 
Whether this ancient horse, of about the size 
of the modern one, became entirely extinct 
before the appearance of man is doubtful; but 
Prof. Leidy thinks “ man probably was its 
companion.” All the present race of horses, 
however, on this hemisphere are of transat¬ 
lantic origiu. 
A HOME-MADE KILTER. 
A. B. It., Three-mile Bay, N. Y .—How can 
I make a home made filter f 
Ans. —Get a good barrel or tub, and iu one 
side, four inches from the bottom, bore a hole 
and tit a wooden faheet water-tight into it, 
letting t he end project two or three inches in¬ 
side. Put in the vessel a couple of inches of 
small stones or coarse gravel. Get a six-gallon 
stone crock and drill iu one side, close to the 
top, a hole large enough to receive the cud of 
the faucet which projects into the tub. Drill 
also another hole in the bottom, three-fourths 
of an inch iu diameter. Into this fit a cork 
having a hole through it, iuto which is fitted 
a piece of lead pipe reaching iuto the crock. 
Put the crock iuto the barrel, bottom up, 
placing the hole in its side over the end of the 
faucet, and fill up under and around it with 
coarse gravel until it is firmly fixed in the 
barrel and the gravel comes two inches above 
the inverted top. Now fill about the crock, 
and several inches above it, with hard*wood 
charcoal broken quite fine, say from the size 
of quail’s eggs down, wetting it as put in, and 
pounding down quite firmly with the end of a 
stick. The lead pipe coming from the crock 
should pass ou one side to the top and a little 
down on the outside of the vessel. Ou the 
charcoal in the latter put a couple of inches of 
fine washed sand, and on this coarse gravel to 
within two inches of the top of the barrel. 
The water should be put on top of the gravel. 
The filtered water ean be drawn from the 
faucet. If well made, this will prove os good 
a filter as any that can be bought for $15, 
PERIODIC OH SPECIFIC OPHTHALMIA IN A 
HORSE. 
II. IF., Minamlle, N. S .—A sixteeu- 
yeur-old horse of mine has become 
blind during the last six months. 
First the left eye became sore, and a liquid 
would run from it for about a weok; theu it 
would be all right for three or four weeks, 
then it would get bad again. These alternations 
occurred four times before the eye became 
blind. About two months later the other eye 
began to act in the same way auii soon that, 
too, became blind. The animal is otherwise 
in good condition. The eyes look as if the pu¬ 
pils were gone, and their places filled with 
water. 1. Could anything have been done for 
him? 2. Is there such a thing as “moon- 
blindness” in horses. 
Ans. —I. The symptoms indicate periodic 
or specific ophthalmia, commonly called 
“moon-blindness,” a disease especially of 
younger eyes, the watery appearance with the 
apparent absence of the pupil (pupil dilated) 
would indicate that the disease had terminated 
in glaucoma instead of cataract as is usually 
the case in the periodic ophthalmia. Glau¬ 
coma is a disease more especially of older eyes, 
due to an excessive secretion into the eye. 
Treatment would probably have been of little 
or no benefit. For further particulars see per¬ 
iodic ophthalmia in the F. C. of March 27, 
1886. 
NITRATE OF SODA FOR POTATOES. 
F. B. S., Chard on, Ohio. —1. What is ni¬ 
trate of soda worth and where can it be 
bought ? Would it be best to sow it broadcast 
((KM) pounds per acre) on early potatoes and 
harrow it in, or drop it on the hill and plant 
the seed pieces over it? Would it be advisable 
to mix 600 pounds of nitrate with twice the 
bulk of uclenched wood ashes and use the mix¬ 
ture on an acre ? 
Ans. —Nitrate of soda can be obtained from 
almost any of the fertilizer firms advertising 
in the Rural. C. V. Mapes quotes it at 3)^ 
cents per pound in small lots. It should be 
kept in boxes or barrels or tin vessels. It is 
better to use it as soon as possible after pur¬ 
chasing. Iu our experiments we have not 
found that nitrate of soda added much to crops 
of potatoes. Apply broadcast. Unleached 
wood ashes are an excellent fertilizer tor po¬ 
tatoes; as before stated, the nitrate does not 
appear to have much effect on the product. 
BEST POULTRY FOR DAKOTA. 
E. C . A., Aberdeen, Dak. —1. What is the 
best breed of poultry for this section, for cross¬ 
ing on the common kinds? 2. What breed 
would be most profitable for eggs which sell 
in Winter for 20 to 80 cents per dozen; and for 
firsbclass poultry which bring from 10 to 15 
cents per pound? The birds can have all the 
room they want in the summer; but have to 
be kept close in winter on account of the se¬ 
verity of the weather. 1 want to keep 50 
hens; how many cocks would be enough to 
fertilize tlieir eggs. 
Ans.— No poultry will stand your cold win¬ 
ters ns well as the Asiatic breeds or their 
crosses. The best of the Asiatics for luying 
are the Light Brahmas. These crossed ou 
your stock should make good, strong fowls 
aud good layers. The Plymouth Rocks ami 
Wyandottes are both good breeds to stand the 
cold as well as fair layers, aud will make good 
table fowls. You cannot expect the non-sit¬ 
ters, the best laying breeds, to stand confine¬ 
ment during your cold winters. Three cocks 
will be enough for the 50 hens to lay fertile 
eggs; four would lie better if they would not 
fight too much, 
AN ARBOR-VITAS HEDGE. 
D. L. 11., Glenwood, la .—The Rural ad¬ 
vises us to plant au arbor-vitee hedge three 
feet apart; will a hedge planted so far apart 
turn stock? 
Ans.—W o should never plaut an evergreen 
hedge for the purpose of turning stock, be¬ 
cause it cannot lie trusted to do so. Arbor- 
vita* hedges, if the plants are set as near to¬ 
gether ns the books recommit nd, are generally 
short-lived. They really are a pour invest¬ 
ment iu the long run in our humble estima¬ 
tion. Three feet apart will turn animals just 
us well as nearer, though a longer time will lie 
required. We would prefer to set the plants 
four feet apart. The hedge will in due time 
become handsomer and it will live and thrive 
longer than if the plants grow closer together. 
What is the use of crowding the plants and 
restricting their food? Our friend is remind¬ 
ed that a barbed wire or so stretched over or 
through the hedge will serve his purpose 
fully. 
NO MILK FROM FRONT TEATS OF A COW. 
L. S., Cheviot, AT. J .—My 22-mouths’ old 
Jersey heifer dropped a fine calf yesterday, 
aiul is all right except that she has no milk in 
her two front teats, nor is there any swelling 
or development in the front part of the udder, 
which would lead one to expect to find milk 
there afterwards; is not this very unusual, 
aud is there any remedy? 
Ans. —Usually milk Is already present iu 
all four quarters of the udder when the calf is 
dropped. Occasionally, however, the milk 
appears slowly, especially at the first time of 
calving. In this case we suspect milk will lie 
(Continued on page 122.) 
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