1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
735 
INDIGESTION IN HORSE. 
I have a four-year-old horse in fine con¬ 
dition, good worker and good horse, but he 
eats his own droppings. What is the cause 
and remedy? Sometimes ,'i few kernels of 
corn are passed whole. t. d. w. 
Waldo, Fla. 
If you are feeding whole corn stop it 
and feed your horse four quarts of oats 
and two quarts wheat bran three times 
a day, and when you feed hay feed a 
sufficient amount. After he has eaten 
it up let him stand without eating. 
People make a great mistake in feeding 
too much hay. Have your horse’s teeth 
examined; very likely they are out of 
condition. Go to your druggist and 
have the following put up: Nitrate of 
potash four ounces; powdered gentian, 
four ounces; powdered sulphate of iron, 
two ounces; bicarbonate of soda, tw'o 
ounces; mix this thoroughly, divide into 
12 powders and give one three times a 
day in food described above. 
“TH/IT PARALYZED SOIV." 
As I have noticed no remedy for the 
sow belonging to Mapes, the hen 
man, I will add my mite of experience. 
One noon hour years ago, I noticed one 
of ray sows licking the dripping grease 
off the wagon hubs. It was black of 
course with iron cuttings of the spindle. 
She had cleaned each hub when I dis¬ 
covered her and drove her away. This 
was on a hot day in August, and she 
as due to farrow in about three weeks. 
:n f.ve days she could not move, but 
(oukl wink and squeal. She was fed 
r.'c!) with a big spoon for weeks,, and 
farrowed nine pigs on lime, pigs all 
right. This sow was turned over by 
hand every day, always had a good ap- 
■ tite, and gave a good flow of milk for 
the pigs which grew finely. After about 
six weeks a neighbor boy suggested tur¬ 
pentine, as “it was good for hogs if 
nothing ailed them.’’ She was given 
four doses in milk, and in a week she 
was walking around and .soon recovered. 
The cases seem similar, and I would 
give turpentine, followed by raw lin¬ 
seed oil. Your pigs that eat “grit and 
root all the time,’’ are starving for phy¬ 
sic. Give them plenty of green stuff, 
or raw oil (a dose or two.) I never 
ring or wean my pigs, and they never 
root, even in clover sod (where grubs 
are plenty). A hog will not root or 
squeal, if it is bred right and fed right. 
I have been raising and feeding pigs 
for 25 years, but never tried any di.sh- 
water treatment. 1 always get as much 
inherited tendency as possible in my 
breeding stock. This with wheat, corn, 
clover, milk, oil meal, and the pump pre¬ 
vents their rooting and stops their suck¬ 
ing. You can see them grow and feel 
the returns. We do not use any sour 
swill, sour apples nor dishwater; very 
little milk and no “wallow.” 
Fort Scott, Kan. c;. i>. 
THE IMPROVEMENT IN MILK. 
Years ago The R. N.-Y. printed the 
first newspaper article on “certified 
milk.” Mr. Francisco, who sold milk in 
Montclair, N. J., coined the word. His 
plan was to provide milk so pure ami 
clean that doctors could prescribe it as 
they did drugs or prepared foods. This 
idea has spread until now nearly every 
town of any size has one or more milk¬ 
men who take pains to guarantee tlieir 
milk. We have recently been tal’dn.g 
with several men of this class. They 
tell us that such milk costs consider¬ 
ably more than the average, but after 
its quality has been tested they have no 
trouble in selling all they can make at 
a good price. The customer has to be 
educated to understand that milk is a 
food and not a luxury, and then t; 
recognize the difference between om' 
sample of milk and another. At lirsL, 
many people look for what they call the 
“cowy” taste in liiilk, thinking that is 
"hat milk ought to have. When milk 
is aerated and cooled or filtered this 
“cowy” taste disappears and at first 
some customers will reject “certified” 
milk for this reason. When they under- 
derstand what this “cowy” taste really 
is they all then demand pure milk. 
Sometimes a milkman who takes extra 
pains with his milk finds it necessary to 
buy a small quantity to help out his own 
supply. In every case the customers no¬ 
tice the change. Without knowing it 
they have become used to a certain 
flavor or quality and are quick to detect 
any change. The demand for first-class 
milk is greater than the supply but in 
order to obtain what it is worth the 
milkman must be close to his customer. 
Would it pay a farmer back in the 
country, supplying milk to the average 
city market, to go to the expense of pro¬ 
ducing “certified” milk? We have ask¬ 
ed this question of several milkmen who 
are selling at the top price. They say 
no—unless the milk can be sent to some 
dealer who knows its value and will pay 
what it is worth. To attempt to make 
such milk and sell it at the ordinary 
“Exchange” price would be a losing 
game. 
Oow' I’EA Hay.— Alva Agee in the N«- 
tional Stockman and Farmer does not 
agree with u.s iti opposing the use of cow 
peas for hay. Jle is good iiutliority. and 
says: “While I re;illze the value of peas 
plowed down for a Spring crop like pota¬ 
toes, and have them growing this year f ir 
this purpose just as I have for m.any years, 
yet the cow pea iit the North is sure to 
do groat service in another way. It pre¬ 
pares stiff and thin soils for idovcr and 
grass, but not by being j)lowed under. The 
little 'IMmothy plant wants its food and 
water near the surface of the ground. 
Tough soil from the bottom of the furrow 
is not to its liking. When the ])eas are 
chopped into the surface soil with a disk 
harrow just before the vines become tough 
.and dry, a splendid seed bed for grass is 
made. On thin breaks and ridges 1 have 
now the finest sods got in this way. Where 
land is richer, the vines go into hay for 
Winter feed, and the stubble and roots, 
mixed with surface soil by use of Acme 
or disk haiTow, make the conditions right 
for young grass.” 
ITttcE Fon Squab;-!.— The New Haven 
markets are paying me better prices for 
squabs and broilers than are quoted on 
page 668. Siiuabs bring never less than 
$2.10 per dozen, and often as high as $:!. 
Jtrollers at present wholesale at 18 cen;s a 
pound with feathers picked. The market 
handles .squabs all the year round and 
tannot be overstocked. From aetinil ex¬ 
perience I know the .sciuab-r;iising in bis- 
try i)ays well, and can be profitably com¬ 
bined with the poultry business. 
Westville, Conn. h. a. s. 
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