THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
783 
1903 
I 
Ailing Animals. 
Lampas in Colt. 
We have a four-year-old colt which has 
a swelling of the gums which covers his 
teeth in front, or nearly covers them, 
growing down to the edge of the teeth 
from the roof of mouth, called lampers by 
some. Will you tell me what to do for 
him? I do not want anything done to him 
that will make him slobber all his life. 
Theresa, N. Y. J. h. p. 
This is a favorite disease with some 
people who are never satisfied unless 
showing their skill in operating with a 
hot iron, or a knife on the tender bars 
of the horse’s mouth. It affects young 
horses before they have their full com¬ 
plement of teeth; young horses changed 
from pasture to dry, hard food in the 
stable will be troubled with it. The 
bars of the roof of the mouth slightly 
inflame, and a horse will fail to eat his 
food. Knowing its cause, the treat¬ 
ment is simple; merely give soft food 
consisting of bran mashes to keep the 
,bowels open, soaked or scalded oats 
for a few days, and the trouble will dis¬ 
appear. Never let any fool burn or cut 
the so-called lampers. 
Horse with Impaired Digestion. 
I have a horse that is becoming very 
thin; he has worked hard all Summer, 
seemed well and ate well; worked on farm 
all the time but two months when worked 
on scraper on traction road. Bowels and 
kidneys are about right; fed from six to 
eight quarts oats at feed for the last two 
months; before that eight to 10 ears corn, 
two quarts bran and handful oil meal at 
a feed, with all the Timothy hay he would 
eat, yet he gets thinner all the time. He 
is about 11 years old. What can we feed 
him to fatten him? We have quit work¬ 
ing him and are feeding now two quarts 
corn and oats ground, two Quarts bran 
and two or three ears new corn. Will it 
hurt to use him in the team to do ordinary 
work, or should we let him rest longer? 
lie seems to feel well, only acts tired; eats 
well and seems to be hungry at meal time. 
Would Alfalfa hay be better to fatten him 
than Timothy or corn fodder? p. r. f. 
Madisonville. O. 
I mistrust that your horse’s teeth aro 
in bad condition, and need attending to. 
The first thing is take the horse to a 
qualified veterinary surgeon and have 
his teeth examined, for no horse will 
thrive with bad teeth; also feed him 
part bran and part oats, about six quarts 
three times a day, with a limited 
amount of hay, and have your druggist 
put up the following condition powders: 
Ground nitrate of potash, one pound; 
powdered sulphate of iron, one pound; 
soda bi-carbonate, one pound; powdereo 
gentian, one pound; ginger, two pounds. 
Have this mixed thoroughly together 
and give a teaspoonful three times a 
day in his food. Do not forget to have 
the teeth attended to at once. 
SQUAD BREEDING. 
The Homer pigeons are the best 
squab breeders, for they breed much 
faster than any other kind. They 
also take the best care of their young, 
giving them good treatment even 
in the coldest weather. When buying 
breeding stock buy only of reliable 
breeders, for if you don’t you are liable 
to get the poorest of their flock, or old 
worn-out birds. It is better to pay a 
fair price and get good stock, as it costs 
about as much to raise poor squabs as 
to raise good ones. Good squabs will 
always sell easily and bring a good 
price. The best breeders are good strong 
birds from one to six years old; if they 
are younger or older the squabs will not 
average as large or plump, nor will the 
birds breed so fast. Very old birds do 
not breed well in cold weather, and as 
that is when the squabs bring the high¬ 
est price the younger birds are the more 
profitable. The young birds will begin 
to breed when they are about six months 
old, but the first squabs are generally 
small or thin, but after they have hred 
a few times they are fine breeders. I 
have a young pair of birds that have 
just bred the second time, and this pair 
of squabs are large and plump. 
Abington, Mass. a. b. h. 
HINTS ON BUYING COWS. 
A well-to-do farmer past middle life 
gave us a little homily the other day on 
buying cows that is in line with our 
own experience: 
‘‘When you go into a barn to see a 
cow with a view to buying, and the cow 
doesn’t please you thoroughly at the 
first look, you get out of the barn and 
go home. If you stay around and try 
to have her suit you or to find the good 
points on her that are not there, you’ll 
be apt to buy her, and nine chances in 
ten you’ll find she isn’t what you want 
at all, and you are stuck,” How can you 
defraud a man more than to get him to 
buy a cow that is continually asking 
for more than she returns? It is also 
a good plan to have in mind that under 
ordinary circumstances the average 
dairyman is not going to sell you his 
best cows, and there is generally some 
reason given besides the true one why 
he wants to get rid of that particular 
cow. Why not quit buying and raise 
your own cows? That may be some¬ 
thing of a lottery, but not anywhere 
near like the one of trying to purchase 
profitable cows. Start in with a good 
bull to head the herd. Many times we 
have heard that a good bull is half the 
herd, but it is also true, as has been 
said, that a ‘poor bull is the whole of 
the herd. Get one from a good dam 
and grand dam, and when you have him 
keep him, not as too many farmers do, 
even as we have done ourselves, tied 
up in a stable constantly, or in a small 
box stall, and only let out daily to 
drink or as occasion requires. A bull 
kept in this manner soon becomes use¬ 
less, and one has to turn him off at 
three or four years of age before one 
knows of what value he is, and before 
his heifers have time to show their 
worth. We sold one for beef whose 
heifers have nearly all turned out fine 
milkers and with good udders, but he 
had been kept without proper exercise 
and lost his vitality. Had we known 
his good getting qualities we should 
perhaps have pursued a different method 
and had a valuable hull for years. We 
have found bulls more quiet and better 
to handle if kept in the stable where 
they can see other cows or animals 
than when kept alone. 
ir. G. MANCHESTER. 
A Cute Turkey.— A sub-scriber sends us 
the following clipping from a local Ohio 
paper: "Mrs. John Bromley, of Richfield 
township, Henry County, has a turkey hen 
which is a source of continual entertain¬ 
ment, and as a vaudeville artist this re¬ 
markable fowl stands at the top notch. 
Eleven years ago Mrs. B. found one of 
her hen turkeys was continually abusing 
one of her brood, would not allow it to eat 
with its little brothers and sisters, would 
strike it with her wing and knock it 
over every time it came in reach. Mrs. 
B. finally took the poor little thing into 
the house and raised it by hand, making 
a great pet of it. As the turkey grew up 
it was so entertaining that it was named 
‘Cute,’ and would come at the call of its 
name from any place within hearing. The 
first Summer of this hen’s maturity she 
laid SO eggs and hatched and raised 18 
turks, and for five years she averaged 
about the same number of eggs and the 
•same number of young. The sixth year 
Cute made her nest as usual, and visited 
it daily, but never an egg was produced. 
Finally Mrs. B.. to surprise Cute, placed 
a Guinea hen’s egg in the nest, and 
watched Cute to see what she thought of 
the little egg. Cute came at the usual time, 
and observing the Guinea egg—turning 
first one eye and then the other on it—she 
stepped into the nest and with her foot 
kicked the egg fully six feet away. She 
then sat down and went through the usual 
preten.se of laying. At the end of three 
weeks, Mrs. B. placed 18 eggs, turkey, 
chicken and Guinea eggs, in Cute’s nest, 
and the old girl accepted the situation and 
hatched them all out. And for the past 
six years Cute has done the same thing, 
never laying an egg, but always making 
a nest and hatching the eggs supplied to 
her.” 
Pish and Fowls.- I have never fed ra 
meat to poultry. My fowls have a wlc 
range, and appear to find sufficient insei 
life to answer all purposes. Being on sa 
water they at times have been given fisl 
which were baked before being fed. I ha\ 
heard that a fish diet would taint the egg, 
but from the amount given have nevt 
noticed any such results. a. i. 
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