1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
15 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
Lump on Cow’s Throat. 
I have a valuable Jersey cow, six or 
seven years old, with a lump coming on 
the jaw or throat. I think it is from eat¬ 
ing straw and chaff around a straw stack. 
She breathes with difficulty, has good ap¬ 
petite, and is in good order. She is natu¬ 
rally greedy about her food. Will this 
lump break and heal, or what should t 
best do? It began with difficult breathing 
right away after ttirhing her on the straw, 
thckrell, Neb. p. s. 
The swelling and difficult breathing 
might be dhe to a tumor or abscess 
formed, or the result of ail injury, to 
tubercular deposits, or to actinomycosis. 
A more definite description or a per¬ 
sonal examihation would be necessary 
to enable me to give a definite opinion. 
I can only suggest that you call a com¬ 
petent veterinary surgeon to examine 
and treat the Case. 
Stringhalt, Colic and Bots in Horses. 
1. What is a remedy for stringhalt in a 
horse? He is six years old, and not badly 
affected. 2. What is a good remedy for 
colic in horses? 3. What treatment may 
be given for bots in horses? j. w. ir. 
Payne’s Depot, Ky. 
1. There is no known satisfactory 
remedy for stringhalt. A few cases 
have been relieved by a surgical opera¬ 
tion, but it is not generally practiced. 
2. An effective, safe remedy to relieve 
the pain of colic in horses, is one ounce 
each sulphuric ether and sweet spirits 
of niter, given as a drench, in a half 
pint of cold water. Repeat every hour, 
or oftener, if necessary, until the animal 
is relieved. If there are indications of 
constipation, and there is no fever, an 
active purgative (as one ounce each 
aloes and ginger) should be given early, 
and followed by a laxative diet until 
the bowels move freely. 
3. I know of no remedy that will re¬ 
move bots without at the same time re¬ 
moving the lining of the horse’s stom¬ 
ach. Two or three ounces oil of turpen¬ 
tine well shaken up in a pint of raw 
linseed or sweet oil, and administered 
on an empty stomach, will remove some 
of the young bots early in the Fall, but 
hardly this late in the season. Bots, as 
a mile, are comparatively harmless, and 
it is only necessary to sustain the horse 
by a generous, nutritious diet, and wait 
for the bots to pass away next Spring. 
Indigestion and Colic in a Colt. 
I have a Spring colt that has been 
troubled with colic or something of that 
nature. It has had three attacks within 
the past four months. The first came on 
while the mare and colt were in clover, and 
each time since it became sick in. the Held, 
though I never turned it in the clover 
again. I have had two veterinarians treat 
the colt. The first said that it was colic; 
the second, stomach and kidney trouble. 
The third time the first doctor treated the 
colt, and then said the trouble was acute 
indigestion. While sick the colt rolls at 
most continually, and turns its head, look¬ 
ing toward its right side. The only time 
it will lie quiet is when it lies straight on 
its back. Each time the attack lasted five 
or six hours. The colt is fed clover, hay 
and one quart of oats three times a day. 
Is there anything I can do as a preventive? 
I asked the veterinarian who had treated 
it twice if there was any way to prevent 
the attack. He said that the best thing 
I could do was to get rid of the colt the 
first chance I had. But I could not sell 
such a colt with a clear conscience, with¬ 
out telling the buyer about it. and, of 
course, that would spoil the sale. b. b. 
Waterloo, Ind. 
The colicky attacks are evidently due 
to indigestion. The only way to prevent 
such attacks is by care in feeding, with 
a course of tonics to improve the diges¬ 
tion. If the colt is given a little extra 
attention for a few months he will prob¬ 
ably outgrow the trouble. Give one of 
the following powders in his feed night 
and morning: Subnitrate of bismuth 
and powdered nux vomica, of each two 
ounces; ginger, four ounces; gentian, 
eight ounces; mix and divide into 32 
powders. Keep a box of salt where the 
colt can lick it at will. Do not overfeed, 
especially in coarse fodder, and allow 
a few roots or other succulent food to 
keep the bowels moving freely. A hand¬ 
ful of ground flax seed two or three 
times daily in the feed would be excel¬ 
lent. Always water before feeding, and 
do not allow more than eight quarts at 
one time. 
Retention of Urine in a Horse. 
What is the best treatment for a horse 
subject to retention of urine? h. r. 
Bay Shore, N. Y. 
In general, warm water injections per 
rectum, a mustard poultice over loins, 
and ounce doses of sweet spirits of niter, 
will prove beneficial. Without knowing 
the cause or character of the retention, 
more specific treatment cannot be ad¬ 
vised. Retelition might be due to wide¬ 
ly differing causes; Any peculiar symp¬ 
toms attending the retention, as well 
as to whether the Urine is scanty or sim¬ 
ply utiduly retained in the bladder, 
should have been given. If you will 
write again, givifig such facts, I can 
answer more definitely. 
Frozen Poultry. —The National Pro- 
visioner says that the shipping of 
chilled or frozen poultry has not been a 
success. For some reason it seems im¬ 
possible to keep poultry in cold storage 
as well as beef or mutton. The carcass 
of the fowl seems to be too damp, and 
above freezing temperature, the ten¬ 
dency is to develop mold and decay. 
There ought to be a good business done 
in exporting frozen poultry, but until 
some new process can be devised, it is 
not likely to be a success. 
Rice Bran. —Several years ago we 
spoke of the immense quantities of rice 
bran and rice polish which are pro¬ 
duced in Louisiana. These are by¬ 
products in the preparation of rice for 
the market. The limited quantities of 
these rice products are sold for feeding, 
but the great bulk of them seem to be 
considered of little value. Analysis 
shows them to be nearly equal to wheat 
bran, and experiments just made at the 
North Carolina Station indicate that 
they are fully equal to wheat bran in 
feeding value, although sold for several 
dollars a ton less. It is a shame that 
cattle growers have neglected this ex¬ 
cellent source of cattle food. Dealers 
have tried to introduce a mixture of 
cotton hulls or cotton meal at the 
North, but with poor success, because 
our dairymen soon found that the cot¬ 
ton hulls were little better than our 
ordinary straw. In the rice bran and 
polish we have a useful food, and it is 
strange that some one has not intro¬ 
duced it for sale. 
Cattle Inspection.— One feature of 
the Michigan system of cattle inspection 
seems to us well worthy of general in¬ 
troduction. In that State the various 
dairies supplying milk are inspected at 
intervals, and reports are printed giv¬ 
ing an account of their condition. 
Every month the State Dairy Commis¬ 
sioner prints his report, giving the 
name and address of the farmer, and in 
plain terms, the condition of the dairy. 
If the barn is dirty and unsanitary, the 
public is told of it. If the cows are 
clean and the drainage is perfect, that 
also is Stated; if the water supply is 
bad the public is told of it. We fully 
believe that there is far more danger to 
the public in dirty and filthy stables 
than in tuberculous cows. It is a good 
thing to have milk dairies inspected, 
and a better thing to have the results 
published where all can read them. 
There is no doubt about the effect of 
printer’s ink as one of the best anti¬ 
dotes for public abuse. Take the adul¬ 
terators and food frauds; they can stand 
a fine, and keep right on with their busi¬ 
ness, but when their disgraceful record 
is put before the people, with full name 
and address, they will soon get out of 
business, or do honest work. Let the 
public know just where their milk 
comes from. Don’t throw all the odium 
upon the good old cow, but show up the 
man who takes care of her, if he does 
not give her a fair chance. 
Cream Separators. 
De Laval “Alpha " and “Baby " Separators. 
First—Best—Cheapest. All Styles—Sizes 
Prices, $50 to $800. 
Bare 110 per oow per year. Send for Catalogue. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., 
Randolph and Canal Streets, I 74 Cortlandt Street 
CHICAGO | NEW YORK. 
(y Your Roughly' 
^ proportions of fat, carbohydr a ^* ed 
Always employ some highly G1 r L,f ) ouhds 
ions are figured to a cow of I,00 °tL. ^ 
?*- giving 20 pounds of milk P er , ^ore 
.? less,diminish the protein fee< a. . t he 
Feeding is an art. “The ey derS 
fatteneth his cattle.” Successful! ^ 
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toe yield , 0 
ntcrease it 
faster 
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a ei F^uiry Feed produces and 
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Clover H,„ Sf,CCimen Balanced Ration ds 
Corn s i^ y .10 pounds I Gluten Feed...- • Sounds 
° Sto r ve '' .5 pounds I Quaker Dairy Feed 6 pouna 
Calculated for a cow of 1,000 pounds live weight. 
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every’v iri .f rl, 22 et * rations, including every form of *o ? ‘£ c 
Wp^stpaidSn request. Sc.ent.fic adv 
SCIKVCE I»K,*T., THE AMERICA N OKKEAL CO.. 
^ Monailnock Bldtr.. 111 
BIG BANK ACCOUNTS FROM LITTLE SAVINGS GROW : 
It is due to the daily savings made by 
The Improved United States Separator 
that it is so popular with its users and that its sales 
are increasing so rapidly. 
'The following are some of the ways it saves : 
It saves more cream because it leaves less in the skim milk, 
It saves time and labor because it separates faster and easier. 
It saves repair bills on account of its greater simplicity 
and durability. 
I or these and other reasons more fully explained in onr catalogues, 
which arc free, no one can afford to buy any other make. 
Remember , eve furnish et complete line of Dairy anil Creamery Apparatus . 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Mortgage Lifters 
That’s what dairymen call our'light run¬ 
ning hand separ¬ 
ators, because they 
increase the yield of 
butter about 25 per 
cent, and improve 
the quality, which 
means higher prices. 
We guarantee the 
Empire 
Cream 
Separator 
to run with less power than any other of 
the same capacity. Skims cleanest in 
every test. 
Six sizes of hand separators, $40 and up. 
Illustrated catalogue, free. Aoents wanted 
U. S. Butter Extractor Co., Newark, N. J 
The Cowy Odor 
which is so prominent 
in much of the dairy 
butter, and which is 
so offensive to many 
people is the result of 
dirt: real fine dirt that 
can’t be strained out. 
The Little Giant 
Separator takes out 
all the dirt, produces 
a perfect flavor and 
greatly increases the 
product. It is the saf¬ 
est, easiest cleaned, 
and requires less repairs than any small 
Separator made. Send for Catalogue No. 25. 
THE SHARPLES CO., P. M. SHARPLES, 
Canal and Washington Sts., Westchester, Pa., 
CHICAGO. U. 8. A. 
Cows barren 3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
p™ e k . Moore Brothers, Albany, N. Y 
THE 
WILLARD KNAPP 
Cow Tie 
Insures Cleanliness 
Health and Profit, and is 
the most durable device for 
fastenng cows. We have 
never hud a dissatisfied cus¬ 
tomer. We quote below a 
sample letter from a user. 
From James H. Webb, Spring Glen Farm New 
Haven, Conn.: “ We have just completed one dozen 
stalls, using your ties and following your plan. We 
are going to equip another barn with them, and want 
20 more immediately.” 
Send for Circular and Testimonials from the best 
dairymen. 
WILLARD H. KNAPP & CO., 
404 Groton Street, Corslaud, N. Y. 
WILDEK’S 
Swing Stanchion 
Improvement over Smith's. 
Steel latch; Automatic 
lock. Adjusts itself when 
open so animal cannot turn 
it In backing out. Safest 
and Quickest FASTkNiNG 
made.Send for testimonials 
J. K. WILDER & SONS, 
Monroe, Mich. 
Top Prica Butter. 
The kind that a fancy private 
trade demands, is colored with 
Thatcher's Orange Butter Color— 
the color that does not contain 
any poison. Send for a sample. 
THATCHER MF8. CO., Potsdam, H.Y. 
If Ynil Wick know how to raise CALVES 
II IUII TT 1311 cheaply and successfully with¬ 
out milk, write to J. W. BAR WELL, Waukegan Ill 
(Newton’s Patent.) 
Every 
Dehorner 
Guaranteed 
. . THOUSANDS IN USE. 
Ask your hardware dealer for them or v&rite 
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