1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
47 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
Intestinal Worms in Pigs. 
What shall I give my pigs? They were 
born In September, and did well until about 
two weeks ago. I sold one recently for a 
roaster; when dressed the purchaser said 
the pig's intestines were full of worms. 
Yorktown Heights, Me. g. j. g. 
Allow the pigs to fast for at least 12 
hours. Then give each pig one tea¬ 
spoonful oil of turpentine for each 30 
pounds weight of pig. Administer the 
turpentine by drench, well shaken up in 
four to five parts raw linseed or castor 
oil, or in eight to 10 parts of milk. Re¬ 
peat the dose once or twice at intervals 
of a week or 10 days. For further direc¬ 
tions see page 329 of The R. N.-Y. for 
April 29, 1899. 
A Stiffened Horse. 
What may be done with a horse that has 
been stiff in the legs for two or three 
months? He has not been foundered, 
strained or overworked to my knowledge, 
eats well but can hardly trot at all, and 
sweats very easily. When the trouble first 
appeared his feed was bran with hominy 
and corn fodder. I have dropped the fod¬ 
der, and added hay and some oats. 
Branchville, N. J. a. n. it. 
Give one-half ounce nitrate of potash 
in the feed twice daily, and 20 drops 
tincture of aconite on the tongue three 
times daily. Exercise daily when weath¬ 
er is suitable, and blanket warmly. Dis¬ 
continue the corn, for the present, in 
favor of the oats and bran. Feed a hot 
bran mash once daily. Should the horse 
refuse to eat the mash, try scalded oats. 
Unless the bowels are already loose, give 
one pint raw linseed oil daily (or one 
quart every other day) untn they move 
freely. If there is little or no improve¬ 
ment after two or three weeks, try 
dram doses of powdered nux vomica 
twice daily in the feed. 
Pleas on a Dog. 
I have a valuable, long-haired house dog 
so tormented by fleas, that I am distressed 
at my inability to afford him relief. Can 
you give me a remedy that will destroy 
the vermin without injury to the dog? 
New Bloomfield, Pa. c. a. b. 
There are a great variety of remedies 
that may be used to rid a dog of fleas. 
But owing to the susceptible nature of 
the dog’s skin to irritating agents, care 
must be exercised in the selection of a 
non-irritating remedy. It is also just 
as essential to treat the kennel or nest 
where the dog sleeps as to treat the dog. 
Fresh Persian insect powder is an ef¬ 
fective safe remedy. It should be thor¬ 
oughly dusted into the hair every two 
or three days, until the pests have dis¬ 
appeared. If the dog sleeps on a car¬ 
pet or rug it should be washed in boil¬ 
ing water, and then freely dusted with 
the powder. Cleanliness is very essen¬ 
tial to success. If possible, the sleeping 
quarters should be frequently washed 
with boiling water, to which has been 
added a little oil of turpentine. If the 
dog sleeps in a kennel or barn, use fresh 
pine shavings for his bed, and sprinkle 
it with a little oil of turpentine. In the 
case of a house dog, where it would be 
undesirable to use the powder, either of 
the following remedies will prove effec¬ 
tive and safe: Oil of aniseed, one ounce; 
sweet or olive oil, 10 ounces; mix. Rub 
well into the skin, and wash off with 
castile soap suds after six hours; or 
spirits of camphor, six drams; oil of tur¬ 
pentine, three drams; carbolic, one 
dram; mix. Dissolve one tablespoonful 
in a half pint of warm, soft water, and 
bathe the dog so as to wet the skin all 
over. Wash off after 12 hours. 
An Australian sheep farmer says that 
the best fat lambs he saw in England were 
from Dorset ewes and Oxford Down rams; 
the Dorsets gave quality, and the Oxfords 
size. 
Although I have only about 1,500 hens 
all told, I am getting about 30 dozen eggs 
a day now, and the old hens are mostly 
loafing at that. I have flocks of 60 pullets 
that are laying 30 to 35 eggs per day, and 
none laying less than 20, and I have nearly 
1,000 pullets. To-day is December 28, and I got 
a few over 35 dozen yesterday. l. j. w. 
Rhode Island. 
WHAT ABOUT RAPE? 
How early in the season have you been 
able to obtain a good pasture of rape? 
How long after seeding is it usually ready? 
How late in the Fall is it usually available? 
Have you known it to live through the 
Winter and provide early Spring feed? 
What implement do you use in drilling the 
rape seed? 
Be sure to get the right kind of seed, 
as there are several kinds and several 
prices, and if a person gets a variety that 
is as bad a pest as mustard, he will have 
several kinds of feelings, and some 
would not be angelic. Rape should be 
raised for all kinds of stock except 
horses. It is as valuable for hens and 
pigs as for sheep, and my cattle enjoy 
it most heartily. Rape can be sown as 
early in the Spring as the ground can 
be worked, and if everything is all right, 
it can be pastured off in six or eight 
weeks. It will start up very quickly 
after being pastured off. I had one piece 
eaten down four times last Summer, 
sown in corn, and the corn and all eaten 
up by sheep. I had nearly 40 acres last 
year, and the sheep were on it all the 
Fall, up to December 3. From what I 
have raised I do not think that it would 
amount to much for Spring feeding if it 
did live through the Winter, as it goes 
to seed so quickly in the Spring. I sow 
it all broadcast, in every cultivated crop, 
and alone. I tried to sow with a grass 
seeder, but the rape seed was so hard 
and big that it broke the steel rod in the 
seeder. I do not pasture rape when it is 
frozen hard, or turn stock on when hun¬ 
gry and leave them long at first. Five 
or six pounds to the acre is about the 
quantity for seeding broadcast. 
c. ALLIS. 
THE ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN 
When the poultry craze struck me, 
years ago, I knew of but one person 
within driving distance who had pure¬ 
bred poultry, and as I knew nothing 
about the principles of breeding, it 
seemed wise to buy eggs from this ac¬ 
quaintance, as the price was low and 
the varieties he raised were Single and 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. Leghorn, 
spelled with a very large L, was a word 
which haunted me. Leghorns were 
boomed in the rural press, and Leghorns 
I must have. I bought eggs of both the 
Single and the Rose Combed varieties, 
and when a lot of wee biddies, which 
looked like baby chipmunks as anything, 
arrived, I was supremely happy. In due 
time the youngsters developed according 
to their kind. Some had flopping mon¬ 
strosities on their heads, which hid one 
eye and annoyed me more than they 
pleased. Others had neat rose combs, 
under which they could watch the world 
from both eyes, and these filled my eye, 
and the poor single-comb biddies went 
to the wall, otherwise the butcher’s. 
How those blessed Leghorns did lay, 
and how beautiful they and their eggs 
seemed to me. My ignorance of stand¬ 
ard requirements was appalling, so I 
sent to a well-known breeder, R. D. But¬ 
ton, for a trio of standard birds, telling 
him how ignorant I was, and that I 
wanted to buy a right to ask questions 
as well as some good Leghorns. I re¬ 
ceived the birds, and they were beauties. 
I have also received since then answers 
to questions enough to fill a volume. I 
have reared a good many varieties of 
poultry since I received that trio, but 
I never expect to find a fowl which will 
answer all my requirements so well as 
the R. C. Brown Leghorn. Excellent 
foragers and layers, hardy chicks of 
rapid growth, and early maturity; abun¬ 
dance of breast meat when killed; in¬ 
conspicuous when afield, so that they are 
not so tempting to hawks and crows as 
their white relations; non-sitters, but, if 
they once attempt to sit, good mothers. 
What more do you ask? Oh, yes, I know 
you want an eight-pound body to do all 
the hustling which these lightweights 
accomplish. 
When a Leghorn male has proved 
himself so valuable that you have al¬ 
lowed him to live two Summers, he has 
not outlived his useiulness as a table 
fowl. With long, slow cooking he may 
become the chief morsel in a most de¬ 
licious stew, and he will be tender and 
toothsome. The large male, be he Ply¬ 
mouth Rock, Wyandotte or mongrel, 
makes a handsome roast during his first 
Summer, but if allowed to live for two 
years he is only fit for the gridiron, and 
the chances are that tne boys would pre¬ 
fer a pigskin, though the old rooster 
would be the more enduring football. 
There is an alertness and daintiness 
about a R. C. B. Leghorn which cannot 
be excelled by any other fowl. From 
the top of her bright red comb to the 
tip of her yellow toes she is clean cut, 
shapely and eminently businesslike, and 
I, at least, have never found her equal. 
From the fancier’s standpoint the 
Rose Combs have improved past all be¬ 
lief during the past few years. Fine 
hackles have not been so rare among 
them, but fine saddles have been harder 
to secure. I find my own cockerels this 
year better than ever before in that re¬ 
spect, better than many Single Combs. 
Rose Comb hens and pullets are just as 
good as their Single Comb sisters. Their 
backs are often better, more delicate in 
markings and of more even color. No 
Leghorn should be kept where its comb 
could freeze, but in case active little 
birds persist in roosting in exposed 
places, the compact Rose Comb stands 
by far the best chance. 
_SARA A. LITTLE. 
Pigs’ Feet.— Are pigs’ feet the same as 
bone or lean meat? Can get lots of them, 
and they cut easy. g. m. a. 
Tamaroa, Ill. 
R. N.-Y.—They will make good poultry 
food when cut up. 
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