THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
253 
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Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DE. T . L. KILBOBNE. 
Ringworm on Cattle. 
Is there any sure cure to kill midge on 
cattle, that which looks like worm-dust 
accumulation, which causes the hair to 
come off in patches? c. a. b. 
I suppose you refer to a form of ring¬ 
worm that is occasionally seen on cattle. 
Scrub the affected patches with strong 
soft-soap suds, to break off and remove 
the scurf. When dry, paint with the 
compound tincture of iodine, allowing 
the tincture to extend into the healthy 
hair all around the patch. Repeat the 
application in four or five days. 
Lice on Hogs. 
Give a remedy for destroying hog lice. 
I have tried lard and kerosene, and that 
does not seem to amount to much. h. s. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
The kerosene and lard ought to have 
killed the lice, if thoroughly applied and 
of sufficient strength. For horses or cat¬ 
tle one part of kerosene to about eight 
parts of oil or water is sufficient; but for 
hogs it can be of double that strength, or 
one part kerosene to four parts oil or 
water. The wash should be thoroughly 
applied so as to reach all the lice. The 
pens should be cleaned and scrubbed 
with the wash or whitewashed. Repeat 
the application every six days until the 
lice are all destroyed. 
Lice on Cattle. 
Can you tell me what is the matter with 
my herd of cattle? They all appear to be 
in a weak and unhealthy condition; three 
of them were fresh last November, and 
at that time they would not eat, and would 
not give more than one-half the usual flow 
of milk. Their calves would not eat; they 
were mopy and dull. I could not sell them 
to the butcher. They do not grow and are 
getting large in the stomach. I had the 
cows tested for tuberculosis, but they were 
free from It. I feed them about eight 
quarts a day of corn-and-cob, chop and 
wheat bran mixed, and cut corn fodder. 
We stable them nights and stormy weather. 
Union Corner, Pa. w. m. s. 
The symptoms are very suggestive of 
lousiness. Carefully examine the ani¬ 
mals for lice, especially along the neck, 
dewlap, back and each side of the tail. 
If lice are found, rub with one part kero¬ 
sene well shaken up in eight parts sweet 
or cotton-seed oil. Repeat the applica¬ 
tion in a week or 10 days. If no lice are 
found, there must be some fault in the 
care, management or feeding of the ani¬ 
mals, which should be corrected if pos¬ 
sible. 
Intestinal Worms in Pigs. 
I have noticed that pigs of a stunted 
growth generally have Intestinal worms. 
What is their cause, preventive, and cure? 
Centreport, Pa. a. d. b. 
The presence of a considerable number 
of intestinal worms will not only stunt 
the growth of pigs, but they frequently 
cause death, and occasionally epidemics 
resembling hog cholera. The presence 
of intestinal worms is due to the pigs 
swallowing the eggs of some larval 
state of the parasite in their food or 
drinking water. In some cases the para¬ 
sites appear to be conveyed directly from 
the infected to the uninfected, through 
the feces. In other cases the parasite 
must pass a portion of its life outside 
the hog, either in water, moist earth or 
in some other animal. Of many of the 
intestinal worms comparatively little is 
known of their life history. They can 
be prevented in great measure, by ex¬ 
ercising care in not introducing in¬ 
fected hogs that may infect other 
animals or yards; and by keeping 
uninfected animals in yards and 
pens that have never been occupied 
by infected stock. When confined in 
pens they should be cleaned and kept 
as dry as possible, and if in yards or 
fields the pigs hhould have access only 
to good running water, or to fresh water 
supplied daily. Avoid all stagnant 
water, mud holes, or filth of any kind. 
Oil of turpentine is one of the most ef¬ 
fective remedies for the removal of In¬ 
testinal worms. Cause the pigs to fast 
for at least 12 hours. Then give each 
pig one teaspoonful oil of turpentine for 
each 30 pounds’ weight of pig. Admin¬ 
ister the turpentine by drench, well 
shaken up in four or five parts raw lin¬ 
seed or castor oil, or in eight to 10 parts 
of milk. Repeat the dose once or twice 
at intervals of a week or 10 days. If 
the pigs are in a field where it would be 
difficult to catch and drench them, the 
turpentine can be fed in the food, but it 
will be less effective. Cause the pigs to 
fast as before, so that they will be very 
hungry; mix the turpentine with the 
feed just before feeding, and then see 
that each pig has an opportunity to get 
its share. 
Corns on Horses’ Heels. 
I have a horse with a corn in the heel 
and contracted hoof. Can I help or cure 
it? c. v. M. 
Albany, N. Y. 
I have a good mare with corns on her 
feet in the inside of each forefoot. What 
can I do to get rid of them? j. c. h. 
Grass Lake, Mich. 
Cut out the corn to the quick, or un¬ 
til the blood comes quite freely. Rasp 
down the bearing surface of the heel so 
as to avoid any pressure on the shoe. 
Apply a bar-shoe, after which dress the 
sole with hot tar. Repeat the hot tar 
dressing twice a week. When not at 
work, keep the horse standing during 
the day in one or two inches of wet clay. 
At night remove to a dry stall, dry the 
hoof and apply an ointment of equal 
parts of pine tar and vaseline melted to¬ 
gether. If the horse is used daily so that 
he cannot stand in the clay, pack the 
feet at night with wet moss or sponge, 
retaining it by a bandage around the 
hoof if necessary. In the morning re¬ 
move the packing, dry the hoof, ana ap¬ 
ply the tar and vaseline. Have the 
horse reshod at least every four weeks, 
to avoid pressure of the affected heel on 
the shoe. Cut out the corn at each shoe¬ 
ing, as long as any bruised or blood¬ 
stained horn remains. After a corn has 
been removed avoid paring away the 
frog, or cutting out the bars, “opening 
of the heels;” also extensive rasping of 
the hoof wall, or undue paring of the 
sole, all of which favors contracted feet 
and corns. 
Care of Hogs. —In a bulletin issued 
by the Ontario Agricultural College at 
Toronto the following sensible advice is 
given on the care of hogs: 
it is certain that hogs greatly relish 
a little fresh earth during confinement. 
Ashes are also good, mixed with a little 
salt, and kept in boxes where the hogs 
can get them at will, they are certainly 
beneficial. Charcoal is excellent, and 
has a tendency to prevent indigestion. 
The charcoal may be fed alone or in con¬ 
junction with other substances. The 
following mixture is recommended by 
the veteran swine breeder, Theodore 
Louis: “Take three bushels of common 
charcoal, eight pounds of salt, two 
quarts of air-slaked lime, one bushel of 
wood ashes. Break the charcoal well 
down, with shovel or otuer implement, 
and thoroughly mix. Then take 1*4 
pound of copperas and dissolve in hot 
water, and with an ordinary watering 
pot sprinkle over the whole mass, and 
again mix thoroughly. Put this mix¬ 
ture into self-feeding boxes, and place 
tnem where hogs of all ages can eat of 
their contents at pleasure.” If the drop¬ 
pings of the hogs are of a constipated 
nature, the following mixture works 
well: Equal parts by weight of Epsom 
salts, sulphur, and powdered charcoal. 
Feed the hogs some of this once daily 
in their food. The quantity to be given 
will depend upon the size of the animals, 
say from a teaspoonful to a dessert¬ 
spoonful for each animal, increasing or 
decreasing the dose according to the 
condition of the droppings. 
Two years ago 1 was afflicted with a bad Cough, 
which the physicians pronounced to be CONSUMP¬ 
TION, but after using two bottles of Jayne’s Ex¬ 
pectorant, I was much gratified to find myself 
entirely cured.—C. U. THOMAS, Cedarville, Texas, 
Oct. 21,1895. 
For sick headache take Jayne’s Painless Sanative 
Pills.—Adi; 
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