1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER* 
273 
Ailing Animals. 
AN8WER8 BY DB. F. I*. KTLBORNE. 
Horse Pawing in the Stall. 
I have a very fine three-year-old colt, 
which has contracted the habit of pawing 
in the stable. I have always kept her 
tied in a single stall, but she is at present 
in a box stall running loose. She is in good 
flesh; gets six quarts of oats a day, and 
hay, and is apparently well. She is broken 
and is a nice driver. I can drive her 10 
or 15 miles, and when I bring her home 
and put her in the stable, she paws just as 
badly as ever. She is very mild and gentle 
in every way outside of the pawing. Could 
you suggest anything that would abate the 
nuisance, as some people call it? a. m. 
Amsterdam, N. Y. 
With a short strap attach a piece of 
small chain, 10 to 12 inches in length, 
above the fetlock of the leg with which 
she paws. If she paws with both feet, 
attach a chain to both legs. Some 
horsemen prefer a longer chain (about 
two feet) fastened above the knee. The 
rattling of the chain about the leg will 
usually soon break the habit. 
Ticks on Sheep. 
Last Summer our sheep were neglected, 
and were not dipped; now they begin to 
show signs of having ticks. What can we 
do for them in this cold weather? Would 
one or more applications of kerosene mixed 
with some other oil be good? If so, what 
other oil would be cheapest and best, and 
in what way should it be applied? x. b. 
Cobleskill, N. Y. 
The kerosene and oil is effective for 
ridding sheep of ticks. Use one part 
kerosene to eight to 10 parts of com¬ 
mon sweet oil. The kerosene and oil 
should be thoroughly mixed and applied 
by parting the wool in lines one to two 
inches apart, and rubbing on to the skin 
along these partings. If the sheep have 
warm quarters where there would be 
no danger from chilling, kerosene emul¬ 
sion and water (one part to eight) could 
be more freely and effectively used. The 
proper time, of course, to rid sheep of 
ticks is soon after shearing, by the 
tobacco or kerosene-emulsion dip. 
Indigestion in a Mare. 
I have a young mare six years old, that 
gets sick about every four or five weeks. 
Her symptoms are as follows: She stretches 
her head up very high, paws the floor, and 
lies down but does not roll. She eats her 
feed, but very slowly. She has suffered 
this way for about six months. I am feed¬ 
ing her at present about three or four 
quarts oat feed and corn meal on wet 
wheat chaff twice a day, and whole corn 
at noon. What Is the trouble and what 
shall I do? a. w. h. 
Johnsonburg, N. J. 
The attacks are probably due to 
chronic indigestion. Give one of the fol¬ 
lowing powders, either in ball or drench, 
twice daily: Aloes, gentian and ginger, 
of each four ounces, sulphate of iron two 
ounces, mix and divide into 20 powders. 
Discontinue the feeding of the straw for 
the present. Oil meal, bran mash or some 
succulent food should form a part of 
the ration, sufficient to keep the bowels 
moving easily. If these prove insuffi¬ 
cient, repeat the above powders, or give 
pint doses raw linseed oil daily until the 
bowels move. Feed sparingly of corn 
until the trouble ceases. 
Black Leg or Black Quarter in Cattle. 
What are some of the most prominent 
symptoms of the disease known as black 
leg in cattle, and the appearance after 
death? a. t. s. 
Auburn, N. Y. 
Black leg is an infectious disease of 
young cattle. Animals one to three years 
of age, and in prime condition, are the 
most liable to suffer from the disease, 
which resembles anthrax. The charac¬ 
teristic symptoms are dullness, high 
fever, and stiffness of one or more 
limbs, followed by painful swelling of 
the affected quarter. On rubbing the 
skin there is a peculiar crackling sound 
due to gas formed in the tissues. Death 
usually results within a few hours to one 
or two hours after the first symptoms 
are observed. After death the same 
crackling sound will be noticed on 
rubbing the skin. If the swollen quar¬ 
ter is skinned the flesh will be found to 
be of a dark red or blood-stained ap- 
pearence, as if severely bruised. The 
tissues will oe infiltrated with gas 
bubbles and a dark blood-stained liquid. 
Treatment of the disease is un¬ 
satisfactory, since nearly all animals at¬ 
tacked die. The disease can readily be 
prevented by a system of vaccination or 
inoculation with black-leg virus. If 
black leg were suspected a competent 
veterinarian should be called at once to 
confirm the diagnosis. 
Bog Spavin and Lameness in a Horse. 
I have a 15-year-old Hambletonian mare, 
granddaughter to Middleton. She has 
been used as a steady driver, and has done 
some racing, none for the last seven years. 
She began to show bog spavin last Octo¬ 
ber in one leg. For the last two months, 
when she walks, both hind knee joints 
crack with a dry sharp click, plainly heard 
50 feet or more. It is new to me, and to 
the horsemen I talk to about it. The 
mare is not very lame. What is the cause, 
and what may be done to relieve it? She 
limps a little; has done nothing this Win¬ 
ter. A . 
Somerset, Pa. 
Your description is indefinite, since 
you write of bog spavin, which occurs 
only on the hock joint, and of a clicking 
sound of the knee (stifle joint properly), 
as if both were of the same joint. Both 
conditions are probably due to over¬ 
work, strain or chronic inflammation. 
Rob the whole joint with ammonia lini¬ 
ment (equal parts strong aqua am¬ 
monia and sweet oil shaken together) 
sufficient to blister severely. Repeat 
the blistering two or three times at 
intervals of a month, or as soon as the 
crusts have shed from the previous blis¬ 
ter. If both the hock and stifle joints 
are implicated it will be well to have 
only one severely blistered at once. 
Hydrophobia in Pennsylvania. 
On February 25, a dog bit a number of 
sheep belonging to Mr. Kirkland, at Girard, 
Erie County, Pa. On March 15, some of 
them became vicious, and showed other 
symptoms of rabies, and died within two 
days. I visited the flock on March 17; 
eight had died of rabies up to that time, 
and three were then afflicted. Since my 
visit six more have died. It is not prob¬ 
able that any more will develop the dis¬ 
ease. A year and a half ago there was 
quite an outbreak of rabies among dogs In 
that neighborhood, and all of them were 
quarantined for 90 days. The outbreak 
was by this means checked. Several dogs 
that were bitten before the quarantine was 
established developed rabies while they 
were in confinement and were shot before 
they had an opportunity to spread the dis¬ 
ease. In one locality, however, the quar¬ 
antine was not so rigidly observed on ac¬ 
count of the fact that a physician in that 
community said that there is no such dis¬ 
ease as rabies, and the quarantine was de¬ 
clared by him to be an unwarrantable im¬ 
position. Hence, a number of people were 
imbued with this false idea, and when¬ 
ever the inspector was absent, it Is alleged 
that their dogs were permitted to run at 
large. A few cases of rabies have been 
reported from that section of Erie County 
at intervals since that time, and it is quite 
possible that the dog that bit Mr. Kirk¬ 
land’s sheep came from that section. 
Where positive evidence of the existence 
of rabies among the dogs of a locality is 
obtained, the dogs are placed in quarantine 
for 90 days. Leonard pearson. 
State Veterinarian of Pennsylvania. 
R. N.-Y.—Why not quarantine them for 
90 years? 
About six years ago my sister contracted a severe 
Cold and was troubled with a bad Cough. She became 
very weak and delicate and a physician was called 
in who pronounced her disease CONSUMPTION. 
She continued to grow worse, and the doctors said 
she could not recover. A friend induced her to try 
Jayne’s Expectorant. After taking a few doses she 
began to improve and kept on with the medicine 
until she was entirely well, and has ever since en¬ 
joyed good health.—L W. MILLER, Dexter, Texas. 
Oct. 21,1895. 
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