1900 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
Lumpy Jaw in a Cow. 
I would like to know what to do for 
lumpy jaw in a cow. I have been giving 
iodide of potash until she calved, and this 
reduced it quite a little. I have begun 
this treatment again, but it does not seem 
to have the desired effect. j. e. b. 
Killingley, Conn. 
See Lumpy Jaw in Cattle, page 315 
of The R. N.-Y., for April 28. If two 
or three courses of the potassium iodide 
treatment fail to reduce the tumor, it 
would indicate that the enlargement was 
due to some other cause, in which case 
it would be well to call a veterinarian 
to examine and treat the tumor. The 
administration of the iodide will not in¬ 
jure the milk for ordinary dairy pur¬ 
poses; but it would be better not to 
use such milk for children or invalids. 
Contagious Abortion in Cows. 
Give me your opinion as to the cause of 
my cows aborting. July 20 last two heif¬ 
ers were left on my farm; within 24 hours 
one aborted about at eight months, but was 
not discovered for six days, when the 
other dropped a dead calf of seven to 
eight months. My herd of 27 cows had 
access to the lot where the first one was 
found; in 14 days four of my herd aborted, 
cows four to eight months gone with calf; 
in the next two weeks two more, and in 
three months 11 cows aborted besides the 
two heifers. Is it a contagious disease? 
If not, why should it go through my herd, 
as it started from cattle just Come into 
the herd? 1 have had from 20 to 30 cows 
for the past 16 years, and never had but 
two single cases; those were discovered 
and cared for. These heifers had a bad 
discharge for a long time after abortion. 
Waterbury, Conn. g. b. p. 
Outbreaks of abortion in cows are fre¬ 
quently contagious. Your history of the 
outbreak in your herd would indicate 
that the disease was contagious, and 
introduced by the two aborting heifers. 
In order to rid a herd of the infection, a 
thorough system of disinfection with 
isolation of all affected animals, is 
usually necessary. This work ought to 
be carried on under the personal direc¬ 
tion of a qualified veterinarian. I would 
advise you to consult either Dr. Thomas 
Bland, or Dr. Peter Keeley, both of 
Water'bury. 
Scratches or Grease Heel in a Horse. 
Would you tell me, through The R. N.- 
Y., what will cure mud scratches or grease 
heel on a horse? I bought a large young 
horse that was worked In the lumber 
woods. On his feet, around his fetlocks, 
are sores right back of the fetlock joint. 
There Is a hard callus or corn. What 
would be good to cut that off? I used 
some oxide of zinc, and it seemed to help 
him somewhat. Is there anything better? 
How would oil of hemlock do? I see him 
eating hemlock quite often. He jerks his 
feet up when he first starts, as though he 
had the springhalt. His feet above the 
hoof bleed when he strikes them against 
anything. w. k. 
Dashora, Pa. 
Rub the heels twice daily with the fol¬ 
lowing ointment: Oxide of zinc, two 
ounces; iodized phenol, two drams; vase • 
line or benzoated lard, four ounces; 
mix. The callus or crusts, if due to 
the scratches, can be gradually softened 
by the ointment and rubbed off with the 
hands. Do not wet the heels if it can be 
avoided, and whenever wet, rub dry at 
first opportunity, and apply the oint¬ 
ment. If there is much fever in the 
legs, bathe with a solution of one ounce 
sugar of lead in one quart of soft water, 
and when dry, apply the ointment. 
Feed grass, bran ma'shes, or other suc¬ 
culent food sufficient to keep the bowels 
open. Do not overfeed on grain. If 
there is little or no improvement after 
three or four weeks, try a course of 
arsenic. Give one tablespoonful 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic once daily 
in the food for a few days, after which 
increase the dose to two tablespoonfuls 
once daily, and continue for three or 
four weeks. 
Nearly 1,000,000 acres of land in Colo¬ 
rado have been leased from the Union Pa¬ 
cific Land Company, by a number of wool 
growers. The land will be used as a 
Winter range for sheep. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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THE SYRACUSE MILK WAR. 
We have been asked by various readers 
about the milk war at Syracuse, N. Y., 
which was mentioned on page 341. ItV 
seems that the milk farmers were beaten, * 
for reasons well stated in the following 
letter: 
The outcome was an unconditional 
surrender to the arbitrary holdings of 
the Health Bureau. This action was de¬ 
termined upon after becoming convinced 
that we had no legal standing in the 
premises—that the daily press (with 
one exception, the Syracuse Journal) did 
not desire to treat the matter from any 
standpoint of intelligence, but rather 
from the position that it was improb¬ 
able, if not impossible, that the dairy¬ 
man or farmer had any rights or intelli¬ 
gence, or that the consuming public had 
any interest in the milk producers’ opin¬ 
ions. In addition to the above we be¬ 
came convinced that our better plan 
would be to take the question into the 
political arena. The Health Bureau is 
acting under a charter granted by the 
State, which gives them unlimited power 
upon debatable questions, and no court 
would enter their field and determine 
what is essential to the public good 
when experts disagreed upon the ques¬ 
tion at issue. The prime cause of the 
difficulty was Dr. F. W. Smith, who 
strenuously opposed the Witter bill, for 
the reason that he would lose a $3,000 
position under it. Through his influence 
with some of his colaborers, he suc¬ 
ceeded in getting the Academy of Medi 
cine of this city to indorse and uphold 
the tuberculin test, and as individuals 
to use their influence with the Health 
Bureau to insist on the test being made 
as one of the conditions of being able 
to supply “pure and wholesome” milk. 
This they did, but would not refuse a 
license to deliver on that ground, but 
simply for the reason that they could 
not be convinced that the applicant was 
prepared to furnish a good quality of 
milk without the “test” being made. 
A year ago the dairymen quite will¬ 
ingly submitted their herds to the 
“test,” as they knew but little of the 
effects, and supposed it would be of 
benefit to them in giving them a clean 
bill of health, and at the same time aid. 
them in discovering any animals that 
were not in perfect condition. The re-; 
suit proved almost the entire opposite. 
Animals that were evidently diseased 
would not respond, while a few of them 
that were in perfect health did respond, 
and post mortem failed to verify the 
test, or, rather, failed to stffch a degree 
as to prove test unreliable. This was 
not the most unfortunate feature. Sev¬ 
eral of the cows died in a few days as 
the evident result of the ordeal, the sup¬ 
ply of milk in nearly all cases showed a 
decrease from five to 50 per cent, and 
one dairy of 30 cows, with the excep¬ 
tion of two animals, had all to be re¬ 
placed within one year’s time, being en¬ 
tirely incapacitated as milch cows. We, 
as dairymen, claim the test to be un¬ 
scientific, unreliable and dangerous to 
the general health of the cows, and as a 
result of test the quality and purity of 
the milk is impaired. Impress upon the 
dairymen the necessity of insisting their 
representatives commit themselves to a 
transfer of the inspection of dairies to 
the State Agricultural Department, and 
mat local boards of health be placed 
under some general oversight by au¬ 
thorities well versed in the knowledge 
of the needs and care of cattle, so that a 
local board, in Its desire to appear 
scientific and advanced in efforts to 
care for the public welfare, can¬ 
not insist on the application of the 
tuberculin test without any limitation or 
restriction. w. u. rECK. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Dry Side of Corn.— That is right! Give 
us the best knowledge available regarding 
the corn fodder. There is scarcely a 
farmer who does not raise corn, while not 
one man in 10 has a silo. Can you learn 
whether anybody has tried running the 
corn through a thrasher to husk and shell 
it at the same time? Some say it is all 
right, but I know no one who has tried 
it. Of course, it must be a large strong 
machine, run by steam. h. h. l. 
New Hampshire Horses.— Good farm 
horses in this section are 40 per cent higher 
than they were two years ago, and are not 
nearly as plentiful as in former seasons; 
very few for sale, as compared with other 
seasons. A good team costs from $200 to 
$275. Horses that average 1,200 pounds in 
weight are most in demand for general 
farm work in this section. There are very 
few horses raised here, nearly all being 
brought from the West, and they give good 
satisfaction. • c. h. t. 
W. Rindge, N. H. 
Lime Sheep Dips.— It is true that we 
have given our buyers Instructions to dis¬ 
criminate against any wool that has been 
treated with lime dip or lime mixtures of 
any kind. Our reasons for this are, that 
we have found that any wool treated in 
this manner not only loses its spinning 
qualities, but also wastes more in process 
of manufacture than wools not so treated, 
and does not give the desired result in the 
feeling of the goods after they have been 
finished. Of course, the supreme test on 
all wool is the result that the manufactu¬ 
rers secure. We have found it to our ad¬ 
vantage to use wools that have not been 
subjected to any lime dips. 
Boston, Mass. American woolen co. 
Remarkabi.e Insects. —We have referred 
to the great damage done by melon lice. 
Prof. W. G. Johnson, of Maryland, in a 
recent circular, has this to say about this 
remarkable insect: The melon plant louse 
is remarkable in its mode of development 
from the fact that the females produce 
living young, also producing young, 
generation after generation, without the 
intervention of the male. This is known 
as agamic reproduction or reproduction by 
budding. This continues throughout the 
Summer, when late in the Fall the male 
is produced, fertilizes the female and eggs 
are laid which pass the Winter. These 
eggs produce only females. They appear 
early in the Spring, are winged, and are 
known as stem mothers. 
Silage and Soiling.— While I know of a 
large herd of very superior dairy cows 
that has nothing but silage and grain all 
the year round, and no pasture, and the 
scheme has been for years a demonstrated 
success, still I would personally prefer to 
give my cows the benefits of pasture when 
the grazing is good. The bite of fresh 
green grass and the contact with the open 
pure air, certainly must benefit the con¬ 
stitutional development of the animals 
much more than the artificial feeding, 
where a fermented food is fed the entire 
year. Notwithstanding this opinion, for 
such it only Is, it has been demonstrated 
in practice that a dairy herd may be kepi 
on silage for years with success. 
[prof.] c. s. plumb. 
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