1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
459 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
Ox with Injured Knee. 
One of our oxen while working in the 
woods last Spring (March) fell on a sharp 
stone and hurt his knee joint. It swelled 
both inside and out. I have used Ken¬ 
dall’s Spavin Cure regularly but without 
much success. What can I do for him? 
He is quite lame in the leg. F. s. b. 
E. Northfleld, Mass. 
Apply an active blister, as biniodide 
of mercury, two dramis; vaseline, one 
ounce, or preferably have it fired by a 
qualified veterinary surgeon. 
Warts on Calves. 
I have a lot of yearling calves whose 
necks and cheeks are covered with a mass 
of warts, in size from a hen’s egg down to 
a hickorynut or smaller. Otherwise they 
are healthy and apparently doing well; I 
bought them about three months ago; at 
that time the warts were small and few 
of them. What can I do to get rid of 
them? j. m. 
Rockford, Ill. 
Rud daily with vegetable castor oil,- 
thoroughly saturating the warts each 
time, and continue for four or five 
weeks, if necessary. 
Cow Giving Bloody Mi Ik. 
I bought a very poor cow about two 
months ago; she is increasing in flesh very 
rapidly and also in milk, but I find that 
in the bottom of the milk pans after it has 
turned to clabber, the milk looks red as 
though mixed with red paint or blood. Can 
you tell me the cause of this? a. b. c. 
Mt. Pleasant, S. C. 
The red color is probably due to over- 
stimulation or congestion of the udder. 
I would suggest that you reduce the 
feed for a few days. If this fails to cor¬ 
rect the trouble, try a complete change 
of food and drinking water. 
Urinary Disorder in a Horse. 
I have a mare which discharges her urine 
very frequently, evidently under some pain, 
and in doing so discharges more or less 
of blood with it. She is a good horse other¬ 
wise; weighs 1,300 pounds, has a good ap¬ 
petite, and ordinary farm work does not 
seem to affect her, but after a short run 
on the road she is affected as stated above. 
She has been in my possession only for 
about two weeks. Is there any remedy for 
such a case, and if so what is it? 
East Berlin, Conn. g. j. l. 
Give one dram each pyro-phosphate of 
iron and iodide of potash in feed night 
and morning; also blister the loins with 
ammonia liniment, and repeat after two 
or three weeks, if necessary. 
Soap Liniment. 
How do you make the soap liniment 
recommended for use on udder of cow that 
gives bloody milk? d. k. r. 
South Bend, Ind. 
Soap, in fine shavings, eight ounces, 
camphor gum, four ounces; oil of rose¬ 
mary, one ounce; alcohol, four parts; 
water, six parts. Dissolve the soap in 
the warmed water, and the camphor and 
oil in the alcohol, and then mix. This 
soap liniment is a regular stock prepara¬ 
tion, and is kept made up by all first- 
class druggists. Unless you want a con¬ 
siderable quantity, it is usually better to 
procure it already made than to go to 
the trouble of making it yourself. 
Chorea or St. Vitus’s Dance in a Dog. 
Can you tell me what to do for a Chesa¬ 
peake Bay puppy that has distemper badly? 
Will be a year old in June, and has been 
sick for nearly two months, and for the 
last month has had something like St. 
Vitus’s dance. e. a. d. 
Upper Falls, Md. 
Chorea in dogs quite frequently fol¬ 
lows distemper, as well as other debili¬ 
tating diseases. Treatment consists in 
endeavoring to restore the general 
health and strength of the animal by a 
generous, nutritious diet, daily out-of- 
door exercise, and the administration of 
nerve tonics. Give three times daily 
one-half teaspoonful of the syrup of the 
phosphates of iron, quinine and strych¬ 
nine. This syrup can be obtained of any 
druggist. If the nervous symptoms are 
especially marked, also give one-six¬ 
tieth grain strychnia night and morning. 
It may be necessary to continue the 
syrup for several weeks. Rub the spine 
from head to tail once a week with one 
part aqua ammonia well shaken up in 
three or four parts of sweet oil. If the 
skin becomes blistered, discontinue until 
healed, then repeat as before. 
Jersey and Alderney Cattle. 
Several years ago I purchased two cows, 
one a grade, the other was called pure¬ 
bred, entitled to registry. I can’t call to 
mind whether they were called Jersey or 
Alderney, for this reason, I think, I always 
thought Jersey and Alderney were the 
same, was therefore careless. Since giv¬ 
ing the matter some attention I believe 
there is a difference; that there are dis¬ 
tinct breeds. I have lately inquired of 
several farmers what the difference is be¬ 
tween Jersey and Alderney, and none could 
tell me. I have three heifer calves now 
over a year old, each said to be out of 
registered sire, no two of them sisters on 
the part of the sires. Two of them have 
black nose anu black tip on tail, and the 
other has a red nose and white tip on tail. 
The former are considerably fawn colored, 
the latter being from the grade cow, and 
has her color, red. If there is a difference, 
how may I know it, and if so which would 
be the most desirable for a farmer? 
Bloomsburg, Pa. j. r. n. 
The tiwo breeds are distinct, but there 
are probably no Alderney cattle in this 
country. Those known here as Aldterney 
are really Jersey. The confusion of 
names came from the fact that, when 
cattle were first brought from the Chan¬ 
nel Islands to England, Alderney being 
the island of the group nearest to Eng¬ 
land, and the last stopping place for the 
ship, was taken as the point of export, 
so L nat the cattie were all said to be 
imported from Alderney. Breeders, how¬ 
ever, have always recognized the cattle 
as Jersey or Guernsey, and there never 
was any Alderney herd register. The 
breeds in the Islands of Jersey and 
Guernsey have been kept pure by strict 
laws forbidding the importation of any 
live cattle, but the people of Alderney 
have been careless in this matter, and 
their cattle are more or less mixed. The 
native stock was smaller and of a darner 
color than the Jersey. 
Belgian Hares in California. 
We are overrun with questions about 
Belgian hares. In California the business 
of breeding these hares has become a great 
factor in small farming. The following 
sensible letter tells the story well: 
I see no reason why Belgian hares 
should not prove a profitable adjunct to 
the average eastern farmer. They will 
require more attention than chickens, as 
they must be confined, and must be kept 
in suitable quarters, where they can be 
sheltered from the sun and weather. 
Dampness and drafts are fatal to them. 
Our own pens are 3x6 feet of chicken 
wire with board base, and are under 
cover. They breed at six month's old, 
carry the young four weeks, bring forth 
a litter of about eight, wean them at six 
weeks, and are ready for market at 
about six months, when they weigh from 
six to eight pounds. Some people breed 
them four weeks after the litter has been 
born, but it is not advisable, and four to 
five litters in a year is enough for a doe. 
From this you can see they increase 
very rapidly. They will eat most any¬ 
thing a cow will eat, and are very fond 
of bran and milk. Here Alfalfa hay, 
bran and rolled or crushed barley are 
the principal items of food. They relish 
green food, but too much will produce 
bowel trouble. Drafts produce an in¬ 
fluenza called the snuffles, which is the 
principal trouble with them. They sell 
at eight cents per pound live weight, and 
retail at 25 cents per pound dressed. 
They lose about 50 per cent in weight 
in dressing. As to cost of raising them, 
this will vary with the locality, but 
roughly speaking 40 hares will eat about 
the same quantity of food that a cow 
will. I do not know what eastern hay 
they would eat, outside of clover and oat 
hay. The meat is white, like breast of 
chicken, and tastes like chicken, but the 
public have to be educated up to call for 
the meat. A farmer could raise all the 
meat he wished for his own family with¬ 
out much trouble, but if he went into it 
on a large scale, it would demand a good 
deal of time, as they must be looked 
after and fed three times a day. There 
should be a good thing In it for those 
who get into the business first in a local¬ 
ity, in raising the stock for breeding 
purposes. Here most of the city people 
are going out of the business, except 
those who breed fine stock, and the 
meat-raising part is going into the farm¬ 
ers’ hands. Nearly every ranch in the 
country here is raising them, but mostly 
for meat. I think in any locality it will 
be like it has been here; the first in 
make good money, then the craze 
strikes; everyone goes into it, prices 
drop, people drop out of it, and it gets 
down to the same basis as chickens, 
with two classes of breeders—those who 
raise fancy stock, and those who raise 
for meat. Strangers to the business 
should go into it slowly—it is like chick¬ 
ens—the books on the subject don’t do 
you much good. I think, however, they 
have come to stay as a food, and with a 
farmer will occupy about the same place 
as chickens. e. i. weed. 
Gardena, Cal. 
Hog Cholera. —We have been asked 
to give the remedy suggested by the Bu¬ 
reau of Animal Industry for cholera in 
hogs. Here it is: Wood charcoal, pow¬ 
dered, one part; sulphur, one part; so¬ 
dium chloride, two part's; sodium bicar¬ 
bonate, two parts; sodium hyposulphite, 
two parts; sodium sulphate, one part; 
antimony sulphide (black antimony), 
one part. One large tablespoonful for 
each 200 pounds of live weight consti¬ 
tutes a dose. 
Flies on Calves. —The Kansas Ex¬ 
periment Station reports success with 
the following remedy on calves: 
Pulverized resin, two parts by measure; 
soap shavings, one part; water, one-half 
part; fish-oil, one part; oil of tar. one part; 
kerosene, one part; water, three parts. 
Place the resin, soap shavings, one-half 
part of water and fish-oil together in a 
receptacle and boll till the resin is dis¬ 
solved; then add the three parts of water, 
following with the oil of tar mixed with 
the kerosene. Stir the mixture well and 
allow it to boil for 15 minutes. When cool, 
the mixture is ready for use, and should 
be stirred frequently while being applied. 
From one-eighth to one-half pint is suf¬ 
ficient for one application. To apply the 
mixture, a brush is used. It is often more 
economical not to attempt to protect the 
entire animal, but only those parts not 
reached by the head or tail. 
“Margarine cheese” is said to be placed 
quite extensively on the British market, 
this being what we call here filled cheese. 
In a recent case a sample of such cheese 
contained 16 per cent of foreign fat. The 
seller was fined 40 shillings and costs for 
selling adulterated cheese; 20 shillings and 
costs for not labeling it; 20 shillings and 
costs for not wrapping it with a proper 
label. 
At the Kansas Station calves were fed 
on skim-milk and flaxseed meal: The meal 
was placed in a tin pail, boiling water 
poured over it, and the pail closely cov¬ 
ered to keep in the steam. A jelly was 
formed, just enough water being used to 
do this. The jelly was mixed with the 
skim-milk at the time of feeding. A table¬ 
spoonful of flaxseed per calf for a feed 
was used at first, and this was gradually 
increased to half a pound per day per head 
when the calves were three to four months 
old. 
Horsebreaking in South Africa.— The 
way in which horses are broken to saddle 
in South Africa is one which I have never 
seen practiced in any other country, says 
the author of Among Horses in South Af¬ 
rica. It consists of tying the head close 
up to that of a steady horse by means of 
a cord connecting the respective headstalls 
worn by these animals. After they have 
both been saddled and bridled, the “school¬ 
master” is first mounted, and then another 
man gets on the young one, who is power¬ 
less to buck, rear or run away, on account 
of his head being fixed. Besides this, the 
fact of his being alongside another horse 
gives him confidence, and no matter how 
wild he may be, he will learn in a short 
time to carry his burden and regulate his 
pace according to that of his companion. 
As he settles down quietly to work, the 
connecting cord may be gradually loosened 
out, until at last it can be taken off alto¬ 
gether. This is a capital plan if one has 
a good break-horse, and if one knows no 
better way. Its great fault is its ten¬ 
dency to make a horse unwilling to go 
alone. 
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