1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BT DR. T. D. KILBORNE. 
Chronic Sore on a Cat. 
What can I do to heal a raw sore on the 
shoulder of a fouf-months-old kitten? I do 
not know how it came there. She is all 
right except that. She licks it all the time, 
but it does not get better. c. g. 
Milford, Conn. 
It is difficult to treat an old sore on a 
cat, because you can apply only remedies 
they can safely lick off. If sore has an 
unhealthy appearance cauterize lightly 
with a stick of nitrate of silver, and do 
not allow the cat to lick it for an hour 
or so. If sore is moist, wash lightly two 
or three times daily with iodoform. If 
dry, rub with camphor ice or with cam¬ 
phorated mutton tallow. 
Inflammation in Cows' Feet. 
Four days ago one of my cows went lame 
in hind foot, swelling from heel to gambrel. 
Now there seems to be a little pus between 
the heels. Another cow has since shown 
the same trouble. Can you give me a 
remedy? G. h. c. 
Summit, N. Y. 
Cut or pare away all diseased horn, so 
as to expose the suppurative surface, 
and then cauterize with a five per cent 
solution of carbolic acid, after which 
dress with pine tar. If the foot is much 
swollen, first apply a flaxseed poultice 
for two or three days, until the inflam¬ 
mation is reduced, sprinkle the poultice 
with the five per cent carbolic solution, 
and renew once or twice daily. If cow is 
feverish give 25 drops tincture aconite 
with small tablespoonful nitrate of pot¬ 
ash two or three times daily. 
Chronic Cough and Nasal Discharge in a Mare 
My eight-year-old mare has a bad cough 
and a discharge from the nose; the cough 
is always worse after she has been watered 
or driven. Please advise me what to do for 
her. w. l. e. 
Wilmore, Pa. 
Give one of the following powders in 
feed night and morning; Sulphate of 
copper and powdered nux vomica, of each 
four ounces, arsenic 90 grains, mix and 
divide into 32 powders. Rub throat from 
ear to ear with ammonia liniment suffi¬ 
cient to blister and repeat two or three 
times if necessary, at intervals of about 
three weeks. If the horse has not the 
heaves now she soon will have unless 
carefully fed and cared for. Feed spar¬ 
ingly of bulky food, and only of clean, 
bright fodder free from dust. If dusty 
hay must be fed dampen it. Always 
water before feeding, and never allow 
more than 12 quarts at one time. 
Cow Out of Condition. 
I have a cow which has not been well for 
five weeks past, and the local veterinarian 
has been unable to diagnose the case with 
any degree of success. The animal is four 
years old, and first began five weeks ago 
with swelling of the under jaw. The 
symptoms would appear regularly when 
turned out to pasture, but when kept in the 
stable the swelling goes down. It begins 
under the jawbone, extending downward 
and across the throat. There seems to be 
no soreness whatever, as the animal evi¬ 
dences no pain when the afflicted spot is 
pressed upon. She has kept growing thin¬ 
ner, although, apparently, suffering no 
pain. Two weeks ago her appetite began 
to fail. At present she will scarcely touch 
any food except grass, green corn and ap¬ 
ples, which are hardly the thing consider¬ 
ing that she is also afflicted with diarrhea. 
The local veterinarian did not seem to know 
the cow’s ailment, but said there were no 
evidences of tuberculosis or any fever. He 
thought it might possibly be of a dropsical 
tendency. We have tried all the simple 
remedies that we knew for the bowels, but 
without gaining any satisfactory results. 
The animal looks bright, and eats raven¬ 
ously when allowed to choose her food. 
What shall we do for her? k. c. r. 
Rosemont, N. J. 
A personal examination will be neces¬ 
sary in an obscure case of this kind to 
enable me to give a definite opinion as 
to the cause and nature of the trouble, 
and proper course of treatment. The 
symptoms do not especially indicate tu¬ 
berculosis, and yet they are suspicious. 
Unless you know that the cow has never 
been in contact with tuberculous ani¬ 
mals it would be well to submit her to 
the tuberculin test, if you have not al¬ 
ready done so. Try the following pre¬ 
scription for the diarrhea and general 
debility; One ounce each laudanum and 
extract Jamaica ginger, with one dram 
each powdered galls and nux vomica, 
administered twice or three times daily 
in a quart of well-boiled starch gruel. 
Failure of Heifer's Udder. 
A 20-months’ old grade Jersey gave birth 
a week ago to a dead calf, after a rather 
protracted labor, in which some assistance 
was given her. She was milked a little for 
about 10 days previous to dropping her calf, 
as her udder was very full, all four teats 
milking. Since calving only one-half (two 
teats on one side) of her udder will give 
milk; what is the cause, and is there any 
remedy? Will she be likely to come right 
at next calving? g. a. m. b. 
Lakewood, N. J. 
If there has been no inflammation or 
garget I can assign no cause for the fail¬ 
ure to continue milking from all four 
quarters. I think it was a mistake to 
milk the heifer before calving. I doubt 
whether it is ever necessary to milk be¬ 
fore the first calf, and rarely before the 
second or third. After the third it is 
quite frequently necessary to milk be¬ 
fore calving to prevent overstocking of 
udder. She may give milk from all four 
quarters this season, but even if she 
does not she will probably do so after 
next calving. 
Overfed Pigs. 
I bought three pigs three weeks old in 
March. They were put in a building with 
a board floor, and supplied with plenty of 
dry straw for bedding. They were fed on 
milk, potatoes, shorts and ground oats. 
They grew well for about a month, when 
two of them began to get stiff in the legs 
and appeared to be very itchy. We then 
removed them to a building with a clay 
floor, but this does not appear to have done 
any good, and one of the ailing pigs seems 
to have difficulty in breathing, his throat 
appearing to be affected. One of the pigs 
is perfectly healthy although they all re¬ 
ceived the same food and treatment. They 
are a York-Berkshire cross. What is the 
cause and cure for the disease? d. j. s. 
Aitken’s Ferry, P. E. I. 
The condition of your pigs would in¬ 
dicate that they were overfed while too 
young, receiving a check from which 
they never recovered. There is now very 
little you can do beyond feeding moder¬ 
ately until they will do to butcher. Do 
not try to crowd them; they will not 
stand it. If any of them show no signs 
of picking up so as to be suitable for pork 
it will be better to kill them at once. 
The feed such a stunted pig will eat is 
often worth more than you can ever 
realize from keeping and feeding him. 
Horse Weak in Hind Quarters. 
We have a work horse about 10 years old, 
that has lately been taken with a weakness 
in its hind legs and back, so that we have 
had to turn him out. He will weave from 
side to side, lift first one hind leg and then 
the other, and in using them acts as though 
they were asleep or numb, and he draws 
his stomach in as though In pain. His ap¬ 
petite is good; will eat 12 quarts of oats a 
day, but grows thin. We are feeding the 
same now that he is turned out as before. 
What is the disease, and what will cure it? 
Danbury, Conn. w. m. 
Try the following course of powders; 
Powdered gentian and nitrate of potash, 
of each eight ounces; powdered nux 
vomica four ounces, mix and divide into 
32 powders. Give powder three times 
daily in feed, or by drenching from bot¬ 
tle if horse will not eat powder in feed. 
Rub whole region of loins with ammonia 
liniment sufficient to blister mildly. Re¬ 
duce grain ration while horse is in pas¬ 
ture, if not being worked. A mixture of 
four parts by measure of oats and wheat 
bran with one part oil meal will be bet¬ 
ter than the oats alone, and six to eight 
quarts daily should be sufficient where 
horse is not working. If there is no im¬ 
provement after two weeks’ treatment 
take the horse to a competent veterinary 
surgeon and have his urine examined 
for kidney or liver trouble. 
Several young women and men who 
have had the regular dairy instruction at 
Purdue University will illustrate modern 
dairy methods as applied to farm dairy 
practice. h. e. van norman. 
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Milk Cans as “Fire Bugs.” 
Every now and then the papers contain 
accounts of fire caused by milk cans. The 
cans are placed in such a way that they 
focus the sun’s rays and concentrate them 
so powerfully that they set fire to paper or 
light wood, thus causing a blaze. The 
latest report comes from Maine, but we are 
unable to trace it down. Is it possible? 
I have never known of a case where a 
milk can has caused a fire, and further, 
I do not believe such a thing is possible. 
While the milk can Is sometimes justly 
accused of harboring bacteria, which 
cause sour milk, ropy milk, bad flavors, 
etc., it seems to me that the charge of 
being a “fire bug” and an incendiary is 
unjust and without foundation. I do 
not think that the article in question 
should be credited with such conduct. 
It would certainly be going a good way 
out of its regular line of business. There 
is one incident which has come to my 
notice that might he of interest in con¬ 
nection with this subject. I have known 
of defective glass on greenhouses bring¬ 
ing the sun’s rays to a focus on the 
leaves of plants in the interior, and 
burning holes through them, but this 
has never set fire to the building to my 
knowledge. c. b. lane. 
New Jersey Exp. Station. 
SCRAPS. 
Last year the Indiana State Dairy Asso¬ 
ciation arranged a stock-judging lesson at 
the State Fair on plans similar to those 
followed at our agricultural schools. A 
number of prominent breeders led a typical 
dairy animal of their favorite breed into 
the ring and the merits of the several ani¬ 
mals as dairy individuals were discussed 
and commented on. The Dairy Association 
repeated the object lesson this year on 
September 20. 
Continental Club Dorsets have made a 
good start at the Fall fairs. Last week at 
Mt. Gretna, Pa., Continental Dorsets cap¬ 
tured every first and second, while Tran¬ 
quillity Farms won the sweepstakes for 
best flock and best ram, over all breeds, 
with three imported shows in competition— 
Southdowns and Oxford Downs. The fol¬ 
lowing week at Syracuse, N. Y., Conti¬ 
nental Dorsets again took everything in the 
Dorset class, Tranquillity Farms winning 
the special for best flock, offered by the 
Continental Club. tranquillity farms. 
Prosperous Stock Breeders.— A band of 
stock breeders recently left this country, 
who had no occasion to find fault with 
American prosperity. They are the Lap¬ 
landers, brought to this country several 
years ago with a herd of reindeer. It was 
thought at that time that reindeer would 
add considerably to the wealth of Alaska, 
so this country bought a herd of reindeer 
in Lapland, and brought the Laplanders to 
take care of them. The men were paid $268 
a year for their services, and they now go 
back with something over $600 as the result 
of their sojourn in Alaska. To a Laplander, 
this sum of money represents at least what 
$50,000 would mean to the average Ameri¬ 
can citizen. It will enable these men to 
live as close to the life of princes as they 
desire, for the rest of their lives, and they 
will be looked upon as great men by the 
citizens of their communities. They have 
done something for America, too, for the 
reindeer have rapidly increased, so that 
there are now several thousand of them in 
Alaska. 
Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. 
If you are going to New York a treat is in store 
for you if you take the Lackawanna Railroad. 
This line offers the most beautiful scenery of any 
of the great trunk lines of the east, traversing 
the beautiful agricultural regions of western 
New York until it reaches the Susquehanna 
River, beside which it runs for miles overlooking 
the beautiful valleys nestled in among the foot¬ 
hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Next is 
reached the valley of the Delaware River, which 
trains follow through Delaware Water Gap, con¬ 
ceded to be one of the most picturesque spots in 
America, the river and the railroad track fight¬ 
ing for the right of way through a great gap in 
the mountains cut by the ceaseless washing of 
the waters of the river. For miles the track 
curves in and about the Blue Ridge Mountains, 
each successive turn presenting a picture seem¬ 
ingly more beautiful than the last. At Mount 
Pocono an altitude of 1900 feet is reached, and 
from here on the train descends through the 
mountains and foot-hills almost to the edge of 
the Hudson River, the last hundred miles having 
been for the most part besides the picturesque 
old Morris and Essex Canal.— Adv. 
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