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Ailing Animals. 
A Rest/ess Horse. 
How can I prevent a young horse from 
kicking his bedding all back behind him? 
Conneaut, O. d. w. p. 
Some horses are restless in the stable, 
which is very annoying to the owner. 
If you cannot prevent this horse from 
kicking his bedding back in ny other 
way, take a piece of trace chain about 
a foot long, and with a strap through 
one end of the chain strap it to his hind 
foot next to the fetlock, and if that 
doesn’t stop him put another one on 
the other hind foot. 
A Saddle Gall 
A horse purchased last Fall for saddle 
use has a white spot on his back, which is, 
1 suppose, a saddle gall, it is about the 
size of the palm of one’s hand. It evidently 
has been colored before, for it was more 
than a month before it began to show. It 
looks very ugly when I drive him, but does 
not show when the saddle is on. It is just 
at the back part of the saddle on both sides 
of the backbone. The harness does not 
touch it at all. The color of horse is dark 
brown. J - H - u - 
Chambersburg, Pa. 
There is nothing that can bring the 
hair back to its original color. If it is 
a source of annoyance to you, and you 
wish to color it dark, you would better 
use hair dye. 
Calf Out of Condition. 
I have a calf 10 months old with the same 
symptoms as several others that I have 
lost. It has plenty to eat and grain every 
day; its appetite is good and it chews its 
cud. Droppings seem natural. After com¬ 
ing to the barn the calf began to grow 
poor and is fast becoming a skeleton. The 
only other abnormal condition seems to be 
gritting of the teeth. Cows in the same 
stable do well, and two Jerseys standing 
beside her are looking well and have had 
no grain for several months. What is the 
disease, and what can 1 do for the calf.? 
Is the fault with the barn? reader. 
The fault may lie with you in not 
feeding a balanced ration. Give your 
calf a handful of Epsom salts dissolved 
in a pint of water with a teaspoonful of 
ginger once a week for three or four 
weeks and feed one quart of wheat bran 
with a big handful of ground oats twice 
a day, with either good clover hay or 
Timothy. 
P/euro-Pneumonia in Cows. 
Disease among cows is causing much loss 
to us. The symptoms are first a falling off 
in flesh and loss of milk. In about a week 
or 10 days stoppage of rumination, partial 
loss of appetite and constipation. The 
breathing is quick, short and labored. The 
animal shows an unwillingness to lie down 
and weakness in walking, standing with 
head stretched out, putting and panting 
when compelled to walk a short distance. 
In later stages of some animals the brisket 
and chest become swollen and the cow dies 
after lingering from two weeks to two 
months. Post-mortem examination shows 
the chest half filled with water and lungs 
congested, a shred-like fiber clinging to the 
ribs. D - H - 
Nelson, Mo. 
The post-mortem appearances and in 
fact all of the symptoms point strongly 
to contagious pleuro-pneumonia. Very 
often the attack comes on slowly, and 
the symptoms are much less clear. In 
the mildest cases there is a cough for a 
week or two, but no appreciable loss of 
appetite or elevation of temperature. 
The lungs are but slightly affected and 
recovery soon follows. Such animals 
may disseminate the contagion for a 
long time without being suspected, and 
for that reason are the most dangerous 
of all. A more severe type of the 
plague is most frequently seen. In 
these cases the cough is frequent, more 
or less painful, the back somewhat arch - 
ed and the milk secretions diminished. 
The prominence of these symptoms in¬ 
creases, the appetite is affected, the ani¬ 
mal loses flesh, the breathing becomes 
more rapid, the cough more painful, 
pressure of the fingers between the ribs 
shows tenderness, the hair loses its 
gloss and stands erect, the skin becomes 
adherent, little if any milk is secreted. 
Animals thus affected may continue to 
grow worse and die in from three to 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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eight weeks, or they may after a time 
begin to improve and make an apparent 
recovery. The inflammation of lung 
does not, as a rule, subside, and the or¬ 
gan return to its normal condition, as 
is the case in ordinary pneumonia, 
with this disease me life of the a. 
portion of the lung is destroyed, the 
sues die and a fibrous wall is fo 
round it to shut it away from the liv¬ 
ing parts of the body. The tissue thus 
encysted gradually softens, becomes dis¬ 
integrated and breaks down into pus. 
The recovery therefore is not complete; 
it is only partial. On post-mortem ex 
amination the thorax may contain mo 
or less serum, which may be clear 
clouded. The diseased lobes are unu 
ly large and exceedingly firm to 
touch. Usually only one side is affected, 
often but a single lobe, and this most 
commonly the large or principal lobe. 
The pleura, however, is very much 
thickened, the lung cavity contains 
fluid of a serous nature, sometimes pus. I 
You would better send for a State vet- \ 
erinarian to examine your herd, for you 
have something that should be looked 
after. 
Horse with Mange. 
My horse is 13 years old this Spring, In 
good condition, and with plenty of life. He 
is fed four or five ears of corn and Tim¬ 
othy hay three times a day. About the 
beginning of the year 1 was up with him 
two nights; thought he had colic super¬ 
induced by worms. He has for a long time 
had the habit of rubbing himself when I 
put him away. 1 have never seen any 
worms pass from him, and only judge that 
he has them from the fact of his trying to 
rub his tail. 1 notice lately that he has 
rubbed the hair off his neck in places, and 
morning and evening he will be wet with 
perspiration, body very warm, and at the 
same time be standing quietly. 1 am at a 
loss what to do. 1 have given copperas for 
worms; am now giving Pratt’s food, lie 
has done but little work since February. 
After drinking he will lick the earth. 
Mount View, Md. L. B. 
This horse has without a doubt a had 
case of mange. Have him clipped at 
ouce and washed from head to foot with 
soap and water, and after drying apply 
the following: Boil stavesacre seeds, 
one part to 20 parts of water, for one 
hour, then let it simmer for another 
hour. Add water enough to make it up 
to its original bulk. Give the horse a 
good application of this preparation to 
the affected parts; repeat in one week. 
Do not give corn; feed bran and oar. 
instead for a while. 
Cotton-Seed Meal for Hens.— If fed in 
moderate quantities I regard cotton-seed 
meal as beneficial to fowls; and 1 use it 
sometimes as a substitute for meat and 
bone rations. But I do not consider it al¬ 
together as good as the latter for egg pro¬ 
duction. The idea that it is dangerous 
comes, I think, from the fact that it is a 
highly concentrated food, and like all other 
such foods, will produce bad results if fed 
too suddenly in large quantities. I feed it 
in about the same proportion as meat, five 
to 10 per cent. w. e. hicks. 
Ponchatoula, La. 
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