1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Ailing Animals. 
Wind-Sucking Horse. 
I have a horse that jerks his head in 
toward his breast and grunts like a crib- 
ber, but does not offer to take hold of any¬ 
thing. What is wrong? He did it for a 
time last year; but quit in the Fall, and 
is now commencing again. J. a. g. 
Strattonville, Pa. 
Your horse is what might be called a 
wind-sucker. There is not much differ¬ 
ence between a wind-sucker and a crib- 
ber; they both come from a habit. You 
might buckle a strap around his neck 
next to his throat. Don’t draw the strap 
so tight that it will interfere with his 
breathing. 
Cribbing Coif. 
I have a colt three years old next June, 
thin in flesh, but shedding his old hair 
well. He is what we call a cribber. He 
also has a habit of striking his abdomen 
with hind foot and then kicking down to 
the floor with great force. He is quite a 
promising stepper, and I would like to put 
him in good condition. His appetite is 
quite good. I feed coarse hay and mixed 
feed, bran and middlings for grain. 
Bolsters Mills, Me. w. h. j. 
Your colt is a cribber; it is a habit I 
know of nothing that will break him of 
it. His striking his abdomen with his 
hind feet and kicking down to the floor 
with great force suggests that he is 
troubled by lice, or perhaps that is mere¬ 
ly a habit. Colts are quite likely to form 
such habits when standing idle in the 
barn. 
Ailing Sheep. 
Our sheep are afflicted as follows: They 
begin with looseness of bowels, even on. 
dry feed; droop around for a month or so, 
and die. I am feeding Timothy and clover 
hay mixed with oats for grain. The in¬ 
testines, on post-mortem examination, are 
covered with small hard nodules. The 
sheep eat as long as they can get to the 
feed. Last Summer they had the run of 
an old pasture but generally I pasture a 
field two years and then plow for grain 
crops. Would a change of feed do any 
good? P. R. f. 
Ohio. 
I am afraid there is something about 
your feeding that is affecting your sheep. 
Are they getting good, pure, wholesome 
water, or are they drinking from some 
cesspool? If they are you would better 
stop it and add a ration of bran and oil 
meal to your oats. Feed what clover 
and Timothy they should have and no 
more. 
A CASE OF "SCALY LEG.” 
My poultry have rough legs, and I have 
washed them in turpentine, grease and 
coal-oil, equal parts, but the disease comq§ 
back. When we moved here eight years 
ago the poultry that were here were nearly 
eaten up by this disease. I sold all of 
them and bought others, and white¬ 
washed the henhouse, but the poultry soon 
showed signs of the disease. We built a 
new henhouse three years ago, and l 
have tried to be cautious about keeping 
the building clean. Last Summer my old 
hens got so bad again that I sold all of 
them, and kept 50 pullets that had nice 
smooth feet, and now some of them are 
rough. w. t. p. 
Willmathsville, Mo. 
This disease is caused by a minute in¬ 
sect working under the scales on the 
legs, raising the scales, causing them 
to become rough and covered with a 
light colored rough excrescence, in some 
cases giving the legs the appearance of 
being twice the ordinary size and very 
rough and unsightly. It is considered 
contagious, though I have not found it 
noticeably so. I have frequently had 
hens affected with it, and occasionally 
severe cases, and have let them run the 
entire season without noticing any new 
cases or ill effects except the unsightly 
appearance of the affected birds, which 
giadually get worse. It is usually at¬ 
tributed to unclean surroundings. 1 
have never noticed that it affected lay¬ 
ing. An ointment composed of one part 
flowers of sulphur and four parts vase¬ 
line, rubbed on freely every day for a 
week will usually clean them up. An¬ 
other good remedy is coal oil. Take a 
can large and deep enough to cover the 
affected parts, fill nearly full with water, 
then pour a small quantity of coal oil on 
top. Insert the legs, and hold them a 
half minute or more until thoroughly 
soaked. Repeat in a few days. This 
treatment if persisted in will surely kill 
the insects and the excrescence will drop 
off or may be removed. I would spray 
any suspected place thoroughly with 
coal oil. The house and roosts would be 
benefited by such a dose at any rate, as 
it would put out of business any mites, 
lice or other insects which come in con¬ 
tact with the coal oil. J. e. s. 
What is a Good Cow? 
Last November I bought a Jersey cow 
with calf. She was in poor condition, hav¬ 
ing been brought from the western part 
of the State. She did not give milk enough 
for her calf, so I sold it and let her stand 
for one week. In the meantime I fed her 
cattle powders, till she gained strength, 
then I commenced milking her, and all I 
have been able to get was three quarts per 
day, after feeuing her cornmeal, gluten and 
bran and shredded fodder. She tests 5.20; 
that, according to the creamery man, would 
be three pounds butter per week. This 
does not suit me, and I am going to sell 
her. Do you think when she comes in. 
which will be next September, that she 
will do any better? I had all the cows 
tested, and they run from 6.10 to 3.70. but 
some do not give milk enough for their 
test. I am after cows that will make from 
eight to 12 pounds of butter per week. How 
many quarts should a cow give that tests 
from 5 to 6.50 to make 10 pounds of butter? 
Would you advise putting a ring in a Jer¬ 
sey bull’s nose to handle him? I am afraid 
he will get cross. inquirer. 
Chester Co., Pa. 
There is no rule as to the amount of 
milk a cow should make to yield a given 
per cent of fat in the same. Some cows 
naturally yield much richer milk than 
others. A good Jersey cow should be 
able to produce in the height of her 
milking season about 35 pounds of milk 
a day, and this should test five per cent 
of fat or more, ranging up to six per 
cent. Usually, however, the heavier the 
quantity given the lower the percentage 
of fat in the milk. If, however, a cow 
will make 30 pounds a day of five-per¬ 
cent milk for a week 10 ^ pounds of 
pure butter fat would be contained 
therein, or what should make about 1214 
pounds of commercial butter. That is 
about as close as one can illustrate the 
point “Inquirer” wishes brought out. it 
is, of course, impossible to judge much 
concerning the cow you refer to except¬ 
ing in an entirely unfavorable manner. 
If she is producing only three quarts a 
day at present, and you consider her of 
inferior possibilities, which is probably 
correct, then you would do well to find 
out at once whether you are supporting 
her, or whether she pays for her keep. 
It is a pity that so many men should be 
spending their income keeping cows 
that are positively not worth keeping, 
viewed as a business proposition, but 
which in fact are a constant tax on the 
owners. Ringing the bull should not 
make him ugly. It will make his nose 
tender, but that may be greatly to your 
advantage some day. Use a rope with a 
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