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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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AILING ANIMALS. 
Catarrh in Horses. 
What if= the best treatment for catarrh 
in horses? c - 
New York. 
Catarrh means a discharge of fluid from 
the mucous membrance. The form of ca¬ 
tarrh under present consideration is at 
first a congestion, followed by inflamma¬ 
tion of the mucous membrane of the nasal 
chambers. The Inflammation usually ex¬ 
tends to me membrane of the sinuses of 
the head, and often to the membrane of 
the larynx and pharynx, causing the com¬ 
plication of sore throat. Quite frequently 
the membrane of the eyes is also affected, 
a? evidenced by its congested condition, 
and the flow of tears over the cheeks. The 
membrane at the beginning of the attack is 
dry and congested; soon a, watery dis¬ 
charge from the nostrils makes its appear¬ 
ance. The treatment of this disease should 
bp quiet rest for a few days with pure air, 
and good nutritious food is of more benefit 
than any medical treatment that can be 
administered. Particular attention should 
be paid to the diet; give bran mashes, 
scalded oats, linseed gruel and grass if in 
season. 
Garget; Obstructed Teat. 
1. I had a cow affected by garget in one 
front quarter this Spring. I reduced the 
swelling by giving saltpeter and Epsom 
salts, but it took some time, and I have 
not been able yet to get a good flow of 
milk from that quarter, though I get some, 
and it seems good to look at. Can any¬ 
thing be done to induce a flow? 2. I have 
another cow that milks quite easy and has 
had no inflammation or garget, but lately 
one back teat has closed so that the milk 
comes with difficulty. The trouble came 
suddenly, and the opening in teat seems 
clear as far as I can see. s. 
Kent's Hill, Me. 
1. You have helped the garget yourself, 
and now you must wait until that quarter 
can repair and probably it will come all 
right after a time. If it does not write 
again. 2. You have a job for the veterin¬ 
ary, as usual in those cases. The veterin¬ 
ary must cut the teat with a teat bistoury, 
and you will have no trouble in milking 
that quarter. 
DISINFECTING A DAIRY BARN. 
In answer to the inquirer who has had 
his cattle condemned by reason of tuber¬ 
culous disease, it is no difficult job at 
all to disinfect a barn where cattle have 
been afflicted with tuberculosis. The 
bacilli being thrown out by coughing 
or by the excrement, we know pretty 
well where we have reason to believe 
the germs to be. With tight gutters be¬ 
hind the animals and reasonably re¬ 
spectable feed bunks, a thorough scrub¬ 
bing of both with boiling water alone 
would destroy all tuberculous bacilli. 
But many who would do the work would 
not do it well, or use simply warm 
water. It is therefore advisable that a 
germicide be mixed in the water. While 
there are many of these that I might 
mention, the safest and best for farm¬ 
ers to use is some of the coal-tar prep¬ 
arations, none of which is better than a 
compound known as Bacillol, or Chloro- 
Naptholeum. As there may be a drying 
up of sputum and dust formed which may 
lodge on the sides of the barn, it is well 
to scrub them with the same solution. 
Follow with a lime whitewash. It is not 
so much a question of the disinfecting 
of a barn after suffering animals have 
been in it as it is the barn itself. If it 
is a basement, devoid of sunlight and 
pure air it never was, and no disinfecting 
will ever make it, a safe place to keep 
animals in. Germs of most diseases 
lurk in dark and damp places, while 
sunlight and good ventilation is death 
to germs and life to animals kept in 
comfort in them. The best answer 
therefore I could give your inquirer 
would be by saying that it depends 
wholly as to whether his barn is so con¬ 
structed; that is, light, warm, and well 
supplied with pure air. If it is thus, or 
can be made so, then it would be need¬ 
less to build a new one. If otherwise, 
by all means abandon it as a stable for 
all animals. By far too many barns 
have been constructed with one idea in 
mind, and that was to make them tight 
and warm. I have heard many a farm¬ 
er say: “Water never freezes in the 
coldest of weather in my barn. I don’t 
see how my cattle, horses or other ani¬ 
mals should contract a cold. I can’t see 
why they should cough or become oth¬ 
erwise ailing.” Questions of this kind, 
while hard to understand by the owner 
of the animal, are very easy of solution 
by those who understand that pure air is 
of even more importance than warmth, 
and pure air never can be found in dark¬ 
ness. The dark, warm barn, no matter 
how expensive and well constructed, is 
destined sooner or later to become a hot 
bed of disease. The germs get there, and 
sooner or later the powers of resistance 
in the animals kept in them will weak¬ 
en, and disease will follow. 
C. D. SMEAD, V. S. 
DE LAVAL 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN 
OTHER CREAM SEPARATORS 
A CHAPTER ON DOGS. 
I recently heard an old farmer say, in 
regard to his dislike for music, that he 
•would “sooner hear a bull beller than 
any music he ever heard.” He also said 
he would go to church oftener “if it 
warn’t for them pesky musicianeers.” 
Now this same man hates dogs. Not 
from anything bad the dogs ever did to 
him or his, but just on general princi¬ 
ples, the same as he dislikes music. 
Take away your love for music and what 
a source of pleasure and worship is 
gone. Take away your love for a good 
dog and what a bare and lonely spot 
exists in your daily walk. In many pa¬ 
pers I notice often bad things said about 
dogs; damage they have done by killing 
oi frightening, going mad, etc. This 
causes many unthinking people to 
“jump” on the dog and the whole dog 
tribe. Because one dog is a cur and 
worse the whole dog kind is condemned. 
Why not say the whole human tribe are 
thieves and robbers because one man is? 
What makes a man a thief and robber? 
The same things that make a dog a cur. 
Heredity first, “bringing up” next. 
Where is the blame laid? In mankind 
the unfortunates themselves are made to 
take the blame. In dog kind the whole 
tribe is condemned. I admit there are 
many worthless dogs in the country, but 
that is not the fault of the dog. Hardly 
a day passes but what here in the world 
a dog does some remarkable thing in 
saving or protecting life, caring for child 
companions,and performing various oth¬ 
er duties. What more noble companion 
for a little body than a tried, faithful 
and true dog? What child cannot be 
benefited by association with the unsel¬ 
fishness of a noble dog’s conduct? Why 
is not a love for animals a good thing 
for a child to learn and foster? 
I have a collie called Nancy Perkins, 
she is of the highest breeding and is reg¬ 
istered. This alone makes her valuable 
in a money sense. Aside from this there 
is scarcely a limit to her worth. (She is 
not for sale.) Why is she so valuable, 
you ask? She has ever proved faithful 
and true. She is like one of the family. 
It would take a big book to contain the 
history of all her good deeds. She is full 
of wisdom. There is no limit to her 
courage. Her resourcefulness is - never 
at fault. Her wits are never wool gath¬ 
ering. She is never cross, unmannerly 
or dirty. She hears everything, sees 
everything and knows everything. A 
look into her eyes would convince the 
most skeptical that she has brains. Can 
any price be set on such a dog? If a 
person cannot find any love in his heart 
for such an animal, what sized heart do 
you suppose he has? If you wish to own 
a dog, let it be a good one. You must 
not expect to buy a good one for 30 
cents. If you get a cheap dog, just be¬ 
cause it is cheap, and it turns out a mon¬ 
grel and a cur, do not blame the dog, 
nor condemn the whole dog kind. 
W. A. SARGENT. 
How to Feed Oil Cake. 
Which is the better way to feed oil cake 
to young calves, cooked or uncooked? 
Michigan. n. c. 
Oil cake is not more digestible after 
cooking. The feed is highly concen¬ 
trated, and cooking not only makes it* 
more palatable to the young animal but 
gives it much more bulk, both essentials 
in feeding young animals, h. e. cook. 
BECAUSE- —They are constructed after the “Alpha” 
Disc and “Split Wing” patents, which cannot be used by 
any other niaunfacturer and which enable De Laval 
machines to skim cleaner and produce a more even and 
more thoroughly claimable cream than is otherwise 
possible, at much less speed and wear, and much greater 
ease of operation. 
BECAUSE .—The De Laval makers have ever been 
first and foremost in the manufacture of Cream Sepa¬ 
rators throughout the world—have ever led where others 
follow—their factories being among the finest machine 
shops in the world and their knowledge of Cream Sepa¬ 
rators far greater and more thorough than that of any 
comparatively inexperienced would-be competitor. 
BECAUSE. —The one purpose of the De Laval makers 
has ever been the production of the best Cream Separa¬ 
tor possible regardless of cost, instead of that mistaken 
“cheapness” which is the only basis upon which any 
would-be competitor can even make pretence of seeking 
a market. 
BECAUSE. —The vastly greater sale of De Laval 
machines—ten times all others combined—enables the 
De Laval makers to do these things and much more in 
the production of the perfect Cream Separator that no 
one else could attempt. 
A De Laval catalogue explaining in detail the facts 
here set forth may be had for the asking. 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
Randolph & Canal Sts., 
CHICAGO. 
1102 Arch Street, 
PHILADELPHIA. 
217-221 Drumm St., 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
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NEW YORK. 
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eparator 
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Newark, N. J. ( 
instantly removes all flics, 
mosquitos, lice and other i 
sects from cattle, horses 
other animals sprayed with it 
It is healing to any sore. Ani 
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Gentlemen:—For three years I have been experimenting 
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all stock owners.—JOHN ARMSTRONG, President State 
Board of Agriculture, De Smet, S. D., June 4,1901. 
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