1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
6i9 
Ailing Animals. 
Hogs With Blind Staggers. 
I have several shotes that get spells of 
jerking their feet and seem unable to walk 
for a time. A couple of years ago I had 
one that went Into a fit after this jerking. 
After a few minutes it got up and traveled 
on again. These now seem to have to lie 
down awhile before thep can walk. It 
seems to be a kind of nervousness. I no¬ 
ticed this affection slightly in one pig that 
I know is well bred—no inbreeding—a pure¬ 
bred Berkshire. I do not know but that 
the others were inbred. They are running 
in stubble, and the water is not pure on 
account of drought. j. l. b. 
Falls, W. Va. 
Blind staggers is generally preceeded 
by dullness for a day or so with appar¬ 
ent surplus of blood in the head, the 
bowels are constipated and the pulse 
hard and quick. If not relieved of this 
attack the animal runs wildly about, 
sometimes in a circle and appears blind. 
I have known them to die in one of 
those fits. Often it is caused by indiges¬ 
tible food; feeding dry corn, when they 
should have a mixed and sloppy diet. 
For treatment give three drachms of cas¬ 
tor beans. Mix with molasses and smear 
on the back of the tongue; or a tea¬ 
spoonful of calomel may be substituted. 
After bowels have been thoroughly 
opened give a teaspoonful of hyposul¬ 
phite of soda twice a day dissolved in a 
cup of warm water. 
Rheumatism in Hogs. 
I have several sows suckling pigs that 
appear thrifty, but which seem to 
grow weak in hind parts and finally be¬ 
come unable to walk on hind quarters. They 
get a variety of food in the form of slop, 
consisting of corn meal, ground rye, bran 
and ground oats; I feed plenty of charcoal, 
salt, etc , and turn out one-half day each 
24 hours. What can be done to get these 
sows upon their feet again? 
Kentucky. j. d. p. 
I have a sow that was taken lame awhile 
ago. Her front leg began to swell, and 
soon the swelling extended to her shoulder. 
She has a good appetite, but seems to 
suffer pain. What can I do for her? 
Farmington, Conn. w. a. w. 
The hog is subjected to rheumatic 
disease as weil as humanity. It is pre¬ 
ceeded by several days of languor and 
indisposition to move followed by the 
heat of the body and sometimes pain. 
Swelling of the joints sometimes occurs 
with a change of location of swellings, 
being of a wandering character. The 
bowels should be moved by giving two 
or three drachms of pulverized castor 
bean to which may be added 10 grains 
of opium, providing there is any pain. 
As hogs are difficult to drench, mix this 
with a little molasses and with a stick 
smear this on the roots of the tongue. 
After a few hours give the following: 
Colchicum, one scruple, bicarbonate of 
soda, one tablespoonful, and molasses 
enough to make a mass; smear on the 
roots of the tongue night and morning, 
and give soft food, to which one tea¬ 
spoonful of soda may be added. 
Tuberculosis in Cattle. 
I wish to know the symptoms of bovine 
tuberculosis. How can a novice recognize 
the disease? I have charge of some cattle 
from one to two years old that have a good 
supply of feeds, consisting of hay and si¬ 
lage alternately night and morning, straw 
at noon and two pounds of a mixture con¬ 
sisting of 10 pounds bran to 100 pounds 
cotton-seed meal. The cattle have some 
lice which are, of course, injurious to them, 
but they stand about with their backs 
humped up while not eating (they eat 
heartily), and seem to grow thinner; that 
is, part of them, while the rest seem 
thrifty and in good flesh. Three have 
died, and upon examination I find the lungs 
more or less dark-colored, some covered 
with blue spots, while in others, the lower 
part of one or both lungs (usually one) 
appears firmer and much darker than the 
rest. Is the above indicative of tubercu¬ 
losis? I forgot to state that cattle do not 
cough much. j. D . 
Kentucky. 
The beginning of tuberculosis usually 
passes unnoticed, inasmuch as it is very 
slow and insiduous and rarely accom¬ 
panied by fever, When the lungs are 
involved a dull, short cough is noticed 
which may later on become prolonged, 
convulsive and very troublesome to the 
animal. The cough is more frequent in 
the morning after movement and drink¬ 
ing. The breathing varies. When much 
of the lung tissue is diseased it is labor¬ 
ed and accompaied by active movements 
of the chest and nostrils. Discharge 
from the nose is rare or absent. At 
times, however, when the tubercles have 
broken down, and cavities containing 
cheesy masses have formed in the lung 
tissue, or when the air tubes have be¬ 
come filled with cheesy and mucous 
masses coughing will dislodge these and 
cause their discharge. In advanced 
. stages the breath may have a disagree¬ 
able odor. Pressure on the chest wall 
may give rise to pain. The general ef¬ 
fect on the body is at first slight; in 
fact, animals may remain in good flesh 
for a considerable time. Invariably, as 
the disease progresses loss of flesh and 
appetite and paleness of the mucous 
membranes become manifest. These 
are accompanied by a gradual diminu¬ 
tion of the milk secretion. The debili¬ 
tated condition of the animal is also 
manifested by a staring coat, and a 
tough, dry, harsh skin (hidebound). 
Digestive disturbances are indicated by 
tympanites, gas, colic and diarrhea, al¬ 
ternating with constipation. The ani¬ 
mal generally dies from exaustion after 
a period of sickness, which may last 
months and years. 
GOOD BEEF CATTLE. 
The heavy, inordinately fat or rough 
and patchy bullock became unpopular 
to such an extent as practically to drive 
his class from the market and to banish 
the type from the breeding herds. It is 
well that this was done, for the modern 
type makes beef at decidedly more pro¬ 
fit and economy to both producer and 
the butcher and furnishes the consumer 
a far superior article. The parts fur¬ 
nishing the high priced cuts must be 
thickly and evenly covered with firm, 
yet mellow, uesh, of uniform good qual¬ 
ity and alike free from hard rolls and 
blubbery patches. Coarse, harsh ani¬ 
mals will no longer be tolerated, much 
less those that are bony and bare of 
flesh on the back and ribs. The men 
who buy our cattle and fix the market 
value are shrewd enough to know al¬ 
most at a glance how much and just 
what kind of meat a steer or a carload 
of steers will cut out, and, if the pro¬ 
ducer overlooks any of the essential 
points, he is compelled to bear the loss. 
In addition to securing the general beef 
form and make-up, together with good 
backs, ribs and loins, there are a cer¬ 
tain quality, character, style and finish 
that constitute an important factor in 
determining the value of beef cattle. 
One of the first indications of this is to 
be found in the skin and coat. A good 
feeding animal should have a soft, mel¬ 
low touch and a soft thick and heavy 
coat. A harsh, unyielding skin is an in¬ 
dication of a sluggish circulation and 
low digestive powers. The character 
and finish exemplified by a clear, promi¬ 
nent, yet placid eye, clean-cut features, 
fine horn and clean, firm bone, all go to 
indicate good feeding quality, a capacity 
to take on a finish of the highest excel¬ 
lence and consequently to command top 
prices. Coarse-boned, rough animals 
are almost invariably slow feeders and 
hard to finish properly. A certain 
amount of size is necessary, but it 
should be obtained without coarseness. 
The present demand exacts quality and 
finish rather than size. Besides these 
qualities, and above all, it is necessary 
to have vigor and constitution, we find 
evidence of these in a wide forehead, a 
prominent brisket, broad chest, well 
sprung ribs, full heart girth and general 
robust appearance, and without these 
other excellence w.il not have its high¬ 
est significance. - o h. s. 
Centreport, N. Y. 
Pasture at Night.— Some suceessful 
dairymen believe It Is a mistake to yard 
the cows at night and let them run in the 
pasture during the daytime. They say 
that the cow will get more good out of 
the grass she will eat In the evening and 
morning and during the night than she 
would during the heat of the day when 
the flies are annoying her. The cow that 
lies in some cool retreat during the hot 
part of the day is the one that will show 
least shrinkage in her milk flow during the 
hot weather. a. h. s. 
At the annual meeting of the National 
Retail Meat Dealers’ Association, Presi¬ 
dent Wagner, in speaking of the war be¬ 
tween the beef trust and the retail butch¬ 
ers, said: “The trust rules with an iron 
hand. They seem to aim at Absolute dicta¬ 
tion of prices, limiting supplies when they 
think it necessary to maintain prices; en¬ 
forcing the payment of disputed claims ir¬ 
respective of their accuracy; blacklisting 
men whose honesty and Integrity have 
never been questioned if a feeble protest is 
made and payment withheld for an injus¬ 
tice perpetrated upon them. Not content 
with the patronage of the butcher they 
seek the consumer, until their objective 
point seems clearly to be the acquisition 
of the entire trade, both wholesale and 
retail.” 
Leg and Body Wash. 
When it comes to stiffness and 
soreness of muscles, tendons, 
etc., nothing equals 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
for restoring normal conditions. 
Apply to the body as a mild 
sponge bath and put on light 
^blanket. Sponge the legs and 
pput on light bandages. 
Used and Endorsed by Adams 
Express Company. 
Tuttle’s American Condition Powders 
—A specific for impure blood and all diseases arising therefrom. 
TUTTLE'S FAMILY ELIXIR cures rheumatism, 
sprains, bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our 100-page boot, 
“Veterinary Experience,” FREE. 
Dr. S. A. TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. 
Beware ofso-called Elixirs—none genuine but Tuttle 1 *. 
Avoid all blisters; they offer only temporary relief, if any. 
THE OHAIN-HA>’(iIN(i 
Cattle Stanchion 
The most practical and huunu e Fastener ever in¬ 
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wiiders stanchion 
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quickest, safest swing stanchio* 
made. Hasateeilatch and automatic 
lock. Becomes stationary when 
open. Animal cannot tu rn it in back¬ 
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makes fat calves. Weans 
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