1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
843 
Ailing Animals. 
Bad Teeth in a Cow. 
What ails my cow and what shall I do 
for her? She eats well but chews as though 
her jaws were sore or stiff and slobbers a 
great deal. She staggers in walking and 
has a tendency to go to the left; sometimes 
falls. Grass falls from mouth in picking. 
She has become very thin. She might be 
either strained or poisoned by eating poke- 
weed. Blistered her spine, which seemed 
to help her. She has been sick 15 days. 
Mason, Ill. b. w. 
Irregularities of the teeth may be oc¬ 
casioned by the unequal wearing of some 
of the teeth or by some of the incisors 
being broken, which may happen when 
cattle are pastured on sandy or gravelly 
soil. The molar teeth may also show 
irregular wear from similar causes. 
Their edges may become sharp or it 
•may happen that a molar tooth is acci¬ 
dentally fractured. It may also occur 
that a supernumerary tooth has devel¬ 
oped in an unusual position, and that it 
interferes with the natural and regular 
mastication of the food. The mouth 
may be examined by grasping the ani¬ 
mal’s tongue with one hand and partial¬ 
ly withdrawing it from the mouth so as 
to expose the teeth to inspection. When 
it is desired to examine the back teeth 
with the hand so as to obtain a more 
precise idea of their condition the 
speculum, which is used for horses, 
should be introduced into the mouth so 
as to separate the jaws and keep them 
apart while the examination is being 
made. Sharp edges of the teeth must 
bo removed by the tooth rasp. Any 
tooth which interferes with mastication 
or which is fractured or loose should be 
extracted. In performing such an op¬ 
eration it is best to throw or cast the ox 
or cow and have its head held securely 
so as to enable the operator to do what 
is necessary. You would better have a 
veterinary surgeon examine her mouth. 
Pigs with Blind Staggers. 
I would like to know what causes blind 
staggers in pigs running on rye pasture 
with all the corn they can eat? What shall 
I do for it? c. w. r. 
Clarkshill, Ind. 
The attack is generally preceded by 
dullness for a day or so with apparent 
tendency of blood to the head, which 
will be shown by inflamed eyes. The 
bowels are constipated and the pulse 
hard and quick. If not relieved during 
this stage of the attack the animal runs 
wildly about, generally in a circle, ap¬ 
pears blind, will run against objects, 
breathing laboriously, and often dies 
during one of these fits. Often it is 
caused by indigestible food, feeding 
hogs on dry corn when they should have 
a mixed and sloppy diet. It is more often 
caused by a flt of indigestion combined 
with costiveness, and can be relieved by 
getting the bowels to act freely early in 
the disease by injection of warm soap¬ 
suds accompanied with three drams of 
pulverized castor bean mixed with mo¬ 
lasses and smeared on the back of the 
tongue. If the hogs are badly consti¬ 
pated a teaspoonful of calomel may be 
substituted. Cold water should be fre¬ 
quently dashed on the head, while along 
the spine turpentine may be applied, 
well rubbed in. Sulphite of soda may be 
added to the injection, materially adding 
to its rapidity. Turpentine in small 
quantities added to injections will have 
a stimulating as well as a local affect. 
c. E. IL 
TO STOP HOGS FROM ROOTING. 
A subscriber who does not like to use a 
nose ring asks how hog breeders keep the!r 
stock from rooting. Are the Brighton and 
Short’s anti-rooting devices effective? 
My advice would be to buy O. I. C. 
hogs. Their noses are so short that 
they aro not inclined that way as much 
as most others. I formerly used rings, 
one to each hog, in center of nose. I 
would consider this much more humane 
than cutting a piece out of their noses. 
I have never used Brighton’s or Short’s 
tools, so cannot write from experience, 
only give my opinion. I would think It 
would keep them from rooting only as 
long as their nose is sore, and would be 
much more cruel than one ring in cen¬ 
ter of nose. J. D. DATES. 
We practice ringing. Some of our 
friends take a sharp chisel, place the 
hog’s nose against a block, and cut the 
rooting end of the nose off, and claim 
the hog after this will never root grass 
up, considering this the best way to pre¬ 
vent hogs rooting, and also less injur¬ 
ious to swine and decidedly more effec¬ 
tive than rings, which many times will 
be lost out of their nose. 
Erwin, Ga. J. g. b. ebwin, sr. 
I know of no better way than to use 
the Hill ring in snout. These rings are 
made in different sizes, and if the prop¬ 
er size is used no trouble will result. It 
is important that the ring should fit 
snugly when properly closed, for if too 
large it is much more liable to come out. 
I cannot speak of the merits or demerits 
of the other devices you mention, never 
having tried them. J. n. maxcy. 
Pasfield, Ill. 
In my experience there is no proper 
manner. Of the different devices the 
mutilation of the hog’s nose is not ad¬ 
visable, both because it is a permanent 
disfigurement and on the other hand 
there may be times when it is desirable 
to have the hog root. The use of the 
ring is effective until the ring wears out 
or tears out. It is very natural for a 
hog to dig in the ground. Its effect on 
the hog is so good that I would advise 
your correspondent not to use artificial 
means to prevent but either to keep his 
hogs where the rooting will do no harm 
or keep them where they cannot root. 
Just at this time of the year our large 
herd of brood sows are running in the 
woods, where they do not root at all, 
but feed on acorns and nuts that are 
dropping. Attached to this wood lot is 
a piece of orchard heavily sodded; as 
soon as they begin to tear this up we 
close the gate. This patent device re¬ 
minds me of some of the plans to keep 
cows from soiling themselves in the 
stable. A few are successful. Watchful¬ 
ness and attention are at all times re¬ 
quired, and no device will take their 
place. ASA B. GARDINER, JR. 
Glencoe, Md. 
I have never found any device to take 
the place of ringing to prevent rooting. 
If ringing is done properly it answers 
the purpose well enough for me. The 
ring must be placed just through rim of 
snout; if placed too deep it comes in 
contact with the nose bone and becomes 
sore very soon after and begins to fes¬ 
ter; hence, pig’s nose gets sore, and 
usually stays sore until ring is removed. 
Lack, Pa. w. a. lotiiers. 
NOTES FROM THE COWS. 
Turnips and Milk.— Both field turnips 
and cabbage seem to be decided milk 
producers. We have usually considered 
turnips capable of causing a good flow of 
ill-smelling and low-testing milk. Many 
farmers have avoided growing them be¬ 
cause of the effect upon the milk. This 
season has been an exceptionally favor¬ 
able one for their growth, and those who 
sowed got good crops. One of my ac¬ 
quaintances who had a good lot of field 
turnips this year has been feeding heavily 
for several weeks. He thinks his cows ate 
very little else while he fed turnips. I 
cannot believe that this plan is a good 
one, though I took the trouble to go to the 
creamery and inquire if any of their pa¬ 
trons' milk showed any signs of the cows 
having been fed turnips. They mentioned 
two or three dairies that they tnought 
gave some evidence of it, but not enough 
to do any harm. They did not, however, 
mention the dairy to which I refer, though 
there was reason Enough for them to think 
of the locality. It occurred to rne that 
possibly milk, alter being well cooled, and 
then hauled to the creamery, may not 
show as much evidence of the kind of feed 
used as we have been led to suppose. As 
regards the quality of the milk, there was 
only a slight falling off in the amount of 
butter fat reported, though the quantity 
was increased by fully one-fourth. In this 
instance the turn.'ps were very profitable 
to the farmer. As a matter of fact I 
should hesitate to conclude that one could 
always get a similar increase in quantity 
of milk, that the quality would always 
hold up, or that there would never be any 
complaint respecting condition, if turnips 
are fed heavily. h. a. L. 
Ohio Dairy Matters.— To date this 
season (November 21) we have had April 
and May weather, with scarcely enough 
frost to destroy rosebuds. I plucked sweet 
pea blooms November 15, and yesterday 
saw clover in bloom. Grass is luxuriant; 
and as succulent as in Summer, with no 
damage from frost. Grain crops in Ohio 
were almost unparalleled. Abundant fod¬ 
der is saved in good condition, and cows 
are going into Winter in much better con¬ 
dition than usual. In our section the 
proportion of Fall cows is too small, and 
notwithstanding the most favorable con¬ 
ditions for years, Spring milkers are show¬ 
ing almost the usual shrinkage at this 
season. It is too early to expect a ma¬ 
terial increase in the number of cows yet 
but we do not note any disposition now to 
send good cows to the block. This may 
possibly be accounted for by the encour¬ 
agement resulting from oleo legislation 
and the high prices of beef which stimu¬ 
late breeding, though not so much to the 
disparagement of butter production here 
as in the West where land is cheaper. The 
cost of a cow’s keep is so high in this 
country that the breeder must make his 
cows answer a dual purpose or his calves 
come too high. Farmers and dairymen 
do not seem to be excited, but apparently 
waiting with a broad smile of contentment 
to test the permanency of prevailing con¬ 
ditions. Next season will probably show 
more confidence and intensify the interest 
in dairying to the end that more milkers 
will be in evidence. I do not think that 
this year’s production in the dairy line will 
exceed the previous year more than five 
per cent, if any. j. t. bEntley. 
Circleville, Ohio. 
Best 
Results 
in feeding for milk are 
obtained by adding some 
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to balance the ration. 
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