1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Ailing Animals. 
ANSWKBS BY DB. T. L. KLLBOBNH. 
Mare Continually in Heat. 
I have a mare that seems to be continually in 
heat. What can I do to cure her ? w. h. s. 
New York. 
There is, occasionally, a mare that, 
either by reason of temperament, or as 
the result of some local disease of the 
generative organs, will exhibit these un¬ 
pleasant symptoms whenever brought in 
contact with strange horses. In a few 
such cases, a sharp crack with the whip 
when meeting a team will give the mare 
something more important to think 
about, and she will pass by without be¬ 
ing disagreeable. In the majority of 
cases, however, the use of the whip is of 
little or no use, and in some cases, it 
may aggravate the case by inducing 
kicking. The only reliable remedy in 
aggravated cases is to have the mare 
spayed. A mare that is very disagree¬ 
able or even unsafe will, when spayed, 
become quiet and manageable. The 
operation is a dangerous one except in 
the hands of a competent veterinary 
surgeon who has the facilities for the 
operation. It is then comparatively 
safe. If the mare become too trouble¬ 
some, I can only advise you to dispose of 
her, or take her to a qualified veterin¬ 
arian for operatio*. 
Slobbers in Mare from Sore Mouth. 
I have a mare, seven or eight years old, that 
has been doing heavy work on the road, and eat¬ 
ing chopped feed, corn meal and middlings for 
grain, three times a day for several years. Last 
September, she began to slobber. We had her 
teeth fixed, but the trouble continued and in¬ 
creased, and we found small sore places in her 
mouth. Two veterinarians treated her, but the 
sores continued to grow worse, till her tongue 
and gums and lips inside were completely cov¬ 
ered with red and white blotches, and one eye 
swelled up and ran water. Can we cure her 
without paying out more than she is worth ? 
Maine. l. w. n. 
A personal examination is very essen¬ 
tial in aggravated cases of this kind to 
determine the nature of the eruption, in 
order intelligently to prescribe treat¬ 
ment. I would advise sponging out the 
mouth three or four times daily, after 
feeding, with a saturated solution of 
tannic acid. Then every other day, 
moisten the ulcers or sores in the mouth 
with a solution of one dram nitrate of 
silver in five or six ounces of soft water. 
Use a small sponge swab, pour a little of 
the solution into a cup, and thoroughly 
swab each sore, care being taken not to 
allow the solution to run in the mouth 
so that it can be swallowed. If any of 
the solution remain in the cup, throw it 
away, instead of returning it to the bot¬ 
tle, which should be kept clean and in 
the dark. It is best to apply the nitrate 
of silver solution after feeding at night ; 
but if applied earlier in the day, do not 
use any other wash for five or six hours. 
If the tannic acid fail to have the de¬ 
sired effect after several days’ use, try a 
saturated solution of alum. If the mare 
is inclined to costiveness, give pint doses 
r.aw linseed oil once daily until relieved. 
She should be fed mainly on bran mashes 
or other soft feed. Oats or corn, if fed, 
should be scalded, and hay cut and 
steamed. 
Brood Sows Confined on Pen Floor. 
I have a sow that was farrowed last Spring, 
kept in a floored pen all Summer and Fall, and 
fed on waste vegetables, etc., from the farm. 
My intention was to have her killed last month, 
but I have about changed my mind, and wish to 
keep her for a brood sow. But my man (who Is 
a North Carolinian) says that, in the South, no 
one ever kept a sow penned up on a board floor 
if he wished to breed her, as she would certainly 
miscarry. Is there anything in this, or is it just 
a southern notion of his that does not amount to 
anything ? j. j. k. 
Morris County, N. J. 
If the sow is not lame or sore from the 
confinement on the board floor, there is 
no special danger that, if bred, she will 
miscarry because of being kept on the 
floor. It is a common practice in the 
middle States to keep the brood sows 
confined in pens the greater part of the 
time, and they breed successfully with¬ 
out danger of miscarriage. In the South 
and West, it is the exception that a brood 
sow is penned, except on the ground, and I 
in the majority of cases, they never see a 
board floor. This fact, undoubtedly, ac¬ 
counts for the “ southern notion ” that a 
brood sow cannot be kept on a floor with¬ 
out danger of miscarriage. While sows 
can be successfully confined in pens with 
board floors, they will not remain as 
strong on their legs, or otherwise as 
strong and vigorous, or have as strong 
pigs, as when allowed the run of a yard 
or field, at least during the greater part 
of the Summer. There is danger of their 
becoming stiffened or lame, popularly 
called “pen sore,” from too long, close 
confinement on floors, and especially so 
if fed heavily. 
This “ southern notion ” or fallacy is 
no more misleading than some of our 
northern whims regarding miscarriage 
in sows. It is a popular idea, in New 
York, at least, that a sow cannot be 
moved while with pig, without danger of 
almost certain miscarriage, and that, if 
compelled to move a pregnant sow, she 
should always face the direction in which 
she is moving. The fact is, there is prac¬ 
tically no danger in moving a sow with 
pigs provided she is handled carefully in 
loading and unloading, and is carefully 
driven over the route. In my experience, 
it has made no difference whether the 
sow faced to the front or to the rear ; 
no miscarriage has occurred. I have 
seen farmers that are rated as progressive 
and intelligent, drive a pregnant sow 
several miles rather than load her, for 
fear of causing a miscarriage. If there 
were danger in either method, it would 
seem to me that there would be more 
danger of causing a miscarriage from 
the necessary worry and fatigue in driv¬ 
ing the sow several miles, than in quietly 
loading and hauling her that distance 
In the present case, I would advise breed¬ 
ing the sow, and then give her the run 
of a small ground pen or yard as soon as 
convenient next Spring. 
Fits and Thump in Pigs. 
What ails the pigs? They are four months old, 
and they weigh from 100 to 130 pounds alive. I 
have fed them corn on the ear, bran and milk. 
They have a dry, short cough, not very often. 
One pig when he went to eat, would take one or 
two swallows of milk, Bqueal, throw up his head 
and fall over back, and be perfectly rigid. In 
about one minute, he would kick and struggle; 
he seemed most easy when lying on his belly. In 
a week’s time, he was ready to eat a full meal as 
usual, but he seemed to be stiff in his hind legs; 
this was three weeks ago, now he has spells that 
he cannot breathe, throws up his head, opens his 
mouth and paws the air; when he does catch 
his breath, it is short and heavy; his heart seems 
to beat evenly, but something seems to jerk when 
his breath leaves his lungs; his legs and body 
seem to be normal in temperature, but when he 
is coming out of those spellB he has severe chills. 
Another pig was found dead in his nest. I treated 
another for apoplexy, by trying to bleed him. I 
cut off his tail and both ears, but could start no 
blood to amount to anything; I then tried to find 
a vein in his legs, but failed to do so. When his 
spells come on, he slides backward on the floor. 
New York. 0 . j. c. 
The symptoms indicate that the pigs 
are suffering from indigestion, due to 
overfeeding, or to the excessive feeding 
of corn. The trouble may be aggravated 
by intestinal worms. Stop feeding the 
corn for the present, and give only a 
moderate ration of the bran and milk. A 
little oil meal could be added to advant¬ 
age. Give each pig two ounces castor 
oil with one-half ounce spirits of turpen¬ 
tine well shaken up together. The pig 
can best be drenched by holding him on 
his haunches between your knees, while 
an assistant keeps the mouth open with 
a strong paddle in one hand, and drenches 
the pig from a large-mouthed bottle in 
the other hand. Repeat the dose the 
second or third day if the bowels are not 
moved by the first dose. 
The common practice of cutting off the 
ears and tail of the pig for every imagin¬ 
ary ill, is to be severely condemned. It 
is a relic of quackery handed down to us 
through ignorance, and ought not to be 
practiced by any reader of The R. N.-Y. 
The operation inflicts unnecessary 
cruelty, with no material benefit. If you 
wish to bleed a pig for apoplexy or other 
cause, tie a strong cord tightly around 
the foreleg at some distance above the 
knee, with a knot pressing in the groove 
on the inside of the leg. This will cause 
the vein which passes along the groove 
to fill with blood (below the cord), when 
it can be easily opened by a free longi¬ 
tudinal incision with the lance or sharp 
knife. The pressure should be main¬ 
tained until a sufficient quantity of blood 
has been drawn, when the cord should 
be removed. The bleeding will then 
soon cease. Never mutilate a pig by cut¬ 
ting off the ears or tail. It is a cruel, 
brutal practice. 
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