1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
125 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE 
Old Cow Fails to Breed. 
My 12 year-old cow has been served six times, 
and still comes in heat. What can I do ? Is she 
too old ? Does a cow, when she is too old, come 
in heat? F. H. L. 
Massachusetts. 
A cow is not necessarily too old to 
breed at 12 years of age. Cows often 
breed regularly until 14 or 15, and oc¬ 
casionally until 16 or 18. But it is a very 
common occurrence for a cow to cease to 
breed at 10 to 12 years of age, when she 
is said to go farrow. The cause for this 
sterility may be due to some local im¬ 
pediment or disease of the generative 
organs, or lack of vitality. In the case 
of a common cow that has reached this 
age, treatment would not be advisable, 
neither would it pay to keep her over, 
because the chances are very much 
against her breeding again. It would, 
usually, be more profitable to fatten the 
cow for the butcher. If, however, the 
cow were especially valuable for breed¬ 
ing, so that her calf would be very desir¬ 
able, it might pay to keep her until after 
turning to grass next Spring, with the 
hope that she might then breed. Or you 
could have her personally examined by a 
qualified veterinary surgeon to ascertain 
whether there were any local impedi¬ 
ments to breeding that could be over¬ 
come or removed. 
Stringy or Slimy Milk. 
My Jersey cow will be fresh In May. Her milk 
is very stringy and full of lumps; after standing 
a little while, it has the odor of rancid butter. It 
is only when she is with calf that her milk is as 
described above, that is about five months before 
she is fresh. I feed cut coin fodder with bran 
and middlings, and at noon, feed hay. I have 
given her one pound of Epsom salts in four doses, 
but it did no good. Can you suggest an effective 
remedy ? w. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
Stringy or slimy milk is due to the 
presence of minute organisms—bacteria 
—that cause a fermentation in the milk, 
which renders it slimy. The organisms 
may gain access to the milk in the milk 
ducts of the udder, or from dust or un¬ 
cleanliness after the milk is drawn The 
case you describe appears to be an un¬ 
usual one. Further information will be 
necessary before a satisfactory, definite 
answer could be given. I would advise 
you to take a sample of the fresh milk 
to your State veterinarian, Dr. Leonard 
I\ arson, No. 3608 Pine Street, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. Dr. Pearson will, undoubt¬ 
edly, be able to locate the trouble for 
you, and if necessary, make a personal 
inspection of the ease. 
Diarrhea or Dysentery in Sheep. 
What will cure dysentery in sheep ? h f. j. 
New York. 
The trouble you have to treat is, prob¬ 
ably, diarrhea rather than dysentery. 
If there is simply looseness of the bow¬ 
els it is diarrhea. It becomes dysentery 
when the passages are very thin and 
mixed with blood, and are passed fre¬ 
quently with straining. Rumbling of 
the bowels, fever and great debility are, 
also, present. Dysentery commonly re¬ 
sults from neglected cases of diarrhea. 
Diarrhea in sheep is, usually, due to 
one of two causes : to indigestion from 
an unsuitable diet or sudden change 
of diet, or to intestinal worms, which 
are the most common cause. An au¬ 
topsy may be necessary on one or more 
sheep to determine whether worms are 
present. If an autopsy be made, the 
whole intestinal tract should be opened 
and carefully examined. The ribbon¬ 
like tapeworm may be found in the 
small intestine, or small round worms 
from one-half to two inches in length 
may be found along any part of the in¬ 
testine. If the intestinal wall be thick¬ 
ly studded with small tubercles the size 
of peas, the nodular intestinal disease 
of sheep, it indicates the presence of a 
small intestinal worm that may be the 
cause of diarrhea. 
For diarrhea due to intestinal worms, 
cause the sheep to fast for 12 to 16 hours. 
Take of oil of turpentine, three ounces ; 
oil of male fern, two ounces; castor 
oil, 20 ounces ; mix and shake until the 
oils are thoroughly mixed. Also shake 
well just before using. If only round 
worms are found, and no tapeworms, 
use four ounces of turpentine and omit 
the male fern. Give each yearling lamb 
three tablespoonfuls, and each adult 
sheep four or five tablespoonfuls, ac¬ 
cording to the size of the animal, of the 
mixed oils. Feed lightly for another 12 
hours, and then give each sheep a dose 
of two ounces—four tablespoonfuls— 
castor oil to move the bowels, if not 
purged by the first dose. It is sometimes 
desirable to repeat the course of oils 
once or twice at intervals of a week or 10 
days. 
When the diarrhea is believed to be 
due to indigestion, give each sheep four 
to six tablespoonfuls, according to size 
of the aninjal, of castor oil. Repeat the 
dose in two or three days if not purged 
by the first dose. If the diarrhea is 
very bad, or dysentery is present, add 
one-half to one teaspoonful of lauda¬ 
num to the dose of castor oil. Then 
follow every four hours with two to 
three teaspoonfuls of the following mix¬ 
ture diluted in one-third teacupful warm 
water, and given as a drench; whisky 
and tincture of Jamaica ginger, of each 
four ounces ; laudanum, one ounce ; m ; x. 
Shake well before using. 
The sheep should then have a light 
nutritious diet, such as a little clean hay 
with wheat bran and oats, and a little 
ground flaxseed or oil meal. As a gen¬ 
eral tonic, give a small tablespoonful ol 
Ihe following powders in the grain ra¬ 
tion once daily: Common salt, one pound; 
powdered gentian and Epsom salts, of 
each eight ounces ; powdered nux vom¬ 
ica and dry sulphate of iron, each four 
ounces. Mix. 
A Blood Purifier for the Horse. 
What is best to give a horse when a wound does 
not show a proper inclination to heal, and where 
there are other evidences of impurity in the 
blood ? F. B. T. 
Kentucky. 
Your query is too indefinite to admit 
of a definite answer. There is a great 
deal of nonsense about the old whim of 
impurity of the blood. Quacks in human 
medicine have grown rich from their so- 
called “blood purifiers,” by imposing 
upon the ignorance and credulity of the 
public. If a horse is out of condition, or 
there is “ evidence of impurity in the 
blood,” it is an indication that some one 
or more organs or systems are deranged 
or are not working properly. Correct 
this derangement, and the blood will 
purify itself. It would be impossible 
for one to advise satisfactory treatment 
for a horse that is out of condition, with¬ 
out knowing the cause, or having a care¬ 
ful description of the history, symptoms 
and condition of the animal. A wound 
generally fails to heal, either because it 
has been neglected, or improperly treat¬ 
ed. There is a certain unknown indi¬ 
viduality of animals by which a wound 
will sometimes heal more readily on one 
horse than on another. A wound will, 
also, usually heal more readily on a 
horse that is in good health, than on one 
that is not. With a wound, it would be 
necessary to know something of the loca¬ 
tion, extent, and present appearance or 
condition before satisfactory treatment 
could be advised. 
Experiments in colt feeding are now under way 
at the Iowa Experiment Station. Trials are be- 
i ng made to determine the value of skim-milk 
for colts. One lot of four is being given all the 
skim-milk they will crink, and another lot is get 
ting a similar hay and grain ration without the 
miik. The ration in both cases, independent ol 
the milk, consists of clover hay, cut corn fodder, 
roots, and a grain mixture of six parts oats, one 
part bran and one part oil meal by weight. It 
is considered that skim-milk favors growth. If 
this prove true, it will be a strong argument in 
favor of using this by-product for colt feeding. 
Remember that B o w k e r ’ s Animal 
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in protein.— Ackv. 
TESTED BY THE MILK PAIL 
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for the production of milk and 
the proper maintenance of the 
animal. 
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An Economy. 
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