1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
229 
Ailing Animals. 
AN8WEBS BY DB. F. L. KILBOBNE. 
Garget Followed by Dry Quarter. 
My cow had a bad case of caked udder. I have 
the trouble removed now, and her udder is, appar¬ 
ently, in its normal condition, but one teat is 
nearly dry. She was fresh not long since, and 
through neglect of my man, was allowed too 
heavy a feed, and given cold water in plenty to 
drink, while I was absent, and I think this was 
the cause of the trouble. Will that one teat re¬ 
main dry until calving again, or will it always be 
so, or is there any way to remedy the trouble ? 
Pennsylvania. J- w - L - 
That quarter will, probably, remain 
dry until after the next calving, when 
the milk may be expected to return. 
There is no present remedy, further than 
to continue milking that quarter for a 
few days, with the hope that you may 
bring back the milk flow this season. 
To Prevent Mi Ik Fever. 
Can milk fever in cows be prevented ? What 
is the best remedy ? J- B - 
Pennsylvania. 
Place the cow on a restricted laxative 
diet for four weeks before due to calve. 
If the cow is fat, allow no grain during 
this period. A week before expected to 
calve, give a dose of Epsom salts—1 to 1>£ 
pound, according to the size and con¬ 
dition of the animal, with two or three 
tablespoonfuls of ginger. At the time 
of calving, or as soon as possible after¬ 
wards, if the bowels are not already 
quite loose, repeat the dose of salts, in¬ 
creasing or diminishing the quantity as 
may be indicated by the effect produced 
by the first dose. If the cow is a heavy 
milker, begin milking her regularly 
three or four days before calving, or as 
soon as the udder is well filled. 
Lampas in a Horse. 
My 12-year-old horse has lampas. I have had 
the blacksmith bleed his upper gums several 
times, which relieves him temporarily. I had the 
horse bled three weeks ago, but his gums come 
down over his teeth now so that he cannot eat 
corn. Is there a better remedy 1 r k. 
Ohio. 
Continue the lancing of the gums 
whenever swollen so as to interfere with 
mastication. Sponging several times 
daily with a saturated solution of alum 
will, also, prove beneficial. A grain ra¬ 
tion made up mainly of oats and bran, 
or bran and middlings, with oil meal, 
would be preferable to corn. Give one 
of the following powders in the feed 
twice daily, or only once daily if the 
bowels become too loose: Sulphate of 
soda, one pound ; gentian, eight ounces ; 
nitrate of potash, four ounces ; powdered 
nux vomica, two ounces ; mix and divide 
into 16 powders. 
Lymphangitis in a Horse. 
About five years ago, my horse broke through 
a bridge, which caused a thick left hind leg. In 
July, 1898, he was taken with yellow water, as a 
local veterinarian called it, in the right hind leg, 
which swelled to a large size, the other leg, also, 
swelling more. The veterinarian gave medicine 
so that he recovered, but since then, his thick 
leg has been very much larger at intervals. It 
seems to get worse when he is fed corn. What 
should be the treatment Y r. 
New York. 
The case has now become too chronic 
to yield readily to treatment. The 
swelling may be reduced, but never en¬ 
tirely removed. The horse should be 
fed on a diet sufficiently laxative to keep 
the bowels moving freely. Roots or 
Other succulent food, or bran mashes 
may be given daily, preferably at night, 
for this purpose. During the Summer, 
grass or other green food is the best lax¬ 
ative. If there is constipation which is 
not relieved by the feeding, give pint 
doses of raw linseed oil daily until the 
bowels move freely. 
The grain ration should consist mainly 
of oats or oats and bran, with oil meal. 
Little or no corn or other heating foods 
should be fed. Medicinally the iodide of 
potash is one of the best remedies for 
reducing such swellings. Dissolve three 
ounces iodide of potash in six ounces or 
12 tablespoonfuls soft water. Give one 
tablespoonful once daily in the feed. 
Repeat the course after an interval of 10 
or 15 days, or whenever the swelling is 
increased. 
Warts or Tumors on a Heifer. 
I have a fine two-year-old heifer that has warts 
from her fore legs to her hind legs; they cover the 
whole belly, a perfect bed of them, and hang 
down at least five inches. I never saw anything 
like it. Is there anything that will cure them, or 
can she be fattened ? Would the beef be fit to 
eat? w. e. f. 
Massachusetts. 
If the growths are the common dry 
wart, try moistening them daily with 
castor oil. This is about the only remedy 
that would be applicable in a case of 
this kind. If there be little or no im¬ 
provement after three or four weeks, I 
would then advise fattening the heifer 
for the butcher. The common wart is 
simply an appendage of the skin, and 
would not render the flesh unwholesome. 
If, however, the growths are black, 
more or less shiny, and bleed freely when 
cut across, they are melanotic tumors. 
In that case, treatment would not be ad¬ 
visable, owing to the number and extent 
of the tumors, and I would advise the 
destruction of the heifer. I would not 
consider the flesh of such an animal suit¬ 
able for food. 
Ringworm on Cattle. 
My cattle, old and young, including a five- 
months-old calf that is sucking the cow, break 
out in spots on different parts of their bodies. 
The hair comes off, and they lick these places 
until the blood comes. There are rings around 
their eyes where the hair comes off, and the hide 
resembles a wart. They are kept in a warm 
basement barn. Their feed is cut corn fodder 
and bran with a little flaxseed meal, twice a day, 
and when the weather is good, they have the run 
of the barnyard with straw to pick over. Two 
years ago, I had some affected the same way; 
they ran down in flesh (these do not), but they 
got all over it when they got on grass. What is 
the matter, and what shall I do for them ? 
Michigan. E - w - 
The trouble is, probably, due to ring¬ 
worm, a parasitic disease of the skin, 
due to the presence and growth of a mi¬ 
nute fungus, Soften and remove the 
crusts with warm soapsuds. When dry, 
paint with the compound tincture of 
iodine, care being taken not to allow it 
to run into the eyes. Follow with an 
application of iodine ointment every 
other day. It would be well to disinfect 
or whitewash the stable to kill any 
spores of the fungus that have been scat¬ 
tered about. 
Quittor of the Foot; Grease Heel. 
1. A mare snagged her foot at the hoof on the 
outside while driving through the woods eight 
weeks ago. I put turpentine and lard on the 
spot, and it healed. But instead of growing 
smoothly, the horny substance has grown over 
as though it were lapping. After that, it became 
inflamed and broke out about 1 Y t inch above the 
original snag. This sore is about the size of a 
dime. No corruption. Occasionally it will bleed. 
Very lame. Walks on toe. Finally after much 
walking, puts her foot flat. Some inflamma¬ 
tion. Can you advise me ? 2. I have a horse with 
grease heel. One foot yielded to treatment of 
hot vinegar and salt and Fowler’s solution, but 
the left foot, while it healed, broke again almost 
as bad as at first. It weeps as in most cases, and 
refuses to heal upon application of above remedy, 
pine tar or any of the home remedies. Can you 
advise me in this case ? Where the hoof and flesh 
join is cracked open as though the hoof was cut 
from the leg. T ' Wt 
Maryland. 
1. The symptoms indicate that a quit- 
tor or growth is forming below the top 
of the hoof wall, which may require a 
surgical operation for its removal. Un¬ 
less there is marked improvement in the 
soreness and lameness, I would advise 
taking the mare to a qualified veterin¬ 
ary surgeon for operation. 2. Try the 
treatment advised on page 865 of The 
R. N.-Y. of December 24, 1898. 
Cow Out of Condition. 
My cow is very thin in flesh. What is best to 
feed her ? I have tried corn on the cob, bran and 
meal, clover hay and fodder. She eats more than 
both the other cows. I have put salt in her tail, 
as I was told by one of my neighbors. I have 
bored a hole in her horn, but she gets thinner 
every day. w • R ' c * 
The cow ought to grow thin if you will 
practice such nonsense [Inexcusable 
brutality.— Eds.] as splitting the tail or 
boring the horns, and applying salt or 
other irritants. Both operations are not 
only useless, but unnecessary cruelty is 
Remember that Bowker’s Animal 
Meal is sold only in yellow bags and 
yellow packages. The original; richest 
in protein.— Ad/v. 
practiced on the animal. You have, evi¬ 
dently, not long been a reader of The 
R. N.-Y., or you would not have followed 
such foolish advice. 
Continue the feeding of the clover hay 
and fodder in moderate quantity. Corn 
should be fed sparingly. A good grain 
ration can be made by mixing ground 
oats, wheat bran, middlings, and corn 
meal in about equal proportions, or 
varied to suit cost or circumstances. 
One-eighth part oil meal, if available, 
can be added to good advantage. Try 
feeding about four quarts of the mixture 
twice daily, which may be gradually in¬ 
creased to six or eight quarts if you wish. 
Should the feces become too loose or 
offensively strong, indicating that the 
cow is receiving too much grain, reduce 
the feed. There is more d anger from over¬ 
feeding, than from not feeding enough. 
Give the cow one of the following 
powders in her feed twice daily: Pow¬ 
dered nux vomica and dry sulphate of 
iron, of each four ounces ; powdered 
gentian, ginger and nitrate of potash, of 
each eight ounces ; mix, and divide into 
16 powders. If there is constipation, 
give pint doses of raw linseed oil or one- 
fourth pound Glauber salts daily until 
relieved. If the cow is thin from neglect 
or lack of suitable food, she should im¬ 
prove under the above treatment; but if 
her condition is due to some chronic dis¬ 
ease or lesion of an important organ, 
little or no benefit can be expected from 
any course of treatment. 
Clay Bottom for Silo. 
II. M. P., Grand Isle, Vt .—What objections are 
there to building a round silo by simply setting 
the staves in the ground, and having a clay 
bottom ? 
Ans.—T he specifications given for the 
silo in the above, are very indefinite and 
very incomplete. I do not understand 
how the staves are to be held together 
after being set up. There is no objec¬ 
tion whatever to the clay bottom, pro¬ 
viding there is no danger from rats or 
other vermin getting into the silo. If the 
location is such that water is likely to 
run in, then tile should be placed under¬ 
neath the silo, which will provide for 
drainage. If it is the purpose to dig a 
well and set the staves up in the well, 
then the greatest objection to this plan 
is that the ensilage, when removed, must 
all be lifted by hand from the depth of 
the well. This is expensive and tire¬ 
some, and it is always cheaper to ele¬ 
vate ensilage by means of a carrier at 
the time it is cut, than to elevate it from 
the silo by means of baskets when it is 
being fed. The Cornell Experiment Sta¬ 
tion will issue a bulletin early in April 
which gives directions in full for the 
construction of the round stave silo. If 
M. M. P. will write for that bulletin, it 
will be sent him free of charge. 
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