1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
249 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
Cow’s Teat with Two Openings. 
My two year-old heifer has just dropped a calf, 
and one of her teats has two openings, one at 
the end, and another on the side about 1*4 Inch 
from the end. Can this be cured ? If so, in what 
way ? e. a. c. 
Connecticut. 
It will be difficult to close the extra 
opening while the cow is in milk. As 
soon as she is dry, cut out the teat around 
the opening, and allow it to heal, when 
it should heal over so as to close the 
opening. 
Chronic Swine Plague in Hogs. 
What ails my hogs ? They have the run of the 
woodland, and I feed them corn. They look well, 
and are in fine condition, but have a cough. 
When they first get up, they cough badly, and 
seem to get worse. What can I do for them ? 
Virginia. f. n. w. 
The hogs appear to be suffering from 
chronic lung lesions of swine plague. 
There is very little you can do for them, 
beyond providing them with comfort¬ 
able quarters or shelter where they can 
be protected from the storms, and have 
a dry bed in which to lie. 
Horse Continually Shaking His Head. 
My horse, five years old, has a habit of shaking 
his head, whether in harness or in the stable, as 
though to shake otf flies. Is it a disease ? a. b. 
Illinois. 
The shaking of the head may be due 
either to some injury or disease of the 
head or brain, or to habit acquired from 
nervousness or an ill-fitting halter or 
bridle. Unless the cause can be ascer¬ 
tained, it would be useless to attempt 
treatment. The chances are against a 
recovery ; still, it would be well to have 
the horse personally examined by a 
qualified veterinarian if possible, to 
make sure that there is not some cause 
that may be removed. 
Cow Leaks Her Milk. 
Last year my cow had the end of her teat 
stopped up. A scab formed across the end, and 
I opened it with a quill. I left the quill in for 
a day, and since then the teat won’t hold the 
milk. She is all right with this exception. Is 
there any way I could stop it ? T. i. w. 
New York. 
It is usually difficult to prevent the 
leaking of the milk when the teat has 
been injured so that it will not hold the 
milk. Sometimes, by lancing the open¬ 
ing in four or five directions with a teat- 
slitter or a sharp penknife, the opening 
will contract in healing so as to hold the 
milk. Care must be taken to insert a 
small quill or milking tube (the tube if 
the cow is in milk) night and morning to 
prevent the opening from healing en¬ 
tirely over. 
Skin Eruption on a Mare. 
Two weeks ago, I came into possession of a 
four-year-old mare. She is in thin flesh and out 
of condition. Patches of skin (mostly upon her 
legs) the size of a pea, come away with the hair. 
I think it may be a skin disease caused by want 
of care and cleanliness. How shall I treat her ? 
New York. a. j. l. 
Give the mare one ounce each aloes 
and ginger, either by drench or in a ball, 
to open the bowels. If not purged, re¬ 
peat the dose in three days. Then feed 
one of the following powders in her feed 
night and morning : Pulverized sulphate 
of soda, 12 ounces ; gentian and nitrate 
of potash, of each six ounces ; powdered 
nux vomica, three ounces ; mix and divide 
into 24 powders. The mare should re¬ 
ceive a nutritious, laxative diet, and be 
given daily exercise when pleasant. 
Thorough daily grooming is important. 
Scratches in a Horse. 
One of my horses, at my home on Long Island, 
N. Y., a restless, nervous animal rather difficult 
to treat in some ways, has the scratches quite 
badly. Do you know of a reliable, positive cure? 
Texas. b. t h. 
The benzoated oxide of zinc ointment 
is one of the best applications for the 
cracked heels of scratches. First dry 
the legs if wet, and then rub the oint¬ 
ment well into the cracked surface, night 
and morning, breaking up and removing 
the crusts with the hand, as fast as 
softened by the ointment. Whenever 
the legs become wet, they should be 
rubbed dry as soon as the horse is placed 
in the stable. Avoid getting the legs 
wet whenever possible. Do not wash 
the legs when dry, but clean by dry 
brushing or rubbing. If washed when 
wet or muddy, use only warm water or 
warm Castile soapsuds, after which rub 
dry and apply the ointment. Daily exer¬ 
cise is very desirable. The horse should 
be fed on a laxative diet, to keep the 
bowels moving freely. The ordinary 
chronic cases of scratches will usually 
yield to the above simple care and treat¬ 
ment. In obstinate cases, a course of 
iodide of potash is also desirable. Dis¬ 
solve three ounces of the iodide in 12 
ounces of soft water, and give one table¬ 
spoonful in the feed twice daily until 
used. The course may be repeated after 
an interval of a week or 10 days, if neces¬ 
sary. 
Horse Out of Condition. 
What shall I do for a good horse that seems 
to be out of condition ? He seems to be ac¬ 
tive enough, but Is falling away in flesh, 
and I think is troubled with some kidney ail¬ 
ment, for when currying him over the kidneys, 
he flinches slightly. I cannot see any traces of 
worms. I am feeding corn on the ear, and 
cracked corn and bran alternately. F. C. 
Delaware. 
Try the following powders as a gen¬ 
eral tonic: Powdered nux vomica and 
dry sulphate of iron, of each four ounces; 
nitrate of potash and gentian, of each 
eight ounces; mix and divide into 32 
powders. Give a powder in the feed 
night and morning. Keep the bowels 
moving freely by feeding bran mashes, 
ground flax seed, roots or other succu¬ 
lent food ; or by giving pint doses of 
raw linseed oil once daily as often as 
may be necessary, to relieve any ten¬ 
dency to constipation. For the tender¬ 
ness over the loins, rub the region with 
ammonia liniment (equal parts sweet oil 
and aqua ammonia well shaken together) 
which should blister. A second appli¬ 
cation should be made in a week if not 
blistered by the first. Ground juniper 
berries are sometimes fed to the horse 
as a diuretic, two to three ounces being 
given in the feed several times daily. 
The berries are, also, mildly stimulant 
and stomachic. 
Hobbes hive been depreciating in value for 
several years and, at the present time, the aver¬ 
age value of a horse in the United States is 835, 
while the average value for a mule is 842. One 
reason for this is that the demand for high-priced 
horses has diminished; another is that horses 
have always been more in demand in level parts 
of the country, and it is in these localities that 
the demand for mechanical contrivances has in¬ 
creased. The demand for mules has been largest 
in hilly districts, and this is unchanged. 
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