1890 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
475 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DB. F. L. KILBOBNK. 
Heaves in an Old Horse. 
Can anything be done for a 1,200-poucd horse 
about 16 years o'd, that is very badly affected 
with heaves ? When fed heavily on grain and 
very little rough feed, he does fairly well, but 
whenever he gets a little dust, or is on pasture, 
he is bellowing all the time. b. c. 
Kentucky. 
OwiDg to the age of the horse and the 
advanced stage of the disease, medicinal 
treatment would be of very little if any 
benefit. Lobelia, belladonna, or other 
antispasmodics might afford a little tem¬ 
porary relief as long as the medicine is 
administered, but there would be no per¬ 
manent benefit. I would suggest killing 
as being the most humane treatment. A 
horse may be killed with chloroform, by 
bleeding, or by shooting. I favor shoot¬ 
ing, as being at once quick, sure and 
painless, with the least inconvenience to 
the animal. Use a pistol or rifle of not 
less than 38-calibre, and shoot in the 
center of the forehead where the two 
diagonal lines from the ear to the op¬ 
posite eye cross. The tendency is to 
shoot ioo low. 
Overgrown Feet and Bunch on Stifles of 
young Cow. 
My Jersey heifer is three years old, came in 
when 18 months old, ard is due to calve Decem¬ 
ber 26. She has been milked 18 months, is giving 
about three quarts a day, aDd is thin In flesh. I 
am feeding her one quart of Buffalo gluten, and 
two quarts of bran twice a day. She has a large 
bunch on each stifle, and her feet have grown 
out long enough for two. Would you dry her oft 
entirely and give her a rest, doctor the bunches 
and rasp off the feet, or will she shed the hoofs 
after being out to grass ? c v r. 
New York. 
The feet should be cut or pared down 
to their normal length. The overgrowth 
might be irregularly broken off on past¬ 
ure, but it would not be shed. You 
should have given the character of the 
bunches on the stifles, to enable me to 
give a definite answer If there is no 
lameness from them, apply an active 
blister (cerate of cantharides ointment, 
one ounce; biniodide of mercury, one 
dram ; mix), and repeat at intervals of a 
month. If there is lameness, call a quali¬ 
fied veterinary surgeon to make a per¬ 
sonal examination. Since she is not due 
to calve until December, I would not 
advise drying her off for two or three 
months. 
Worms in Cows' Tongues. 
An article in The R. N.-Y. of April 29 is headed, 
Worms in Cows’ Tongue, signed C. L. B. We 
have had several cases of a similar nature, and 
would like to learn the cause. Our cattle, when 
afHIcted with worms, will not eat much, and cf 
course,.grow thin, and fail in various ways. 
They are not the dainty kind, as they eat what¬ 
ever goes before them when they are all right. 
Last Spring, we had two cows that bad worms, 
or grubs, in their tongues—no pin-worm trash, 
but worms, some an inch long. Our foreman, 
having learned of this trouble In cattle, and the 
treatment therefor from an old 8wiss veterinary 
surgeon, proceeded to treat them; he did ju6t 
what C. L. B.’s neighbor suggested, and the cows 
began to pick up at once, and have been well 
and all right ever since. w. a. p. 
Michigan. 
This so-called “ worm-in-tke-tongue ” 
disease is on a parallel with the “ worm- 
in-the-tail ”, “ wolf-in-the-tail ” and 
“ hollow-horn ” whims. There are still 
to be found in nearly every community 
old “ cow doctors ” who will tell you that 
they have cured “ worm-in-the-tail ” by 
cutting out the worm (?) and binding up 
the tail in pepper and salt; or that they 
have cured “ hollow-horn” by boring the 
horns and pouring in turpentine or other 
irritants. I wonder how they would 
treat a dishorned cow. In every such 
case, if the cow should improve after the 
operation, they attribute the improve¬ 
ment to the treatment. If there should 
be no improvement, like an old sign that 
has failed, you never hear it mentioned. 
The animal may recover, but it is in spite 
of the treatment, and not because of it. 
As stated in answer to C. L. B., it is 
possible that you may have found worms 
or grubs in your cows’ tongues. They 
occasionally occur in the tongue, as well 
as in nearly all other soft tissues of the 
body. But the chances are greatly in 
favor of your having been misled into 
supposing that some of the natural 
papillae of the tongue were worms. In 
any case, worms in the tongue were, 
evidently, not the cause of your cattle 
being sick or out of condition ; neither 
had the treatment (scraping the tongue 
and putting on pepper and salt) any¬ 
thing to do with their recovery. 
Prurigo or Eczema in a Horse. 
My mare, 13 years old, for two successive Sum¬ 
mers has rubbed off her maue and the hair on 
the upper part of the tail, on account of some 
skin disease, and is now beginning to rub again. 
The breaking out is not confined to mane and 
tail, and appears partly as pimples under the 
skin and partly as an eruption. It comes about 
the same time each year. What can I do for 
her ? j h. b. 
Indiana. 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic is one of 
the best remedies for such cases of skin 
disease. Possibly you did not continue 
its use long enough to get the curative 
action. Try a course of Donovan’s solu¬ 
tion of iodine, arsenic and mercury, giv¬ 
ing one tablespoonful twice daily, and 
gradually increase the dose, until at the 
end of a week or 10 days, three table¬ 
spoonful doses are given. Continue its 
administration for ithree or four weeks 
if necessary. Allow a run at pasture a 
portion of the day, or feed grass or other 
green food sufficient to keep the bowels 
loose. Clean the mane and tail with 
Castile soap suds, then sponge the itchy 
surface two or three times daily with a 
solution of bicarbonate of potash. 
VETERINARY BRIEFS. 
A house was fired for splint last March. The 
firing did not succeed, and the splint is now three 
inches broad. If properly performed, the firing 
should have reduced the splint. Now, we can 
only advise having it fired again. If this fall to 
reduce the size, it can be removed with the bone 
forceps, or chisel. A competent veterinarian can 
perform either operation. 
Three Wisconsin calves, four weeks old, have 
bunches on the neck or throat. These bunches 
seem to be loose between the throat and hide, 
and seem to be either the thyroid or thymus gland. 
Examine other calves, and see whether they do 
not all have similar bunches. If the bunches are 
la-gerthan ordinary, it may be due to goiter 
The bunch will, probably, diminish in size, so 
that no treatment will be necessary. If it do not, 
we would like to hear about it, and suggest 
further treatment. 
Several sheep are reported as swelling under 
the jaws with much water under the skin. The 
sheep become thin, and die in about two weeks 
If the sheep have been well fed, the dropsical 
condition is, probably, due to Intestinal worms 
Try the treatment advised for intestinal worms 
in sheep (under diarrhea in sheep) on page 125 
of The R. N.-Y. of February 18. The sheep should 
be given a dally ration of wheat bran and oats 
until their condition is improved. Also give the 
following powders in the feed once dally, allow¬ 
ing a tablespoonful to every two sheep: Pow¬ 
dered dry sulphate of Iron, four ounces; pow¬ 
dered gentian and common salt, of each one 
pound; mix. 
A horse in Kentucky, after an attack of plDk- 
eye, or catarrhal fever, became sluggish, swell¬ 
ing under the throat and extending up towards 
the ear. This was blistered, and the horse was 
given a physic with saltpeter. This year, he 
shows the same trouble. Paint the swelling with 
the compound tincture of iodine every two or 
three days until the skin is well blistered, then 
apply once a week to keep up the irritation, 
until the swelling is reduced. For the cough, 
take of powdered opium and solid extract of 
belladonna, of each one ounce; nitrate of potash, 
four ounces; powdered extract of licorice, six 
ounces; strained honey, a sufficient quantity to 
make a thick paste (about 10 ounces); mix Dose, 
one teaspoonful to be smeared on the back teeth 
and tongue four or five times daily, preferably 
after eating, so that It will be slowly swallowed. 
The Hull army bill, which was defeated by 
Congress, would have made a market for 24,000 
horses and 15,000 mules One regiment of 1,000 
infantry requires an average of 125 animals. 
When the war broke out it Is said that there 
were only about 6,000 horses and 2,200 mules in 
the army. During the last Summer, over 40,000 
horses and mules were bought by the Govern¬ 
ment. This business had something to do with 
the Increase in horse value. It is said that the 
Government has already purchased nearly 1,000 
native horses in the Philippine Islands. They 
are tough, small animals, much line Texas 
ponies. As Cuba is developed, it Is thought that 
there will be a great demand for mules and 
tough ponies for work in the Island. 
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The kind that a fancy private 
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SAVED 500 LBS. OF BUTTER A YEAR. 
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During these two years we have made over 2 % tons of butter, selling to 
private customers .at 25c., besides selling about $28.00 of cream. I have also 
fatted $20.00 worth of calves that never had a particle of new milk after it was 
fit to save and only the skim milk from the Separator and 50c. worth of oil 
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made 2 tons of butter in the same time, besides working my wife to death. It 
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I am glad I was not misled by the smooth tongues of other agents, but 
used good “ horse sense,” and purchased a U. S. 
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