1898 
TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
379 
THE MOLDY BUTTER TUB. 
After having properly soaked, scalded, 
and cooled the hutter tubs, the simplest 
and most effective method of avoiding 
moldy hutter is to line the tubs with 
parchment paper. It keeps the butter 
from contact with the wood, and allows 
the tubs to be stripped easily. 
Ohio State Univ. tiiomas f. hunt. 
Moldy butter is caused by the growth 
of an olivaceous mold fungus. This 
mold, at first confined to the wood of the 
tub and to the inner parchment paper 
lining, may sometimes penetrate slightly 
into the butter itself. At any rate, the 
moldy growth adhering is a serious hind¬ 
rance to the best sales. The mold will 
grow either upon the wood of the tub or 
upon the paper lining, if these are kept 
in a moist place. It grows best upon the 
soft, poorer quality of paper, and much 
more readily on the sapwood of the tubs 
than on the heartwood. During the past 
few years, there has been a greater tend¬ 
ency to use tubs of a poorer quality, and 
the above facts will suggest to every one 
that only those tubs made of well- 
seasoned heartwood should he employed, 
and before being used, these should be 
stored in a dry room rather than in a 
damp cellar. If it were possible thor¬ 
oughly to steam the tubs and paper be¬ 
fore use, I think, with the other pre¬ 
cautions above mentioned, there would 
be little danger from mold. However, 1 
have made experiments with some chemi¬ 
cals for the prevention of this mold, and 
I give a summary of my results : The 
strongest solutions of common salt are 
almost valueless. Formalin in a one-per 
cent solution is very effective, and rec¬ 
ommends itself above other such fungi¬ 
cides as the copper salts, for although 
the copper salts in small quantities are 
not at all poisonous, there is a commer¬ 
cial objection to their use. In using the 
weak formalin solution, it is only neces¬ 
sary to soak the parchment paper in this 
for a few minutes previous to use, since 
its contact with the wood practically 
treats both. n. m. duggar. 
Cornell Experiment Station. 
We make heavy shipments of hutter 
from our creamery, the year around ; at 
some seasons, the amount runs as high 
as 1,000 pounds per day, and we have 
not experienced any difficulty from moldy 
tubs. Our butter tubs are generally 
soaked from 12 to 24 hours in water with 
a handful of salt added, then they are 
lined with parchment paper before pack¬ 
ing, and covered with cloth covers and 
a light layer of salt. We are shipping 
mainly to New York and Boston, while 
some of our butter goes to the foreign 
markets. c. F. curtiss. 
Iowa Experiment Station. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KII.BORN K. 
Chronic Cough in a Mare. 
A mare seven years old that I just bought, has 
a cough. I have learned since I got her that she 
had the distemper some time ago, .and has 
coughed ever since. She has never been given 
any medicine. She breathes all right, but I am 
afraid it will run into the heaves. r. p. s. 
South Haven, Mich. 
See the answer to F. B. V. O. in this column. 
Brittle Hoofs on a Horse. 
I have a valuable saddle mare whose feet are 
brittle. What can I do to harden them ? 
Lowell, Ark. h. k. s. 
Apply an active blister all around the coronet 
and lower third of the pastern. Ammonia lini¬ 
ment made of equal parts of the stronger aqua 
ammonia and sweet oil well shaken together, is 
excellent for the purpose. Repeat the blistei-ing 
two or three times, as soon as the effect of the 
previous blister has passed off. Also apply a 
dressing of hot tar to the hoof-wall and sole two 
or three times a week. If the horse could be 
turned to pasture during the treatment, it would 
be more effectual. 
can be made by shaking well together, soap lini¬ 
ment, four parts; ammonia liniment, one part. 
Bathe the muscles twice daily with active hand 
rubbing, until the skin is slightly blistered; then 
omit for a few r days and repeat if necessary. 
Horse with Shrunken Hip Muscles. 
Some time ago, one of my horses fell while pull¬ 
ing; he fell on his right side and hip. He was 
lame for a week or more afterwards, seemed to 
have hurt his hip and thigh and the joints in his 
hind quarter. I bathed him with vinegar, salt 
and red peppers made hot and applied as hot as 
he could stand it. He was not much swollen, 
and the swelling gradually left, also the lame¬ 
ness. He travels well when driving, also pulls 
well in the plow and wagon, and is not lame now 
at all. But he appears to have fallen off in the 
side where he was hurt; the muscles around the 
hip bone have shrunk away or contracted, and 
he is not as full on the hurt side as on the other. 
Maryland. a. h. h. 
Clip the hair over the wasted muscles, and 
blister with the cerate of cantharides ointment. 
Rub the ointment well into the skin, and allow 
it to remain. No after treatment will be neces¬ 
sary. The horse should be tied short for 24 hours 
after applying the blister to prevent his reaching 
the surface with his lips. Repeat the blistering 
at intervals of about a month as long as may 
be necessary. 
Chronic Couqh in a Horse. 
My driving horse has had a cough for about 
two years. He coughs several times a day if 
standing in the stable and when first started to 
drive, or when first stopped, generally only one 
or two sharp dry coughs at a time, seeming to 
come from the throat. He is in good condition, 
has a good appetite and digestion. His wind 
seems as good as ever, and he is in high spirits. 
The feed for the past year hasbeeu bright prairie 
hay, corn, oats and bran, and was pastured two 
months last Spring. The cough is worse in damp 
or windy weather. What can I do for him ? 
Iowa. F. B. v. o. 
Rub the throat from ear to ear with ammonia 
liniment sufficient to blister mildly. Repeat 
once or twice at intervals of two or three weeks. 
Rub about a teaspoonful of the following cough 
paste on the back teeth and tongue three or four 
times daily, after eating: Powdered opium and 
solid extract of belladonna, of each one ounce; 
nitrate of potash and powdered extract of lico¬ 
rice, of each four ounces; honey,eight ounces; 
mix. Feed a hot bran mash occasionally at 
night. If any of the feed is dusty, it should be 
slightly dampened. If little or no improvement 
should follow the above course of treatment, try 
a course of arsenic in the following powders: 
Arsenic, 80 grains; pulverized sulphate of copper 
and mix vomica, of each three ounces; mix, and 
make into 40 powders. Give a powder on the 
feed night and morning. 
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis in Calves. 
At a neighboring stock farm, seven Jersey 
calves, about five months old, have lately died 
from what the State veterinary calls cerebro¬ 
spinal meningitis, and the owner of the farm, and 
the manager, have looked ^n vain for any cause. 
The calves have been kept in a clean, well-lighted 
and ventilated barn, have had plenty of exercise 
in a large barnyard, on the south side of the 
building, have had nothing but the best of hay 
and grain, in fact, have had everything done for 
them that was possible, and they showed it by a 
steady growth. They died in great agony, gene¬ 
rally in half an hour after the attack came on. A 
subsequent post mortem examination failed to 
reveal anything amiss, except that the spinal 
cord was rather red, but the brain proper seemed 
to be in a normal condition. For the last three 
weeks, everything has been all right, but there 
is fear of more trouble. What cause would you 
assign, and what precautionary measures would 
you suggest ? u. k. c. 
Barrington, R. I. 
Little is known as to the true cause of cerebro¬ 
spinal meningitis. In epidemics of the disease 
which occasionally occur, it has been attributed 
to .atmospheric causes. Sporadic outbreaks like 
the above have been variously assigned to 
unwholesome food or drinking water, to unhealth¬ 
ful surroundings or other debilitating causes. 
There is, probably, a specific germ or parasitic 
organism associated with the disease, that is yet 
to be discovered. If the State veterinarian visited 
the premises, he would, undoubtedly, suggest the 
probable cause, if one were apparent. Without 
knowing the cause, no special precautionary 
measures can be suggested. If there has been 
no further trouble during the past three weeks, 
it is not likely that the disease will reappear 
from this outbreak. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Sterilized Butter.—To each pound of butter, 
use one pint or more of sweet milk. In cold 
weather, skim-milk will do, but in hot weather, 
there is danger of its souring, or curdling, 
at least, in this process. Put the milk and 
butter in a basin over a moderate tire. Cut the 
butter to pieces, and stir continually from the 
bottom of the basin until the milk boils 
slightly. Remove from the Are immediately, set 
the basin in cold water, and change several times 
to produce rapid cooling. It improves the grain 
of the butter if it is allowed to stand on ice sev¬ 
eral hours before working. Work the butter as 
usual. This will give butter which contains no 
germs or bacteria of auy kind. It is of a sweet, 
rich flavor, very hard, and is not liable to become 
rancid. If boiled too long, or not properly cooled, 
the grain will be coarse or “ sandy.” Properly 
done, it is as smooth as silk. Dyspeptics w'ho 
cannot eat ordinary butter, will find this very 
easy to digest, and not liable to sour in the 
stomach. j. a. r. 
Rose, N. Y. 
Scours in Calves.— In relation to the inquiry 
on page 331, of R. II. W. about white scours in 
calves, I have had some experience with it, but 
seldom lose any calves by it. I let the calves suck 
all they will, night and morning, if fattening 
them for market, and on the first symptoms of 
scours, I put about a gill of milk in a bottle, pour 
in about two tablespoonfuls of good vinegar, 
shake well and give to each calf immediately 
after sucking. I do this until the calf comes 
around all right, which is usually the case. This 
remedy has given me as good satisfaction as any¬ 
thing I have tried, and is simple, convenient and 
inexpensive. o. o. T. 
White Plains, N. Y. 
Louisiana Live Stock. — W. L. Foster, president 
of the Louisiana Stock Breeder’s Association, 
made some good hits in a recent address. Won¬ 
der if he hit you at all! 
“In the great manufacturing enterprises of 
the world to-day, whence come the profits ? From 
the main articles manufactured ? No! but from 
the saving, by the use of improved machinery, of 
those things formerly wasted. Take the exhausted 
steam, condensed into water and returned to the 
boiler; the combustible matter of the smoke, 
sifted out and returned to the furnace to be used 
again as fuel, and you have, perhaps, the prin¬ 
cipal source of the netprofltof many large manu¬ 
facturing concerns. 
“ Go along our country roads and see the wag¬ 
ons in a procession to the oil mills, selling their 
seed for about what it costs to haul it, while old 
Briudle stands humped up in a corner with her 
tail to the wind, and the farm gets poorer, and 
next year’s crop is shorter; whereas the seed 
used for fuel to keep old Brindle’s boiler hot, 
would give the family more milk, carry her and 
the calf into the Spring in good shape, furnish 
more and better manure to make the land richer, 
to make a better crop next year. 
“ Barring the Jersey, the queen of the dairy, 
which, I am glad to say, is met with pretty well 
all over our State, where would you go to find 
good live stock ? Can you tell me where one can 
buy a good serviceable work horse; a good animal 
of auy of the beef breeds; good sheep or goats? 
Can you tell me why our two-year-ohi steers arc 
selling at$10 to $12, after several middlemen have 
made profits on them, when in our sister State, 
Texas, rangebred calves, to be dropped this 
Spring, and delivered next Fall, are contracted 
for, by the thousand, at $24 each, and that for 
the feeding, and not the breeding pens ? If you 
wanted to select a good hog, how much railroad 
fare would you have to spend ? ” 
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Elgin, Ill. 
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Top Price Butter. 
The kind that a fancy private 
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s Butler Tubs 
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Shoe Boils ; Horse Liniment. 
1. What is the quickest aud easiest way to 
take a shoe boil off a horse ? It was about the 
size of a hen’s egg aud soft, but now it is hard, 
and as large as a man’s fist. It hurts him to press 
it or to rub it. 2. What is the best liniment for 
a horse that is stiff and sore ? p. j. it. 
Massachusetts. 
1. Employ a qualified veterinary surgeon to cut 
it out. 2. An excellent liniment for this purpose 
They stop work, cost money, give pain. 
. rains and Bruises 
It costs little to cure Qa A|| It saves time, 
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For tick*, 
lice, Mcub, 
foot rot 
ami all forms 
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