1888 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
811 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNK. 
Indigestion in a Horse. 
My horse is all the time sick from Indigestion. 
Last Winter, a friend that takes The R. N -Y. 
gave me the prescription for indigestion which 
you published. I had it filled, and the horse got 
better, but through a mistake, the prescription 
was lost, and the horse is sick again. Will you 
publish it again? This medicine seemed to do 
more good than anything else I have tried. 
New Jersey. M. h. 
There are several forms of indigestion 
due to different causes, for which differ¬ 
ent prescriptions are given. You should 
have given a careful description of the 
symptoms to enable us to determine 
which prescription would be most suit¬ 
able to your case. The prescription to 
which you probably refer was given on 
page 293, and was, bicarbonate of soda, 
powdered gentian and ginger, of each 
eight ounces; powdered nux vomica, 
two ounces ; mix and give a heaping 
tablespoonful in the feed three times 
daily. If these powders fail to afford 
the desired relief, write again giving 
symptoms in full. 
The Hollow Horns of Dishorned Cattle. 
Some of my Jersey cows recently dishorned, 
had hollow horns. The cows did not seem to 
suffer in any way from the operation. The stumps 
were dressed with carbolized vaseline, and the 
cows kept warm and dry. Do such horns indicate 
a diseased condition ? If so, what is the proper 
treatment ? B. D. P. 
New Jersey. 
The hollow horn is the natural con¬ 
dition of the horns of cattle over three 
years of age. During the first two years’ 
growth, the horn is nearly or quite solid 
throughout, but as the horn increases in 
size and length, a cavity forms in the 
center of the bony core, continuous with 
the frontal sinus of the head. This cavity 
or hollow increases with the age of the 
animal until, in old cattle, it extends 
nearly to the tip of the horn. Ignorance 
of the presence of this natural cavity has 
given rise to the so-called “ hollow horn ” 
delusion of quacks or other ignorant 
practitioners, with the nonsensical, cruel 
treatment of boring the horns and filling 
the hole with pepper, salt, or other irri¬ 
tant. 
Skin Eruption and Cancerous Wart on a Horse. 
1. I have a colt two years old last June, which 
every Summer breaks out in little spots all over, 
and these raise little scabs, and seem to itch 
badly. He looks well, eats well, and in the Fall, 
he gets all right. Are these the result of some 
disease, or of flies? What is good for the colt? 
2. What is good for cancerous warts on a horse 
that has had them for two or three years ? j. h. 
Pennsylvania. 
1 . The shin eruption is due to the con. 
dition of the colt’s system. If the erup¬ 
tion occur again, give the colt three- 
fourths ounce each best aloes and ginger, 
either in ball or by drench, to move the 
bowels. Repeat the dose in one week if 
not purged by the first. Then give one 
of the following powders in the feed 
twice daily : Sulphate of soda and gen¬ 
tian, of each eight ounces ; carbonate of 
potash, four ounces ; powdered nux 
vomica, two ounces ; mix and divide into 
16 powders. 2. Such warts can be re¬ 
moved either by caustic, the elastic liga¬ 
ture, or by excision with the knife. The 
choice of method will depend largely 
upon the location, size, and form of the 
wart. If of a cancerous or scaly nature 
you would better employ a qualified 
veterinary surgeon to remove it for you. 
Verminous Bronchitis or Chronic Cough in 
Calves. 
My calves are coughing badly. They com¬ 
menced early In the Spring, but are in good 
health otherwise. Can you give any reasons for 
it, or remedy ? My whole herd was affected last 
Winter, 1897-’98, and were so bad that I wrote Dr. 
Pearsons, veterinarian, of Philadelphia, had my 
stock examined for tuberculosis and found all 
healthy. None of my stock is coughing at this 
time except the young calves. The older stock 
show no symptoms at present. p. c. n. 
Warren County, Pa. 
The history and symptoms are sugges¬ 
tive of lung-worms, which produce the 
disease known as verminous bronchitis. 
In the absence of the worms, the cough 
is, probably, due to chronic catarrh 
and sore throat resulting from exposure. 
For verminous bronchitis, each calf 
should receive,by tracheal injection,three 
drams of the following mixture : oil of 
turpentine, 12 drams ; carbolic acid, two 
drams ; chloroform, three drams ; mix. 
Shake well before using. The injection 
ought to be made only by a competent 
veterinarian. A single injection is usu¬ 
ally sufficient to effect a cure. 
For chronic cough due to throat trou¬ 
ble, smear one-half teaspoonful of the 
following cough paste on the back teeth 
and tongue two or three times daily, 
after eating : powdered opium and solid 
extract of belladonna, of each one ounce; 
nitrate of potash and powdered extract 
of licorice, of each four ounces ; honey, 
about eight ounces (sufficient to make a 
thick paste); mix. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
A Tuberculin-Testes Cow.—Would a cow be as 
good for family use after being tested with tuber¬ 
culin as the same cow was before the test ? 
South Berlin, Mass. u. R. m. 
Anb.—I f she stood the test, we would prefer her 
to one not tested. We would have little fear that 
the tuberculin would ever injure the cow. 
Warts on Cattle.— The only sure remedies for 
the removal of warts are the scissors or knife, 
the ligature and the caustic. Various lotions or 
applications are used with more or less success, 
but none is reliable. One of the most successful, 
and of easy application, is castor oil, which 
should be applied daily for a period of not less 
than 30 days, or even longer if necessary, p. l. k. 
Mr. Geo. Blanchard, of Maine, says that he 
has handled and bred Jerseys for the past 24 
years, starting with St. Lamberts from their 
original home near Montreal. At times his herd 
has numbered over 100 head. In all these years, 
he says he has not lost four cows, not given 
much medicine, and had the services of a veter¬ 
inarian only once. Therefore, he thinks the Jer¬ 
sey may well be called a hardy animal, even in 
the rigors of the cold climate. 
Wherever roots are used as part of the ration 
for swine, quite remarkable results are obtained, 
apparently out of all proportion to the feeding 
value of the root. This seems to show that the 
roots serve to render grain food more digestible. 
In our own experience, we have not been able to 
get our hogs to thrive on raw turnips; in fact, 
our hogs will not eat them unless starved to it. 
When the turnips are cooked, however, with raw 
potatoes or cabbage, the hogs eat them readily.. 
When a small amount of bran is fed with this 
mash, good gains are made. 
White Indian Games.— Readers have asked 
about this breed of poultry. There are, appar¬ 
ently, few Whites in this country. A breeder says 
of them: “Their points of excellence are tender, 
juicy meat with a very fine flavor. They grow 
rapidly, few feathers and much flesh; where 
other varieties grow to feathers, they grow to 
flesh, even more so than the Cornish. Like all 
white varieties, they make better table fowls as 
regards pin feathers. For crossing for broilers, 
they are surpassing anything yet ever tried.” 
B. LINCOLN ORR. 
Cattle Feed at Elgin.—As a general thing, the 
stock farmer raises his own feed; the exception 
is where stock is fed on a large scale for the 
butchers’ block, and in the large dairy sections 
such as Elgin, where not one quarter of the grain 
fed is raised on the farms. As a general thing, 
the coarse feed is raised. In this section, no grain 
is sold off the farms, but great quantities are 
bought, and fed to the dairy herds, such as bran, 
middlings, shorts, some corn meal, oats, and 
O. P. oil-cake meal. Dairymen in the West can 
see a margiu on the right side, but how dairymen 
in the East can make buckle and tongue meet at 
the prices of feed and dairy products is more 
thau we can comprehend. s. n. wright. 
Elgin, Ill. 
Another Kicking Cow.—The surest and most 
convenient way to break a kicking cow is to have 
a partition (or the side of the stable is better) 
extend well back of her on the opposite side from 
that on which she is milked. Then attach a 
plank to the manger with hinges on the side of 
the cow where the milker sits; it must be high 
enough to milk under—a plank from 10 to 12 feet 
long will do. After putting the cow in between 
the plank and the partition, close the plank up 
and fasten it behind her; have the fastening ad¬ 
justed so that her hind parts can be squeezed up 
tight if necessary. The cow must not be allowed 
to go ahead. I am using this arrangement to 
break in a two-year-old heifer that wouldn’t let 
me milk her. reader. 
Guernseys and Jerseys.— Prof. Thomas Shaw 
truly says in The Farmer: “ Notwithstanding the 
greater size of the Guernsey and notwithstand¬ 
ing her, at least, equal qualities in the dairy, she 
has never met with popular favor to anything 
like the same extent as the Jersey. It would 
seem that there were at least 10 Jerseys and Jer¬ 
sey grades for every one Guernsey and Guernsey 
grade in the United States. The explanation is 
found in the different way in which the claims of 
the Jerseys have been presented. They attracted 
the attention of capitalists and men of leisure 
in the days gone by to a greater extent than the 
Guernseys. These men had the means where¬ 
with to boom them, and they used their money in 
this.direction.with no stinted hand.” 
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$5.- to $10.- per cow per 
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system, and $3.- to $5.- 
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Farmer's Ilaudy Feed Cooker. 
Reader’s attention is called to this device, 
which is sold at $12.50 for 50-gallon capacity. By 
feeding poultry and animals cooked food during 
Winter at least 
one-third of the feed is saved; also having stock 
in a healthy condition, preventing hog cholera 
among your hogs, and insuring the henslaying 
freely during the Winter months. On application 
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ril., a catalogue giving full description, may be 
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Hare conical shaped grinders. Different 
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Have them in six sizes—2 to 25 horse pow¬ 
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For grinding 
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Meal, Buck¬ 
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Send for description and prices. 
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Dairy economy, con¬ 
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The kind that a fancy private 
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the color that does not contain 
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Elliot’s 
Parchment 
Butter 
Paper 
To Dairymen or 
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send half a ream 
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will forward 30c. 
to pay postage. 
Try the Rest But¬ 
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avoid Imitations. _ 
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Manufacturers, 
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GROUND FEED 
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