February 27 
144 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock Matters 
AILING ANIMALS. 
answers by dr. f . l . kilbornk. 
Hog Fails to Bleed Right. 
11. B., llourbon, Mo .—I butchered a sow that 
was 2 years 2 mouths and 27 days old. It had the 
swine plague one year ago last December, and 
recovered and raised a litter of pigs which were 
farrowed in August, 1896. After Bhe weaned her 
pigs, I fed her about a month. She ate heartily 
and fattened fast. When f butchered her, she 
did not bleed, and the flesh in her neck and 
shoulders was dark. Is there anything wrong 
with the meat? 
The hog was, evidently, not success¬ 
fully “ stuck.” The dark color of the 
flesh of the neck and shoulders was due 
to the settling of the blood in the tis¬ 
sues because of the faulty sticking. 
There was, probably, nothing the mat¬ 
ter with the meat in itself ; but you will 
find that it will not keep as well as 
though the sow had been properly bled. 
Neither will it be of as good flavor. 
Oedema of Pregnancy in a Cow. 
J. II. 11., Cajntola, Md. —What shall I do fora 
cow that seems to be out of shape? She is a 
Jersey due to calve in three weeks, and has been 
dry about four weeks. Her udder, at the base of 
the teats, is hard and seems to be inflamed. Just 
in front of the udder on the stomach, is enlarged 
very much, seems hard and looks red. I am feed¬ 
ing corn chops and bran, equal parts, and corn 
fodder. 
This appears to be a case of nedema 
or tumor of pregnancy, although the 
oedema may be due to other causes. The 
condition is not uncommon in mares 
during the latter part of pregnancy, but 
is uncommon in cows. Give the cow in 
her feed night and morning one tea¬ 
spoonful of dry powdered sulphate of 
iron, and one tablespoonful of chlorate 
of potash. Also give 20 to 30 grains 
quinine three times daily. Bathe the 
swelling three or four times daily with 
water as hot as the hand can bear, and 
finally sponge over with a solution of 
one-half ounce chloride of zinc dissolved 
in one quart of water ; or a two to three- 
per cent solution of carbolic acid. Re¬ 
place the corn chops by ground oats, and 
feed equal parts of oats and bran. 
Intestinal Worms in Sheep. 
W. O. IS., Breckenridge, 111 .—Since September 
last, my sheep have been dying, as many others 
in the community have also done. Some have 
sold their entire herds to keep from losing all. 
The lambs are attacked first; they move about 
slowly with their heads down, and do not care 
for company. The bowels are usually loose. 
They linger from two to four weeks and gradually 
get poorer, until they get down, and live for a day 
or two lying down. I changed pasture every six 
weeks. I have lost eight spring lambs and one 
old sheep. Some say that the ailment is worms. 
What is a preventive or cure ? 
The trouble is, probably, due to in¬ 
testinal worms, but what kind I am un¬ 
able to say. A large proportion of the 
fatal diseases of sheep are due to para¬ 
sites, of which there are a large number, 
both external and internal. You should 
have examined the stomach and intes¬ 
tines of one of the dead lambs for 
worms, to ascertain what kind of worms, 
if any, were present. In the absence of 
any information, I can only advise gene¬ 
ral treatment. Allow the lambs nothing 
to eat for, at least, twelve hours, after 
which slowly drench each with the fol¬ 
lowing mixture : oil of turpentine, four 
ounces ; raw linseed oil, one pint; shake 
well together and make sure that the 
mixture is well shaken just before ad¬ 
ministering. This quantity will make 
10 doses of two ounces each. If the tur¬ 
pentine be not thoroughly mixed with 
the oil, it will be liable to blister the 
mouth and throat, or, possibly, to 
strangle the animal. The medicine 
should be followed by a light diet for 24 
hours, after which a mild physic may be 
given to advantage, if not already 
purged. For this purpose, give two 
ounces of Epsom salts dissolved in one- 
half pint of warm water, or two ounces 
of castor oil as a drench. In drenching 
sheep, the animal should be placed on 
its haunches and held between the knees 
of an assistant (or by the operator him¬ 
self standing astride over the sheep) and 
the medicine slowly poured into the 
mouth while the head is raised. For 
larger sheep, the above doses should all 
be increased one-half. 
A moderate grain ration should be fed 
the sheep, to consist, in part, of ground 
oats or wheat bran with middlings, 
ground wheat, a little corn meal or 
other grain. Pure drinking water 
should be supplied. As a general tonic 
and preventive against the worms, mix 
one pound common salt, one-half pound 
each powdered gentian and sulphate of 
magnesia, and one-fourth pound dry 
powdered sulphate of iron, and give two 
to three teaspoonfuls once daily to each 
lamb by feeding with the grain ration. 
It is usually well to repeat the treat¬ 
ment once or twice at intervals of six to 
eight days. 
Hog Pasture in Virginia. 
A. IS. L., Upperville, Va.—l have two fields of 
about three acres each that I wish to make into 
a hog pasture for use this coming summer. I 
think of sowing one with a mixture of rye, oats, 
barley, sand vetch and Crimson clover; the other 
with Australian salt-bush. What do you think 
of it ? Will salt-bush spread and get where I do 
not want it ? 
Ans.—I do not think that the mixture 
A. B. L. purposes to sow would be satis¬ 
factory as a hog pasture. The oats, rye 
and sand vetch will make fair grazing 
for a month or six weeks, but Crimson 
clover sown in the spring would not 
make sufficient growth to be of any use. 
As for the Australian salt-bush, neither 
our soil nor climate is adapted to it. 
Along with the high recommendations, 
it has a bad name, and while it may be 
allowed on arid or alkali soils, where 
little else will grow, I would not favor 
its use here, where it may grow just 
well enough to be a pestiferous weed. 
Of such we have plenty already. If it is 
the custom of A. B. L. to pasture his 
pigs, I would suggest a yearly rotation. 
Divide the area set apart for hogs into 
lots—one, two, three, four and five. 
Have in these respectively, Crimson 
clover, Red clover, cow peas, Soja beans 
and Jerusalem artichokes. This will 
give feed continuously for the year. 
Sow the Crimson clover in August, but 
the hogs should not be turned into it 
till early spring. From then till June, 
it will afford the finest pasture that can 
be desired. Sows with their litters of 
pigs will thrive and do well on Crimson 
clover alone. The Red clover should be 
sown by itself in September. It will be 
ready by the time the Crimson clover is 
past. As soon as there is no danger of 
frost, sow the Soja beans in rows two 
feet apart, and cultivate and plant the 
artichokes. When the weather is warm, 
sow together the Whippoorwill and 
Black cow peas ; the one matures early, 
the other late. By August 1, the cow 
peas will have their first pods ripe, and 
will be ready to use. The Soja beans 
will come in later, and with very little 
additional food to the hogs will make 
prime pork. One needs to be somewhat 
careful when the hogs are first turned 
into the Soja beans. It is best not to let 
them eat all they will for a few days, as 
a full feed before they are used to the 
beans will sometimes kill them. Then 
let the sows work at the artichokes 
through the winter. They yield abund¬ 
antly in this climate, and frost is hardly 
ever so severe that the pigs cannot 
easily root them out. Alternate the 
crops in the first four lots, and it will be 
found that the yield of each will in¬ 
crease every year. If the artichokes are 
not eaten too close, they will not need 
replanting. The greatest trouble with 
them is to eradicate them when you 
wish to do so, still it can be done. As 
A. B. L. has not the Crimson clover or 
Red clover this year for early grazing, 
he will have to sow oats or something 
of the kind, but give thick seeding. 
Virginia. A. r. bellwoop 
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