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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 1 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DR, F. L. KILBOBNK. 
Why Twin Lambs Come Dead. 
F. S. E., Farmer, N. Y. —We have a few Shrop¬ 
shire sheep which we have kept in a warm shed 
with a small yard to run in, and have fed them 
oats, straw, corn stalks, and clover hay, with a 
grain feed of whole corn and oats. We also fed 
either chopped apples or turnips every day. In 
every instance where there are twin lambs, one 
or both of them are dead. What is the cause? 
Tiie only cause I can assign is that, 
possibly, your winter ration has been 
too light to enable the ewes to supply 
sufficient nourishment for two lambs. 
I would advise changing and increasing 
the grain ration. The ration would be 
better if it consisted largely of wheat 
bran and oats, and less corn. The corn 
tends more to fat, and is not nearly so 
good for the development of the fetus 
as the oats and bran. If you wished to 
fatten the sheep, then the corn would 
be in order. 
Death of Cow from Foreign Body Puncturing 
Stomach. 
R. D., Clearfield County, Pa. —A cow which was 
sick and died, did not chew her cud, was stiff in 
her walk, more so in her hind parts; her horns 
were cold, ears cold, hide tight, hair rough, eyes 
watery and dim. She had three hard falls before 
she was sick. She was opened and her lungs 
were all wasted away to about the size of a man’s 
hand, and were of a diriy color. Her heart was 
very large. The flesh was watery and green. 
What ailed the cow ? 
From the condition you describe, I am 
of the opinion that death was due to a 
sharp-pointed body (probably a piece of 
wire, nail or needle) puncturing the 
stomach and passing through the dia¬ 
phragm into the chest. Cases of this 
kind are not uncommon amoDg dairy 
cows, which are constantly picking up 
pieces of wire, nails and other such for¬ 
eign bodies in their food. There is no 
treatment for such cases. They should 
be prevented by extra care in keeping 
such dangerous articles out of reach of 
the cows, and where they cannot be 
mixed with the food. 
To Breed Early Lambs. 
M. E. W., Chester, S. C. —Is there any simple, 
practical plan to bring my lambs early, say, be¬ 
fore January 1. Our climate is comparatively 
mild, and our lambs that come in December or 
January grow much larger, are ready for market 
early and command much higher prices. 
The ewe will rarely come in heat while 
suckling a lamb. In order, then, to have 
earlier lambs, the lambs should be 
weaned earlier, at least six to seven 
months before the next lambs are de¬ 
sired. For instance, if you desire De¬ 
cember lambs, the ewes should be dry as 
early as May or the first of J une. Then 
by July, they should be ready for ser¬ 
vice. It is a change you cannot make in 
one season. You will have to work up 
to it. And even when the change has 
been made, some of your ewes will fail 
to breed early. In fact, it depends 
largely upon the skill of the breeder in 
handling his sheep. Some breeders 
have the faculty of getting their sheep 
to breed so as to have early lambs, while 
others find it very difficult or impossible 
to do so. 
Anaemia or Anasarca in Sheep. 
S. R. W., Union, A. Y.— What ails my sheep ? 
I have two lambs nearly a year old that have soft 
swellings. These swellings seem to begin in the 
point of the jaw, and grow large and farther 
back to the throat, until the affected animals 
finally die. I lost one the same way last spring. 
The sheep are in good order, and it seems to be 
the best ones that are attacked, and always 
young ones. 
The swelling is due to an anaemic or 
anasarcous condition of the blood, which 
may have resulted from improper diet 
or from intestinal parasites. I suspect 
that you have been feeding mainly on 
one kind of food which is deficient in 
some important constituent. If that is 
the case, a change of diet, with a liberal 
grain ration, to consist largely of wheat 
bran and oats, will effect a cure. Even 
if the trouble is due to worms, the im¬ 
proved diet and extra care may carry 
the lambs safely through. Should an¬ 
other lamb die, open and examine the 
stomach and whole length of the intes¬ 
tines for worms. If any considerable 
number are found (a few will be found 
in almost any healthy sheep), note in 
what part of the intestinal tract they 
occur, and also their color, shape and 
size, and report fully, referring to this 
page. 
Sunstroke in a Horse. 
S., Northampton, Mass. —Two weeks ago, I 
bought a pair of horses which were represented 
to me as “ all right and perfectly sound ”, To¬ 
day, I find that one of them had a sunstroke last 
summer, was useless for any labor for two 
months, and was not considered at the time of 
stroke to be worth $15. He has, to all appear¬ 
ances, come out of it all right. Will it be liable 
to come on again this summer? Are the parties 
who sold them to me liable for damages ? 
The horse having had so severe a sun¬ 
stroke last summer, will be more liable 
to a recurrence of sunstroke this sum¬ 
mer than if he had not been previously 
attacked. As to the guarantee, it is my 
opinion that, if the horse has recovered 
from the attack so that he shows no 
symptoms of illness resulting from the 
sunstroke, or does not suffer another at¬ 
tack, there is no liability; but if the 
horse still suffers from that attack in 
any way, or should have another sun¬ 
stroke this summer without being un¬ 
duly exposed, the parties guaranteeing 
the horse would be liable, and if re¬ 
sponsible, could be compelled to make 
the guarantee good. 
Milking Heifers Before First Calving. 
8. K. M., Sheridan, Mich. —I have a high-grade 
Jersey heifer that was one year old October 23 
last, aud was served October 26, at one year and 
three days old. Eleven days after service, I dis¬ 
covered that her udder was growing. It has 
made steady progress ever since. She now looks 
like a milking cow. I think that I shall have to 
mUk her three months before her time is up, or 
as soon as she gets green pasture. A neighbor 
told me that he had a heifer which he had to milk 
six weeks before she had her first calf, and she 
made the best cow he ever had. 
If the heifer’s udder be left entirely 
alone, I doubt whether you will have to 
milk her before calving, at least not 
more than a few days. A heifer very 
rarely requires milking before calving. 
With cows that are heavy milkers, it is 
not uncommon. Handling of the udder 
should be discontinued, as it tends to 
stimulate the secretion of milk. A re¬ 
stricted diet will also lessen the milk 
secretion. If the udder become con¬ 
gested and hard, so that you fear garget 
will result, it might be better to begiu 
milking ; otherwise not. If milking be 
oegun, it should be followed regularly 
and continued until the heifer calves. 
Diarrhea in Sheep 
C. F. B., West Groton (No State).— What is the 
matter with my sheep ? They are dropping their 
lambs from a week to 10 days before the time. 
Some are dead and some are just alive. The 
sheep are in good condition, have been fed clover 
hay in tne morning with oats, corn and flat tur¬ 
nips and stalks at noon, and hay at night, until 
about the middle of March, when I commenced to 
feed ensilage to them, a little at a time at first and 
increased to about five bushels at a time, morn¬ 
ing and noon, and clover hay at night. I con¬ 
tinued to feed oats in the morning and turnips at 
noon, as I had been feeding. I discovered, four or 
five days ago, that some of them were scouring, 
and commenced to slack up on the ensilage at 
once. About the same time, some of them com¬ 
menced to drop their lambs dead. Did I com¬ 
mence to feed ensilage at the wrong time, or did 
I feed too much of it ? Is there anything I can 
do? I have stopped feeding ensilage entirely, 
and am feeding hay. I have lost some sheep and 
several lambs. 
Judging from the favorable reports 
received from our experiment stations 
on the feeding of ensilage to sheep, the 
ensilage is, probably, not the cause of 
the diarrhea ; but the turnips with the 
ensilage form a diet that is too succu¬ 
lent for the sheep ; even mangels are 
said to cause diarrhea in ewes in lamb 
when fed to excess ; and turnips would 
be more liable to cause diarrhea than 
mangels. The turnips should not have 
been fed with the ensilage, which is 
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