1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
351 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(CONTINUE!).) 
been traced, in every case, to direct con¬ 
tagion. It has not been found true that 
the germs are found floating everywhere 
in the air, and the disease springing up 
here and there without any direct con¬ 
tact with diseased animals. Even in 
only one case has it been found that the 
disease has been communicated when 
cattle wet-e out in pasture. Then an old 
tuberculous cow gave the disease to 
some calves pastured with her. Five 
pastures join mine, and in foul- of them 
cattle were condemned and killed, some 
being very bad cases. The fifth man has 
not had a test made. My cows have 
been in some of these pastures occa¬ 
sionally, have reached over the fences 
and smelled of the other cattle, but have 
not contracted the disease. It follows 
that herds can be freed and kept free 
from it, and that towns and States can 
also be kept free, after the disease has 
been eradicated. 
The disease does not stand still ; get 
it into an animal, and it usually de¬ 
velops. Put a diseased animal in with 
a herd of well ones, and it will gradu¬ 
ally spread, sometimes slowly, some¬ 
times rapidly. In a year, many animals 
may be involved. A neighbor bought a 
heifer from a herd that has since been 
found diseased. In about a year, five of 
his cows were infected. So one animal 
may spread the contagion. The worst 
possible policy in dealing with it is the 
let-alone policy. You might just as well 
expect to clear your farm of wild mus¬ 
tard or orange hawkweed, or Russian 
thistle by letting them alone. It is the 
nature of tuberculosis to spread. 
As to physical examinations, they are 
of no use whatever. In one herd, seven 
per cent of the animals were killed 
annually for 15 years upon physical ex¬ 
amination, but when tested with tuber¬ 
culin, 75 per cent were found diseased. 
Those who claim that tuberculin injures 
cattle are simply ignorant of the facts. 
Not a single case has been reported in 
this State, where tuberculin has injured 
any animal. My cows showed no more 
ill effects from the test than they would 
from the prick of a needle. Heavy in¬ 
jections have done no harm. Cows have 
been heavily dosed to see whether they 
would be injured, and no ill effects 
whatever have appeared. After a herd 
has *been cleaned out, there must be 
the most thorough disinfection of the 
stables. The germs live only 229 days. 
It is no small matter properly to disin¬ 
fect a stable, but it is invariably insisted 
upon here in Vermont, j. w. newton. 
two tablespoonfuls once daily and con¬ 
tinue for two to three weeks. Feed only 
a moderate allowance of hay, which 
should be given mostly at night. If no 
benefit be derived from this treatment, 
or you are satisfied that the trouble is 
not the heaves, take the mare to a quali¬ 
fied veterinarian for a personal exam¬ 
ination. 
Pneumonia in a Cow, 
1). M. J., Votlins Center, N. Y .—I had a cow 
that came in all right and seemed to do We'l. 
Two Weeks afterwards, she began to get off her 
feed and shrink in milk. She seemed constipated, 
so, after about three weeks, I gave her salts, 
which tnade her scour badly. The veterinary 
gave her something to check the scouring, which 
it did for several days, after which she continued 
to scour until her death, a week from the time 
the physic was given. She did hot cough, but 
ran at the nose a good share of the time. We ex¬ 
amined her and found one lung very dark in 
color, and I should say solid; the other was 
spotted, but not so dark in color. There seemed 
to be water around the lungs and heart. 
The symptoms and lesions indicate 
that the cow died of pneumonia ; also, 
that death was hastened, if not caused, 
by super-purgation from the dose of 
salts. Physic should be given very cau¬ 
tiously to an animal suffering from in¬ 
flammation of the lungs, or other febrile 
disease. It is liable to act with undue 
severity, as in this case. Small doses of 
a milder laxative, supplemented by fre¬ 
quent rectal in j ections, should have been 
employed to move the bowels. Had you 
employed a qualified veterinarian, the 
cow might, possibly, have been saved. 
The treatment of a case of this kind 
varies with the symptoms and progress 
of the disease, and can be satisfactorily 
treated only by personal attendance. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L KILBORNE. 
Abscess on Cow's Leg 
E. W., Pearline, Mich .—What is the lump which 
is on my cow’s hind leg on the outside about four 
or five inches above the hock ? It has been there 
about three or four weeks, is somewhat soft, 
sticks out about 2J4 or 3 inches, has increased in 
size since first noticed, and seems about normal 
as to temperature. 
The swelling is an abscess which has 
formed as the result of a bruise or other 
injury. If it has not already opened, it 
should, probably, be opened at once 
with a sharp knife. Then wash out 
daily with a two-per cent solution of 
carbolic acid until healed. 
A Mare With the Heaves 
A. S., (No address ).—I have a 10-year-old mare 
that breathes hard like a horse that has been 
overheated when at work. In the stable she 
breathes more naturally, sweats a great deal 
when at work, and sometimes when she first 
comes dn the stable, and runs water at the nose 
all the time. She has no cold or cough, is fed 
good Timothy hay and 12 quarts of oats a day. 
She weighs 1,000 pounds, is in fair flesh and 
works all the time. 
The mare is, probably, suffering from 
the heaves, although I cannot give a 
positive opinion from the description. 
Try a course of arsenic. Give one table¬ 
spoonful Fowler’s solution of arsenic 
once daily in the feed or drinking water 
for a week. Then increase the dose to 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
“ Points ” of a Jersey Cow. 
W. It. It., O'Brien, Wash .—What points are neces¬ 
sary to distinguish a Jersey ? Can I learn to dis¬ 
tinguish one? I have bought several claimed by 
the seller to be Jersey and Jersey grades. 
Ans. —You should have Horses, Cattle, 
Sheep and Swine, by Curtis, which gives 
history and descriptions of all breeds of 
these animals, besides much valuable 
matter on care and feeding. It is sent 
for $3 postpaid from this office. Jerseys 
are of varying shades of fawn or brown 
color, more or less solid, but a distin¬ 
guishing feature by which it is said 
that even low-grade Jerseys may be 
recognized, is a peculiar, light, mealy- 
colored ring of hair just at and encir¬ 
cling the nostrils. The Jerseys are 
small, finely built, and have high-strung, 
nervous temperaments, the most so of 
any of the breeds of cattle. 
Dog Trap for Woodchucks. — The 
festive woodchuck will soon be with us 
again, and the best remedy I have found 
for them is Jack, a Wire-haired Fox 
terrier, who, as soon as the woodchuck 
season opens, devotes his whole atten¬ 
tion to making the lives of these pests 
miserable. Occasionally he kills them 
in the open by sneaking between them 
and their refuge of stone wall or hole, 
but they usually succeed in gaining a 
stone wall, where Jack sets up a jubilant 
barking until some one goes to his as¬ 
sistance and enables him to get a 
“ holt.” It takes a good dog to pull out 
a frantic chattering woodchuck, of which 
nothing but the grinning nose and 
teeth—especially the latter—can be seen; 
but this particular dog is always equal 
to the occasion, and for three years, we 
have had no anxiety about “ chucks ” or 
other vermin. 
Many of my neighbor’s crops suffer 
severely, and they use steel traps ; but 
in Jack, we have a trap with brains, 
always set and in working order. He 
has been badly bitten at times on shoul¬ 
ders, head and feet, but this does not 
trouble him ; his greatest fault is his 
sensitiveness, a fault of this breed gen¬ 
erally, I think ; a chiding word is likely 
to make him assume a most broken 
spirited appearance for two or three 
days. On washing day, when he has (?) 
a bath, no known scheme has ever 
worked to inveigle him into the house. 
The tub of warm suds he hates with 
every fiber of his being, even “ Rats, 
Jack” is too thin on washing day, and 
only a habeas corpus act performed 
when your attention is not, apparently, 
turned to him, insures his presence. If 
he escapes, he makes at full speed for 
the woods, where he remains until the 
afternoon, when he has good reason to 
suppose that the danger has passed. 
Massachusetts. t. Webster. 
Cow Not Cleaning —As soon as a cow 
drops her calf, I give one-half of a candy 
bucketful of scalded bran with a hand¬ 
ful of linseed-oil meal stirred in. If 
this fail to clean the cow in six hours, I 
put one-half of the same bucketful of 
ear corn into the stove, and let it parch, 
or shelled corn on top of the stove in a 
large pan and parch it, being careful 
not to burn, and feed this to her and re¬ 
peat in three hours. If this fail, I 
repeat the first feed of bran and oil 
meal, putting into it one tablespoonful 
of common gunpowder. I have never 
yet been compelled to clean by hand, 
and I think that plenty of exercise for 
one month before the time to calve, the 
most important part. w. e. k. 
Modale, Iowa. 
A Jersey Test. —Allow me to report 
the test of my young Jersey cow, Coo- 
massie Fawkes 122445, as I think it may 
bring hope and cheer to some lovers of 
“ the little Jersey.” Do you know of a 
two-year-old heifer any ahead of this 
one ? During the 13 years of my ex¬ 
perience in the dairy on Hill View 
Farm, this is the best record here : 
Coomassie Fawkes, 122445, calved Feb¬ 
ruary 27, 1897 (she was born January 23, 
1895), and from the first, she yielded 33 
pounds of milk daily, the fourth day 35 
pounds, and by the tenth day, 39 pounds, 
and the twelfth day 40 pounds. In seven 
days, she gave milk as follows : March 
26, 50 pounds, 14 ounces ; March 27, 53 
pounds, 12 ounces ; March 28, 55 pounds, 
6 ounces; March 29, 55 pounds ; March 
30, 54 pounds ; March 31, 53 pounds; 
April 1, 55 pounds; total, 377 pounds. 
She is a medium-sized cow, estimated 
weight 1,000 pounds. From this milk as 
named, she produced 17 pounds, 8 ounces 
of fine butter, salted and well worked 
before being sent to market. For a 
seven-days’ butter record, at her age, 
this seems satisfactory — even to the 
ambitious Jersey breeder; and espec¬ 
ially with the fact that this milk was 
skimmed at nine hours—and skimmed 
by hand from old-time, open pans. But 
she comes honestly by her great dairy 
qualities ; to name merely her dam, 
Benefit’s Daughter, 63932, shows a milk 
record of 62 pounds in a day, and butter 
20 pounds per week. mbs. h. e. tbkmain. 
Hill View Farm, N. Y. 
From pure neglect, many a slight Cold Is suffered 
to run into Consumption. When taken in time, 
Dr D. Jayne’s Expectorant never falls to cure. 
Safe and Sure. Jayne’s Painless Sanative Pills — 
Adv. 
Horse Owners! Use 
GOMBAULT’S 
Caustic 
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A Safe Speedy and Positive Cure 
The Safest, Best BLISTER ever used. Takes 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe action 
Removes Bunches or Blemishes from Horses 
and Cattle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OR FIRING- Impossible to produce scar or blemish. 
Every bottle sold is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price $ | .50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
sent by express, charges paid, with full directions 
for its use. Send for descriptive circulars. 
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Guernseys. 
SIXTY HEIFERS FOR SALE. 
Highly bred, good individuals, perfect condi¬ 
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EI/LERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHINECLIFF. n. y. 
JERSEY CATTLE FOR SALE. 
First-class Dairy Stock. 
Registered CALVES, BULLS and COWS. 
R F SHANNON i ®07 Liberty 8t., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
II. I. UllHnilUli, ? garm,Edgeworth,P.F.W.AC.K.R 
.IFRQFY Rill I —A Perfect animal of the 
* DULL best breeding-H months 
old—eligible to registry in the A. J. C. C. Will soil 
low to avoid inbreeding. 
JAMES THOMAS. Chester, N J. 
Have you bought a Boar ? 
Wlllswood Herd 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
WILLS A. 8EWARD, Budd’s Lake. N. J. 
, Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires 
and C.Whites. Positively hard 
times prices. Spring Pigs eight 
weeks old, not akin. Roars 
and Sows, all ages. Sows 
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Berkshires 
-Three very fine breed- 
„ - T --kg sows, registered. 
Also tirst-clats young boars ready for service. Good 
stock and low prices. 
JAMES THOMAS, Chester, N. ,1, 
nOLAND-CIIINA PFGS. —Another litter of 10 
J Poland-China Pigs from a 400-lb Yearling Sow at 
$7 Just the kind to improve your herd. Orders 
booked. F. U. Gates & Sots, Chittenango, N. Y. 
7 5 Head of Reg istered Chester Whites 
now-ready for shipping, from 
two to eight months old, 
sired by my prize boars, 
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King 6961, George K., 7359. 
and out of choice reg. sows 
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CfiGC that will hatch, $2 per 13. P. Rocks, Wyan 
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Rook FrPP 22 varieti « 8 Poultry —Buff and other 
mum iiwj breeds. Eggs SI per 13; $6 per 100; 1.000 
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Will sit. eggs will hatch, chicks will grow 
where LAMBERT'S DEATH to LICE is 
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Time is money. Prevention better than 
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work the horse every day. One appli¬ 
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udder and save the bag. Keep it in the 
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Rochester, N. Y. 
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178 Michigan St., Chicago. 
BAILING HORSE 
. means loss of money. We * 
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etc. Also good for sore teats , 
on cows. Askyour dealer for 
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_ Enough to cureone horse. 
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