1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
63 
Ailing Animals. 
AKBWXB8 BT DB. T. L. KXLBOBBX. 
Curb Swelling on Horse. 
I have a mare seven years old, weighing 
about 1,400 pounds, that has a bunch on the 
curb Joint, about the size of a hen’s egg, cut 
into in the middle lengthways, and It is 
quite soft. She Is not lame. What treat¬ 
ment is required? c. c. c. 
Potter Co., Pa. 
Blister with following ointment: Cerate 
of cartharldes ointment, one ounce; blnlo- 
dide of mercury, one dram, mix. Repeat 
the blistering two or three times. If neces¬ 
sary, applying a new blister after the scabs 
from the previous blister have been entire¬ 
ly shed. Do not apply any wash or grease 
to the blistered surface, but simply allow 
the scabs to form and shed naturally. 
Poll EvH in Horse Cured With Salt 
A neighbor had a horse with poll evil. 
He tried medicine at $1 a bottle, and It got 
worse. A friend advised the use of com¬ 
mon fine salt, worked down In the tumor 
or sore. The result is that the horse Is 
cured. I see the animal every day, so 
know it is a fact. c. s. i,, 
Oronogo, Mo. 
It is quite possible that this case of poll 
evil may have been cured by the use of 
common salt. There are a great number 
of remedies that are reported to have cured 
poll evil or fistula at some time or another, 
and yet but very few of them have proved 
reliable in the treatment of poll evil. Salt 
might prove effectual in an exceptionally 
mild case, but in most cases it would un¬ 
doubtedly prove to be too mild in its action. 
Very much more depends upon the method 
of using the remedy, than upon the remedy 
itself. 
Horses with Sore or Scabby Lips. 
Three of our horses and many of our 
neighbors’ horses are troubled with sore 
lips. Small scabby sores form as large as 
a cent, and the horse stops thriving; appe¬ 
tite is good. R. D. B. 
Cottons, N. T. 
This affection, which appears occasion¬ 
ally both In horses and cattle. Is due to 
some unknown cause. It does not appear 
to be contagious, but rather due to some 
climatic condition, or to something In the 
feed. Sponge the lips two or three times 
dally, preferably after eating, with a solu¬ 
tion of borax or chlorate of potash. If 
there are raw sores or ulcers, touch them 
with a camel’s-halr brush dipped In a solu¬ 
tion of 10 grains nitrate of sliver In an 
ounce of soft water. Keep the solution in 
a well-stoppered bottle, and In the dark. 
Peed on a soft, laxative diet, such as bran 
mashes, boiled flaxseed gruels or roots suf¬ 
ficient to keep the bowels moving freely. 
If there Is constipation give pint doses raw 
linseed oil dally until relieved. 
Chronic Cough in a Horse. 
I have a horse seven years old that has 
a cough of about two years standing; it Is 
not very hard or very frequent. Some¬ 
times I notice him cough two or three 
times a day; some days not at all. He 
looks well and feeds well; give 10 to 12 
quarts of oats per day, and about 18 pounds 
of good hay. He had a light attack of In¬ 
flammation of the lungs two years ago. His 
wind is perfectly good; had him examined 
by veterinary, who calls it a chronic cough, 
and said he needed physic, but as he Is 
working every day I could not grlve that, 
so he gave me salicylic acid to give a 
tablespoonful every morning. I have given 
him three doses, but have no confidence In 
it, as a veterinary work I have says It Is 
used for rheumatism. What I am afraid 
of Is that the cough may run Into heaves 
if not stopped. The veterinarian said that 
there was nothing wrong with the horse’s 
lungs. I had one horse get the heaves 
from a neglected cough, and do not wish 
to have another the same. The last-men¬ 
tioned horse is being treated with arsenic. 
The veterinary claims that by constant use 
of It the horse will not show the heaves at 
all; is that so? F. p. r. 
St. Sophie, Quebec. 
Give a small teaspoonful of following 
cough paste three or four times dally: Pow¬ 
dered opium and solid extract of bella¬ 
donna, of each one ounce; nitrate of potash, 
four ounces; powdered extract of licorice, 
eight ounces; strained honey (about eight 
ounces), sufficient to form a thick paste; 
mix. Administer after eating, by rubbing 
on back teeth and tongue with a paddle. 
If there is a nasal discharge at any time, 
or a discharge when coughing, steam the 
head for 15 to 20 minutes dally, at night. 
This Is easily done by cutting the bottom 
from an old flour sack, placing one end of 
the sack over a bucket of boiling water, 
and the other end over the horse’s nose. 
Add a tablespoonful turpentine or pine tar 
to the boiling water Just before steaming. 
Rub the throat from ear to ear with am¬ 
monia liniment, sufficient to blister quite 
severely, and repeat monthly for two, three 
or four months, as may be necessary. If 
there Is no Improvement after four to six 
weeks’ treatment, try a course of arsenic. 
Give one large tablespoonful Fowler’s so¬ 
lution of arsenic once daily In the feed for 
three to five days, after which Increase the 
dose to two tablespoonfuls once dally, and 
continue for a month longer. Arsenic 
will relieve most cases of the heaves; and 
in cases not too chronic or far advanced it 
will sometimes help the animal so that it 
will show no symptoms of the disease. But 
when thus relieved, the symptoms will re¬ 
appear as soon as the animal Is Improperly 
used or improperly fed and watered. Ar¬ 
senic will relieve but not cure the disease. 
Worms in Horses; Contagious Distemper 
in Cats. 
What remedies are advised for black¬ 
headed white worms in horse? What treat¬ 
ment for sore eyes, sneezing and discharge 
from nostrils In cats? It is contagious, as 
kittens get It, and only live to be a few 
months old. How treat the mange and 
worms In cats? I find a sure cure for lice 
on cats, as I cured four after trying to¬ 
bacco, Insect powders and sulphur. Dis¬ 
solve one-quarter pound of hard soap. Ivory 
or other, dissolve In two quarts of water, 
add one pint of kerosene oil and pump the 
mixture back Into Itself while hot; this is 
diluted with twice Its bulk of water before 
use, and used while warm. Put in tub, 
hold animal in, and wet hair through to the 
skin; do not get it in their eyes. It takes 
off lice and leaves the animal’s hair soft and 
clean; Is good for all hairy animals. 
Grand Rapids, Mich. s. j. p. 
Oil of turpentine Is one of the most effec¬ 
tual remedies for Intestinal worms both in 
the horse and cat. For the horse, give two 
to three ounces turpentine well shaken up 
in a pint of raw linseed oil and a quart of 
milk. For the cat, one-half teaspoonful In 
two or three spoonfuls of milk. The tur¬ 
pentine Is most effective when given on an 
empty stomach after a fast of at least 12 
hours, and followed in two or three hours 
by an active physic (one ounce best aloes 
and ginger for the horse, and a large tea¬ 
spoonful castor oil for the cat.) The kero¬ 
sene emulsion is a very effective lice eradl- 
cator on any animal. It can also be used 
to advantage on the mangy cats. For the 
distemper In the cats, steam the head two 
or three times dally, over boiling water, to 
which has been added a few drops of car¬ 
bolic acid. Internally, give 10 to 15 drops 
three or four times dally, of a mixture of 
an ounce each compound tinctures of cin¬ 
chona and gentian. Feed mainly on a bread 
and milk diet. If there is constipation give 
a teaspoonful castor oil. A warm comfort¬ 
able bed, and pure air are very essential. 
Poultry Show at the American Institute 
A poultry show and meeting of the Farm¬ 
ers’ Club of the American Institute was 
held at the Berkeley Lyceum Building, 
New York City, January 9. The exhibit of 
fowls and appliances was very limited, but 
the quality was excellent. Competition 
with the many local exhibitions held at this 
season tended to reduce the number of ex¬ 
hibitors. In the discussion brought out by 
the addresses the following points were 
made: The most profitable flocks do not 
exceed 25 to 30 fowls. With extra care 60 
can be kept together with good results. 
One successful poultry farm was described 
where 2,000 White Leghorn fowls were 
profitably kept in flocks of 40 to 50. The 
owner and a helper do the work, and are 
kept pretty busy. Long houses, 12 to 14 
feet wide, are excellent, but every second 
partition should be solid, in order to limit 
disease and parasites. Hens should each 
earn $1 per year over all expenses, and 
under favorable conditions they can return 
a profit of $2. Light well-drained soils are 
always best for poultry. Heavy clay and 
all damp soils are really unfit for poultry 
runs, but can be Improved by frequent 
spading or plowing. Use plenty of white¬ 
wash about the coops, containing a good 
per cent of carbolic acid. All perches 
should be sprayed or washed with kero¬ 
sene at Intervals of two weeks or oftener. 
Poultry work is monotonous to those who 
have no love for chickens. The capacity of 
manufactured brooders Is generally much 
over-estimated. It is dangerous to crowd 
too many young chickens in them. There 
should be a circulation of air under the 
hover, and no corners for the chickens to 
pile up in. There is an immense aggregate 
value in the myriads of small well-kept 
flocks scattered over the country, but large 
flocks do not always pay so well. It is 
best to start in a small way and build up 
gradually. Birds for exhibition are best 
raised by hens, as It is Nature’s method. 
Incubator fowls are Just as good for layprs 
and market purposes. Hens like purslane, 
plantains and ragweed; grass and clover are 
the best green feeds. w. v. F. 
1 
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More money cornea with the nae 
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D. B. SPEBBY A OO.. Batavia. UL 
Cooked Feed 
Saves 
Feed. 
goes lannerana gives quicker 
results than uncooked. The 
GOSHEN 
Feed Cooker 
and 
Water Heater 
has many advantages not 
found in others. Strongly 
MADE OF STEEL and 
galvanized to prevent rust or 
corrosion. Large fire box 
bums big chunks of wood or 
fuel. Holds fire for 
Double boiler gives 
_ t water and cooks 
feed at same time. Cannot scorch feed. Has 
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Don’t buy any cooker until you investigate the Ooshen. 
• 1 Tank He 
We make Ooshen Steel Tanks and ' 
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Be Kind to Stock 
by humanely dishorning them only with 
the quick, smooth cutting 
, Convex DIshorner. 
I make the Bucker Stock Holder, one of the 
best aids to dishorning, and two other styles of 
Dlshorners, one for calves. Eveiy approved ap¬ 
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DOES IT HATCH 7 
I TbAtiithe betrlDniotrand tbeend of the ioctibfttor { 
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New York Office; 38 Vesey Street 
