1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
399 
Ailing Animals. 
AIT8W1X8 BT BB. F. 1m KILBOBNB. 
Heifer Fails to Breed. 
I have a heifer coming two years old. I 
have never seen her in heat yet; is It best 
to keep her longer? a. w. h. 
Wimlsorvillo, Conn. 
Turn the heifer to pasture, and feed 
no grain whatever. If she does not 
come in heat in four to six weeks, she 
will probably never do so, and it would 
not be advisable to keep her longer. 
Horses Out of Condition. 
mal) Epsom salts at the outset, and fol¬ 
low with a laxative diet. Also give 25 
drops tincture aconite and one-half 
ounce nitrate potash in half pint water, 
and repeat every six hours. 2. Give one 
of following powders in the feed twice 
daily: Powdered gentian and ginger, of 
each 24 ounces; powdered nux vomica, 
six ounces; arsenic, 120 grains; mix and 
divide into 48 powders. 
Horse Subject to Colic. 
I have a horse that Is five years old and 
is subject to the colic. Is there anything 
to feed him to prevent such attacks? 
Waterloo, N. Y. h. b. s. 
I have a mare 11 years old. She has been 
out of condition since last October; her 
coat is rough and body thin; eyes dull, 
and she has a poor appetite. She lies down 
at night as usual. I work her hard at 
present. I have fed various kinds of con¬ 
dition powders, carrots and potatoes, but 
al! have failed. I feed her oats, bran and 
corn and a little upland hay. What can I 
do for her? j. b. o. 
Echo Lake, N. J. 
Try the following course of powders: 
Powdered gentian and nitrate of potash, 
of each eight ounces; sulphate of soda, 
16 ounces; powdered nux vomica, four 
ounces; mix and divide into 32 powders. 
Give powder in feed twice daily. Allow 
a short run on pasture if you nave the 
opportunity. 
Hernia or Breach in a Heifer. 
Would a yearling heifer with a small 
breach of three weeks’ standing, otherwise 
healthy and fat, be wholesome to eat for 
beef? Would she come under the class of 
diseased animals? Breach did not come 
through the hide and no local Inflamma¬ 
tion. R. w. w. 
Jasper, N. Y. 
A small breach or hernia, on an oth¬ 
erwise healthy animal does not render 
the flesh unwholesome for food. If 
there was strangulation of the bowels, 
sufiicient to render the animal feverish 
(which would be shown by the animal 
being in pain) the flesh would not be 
wholesome, as the flesh of any feverish 
There are a great variety of cases and 
several forma of colic; and without 
knowing the cause I cannot advise a 
course of feeding to prevent the attacks. 
I can only suggest that you take the 
horse to a competent veterinarian for a 
personal examination, to ascertain the 
cause of the trouble. 
Epileptic Fit in a Horse. 
1. I have a horse eight years old, weigh¬ 
ing 1,500 pounds, that was bitten by a dog 
a year ago. A month ago he had a spasm; 
muscles quivered and jerked; eyes were 
like balls of fire, and bloodshot; nose red 
and widely expanded; breathing hurried; 
frothed at the mouth, and kicked and 
snapped at everything in reach. Afterward 
a cold sweat came out all over him. A 
veterinarian gave him Spanish fly and 
chloral, and after 48 hours the horse 
seemed to be as well as ever. W^as It 
rabies, and is it likely to return? Would 
it be safe to work him? 2. What is the 
best remedy for thrush in a horse s hind 
foot? A. w. 
Allegheny Co., Pa. 
1. The symptom you give indicate an 
attack of epilepsy. It evidently was not 
hydrophobia or rabies. The attack may 
or may not occur again, depending upon 
the cause. I would advise working the 
horse moderately, at least, until he suf¬ 
fers another attack. 2. Pare away all 
dead or diseased horn, and apply dry 
calomel, repeating the application daily 
until the discharge ceases. 
CEMENT FLOOR IN COW B.4RN. Fia. 162. 
animal is not suitable for food. A heifer 
in the condition you describe, if she 
were not feverish, would be perfectly 
wholesome for food, and you would, in 
my opinion, be justifled in butchering 
and selling her for beef. 
Skin Eruption on a Horse 
I have a seven-year-old driving mare 
that Is rather thin In flesh. She has plenty 
of life and is a little nervous. I think she 
either has some skin disease, or her blood 
is out of order, as she has little bunches 
about the size of a buckshot all over her, 
and she is covered with dandruff. Ap- 
parentiy she aiso has Indigestion as she 
has frequent movements of the bowels. I 
feed her 10 quarts of grain a day; do not 
drive her more than enough for exercise. 
Chester, Conn. • H. j. l. 
Give the mare (If not In foal) one 
ounce each aloes and ginger, either in 
ball or by drench in one pint cold water. 
Follow with one of the following pow¬ 
ders in her feed twice dally. If the 
bowels become too loose discontinue for 
a day or two: Sulphate of soda, 16 
ounces; nitrate of i>otash and powdered 
nux vomica, of each four ounces. Mix 
and divide Into 16 xiowdeni. If the mare 
refuses to eat the powder, give im half¬ 
pint water by drenching. 
Oarget in Cow; Horses Out ef Condition. 
L I have a eow suhjeet to garget; her 
udder Bwelle and cakes at ealvlng time. 
How shall I treat her? S. My horses keep 
rather thin In flesh. One is hidebound and 
thin, weight l,Ui; sweats easily; eats well. 
The other, a mare. Is a greedy eater and 
drinker, but does not gain well, weight 
l.li0. Grain four quarts ground oats, 
quart cracked com, two quarts shorts at 
a feed; work every day. Please prescribe 
for them. o. 
Cumberland Co., Me. 
1. Whenever an attack occurs, bathe 
frequently with hot water or rub with 
hot oil several times dally until the con¬ 
gestion is relieved. Milk out dry each 
time. Internally, give one to two pounds 
(according to slie and condition of ani- 
A Comeni Stable Floor. 
Just a few words in legard to cement 
floors in cow stables, as inquired about 
by J. C. L. in The R. N. Y. of May 11. 
We have had them in use for many 
years, made by the help employed on 
the farm alone, and they have given en¬ 
tire satisfaction. The floor is shaped 
just as in the rough diagram. Fig. 162. 
The part on which the cows stand Is of 
plank in one and of one-inch pine 
boards in the other, laid on concrete, 
with a chestnut sill at the rear to spike 
to. In one stable finely-broken stone 
was used for base, filled in with soft 
Rosendale cement, and finished with 
about an inch of Portland. The other 
stable, done later, was cemented almost 
entirely on the hard-tramped earth, and 
answers just as well as where laid on 
broken stone. Of course the bed was 
shaped out first. Both are just about 
as solid as stone. Though not practical 
mechanics, we had no trouble whatever 
in making the curves of the gutters 
with a common mason’s trowel. The 
cattle are fastened in pivoted stanchions 
and the floors are of a length to suit the 
kind of cattle kept. The gutters are 
frem 18 to 20 inches wide and the walks 
four to five feet. Any men with fair 
intelligence can do the work. We used 
two parts of good cement to three parts 
of clean sand. WM. t. sicbdijct. 
Clinton Co., Pa. 
A Hwf Racoao.—Record of the number of 
dosen eggs sold from a flock ef hens of 
about UO In number from January 1 to 
December tl. INO: January. dosen; Feb¬ 
ruary, IM; March, 1»: April, 280; May, 280; 
June, Itt; July, lOi; August, 88; September, 
October, 47; November, 2i: December, 
71. About September 1, 71 hens, or about 
one-half of the flock were sold to the 
butcher; tu»e accounts for the great falling 
off during the rest of the year. The above 
does not Include the eggs used In the fam¬ 
ily or for setting. The hens are of all 
breeds, sosiethlng like Hope Farm fowls, 
and I would like to know whether my 
flock will compare favorably with those of 
.that celebrated institution. These eggs are 
sold every week to a grocer In a nearby 
city at two cents above the market price, 
and In more than two years not one bad 
egg has been found. z,. 
Connecticut. 
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- 
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- 
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- 
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This COW 
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to milk 
prior to 
usinf5 M 
eents worth 81ioo-Flye Had it been 
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and flesh to the amount of |14. The other 
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