1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
639 
Ailing Animals. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
Cow Affected With Warts. 
A cow four years old last May is affect¬ 
ed with numerous warts which have grown 
on her teats since last Spring. How can 
they be removed? She is a valuable cow, 
and I do not wish to beef her. c. w. b. 
Bethel, Conn. 
Rub thoroughly with pure vegetable 
castor oil after each milking, and con¬ 
tinue for at least three or four weeks, if 
necessary. Such warts can often be re¬ 
moved by the castor-oil treatment, with¬ 
out making a sore, as in the case of the 
use of acids, which would be undesir¬ 
able on the teats of a milch cow. 
Heifer Weak in Back. 
What can I do for a fine 17-months’ 
heifer, that appears weak in back or legs? 
She can hardly get up, and then staggers 
around. She has been this way for about 
two weeks; 1 do not see much change. 
She has eaten, drinks, chews her cud all 
right. For the past day or two has not 
drank much water. f. w. g. 
Wallingford, Conn. 
The weakness may be due to sprain 
or other injury, or to some general dis¬ 
eased condition. If possible have the 
heifer examined by a competent veter¬ 
inary surgeon, to ascertain the seat and 
nature of the trouble. If there is no 
available veterinarian, try the following 
course of treatment: Rub the whole 
I’egion of the loins with ammonia lini¬ 
ment, sufficient to blister mildly. In¬ 
ternally give a small teaspoonful pow¬ 
dered nux vomica in feed three times 
daily, and gradually increase the dose 
to two teaspoonfuls at the end of a week 
or 10 days. Continue for two or three 
weeks or longer. If twitching or jerk¬ 
ing of the muscles should be observed 
reduce the dose of nux. 
Pigs Weak in Hind Quarters. 
1 have a litter of seven pigs 13 weeks old; 
all are apparently thrifty and are good 
feeders. About three weeks ago I noticed 
one of them rather slow in getting out 
of Its nest; would get on Its fore feet and 
then rest again until feed or something 
would excite It into action. When moving 
It walks stiff with its hind legs, and when 
standing still the hind feet would be 
drawn nearly centrally under the body. 
Later examination developed what .'ap¬ 
pears a hard substance on the inside of 
the hind leg just below the knee joint, and 
extending about one inch down the bone, 
but not entirely around It. When not 
moving the pig lets Itself down on Its 
hind quarters, evidently for relief. There 
are two more of the same litter beginning 
with the same trouble. The Inside floor 
is of cement and nest kept dry; the out¬ 
side is plank floor. With their feed they 
had a daily supply of grass, pulled up by 
the roots; have never fed any kind of con¬ 
dition powders. I have now of all sizes 
36 swine, four Chester White brood sows, 
one full blood O. I. C. coar. The remainder 
of my stock is a cross of the above. I ex¬ 
pect to put the pigs out on broader range 
as quickly as I possibly can. We fence 
for our stock; not against our neighbors. 
Can you tell me what to do to restore my 
pigs? What work on swine would you 
recommend me to get? j. r. n. 
Bloomsburg, Pa. 
Pigs get weak in tlieir legs, and espe¬ 
cially their hind quarters, from various 
causes, such as injury in fighting or 
slipping, confinement on hard fioors, 
overfeeding, rheumatism and worms. I 
suspect the trouble in these cases is due 
to one or more of the three first-men¬ 
tioned causes. Place the affected pigs 
on a ground fioor, or preferably a small 
yard, but where they can have a dry, 
comfortable nest to go into when they 
wish. If the pigs are fat, reduce the 
grain ration, or take it away entirely for 
a time. If there is constipation feed 
boiled fiaxseed meal or oil meal in their 
slop. Swine Husbandry, by F. D. Co¬ 
burn, is an excellent book; price |1.60 
from this office. 
A TALK ABOUT SWINE. 
Our experiments indicate that, if there 
is any difference, cross-bred swine are 
superior to purebred for quick fattening 
if put in a close pen and fed a well- 
balanced ration. That rule, however, 
holds good only in the case of a first 
cross, or certainly where a purebred 
male is used; if followed down beyond 
that, results are by no means so satis¬ 
factory. There seems to be a prejudice 
in this eastern country against black 
swine, but we have never been able to 
find any valid objection to the breed, as 
they are easy keepers and respond quick¬ 
ly to generous treatment. Several years 
ago a young Poland China sow about 
due to farrow was taken from the herd 
and placed in a yard about 100 feet 
square, where there was good grass, and 
the man in charge was told to cut the 
feed down, as the animal was too fat; 
later the orders were repeated, as no re¬ 
duction in fiesh was perceptible. Still 
later the writer walked some distance 
again to criticise the man for overfeed¬ 
ing the sow, and after listening he re¬ 
plied: “Good heavens! I have fed that 
sow nothing but water (and the grass 
she helped herself to) for three weeks, 
and unless you want her kept on wind 
that is about the best I can do.” The 
next morning there was a nice litter of 
pigs in that yard, and all were raised. 
We have nearly the whole farm of 400 
acres fenced “to scare hogs,” and all 
breeds are, as a rule, given free range 
during the Summer, as most of our 
stock is sold for breeding purposes. We 
have never had any trouble to speak of 
with disease, although we frequently 
have more than 100 hogs on hand at a 
time, and we have always believed that 
our freedom from disease was due in a 
great measure to the fact that our swine 
were given extensive range, there hav¬ 
ing been at different times considerable 
loss by disease in our immediate neigh¬ 
borhood. A neighbor of the writer's has 
for several years fed for his own use a 
pair of Suffolks, and two years ago, in 
a dark pen and on a cement fioor, the 
animals got crooked-legged, lame, and 
were nearly a failure. The next year, 
at my suggestion, a large window was 
put in the pen, part of the cement fioor 
covered with boards, and another pair 
of Suffolks given exactly the same treat¬ 
ment as before, with the result that 
everyone who saw them thought they 
were about perfect. For a large hog 
the Jersey Red would probably be as 
satisfactory as any, but for an animal 
to be brought to a marketable condition 
as quickly as possible, especially if he 
was expected to pick up a part of his 
living in the pasture until late in the 
Summer, we should probably favor the 
Suffolks, with the Poland Chinas a close 
second. J. D. van VALKENBtrBOH. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
Hen Profits. 
The profits of a fiock of hens vary 
about as the “square” of their health¬ 
fulness. I have known fiocks in a fair 
condition to pay a profit of 25 cents 
per hen, and others in better condi¬ 
tion to pay a full dollar each. Sickly 
or diseased fowls are an abomination. 
We use every precaution to keep the 
fiock in perfect healthfulnees. When¬ 
ever I find a hen ailing or slightly 
drooping, I remove her to the “hospi¬ 
tal”; that is a roomy iien apart from 
the other fowls. In a few days she is 
usually “on her feet” again. Before re¬ 
turning that hen to the fiock she is 
marked. This is done by placing a 
wire around the leg. I get some an¬ 
nealed wire, wind a few turns about a 
round stick half an inch in diameter, 
and then cut it into pieces at each turn. 
These turns are placed on the hen’s leg, 
without fastening, except what the re¬ 
sistance of the wire itself holds. The 
mark means that the hens wearing it 
are to be disposed of at the first favor¬ 
able opportunity, no matter what is 
done with the rest of the fiock. h. m. 
Grain Hay in California. 
We have frequently mentioned the fact 
that In California "hay” Is wheat or bar¬ 
ley cut while green and cured as we cure 
Timothy or clover. The Paclflc Rural 
Press has this to say about a Government 
contract: 
"The War Department knows of some¬ 
thing which they call Timothy hay. We 
used to know all about this Timothy back 
East, but we cut his acquaintance when 
we came to California. The army people 
are not so; they propose to stand by Tim¬ 
othy to the bitter end no matter In what 
part of the world they are, and as for hay 
—by any other name than Timothy It does 
not smell so sweet. The result Is that 
army contractors are obliged to chase Tim¬ 
othy hay way up in the State of Washing¬ 
ton and pay nearly twice as much for It as 
they could get fine cereal hay for In Cali¬ 
fornia. The Department says our hay is 
nothing but straw, and it calls loudly for 
its friend Timothy. The result Is that 
though on a pinch the army bought last 
year 20,000 tons of California hay, which 
was shipped to the Orient, this year not a 
pound, it is said, is being taken, although 
this year this State has produced a larger 
and better hay crop than in many seasons 
past. Through advices from the North the 
fact is established that in June 6,000 tons 
of Timothy hay were purchased in Seattle 
at $21 a ton. This was loaded on the 
steamer Algoa that had cleared from San 
Francisco with a partial cargo and com¬ 
pleted her clearance from Seattle with 
Government contract hay. This hay is 
justly regarded as inferior in quality when 
compared to the California product, and at 
the price named, based on the ruling quo¬ 
tations, an excess of $21,000 was paid by 
the Department. 
Stand by the kicking cow. I have six 
grade Jerseys; I think they have more vi¬ 
tality than purebred. Place cow In 
stanchion and tie hind legs above gambrel 
with three-quarter-inch rope or heavy 
strap; be sure to draw gambrel close and 
tight. We always use this on heifers for 
a few days. c. n. h. 
We notice the many ways suggested to 
handle that kicking Julia. While all may 
be good we know one way to be practical. 
Our plan Is to use a common neck-yoke strap 
(P/^ Inchx5 feet), wound twice around each 
hind leg above the hock, and buckled flrmly. 
The cow cannot upset the pall, harm the 
milker In any way, or Injure herself. We 
have used this device for several years 
with good results. o. b. s. 
Sore Eyes in Cattle.— The Indiana Sta¬ 
tion warns farmers against a strange eye 
disease which is troubling cattle. Prof. R. 
A. Crane says In a recent bulletin: "The 
symptoms are local and general. The body 
temperature Is raised, the appetite Inter¬ 
fered with, and rumination checked. In 
the mild cases these symptoms are not 
marked. When first affected one or both 
eyes are held nearly closed, the lids swell, 
and tears pour over the face. A whitish 
film forms over the eyes which may be¬ 
come dense. The cornea may bulge for¬ 
ward, owing to the pressure of the abscess 
from within. Yellow spots from the size 
of a pinhead to that of a grain of corn 
form, and from the margin will radiate 
reddish lines. These are abscesses, and 
when they heal whitish scars will take 
their places. One eye may be attacked and 
then the other. The course will last from 
three to six weeks, but It rarely happens 
that there is complete blindness In both 
eyes. The treatment is comparatively sim¬ 
ple. Keep the badly affected cattle In the 
shade of a woods, or In the barn If neces¬ 
sary, during the middle of the day, to pre¬ 
vent aggravation. Locally, apply equal 
parts of finely powdered boracic acid and 
calomel, by means of a small insect powder 
blower. This can be done quickly with 
little restraint, and Is preferable to an eye 
wash for the cow.” 
Every year, Bronchitis, under the mistaken name 
of Consumption, sweeps thousands of people to a 
premature grave. Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant nearly 
always cures this form of disease.—Adn. 
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THE RURAL NEW-TORKER, HEW TORK. 
