1800 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
229 
Live Stock Matters. 
HORNS AND GRUBS ON COWS. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
The New York Law of Veterinary Practice. 
J. P., Marshville, JV. Y.—lf I own a machine for 
dishorning cattle, have I the right to dishorn for 
other farmers and charge for the same ? I am 
informed that it can be done only by a veterinary 
surgeon, or one holding a diploma as a graduate 
of some veterinary college. Do the State author¬ 
ities claim that dishorning cattle is practicing 
veterinary medicine ? If so, the sooner such a 
law is repealed, the better it will be for the 
farmer, for I know I can do it as well as any 
veterinarian, and as well as though I had studied 
veterinary medicine all my life. 
Section 170 of the Laws of New York 
for 1893-4 reads : “ No person shall prac¬ 
tice veterinary medicine or surgery, or 
any branch thereof, as a profession, in 
this State for compensation, or shall 
directly or indirectly receive or accept 
any compensation for his services as a 
practitioner of veterinary medicine or 
surgery, unless he has been duly regis¬ 
tered, etc.” The penalty for violation 
of the act is that such practitioner “shall 
forfeit to the county wherein such prac¬ 
tice is engaged, or such violation occurs, 
the sum of $50 for every such violation.” 
You will thus see that it is unlawful 
for any one to dishorn cattle or perform 
any other operation upon the domestic 
animals in this State, for compensation, 
unless he has been duly registered to 
practice veterinary medicine and sur¬ 
gery. Dishorning cattle is certainly 
practicing veterinary surgery. I cannot 
agree with you that “ the sooner such a 
law is repealed the better it will be for 
the farmer.” If you had seen as many 
sore, badly suppurating cows’ heads as I 
have during the past year or two, due to 
improper dishorning, or the lack of a 
proper dressing, by ignorant, incompe¬ 
tent men, you might, possibly, change 
your opinion. In such cases, the farmer 
might better have paid a competent 
operator the exorbitant price of $2 to $5 
per head, rather than have the operation 
performed as it was for nothing. If the 
farmer is to employ and pay an operator, 
it will be more profitable to him in the 
end to employ a skillful or competent 
one. 
Grubs in a Cow's Back. 
O. \V. S., Frankton , Ind .—What ails my cow? 
Her back, from her hip bones up to and partly 
over her ribs, is all covered with lumps about the 
size of a hickory nut. On examining them, I find 
a small hole about the size of a buckshot, and 
by squeezing the lumps, large worms from three- 
quarters to one Inch long and half an inch thick 
will come out. What causes them, and what can 
be done to get rid of them? The cow eats well, 
but doesn’t look well and her hair looks rough. 
These lumps are commonly known as 
warbles, and are due to the presence 
under the skin of the larval form of the 
botfly or gadfly of cattle, the llypoderma 
linerta. The life history of this grub or 
larva is thus given by Dr. Cooper Curtice. 
“ During the months of June to Sep¬ 
tember, the adult botfly lays its eggs 
somewhere on cattle, presumably the 
back, by attaching them to the hairs. 
The eggs hatch while yet attached to the 
hair, when the young grubs are licked 
by the cattle and swallowed, or lodged 
in the back of the mouth or esophagus. 
During the early part of winter, the 
grubs may be found in the walls of the 
gullet or esophagus. Later, about 
Christmas time, the grubs first appear 
under the skin of the back and loins, 
when the warbles are formed. The 
larva continues its development in the 
warble, and having attained its full 
growth by April or May, (earlier in a 
warmer climate), it effects its escape 
from the abscess, through the hole in 
the skin, falls to the ground, where it 
develops from the larval to the pupal 
stage. It remains in the pupa state 
about six weeks, when the fly appears, 
and is again ready to attack the cattle.” 
Treatment consists in squeezing the 
grubs from the warble, first enlarging 
the opening which already exists if 
found necessary, and then killing them. 
They rarely occur in sufficient numbers 
to cause any serious inconvenience to 
the cow. 
How About the PRUDENCE of allowing'a Cough 
to run on. rasping the Pulmonary and Bronchial 
organs, when that approved and speedy remedy, 
Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant, can be obtained from any 
Apothecary.— Atlv. 
A Cold 
Wet Hen 
Is not an egg-laying hen. She 
must be kept warm and dry and 
supplied with egg-making food. 
She cannot lay eggs unless she 
has something to make them of. 
Bowker’s Animal Meal con¬ 
tains a large amount of egg-and- 
shell-forming material. It is good, 
it is pure, and it is cheap. 
It makes hens lay; 
It makes chickens grow. 
Enough for io hens 3 months, £ 1 . 
Four times as much for $ 2 . 25 . 
Little book, “ The Egg ” (free), 
tells about it. 
Bowker 
Company, 
43 Chatham Si 
„ Boston. 
Feeders of Stock 
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Importance of using liberally 
OUR LINSEED OIL MEAL 
Never before has linseed oil meal been anything 
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are not remunerative to the manufacturer, feeders 
can readily reason that prices must soon be higher. 
Address 
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COW DON’T BREED? 
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DSED ALSO FOR LARD. 
REGISTERED A. J. C. C. BULL. 
OKTI.T $200: 
On cars at Caldwell. Two years old .January 17, 1896. 
PEDRO’S MERIDALE POGIS. 
(Refused $125 for him as a yearling, and would not 
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Blood breeding and individuality unsurpassed. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NewjYork. 
200^ Mora Eggs 
When hens are fed on 
GREEN CUT BONE. 
MANN’S 
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wilt pay for itself in two months. Sent 
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The “Lakeside” Herd. 
CLOTHILDE H. H. B. 1308. 
Milk record 26,021 pounds 2 ounces In a year. But¬ 
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We have 100 of this cow’s descendants for sale. If 
this Is the class of cattle you want, write to 
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