1905. 
T1IH RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Cow With Lumpy Jaw. 
About throe months since I noticed a slight 
swelling on cow near the junction of jaw¬ 
bones. This continued to increase in size 
until it was perhaps as large as a half pint 
cnp. On the advice of our family physician 
I had it taken out. Dissection showed tumor 
to contain a white cheesy substance. Tumor 
was not attached to bone, it continues to 
enlarge. Will you tell me what the trouble 
is and prescribe? J. L. H. 
Spring City, Tenn. 
The statement that the tumor was taken 
out, and that it was not attached to the 
bone, while it continued to enlarge, sug¬ 
gests that the enlargement is due to the 
removing of the bunch caused by a bruise 
of some kind, or a tuberculosis tumor. 
If its being attached to the bone was 
overlooked it is a case of actinomycosis, 
also known as lumpy jaw. If the latter 
is the trouble I suggest that said cow be 
separated from the others. If a case of 
actinomycosis you can give one dram of 
iodide of potash once a day, dissolved i.i 
water, and administered as a drench. 'I he 
dose should vary sometimes with the size 
of the animal and with the effects that 
arc produced. Until recently surgical 
means were used to check the growth of 
this disease, but it has been found that 
with the use of the potassium about 75 
per cent of the cases can be cured. 
Wart on Colt’s Neck. 
By what means can I remove a warty 
growth from my colt's neck? It forms in 
sections; in May it was about the size of a 
thimble, now it covers the size of a silver 
dollar. s. e. b. 
Lyons, X. V. 
You can pass a needle through the 
skin under the wart with a stout double 
thread and tie on each side, and the third 
day tighten the thread, and in a few days 
you can clip the wart out with a pair of 
scissors. M. 1). WILLIAMS, 1). V. s. 
having a light color, and as in most cases 
the color is simply natural, the retailers 
often seek artificial means of making their 
product as salable as possible, and are 
only liable to lose custom where it may 
become known. If the inquirer produces 
his own milk it would be more satisfac¬ 
tory on all sides to adjust the trouble by 
adding a few Guernseys to his herd, or let¬ 
ting them take the places of others not 
so rich in cream qualities. 
SHERMAN H. DOUGHTY. 
Milk and butter color do not mix or 
blend, as the color only acts upon the fat 
in the milk; therefore it is impossible to 
use it to color milk. In fact, buttermilk, 
where color was used in the cream, comes 
out its natural color. We are not in favor 
of adding anything to milk for any pur¬ 
pose. When drawn from the cow it is 
a perfect food and easily digestible for 
most people, and if properly made is all 
right naturally. If the customers com¬ 
plain about white milk they ought to be 
willing to pay for colored milk; that is, 
milk colored by the cow, and Jerseys and 
Guernseys or their grades will usually 
give color that is satisfactory. I know 
herds of Holstcins where the milk is re¬ 
tailed where a few head of Jerseys or 
Guernseys are kept to give a better color 
to the milk. Feed has more or less in¬ 
fluence upon color of milk, but sufficient 
is not known about this to give advice. 
We have found, however, that gluten feed 
seems to give milk and cream of a better 
color than some other feeds. We have 
seen bottles for milk which were not 
proper for the purpose, as they gave the 
milk a bluish tinge, no matter what its 
color was. Other bottles tend to give a 
color fully up to what it is. Don't add 
anything to milk. The temptation to add 
a little more of something else is contin¬ 
ually coming up if you once begin to 
doctor milk. h. g. Manchester. 
USING COLORING MATTER IN MILK. 
Do you know of any coloring matter that 
can be used in milk without detriment and 
any infringement of law. to give it a tinge 
similar to the milk of the Jersey or Guern¬ 
sey? I have a little herd of mixed cows, 
mostly gtade Ilolsteins, and the milk man 
complains that the milk is “thin." I know 
it is white in color, but I believe it to lie 
rich in butter fat, because from the same 
cows last Winter I frequently got as high 
as six and 014 pounds of butter from one 
can of 40 tpiarts of milk. Of course they 
were then a little further along in their 
period of lactation. I think the trouble is 
simply between white and yellow milk, and 
if there is anything which is being used by 
dairymen or creamerymen for that purpose 
I would be very glad to learn of it. 
New Jersey. ' reaper. 
I would advise your reader not to use 
butter color to increase the color of the 
milk, as it is against the law either to 
add to or take away from the natural milk 
anything whatsoever; in the second place, 
the color thus given can be detected. The 
best way to increase the natural color of 
the milk is to get some Guernsey or Jer¬ 
sey cows, and another method is to feed 
such feeds as cotton-seed meal, cornmeal, 
carrots, etc. However, I would get some 
grade Guernseys and get rid of some of 
the Holstein cows. e. nelson ehrhart. 
The selling, offering or exposing for 
sale of milk that has been colored by arti¬ 
ficial means, or delivering the same to a 
butter or cheese factory within this State 
would be a violation of the agricultural 
law. The man who would like to improve 
the appearance of his milk in this manner 
is not in any sense unlike the oleomar¬ 
garine people who would like to improve 
the appearance of their commodity by 
using coloring matter. It is the same ex¬ 
cuse that is used by many manufacturers 
of food products who desire to improve 
upon the natural condition of things. 
G. L. FLANDERS. 
N. Y. Asst. Comm’er of'Agriculture. 
Pu tter coloring cannot safely he used 
in milk for the purpose of improving its 
appearance. As it collects only in the 
butter fat of the milk there would be a 
tendency for it separate if it was not 
churned in the milk. There are several 
instances where consumers have asked 
various questions about milk and cream 
AN AILING ROOSTER. 
For the past three or four months one of 
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such an extent that the present time he has 
very few left on his bod'y and he has been in 
this condition for some time past. The sun 
has burnt his skin until now it is very red in 
color. lie gets tlie same feed that the other 
chickens are fed and none of them seems to 
be affected. I am at a loss to understand 
the case. I l'eel_ quite sure that he would 
not moult quite so severely as he has done 
and even then his feathers would commence 
to grow again. r. 
Your rooster appears to be suffering 
from itch, which is a warm weather erup¬ 
tion of the skin, and is often followed by 
loss of feathers. This would partly ac¬ 
count for the red appearance of the skin, 
besides that caused by the action of the 
sun. Anoint him twice, three days apart, 
with a mixture of one part carbolic acid, 
three parts lard; then afterward make the 
ointment, one part acid, five parts lard. It 
seems rather strange that no other birds 
of vour flock have become affected. 
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