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February 3, 
FILING ANIMALS. 
Cow With Obstructed Teat. 
I have a cow that has an obstruction in 
one of her teats. It seems to be a small 
lump about half way up the teat, not larger 
than a pea, that does not let the milk through 
freely. Can I get the milk out by forcing 
a milking tube up through the obstruction? 
I think it is some kind of a growth in the 
teat, and should like to know if there is any 
way of removing it. J. c. 
llainesburg, N. J. 
Get a competent veterinarian to show 
you how to do this neat little operation, 
as it is necessary with most cows to tie 
the legs and lay them down in order to 
do good work. If you can get no one 
to do it, and have not a teat bistoury I 
will advise you to take your teat tube to 
a jeweler and have him take a small wire 
that will go into the tube and rivet a 
piece of watch-spring about one-half inch 
long on one end, as a knife blade, and 
then place a plug in the end of the teat 
tube so that the blade will come out of 
the tube; then attach a string to the wire 
and one to the tube about three feet long, 
so they can be found if dropped in the 
litter, and at the same time get about 
two or three feet of thread wire. With 
this little knife you can make a free 
opening on the inside of the teat, and if 
there is a bunch, make a loop of the wire 
and run it up the teat over the bunch; 
then place the two ends of the wire in 
the end of the teat tube and then run the 
tube in the teat up to the bunch and cut 
the bunch off and then use the loop to 
pull the bunch out of the teat. There are 
a number of teat instruments, if you wish 
to get them, that are sent out with direc¬ 
tions, but this will not cost over 25 cents 
if you have the tube and wish to take the 
chances of getting kicked, but just the 
same this little instrument will save many 
a quarter if used with good judgment. 
Ringworm on Cattle. 
Please give some recipe to cure ringworm 
on cattle. We bought a herd of cattle, and 
one of them had ringworm, and I notice some 
of the rest are getting it. w. H. r. 
Flint, N. Y. 
There are three kinds of mange on cat¬ 
tle. You can try a mixture of lard, sul¬ 
phur and kerosene and apply it every 
third day, removing the dry scurf each 
time. Sheep dips can be used, but prepa- 
'rations of arsenic or carbolic acid should 
not be used, as they may cause poisoning. 
This trouble will disappear when warm 
weather comes on large cattle, but it may 
be necessary to dip calves once a week 
for four or five weeks. 
Growth on Mare. 
Recently I noticed a sort of growth on 
my mare, which appears like a large soft 
blister. It seems to be full of water or 
other matter. It is on her breast and run¬ 
ning back between her front legs: hangs 
down in front larger than a man’s fist. 
TTiere is no soreness or outward sign of 
injury. She is in foal, and has just finished 
weaning her colt. b. e. m. 
Sauk, Wash. 
Run the small blade of a knife into 
this bunch, and if you think best make 
the opening about one inch in length, so 
that if there is a little tissue in the bunch 
it will come out with the fluid. 
Mare With Eczema. 
We have a gray mare, I think 10 or 12 
years old, fat and eats well ; is spirited when 
she gets out. About eight weeks ago she got 
rough, and her skin was very tender; all 
over her body, legs and head she had small 
lumps the size of a pea. We called in a 
veterinary; he called it mange. lie took her 
to his hospital, treated her three weeks; she 
was much improved and now she is losing 
all her hair. She feels good. I send a 
sample of her hair as we picked it off her 
body. What is the cause? She is not used 
every day, but almost every olher at least. 
We feed oats and sometimes bran and oats, 
and clean hay. She is kept clean. She had 
for a few weeks corn, oats and bran ground 
together. Is it a skin or blood disorder? 
Grand Rapids, Mich. s. .t. p. 
You have given a very good descrip¬ 
tion of a case of eczema, a term applied 
to eruptions of the skin caused by irritant 
matters in the blood, and many times 
caused by the feeding of some green 
foods, or the sudden change of foods, and 
many times the result of foods of poor 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
quality. This disease is many times mis¬ 
taken for mange, while the latter is a 
disease caused by a small louse or mite 
that lives on the outside of the skin. If 
you will turn back ta November 4, 1905, 
page 802, of The R. N.-Y., it may assist 
you to come to your own conclusion. Get 
one pound of oil meal, one-half pound 
of Epsom salts, and one-fourth pound of 
common salt, and mix them; give one 
teaspoonful once a day for a time. 
M. D. WILLIAMS, D. V. S. 
LIME NEEDED FOR POULTRY. 
Is it true that clover contains such a large 
amount of lime that when it is fed plenti¬ 
fully to poultry the hens do not need any 
other form of lime? l. k. s. 
Arlington Heights, Mass. 
The following table shows how clover 
compares with other foods in lime: 
Pounds 
in one ton. 
Potash 
Lime 
Phosphoric Acid 
Clover . 
. 40 
12 
36 
Corn . . 
. 14 
12 
7 
Wheat . 
. 1 
16 
10 
oats .. 
•? 
12 
9 
Bran . . 
. 3 
52 
28 
Timothy 
hay. 9 
14 
40 
Where hens are laying freely they need 
more lime than they are likely to get in 
a small amount of clover. We notice that 
when oyster shells are kept before the 
hens they are eaten freely even when 
clover is fed heavily. It is the best econ¬ 
omy to give the hens what they crave, 
and they like the shells. It is true, how¬ 
ever, that hens frequently lay freely with¬ 
out any soft-shelled eggs where no shells 
are fed, and the ground is frozen or cov¬ 
ered with snow. In such cases they evi¬ 
dently obtain needed lime from their food 
—very likely most of it from clover 
leaves and chaff. 
The People Awake. —That the people of 
this country have at last awakened and de¬ 
manded government control of freight and 
express rates, our servants at Washington 
need not doubt for an instant. That this 
country is without a parcels post and postal 
banks is a crying shame. Our lauded superi¬ 
ority is dimmed by the reflections from the 
privileges enjoyed by the people of other 
nations. When the great conservative rural 
population makes a demand it would better 
be heeded by even Ckauncey M. : whose death 
we are not going to wait for before having 
these popular utilities. The opposition would 
better take the hint. Private interests must 
make way for the public good. J. e. d. 
Gloversville. N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 14. 
Climax Carrier. 
Feed, Ensilage, Litter. 
A stable help that saves labor. Brings feed from 
silo or bin to manger, carries manure from ail 
stablings to same pile or dumps oh wagon. Easy 
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Straight or curved tracks to run anywhere and suit 
any stable plan. Write for descriptive circular. 
Warsaw-Wilkinson Co., 
50 Highland Ave., Warsaw, N. Y. 
SEND US 
A COW, 
Steer, Bull or Horse hide, 
Calf skin, Dog skin, or any 
other kind of hide or skin,and 
let us tan it with the hair on, 
soft, light .odorless and moth¬ 
proof, for robe, rug, coat or 
gloves. 
But first get our Catalogue giving 
prices, ana our shipping tags and 
instructions so as to avoid mistakes. 
We also manufacture and sell direct 
toconsumer, Galloway and other fur 
coats and robes. Prices given in 
catalog. We buy raw furs but no 
ginseng. Ask for raw fur price list. 
THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 
116 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
I 
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k M. T. Phillips. Box 18, Pomeroy, Pa. 
CATTLE. 
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Randolph & Canal Sts. I 74 Cortlandt Street 
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These two tubs of 
butter were made from 
the same quantity of milk 
„ from the same cows 
|I n .. r :• iinno9 Here’s the story in the words of a plain* 
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THINGS 
WORTH 
KNOWING 
If you are going to buy 
A MANURE SPREADER 
N O machine within his reach is capable of 
doing so much for the farmer as the 
modern manure spreader. 
But then it must be ainachine with features— 
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The I. H. C. Manure Spreader has such feat¬ 
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Any man of experience knows that a spreader 
only works perfectly when the load is level. 
The I. H. C. Spreader is the only spreader 
with a vibrating rake in front of the beater or 
cylinder which levels every load and any load 
of manure. 
Any man knows that the apron operates bet¬ 
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Tlte I H. C. spreader apron is driven at both 
sides from both hind wheels. 
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Steel wheels no rotting or drying out. Broad 
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Provided with traction lugs on rear wheels— 
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ground. 
Made in various sizes to suit all require¬ 
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(Incorporated) 
Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A. 
