1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
471 
BITTER MILK. 
I have t\%o cows that always give plenty 
of good milk, and we made the best of but¬ 
ter until the last three weeks. The milk 
and cream is a little bitter, and we cannot 
get the butter to come. The cow is about 
eight years old; she is in good condition 
and will be fresh about August 20 next. 
When we strain the milk we find a little 
curdle; very little. I am feeding mill feed 
and fodder. Can I do anything to get her 
all right? s. a. s. 
Virginia. 
Indigestion from a sudden change of 
food or from some irritant in the food is 
the common cause of the conditions de¬ 
scribed, and bacteria are the particular 
cause of failures of butter to churn nor¬ 
mally. In all probability the indigestion 
leads to subacute mammitis (garget) and 
germs are found in the udder when this 
disease is present, and explain the changes 
in the milk and cream. Usually it is suf¬ 
ficient to give a full dose of physic, such 
as a pound of Epsom salts, half an ounce 
of ground ginger root, one ounce of salt¬ 
peter and a cupful of black-strap molasses 
in three pints of warm water as one dose, 
and then follow with an ounce dose of 
hyposulphite of soda twice daily in the 
feed, or as a drench in water until the 
milk again becomes normal. Scrupulous 
attention also must be paid to all utensils 
used for the catching and holding of milk, 
as well as for the care of the cream, and 
the churn must be scalded thoroughly. 
These precautions are necessary, as the 
bacteria affecting the milk may be in the 
utensils instead of the udder. Also clean 
up, disinfect and whitewash the stable, 
which, too, should be ventilated perfectly.. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
DIPPING SHEEP FOR TICKS. 
I have a flock of 50 ewes, and they have 
a great many ticks, and some of the lambs 
get full of them. When is the proper t'me 
to din the sheep (after shearing, I imagine) ? 
Should the lambs be dipped at the same 
time, and is there any danger in dipping 
the lambs? What is used for dipping and 
how prepared? This is my first attempt 
keeping sheep. At present I have 39 lambs 
with 35 ewes. j. p. 
New York. 
You have done well with your lambs 
thus far, and certainly have made a good 
beginning. The best time to dip the 
sheep is, as you say, after shearing. I 
would shear them the first opportunity. 
The old way was to wait till the weather 
got warm in June, then wash (?) them, 
and after the wool got dry and often 
dirty, shear them. Few follow this.cus¬ 
tom now. Buyers expect to get un¬ 
washed wool. The washing was an un¬ 
pleasant job at best, and does not pay. 
The wool about the hinder parts of the 
sheep, after they go on grass and their 
bowels become loose, gets dirty, often 
occasioning quite a loss. The older sheep 
from now on will be likely to lose a good 
deal of wool, particularly if they are full 
of ticks; they will pull it out in trying 
to reach the insects. If they are suddenly 
given grain the wool will usually start to 
come out. The lambs, too, will be much 
better able to get the milk from the udders 
if they are not obliged to stick their heads 
into a mass of greasy wool. If you select 
a mild day for the dipping and .keep the 
sheep closely housed, crowding them to¬ 
gether for a few days, they will be less 
likely to take cold than if allowed to 
swelter in their hot fleeces when the 
weather gets warm, and then have the 
wool removed and be obliged to be out on 
the cold wet ground. 
A day or two after shearing most of 
the ticks will be on the lambs. The dip 
both. No danger will result to either if 
you keeps their eyes, ears and nostrils out 
of the dip. Use a tub or box, a little 
larger than the sheep will lie in on their 
back. Set a tight door on an incline into 
the dipping vessel. On this door tack a 
couple of cleats, so as to run the liquid 
back in the tub as the sheep are taken out, 
letting the attendants hold them there for 
a little, pressing out the dip with the 
hands. Dip the sheep first, as the lambs 
will require less to cover them. Have 
one man to catch them (by the way, never 
catch a sheep by the wool, but by the hind 
leg or about the neck). With the old 
sheep two men can do a better and easier 
job holding them in the dip, and working 
it into the skin. At this season it will 
pay to use enough hot water to take the 
chill off. Use some of the carbolic dips. 
I have for several years used Zenoleum. 
It costs $1.50 a gallon. Any druggist can 
get it for you. One gallon will make 100 
of the dip. It acts as a stimulant to the 
skin; in fact, I like to keep it on hand as 
an antiseptic wash for wounds in farm 
animals, and as a disinfectant, particularly 
good to use as a wash or injection for 
an aborting cow. Full directions for 
making the dip and the proportions for 
different uses will be found on the pack¬ 
age. It is always better to use soft water. 
Have an extra supply made up to add to 
that in the dipping tub, as the supply 
becomes reduced, so there is sure to be 
enough to cover the sheep. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
PERIODIC OPHTHALMIA. 
I have a young mare that has some trou¬ 
ble with one of her eyes. It gets dim, or 
a sort of a milky color; runs some. The 
trouble lasts about a week and then gets 
better. She is now having the second spell, 
the first was about March 1. Please pre¬ 
scribe for her. r. g. p. 
New York. 
The disease is “periodic ophthalmia” 
(moon blindness), and is incurable and 
hereditary, so that an affected mare or 
stallion should not be employed for breed¬ 
ing purposes. The disease comes on at 
intervals of a month or so, and after sev¬ 
eral attacks culminates in blindness of 
one or both eyes. The attacks may be 
shortened and rendered less frequent by 
giving iodide of potash in dram doses 
twice daily in water when the first symp¬ 
toms appear, and local treatment at the 
same time consists in covering the eyes 
with a soft cloth, to be kept wet with a 
solution of half a dram each of sulphate 
of zinc and fluid extract of belladonna 
leaves, and 10 drops of pure carbolic acid 
in a quart of cold water. Feed light, lax¬ 
ative rations. When inflammation sub¬ 
sides and eye remains milky looking paint 
eye once daily for 10 days with a solution 
of two grains of nitrate of silver in one 
ounce of distilled water, to be kept in a 
blue-colored bottle. Also rub the eyelids 
once daily right along with a mixture of 
one part citrine ointment and two parts 
of lanolin. Darken the stable and see to 
its cleanliness and perfect ventilation. 
The disease is most prevalent in low, wet 
malarial districts, and by some is consid¬ 
ered contagious, a. s. Alexander, v. s. 
Clean Skimming 
Means Good Living 
The hog trough is no place to put 
butter. 
Wide awake farmers want the 
cream separator that skims the clean¬ 
est. It means more profit—better 
living. That separator is the Sharpies 
Dairy Tubular— the separator that's 
different. 
Sharpies Dairy Tubulars have 
twice the skimming force of any other 
BLACK, ITCHING SPOTS 
All Over Face—Physicians Called It 
Eczema in Its Worst Form— 
Cuticura Cured the Disease. 
“About four years ago I was afflicted 
with black splotches all over my face and 
a few on my body, which produced a se¬ 
vere itching irritation, and which caused 
me a great deal of suffering. I was 
forced to call in two of the leading physi¬ 
cians of-. After a thorough exami¬ 
nation of the dreaded complaint they an¬ 
nounced it to be skin eczema in its worst 
form. Their treatment did me no good. 
Finally I became despondent and decided 
to discontinue their services. My husband 
purchased a single set of Cuticura Reme¬ 
dies, which entirely stopped the breaking 
out. I continued the use of the Cuticura 
Remedies for six months, and after that 
every splotch was entirely gone. I have 
not felt a symptom of the eczema for 
three years. Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge, 540 
Jones Ave., Selma, Ala., Oct. 28, 1905.” 
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Made from finest quality of SwImh 
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AN INFLAMED TENDON 
NEEDS COOLING. 
AJISORBINE 
Will do it and restore the circulation, 
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URES WHILE HE WORKS 
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cent.” 
. That is one reason why you should 
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The old-time Silo 
wan a hole in the 
ground. 
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The three styles we build are models of up-to-date Silo construction Tim 
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