1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
795 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Warts on Cow. 
A heifer here is covered with what I take 
to be warts of a dark color and spongy ap¬ 
pearance to the eye. Some are not attached 
to body at base but hang off by a string or 
ligature. There must be 100 of them or 
more. Could you prescribe treatment or rem¬ 
edy? Would such conditions injuriously af¬ 
fect animal for meat or milk? w. j. j. 
Tennessee. 
Cut off the warts having narrow bases or 
necks and sear the bleeding bases with a red- 
hot iron or lunar caustic pencil. Give the 
lieifer a quart or more of lime water three 
times daily and wet the masses of warts 
frequently with a solution of sea salt, which 
can be obtained from the druggist. Often 
masses of warts will disappear if smeared 
daily with a mixture of baking soda and 
lard. Another favorite home remedy is a 
mixture of powdered burned leather and lard 
applied daily. We would like to hear from 
those who give the lime water and salt bath¬ 
ing treatment a trial for masses of warts, as 
it is new, but highly recommended. 
Glandular Swellings. 
We have a cow that has been giving milk 
about a year seemingly all right, but for the 
past month or six weeks has had several 
bunches on her in different places and of 
varying sizes; one on her side, one on the 
belly in front of the udder, now, one on 
her shoulder. They last for a week or more, 
then go away. She is running in a pasture. 
Can you give me any information about the 
cause or what they are, and is it likely to 
affect the milk? mrs. m. j. r. 
Iowa. 
It may be that the swellings involve glands 
of the lymphatic system, in which case the 
cow is somewhat out of order and should 
have a change of feed following a smart 
purge, such as one pound of Epsom salts, 
half an ounce of ground ginger root, half 
cupful of salt and a cupful of black strap 
molasses in three pints of warm water as 
one dose. That would seem to be a pretty 
big dose of medicine, but it is but a moder¬ 
ate one for an average size cow; large, heavy 
cattle take as much as two pounds of salts 
when a purgative is required. Follow the 
purgative with half an ounce of hyposulphite 
of soda dissolved night and morning in her 
soft food or drinking water. It is quite pos¬ 
sible, however, that the cow runs with a 
bunting mate and has bruises from her horns, 
in which case we would feel like using the 
shears to make her an inoffensive mulley. 
We sometimes see “bunches” upon various 
parts of a cow's body as the result of stings 
from insects such as infest timber pastures at 
this time of the year and sometimes the 
lumps are due to sharp snags or thorns. 
Evidently then a careful examination should 
be made in this case for the real cause of 
the trouble, so that it may be removed. If 
no cause can be found give the medicinal 
treatment suggested. There should be no 
danger in using the milk. 
Sore Teats. 
What is the cause of bunches coming on 
the inside of cow’s teats? In a few days 
they break open on the outside, bleeding some 
and then scab over, a scab as large as a 
nickel coming off. d. d. n. 
Massachusetts. 
Infection of small scratches or abrasures 
or the presence of thorns or weed “stickers” 
may explain the boils or small abscesses de¬ 
scribed, but in a majority of instances, per¬ 
haps, such sores are due to the disease 
known as “cowpox,” which is contagious and 
spreads from cow to cow by the medium of 
the milker’s hands and sometimes affecting 
the milker’s hands in a similar way. Better 
milk the affected cow last and let her stand 
by herself lest her trouble should prove 
“catching.” Give her a full dose of physic, 
such as prescribed under the head of “Glan¬ 
dular Swellings,” and also follow with the 
hyposulphite of soda. Bathe the udder 
twice daily witli a lotion consisting of half 
an ounce of hyposulphite of soda in a quart 
of cold water. Apply glycerite of tannin to 
the sores as required. The milker should 
wash his hands thoroughly before and after 
milking each cow when udder troubles are 
prevalent in a cow stable. 
Surfeit. 
A hog that we are fattening for early 
killing refused to eat, one morning, for I lie 
first time. An examination showed a num¬ 
ber of lumps on ils body up to the size 
of a walnut, and large ones under its jaw. 
These shortly turned a dark blue. We rubbed 
it well with turpentine and lard, and in two 
days it was well as ever apparently. I would 
very much like to know what was the mat¬ 
ter* with it and the cause? It was fed the 
same as the others, only a little stronger. 
The* feed was shorts with, milk from the 
creamery. The hogs in the other pen were 
not affected. .t. l. g. 
Washington, D. C. 
A hog or other animal may when suffer¬ 
ing from a sudden attack of indigestion fol¬ 
lowing a change in food, too much food, 
disagreeing food or some such cause of de¬ 
rangement of the digestive organs suddenly 
have “bunches” appear here and there upon 
the body and. as with this hog. they also 
may affect the glands, as those under the jaw. 
This trouble is known as urticaria surfeit, or 
nettle rash, and is not serious. It is akin 
to “hives” of children and speedily responds 
to a dose of physic, spare diet and external 
bathings with a solution of half an ounce 
of hyposulphite of soda in a pint of water. 
Abnormal Breathing. 
I just bought a horse that when he is in 
the barn or pasture breathes very hard, 
something like a man with the asthma or as 
though his nostrils were partially stopped 
up. If I hitch. up and drive three or four 
miles he breathes more easy and natural; 
at no time is he short of wind while driving. 
Michigan. mrs. m. e. d. 
In some cases one ilnds a polypus (tumor) 
in the nostril to be the cause of difhcult or 
abnormal breathing, and it is possible to re¬ 
move such obstructions by means of an ecra- 
seur. It is scarcely possible, however, that 
the breathing would be normal while driving 
were a polypus present in the nostril and 
It seldom is the case that “wind-broken” 
horses are not more distressed when moving 
than when idle. Under the circumstances it 
is difficult to guess at the exact condition 
present, and we incline to believe that the 
hofse has “heaves’’ which is characterized 
|hr a chronic cough, a hellows-like action of 
the abdominal muscles during the respira¬ 
tory act, and often chronic indigestion in¬ 
dicated by frequent passage of gas. Unless 
a polypus is present and removable by opera¬ 
tion we fear you have invested in an incur¬ 
ably afflicted horse as the distress from 
heaves can be relieved by treatment, but it 
usually is impossible to remove the condi¬ 
tion of the digestive organs and lungs giving 
rise to the symptoms we have mentioned. 
Feed the horse on bright oat straw wetted 
with lime water during Winter and on grass 
during Summer in preference to hay, and 
allow no bulky food at noon. Always give 
the drinking water before meals. Bed with 
baled shavings or sawdust if he eats his 
bedding. If distress continues give half an 
ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic night 
and morning in feed or a little drinking 
water. Keep the bowels open with carrots 
or bran mashes during Winter time. 
Elephantiasis. 
I have a mare that weighs about 1.150. 
She has a swelling on the lower half of her 
left hind leg from the knee down. Her 
knee is 32 inches around. They call it the 
milk leg. It. does not run. Can you tell me 
what to do for it? It has been so for about 
five years. w. h. h. 
Such immensely enlarged conditions of the 
legs in horses are known as “elephantiasis,” 
and are incurable when thoroughly organized, 
as is doubtless the case with the horse in 
question. That amount of swelling which 
subsides when the horse is exercised may 
possibly be permanently kept down by use of 
absorbent lotions and bandages, but, as a 
rule, such cases are not worth while treat¬ 
ing, and an affected horse should be kept 
at work daily on the farm as work is much 
better for him than idleness. Rub the hock 
joint (not “knee” of hind leg) once daily 
with a mixture of equal parts colorless iodine 
tincture and wood alcohol. Stop for a time 
when the skin becomes irritated. When 
horse stands in stable keep leg bandaged with 
soft hay or straw rope from foot, to above 
hock joint, but do not apply this when joint is 
wet with liniment. 
Sore Throat. 
I have a pair of steer calves six months 
old. With the same care and feed there is 
now a big difference in size. One never drank 
well or with freedom : drank a little slowly, 
then sneezed until it. threw up pieces of 
phlegm. Occasionally it would do the same 
while eating grass. A neighbor had one last 
season the same way. Can you give the 
cause? t. e. s. 
Nova Scotia. 
Where there is no abnormal condition of 
the mouth or throat hern in the calf one may 
suspect the presence of an irritated and in¬ 
flamed condition of the throat and this pos- 
sibly may be helped by blistering the throat 
with daily applications of a mixture of 
equal parts of aqua ammonia, turpentine and 
raw linseed oil or goose grease. Examine 
the mouth and tongue and throat carefully 
and report if anything abnormal is present 
which you think might be romoved by opera¬ 
tion oi require special treatment. Meanwhile 
in milk fed to calf mix flaxseed jelly or blood 
meal daily, commencing with small'quantities 
at first and gradually increasing the amount 
as calf becomes accustomed to such food. 
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