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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 17, 
FRENCH COACH MARES IN MAINE. 
These French Coach mares pic¬ 
tured were purchased from the stables 
of J. S. Sanborn, the coffee king, at 
Poland, Me. Up to the time of pur¬ 
chase they had not been worked to any 
extent. They were given a moderate* 
amount of work, and have been well 
treated, and have shown themselves to. 
be good workers, drivers and of cour¬ 
age and splendid dispositions. Their 
weight is about 1,200 pounds, which 
makes them good, all-round farm 
horses. The off mare in the picture 
foaled on June 6, and although she 
did half of the mowing of about 50 
tons of hay, and all of the hauling, 
she received first premium at the 
Maine State Fair that Fall, in com¬ 
petition with a millionaire’s best. The 
colt at two years stood 15.3 and 
weighed 1,000 pounds, having had or¬ 
dinary feed, good hay and never more 
than four pounds per day of a mixture 
of two parts bran, one part gluten and. 
one part cornmeal. The owner of 
these mares states that, in his expe¬ 
rience, the mares are better off if 
carefully used and given some work 
every day, and the colts come into the 
world stronger than is the case if the 
mares arc allowed to remain idle. 
When the foal is about a week old, 
it is hitched in the stable with a head 
halter, while the dam is given a rea- 
lice. Bed him with baled shavings or saw¬ 
dust in a box stall and work or exercise 
him very thoroughly every day. Cut the 
grain ration in half and do not feed corn. 
A solution of coal tar dip water or oil 
and flowers of sulphur should be all that 
is necessary to rid a horse of skin para¬ 
sites, applying it once or twice a week as 
required. a. s. a. 
Summer Itch: Garget. 
1. For the past two years my mare has 
been troubled in Summer with an eczemat¬ 
ous affection, which causes her to rub the 
hair off legs, neck and sides, and even 
the skin, unless daily washed with disin¬ 
fectant, which only gives temporary relief. 
One doctor advised lime-water, which was 
faithfully tried then he prescribed a wash 
of zinc sulphide, sugar of lead, and car¬ 
bolic acid mixed in water. This too was 
used for weeks. Another doctor prescribed 
kerosene oil and carbolic acid mixed with 
melted lard. Sulphur and lard were also 
tried, with a tablespoonful of sulphur 
given internally once or twice a week, but 
nothing effects a cure. With the approach 
of cold weather and departure of flies, the 
itching seems to stop until warm weather 
returns. 2. When my cow came in fresh 
nearly two mouths ago, one teat was hard 
and tender for a few days, and the milk 
was scanty and lumpy. The hardness and 
tenderness soon disappeared, but we only get 
about a gill of milk from that teat, which 
turns purplish after standing awhile. The 
rest of her udder is normal, and the milk 
good quality. The cow is valuable, giving 
an abundance of rich milk, and is gentle as 
a kitten, but this trouble of course de¬ 
tracts from her value. What can I do for 
her? j. e. w. 
Virginia. 
1. Such cases usually prove practically 
A TEAM OF FRENCH COACH BROOD MARES. 
sonable amount of work. The off 
mare was imported, and has won first 
places at Paris, Chicago, Syracuse, 
Worcester, Brockton and St. John’s. 
The picture was taken just after plow¬ 
ing under a crop of buckwheat four 
feet high. a. m. f. 
Maine. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Obstructed Teat. 
I have a heifer that had her first calf 
recently and one of her teats has a hard 
lump in it. She does not give any milk at 
all out of this teat. Her teat seems to 
have a hole in' it and it does not seem to 
be stopped up. What can I do for it? 
Virginia. subscriber. 
Apparently the affected quarter has lost 
its milk-producing function and in that 
case should be let alone. In cases where 
milk .forms in the quarter at calving time 
an operation may succeed for the removal 
or splitting of the obstruction in the milk 
duct. T’nless attended to at that time the 
operation would have to be postponed un¬ 
til the cow was dry but we think it highly 
improbable that interference in the case in 
question will prove beneficial. a. s. a. 
Skin Mites on Horse. 
I have a dapple gray horse on which I 
have noticed now for over a year little 
black mites about an eighth of an inch long 
and about as thick as the lines of this 
writing. I washed him with tobacco juice, 
also ereolin as directed on the bottle, and 
still they continue to be there. He is well 
groomed, well fed, not too fat, stall clean, 
but not worked very hard. He ruffles up 
his bed very much. What are these mites 
and how can I kill them? I have two bays 
also, but cannot see the mites, if they have 
any, w. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
We would have to see specimens before 
we could decide if the objects mentioned 
are true parasitic mites. We cannot guess 
what they are and its seems unlikely that 
the horse is infested by chicken lice or horse 
incurable. Have her clipped as soon as 
there is a sign of shedding in Spring. Do 
not feed corn in Summer. Cut the grain 
ration (oats and bran) in half and work 
her steadily or at least see to it that she 
lias abundant exercise every day. Do not 
allow her to eat grass. Allow drinking 
water often when at work. If trouble 
starts again give her half an ounce of 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic night and 
morning, and as required sponge affected 
parts with a mixture of two drams of 
ichthyol and an ounce of glycerine in a 
pint of cold water. 2. The cow has had a 
previous attack of garget and the affected 
quarter is permanently ruined. Rub it with 
camphorated oil twice daily until secretion 
wholly ceases. a. s. a. 
Mare with Injured Knee. 
I have a five-year-old driving mare that 
has a very bad knee. She paws some in 
stall and hits the knee on back once in a 
while; has not been hurt in any other way 
that I know of. It gathered just below 
the joint; when opened about two quarts 
of matter and blood came out. That healed 
up and it broke out just back of joint; 
does not run much, but just a raw sore 
the size of a dollar, and will not heal. It 
has been bandaged; I put on salt to kill 
proud flesh. While bandaged it swelled 
clear to the body. After taking bandage 
off the swelling went to knee. I have used 
solution of carbolic acid, stock liniment and 
vaseline but it seems to stay. Mare does 
not limp much, and feels fine. What is 
the proper treatment? b. l. 
New York. 
Place the mare in a box stall, and after 
clipping the hair off the knee wash the 
joint perfectly clean, when dry rub in a 
small bit of 10 per cent oleate of mercury 
each other day. Once daily apply balsam 
of Peru to the sore after wetting it well 
with peroxide of hydrogen. She must be 
prevented from striking the knee on man¬ 
ger or elsewhere. If the part forms an ab¬ 
scess again it will have to be freely opened, 
drained and packed once daily with oakum 
saturated in a mixture of equal parts of 
turpentine and raw linseed oil. a. s. a. 
ANOTHER SUGGESTION right here: You can 
HL MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS and 
know they are pure, clean and wholesome (not 
mill sweepings, ground chaff, husks or distillery 
mixtures), having the medicinal properties ihe 
proper strength for your particular case. With 
tiiis feed you can force the fattening of stock for 
the market without danger of getting the blood 
feverish or the legs stocked up. Excellent for 
brood mares, growing young stock or for keeping 
work horses in condition. 
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I will furnish my Kidney and Nerve Pow¬ 
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