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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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BRANDING TUBERCULOUS CATTLE. 
Is it true that hereafter cattle in New 
York State which respond to the tuberculin 
test must be branded? 
Yes, a law passed at the last session 
of the Legislature states: 
Any bovine animal in which tuberculosis 
is clearly diagnosed by a physical exami¬ 
nation or a tuberculin test, or both, shall 
be branded upon the forehead or upon the 
right side of the neck from six to ten 
inches back of the jaw with a capital “T" 
not less than two inches high, one and one- 
half inches wide, with mark one-fourth of 
an inch wide: such branding shall not be 
construed as cruelty to animals within the 
meaning of the penal law; however, any 
animal which has reacted to the tuberculin 
test and appears physically sound may be 
retained for breeding or dairy purposes 
without such branding, provided a full de¬ 
scription of such animal, sufficient for its 
identification and satisfactory to the Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture, is furnished to 
the Commissioner of Agriculture and a per¬ 
mit from said Commissioner is issued for 
keeping such animal in such manner. Such 
pe rmit shall not be issued except upon the 
condition that the animal will thereafter 
be kept in a proper manner with regard to 
the protection of the public health and the 
health of other animals, and no such ani¬ 
mal shall be sold or removed from the 
premises without written permission from 
the Commissioner of Agriculture, and all 
such animals shall be accounted for by the 
owner or custodian whenever called upon 
by the Commissioner of Agriculture to 
do so. 
This law also makes strict rules about 
testing animals and also governing the 
-ale and testing of tuberculin. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Thrush. 
My daughter's horse has powdery white 
st rapings from the sole of her foot, and 
the odor is unpleasant. The sole of the 
hoof seems soft, and it breaks readily if 
left even a day unshod. What do you sug¬ 
gest ? e. w. 
Millneck, L. I. 
Standing on wet. filth and manure in the 
slable is the common cause of thrush, which 
is indicated by a fetid discharge (slight) 
Horn cleft of frog and on each side of frog, 
and where the trouble is present sole may 
also be powdery. Stand horse on baled 
shavings, kept clean and dry. Tack calomel 
into cleft of frog and on each side of it. 
Do not let smith cut away any of the sole, 
and only that part of the frog which is 
dead and naturally scaling off. Smear 
hoofs once daily with any simple greasy 
salve or hoof dressing. 
Depraved Appetite. 
I have a mare that eats her manure. 
What causes her to eat it, and what is 
good to stop it? I have been told that she 
would come to nothing if she wasn't brok¬ 
en from it, and that I would have to keep 
her haltered, but I don't wish to if there 
is any other way. l. e. w. 
Virginia. 
Indigestion doubtless explains the de¬ 
praved appetite, and she should have a 
complete ration of oats and bran along with 
ibe best of hay and then she will not. be 
likely to eat her manure. In stable keep 
her tied so that she cannot get at the 
manure, or muzzle her after feeding and 
turn her in a box stall bedded with baled 
shavings or sawdust. Allow free access to 
rock salt. If trouble continues mix in feed 
night and morning a tablespoonful of a 
mixture of two parts powdered wood char¬ 
coal. and one part each of bicarbonate of 
soda, nux vomica and ground gentian root. 
Polypus in Nostril. 
I have an old gray mare about 20 years 
old, that has gone back on me this year. 
She has been thick in breathing for two 
years or so, but this Spring she has spells 
so bad I had to replace her. These spells 
come on if she is working or idle. She is 
very fleshy, round, good bright eye and 
looks the picture of health. Her spells are 
weak fainting spells, breathing so hard she 
draws her whole body, drops around, 
makes a terrible noise through her nose 
and ends up coughing and bleeding at the 
nose, and just wringing wet, the water runs 
right off her. A little excitement seems to 
help the spells come on ; she suffers every¬ 
thing while they last. I gave her a couple 
of doses of nitre; it seems to help her some, 
as I had the doctor; he sounded her and 
said he heart was a little irregular, but 
could not account for all her trouble. I 
want to give her every chance, but can¬ 
not afford to spend a fortune unless it is 
worth while. i. A. s. 
New Jersey. 
I very strongly suspect that all of the 
f rouble is due to the presence of a polypus 
• tumor) far back in the nostril, and at¬ 
tached by means of a narrow neck, so that 
at times it falls into the throat and causes 
ti e suffocation, coughing, bleeding, etc. It 
should be possible to locate and remove 
the polypus by operation. To see if it is 
there place the palm of the hand over one 
nostril and see if the mare can breathe 
freely through the other. Then do the 
same with the other nostril. If she cannot 
breathe freely through one nostril that will 
show that there is a polypus or other ob¬ 
struction present. Meanwhile greatly re¬ 
duce her in flesh by spare feeding and by 
work or abundant exercise and give her a 
dram of iodide of potash in water twice 
daily for five successive days a week, if 
she is not in foal. 
Slobbering and Tongue Lolling. 
We have a mare, middle-aged, that has 
always been well and rugged. About a 
year ago she began to slobber and drool, 
and has not done so well since. She has 
a habit of hanging her tongue out at the 
side of her mouth. Is it anything danger¬ 
ous, and can there be anything done for 
her? t. J. w. 
Maine. 
It is evident that irregular conditions of 
the teeth are causing both symptoms men¬ 
tioned, and in all probability she will pick 
up and do well after you have had her 
teeth attended to by a competent veterinary 
dentist. lie should also look for possible 
presence of calculi in the salivary ducts. 
Bone Tumor. 
I should like your opinion as to what 
ails my cow. She has a lump on her face, 
about six inches from her nose, about at 
the root of her teeth, on her upper jaw, 
the size of a large egg. It has broken once 
and a small quantity of matter came out. 
When lanced afterward nothing but blood 
came from it. She seems in good health 
in every other way. c. w. Ki 
New Jersey. 
The tumor suggests “lumpy jaw (acti¬ 
nomycosis) from invasion of a scratch or 
split molar by the ray fungus (actinomy- 
ces). Have the teeth examined and it may 
be possible to remove an offending tooth and 
so help do away with the hone tumor of 
the facial bone. If the teeth are found 
to l>c sound we would advise cutting deeply 
into the tumor, scraping away all diseased 
tissues that can be thus removed and then 
swab with sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, 
gmear lard freely about the wound before 
using the acid. Repeat as required. Or 
tincture of iodine may be injected into the 
enlargement and painted upon it each other 
day. A trained surgeon might do even bet¬ 
ter by cutting out the entire affected mass. 
Urticaria. 
My non-breeding mare was apparently in 
perfect health, when a week ago two small 
lumps rose under her stomach, and grad¬ 
ually become larger until they met, and 
now the place is about 12 inches long, and 
the size of a man's wrist. There does not 
appear to be much fever or soreness in the 
swelling. Some think the milk veins arc 
affected. The animal is in fine condition 
and her appetite is good. There are also a 
few small hard knots elsewhere on the 
animal’s body. Will you advise me of the 
nature of the disease, and how to treat it? 
Virginia. w. i. o. 
The mare is getting too much to eat and 
too little work or exercise. Allow her a 
box stall in stable and see that she is 
worked every day, or at least given plenty 
of outdoor exercise daily. Often change to 
grass induces the swellings in such cases, 
and the little “bunches” on the body in¬ 
dicate urticaria (nettle rash or surfeit, 
akin to “hives” in children). Give her 
half an ounce of hyposulphite of soda 
(granular) in her feed or drinking water 
once''daily. Do not feed corn or green 
grass if she is working; but she may have 
grass if idle and turned out to pasture 
daily. A little grass now and then does 
not help and often induces indigestion, 
colic or surfeit. 
Obstructed Teat. 
I have a line Jersey cow that can be 
milked from only three teats. One of her 
teats has a small lump on the inside about 
half way up. We have used a milk tube 
the last two times she was fresh, but the 
veterinarian could hardly get the tube in 
the last time, and it was very painful to 
the cow. This teat is much larger than 
the others. Can Dr. Alexander suggest 
a remedy that will allow the use of the 
teat or else dry up that quarter so it will 
not give so much trouble? It would add 
more than $15 to her value to have the 
use of the teat, and I would gladly give 
it if some one would take her in hand, as 
I have not the time. She will be fresh 
again in about three weeks. a. t. t. 
Maryland. 
A skilful operation might be performed 
by an expert for removal of the growth, 
after which dilators should be kept in the 
duct to keep it open while healing. There 
is considerable danger of causing infection 
when such operations have to be per¬ 
formed. hut this chance will have to be 
taken if the quarter is to resume its func¬ 
tions. If it is thought best to dry off 
the milk flow, rub in a mixture of equal 
parts of camphorated oil and fluid extract 
of belladonna leaves twice a day and do 
not strip away all of the milk at milking 
time. a. s. a. 
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Device for Cream Separators 
We have frequently referred to the recklessly untrue 
statements and claims made by “desperate would-be-competitors” 
struggling to retain Cream Separator business that is going to the 
United States Separator. 
We’ have repeatedly proved by the records of the United States 
Patent Office at Washington and by the records in the United 
States Circuit Courts, also by the records of International Exposi¬ 
tions and National Expositions, that most of the claims of these 
would-be-competitors are false. 
They are using desperate and false claims in their efforts to 
make it appear that they are Lii’st in everything desirable in 
Cream Separators. 
The United States Separator was the first to employ a 
feeding device in the Separator bowl to deliver the whole milk 
beyond the cream zone. This device of the United States prevents 
all conflict of currents and any remixing of the cream and skim- 
milk in the process of separation. It is far superior to any 
f, split wing” device, more perfect in operation and has won the 
International prize for the most perfect separation. 
The “disc” Separator could not use this device and in its 
efforts to equal the device of the United States was compelled to 
resort to an inferior expedient—the “split wing.” But the “split 
wing 
does not enable them to equal the United States, as the 
records show. 
The United States Separator was the first to distribute the 
incoming volume of whole milk back of the cream wall. 
The United States Separator was the first to use nomiligned 
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on which it holds strong patents, and no others can use this con¬ 
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• It was the United States Separator that beat the “disc” 
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