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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 2, 
MULE BREEDING IN MEXICO. 
Consul Canada of Vera Cruz states that 
pack mules arc in great demand in Mexico. 
An unbroken three or four year old com¬ 
mands $125 Mexican money. (One Mex¬ 
ican dollar or peso equals 49.8 cents.) 
For (he breeding of mules, land can be 
secured in large bodies at $10 to $15 
Mexican money per acre. The industry 
can best he carried on in connection with 
cattle raising, as mules cannot he run on 
the low swampy lands' on which cattle do 
splendidly. On a plantation the higher 
levels not subject to inundation can be 
utilized for mules during the rainy season, 
and during the dry season they, can run on 
all the lands of the coast and foothill 
regions. Made pastures are necessary in 
order to insure an abundance of feed dur¬ 
ing the year, but no shelter or grain is 
required at any season of the year. It 
might be well to provide large sheds to 
give shelter during excessively wet weather, 
hut this is not absolutely necessary. 
Native mares can be used in the breed¬ 
ing of mules. They should, however, be 
carefully selected. Heavy, stocky mares of 
moderate size are preferable to leggy ani¬ 
mals, even though of large size. For 
freighting on mountain roads leggy mules 
are not desirable as they are not so strong 
and will not stand the wear as well as low, 
heavily built ones. Good mares can be 
picked up one at a time at prices ranging 
from $40 to $50 Mexican money per head. 
Buying in large numbers and taking the 
run of the bunch they can be bought at 
lower prices', but it would be wise economy 
to pay a somewhat higher price and secure 
superior animals. Imported jacks should 
be used for breeding purposes. The native 
jacks are small, and their progeny will 
necessarily be small, and command a lower 
price than can readily be secured for 
larger and superior mules. Nearly all on 
the market in Mexico are colts of native 
jacks, and are not as large as they should 
be for the character' of the roads over 
which they work. Jacks imported from 
Texas and the southwest in general will 
scarcely feel the change of climate, and will 
be ready for service almost as soon as 
brought into the country. 
It can be reckoned that one acre of land 
will furnish feed for one mare and her 
colt the year around. Separate pastures 
will have to be provided for the young 
mules, and about an acre will be required 
for each animal on an average. Young 
mules can be handled at about the same 
cost as young cattle, and require just about 
the same care. The breeder can he cer¬ 
tain of a ready sale of all the mules he 
can furnish at from 125 to 150 pesos, ac¬ 
cording to size and build. The native mules 
are very small, only 12 to 13 hands high, 
and usually of light, build. A mule stand¬ 
ing 14 hands high and stoekily built will 
sell at a very much better price, while 
the cost of raising will be exactly the 
same. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Tumor. 
I have a horse that has a wart or tu¬ 
mor on the edge of the ear. What would 
be the treatment for it? j. l. s. 
It will be necessary to have the growth 
dissected out by a skilled surgeon, as ex¬ 
ternal applications will not be likely to 
remove it. It it does no harm, causing 
no inconvenience to the horse, we would, 
however, prefer to let it alone. a. s. a. 
Chorea. 
I have a Percheron mare, six years old 
this Spring, weight 1,350 pounds,* that for 
two or three months past has had coming 
on gradually involuntary jerkings of the 
head. It very, seldom occurs in the barn, 
but as soon as l put the harness on to go 
out she commences, is worse standing still. 
She lias a nervous disposition; some days 
she does it very little, ller work is light, 
hours short. I feed her now Timothy hay 
and oats cut in milk with nine quarts bran. 
In Siiring, when she was working hard, I 
gave her hay with 12 pounds of cornmeal 
and crushed oats mixed; after that I put 
her in pasture with same amount of grain. 
Up to that time I had noticed jerks slightly 
only a couple of times, hut when I took her 
to get in some hay she did it badly and was 
very nervous. A year ago this Spring I 
got her from the West; she was green. 
After I had her a short while she had the 
distemper and got over it. This Spring 
she had a slight: cold ; running at the nose 
and blowing same; now she blows quite a 
lot and has a slight discharge at the time; 
it is milky. Her general health and appe¬ 
tite are good and she looks in good order. 
Vermont. j. n. c. 
You describe the characteristic symptoms 
of chorea (St. Vitus’s dance, “shivering,” 
or “crampiness”) similar to the like affec¬ 
tion of man. It is incurable, and affected 
mares and stallions should not be used for 
breeding, as the tendency to the malady is 
considered hereditary. Notice when she 
backs out of her stall and you may see that 
she jerks up a hind leg for a step or two 
and at: the same time may have quivering of 
the tail and muscles of the flank. As a 
tonic give her half an ounce of Fowler’s 
solution of arsenic night and morning along 
with one dram of fluid extract of nux vom¬ 
ica in a little water. Gradually stop the 
medicine as soon tts discharge from nose 
abates. Feed whole oats and bran in pref¬ 
erence to ground feed. A. s. A. 
Debilitated Mare. 
I have a mare 15 years old which I have 
owned 18 months. She was thin in flesh 
when I got her, and in spite of every effort 
began getting thinner and thinner, but 
raised a good colt last Summer. After wean¬ 
ing colt T commenced doctoring with local 
veterinary. He examined the mare a num¬ 
ber of times and prescribed for her, but all 
to no good. She got poorer and poorer un¬ 
til at present she is a mere stack of bones. 
During the early part of the Winter she 
became afflicted with some kind of a rash, 
which we never got rid of until Spring; 
then by the use of castile soap and heavy 
lather we finally got rid of it. but it has 
appeared again this Summer. The hair and 
skin have about the appearance of an ani¬ 
mal in a stage of decay ; whenever you rub 
it the hair will come loose from the skin. 
She has been fed a variety of the grains 
and forage raised on the farm, whole and 
ground, beside bran, dairy food, etc., and 
all l he pure water she could drink at all 
times. She has done a reasonable amount 
of work and at present in this deplorable 
condition will do some work. The mare is 
not sick. Veterinarians and horsemen have 
examined her mouth and pronounced her all 
right. She has a good appetite, but not 
ravenous. Her eye is clear and bright. 
There is no appearance of worms; digestion 
seems good, bowels in good condition at all 
times, kidneys in good condition; has never 
missed a meal or has never been sick one 
minute since I got her except when we first 
turned her to grass this Spring she had a 
spell of colic, hut soon recovered. I have 
examined her hair and skin with micro¬ 
scopes and can find no parasites. This skin 
affliction extends principally from the with¬ 
ers along the back to the rump and down 
om both sides six or eight inches. 
The mare has some chronic disease of the 
digestive organs, liver or kidneys. Have 
her clipped. Give her one ounce of Fowler’s 
solution of arsenic night and morning with 
syringe in mouth and continue until she is 
plump and hair and skin in good condition. 
If such a desirable change can bo effected. 
Feed black strap molasses freely night and 
morning. Take at least a quart of the mo¬ 
lasses for each meal and mix with three 
quarts of hot water, then stir up thoroughly 
with cut hay, cornmeal and wheat bran and 
feed night and morning. Starve her to this 
food at first if found necessary, but soon 
it will be eaten with relish. Feed whole 
oats at noon and long hay at night. Car¬ 
rots may l>e freely fed in addition to the 
molasses feed. a- s. a. 
Itching Skin; Worms. 
I have a young horse which appears to 
itch around the mane and shoulders, so 
much so that it is difficult to clean him off, 
he crowds' me so. and to keep him from step¬ 
ping on me. He is also troubled with worms. 
Can you give me a remedy? j. h. d. 
Massachusetts. 
Have him clipped, cut grain ration in 
half and either work him every day, rain 
or shine, or give him plenty of outdoor ex¬ 
ercise every day. Wash itchy parts with a 
1.-50 solution of coal tar dip as required. 
For worms mix in his feed night and morn¬ 
ing for 10 days a tablespoonful of a mix¬ 
ture of equal parts of dried sulphate of 
iron, salt, flowers of sulphur and powdered 
gentian root; then skip 10 days and re¬ 
peat. Keep him off low, wet pasture and 
do not feed swale hay. a. s. a. 
Lymphangitis. 
I would like to know a cure for lymphan¬ 
gitis. I have a horse that is troubled with 
it very badly. He has had it for two weeks, 
and I have used hot vinegar and salt for 
four or five days, and since have used hot 
water, soaked leg in it two or three times 
a day, without much result. I have been 
feeding since having it but six quarts bran 
with powder in and a small fork of hay a 
day, and not working him. Is it best to 
work him? W. w. 
Long Island. 
If the horse has lymphangitis it came on 
after he was kept idle in the stable for one 1 
or more days, and during that time was 
fed his usual grain ration. Another attack 
need not be feared if you rememl>er to stop 
feeding grain, substitute bran mashes and 
allow outdoor exercise daily when there is 
no work for him to do. As fever has sub¬ 
sided by this time, work or exercise the 
horse daily, and keep the leg bandaged when 
he is in the stable. Dissolve a tcaspoonful 
of saltpeter in his drinking water night and 
morning for a week, but stop the medicine 
for a time if it causes him to pass too much 
urine. At time of attack the legs should 
he bandaged from foot to body with a soft 
hay or straw rope, to be kept saturated with 
either hot or cold water. Feed bran 
mashes. Give saltpeter in dram doses in 
water every three or four hours until fever 
subsides. On removing bandage bathe leg 
twice daily witli vinegar and water, equal 
parts, and allow slow walking exercise sev¬ 
eral times a day until leg is normal in size. 
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