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THE RUKAb NKW-YOKKER 
A WATER-TIGHT FLOOR. 
I note Inquiry of W. T. S. on pagf 1 
83 regarding watertight porch overhead 
floor. Perhaps my experience will help 
him. My veranda roof, laid several years 
ago, of matched hard pine, leaked des¬ 
pite all the crack tilling i could give it. It 
Is 45 feet long and eight feet wide. Last 
Fall I gave a generous coat of paint, and 
then covered It with heavy unbleached 
cotton cloth drawn as taut as possible and 
securely tacked. It was put over the wet 
paint in order to have the cloth next the 
floor well covered with paint. After tack¬ 
ing well the cloth was thoroughly painted. 
Then it was given a coat of Roof-Fix, and 
will he given another this Spring. It has 
not leaked a drop since treated. The cost 
is not heavy, and T expect it will wear for 
years. Canvas Ip used for the decks of boats 
successfully, and it: was that use that, sug¬ 
gested Its adaptation to this purpose. My 
veranda Is walked on considerably, too, the 
upper story being a favorite Summer rest¬ 
ing place. WALLACE H. MILLER. 
Connecticut. 
One of the best ways of securing tills Is 
to lay a good matched door, using well sea¬ 
soned lumber, paint tongue and grove and 
drive closely while paint Is green. After 
floor is laid cover all with sailcloth canvas, 
lapping the edges and tacking it closely. 
If the floor can be freshly painted and the 
canvas laid in the fresh paint it will be 
found an advantage. After the canvas is 
laid paint It with good lead and oil, use 
paint liberally and rub It. In until cloth is 
well filled. This makes a durable water¬ 
tight roof, and will be less expensive than 
copper or lead, and more durable when there 
Is traffic. It Is merely a boat deck, but Is 
being quite extensively used for porch roofs 
and decks nowadays. L. c. c. 
In answer to the inquiry of W. 1’. S. on 
page 83, I would recommend good well-sea¬ 
soned White pine flooring for the floor, 
driven tip very tight, and on a moderutely 
warm dny give It a coat of very hot as- 
phaltum, using a cotton or fiber brush of 
some kind, as It will burn a bristle brush 
up, and follow that with a coat not so hot 
and a little thicker, and before It sets or 
glazes give it all the sand it will take up. 
The sand should lie heated, the hotter the 
better, ns It will bed itself much better If 
very hot, and If this process is repeated It 
will make a much better job. I think If this 
is properly done It well make a cheap and 
very substantial job, and will last as long ns 
If not longer than the tin we get now, and 
will stand any amount of foot wear. The 
asphaltum Is cheap and easily procured, 
and anybody can apply It. It would be bet¬ 
ter If the flooring had a coat of paint on the 
under side, so as to make it more moisture- 
proof, and prevent swelling from that cause. 
This roof can be painted if desired. 
Pennsylvania. c. h. s. 
GARGET. 
I have a four-year-old Devon cow that 
was fresh about two weeks when one hind 
quarter of her udder swelled and she gave 
dear blood out of that quarter when I 
first started to milk It. After partly milk¬ 
ing there would be some milk with the 
blood. It has been three weeks since she 
was taken. I have stopped her from giving 
bloody milk, also have reduced some of the 
swelling, but there still remains a hard 
swelling In the upper part of her udder. 
She was a heavy milker, giving ubout 20 
quarts a day when taken. I was feeding 
her three quarts of mixed feed, three quarts 
red dog, one quart cotton seed a day. What 
was the cause? What should I have done 
for it, and what can I do to remove the 
swelling from the udder? j. p. w. 
Massachusetts. 
In a case of this sort the first step 
should he to have the cow tested with 
tuberculin as tuberculosis of the udder 
is to be suspected, and in that case you 
would not care to keep the cow or use 
her milk. Garget (inflammation of the 
udder or “mammitis”) may, however, be 
due to one of a large number of dif¬ 
ferent causes, such as bruising, infection 
by way of the teat duct, change of food, 
indigestion, catching cold, imperfect 
milking, etc. Treatment at the outset 
consists in giving a full dose of Epsom 
salts followed by two to four dram 
doses of saltpeter once or twice daily. At 
the same time persistent fomentation of 
the udder is to he kept up with hot 
water or the udder may be included in a 
sling and packed around with small 
bags filled with hot, wet hops. Two or 
three times daily the udder should he 
well rubbed with an anodyne lotion, 
sueh as a mixture of one ounce of 
fluid extract of belladonna leaves, two 
ounces of fluid extract of poke root, 
two ounces of spirits of camphor and 
druggist’s soap liniment to make half a 
pint. At the present stage if tubercu¬ 
losis is not present the udder should be 
rubbed once daily with iodine ointment. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
BOG SPAVIN. 
I have a colt year old which has a 
bog spavin. It. came on it when it was 
about eight months old. I used a spavin 
cure, and took the spavin off, blit it soon 
came back larger than ever. I afterward 
blistered with Iodine, but that did not help 
if any. Is there any permanent cure for a 
bog spavin? a. u. 
New York. 
A “bog spavin” cannot be “taken off,” 
as it is a distension of the capsular liga¬ 
ment of the hock joint by synovia (joint 
oil). In other words it is somewhat 
similar to a hernia (rupture), in that 
the wall of the ligament retaining the 
synovia is thinned and distended and so 
bulges between the binding ligaments 
at the part where hog spavin is usually 
seen at the front of the hock. Under 
the circumstances described we would 
advise you to have the entire hock joint 
line-fired and blistered by a qualified 
veterinarian, as this treatment will, in a 
way, provide a permanent bandage for 
the weakened parts by reason of the 
thickening and contraction of the fired 
skin. If you cannot have this done, then 
repeat the blister frequently at intervals 
of three or four weeks, as the condition 
of the skin will allow. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
OVERHEATED MULE. 
Please tell mo what to do for my mule. 
In hot weather he does not sweat, blit gets 
to blowing; thick wind It Is called here. 
He is otherwise healthy and in good condi¬ 
tion. A. it. 
Florida. 
The mule at some time in his life has 
been “overheated” or has in other words 
suffered an attack of sunstroke or heat 
exhaustion. There is little hope that he 
ever will lie of much account for work 
in hot weather, but he might do fairly 
well for work in the north or a cooler 
climate. He will do better if clipped 
in Spring, fed no hay or other bulky 
food at noon in Summer, worked with 
a shade on the poll of his head, given 
twice as much rest at noon and after 
meals as is allowed to a perfectly sound 
mule and fed to keep the bowels open. 
Relief is also given in bad cases by mix¬ 
ing in the feed twice daily during hot 
weather a tablespoonful of a mixture 
of equal parts powdered wood char¬ 
coal, saltpeter, flowers of sulphur and 
ground gentian root with one-half part 
powdered nux vomica. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
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