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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 22, 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Ho rse With Wart. 
I have a young horse that lias something 
on her neck which looks very much like a 
wart ; it is about an Inch across, and ap¬ 
pears to be spreading: has nearly doubled 
in size in a year. It looks as if there were 
roots branching out from it. It is light 
gray in color, and is up near where her 
mane grows out. Can you tell me what it 
is, and what to do for it? F. a. 
Massachusetts. 
The growth is doubtless a “seed 
wart,” and curable, but it must be re¬ 
membered that cancerous growths of 
similar appearance sometimes are met 
with, and do not respond to treatment. 
Tlte quickest and surest method of deal¬ 
ing with the growth would be to have 
it dissected out by a qualified veterina¬ 
rian. If you cannot have this done then 
saturate it once daily with glacial acetic 
acid applied drop by drop. 
Laminitis. 
period of 10 days, go on using tbe medi¬ 
cines in the same way until tbe horse is 
well. 
Scouring Horse. 
I have a horse about 15 years old that 
got off his feed about two months ago. After 
a few days he commenced scouring and still 
keeps it up. I had a veterinarian to see 
him; he cut and filed his teeth and left 
medicine for his appetite, and later for 
scours. Some days he appears better than 
others. What can I do for him? 
Vermont. j. it. c. 
Cut grain ration in half, add carrots 
and see that hay and other foods are of 
first-class quality, and that drinking 
water is pure and always given before 
feeding, and not soon after a meal. He 
should have plenty of outdoor exercise, 
and stable should be clean, sunny and 
well ventilated. In feed three times 
daily mix two tablespoonfuls of a mix¬ 
ture of equal parts powdered alum, 
powdered wood charcoal, and ground 
Hydrastis canadensis and ginger root. 
I have a heavy western horse 11 years 
old, which I have owned for two years, 
and which seemed perfectly sound, that 
was taken with laminitis early In Decem¬ 
ber. Horse has been used in general farm 
work and given only moderate feed. Pre¬ 
vious to the attack he had had no unusual 
work or feed except a little cob meal (ear 
corn ground) a portion of which had become 
slightly heated. At noon one day I found 
him so lame in all four legs that he could 
hardly walk, and veterinary called it lam¬ 
initis, although his feet were only very 
slightly inflamed. Veterinary left medicine 
to be given every three hours, and in about 
a week the horse recovered. Not long after¬ 
ward another attack came on, not quite so 
severe, but of longer duration. I used up a 
quart of medicine in about one week, and 
by another week (without medicine), he 
seemed to step around all right. lie has 
not been used since the early part of his 
second attack on account of rough frozen 
ground and icy roads. For the last week 
he has not been out of his single stall but 
seemed to step about in perfect order. To¬ 
day he seemed •quite lame again, and 
dragged his fore feet in stepping back. I 
have given him no grain since first part of 
second attack. The first time, the veter¬ 
inary came to the barn, but even after in¬ 
quiring into all conditions was unable to 
state even the probable cause of the trou¬ 
ble. Aside from your advice on probable 
cause of trouble and treatment I would 
like to know if a horse so affected is apt 
to bo free from the trouble for any great 
length of time, and if so, how long before 
he ought to work out of it. l. m. s. 
New Hampshire. 
The laminitis doubtless is of rheu¬ 
matic origin, and in that case will be 
apt to recur any time there is a serious 
change of the weather, or he cools off 
after a sweat, or is exposed to cold or 
damp. Have him shod with tar and 
oakum dressing covered by a thick 
leather sole, and then with a flat wide- 
webbed bar shoe. Clip hair from coro¬ 
nets and blister repeatedly with cerate 
of cantharides. 
Nasal Gleet In Horse. 
I have a four-year-old horse that took 
a cold last November, which has been neg¬ 
lected, and developed into a nasal gleet. 
There is a large lump under the eye, and 
another between the jaws. A veterinarian 
prescribed for him, charged me $5 and did 
no good At 'first horse refused to eat, but 
now eats grain and hay. I give him bran 
once a day to keep bowels open. I tried 
nasal douche of one-half pint of warm 
wafer with one teaspoonful of sulphol- 
napthol, but found it too difficult to admin¬ 
ister, though I have a good long syringe. 
What shall I do? a. f. * 
Rhode Island. 
As you have employed a veterinarian 
we presume there is no danger that the 
disease is glanders, but care is necessary 
in such cases. As a bone tumor is pres¬ 
ent it is almost positive that trephining 
will be necessary, and that a diseased 
molar tooth will have to come away. 
This will require professional skill, so 
tbe case apparently is to be a costly one. 
Under any circumstances nasal gleet is 
difficult, tiresome, unpleasant and often 
unsatisfactory to treat. Apart from the 
operation, medicinal treatment consists 
in giving one dram, night and morning, 
of one of the following medicines, alter¬ 
nated for periods of 10 days: dried sul¬ 
phate of iron, powdered sulphate of cop¬ 
per and iodide of potash. When each 
medicine has in turn been used for a 
Horse With Thrush. 
I have a horse that has the thrush in 
one front foot. I have tried several things 
but cannot cure him. Can you give ine any 
information in regard to the matter? 
New York. t. f. k. 
“Thrush” is caused by the horse hav¬ 
ing to stand in wet and filth in the 
stable, and is characterized by a dis¬ 
charge of bad smelling matter from the 
cleft of the frog and sometimes from 
each side of the frog. Remove the 
cause; keep the stall floor clean and bed 
with baled shavings. Cleanse the hoof 
perfectly and clean out the cleft of the 
frog. Then pack calomel into the cleft 
of the frog and at each side of it, and 
pack oakum in over the calomel to keep 
it in place. Renew the dressing daily 
until recovery, a. s. Alexander, v. s. 
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Calcium chloride should not be used where 
aluminum is used on engine as it attacks 
the aluminum as well as copper and brass. 
It cannot be prevented from splattering and 
is many times the cause of “short circuits.” 
The following mixtures are best suited for 
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35 per cent, water 65 per cent, freezing 
point 15 below zero. Denatured alcohol, 
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3.—Glycerine 55 per cent water 45 percent, 
freezing point 10 below zero. No. 4.—Cal¬ 
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freezing point 17 below zero. Calcium chlo¬ 
ride five pounds, water one gallon, freezing 
point 39 below zero. 
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