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THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
April -i, 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Horses With Worms. 
Will you suggest a remedy for worms in 
horses? c. a. b. 
Connecticut. 
In the feed night and morning mix one 
tablespoonful of a mixture of equal parts 
salt, dried sulphate of iron, flowers of 
sulphur and ground gentian root. Con¬ 
tinue for a week; then skip 10 days and 
repeat. The iron cannot safely be given 
to a breeding mare. For such mares 
give a tablespoonful once daily of a mix¬ 
ture of equal parts flowers of sulphur and 
salt and continue for 12 days.. 
Scratches. 
I)o you know of a cure for scratches 
in horses of a couple of years’ standing? 
We are using red precipitate. i. c. 
New York. 
In old cases of scratches where the 
skin under the fetlock tends to crack and is 
dry and scaly apply cerate of cantharides to 
blister the parts, and as it will remove the 
scurf new skin will form and be apt to re¬ 
main sound if the parts are not washed dur¬ 
ing cold weather. In ordinary cases do 
not wash the parts; poultice for a few 
days with hot flaxseed meal and then 
apply sulphur ointment two or three times 
daily. 
Horse Out of Condition. 
Can you tell me what to do for the “hay 
belly?” Our horse has worms; she does 
not look poor, but she has such a big 
bloated look. j. f. b. 
New Jersey. 
Naturally it would be well to stop feeding 
so much hay and coarse fodder, and then 
feed oats and bran along with carrots or 
other roots. The “pot belly” may not be 
from hay but be the symptom of dropsy 
of the abdomen, which is incurable and 
usually associated with heart, liver or kid¬ 
ney disease or a complication of these dis¬ 
orders. Feed no hay at noon. Give the 
animal a pint of raw linseed oil every 10 
days. For worms see other answers. 
Lice on Horses. 
My horses have lice. I clip them every 
Spring and apparently get rid of the last 
one of them; then in the Winter I find the 
horses rubbing and biting themselves; I 
have tried insect powder, sheep-dip, and dif¬ 
ferent powders, (hey seem to help some, 
but horses have lice yet. Do the lice live 
over the Summer in the stalls? What can 
I do for them more than I have done? 
New York. it. e. m. 
It is useless to kill merely the lice on 
the horses, as the stables unless properly ! 
fumigated, disinfected and whitewashed 
after cleansing, harbor the “nits” and re¬ 
infect the slock year after year. Get at 
the stables now and it will be compara¬ 
tively easy to keep the horses free from 
vermin. Lice always are most prevalent 
where the stables are dark, dirty and badly 
ventilated. These matters also may require 
attention. For killing lice on horses coal 
tar dip solution and flowers of sulphur, 
freely used according to the directions given 
by the maker, will prove effective. 
Horse With Mange. 
What should I do for my horse, which 
has a skin disease, what I should call 
mange? I believe it to come from a 
horse which I had before. How should 
I prepare harness that was used on those 
horses? Symptoms are pimples and dry 
scales. The horse keeps poor and weak. 
p. s. 
Mange is due to a parasitic insect and 
spreads from one horse to another. It will 
be necessary to isolate the affected horse 
and then clean up, fumigate, disinfect 
and whitewash the stable in which he has 
been kept. Wash the harness with a 
strong solution of carbolic acid. Have the 
horse clipped; then wash the affected parts 
with a 1-30 solution of coal tar dip and 
at once rub in flowers of sulphur. Re¬ 
peat as required and until he is seen to be 
cured. _ a. s. a. 
Cement Henhouses. 
J. R. B. can make cement chicken houses 
or any other houses by setting up his frame 
with 2x4 inch scantlings as though he was 
going to clapboard, but instead of the lat¬ 
ter nail on metallic lath and plaster with 
Portland cement, and he can make the roof 
wtih the same material. If the plastering 
with cement is done in a hot dry day it 
should be frequently wet with a sprinkling 
can, that it may dry slowly and be free 
from cracks. If he wants it extra dry and 
warm he can put the metallic lath on the 
Inside as well, and this will give him hol¬ 
low walls. If he can get clay road dust 
he can save some expense by mixing that 
wtih old rope cut about two inches long, 
mixing it with the road dust thoroughly in 
the dry state, and then mixing the whole 
with water to the consistency of plaster. 
This will make the inside better than lime 
inortar would and at less expense than 
either mortar or cement. The metallic lath 
costs about 2% cents per square foot, and 
is a very desirable material. If the roof 
is so made it should be thoroughly painted 
so the wet cannot penetrate the cement. 
EDWAKD K. TAYLOR. 
In Pounds of Feed 
Working energy in the horse is much like steam in an engine— 
both are developed by economical fuel consumption. If then the 
digestive apparatus of the horse extracts from its food the full amount of 
nutrition which can be assimilated, he is certainly in the best nurtured 
and most vigorous condition for hard labor. Now digestion in the horse 
may be easily deranged becauses he possesses a small stomach and 
high-strung nervous system. Hence heavy feeding requires 
judgment and instant correction of the first wrong symptom. 
Horses receiving regular small doses of Dr. Hess Stock Food 
show best as drivers or workers. It corrects a tendency toward indi¬ 
gestion and strengthens the organs up to a point where the largest amount of 
ration may be assimilated. It increases appetite so that the horse takes food with a relish. 
This is especially important in the ease of a beef animal, and experience shows that 
a Hess-fed steer will eat more roughage and fat on less grain than an animal not so handled. 
D B HESS STOCK mD 
ft, 
makes good digestion and good digestion saves nutriment which would otherwise go to the 
manure heap. The ingredients in Dr. Hess Stock food are endorsed by Professors Winslow, 
Quitman and Finley Dun, our most noted medical writers. It holds iron for the blood and 
nitrates to cleanse the system. It makes cows give more milk and shortens the time 
necessary to fata market animal*. It is the prescription of Dr. Hess (M-. D., D. V. S.) and 
Is sold on a written guarantee. 
100 lbs. $5.00. 25 lb. pail $1.60 l Except in Canada and 
Smaller quantities at a slight udv.ance. ) extreme West and South 
Where Dr. Hess Stock Food differs in particular is in the dose—it’s small and fed 
but twice a day, which proves it has the most digestive strength to the pound. Our 
Government recognizes Dr. Hess Stock Food as a medicinal preparation and thi9 
paper is ba<?k of the Guarantee. 
FREE from the 1st to the 10th of each month—Dr. Hess (M. D., D. V.8.) will prescribe for your 
ailing animals. You can have his 96-page Veterinary Book any time by asking. Mention this paper. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio. 
Also Manufacturers of »r. Hess Poultry l'an-a-ce-a and Instant Louse Killer. 
IN8TANT LOUSE KILLER KILLS LICE. 
Newton’s 
Heave, Gough, Distemper 
and Indigestion Cure p.r tan. 
The best remedy known for these diseases. 
Originated by qualified veterinarians, and 
highly recommended by horse owners. Wo 
also make a ro cent can for Colds, Acute 
nriTU Cough, Distemper, Worm Ex- 
Mr U I M peller, and which is a grand 
... ...... conditioner for horses badly 
UO HEAVES rundown. Tills size can does 
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Guaranteed 
FOR 
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AND 
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POTS AN END TO 
LICE, TICKS, MITES, 
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Don’t waste time and money on inferior dips. 
-USE- 
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noteontain sufficient 
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heaves. At dealers 
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e x t> r e s s pre-. 
paid. Send for,, 
booklet. 
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“SAVE-THE-HORSE” SPAVIN CURE 
Trade Marie cures these 
Permanently Cures Splint, Wind* 
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a bottle, with written binding 
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Cures Strained Puffy Ankles, 
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Blistering, removing the hair, or 
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#2.00 per bottle, delivered with full 
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ABSORBING, ,TR„ for man¬ 
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Hydrocele, Prostatitis, kills pain. 
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The standard reliable| 
remedy for Galls, Scratch-1 
os, Cracks, Wire Cuts and 
all similar sores on ani¬ 
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everywhere. Money re- 
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“The wheels of the gods 
grind slow but exceed¬ 
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W HY CONTINUE to patch when a few rolls of Congo “Never-Leak’* 
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