1908. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
«09 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Sweeney ; Milk Fever. 
* 
1. I have a three-year-old colt with a 
shrunken shoulder. lie is not lame. lie 
has been in that condition about six weeks. 
I have been applying light blisters but I 
can see no result. Would you advise a 
rowel ? 2. Three weeks ago I had a cow 
that was very sick with milk fever and 
she being a prize cow of mine I was very 
anxious to save her. Like a majority of 
dairymen, I had not a bit of medicine in 
the house, but I was fortunate in living 
only three-quarters of a mile from town, 
so I got medicine in a short time; 150 
grains iodide of- potash, dissolved in a 
quart of boiled water. I made four parts 
and injected one part into each teat. I 
used a bicycle pump and filled the udder 
full of air. I got immediate results. Each 
and every man who keeps cows should not 
be without this recipe, and have the medi¬ 
cine and tools on hand, for you do not 
knew when you may want to use them. 
APichigan. w. o. >S. 
1. When lameness is absent it usually 
is unnecessary to insert a seton or blister 
severely, as exercise and generous feeding 
usually restores the wasted muscles. Bet¬ 
ter simply band-rub the parts thoroughly 
for 15 minutes twice daily. 2. The iodide 
of potash injection is entirely unnecessary 
in treating milk fever. It suffices merely 
to inflate the udder with air from a clean 
bicycle pump, to which a large milking 
tube and small rubber hose have been 
attached. The tube, etc., must be scrup¬ 
ulously clean. a. s. a. 
Horse With Grease. 
I have just bought a horse that has what 
is called warts on one hind leg from the 
hoof well above the ankle, and completely 
encircling the leg, which is much enlarged, 
the swelling extending up to his body. 
These warts completely cover the hide, and 
prevent any hair from growing near the 
affected part. There is some discharge 
from between these warts, which has a 
very offensive odor. What can I do to cure 
this horse? Will any internal treatment 
help? b. i. D. 
New York. 
You have invested in a horse afflicted 
with a chronic case of grease, which you 
will find practically incurable, and it will 
pay you to pass him along to some dealer 
who is willing to buy such animals. If you 
wish to treat the case it may improve 
somewhat in a year or so if you keep the 
horse on grass alone during Summer, and 
allow him to live an outdoor life in Win¬ 
ter, on hay, fodder and bran alone. In¬ 
ternal treatment consists in half an ounce 
of Fowler’s solution of arsenic given two 
or three times daily. Wet the leg twice 
daily with a lotion composed of an ounce 
each of sugar of lead and powdered sul¬ 
phate of copper in a pint of water. Grape¬ 
like growths should be removed by a red- 
hot iron. a. s. a. 
Mare With Cough. 
I have a valuable mare that has a slight, 
dry cough. She has had it for about four 
weeks, but seems in good health otherwise. 
She does not cough much, and it does not 
seem to be getting worse. She coughs most 
when she is running hard on a dusty 
road. I thought she was taking the dis¬ 
temper. I notice that the mucous mem¬ 
brane of the nose is redder than normal, 
and that she has a slight watery discharge 
from the nose, not enough to notice unless 
one's attention is called to it by the cough. 
She has, I noticed last night for the first 
time, some little lumps under the jaw on 
the median line, pressure on which makes 
her cough. Some claim that she has dis¬ 
temper and that she will get worse, and 
that I should give her indigo water. Can 
you tell me what the trouble is and what 
to do about it? I should dislike very- 
much to have her damaged permanently in 
any way, as she is a valuable mare, just 
in her prime, nine years old. Can you 
give me any information about distemper 
in horses? I especially want the best treat¬ 
ment for the average case. Can you direct 
me to any bulletin or any literature about 
this disease? It is an important disease 
about here and I would like to know more 
about it. e. v. H. 
If you will describe fully the symptoms 
of what you term “distemper” we will be 
glad to give advice, but as farmers apply 
the term to a number of different ailments 
we cannot answer intelligently without full 
particulars. The cough in question is not 
due to “distemper” (strangles), in which 
disease abscesses form under the jaw. The 
glands are slightly enlarged, and this is 
quite commonly seen in glanders, so that an 
examination should be made by a qualified 
veterinarian. In the latter disease one also 
would see ulcers upon the lining membrane 
of the partition between the nostrils (sep¬ 
tum nasi) and the discharge would tend 
to stick about the orifice of the nostril. 
In all probability there is, however, some 
far more simple cause for the cough. It 
may be from irregularities of the teeth, 
which easily can be remedied, or to some 
chronic catarrh, which will soon subside if 
given intelligent treatment by the veterinar¬ 
ian. a. s. A. 
Milking a Heifer. 
I have a Jersey heifer 18 months old 
which has been fresh about three weeks. 
Her udder was swollen and caked several 
days before and after calving, but is all 
right now. I have been milking three times 
a day. I have been told not to milk at 
noon, as her udder would not develop. I 
think it will tend to increase the milk 
flow when she gets older. Please advise 
me what to do. a. l. b. 
Pennsylvania. 
It will be sufficient to milk twice a day 
unless you find that the udder when so 
treated tends to become over distended and 
slightly inflamed in consequence. The 
heifer should be milked right along until 
the time comes to dry her up before her 
next calving. a. s. a. 
Cow With Cough. 
I have a young cow two years and four 
months old. She had one calf. I bought 
her from a dairy on April 1,8. When I 
got home I saw she had cattle lice. I 
used lard and kerosene, then I overfed her 
so she would not eat, and seemed to be 
badly scoured. I got a veterinary who cured 
her. She seems to be in good health, but 
has a dry cough morning and night. What 
can I do? She has gained in flesh and 
seems to be well otherwise. c. a. w. 
New York. 
See to the ventilation of the stable, as 
if not kept clean and the ventilation is 
poor, irritating gases may form and cause 
the cough ; or it may be that the feed is 
dusty and this also may induce cough. In 
all such cases, however, the first step 
should be to have the animal tested with 
tuberculin, as it cannot possibly do any 
harm and will surely determine whether 
or not tuberculosis is present. Half to 
one ounce of glyco-heroin given two or three 
times daily according to the severity of 
the cough usually proves effective for horses 
or cows, but this of course would not avail 
in cough due to tuberculosis. a. s. a. 
Fistula of Hip. 
I have a horse that hurt herself last 
Winter, injuring hip. She is not. lame, but 
there is a small opening right at the hip 
bone and matter runs out. I was told 
she had a “pipe” and I ought to burn it. 
If this is so I wish you would tell me 
how to do it. j. m. i\ 
New York. 
The discharging sinus (pipe or fistula) 
doubtless connects with a bit of fractured 
bone on the point of the hip, and you 
should employ a qualified veterinarian who 
will cut down and remove the broken bone 
and then treat the wound with antiseptics 
until it heals, and this should be prompt 
after the operation. It will do no good to 
burn tlie lining membrane of the sinus, 
if the discharge is due to the presence of 
fractured bone, which is quite usual in 
such cases. a. s. a. 
ALFALFA AS A SILAGE CROP. 
A bulletin of the Colorado Station thus 
summarizes the results of tests of Alfalfa 
as a silage crop: Some tests were care¬ 
fully made on a small scale to see what 
losses might be expected in making silage 
of Alfalfa. One test was made with the 
Alfalfa put in whole as cut in the field, 
the other with the Alfalfa cut to quarter- 
inch pieces as we cut. our corn for silage. 
The whole Alfalfa showed a spoiled layer 
three inches thick on the top and an inch 
layer around the side nearly all the way 
down. The silage of the bottom and middle 
was excellent and was greedily eaten by 
the cows and calves. Its loss in the 
total weight was 10.7 per cent, hut its 
loss in feeding value was probably a little 
larger. The other silo was filled with cut 
Alfalfa. The next day the silo was covered 
with two thicknesses of building paper and 
one of boards and weighted with stone to 
about 55 pounds per square foot. When 
covered, the silage was hotter than the 
hand could bear. Two days later the 
temperature had fallen to 83 degrees Fah¬ 
renheit and in two days more it had 
fallen to that of the air. The silage set¬ 
tled and shrunk a good deal. When put in 
it contained 33 per cent of dry matter. 
On opening the silo showed two inches 
of spoiled silage on top and half an inch 
on the sides. The spoiled silage was 7.3 
per cent of the total weight. The loss in 
dry matter was approximately 10 per cent. 
It is fair to presume that with a good 
tight silo, well-made silage from cut Al¬ 
falfa should not make a larger loss than 
was here given in our small experimental 
silo, or about 10 per cent of its feeding 
value. To make good silage from whole 
Alfalfa is a much harder proposition. It 
requires that the Alfalfa be quite green; 
that the silo be both deep and tight; that 
the Alfalfa be thrown into the silo in 
small forkfuls and carefully tramped, and 
that it be weighted by four or six feet 
of some heavy, tight packing material like 
cut corn fodder. If the Alfalfa is put up 
in the middle of the Summer in clear, 
bright weather, it must be raked and loaded 
as fast as cut. One lot we tried was too 
dry for silage two hours after it was cut. 
COWS WITH HEAVY MILK YIELDS. 
Having read the article in regard to 
those heavy milkers (?) with three 
yards of pedigree, I can heartily thank 
you for those plain statements and facts, 
and also say, “none for mine.” Show 
me if you can any farmer that is able 
to feed about $1.50 to $2 worth of feed 
to be enabled to sell about 42 quarts 
milk at an average price hereabouts of 
about 2 J /2 cents. To show you what can 
be done with what are referred to as 
scrubs I give a week’s milking of a 
little dark Jersey, age two years (May 
6), fresh May 10. Feed four pounds 
cornmeal each milking, runs in pasture 
day and night; tested from June 28 to 
July 4. Her mother, also owned by me, 
gave on the same feed above 25 quarts i 
per day; died about six weeks ago. She 
had been milked one year, was six 
months with calf and was giving 14 
quarts per day; age at time of death 
five years. Certainly if a man can get 
about 20 cents per quart for milk he 
can handle these so-called record 
holders. 
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A COW’S EARNINGS. 
With milk at eight cents per quart, are 
there not lots of cows that will earn 
$1.70 per day? That is the price at Fair¬ 
mont, W. Va., and at Morgantown. W. Va., 
it is little if any lower. We live about 
half way between the two places, or 10 
miles from each. This is a great coal 
country, and the people live off coal, oil 
and gas. There is a fortune for truck 
and milk men here, or so it seems to me. 
Rivesville, W. Va., R. B. s. 
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