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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
741 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Knuckling Horse. 
I have a very line horse, about eight 
years old, that is inclined to knuckle. lie 
docs not. always show it, and has never 
gone lame. I have been told it sometimes 
comes from the kidneys. Can you give me 
a remedy for it? C. s. v. o. 
New York. 
We presume he knuckles over on the 
hind fetlocks and suspect that the trouble 
is due to lack of muscular tone. Possibly 
he is Very well fed, but not sufficiently 
exercised. Reduce feed if be is fat, and 
have him driven every day, or if that is 
impossible, he should be thoroughly exer¬ 
cised to halter. Overwork also causes the 
same trouble, so he must not be driven 
further than his ability and condition will 
allow. It often happens when a horse is 
leg-weary. lie may do better if his toes 
are shortened and his shoes have the heel 
calkins but no toes. a. s. a. 
Obstructed Teat. 
A fine cow has been fresh nearly four 
weeks, and the front left teat has become 
very badly swollen half way up, and is 
fairly hard; there seems to be a lump 
just above it. It: is getting so I cannot get 
any milk from it. I have bathed it in both 
hot and cold water, but it doesn’t seem to 
improve. She gives about 1(5 quarts per 
day, and is a valuable cow. Will you 
tell me how I can save the teat? 
w. n. s. 
Such cases are troublesome to handle, as 
interference is apt to cause similar in¬ 
flammation in the other quarters. It there¬ 
fore is best to employ a qualified veterin¬ 
arian who will open through the obstruc¬ 
tions by means of a suitable probe or pos¬ 
sibly a sterilized milking tube, and then 
prescribe proper after treatment. Mean¬ 
while foment the udder twice daily with 
hot water, and then rub thoroughly with 
a lotion composed of equal parts olive oil 
and fluid extract of pokeroot and bella¬ 
donna leaves. a. s. a. 
Grease. 
I purchased a mare that came from New 
York a few days before, stiffened by hard 
driving on the pavements. I noted that 
above the hoofs there were enlargements, 
very tender, and through the hair it had 
the appearance of having been fired with 
a sharp pointed iron around above the 
hoof and under ankle and hoof. I called 
it mud scratches. After I had the horse 
a few days it grew worse. I applied Span¬ 
ish fly blister, letting it. remain three or 
four days;; then I would thoroughly wash 
and apply an ointment of pulverized blue 
vitriol, sulphur and lard. In a few days, 
when the ointment came off, I washed with 
carbolic soap and warm water, rinsing 
thoroughly with clear water through hose. 
I gave in the feed a dessertspoonful of 
sulphur and a single handful of linseed 
meal once a day; once a week a tcaspoon- 
ful of pulverized saltpeter. I have repeated 
the blister and the above treatment four 
or five times. The result is I have the 
hind feet cleaned; except a tendency to 
common scratches. I called upon a vet¬ 
erinarian and he pronounced it grease- 
heel, and said that I was doing as well 
as he could. Rut I am not satisfied. The 
feet are very tender to handle, and the 
swelling around one of the forward feet 
is stubborn, and does not yield to treat¬ 
ment, although growing no worse. She 
is a good free driver, and when she first 
starts there is a slight lameness, but gen¬ 
erally drives most out of it. Driving any 
distance will stiffen her the next day. 
There is a corn in one forward foot that 
the blacksmith keeps cut down. Is there 
any help for that? j. s. s. 
Connecticut. 
We are unable to give an opinion, as 
we have no means of knowing what con¬ 
dition really is present, nor has it been 
shown why the firing iron was used be¬ 
fore you bought the man-. It is certain 
that for tenderness of the skin of the coro¬ 
net and other parts alluded to there could 
be no more severe treatment adopted than 
the blistering* you have given, and in a 
majority of cases such treatment would do 
much more barm than good. It seems 
likely that the mare has either ringbone 
or sidebones, for either of which conditions 
firing and blistering would be likely to 
prove beneficial. Under the circumstances 
it is very evident that you should employ 
an expert veterinarian to make an exam¬ 
ination, and then prescribe suitable treat¬ 
ment for the condition he finds present. 
a. s. A. 
Shoe Boil. • * 
I have a horse which has a shoe boll 
about the size of a hen’s egg. It is soft, 
and has grown to its present size within 
the past few months. I do not like the 
looks of it, and would like to know if 
there Is any way to prevent it from grow¬ 
ing larger, or getting rid of it entirely? 
The horse is several years old, and we won¬ 
der whether it Is due to bad shoeing. Any 
light you may be able to give us on this 
subject, will be appreciated. c. n. ir. 
New Jersey. 
Common opinion to the contrary, the 
horse's shoe has nothing whatever to do 
with the cause of shoe boll. The condition 
is caused by the elbow being constantly 
bruised by contact with an insufficiently 
bedded stall floor. Keep the horse tied up 
so lie cannot lie down, and twice daily 
bathe the part with hot water, and then 
rub in some pure alcohol or some druggist’s 
soap liniment. If the shoe boil persists 
after a month of this treatment, have it 
operated upon by a veterinarian. If the 
horse must be allowed to lie down, see 
that he has a deep bed of straw, and to 
Induce him to lie upon his side spike a 
2x4 scantling across the stall floor just 
back of where his fore feet come when lie 
is standing up. a. s. a. 
Garget. 
I have a IIoIstein-FTiesian cow that 
dropped a calf on July 2 last. Iler calving 
was a little slow, and she did not: seem 
quite well. Three or four times during the 
first 10 days I found a small pool of blood 
on the floor behind her. She gave, as 
usual, a large mess of milk, but very 
little from the right hind teat:, though that 
quarter of the udder seemed as large and 
full as the other. It was not hard nor 
sensitive to pressure. About two weeks 
after calving it broke internally and a 
considerable quantity of blood and matter 
was discharged. This for a couple of milk¬ 
ings. Then the milk out of that teat 
settled down to a light brown or pinkish 
color and has remained so without change 
ever since. The quantity is about one 
pint. No soreness evident. She gives about 
36 to 40 pounds a day through the other 
teats arid seems well. What advice can 
you give me and what explanation? 
Maine. r. H. 
We would advise testing the cow with 
tuberculin to make sure that she has no 
tuberculosis of the udder. Otherwise as 
the function of the affected quarter is per¬ 
manently ruined, we would advise trying 
to dry up that quarter by rubbing on cam¬ 
phorated oil twice daily. A veterinarian 
also would make injections of antiseptic 
medicine into the udder, but that is scarcely 
safe practice for a layman. a. s. a. 
Fence Questions. — I am considering the 
building of about 2,000 feet of fence. The 
question in my mind is the kind of fence 
to build, taking into account the life or 
durability of the fence us well as the am 
nual maintenance expense. Shall it be a 
post-and-rnll fence? What Is the life of a 
post-and-rail fence? Shall it lie some of the 
several designs of wire fence? Which of 
these several designs is the best, longest 
lived and best as a fence? What will the 
probable annual maintenance cost be for 
the post-and-rail or the wire fence? I 
would suggest the maintenance cost be 
given in days of labor and amount of mate¬ 
rial used. The unit prices can be added 
here. What are some of the reasons and 
advantages for and against the several 
kinds? Some of your readers must have 
had long experience with the several kinds 
of fence; will they give it to us? j. h. 
Maryland. 
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