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THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 14, 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Bone Tumor. 
Within the last few days one of my cowa 
has developed a bony lump, now about the 
size of a ben’s egg, on the edge of the 
lower jaw, in a line with the eye, and there 
is also a swelling in the flesh around under 
the hard lump. I cannot say what caused 
the trouble, but I am told it is a ‘'hold¬ 
fast,” and that it may prove very detrimen¬ 
tal to the cow. I am at present painting 
it with iodine three or four times a day. 
In your opinion is this the most correct 
treatment, and if not, what would you rec¬ 
ommend me to do? perplexed. 
New Hampshire. 
“Holdfast” is a fictitious term, there be¬ 
ing no such condition in cattle; but horses 
often have sores under harness which are 
rightly termed “sitfasts,” as there is in 
the center of each a bit of dead skin which 
becomes horny in texture and has to be 
cut away before healing will take place. 
Have the lower molar teeth examined, as it 
is just possible that the bone tumor is 
associated with a diseased condition of a 
tooth and removal of latter may be neces¬ 
sary as treatment. If no such cause is 
found “lump jaw” (actinomycosis) proba¬ 
ble is present, and the part should be oper¬ 
ated upon as soon as possible. Excision is 
the best remedv, if undertaken at once; but 
treatment with iodine is intelligent and 
often beneficial. a. s. a. 
Abnormal Sweating. 
Is there any reason for a three-year-old 
mare that has had moderate driving all 
Summer to sweat abnormally? I have one 
which if driven for a mile or two at a fair 
road gait will be wet all over; small drops 
seem to stand out on the ends of the hairs. 
She is in good condition and spirits. She 
has been this way ail Summer, but is worse 
now considering the cold weather. Her feed 
is eight quarts of oats a day and good hay. 
Can you give the cause and remedy? 
New York. D. c. H. 
Mare no doubt has indigestion, and that 
Is very common when teeth are being cut 
by a three-year-old animal. She will im¬ 
prove as she ages and hardens. Meanwhile 
reduce feed of oats two quarts and substi¬ 
tute wheat bran for the oats. See that sta¬ 
ble is perfectly ventilated, as hot, stuffy 
stables induce such conditions. Clipping 
would be an immediate and beneficial cure. 
If vou do not care to have her entire body 
clipped it will suffice to clip the hair from 
belly to a line with breeching and breast 
collar straps and from there down to knees 
and hocks. This is the best treatment for 
sweating in the stable. It also is wonder¬ 
fully beneficial in indigestion. A. s. a. 
Cow with Cough. 
Could you tell me what is good for a 
cough? ‘My 'Jersey cow, which is four 
years old, has had one calf; has had a 
cough for quite a while. 1 don't think 
it is a cold, for she has had it all Sum¬ 
mer. ... A : ?• . 
Cough is merely an indication ot irri¬ 
tation affecting the throat, bronchial tubes 
or lungs, and the cause must be determined 
before treatment can intelligently be ap¬ 
plied. In all cases of chronic cough in 
cattle the first step should be to test 
with tuberculin, as tuberculosis of the 
glands of the throat or of the lungs is 
to be suspected, and one would not wish 
to retain an animal so affected. The 
tuberculin will do no harm. It is ab¬ 
solutely harmless, and cannot possibly 
cause ‘tuberculosis; but it is a certain 
means of determining the presence ot the 
disease. The only condition in which it 
may fail to cause a reaction indicating the 
presence of tuberculosis is when the dis¬ 
ease is far advanced and the system of 
the animal thoroughly saturated with the 
bacilli of the disease. In such cases, how¬ 
ever, it is an easy matter for the veterin¬ 
arian to diagnose the disease from a .phy¬ 
sical examination. In slight cases it is 
absolutely impossible for anyone to diagnose 
the disease, and it often is present with¬ 
out manifesting any diagnostic symptom. 
For cough, not due to tuberculosis, glyco- 
heroin will be found effective if given in 
half to one ounce doses two or three times 
a day according to severity of case. Fluid 
extract of belladonna leaves combined with 
glycerine and water also is useful lor 
cough, or the veterinarian may prescribe 
some favorite remedy that will "do the 
trick” if the cough can be remedied by 
medicine. a. s. a. 
Rickets in Pigs. 
I differ in regard to an article about 
paralysis of pig in hindquarters, page 1007. 
It is due to the presence of kidney worm; 
treat with turpentine, and feed with blood 
meal. Watch results and you will notice 
worm. If pig has not been stiff too long, 
will get over it. p< H - 
New York. 
It is a very well known fact that kidney 
worms are no‘t the cause of paralysis of the 
hind legs in pigs. Veterinarians every¬ 
where, including the writer, have made 
many post mortem examinations of affected 
animals, but have not found kidney worms. 
Kidney worms have often been found m ap¬ 
parently healthy pigs. Intestinal worms 
are quite commonly met with in paralyzed 
pigs, and have a great deal to do with the 
malnutrition always present in the pig 
afflicted with rickets. Turpentine is useful 
in ridding pigs of worms, and blood meal 
is a great help in rickets. a. s. a. 
Strangles. 
I have a horse which I think has dis¬ 
temper. He is very thirsty, but does not 
seem to drink much water. His jaws swell, 
and he began to fester with pus. He is 
sluggish; pays little attention to various 
surroundings. Could you tell me what it 
is, and give remedy for it? G. D. 
Ohio. 
When the abscess of strangles begins to 
form under the jaw the usual treatment 
is to apply hot flaxseed poultice, renewed 
night and morning, until a spot softens and 
can readily be lanced for the evacuation 
of pus. Good feeding and nursing are more 
important than medicine in this disease. 
Feed soft feed, and wetted hay and if horse 
is weak give drinks of flaxseed tea, hay 
tea, thin gruel or milk. In the way of 
medicine stimulants are useful and with 
them may be given dram doses of fluid 
extract of gentian and 10-drop doses of 
fluid extract of belladonna leaves every 
three or four hours. Keep pure, cold water 
constantly before the horse. He should oc¬ 
cupy a roomy box stall in a clean, well- 
ventilated stable. a. s. a. 
Worms. 
I have a horse which is troubled with 
small worms which are discharged in 
manure occasionally; he keeps in poor 
condition. Please advise me as to treat¬ 
ment. J. tv. M. 
Ohio. 
Inject into rectum three nights a week 
a couple of quarts of soapy warm water 
containing a half cupful of decoction of 
tobacco stems or a decoction of two ounces 
of quassia chips. In the feed night and 
morning for a week mix a tablespoonful of 
a mixture of two parts salt and one part 
each of dried sulphate of iron and flowers 
of sulphur; then skip 10 days and repeat. 
a. s. a. 
Partial Paralysis. 
I have a colt three years old that was 
injured in September by getting cast in a 
ditch. He is at present strong and in 
excellent condition, but walks with a stoop 
behind, and is unable to retain his water. 
I have had him examined by two veterin¬ 
ary surgeons; they call his trouble paral¬ 
ysis of the nerves. Is there any cure for 
this case? l. j. c. 
New York. 
Colt may gradually outgrow the weak¬ 
ness if generously fed oats and bran along 
with, best of mixed hay, and made to live 
an outdoor life, so far as state of weather 
will allow. The veterinarian might give 
fluid extract of nux vomica in increasing 
doses, hut the medicine is poisonous and 
has to be carefully administered. 
Weak Dog. 
My collie dog, 19 months old, took dis¬ 
temper the latter part of August; would 
eat scarcely anything; lay around most of 
the time, getting very thin. I got stuff 
from a druggist who claimed to be a bit 
of a dog doctor (no vets, in this country), 
but don’t think it has done him much 
good. At the present time his appetite 
is good, his coat is shiny and he has 
picked up some, but it has left him deaf 
and nearly blind. The pupils of his eyes 
are very large, and he is still weak in the 
hind legs, but much livelier than he was 
a month ago. h. c. 
British Columbia. 
Twice a day give the dog a tablespoon¬ 
ful of emulsion of cod liver oil in addi¬ 
tion to generous feeding. Include par¬ 
boiled liver and meat in the ration. As a 
tonic give twenty drops of elixir of cali- 
saya bark, iron and strychnine twice a 
day in a little water and increase to three 
such doses a day if found necessary. We 
fear, however, that the eyesight and deaf¬ 
ness are beyond help. a. s. a. 
Scours in Cow. 
I have a nice Jersey cow that has the 
bloody scours, but is getting better Her 
appetite is very poor and she is very thin 
in flesh from her sickness. Wnat would 
you advise for her appetite? I feed her 
corn-cob meal, ships and middlings, of 
which she only eats about three piDts, and 
is careless of eating it unless sprinkled 
with salt. She seems to crave salt, of 
which I am afraid to give her very much 
on account of her bowels. Her fodder con¬ 
sists of mixed hay and cornstalks. She 
prefers the cornstalks to the hay Please 
advise what to give for her appetite. She 
is with calf. Also what treatment is best 
for bloody scours. M. a. b. 
Give her a dram of salol and two drams 
each of subnitrate of bismuth,' ground gin¬ 
ger root and catechu two or three times a 
day in half a pint of flour gruel until 
scouring subsides. Appetite will then grad¬ 
ually return. If it is slow in so doing give 
half an ounce of aromatic sp'r'ts of am¬ 
monia, one ounce of pure alcohol and half 
a dram of fluid extract of nux vomica three 
times a day in a pint of flaxseed tea. 
a. s a. 
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