1912. 
THE KURAlv NBW-VORKEfl 
X 
DINNER TIME. 
We have had a number of pictures 
showing what goes on at dinner time. 
The banquet scene at Fig. 66 is about 
the best one yet. The guests at this 
banquet do not wait for any poems or 
formal welcomes. They sail right in 
and act as their own waiters. That is 
not want to blister if I thought I should 
have to stop working him. He does not 
seem any worse when he is working than 
when he is standing still in the barn. I 
now put him in a box stall at night and 
he seems better. j. w. r. 
Massachusetts. 
1. If the growth in the duct of the teat 
continues to give trouble it will have to 
be removed by operation, for which a veter- 
DINNER TIME. Fig. 66 
the way pork is made, and pork is 
what these guests are here for. 
“A Private Meat Trust.” 
Perhaps you will be interested in a 
plan which I have undertaken to fur¬ 
nish my family for the coming season 
with fresh meat. When we filled our 
icehouse we left out one cake of ice in 
each layer from the next to bottom 
layer, to the top in the middle of the 
building, thus forming a hole or chim¬ 
ney in the middle of the ice, clear down 
to the lower layer which formed the 
floor. This space, the size of one cake, 
was 20x40 inches. A few days ago I 
butchered a nice fat heifer, and then 
cut up the meat into small pieces about 
the size I would buy of the butcher for 
family use. The round steak I sliced 
and wrapped in paper, butter parchment 
first, then newspapers, in small parcels. 
This meat was then all taken to the ice¬ 
house and allowed to freeze, and then I 
packed it in my ice hole. The different 
pieces were made up into parcels which 
I plan will last about a month each, 
containing a few pieces for boiling, a 
few for pot-roast and for baking, and 
in each lot several packages of the 
beefsteak. 
Beginning at the bottom of the hole, 
1 put two or three baskets of snow. 
On this went one lot of meat. This 
was covered with a bransack and all 
covered with several baskets of snow. 
Then another lot of meat, covered in 
the same manner, and so on till the hole 
was full. Into the hole also went some 
fresh pork and in each lot a cake of 
sausage, pressed into a bread tin to give 
it a loaf shape and then wrapped in 
paper. So we are hoping to find along 
next Summer some nice fresh meat, for 
boiling, for baking and for frying— 
even the liver is represented in each lot. 
I have no grudge against the butcher, 
but if our plan works he will vote me a 
pretty poor customer this year. I will 
let you know later how the plan works. 
Connecticut. Joseph baker. 
R. N.-Y.—The proof of this will be 
eating the meat. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Obstructed Teat; Sore Stifle. 
1. I have a cow that had a hard place 
come in one of her teats, and she gave 
bloody milk from it for a few days and then 
the milk was all right for about a week, 
when it was bloody again for a couple of 
days. The udder did not seem sore or hard 
in any place; the teat was sore for a few 
days but seems all right now, only for the 
hard place. I am feeding about three 
pounds of waste bread, two quarts bran, a 
pint of gluten, one pint of cornmeal and a 
handful of oil meal to a feed, with a little 
salt, besides mixed hay and sweet corn 
fodder. 2. I asked a question about a horse 
with a sore stifle, and the answer was to 
blister it with cerate of cantharides. Do 
you think it would hurt to woxk this horse 
while the blister was on? I am using him 
now and pulling him quite hru-d, and should 
inarian will have to be employed. As in¬ 
flammation of the udder always is apt to 
follow such operations, they should not be 
undertaken unless absolutely necessary, and 
should only be attempted by an expert. 2. 
Do not blister the stifle if the horse must 
be worked. In place of blistering rub the 
stifle joint twice daily with a liniment 
composed of one half ounce each of aqua 
ammonia and turpentine and four ounces 
of druggists' soap liniment shaken up with 
water to make one pint. a. s. a. 
Curb; Tongue Lolling. 
1. Would you tell me what to do for a 
curb on a three-year-old horse? 2. Is there 
anything that can be done for a horse that 
lets his tongue hang out when being driven 
when he breathes a little hartT? lie lets it 
hang out about an inch. p. s. 
Mew York. 
1. If lamehess is present clip off the hair 
and blister the curb twice a month with a 
mixture of one dram of biniodide of mer¬ 
cury and one ounce of lard and allow the 
horse a prolonged rest. If lameness is ab¬ 
sent rul) the curb downward for 10 min¬ 
utes, several times a day, by means of a 
bit of smooth hardwood or bone, and at 
night paint it with a mixture of one part 
each of turpentine and tincture of iodine 
and two parts of alcohol. 2. If the horse 
has a polypus (tumor) in a nostril, that 
will have to be removed, for if it is the 
cause of difficult breathing lolling of the 
tongue may be necessary during action. 
Otherwise stop the lolling in the following 
way: Cut a strip of harness or boot 
leather six inches long and one and one- 
half inches wide. Sew one end of this 
strip to a straight bar bit, pointing the 
free end backward so as it will lie on top 
of the tongue when the bit is in the mouth 
and be directed backward. This will stop 
tongue lolling in a large number of cases. 
In old chronic cases, where paralysis is 
present, it is necessary to amputate a part 
of the tongue. a. s. a. 
Dishorning; Swelling on Cow. 
1. 1 have two six-months-old calves which 
I wish to dishorn. Is a sharp knife suit¬ 
able for the work, and if so how low should 
the cut be made, and will it be necessary 
to stop the bleeding? 2. I have a cow with 
an oval, soft, enlargement, larger than a 
goose egg, between her lower jaw-bones, 
about six inches back of the front teeth. 
What might it be? l. m. s. 
Mew Hampshire. 
1. Mo ; a sharp meat saw has to be used 
and applied close down in the hair, else 
the horns will grow stubs or “scurs.” A 
dishorning gouge is made for the purpose 
of removing horn buttons when the horns 
are not long enough to permit of sawing. 
The right way to prevent the growth of 
horns is to rub the skin with caustic potash 
as soon as the horn buttons can be felt. 
Bleeding following dishorning is stopped 
by applying oakum saturated with Mon- 
sell's solution of iron. 2. This may be a 
swollen gland, or merely a small dropsical 
swelling. Do not use the knife. Rub the 
enlargement with iodine ointment each 
other day. It may be an abscess contain¬ 
ing pus, which should be liberated. Then 
swab wound inside and out, once daily, 
with tincture of iodine. a. s. a. 
Sprung Knee. 
I have a horse whose front leg (one leg) 
is bent, and he always stands leaning it in 
a half circle. The leg can be straightened 
when I press on the kneecap, but the 
muscles in back of the leg seem shrunken 
in some way. The horse is not old, and 
all right in every way except 1 , that leg. He 
works well, eats well and trots fairly well, 
and does not go lame. Would you let me 
know if there is any remedy to stretch 
those cords to a natural position or to im¬ 
prove it in some way ? c. c. s. 
Vermont. 
When: you write advertisers mention Thf. 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“sauare deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Hand rtib the tendons at back of leg 
three times a day and at night rub with 
druggist’s soap liniment. Make horse take 
all food from floor level. This may help a 
little; but the condition usually proves in¬ 
curable. Let horse pasture as much as pas¬ 
s' le next Summer.. ^ a. s. a. 
Goitre. 
1. I have a shepherd dog, a good cow 
driver; he has a big round hard lump in 
his throat just where the collar goes. Some 
say it is the goitre. He breathes hard; 
has had it growing two years. It is big 
now. Will you give a remedy V Dog is five 
years old. 2. I have a mare six years old 
with a thoroughpin. Can it be cured? It 
is on right hind leg. She is lar y on it 
now ; only been there a little while. 
Rhode Island. A. E. p. 
1. An established goitre, or enlargement 
of the thyroid glands, such as is present in 
the case described, usually is cancerous and 
incurable. Clip off the hair and paint the 
lump with tincture of iodine each other 
day. Stop for a few days when the skin 
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Buy or Rent, forty miles from New York. 
Dr. JL. LEMBERG.SUFFERN, N. Y. 
becomes irritated. Open part if it softens. 
Give three grains of iodide of potash in 
capsule for three consecutive nights a week. 
2. Have the hock joint fired and blistered 
by a veterinarian; then give mare a pro¬ 
longed rest. a. s. a. 
Lameness. 
How should I treat my horse, 11 years 
old? Both front feet are hot, has a ten¬ 
dency to push them forward, but if stand¬ 
ing in a soft place works toes down and 
that raises his heels; he then stands plumb, 
starts a little stiff, but works sound. Is a 
horse apt to lose his feet a/ter being 
nerved? Is it all right to have both feet 
nerved at the same time? c. H. x. 
Massachusetts. 
The horse no doubt is afflicted with 
navicular disease, and unnerving is the only 
means by which the lameness can be re¬ 
moved. One leg should be treated at a time. 
There is some danger of the hoof sloughing 
off when the nerve is severed high ; but au 
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such an accident follow the operation. Hoof 
sloughing is about sure to follow unnerving 
in a mule or jack. a. s. a. 
Cholera. 
How long after bogs have died with the 
cholera in a lot before you think it would 
be advisable to use that lot for hogs again ? 
Delaware. o. w. m. 
Such a lot will not be safe for bogs un¬ 
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be plowed and cropped for several years 
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