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THE R. U RA I> NEW-YORKER 
March 30, 
HEATING A CEMENT TANK. 
On page 307 you reply to a question 
concerning heating water in a cement 
tank. I suggest a plan which looks bet¬ 
ter to me—see sketch, Fig. 158. By your 
plan you have an expensive coil to make. 
Its expansion when heated will strain 
the material of both tank and coil. 
Leaves, straw or paper will be carried 
into the coil by the circulation of the 
water, and are hard to get out. It won’t 
circulate if the top connection to tank 
is above the water level or the water 
line is lowered. I would substitute a 
straight pipe for your coil of pipe, set 
it level, screw a cap or plug on its outer 
end, and insert at its center horizontally 
a piece of galvanized sheet iron about 
four inches shorter than the pipe, and 
DIAGRAM OF A CEMENT TANK. Fig. 158. 
preferably cut V-shaped at its end far¬ 
thest from the tank, so it cannot be 
pushed into the pipe too far to obstruct 
the flow at the outer end. The edges 
of the sheet iron strip or division should 
be bent back to stiffen it, see sketch, 
which gives view looking into the bore 
of the pipe. This is cheap and efficient 
and easier to obtain than a coil. It 
can be cleaned out readily, will not be 
obstructed by straw, leaves, etc., is read¬ 
ily emptied and makes no expansive 
strain on the tank when heated. It will 
heat equally well. John gormly. 
Pennsylvania. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Stocked Leg. 
I bought a four-year-old horse about two 
months ago that had been kicked by an¬ 
other horse on the back of the left hind leg 
between the knee and ankle. There is con¬ 
siderable swelling all around the leg, but 
there does not seem to be any pus; when 
tho horse is driven the swelling goes down, 
but when not used it swells again. He 
has a large lot to exercise in; does not 
limp. What should I do, and will the horse 
get over it? c. p. c. 
Askansas. 
Det the horse occupy a box stall in the 
stable, and each time he comes in from 
exercise hand-rub the leg dry, then Swathe 
with cotton batting and bandage snugly. 
At night rub leg with druggist’s soap lini¬ 
ment and bandage it again when dry. 
■ A. s. A. 
Death of Sow. 
What was the matter with my brood 
sow? She made a bed and laid in it for 
two days, got up and seemed to get better, 
then she walked around the pen for three 
days ; her throat swelled and her neck got 
stiff, could not open her mouth wide enough 
to eat. Then she stood around until she 
got so weak she got down. Would a pig 
that had hog disease last Fall and this 
Winter be fit to breed this coming Spring? 
New Jersey. e. b. s. 
Sow probably died from hog cholera, 
which takes several different forms. If 
she was near farrowing time, the pigs may 
have died and that also would cause symp¬ 
toms such as you describe. The sow that 
had colera may be bred and may carry pigs 
the full time. In some instances, however, 
the pigs are aborted or come dead or weak 
where a sow has suffered from cholera. 
a. s. A. 
Serous Abscess. 
My mare has a large swelling on the 
chest just under the gullet passage. It is 
not sore or painful or hot; I suspect it 
was caused by the collar, but am not sure. 
It was not from any bruise. I opened it 
and nearly a cupful of a brownish liquid 
came out. After cleaning thoroughly with 
a fairly strong creolin solution I found a 
white fibrous substance which seemed to 
grow to the walls of the cavity. This I 
cut and pulled away, leaving the cavity 
quite clean. Then I packed with equal 
parts of turpentine and raw linseed oil 
on cotton; shall use oakum in the future 
jmd swab out the wound once daily with 
tincture of iodine and pack as I have men¬ 
tioned. There seems to be a large swelling 
between forward legs now, and is somewhat 
sore and I can indent it with my thumb. 
What would you advise for treatment and 
how long shall I pack? Is there any other 
treatment externally or internally I could 
use? She is in good condition, is bright 
and eats well. h. w. s. 
The treatment is correct and such as we 
have many a time prescribed in this or 
other papers. Pack with the oakum once a 
day, leaving a tag of it hanging out of the 
wound to act as a drain. Give walking ex¬ 
ercise daily to help keep down the dropsi¬ 
cal swelling which you have described and 
which is common in such cases. Use the 
oakum until it no longer can be inserted in 
cavity. Such abscesses come from bruising. 
A. s. A. 
Scours in Horse. 
I have a fine road horse nine years old 
that is very nervous, and about one year 
ago he slipped on a bridge with his hind 
foot and right after developed into such a 
tail switcher that I have had to use him 
for working instead of driving. lie would 
drive along for quite a few miles, say four 
or five, and then his tail would commence 
to go and generally his bowels .would move 
at the same time. I have had him ex¬ 
amined by a veterinarian and also doc¬ 
tored by one, and have doctored him for 
worms, and all without any good results. 
Could you suggest anything to help him, as 
he is too good for a work horse? w. m. 
Connecticut. 
Give the horse half an ounce of bromide 
of potash twice daily in water until he 
becomes quiet; then gradually reduce the 
dose until he can get along without medi¬ 
cine. If he has a long, weak “washy” 
coupling he always will be likely to scour 
when driven until warm. Give him drink¬ 
ing water before feeding. Mix browned 
wheat flour in the feed twice daily. 
a. s. A. 
Indigestion in Horse. 
I have a horse that I cannot keep in good 
condition : he is nine years old, and when I 
first got him two years ago he was in fine 
shape. After I had him about a year he 
commenced to go down and at present he 
would not sell for $50. He is sound in 
every way as far as I know. He acts as 
if he could not eat enough; he will eat any¬ 
thing he can get at and is always licking 
everything around him. He will paw the 
plank in his stable and eat the pieces of 
fine wood that he paws up, also eats up 
his bedding. He is continually twitching 
his lips, and when driving him he does not 
have any desire to move, head hanging 
down, and acts like an old horse. He does 
not work hard, only going to town twice 
each day, about three miles. He is getting 12 
quarts of whole oats to one quart bran, 
one-half pint oil meal, corn fodder at night, 
also some wild hay, not much hay. I had 
him clipped late in the Fall; now he has 
a big coat of hair. I had his teeth filed, 
also had him treated for worms. Do horses 
have tapeworms? f. n. t. 
New York. 
Clip the hair from his belly and from 
legs above knee and hocks. Allow free 
access to rock salt. Work or fully exer¬ 
cise him every day. Give the drinking 
water before feeding. Feed one pound of 
hay per 100 pounds live weight of horse, 
and a like amount of oats; adding one-sixth 
part of wheat bran, to be wetted at feed¬ 
ing time. Omit the oil meal. Tapeworms 
do not trouble horses. Bed him with saw¬ 
dust. He must not eat his bedding. 
a. s. A. 
Goitre in Dog. 
I have a friend whose big dog, part mas¬ 
tiff and part St. Bernard, has a peculiar 
lump on the side of his throat. When first 
noticed it was about the size of a walnut, 
just below his jaw on the right side; but 
it has grown very rapidly, is now the size 
of a large potato, and seems to be moving 
down on his neck. It is rather soft, and 
does not seem to be very sore. The dog runs 
and plays, but will scarcely eat anything 
but meat; his food is usually corn bread 
and raw beef. Some one said the lump was 
caused by too much raw meat; is that pos¬ 
sible? lie was given a fairly large piece 
every day. There is no veterinary near 
here, nor anyone who has had much experi¬ 
ence with dogs. Can we do anything for 
this lump? e. c. 
Colorado. 
Meat is good for a dog and does not 
cause goitre or other ailments commonly 
but erroneously attributed to such a cause. 
It is the natural food of dogs. There is an 
enlargement of the thyroid gland and pos¬ 
sibly pus may form and have to be re¬ 
moved. Paint the lump once daily with 
tincture of iodine. If it softens open for 
evacuation of pus, then swab daily with the 
tincture. a. s. a. 
Rickets. 
I have a Fall pig I wintered over, and 
he has gone stiff in hind legs; can just get 
around. His hind legs seemed to be too 
far under him and give his hind quarters a 
rounded-up appearance. I have been obliged 
to keep him shut up in a pen since snow 
came. His feed has been mostly corn, with 
whatever else we happen to have, such as 
potato peelings, dishwater and some skim- 
milk. His manure is hard, and corn comes 
through whole. Appetite is all right, weighs 
125 or 130 pounds, seems to be big across 
shoulders and small hams. Can you tell me 
what to do to fix him up? c. f. g. 
This condition is due to lack of exercise 
and stuffing upon corn. Feed slop of milk 
or hot water, middlings, cornmeal, flaxseed 
meal and a little bran, adding one ounce 
of limewater per quart of slop. Make the 
pig take abundant exercise every day. If 
no other way of exercising can be found let 
pig root for a little shelled corn sprinkled 
on a big floor and covered with litter. 
A. s. A. 
Ailing Horse. 
I have a horse which has a sore on top 
of his head ; we healed it up. It has since 
broken out and all the hair on top of his 
head and part of his ears and side of neck 
has come off. Our veterinarian says it is 
his blood, and he wanted to bleed him. I 
objected. What would you advise being 
done? Doctor says unless horse is bled it 
will develop into farcy. He wishes to re¬ 
move four quarts of blood. a. b. d. 
Bleeding is unnecessary; nor can bleed¬ 
ing possibly prevent or cause farcy, which 
is a malignant germ disease, the skin form 
of glanders. Employ a graduate veterin¬ 
arian who will know what to do. We sus¬ 
pect that poll evil is present and this will 
require an operation. The horse evidently 
is badly out of order and requires better 
feeding, management, and he may also re¬ 
quire a tonic. a. s. a. 
Sidebone. 
I bought a horse last Fall with a side- 
bone on the front foot, but he was not 
lame until about a month ago. Can this 
sidebone be cured so that the horse will 
not go lame? d. k. 
New Jersey. 
The lameness can be removed. Cut away 
a semicircular portion of the wall, just un¬ 
der sidebone at ground surface of foot as 
that the wall at that part will not come 
in contact with the shoe; then put on a 
flat bar shoe. Clip the hair from hoof-liead 
and blister twice a month with cerate of 
cantharides. a. s. a. 
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