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THE HURAb NEW-YORKER 
October 10. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Puffs. 
A gelding four years old has what ap¬ 
pears to be a thoroughpin on one leg. The 
puffs appear larger at times. The colt has 
never been lame. Is there any danger? 
Can it be cured? The colt is worth $150 
aside from this, but the owner offers it to 
me for $110. w. F. n. 
New York. 
The condition is practically incurable; 
but some benefit may result from persistent 
hand rubbing and occasional blistering. 
While the distension is an eyesore, and de¬ 
tracts from the selling value of the horse, 
it may never cause lameness. We take it 
as most probable that the enlargement is 
of the nature of “bog spavin.” True thor- 
oughpin, resulting from an injury, is a 
more serious matter. a. s. a. 
Catarrh. 
I have a horse that runs at the nose. 
Can you give me any remedy that will 
stop it, and will other horses get it by 
drinking after him? He is also sore in 
one of his shoulders; it is worse when he 
pulls a heavy load. Can you give me any 
remedy? J > H - 
- Without an examination we are unable 
to give confident advice in a case such as 
you describe, and it is dangerous to handle 
such animals, as glanders may be present, 
and that disease is not only contagious 
and incurable in the horse, but also com¬ 
municable and fatal to man. Lose no time 
ih having an examination made by a gradu¬ 
ate veterinarian. If glanders is found 
present the horse will have to be destroyed 
according to State law ; but it may happen 
that the discharge is due to a diseased 
molar tooth or to chronic catarrh, both of 
which conditions are curable. a. s. a. 
Heifer with Cough. 
I bought a heifer which freshened the 
last of June. I noticed soon after I got 
her that there was a slight discharge from 
her nose and she coughed a little, more es¬ 
pecially after eating grain or after licking 
herself. I have been giving her small 
doses of blood root and saltpetre. There 
is no discharge from nose now to speak 
of, but she coughs some yet, generally 
after licking herself or after eating grain. 
She was tested for tuberculosis about one 
year ago. Her appetite is good, as also 
iier general health. What do you think the 
matter and what do you advise giving her? 
New York. M. 
Have her tested with tuberculin, as she 
may have not reacted the first time and 
now may be affected with tuberculosis. 
That disease is certainly to be suspected 
in the case described and we would not 
feel justified in advising you to attempt 
treatment before you have the test applied. 
If she fails to react give her in water twice 
daily one ounce of the following mixture: 
One ounce of tincture of iron and one ounce 
of chloride of ammonia dissolved in a pint 
of water. See that the stable is kept clean 
and well ventilated. A. s. a. 
Itching Skin. 
I have a mare six years old that has 
some skin disease; she rubs and bites her¬ 
self on her body. The skin is off in spots 
under on the belly and down on her legs. 
She does not keep in as good flesh as she 
ought to; her appetite is good. Feed con¬ 
sists of oats, four quarts, three times daily, 
with hay. s - H * 
Pennsylvania. 
Have the hair clipped from the belly 
to a line with the breeching and breast 
collar straps and from there down to 
knees and hocks. Then wash with a 1-100 
solution of coal tar dip as often as found 
necessary. Cut the grain ration in half 
and increase the exercise or work. Do not 
let her stand for a single day idle in the 
stable. If the trouble persists, mix half 
an ounce of granular hyposulphite of soda 
in the feed twice daily for a week. See 
that stable is clean and perfectly ventilated. 
a. s. A. 
Horse with Scours. 
I have a mare 13 years old, is in 
tolerably good shape, suffers from diar¬ 
rhoea about one-half the time. When I 
curry her on the back near the hips she 
flinches as if she was sore, and her hind 
legs swell; she is going down all the time. 
I am feeding green corn now, fodder and j 
all, and running on clover some. Led me , 
know what is best for her. e. b. 
Ohio. 
Stop feeding green corn and pasturing 
clover and feed the mare on sound, old, 
whole oats, wheat bran and old, mixed 
hay. She will then be likely to stop scour¬ 
ing and to pick up in flesh and strength. 
Give her a box stall in the stable and 
each time she comes in hand rub her legs 
thoroughly and then bandage them from 
feet to hocks and knees. Do not let her 
stand idle a single day in the stable. If 
scouring continues, mix a pint of browned 
wheat flour in each feed. a. s. a. 
Diseased Hocks. 
Are horses of draft breeds more subject 
to thoroughpin, bog or bone spavin or 
curbs, than the coach horse or trotter? 
A writer in Hoard's Dairyman recommends 
gypsum for a horse having the heaves, say¬ 
ing "put it in the feed box and put the 
grain or feed on it, and the horse will 
eat some at each meal.” What does Dr. 
A. S. A. think of it? M. 
New York. 
Bone spavin is a disease most commonly 
found in the light breeds of horses, while 
bog spavin and thoroughpin are mostly 
seen in the heavy draft breeds. Any horse 
may “throw out” a curb, or thoroughpin, as 
a result of sprain or strain, and light 
horses are as subject to this as the 
drafter, unless the latter animal is used | 
for hard pulling in the woods or elsewhere. 
When lameness is absent we may often 
conclude that “puffs,” bog spavin and ac¬ 
companying thoroughpin, have been caused 
by infection of the navel at birth. Every 
horse is subject to this infection and its 
consequences, unless preventive measures 
are adopted. “Meaty” hocks are mostly 
seen in heavy draft horses. Curbs are seen 
in any hock of the “sickle” order that has 
been subjected to strain. Gypsum (sul¬ 
phate of lime) may well correct acidity in 
heaves and so prove beneficial; but" we 
have had no practical experience in its 
use. Give it a trial. a. s. a. 
Horse With Worms. 
I have a horse which has worms; is in 
poor condition. The worms are one or two 
inches long and seem smaller at each end 
for about one-fourth inch than in the mid¬ 
dle. I have tried two or three remedies, 
but they do not help him. What can I 
do to get rid of them? w. h. p. 
New York. 
Small pin worms usually inhabit the 
rectum and merely set up irritation. If 
the worms are red in color they are 
“blood” or “palisade” worms (Schlero- 
stoma equinum) and these are deadly to 
young colts, as they sap the blood and may 
also cause aneurisms of the mesenteric 
arteries. On general principles we would 
advise you to feed generously and avoid 
feeding swale hay or pasturing low land 
or old horse-tainted pastures. In the feed 
twice daily for a week mix one tablespoon- 
ful of a mixture of two parts salt and one 
part each of dried sulphate of iron and 
sulphur; then skip 10 days and repeat. 
Omit iron for a mare in foal and double 
the sulphur. Pin worms may be destroyed 
by injecting into the rectum two or three 
times a week a few quarts of soapy warm 
water containing a cupful of tobacco de¬ 
coction. a. s. A. 
Thin Horse 
I have a horse purchased last Spring, age ; 
said to be about 12 years, and guaranteed j 
serviceably sound. £>oon after buying him 
he began to change from a well-fleshed 
animal to his present condition—skin and 
bones. lie has done absolutely nothing for 
two months, being turned out to pasture, 
and Instead of improving seems to grow 
worse. He seems all right except for his 
extreme thinness. There is a white colora¬ 
tion at the base of the tail which is gen¬ 
erally a symptom of worms, but would 
suppose the grass would eradicate them, j 
I would like to get him up in shape to sell 
this Fall or Winter. What should I do? 
New Jersey. w. d. b. 
The horse was no doubt heavily fed and 
drugged to fit him for sale. Keep him off 
grass. Have his teeth examined by a veter¬ 
inarian who will correct any abnormalities 
interfering with proper mastication of feed. 
Feed plenty of whole oats, wheat bran, ear 
corn and mixed hay. Twice daily mix in 
feed a tablespoonful of a mixture of two 
parts salt and one part each of dried 
sulphate of iron, ground gentian root and 
mix vomica. Continue this medicine for a 
week; then skip 10 days and repeat. If 
he does not pick up quickly feed a quart 
of blackstrap molasses twice a day, diluting 
it with hot water and then stirring among 
cut hay, cornmeal and bran. Feed whole 
oats at noon and long hay at night. 
a. s. A. 
Indigestion in Horse. 
Can you tell me the trouble with my 
horse? For about six weeks he has lost 
flesh, in face of the fact that I never fed 
a horse as heavily as this one. I also no¬ 
ticed that he became tired very easily, 
and after a little extra hard work would 
tremble in liis flanks and hind quarters, 
and for the last week I thought that he 
staggered in turning. Yesterday I turned 
him out for a little exercise and grass; 
he laid down find rolled twice, and both 
times he had to make the second effort be¬ 
fore he could get up; seemed weak in the 
back. He has a good appetite all the time 
and has never refused to work. I am feed¬ 
ing corn and mixed hay, Timothy and 
clover, that was made and cured in the 
best condition, and is free from dust and 
weeds. w. 
Delaware. 
Indigestion has been caused by the heavy 
feeding described and the symptoms are 
indicative of that trouble. Stop feeding 
corn. Turn horse out on pasture without 
other feed; but if pasture is short, hay 
may be added. Allow free access to rock 
salt and see that plenty of fresh water is 
available at all times. If you must use 
the horse feed old, clean Timothy hay, old 
oats' and bran. Give the drinking water 
first, do not feed any bulky feed at noon, 
and do not work the horse soon after a 
meal. a. s. a. 
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