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THB RURAB NEW-YORKER 
December 21, 
DOG NOTES. 
In spite of the anti-dog men there is in¬ 
creased interest in well-bred specimens of 
“man's four-footed friend.” We must have 
received 25 requests for breeds of Airedale 
terriers alone. Here are two notes from 
dog lovers: 
On page 1159 “E. G.,” of Medford, 
Mass., writes of his black and white cat, 
“Old Rube.” I enclose a * snapshot pic¬ 
ture of “Belle,” seen below. She is every¬ 
thing but a “cat,” and has any cat I 
“BELLE,” A CHAMPION RATTER. 
ever saw beaten a mile when it comes 
to catching rats and mice. She eats the 
mice, but will not eat a rat. She is a 
dog, but for all that is also a “mouser” 
from ’way down South. r. m. l. 
Anderson, S. C. 
The Popular Favorite. —The spaniel, 
and amongst its several varieties the 
Cocker, is the breed that deserves such 
a sweeping statement as this: “The pop¬ 
ular favorite, the best antidote for the 
blues,” as someone termed it. Have you 
ever been surrounded by a litter just 
about five weeks, or six months, or nine 
months old—these merry little Cockers, 
fit for any place a dog can fill? For 
special field work, for covert shooting, 
as well as a house dog and a companion, 
he is none too large to curl himself 
comfortably on an easy-chair or stretch 
himself before the fire. The Cocker 
spaniel has no equal as a hunter for 
small game. He is used to flush wood¬ 
cock, whence the name “Cocker”; drive 
out rabbits in very rough ground with 
dense thickets, for which the small size 
with great activity and keen scent is so 
essential. The Cocker, too, has no su¬ 
perior in its passionate love for work 
for which he is so easily trained be¬ 
cause ready to obey and full of eager 
attention, with that happy sparkle in his 
animated eye like a flash of sunshine, 
securing him forever a warm place in 
his master’s heart. What an extremely 
intelligent, companionable friend he is! 
Never cross, always cheerful, never 
treacherous, and therefore a playmate 
in perfection, for little children. His 
graceful agility attracts the most atten¬ 
tion on the bench in kennel exhibits, and 
it must be confessed by everybody that 
the lasting recognition of all dog lovers 
as to who is “the popular favorite” 
COCKER SPANIELS. 
stands for the sensitive, though sensible, 
little Cocker, giving as much pleasure to 
others as to himself by his fascinating 
boisterous spirits. A. g. diehl. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Book on Horse Diseases. 
How would you treat a horse when he 
gets sick, for he cannot talk to tell what 
is the matter? I would like to have a horse 
book from which. I could learn, d. a. b. 
Virginia. 
Ask your Congressman or State Senator 
to send you a free copy of the Government 
books on diseases of the horse and diseases 
of the cow. The study of these books will 
be found profitable; but to become an effi¬ 
cient veterinarian it is absolutely necessary 
to take a full course in a regular veterin¬ 
ary college. A man cannot possibly be¬ 
come an efficient and trustworthy practic¬ 
ing veterinarian by mere reading or cor¬ 
respondence. He must take full courses in 
anatomy, dissecting, bacteriology, pathology, 
materia medica, surgery and the other 
subjects embraced in the curriculum of a 
modern veterinary college. a. s. a. 
Abscess on Cow’s Jaw. 
I have a Jersey cow, three years old 
last Spring, that was fresh April 1. She 
has had a swelling, long In shape, from 
the gullet extending downward and for¬ 
ward on the left side of her head under 
the lower jaw. This swelling began in 
June and broke of itself about two weeks 
after it was first noticed. The swelling 
went away of itself, but the gullet swelled 
up again in July and I pushed my knife- 
blade into it. and about a pint of bloody 
water and matter run from it. The swell¬ 
ing has come on again and now seems 
bigger and harder than ever before. What 
can I do to cure her of the swelling? 
Tennessee. f. s. w. 
Lumpy jaw (actinomycosis) may be pres¬ 
ent ; or the abscess may be of tubercular 
nature. It would be well to have her 
tested with tuberculin. If she is free from 
tuberculosis, treat by swabbing the enlarge¬ 
ment once daily with tincture of iodine, 
after clipping ofT the hair, and each other 
day inject a little iodine into anv dis¬ 
charging place. a. s. a. 
Lameness. 
I have a five-year-old mare; she became 
lame 10 weeks ago. She would limp if 
driven awhile, then it would wear off. It 
is in her left shoulder. When I work her 
hard she limps worse; in walking does-not 
limp as badly as when going faster. She 
stands with her left foot in front of the 
other about 15 inches; if I rest her three 
or four days she is not any better. Can 
you tell me what to do for her? 
Virginia. j. e. s. 
The mare apparently has navicular dis¬ 
ease of the foot and the shoulder is not 
involved. The only remedy for lameness 
of navicular disease is to have unnerving 
performed by a qualified veterinarian. A 
horse that is lame in a shoulder does not 
“point” the foot when standing at rest. 
As there is doubt as to the location of the 
lameness, have the mare examined by a 
veterinarian, and he may conclude to try 
the effects of a blister before resorting to 
an operation, provided he confirms our 
suspicion that the lameness is located In 
the foot. a. s. a. 
Sore on Horse. 
My driving horse has a swelling on his 
belly, which has broken and is dripping 
blood and water. It comes about this 
time of year and lasts several weeks be¬ 
fore it disappears. The first time it came 
I called a veterinary, who thought it was 
a boil, and put on antiphlogistine to draw 
it to a head, but it did not hurry it a bit, 
and I decided to let it alone. It came 
to a head and broke, healing up about a 
week after. The veterinary frankly said 
he did not know what it was or what to 
do for it. There is not a pimple or 
scratch on him and his skin is smooth 
and fine, nor does it bother him after it 
breaks, although apparently painful to him 
while swelling. He is a horse about 12 
years old, and never gets off his feed. The 
first one appeared on his side near the , 
hip, can you tell what the trouble is, and 
what to do to prevent recurrence? 
New Jersey. f. l. b. 
In such a case it would be well to have 
the horse tested with mallein, as there is 
a possibility that farcy, the skin form of 
glanders, is present and the cause of the 
sore. Meanwhile paint the enlargement 
and sore with tincture of iodine each other 
day. a. s. a. 
Indigestion. 
My driving ponies weigh an average of 
about 800 pounds. They have all the 
good hay they can eat all night and their 
grain ration is a mixture of five bushels 
oats, 40 pounds corn chops (cracked corn), 
20 pounds bran. The corn is reduced in 
warm weather. I put up the five bushels 
of oats and then guess at the amount of 
corn chops and bran, but as I mix feed 
for 10 head I can come very near the 
amounts mentioned. Of this I feed at 
night 10 quarts each and five quarts at 
4.30 in the morning (teams start out for 
drives at 7.00 a. m. I work a surrey 1 
team of 1,100-pound horses and they get : 
nearly double the amount of grain the 
ponies do. Why should those ponies and 
horses have depraved appetites and at 
times eat their own excrement—not all, 
but several of them? One or more of them 
take spells trying to eat stall partitions 
and fence, not trying altogether, but one 
has actually eaten two by 4-inch rails 
from a picket fence which she had access 
to. Can you suggest a remedy for those 
ponies that eat almost anything they can 
get at? m. w. s. 
The ponies have indigestion and conse¬ 
quent depraved appetites, and the feed is 
to blame. Feed by weight, whole oats, 10 
parts, ear corn six parts and wheat bran 
three parts. Mix the oats and bran to¬ 
gether at time of feeding and dampen 
with water. Feed this night and morning 
and the ear corn at noon. Allow one 
pound of grain and bran mixture, includ¬ 
ing the ear corn, per hundred pounds of 
body weight as a day’s ration, and give 
mixed clover hay in the same proportion. 
Even less may be fed at first and when 
the ponies are all right the allowance may 
be slightly increased, provided the ponies 
are worked or exercised every day. Give 
two-thirds of the hay at night and only 
a pound of it at noon, when ponies are 
working hard. Bed with planing mill 
6havings or sawdust. Allow free access 
to rock salt. Watich the dropping for 
worms and if they are seen give one table¬ 
spoonful night and morning of a mixture 
of two parts salt and one part each of 
sulphur and dried sulphate of iron in the 
feed. Continue this for a week; then skip 
10 days and repeat. Omit iron for a preg¬ 
nant mare and proportionately increase the 
salt and sulphur. The dose mentioned is 
for a full size horse; ponies take less in 
proportion. a. s. a. 
Guinea Pigs and Rats.— My husband 
made a business call, while I was with 
him, recently, and as we were leaving our 
host asked us to wait a minute. He re¬ 
turned with a large white Guinea pig in 
has hand. The rats had stolen his eggs 
and chickens until the pig was placed in 
the henyard. He disappeared for two 
days, then returned and went back into 
the henyard. He sleeps in the henhouse 
nights and runs with the hens during the 
day, and the rats have left. I thought it 
a very cheap remedy. B. M. w. 
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