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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 22, 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Cholera. 
We have had an attack of cholera among 
our hogs. We notified the State and had 
them treated with “virus,” which checked 
the spreading. We have one brood sow 
which did not have the cholera at all. She 
was treated with the rest and is well and 
hardy now. Would it be advisable to keep 
her to breed from, or would you advise 
killing her and starting in with fresh 
stock? We have been advised to kill her, 
but she is a good breeder and mother, and 
I would like to have your opinion. Is 
there any method by which you can treat 
pigs when young so that they will be im¬ 
mune for life to the cholera? w. b. m. 
Pennsylvania. 
By all means use the brood sow for 
breeding purposes. She apparently is im¬ 
mune to cholera and for that reason is 
especially valuable upon an infected farm. 
Sows that have gone through cholera suc¬ 
cessfully remain immune against the dis¬ 
ease, and are considered very valuable on 
that account. There is no way in which 
pigs can be immunized against the disease 
other than vaccination with protective 
serum. a. s. a. 
Imperfect Udder. 
I bought a Guernsey heifer recently; she 
Is due to freshen in about three weeks. 
When I got her first her udder was not 
filled to any extent but now the teats are 
swelling up, three of them are very big, but 
the fourth, which is on the right back quar¬ 
ter, is not filling at all as yet. The teat 
is normal, is placed right, has an opening at 
the end and is not injured in any way. I 
massage teat and rub the udder with vase¬ 
line. She is fed good clover hay, cornstalks 
for roughage, bran and oil meal, six quarts 
per day, with plenty of roots. This is her 
first calf. Her dam is a Guernsey and a 
very heavy milker. Sire is registered, and 
a good one. Do you think that quarter of 
the udder will come out all right? 
Long Island. a. p. 
The blood is not circulating freely 
through this distended udder and conges¬ 
tion is a term usually given to such a 
condition. The abdominal veins seen in 
front of the udder carry the venous blood 
away from the udder and these veins are 
not perfectly performing their function. 
Make the heifer take abundant exercise 
every day to stimulate freer circulation of 
the blood and rub the veins thoroughly 
twice a day in the direction of the fore 
quarters. At night rub the udder with 
warm melted lard. a. s. a. 
Undeveloped Udder. 
I had a cow freshen with her first calf 
in August, 1912. The right hind quarter 
of her udder is not properly developed, and 
gives less than half as much milk from 
that quarter as any of the others. Is there 
any way to develop this and cause a full 
flow of milk from the quarter? J. w. d. 
New Jersey. 
It is quite improbable that the undeveloped 
quarter of the udder will become perfect in 
form and function. It would be well, how¬ 
ever, to treat the affected quarter in the 
same way recommended in our answer to 
J. T. under the head of “Watery Milk,” 
namely, to give hand rubbing two or three 
times a day, and to rub at night with 
brandy. In addition to this treatment, 
milk this quarter four times a day to stimu¬ 
late secretion of milk. a. s. a. 
Tongue Lolling. 
On page 78 A. B. G. wishes to know how 
to break his horse from tongue lolling. 
Ilad he used a Lindsey humane bit when 
he commenced it he would have no trouble. 
To prevent it now, use a wide bit and an 
over-check, but instead of buckling the check 
in the bit or over bit, have a strap with 
two small rings in which you buckle the 
over-check, this strap to pass down around 
under jaw in front of bit, and resting 
against it at each side of mouth, causing 
him to hold his mouth shut when reined 
up. This is most humane as well as ef¬ 
fective. j. A. R. 
Dixon, Ill. 
Cattle Lice. 
What is the best remedy for cattle lice, 
the big blue and red ones? Is whitewash 
the thing to use to kill those in the stable, 
etc. E. w. 
New Hampshire. 
Cattle lice may be gotten rid of by re¬ 
peated spraying and scrubbing with a 1-100 
solution of coal tar dip thickened with sul¬ 
phur ; or may be quickly killed by free 
application of a docoction of four ounces of 
stavesacre (larkspur) seeds in a gallon of 
boiling water allowed to stand covered until 
cold. When the weather is too cold to 
allow a liquid solution to be applied, some 
benefit may follow the free use of pyrethrum 
powder or powdered sulphur upon the af¬ 
fected parts of the body. Mercurial oint¬ 
ment (blue salve) is effective when applied 
at the back of the head and along the back¬ 
bone, but cattle so treated must be kept 
separate, as the ointment is poisonous and 
may do harm when licked off. To rid cattle 
permanently of lice it is necessary to 
cleanse the stable perfectly, remove and 
burn all loose trash, old feed, fodder and 
litter, then disinfect thoroughly and white¬ 
wash ceiling, walls, floors, feed boxes and 
hay racks, as lice and nits remain almost 
indefinitely in such untreated places. 
a. s. A. 
Diseased Tooth. 
I have a horse four years old ; last July 
he was operated on for diseased teeth. He 
still runs at the nose but not as badly 
as he did. One side where they drilled to 
knock out the tooth, one on each side of 
upper jaw, has completely healed, the 
other side heals up and then breaks out 
again and runs some, not very much. He 
is doing well ard works well, but gets out 
of wind a little sooner than he ought to. 
What is the possible or probable outcome 
of the case? Will he get well or will it 
always trouble him? a. c. d. 
Connecticut. 
The veterinarian no doubt told you that 
the teeth were affected with “caries.” In 
removing diseased teeth by trephining, 
some diseased bone or tissues remained in 
the parts which have failed to heal. It 
will be necessary to scrape these diseased 
parts away and then to inject once daily 
a little of a two per cent, solution of 
protargol. It is just possible that another 
diseased tooth is present and should come 
away. a. s. a. 
Cataract. 
Observing that his eyes were watery, the 
tenant took my six-year-old horse to a 
veterinarian who said the horse would go 
blind in a year or two from a growth over 
the sight. It is not yet visible without 
raising the eyelid. The veterinarian told 
him there was no cure. The horse is val¬ 
uable, but I fear he has been overtaxed 
when too young by hired help. If the 
horse could be saved I would be glad. 
What do you think? He could not remember 
what the veterinarian called it. I infer 
that it is of the nature of a cataract. 
Indiana. h. b. f. 
As well as I am able to judge from the 
somewhat meagre description of the case, 
a cataract is forming in the eye of your 
horse. The usual cause is periodic ophthal¬ 
mia (moon blindness). This disease comes 
on at somewhat irregular intervals, causes 
redness, swelling and closing of the eye¬ 
lids with discharge of tears over the cheeks. 
The eyeball become cloudy, milky or yellow¬ 
ish iu appearance; but the attack usually 
clears up in a week to 10 days. After suc¬ 
cessive attacks the cloudy condition of the 
eyeball ("pupil) tends to remain perma¬ 
nent. When a cataract forms the pupil of 
the eye has an irregular outline and takes 
on a porcelain-like appearance. Both per¬ 
iodic ophthalmia and cataract are incur¬ 
able. The eventual outcome of the disease 
may be somewhat retarded by the following 
method of treatment: At the time of at¬ 
tack cover both eyes with a soft cloth, to 
be kept saturated with a solution of one- 
half dram each of sulphate of zinc and 
fluid extract of belladonna leaves, with 10 
drops of pure carbolic acid in a quart of 
soft, cold water. As soon as inflamma¬ 
tion subsides, discontinue the use of the 
above lotion and compress. Once daily wet 
the eyeball with a solution of two grains of 
nitrate of silver in one ounce of distilled 
water to be kept in a blue glass bottle, to 
prevent chemical changes. Continue this 
treatment for at least 10 days. From the 
outset of attack give one dram of iodide 
of potash twice daily in the drinking water 
and continue this medicine for at least one 
week after the attack subsides. It should 
not, however, be given to a mare in foal 
as it is sometimes liable to cause abortion. 
In the present condition of the eye of 
your horse it would be well to give the 
treatment with nitrate of silver solution, 
and to add the iodide of potash treatment 
should the symptoms at any time become 
aggravated. a. s. a. 
Indigestion. 
I have a horse subject sometimes to 
kidney trouble; his kidneys fail to work 
and he has all the symptoms of colic. Will 
you tell me what is best to do in a case 
like this? Also, will you kindly let me 
know what ingredients make a good horse 
tonic for putting horses in first-class shape, 
also the proper dose of the same? 
New Jersey. f. m. 
Indigestion rather than kidney trouble 
Is present in the case mentioned. When 
a horse has colicky pains, it is common 
for the urine to be retained and it comes 
away as soon as the pain subsides. It is 
probable that your horse is being overfed 
and not doing enough work or being made 
to take sufficient exercise; or it may be 
that the feed is moldy or indigestible. 
Adjust these matters and medicine may not 
prove to be necessary. See other answers 
in relation to worms in horses. Good 
feed, proper care, adequate exercise, daily 
grooming and sanitary stabling generally 
obviate the necessity of giving condition 
powders or tonics. Allow free access to 
rock salt. Where a tonic is necessary, we 
suggest the following mixture: Salt, two 
parts; powdered mix vomica, gentian and 
ginger roots and dried sulphate of iron, one 
equal part of each ; mix. The dose for an 
adult horse is one tablespoonful night and 
morning for ten days. Omit iron for a 
pregnant mare. a. s. a. 
Cows and Alfalfa. 
1. A neighbor of mine let his cows into 
Alfalfa after-feed against the owner’s 
wishes, and shortly afterward three cows 
lost their calves. Do you think that the 
Alfalfa did it? 2. Is there any cure, and 
what is it, for little pigs about eight or 
nine weeks old that have the piles? 
R. H. C. 
1. Where green Alfalfa is suddenly eaten 
in large quantities, it commonly causes 
bloating from indigestion and such an at¬ 
tack of indigestion might be followed by 
abortion. 
2. Change the feed, as some irritant iu 
the food is causing the trouble mentioned. 
A suitable food would be new milk or 
sweet skim-milk, slightly thickened with 
middlings and a little flaxseed meal. Make 
the pigs take abundant outdoor exercise. 
Roots and Alfalfa hay might also be fed. 
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