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THE KURAIi NEW-YORKER 
March 8, 
every object upon which the teeth could be 
set or chin rested while practicing the 
hauit. Feed everything from the floor level. 
If the vice continues, buckle a strap around 
the neck just back of the throat latch. We 
remember of one case where the habit was 
prevented so long as the affected horse was 
kept in a box stall fitted with an apparatus 
which caused an electric shock every time 
the horse attempted to crib or wind-suck 
upon a manger or other object; but after 
this treatment had been given for five years 
and was discontinued, the horse resumed 
the habit at the first opportunity. 
a.‘s. A. 
Shying. 
Our seven-year-old driving horse has lately 
acquired the habit of shying. I don’t 
think it is so much from being afraid but 
more from feeling good and wanting to 
play. It's annoying to be riding quietly 
along and then suddenly find yourself tear¬ 
ing alongside of the road in danger of fence 
and telephone poles, or perhaps in a neigh¬ 
boring field. As soon as in control after 
passing the pile of logs or some little 
thing by the road, he is as well behaved as 
any horse could be till the next time. Don’t 
say spank him, that doesn’t do a particle 
of good, fie is like a little boy who has 
his fun regardless of consequences, takes 
his punishment and does the same thing 
over again. x. y. 
New York. 
Shying, in driving horses, usually Indi¬ 
cates some deficiency in the eyesight and 
we often find periodic ophthalmia or in¬ 
cipient cataract present. Without a per¬ 
sonal examination I am unable to say 
what condition is present in your horse. 
Try effects of blinders on the bridle, if 
you have been using an open bridle, but 
from your account of the case, it would 
seem likely that the horse most requires 
more perfect training or breaking in the 
hands of a professional horseman. 
a. a. a. 
Sweeny. 
Will you give remedy to cure horse of 
sweeny of about one year’s duration? 
New York. L . M . j. 
The term “sweeny” is applied to a wasted 
condition of the muscles of the shoulder. 
When this condition is seen to exist, the 
average horseman concludes that the shoul¬ 
der is the sole seat of the trouble. Fre¬ 
quently this is not the case, for a similar 
wasting of the muscles (atrophy) often is 
due to a chronic lameness of the foot. Al¬ 
ways, then, the foot should be very care¬ 
fully examined before treatment is applied 
to the shoulder. Foot troubles that may 
cause atrophy are: Navicular disease; 
chronic founder; quarter crack; punctured, 
sole or chronic corns. If any one of these 
diseases is found present and proves curable, 
the muscles of the shoulder will assume 
their normal proportions gradually as pain 
from the foot subsides. If you are sure 
that yours is a real case of “sweeny,” treat 
as follows: Several times a day briskly 
rub the wasted parts, massaging the re¬ 
maining muscles thoroughly and pulling the 
skin loose from the flesh. At night rub 
well with a liniment composed of equal 
parts of turpentine and aqua ammonia 
shaken up in six parts of raw linseed oil. 
Stop using liniment for a few days any 
time the skin becomes severely Irritated. 
If you persist in this treatment, feed gen¬ 
erously and make the horse take abundant 
j.iuv-ii vvaid nuKu ic ia> me oucau., x fe i»c exercise the muscles in time should be 
her water four times a day. How much restored. a. s. a. 
should I let her have at a time? 2. What 
is the best medicine to rid young cattle of 
lice? 3. I will give you my receipt for 
pigs with thumps: Give from 10 to 15 
droos of belladonna in one pint of fresh 
milk. If first dose does not cure, repeat 
in eight or 10 hours, I never knew this 
to fail to cux-e. J. H. F. 
Virginia. 
1. As the mare seems to have an inordi¬ 
nate thirst for water, better deprive her of 
salt temporarily and keep a bucket of fresh 
water before her all the time in the stable; 
then she will be unlikely to drink an in¬ 
jurious quantity of water when led to the 
drinking place. 
2. Persistent use of a 1-50 solution of 
any one of the commercial coal tar dips 
will rid young cattle of lice; or one may 
use effectually a decoction of four ounces 
of stavesacre (larkspur) seeds in a gallon 
of boiling water allowed to stand covered 
until cool. To permanently free animals of 
vermin, it is also necessary properly to sun¬ 
light and ventilate the stable after re¬ 
moving and burning all loose trash, thor¬ 
oughly cleansing and disinfecting every¬ 
thing and then applying a coat of fresh 
made whitewash. 
3. Belladonna is a capital remedy for 
thumps, but you do not say whether you 
use the fluid extract or the tincture. One 
should always be very careful in prescrib¬ 
ing medicine such as this, which is a poison 
if given in excessive doses. We presume 
that you employ the tincture; but if not, 
please let us hear from you again. The 
most important point regarding this disease 
is that almost invariably it is caused by 
overfeeding and lack of exercise and may 
be readily prevented by judicious feeding 
and enforcing an adequate amount of out¬ 
door exercise every day. a. s. a. 
Cribbing and Windsucking. 
I have a fine young Percheron mare 
which is a cribber. I do not know how 
long she has been at it, as I just bought 
her recently. She is four years old. I 
have tried to arrange the manger so that 
she cannot catch it, bub she does not often 
miss an opportunity to crib. She even cribs 
on the bit sometimes. Is there any way 
to break her permanently? I know we 
could stop her by strapping her throat 
but that would be injurious to her. 
Pdhnsylvania. a. s. 
My horse has a habit of hanging her up¬ 
per teeth on the manger and pulling. I 
examined her mouth and find the front 
edge of her teeth is broken, and her gums 
or roof of her mouth are below the teeth. I 
do not think this is normal. What is the 
trouble? J. s. a. 
Virginia. 
Cribbing and “wind sucking” is an incur¬ 
able vice when thoroughly established. Often 
it is caused at first by irritation and pain 
due to swelling of the gums when a young 
horse is cutting teeth ; or it may be learned 
by imitation from an affected horse stabled 
with a young idle colt. Keep the filly in a 
box stall from which has been removed 
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Ringbones. 
Please tell me what can be done for a 
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The ringbones have been fired but are not 
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finger. They do not seem to affect the 
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We seriously doubt whether ringbones 
are present in the case described, and in 
our experience it is scarcely wise to fire 
ringbones on a young growing colt; for 
the effect of firing is liable to be offset 
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I have a purebred Jersey cow nine years 
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16. She has been quite lame at times, for 
a year or so in her front feet, and the 
joints would swell some; then the swelling 
goes, but she is still lame. My pasture is 
very rolling with three swales or gullies 
that have water running most of the time, 
and there have been apple trees along these 
gullies. She used to wade around under 
these trees in the mud looking for fallen 
apples. Do you think this trouble is from 
being in wet mud too much or was she foun¬ 
dered ? Within the last two weeks for the 
first time one of her hind legs (the right 
one), is very much enlarged from the hoof 
to the thigh, largest at the knee, and 
there seems to be some kind of secretion 
ooze out; it is sticky till dry. The lower 
part of leg above the hoof is cracked like 
mud fever on a horse, but she has not been 
out only a short time each day for exer¬ 
cise, and water since last Fail. She has a 
good appetite. Can you tell me what is the 
matter and if she can be cured? Will her 
milk be fit for use when she is fresh, or 
had I better kill her? Would forcing her 
to dry up have anything to do with her 
hind leg? I noticed a little garget some 
months ago in the left side of her udder, 
but no more till the last time I milked her, 
when drying her after she had not been 
milked for several days. d. a. m. 
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Keep her out of wet, slushy or muddy 
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