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THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
May 1( 
Live Stock and Dairy 
TESTING WITH TUBERCULIN. 
Tell me liow to test cattle with tubercu¬ 
lin? How much to a dose for a cow or 
ox? How would I know when cow is free 
from the disease? J. G. 
Colchester, Conn. 
Unless you have a rather more than 
ordinary “knack” for such work, it is 
doubtful whether you could make a 
satisfactory test with tuberculin; with¬ 
out, at least, having first seen it done 
by a competent person. The procedure 
is simple, but requires ability to use a 
hypodermic syringe and take an ani¬ 
mal’s temperature correctly. Animals 
to be tested should be kept under na¬ 
tural conditions avoiding unusual ex¬ 
citement or other disturbance. To as¬ 
certain the normal temperature take 
three preliminary measurements, two 
hours apart, using a physician’s or 
veterinarian’s thermometer. Then inject 
two cubic centimeters (one dose) of 
tuberculin beneath the skin of the ani¬ 
mal’s neck, having first cleansed the 
site of the injection with a 5 per cent, 
solution of carbolic acid and sterilized 
the needle by dipping it into liquid car¬ 
bolic acid. Within eight hours from 
the injection resume the temperature 
measurements at two hour intervals con¬ 
tinuing them until at least 18 hours 
from the time of the injection. If by 
the eighteenth hour the temperature 
should show a tendency to rise, con¬ 
tinue taking the temperature until 24 
hours from the time of the injection. 
If, during this period, the temperature 
should rise two degrees or more above 
the highest temperature obtained in the 
preliminary measurements, the animal is 
considered to have tuberculosis. The 
above dose of tuberculin is sufficient 
for a full-grown animal weighing from 
800 to 1,000 pounds; for lighter or 
heavier animals the dose is proportion¬ 
ate. In New York State, dairymen mak¬ 
ing a tuberculin test of their cattle are 
required to report the same to the Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture, at Albany, 
and before making it should procure 
from the Commissioner the necessary 
blanks for such reports. The tuberculin 
and necessary instruments may be ob¬ 
tained through any druggist. 
M. B. D. 
BUTTER COWS IN VERMONT. 
This section is noted for its Jersey 
cattle, and we get buyers from all over 
the United States. There were to my 
knowledge five carloads of dairy cattle 
bought in this locality last Fall and 
shipped to Ohio and Oklahoma. This of 
course makes breeding of Jerseys a prof¬ 
itable business. I do not know what the 
ultimate result will be. Of course one 
result is that more hay is sold, and we 
know that if that practice is carried too 
far it will deplete the fertility of the 
farms. Good prices have been realized 
for dairy cattle and at the present time 
I think they are as high or higher than 
they ever were. As to dairying I can 
say that prices for dairy products were 
never higher. Our main product in this 
locality is butter. Our main income is 
from our dairy. I heard a man, a 
stranger to this locality, say recently of 
the farmers here, that if their dairies 
were taken away they would starve. 
Feeds of all kinds have been relatively 
low this Winter, which has been greatly 
appreciated after several years of high 
prices. Pastures are getting to be pretty 
uncertain. Our pastures are on high, 
steep, rough land and it is impossible to 
plow and reseed the majority of them. 
They have been dried up by the 
droughts, eaten clean by grasshoppers 
and, last but not least, they have been 
pastured to death. The result is that in 
May and June the cows get pretty fair 
feed, but after that dry cows will grow 
poor. My opinion is that the time is 
coming when the cows will be kept up 
the year round and fed in Summer from 
a silo built for that purpose, and that 
these old hills will be reforested, as they 
should be. 
In closing, I will sum up by saying 
that I think the dairy business does 
offer a good opening for a young man 
here in this vicinity. Of course you 
must take the young man into considera¬ 
tion. If he will breed pure Jersey 
stock along with his dairying there is 
no limit to his opportunities. 
SOLON J. VAIL. 
Windsor Co., Vt. 
Indigestion. 
My two-year-old heifer is due to freshen 
June 1, second calf. She seems to be in 
excellent condition, but she drinks very 
little water, which has been warmed, since 
November, and at times I imagine her to 
be in distress, for she groans, draws long, 
deep breaths, ending with a sigh. Im¬ 
mediately upon drinking, there is a rum¬ 
bling, and then gas seems to come, same 
as a person belching. I feed her good 
hay, about two-quart measure of bran and 
oats each, morning and night. Her first 
calf came June GO and during September 
she made from seven to eight pounds of 
butter a week, using two and three quarts 
milk a day. No grain was fed. During 
Winter, and so far this Spring, have aver¬ 
aged five pounds butter a week, three to 
three and one-half quarts milk morning and 
night. What is your opinion of her? Is 
she worth keeping? g. a. w. 
Maine. 
Stop warming the drinking water. Allow 
free access to rock salt, or give her an 
ounce of salt a day in her feed. Make 
her take plenty of exercise every day. Feed 
cornmeal, ground screened oats, bran and 
a little oil meal, along with mixed clover 
hay, silage or roots, and corn fodder in 
Winter and green grass in Summer. She 
seems to be worth keeping. See that the 
stable is well ventilated and that the 
bowels of the cow are kept active, when 
we think she will not show any of the 
symptoms you describe. In all such cases 
it is well to have the animal tested with 
tuberculin, lest tuberculosis be present. 
A. s. A. 
Ringworm. 
I have a cow that my neighbor says 
has the barn itch. I bought this cow 
only about six weeks ago. Is it con¬ 
tagious to other cows, and also to horse 
stabled in one end of cow barn? What 
will cure it? Must I fumigate the barn? 
Massachusetts. G. w. D. 
The disease no doubt is ringworm and 
it is contagious. The vegetable parasite 
causing the disease also lives on damp 
walls, woodwork, feed mangers, racks, 
fences, etc. To get rid of the disease it 
is necessary to cleanse, disinfect and white¬ 
wash the stable. Scrub and scrape affected 
spots on skin to rid them of scabs and 
scales; then wet with a solution of two 
pounds of sulphate of copper in a gallon 
of boiling water. Use when cold and re¬ 
peat as often as found necessary. To 
spots on face apply iodine ointment each 
other day, rubbing it in thoroughly. 
A. S. A. 
Heifer With Cough. 
I have a two-year-old heifer that caught 
cold this Spring and coughs some. Can 
you tell me what to do for her. f. w. 
New York. 
Have her tested with tuberculin, as 
tuberculosis is the probable cause of cough 
and will be determined in that way. 
Meanwhile isolate the heifer and do not 
use her milk. a. s. a. 
Pigs With Cough. 
My pigs seem to have a cough and choke 
when they eat. Could you tell me what is 
the matter and what to do for it? o. T. 
New Jersey. 
You do not state age of pigs. If they 
are quite small the cough may be due 
to dusty bedding, or to sleeping' in damp 
beds. Remove such causes. In older pigs 
lung worms are the common cause of 
cough and there is no cure, but if well 
fed pigs tend to throw off the trouble. It 
is well, on general principles, to treat 
for worms by mixing turpentine in the slop 
three consecutive mornings, allowing one 
dram for each 80 pounds of hog. Change 
pigs out to new ground, if they are in 
yards long used by swine. a. s. a. 
Chorea. 
What ails my dog? He keeps jerking his 
right hind leg both standing and lying. 
He is about six months old and will weigh 
about 30 pounds. I think it must be some 
nervous trouble because if he had been hurt 
he would get better, but he seems to be 
getting worse all the time. b. w. b. 
New York. 
The disease is chorea (St. Vitus’ dance) 
and it is practically incurable. It often 
follows a severe attack of distemper, or 
it may be brought on by irritation of in¬ 
testinal worms. Worms should be des¬ 
troyed by medicine to be had ready for use, 
in any drug store. Make the dog live out 
of doors as much as possible. a. s. a. 
Spavin. 
I have purchase a horse having a spavin. 
Can you give me information as to whether 
it can be cured or not and if it can be, 
what is the best medicine to use? The 
horse is six years old. The spavin is 
located on the inside of the left hawk 
joint, just at the lower edge of joint. It 
first became noticeable some time last Sum¬ 
mer. A. A. p. 
Wyoming. 
We cannot form a correct idea of the 
spavin from your incomplete description. 
You do not say whether it is soft or hard 
or whether it gives rise to lameness. If 
soft it is a bog spavin; if hard it is a 
bone spavin. If lameness is absent better 
leave it alone. If lameness is present have 
the hock joint and spavin fired and blis¬ 
tered by a veterinarian and then tie horse 
up short in stall for a six week rest. 
A. S.A. 
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