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December 20, 
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AILING ANIMALS. 
Stiff Cow. 
A Jersey cow became stiff a few months 
ago in her right hind leg. I rubbed it 
with liniment but that did not do much 
good. Some days it is much better, but 
other times it is so stiff that she cannot 
bend it at all. Thinking it is rheuma¬ 
tism, I always give her good straw bed¬ 
ding on a plank floor. To-day I noticed 
that her left hack leg is getting stiff, too. 
What do you advise? G. H. v. 
Virginia. 
In such a case the first step should be 
to have the cow tested with tuberculin, 
as tuberculosis is a common but unsus¬ 
pected cause of such mysterious lame¬ 
ness. If she proves free from tubercu¬ 
losis some good may follow rubbing of 
the affected joints with oil of winter- 
green and the internal administration of 
half an ounce of salicylate of soda twice 
a day in feed. Chronic rheumatism, how¬ 
ever, tends to prove incurable. A. S. A. 
Carpitis; Warts. 
1. I have a mare 11 years old; I think 
she has capped knee. I never noticed 
when she got hurt, but she gradually 
kept getting lamer on her left leg. Her 
knee is swollen but not feverish and not 
very sore to the touch, but it hurts her to 
bend it, and she is quite lame now. Can¬ 
not drive her, or work her. I used lini¬ 
ment but it was just like using so much 
water. What can I do for her knee, and 
will she always be lame? 2. What can 
I do to reduce cancerous blood warts 
on horses? E. F. c. 
Washington. 
1. The case is serious and recovery 
doubtful; but lameness may subside if 
you repeatedly blister the knee with a 
mixture of one dram of biniodide of mer¬ 
cury and one ounce of lard; after removal 
of the hair. The mare must be tied so 
that she cannot bump her knee on any¬ 
thing when she is pawing because of the 
blister. 2. Have the growths cut out; 
then cauterize the bases with lunar caus¬ 
tic pencil. If you cannot have the opera¬ 
tion performed, paint the growths with 
nitric acid, and remove the scabs or 
sloughs that form ; then repeat the treat¬ 
ment as often as required. Smear lard 
around the warts before using the acid. 
A. s. A. 
Puff*. 
1. I have a driving horse, that has 
“puffs.” Ilis hind ankles are very much 
swollen, especially after a long drive. He 
stumbles occasionally in his hind legs go¬ 
ing down hill. I thing his kidneys are 
a little out of order, but not much. I 
feet him oats and hay and he has good 
care. Sometimes he is slow on the road 
and it takes some urging to get any¬ 
where. He makes about 20 miles a day 
(not every day but now and then). 
What can I do to help him? He is a 
line horse every other way. He stands 
with his toe pointed down sometimes. 
After driving his legs are worse 2. Does 
it harm horses in any way, to have cows 
stabled near them? e. l. b. 
New York. 
Drive the horse a fair distance every 
day, or at least see to it that he is worked 
or exercised every day. It is a mistake 
to give a horse long drives “now and 
then.” Allow him a box stall in the 
stable. Reduce the rich feed. Add roots 
to the ration. Each time he comes into 
the stable hand-rub the legs thoroughly, 
then wrap with cotton batting and band¬ 
age legs from feet to hocks. Do not use 
medicine of any kind. If this does not 
suffice, after at least a month’s trial it 
would he best to have the back tendons 
of the hind legs line-fired and blistered 
by a competent veterinarian. 2. It is 
best on hygienic grounds to keep cows 
and horses separate, so that the milk will 
not become tainted. The horses are not 
harmed by association with cows; but 
the smell of the horses is objectionable 
in a cow stable. a. s. a. 
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Incubator Cellar. 
I wish to have a cellar dug under a 
room where I shall have two incubators. 
The room is 14 feet square. The under 
soil here is heavy clay; a cellar already 
made under another room is drained. The 
drain-pipe of the new cellar will be con¬ 
nected with the old one. I don’t know 
whether to have the walls made of solid 
concrete, air-space concrete blocks or 
bricks. I wish to have moisture enough 
for the incubators, and not too much of it. 
How much light and ventilation will be 
needed? Will the floor be best, made of 
bricks or cement? J. B. 
New Jersey. 
The material of which the wall is built 
will have little influence upon the moist¬ 
ure content of the air in the cellar, and 
I should use that which will be the most 
economical, probably in this case solid 
concrete. If the cellar is sufficiently well 
drained to keep the floor from being mud¬ 
dy it is not necessary to use any other 
flooring than the natural clay. A little 
water upon the floor would be rather an 
advantage than otherwise when operating 
incubators, as it would help to keep the 
air of the room sufficiently moist for good 
results. You should have one or more 
windows in each of two opposite sides 
for light and ventilation. M. B. D. 
Sprouting Oats. 
What is the best way to sprout oats 
during the Winter season? Is there any 
solution on the market that will hasten 
its growth? w. l’h. 
New York. 
Oats are sprouted by placing them in 
a layer having a depth of two or three 
inches, usually in trays, and keeping them 
moist by sprinkling with tepid water. 
They must, of course, be kept in a room 
where the temperature is sufficiently high 
to permit plant growth, and this requires 
artificial heat in the Winter time. A 
warmed living room or the basement next 
to a heater may be used. I know of no 
solution which will hasten their growth, 
moisture and warmth being the only two 
things needed. if. B. D. 
Cross-bred Fowls. 
What would be vhe result from cross¬ 
ing the Plymouth Rocks with White 
Wyandottes as a laying strain? Would 
they be as good as the purebred Plymouth 
Rocks? w. L. S. 
East Charlotte, Vt. 
There would be nothing gained by 
crossing B. P. Rocks with Wyandottes, 
either to produce layers or fowls for 
meat. They are breeds of the same type, 
and you would get simply a mongrel mix¬ 
ture which might or might not lay as well 
as the purebred fowls used in the cross. 
On the other hand, you would lose all 
uniformity in color and type, would les¬ 
sen the value of the fowls for breeding 
purposes, and would make mongrels. 
Space for Fowls; Dose of Salts. 
1. How many Leghorn hens would you 
put in a house 16x32 feet? How many 
Leghorn pullets in the same size house? 
The birds are to be confined in these 
houses all Winter. What would you 
think if a man should put 250 birds 
in such a size house? 2. How much Ep¬ 
som salts would you allow for each 
bird if you wanted to give a dose to a 
large flock? F. c. S. 
New Jersey. 
1. A henhouse 16x32 feet in size should 
accommodate from 150 to 175 Leghorn 
hens if kept clean and well ventilated. 
Pullets should have as much space as 
hens. I should think that a man who put 
250 fowls into such a house would prob¬ 
ably have occasion to regret it. 2. I 
doubt if you would get hens to take 
enough Epsom salts in their drinking 
water to have any effect. A teaspoonful 
to each hen would he a fair dose. 
M. B. D. 
Laying Ration for Indian Runners. 
Will you give a good Winter laying 
ration for Indian Runner ducks? 
Pennsylvania. J. c. c. 
Here is one used by a neighbor who is 
a successful breeder of Indian Runner 
ducks: Three parts wheat bran, one and 
one-half parts wheat middlings, two parts 
cornmeal, one to two parts green stuff, 
one-fourth of one part of beef scrap, and 
five per cent of fine grit. Any mash 
good for laying hens will do, but it should 
always contain at least 10 per cent of 
good beef scrap. Where the eggs are not 
to be used for hatching, more beef scrap 
may he used. Keep oyster shell and grit 
or sand constantly before them. Another 
laying mash recommended by James Ran¬ 
kin is: Equal parts wheat bran and corn- 
meal ; 10 per cent beef scrap; 20 per cent 
low grade flour; 10 per cent boiled tur¬ 
nips or potatoes; 15 per cent clover rowen, 
green rye, or cabbage, chopped fine; and 
three per cent of grit. Mix with cold 
water. M. b. d. 
Blackhead in Market Turkeys. 
Is a turkey suffering from blackhead 
a fit article for food if killed—also is a 
turkey a fit article of food if, although 
having shown no outward signs of the 
disease, its intestines show evidences of 
blackheads after the bird has been killed? 
Vermont. B. s. 
Blackhead is a disease of the internal 
organs, involving chiefly the liver and in¬ 
testines. If the disease has not pro¬ 
gressed sufficiently to manifest itself by 
any external symptons, I know of no rea¬ 
son why the flesh should not he whole¬ 
some, hut after a fowl had become in any 
degree emaciated, or evidently ailing, its 
use for food would be inadvisable, if not 
reprehensible. M. B. D. 
Fresh Raw Bone. 
I should like to learn where I can buy 
fresh raw bone, as I have good success 
with my hens when I can procure it in 
any quantity. a. z. 
Connecticut. 
Y T ou will probably have to go to local 
butchers. There is very little general 
trade in the raw hones as they do not 
ship well. Go to all the local butcher 
shops or hotels and see if they can supply 
you. 
Hens. 
I am just starting in the hen business. 
I raised, last Summer, 21 very fine White 
Wyandottes, and have some fine young 
roosters. Would you advise to use them 
another season, or the old one, the sire 
of my pullets? He is two years old. 
Would you keep the roosters away from 
hens till time to breed? J. D. s. 
New York. 
I should select the two most vigorous, 
best shaped, nearest to desired type, and, 
other things being equal, largest, cock¬ 
erels from the flock of youngsters and 
keep them to mate with the pullets in the 
Spring; keeping them, if practicable, 
away from the flock until about three 
weeks before the eggs are needed for 
hatching. This would not be considered 
good advice by many breeders who are 
afraid of inbreeding, and who would not 
mate cockerels with pullets. It is just 
what I should do, however, m". b. d. 
Whole Wheat or Stale Bread. 
What would be the better to feed Leg¬ 
horn chickens, whole wheat or stale 
bread? Whole wheat costs $2.10 per 
hundred, stale bread $1 per hundred. Is 
there as much in the bread as the whole 
wheat? - j. j. 
As bread is made from the flour or 
inner portion of the wheat berry, it can¬ 
not have all the feeding value of the 
whole grain. It is of value, however, 
and when it can be purchased at a rea¬ 
sonable price may be used as a portion 
of the rations for poultry. It is fatten¬ 
ing in its nature and should not be fed 
with cornmeal or similar fattening footjs 
alone. Oats, meat scrap, skim-milk, and 
other high protein foods will help to bal¬ 
ance it in the ration. M. B. D. 
Growths on Wattles, 
A White Rock hen has two growths on 
the wattle. They are round and flat 
with a deep indentation in the center. 
They are about three-eighths of an inch 
in diameter and paler in color than the 
wattle. There seems to be no discharge 
from them. The chicken shows no signs 
of roup and in fact looks healthy in 
every other way. Her feed has been 
wheat, a little corn and slightly moist¬ 
ened mash. Are these growths contagious 
and can anything be done for them? 
Pennsylvania. . b. f. 
The growths that you describe are very 
like the eruption of chicken pox, though 
if they are, some of them, at least, should 
break and discharge later. Chicken pox 
is a very contagious disease, and in warm 
climates, often a fatal one. You should 
remove this hen from the flock and keep 
her isolated until you can he sure of 
the nature of the eruption. If it spreads 
and some of the lesions break down and 
discharge, you will he safe in consider¬ 
ing it chicken pox. m. b. d. ( 
Offal for Poultry. 
That is a strange question that G. II. , 
R., Connecticut, asks on page TJ65. 
Strange that one who is able to make 
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able to find a profitable outlet for the i 
offal in dressing poultry. Feed it to 
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man can chop up the entrails, etc., heads 
and feet of 200 or 300 hens per hour 
and be well paid for his work. If one 
has more, a little ingenuity will devise 
a machine for cutting it up. It is waste¬ 
ful to bury the offal; better feed it and 
bury the manure after the live ones get 
done with it. It is not at all necessary 
to wash or strip the faeces from the en¬ 
trails, especially if the poultry have been ■ 
unfed for 24 hours before killing. 
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