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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 15, 
STOVER IN THE SILO. 
The drought in Virginia cut our silage 
crop short, and many of us are contem¬ 
plating cutting up the stover of mature 
corn to put in our half-filled silos. Can 
you give an opinion on this method? A 
neighbor filled a s?lo last year, wetting 
the stover as it went in, but the cows did 
not relish it, and one died, coincident. Do 
you advise using stover this way, and with 
what amount of water? We can run no 
risks ^his Wi'nter. J. w. 
Kapidan, Va. 
Although corn stover is only to be used 
for silage in extreme cases as a last re¬ 
sort, there is no reason why it should 
not make fairly good feed. Of course 
it will spoil quickly and cause' lots of 
trouble if it is not properly handled. At 
least two good heavy men must be kept 
in the silo all the time during the opera - 
tion of filling, and they must keep busy 
leveling the surface and packing the 
corn as solidly as possible, especiallv 
around the edge next to the wall of the 
silo. You must also add about 200 
pounds of water to every 100 pounds of 
the corn stover, as it is put into the silo. 
These directions are very simple, but it 
is absolutely necessary to follow them 
carefully, so as to exclude the air, and 
the silage will keep in good condition, 
although it will be inferior to that made 
from green corn in the usual way. 
C. S. GREENE. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Fistula of Ear; Worms. 
1. I have a colt six months old that has 
discharge from t(te edge of each ear. There 
seems to he a tube that runs from butt of 
car up 1% inch that this discharge (a 
white ropy substance) comes through; it 
also formed a bunch below the ear and 
over the eye just where the band of bridle 
would be. By pressing on this I could 
pump the matter out of this little hole on 
the edge of the ear. Can you tell what this 
is, or can it be cured? 2. I would like 
remedy for stomach worms in same colt. 
r. s. R. 
1. The pipes (sinuses) connect with the 
bursae mucosae of the part involved, and 
discharge mucous substance. It is a most 
difficult task to do away with these fistu¬ 
lous tracts. They have to be dissected out 
by a skilled surgeon, but unfortunately they 
do not tend to stay dissected, but return 
as bad as ever. There is nothing dangerous 
about this condition, but the daubed state 
of the hair of the affected parts proves an 
eyesore and lessens the value of the horse 
in the market. In some instances, the 
sinuses connect with supernumerary molar 
teeth. These can be removed with com¬ 
parative ease by any well-qualified surgeon. 
2. Give the foal free access to a box con¬ 
taining a mixture of two parts of salt and 
one part each of dried sulphate of iron, 
flowers of sulphur and ground gentian root. 
This is effective for worms. If the colt will 
not take the mixture add more salt, and 
if that plan fails then mix a heaping tea¬ 
spoonful of the first mixture in the feed 
night and morning for a week, then skip 
10 days and repeat. The dose of the 
mixture for an adult horse is one table¬ 
spoonful. The iron should be omitted for a 
mare in foal, at it possibly might cause 
abortion if taken for some time. a. s. a. 
Rickets. 
What is the matter with my pigs? They 
began when about one week old to stagger, 
and seemed to lose the use of their hind 
legs. They had a good appetite and seemed 
all right every other way, except a raw 
spot back of each ear. They kept getting 
worse, and finally could not drag their 
hind legs at all, and died off one at a 
time, until 1 have lost all but one out of 
eight. Can anyone tell the cause, and a 
remedy? W. H. M. 
New York. 
The pigs have rickets, in which disease 
the bones lack the necessary proportion of 
earthy matter to give them strength to 
carry the body. Worms or indigestion from 
any'cause may bring on the disease, but 
there usually exists a hereditary tendency 
to it. The tendency may be expected in 
pigs from pampered boars and sows, and 
we find that it is most common where 
hogs have long been fed far too much corn, 
which is poor in mineral matters (bone 
builders) and at the same time are de¬ 
prived of the necessary amount of freedom 
in the open air. Exercise and mixed ra¬ 
tions, natural life out of doors and a 
mixture of nitrogenous foods; these things 
tend to make pigs strong and obviate such 
troubles as rickets. At once give all hogs 
free range and feed mixed rations. Mix 
limewater freely in the slop of nursing 
sows and growing pigs. Save the corn for 
the fattening of grown hogs. If used at 
all,- corn should form but a small part of 
the ration of breeding hogs and growing 
pigs. Treatment of rickets rarely pays. All 
that can be done is to change the rations 
and give mineral matters with the food. 
Digester tankage or dried blood meal is 
useful as an adjunct to ordinary foods. 
“Floats” (ground phosphate rock) may also 
be used to advantage, as it has been found 
that mineral phosphates can be utilized by 
the growing animal in place of the phos¬ 
phates of food. ' a. s. A. 
Abnormal Appetite in Cattle. 
My cattle are eating their yard fence and 
their stanchions. Can you give me some 
advice as to their feeding and care? The 
cattle are in comfortable stables, well fed, 
salted regularly, and to all appearance ex¬ 
cept this, are in good condition. w. v. j. 
Sandusky, Ohio. 
This is usually an indication that the 
cattle lack lime and phosphates in their 
food. The system craves bone-forming ma¬ 
terial, which causes an abnormal appetite. 
We have seen such cattle gnaw fences, 
old bones, hats and shoes and drink and 
eat filth. The remedy is to supply what 
the animals need, wheat bran is a good feed 
for them, as it contains more minerals than 
most other grain. If you can give each 
cow a handful of fine ground bone in her 
feed every day you will soon see a change. 
Indigestion. 
I have a horse I have owned about two 
years. lie is eight years old. I have 
noticed of late on several occasions after 
feeding corn at noon I find him standing 
with his head down in his manger or on 
the floor of his stall, and it requires a 
light cut with a whip or something else to 
make him raise his head. If he is left 
alone for a few minutes he has his head 
in the same position. His appetite is good 
and he seems to be in good health, but he 
does not carry as much flesh as he di<J 
a year ago. Can you tell me what causes 
him to hold his head in that position at 
times? g. h. l. 
Maryland. 
Possibly the horse sleeps in the position 
you describe. More probably he suffers sub¬ 
acute pain or discomfort from indigestion 
and so hangs his head or suffers from gid¬ 
diness (staggers). If possible, give him 
a roomy box stall in place of an ordinary 
stall. Have his teeth attended to by a 
veterinary dentist. Stop feeding corn alone 
and substitute whole oats 10 parts, corn 
five parts and bran three parts. Feed hay 
at the rate of not over one and one-quarter 
pounds per hundred pounds of live weight. 
The grain ration should be at the rate of 
one pound per hundred pounds live weight. 
He should be worked or exercised every 
day, wet or shine. A. s. a. 
A Valuable Sow. —We have a sow which 
was three years old last September. She is 
black with white feet and tip of tail. Wo 
were told she was part Poland China. She 
had her first pigs at 11 months old, eight 
in number, raised eight. April 4 the fol¬ 
lowing year she had nine, raised eight; 
November 20 of same year had 15, raised 
14 ; May 22. 1909, she had 10 and raised 
13; November 24, 1909, she had 14 and 
12 arc living and all right, and all good 
pigs. We have never sold any for less than 
$2.50 apiece, making in all 02 pigs and 
raised 55. We say we would not sell her 
for less than $100. H. F. 
Howard Co., Md. 
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