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February 12, 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Worm Medicine. 
Would you consider the following a good 
remedy to rid stock of worms? Is it safe 
to feed it to breeding stock? One-quarter 
pound sulphur, one-quarter pound saltpetre, 
one-quarter pound resin and one ounce cop¬ 
peras. E. F. 
The medicine is not fit to use, as it con¬ 
tains unnecessary amounts of resin and 
saltpeter, which act injuriously upon the 
kidneys and are not destructive to worms. 
Iron is dangerous for breeding animals. 
For worm medicine see other answers in 
this issue. a. s. a. 
Heaves. 
On page 45 you publish a very interesting 
letter from C. E. Harper on t lie mule. We 
have four pairs that we use for farm work 
exclusively, and they give the best results 
and are immune with one exception from 
diseases which affect horses. One of our 
mules has something like heaves and if fed 
hay gets bad. We don't give him hay at 
all. Have you any suggestions to make 
that would cure him? s. A. a. 
Pennsylvania. 
There is no cure for heaves, but the 
distress may l>c greatly relieved by wetting 
all food with lime water, feeding no bulky 
food at noon, allowing . twice the usual 
amount of rest before working after a meal 
and giving half an ounce of Fowler’s solu¬ 
tion of arsenic night and morning. When 
the severe symptoms abate reduce the ar¬ 
senic gradually and for a time stop it alto¬ 
gether, but not suddenly. Wet oat straw 
may be fed in Winter and grass alone in 
Summer. 
Indigestion and Debility. 
I have a brood mare that has not been 
doing well. She appears to be weak be¬ 
hind and cannot get up alone. I am feed- 
12 quarts per day of ground feed and all the 
hay she can eat. She seems to have a good 
appetite and when driving scours; is inclined 
to be loose. What can I do for her? 
New York. F. w. 
The improper feeding is the probable 
cause of all the symptoms mentioned. Give 
her a roomy box stall in stable. Have her 
teeth attended by a veterinary dentist. 
Cut the food ration in half, and when she 
improves do not feed more than one pound 
of grain per one hundred pounds of live 
weight, not more than one pound of hay per 
hundred pounds. Feed whole oats, bran 
and some ear corn. Prefer Timothy or up¬ 
land prairie hay. She should run out¬ 
doors or work every day. Medicine may 
not prove necessary. If it does give tonic 
powders such as we often have prescribed 
here. a. s. a. 
Colt with Worms. 
I have a colt six months old ; he is look¬ 
ing well, but is not lively as a colt should 
be. He has passed several large worms, 
about three or four inches long and quite 
a lot of pinworms. What shall I do for 
him. and is it tlie worms that make him 
listless. j. R. F. 
Michigan. 
Yes, it is the worms that keep the colt 
thin, provided, of course, that he is getting 
plenty of good food to (‘at. After starving 
him for 12 hours or more give a tablespoon¬ 
ful of turpentine in six ounces of raw lin¬ 
seed oil at one. dose. He careful not to cause 
choking, or to get the medicine into the 
lungs when drenching. Afterward mix in 
his feed of crushed oats and wheat bran 
twice daily a teaspoonful of a mixture of 
two parts of salt and one part each of 
flowers of sulphur, dried sulphate of iron 
and powdered gentian root. Continue for a 
week, and then stop for ten days, after 
which the medicine may be given for an¬ 
other week or so. a. s. a. 
Worms. 
I would like to know how to get rid of 
worms in one of my horses; sometimes he 
passes them about four inches long. He is 
thin, although I feed well. I have tried 
linseed oil and bitter aloes and tobacco, the 
former as a drench composed of a pint of 
linseed oil and two ounces of aloes, but 
without success. Before giving the medicine 
I gave the horse nothing to eat for a day 
before and a half day after giving the 
drench. A. u. M. 
New Jersey. 
If you happen to be feeding swale hay 
substitute good Timothy hay. Hay from 
low, wet land is particularly liable to in¬ 
fest horses with worms. Avoid old water¬ 
ing troughs that have not been properly 
cleansed. Such places also are a source of 
worms. In feed night and morning for a 
week mix a tablespoonful of a mixture of 
one part each of flowers of sulphur, salt, 
dried sulphate of iron and powdered gentian 
root; then skip 10 days and repeat. Omit 
the iron if a mare in foal has to be treated 
for worms, and double the salt. a. s. a. 
Chicken Lice on Colt. 
1 have a two-year old colt that has hen 
lice. Can I get them off without clipping 
the horse? I would like to get them off 
as soon as possible, as the colt is getting 
quite poor. I whitewashed the sited before 
lie was put in last Fall. What would you 
use fo kill the lice and not hurt the horse? 
IIis hair is quite thick and long. Would 
you advise clipping the horse and what 
kind of wash or powder would you use? 
New York. G. v. w. 
It certainly is best to clip to get rid of 
lice, but in cold weather this may not be 
possible. First stop the source of invasion 
by giving the colt a place where lice come 
not and (lie voice of the chicken is un¬ 
heard in the barn. Before letting the colt 
use his new, vermin-free quarters apply a 
1-50 solution of coal tar dip to all affected 
parts of the body, and also rub flowers of 
sulphur freely along spine. Repeat the 
treatment as found necessary. If no new 
quarters can be supplied, get rid of the 
hens; then spray the walls, floors and ceil¬ 
ing of the cleansed stable with kerosene 
emulsion two or three times at intervals of 
three days, and finally spray with fresh- 
made lime wash. a. s. a. 
Horse with Kidney Trouble. 
I have a horse 12 years old. weight 1,200, 
lie is in good condition, am feeding 2% 
quart oats per feed, and a reasonable 
amount of good hay ; no work this Winter, 
but drive enougli for exercise. He is not 
sound in kidneys; makes water too often, 
sometimes as often as five or six times from 
morning until evening; not every day but 
sometimes he is worse than others. It 
seems to be worse when doing a good bit of 
traveling, such as plowing and harrowing. 
He does not: make a great quantity of water 
at a time but when these spells come on, 
the color is a milky white, never thick, and 
ar other times it will be a natural color. 
There is no veterinarian within 15 or 20 
miles of here. I have never given the horse 
much of anything, once in awhile some 
simple remedy. He looks well and seems to 
feel good. f. s. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
Indigestion is the common cause of cloud¬ 
ed urine, hut where too much is made we 
generally' find mold in the hay or that the 
oats has been heated or otherwise dam¬ 
aged in saving. Add one-fifth part of bran 
to the oat ration. Avoid all damaged food. 
Try a change of hay and grain. If the 
1 rouble continues dissolve two tablespoon¬ 
fuls of glauber salts in the drinking water 
night and morning until the urine clears up. 
He should have work or exercise every day. 
If the urine is made in too large quantities 
the amount may be regulated by dissolving 
a dram of iodide of potash in the drinking 
water twice daily for a few days. When 
the latter medicine is being used do not 
give the glauber salts. a. s. a. 
Stall Kicking. 
I have a young mare that lias a habit of 
kicking In tin; stable. When I put her in 
a stall near other horses she kicks so that 
she bursts the planks off the wall. Can you 
tell me what will break her of the habit? 
Kentucky. h. l. 
Better keep her in a box stall away from 
other horses. If you do not care to do this 
attach eight inches of chain to a strap and 
buckle around pastern of hind foot with 
which she does the kicking, and if neces¬ 
sary put a chain on both hind pasterns. 
A swinging partition instead of a fixed par¬ 
tition is useful in stall, as it “kicks back” 
each time it is kicked by the horse, and 
that proves astonishing and tends to stop 
the bad habit. There are many other ways 
of stopping stall kicking which may be 
adopted if the plans we have suggested fail. 
a. s. A. 
Indigestion. 
I bought a pair of Percheron mares, 10 
and 11 years old, weight 1,400 pounds last 
of November, with colts still with them. 
Mares were in bad shape ; teeth needed at¬ 
tention. droppings sour and ill-smelling. I 
have been feeding good oats and hay and 
gave a highly-praised stock food for a 
month without much improvemenr. I had 
a condition powder compounded wiflt sul¬ 
phate of iron as one-twentieth of the mix¬ 
ture, and am afraid to feed it, as mares 
are in foal. One of them sweats on the 
neck when the mercury gets above 22 de¬ 
grees apparently from the exertion of mas¬ 
ticating her feed, also sweats all over at 
times; has little lumps which began back 
of top of shoulder blades on both sides of 
withers, size of small peas, which form a 
scab and disappear in a few days, only to 
be replaced by others lower down on the 
side; has ravenous appetite. Please pre¬ 
scribe for them. a. p. g. 
Pennsylvania. 
Do not give sulphate of iron (copperas). 
It may cause abortion, and anyhow is not 
indicated in indigestion, and in that com¬ 
plaint will do more harm than good. Give 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic to both mares. 
We have given half an ounce or more twice 
daily to a draft mare, in foal, without 
causing abortion and with the best results 
in combating indigestion and skin trouble. 
Clip the mare that sweats, from knees and 
hocks to belly and along belly to line with 
breeching strap and strap of breast collar. 
That will stop the sweating in stable. The 
stable should be well ventilated and kept 
clean. Add bran to the whole oat ration. 
Exercise them every day. a. s. a. 
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