lint). 
THE RURAL NEW- i'ORKER 
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AILING ANIMALS. 
Contracted Hoof. 
I have a horse about six years old which 
is quite lame from contracted hoof. Is 
there any cure for it? g. w. s. 
Long Island, N. Y. 
The contraction may be the result and 
not the cause of the lameness, and the lat¬ 
ter may be due to navicular disease, which 
is incurable and necessitates “unnerving.” 
Soak the foot in cold water for an hour 
twice a day and then smear with any simple 
greasy ointment. At end of one month stop 
soaking and after clipping the hair from the 
lioof-head blister twice a month with cerate 
of cantharides. This should lead to great 
improvement in the condition of the hoof, 
but it may not fully remove the lame¬ 
ness. A. s. A. 
Pigs with Cough. 
What is good for cough in pigs two or 
three months old? They eat well, but cough. 
Maine. j. w. F. 
See that the bedding is free from dust 
and that the sleeping quarters are clean 
and in a well-ventilated stable. Cough, 
apart from such causes as dust and bad 
air. most often is due to lung worms, and 
there is no practical remedy for these pests 
of swine; but pigs outgrow the trouble, or 
rather throw it off in time if generously 
fed and allowed to take plenty of outdoor 
exercise every day. Mix one teaspoonful of 
turpentine per SO pounds live weight in the 
slop for each pig and repeat three morn¬ 
ings in succession. In bad cases glyco- 
heroin may be given in dessertspoonful doses 
two or three times daily. a. s. a. 
Sows Killing Pigs. 
Please advise me what to do with two 
Berkshire sows which killed their pigs. 
Pigs were farrowed January 29. They 
were fed middlings, bran, oats and milk 
previous to farrowing time. Would they do 
better if pigs came in Summer, or should 
they be fattened and killed? This was 
their first litter. K. 
Pennsylvania. 
Sows when overfed and given too little 
exercise in Winter become cross and ner¬ 
vous. and tend to kill their pigs. They 
would not be likely to do so if made to 
exercise thoroughly every day. so as to keep 
their bowels active and muscles in good 
condition, and especially if handled by at¬ 
tendants so as to become accustomed to 
their presence when farrowing time arrives. 
There is much less trouble with sows bred 
to farrow in Spring when they can run 
outdoors before farrowing. Keep the sows 
and try having them farrow in Summer. 
a. s. A. 
Indigestion. 
I have a grade Percheron mare about 
13 years old, whose hind legs frequently 
swell from the hock down when she stand's 
in stable without work for two days, and 
sometimes just over Sunday. I feed her 
my cow feed. Ajax. Unicorn and old proc¬ 
ess oil meal mixed, three quarts per feed ■ 
she does not have much work—she is in 
toal and troubled w'ith worms, is always 
very hungry, eats her bedding. My other 
mare and two other horses are in good 
health. What shall I do to correct trouble’ 
New York. G . D . s . 
Stop the unsuitable ground feed and use 
it tor the cows. Substitute sound oats, 
hi an, and best of hay. (live her a rooniv 
box srall in stable and bed with bale’d 
shavings or sawdust. Do not allow her 
to stand a single day idle in the stable. 
Bandage her legs from feet to knees and 
hocks each time she comes in from work 
or exercise. Do not give medicine of anv 
S01 't- a. s. a. * 
Itching Skin. 
Mhat would be good for a horse that 
breaks out on tfie neck, the itching cans- 
ing him to rub his mane and tail all oat? 
Pennsylvania. A- c. 
Put the grain ration in half and make 
Hie horse work or take abundant outdoor 
exercise every day, wet or shine. Itching 
skin usually is due to overfeeding, lack of 
exercise and insufficient grooming. Groom 
nun thoroughly once a day. Feed carrots 
if obtainable, or if you can not do so. dis- 
so ve a couple of tablespoonfuls of glauber 
salts in his drinking water once daily. 
•“ ( 'd oats and bran in preference to corn. 
Wash affected parts clean and when dry 
rub in a creamy mixture of flowers of sul¬ 
phur and raw linseed oil. Repeat the 
applications at intervals of three days, but 
do not again wash the parts. If the hair 
at rubbed part of tail is standing on end 
wind strands of it around the second finger, 
one by one, and pull until tlie skin gives 
with a crack. A . SA 
Lameness. 
I have a horse, six years old. in thriftv 
condition, weighs about 1,000 pounds, that 
has been lame for about 18 months. I 
could not locate the place of his lame- 
till recently. He would lift up 
slightly when first driven in the morning 
and then soon quit limping. For several 
weeks at a time he would not be lame; 
then his lameness would return. He is 
getting worse, and I shall soon be compelled 
to quit using him. There is no swelling 
hut a slight soreness in front of the left 
hind foot at top of the hoof when pressed, 
in standing he favors that foot, have had 
ms hoof examined for thorn or nail, but 
find nothing. What shall I do for him? 
lexas. a. c. T. 
vJ?V?” ptoms su S&est bone spavin in the 
joint, or unseen (occult) spavin in 
■md 1 Th i s ^ ould necessitate firing 
siv ~ hS J e , rlnK } h , e j° int - to »>e followed bv 
U res * in stalL If y° u are sure 
IS 1 ? t he pastern at top of foot clip off 
tuiv^rT blister repeatedly with a 1 mix- 
txvrrt° ne ^ ram _°f biniodide of mercury 
Kpp. 1 ?® 0U P. W , S of cerate of cantharides. 
Wash h tw i r le + d U P w . hi ‘c blister is acting. 
anniy .^w¥ e £i 0 £-« in 48 hcnirs and then 
apply a little lard daily. A . s A 
Climax Carrier. 
Feed, Ensilage, Litter. 
A stable help that saves labor. Brings feed from 
silo or bin to manger, carries manure from nil 
stablings to same pile or dumps on wagon. Easy 
lift, light running, positive dump. Made of steel. 
Straight or curved tracks to run anywhere and suit 
any stable plan. Write for descriptive circular. 
Warsaw-Wilkinson Co., 
50 Highland Ave., Warsaw, N. Y. 
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HUMANE HORSE COLLAR COMPANY 
1831 Lowe 
V Chicago Heights, Illinois 
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Ward W. Stevens 
THE LARGEST REC¬ 
ORDS in H of the four¬ 
teen classes com¬ 
prising the report of 
official tests con- 
tlut ted by the H.-F. 
Association of 
America for the 
year ending May 
15, 1905. were made 
by members of 
Brookside Herd. 
IN BROOKSIDE 
HERD ten 2-year- 
olds average 17.6 
lb.ten 3-year-olds 
22.3 lb. and ten 
heifers and cows 
25.5 lb. each in 7- 
day butter test. 
E. M. Hastings 
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Ralph J. Stevens 
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Village Farm 
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FARMS ATLACO- 
NA& LIVERPOOL. 
The latter 4 miles 
from Syracuse and 
within five minutes 
of trolley terminus. 
Electric cars leave 
Salina street, Syra¬ 
cuse, every hour (on 
the even hour) and 
return on the half 
hour. Farms con¬ 
nected by telephone. 
Visitors always wel¬ 
come. 
J 
The Quakep. Oats Co., , ' Lacona, N. Y. 
Chicago, Illinois. _ , „ , . 
Gentlemen:-Last fall our attention was called to the merits of Schumacher Stock Feed, and we 
then gave it a trial with such very satisfactory results that we have since purchased several carloads. 
For several months it has been the principal ration for the herd both here and at Liverpool; and the best 
evidence we can furnish of our success in feeding it, is the fact that during this period a dozen or more 
of our cows and heifers have made official 7-day butter records ranging from 20.33 lb. at 2)4 old to 
28.43 lb. at full age. We take pleasure in handing you herewith a photograph of one of our 28 lb. cows, 
Pontiac Calypso. For thirty days she averaged almost 80 lb. milk a day and her average butter-fat test 
was very close to four per cent. One of her sisters, Pontiac Soldene, whose test we have only jtist com¬ 
pleted, at 3 Vs years old, produced 573.1 lb. milk in 7 days and 2,234.2 lb. in 30 days. We count ourselves 
fortunate in finding among the ready mixed feeds, a ration that seems to answer our requirements so 
fully as Schumacher Stock Feed. Very truly yours, 
E h. _ THE STEVENS BROTHERS-HASTINGS COMPANY. 
Nearly everybody knows the Stevens Bros.-Hastings Company, owners of Brookside Herd which consists 
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dried, and properly balanced. It is readily assimilated. If your dealer cannot supply you, write us. 
THE QUAKER OATS CO., CHICAGO, ILL. 
