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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 19. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Knee-sprung Mare. 
I have a mare that is quite badly knee- 
sprung; has been so for some time. Can 
you tell me what to apply to her legs and 
how to treat her ? R. R- 
Pennsylvania. 
This is incurable when fully established. 
Slight improvement may take place in time 
if you feed all her food from the iloor 
level in a box stall, and during Summer 
allow her to graze grass daily. A. s. A. 
Mare in Poor Condition. 
I should like to know what to do for a 
mare 12 years old that is hide-bound. 
' Indiana. c. h. w. 
Have her teeth attended to by a vet¬ 
erinary dentist. If she is not in foal have 
■he veterinarian give her an aloes physic 
bail, after feeding two or three bran mashes 
without hay. Afterward give half an ounce 
of Fowler’s solution of arsenic night and 
morning, and if possible feed carrots in 
addition to hay, oats and bran. If hair is 
long and coarse, have her clipped at once. 
a. s. A. 
Hoof Founder. 
Is there any cure for the hoof founder 
in horses? I have one I would like to save 
if possible. A. w. 
New York. 
Clip the hair from coronets of fore feet 
and blister with cerate of eantharides at 
intervals of three or four weeks. Hub the 
blister in for 10 minutes. Tie the horse 
up short so that he cannot lie down or 
bite the blistered part. Wash the blister 
off in 48 hours ; then apply lard daily. If 
the soles are dropped the horse should be 
shod with bar shoes put on over an oakum 
and pine tar dressing and thick leather 
pads. In dropped sole the sole is convex 
instead of concave and is quite sensitive 
at point of frog when lightly tapped with 
a hammer. A. s. A. 
Indigestion in Pigs. 
We have eight last Fall’s pigs; three of 
them have some disease. As soon as they 
commence to eat they will back up from 
the trough and whirl around and around; 
throw up their heads with their mouths 
open. Soon they will come back to the 
trough and eat all right. This disease has 
already killed one; one more is very bad. 
Will you tell me what this disease is and 
what can be done for it? A. s. 
New York. 
This is due to derangement of the di¬ 
gestive organs. Overfeeding and lack of 
exercise are the probable causes. Reduce 
the feed. Mix lime-water freely with the 
slop. Make the pigs take lots of outdoor 
exercise. Physic each affected pig with 
epsom salts or castor oil. If worms are 
seen in the droppings treat for them as so 
often advised here. A. s. A. 
Defective Udder. 
I have a heifer whose right front teat 
had no opening. When she was fresh, 
about two months ago, I burned an outlet 
with a knitting needle. The milk comes 
now in a small stream, and this quarter 
of the udder seems to be drying up, though 
it has been milked clean each time. The 
udder has never been injured or shown 
any soreness. The mother of the heifer 
had (he same quarter defective, because of 
a side opening in the teat torn on a barbed 
wire fence. The opening healed and finally 
closed, but the milk from that quarter was 
scant and sometimes thick. Could this 
have affected the heifer, and can anything 
be done for her? J. p. L. 
Indiana. 
Pry off the milk secretion by rubbing 
in a mixture of equal parts of camphorated 
oil and fluid extract of belladonna leaves 
twice daily. It is not likely that the dam 
could in any way be responsible for the 
condition of her heifer’s udder. Infection of 
the udder was doubtless present in both 
cases described. A. s. A. 
Thorough-pin. 
One of my horses has recently developed 
quite an enlarged hock joint. The enlarge¬ 
ment is in the hollow just at the crook of 
the joint, both sides. I have an idea that 
it is what is called a thorough-pin, though 
never having seen one, I am not quite 
sure. It causes no lameness. Will you 
inform me if it is anything more serious 
than a blemish, and if it can be removed, 
and how? g. a. t. 
New York. 
The condition certainly indicates thor¬ 
ough-pin, which is practically incurable. 
When due to a strain or sprain, there is 
lameness. Sometimes the thorough-pin is 
associated with bog spavin, or with “filled 
hock.” For the latter condition a thorough 
blistering with cerate of eantharides re¬ 
peated in a few weeks sometimes helps; 
but usually the boggy condition proves 
permanent. In young growing colts the 
best treatment is to keep the joint daubed 
with pine tar and let the animal run out¬ 
doors. a. s. A. 
A Case of Sweeny. 
I have a Percheron mare coming four 
years old in the Spring. I bought her out 
of the pasture last Fall and broke her in 
to driving and light work; the hardest work 
being plowing stubble ground a few hours 
a day. At the time that I bought her her 
shoulders were like those of any other horse, 
but now there is a hollow spot behind each 
shoulder, running parallel to the collar. The 
hollow is nearly the length and depth of 
the fore-arm, being deepest at the top. When 
rubbing the fingers over the cords in the 
hollows she flinches. When traveling or 
pulling both shoulders come up square, but 
she has the appearance of placing the fore 
feet far apart and forward both when she 
steps and standing still. She seems to be 
willing to pull, but wants to stop often, 
and when starting out with a light load 
or when turning toward her mate so that 
she has to hurry she seems to jerk the 
right shoulder forward with a hitch and 
toss of her head. She does not travel 
easily, although she can make good speed 
when she wants to, but she sweats easily. 
When I first began to use her she was sick 
for a week or so, her kidneys being out of 
order. I cured that with nitre and copaiba; 
I also gave stock food and condition pow¬ 
ders. What do you think may be the trouble 
with her shoulders? When trotting she 
has a more pronounced sidewise movement 
with her shoulders than other horses. This 
horse also has a spot about the size of a 
finc-cent piece on her right shoulder from 
which the hair was blistered during the 
Fall. By dusting with sulphur every time 
I hitch her up I keep it from getting raw 
and sore, but it does not heal over per¬ 
manently enough to stand any sweating 
from work or driving without becoming 
sore unless dusted with sulphur to prevent 
chafing. What treatment would you rec¬ 
ommend for this? r. a. H. 
New York. 
This seems to be a light case of sweeny 
as the muscles appear sunken or wasted. 
She may work better in a breast collar or 
a humane collar. If not, then she will 
have to be rested and the wasted parts 
blistered or rubbed with strong liniment 
once daily. Th‘e little sore spot should be 
cut out; the common wound then will read¬ 
ily heal. a. s. a. 
A Heifer’s Calf. —On page 183 M. L. J., 
Erie Co., Fa., asked about raising a calf 
(I take it first calf) from a heifer. I 
should by all means raise calf from a good 
thrifty heifer, provided calf was thrifty 
and his teeth were well formed. In my ex¬ 
perience grading up Holstein cattle I have 
always raised heifer calves from a two- 
year-old as quick as any other. I will 
give one particular experience. I raised a 
calf from a three-year-old cow, and when 
this calf was two years old I raised her 
heifer calf, and at two years this calf gave 
as much milk as either her mother or 
grandmother ever did. c. s. 
Wayne Co.. N. Y. 
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