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THE KURAE NEW-YORKER 
October l. 
THE UBIQUITOUS SHORT-HORN. 
Short-horn cattle seem to exist every¬ 
where, and they easily outnumber those 
of any other breed, if indeed they do not 
exceed, in numbers, cattle of all other 
breeds. Short-horn cattle are pre-emin¬ 
ent as a beef breed, and Fig. 404 shows 
that good individuals carry a generous 
proportion of high-priced beef. Short¬ 
horn cattle have heavier hind quarters 
than is common to other breeds, and 
furthermore, this breed has produced 
the heaviest individuals on record, and 
finished Short-horn steers easily out¬ 
weigh those of other breeds. Short-horn 
colors are very desirable, being red, white 
and roan, and indeed roan Short-horns 
are veritable bouquets of color. Some 
strains of Short-horns produce heavy 
milkers, and such cattle are as near be¬ 
ing dual purpose as is possible to find 
in any breed. Nearly everyone can re- 
liinewater at the rate of one ounce per quart 
of slop. Allow free rang!? on clover or 
grass. As tbe liog improves a little corn 
meal and 10 per cent of digester tankage 
may be added to slop made up with hot 
water in place of milk. A. s. a. 
Calf with Cough. 
We have a bull calf (Guernsey) that for a 
couple of months has had a cough, and a 
cold in its head which has steadily grown 
worse. I have doctored it with proprie¬ 
tary medicines, but do not seem able to 
help it. We were short of skim-milk 
last month, so that it lost flesh and I began 
to feed it whole milk, which it is getting 
now. It has a good appetite and drinks 
about 12 pounds per day of milk right 
from the cow while it is still warm. What 
should I do to stop the cough which I am 
afraid will kill the calf, as it seems as 
though its lungs are nearly full? We had 
one the same way last year, and I was 
able to bring it around on the same treat¬ 
ment I have given this one; now it is a 
beauty with no trace of the cough. 
A. H. F. 
You do not state ago of calf, but if it 
is old enough to have pastured grass the 
probable cause of cough and other symp¬ 
toms described is the presence of .thread¬ 
like worms (strongylus micrurus) in the 
air passages of the lungs. These worms 
or their eggs may readily be found in the 
SHORT-HORN PRIZE WINNER. Fig. 404 
member the big red Short-horn cow that 
gave so much milk, which was of ex¬ 
cellent quality, though perhaps not con¬ 
taining so. much butter fat as Jersey 
milk. There is a real need of more milk¬ 
ing Short-horns that will produce milk 
at a profit and a profitable lot of beef 
also. Some objectionable features of 
Short-horn cattle are a tendency to have 
long legs, too prominent hook bones 
with lack of fullness in rump, and the 
horns. Short-horn cattle are well 
adapted to almost any condition of cli¬ 
mate and pasturage, and they are par¬ 
ticularly well adapted to the • needs of 
the small farmer who needs milk and 
butter for home and market and a few 
steers capable of making good use of 
their feed and selling near enough to the 
top of the market to be profitable. 
Though the picture is of a show bull, 
yet it is no unusual thing to make good 
Short-horn steers look as good and 
weigh as well on pasture and shock corn. 
Hillsboro, Ohio. W. E. D. 
Rickets. 
Thank you for advice regarding my sow. 
One of my pigs has given out in bind 
quarters, can walk if helped up, but seems 
to walk on toes of bind feet; eats well 
but something ails him behind. I don't 
know what to do for him. He lias been 
perfectly healthy up to present, and has a 
large clean run. What is the trouble? 
k. t>. x. 
'This is the form of paralysis associated 
with rickets, and common in pampered hogs, 
that we have so often spoken of here. It 
is induced by overfeeding and lack of ex¬ 
ercise, and corn is more apt to bring it on 
than are other foods. It is prevented by 
free exercise, feeding mixed rations of nitro¬ 
genous foods and allowing plenty of green 
food or laxative foods. We also find that 
mixing limewater with the slop and feeding 
digester tankage or hone meal tends to pre¬ 
vent rickets and the form of paralysis de¬ 
scribed. The form of paralysis (parturient 
eclampsia) seen in nursing sows is akin to 
the disease and causes are similar or iden¬ 
tical. Worms may bring it about in 
susceptible hogs. Physic the pig and fol¬ 
low with light rations of milk slop made 
with middlings and flaxseed meal. Add 
nasal discharge by a microscopic examina¬ 
tion. Feed generously. Add blood meal to 
the milk and allow plenty of oatmeal and 
bran. If the worms are found to be pres¬ 
ent mix together equal parts of turpentine 
and raw linseed oil and give two ounces 
by the mouth two or three times a week 
and two drams in trachea by means of a 
hypodermic Syringe. The injection may bo 
repeated at intervals of two or three days 
so long as found necessary. It would he 
best to have a veterinarian give the treat¬ 
ment. 
Lice on Cats. 
I have five cats and three kittens that 
have lice. Could you tell me something 
that would kill the lice? I have tried 
dipping them in the water from boiled to¬ 
bacco stems and in sheep dip, hut have had 
no good results. R. z. 
New York. 
Sheep dip and any form of coal tar dip 
should not be used for washing cats. 
Neither should a solution of carbolic acid 
be used. Such solutions are apt to prove 
poisonous through absorption by way of the 
skin. Put some Dalmatian insect, powder in 
a small sack. Insert the cat. Pucker the 
mouth of the sack closely around the cat’s 
nock; then shake. The powder kills or 
stuns the vermin. It is the best treatment 
for fleas; but lice are worse to “shake.” 
'Pile sleeping places of the cats must he 
kept clean and flowers of sulphur may he 
freely sprinkled in the bods. It also is 
useful dusted into the hair on parts most 
infested by vermin. A. s. a. 
AND 
Scott’s Emulsion 
are linked together. The 
reason is that at a period 
when a girl’s digestion is 
weak 
Scott’s Emulsion 
provides her with powerful 
nourishment in easily di¬ 
gested form. 
It’s the food that builds 
and keeps up a girl’s 
strength. 
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ay quickly 
rb, 
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