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THE RURAL NEW-YORKEH 
October 8, 
WORKING OXEN. 
For the small farmer as well as for 
the man who farms on a larger scale I 
believe oxen are wellnigh indispensable 
on a New England farm. If a man can¬ 
not afford as large and heavy a team of 
horses as he needs, he will do well, in¬ 
stead of buying a cheaper span of horses, 
to invest in a yoke of working cattle, 
with a horse for driving besides; the 
oxen will do all the heavy work and do 
it well, for although they are slow they 
are sure. The horse can be used for 
work that the oxen cannot do, such as 
on the mowing machine, rake, cultivat¬ 
ing, etc. In our hill country oxen are 
constantly proving their value. One 
large farm has two yoke of cattle which 
haul all the wood from the woods, over 
rough stony lands and apologetic roads; 
they also haul heavy loads of grain and 
coal from the station, hay and ice in the 
season, and are being used constantly the 
year around. 
They do not as a rule require shoeing 
when used on the farm alone, but when 
taken upon the roads they require shoe¬ 
ing if their feet are kept in good con¬ 
dition. They require the following ra¬ 
tion of grain, which keeps them in first- 
class working order: Two quarts of 
bran mixed with the same amount of 
cornmeal, or two quarts of shorts mixed 
with the same amount of meal, fed twice 
daily, night and morning, making eight 
quarts a day for each ox. A large fork¬ 
ful of hay given three times a day, 
morning, noon and night, with plenty of 
fresh drinking water, constitutes the best 
bill of fare for a yoke of oxen. Oxen 
of course should receive their ration of 
salt, also. Many farmers believe that 
their work in the long run is more 
profitable than that of horses, for unless 
tuberculosis gets in the herd, they are 
not as liable to spells of sickness as 
horses are; they have greater strength 
and more endurance and are not af¬ 
flicted with “nerves,” therefore less 
liable to take affright and smash things 
generally. They are not as expensive to 
keep as horses, and besides when their 
days of working are over they can be 
fattened easily, and die on the right side 
of the ledger; but when the horse is dead 
he is dead and a dead loss besides. Since 
time immemorial the ox has been the 
faithful servant of- man. We do not 
care for him as we do for the horse; we 
do not regard him with the same affec¬ 
tion nor give him credit for as much 
intelligence, but nevertheless, in these 
days of aeroplanes and automobiles, the 
ox maintains his place as a profitable 
and faithful servant of the farm. 
Connecticut. susan j. howe. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Sprained Muscles. 
I have oil old horse which got cast in his 
stall twite last Spring, and since then he 
has had trouble in getting up and in hold¬ 
ing back loads; all right in other ways. In 
going down a hill even a light load will 
cause him to twist his back around next 
to the shaft, and if he were to be stopped 
on a steep hill I believe he would lie on 
tin shaft until it broke. Nights when he 
lies down he generally requires help or per¬ 
suasion to get up, and after he is up he 
seems to be in some pain. Can you advise 
a remedy? H. K. 
Massachusetts. 
The horse suffered a sprain of the psoas 
muscles of his loins. These are the “ten¬ 
derloin” muscles, and are used in rising. 
External applications do no good. The 
horse should be put in slings in a box stall 
at night and not allowed to !ie down. Grad¬ 
ually the muscles may recover if not again 
strained by use in rising. A. s. a. 
Milk Fever. 
1. Two of our cows nearly died of milk 
fever; doctor said too well fed. What 
■would you say was cause and remedy? 
2. We have a cow whose droppings are 
very soft, too soft, we think. We have had 
her about a year, just calved. Just the same 
now, no milk fever in her case. Your ad¬ 
vice and opinion is requested. w. s. 
Massachusetts. 
1. Pampering and overfeeding a heavy 
adult milk cow in a hot stable tends to 
induce milk fever. Making a cow in 
calf take plenty of exercise and not feed¬ 
ing heavily while in calf tends to pre¬ 
vent the disease. . The bowels should be 
kept freely open as parturition time ap¬ 
proaches. If a cow goes down with milk 
fever treatment consists in inflating her 
udder with sterilized air. This treatment 
is about specific for the disease. 2. Better 
isolate the cow as she may have Johne’s 
disease, which is contagious and spread by 
the manure. The disease mentioned is in¬ 
curable, and the cow dies in an emaciated 
condition after the scouring has existed for 
some time. As it may be a simple trou¬ 
ble and not the serious one suggested try 
effects of a tablespoonful of a mixture of 
two parts powdered wood charcoal and one 
part each of ground ginger root, catechu 
and prepared chalk mixed in feed three 
times a day. Double the dose if found nec¬ 
essary. a. s. A. 
Fistula. 
What can be done to a colt that was 
badly cut by barb wire, forming a running 
sore? It is now a little over a year since 
he was injured, and I have done all in my 
power for him. A. C. 0. 
New York. 
Depend upon it that the wound contains 
a foreign body or diseased bone or tissue 
which must be removed by operation before 
healing will take place. It will be best to 
have a graduate veterinary surgeon give the 
treatment he finds necessary. Home treat¬ 
ment cannot successfully cope with a condi¬ 
tion such as that described. a. s. a. 
Bloody Milk. 
I have a good 2% year old Holstein 
heifer, came in February 8. She did well 
until July 18. She has been giving bloody 
milk from her left forward teat since, thick 
clots of blood somd of the time, hard to 
milk it out. I have tried different rem¬ 
edies, but do no good. Could you help me? 
Vermont. J. h. s. 
Three times a day bathe the udder with 
cold water and once a day sponge with a 
solution of two teaspoonfuls of powdered 
alum in a pint of cold water. If she is not 
in calf give a dram of dried sulphate of 
iron and two teaspoonfuls of salt in feed 
night and morning. Avoid all causes of 
bruising cf the udder. Milk gently. 
a. s. A. 
Weak Stifles. 
I have a seven-year-old mare, in nice 
flesh, being fed mixed hay, with oats and 
part of the time Alfalfa. She is affected 
in the following manner: The next morn¬ 
ing after a hard day’s work, especially on 
heavy loads, she seems to be stiff in hind 
legs, bothers to back or step over in 
stall; when doing so steps with a jerky 
motion, and in going ahead drags toes 
of hind feet. She will be all right for a 
while, then this will come on. 
New York. k. g. p. 
Give the mare a box stall in stable, in 
preference to an ordinary stall. Do not 
allow her to stand a single day idle in 
stable. Apparently the stifle joints are 
weak. In such a condition the patella of 
stifle of a younger horse would be apt to 
slip out and in at starting or during ac¬ 
tion. Such weakness (pseudo-luxation of 
patella) is common in large, fast-growing 
colts. Rub the region of the stifle joint 
twice daily with a liniment composed of 
one ounce each of turpentine and aqua 
ammonia, four ounces of druggist’s soap 
liniment and water to make a pint. Slight¬ 
ly dilute the liniment when it tends to 
blister after a few days’ use. Stop feed¬ 
ing Alfalfa. It sometimes acts as an irri¬ 
tant of the kidneys in some horses and es¬ 
pecially so if moldy. The symptoms might 
also be those of chorea (St. Vitus dance) 
which is incurable. A. s. a. 
Rickets in Pigs. 
I have some pigs four weeks old. They 
looked fine until two took some disease. 
They get weak in the hind legs. The 
front legs are strong but the hind legs 
waste away, growing weaker till the pigs 
die in two weeks. I have lost two and 
the others all have the disease. A neigh¬ 
bor has some with the same trouble. Can 
you tell me what it is and the remedy? 
They are not weaned. The mother seems 
all right, has slops, corn, fruit, green 
food, melons to eat, has a good-sized pen. 
The little pigs go where they like, but 
have never gone far from the pen. 
Delaware. t. a. j. 
The pigs suffer from malnutrition which 
induces that condition of the bones in 
which the organic matters preponderate 
over the inorganic or earthy matters. The 
trouble is akin to bow legs in children. 
It is most seen in pigs from pampered 
sows and boars. A Sow in pig should take 
abundant outdoor exercise every day and 
be on pasture most of the time before 
farrowing and as soon afterward as possi¬ 
ble. Turn her out on clover, rape, Alfalia 
or green rye for a part of each day. Mix 
limewater in her slop at rate of an ounce 
per quart. Stop feeding corn. If you 
care to dose the pigs give them emulsion 
of cod liver oil twice daily and mix lime- 
water freely in the milk they should be 
allowed to drink twice a day. a. s. s. 
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