1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1083 
STABLE WITH TIGHT FLOOR. 
On page 1016 H. A. J. asks about con¬ 
crete over two-inch plank for stable 
floor. E. S. Brigham does not seem to 
be satisfied as to the best plan and asks 
for a discussion of the matter. Here is 
my plan: I propose to build a cow 
stable for eight cows, and shall make it 
36x18 feet running east and west, with 
shed roof 12 feet high at south side and 
6)4 feet at north side; the cattle will 
stand facing north; four feet from floor 
to bottom of windows on south side, 
which will be 254 feet high, extending 
the whole length, one-quarter glass, 
three-quarters duck. In building the cel¬ 
lar I shall have two walls on south side, 
one for sill to rest on and another six 
feet inside this one, and the space be¬ 
tween filled in to proper height to re¬ 
condition is promptly slaughtered, but not | 
so if the trouble causes fever, pain and i 
gradual emaciation. Feed milk and mid- I 
dlings and add limewater at the rate of one 
ounce per quart. Give her 15 grains of 
salol three times a day in any way found 
most convenient. Blister the swollen joints 
by rubbing with ceiate of cantharides. Al¬ 
low green feed and roots. a. s. a. 
Suppression of Milk Flow. 
We have a Jersey cow that lost her 
calf at four months. We had been feeding 
her two sheaves of wheat a day, as grass 
was very short; this is three weeks since 
she came in, and last week got access to 
a barrel of wheat and ate about a bushel 
or more; was sick four days. She was 
very much physicked, but as she began to 
bloat we gave her two doses of salts, half 
a pound at a dose, and medicine from a 
veterinary to keep fever down. She has 
dried up in her milk almost; I milk her 
six or seven times a day and rub her ud¬ 
der. What can I do for her to get back 
her milk? What feed would be best for 
ceive the concrete -for trench and walk 
behind cattle. The walk will be four 
feet wide and the trench 1J4 foot wide. 
The trench will slant to the center with 
a two-foot drop and at the center before 
I concrete I shall lay a suitable drain 
pipe leading to outside of barn into a 
cement cistern to hold the liquid, and 
then with a cheap .pump I can raise this 
liquid into barrels on a stone drag and 
take it to the land to be fertilized. By 
boring several small holes in barrels near 
bottom and fitted with plugs the liquid 
can be easily and evenly distributed. The 
trench will be six inches deep at either 
end and eight inches deep at center. By 
this plan I shall have a cellar 36x12 feet 
and be sure not to be troubled with any 
wet from the cattle. 
I shall concrete bottom of cellar and 
use it for roots in Winter and storage 
in Summer. As I have all the material 
except cement on the place, and can do 
the work myself, I think I can have a 
good stable at a moderate cost. I think 
H. A. J. would better put in another 
her? y. m. a. 
Ohio. 
Keep on milking often and thoroughly 
massaging udder. Once daily rub udder 1 
with brandy. Turn the cow onto green 
grass and feed cut com fodder, Alfalfa 
or other green food. She may gradually 
come back to her milk flow, but as she 
aborted and was quite sick that is scarcely 
likely in this particular case. A. s. a. 
Sprained Fetlock. 
I have a three-year-old Ally that has one 
of her hind ankles injured in some way. 
In going up hill she steps on her toe and 
not on her foot squarely. The ankle seems 
to slip ahead, then back to its natural 
position. In going down hill—and we have 
lots of them here—she seems to lose con¬ 
trol of her foot and it will pitch forward 
and drag along.' She does not appear lame 
at all. I think she might have strained 
herself in going down hill. It is swollen 
some. Can you give a remedy and how 
to treat it? What kind of liniment would 
be good for it? Should she be kept up and 
not used? m. fi. h. 
Give absolute rest in a box stall and for 
a week keep the ankle covered with antl- 
phlogistine kept in place by cotton batting 
and bandages. Change the poultice each 
time it tends to become dry. If this does 
not suffice it will be necessary to clip the 
hair from ankle and back tendons and give 
a thorough blistering with cerate of can¬ 
tharides or other effective blistering salve. 
A. s. A. 
wall and fill in as I suggest, as his plank 
will rot sometimes, and may not be 
tight any time. I should be pleased if 
some one else would discuss this sub¬ 
ject, as I think it is one of the greatest 
for any farmer. The rough sketch here 
Hi 
shown will perhaps help readers to un¬ 
derstand my idea. fred M. WALKER. 
Massachusetts. 
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Rachitis or Rheumatism. 
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of rheumatism? What feed would be best 
to give her? Would the meat be good to 
eat if she was butchered in her present con¬ 
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Virginia. 
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