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'I'M IS RURAL NEW-VORKER 
April 18, 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Rudimentary Teat. 
I have a young cow that has a small 
teat attached to one of the regular ones. 
It leaks a little when milking. Is there 
any remedy for it? She is nearly dry, 
and if there could be anything done 
would like to try it now. A. T. 
The teat may be amputated by a qual¬ 
ified veterinarian when she is dry; or 
obliterate the milk duct in that teat by 
inserting a red-hot knitting needle. The 
operation by the expert is preferable 
treatment. A. s. A. 
Fits. 
I have four pigs farrowed in December. 
I have fed them four quarts of wheat 
feed and cornmeal mixed, and two quarts 
whole corn a day, not much milk. The 
pigs seem to grow well; lately when I 
feed them, as soon as they begin to eat 
they go in fits. They have not had a 
very warm place, but have had a dry 
place to sleep. They do not get much 
exercise. Could you tell me what I 
could do for them? M. G. T. 
New York. 
Indigestion from overfeeding and lack 
of exercise causes such attacks as you 
describe. Stop feeding the present rations 
and substitute a light slop of wheat mid¬ 
dlings, ground (screened) oats, a little 
cornmeal and a little flaxseed meal. 
Make it up with hot water, just thick 
enough to pour well and add a pound of 
salt per hundred pounds of the dry feed. 
Allow free access to Alfalfa or clover 
hay and if possible supply roots. Make 
the pigs take abundant exercise by root¬ 
ing for whole oats sprinkled on a big 
barn floor and covered wth litter. Have 
them run out as much as possible. Keep 
the bowels active, if necessary mixing a 
few ounces of raw linseed oil in the slop. 
is there a special preparation for this 
purpose? The man who does the work 
around here does not use anything on the 
wound or inside of horn. Should the 
dishorners be sterilized after dishorning 
each cow? If so what is best for this 
purpose? w. l. m. 
Delaware. 
Do the dishorning any fine, mild day 
in Spring, before flies start to bother. 
Dress the horn stumps with pine tar. If 
any one bleeds, soak a wad of oakum in 
Monsel’s solution of iron and bind on the 
part. Have the horns cut off close down 
in the hair and skin of base; then there 
will be less trouble. Place the dehorners 
in boiling water for 20 minutes before 
use and cleanse in a hot, five per cent, 
solution of carbolic acid or coal tar dis¬ 
infectant after dishorning each cow. 
A. S* A. 
Hog Cholera. 
In December I bought a registered 
White Chester sow. Ilad her about a 
month when she was taken sick; would 
not eat anything and shook as if cold. 
.Skin turned a dark blue and she had 
great difficulty in breathing; died after 
being sick two weeks. Since then a 
boar has died of same disease, and now 
another sow has it; seems to be very 
contagious. What is the disease? Was 
it brought on the place by the sow I 
bought in December? Will it be safe to 
keep hogs where they have been? Is 
there any cure for it? v. V. V. 
New York. 
The disease no doubt is cholera, and if 
that is so it will be necessary to have 
all hogs immunized by vaccination," else 
they will die of the disease in the in¬ 
fected yards and houses. Any graduate 
veterinarian can do the work, using re¬ 
liable, fresh serum. We cannot say how 
the disease was introduced. a. s. a. 
A. S. A. 
Bloating. 
I have a two-year-old heifer due to 
calve in six or eight weeks. I have been 
feeding two bushels oats, three bushels 
corn, ground together. I give her, twice 
a day, one quart of the above feed and 
one quart of wheat bran. .She has been 
doing well until last week. I found she 
was bloated quite a little and did not 
want to walk ; lost her appetite. What 
can I do for her? Do you think it is 
her kidneys? Is the ration I am feeding 
all right? For roughage I feed corn¬ 
stalks and clover hay. s. 
* Long Island. 
The cow had an attack of indigestion 
and should have had a dose of physic. 
For bloat give two ounces of turpentine 
shaken up in a pint of raw linseed oil. 
A cow should have a pound of grain 
mixture for every three pounds of milk 
she produces, as well as good hay and 
silage. A. s. A. 
Indigestion. 
I have an old mare that does not gain 
in flesh; had teeth fixed a year ago. I 
feed three times a day 3% quarts chop 
each time (eight bushels oats, two rye, 
two buckwheat, three shelled corn ground 
together). She makes water often and 
when driven off a walk or pulled hard 
urine somewhat bloody and mare will 
strain in passing it. I. M. T. 
Pennsylvania. 
Do not feed ground feed to a horse. 
Keep it for the cows and hogs. Feed 
whole oats, adding one-ninth part of 
wheat bran and allowing one and one- 
quarter pounds of mixture for each hun¬ 
dred pounds of body weight as a day’s 
ration. Also feed one pound of good hay 
per hundred pounds of body weight. 
Work or abundantly exercise the horse 
every day. Allow free access to rock 
salt. A. s. A. 
Horse Sleeps Standing Up. 
Last Fall my horse got cut in his hind 
ankle, was in sling about five weeks. He 
is in good shape, works well, but never 
lies down for rest. The cut from scraper 
cut one of the cords. I put him in a | 
box stall 8x10 but he keeps standing. 
Is there anything to do for him? 
New York. I. k. 
Each time the horse comes in from 
work take off his harness and lead him , 
to a sand heap, or soft place where he ; 
may feel like rolling. Pasture him in 
Bummer. Bed well at night. He may 
in time lie down, but there is no way of 1 
making him do so, other than casting him 
with ropes. He will sleep well in the 
standing posture. A. s. A. 
Dishorning. 
I have several cows and heifers that 
I expect to have dishorned this Spring. 
About how soon should this be done so 
the^green flies will not give me any trou¬ 
ble? The last lot I had dishorned in the 
Fall. Some cows were very long in 
healing and one cow never did heal and 
never carried any calf long at a time; 
the dishorning caused abortion. She was 
fat and always looked well and I sold 
her to a dealer. One other cow suffered 
from flies and eventually died. Would 
flour from wheat or pulverized clear 
starch be good to put in horn to stop 
the bleeding and cause them to heal, or 
Feeding Cows in Calf. 
Why should cottonseed meal not be 
fed to cows in calf, and how soon after 
parturition can it safely be fed? If cot- 
tonseed meal and cornmeal are harmful, 
what is safe to feed and how much? 
Vermont. a. 1’. 
Both cottonseed meal and cornmeal 
may safely be fed to cows in calf; but 
only as a part of a grain and meal ra¬ 
tion. Do not give over half a pound of 
cottonseed meal, twice a day, during early 
gestation, and reduce to half a pound as I 
the cow becomes heavy in calf. Corn 
meal need not be reduced in amount on 
account of gestation, but less of it is 
needed in hot water. Apply to your i 
State Experiment Station for free bulle- i 
tins on cow feeding. Make no sudden 1 
changes of feed. Bring cows gradually 
onto any new ration, then no damage j 
will be done. a. s. a. 
Teacher (explaining fractions) : 
“Suppose, now, Willie, you had eight lit¬ 
tle boys visiting you, and you had only 
one apple; how much would each little 
boy get?” Willie: “Wouldn’t get any. | 
I’d wait till they’d all gone home and eat 1 
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