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<J'HE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Carbolic Acid and Contagious Abortion. 
I N what proportion should I feed crude 
carbolic acid in salt to prevent abor¬ 
tion in cattle? w. h. h. 
Contagious abortion in cows is not 
treated by feeding crude carbolic acid 
with salt, but by administering carbolic 
acid in solution with water, usually of 
four per cent, strength, mixed with the 
cow’s feed. The quantity used varies 
with the length of time that the cow 
has been in calf and with the stage of the 
treatment. It is best prescribed by a 
competent veterinarian who can have the 
cows taking it under observation. 
M. B. D. 
The Fat Cow and the Milk. 
A T the present time, it seems to be 
pretty generally conceded that a cow 
may be fattened while she is dry, so that 
when she freshens and begins to secrete 
milk, she will use for this purpose not 
only the nutrients in her feed, but the 
fat from her body, the result being that 
she not only gives a large amount of milk, 
but it is often considerably higher in fat 
percentage than it is later on. the length 
of time during which this condition pre¬ 
vails seldom being over a month or six 
weeks. I know of no data that goes to 
show that a cow will give any richer milk 
merely because she is plump or fat than 
she will if she is thin, provided of course 
that the cow is not changing in condi¬ 
tion ; in other words, while a fat cow is 
becoming poor, she is likely to give not 
only more but richer milk, but a cow that 
is in a plump condition and continues so 
is not likely to give richer milk than she 
would if she were in a thinner condition. 
Ithaca, N. Y. h. n. w. 
Effects of Heavy Feeding. 
R. MORSE’S letter on fat milk from 
fat cows, on page S71, and your 
inquiry in next issue moves me to 
give my experience. Twelve years ago 
I drew milk to a large butter factory and 
some of us believed as Mr. Morse does. 
At the Spring factory meeting we put 
up a fight and got all the milk taken on 
butterfat test. The theory did not work 
out. The best fed cattle were the lowest 
in fat for the entire year. I milked 30 
cows fresh in March and April, common 
scrub cows, as every dairy in the factory 
at that time was the same. My cows 
were well fed and freshened in a good 
healthy condition and as they decreased 
in quantity they increased in butterfat 
until in September they were turned in¬ 
to after feed and fed sweet corn ears, and 
all milk flow increased 150 pounds per 
day, butterfat decreasing in proportion. X 
As to the poor cows, the dairy that 
gave the largest fat test in the factory 
was 22 cows wintered on straw and 
beaver meadow hay and were in a dis¬ 
graceful condition, still his check was 
nearly as large as mine, and this proved 
true for the four years I was a patron 
of the factory. The poorest fed cows 
gave the least milk and most fat. 
Another thing I want to speak about 
is that our experts are advising too heavy 
feeding. It might work out right in ex¬ 
pert hands, but here hundreds of our best 
cows are going to market every year from 
the effects of too much heavy feed. I see 
them every Saturday, udder gone, barren 
and fed out and struck with death. I 
wonder what they do with them down at 
New York? I am a dairy farmer and 
wish I could hear more from my dairy 
brothers. B. b. 
Oneida Co., N. Y. 
Octagonal Silo. 
I HAVE been reading inquiries about 
building octagonal silos. I built one 
six years ago and have helped build 
a number since. I take 2x8 inch lumber 
and make an octagonal hoop, spiking the 
corners with 20-penny nails. I set these 
hoops two feet apart as high as I want 
silo. On the inside of these I use two 
thickness of inch boards, nailing them up 
and down, being careful to lap cracks 
with second thickness of boards. For the 
doors I leave an opening two feet wide 
the entire length of silo, which makes 
almost a continuous opening, with the 
exception of where hoops go around. I 
make the doors two feet square, so they 
will just fit from one hoop to the other. 
On the outside of these hoops most of 
them use matched timber ceiling up and 
down, and there arc a number that have 
no protection on outside. I have built 
some that I furred up and down on hoops 
with 1*4x4 inch strips and clapboarded 
outside, which makes a very neat job. 
Cherry Valley, N. Y. a. h. b. 
Round Silo. 
O N page 872 L. Q. P. inquires about 
using 2x8x7 feet long, circled out 
to build up a circular frame for 
silo. Some valid objections were given in 
answer by John Gould. There are others. 
Eight pieces seven feet long would reach 
around a 17 foot circle and he would want 
pieces sawed to have a least four inches 
in narrowest place in circle. Such a cir¬ 
cle would require 12-inch boards instead 
of eight-inches. Just think of the waste 
cut out of 12-inch stock. The inside 
sheathing will shrink and he cannot take 
up this shrinkage as is done with hoops 
on a round silo. lie should not use creo¬ 
sote on inside of silo as the steaming sil¬ 
age will absorb it and the cows’ stomach 
will be burned and their kidneys put in 
bad condition. G. B. 
Massachusetts. 
Raising Pheasants; Forest Land. 
I AM raising a few pheasants. What is 
the best food for them when young 
and older? 2 Some one has told me 
that forest land in New York State is ex¬ 
empt from taxation. We use ours for 
forest puproses, i.e., stove wood and occa¬ 
sionally cutting for timber. Can it be 
exempt? If so, what are the conditions 
attached, if any? Does Connecticut have 
such a law? s. M. P. 
Port Chester, N. Y. 
1. Pheasants are very like turkeys 
in their habits, and I should expect that 
suitable food for one would be all right 
for the other. The superintendent of the 
New York State Game Farm at Sher- 
bourne, Chenango Co., N. Y., could prob¬ 
ably give more definite information on 
the subject. 
2. Some classes of forest land in New 
York State may be exempt from taxation 
and others may have the tax reduced. 
Woodlots, under certain conditions, are 
to be assessed not higher than similar 
land bearing no trees, and in no case 
more than $10 per acre. To obtain this 
special classification and taxation the 
land must be: 
Not more than 50 acres. 
Not nearer than 20 miles to a city of 
the first class. 
Not nearer than 10 miles to a city of 
the second class. 
Not nearer than five miles to a city of 
the third class. 
Not nearer than one mile to an in¬ 
corporated village. 
.The owner must make application in 
suitable form to the Conservation Com¬ 
mission to have the land examined and 
classified. 
No grazing or pasturage must be pre- 
mitted on the land. 
None of the timber may be cut except 
for firewood or domestic use on the farm 
unless 80 days’ notice is given the Con¬ 
servation Commission, and then only trees 
marked by the agent of the Commission 
may be taken. Before any timber which 
has been cut except for firewood or do¬ 
mestic use may be removed the owner 
must pay the tax collector of his town 
five per cent, of its stumpage value. 
This stumpage value is to be determined 
by the assessors. a. c. w. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Leaking Teats. 
HAVE 15 cows, and about five of 
them lose milk before milking time. 
Is there any way to stop this? 
New Jersey. c. E. s. 
After milking soak the leaky teats in 
strong alum water. Try this for a time 
and if it does not suffice, paint the ends 
of the teas with flexible collodion, or 
put on wide, weak rubber bands, or tapes. 
A. s. A. 
Disease of Cattle. 
W E have lost five head of cattle in a 
short time. They get sick at once, 
get stiff and not one got over it. The 
one that was sick the longest died in 
just two days from the time it got sick. 
The quickest was Saturday last; it was 
well in the afternoon at three o’clock, 
with the rest of the cattle, and at 7.30 
is dead. They all act the same way. We 
opened some and found nothing wrong 
with them. What is the trouble? 
Pennsylvania. s. s. F. 
You do not give sufficient details upon 
which to base a confident opinion. We 
should be told the age of the cattle and 
how fed. If they are under two years 
old they probably die of blackleg, which 
might be vaccinated against. In that dis¬ 
ease swellings form on the neck or quar¬ 
ters and give out a crackling sound when 
handled. Anthrax kills cattle of any 
age. Blood issues from the natural 
orifices of the body after death. A grad¬ 
uate veterinarian should be employed at 
once to make an investigation. A. S. A. 
Kittens With Distemper. 
W E are having very bad luck with our 
kittens. When they are about two 
months old they begin to have sore 
eyes. They get red and run, stick shut 
and are all scabby. The kittens get thin 
and after a while die. Will you tell me 
what is the matter with them and what 
to do for them? g, b. r. 
The kittens no doubt die of distemper, 
which may be vaccinated against, if you 
can employ qualified veterinarian. Other¬ 
wise it proves fatal in many cases. Wash 
the eyes twice daily with a 10 per cent, 
solution of boric acid. Put a pinch of sul¬ 
phur in the milk or water. If fever runs 
high a drop of tincture of aconite may 
be added to a saucerful of water or milk. 
Give the next kittens a new sleeping 
Place. a. s. a. 
Garget. 
I have a Jersey cow six years old. 
which was taken with milk fever about 
three days after she became fresh. I sent 
for a veterinary who gave her the air 
treatment. 8he seemed to get better at 
once, and was ready to eat in about a 
half day, but it was about two days be¬ 
fore she could get up. Then after being 
around for about a day she got so that 
she would not eat. The veterinary then 
gave her mix vomica, and told me to 
bathe her udder with hot water. Before 
this we kept the udder well pumped with 
air, changing quite often. I have bathed 
the udder about six or eight times a day 
and milked her morning and night for 
about 10 days, and it is pretty well soft¬ 
ened up except one hind quarter, which 
has a hard lump running up the back. 
She gives no milk at all but a yellowish, 
watery fluid and some thick yellow sub¬ 
stance, which is quite tough and at first 
came quite freely in large chunks. She is 
now in good condition, except the udder, 
which does not seem to be coming back to 
milk. Do you think anything more can 
be done for her? B. H. P. 
Ohio. 
Only one inflation with sterilized air is 
necessary in a majority of cases of milk 
fever, and great care has to be taken to 
prevent infection by sterilization of the 
milking tube and injection syringe. In¬ 
fection appears to have ruined the udder 
for dairying, and you might as well sell 
the cow to the butcher or fatten her for 
slaughter. a. s. a. 
Skin Disease. 
Will you inform me as to the proper 
course to follow to rid brood sow and 
two-months pigs of scurvy? ii. b. 
New York. 
You should describe the symptoms of 
what you call “scurvy,” as that is not a 
recognized disease of swine. Meanwhile 
dip and scrub them with a 1-100 solution 
of coal tar dip, applied hot. Then rub 
in flowers of sulphur. Repeat the treat¬ 
ment as often as found necessary. We 
take it for granted that a skin disease is 
present. a. s. a. 
Saddle Sores. 
I have a nice riding and driving horse 
that has saddle galls on her back. What 
should I put on them to cure them? 
Lexington, Ya. d. a. G. 
In such cases it is common to find 
patches of dead horny skin in the sores. 
These are called “sitfasts” and have to 
be cut out before permanent healing will 
take place. Apply twice daily a lotion 
compound of one ounce of sugar of lead 
and six drams of dried sulphate zinc 
shaken up in a pint of soft water. Label 
the bottle “poison.” If the sores do not 
heal readily stop using the lotion and 
apply three times a day an ointment 
composed of one dram each of tannic 
acid, boric acid and iodoform rubbed up 
in one ounce of lard. See that the sad¬ 
dle fits properly and that the padding is 
level and smooth. Keep it clean. Also 
use a clean saddle cloth. a. s. a. 
Red Water. 
Red water in cattle is very prevalent I 
here. Can you give an outline of treat¬ 
ment and if anything is known as to j 
cause of the disease? A common belief 
here is that it comes from cattle eating 
ferns (brakes) and the dust from the 
ferns in hay. Some lay the cause to 
feeding too many rutabagas and the 
authorities seem to be as much at vari¬ 
ance as anyone else. b. e. m. 
This is a vexed question, and one for 
the veterinarians of your State agricul¬ 
tural experiment station to handle. Write 
to them for information, as they no doubt 
have given it attention. Rutabagas do 
not cause red water; neither have we 
seen it caused by the eating of ferns 
(brake or bracken). It is more likely 
to be due to acrid matters in wild pasture 
in timber or low lands. It often is due 
to heated oats. Tablespoonful doses of 
alum given two or three times a day in 
water may be tried; or dram doses of 
dried sulphate of iron, or iodide of pot¬ 
ash may be substituted, but not for cows 
in calf. Remove such causes as we have 
suggested. a. s. a. 
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