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January 2. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Lameness. 
I HAVE a mule that has a strained 
tendon in her right hind leg that 
_ causes lameness; it is of long stand¬ 
ing. i Can you tell me anything that will 
cure it? 2. I have another mule that 
has a hard bunch on the inside front leg 
where the wart is above the knee; it is 
about as large as a teacup and still is 
growing. What can be done for them? 
New York. c. s. 
1. Have the tendon line fired and blis¬ 
tered by a qualified veterinarian. If you 
cannot have this done clip off the hair 
and blister the part with a cantharidine 
blistering ointment and repeat several 
times at intervals of three weeks until 
the lameness subsides. 2. Blister the en¬ 
largement with a mixture of one dram of 
biniodide of mercury and one ounce of 
lard. Hub it in for fifteen minutes; then 
tie the mule up short in his stall so that 
he will not he able to lick or bite the 
blistered part. I)o not wash the blister 
off. In three days apply lard and then 
apply some more daily until the skin is 
sound. The blister may be repeated if 
found necessary. 
Horse With Worms. 
I BOUGHT lately a horse which is in¬ 
fested with worms. Will you give me 
a remedy? I saw advice in issue of 
November 24 to give the horse raw lin¬ 
seed oil and turpentine, and then give 
sulphur and iron, but it does not say 
how much to give. Kindly give me full 
direction. e. s. 
New York. 
We always carefully prescribe the ex¬ 
act dose to- be given, and you will find 
on reading back numbers that the dose 
of turpentine is two ounces mixed in a 
pint of raw linseed oil. and given after 
starving the horse for 12 hours or more. 
Do not give this to a mare in foal. The 
turpentine and oil is followed with a 
mixture of equal parts of dried sulphate 
of iron (copperas) salt and sulphur, the 
dose for an adult horse being one table¬ 
spoonful night and morning for a week, 
then skip ten days and repeat. Omit 
iron for a mare in foal. 
Indigestion. 
M Y horse ran into a barbed-wire fence 
a year ago, and after that I did not 
let her in the pasture. Since then 
she seems to stumble quite a little. Seems 
she is troubled with her kidneys, because 
all at once she lies down and cannot get 
up for two or three hours. When she 
gets up and her bowels begin to move, 
she is all right again for a few weeks. 
Plantsville, Conn. A. K. 
Have her teeth attended to by a vet¬ 
erinarian, and then feed lightly on whole 
oats, wheat bran and mixed hay. Make 
her work or take abundant exercise every 
day in the yard or pasture. Have her 
feet properly trimmed and shod and re¬ 
set the shoes every four to six weeks. She 
is probably getting more feed than she 
pays for in work and that is bad prac¬ 
tice. There is no reason to suspect dis¬ 
ease of the kidneys. 
Fistula. 
I HAVE a mare with fistula, a running 
sore on each side of her shoulder. I 
have been treating her for sopie time 
without improvement. I-s there a per¬ 
manent cure? D- B. w. 
New Jersey. 
Healing will not take without an op¬ 
eration by an expert for removal of the 
diseased tissues and especially diseased 
(necrosed) cartilage. The educated vet¬ 
erinarian also may give hyperdermic 
treatment with a bacterin and leave you 
medicine for the daily treatment of the 
wounds. It is not a case that can be 
successfully treated by home talent. 
Lameness. 
I BOUGHT a young mare said to have 
been kicked on outside of gambrel 
joint. There is an unsightly bunch, very 
hard, wholly on outside of the leg, caus¬ 
ing some lameness, not much. Can I 
soften or remove it? H. B. 
If a bone tumor (exostosis) has 
formed, it will be likely to remain as a 
permanent blemish, but the lameness 
will be likely to subside if you have the 
part fired and blistered by a qualified 
veterinarian, and then rest the mare for 
six weeks. If you cannot have this done 
blister the part two or three times, at 
intervals of three or four weeks, with a 
mixture of one dram of biniodide of mer¬ 
cury and one ounce of lard. Clip off the 
hair, rub the blister in for fifteen min¬ 
utes, then tie the mare up short in her 
stall so that she will not be able to lick 
the part. Do not wash the blister off, 
but in three days apply lard, and then 
apply a little more lard once daily until 
skin is sound. 
Fracture. 
I HAVE a good horse 18 years old which 
seven weeks ago was kicked by his 
mate on the left front leg right be¬ 
low the collar bone. A local veterinarian 
pronounced the case a cracked bone, say¬ 
ing that the horse would recover, al¬ 
though after considerable time. Farrn- 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ers in the vicinity say that the horse s l 
age is against him. and it will not pay to 
winter him because so far he has not 
shown any improvement. The horse has 
been kept out on pasture ever since he 
was hurt, and walks with much difficulty. 
The doctor said to use nothing on the 
leg and let nature take its course. 
New Jersey. R. R. 
Absolute rest in slings would be neces¬ 
sary to recovery in case of a fractured 
scapula or shoulder blade. If the union 
has not taken place by this time it will 
not be likely to take place later. If the 
bone is broken you should be able to 
hear the grating of the broken parts 
when the leg is moved back and forth. 
If by collar bone (a horse has none) 
you mean the arm bone (humerus) j 
chance of recovery would be extremely | 
small, despite perfect rest. 
Scratches. 
W HAT sort of remedy is^ best to cure ' 
scratches on a horse? I have a 
horse which I value very much. 
He has scratches on both front legs, from 
hoof t" ankle. At first it was only above 
hoof but now is going as far as ankle. 
I have used vaseline, also lard and sul¬ 
phur, but it does not seem to help him. 
What causes a horse to get scratches? 
I keep my horses as clean as possible. 
What condition powder would yvi advise 
to use on horses to keep them in good 
health? w. L. 
New York. 
Poultice the parts for two or three 
days with hot flaxseed meal; then cleanse 
and dry perfectly and do not wash again. 
Washing and failure to dry the skin, or 
allowing the horse to stand in a cold 
draft after washing the legs brings on 
scratches (erythema, or inflammation of 
the skin). After discontinuing the poul¬ 
tices apply three times a day an oint¬ 
ment composed of one ounce of sulphur 
and two drams each of spirits of camphor 
and compound tincture of benzoin rubbed 
up in four ounces of lanoline. We do 
not believe in “condition powders.” If 
a horse is sick have the disease diagnosed 
and appropriate remedies prescribed by 
an educated veterinarian. It is a mis¬ 
take to dope a horse on general princi¬ 
ples. If he gets plenty of good feed, and 
has a clean, well ventilated stable, daily 
exercise and adequate grooming he will 
need no drugs. 
Itching Skin. 
W HAT can I do for my horse? He 
rubs and scratches the hair off his 
tail and different spots. o. A. L. 
Massachusetts. 
Work or abundantly exercise the horse 
every day, and do not feed corn or grass. 
Make sure that chicken lice are not caus¬ 
ing the irritation. Have him clipped, if 
he rubs the skin off the body. Wash af¬ 
fected parts of body and then bathe with 
a 1-100 solution of coal tar dip. Bathe 
the tail with strong salt water as often 
as found necessary. Mix half an ounce 
of granular hyposulphite of soda in the 
feed twice daily if the case proves ob¬ 
stinate. A. S. A. 
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