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THIS KUWA.lv NEVV-YOKKER 
April 3, 11)15. 
AILING ANIMALS 
, Lameness. 
\\Ttl AT can I do for my colt? About 
W live weeks ago he sprained liis stifle. 
lie can walk all right but when he 
trots or gallops he is quite lame. I bathed 
!i with hot salt water, but it is not all 
light yet. G. F. D. 
New York. 
If you are certain that the stifle is the 
s >at of the lameness tie the colt up short 
in his stall and blister the stifle with 
cantharidine ointment to be bought at 
the drug store. We cannot give an opin¬ 
ion as to the nature of the lameness. 
Cough. 
I HAVE a cow that has had a cough 
for about six months. She seems all 
right every other way. She looks well, 
eats well and milks well, and will run 
and play like a calf. Can you tell me 
what to do for her? R- H. 
Tuberculosis is the probable cause of 
this chronic cough, and if so the cow 
should be destroyed as the disease is con¬ 
tagious and her milk unsafe for use. Have 
her tested with tuberculin. Any trained 
veterinarian can apply the test which is 
reliable in a majority of cases and en¬ 
tirely harmless to an unaffected cow. 
Diseased Eyes. 
I HAVE a line yearling with eye trouble. 
For the past six months her eyes 
have been very bad; pus has been 
running out of the eyes, and a cloud of 
matter appears to cover the eyeballs so 
that it is impossible for her to see. We 
used boric acid as a wash, but it does not 
help her. A friend told me that she had 
cataract on the eyes. Will you advise 
me what to do? R* R - 
New Jersey. 
Twice daily wash the eyes with a sat¬ 
urated solution of boric acid applied each 
time with fresh swabs of absorbent cot¬ 
ton. Once daily sim-ar a litle yellow 
oxide of zinc ointment upon the eyelids. 
The symptoms do not indicate cataract. 
Thin Filly. 
I ItOUGIIT a colt which is now about 
eight months old. She was weaned 
at six months and immediately turned 
out to pasture to shift for herself. When 
brought home in the Fall she was very 
thin, evidently was severely stunted. I 
am now feeding her four quarts of a mix¬ 
ture composed of ground oats, wheat, 
bran and a little oil meal (old process). 
Am I feeding her too much, and is the 
above ration a good one? Colt seems to 
feel well, but does not improve in flesh 
nor grow well. Can you suggest some¬ 
thing to start her growing? o. s. 
W< rms probably have much to do with 
the thin condition. Feed whole oats, add¬ 
ing one-ninth part of wheat bran. Also 
allow carrots, along* with an abundance 
of clover or mixed clover hay. Allow one 
and one-fifth pound of oats and bran mix¬ 
ture, by weight, for every hundred pounds 
of body weight as a day’s ration and a 
corresponding amount of roughage. In 
the feed twice daily mix a heaping tea¬ 
spoonful of a mixture of equal parts of 
salt, sulphur and dried sulphate of iron; 
continue for two weeks; then skip 10 
days and repeat. a. s. a. 
Depraved Appetite. 
W HY do horses want to be gnawing 
wood of all kinds, boards and trees, 
and almost anything they are 
hitched to? They do not seem to eat 
much of it. What can be the cause and 
what can I give them to stop it? I have 
tried, the whip some; they will stop 
when thev hear me come in the barn. 
New York. E. M. R. 
Worms or indigestion, or a combination 
of both, usually cause such habits. Have 
the teeth attended to by a veterinarian 
and then feed plenty of sound, whole 
oats, wheat bran, ear corn and mixed 
hay. Allow free access to rock salt. 
Work or exercise the horses every day. 
If there is a collection of scurfy sub¬ 
stance around the anus give each horse 
a tablespoonful of a mixture of equal 
parts of salt, powdered sulphate of iron 
and sulphur , in its feed night and morn¬ 
ing for a week; then skip 10 days and 
repeat. Omit iron for mare in foal and 
increase salt and sulphur. A. s. A. 
Indigestion. 
W HAT can I do to make my horse 
more lively? He is said by horse¬ 
men to be not more than nine or 10 
years old, and seems to be well, but is 
very slow, and seems to have little life, 
lie would probably weigh about 1,100. 
I feed the best of hay, two quarts bran, 
eight of oats and one or cracked corn, and 
he has salt. He is worked one or two 
days a week, sometimes more, lie is nat¬ 
urally a slow walker, but it is very diffi¬ 
cult to make him trot. Sometimes he 
passes a few pin worms, and his coat does 
not look as it should. I give him also a 
little linseed. E. S. B. 
Connecticut. 
'Phe horse is overfed and underworked. 
Work him every day, or if there is no 
work for him to do. cut the grain down a 
half and turn the horse out in the yard, 
or. at least make him take abundant ex¬ 
ercise. Have his teeth put in order by a 
veterinarian. In the feed mix night and 
morning for a week one tablespoonful of 
a mixture of equal parts of powdered salt¬ 
peter. dried sulphate of iron, mix vomica, 
gentian root and fenugreek; then skip lo 
days and repeat. a. s. a. 
Ringworm. 
W HAT is the matter with my calves? j 
I have 40 calves and yearlings. I j 
noticed last Fall when I bought the | 
calves that one of them had blotches on 1 
the head, without any hair on. Now I 
notice it on several of them. It does 
not affect their appetite, as they are all 
thrifty and hearty. J. H. n. 
New York. 
The disease is ringworm and conta¬ 
gious, so isolate affected calves, cleanse, 
disinfect, whitewash and perfectly sun¬ 
light and ventilate the stable. Scrub each 
affected spot clean, and when dry rub in 
some iodine ointment, repeating the ap¬ 
plication every other day until well. 
a. s. a. 
Rickets. 
I HAVE a sick puppy about eight weeks 
old, and would like some information 
in regard to it. When I first got it 
at six weeks’ old, it had worms, so I gave 
it castor oil, and it got better, but it is 
sick again. Whenever it eats a little it j 
doesn’t seem to be able to stand up, and 
when it tries to walk it is weak in the 
front legs and bumps its head on the 
floor. I keep it in the house and feed it 
milk and bread and sometimes mashed 
potatoes. I would like to know what ails 
it, and if there is anything that will do 
it any good. F. r>. 
New Jersey. 
Do not feed potatoes to any dog, and 
certainly not to a young puppy. Feed 
milk, adding an ounce of limewater to the 
pint. The puppy also may have scraped 
raw meat and well-boiled oatmeal. If it 
does not improve give it emulsion of cod 
liver oil twice a day. Give worm medi¬ 
cine if you see any signs of worms, or if 
the belly is over distended. A. 8 . a. 
Indigestion. 
M Y calf has a dry nose, does not chew 
its cud, eats and drinks little, makes 
a crunching grinding noise with its 
teeth, seems weak in the hind legs, at 
times seems bloated and has no spirit. We 
feed it oil meal, middlings, bran, and corn- 
meal, mixed together to a drink by mix¬ 
ing with hot water. Also a little hay to 
eat. ,t. f. ii. 
New York. 
Physic the calf with castor oil in milk, 
and then feed milk with an addition of 
one ounce of limewater to the pint of 
milk. As soon as the calf is doing better 
allow it dry meals to lick and fine hay to 
eat. Let the calf have outdoor exercise 
every day. a. s. a. 
Canker of Ear. 
W HAT is the matter with my dog? 
lie cannot lie still a great while 
at a time; there seems to be some¬ 
thing the matter with his ear or head. 
He shakes his head continuously and 
cries and whines, and puts his paw over 
his head. He is a very good cow dog. 
New York. w. F. 
Twice daily cleanse the ear perfectly 
with peroxide of hydrogen or wood al¬ 
cohol on a pledget of absorbent cotton, 
then lay the dog on his side and pour into 
the ear a little of a lotion composed of 
one dram each of sugar of lead and pow¬ 
dered alum, two drops of carbolic acid 
and 30 drops of glycerine shaken up in 
two ounces of water. Hold' the dog 
down until the sediment settles into tin 
ear; then turn him over and treat the 
other ear in the same way, if it is sim¬ 
ilarly affected. Keep the dog out of 
water. Feed lightly and make him take 
plenty of outdoor exercise every day. 
A. S. A. 
Pneumonia. 
I GOT a 10-weeks-old pig two weeks 
ago on a real cold day. The next day 
it commenced to cough, but still had 
a good appetite, until a few days ago; 
then it stopped eating. It breathed 
much shorter and heavier : when it ate it 
seemed to fill up and coughed. It did 
not seem to be constipated at all. The 
quieter it lies the easier it seems to 
breathe. It does not seem to be in any 
pain. I keep it in the furnace room 
where it is warm and dry. and plenty of 
light. Now it seemed to run a little from 
the nose. It likes to walk around but it 
is hard for him to do it, as he is short- 
winded. F. K. 
Ohio. 
Pneumonia seems to have resulted from 
exposure to cold ; but it is possible that 
the pig has “thumps” from overfeeding 
and lack of exercise. Without an exam¬ 
ination we cannot be sure just what is 
wrong. On general principles continue to 
give the pig careful attention in a warm, 
well ventilated place, and feed it on light, 
laxative feed. Twice daily give it two 
teaspoonfuls of glyco-heroin, and if nec¬ 
essary increase to three such doses a day. 
Rub the throat and chest walls with a 
mixture of one part of turpentine and 
seven parts of oil or lard. a. 8. a. 
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