THE RUR>Vlv NEW-YORKER 
791 
Milk Questions 
Ultra Violet Rays to Clean Milk Bottles. 
Can ultra violet rays be used to ster¬ 
ilize milk bottles? If so please give direc¬ 
tions. j. p. n. 
This idea is new to me. Ultra violet 
rays may be used to destroy harmful bac¬ 
teria in water, but it is necessary that 
the water be fairly clear, turbidity inter¬ 
fering much with the action of the rays. 
Milk is opaque and the apparatus for pro¬ 
ducing the rays is expensive; for these 
reasons, if for no other, I should expect 
that sterilization of milk bottles could be 
much more cheaply and efficiently done 
by boiling water or steam, even if it were 
possible to do it with ultra violet rays. 
As to the possibilities in the process, 
however, I am unable to say. M. B. D. 
Removing Onion Taste from Milk. 
Is there anything that can be put into 
milk to destroy the smell of onion? 
Long Island. w. c. 
I know of no legitimate means of puri¬ 
fying milk after it has once been con¬ 
taminated with the flavor of wild onion or 
other forage plants that taint the milk 
when cows are fed on such forage. Under 
the standards fixed by law for milk in the 
various States it would be in violation of 
the law to suggest any treatment for it 
if known, that would either preserve or 
add to the keeping qualities of milk or 
improve the flavor. The suggestion, 
therefore, is to eliminate such forage 
plants from the pasture field, and produce 
a pure untainted milk, rather than en¬ 
deavor to remedy such condition. If the 
green food is fed as a soiling crop it 
should be fed as much in advance of milk¬ 
ing as possible, and the same suggestion 
applies in the feeding of turnips, if they 
are fed in reasonable quantity after milk¬ 
ing in the morning the flavor of the milk 
need not be tainted and if there is such 
odor the amount should be reduced until 
the flavor disappears. It would certainly 
not be prudent to attempt the use of any 
preservative, or to interfere in any way 
with the flavor of the milk by means of 
drugs or nostrums that would not only 
produce results more serious, but would 
be contrary to the established standards 
fixed for dairy products. F. c. M. 
Hog Cholera and Sour Milk. 
My attention is directed to article 
signed A. C., on page 713, wherein the 
question is raised that perhaps the lactic 
acid of sour milk, or buttermilk may op¬ 
erate as a preventive of hog cholera. 
Your correspondent asks for the expe¬ 
rience of others. As a swine breeder, 
maintaining at all times a herd of from 
•100 to GOO registered Berkshires, it has 
been a part of my business to keep in 
pretty close touch with all alleged cholera 
remedies and preventives, and I tliiuk it 
is safe to say that there is but one pre¬ 
ventive and no cure. Serum, properly 
and in time administered will prevent 
cholera in 95 per cent of cases treated. 
The simultaneous treatment or adminis¬ 
tration of serum and virus to brood sows 
will seriously affect their future useful¬ 
ness as breeders; or is likely to in a great 
percentage of cases treated. The admin¬ 
istration of the single treatment, or serum 
alone, is not attended by much risk, if 
the attendant is clean in his methods, 
neither is the immunity of long standing, 
perhaps 60 days, depending somewhat 
upon the age of the animal immunized. 
Serum should be administered, without 
delay, whenever the herdsman has reason 
to believe the swine have been exposed 
to infection or whenever the disease 
makes its appearance in the neighbor¬ 
hood. It should be administered under 
the loose skin back of the ear, and not in 
the ham, as frequently advised. 
Strange stories get about in regard to 
hog cholera. First, we were all advised 
that mule-foot swine were immune. At 
the Ohio Station four mule-foots were ex¬ 
posed to the disease and three of them 
died with it. When the disease broke out 
in a Binghamton herd the l’egistered 
mule-foot boar at the head of the herd 
was the second hog to die. At Bath a 
hundred or more in one herd died with it. 
During an outbreak in Orange County 
250 of this breed succumbed to cholera in 
one herd. These incidents have occurred 
within the past three years. 
Now as to sour milk and buttermilk : 
The writer recalls an outbreak in a large 
herd in this State 15 years ago, which 
was quite severe, the hogs affected being 
maintained upon sour skim-milk and 
grain. Another outbreak in this State 
last Summer occurred in a herd being fed 
buttermilk from a creamery. After the 
disease had obtained quite a foothold in 
this outbreak, serum, secured from Cor¬ 
nell, was administered, and only animals 
died that showed signs of infection at the 
time of immunization. Your correspon¬ 
dent refers to the fact that small pieces 
of meat, in the garbage, from immune 
swine, might render immunity to the pigs 
consuming it. I doubt this. As a matter 
of fact, an under dose of serum will not 
render immunity, even for a short period, 
and surely more protection should be se¬ 
cured from the serum than a small piece 
of meat, probably cooked. There is great 
danger in the feeding of scraps of pork, 
ham and bacon trimmings to hogs, and I 
believe that many outbreaks at the large 
hospitals, prisons and .other garbage-fed 
herds, might be accounted for in this way. 
At the Cornell Station small pieces of 
ham, cut from an infected hog, were given 
to two pigs, both of which contracted the 
disease and showed unmistakable signs 
after the usual period of incubation. In 
this experiment the ham went through the 
usual process of pickling and smoking, 
but was not cooked. 
Sanitation counts for a lot, and no 
more satisfactory feed can be found than 
sour skim-milk and buttermilk, properly 
balanced with grain. But with hog chol¬ 
era there is but one thing to do, and the 
efficiency of that lies largely in doing it 
quickly. h. b. iiarpendtng. 
New York. 
The New York Milk Situation. 
There is always more or less dissatis¬ 
faction. The farmers know the milk 
companies have them at a disadvantage. 
The farmers have the milk and must have 
a steady market for it, and they feel that 
the milk company squeezes the price 
down to the very lowest notch they dare. 
Some get disgusted and quit. Statistics 
tell us how many thousand less cows 
there are in New York than there were a 
few years ago, and yet there is plenty of 
milk. The milk dealers have no trouble 
to get all the milk they want at their 
own prices, and I suppose they will con¬ 
tinue to do so in spite of the Dairymen’s 
League or any other organization. The 
farmer must have ready money to run 
his business, and milk gives him the 
quickest and most regular returns. We 
are well aware that we do not get a large 
price for the feed we put through our 
cows, perhaps not the market value, but 
we are not selling at a loss. If we did 
we could not live, but we get more than 
cost. The milk at Borden’s plant at 
Wassaic runs from 3 per cent to 4.1, av¬ 
erage, 3.6; price, from $1.31 for 3 per 
cent to $1.61 for 4 per cent; average, 3.6, 
$1.49. This is the April price. Our own 
milk tests 3.4; we get $1.43. Last year 
we got $1.50. The farmers who are doing 
the kicking are those whose milk is low 
in butter fat, and I think they have a 
right to kick. Is it a fact that the food 
value of a quart of milk must be gauged 
by the fat content? I don’t think so. 
Some of our very best dairies, best 
equipped, best managed, and highest 
scored, are selling for $1.43 or less, while 
others very ordinarily equipped and not 
so nicely kept, are selling for $1.60. That 
does not suit at all. The Borden Com¬ 
pany has been pushing its patrons up to 
better equipment, better methods, etc., by 
a small bonus. Now, having got them up 
to a fair standard in these things, they 
drop the bonus and try to force us to 
make richer milk. That seems to be the 
general sentiment here. tt. V. R. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
I have only sold to Bordens since April 
1st, 1915. They gave the same test on 
same cows, same feed, as the butter fac¬ 
tory did where I formerly took my milk. 
My test was .04 and I received $1.51 per 
hundred. I have not had experience 
enough to make any statement. I hear 
some fault found by Holstein men that 
they do not get a fair show, but a neigh¬ 
bor of mine, who has a test of .035, 
cleared more per cow than I did, his cows 
more than making up on milk production. 
I do not think they pay enough per point 
above standard to justify the reduction of 
milk flow in order to raise two or three 
points in rest. Taking my own cows for 
example, as the Summer advances their 
test will advance, so also will my amount 
of milk decrease. When I have raised 
three points in test I shall have lost 10 
per cent in milk production, at least as I 
figure; this brings price about seven 
cents lower for the .043 than for .04 milk. 
As I see it at this writing, $.05 per point 
from three to four per cent butter fat 
milk would be no more than right, and 
from .04 to .05 should be even more. This 
method of buying gives the dairyman a 
steadier income the year around as when 
production is low butter fat is high. 
Broome Co., N. Y. F. w. T. 
Drying Off Milk Flow. 
1 have a cow, 17 or 18 years old, thin 
in flesh, that I desire to dry off before 
turning out to grass with the purpose of 
fattening. At present I am feeding about 
four quarts of ground oats, buckwheat, 
and wheat middlings with potatoes and 
hay each day. Should I stop feeding 
grain to dry her off? W. M. b. 
Stop all feed but hay. Milk once a 
day, then every other day, then only a 
little milk at a time and as soon as pos¬ 
sible discontinue milking. Rub the ud¬ 
der twice daily with camphorated oil, or 
bathe with vinegar and water. a. s. a. 
Mare Unable to Get Up. 
I have a mare, 15 years old, which 
is in foal and due about June 9. She 
has already brought me two colts. When 
she lies down she cannot get up herself, 
and has to be lifted. She eats from 10 
to 12 quarts of cracked corn, oats and 
bran. She weighs about 1000 pounds. 
I,. M. 
Omit corn at this season of the year. 
Allow the mare a roomy box stall and if 
she then is unable to rise tie her short 
so that she will be unable to lie down. 
See that she is worked lightly or abund¬ 
antly exercised every day. A. s. A. 
Abscess. 
I have a horse that has a sore on the 
breast from the collar which lie got about 
a week ago plowing. It is a large lump 
rather soft in the highest point. I cut 
in about one-quarter inch deep to see 
if pus has formed, but did not see any. 
Can you advise on this? a. 8. 
Illinois. 
You did not go deep enough. Pus, if 
present, will likely be found under the 
large muscle (levator humeri) of the 
shoulder. It should be liberated, then in¬ 
ject a little tincture of iodine and once 
daily afterward pack the cavity full of 
oakum that has been saturated with a 
mixture of equal parts of turpentine and 
raw linseed oil. If pus is not present 
swab the lump and sore twice daily with 
a mixture of two ounces of tincture of 
iodine and six ounces of extract of witch 
hazel. a. s. A. 
No more dipping or 
spraying. Keep your 
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Deafness. 
1. I have a mare that is deaf; she nev¬ 
er was deaf till a few days ago, when I 
fired a rifle behind her from a wagon 
she was hitched to. I had another horse 
by side of her which deafened for a few 
hours, but is all right now. 2. I have 
a colt two years old in May which hurt 
his leg while in the pasture last Fall, the 
hind leg on the outside of the gambrel 
joint. At the time it seemed to be a 
bruise and his leg swelled up badly; 
there was no scar. lie never was lame 
in it. I bathed it with hot water and 
liniment and took the swelling down, 
but there is still a small bunch. Last 
Winter I blistered it twice; it seemed 
to soften it. Can you tell me what to 
do for both? c. E. o. 
1. The mare may gradually recover 
her hearing if the drum of the ear (tym¬ 
panum) was not ruptured. Deafness 
commonly follows the firing of a gun close 
to the head. 2. Rub the enlargement 
with iodine ointment every other day, 
but stop for a time if the skin becomes 
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