B»c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
more and a different type of service from 
same probably. 
Gasoline consumption is about 13 miles 
to the jrallon. in trucking operations, and 
verified by the public, utilities corporations 
using this type of cars as light trucks; 
tires are pneumatic, costing about .$15 per 
shoe, four are $60; assuming tubes last 
two years, four tubes at .$2.50, or $5 per 
ytar for tubes. The tires will last the 
3.000 miles with loads if one is careful. 
No m.ajor repairs arc taken into consid¬ 
eration here. No matter how careful an 
oiterator. there are bound to be repairs to 
different parts of car. Therefore on 3,000 
mile basis: 
Intere.st at 6 per cent. ,$24.00 
Licenses . 0..50 
Depreciation . <!0.00 
3.000 miles at 2.33 gal of g.as at 23c. 53.50 
Tires and tubes . G5.00 
Oil, renewal small parts, puncture, 
repairs, etc. 8.(X) 
$220.00 
Or 7.3e per mile. 
This will meet with small consideration 
by many users, who think their hauling is 
costing them les.s. But with the assump¬ 
tions of travel as herein given, it should 
check very closely with the average to be 
expected. r. w. C. 
New .Tersey. 
211 
‘A Word to tine 
Wise is Enough 
AILING ANIMALS 
Knuckling 
Where can I get boots for knuckling 
colt? How mucb should they cost, and 
how long would it be neces.sary to use 
them? Is there any chance of the colt, 
six months old, being ankle-cocked unless 
some measures arc taken to pi'cvent it? 
Will he outgrow the i)resent trouble? Ilis 
ankles do not seem to snap when he is 
walking although for a while there was 
a thumping sound in one. When either 
foot is extended half way between the 
hind feet and front feet and is resting on 
gronnd. the fetlock joint show’s a thump¬ 
ing sound if moved gently forward and 
backward with the liand. Have been 
using skunk grease which was advised by 
a man who used it in a .similar case. Is 
that all right two pr three times a week? 
New York. F. ir. 
Ask your harne.ss maker about making 
the necessai'y boots, and he will tell you 
the cost. 3’hey have to be used until the 
abnormal condition has been overcome. 
3'he colt will not be likely to outgrow the 
condition without help and if true chronic 
knuckling becomes present the operation 
of tenfotomy will be necessary. Skunk 
grease will have no effect whatever. 
Druggist’s soai) liniment rubbed in twice 
daily might help. A. s. A. 
Ailing Cow; Catarrh 
1. I have a grade Holstein cow, about 
10 yeai’s old. which for the past 10 days 
or two weeks does not .seem to have the 
power to raise tail when passing excre¬ 
tions. We gave her a physic, but this 
did not seem to improve her any. She 
moves about a little slower than usual and 
rather seems to keep away from the other 
cows in the herd. Her health seems good 
outside of the above, eats and drinks well, 
milks well and seems all right. What 
.seems to be the tisaible and what can we 
do for her? 
2. ()ne of our horses, good health and 
condition, has discharge from her nos¬ 
trils, very much like phlegm, which drops 
into the water when drinking. Usually 
more noticeable in the morning. Has been 
ti’oubled this way for a few weeks, but 
has had it previously for a day or two at 
a time at intervals of about a month. 1.4 
this a touch of cold, catarrh or some other 
trouble? w. K. 
New York. 
1. An injury may cause such a condi¬ 
tion, a fracture or paralysis being pres¬ 
ent. If there is no history of an injury 
have the cow tested with tuberculin as 
tuberculosis of the bones is to be sus¬ 
pected and it is incurable. 
2. An examination will be necessary to 
determine the nature of the discharge and 
as it possibly indic*ates glanders you 
should employ a veterinarian at once. A 
disea.se<l molar tooth may also cause such 
a discharge, but a foul odor commonly is 
present in such a case. Discharge also is 
present in simple or chronic catarrh. 
A. s. A. 
Abnormal Breathing 
I have a heifer due to freshen in Feb¬ 
ruary. She is having trouble with her 
breathing, seems to have something in her 
throat. She breathes like a person with 
asthma or bronchitis. This heifer is in 
tine order and eats heartily. I should say 
she had a growth just back of ber tongue, 
Connecticut. ir. E. B. 
Have the heifer tested with tuberculin, 
ns it is to be suspected that tuberculosis 
causes the difficulty in breathing, and if so 
there i.s no cure. If she proves to be free 
from the disease a blister applied upon 
the throat, from ear to ear, may help. We 
are taking it for granted that you have 
examined the tongue and mouth for imssi- 
ble cau.ses of the trouble. If not this 
should be done before testing with tuber¬ 
culin. A. S. A. 
^ wKen you re buying tires follow Poor 
X Kichard s advice and say only tKe one word, 
firestone. Lhis word is not only the name of a tire 
foremost in quality, it is the name of a man who is 
personally responsible for that quality, which means 
safety, comfort, mileage, for you. 
The vital strength of Firestone Tires makes them op¬ 
pose equally the tu^ of rou^^h roads or the test of fric¬ 
tion when you let her out ” on smooth stretches. 
TheFirestoneNon-Skid Tread means extra rubber. Those 
angled letters not only hold the car true in slippery 
^oinfe^ and protect against skid, but there’s “comfort 
value in the added rubber piled onto the regular tread. 
And because volume of sales (over 33,000,000 dollars 
last year) and efficient factory methods lower produc¬ 
tion cost, you ^et Firestone Tires at only average price. 
Your dealer can supply you promptly. See him today. 
Copy of booklet “Mileage Talks” No. 18, mailed free 
on request. Write for it. 
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No injury to roots and crowns. Cultivator 
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