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J^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Cheapening Hog and Dairy Rations 
(Continued from page 1274) 
transportation congestion and embargoes 
halt shipments, and feed values are not 
based on food nutrients, but rather any¬ 
thing is picked up at a big price if it can 
be landed on the tracks within trucking 
distance of the farm. 
The farmer or resident who has under¬ 
taken to grow and fatten a hog or a herd 
of hogs must also cut his corners. Wheat 
by-products are not being milled. They 
are not leaving the mill districts, and 
since the flour market is overstocked the 
feed man can scarcely operate. Hominy 
and low-grade corn must be used in feed¬ 
ing the hogs. Rye will also find some 
use, while cull beans, cooked and soaked, 
will go into the troughs. Clover hay and 
Alfalfa hay, if grown, can be chopped and 
fed, but its selling value, if the quality is 
good, is discouraging to the buyer. All 
the cull corn and nubbins should be used 
in feeding pigs; Alfalfa and silage must 
serve the cows, and many will make more 
profit when fed this ration without grain 
than -will obtain if “gold dust feeds” are 
used in the ration. The dairy should be 
culled to the last cow that fails to war¬ 
rant her keeping, for I am convinced that 
a real shortage of milk is the only thing 
that W'ill bring the price up where it 
rightly belongs. There is very little en¬ 
couragement in dairying at existing costs 
of labor and feed. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Coughing Pigs 
I have a pair of pigs about three 
months old which I received two weeks 
ago. Both of them are in fine condition, 
but are troubled with a cough. They do 
not cough often, but more than I like, 
especially when eating. Sometimes they 
eat as if they were all right; at other 
times they only take a mouthful and lie 
down. I have a good, dry house for 
them with plenty of room. I feed wheat 
middlings with small amount of corn- 
meal and bran mixed with cold water 
three times a day; all they will eat. I 
have kept pigs before, years ago. and 
never had any trouble with them. Can it 
be worms? If so, what can be done for 
them? Also, please give me the best 
ration for them to fattening time. I 
have to buy all feed, and the only feeds 
available here are middlings, bran and 
cornmeal, with little table scraps and 
small potatoes. What is tankage? No 
one here seems to know. W. K. 
New York. 
The pigs should have a pasture of 
green feed to run in and then should im¬ 
prove, unless the cough is due to tuber¬ 
culosis, which is contagious and incur¬ 
able. Dust from the bedding is a com¬ 
mon cause of cough such as you describe, 
and that should be made impossible. On 
general principles it would be well to 
mix a teaspoonful of turpentine in the 
slop once daily for three days, allowing 
that amount for each 80 pounds of body 
weight of pigs. The turpentine is_ a 
good all-round remedy and also effective 
for worms, w’hich may be present. Tank¬ 
age is a by-product of the slaughter 
houses, made from meat scraps and other 
trimmings, heated to a very high tempera¬ 
ture and then ground fairly fine. It is 
free from germs and very rich in protein. 
It is best fed dry from a self-feeder, 
but may be added to slop at the rate of 
10 per cent with other meals such as 
wheat middlings, ground barley or rye, 
cornmeal, oilmeal, etc. Make bran a very 
small part of the ration, and better omit 
it when feeding wheat middlings. It is 
irritating to the bowels. If possible add 
ground barley or rye, if such grain can 
be spared in your district. Slop twice 
daily when pigs are on a good green feed. 
A. s. A. 
Mammitis 
I keep but two cows just for family. 
No. 1 freshened in March, 1918, No. 2 the 
following June. About six weeks ago 
No. 1 came to the barn at night Avith one- 
quarter of udder badly swollen. About a 
quart of watery milk was all that could 
be coaxed from that quarter. I applied 
Avarm vaseline and turpentine Avith a 
thorough rubbing. The next morning the 
udder A\ms not so sensitive, but a lot of 
stringy milk came by using much force on 
the teat. We gave the quarter much at¬ 
tention for several days before it became 
normal again, yet it does not produce as 
much milk as before. Now cow No. 2 
came up in the same condition as No. 1; 
there was no apparent injury in either 
case. They are heavy milkers. I feed 
them about one quart oil-cake meal each 
twice a day. Pasture is good, not at all 
frostbitten. Can you enlighten me? 
New York. j. L. w. 
There are so many different causes of 
mammitis (garget) that it would be im¬ 
possible to say what the exact cause may 
have been in these cases without making 
an investigation on the spot. Common 
causes are chill, bruise, infection, irregu¬ 
lar, rough or incomplete milking, indi¬ 
gestion, sudden changes of feed, over¬ 
feeding on protein, rich feed, etc. Avoid 
such causes so far as possible. If another 
attack comes on give the cow a pound 
dose of Glauber salts along A\uth half a 
cupful of blackstrap molasses and three 
teaspoonfuls of essence of ginger in three 
pints of warm water slowly and carefully 
as one do.se. When purging ceases give 
twice daily in feed two teaspoonfuls each 
of powdered saltpeter and pokeroot. Milk 
every two hours, massaging the udder 
thoroughly each time, and at night rub 
in a mixture of equal quantities of car- 
bolized oil, camphorated oil and druggists’ 
soap liniment. a. s. a. 
Wound 
I have a mare that got her hind foot 
in barb-wire fence which almost cut from 
frog up to top of hoof. This inside has 
healed, but the top of flesh has turned 
doAA'n and mostly keeps raw and red. We 
would like to remove this and get it 
healed up. The last remedy I used to 
reduce lump was butter of antimony, but 
think it rather severe to continue. This 
happened in May. f. h. w. 
Virginia. 
In such cases firm pressure should be 
applied from the start of treatment. It 
wull be difficult to secure healing now, as 
a fungus groAA'th has formed. Twice 
daily apply a mixture of equal parts of 
powdered sulphate of copper and burnt 
alum. AVhen the growth is cut down 
leA^el wet it three times daily with a lotion 
composed of half an ounce of chloride 
of zinc, two ounces of sulphite of zinc and 
a dram of dilute hydrochloric acid. Label 
the bottle “poison,” and shake it before 
use. Tie the mare so she will be unable 
to lick or bite the sore. A. s. A. 
Ringbone 
I have an eight-year-old mule which I 
believe has ringbone in fore foot. He is 
large above his hoof; wms that way AA^hen 
I bought him, but not lame. He went 
lame about tAA'O weeks ago; has been 
lame since. av. j. av. 
Kentucky. 
Lameness of a fore foot from ringbone 
is best treated by high unnerving which 
can only be done properly by a trained 
veterinarian. Ringbone lameness of a 
hind foot may respond to puncture-firing 
and blistermg after removal of the hair. 
If you cannot employ a veterinarian, 
give the horse rest in a box stall and keep 
cold wet swabs upon the ringbone and 
hoof-head for a month. If lameness then 
persists, clip off the hair and blister the 
ringbdne several times at intervals of two 
weeks. a. s. a. 
Indigestion 
I have a little mare about 14 or 15 
years old, weight about 750 to 800 pounds. 
She is always ravenous for feed and hay, 
and passes a worm or two with manure. 
Could you recommend a reliable treat¬ 
ment for her? t. h. h. 
New York. 
Have her teeth put in order by a veter¬ 
inarian and clip her if the coat is long and 
rough. If you clip her she will haA'e to be 
blanketed in cold weather. For worms 
give her in feed night and morning for a 
week three teaspoonfuls of a mixture of 
two parts of salt and one part each of 
powdered copperas and sulphur, then stop 
for 10 days and then give again for a 
week. Feed whole oats and one-sixth part 
of wheat bran along with good hay and 
add ear corn at night in cold weather. 
See that she is either worked or w'ell ex¬ 
ercised every day. a. s. a. 
Suspected Tuberculosis 
I have a six-year-old Jersey cow that 
has a peculiar cough; has had it since I 
bought her last August. She has not re¬ 
sponded to a treatment of a tableepoonful 
of sulphur daily in her grain. She ap¬ 
pears to be in good health and ruminates. 
She gives about 15 quarts of good, rich 
milk daily. At times I notice a strong 
odor from her breath. She is on fair 
pasture in the day time, and at night she 
gets all the old clover she will eat; is 
fed eight pounds of dairy grain daily. 
November 9, 1918 
Can you diagnose and prescribe a treat¬ 
ment? c. E. R. 
New York. 
It is to be feared that this cow is af¬ 
fected with pulmonary tuberculosis. The 
foul odor may proceed from an abscess in 
the lungs, or a foreign body might cause 
an abscess if tuberculosis is not present. 
Under the circumstances, we should not 
feel justified in prescribing treatment. 
Better isolate the cow and have her tested 
with tuberculin. If she reacts she should 
be disposed of as prescribed by law. If 
she proves to be free from tuberculosis 
and the veterinarian who applies the test 
considers treatment worth while, have him 
prescribe appropriate remedies. A. s. A. 
Worms 
Could you let me know of some cure 
for worms in my horse? They are 
about one-sixteenth of an inch thick. 
New York. j. s. 
Mix together two parts of common salt 
and one part each of sulphur and dried 
sulphate of iron (copperas), and of this 
mix one tablespoonful in dampened feed 
night and morning for a week, then stop 
for 10 days, and then give the powders 
for another week. The medicine kills the 
worms and they are digested in the in¬ 
testines, so do not look for them in the 
feces. As pinworms inhabit the rectum 
and are not destroyed by internal reme¬ 
dies, it would be well to give rectal in¬ 
jections on three successive evenings. Use 
two or three quarts soapy, warm water 
containing tobacco tea made by steeping 
tobacco stems or leaves in boiling water, 
allowing to stand covered for twelve hours 
and straining before use. A decoction of 
four ounces of quassia chips to the gallon 
of boiling water also is excellent for this 
purpose. A. s. A. \ 
“Are you going to take any boarders 
next Summer?” “Nope,” replied Farmer 
Corntossel, “not unless they work in dis¬ 
guised as farm hands.”—Washington 
Star. 
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